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What is long-term care?
Long-term care helps someone with a long-term physical illness, a disability or a cognitive impairment such as Alzheimer's disease. Someone with a physical illness or disability often needs hands-on help with activities of daily living. People with cognitive impairments usually need supervision, protection or verbal reminders to do everyday activities.
Long-term care services may include help with:
What is long-term care insurance?
Long-term care insurance policies pay the cost of the day-in, day-out care for a person with an acute or long-term illness or disability. Long-term care insurance is a relatively new type of insurance that can pay for some or all of your long-term care costs.
Whether or not an individual should buy long-term care insurance depends on age, health status, overall retirement goals, income and assets.
What is Medicaid?
Medicaid pays medical services for people with limited income and resources. Covered services include long-term care in nursing homes or home and community based services.
To qualify for Medicaid, a person must meet federal and state guidelines for income and assets. Many people start paying for nursing home care out of their own funds and "spend down" their financial resources until they are eligible for Medicaid.
Without a Partnership plan, a person would have to spend down all but $2,000 of their assets before applying for Medicaid. Higher asset limits may apply if there is a spouse.
Why consider a Partnership plan?
For most people, the benefits of their private Partnership insurance policy will provide all the care they will ever need. But, because of this unique asset protection feature, you will not have to impoverish yourself if you run out of insurance benefits and still need care. Protected assets are not considered in determining Medicaid eligibility and estate recovery.
What is the Louisiana long-Term Care Partnership Program?
The Louisiana Long-Term Care Partnership Program is a public/private cooperative program that allows individuals to finance their own long-term care needs and partner with the Program as they purchase qualified private long-term care insurance policies. Insurance policies must meet the state and federal Partnership requirements. The Louisiana long-term care partnership was created to encourage the private funding of long-term care.
The Long-Term Care Partnership program provides dollar-for-dollar asset protection. Each dollar that your Partnership policy pays out in benefits entitles you to keep a dollar of your assets if you ever need to apply for Medicaid services. People who purchase qualifying long-term care policies may qualify for Medicaid early, before spending down all of their assets.
What does a Partnership policy cost?
Each insurance company offering Partnership policies has its own premium rates. However, the younger you are when you purchase coverage, the lower your annual premium will be. That is a good reason to buy now rather than waiting.
When was the Partnership created?
Under provisions of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, states are authorized to enact Partnership programs. Partnership programs must be tax-qualified, contain certain consumer protection provisions and provide inflation protection.
How do I find out what companies in Louisiana are currently licensed to sell partnership policies?
You may contact the Louisiana Department of Insurance at 1-800-259-5300 or you may click here for a complete list of companies licensed to sell LTC Partnership policies.
Is long-term care insurance tax deductible?
Tax qualified long-term care insurance premiums are considered a medical expense. For an individual who itemizes tax deductions, medical expenses are deductible to the extent that they exceed 7.5% of the individual's adjusted gross income. The amount of the long-term care insurance premium treated as a medical expense is limited to eligible long term care insurance premiums as defined by the internal revenue code based on the age of the insured individual. The portion of the long-term care insurance premium that exceeds the eligible long term care insurance premium is not included as a medical expense. Individual taxpayers can treat premiums paid for tax-qualifying long-term care insurance for themselves, their spouse, or any tax dependants (such as parents) as a personal medical expense.
Would a Partnership policy purchased in another state be accepted in Louisiana?
Louisiana has elected to grant the asset disregard program to policyholders who purchased Partnership Policies in other states. The Partnership anticipates that Louisiana Partnership Policies will be transferable to other states with Partnership Programs. The Partnership will be working in the coming months to establish the terms of reciprocity with other states.
Is there any training requirement for an insurance producer who wants to sell a long-term care partnership policy?
Yes, any licensed insurance producer who sells, solicits or negotiates a partnership policy must receive training and be able to demonstrate an understanding of Partnership policies and their relationship to public and private coverage to long-term care. Additionally, effective August 15, 2010, ACT 967 of the 2010 Louisiana Regular Legislative Session requires a one-time training for long-term care of no less than 8 hours and ongoing training of no less than 4 hours every 24 months.
Information posted on www.ldi.state.la.us includes the Louisiana Long-Term Care Partnership Program, the Consumer's Guide to long-term care insurance, and frequently asked questions.
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http://www.dehpg.net/ltcpartnership/map.aspx This link is to the actual Long-Term Care Partnership Program. It shows which states have partnerships, who accepts other partnership plans if someone moved and also how many people currently have a partnership and that is broken down by each state.


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Horse boarding is an extreme sport that's crazy enough to be real
Can strapping a mountain board to some rope and having a horse drag you around a track be considered a sport? Daniel Fowler-Prime, the man who invented this so-called "horse boarding" extreme sport five years ago says it is.
You definitely can file "horse boarding" under crazy and weird, but now that it's getting a championship event this summer in the UK, it can also unofficially be considered a sport. From the picture, it looks a bit silly — a grown adult wearing padded gear, riding a mountain board, pulled by a galloping horse at 35 miles per hour, but Fowler-Prime actually says it's harder than it looks.
Careful coordination between the horse rider and the board rider need to be in place or else disaster can strike. Fowler-Prime says there's a lot of falling involved. Of course, why wouldn't there be? He says he chose horses over cars because the animals can be unpredictable. I've never been a fan of horse racing, but horse boarding could be what ropes me in, if only for the epic falls on ramps and obstacles that Fowler-Prime plans to add to the sport.
Even crazier than horse boarding is horse surfing — you guessed it, a sport in which a surf board is strapped to a horse instead of a mountain board, that Fowler-Prime toyed with in the past. Would you try this? Is BMX and skateboarding just not extreme enough anymore?
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As a liaison among the University, all levels of government, and the community, the Office of External Affairs strives to integrate academic and student activities into the fabric of the city while heeding the interests of neighbors and government officials.
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- Office of Neighborhood Response, which monitors student activity in the neighborhoods and takes action when necessary
- Institutional Master Plan developed with input from the City of Boston and neighborhood task forces
The Office of External Affairs oversees two externally focused divisions of Suffolk University: the Office of Public Affairs and the Office of Government and Community Affairs.
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The purpose of this project is to find a method to use solar energy not just at days but also at nights through the usage of flywheels. Solar cells need solar energy which is an alternative and clean energy. The flywheel is also a safe mechanism that doesn't include any harmful chemicals like batteries. Thence the main intention is to make a safe renewable energy in a more efficient and usable way. For this purpose a flywheel, mostly made of steel, was used. First it was connected to the solar cell. Energy was stored in the flywheel and then released after disconnecting the flywheel from the solar cell. A measurement was taken during this time through using a multimeter and a photo detector. The same process was done by using the power supply instead of the solar cell in order to see the average functionality of the flywheel. After analyzing the data and the graphs created through the multimeter and the photo detector, it became clear that the flywheel was greatly functional for storing energy.
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Assistant Professor of Preaching, Pastoral Care, and Social Change
I was asked to join the SKSM staff in 2008 because I am both teacher and activist—as well as an ordained Unitarian Universalist Minister.
After teaching for 23 years in secondary public school special education classrooms, and practicing as a psychotherapist for 15 years, I entered UU ministry with a vision of social justice engagement and counseling/spiritual directions at the core of my Call. I have served 8 UU congregations as settled, interim or consulting minister, as well as two Community Ministries (one of which is Starr King School). Additionally, I have served the UU Association as a member of the Jubilee Working Group (previously called the Black Concerns Working Group), the national Interweave Board, and the national Journey Toward Wholeness Transformation Team. I am currently on a Task Group for Environmental Justice/Eco-Justice that is working to embed that consciousness at the heart of UUism. The Task Group morphed from a two-year Planning Team that held a "Collaboratory" for five days in Detroit with 30 UU leaders; its goal was to kick start a process of Association-wide transformation.
A copy of my guiding personal Trinity hangs over my work desks: A life of Prayer Consciousness, Creative & Prophetic Engagement, and Embodied Joy.
At Starr King I teach/minister in these course offerings:
- Parish Internship
- Parish Internship Reflection
- Congregational Fieldwork
- Preach It! (finding/embodying/affirming authentic voice)
- Advanced Prophetic Preaching: This Global Moment
- Counseling Techniques/Practices in Apocalyptic Times
I have also taught courses on the construction of white consciousness/privilege, and facing the current global storm/apocalypse.
I offer these courses because I believe they fully embody Starr King School's mission and commitments: (a) Creating Sustainable Communities—by building community within the class setting and by studying the current necessity for communities of resilience; (b) Cultivating Religious Pluralism—by cutting across and drawing from deep interfaith work in the community; (c) Countering Oppression— by standing firmly within a commitment to teach directly to the experience of prophetic engagement.
My teaching philosophy is specifically faithful to and grounded in Learning by Practical Experience and is enhanced by requiring students to rigorously invest in and dialogue about literatures of transformation, embodied presence, justice-making, and the intersection of forces contributing to the current global conflagration.
Lastly, I am deeply committed to the intersection where care for the world meets inner liberation, which I find impossible without engagement in and with the collective human community and the living Earth.


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Chaplain Rive Gauche Hotel, Paris
Reviews - Chaplain Rive Gauche Hotel
Read 352 additional reviews of Chaplain Rive Gauche Hotel at TripAdvisor.
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Historical Traveller Reviews of Chaplain Rive Gauche Hotel
What a lovely hotel!from QWERTYLondon
a pleasant surprisefrom nicoiseanglaise
Montparnasse Masterpiecefrom Glassgnats
Wonderful Findfrom immlaw
Beautiful Intimate Hotel in Montparnassefrom 4evertravelingsc
As for price, from what my friends told me, some would find it quite reasonable, others might consider it a treat for themselves, as they did. But, they also said that it was worth every euro and that while they worked to pay off the trip, the memories of that treat would make each payment much more pleasant. They felt in the lap of luxury during their stay.
Mae Chamberlain
South Carolina, USA
this place is a jewel - try itfrom beckyinphilly
Unexpected jewel in Parisfrom TravelZeta
I travel a lot due to my work. Last may I had to spend two extra nights at Paris, and the hotel that I was living at was fully booked. Therefore I had to look for a new one. Since I was in a hurry for a meeting, I booked the Chaplain as it was the first available option I found.
After a long day, I arrived at the hotel. From that point on, a feeling of quietness and easy understanding (if you have ever been to Paris you must have suffered it) got in me. The checking in process shocked me because it was not what you normally find in even higher stared hotels, it was really friendly and efficient. They even upgrade my room to a superb top floor bigger room with a little terrace where I spent a few hour just staring at incredible views from an unknown angle of the city.
Room was very new, with cool decoration and an impressive paint on the wall, giving personality to the whole thing. The bathroom inside was also nice. It is easy finding leaking taps or loose hangers in other hotels, but this one was perfectly fitted.
Breakfast was very nice, with good variety of delightfull French specials and service, not only at the breakfast launch but overall, excellent.
Last but not least is the area. Luxemburg Gardens is one of my favourite corners in the city, not crowded with tourists and, therefore, tourists stuff such as full colour picture menu restaurants and micro Eiffel towers to sell. You get a real taste of what real locals do and live.
Back home I showed my wife where I stayed (Hotel Chaplain) and got really shocked with some reviews I found. It really looked that I have stayed at a different hotel, and made me feel really anoyed, since I plan to go back there with my wife for our aniversary. I have found that most negative reviews were made back in 2007, with different management and before a hughe renewal of facilities.
That is why I am writing this review, I think it is very unfair with the most positive hotel experience that I have ever had in Paris (I have been there over 10 times).
Perfect Location - Great Servicefrom tillercat
great discovery !from romulusBrussels
Great situation near the wonderful Jardin du Luxembourg (don't forget to visit the Musée du Luxembourg , Vlaminck exposition until july !) .And if you are more into shopping, you will find everything you need within walking distance. Easy access by subway to visit the whole city.
Perfectly clean, beautiful design, very nice and helpfull staff and excellent breakfast. Well worth the price.
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The Hotel Chaplain was a delight, and as a seasoned visitor to this fabulous city, a real gem! Great location, genuinely friendly and in an expensive city like Paris, very good value as well.
I'll certainly be back, and next time for longer than a night.
Top Local Tips for Paris
Getting around Paris Buy a 't'ourisite pass' for whatever number of days you intend to stay in Paris as its the best way to get around the city. Don't be afraid to use the Metro. Its safe and easy to get to just about anywhere in very little time.
Marionette Show at Luxembourg Gardens Get your children involved with the locals by experiencing a traditional marionette show in Luxembourg gardens. Our four year old son enjoyed laughing along at the slapstick humour even though it was in French. Performances are on Wednesday afternoon and Weekends. The nearby playground was also a great hit.
Use the Metro! This is the fastest and easiest way to get around Paris. There is plenty of walking still to be done, so don't waste too much energy just getting from place to place. Buy extended use passes. They can be used on the Metro, Bus line, RER and tramway. There is also a wonderful plan/map book of Paris called "PARIS d'un plan a l'autre." At the bottom, in a red banner is the word "L'INDISPENSABLE," and it truly is. I wish I had known about it the many times before that I was here. It gives all info on public transportation as well as numerous categories that one would not think of until the information is needed. But when you already have this info, you find that you use it - a lot! Also, the maps are by arrondisement and are more detailed than many I have seen. The best part is that it is a smal spiral book, so no folding, unfolding, re-folding to the area that you need at the time, etc. It even tells you where public pools are, where to rent roller skates, and places that are open 24hrs!
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Oysters — the slippery suckers were once the stuff of my childhood nightmares.
Why would I eat one of those slimy bites when I could have a tater tot instead? But oysters are tricky little buggers; they sneak up on you.
Thanks in part to movies, I realized that oysters were seemingly a part of any really good date and my curiosity was peaked. After all, Aphrodite emerged from the ocean on an oyster shell and ever since then the briny mollusks have been associated with love and romance. So okay, I didn't go on a lot of those kinds of date in my youth, but over time, I mustered a little culinary courage and shoved aside those tots in favor of oysters.
Somewhere between my dad opening a tin of smoked oysters on Thanksgiving and slurping down an impeccable raw kumomoto at Publican nearly 20 years later, I fell in love with oysters. Honestly, I can't pinpoint the moment my openness turned into an infatuation, but I'm certain it was a gradual love affair. And I've been slugging them down ever since.
It may have taken me a long time to fall in love with oysters, but history has given folks plenty of time to fall under their spell. Oysters have actually been hanging around since dinosaurs roamed the Earth and they once sustained our forefathers on the East Coast for pennies a day.
National oyster day falls on Aug. 5 and everyone should be prepared to enjoy them in a way that matches up with their culinary comfort zone. For oyster novices, my Italian-inspired roasted mollusks offer all of the flavors of pizza on the half shell.
Cooking oysters eliminates all the slippery and slimy elements that put folks off, while serving them up raw with a robust array of Japanese flavors will entice longtime oyster lovers to indulge again and again.
Falling in love with oysters has never been easier or more delicious!
Warm Rockefeller Oysters
1 dozen Blue Point oysters, shucked and kept on the half shell
½ cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
3 tablespoons Parmigiano-Reggiano, grated
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
2 tablespoons basil, chopped
1 scallion, thinly sliced
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
2. Combine the bread crumbs, melted butter, and Parmesan in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste.
3. Sprinkle the fennel, basil and red pepper flakes evenly among the shucked oysters and top with the bread crumb mixture.
4. Roast the oysters in the pre-heated oven for 8 minutes. The bread crumbs should be golden brown and crispy.
Cool Japanese Inspired Oysters
⅔ cup unseasoned rice wine vinegar
3 tablespoons cucumber, diced very small
2 tablespoons shallot, minced
1 tablespoon pickled ginger, chopped
¼ teaspoon black pepper
1 dozen Blue Point oysters, shucked and kept on the half shell on ice
Wasabi, to taste
1. Combine the rice wine vinegar, cucumber, shallot, ginger and black pepper. Allow to sit covered in the refrigerator while you prep the oysters.
2. Serve the raw oysters garnished with the rice wine vinegar sauce and wasabi to taste.


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Now that we're firmly in sunglasses season, we thought we'd turn our attention to one of the men who established shades as the effortlessly cool item they are today. Andy Warhol, take a bow.
And on the off chance you need to pick up a pair for this summer, we thought we'd run down a few of the man's favorite frames, with a few glasses frames thrown in for good measure. And naturally, you'll want to know where you can get them…
A tour of Andy Warhol's favorite frames, and their modern equivalents»
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CSX Positioned Well For Near-Term Economic Improvement And Long-Term Growth In The Freight Rail Industry
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CSX is a better, faster and more capable company than it was even one year ago, Michael Ward, the company's chairman, president and chief executive officer wrote to investors in the 2012 Annual Report delivered this week.
Last year the company successfully withstood a significant drop in its coal business by making quick adjustments in its operations and focusing on the mainstays of safety, service and productivity.
"Experience has shown that when CSX does those things well, we can turn good conditions into great results, or bad conditions into better results," Ward said, noting that employees led the major U.S. freight railroads in safety last year, drove customer satisfaction levels to all-time highs and delivered productivity savings of nearly $200 million.
Looking forward, the company believes that its key businesses other than coal will outpace the slow, steady growth that is expected in the economy in 2013, Ward said, and there is little reason the economy cannot gain momentum if Congress is able to pass more meaningful legislation to improve the long-term fiscal outlook and restore confidence."Our customers across many industries believe that America is primed for real recovery, and so do we," Ward said. He reiterated CSX's confidence in the long-term outlook for its industry, which is based on a number of important factors:
- The inevitable movement of more freight as the population and its consumption rise;
- The pressing need to deliver freight efficiently between ports and people as global trade continues to build;
- The increasing congestion on the nation's highways, driving freight to rails;
- The re-industrialization of America as the country's efficient labor force and relatively inexpensive energy combine to create cost advantages for local or regional U.S. producers and demand for exports;
- The challenges associated with labor, fuel and other costs at trucking companies, which today are partnering with railroads for longer-haul movements; and
- The nation's need for more environmentally friendly transportation solutions.
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|Thu, 03-21-2013 - 3:38pm
One of my biggest pet peeves about working in an office is when I would be on a phone call, and someone from corporate would have me paged to answer their call that went to voice mail. It just aggravated me that they thought their needs were more important than whomever I was on the phone with.
What's one of yours?
|Mon, 03-25-2013 - 5:41pm
I currently work in a home based position, but I have to say that I find it much harder than working in an office. I hate that, seemingly, when people don't have to see you in person, they feel much more comfortable complaining about you or talking about you behind your back or making up things, despite you having an email chain to the opposite, that indicate you aren't doing your job when they're actually not doing theirs. It's a lot easier to dishonestly blame others when you don't have to ever look them in the eye after such blame is laid.
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Coworkers who constantly bring their personal lives into work. it drives me nuts when I have to listen to people on the phone dealing with their personal issues (all the time). I don't understand why they can't handle things at home, in private? I know way too much about my coworkers (and I don't want to). What is even more annoying is that they spend so much time on their personal issues, that their work falls behind. These are people who never take a proactive stance in their job, or want to improve their job skills, it's as if work is just status quo, but in their personal lives they are always trying one thing or another (not that it changes anything, the problems still exist).
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Ugh. I can understand your frustration, ITChick. I will admit, though, that when I was young and "babysitting" (I didn't get paid--it was just a family role) my brothers, I know we called my mom several times a day while she was at work. Looking back, I can't believe how she put up with it, and I wonder how her coworkers felt about it. I guess it was part of the price of not actually paying for childcare, though.


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What is everyone's input on sleeping with new backcombed dreadlocks? beanie on or beanie off?
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Honestly, sleeping is when I dread best. :)
my sis's ex was japanerse with long hair if he didnt braid it b4 ved every night hed wake up wiot all his hair locked in like 6=8 giant dreads..just overnight a beany would restrict movement like a braid leave it loose and itr will dread
Beanie's are too tight no matter what. They restrict all movement. The only hat you should be worried about is sleeping with or without a tam. And 99% of the time it will fall off over night, so why bother. Locks do not have to be baby'd It's messy hair. Just let it be messy until it starts to locks up
thanks everyone! beanie off for this guy hahaha
No touching on the first date ;)
Beanie off. Don't wanna restrict the movement. Sleep is a good time for dreading. I find sleeping on my dreads surprisingly comfy.
i slept without the beanie. i have sooo many loose hairs haha, but i kind of like the look. seems much more natural when there is loose hairs in there. maybe later on they will even form their own little dreads so i will have dreads of all sizes
Yeah, they'll either form their own, or get sucked into one close by. There will always be some loose hairs, but never the same ones all the time
also, try putting something wool over your pillow. seems to be helping my babies along nicely.
Wool helps a little, but does tend to create tons of frizzies. They'll form with or without a wool pillow case
i've slept with tam on, tam off, & a wool pillowcase, still no knotting. they will come in their own time, even if that's a ways away. eventually all will knot.
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"People are not so good at teaching robots because they don't understand the robots' learning mechanism," said lead author Maya Cakmak, Ph.D. student in the School of Interactive Computing. "It's like when you try to train a dog, and it's difficult because dogs do not learn like humans do. We wanted to find out the best kinds of questions a robot could ask to make the human-robot relationship as 'human' as it can be."
Cakmak's study attempted to discover the role "active learning" concepts play in human-robot interaction. In a nutshell, active learning refers to giving machine learners more control over the information they receive. Simon, a humanoid robot created in the lab of Andrea Thomaz (assistant professor in the Georgia Tech's School of Interactive Computing, and co-author), is well acquainted with active learning; Thomaz and Cakmak are programming him to learn new tasks by asking questions.
Cakmak designed two separate experiments: first, she asked human volunteers to assume the role of an inquisitive robot attempting to learn a simple task by asking questions of a human instructor. Having identified the three main question types (feature, label and demonstration), Cakmak tagged each of the participants' questions as one of the three. The overwhelming majority (about 82 percent) of questions were feature queries, showing a clear cognitive preference in human learning for this query type.
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(Washington, DC): Congress must ensure that consumer protections are included in legislation creating a prescription drug benefit for Medicare, particularly if the benefit is to be restricted by a formulary administered by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), according to a statement released by the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM). Internists urge Congress to assure that patients' access to beneficial drugs is not hindered by restrictive formularies—or other managed care controls—that are imposed by PBMs solely to reduce costs, without regard to safety, effectiveness, or ease of administration.
Several bills pending in Congress would give PBMs the authority to determine which drugs would be available to patients under a Medicare prescription drug benefit. PBMs are private companies that contract with health plans to limit the costs of prescription drugs. Formularies— lists of approved drugs that physicians are permitted to prescribe—are typically used by PBMs to limit access to expensive drugs. If drugs are prescribed that are not listed in the formulary, patients may be penalized with higher out-of-pocket costs (increased copayments or deductibles). PBMs also monitor the number and types of drugs that physicians prescribe to their patients. Physicians who prescribe more costly drugs may be pressured to give their patients less expensive—but potentially less effective alternatives.
"Internists know that the lack of prescription drug coverage can significantly reduce patient compliance with prescribed drug therapies," said ACP-ASIM President Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD, FACP.
The College, whose members provide medical care for our nation's adult population, including Medicare beneficiaries, is in a unique position to evaluate the need for and the appropriate structure of any proposed Medicare prescription drug benefit.
"As private companies, PBMs can exert a great deal of influence over which drugs will be available to Medicare patients without any accountability to the public for their decisions," Fryhofer said. "Patients with serious illnesses requiring more costly medications may be particularly at risk if PBMs are allowed to restrict coverage to only the cheapest drugs. A prescription drug benefit will be a hollow promise to beneficiaries if it allows private managed care companies to deny them access to beneficial drugs principally on the basis of cost."
PBMs need to consult with doctors on the drugs that are included in a formulary, according to Fryhofer. "They need to consider safety, ease of administration, and effectiveness—not just cost. They need to inform patients about what the impact will be on their out-of-pocket costs if they need a drug that is not on the formulary. And physicians should be able to prescribe beneficial "off formulary" drugs to their patients—when supported by clinical evidence on effectiveness—without cumbersome prior authorization requirements."
ACP-ASIM principles for consumer protection in Medicare prescription drug legislation include:
- If a formulary is instituted by a PBM, decisions on which drugs should be included and evaluation of physician prescribing patterns should be based on effectiveness, safety, and ease of administration, rather than just costs. Formularies should be approved on a regional basis by a professionally qualified body that includes practicing physicians using that formulary;
- Physicians should have the option of prescribing drugs that are not on the formulary (based on objective data to support a justifiable, medically indicated cause) without cumbersome prior authorization requirements;
- Beneficiaries should have access to comprehensive, accurate and understandable educational and informational material about their prescription drug benefits;
- Beneficiaries and their physicians should be promptly notified (at least ninety days notice) when formularies are changed or discontinued; and
- Any request by a benefit manager to alter medication regimes should occur only when such requests are based on objective data supported by peer-reviewed medical literature.
ACP-ASIM is the nation's largest medical specialty organization and the second largest physician group. Membership comprises more than 115,000 internal medicine physicians and medical students. Internists are the major providers of medical care to adults in America.
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DSU one of twenty IBM Academic Skills Cloud Participant schools
As never before, Education and Business Institutions are being challenged to do more with less while improving quality and getting better results. Increasingly, schools and universities are finding that they can no longer address this challenge incrementally. The requirement to 'take cost out' of their infrastructure while continuing to provide new and improved, innovative educational and administrative services has ushered in the emergence of 'cloud computing' as a new way of delivering services to learning communities.
Dakota State University is one of twenty college and universities across the country registered as an IBM Academic Skills Cloud participating school. This community of leaders will innovate with cloud computing in their institutions, and transforming education as result. The program allows Dakota State University to use IBM software in classrooms and labs at no charge delivered via IBM's cloud computing service in real time over the Internet. This saves the cost and effort of having to install, manage, and update the products on their own system.
"Cloud computing is defining the information technology landscape and academia is no exception," says Dr. Omar El-Gayar, Dean of Graduate Studies and Director of Research at DSU. "One thing we are always in need of is ways to increase our computing capacity and capabilities without investing in new infrastructure, or licensing new software that can cost thousands of dollars. As a participating school, DSU faculty will have access to the same IBM software that our students will be using in the workforce. It will allow our faculty to infuse the latest tools in the classroom, providing yet another technology advantage for our students." According to IBM, using the new IBM Academic Skills Cloud, faculty can help students access information technology curricula and courses from anywhere. Such access will differentiate DSU graduates by gaining key information technology skills that are becoming more prevalent and in higher demand in the marketplace.
The majority of the 20 designated pilot colleges and universities are on the east coast. El-Gayar worked with IBM to extend its program to the Midwest, and his fall 2011 class will be the first on campus to access the new technology.


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More crappy josei.
April 4th, 2010 by Lianne
Dammit. Why is there so much crappy josei in the West? It's not like there are a lot of titles to choose from, and when 75% of them stink…gah, it's so frustrating.
On that note, NotHayama wrote a mini review of Ristorante Paradiso. It's not particularly positive.
In other news, Togainu no Chi is getting animated (trailer slightly not safe for work), and it's going to be a bloody mess that may or may not include graphic man-on-man sex scenes. I'm frightened.
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I'm a performance lead here at OpenTable. Part of my job here is to ensure high performance and throughput. I work to detect bottlenecks and communicate those with engineers and make sure that we optimize the sections of our apps that are responsible for a good dining experience.
So we realized that our apps really need to be fast because our major competitor is the phone. People who come online for reservations kind of expect a faster, more convenient experience, and I feel like if we don't deliver that for them they're going to go back to using their phone, possibly for a long time. We'd really be losing out on that business.
We had done thorough code analysis in pre-production environments, we had done rigorous benchmarking, but when we release things into the wild all kinds of new variables are introduced, and we didn't have full visibility into what those different variables were.
So AppDynamics wasn't the first vendor that we looked at for an APM solution, and we had already a little bit of experience in the evaluation process. The first thing we did, because we saw the overhead with the other solution, is we put AppDynamics through our benchmarking environment to make sure that our overhead was within promised numbers, and we found that to be acceptable. So we moved further, we installed it on a single server, on a single node in our production environment, and actually started looking at what kind of data it would produce for us.
I really liked how AppDynamics detected issues kind of automatically, it's really able to tell you about problems before you even know that they exist. With other solutions you really have to point them specifically at areas that you're interested in monitoring, and AppDynamics is really good about just going out there and detecting key areas of your application and starting to collect statistics about them.
Another thing that really impressed me is that with other solutions what I've seen is you kind of set thresholds and static numbers, number of milliseconds that this transaction is supposed to take, and with AppDynamics they're kind of grabbing an average and then computing a standard deviation above that average for a single request, and if that looks like it's misbehaving it lets you know. I think that's really important because that's a lot better for detection than having a set number.
In the first few months of having it running in our production environment we've already gotten a much better and clearer picture of our systems and how everything interacts, and we've already spotted a few specific issues that we were able to address pretty quickly.
I think you should let your application monitoring solution tell you about problems that you haven't thought about. We often tend to focus on those key business transactions that directly contribute to the bottom line and sometimes we fail to see the other things in the system that could be affecting performance. If your solution is able to give you a better, clearer picture of your whole system, that's really powerful knowledge.


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[Translate] The much acclaimed Israeli oranges, grapefruit and lemons are finally appearing at the markets. I remember when my grandparents would buy a box of Jaffa oranges or receive them as a gift. Carefully boxed and individually wrapped in paper, I knew these oranges must be something special because Harry and David's Fruit of the Month Club fruit that was wrapped in paper was the cream of the crop. They were the best oranges I had ever tasted. Don't get me wrong, I also like Valencia and Sicilian citrus, but there is something special about Israeli citrus. Borrowing from a Florida citrus ad, "They are like sunshine in my mouth!". I am very fortunate to Click here to continue reading this post
[Translate] I am finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. We have been unpacking like crazy, but we still have a little more to do. However, I did find time to take some pictures around my new village and make a cake for a friend's birthday party on Saturday night. Spring is rearing its beautiful bounty here in Israel. Here are a few pictures near my new home: I really love my new house. It is so nice to have a garden. I can't wait to take advantage of it. The citrus trees are in full bloom, so when a friend of mine asked me to bring something for her birthday party on Click here to continue reading this post
[Translate] Last night I made a nice light fish dish for a hot August night. PrintLemon Sole Serving Size: 2 6 fillets of sole Zest of 1 lemon Juice of 3 lemons 1 cup dry white wine 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons single cream (half and half), creme fraiche or thick yogurt Put approximately two tablespoons of olive oil in pan on a medium flame. Add the garlic and then the fish, lemon juice, white wine and the thyme. Cook covered for about five minutes or until the fish is done. Remove the fish and reduce the sauce to about a third, add the cream and stir until thickened. Click here to continue reading this post
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[Translate] Before I begin, I must tell you that I am happy that this is the last holiday for a while. I am really over preparing all the holiday food. As I explained in my first entry about Shavuot, traditionally we serve dairy dishes because the Torah which we received on this day is white, pure, and sweet like milk. Among the most famous Shavuot dishes are blintzes, cheesecakes, cheese kreplach, cheese platters, sambousak and more. Most Ashkenazis have a meat meal on the night of Shavuot and a dairy meal on the day of Shavuot. The dairy meal consists of a fish dish, salads and most likely cheesecake for dessert. During Shavuot it is Click here to continue reading this post
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The National Lacrosse League will hold its 2001 Expansion Draft on Friday, June 15th at 1pm Eastern Time. The Calgary Roughnecks, Columbus Landsharks, New Jersey Storm, Vancouver Ravens and the yet-to-be-named Montreal franchise will select players that will fill out their rosters. Calgary, New Jersey and Vancouver will enter the League as expansion teams. Montreal and Columbus will take part in the draft as part of the agreement reached to bring the hybrid expansion teams into the League.
The Draft will be held via telephone conference call, and is scheduled to be broadcast via the internet at www.NationalLacrosse.com. The Draft will consist of 36 picks, nine rounds of four picks each. The Draft order is as follows:
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is there any way to tell of something is Stainless Steel.
Reason I ask is I purchased what I THOUGHT was a set of aluminum pots at ShopKo for $25.
However - it did not have a 5g pot.
So I decided to upgrade and went to a 5 gallon Stainless Steel pot for $40.
However - I look at the pots and the stainless steel looks EXACTLY like the aluminum.
I have SINCE purchased a 4 gallon stainless steel pot which looks WAY more convincing as a Steel.
SO - anyway to tell???
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weight is a good indicator but not conclusive if you don't have all the exact dimensions of the pot. Aluminum will tarnish/oxidize and SS will not, so if you boil water in the pot for a long time and it is still shiny... it is SS, otherwise aluminum
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You could always scratch the bottom side of both. Aluminum should be extremely easy to scratch while stainless steel will be a lot more difficult. Visually though, it sounds like you already know that its not stainless steel.
It depends on the grade of stainless steel but some stainless steel is magnetic where aluminum is not. It could be a quick way to tell. If a magnet sticks its defiantly stainless steel, if it doesn't it's either aluminum or stainless steel.
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TY - magnet sticks on the pot in question - never thought of that!!
yeah magnets will tell if a bridge plate is steel, though it could be plated too.
Scratch test is the easiest way. Take a butter knife and try to scratch both. The aluminum will scratch but SS won't.
will a magnet stick to SS?
Stainless steels are a very broad group of metals. The name was adopted as a generic term for steel alloys with a minimum of 10.5% chromium. The chromium gives the steel its 'stainless' properties - essentially corrosion resistance. On the surface of the metal, a very thin chromium-rich oxide layer is formed which is inert - i.e. it prevents the steel from rusting. The advantage of stainless steels over plated steels is that, if scratched or damaged, the steel will 'self-repair' as a new oxide layer is formed. In plated steels, scratches in the plate will often lead to corrosion of the steel underneath.
In general, the higher the proportion of chromium, the stronger the corrosion resistance of the steel. In addition to chromium, other metals are added to give the steel particular properties such as strength and malleability. Specifically nickel is used to strengthen the oxide layer.
As for whether they are magnetic, the answer is that it depends. There are several families of stainless steels with different physical properties. A basic stainless steel has a 'ferritic' structure and is magnetic. These are formed from the addition of chromium and can be hardened through the addition of carbon (making them 'martensitic') and are often used in cutlery. However, the most common stainless steels are 'austenitic' - these have a higher chromium content and nickel is also added. It is the nickel which modifies the physical structure of the steel and makes it non-magnetic.
So the answer is yes, the magnetic properties of stainless steel are very dependent on the elements added into the alloy, and specifically the addition of nickel can change the structure from magnetic to non-magnetic.
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Innovative Prison Hospice Volunteer Conference to Bring Training to Inmate Volunteers
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the approval of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Warden Burl Cain, the Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization will present a four-day prison hospice volunteer conference at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana from March 13-16, 2012.
For people facing a terminal illness in a correctional facility, prison hospice programs provide a measure of compassion and dignity at the end of life. As with all hospice programs in the U.S., volunteers play an integral part in care delivery. This is no different in prison populations. The hospice program at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is one of the leading programs in the nation that serves as a model for others.
The prison hospice volunteer conference, organized by LMHPCO, will allow additional prison hospice programs to learn the skills and processes that have been carefully developed at Angola. Louisiana currently has inmate hospice volunteer programs operating within five correctional facilities in Louisiana and one inmate hospice volunteer program operating at Mississippi State Prison in Parchman, Mississippi.
Approximately 130 inmates from various state correctional facilities will participate in the hospice conference at Angola, including those from B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center (Angie, LA); Dixon Correctional Institute (Jackson, LA); Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (St Gabriel, LA); and Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (St Gabriel, LA).
Nationally recognized experts in hospice care and corrections programs who will present at the conference include: Ira Byock, MD; The Rev. Dr. Kathleen Rusnak, Ph.D.; Dr. Linda Redford, RN, Ph.D.; and Carol McAdoo. These plenary speakers have waived their customary speaking fees and Hospice Education Networks will record the conference for distribution to prison hospice programs across the country at no charge.
There will be three session tracks offered that will be geared for beginning hospice volunteers, an advanced track for experienced volunteers, and a professional development session track for facility staff. LMHPCO will provide continuing education credits for physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains who are attending the conference.
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Sat, Sep 23, 2006
A privately-owned Vodochody L-29 Delfin jet trainer (file photo
below) went down in Table Bay near Milnerton South Africa on
Friday. Authorities haven't released the name of the pilot who was
killed in the crash. Police believe he was the sole occupant.
The aircraft was participating in the African Aerospace and
Defence (AAD) exhibition in Cape Town. Authorities told the
Independent Online that the pilot was conducting a "validation
flight" in connection with the exhibition.
The L-29 is the first Czechoslovakian designed and built jet
aircraft. Designed in the late fifties, the Delfin (Czech for
Dolphin) weighs approximately 7500 lbs and has a reported top speed
of nearly 350 knots.
Eyewitnesses reported two groups of four planes practicing
formation. One flew too low and hit the water raising "a huge spout
of water."
Witnesses also said a helicopter had tried to rescue the pilot
shortly after the accident, but that attempt failed because rescue
divers were unable to untangle a deployed parachute. It's not known
if the pilot was alive at that time.
Cape Town harbor police arrived on the scene an hour later and
pulled the pilot's body from the bay into a boat.
The exhibition flying was to be part of an air show opening
today at Ysterplaat Air Force Base near Table Bay. In what's being
billed as the major attraction of the Africa Aerospace and Defense
2006 trade exhibition, the airshow usually attracts thousands.
The L-29 is described by Globalsecurity.org as a robust aircraft
able to operate from unimproved runways. Around 3600 copies were
made with the majority going to the Soviet Union for use as jet
According to Warbirdalley.com, the L-29 has become popular on
the jet warbird market, mostly in the US, but also in England,
Italy and South Africa.
The South African Civil Aviation Authority is already on the
scene and has begun its investigation.
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Wrought Brass Adjustable Barrel Ball Catch 1" x 2 1/8" x 1 3/8" Body 1 3/8" x 2 1/8" Strike with Radius Corners
The wrought brass adjustable barrel ball catch 1" x 2 1/8" x 1 3/8" body 1 3/8" x 2 1/8" strike with radius corners is a latching mechanism consisting of a spring and bearing, with an opposing receiving strike plate. Doors installed with ball catches can simply be pushed open or closed.
- For Catch In Door Installations
- Dual Adjustment for Door Clearance and Holding Strength
- Lip Strike is Designed for use Where Strike is Mounted In Jamb
- Adjustable Threaded Barrel Compensates for Various Door Clearances
- Made From Wrought Brass
- Meets ANSI/BHMA A1569, B23013
- Face Plate: 2 1/8" X 1"
- Bore: 7/8" X 1 3/8"
- Strike: 2 1/8" X 1 3/8
- Lip: 7/8" to Center
IVES has produced a full line of quality building hardware for over 120 years Throughout this time, IVES has adhered to the firm convictions of its founder, Hobart B Ives, that the success of a company is dependent on two major factors — product quality and customer service Today, IVES reputation is known for these core principles Emphasis is also placed on application flexibility and value IVES extensive hardware line includes a variety of pivots, flush bolts, push/pull handles, kick plates, doorstops, hinges and more
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There doesn't seem to be a single book that Ms. Katie hasn't read, and on top of that, she can walk you directly to the spot where it is located in the library. She stays current with new authors and trilogies, as well as keeps us on our toes with new technology information. She single handedly setup the new Chrome Books and iPads for all of our teachers and students. There isn't a day that Ms. Katie isn't working hard to improve our school. We are lucky to have her at MA!
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Give your bronzing look an extra lift with these shimmering beads. Use blushing pearls individually or brush on top of your already applied blush to get a beautiful glow, since the beads have a shimmering effect.
Viva la Diva was founded in Sweden in 2000 by Valtea Cosmetics and immediately became one of the most successful brands on the Swedish market within the mass-market segment. Viva la Diva is one of the major brands on the market in the segment of nail polish, lipstick and eye shadow. Viva la Diva offers high quality makeup products often in vibrant colours, along with a pri...cing structure that makes the brand extremely competitive and appreciated by both ordinary consumers and professional makeup artists. Products are not tested on animals. The brand appeals often to women who dare to highlight their personalities a little more and go their own ways. The name Viva la Diva calls for an independent creative thinking in both fashion and makeup choices, and of course, in everyday life. Read more
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The difference between level 1 and level 2 is pricing.
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Yesterday a friend was in a moto accident and Dr. Jen taught the midwives of Heartline some advanced fancy suturing techniques while we fixed him up. I don't know if this was annoying or funny to him, but we compared this poor guy's knee and heel to female anatomy multiple times.
Today is a new day, who knows what it will bring?!? We always ask that when Haiti comes to mind, that you please toss up prayers for this wonderful little island nation. Today, please add Chikungunya and Dr. Jen and the ladies we work with and serve to your prayer list.


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Asos Quilted Jacket
Selected the 5 November 2011 by Romano as "the garagerocker"
If you want to enjoy as much as possible your last drinks on coffee terrace, the Asos quilted jacket is a good option to consider. Its classic collar with a cord lining would perfectly match any button-down Oxford shirt. Besides, the contrast check panel on the back inspired by a classical hunter coat is certainly the nicest distinctive element of this jacket. Last, I didn't mention yet that the jacket is part of the Asos final call for sales. Then you can get now a comfortable discount for it.
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Aspen's Mountains record over 24" in past ten days
Submitted by warrenklug on Sun, 12/16/2012 - 12:23
Mother Nature went to town last weekend and brought over 24 inches of fresh snow to the mountains of Aspen and Snowmass. We're receiving steady snow today and it's expected we'll have much more tonight and over the next several days, just in time to give us a wonderful holiday sparkle! This image was taken at Buttermilk last weekend.