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Progress Notes features doctors and medical students across the country on the frontlines of our health care system. Our views and experiences are diverse, but we share common goals and values. We speak up to move toward a future where everyone can have access to affordable, high-quality health care. Please share our posts, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
It might not be too late to sign up
As we celebrate the 7 million and counting Americans with new coverage, it is important to remember the window hasn't closed for everyone still seeking coverage.
I volunteered at an enrollment event on March 31 in Dublin, California and I can tell you personally of the many people who tried to enroll, wanted to enroll, and were unable to finish before the deadline. In addition, I have been corresponding by email and phone with patients, friends, colleagues, and community members all across the state with similar stories. Luckily for them, and for many people you may know, there is an opportunity to finish their enrollment.
The Special Enrollment Periods allow people to enroll in health coverage outside of the Open Enrollment Period, if they previously tried to enroll but couldn't through no fault of their own. Those who tried to enroll in health coverage any time before midnight on March 31 and didn't finish, can still get coverage for 2014 -- but they must act quickly.
Patients must finish enrollment by April 15 to get coverage for 2014. If they enroll by April 15, their coverage will begin May 1.
- Exceptional circumstances
- Misinformation or misrepresentation by a non-Marketplace enrollment assister
- Enrollment error
- System errors related to immigration status
- Display errors on Healthcare.gov
- Medicaid/Marketplace transfers
- Error messages which stopped your application
- Unresolved casework
- Victims of domestic abuse who were not allowed to enroll
- Other system errors that kept you from enrolling
And don't forget Medicaid patients and those who have a qualifying life event like getting married, having a baby, moving to a new area, or losing other health coverage can enroll all year round!
Additional materials from HHS:
For detailed information about the Special Enrollment period for complex cases check out this fact sheet.
Consumers who tried to enroll by March 31st but didn't finish in time can reference this guide.
Patients must request a Special Enrollment Period and can do so by dialing the Marketplace Call Center at 1-800-318-2596 or visiting Healthcare.gov/marketplace/ to make the request in their state-based Marketplace. It's important to check with your state exchange as some states have different deadlines.
We will continue to share information with you as it becomes available. Please continue to share your feedback on what's working with special enrollment periods and as you see newly uninsured patients.
Carolyn is a Preventive Medicine Resident at the University of California San Diego and the State Director of California Doctors for America.
This Moment
"7 million is a lot of people. For those of you who don't see patients, you should know that every day I am seeing new patients who have not had coverage for a long time. Today alone I saw three new families who had been uncovered for three years. And there is a small business benefit. I am hiring two docs." – Dr. Zee Beams, pediatrician, mother of four, DFA deputy field director 2009-2010
I still remember him. Grizzled face, red cracked lips, shaky hands, propped up in bed so he could breathe a little more easily, scrolling through his Blackberry to check in with his clients even as – unbeknownst to all of us – he was in the final days of his life.
David was my patient seven years ago. He lost his health insurance, and he didn't know where to turn when his Crohn's disease went bad. By the time he got to the hospital, he had kwashiorkor – he was starving to death and had heart failure, kidney failure, anemia. We tried so hard to save him, but we failed. He died in Los Angeles – just minutes away from the opulence of Beverly Hills where Bentleys and Ferraris are standard.
That day, I decided I had to tell his story. I didn't know how or where to tell it – but I knew his story wasn't unique. I knew that I couldn't quietly practice medicine in a system where tens of thousands of people like David die every year.
In the 5 years I've been a part of the Doctors for America movement, I have now told David's story to millions of people because he is no longer here to tell it. I have told his story because I knew that we could change the future for people like him – that we had to change the future.
Today, thanks to people like you, David's story is being replaced with the stories of families who have coverage for the first time in years. More than 7 million people signed up for health insurance through the marketplaces. When you add in Medicaid expansion, young adults on their parents' plans, and those who signed up directly through insurance companies, that number could be as high as 20 million.
Share your reflections with the Doctors for America family.
The world has changed for the better for millions of people because doctors and medical students and concerned citizens stepped beyond the halls of our hospitals and clinics, sacrificed family time on nights and weekends, took a risk and told your stories, chose to believe that together we could make things better.
In 2009, when people said doctors were too busy and too risk-adverse to get involved, we spoke by the thousands from every corner of the country. In 2010, when the health reform bill looked doomed in Congress, we marched on Washington. In 2012, when political fighting threatened to sink the fledgling law, we organized a bus tour through the South to talk to real people in real communities. In 2013, when a flawed rollout of enrollment had many people speaking of disaster, we thought about our patients who needed coverage and kept moving forward.
Whether you put your name on a petition, held up a sign at a rally, shared your patient stories in the local paper, contributed funds, recruited colleagues to the cause, or stepped up as a leader – you have been a part of building a movement and changing the future of health care for the nation.
There is much work to do in the months and years to come. We have learned so much along the way – from our successes and failures, triumphs and missteps. I know that we can build and expand our efforts to achieve even more together – to raise that bar to 100% coverage, to coordinate our care and focus the health care system squarely on patients, to lead our communities to preserving health in the first place.
But today, in this moment, I hope you will join me in celebrating the progress we've made together in the pursuit of better health and better care for all our patients.
No one can tell the story of this moment better than you.
With gratitude and solidarity,
Alice, on behalf of your Doctors for America family
P.S. Here are just some of the highlights from the Coverage is Good Medicine and the impact we have had across the country.
Introducing the ACA pocket card
With the open-enrollment period closing in a few short weeks, we all need to know what that means for our patients. As a second year medical student, I felt like I knew something about the policy changes implemented in the ACA, but I had no idea what to say if a patient or family member asked me how to sign up. After sitting in on a presentation by a Doctors for America Illinois State Director, Dr. Ram Krishnamoorthi, I was amazed at how simple the process was. I wanted everyone to know! So, as part of the effort to educate students and providers about the Affordable Care Act, I partnered with doctors from the University of Chicago to create an ACA pocket reference card.
Stick it in your white coat and learn what you need to know about the ACA. Learn how to screen patients for health insurance, answer basic questions, and point them in the right direction!
To give you a sense of the card's success to date, here is a short story about how a University of Chicago student used the pocket card.
"Just wanted to let you know that one of the MS1s (Lola) ran up to me today to tell me that she used the pocket card with a pregnant patient with several health complications who is totally eligible for coverage but didn't have any. Quote:
"The card works just like you said. I called the number and now a Navigator is coming to the shelter next week! They know so much. I'm really glad that you had that meeting."
Really, you should download and distribute it!
It is crunch time now and there are so many people out there, just like this one, who need encouragement and information about how they can get covered! Print out the pocket reference card and share it with your patients! Use this to answer your own questions and get educated!
Aaron Silver
P.S. We are working on pocket cards for specific states. If you would like to partner in this process, please email firstname.lastname@example.com. Also, don't forget to sign up for the DFA National Leadership Conference, I will be there too!
Aaron Silver is a medical student of the Loyola Stritch School of Medicine and a member of Illinois Doctors for America.
Doctors Hit the Road in FL on "Coverage is Good Medicine" Tour
Remember our widely successful nationwide "Patients Over Politics" Bus Tour of 2012? Well, we're on the road again -- hitting cities across Florida with some of the highest rates of uninsured on a "Coverage is Good Medicine" bus tour to raise awareness for the new health benefits available during the final months of open enrollment.
Join us on February 22 (Tampa and Orlando), March 1 (Jacksonville), or March 5 (Tallahassee)!
Along the way, we will be holding enrollment fairs and partnering with local organizations, elected leaders, and navigators in Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville and Tallahassee to help answer questions about the new health law and get Floridians covered during the final weeks of open enrollment.
Here are the Coverage is Good Medicine enrollment tour dates. We need your help making this tour a success by 1) coming to an event to talk with the uninsured and 2) sending uninsured people you know to these events to get covered!
Saturday, February 22 (morning): Tampa Enrollment Fair with Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Representatives Betty Reed and Janet Cruz.
Saturday, February 22 (afternoon): Orlando Enrollment Fair with Planned Parenthood, National Congress for Black Women, City Commissioner Samuel B. Ings and State Representatives Bruce Antone, Joe Saunders and Victor Torres.
Saturday, March 1: Jacksonville Enrollment Fair with Rep. Mia Jones and Dr. Vanessa Cullins of Planned Parenthood.
- Wednesday, March 5: Tallahassee Enrollment Rair on the FAMU campus with Mayor John Marks and Rep. Alan Williams.
We are thrilled to be partnering with Enroll America, Florida CHAIN, Planned Parenthood, MomsRising, National Congress for Black Women, Protect Your Care and Organizing for Action to help get more Floridians enrolled.
Working together we will help save lives and put more Floridians on a path to healthier, a more financially secure future!
See you on the road,
Mona Mangat
P.S. Can't join us in person? Follow along with us on twitter: @drsforamerica! And contribute today to help us continue this important outreach all across the country -- only 41 more days left until the end of open enrollment
Mona Mangat is Chair of Doctors for America and a Allergist-Immunologist based in St. Petersburg.
Screening for Health Insurance Status: A Pocketcard for Healthcare Providers
Back in September 2013, I met with first year medical students at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine to discuss the ethics of student run free clinics. What could first year students ethically contribute to patient care in free clinics—when they hadn't even learned how to listen to a heart yet and every pertinent question they asked would have to repeated with an attending? In the discussion, I shared the argument that the most ethical thing first year medical students could be doing in the clinics was getting patients OUT of the clinics. Patients connected to health insurance could get ongoing care with a dedicated provider.
Students at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine decided to take on the challenge of connecting patients with health insurance. A team led by MS2 Lauren Hobbs and MS1 Margaret Wang took on the task of preparing to train medical students to teach patients about their health insurance options. Along with Loyola law student Rachelle Sico, they supported the creation and dissemination of a pocketcard on Screening for Health Insurance Status. Loyola University medical student Aaron Silver was the main creator of the card, with content and editing support from internist Dr. Ram Krishnamoorthi, and myself.
It is an awesome card that I am proud to be able to share with healthcare providers.
The card is broken into four segments:
1. Why is insurance important?
2. How do you screen?
3. Frequently asked questions about the Affordable Care Act
4. Income qualification table for Medicaid and subsidies
To summarize:
1. Being uninsured or underinsured puts you at increased risk of bankruptcy, stress, and death from cancer. Over 50% of personal bankruptcies are from medical costs. People without health insurance are five times more likely to die from cancer. Not having health insurance slows specialty appointments and expensive imaging, delaying care. An estimated 26,000 people die each year from a lack of health insurance.
2. Health care providers can screen with a series of three simple questions: do you have health insurance? Are you happy with what it covers? Are you happy with the cost? A no answer to any of these means you should recommend patients check out their options either on the federal or state exchanges. Healthcare.gov, or in Illinois, GetCoveredIllinois.gov. They can also call hotlines to find out how to get connected to a navigator. In Illinois, 1-866-311-1119.
3. Pretty much everyone must have coverage by March 31, 2014 or pay a fine. The exceptions are undocumented immigrants, and people who are too poor to qualify for subsidies on the exchanges in the states where Medicaid did not expand. About half the states did expand Medicaid. You can check on healthcare.gov if yours did. On the exchanges, patients can buy bronze, silver, gold or platinum plans, with different co-pays and deductibles. No matter what the plan, no individual needs to pay more then $6350 each year on out-of-pocket in-network medical costs, and for families no more than $12,700.
4. As for income qualifications: lots of people qualify for subsidies. Medicaid covers people up to 138% of the poverty line (up to approximately $15,000) except in the states that did not expand Medicaid coverage. People who are making up to four times the federal poverty line receive subsidies. To sign up, people must have proof of their last year's income and proof of their identity with a social security number.
The goal is to make checking health insurance status a routine part of every clinic visit, getting as many people signed up as possible in the next two months.
Social History: Do you smoke? Drink? Have health insurance? Are you happy with what it covers, and the cost?
Assessment/Plan: Uninsured/underinsured—refer to healthcare.gov or state exchange (getcoveredillinois.com). Or call the Illinois state hotline at 1-866-311-1119 to connect to a navigator.
We introduced the Health Insurance Status Screening pocket cards to about 30 medical students on a Monday. On Thursday, student organizer Lauren sent the following message:
Hey Everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that one of the MS1s ran up to me today to tell me that she used the pocket card with a pregnant patient with several health complications who is totally eligible for coverage but didn't have any. Quote:
"The card works just like you said. I called the number and now a Navigator is coming to the shelter next week! They know so much. I'm really glad that you had that meeting"
Good work team! We made a difference :)
I believe the students are making a difference. And I encourage you to also—whether you're a student or a practicing physician, check out the card, familiarize yourself with the basics, start screening your patients for health insurance status and refer them to healthcare.gov no matter what state you are in, and train your colleagues to do the same.
We can make a difference in patients' lives, providing the most ethical care possible by connecting them with the health insurance they need.
ACA outreach in OK is tough
I'm not going to sugar coat it: ACA outreach in Oklahoma is tough. But being uninsured is tougher.
One of my friends, in her late 50s, had been unable to afford health insurance for years, due to very high costs because of a minor pre-existing condition. Her job did not offer insurance, and she lived for years hoping she would make it to 65 so that she could get Medicare. Thanks to the ACA, her new affordable insurance started on Jan 1, and she is now scheduled for her first preventive care visit and mammogram in many years.
People here are proud of the fact that Oklahoma is the "reddest" state in the Union, and it's been hard to find anyone brave enough to speak out in favor of the Affordable Care Act – but the partners I have been able to find are amazingly courageous people that I would never have met any other way. I've driven all over Oklahoma, from Tahlequah to Durant, speaking to groups of citizens and on country radio shows (where I once had to pause for a hilarious commercial for barbed wire.) We held a "Coverage is Good Medicine" poetry reading in a packed theater, and I have spoken at several conferences for agencies that work with the poor.
The stakes could not be higher in this state, where over 600,000 people, most of them working poor, are uninsured, and we rank near the bottom in most major health categories. Sadly, our governor has shown total opposition to the ACA, including rejecting federal funds to provide coverage to our lowest-income adults. With states like Utah now expanding Medicaid, I believe we have reached a tipping point. We are winning the battle, so it's critical that we keep fighting for our patients.
Open enrollment ends in a little over 60 days. Help win the future for your patients. Take two minutes and put up this flyer. Then email it to 5 doctors and medical students and ask them to join you in reaching thousands by posting it in their community sometime in the next two weeks. Be sure to take a photo and share it with us!
Together we can make a difference,
Dr. Katherine Scheirman is the Oklahoma State Director of Doctors for America and a retired US Air Force Colonel.
Fun With Numbers
It's January 10, 2014, and civilization has not collapsed due to the menace of the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare). While this persistence of social order is not a surprise to me, many of the most vocal opponents of the ACA might be left wondering what happened to the cataclysmic predictions that have yet to come true (death panels! Death spirals! Government run healthcare!).
Seeing as the law has been more fully in effect for only 10 days, I am quite confident new problems, unforeseen consequences, and hiccups will arise, but the ACA is the law of the land that will thrive with tweaks and course corrections just like other significant reforms in the past.
I find it valuable, at this moment, to take a tally of all that has changed since the ACA was passed, and I have had a lot of fun learning these numbers:
- 9,781,525 -Americans who newly have health insurance since 2010 (almost 10 million people!)
- 2.4 Million - newly insured through the federal and state-based health insurance exchanges
- 4.5 Million - newly enrolled in Medicaid in states that chose to expand their program
- 3.1 Million - young adults under the age of 26 are covered through their parents health insurance
- 40 Million – Americans who could be eventually covered once the ACA reaches all who are uninsured and eligible
- ZERO – Americans who can be discriminated against due to a pre-existing medical condition
- ZERO – the out of pocket costs for qualified preventive health services, which 105M Americans used in 2011 and 2012
- $1.1 Billion – dollars refunded to consumers from insurance companies for over-charging
- 360 - new Accountable Care Organizations, providing care to 5.3 million Medicare beneficiaries
- Hundreds, if not thousands, of new Patient Centered Medical Homes
- 236 – Community Health Centers expanded by the ACA extending care to 1.25 million more patients.
- $8.9 Billion – the total amount seniors have saved on drug costs since the ACA passed
- $5000 – the annual savings my family will realize in 2014 thanks to the Small Business Exchanges!
- 3.2% - the annual rate of growth in Medicare spending, the lowest in decades, (the cost curve is bending) and the first time it is BELOW growth rates for our national GDP.
- 23 – the number of states NOT expanding Medicaid, leaving 4.8 Millions Americans without health insurance who were intended to be covered by the ACA
- 298 – days until Election Day. Just sayin'. If you want to see the successes of the ACA built upon, if you want to see the nearly 5 million people eligible for Medicaid gain the coverage that was intended in the ACA, and if you want to see a more high quality and high value health care system, think carefully about how you vote.
The Affordable Care Act is the most significant overhaul to our private, for-profit, health care system since the inception of Medicare. It's easy to lose sight of the benefits of the law when the media is focused on broken websites (getting better every day) and Americans getting cancellation notices. It may also be easy to forget that our health care system has been broken for quite a while, and it will take a while to right this ship. But I have said before, and I will say again and again, the ACA is going to help ALL Americans have higher quality and less costly health care in the decades to come.
2013 has been the BIGGEST year ever for the Doctors for America movement!
In 2013, thousands of doctors, medical students, and other supporters came together to make a huge difference. Your stories, actions, and support have helped the Doctors for America movement lead our nation toward better health and access to affordable, high quality health care for everyone.
In this historic time for health care coverage, here's some of what YOU have done to help get people covered:
Since October 1, over 1 million Americans have signed up for coverage through insurance marketplaces, Medicaid, and CHIP. As a trusted voice in a confusing time, our outreach is making a difference!
Many Doctors for America members shared perspectives from the front lines of health care in national outlets like MSNBC, FOX News, CSPAN, AP, Kaiser Health News, McClatchy, NPR, CBS News, Huffington Post, Daily Kos - plus numerous statewide publications like the Tampa Bay Times, San Antonio Express News, Charlotte Observer, and the Dayton Daily News.
Our Docs Run pilot ballooned into a national Race for Coverage! 156 doctors, medical students, and supporters have run, biked, walked, hiked, and even read poetry to raise awareness of new coverage options. These individuals including teams in Texas, Florida, California, and Massachusetts got in shape, had fun, and raised much-needed funds to spread the word on ACA enrollment.
4,000+ doctors, medical students, nurses, and other health care professionals in all 50 states signed our petition for common sense gun rules. Vice President Joe Biden took notice and asked us to present our recommendations to his Task Force on Gun Violence.
Your stories and voices helped move President Obama to issue key executive orders: 1) allowing the CDC to conduct research on gun violence, 2) making sure insurance plans cover mental health the same way they cover medical care.
This year's conference was our biggest yet. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio talked about the impact Doctors for America has had on advancing health reform. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjaminled us through the Electric Slide and Wobble. Wendell Potter, former Vice President of Corporate Communications at CIGNA shared insights on messaging. And conference attendees shared questions and perspectives from the front lines with leading policymakers and Administration officials.
Tens of millions don't even know that they can now get covered. Five million low-income people live in states that have not yet expanded Medicaid. Let's get America covered in 2014 so we have a strong foundation for transforming health care in our clinics and communities in the years to come. Make a year-end tax-deductible donation today!
Thoughts and prayers with Newtown today
Today, we remember the lives lost in Newtown one year ago and those lost every day in communities across the country.
As we keep the Newtown families in our hearts and prayers, let us continue our resolve to use our unique position as America's healers to put an end to these tragedies.
As a pediatrician, I am disheartened that 7 children still die every day from gun violence in our country, and that gun injuries cause twice as many deaths as cancer and 5 times as many deaths as heart disease.
Gun violence is an urgent public health crisis and as physicians on the frontlines of health care delivery it is our obligation to take action to keep children and families safe by talking with our patients about guns.
We have included some helpful resources from The Center to Prevent Youth Violence and the American Academy of Pediatrics to make talking about guns with your patients easier. And you can also read more about our gun violence prevention campaign and how you can get involved.
Gun violence is everyone's business. When a child dies needlessly, it is everyone's responsibility to do something about it.
We work every day to protect our patients from deadly diseases like heart disease-- it's time to do the same for gun violence.
Please join me in preventing the loss of more young lives and keeping children safe.
Dr. Nina Agrawal is a pediatrician in New York and a DFA Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Coordinator.
The ACA: Far More than a Website
As we enter the depths of the holiday season, the narrative over the Affordable Care Act continues to cycle around the story-of-the-day. On good days, these become real conversations about the challenges, both short-term and far, to improving upon an industry that straddles the public and private sectors and encompasses 18% of our GDP. The ACA has laid the groundwork for a great number of shifts in how we look at both our health and the care we receive. But there are always initiatives for improvement, tweaks to be made to help achieve its goals in a more timely and equitable fashion. On the worse days, however- which lately seem to be out-shouting the good- critiques of the health care law and its implementation become the latest fodder for a media echo chamber where the competition is for the best chyron, the loudest host, the most shocking story.
Even more sober reporting now continues to focus almost exclusively on the faulty roll-out of the ACA website. To be clear - most of the technical obstacles were foreseeable, and quite frankly unacceptable. The memories of one or two college-level computer programming courses buried deep in the recesses of my brain have gotten far too much dusting off lately. I am resentful that I can discuss the failures of waterfall approaches to IT development and the much more flexible and robust approach of agile development so fluently. The fact that 834 forms are now in the public discourse - all of this has pulled us away from where we would thought the story would, and should be. But to focus on these as the crux of the story for health reform is sorely neglecting everything else that the ACA represents and has already begun to achieve.
The first steps to revamp the website seem to be moving along, with a significant improvement cited by the administration by December first. New oversight is in place, a new (and unfortunately late) emphasis on transparent collaboration between the administration, CMS, and private contractors building components of the websites seems to have taken hold. More importantly, new efforts are being discussing to amend the way the federal government does acquisition for IT projects. The challenges faced by healthcare.gov are not unique: the VA struggles through its backlog to reconcile its systems with the armed forces, the armed forces struggle to integrate with each other, the intelligence community continues to struggle to across institutions. All of these are symptoms of how large institutions with ingrained politics and interest groups are grasping for ways to enter the technological world many of us already live in. But beyond the public sector, health care has long struggled with IT. Electronic health records have proven a Sisyphean task to implement, across both public and private facilities. Seeking to overhaul an industry upon whose successful functioning literal lives rely has been difficult long before the healthcare.gov roll-out, and will continue to be so. We would be far better off using the past few months as motivation to work for more extensive changes, both in the federal sector and without, to remedy the problems that have longed plagued these system- rather than boiling the conversation down to what this means for the 2016 elections. 3 years before said elections. I know i personally can't maintain my sanity with countdowns that would essentially be: 1000 days until the next thing that matters a lot! 365 until the next thing that matter a little!
So instead it is up to us to change the narrative, to help refocus the discussion on the real challenges, but also the real reforms that will play out over the next few years (and coming decades) to improve the state of our health, and in turn, our functioning as a happier, healthier society. The administration recognizes this need: to encourage enrollment now that the first real deadline that matters is in sight. And not for the media, but for real people: December 23rd. A premium paid on the new exchange by this day, and coverage begins January 1. For many it will be the first day of a new experience with their health, one where they can be active participants rather than onlookers from the sidelines. But in addition to this short-term priority- the administration, beginning today, will be rolling out a new campaign. Each day- a different benefit will be highlighted, serving as a reminder to the public- and to us, in the medical community and media arena- why this was all so necessary in the first place.
This campaign coinciding with the holiday season works well to remind us of how much we have to be thankful for, despite the challenges which continue. Just the issues highlighted in just the first week of the campaign are life changing for many of our fellow citizens who have gotten lost in the maze that healthcare has for so long been.
We will never go back to a pre existing condition making you uninsurable. And with chronic illnesses on the rise, and the longest life expectancies seen in history- this is a trap that almost all of us would have eventually fallen into. Never again.
Preventative services are now free. No more foregoing screenings because of cost. Now its up to those of us in the field to help ensure people follow through. It's easy for all of us to fall into the psychological disconnect between a small inconvenience now and a major risk in the future. Even small costs have been should to discourage uptake of these services. Now that barrier is gone. The rest of it is up to us.
Insurers are now required to cover maternity care and cannot charge a higher premium simply for the outcome of the genetic lottery of being a woman.
Mental health parity is now a given, meaning insurers have to cover mental health just like every other medical diagnosis. This will have far ranging effects, from helping people suffering from illness, to helping to end the stigma of seeking help for a malady every bit as real as one with physical signs, to helping afford new outreach programs which seem to get a brief spotlight every time a tragedy like a mass shooting event occurs. These can't fade into the background of "Wouldn't it be nice if we could have done something" anymore.
Innovations in how we pay for care are just beginning to change how care is provided, how we incentivize good outcomes instead of just "more" outcomes. Payments based on value of care, rather than quantity are rolling out. Evidence of declines in avoidable outcomes like readmissions after discharge and hospital acquired infections are already showing great improvement, in only a few years. Accountable care organizations creating multi-sector teams are working to treat the whole patient- as a person, rather than a set of kidneys, a heart, a blood pressure number. And these are just in their infancy.
Changes in payment structures are also already playing a role in driving down the growth of health care costs to their lowest in decades. For the past few years, annual rates of increase have fallen to 1.3%, more or less the rate of growth of GDP, an ambitious target long thought to be a reasonable level to seek. A decade ago- growth was at 5%, and while some of this is attributable to the economic recession- it seems a good piece is left unaccounted for this way, meaning the changes being rolled out across the industry are likely creating institutional change which will have long-lasting effects. Even the dialogue around how much we spend and how little we seem to get for it, has a real and measurable effect, meaning a different set of media narratives could have a real and lasting impact on health care, far beyond the page-clicks of the story-of-the-day. And this impact is not limited to individuals- costs to Medicare, Medicaid, and other public programs will reap the benefits of these cost slow-downs, providing less expensive, verifiably better care to even more people.
Finally- we should be thankful that hundreds of thousands, if not more, fellow citizens are finally already able to receive coverage- through the health exchanges and states accepting Medicaid expansion. At least 1.5 million people have enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP since October 1, and this with only about half the states taking up the Medicaid expansion to 133% of the federal poverty level. The latest numbers floating around indicate a 4-fold increase in people signing up for private insurance on the federal exchange in November, up to 100,000 friends and family members across this country who now are guaranteed to same access to health care as the rest of us. A record-setting December 1, early numbers indicate 18,000 people signed up for coverage, a daily record. And yes, technical bugs still exist. And yes, some individuals ran into problems. But those individuals are fewer, and those times farther between. And this number will continue to go down, and the number enrolled will continue to go up- and for this we should be most thankful.
The Affordable Care Act is far more than a website. Far more than just an individual market in upheaval. As Deval Patrick summed it up, "It's a value statement." And a statement we need to make sure is heard alongside the website problems, the policy changes, and anecdotes. It is a statement of principles we stand firmly behind: We all deserve a chance to live healthy, productive lives. And the ACA is a strong beginning to that aspiration.


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Many organizations in Lee and Collier counties are doing what they can to show their support for the country. For some it means honoring those that were lost with a moment of silence or donating funds to help September 11th memorials.
Students at East Lee County High School will pay tribute to the victims with a wreath laying ceremony. The junior reserve officer training corps will also conduct color and honor guard ceremonies. That service begins at 8:00 a.m. just outside the main entrance of the school at the flagpole.
In Bonita Springs, Riverside Park will play host to a service to honor the victims. It starts at 9:00 a.m., just three minutes before Flight 175 struck the south tower in New York City 11 years ago. The ceremony will also feature a 21-gun salute.
St. Peter the Apostle Church on Rattlesnake Hammock Road in Naples is holding a memorial mass tonight. This will also include the blessing of Fire Engine 343. That service starts at 6:00 p.m.
In cape coral, the Police Association will hold a remembrance ceremony at the "Cop Shop" on Southeast 16th Place. This ceremony will begin at 8:30. If you plan to attend, you're asked to arrive 15 minutes before it starts. The Police Association consists of over 500 active and retired police, firefighters and EMT personnel from around the United States and Canada.
Governor Rick Scott is asking all flags to be flown at half staff at all local and state buildings throughout the day.

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|The High Chaparral
|Created by
|David Dortort
|Leif Erickson
Cameron Mitchell
Mark Slade
Henry Darrow
Linda Cristal
Don Collier
|Theme music composer
|David Rose
|Country of origin
|United States
|Original language(s)
|No. of seasons
|No. of episodes
|98 (List of episodes)
|Running time
|48-50 minutes
|Original channel
|Original run
|September 10, 1967– March 12, 1971
|The High Chaparral
|Created by
|David Dortort
|Leif Erickson
Cameron Mitchell
Mark Slade
Henry Darrow
Linda Cristal
Don Collier
|Theme music composer
|David Rose
|Country of origin
|United States
|Original language(s)
|No. of seasons
|No. of episodes
|98 (List of episodes)
|Running time
|48-50 minutes
|Original channel
|Original run
|September 10, 1967– March 12, 1971
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.
The show revolved around "Big" John Cannon (Leif Erickson), a rancher who lived in the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. He ran the ranch with his brother Buck (Cameron Mitchell) and son Billy Blue (Blue Boy) (Mark Slade). Blue Boy's mother Annalee (Joan Caulfield) was killed in the first episode by an Indian arrow, and John Cannon then married Victoria (Linda Cristal), the daughter of the powerful neighbouring rancher Don Sebastián Montoya (Frank Silvera), in what is initially a marriage of convenience. His marriage to Victoria Montoya brought her brother Manolito (Henry Darrow) into the picture, and he also came to live with the family.
Among the guest stars were Rico Alaniz, Scott Brady, Anthony Caruso, Chief Dan George, Roberto Contreras, Dennis Cross, John Dehner, Paul Fix, Ron Foster, Frank Gorshin, Ron Hagerthy, Ron Hayes, Myron Healey, Don Keefer, Dan Kemp, Robert Loggia, Tyler McVey, Ricardo Montalban, Joanna Moore, Ned Romero, Stuart Randall, Frank Silvera, Barry Sullivan, William Tannen, Dub Taylor, and Morgan Woodward.
The High Chaparral was Dortort's brainchild, and he left the day-to-day running of Bonanza in the spring of 1967 so he could focus all of his energies on The High Chaparral. After the show's cancellation in 1971, Dortort did not return to Bonanza, but retired instead. All exterior and most interior filming was done at Old Tucson Studios.
Cameron Mitchell was offered the part of Buck following an airline flight to Tucson where he had sat next to the series originator and his wife.
The series has appeared on CBN, The Family Channel, Hallmark Channel, and, as of September, 2012, exclusively on The Inspiration Network as part of their Saturday western lineup that includes The Virginian, The Big Valley, and Bonanza.
No information exists yet about when it will be released on DVD in the US or all over Europe. But on May 20, 2010 the first worldwide release of season 1 were in Germany (Kinowelt, now Studiocanal). Subtitles English and dubbed to German. Season 2 was released on December 9, 2010. Season 3 was released June 9, 2011. The final season 4 was released in February 16, 2012. On disc 1 episode 1 starts with some scenes shown on German TV that were not in the original and thus dubbed German instead of English for a few minutes. Quality is superb.
Art-S Home Entertainment (www.art-s.nl) in the Netherlands released the first box with season 1 (28 episodes) on May 2, 2012. Season 2 released on January 28, 2013. Season 3 released on September 3, 2013 and the final season 4 released January 26, 2014. The High Chaparral is also released in Sweden with each season in 2 boxes. In Australia they have also released The High Chaparral in 4 boxes.
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|Region 4
|Season 1
|May 20, 2010
|May 2, 2012
|October 30, 2012
|November, 2012
|March 13, 2013
|Season 2
|December 9, 2010
|January 28, 2013
|March 19, 2013
|December, 2012
|May 8, 2013
|Season 3
|June 9, 2011
|September 3, 2013
|July 31, 2013
|January, 2013
|August 7, 2013
|Season 4
|February 16, 2012
|January 26, 2014
|October 8, 2013
|February, 2013
|January 15, 2014
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Patrick Peterson mentors former LSU star Tyrann Mathieu
In 2011, Tyrann Mathieu made headlines on the football field.
The LSU Tiger defensive back registered 76 total tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and intercepted two passes. But he also showed a nose for the end zone -- scoring four touchdowns on punt returns and fumble returns for the BCS runner up. He won the Bednarik Award as the nation's best defensive player and was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy.
In 2012, Mathieu made headlines off the football field. LSU head coach Les Miles suspended the junior-to-be for a violation of team rules. Rumors floated that Mathieu would transfer to another school to continue his collegiate football career, but he did not. Mathieu was arrested for possession of marijuana last October.
Mathieu opted to make himself eligible for the NFL Draft, and is in Arizona training for the event with a former college teammate -- two-time Cardinals Pro Bowler Patrick Peterson.
Yahoo! Sports chronicled the work Peterson is doing with Mathieu for a video called "Outside the Game."
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He is just a local Bi-sexual Pyromaniac, Compulsive Lair, Drug dealer, Goth kid, Heroin junkie, and a Neo-Nazi but only on a fetish type of basis. he lives out of his hearse and has two pet ferrets named Osiris and Isis. he also has a bit of a sadistic streak.
Age: any age you want him to be~ but he is mostly 18
Likes: FIRE, he derives sexual pleasure from watching something burn~ he also has a car crash fetish, he loves animals of any kind. he loves music and he loves to sing, he loves spicy food and coffee. he loves all the goth boys. his favorite colors are blue and black.
Dislikes: when people fuck with his property, the fire department, getting hassled by the police, when people don't buy his drugs, being out witted by people, being told what to do, seeing animals get hurt, having to cook, losing his lighter, hates having to do any kind of math, overly perky people, abortion doctors and pedophiles.
additional information: He is not very clean, his type of life style prevents him from getting to take hot showers, he mostly just bathes in the local rivers and ponds when the temperature is not below freezing.
He carries at least ten different lighters on his person at any given time.
He has an eight-inch hunting knife in his boot and a taser in his back pocket.
He also has a outdoor meth lab hidden somewhere by Stark's pond. "Cooking" is one of his favorite activities. In addition to the meth lab he also grows his own weed. He keeps a couple plants in the back of his hearse, the rest is growing out in the woods in a place he calls Narnia.
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Cutest girl behind my door
Everybody's hiding in love from war
The beauty broke down their chains somehow
Who's gonna living on my body now?
A growing pain within my pop divine
Will I ever regret the line?
Switching on the light, I will not reassign
Girlfriend's girlfriends never could be mine
Drop her white pants wide open warm
Now she's slipping on her uniform
And every second would become so mis defined
Girlfriend's girlfriends never could be mine
What can I do? What can I say?
Choose your weapon, time to pay
Forget about the second day
We could be friends with a kiss in flow
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin is pairing up teachers and principals in a grassroots effort to close the state's nation-leading student achievement gap among minority and poor populations.
State Superintendent Tony Evers unveiled the Promoting Excellence For All Task Force Wednesday. The meeting started with brief remarks from Evers about issues that were laid out in a report last year.
Task force chair Demond Means said the group's ground level approach will find problem areas in educating all groups of children. The group will then create what Means called a tool kit for the state's 60,000 teachers to use later this year.
Members of a federally funded research group called the approach unique to Wisconsin and said it should help the state start closing its gap as soon as next year.
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text: Beautiful work from Hedy West – a folk singer with a voice that cuts through to the quick – none of the sweetness of some of the poppier acts of the 60s, and none of the softness that you might get from commercial efforts – and instead a sound that's straight from the hills, and a bit like some of the best Elektra recordings by Jean Ritchie! West plays banjo along with her vocals, but uses the instrument in a way that's almost more like acoustic guitar – very complicated note patterns, and less of the rhythmic strumming that you'd get in a hokier effort – with qualities that are often very dark and brooding. CD features Hedy's first two albums for Vanguard – Hedy West, with tracks that include "Single Girl", "Shady Grove", "Drowsy Sleeper", "Fare Thee Well", "Fragments", and "Sweet Jane" – and Hedy West Volume 2, with tracks that include "Pans Of Biscuits", "Lady Beauty Bright", "Boston Burglar", "Farther Along", "Hubbard", "Run Slave Run", and "Poor Little Lost Baby". CD also features 2 bonus tracks – unissued tracks "Cotton Mill Girls" and "Who's Going To Shoe Them Pretty Little Feet". © 1996-2014, Dusty Groove, Inc.


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As your old Army buddy, I feel compelled to respond to your posting of the lyrics to one of my favorite songs. It's not one now. Music has evolved since Wall of Voodoo and the crass businessman David Bowie. I like that song, Sunshine Sunshine Where Are You? by Miss TK and the Revenge. I like Would too. From Alice in Chains. And Starseed by Our Lady Peace.
Were you this guy? When the Jesus and Mary Chain were big but before that song with Hope Sandoval I told you or somebody else that they said that David Bowie was just a businessman who had done nothing for rock and roll. You or that other guy got all offended and attacked the J&MC. Ten years later Bowie does some sort of stock or bonds thing with his catalogue and you can invest in it or some s**t, and now it's rated the same as a junk bond. I hope that it was you that this story pertains to so that I can laugh in your face now. Especially if you invested in it.


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The Harry's website was concepted and designed to tell the brand's story through the exceptional quality of its products in signature design elements, copy, and interactive vignettes.
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I have decided I want to add a 9mm to my collection for the ammo capacity and the availability of ammo.
I would really like to stay somewhere in the $400 range, really don't want to go over $450.
Looking for full size or compact, (do not want subcompact at the moment, that will come later) tupperware.
I like the Springfield XD, Ruger SR9, and even the Glock 17 and 19.
Only one out of those I've seen under 400 is the SR9, and used Glocks and XD's seem to cost more than their brand new counterparts
Has anyone seen any good deals lately? I sure can't find any on Gunbroker.
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I've had a friend tell me his SR9 shoots just as well as his M&P9. Which says alot because the M&P handguns are pretty damn reliable and accurate. I also like the ergonomics on the SR9.
My vote goes to the SR9.
Second vote would be a Used Glock 17. I own Glock, I trust Glock with my life, as does thousands of police officers in the US.
I wouldn't get an XD, especially if it's up against a Glock. But thats just me, I could go on a say a list of pro's and con's of both guns, but that would most likely end in a thread war, so lets keep it peaceful.
My favorite place to shop would be Buds Gun Shop. Discount Guns for Sale - Buds Gun Shop Theyve got some good deals on there. Also try Guns America www.gunsamerica.com
I sent you a PM regarding a GA site for buy/sell/trade...
I feel like I sound like a broken record anytime some is asking about 9mm in that price range, but check out a S&W M&P, $450-500 new and at least $100 less used
Albert Einstein "The important thing is not to stop questioning"
Thanks, NGIB. I'll check it out.
We had an M&P9 at the gun store where I work. It didn't feel right to me, but then again I didn't try out any of the other backstraps that came with it. I will keep it in mind.
For this particular firearm, I'm not brand specific, I'm just looking for a poly frame 9mm from a reputable manufacturer... for this purchase, best price wins.
Since I work at a gun store, I have handled all of the guns mentioned and then some.
I like the way they all feel in my hand for the most part (will have to try different backstrap on the M&P) I've even warmed up to the way a Glock feels... not the best grip, but not terrible either.
I noticed that Bud's Gun Shop has S&W Sigma 9mm's for about $289 if I remember correctly.
While I like the Sigma, and used to own one, I think I want to go with something a little easier to find mags and holsters for.
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"You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are convinced to the point of arrogance, that they are the most ferocious fighters on earth - and the amusing thing about it is that they are."
- Father Kevin Keaney, 1st MarDiv Chaplain, Korean War
Go with the xd! $446 at Bud's gun shop, you will not regret it! I have fired Glocks and do not like the grip angle at all. However, they are great guns if that is what works for you.
Countries are eaten up by the parties they favor, and ravaged by the one they oppose. Fathers and sons, sheath their swords in anothers bowels in the field, and their wives and daughters are exposed to rudeness and lust of ruffians at home.~PHILANTHROPOS
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
I'd take the XD over the Glock for the same reasons I did a few years ago, namely grip angle, balance, sights, price, grip shape, ease of fieldstripping, backstrap safety, single action, goodies package, ambidexterous mag release and steel recoil spring rod. Aside from those things, they're about even.
"Guns don't kill people. Male Kennedy's kill people."
Round chambered indicator, cocked striker indicator, and better breech design. And that's it. Oh, and the rifling. Yeah, that's all.
Ease up you rabid XD fans. I'm not knocking down your product. I simply voiced my opinion. I choose Glock over XD, sorry if I like the grip angle and tenifered metal.


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WARRENTON — Citizen groups have filed a lawsuit in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge the safety of proposed liquefied natural gas tankers on the Columbia River.
Columbia Riverkeeper, Columbia-Pacific Commonsense and Wahkiakum Friends of the River are asking the U.S. Coast Guard to take a hard look at threats to communities, such as explosions and "cascading failures" of LNG, and impacts to the environment.
The lawsuit challenges the U.S. Coast Guard's green light for the proposed Oregon LNG terminal and associated LNG tanker traffic.
There was no immediate comment from the Coast Guard on the appeal.
Oregon LNG's terminal would be located on 96 acres of state-owned land on the Skipanon Peninsula between the Skipanon River and Youngs Bay in Warrenton. Opponents are worried, in part, because they say one LNG tanker alone is bigger than three football fields and towers 20-stories high.
According to Oregon LNG's filings, its terminal will require roughly 125 new ships crossing the Columbia River bar – inbound and outbound – every year. Each departing tanker would carry a staggering eight percent of total U.S. daily gas consumption.
Oregon LNG and its connected pipeline proposals would build hundreds of miles of high-pressure natural gas pipeline that would cut through farms, forests, the Columbia River Estuary and residential properties.
Federal law requires the Coast Guard to issue a letter of recommendation on the suitability of the Columbia River for LNG tanker traffic as it relates to safety and security. In 2009, the Coast Guard issued its determination, finding that the Columbia River is not currently suitable for LNG traffic, but could be made suitable.
At the time, the Coast Guard was reviewing the Warrenton site, the now defunct Bradwood Landing project inland from Astoria and the Jordan Cove site in Coos Bay. It concluded that the waterways "could be made suitable" for LNG delivery tankers, including the large Q-Max tankers, at Warrenton. But it highlighted several safety and security issues including surveillance cameras that would need to be addressed.
For the Columbia River LNG projects, the report said tankers would need to have Coast Guard escort boats and firefighting tugs close by at all times along with a 500-yard moving security zone surrounding them in the shipping channel and a 200-yard security zone around them while they're berthed. Some of the security measures are not released to the public.
At the time, LNG supporters said larger tankers would mean fewer trips.
The Coast Guard analysis failed to convince opponents.
Following a lengthy administrative appeal process, the citizens' groups filed a lawsuit in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Coast Guard's decision to issue its recommendation before preparing an Environmental Impact Statement and considering the impacts on endangered species. The challenge contends that the U.S. Coast Guard violated the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires a thorough analysis of the impacts, and the Endangered Species Act, which requires the Coast Guard to consult with fisheries agencies.
"The Coast Guard failed to comply with the law when it gave the OK for LNG traffic. They failed to consider the new threat of export, failed to engage stakeholders, and failed to take a hard look at the impacts as required by federal law," stated Brett VandenHeuvel, executive director for Columbia Riverkeeper.
"The safety risks of LNG are staggering," he said. "Our federal agencies must consider the public safety of fishermen on the Columbia and residents in Warrenton and Astoria."
Cheryl Johnson, a retired school librarian and Clatsop County resident, added, "The Coast Guard has a responsibility to protect the public. To put it simply, they've let us down. We urge the Coast Guard and other agencies charged with looking out for the public to protect our communities from LNG."
Oregon LNG recently announced its plans to join with Williams Pipeline's proposed Washington Expansion Project – involving 140 miles of new pipeline construction through Washington – to ship natural gas overseas to Asia, where consumers pay much higher prices for energy. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the exportation of natural gas as LNG will increase energy natural gas prices for U.S. consumers by up to 54 percent.
This story originally appeared in Daily Astorian.


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Pro Magic Audio PlayerThis player is magic. Magic in so many ways that you won't find a better mp3 player for Joomla.
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Customer support was outstanding: responsive and clear.
The hiccup I experienced was adjusting the width of the HTML 5 player, for which ProJoom gave me a simple CSS workaround.
Rumor has it that the next rev will have greater HTML 5 configuration control.
Well worth the purchase!
The Flash version has a slew of configuration options. The HTML5 version was HIGHLY configurable through CSS styling, although I understand that the developer is going to be adding more configuration options in the plugin itself.
And a few words about the developer... *amazingly* responsive. I had several questions for my particular needs and he was always right there with a ready answer or, in one case, fix on their end. This type of attentiveness and care alone makes the plugin more than worth the cost.
Another valuable aspect to this plugin for me was that you can place the audio player in a module or anywhere else (article, your own PHP code) using curly brace substitutions. (Note that if you include it this way in your own PHP code that you'll need to run the {nmap} text through the content plugins so that it is translated into the widget, for example: $content = JHTML::_('content.prepare', $content);). This was another valuable insight from ProJoom's tech support).
All-in-all I'm very pleased with the audio player and my experience with ProJoom's support!
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I'm hoping though that it would support other audio formats as well beside mp3, to be able to play music on mobile browsers, i.e. iPhone safari doesn't play mp3 files.
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It's now possible to use our player on mobile devices. We encourage you to test the HTML5 engine and contact us if you have suggestions.
This is the 3rd extension I have purchased from Projoom and as with the others, it is a high quality, functional product that does the job perfectly with style and simplicity and a major plus in my book is that their support is prompt, friendly and professional.
Quality in every way. 10 star rating from me.
This player is looking great and works smooth.
ID3 tags works great.
My contact with support has been gentle and nice.
It got a good lot of features.
The manual (or lack of) is somehow messy and confusing.
This product can do a lot, but it's not clear how to make it do it.
Worst is that if ( as in my case) you need two or more players at same site (plugin), starting second player don't stop first player!
That is certanly not a "pro" player to me.
Contacted support about this several times several months ago (right after april 2012 update) but no update on this (to me) very important lack.
Another user wrote that this is the best for musicians to use - I can't join on that one.
Starting two players will leave costumers very confused.
As HTML5 is not supported either I guess I need to find another player even I like this one very much :(
Thanks for taking the time to review this product.
I remember we've exchanged a few emails regarding the features and documentation provided for this product.
The "manual" is not messy at all. It contains a video guide, 7'30" long, which explains step by step how to configure and use this extension. Additionally, you can check a separate page with written details about each option, described as best as possible. Of course, there many ways you can configure and use the player, but that's what the user should take care of, or contact us for suggestions and help.
The feature you mention our player is lacking (stop player 1 if player 2 started) was NOT advertised and I believe all other players will behave the same as ours. I can't see why you consider it a minus. I wish my iPhone would render flash, but I knew it wasn't possible when I've ordered it.
All good features already implemented are a result of others' suggestions, requests, etc.
As for HTML5 support, it's being added in the next version. Please check back soon. :)


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BIRTH IS A DREAM - Maternity in Africa
Every year, in Africa 200.000 mothers die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth; and for every woman who dies, many others suffer injury, infection or disability.
Every year 1,5 million African children are left without a mother.
A mother's death is a human tragedy, affecting families and communities. Her death endangers the lives of a surviving newborn and any other young children; a mother's death makes it harder for the family to obtain life's necessities and escape the crush of poverty.
A great many of these deaths are preventable, when women have access to quality prevention, diagnostic, and treatment services; most maternal death and morbidity can be prevented when pregnancy and childbirth are attended by skilled health professionals (nurses, midwives or doctors).
"Birth is a dream" I named my photography project about maternity in Africa.
What is mothers dream? How far is for them the dream of a safe birth ? Why safe motherhood is still a dream for the african mothers ?
Aim of my project is to document and raise awareness about the maternity crisis in Africa.
Your photos
Bwangi Paopo,
Your photos are a miracle. Absolutely so spiritual. You have a talent for being able to capture the depth and compassion in each human face. Thank you for sharing with us.
Where in Africa are you? I work in Livingstone, Zambia several months of the year and just returned last night to my home in Chicago, Illinois but return to Africa again early November.
Wendy Stebbins
I AM ONE IN A MILLION Non-Profit Organization focused on helping street orphans and vulnerable children in Livingstone, Zambia Africa.
I am Italian. My mother from Northern (Noceto) my father from southern Italy . Where are you from in Italy? Where do you go in Africa?
Keep up the great work.
Wendy Stebbins
I AM ONE IN A MILLION Non-Profit Organization focused on helping street orphans and vulnerable children in Livingstone, Zambia Africa.
My name
Hi Paola,
My married name is Stebbins
My mother's name was Merusi . My father's name Masino. You know what the northern's think of the southern's and the other way around also. Oh, my. It made for a lot of arguing in my family.
I passed through Bologna many many years ago. I think it was around 1980, right after a big bombing. Beautiful countryside and WONDERFUL people.
Let's keep in touch.
Best wishes,
My real name is Anne Elaine Masino
Anna for my northern Grandmother, Elena for my Southern Grandmother. Wendy is a name I chose later in life.
Wendy Stebbins
I AM ONE IN A MILLION Non-Profit Organization focused on helping street orphans and vulnerable children in Livingstone, Zambia Africa.
Dear friend It's my pleasure
Dear friend
It's my pleasure to welcome you. You are now a voice among thousands of voices. I am sure you have a powerful voice to make the world changed.
Warm Welcome in this amazing platform, expectantly waiting your active participation.
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Warm Hug !
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Hello Paola,
Your photo tells it all. it speaks for itself. You are really doing a good job. Well done and keep it up
''Every woman have a story at every stage of Life''
Hi Paola, Thanks so much for
Hi Paola,
Thanks so much for sharing us here on Pulsewire! I am so touched with those pictures captured by you. It is also happening in my country Cambodia where many mother died from complications of pregnancy and childbirth anyways those are always occurred in the rural areas here. We are still too poor in health system.
Sarvina from Cambodia
Sarvina from Cambodia
VOF 2011 Correspondent
My heart just stopped looking at these pictures. Its so painful my god... I wish god give these ladies all the strength on this planet to bear this and really eyes to the government to please please improve the facilities for motherhood. You have really done a marvelous job in bringing this to the world from your lens eye. I really hope that this helps and we see a better future. KUDOS to your work.
God Bless you.
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Dragged my bf here to try the food. It is Sunday and they were supposed to be open at 10am. I was here at 10.30am the Closed sign was still up and the staff seem to be working in slow motion behind the counter. Decided to eat at foodcourt instead andbmaybe grab a drink from Frunatic later. We finished and were back at 11.20. Still closed! Seriously, such a disappointment in service.
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Office 2010 - Configuration progress
I've recently dented Office 2007 from my system using Your Uninstaller 2010...
and I can't seem to Install it again either, the installation always occurs problem during installation...
So I tried installing Office 2010, the installation was successful but everytime I close Office, Open Office [Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc] there is a window of Configuration progress which take about 2 mints to finish and than Office opens...
How to prevent this window from showing? I've understand that the problem occurs because Office 2007 did not removed successfully But I've followed Microsoft instructions here: How to manually uninstall the 2007 Office system if you cannot uninstall it by using the "Add or Remove Programs" feature
But the Configuration progress keeps showing...
Also I've tried many Automatic tools for removal office 2007...
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|05 Feb 2010
Windows 7 Ultimate x32
About that uninstalling problem try with this one, if you didn't try it already.
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This is an interesting program But there is no sign for Office 2007 in my system at all, even this program didn't find anything...
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|05 Feb 2010
This is an interesting program But there is no sign for Office 2007 in my system at all, even this program didn't find anything...
failing that there's alternate options on that page too
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|05 Feb 2010
OK, I've solved the problem by installing Office 2010 on the current 2010 version...
It had a option called 'Customize' and one of them was: "Delete all the programs related to office" Or something like that...
I chooses this, re-installed office 2010 and the problem gone... Finally!
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|05 Feb 2010
Windows 10 Tech Preview 9879 x64
I had this issue too back with the Tech Preview. Turns out that everytime I ran CC Cleaner, it would wipe out Office 2010's config files. Once I uninstalled it, I never got the configuration window again.
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Windows 7
Hi, Everyone.
Yesterday, I was struggled with this problem also. I have office 2007 pro installed before. After remove 2007 and install 2010, the pains started even I tried to rolled back to 2007 as it keep on showing the same error, "Configuration in Progress" every time run the office applications. I did tried to check the registry entries and obviously it's a permission issues in registry, the error shows that I do not have permission to open certain office registry entries. But I'm not sure what to do even though I was logged on and run office 2010 setup as "Administrator".
I'm almost give up and format my Win 7(64bit) just for the sake to reinstall Office 2010 Pro(64bit). But to reinstall all the programs might take half day for me. So, I decided to give myself a chance... Until this morning, when I read this article. "Fix Office 2010 Install Error 1402 Setup Cannot Open Registry Key". It really really WORK!!
Fix Office 2010 Install Error 1402 Setup Cannot Open Registry Key
>> Thanks to author, Nakodari
These are the commands to repairs your registry permission in order to grant and set permission to "AdministratorS". I really hope this solution can solve your office 2010 installation problems.
Good luck and have a nice day!
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Help please. Installed Office Pro 2010 - no issue. I seem to have the reverse of others here. My issue happen when the software is opened (not closed)
Try to open Word (or Excel, P/Point etc...anything in the suite) and the machine goes into "please wait until Windows configure Microsoft Office Single Image 2010"
Then it does "collecting information" and the into a "configuration process"
Finally into Word. I'm not going to wait the minute or so each time I wish to open a program.
Please - what can be causing this.
Running Windows 7 and (hopefully) Office Pro 2010
I've tried a Custom install and a standard install
How can I check if there are renegade bits of Office 2007 causing havoc
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Update to above. Installed Revo Uninstaller Professional (thanks GRIMMJOW for the advice) and cleared office 2010 and residual 2007. Installed office 2010. When a component is opened - it still goes into configuration and setup mode.....then finally into the software. Getting ready to through Office....any advice??
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On September 24, 1998 the Government of Canada officially proclaimed the last Sunday of September of every year as Police and Peace Officers' National Memorial Day. This National Memorial Day gives Canadians an opportunity each year to formally express appreciation for the dedication of police and peace officers, which made the ultimate tragic sacrifice to keep our communities safe.
Unfortunately, our comrades are falling at an alarming rate; six to eight officers a year for the last twenty-three years. In 1978 the first Memorial honoured 14 officers. In 2014 the names of over 840 members are engraved on the Honour Roll along the perimeter wall on Parliament Hill, overlooking the Ottawa River and the Supreme Court of Canada. The glass panels provide a lasting tribute to our heroes, and ensure that future generations are reminded of the supreme sacrifices of our fallen members.


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