Spending on Physician Services Crawls Out of RecessionSpending on Physician Services Crawls Out of Recession :: A slowly improving economy helped explain a 3.6% increase in spending on physician services in 2011 compared with 2.8% in 2010, says CMS. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
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Will Self: the joy of armchair anthropology :: When enjoying the luxuries of a western city, I like nothing better than to read accounts of the !Kung bushmen and Ik tribe. Call it comfort savagery. My latest armchair travels are with Jared DiamondIn Barry Lopez's haunting, poetic book about the hyperborean realms, Arctic Dreams, there's a magnificent story about an Inuit family who are washed out to the seas on a calved iceberg. Nothing is heard of them for about 30 years, until one day they rejoin the rest of their tribal group. The reason for their prolonged absence is this: it has taken them this long, on the deserted island where they fetched up, to hunt the seals, narwhals, whales and assorted other fauna, required to provide the skins, the baleen stretchers, the bone needles and the sinewy thread with which to construct a se...
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'Skyrim' DLC Release After Dragonborn Could Be 'Redguard:' Zenimax Files Patent For 'Downloadable Computer Software' :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Although it took more than a year for Bethesda Softworks LLC to launch the first downloadable content for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, it appears subsequent expansions are rolling out every couple of months.</p>
<p>In December, Skyrim players were introduced to the most recent DLC offering, Dragonborn, and now Bethesda may be planning another game-play addition.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/skyrim-dlc-release-after-dragonborn-could-be-redguard-zenimax-files-patent-downloadable-computer
Wikipedia Reaches 3 Billion Monthly Mobile Views Amid Concerns About Contributor Content :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Wikipedia, the massive so-called free encyclopedia of the social Web supported by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation Inc., surpassed an important milestone for mobile Web traffic, as the site reported Friday that it had 3 billion mobile page views in January.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/wikipedia-reaches-3-billion-monthly-mobile-views-amid-concerns-about-contributor-content-1057556
10 Things For Non-Football Fans Not To Say During The Super Bowl: A Guide To Watching The Super Bowl With Friends :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="p1">Super Bowl Sunday means viewing parties, which bring together an eclectic group of fans and non-football fans alike.</p>
<p class="p1">Football lovers will remain glued to their seats throughout the game's entirety, and have picked out spots to limit movement for food and drinks. Casual fans on the other hand are merely there to socialize.</p>
<p class="p1">It's a delicate balance, but easily skews in favor of those watching the game. Below are 10 questions or comments non-football fans should avoid during Sunday's big game, and some ways to sidestep a mishap.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/10-things-non-football-fans-not-say-during-super-bowl-guide-watching-super-bowl-friends-1057570
Convicted Murderer Recaptured Three Days After Being Mistakenly Freed in Illinois :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A convicted murderer was recaptured by police Friday after the man was mistakenly freed because of a paperwork error.</p>
<p>Steven L. Robbins, 44, was rearrested in a house in southern Illinois without incident three days after he was freed by the Indiana Department of Correction.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/convicted-murderer-recaptured-three-days-after-being-mistakenly-freed-illinois-1057564
White House Releases Photo Of Obama Firing A Gun :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="p1">The White House has released a photograph of U.S. President Barack Obama firing a gun in response to criticism that he has too little experience with firearms to effectively lead a national dialogue on gun control.</p>
<p class="p1">The photo shows Obama in jeans, sunglasses, and noise mufflers firing a shotgun with smoke billowing out of the barrel.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/white-house-releases-photo-obama-firing-gun-1057550
Mercedes-Benz Superdome: 11 Facts You Need To Know About The Super Bowl Stadium :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Mercedes-Benz Superdome will host the NFL's Super Bowl XLVII between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers.</p>
<p>The New Orleans stadium has had a long and rich history since its opening nearly 40 years ago. Here are some interesting facts about the stadium where the NFL championship will be decided.</p>
<p>-- The Superdome opened Aug. 3, 1975.</p>
<p>-- The Superdome hosted Muhammad Ali Appreciation Day on Oct. 14, 1975, which Ali attended.</p>
<p>-- Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks at the Superdome on Sept. 15, 1978, to record his last professional boxing win.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/mercedes-benz-superdome-11-facts-you-need-know-about-super-bowl-stadium-1056966
The Alps Like You've Never Seen Them [PHOTOS] :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It's an article of faith among frequent travelers that flying isn't what it used to be. Over the past two decades, shrinking legroom, falling service standards and security-related hassles have turned the experience from glamorous to annoying. But one thing hasn't changed: the view outside the airplane's windows.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/alps-youve-never-seen-them-photos-1057210
Nick Van Exel's Son Gets 60 Years In Prison; Former NBA All-Star Weeps In Court After Guilty Verdict :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Nickey Maxwell Van Exel, the son of former NBA player Nick Van Exel, was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Friday for a murder in Texas. The younger Van Exel was found guilty of murdering his friend Bradley Bassey Eyo.</p>
<p>The Dallas jury took slightly more than two hours to convict Van Exel Thursday of fatally shooting Eyo, who was 23-years-old when he was killed in 2010. Prosecutors said the motive was Van Exel's desire to prevent the possibility of Eyo talking to police about a string of robberies the two committed together.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nick-van-exels-son-gets-60-years-prison-former-nba-all-star-weeps-court-after-guilty-verdict-1057544
NFL MVP: Adrian Peterson Has Coveted Award Locked Up Over Peyton Manning? Early Poll Suggests Minnesota Viking League's Top Player :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="p1">Neither is in the Super Bowl, but there was no denying the monumental impact Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning had on their teams in 2012.</p>
<p class="p1">Once the regular season ended, the MVP race was considered a showdown between Peterson and Manning, but according to NFL .com, the explosive 27-year-old rusher may have already dashed off with the coveted honor.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nfl-mvp-adrian-peterson-has-coveted-award-locked-over-peyton-manning-early-poll-suggests-minnesota
VIDEO Manchester United 1-0 Fulham: Highlights, Match Report; Rooney Goal Edges Entertaining Encounter :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Manchester United moved 10 points clear at the top of the Premier League as Wayne Rooney struck late to give his side a 1-0 victory over Fulham in an entertaining encounter at Craven Cottage.</p>
<p>It was a minor miracle that the match remained goalless as long as it did with both goals living a charmed life, particularly in the first half when the woodwork was hit four times. There was further drama when the floodlights went out for several minutes just before the interval.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/video-manchester-united-1-0-fulham-highlights-match-report-rooney-goal-edges-entertaining-encounter
RBS told to meet US fine from bonuses :: UK chancellor George Osborne says bankers, not taxpayers, should fund fines expected in bank's settlement with regulators over Libor scandal
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Should the UK ditch the penny like Canada? :: Should the UK dispense with its lowest value coin?
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AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile agree to investigate spectrum sharing with the feds :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/fhMlUV2zEBM/story01.htm
U.S. Health Cost Growth Slowed in 2011 But with Signs of Pickup :: U.S. healthcare spending rose at a historically low rate of 3.9 percent for the third consecutive year in 2011, but showed underlying signs of acceleration as the economy recovered from recession, the Obama administration said on Monday.Source: Reuters Health
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VIDEO: Making the most of Davos with Imax :: Imax chief executive Rich Gelfond, a seasoned veteran of Davos explains how to make the most of the event
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VIDEO: Ukraine and Shell sign shale gas deal :: Ukraine has signed a major shale gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell.
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Barack Obama and the 'empathy deficit' :: The US president claims the 'empathy deficit' is a more pressing problem than the federal deficit, but empathy may be merely a product of changing scientific fashionsIn 2011, researchers at the University of Chicago conducted a simple experiment to ascertain whether a rat would release another rat from a cage without being given a reward. The answer was yes. After several sessions, the rats learned intentionally and quickly to open the restrainer and release the caged rats. The rats also repeated the behaviour even when they were denied the reward of reunion. Even more astonishing, when the rats were presented with two cages, one containing a rat, the other chocolate, they chose to open both cages and "typically shared the chocolate".For the researchers, the conclusion was inescapable: the...
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What cost learning? :: One of the effects of the grim economic situation affecting much of the world is its potential impact on funding available for education and in particular continuing professional development (CPD). It has only in recent years in the United Kingdom has there been a move in levelling of the 'playing fields' that has seen allied health professionals getting a fairer access to CPD funding compared with the larger groupings of medicine and nursing. Unfortunately it will come as no surprise if all groups experience a fall in available funding to support learning activities as organisations tighten their belts. In 2012 the world's largest radiological conference, the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of America (RSNA) meeting at Chicago in November reported a drop in attendance of 9%...
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Google to pay €60m into French media fund :: Search engine group heads off threat of legislation over links to newspapers' articles in breakthrough over copyright payments with Elysée palace
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East coast ed tech innovation ramps up with new accelerators in New York and Boston :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Zq6CiLfmi3I/story01.htm
In settlement with French publishers, Google promises $82 million fund and advertising help :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/kMduuBq2zOw/story01.htm
Google settles French news dispute :: Google agrees to set up a fund to help French media to solve a row with news sites that demanded payment for the search giant to display their links.
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Netherlands rescues SNS in €3.7bn bailout :: Dutch nationalisation and poor results cap poor week for Europe's banks, with French lender Crédit Agricole and Spanish groups adding to the woes
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Flurry courts mobile developers with free crash reporting tool :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/o2KFy1noPlM/story01.htm
London Market Report :: London shares start February on the front foot, having enjoyed the strongest January for 24 years with the FTSE 100 rising by more than 6%.
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Two days with the BlackBerry Z10: Some likes, some dislikes :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/3SUIgpz4Jnc/story01.htm
VIDEO: Black taxi sale to China 'symbolic' :: The Coventry based black taxi manufacturer LTI has been sold to the Chinese car maker Geely for £11.4m. LTI went into administration in October with 99 out of its 176 staff losing their jobs. David Bailey, from Coventry University Business School, welcomed the news, but said significant investment was needed to give the brand a long-term future.
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Bionic hand with the human touch :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/gjGUW26dXaU/
Is there justice in generosity? :: Your downtown practice is growing slowly but surely despite the stagnated economy. One consistent referral source has been a large manufacturing plant, many of whose employees and families you have treated. Unfortunately, the recession has necessitated corporate layoffs and termination of employees' orthodontic insurance benefits. Young Brian, the last of the 3 Davis children and the son of 1 such employee, has severe bialveolar protrusion. He has expressed his motivation for full orthodontic correction. The case appears to be straightforward and routine. After your initial evaluation of Brian, Mrs Davis asks to see you privately. As he exits toward the waiting room, Mrs Davis explains that her husband's working hours have been drastically reduced and Brian cannot proceed with therapy with...
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