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CARM Newsletter 09-18-08
Daniel in the King's Den
|The story of Daniel in the Bible is certainly one of those fascinating examples of how God protects someone from death. In fact, this Jewish prophet is most popularly known as "Daniel in the Lion's Den." There is one important virtue of Daniel that is often overlooked: his faith before a pagan king. Daniel was taken into captivity by the Babylonians at a very young age. However, he did not lose heart or give up on life. Instead, even as a youth, he rubbed shoulders with the big wigs of Babylonia as a consultant of the king. In fact, Daniel and his friends were considered ten times better than the astrologers of the day (Daniel 1:19-20).
The tranquility as a royal consultant was shattered when the king of Babylon had a dream that troubled him (2:1). The king first questioned the astrologers and soothsayers to give him an answer for his dream. In "polite" kingly fashion he mandates, "The command from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb and your houses will be made a rubbish heap" (5). Sound reasonable?
Realizing the difficulty of interpreting the king's dream, the soothsayers give a sixth century spiritual Babylonian response, "Moreover, the thing which the king demands is difficult, and there is no one else who could declare it to the king except gods, whose dwelling place is not with mortal flesh" (11). This "spiritual" response of these soothsayers did not satisfy the king who demanded that all of these "dream interpreters" be executed.
The pressure was on Daniel. Word came to him that the king of Babylon had ordered the death of all of the wise men in his kingdom. However, Daniel did not lose heart. Instead, he wisely asked the king for time to interpret the dream (16). The king knew Daniel as someone having "wisdom and understanding" but there is no clear evidence that he (nor Daniel) knew that God would give Daniel revelation regarding the dream (1:20).
Nevertheless, Daniel trusted God. He and his three comrades prayed that God would give them the interpretation of the dream. Eventually God replies and gives Daniel the needed revelation. Daniel quickly is escorted before the king and he boldly declares before this glorified pagan, "As for the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither wise men, conjurers, magicians nor diviners are able to declare it to the king." He then states, "However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days...(2:27-28)."
I suppose the rest of the story is history (or His story as some say). Daniel tells the king the dream and he and his buddies get promoted in the Babylonian kingdom. However, this Scriptural examples was written for our edification (cf. Romans 15:4). Do you have enough faith in God that you would trust Him to deliver you from death? Would you trust Him even before the most popular people of your day? Do you have faith that "there is a God in heaven?"
If you don't have an answer, then pray and ask God to work one in you. It may take time, but God is faithful to complete in you the good work which He has begun (Phil. 1:6).
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If that sounds appealing, then maybe you might be interested in working with CARM.
You can be male or female. You have to agree to the CARM statement of faith, and I prefer (though it is not necessary) people who are educated and/or experienced in their field of expertise. But I must reiterate; this is not an easy ministry. It is time-consuming, often unrewarding, frustrating, etc. But, there are rewards. You get to know that what you produce will affect thousands of people for years to come. This ministry is a challenge and it is not for the fainthearted. Interested? If so, contact Matt or Ryan at [email protected]
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Illogical pricing has placed hospitals at a competitive disadvantage with nonhospital providers for outpatient services. For some hospitals, discounting coinsurance may improve that scenario.
The illogic in hospital pricing has arisen from two decades of hospital cost shifting to cope with shortfalls in governmental payment and the financial impact of providing care to the uninsured, indigent, and no-pay patient population.
One contributor to hospitals' pricing illogic is Medicare's payment rules. Until August 2003, many hospitals were increasing charges to maximize Medicare outlier payments. Medicare budgeted outlier payments equal to 5.1 percent of total diagnosis-related group (DRG) payments across the country. Loopholes existed that allowed hospitals to realize significant outlier payments by increasing charges each year in excess of their underlying costs.
When it comes to pricing for uninsured patients, most hospitals have developed self-pay fee schedules based on a factor of Medicaid and/or Medicare in conjunction with a separate free care or charity care policy based on eligibility. For example, Princeton HealthCare System complies with state guidelines allowing anyone earning less than 200 percent of the family federal poverty level to qualify for charity care. Also, we have implemented a self-pay discounted fee schedule. All pure self-pay bills are discounted to a percentage of the Medicare allowable rate at time of billing.
These efforts have helped Princeton maintain good citizenship with its community. However, these efforts do not resolve the underlying issue of exorbitant hospital prices.
Some articles have proposed developing a rational chargemaster using relative value units or some standard cost accounting system where a connection exists between underlying cost to provide a given service and price. However, this practice has yet to be proven successful in many organizations. Simply rolling back prices also is not an option. This often means accepting a lower reimbursement from those payers that still pay for some services as a percentage of charges (e.g., commercial insurance, workers' compensation). Similarly, all things being equal, a hospital would have to take a one-year reduction in Medicare outlier payments. With very few exceptions, hospital margins are not sufficiently profitable to absorb such a hit.
Ideally, a hospital could work with payers to negotiate a budget-neutral approach to reduce charges in exchange for a higher payment percentage. However, few hospitals have yet been successful in this effort because this would require all payers to participate (many of the charge-based payers are related to commercial, auto, and workers' compensation-which, for a particular organization, can be dozens).
For the time being, charity care and self-pay schedules have prevented further government intervention into hospital prices. However, hospitals' exorbitant prices continue to be a barrier to a strategic imperative for most hospitals: successful competition with nonhospital providers for outpatient services.
As hospital margins are squeezed because costs continue to rise at a faster rate than payment, a hospital must grow volume to remain profitable. Also, many hospitals have negotiated managed care contracts accepting inpatient per diem or case rates lower than their full costs, making up this shortfall by negotiating more lucrative outpatient rates (consisting of fee schedules and charge-based payment).
Princeton HealthCare System has targeted many of the traditional outpatient services for growth. In one sense, these are good opportunities because Princeton is located in an affluent service area. However, with that advantage comes tremendous competition from nonhospital entities-competition that is especially difficult because the current pricing system makes hospital prices higher than those of nonhospital entities.
Hospitals can implement various methods to increase outpatient volume, from improved customer service (easy patient scheduling, registration, and parking; quick turnaround times) to improved physician service (electronic results reporting and timely follow-up). However, even with top-notch service, Princeton-like many hospital systems-finds itself at a disadvantage because its price structure results in patients having higher out-of-pocket costs compared with costs that patients would be charged in a nonhospital setting.
Hospitals charge higher out-of-pocket costs for outpatient services because they need to negotiate higher rates to cover less profitable, higher-cost services such as emergency care.
Most managed care contracts for hospital outpatient services pay based on a Medicare ambulatory payment category (APC) methodology, fee schedule, or percentage of charges. With very few exceptions, managed care organizations reimburse nonhospital providers based on a prevailing fee schedule (and rarely based on charges), so no incentive exists to raise charges beyond a reasonable level. Most primary insurances pay a percentage of the approved allowable amounts. For example, if the insurer pays 50 percent of charges and the patient has a 20 percent co-insurance, the patient-pay portion will be 10 percent of charges. If the hospital charge is five times the rate charged by a freestanding center, this will result in a substantial difference in the patient balance due.
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In this example, the patient balance due for a service delivered at a hospital is substantially greater than for the same service delivered at a freestanding outpatient facility.
Lost referrals and patient complaints. Most physicians who refer to Princeton HealthCare System are aware of the difference in Princeton's pricing structure compared with that of nonhospital options. Understandably, these physicians sometimes are reluctant to refer patients to the hospital when doing so means saddling their patients with higher out-of-pocket costs.
Also, as high-deductible plans and medical savings accounts become more commonplace, Princeton is seeing more patient complaints attributed to high charges and resulting high out-of-pocket costs.
Attempted solutions. As mentioned earlier, hospitals have successfully discounted prices for uninsured patients. But few solutions exist for insured patients. Some hospital managers deal with pricing complaints on a case-by-case basis. However, a consistent, defensible, and legal approach to pricing is far preferable.
Princeton offers installment plans and is establishing a relationship with a bank to develop discounted no-recourse loans at a very low interest rate. However, these patient payment options do not address the root cause of the problem.
To compete more effectively with nonhospital providers, hospitals need to find a legitimate way to reduce a patient's out-of-pocket costs until a longer-term restructuring of the hospital pricing system becomes feasible.
The question naturally arises: May a hospital waive or discount some types of patient copayments?
When Medicare introduced APCs many years ago, the system included a provision under which hospitals could waive hospital copayments if requested, approved in advance by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and implemented uniformly. Because copayments are designed to guard against the overutilization of services, CMS generally has not approved waiving outpatient copayments. Most managed care insurance contracts are silent in terms of how hospitals must approach coinsurances.
It is important to understand that reducing a patient's out-of-pocket costs must focus only on coinsurance as distinct from deductibles (which should never be discounted) and copayments, which are a fixed amount per encounter. Coinsurance is typically a percentage of the allowable amount (after any deductibles are met).
One strategy to mitigate patients' high coinsurance payments is to provide a uniform discount. This is separate from the pure self-pay discounted fee schedule. Under this scenario, the provider would bill the insurance at full charges. Should an unpaid patient paid balance exist, the patient account representative would review the account for any coinsurances due (excluding deductibles) and apply a fixed percentage discount to the coinsurance amount.
Consider a hospital wanting to increase its laboratory volumes and compete more effectively against larger national contracted providers. A hospital could accomplish this goal by growing hospital-based referrals or through developing a laboratory outreach initiative.
For the noncapitated business, nearly all the national providers have negotiated fee schedules. If the hospital contract pays as a percentage of charges, the physician may be reluctant to refer the laboratory work to the hospital because the patient may end up with a large copayment.
Medicare beneficiaries under Part B, after meeting a $131 annual deductible for all outpatient services, have no laboratory copayments or coinsurance due. As such, there are no Medicare restrictions about applying discounting to any unpaid outpatient laboratory coinsurance amounts due. For other services where a Medicare coinsurance amount exists (all other services such as radiology and cardiology), applying a percentage discount to the unpaid coinsurance amount such that it never becomes less than the Medicare coinsurance amount would be a reasonable approach.
Unfortunately, most of today's hospital billing systems cannot automate the process of applying coinsurance discounts. To do so, the system would need an automated secondary billing functionality, allowing it to distinguish between the hundreds of different patient liability reason codes. The system also would need to be able to perform multiple contractual write-off adjustments. Lacking this functionality, the process is manual and tedious. However, additional patient volume and revenue may well outweigh the labor cost of this process.
Hospitals interested in implementing this process should consult with legal counsel about possible regulatory barriers. Discounting the patient portion after receiving the insurance payment may be seen as pushing the regulatory envelope. However, consider the concept of discounting coinsurance in light of the debate that took place over the appropriateness of self-pay discounts, prior to the Office of Inspector General and CMS taking a position on the issue in 2003 and such discounts becoming common.
CMS is concerned with the consistency and uniformity of approaches across all payers; however, different approaches can be taken for different services. Accordingly, coinsurance can be discounted, provided the discounts are implemented uniformly across all payers for a specific service. As noted, greater flexibility exists with respect to laboratory services because no coinsurances exist under the Medicare program, whereas, for other services, one has to be sensitive not to discount below Medicare coinsurance amounts.
Moreover, CMS is very concerned that any approach taken does not result in an increased cost to Medicare due to overutilization. Discounting coinsurance from nongovernmental payers would not affect the level of utilization. Rather, it would be designed to remove high hospital prices as a competitive disadvantage in attracting nongovernmental patients to the hospital.
With the growing movement of consumer-directed health care and patients paying a larger portion of the healthcare bill, hospitals' irrational chargemasters have created a distinct disadvantage compared with pricing of nonhospital providers. Reducing prices, renegotiating contracts, or evaluating different discounting methods are some of the limited options available, especially as standard outpatient services are seen more like a commodity. Any approach has different reimbursement, risk, and operational challenges and effects. Nonetheless, doing nothing may result in the hospital continuing to lose outpatient market share. For many hospitals, that could mean a slide into negative margins and possibly the loss of a vital resource for the community.
Ray Lefton, DDS, FHFMA, CPA, is vice president of finance, Princeton HealthCare System, Princeton, N.J., and a member of HFMA's Philadelphia Chapter (firstname.lastname@example.com).
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This is the law that is currently pending in my state of Pennsylvania, and has already passed or is pending in many other states in the US.
An Act providing for ultrasound test requirements to determine gestational ages of unborn children; establishing the right to view ultrasound image and ultrasound video of unborn child and the right to observe or hear the fetal heartbeat; providing for powers and duties of the Department of Health and for duties of physicians performing abortions; requiring certain reports to be filed with the Department of Health; imposing administrative sanctions and criminal penalties; and providing for remedies.
In order to see a fetus that is less than twelve weeks old in all but the most slender women (and in all women under six weeks pregnant), a vaginal ultrasound is required.
This is a transvaginal ultrasound wand.
This is a woman holding a transvaginal ultrasound wand. See how big it is?
This is what a transvaginal ultrasound looks like when it's inside your body.
Medical professionals do NOT require (nor want to perform) transvaginal ultrasounds prior to performing abortions. They are not considered a necessary diagnostic tool in all cases (in some they are).
The point of doing the ultrasound, of course, is to force women to "see" the fetus prior to termination in hopes that they will change their minds. Most laws require that the monitor be positioned so that the woman receiving the ultrasound has to see it.
This is what they see.
This is what a transvaginal ultrasound sees at less than eight weeks pregnant, when 58% of abortions are performed (according to the CDC).
This is what a transvaginal ultrasound reveals at less than 13 weeks pregnant, when 91.6% of abortions are performed.
Here's what the (mostly male) politicians don't know about transvaginal ultrasounds.
• They hurt. A lot.
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• In order to see the fetus, the medical professional using the wand often has to move the wand around inside you, pressing hard into your cervix, increasing your pain considerably.
• To position the wand for the best results, the technician often has their fist against your vulva.
• I'll say it again: they HURT.
• It is the most invasive medical procedure I've personally experienced because it involves a very large object being placed inside my body. Yes, it's more invasive than a traditional pelvic exam in my experience because of the way it presses into your cervix.
Here's what Dr. Jen Gunter has to say about requiring ultrasounds:
There is no medical evidence to support ultrasound laws. They are a waste of taxpayer dollars and do nothing to accomplish the goal of reducing abortion. They also create a dangerous precedent of allowing hypocritical politicians to set unacceptably low standards of medical care based on political goals, religion, and misogyny.
In her post, Dr. Gunter also mentions that required ultrasounds are often paid for by the women, thereby increasing abortion costs beyond what some women can afford, and also delays their ability to get the procedure, pushing them into requiring a more expensive procedure.
I've had literally dozens of transvaginal ultrasounds, mostly while undergoing fertility treatment. I grinned and bore it throughout because I desperately WANTED my daughter. But being required to undergo the procedure against my will?
Yeah. It would feel like being medically assaulted, and like being held hostage. The law is saying "allow me to invade your body against your will, and only THEN will you be allowed to terminate your pregnancy (taking back control of your body).
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Attorneys retained by a liability insurance company to defend a policyholder must advise the insured of significant developments in the case and of the limited scope of the representation even when the insurance contract gives the insurer the exclusive right to settle the case, the Louisiana Supreme Court made clear Oct. 16 (In re Zuber, La., No. 12-B-0916, 10/16/12).
The court dismissed disciplinary charges against two defense attorneys who failed to keep the insured client in the loop as they handled his case and then settled it on behalf of the insurer without notifying the insured in advance.
In its per curiam opinion, the court acknowledged that the issue of a defense attorney's obligations when representing an insured at the request of an insurer "has not been addressed in detail in our disciplinary jurisprudence." Accordingly, the court used this case to make clear that counsel owe obligations to an insured even when the insurance policy gives the carrier the sole authority to decide whether to settle an action against the insured.
When Dr. Michael Teague was sued for medical malpractice, his liability carrier, St. Paul Insurance Co., retained the law firm of Seale, Smith, Zuber & Barnette to handle the case. Donald S. Zuber worked on the case initially, including consulting with Teague. He then turned it over to another member of the firm, Catherine Smith Nobile.
Nobile mistakenly failed to secure a jury trial. She informed St. Paul but not Teague of this development, the court said. The case went to mediation, which resulted in a settlement against Teague for $50,000.
Teague's policy with St. Paul included a "consent to settle" provision that gave the insurer the exclusive right to settle a claim against the insured within the policy limits. Nobile did not notify Teague of the mediation or the settlement until after the fact. Teague sued Zuber and Nobile for malpractice, but his case was ultimately thrown out.
The Office of Disciplinary Counsel charged Zuber and Nobile with violating a number of disciplinary rules. A hearing committee found that both lawyers failed to comply with Louisiana Rule of Professional Conduct 1.4, which requires adequate communication with clients. The disciplinary board agreed but added that Nobile also violated Rule 1.3 on diligence when she inadvertently forfeited Teague's right to a jury trial.
The supreme court dismissed all charges against Zuber and Nobile, in light of the hazy state of the law in Louisiana about insurance defense counsel's obligations in the "tripartite relationship" among insurer, insured, and defense attorney. It accepted the lawyers' position that "their actions were taken in good faith and were not intended to cause prejudice to Dr. Teague."
But the court used its opinion to clarify the law on this issue, and to warn the defense bar that they have professional obligations to an insured even when the insurer has the exclusive contractual right to direct the insured's defense.
Although the disciplinary authorities had focused their attention on Rule 1.4, the court concluded that the most pertinent ethics standard at issue in this situation is Rule 1.2, which permits a lawyer to limit the scope of a client's representation under specified conditions.
In short, the opinion makes clear that even when the insurer is calling the shots, defense counsel must not keep the insured in the dark about where they're going.
"[W]e interpret rule 1.2 as requiring a lawyer who will represent the insured at the direction of the insurer to make appropriate disclosure sufficient to apprise the insured of the limited nature of the representation as well as the insurer's right to control the defense in accordance with the terms of the insurance contract," the court declared.
In light of the sparse precedent in Louisiana, the court directed lawyers' attention to ABA Formal Ethics Op. 96-403 (1996). That opinion emphasized Model Rule 1.2's recognition that a limited-scope representation hinges on adequate notice to the insured, "at the earliest practicable time," of the confined scope of the representation, and of the lawyer's intention to follow the insurer's instructions on defending the insured.
Even with the insurer providing guidance, the court added, defense counsel "should make efforts to keep the insured reasonably apprised of developments in the case."
In a separate opinion, Justice Bernette J. Johnson agreed that Zuber was in the clear but argued that Nobile fell short of meeting her ethical obligations.
Nobile "corresponded regularly" with St. Paul about the case against Teague but "provided none of this information to the insured, Dr. Teague, who was also her client," Johnson noted.
Although the insurance policy defined the relationship between insurer and insured, she stated, it "did not define or extinguish the ethical responsibilities of Ms. Nobile to her client, Dr. Teague."
"Nobile's behavior merits, at a minimum, a public reprimand," Johnson said.
Chief Disciplinary Counsel Charles B. Plattsmier and G. Fred Ours of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Baton Rouge, La., represented their office. Zuber, Baton Rouge, and Nobile, Shreveport, La., appeared pro se.
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An Operatic Guide to the Tea Party Coup
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The Venezuelan government issued an arrest order for opposition leader Henrique Capriles late last night, according to reports from a Spanish news publication. This follows opposition demands of a vote recount under suspicion of voter fraud, which has led to civil unrest and 7 reported deaths.
Capriles is now technically a fugitive, all because he asked for a recount following the most narrow election victory in decades. Maduro initially agreed to the recount, since Capriles guaranteed foul play in the election.
Now it seems Maduro no longer needs the recount. In fact, Venezuela's Supreme Court now declares that a recount isn't even legally required. Judge Luisa Morales, who facilitated Maduro's entrance as interim president a few months back, insists that a manual count is impossible, due to Venezuela's mostly electronic voting system, even though each vote produces a paper receipt.
In addition, Diosdado Cabello, head of the National Assembly, conducted a hearing today in which he asked opposition members if they recognized Maduro as the president. Those who declined were denied the right to speak and were thrown out of the hearing.
Systematic electoral corruption in Venezuela isn't necessarily news. In fact, arresting Capriles wouldn't be news either, considering he's already been arrested for belonging to the opposition. However, things will get interested the more this becomes a world issue. The question is, will this help or hinder Venezuela's path to freedom?
After a Sunday presidential vote that split Venezuelans between Hugo Chavez's heir Nicolas Maduro and popular opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, supporters of both candidates have taken to streets to protest what each side sees as the illegitimate nature of the opposing campaign.
Maduro supporters, or Chavistas, who insist their candidate's narrow victory (200,000+ votes) is legitimate and constitutional deride Capriles supporters as "right-win," "fascists," and "Zionists" (Capriles' mother is Jewish) and accuse them of instigating violence and even plotting a coup d'etat against Maduro. However, Capriles supporters say Maduro stole the election — given to what they see as the 14-year-old regime's abuses of power, cronyism and corruption. Meanwhile, Venezuela's Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz told Reuters on Tuesday that the post-election toll has risen to seven dead and 61 injured — which she unsurprisingly blames on the opposition.
Thousands of supporters of Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles took to the streets of Caracas and other cities banging pots, burning trash bags and chanting in protest for what their candidate sees as "fraudulent results" of the OPEC country's Sunday election to elect a successor to the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez.
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Monday's demonstration erupted as the National Electoral Council (CNE) certified the victory of acting President Nicolas Maduro against opposition leader Henrique Capriles, who refused to concede defeat and demanded a full recount.
UPDATE: Nicolas Maduro claims victory
The president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council, Tibisay Lucena, congratulated the Venezuelan people for "a pacific electoral process," in which an estimated 78.1% of eligible voters participated to "decide the destiny of the country in peace and through the democratic process." Here are the official results:
Nicolas Maduro: 7.505.338 votes (50.66%)
Henrique Capriles: 7.271.403 (49.07%)
Lucena said added that these results are "irreversible" but stopped short of naming Maduro as the next president of Venezuela. The difference between candidates is just of approximately 200,000 votes.
As Venezuelans await the official results of the OPEC country's presidential election, between Chavista Nicolas Maduro and opponent Henrique Capriles Radonski, rumors mount of Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. Since the results are already taking longer than the ones from the October 2012 election (when the official results were unveiled around 10:30 p.m. [EDT]), supporters of both Capriles and Maduro remain optimistic that their candidates will be victorious. However, both Comandos (campaigns) continue to wait for the official results from the CNE.
As Venezuelans, and the world, await the official results from the 2013 Venezuelan presidential elections, both Comandos (campaigns) remain optimistic about their respective candidate's chances to become the next president of Venezuela. Chavista Nicolas Maduro, whose Twitter account the Venezuelan government says was hacked by foreign trolls, has been the long-favored because of support from lovers of the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez — who died from cancer in March, after being elected for a third six-year term last October. However, recent gaffes from Chavez's successor seemed to have fueled a late surge by Capriles who remains optimistic through his Facebook and Twitter accounts. Officials results are expected any minute.
Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) will issue the presidential results 2013 at 10:30 p.m. (EDT), according to Globovision. Venezuelans went to the polls Sunday to elect a new president after the passing in March of the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez. An estimated 19 million voters chose between Interim President Nicolas Maduro — Chavez's successor — and Henrique Capriles, the popular governor from the opposition that after losing to Chavez on October 2012 is trying again Sunday as the challenger of Chavista Maduro. The results will be unveiled at any moment.
As the world awaits for the Venezuelan presidential election results 2013, the Twitter account of Interim President Nicolas Maduro has been hacked and opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonsky, remains defiant over what the opponents of Chavismo describe as the regime's "abuses of power." However, Maduro — Chavez's vice president and hand-picked successor — counts with the Revolución's huge infrastructure to ratify him as the president of Venezuela for the next six years. As 9:20 p.m. (EDT) has been reported that all voting polls in Venezuela have been closed and the OPEC country — as well as the world at large — continue to wait for the National Electoral Council's official results.
The Twitter account of Venezuela's Interim President Nicolas Maduro has been hacked, according Venezolana de Television. Maduro, a former bus driver and union leader who ascended the ranks of the Bolivarian Revolution to become Chavez's vice president (and successor), has made a series of late minute gaffes on the campaign trail by declaring the late Chavez "appeared" to him "as a bird," among other antics, is the favorite to win Sunday's elections in Venezuela, thanks to the Revolución's huge infrastructure — and what the opposition denounces as the regime's abuses of power. However, Capriles, a popular opposition governor, who on October 2012 lost to Chavez by ten percentage points has been able to orchestrate a late-minute surge by capitalizing on the OPEC country's inflation and crime rate — the continent's highest.
[Disclaimer: I did not vote. I am a Venezuelan in Houston, I have my Venezuelan passport but I did not vote. I couldn't register in time because I applied for my new passport too late. Yes, I am ashamed of it. In fact, this article, in addition to providing readers with live coverage of a relevant worldwide event through a local point of view, is really just a projected manifestation of my shame. So enjoy, and stay informed.]
Things are friendly and patriotic outside the Venezuelan consulate in Houston. Many of them now U.S. residents or citizens, Venezuelan nationals proudly emit their voice through the right to vote.
In the afternoon hours, the turnout at the Houston offices was roughly 3,500 out of around 6,000 registered voters, according to election officials. Amidst the crowds, I could hear people supporting Henrique Capriles, publicly announcing their hope for change in Venezuela. Naturally, the majority of those showing the Venezuelan flag use the seven-star banner as opposed to Chavez's eight-star flag. Nevertheless, some voters assured me there is a consistent chavista crowd.
There are numerous other U.S. locations for Venezuelans to show their political support. In New Orleans, voters traveled all the way from South Florida, since the Miami consulate was closed by Chavez last year before his elections against Capriles. New Orleans estimates 20,000 registered voters for today's elections, but the October elections brought 8,500 actual votes.
All in all, these numbers aren't meant to make a dent. They're made to encourage, to act as a shining light. Much of what determines a nation's readiness for change is its willingness for change. For many in Venezuela, getting out on a Sunday to vote may not be worth it (Maduro himself might be having a potentially game-changing abstention crisis), however, voters in the U.S. serve as encouragement that change is possible if you're willing to withstand the journey.
Are Venezuelans willing to change?
Thousands of supporters of Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles took to the streets of Caracas and other cities banging pots, burning trash bags and chanting in protest for what their candidate sees as "fraudulent results" of the OPEC country's Sunday election to elect a successor to the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez.
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On Sunday, an estimated 19 million Venezuelans, still stunned by the untimely death of their larger-than life socialist leader Hugo Chavez, will go to the polls to decide between Interim President Nicolas Maduro — Chavez's successor — and Henrique Capriles Radonski, a popular governor from the opposition who in October 2012 lost to Chavez by ten points.
Though Maduro, a former bus driver who ascended the ranks of the Bolivarian Revolution to become Chavez's vice president, has been the long-favored, a series of recent missteps on the campaign trail — he accused the United States of giving Chavez cancer, claimed the recently-deceased leader "appeared" to him as a bird, and invoked a curse on opposition voters — seemed to have fueled a late surge by Capriles, who's closed the gap albeit narrowly (local pollster Datanalisis, cited by the Associated Press, puts Maduro at 55% and Capriles at 45%.
However, the charismatic opponent, known as el flaco ("the skinny"), among its supporters, seems emboldened by a sudden courage that however lacked back when he campaigned against the late Comandante. Capriles, imprisoned in 2002 for supposedly plotting against the Cuban embassy in Caracas, has been cruising the country rightfully denouncing the 20% inflation rate and the continent's highest crime rate that 14 years of Chavismo left as a legacy.
But Capriles' hill is steep, as Maduro, that despite lacking Chavez's charisma, counts with the Revolución's monstrous infrastructure to mobilize millions of red-clad supporters of Chavismo.


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Trojan boys stuff Furies, 71-50
After losing to one of the top teams in the country this weekend, the Wesleyan Christian boys bounced back strong in a 71-50 win Tuesday at Forsyth Country Day.
Donovan Gilmore and Harry Giles each a double-double to lead the Trojans (13-4), ranked No. 2 in the NCISAA 3A. Giles had 18 points and 18 rebounds while Gilmore had 18 points and 10 rebounds, as Wesleyan improved to 2-0 in the PACIS.
"On the national stage, everything is magnified," coach Keith Gatlin said. "Rebounds, turnovers, missed free throws — we just didn't close. So, it was good to get into conference play. Conference games are everything.
"(Playing national games) helps a lot. They're not going to see the size and the strength anywhere else like we see there. So, it really has prepared us for what we have to do here."
The Trojans led by two midway through the first quarter before going on an 8-2 spurt to lead 18-10 heading to the second. From there, they stifled FCD defensively and ran their offense well — both in the halfcourt set and in transition — in leading 32-18 at halftime.
Although FCD did trim the lead to nine twice early in the third quarter, Wesleyan pushed its lead to 17 before ending the third quarter with a 48-33 lead and led by as many as 23 in the final minutes.
"It feels good to get this win," Giles said. "We came off a tough loss this weekend. We had to get it back and get prepared for Friday."
"We knew we had to come out strong, coming off our last game," Gilmore said. "We fine-tuned in practice, so we knew we had to come out strong and get this conference win."
The Trojans, who were without point guard JaQuel Richmond (ankle), also got 10 points from Trey Chapman. They face another stern test in their next game Friday at state-ranked No. 1 Greensboro Day.
"We just had to come out and play hard," Gilmore said of adjusting to playing without Richmond. "We've got a lot of depth and a lot of size on the inside. We just had to come out and play hard.
"We know know what type of team we are. We just have to show it every night."
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August 18 - Family Fun Night
Lamoreaux Claims Late Model Title Dispite Dineen Win
August 18 - Jerry Dineen was the winner of the thirty lap Late Model feature, but Jim Lamoreaux claimed the 2012 Late Model Championship at the ASA member track by four points over Dineen. Sportsman rookie, Tyler Rypkema held off the close challenges of John Wilber and Tony Hanbury to collect his first ever Sportsman win. Gil Sharpsteen finally sorted out the handling problems which have plagued his efforts all season to claim his first win of the season. Gene Purvis outlasted Dayton Cote to claim his first ever win at Shangri-La II in the Pudgies Pizza Four Cylinder Stocks. A very pleasant late summer night greeted the fans and competitors at Shangri-La II Motorspeedway in Tioga Center, NY.
August 11 - Concrete Kicks Asphalt
(Tioga Center, NY) - Racing action on the fast ½-mile concrete oval that is Shangri-la II Motor Speedway was contested on a beautiful "Concrete Kicks Asphalt" Saturday night. When it was over a pair of drivers celebrated repeat wins while another pair celebrated career-first wins in their divisions. Jimmy Zacharias (Candor, NY) got win #7 in the Sportsman Modified division and it was #2 this year for ASA Late Model driver Scott Nurmi (Lakeview, NY). Maine, NY's Chris Zacharias, who had won previously in the Late Models, scored his first in the Street Stocks. And it was a career-first Shangri-la II win for 4 Cylinder ace Frank Morich from Horseheads, NY. With the season winding down the championship chases are very much on the minds of many. The battles continue this Saturday on Family Fun Night.
Results: A Night of Thunder - August 4
Lamoreaux, Zacharias, Sharpsteen, Ameigh Find Victory Lane
August 4, 2012 - 2009 Late Model champion, Jim Lamoreaux led flag-to-flag in claiming his second Late Model victory of the season holding off the constant pressure from second place finisher, Jerry Dineen. Jimmy Zacharias made his move around Tony Hanbury on the fifth lap of the twenty five lap Sportsman feature and cruised on to his sixth Sportsman win. Lee Sharpsteen started deep in the Street Stock field. The two time and defending champion drove with determination following a disqualification the preceding week, bypassed both Chris Zacharias and Gil Sharpsteen in turn three on lap sixteen and held on to win for the seventh time in ten events. Jeff Ameigh collected his fourth win in the Pudgies Pizza Four Cylinder Stocks, holding off Frank Morich.
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Baylor FastBacc May 2014
- 0Jan 4 by matwoodHey everyone! I couldn't find any other threads for the May 2014 class, so I figured I'd go ahead and make one. The application deadline is just about here, so I'm sure Tina is very busy getting everything together. Now the waiting begins!
Feel free to post anything here related to the 2014 LHSON FastBacc program. Hopefully we have some turnout in this thread and answer many questions amongst ourselves!
Good luck to everyone!
- 0Jan 5 by Irish_MistI'm glad someone posted about this. I won't be applying this year. I'm applying for the 2015 fast bacc. Do you know if this program is more competitive versus the traditional two year BSN program? I can't seem to find any feedback on this.
- 0Jan 5 by matwoodI do not know for a fact if it is any more or less competitive than the two year traditional BSN. I imagine since the requirements are higher (you need a bachelors) that they receive far less applicants than the traditional BSN; however, obviously there is always a chance that those applying to the FastBacc program could have higher GPAs and HESI scores. Based on prior posts on this forum, it seems like the average overall and science GPA for acceptance is ~3.5. I believe the 2013 FastBacc program accepted 36 students, but I think I remember Tina saying they were accepting quite a few more this year.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help, but I'm sure someone else has more information on this topic than I do.
- 0Jan 5 by Irish_MistI talked with her a few months back. She did kind of "allude" to the fact that Baylor is less competitive simply because of the high cost of tuition. This doesn't mean I think I will get in with a crappy GPA. Right now, my prerequisite GPA is around 3.4 ish but I still have some classes to take to raise that. Good luck with getting in. Keep me posted on how it goes. I'm very curious to hear from an actual applicant.
- 0Jan 16 by jordyntalleyHello!
I applied to the FastBacc program at Baylor as well. I had my interview in Dec. and Tina said they should be senting out accepectence letter via email in late January or early Feb. I'm anxious to hear back!
- 0Jan 20 by jordyntalleyHow did the interviews go?! My interview was kind of relaxed. Was it the same for y'all?


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The story of man in Tennessee begins with the last retreat of the Ice Age glaciers, when a colder climate and forests of spruce and fir prevailed in the region. Late Ice Age hunters probably followed animal herds into west Tennessee some 12,000-15,000 years ago. These nomadic Paleo-Indians camped in caves and rock shelters and left behind their distinctive arrowheads and spear points. About 12,000 years ago, the region's climate began to warm and the predominant vegetation changed from conifer to our modern deciduous forest. Abundant acorns, hickory, chestnut, and beech mast attracted large numbers of deer and elk. Warmer climate, the extinction of the large Ice Age mammals, and the spread of deciduous forests worked together to transform Indian society. During what is known as the Archaic period, descendants of the Paleo-Indians began to settle on river terraces, such as those found along the Tennessee River, where they gathered wild plant food and shellfish in addition to hunting game. Sometime between 3,000 and 900 BC, natives took the crucial step of cultivating edible plants such as squash and gourds—the first glimmerings of agriculture. Archaic Indians were thereby ensured a dependable food supply and freed themselves from seasonal shortages of wild plant foods and game. With a more secure food supply, populations expanded rapidly across what is now west Tennessee and scattered bands combined to form larger villages. Several Archaic Indian settlements have been found within or near current Tennessee NWR lands throughout recent years.
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In 1937, a flood occurred in the Tennessee and Ohio River Valleys, causing widespread devastation to communities, farms and families. The following year, in 1938, the newly formed Tennessee Valley Authority started construction on Kentucky Dam. In 1944, the construction of Kentucky Dam across the Tennessee River near Gilbertsville, Kentucky was completed, forming Kentucky Lake. The excess waters of Kentucky Lake are discharged into the Tennessee River, which flows into the Ohio River and eventually into the Mississippi.
Kentucky Dam Dedication in 1944. Credit: TVA File Photo
Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge was established on December 28, 1945, by President Harry S. Truman, who signed Executive Order No. 9670, designating the area "for the use of the Department of the Interior as a refuge and wildlife management area for migratory birds and other wildlife." On December 29, 1945, the Department of the Interior and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) entered into agreement with respect to the lands that were to be reserved and used as the wildlife refuge.
Tennessee NWR lies nestled along 65 miles of the Tennessee River (Figure 1). The 51,358-acre refuge is made up of three separate units: the Duck River Unit with 26,738 acres, Big Sandy Unit with 21,348 acres and Busseltown Unit with 3,272 acres. The headquarters for Tennessee NWR is in Paris, Tennessee, and a sub headquarters exists on the Duck River Unit, near the town of New Johnsonville, Tennessee.


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Colossal squid corneas—relatively small parts of the animal's basketball-size eyes (file picture). Photograph by Marty Melville, Getty Images.
Published March 15, 2012
If colossal and giant squid's basketball-size eyes—two to three times bigger than any other animal's—don't see particularly well, what's their evolutionary point?
According to a new study, big squid eyes do have a "superpower" Captain Ahab might have killed for: sperm whale vision.
(Related: "Colossal Squid Has Glowing 'Cloaking Device,' Huge Eyes.")
The discovery began with an ultra-rare catch.
In 2007 fishers in Antarctica's Ross Sea netted the largest intact squid ever captured (picture), a dead colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) stretching 26 feet (8 meters) long. They quickly froze the specimen, which would remain that way until a team of expert scientists could thaw the squid out at the Museum of New Zealand.
Upon dissection, the 1,091-pound (495-kilogram) animal stunned scientists with the size of its 10.6-inch-wide (27-centimeter-wide) eyes, which are comparable to those of the other big squid species, the giant squid. (See pictures of the colossal squid dissection.)
"We didn't know about any other animals with eyes that were even slightly smaller—it was a huge gap between them and the eyes of all other animals," said study leader Dan-Eric Nilsson, a biologist at Sweden's Lund University.
(Also see "Alien-like Squid With 'Elbows' Filmed at Drilling Site.")
Big Eyes, but Why?
Nilsson began to wonder: Why would the two big squid species, colossal and giant—giant being slightly smaller—develop such outsize eyes, and how do the animals use them?
Since the colossal squid's habitat—around 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) underwater—is pitch black, it seems obvious that their eyes would be big to pick up more light.
But Nilsson's team's mathematical modeling revealed that the optical properties of water would limit the eye's ability to discern typical undersea objects, like prey—the huge eyes, it seems, confer no vision advantage.
In fact, his data suggest that any growth beyond the size of an orange is wasted effort, as far as deep-sea vision is concerned. That conclusion seems to be confirmed by a look at the eyes of other animals sharing the same waters.
"There are lots of animals down there, some as large as the colossal squid, but their eyes were not nearly so large. So just seeing better in darkness down there wasn't the answer," he said.
Giant Squid See the Light
Since eyes are "expensive" for bodies to develop and maintain, however, there had to be some reason for their size, Nilsson thought.
The team's models revealed that, what the colossal and giant squid's supersize pupils and retinas lacked in close-up vision they made up for with extreme farsightedness. The cephalopods are fine-tuned to spot very large objects at a distance—such as the sperm whales that prey on the squid.
Still, no matter how large the eye, or how big the object being seen, darkness presents a visual problem.
With their great light-gathering capacity, squid eyes are able to detect even a faint glow the equivalent of a football field away, the study found.
Not coincidentally, when a sperm whale is on the move, it disturbs tiny bioluminescent life-forms, creating a faintly glowing trail in the whale's wake—and giving squid an unintentional warning sign.
Nilsson is now hoping to use the same models to uncover how other creatures use their eyes in the deep, and consequently a bit more about how they live.
"It's so inaccessible down there that this modeling is a way of gathering knowledge," he said. "I think the model that we've developed can be used to work out what sorts of things other animals would see down there. ...
"It's a way we can begin to work out the ecology in an area where it's nearly impossible for us to observe."
The colossal and giant squid eye study was published in the March 15 by the journal Current Biology.
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|Muscle Name – Thoracic Region
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Mourinho replaced Claudio Ranieri at the West London club after the Italian had guided Chelsea to their highest Barclays Premier League finish – runners-up to Arsenal's 'Invincibles' in the 2003-04 season – and the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. But Ranieri's replacement believed he could do better and he was not backwards in coming forwards.
"I intend to give my best, to improve things and to create the football team in relation to my image and my football philosophy," he said. "We have top players and, sorry if I'm arrogant, we have a top manager.
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"The Special One" had an impressive CV despite having only been in club management for three years. In only his first full season at Porto Mourinho had guided his side to Portuguese Liga, Portuguese Cup and UEFA Cup success. In his second he retained the title and won the UEFA Champions League.
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The Blues also won the League Cup that season and again reached the last four of the Champions League. The next season Chelsea successfully defended their title Barclays Premier League title. The Portuguese manager parted company with the Stamford Bridge outfit in September 2007. Mourinho's Premier League record at Chelsea read: Won 120, Drew 25, Lost 10, with a win percentage of 71%.
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ROCHESTER -- I am writing this review on here because "All in one handy man" and his wonderful crew keep deleting the negative comments on their website (go figure though) here is how things went down.
4/20 He showed up and quoted the price on installing the garage door opener which we agreed to and wrote up a contract so we wouldn't get screwed as he demanded half up front, the agreement was to come and install it he next morning 4/21 at ten A.M, however around 930 am he calls and says his wife took his tools to another town, to which I replied "I have plenty of tools and you can just use mine. His response was silly " it takes special tools to install a garage door opener. Well he then continued to say he would for sure be there the next day at the same time ten o'clock A.M. Well on 4/22 his wife calls and states that he is in jail, how lovely I think to myself.... She further claims that she will make it right and drop the down payment off at our house later on that same day 4/22 but never shows. We call her back and she says she'll drop it by on 4/24 and low and behold she doesn't show? Right she doesn't show or even call to let us know something came up.
So now here it is 4/30 they have spent our down payment and claim they'll pay us back on Wednesday 5/5 but if I kind of see a pattern, if your looking to get robbed blind give this number a call (507) 202-8074. They claim to have never scammed us and that we are blowing it all out of proportion and have harmed their good name, are you serious your good name?? Don't make me chuckle.
I hope that nobody else has to be put through their swindling con game and have nothing to do with these lying thieves
*update* they did not show on the 5th
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MDSasquatch on 04/30/2010:
File a police report; then he will really be in jail.
PepperElf on 04/30/2010:
I agree.
I'm betting they're lying about taking the tools to another town
and being in jail.
I would suggest, in addition to filing the police report, call the jail that he was in to verify that he was even there. it should be public information.
Slimjim on 04/30/2010:
Agreed, file a police report. More often than not, business transactions are civil, but certain cases the police at least will make a call. This sounds like one they may. Also file a BBB complaint. This is the kind of business that would rely on a clear report as a reference.
PepperElf on 05/01/2010:
I don't think the BBB will help
I saw his website and didn't see any BBB affiliation.
In fact the only thing his site really has is a blurb about himself, the 2 work numbers to call, and a guest book.
and a link about how to get a free web page.
Yeah, his "official" web page is just a free page hosted at webs.com
Slimjim on 05/01/2010:
With the BBB, it doesn't matter if he's accredited by them or not. Local BBB charters keep records on any business they have ever had a complaint or even inquiry on. A handyman is the type of guy someone may want to check out with the BBB before hiring. An independent contractor like this will be hurt if his BBB record has a complaint history. Now those we've seen here that want to complaint to the BBB about huge public companies like say Bank of America, LOL, now those guys are wasting their time on that one.
PepperElf on 05/01/2010:
but they also can't take legal action
so filing theft charges will help too, especially if he's already in jail....
which reminds me, if he was arrested, I wonder what for.
though, considering how he & his wife acted - and how cheap his website looks - I'm kind of wondering if he even cares what the bbb says.
I mean it's not like he's going out of his way to look professional in the first place.
chromebones85 on 05/01/2010:
Thanks for all the info guys I voted helpful! I've recenlty contacted them and they claim I'll have my money back on Wednesday 5/5 when they get money lol rob peter to pay paul? idk thanks though guys and I'll keep this updated.
Anonymous on 05/01/2010:
Most independent contractors aren't registered with the BBB and don't care what is said about them there - word of mouth is how they get business in most cases.
PepperElf on 05/01/2010:
CB - don't hold your breath though.
if they fail you again take it to the law
chromebones85 on 05/01/2010:
thanks I will for sure and I'll let them know I posted here cuz they freaked when I posted an ad titled "my money back" in the wanted ads in Craigslist lol
chromebones85 on 05/01/2010:
PepperElf (05/01/2010)
"but they also can't take legal action"
What you mean?
Anonymous on 05/01/2010:
I think she means the BBB cannot take legal action.
You chromebone certainly can take legal action. If you have a contract and they didn't make good on it, follow the legal route and file in small claims court. Collecting is a different matter but it will be a strike against them.
chromebones85 on 05/01/2010:
Oh ofcoarse, and thanks sometimes it just takes a different perspective,
PepperElf on 05/01/2010:
yes pro is correct.
the bbb has no legal authority, so other than giving the guy a bad rating they can't do much against him.
but you yourself can take legal action. and I hope you do if they don't pay you back on the 5th.
also... another option you have is to contact the FTC. I can't say they will or won't take action but... they do have legal powers that the BBB doesn't =)
chromebones85 on 05/02/2010:
Thanks for all your helpful advice PE, I will be ready to hit them with anything I can if the cash doesn't makeits way back to me! I also ended up doing the job myself, no crazy tool were needed just simple wrenches and a socket set
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