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The Africa Program is seeking qualified applicants for its internship program in Washington, DC. Interns will assist the Africa Program staff in its Washington area activities, including public forums, research activities and support for our programming in Central Africa.
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The Intern will be assigned to work directly with the Africa Program Staff in support of project activities for a minimum of 20 hours per week. Duties will include:
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Standard Room, 2 Single Beds - Non-Refundable Breakfast Included
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Upscale hotel on the beach, with 2 outdoor swimming pools
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This Marmaris hotel is located in the city center, set on a private beach within a short distance of Marmaris Dolphinarium-Aquapark, Aqua Dream Water Park, and Atlantis Water Park. Also nearby are Karacan Point Center and Icmeler Beach.
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Spend the day on Orsmaris Boutique Hotel - Boutique Class's private beach or relax by one of the hotel's 2 outdoor swimming pools.
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Televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, sofa beds, and air conditioning.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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This Marmaris hotel has its very own private beach. Orsmaris Boutique Hotel - Boutique Class features 2 outdoor swimming pools. The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a beach bar and a bar/lounge. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This beach hotel also offers a garden, concierge services, and dry cleaning/laundry services. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Complimentary parking is available on site. A total renovation of this property was completed in January 2011.
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Orsmaris Restaurant - This beachfront restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and brunch. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Afternoon tea is offered.
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couple talking about moneyBy MP Dunleavey
Speak Up
You're well aware money talks, but did you know it also pays off to talk about money? Find out how to have a constructive conversation about finances. Photo by Getty Images.
Healthier family finances and less relationship strife
While talking about money is stressful, not talking about it leads to even greater conflict, which is why money issues are a top source of marital misery. Getting financially in sync can help you work together toward mutual goals, which will make you both happier.
1. Agree to Have a Real Conversation
Most couples "talk" about money in a drive-by style-as they're deciding to buy something, when the bills come in, or when there's not enough cash on hand for something one of you feels you need. You open a credit card bill and the next thing out of your mouth is, "You spent how much? You need to be more responsible!" These little money bombs can be hurtful and provoke a never-ending series of squabbles. I can tell you that from personal experience-my husband and I are veterans of the money wars.
So, first things first: See if your husband will agree to sit down and talk about money when there's nothing else going on (and the TV is off!). I dialed down the stress by making sure my husband knew my purpose in initiating our chat was to reduce conflict, not to argue-something I knew he wanted, too. Tell him that the purpose of the talk is to focus on the greater good for you and your family, so you can move forward together in a way that works for both of you.
Related: Check out the 10 things your husband should never do.
2. Listen. For Real.
If you've been together awhile, each of you has probably been typecast by the other (fairly or unfairly) and the "you always do that" reaction is entrenched. Old beefs loom large (he got new bowling shoes while you're trying to save for a vacation). You may be so peeved deep down that you barely hear each other. Shift to a positive place with this open-listening exercise:
√ Before you chat, each of you should make a list of points you want to convey to your partner.
√ Sit facing each other, with nothing between you. Pick a speaker and a listener to start (you'll swap roles).
√ Set a timer for 2 minutes, and let the speaker air his or her concerns until it goes off. The speaker should start each sentence with I instead of you to avoid blaming the other, and not use judgmental words, like irresponsible or stupid. "I get worried when we dip into our savings" is better than "You always take our money and spend it on dumb things!" Stick to facts and how you feel, not judgments of the other person's actions.
√ Next, the other person reflects back what he or she heard. If you said, "I don't like that we use the ATM constantly," your spouse might say, "So you're worried about us taking out too much cash." If he doesn't quite grasp it, clarify until he does. The listener is not supposed to comment or defend himself. He should instead only mirror back what the speaker is saying.
√ Swap roles. No wisecracks. The goal is to simply hear your spouse's concerns and to feel heard yourself.
√ If things get heated, take a 20-minute break and try again, sticking to facts and feelings.
This kind of conversation will be hard at first and may not always result in smiles. That's OK: The point is to start talking, whatever that looks like to you. Understanding your partner's point of view-enough so that you can work together-is what matters.
SOURCES: Brad Klontz and Barbara Nusbaum, psychologists specializing in financial issues
Related: Discover the 9 fights you should have with your husband.
Now that you've laid your money cards on the table, a few top issues will emerge: He thinks you're spending too much on the kids, say, or you aren't saving enough for retirement.
Over the next day or two, each of you should make a wish list of things you'd like to work toward. Five items is plenty, and again, keep it factual. Sit down and draw a diagram of two circles that overlap like the MasterCard symbol. Inside that middle space, write down any goals from your lists that you share. In the outer part of the left- and right-hand circles, write down the goals that don't overlap.
Those items in the middle are where you are primed to make progress. If nothing overlaps, pick a single goal from each of your individual lists that you are both willing to work toward. Never mind if none of them is your top priority (or his). The point is to celebrate that you're on the same team, finally.
"I Made a Small Change"
As their wedding approached, money tensions began to heat up between Stacy Mafera, 31, and her fiancé, Rick Doherty. Embarrassed by her credit card debt, Stacy avoided disclosing too much, which resulted in door-slamming arguments. But with their marriage around the corner (and the idea of starting a joint bank account looming), the Quincy, MA, couple finally sat down for a real talk.
"I just told him everything. He was open with his concerns, but he was very kind and understanding. We talked about ideas for fixing my finances: watching spending habits, canceling some of my accounts and consolidating debt with a lower-interest card. We figured out how to avoid this situation in the future. Now, we're able to talk about the big issues, and I no longer feel like I'm in this alone."
Related: Learn the 10 marriage rules you should break.
Financial Expert
MP Dunleavey writes monthly in WD about easy moves you can make to improve your finances. She is the editor-in-chief of DailyWorth.com, a daily email about getting more out of your life and your money.
"Top Tips for Talking About Money with Your Husband" is part 4 of a multipart yearlong series.
Original article appeared on WomansDay.com.
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Boy 1- Ay G you wanna hit up the block later?
Boy 2- Naw i'ma pass my girl want me to plant tulips with her.
Boy 1- Word G? She got you planting flowers and shit?!
Boy 2- Yeah thats my boo.
Boy 1- Nah nigga you just pussy whipped.
*In both sense of the word.
Boy 2- Naw i'ma pass my girl want me to plant tulips with her.
Boy 1- Word G? She got you planting flowers and shit?!
Boy 2- Yeah thats my boo.
Boy 1- Nah nigga you just pussy whipped.
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When a man is controlled by his woman.
when a woman tells a man to do everything and he does because he is a bitch.
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Whoh-keesh! (Sound of cracking of bullwhip whenever a guy does what his woman tells him to)
Don't surprise me that he's so pussy whipped, being that he's so damn submissive to his girl!
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The state in which a male is totally and utterly owned by his female companion. He lives in constant fear of her, despite being 300 times stronger and tougher than her and being the sole reason that bitch has food to eat and a roof over her ungrateful head. Such a pitiful man has to "check-in" every 4 minutes to make sure his woman is "okay" with him being away from her. A total disgrace to all mankind, deserves to be sent to a concentrations camp. Will follow his woman all over the planet "just because" (lacks testicles)
"Thank god i'm not pussy-whipped! I know how to make my bitch come correct!"
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A pussywhipped person (usually male but can be female) is a person that enjoys serving and being submissive to women. As female bosses and female leadership are becoming more common, the term is being used less as the female-in-charge is becoming "normal"
A pussywhipped male, for example, would much rather spend a Sunday hosting a pedicure party for his girlfriend and her friends serving them wine and food and giving them all great pedicures instead of watching football and drinking beer and eating pizza.
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A guy so infatuated by a woman, or should I say Goddess, that he would eat a yard of her feces just to see where it came from. Once there, begging for seconds.
He's so pussy whipped that he is just happy she lets him see it.
door Philo Swneey 26 februari 2007
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When your bitch has your balls in a vice grip. You lose all sense of self and do whatever your girl wants for a chance at getting some pussy.
"Dude have you seen Alex? He is so pussy whipped. he ditched us just to go shopping with that whore, gigabowser!"
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AMC Entertainment wants to thank you for patronizing its movie theaters. But not too much.
The company, which recently was purchased by a Chinese conglomerate, has quietly rejiggered its rewards program to be a good deal less generous in doling out credits for free tickets or food.
AMC's revamped loyalty plan is reflective of an ongoing trend in the business world to clamp down on runaway rewards, experts say. Airlines, banks, retailers and service providers are all offering less when it comes to acknowledging customers' steady business.
And in a sign of how shameless some of these take-backs have become, AMC declined to comment when I asked about its switcheroo. More on that in a moment.
First, let's meet Garden Grove resident Paul Bean, 38. He and his wife go to the movies several times a month, spending as much as $50 per outing on tickets and treats (depending on how many nieces and nephews they bring along).
To make the most of a pricey situation, Bean joined the AMC rewards program about five years ago. At the time, it was called MovieWatcher and allowed you to earn points for each ticket purchased. Those points could be redeemed for free tickets, popcorn or drinks.
The program was renamed AMC Stubs last year, and it was changed to award customers $10 worth of discounts for every $100 they spent on tickets and snacks.
One other noteworthy change: Whereas MovieWatcher was free to join, AMC Stubs came with a $12 annual fee.
"It was still a good program," Bean told me. "They acknowledged your loyalty. As someone who goes to the movies a lot, I appreciated that."
Now he's wondering whether he and other steady customers were victims of an elaborate bait and switch.
The theater chain previously applied the cost of any ticket, including discounted ones, to that $100 threshold for freebies. Now it says cut-rate tickets bought through discount retailers will no longer count.
This is a big deal to Bean. With ticket prices running as much as $12 at the box office, he'd buy packs of discounted AMC tickets that shaved a few bucks off the cost of moviegoing. Such tickets — dubbed Gold and Silver Experience tickets by AMC — are available at Costco and other retailers.
Costco's website shows that a pack of 10 Gold Experience tickets, which have no restrictions on use, can be purchased for $82.99 — a substantial savings over the $120 it might cost to buy the same tickets at the theater. Silver Experience tickets are a bit cheaper than Gold but can't be used all the time.
Important point: The Gold and the Silver tickets are issued by AMC, not the retailer. They're a promotion that the theater chain uses to boost business.
Bean and his wife attended a recent showing of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." He handed the cashier his AMC Stubs card plus two Gold tickets.
That's when he found out that Gold and Silver tickets no longer count toward the Stubs loyalty program. "The woman at the box office seemed embarrassed to have to say this," Bean told me.
He later visited the Stubs website and encountered a box saying the terms and conditions had changed and if he didn't agree to the new contract, he could say adios to membership in the AMC rewards program. Needless to say, this wasn't what he signed up for when he joined five years ago.
"I'm extremely mad," Bean said. "I feel like I've been lied to."
Joseph Nunes, an associate professor of marketing at USC's Marshall School of Business, said he's seen cutbacks in various rewards programs in recent months because of tough economic times as well as a growing recognition that discounts don't necessarily breed loyalty.
"Businesses are becoming more stingy," he said. "But they also realize that you want to give rewards to the people who are the most profitable, not the ones who aren't."


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Every day you are faced with making decisions in your business. You are looking over your year and planning the next program you want to offer your clients. Do I launch it in this month or that month? Do I support it with this marketing strategy or do I use that one? Which virtual assistant do I hire? We search for information, ideas and resources outside of us and then at some point you have to bring it inside and make your own decision. This is where a well developed sense of your intuition to support your decisions is critical to your success.
It's great to gather information, but to know what is right for you at this time is up to you. Consciously tapping into your intuition will build up your "muscle" of using your intuition for greater clarity and more confidence in your actions, and opens up a wealth of creative inspirations.
Intuition isn't something you turn off or on in your business -- it's always available to you. It's about practicing to open up the connection with your higher self so that you have access to the nuances of intuition and how it shows up for you. For each person, the experience is different. For some the wisdom and inspiration shows up in signals in their body -- tingling, openness, lightness -- for others it's a visual flash or a dream.
Since it's such a unique experience it helps to know how to work with your intuition on a daily basis so you can develop a trust in this guidance. It will serve you in your business as you grow bigger and the growth starts to happen faster.
Here are seven steps to help you hone your intuitive sense:
1.) Stop. This simple one word is the place to start in understanding your unique intuitive guidance experience. You have to stop being on auto-pilot and looking "out there" for more information. Stop and decide to tap into your guidance.
2.) Notice. By observing your body, your energy, and your nudges/godwinks/urges/ideas you'll start to attune to the way intuitive guidance comes to you. It is different for each of us so you'll want to practice this each day. Notice if you get information in your gut, your heart, throat, shoulders. Your body is very communicative and will send you signals for the direction that is in alignment for your highest good.
3.) Shift your energy. I find that it can be hard to tap into my intuitive guidance when I'm sitting at my desk. Moving your body which moves your energy will get your guidance flowing. Sitting at your desk, staring at the computer and forcing the answer to your next step is a sure way to choke off your breath and therefore, your flow to guidance. Even doing simple things like going outside to get the mail, taking a nap or a shower or even just drinking a glass of water will loosen up the flow of inspiration.
Written by Laura Howard West, Center for Joyful Business, http:/www.joyfulbusiness.com. Marketing Sage and Business Coach, Laura West, provides you with tools, products, and coaching programs to help you discover how to create more passion, purpose and prosperity.
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Researchers at the University of Toronto investigated complications associated with the use of polyalkylimide filler in patients with HIV-related facial lipoatrophy or facial wasting—a side effect of HIV treatment with certain drugs. The filler was manufactured under the name Bio-Alcamid and was widely used to treat a variety of aesthetic defects including facial lipoatrophy. The researchers were aware that patients presented with infections years after treatment. They retrospectively identified 267 patients who had been treated with polyalkylimide filler. Infection complications were documented in 56 patients. The median time from treatment to infection was 32 months, and the probability of developing an infection by 38 months after the first filler treatment was 25 percent. Risk factors for infection included the severity of facial lipoatrophy, a previous history of facial manipulation including polyalkylimide touch-up treatments, cosmetic surgery, facial trauma, and dental work. The researchers did not find any association between the development of infection and the level of immune suppression by HIV. They suggest antibiotic prophylaxis should be considered in patients with filler prior to dental work or facial manipulation.
The study titled, "HIV/AIDS: Infectious Complications of Bio-Alcamid Filler Used for HIV-Related Facial Lipoatrophy," was published prior to print by the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases [August 31, 2012 doi:10.1093/cid/cis745].
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From my loneliness,
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According to the Alabama Center for Real Estate's latest affordability index, the median home sale price in the county increased by $11,992 between the third and second quarters of the year. Some real estate experts say increased demand and shrinking inventory are the driving factors that show the market is improving.
"Overall, sales have picked up," said Chuck Ward, real estate agent with Billy Isom Realty in Oxford.
The Center for Real Estate's numbers also showed the county's third quarter median home sale price was $3,709 higher than during the same quarter last year — a further sign of the market's improvement.
Everett King of ERA King Real Estate in Anniston said demand for housing has picked up in the area as inventory has decreased, which has caused a bump in prices.
"Prices have to go up for the economy to churn up and things to pick up," King said.
King said while rising prices might not be that great for buyers, they are good for sellers and the market as a whole. King said much of the business in the housing market comes not from first-time buyers or new homes but from people selling their homes to move into another one.
"Every time a house is sold it creates one-and-a-half jobs," King said. "A seller can now get out of a home … the last few years people have been forced to wait to sell."
Ward said that while increased sales are important, what is more important is that those sales do not consist mainly of foreclosed homes. After the housing market crash in 2008, foreclosed homes glutted the market, depressing prices and making many peoples' homes worth less than they originally paid for them.
Ward said the rising home prices of the last few months could indicate that fewer people are buying foreclosed homes.
"But more owner-occupied homes are being sold now, which is a good sign," Ward said.
Joey Crews of Keller Williams Realty in Anniston has also seen home sale prices increase in the last few months.
"If anybody is waiting for things to hit rock bottom, it's already hit and it's on its way back up," Crews said of the housing market.
Still, despite the rise in home prices, a home in Calhoun County is much more affordable than in many other counties in the state. According to the Alabama Center of Real Estate, Calhoun County's affordability index was 267.3 in the third quarter of the year — making it the fourth-most affordable housing market in the state.
The affordability index is based off a point system — the higher the score, the more affordable the housing market. An index of 100 means a family earning the state's median income has just enough buying power to qualify for a loan on the state's median-priced, single family home. Calhoun County's score means a family earning the state's median income has more than double the buying power necessary for median-priced, single family home.
Markets with higher affordability indexes than Calhoun County include those in Etowah, Marshall and Monroe counties.
Ward said there are still quite a few foreclosed homes in the market now that are keeping home prices from rising even more.
"I've got 21 foreclosures in the pre-listing stage that's not even in the market," Ward said. "That's a lot of foreclosures."
To possibly stimulate the market more, Keller Williams Realty on Dec. 9 will host a large open house event of 40 homes for sale in mainly the Oxford and Jacksonville areas.
"There are still a lot of houses available, it's still a buyer's market," Crews said. "But if they're going to choose, they'd better do it before too long because prices are rising."
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CAA Men's Soccer Report - Oct. 1
Don Anding • Northeastern
Sr., Forward, Amity Harbor, N.Y./Chaminade
Anding scored four goals in Northeastern's 1-0-1 week. The senior forward recorded the first hat trick by a Huskies' player since 2001 with three goals in a 5-2 triumph over Holy Cross. He then scored the game-tying goal in the 58th minute of a 1-1 draw at VCU. Anding leads Northeastern with six goals and 14 points this season.
Nathaniel Goodwin • UNCW
Fr., Forward, Huntersville, N.C./Hough
Goodwin contributed a goal and an assist in UNCW's two dramatic victories last week. The freshman forward assisted on Jamie Dell's game-winner in the 84th minute of a 2-1 triumph over Duke and then scored his second goal of the year in the 83rd minute as the Seahawks edged Hofstra 3-2 for their first conference win of the year.
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ODU, MASON IN NATIONAL POLLS: Old Dominion is ranked #9 nationally by College Soccer News and #16 by Top Drawer Soccer this week after improving to 7-1 with a 3-2 win over George Mason last Friday. Mason is ranked #39 in the Top Drawer poll and received votes in the CSN poll. Last week, ODU was ranked #12 by Soccer America and #14 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire poll, while Mason received votes in the NSCAA poll. Both the NSCAA and Soccer America will release new polls on Tuesday.
FIVE CAA TEAMS RANKED REGIONALLY: Five CAA teams are among the top 10 in this week's NSCAA/Continental Tire South Atlantic Region rankings. Old Dominion leads the group of CAA squads at #2, George Mason is ranked #5, Drexel is #7, Northeastern is #8 and James Madison is ranked #10.
NATIONAL HONOR FOR DREXEL'S PATAIA: Drexel's Michele Pataia was selected to Soccer America's National Team of the Week on Sept. 25 following his two-goal performance in the Dragons' 4-1 victory over 4th-ranked Old Dominion on Sept. 22.
ODU EDGES MASON IN NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAME: Old Dominion held off George Mason 3-2 last Friday in a game nationally televised on FOX Soccer TV. The Monarchs jumped out to a 2-0 advantage on goals by Alex DeJohn and Yannick Smith and then got the eventual game-winner in the 67th minute as Jordan LeBlanc scored on a penalty kick. Freshman Ryan Condotta assisted on Smith's goal and recorded his first collegiate point. Five ODU players have seven or more points.
EXCITING WEEK FOR UNCW: UNCW used late-game heroics to post victories over Duke (2-1) and Hofstra (3-2) last week. Senior Michael Recchia scored his first career goal with three seconds left to give the Seahawks the win over the Pride. Freshman Nathaniel Goodwin tallied a goal in the 83rd minute versus Hofstra and assisted on the game-winning goal by Jamie Dell in the 84th minute against Duke. Mateo Cardona converted a penalty kick in the 81st minute to tie the contest with Duke, while Jacob VanCompernolle had UNCW's opening goal in the Hofstra win. Freshman goalkeeper Sam Williams earned the wins in his first two career starts.
ANDING SCORES FOUR GOALS FOR NU: Northeastern senior Don Anding scored four goals as the Huskies defeated Holy Cross (5-2) and tied VCU (1-1) last week. Anding became the first NU player since 2001 to record a hat trick with three goals versus HC and then had the game-tying goal in the 58th minute at VCU. Anding has a team-best six goals and 14 points this season and is now 8th in career points (43) at NU. Donovan Fayd'Herbe de Maudave and Terence Carter also scored goals in the HC win and Andre Ciliotta had a pair of assists. The five goals were the most for NU since 2002 and extended its home winning streak to 10 games dating back to Nov. 6, 2010.
SUCCESSFUL COMEBACK FOR DREXEL'S PAGE: Drexel has won three in a row and six of its last seven following a 2-1 triumph over Penn and a 3-0 victory at William & Mary last week. It was the Dragons' first win over Penn since 1990 and its first triumph over the Tribe since 2007. Junior Nathan Page, who missed nearly all of last season with an injury, scored a goal in each game and is tied for the team lead with three in six games. Goalkeeper Tim Washam made 13 saves last week and lowered his GAA to 0.95 with three shutouts. Ken Tribbett tallied the game-winning goal versus Penn and Guido Pena and John Grosh had the opening two goals at W&M.
JMU MOVES TO 2-0 IN CAA PLAY: James Madison moved to 2-0 in CAA play following a 4-0 victory over Towson last Saturday. Senior Paul Wyatt scored the final two goals for the Dukes. He has a team-high five goals this season and is now 16th in career goals (24) at JMU. Freshman Josh Grant tallied the game-winning goal against Towson and assisted on a goal by Steven Mashinski. The Dukes fell 1-0 to #5 Georgetown last Tuesday, ending their 15-game home unbeaten streak (13-0-2). It was the first home setback since Nov. 6, 2010.
DELAWARE WINS CAA OPENER: Defending CAA champion Delaware opened conference play with a 3-2 win over Georgia State last Saturday. Junior defender Mark Garrity scored twice in the first 19 minutes of the match at GSU and Roberto Gimenez provided the game-winning goal on a free kick with 4:33 left in regulation.
MASON'S MULGREW SCORES TWICE: Sophomore Timi Mulgrew scored both George Mason goals in the Patriots' 3-2 setback at ODU last Friday. The midfielder leads Mason and ranks second in the CAA in goals (7), assists (4) and points (18). Both Mason losses this season have been by just one goal and the Patriots have outscored their opponents 23-10.
HOFSTRA IMPROVES TO 3-1 AT HOME: Hofstra defeated Jacksonville 3-1 last Tuesday to improve to 3-1 at home and up their non-conference record to 6-1-1. Sophomore Maid Memic scored the game-winning goal versus JU and also had an assist in the Pride's 3-2 CAA loss at UNCW. He has four goals and leads the team with 12 points. Freshman Joseph Holland has a point in three straight games after tallying a goal against JU and assisting on Shaun Foster's game-tying goal in the 87th minute at UNCW. Chris Griebsch scored his fourth goal of the season against the Seahawks.
GSU FRESHMAN LEADS CAA IN ASSISTS: Georgia State freshman William Mellors-Blair recorded his league-leading fifth assist as he set up a goal by Caleb Kernan in a 3-2 loss to Delaware last Saturday. The Panthers also got a game-tying goal by senior Alex Vivanco in the 73rd minute. It was Vivanco's team-best fourth goal of the season. GSU senior goalkeeper Vincent Foermer is second in career shutouts (12) and GAA (1.48) at GSU and fifth in saves (225).
TOUGH WEEK FOR TRIBE: William & Mary lost 1-0 at nationally ranked High Point and 3-0 at home to CAA foe Drexel last week. The Tribe out-shot Drexel 18-12 but was unable to get on the board. Chris Perez put two of his team-best five shots on goal while Roshan Patel took four shots against the Dragons. Chris Albiston fired three shots in the High Point setback.
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The D-League is now issuing technical fouls for flopping, could the NBA follow suit?
On the same day he was released by the 76ers, former USC basketball center Dewayne Dedmon was named to the NBA D-League All-Star Game.
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Redmond is also closely monitoring consumers' growing interest in probiotics. "In Europe, it's in everything—liquids, additives, boosters and shots," he says. "And I've been watching acacia, the Brazilian berry that's reported to have three times the anti-oxidants of pomegranates and cran- berries. But we won't use it until it becomes mainstream."
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Module #1: Overview of the Long Term Care Functional Screen (LTC FS)
By the end of this module you should be able to:
1.1 History
The Wisconsin Long Term Care Functional Screen (LTC FS) has been under development since 1997. It is a functional needs assessment describing assistance needed with:
The LTC FS also includes information on risk factors, mental health and substance use, and where the person would like to live.
The LTC FS computer application has complex logics programmed into it that interpret entered data to determine applicant's nursing home level of care, disability level of care, and functional eligibility level for Wisconsin's long term support programs. Family Care pilot counties have been using the LTC FS since 1998. Use of the LTC FS was expanded to Partnership and PACE programs in November of 2001, and is being expanded to other home and community-based waiver programs throughout Wisconsin.
The LTC Functional Screen's eligibility and nursing home level of care logics have been tested for reliability and validity, and approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to replace previous methods of home and community-based waiver eligibility in Wisconsin. The major advantages of the LTC FS are that eligibility determinations are instantaneous upon completion of the LTC FS and reflect an objective method of eligibility determinations.
The WI LTC FS was developed through four workgroups which included county case managers experienced in LTC eligibility and assessments. The primary screen development workgroup reviewed numerous other screens and assessments such as the Minimum Data Set (MDS) that nursing homes must complete, and the OASIS form that home health agencies must complete.
The WI LTC FS is different from those forms because it had to meet the needs of Wisconsin's LTC redesign effort. In particular, the LTC FS needed to work for all three target groups: frail elders with health conditions or dementia (mild or severe); younger people with physical disabilities, some of whom have no health problems; and people with intellectual/developmental disabilities with various cognitive functioning levels, behavior symptoms, and/or health problems. The WI LTC FS needed to work to describe people living at home or in substitute care settings (group homes, adult family homes) or in institutions (nursing homes, ICF-IIDs). Other criteria used to develop the WI LTC FS include the following:
Note: For HCBW counties a full assessment and service plan packet must be completed per waiver manuals prior to implementation of the waiver.
1.2 The LTC FS Determines Eligibility for Long Term Care Programs
For people age 18 or older, the LTC FS determines functional eligibility for HCBW programs. Wisconsin has five waiver programs for persons who are a frail elder, have a physical disability, or have an intellectual/developmental disability. These waivers are COP, CIP II, IRIS, Family Care and PACE/Partnership programs.
Once an applicant's LTC FS is complete, the eligibility logic built into the application is able to determine that person's Nursing Home Level of Care (NH LOC), Developmental Disability Level of Care (DD LOC), and Family Care Level of eligibility (Family Care Nursing Home LOC and Family Care Non-Nursing Home LOC) as well as eligibility for the other waiver programs. NH Level of Care or DD Level of Care is absolutely necessary to be eligible for COP/W, CIP II, IRIS, PACE/Partnership because those programs can only serve NH eligible people.
Wisconsin has the following four nursing home levels of care:
Wisconsin has five waiver programs for people with developmental disabilities. They are CIP 1A, CIP 1B, IRIS, Family Care and PACE/Partnership.
Wisconsin has four institutional levels of care for people with developmental disabilities:
Note: Individuals with developmental disabilities who meet certain criteria for no active treatment (NAT) may be placed on a physical disabilities or frail elderly waiver program (see 10.10 No Active Treatment).
For Family Care there are two levels of eligibility:
Level of Care in Home and Community-Based Waiver Programs:
In addition to meeting level of care, the applicant must meet related non-financial eligibility criteria. The applicant must meet residency requirements and his/her physical or medical condition must be expected to last more than one year or result in death within one year and, for applicants who are less than 65 years of age, a disability determination is required.
It is important to remember that level of care and non-financial program criteria do interact as eligibility is determined. For example, applicants who have shorter-term needs (90 days or longer) may still receive a nursing home level of care. However, they will not be eligible for the CIP 1A/1B, CIP II, COP-Waiver, PACE, Partnership and the Family Care home and community-based waiver programs because they have not met the requirement that the physical/medical condition last one year or longer. These applicants may be eligible for reduced benefits under the Family Care program.
The remainder of this section describes NH and DD LOC and how these interact with Family Care eligibility.
NH or DD Level of Care and Family Care:
To qualify for NH or DD level of care, a person must have a long-term care condition likely to last more than one year.
Screeners must understand the ways in which NH and DD levels of care interact with the two levels of Family Care eligibility. The two levels of Family Care eligibility are "Family Care Nursing Home LOC" and "Family Care Non-Nursing Home LOC." (A third level would be "Not Eligible for Family Care").
Family Care Nursing Home LOC: Family Care Nursing Home LOC level includes all NH eligible people. If someone receives a NH or DD level of care, they are eligible at the Family Care Nursing Home LOC.
Family Care Non-Nursing Home LOC: People at the Family Care Non-Nursing Home LOC level usually need help with only one or a few particular ADLs or IADLs and do not have a nursing home LOC or DD LOC. Only those people at the Family Care Non-Nursing Home LOC who have a Medicaid card are entitled to the program.
People at the Non-Nursing Home LOC not eligible for Family Care should be helped by the Resource Center with options counseling.
Screeners should always confirm that the NH or DD level of care seems appropriate for the person. If it seems someone should be nursing home eligible, then the LTC FS should assign them a NH level of care. Be sure you confirm all health-related services with a nurse or other health professional familiar with the consumer. Consult with your Screen Liaison, who can contact the Department if necessary.
1.3 Other Functions of the LTC FS
For Family Care Counties, the LTC FS also:
1.4 Requirements for Quality Assurance and Screener Qualifications
As discussed above, the Wisconsin Long Term Care Functional Screen (LTC FS) determines a person's eligibility for Wisconsin's long term support programs, including Family Care, PACE/Partnership, and the home and community-based waiver programs. Family Care is an entitlement, so for Family Care counties, the screen determines entitlement to services. Because the LTC FS determines program eligibility, special requirements for quality assurance and screener qualifications are necessary.
Screener Qualifications
All persons administering the functional screen must meet the following four conditions:
Further, for Family Care, Resource Center and MCO managers and screen liaisons must:
**"Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional" or QIDP means a person who has specialized training in intellectual disabilities or at least one year of experience treating or working with persons with intellectual disabilities and is one of the following:
1.5 Screen Quality
Parallel to the screener qualification, training, and certification requirements stated above, there are quality performance and assurance requirements to ensure consistency and accuracy of administration of the screen. There are three levels of functional screen quality assurance.
For the Family Care Program, the final step in quality assurance occurs at the State. Staff at the Department will review screens and quality assurance methods during annual site visits and quarterly examine a series of analyses and comparisons of all agencies' screens. Each agency will receive a report following such reviews and request the agency to correct and amend screens done in error.
1.6 The LTC FS Is Voluntary
Consumers must consent to having the LTC FS completed in order to enroll in a long term care program (COP, CIP, IRIS, Family Care, or PACE/Partnership). The person being screened should consent to completion of the LTC FS and its submission to the Department for aggregate data research. No screen should be completed without the person's consent.
Screening agencies shall comply with confidentiality rules and requirements and shall obtain a signed release of information from the person or the person's guardian or power of attorney, where applicable, for the use of medical records, educational records and other records as appropriate before conducting the LTC Functional Screen. Signed releases of information shall be included in the person's records when appropriate.
1.7 Confidentiality
Any information collected for the screen or during the screening process is confidential. It is to be treated with the same requirements for confidentiality as other long-standing screens and assessments. If a person enrolls in a long term care program, the functional screen can be shared with that program without separate written permission.
1.8 Screening and Re-Screening Requirements
In the home and community-based waiver programs and the PACE/Partnership programs an initial screen is required to establish eligibility prior to receiving services. An annual screen is required thereafter to ensure continued functional eligibility.
In Family Care:
In addition to Resource Centers, the LTC FS may be administered by Family Care--Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) during "re-screening", or other long term care programs that manage their own eligibility and enrollment processes. MCOs should not be involved with doing someone's screen prior to enrollment.
It is critical that whenever the condition of a person enrolled in a LTC program substantially changes, the LTC FS should be updated and the eligibility logic re-run to determine if the change in condition impacts their NH/DD level of care or Family Care Nursing Home LOC or Family Care Non-Nursing Home LOC eligibility.
Examples when a re-screen is necessary:
It is important that when re-screens are done, that the screener review the person's previously completed screens for information and historical perspective. The LTC FS can be done more often than yearly if someone requests it.
1.9 The Screening Process
The screening process requires face-to face contact with the individual
being screened.
The Interview Process
The LTC FS was not designed as an interview tool; screeners are expected to use their professional skills to adjust their interview style to the individual and the situation. The screen can be done in any order.
The face-to-face interview can take place in any setting, from the consumer's residence, to a substitute care setting such as a CBRF, to a hospital or nursing home. It may take more than one contact with the consumer to complete the screen.
Screeners should use their professional interviewing skills to gather information in a way that is appropriate for a given consumer. The screener will need to ask questions in a variety of ways, be familiar with the participant target group being interviewed, and use collateral informants as necessary. Collateral informants include family, significant others, formal or informal caregivers, health care providers, and agencies serving the consumer. The screener must always have a face-to-face contact with the consumer, even if other informants are used.
Sometimes answering the Target Group question requires using the same information gathered later within the LTC FS. This is because the statutory definitions of the target groups require significant functional impairments in several areas of living, including ADLs, IADLs, cognition, behavior, etc. Again, screeners are to use professional interviewing skills to determine the person's needs and abilities. In doing so, you will sometimes be answering the Target Group and the ADL/IADL questions at the same time. Follow all instructions and Target Group guidelines closely.
1.10 Reliability of Screen and Screeners
This screen has been repeatedly revised with users' input and statistically proven to have acceptable levels of validity and reliability. However, it is generally recognized that any objective rating of consumers' functioning, cognition, behavior, and symptoms can be difficult. The difficulty calls for extra vigilance to ensure the greatest possible accuracy in the LTC FS. This is why screeners must be certified and why the Department and Wisconsin long term care programs must have ongoing quality assurance processes.
Screeners should adhere to the following guidelines:
An applicant's LTC FS will be taken in total. The LTC FS logic has been programmed to "weigh" all clinical factors in ways that reflect likely needs. The Risk section of the LTC FS plays an important role in how a consumer's screen works in total. The Risk section was specifically developed to be able to "capture" people who might be independent in ADLs and IADLs, without any cognitive impairment-but still at risk. So screeners should never "inflate" their answers in other modules to compensate for risk factors; screeners can document risk factors in the Risk section of the LTC FS.
1.11 Screening Limitations
In particular, screeners should be aware of the following limitations found in national studies to be characteristic of all similar screens:
1.12 Strategies to Minimize Screening Limitations
A and B: Conflicting Information from Different People
Sometimes screeners will get different information from different sources. Consumers may function less independently in day care facilities or institutions than they do at home, and staff at such facilities may tend to perceive more dependency than family or peers in the community might perceive. Screeners are to use their best professional judgment to describe the person's functional abilities as accurately as possible given all the information from multiple sources. Keeping in mind the tendencies noted above, the best source of information (besides the person themselves) is someone who does a lot of direct care for the person and likes her/him. In a health care facility, the screener should (if collaboration is needed) talk to a nurses' aide, not just the nurses. In the home, a personal care worker might provide a more accurate description than family members.
C: Consumer Gives Apparently Inaccurate Information
Sometimes the consumer's statements about her/his abilities do not seem to cohere with reality. If you feel this is happening, follow this three-step process:
Remember that the goal is to be as objective as possible, to have high "inter-rater reliability"-meaning that other screeners would choose the same answer you did. That is why your professional judgment must be based on as much objective information as possible. Objective information can be obtained by asking questions, asking for demonstrations, observing evidence carefully. If the proper answer is still not clear, discuss it with your Screen Liaison, who can then, if necessary, ask the Department for guidance.
So, for example, if someone tells you he bathes himself, but he has obviously poor hygiene and he can barely walk and transfer himself, you should follow the three steps above:
D. Abilities Fluctuate
Some similar screens or data collection instruments like the Minimum Data Set (MDS) required of nursing homes and the OASIS (required of home health agencies) were designed to provide a "snapshot" view of functional status. So their questions ask, for example, for functioning in the past seven days, or over the past month. The LTC FS provides a broader view to more accurately reflect an individual's likely long-term care needs. We realize that many long-term care consumers have conditions and abilities that fluctuate over time, and that it is sometimes difficult to choose the best "multiple choice" answer. In completing the screen, please follow the following guidelines:
1.13 Screening During Acute Episodes
An acute episode involves conditions which are expected to resolve in the next few weeks. These types of episodes can occur at home, in the hospital, in a nursing home, or in other locations.
The LTC FS may be completed when consumers enter nursing homes and residential facilities. Approximately 70% of people enter nursing homes from hospitals. It is expected, then, that some LTC FS will reflect higher needs due to more acute conditions and that many people may improve over the next several days, weeks, or months. Their improvement will be evident in their next LTC FS. However, if a person experiences a change in condition likely to affect their eligibility, an "02-Rescreen" should be done.
For Family Care, the LTC FS must be completed by the Resource Center as part of pre-admission counseling when consumers enter nursing homes and residential facilities.
1.14 Impending Discharge
When doing the LTC FS on someone preparing for discharge from a skilled health care facility, complete the screen based on how the person would function at home when they go home. This looking ahead is a normal part of discharge planning. So, if, for example, oxygen and intravenous (IV) will be stopped before person goes home in two days, do not mark them on the screen. If family is learning to do a 2-person pivot transfer to prepare to use at home, mark that on the screen, even if now the hospital does one-person transfers with a mechanical lift. It will take additional time and talking with facility staff, family, etc., to get the most accurate picture of the person's needs at home, after discharge.
The screener must be able to envision the person at home. This is why screeners must have experience in community care for the target group being screened.
1.15 Verifying Diagnoses and Health-Related Services
The Health-Related Services table of the LTC FS is extremely important to determining a person's eligibility. The table collects objective data used by the programmed logic to determine whether the person meets nursing home or DD level of care. This in turn determines eligibility for home and community-based waivers and affects the Family Care eligibility (Nursing Home LOC or Non-Nursing Home LOC). Accuracy in this information will be a focus in quality assurance and improvement efforts both locally and at the Department. The diagnoses will provide important data for evaluating Family Care and other long term care programs, but do not have direct role in the eligibility logics. The target group question (discussed in module 2) may require help from health care professionals as well.
No health care providers' signatures are required on the screen, but screeners must take the time to verify health-related information. Screeners will need to verify diagnoses and health-related services for the LTC FS, and can verify information needed for the target group question at the same time. Explain this to the person, and either get permission to contact their physician's office or help arrange an appointment.
***In almost all cases, screeners will need to contact a health care provider to get accurate information on health-related services, diagnoses, and, if necessary, the target group question.***
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