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Floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room and bedroom fill the apartment with light and overlook the main street of the village, with a panoramic view of the surrounding Maures mountain range.
In the elegant living room, a pair of armchairs and a sofa give plenty of room to relax, with a stereo and a television for entertainment. The décor includes original works by the owner, a professional artist. There is a choice of restaurants, bars, and shops within a short walk.
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During the last three weeks in October, the village hosts the annual Chestnut Festival, celebrating the regions primary industry. Vineyards are spread throughout the region, and many of them welcome visitors.
Also within easy reach is the Canyon du Verdon, which offers a variety of outdoor sports including canoeing and white-water rafting.
Our stay in Collobrieres was delightful, the apartment was beautifully clean, comfortable and convenient. A thoroughly enjoyable week.
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We enjoyed our stay so much here at your charming apartment. The original works of art are beautiful and make the apartment completeYour hospitality has been superb. Hope our paths cross again!
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We had a wonderful week. Everyone should see Paris and Collobrieres. Thanks for your hospitality. If you are ever in Toronto, please come for a visit. It would be a treat to see you again.
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Collobrieres is a beautiful village and the perfect spot to explore the area.
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Thank you for a fantastic week in Collobrieres. We have enjoyed being a part of French village life for a short time. It's been a great base to explore some of the most beautiful areas of the South of France.
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The apartment is great. Can't wait to come see you guys again. Many thanks!
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We cannot thank you both enough for the hospitality you showed us and the friendship you offered. We had a wonderful time and we're taking away memories that will last forever. What a wonderful place to begin our honeymoon, but we both agree it's also a special place to celebrate our anniversary.
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Renovations to Medical Center Barbour were recently completed when medical and surgical in-patients were returned to the hospital's newly completed 3rd floor.
Since January, maintenance staff members at MCB have worked on renovations on the hospital's 3rd floor, repainting walls, replacing sheet rock and ceilings and giving the floor a general aesthetic makeover. Renovation work, excluding the floors, was done in- house by four maintenance workers and two temporary workers. The completion of this project marks an end to the planned renovations of the hospital.
For the past four years, MCB has made several changes in different areas of the hospital including renovating its ICU and 2nd floor out-patient care unit and establishing a Senior Care Center.
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Wouldn't it be nice to quickly access your data from anywhere without a complicated network setup? That's exactly what the Cloud Engines Pogoplug offers. Priced at $100, this tiny gadget turns any USB external storage devices--anything from a Seagate FreeAgent Go to a Western Digital Passport or even a standard USB thumb drive--into a network file server.
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Punjabi Weddings
Punjabi weddings characterize the exuberant, enthusiastic approach to
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weeks before the actual marriage ceremony takes place. As friends and
relatives pour in, the wedding home starts acquiring a carnival like atmosphere.
The formal ceremonies begin with sagan where the two families exchange
gifts to conform the engagement.
After the formal engagement the real festivities begin. There is sangeet
every evening. Everyone joins in the fun, from the oldest gray haired
grandparent to the youngest member of the family. The verses range from
the love ballads of Waris Shah, to the travails of the bahu in her sasural,
to the slightly bawdy lyrics with impossible to translate naughty puns
and innuendoes.
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is churha or the bangles ceremony, where the maternal uncle and aunt of
the bride cover the bride's wrists with white and red bangles. Light ornaments
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churha, which makes it impossible for the bride to perform any household
task, as the kaliras get in the way.
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the traditional bright colored salwar-kameez , jewelry, tikka a glittering
pendent on her head. She drapes her head and shoulders with the dupatta
, a richly embroidered mantle.
The groom's procession reaches the brides house in a cacophony of excitement.
With this friends dancing the rigorous bhangra in front of his mare. After
the jaimala, the baraat is taken to the shamiana for the wedding feast.
Soon after the feast, in the last hours of the evening approaches the
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Constitutionality of legislators' pension proposal questioned
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Illinois Rep. Daniel Biss, D-Skokie, left, looks on as Illinois Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Des Plaines, speaks with reporters while at the Illinois State Capitol Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in Springfield Ill. A group of lawmakers offer new legislation to fix the state's crippling pension crisis and end bitter fighting over a multibillion-dollar issue that gets more expensive by the day. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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SPRINGFIELD — Constitutional questions surfaced Wednesday with a new effort at pension reform pushed by more than 20 rank-and-file legislators frustrated that inaction on the state's $95 billion pension crisis will lead Illinois into "financial oblivion."
Drafted by Rep. Elaine Nekritz (D-Northbrook) and Rep. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston), new legislation would cut annual cost-of-living increases for retirees, make government workers pay more toward their retirement and hike the age when they can obtain full benefits.
Billed as a way to bring the state's pension systems out of red ink in 30 years, the measure also would gradually shift the state's pension costs for educators to the suburban and Downstate school systems that set their salaries.
That cost-shift idea has been problematic to top Republicans, who regard it as a potential $20 billion property tax hike for suburbia and Downstate and expressed continued concerns about its inclusion in the latest bill.
"The cost shift is problematic. I don't want to be critical of this," House Minority Leader Tom Cross (R-Oswego) told the Chicago Sun-Times, referring to the Nekritz-Biss plan. "But I do think there are a few constitutional issues here."
An aide to Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) also registered questions about how the idea stacks up to Illinois' Constitution, which bars state pensions from being "diminished or impaired."
"The Senate president is encouraged that members are identifying ways to capture the local share of pension costs from local school districts," Cullerton spokeswoman Rikeesha Phelon said. "However, the larger proposal appears to impose unilateral pension reductions without offering voluntary acceptance by participants. We appreciate the efforts of Representative Nekritz and her colleagues, but we will take a closer look at the plan to see if it can be squared with the pension clause."
Nekritz said it's difficult to judge whether the plan she and the rank-and-file lawmakers put together — or any pension cutback plan — will pass constitutional muster.
"We looked at a lot of the opinions that are out there with regard to constitutionality, and I just don't think any of us standing here today . . . can know in advance what seven Supreme Court justices will do," she told reporters. "All any of us can do is put our best foot forward to make sure we give them something to say, 'Yes, we think this is constitutional.'"
Meanwhile, Gov. Pat Quinn scored a significant legislative win when House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) refused to permit a vote on an override of the governor's veto on state facility closures.
Quinn moved to strip out of the budget money that lawmakers wanted earmarked to keep prisons in downstate Tamms and Pontiac open, along with other state facilities.
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Father and son Vasilios and Argyrios Gerazounis owned the home at 2033 86th Street in Bensonhurst where a three alarm fire killed five people back in January of 2010.
The pair face five counts of manslaughter and reckless endangerment for each of the residents who were killed while trying to escape the flames.
Buildings inspectors say the second and third floor apartments were illegally converted into smaller rooms, which made it harder for tenants to get out.
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For fun I googled jobs that pay $15/hr:
I don't know, What are fast food employees basing $15/hr on?
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$15 bucks an hour for mastering the skill pulling the fries out of the oil when the bell rings? Laughable. Raising the minimum wage destroys entry level jobs, hurts the economy and hurts the poor the most. Frankly, I'd love to see all of those protesters (who weren't being paid and shipped in by the unions) fired and replaced with people who are more grateful for having a job.


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Outside of high-sec, the main problem EVE industrialists have is shortage of materials. Necessarily, this means that making titans, supercarriers, or fleets of ships is especially difficult. That's where mineral compression comes in. Read this EVE guide to find out more!
Why Compress EVE Online Minerals?
Mineral acquisition is the main obstacle to industry in null-sec space. EVE minerals are needed for pretty much everything: from ratting ammo, to ships, to station parts. Yet the mineral supply is not what it could be. Unlike in EVE Online's high-security space, there are generally fairly few miners in low- and null-sec, and these are far more likely to use their minerals than to sell them on the market.
Oftentimes, there are some small local supplies of minerals produced on a market, as ratting players refine their loot and sell the result, or players get rid of leftovers. But these rarely amount to more than a trickle, and are certainly not enough minerals to supply the Big Things of EVE Online: mass battlecruiser/battleship construction, capital construction, fleet replacement, and supercapital construction. These projects require huge amounts of minerals that most local mineral markets in EVE Online absolutely cannot provide.
Here's where mineral compression comes in: by compressing minerals to approximately 1/20th of their original volume, you can either make moving your minerals twenty times easier, or else increase the scale of your operations by twenty times. A good way to think about it is if you would normally be importing enough minerals for a single battlecruiser that would sell for 10mil ISK net profit, suddenly you have enough minerals for twenty battlecruisers and 200mil ISM net profit.
Is Compressing Minerals Right For My EVE Online Play Style?
Whether or not you should get into mineral compression depends on a lot of things, but chiefly whether you live at a place where you can turn those minerals into profit, and whether you have a safe line of travel to get there.
First of all, finding uses for minerals is not usually difficult. Even stacks of humble tech one modules will turn remarkable profits, given customers and a long enough time frame. The question is more whether or not your personal or corporate operations are large-scale enough that it is worth the bother of getting set up to do mineral compression. It's usually the kind of situation where you know for sure when you need to start, or you probably don't need it at all.
Secondly, the travel issue is tricky. With a little bit of elbow grease and scouts, one can use blockade runners, deep space transports, or even freighters to move cargo. However, most players would agree that it is better to use jump freighters, which can travel in EVE Online with near-total safety. Even if you do not own one, there are frequently members of corporations willing to use theirs on others' behalf, especially if they are paid. If you are near NPC null-sec, it is also possible to use the Black Frog Freight Service or another collateralized freighting company to move things, though these often cost enough that it is difficult to justify their use.
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This is the first I've heard of this trend, giving birth in the ocean near a dophin pod:
According to Sirius: "Some of the reported occurrences include a mother and a baby playing with the dolphins within 45 minutes of the birth, another instance of a free dolphin escorting a newborn human baby to the surface for its first breath. According to Igor Smirnoff, the [Russian] research director, water babies develop six months faster over their first two years."
When one asks oneself, "What could possibly go wrong?" there are potential answers in the dozens. Dolphins are clearly intelligent, and often seem friendly to humans, but they are, after all, wild animals and prolific marine predators, known to attack each other as well as other species -- yes, even humans -- without apparent warning.
Read more: http://healthyliving.msn.com/blogs/daily-apple-blog-post?post=956df297-c265-49bd-bc82-86418cd09f5b&_nwpt=1 [2]
I hope they report on if the parents in the article go through with this, and how it went for them. It's not my cup of tea, but sure is interesting. Would this be something you'd consider doing?


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Dive Dahab
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- Duration:
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- Location Start:
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Discover the underwater world of the Red Sea in the laidback resort town of Dahab.
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Day 1
Arrival in Sharm el Sheikh airport. Meet & Assist. Transfer to Dahab
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Orientation of Dive Center and brieifng from staff of your weeks ahead.
CERTIFIED DIVERS: first dive will be a refresher dive so that your dive guide can assess your level and plan yoru weeks diving at the variety of sites in and around Dahab.
BEGINNERS: Day 1 of PADI Open Water Course
Evening at Hotel.
Day 3
CERTIFIED DIVERS: 2 x guided dives.
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1-day tours
- Tour to St Catherine Monastery from Dahab by Vehicle - from 105 EUR
- Petra Jordan from Dahab by ferry boat - from 239 EUR
- Day Tour to Petra - from 370 USD
- Cairo Sightseeing by Flight - from 240 USD
- Trip to St Catherine Monastery - from 150 USD
- Excursion To St Catherine from Dahab - from 50 USD
- Moses Mountain From Dahab - from 50 USD
- Camel Ride In Dahab - from 35 USD
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- Super Safari To St Catherine & Canyon from Dahab - from 50 USD
- Space Vision - from 40 EUR
- Petra Travel From Dahab - from 295 EUR
- Dahab Trip To St Catherine Moses Mountain - from 99 EUR
- Dahab Tours To Colored Canyon At Nuweiba - from 42 EUR
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- Tour to Petra & Wadi Rum - 2 days from 560 USD
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- Desert Dweller - 8 days from 275 EUR
- Sinai Explore - 6 days from 240 USD
- Cairo and Dahab Tour - 9 days from 319 EUR
- Advanced Dive package Cairo and Dahab - 7 days from 419 USD
- Sinai Explorer - 9 days from 319 GBP
- Multi Activity Adventure - 8 days from 200 EUR
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Virginia's 9th Congressional District elections, 2012
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The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run was March 29, 2012. The primary elections will be held on June 12, 2012.
Heading into the election the incumbent is Morgan Griffith (R), who was first elected to the House in 2010.
- No candidates have declared an intent to run yet.
- Morgan Griffith: Incumbent
Impact of redistricting
- See also: Redistricting in Virginia
Following the 2010 Census, Virginia will be redistricted. The state will remain at 11 congressional seats. Redistricting plans were not solidified by the end of the 2011 session of the Virginia General Assembly.
District history
On November 2, 2010, Morgan Griffith won election to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating incumbent Rick Boucher (D), Jeremiah D. Heaton (I), and a write-in.[1]
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- United States Senate elections in Virginia, 2012


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In honor of my Mom for Mother's Day tomorrow, I decided to post a recipe that is right up her alley ... these rich-and-delicious Toffee Bars. My Mom loves Heath Bars (which you sprinkle on the top of these little beauties). And pecans. And ooey-gooey buttery sweet cookie crusts. And chocolate ... Oh, yes - she loves chocolate. Almost as much as I do. Which is a lot.
So don't these chocolate, pecan, and Heath Bar-topped, brown sugar cookie crusted Toffee Bars sound just perfect for her? (Hint, hint - the answer is 'yes.')
Also in honor of my Mom for Mother's Day, I decided to share two of my favorite memories of Mom from growing up.
Of course, many of my fondest memories ... far too many to count ... are of us working together in the kitchen. My Mom is one of those Moms who prepared a home-cooked meal almost every night of our growing-up lives. I truly don't know how she did it. As much as I love to cook, I still have difficulty getting a home-cooked meal on the table just several times a week (I try to cook for two nights worth every time I cook) -- and it's just my husband and myself. She worked full time, ran two kids around to all our 'stuff,' and still made delicious, well-balanced home-cooked meals each night. My hat's off to you, Mom.
I would help. And I loved it. I was Mom's sous-chef, and learned so much from her about baking and cooking all sorts of stuff, and about experimenting with different foods and flavors. Mom, like me, was always trying new recipes. She figured worst case was, if we didn't like something, she just wouldn't make it again. No harm, no foul ... I like that attitude.
I was also Mom's dishwasher. That part I absolutely DID NOT like.
But let's talk about a couple of memories that are not food related.
Fun Memory #1
I was a bit of a metal-head, music-wise, when I was in grade school and high school. So was my brother. (We were children of the '80s people, so please cut us a little slack on this. Okay?) I loved my heavy metal music and '80s hair bands ... and will admit that I am occasionally known to still to-this-day rock it out to AC/DC or the Scorpions while driving around in my Volvo. Which cracks me up. A Volvo-driving, AC/DC-listening, 41-year-old ... quite the funny picture.
Anyway, this leads to one of my favorite memories of Mom (and Dad) when I was growing up. See, when I was in the 8th grade and my brother was in early high school, my brother and I wanted to go to an Ozzy Osbourne concert. In Montreal.
I grew up in a very small town in Vermont, very close to the Canadian border, so Montreal was about a 3-hour drive. Well, do you think our parents were going to let us cross a border into another country by ourselves? And go from eensy-weensy little town where everyone knows your name to a huge city by ourselves?? And mix-and-mingle with an Ozzy Osbourne concert crowd by ourselves???
Nope. Absolutely not.
Solution? Mom and Dad went with us. To an Ozzy Osbourne concert. Coolest parents ever.
Fun Memory #2
When it came time to go to college, my brother left Vermont and went far, far away - moving to North Carolina to go to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. When it came time for me to go to college, I received an offer of a full academic scholarship to ... wouldn't ya know ... the University of Vermont ... just one hour away from the town I grew up in (and, therefore, just one hour away from my parents). I was immensely grateful for the scholarship, don't get me wrong, ... and the University of Vermont is a fabulous school ... but, I was ready to have and assert my independence.
So how was I going to go to college just one hour away from home? ('Cause you can't just pass up a full scholarship to a great school, right?. That would be c-r-a-z-y.)
Well, I made a deal with my parents. We agreed that, no matter what, my parents could not come visit me without calling and planning that visit in advance. My stance? If you couldn't drop in on my brother ('cause he was a 17 hour drive away), then you can't just drop in on me. Mom and Dad agreed. They're good-and-reasonable parents like that.
Now, picture it's the second week of my freshman year of college, on a lazy Saturday morning. About 9:00 in the morning, the phone rings.
Just who do you think it was?? I'll give you three guesses, and the first two don't count.
Yup, it was my Mom.
The conversation went something like this...
MOM: "Good morning! Your Dad and I just wanted to check and see if it was okay to come see you today. We've got to run a few errands up that way, and we'd really love to see you."
ME: "Well, ... sure ... I guess that would be okay."
MOM: "Great! 'Cause we're downstairs in your dorm."
So sweet.
Now, Mom ... crank up some Ozzy, make yourself a batch of these Toffee Bars, and give me a call. And if you happen to be making that call from 'just downstairs,' I'd love it.
Happy Mother's Day, everyone!
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Toffee Bars
Source: Adapted from a friend's family recipe
1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 c. light brown sugar (firmly packed)
1 egg yolk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. salt
2 c. all-purpose flour (or white whole wheat flour, which is what I use)
1 1/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 c. chopped pecans
3/4 c. chopped Heath Bar or Heath toffee bits
For the crust:
1. With an electric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the egg yolk, vanilla, and salt.
2. With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the flour and mix until just combined. The dough will be stiff.
3. Pat dough evenly into the bottom of a 9x13" coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees until pale golden on top, about 15-20 minutes.
For the topping:
4. Remove the pan from the oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly over the crust. Return pan to the oven for 1 to 2 minutes until the chocolate chips are beginning to melt.
5. Remove the pan from the oven and spread the chocolate evenly over the crust. Sprinkle the pecans and Heath bar toffee pieces evenly over the chocolate.
6. Let cool completely in the pan. Use a sharp knife to cut into small squares.
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I woke up yesterday to find my stomach bulging out like a watermelon. I just completed week 12. I have no clue if i'm bloated or showing??? How can I find out? Is there a way to tell the difference?
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Successful scoring approaches for self-pay accounts have three common characteristics:
How can providers increase cash flow by up to 30 percent while lowering collection costs-without adding more manpower? Some business offices that have used analytic scores to segment accounts for follow-up are realizing such improvements while relying on existing service teams and IT infrastructure.
Scoring and segmentation may be one of the best solutions to the seemingly contradictory objectives in today's revenue cycle: delivering a high-quality patient experience while collecting more cash more quickly, and at a lower cost.
For teams that are new to scoring, cash value prioritization is proving to be a solid first approach. Under this approach, extra collection activity is focused on the minority of accounts expected to yield the majority of cash. Hospitals with more scoring experience or confidence find that implementing segmented workflows offers a further step up in performance. Segmentation involves assigning accounts to specific collection processes based on the approach that is likely to optimize net cash recovery (cash less the cost to collect). Collection processes may differ in regard to the number and timing of letters sent to customers and the frequency and intensity of calling programs, among other techniques.
Because of today's tight budgets, hospital business office teams are focused on the ROI of their efforts. But business offices that are not leveraging scoring technology to govern self-pay collection are accepting dismal ROIs. Simply stated, working every account the same way is a bad investment.
In a typical self-pay portfolio, the lowest-scoring third of all self-pay accounts will generate less than $6.50 per account (see Exhibit 1). Efforts to contact these customers by phone are likely to cost more than the provider will ever recover. Among larger balance accounts, 75 percent will cost providers more than $2 in postage for billing statements, yet will return no cash, according to Connance research. Adding an outbound phone call to collection efforts only increases the negative ROI.
View Exhibit 1
Using analytic scores to help determine the right approach for account collection efforts can remove much of the uncertainty in collections-retaining cash while reducing costs for providers.
Prioritizing efforts based on cash value of the accounts will direct discretionary collection efforts towards the two-thirds of accounts that will generate more than 98 percent of the cash. It makes sense to "fish where the fish are."
The concept of cash value is to use expected collection as the variable around which to organize collection activity. Expected collection is not the same as balance due. Expected cash value is the actual amount an organization can expect to collect, whereas balance due is the most an organization can collect. Expected cash value is also not the same as propensity to pay, which simply predicts the likelihood of some payment, but does not tell you how much.
Many organizations prioritize collection efforts according to balance, focusing more energy on larger balances and vice versa. Often, this is an attempt to proxy cash value-assuming that larger balances have more cash value. The issue is that the majority of large balance holders will pay nothing. Thus, much of the extra collection effort that is being invested in those accounts will not yield any cash. One can buy a lottery ticket hoping for the big payday, but as we all know, most often the money used to purchase the ticket yields nothing.
For organizations that lack a dialer and other advanced collection infrastructure, the cash prioritization approach could be a good fit. Deployment could be as simple as producing a daily call list sorted according to the relative expected cash value of the accounts. Customer service teams would start by making outbound calls to the accounts with the highest expected cash value first. Each day, the list of untouched accounts could be reprioritized for representatives to continue their efforts.
In a representative deployment, one hospital business office increased cash recoveries by more than 40 percent after implementing a cash value prioritization approach. Previously, business office staff tried to call every account with a balance due of more than $500. Using cash prioritization, the same team was able to avoid investing effort on large balance accounts with very little true cash value. The capacity created by eliminating efforts on low-yielding large accounts allowed the team to connect with higher-value accounts in the $200 to $500 balance band. Focusing effort on the highest expected value accounts materially improved the hospital's resource utilization and results.
View Exhibit 2
For those organizations interested in further improving net cash, a proven next step uses predictive models to assign accounts to segmented work routines. Each work routine offers a collection approach designed to help resolve a specific type of account and optimize net cash to the hospital (cash collected less costs incurred in collection).
Much of a hospital's collection activity is actually a discretionary investment of time and money. To increase ROI, an incremental investment should occur only when it is expected to yield a meaningful increase in cash recovered. For example, if a business office could know which self-pay accounts were likely to pay their bill simply through the standard letter program, these accounts would not be put on a call list. That incremental collection investment would likely have little impact on cash and could risk annoying the customer. By comparison, there are other accounts that can be predicted to require customer service help to work through payment options or to explain the balance due situation. These accounts should be engaged earlier in the process with customer service representatives. This investment would have a positive ROI.
The theory of segmentation is commonplace outside of health care. Direct marketers send different catalogs, offers for discounts, and even different messages to households according to specific variables that help to predict the success of a marketing tool with particular consumers. It is profitable, and increasingly necessary, to deploy similar thinking in determining a hospital's approach to the collection of self-pay accounts.
In building a segmentation approach, design it with ROI in mind. Recognize that just because two accounts have the same cash value does not mean they should experience the same collection process. Cash value is only one variable. Other variables include some measure of payment behavior and the amount of help patients will need to resolve their obligations.
Better segmentation approaches seem to build from three basic delineations.
Accounts that are expected to generate virtually no cash. These accounts should be given the minimum collection effort allowed by the hospital's policies. Often these accounts become the priority for financial counseling and eligibility efforts.
Accounts that are expected to pay without much effort. Think of this group as "do it yourselfers." For this customer segment, a basic statement series will resolve most accounts. For those few accounts in this group that linger unpaid, a soft, outbound phone reminder might be appropriate late in the process.
Accounts likely needing some support to pay. These accounts require customer service help either to enable the account holders to understand their responsibility or to develop a payment program. Regardless, these are the patients that a business office should connect with as early as possible.
Additional splitting of these segments has been proven to yield substantial gains. By capitalizing on more nuanced differences regarding expected cash at risk or payment behaviors, it is possible to target discretionary resources more effectively. In our experience, an operation can deliver a very effective patient-centric collection experience that is cost-effective to operate using five segments.
Regardless of how many segments are used, each must have a collection process that meets that specific group's need. When implementing a segmentation scheme, it is important to incorporate decisions regarding:
These choices should be consistent with the organization's understanding of the segments and its objectives for their resolution (e.g., minimizing investment versus optimizing cash). By putting customers through different collection processes based on how their accounts are expected to perform, it is possible for a business office to provide customers with a more positive collection experience.
Using segmented workflows has been shown to improve cash yields by 20 to 30 percent over strategies that involve treating all customers the same. Moreover, the approach can help reduce costs. Letter expenses can be cut because this approach can better manage letter investment by segment. Customer service efforts can also be more effectively managed as many accounts are removed from early and frequent calling campaigns.
It is tempting to measure success simply by tracking increases in cash recoveries. Although tracking cash is appropriate, it is also beneficial to ask two process questions. Are accounts assigned to the right follow-up segment? This question is explicitly a test of the predictive models and segmentation logic. An organization should see different liquidation performance from the different groups. It is also appropriate to compare underlying dynamics such as event rates (percentage of accounts that make some payment) and liquidation rates (percentage an account pays if they make a payment). If segments do not look different, then either the models aren't useful, or the business office may have averaged away the differentiation using too few segments.
Are the business office's efforts for each segment appropriate? The goal here is to check the efficacy of letters, messages, and timing. For example, after a letter mailing, check to make sure the expected follow-up response from patients has been received. If the expected response is missing, the message has probably not been heard. No process is perfect. Over time, and with more experience, new workflow ideas should be tested.
By exploring these two questions, business office teams can continuously improve their performance. Given changes in the market and consumer sentiment, there are always opportunities to reduce unproductive spending and better invest an organization's scarcest resource: staff time.
The continuing increase in self-pay collections for hospitals, which are growing at a rate of more than 10 percent annually, make it clear that a smarter approach to self-pay collections is needed. For many hospitals, account segmentation or cash value prioritization could be the answer.
In successful deployments, there are three critical elements to improving performance and driving self-pay ROI.
Choose the right approach for your organization, whether segmentation or cash value prioritization. Both approaches can deliver meaningful cash improvement. Determining which option to choose will depend on an organization's experience and capabilities.
Develop appropriate workflows. Give each group of accounts an experience that helps those customers resolve their bills. Develop target messages and experiences consistent with their needs.
Track performance. Consider both the outcome measures (e.g., collections per account) as well as the process elements, such as efficacy of the segmentation logic and work routines.
Following these three elements not only helps an organization's staff and enhances "collection ROI," but also helps patients by more thoughtfully addressing their ability to pay and by communicating with them more effectively about financial responsibility.
David Franklin is cofounder and chief development officer, Connance, Waltham, Mass., and a member of HFMA's Massachusetts-Rhode Island Chapter (email@example.com).
Coy Ingram is director of self-pay management, patient financial services, Florida Hospital, Maitland, Fla., and a member of HFMA's Florida Chapter (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Steve Levin is cofounder and CEO, Connance, Waltham, Mass., and a member of HFMA's Massachusetts-Rhode Island Chapter (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Expected cash value. The expected amount one will collect from a receivable. The value can range between the balance due and zero. Expected cash value models often deliver an index value, where smaller numbers are less valuable than larger ones.
Probability or propensity to pay. The probability that a receivable will pay something. Some models may set a minimum threshold (e.g., likelihood the guarantor will pay more than $50). Often, models of this type are defined in ranges, such as low-, medium-, and high-risk groups. Generally, smaller balances will have higher probabilities, and larger balances, lower ones.
Credit score. The delinquency risk associated with originating a new voluntary purchase (e.g., buying a car or television). These scores indicate the likelihood that the debtor will pay the amount in question as opposed to going into default. Standard credit scores tend to be an imperfect proxy for medical debt given the involuntary nature of this type of debt as well as the tendency of consumers to pay medical obligations differently than other forms of consumer credit. A material portion of healthcare account holders that do make payments do not have credit scores.
"There is still money in the tail." The logic behind this argument is that, even though the cash collected from low-value accounts is small, with thousands of accounts involved, it can add up to thousands of dollars. The flaw is that most business offices have scarce resources. By investing resources in low-value accounts, business offices will forgo the opportunity to invest extra effort in their highest-value opportunities. Experience has shown that touching the higher expected cash value accounts tends to generate additional cash sooner.
"We need to treat everyone the same." The reality is that most policies and expectations establish minimum actions for accounts, but not maximums. The purpose of segmentation is to identify where and when to exert more than the minimum attention. Further, regulations simply require that similar efforts be made on Medicare and non-Medicare accounts. Proper segmentation and associated work efforts should not differentiate between Medicare and non-Medicare accounts.
The central business office for Florida Hospital, an eight-campus system based in Orlando, had been using a scoring system to segment uninsured and balance-after-insurance accounts follow-up. The solution had improved cash flow for the hospital, but with a rise in patient responsibility for account balances, the hospital's leadership team decided to investigate whether its approach could be improved upon.
The legacy segmentation approach undertaken by Florida Hospital used a consumer credit score to stratify accounts at bill drop into three categories: high risk to collect, medium risk to collect, and low risk to collect. Follow-up processes for these three groups differed primarily in the intensity of outbound calling.
Florida Hospital's challenger approach scored and segmented accounts using models that predicted expected cash value and repayment behavior. The scores were not generated using individual credit file information. Based on a combination of an account's expected collection amount and payment rate (as a measure of uncertainty and payment behavior), Florida Hospital's challenger process assigned each account to one of five follow-up segments. Efforts for collections varied for each segment, so that the right kind of attention would go to each account (more proactive efforts where they could deliver more cash, less where these efforts were unnecessary).
To compare the two approaches, the business office team used an alpha split to assign new accounts to either the challenger or established process. For accounts sent through the challenger process, Florida Hospital's business office also pulled a credit score so that it could track the differences between the scoring and segmentation approaches. Performance of the two groups was monitored over several months.
Overall, the cash value approach significantly outperformed the established credit-based segmentation scheme. Monthly cash collections hit record highs during the test, with the business office staff collecting almost 15 percent more cash using the new approach within only a few months.
Part of the success of the new processes used by Florida Hospital was the impact on collections from the hospital's "unscoreable" customers-the 17 percent of its customers for whom no credit score was available. Eighty percent of these "unscoreable" accounts belonged to insured patients with balance after insurance responsibility. The hospital's historical approach designated no-credit-score customers as being high-risk accounts, and assigned these customers to the hospital's high-risk process for collections. The new system was able to score these accounts and assign them to the segment consistent with their expected payment behavior. A review of the results showed that more than 30 percent of the accounts without credit scores were actually highly likely to pay.
Florida Hospital's business office team also studied the differences in performance and work flows related to each segment. In doing so, the hospital identified several opportunities to tweak the new process, sending out some correspondence earlier and changing calling frequency. These enhancements are expected to further reduce operating costs and accelerate cash collection.
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Boyer academy, led and owned by Master Matthew Boyer, opened
its doors January 2, 2009. Master Boyer began his studies in
martial arts at the age of ten. At a young age, he was taken
under the wing of Master Vern Vineyard. Master Vineyard taught
Master Boyer many life lessons that after his passing were carried
on through Master Boyer to his students. While advancing through
the ranks of martial arts, he participated in numerous training
programs and many invitational tournaments giving him the
opportunity to meet and train with many instructors and masters.
Master Boyer achieved the position of first Degree black belt on
August 10 1994 at the age of twelve years old. In September of
2013, at the age of 31, Master Boyer Tested for his 6th Degree
Black Belt under 8th Degree Black Belt Master Jason Wadley,
President of the UTA. Some would say his journey was complete,
but for a martial artist it is never finished. Now, Master Boyer
will spend the remainder of his journey teaching others like so
many before taught him.
Boyer Academy was opened based on a structure not only for individuals, but for the entire family. Each family
member can learn Korean Tae Kwon Do at his or her own pace in a safe family-friendly environment. Tae Kwon Do is
really a way of life for the entire family. Tae Kwon Do training teaches students to gain self-confidence, earn better
grades in school and learn to be leaders and to live a healthy and productive life. Master Boyer and his school age
students discuss the grade cards regularly. Students with low grades have to put together a plan to raise their
grades. Master Boyer is especially proud of his work with children that have been diagnosed with A.D.H.D.
Taekwondo is not merely a martial art for self-defense. Tae Kwon Do is a physical exercise for both young and old to
develop strength and agility and to maintain health, both physically and mentally. Tae Kwon Do is a sport for the
entire physical system generating energy in every organ of the body, developing the muscles and stimulating the
brain. Continued training in the art, builds one's character into a strong, resilient spirit so that one can develop
leadership to guide and lead in every walk of life.
The heart of any martial arts school is the teacher. Master Boyer and his team of instructors teach more
technique; they teach conduct. Students are taught that it is not a disgrace to walk away from a confrontation. At
Boyer Academy students are committed to the student creed: courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self control, and
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New Year's Day Sermons
December 29, 2008
We have already posted a section with thirteen sermons appropriate for New Year's Day. As always, you are welcome to use this material in any way you see fit. Take it, use it, add to it, amend it, improve it, make it your own, and then use it in sermons, Bible studies, Sunday School classes, and in any other way you like. That's part of our vision at KBM. We provide free biblical resources for the body of Christ worldwide.
In that spirit, here are a few other sermons that would also fit the New Year's theme:
In that spirit, here are a few other sermons that would also fit the New Year's theme:
When You Need to Know, You'll Know
One Word You Shouldn't Say in 2009
Some Advice to the Discontented
What God Remembers That We Forget
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George's loyal wife, Angie (Constance Marie), has the patience of a saint and copes with his mother Benny's (Berlita Moreno) insensitive wisecracks and George's lax approach to parenthood. George and Angie's 9-year-old son, Max (Luis Armand Garcia), is a curious ball of energy, while their bright 14-year-old daughter, Carmen (Masiela Lusha), struggles with the ups and downs of being a teenager.
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Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- 24-hour front desk
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Total number of rooms - 71
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I'm very excited about this. If you could see me right now, you would literally notice the "Definition of Excited" caption that I have hanging around my neck on a sign. It normally says "Thug Life".
The Blumenthal Performing Arts Center will be hosting Spamalot, the musical based on Monty Python's Holy Grail and they want us to do one of their 'Get to Know the Show' event to help educate folks on Monty Python's work, their legacy and to cover the fundamentals of sketch comedy writing.
Now, for those of you who are not familiar, this is awesome. Like any number of other comics or even just geeks of the last few decades grew up on a diet of Monty Python humor. I remember watching it on TV one random day with my mom who was kind enough to clue me into how awesome it was or catching it on random channels at odd hours on PBS or some random arts channel.
I remember watching Holy Grail on VHS as a kid and watching it on a loop so often I can still recite it. People at parties (a term I use generously. There was no beer, no make out room and no feeling of joy) would ask me for some random line and I would start reciting the entire film from that point like an irish Teddy Ruxpin. I'm surprised that I don't occasionally wake up in cold sweats screaming
"O Lord, bless this thy Hand Grenade that with it thou mayest blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy".
Somewhere in the recitation of the works of Monty Python I gained my love for comedy that didn't involve animated characters or shows about small black children being adorable (the 1980's were a rough time comedy-wise) and to eventually to hate other people. Comedy is one of those tragic things that affects your world view. Like martial arts and being a stripper. Knowing that you can 1) Laugh at anything, 2) Beat up anything, 3) Gyrate against anything and make money fall out really affects how you see the world.
So I have Monty Python to thank for priming the pump. The rest I can blame on the social experiment that is public schools.
So anyways, we've got this event coming up and we are very excited. It's an hour and a half on me and Brandon doing Monty Python and Sketch Comedy Writing. It's going to be on Monday, February 6th from 6pm-7:30pm at Pease Auditorium on CPCC's campus in uptown. If you're interested in going, it is free but you need to RSVP.


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Monday, December 22, 2014
Family members: Recovery of woman shot by boyfriend a "miracle"
- The woman who was left to die after being shot by her boyfriend, but survived, is making a miraculous recovery in the hospital, according to her family members.
The victim has been identified to NEWSChannel 2 as Audreyonna Goodison. She was shot in the head by Jerry McNair on Monday at Parkedge Town Houses in North Utica.
Sources also told NEWSChannel 2 that the violent incident took place while the couple's 19-month-old son was home.
Utica Police say the two fought and that McNair beat her and choked her with a USB cable. Goodison lost consciousness for a day and woke on Tuesday not knowing she had been shot. A family member says Goodison had no car and no phone, but felt something was wrong and responded to the residence.
Police say that on the way to the hospital, the woman was in such pain that her family member called an ambulance to take her there. It was then that it was learned she was actually shot in the head.
Following the shooting of Goodison, McNair later went into hiding at another on-again, off-again girlfriend's house, Petra Gonzales, in West Utica where a standoff with police ensued. McNair then fatally shot Gonzales five times and then committed suicide.
McNair was arrested in September of 2012 with Gonzales for alleged sex abuse of a child.
When asked about previous violence, a relative of Goodison's said, "A few weeks before the incident, he started getting violent with her. His personality changed. They had problems in the past, but never like that."
Audreyonna graduated from Proctor High School in 2007 and is now a licensed practical nurse.
Doctors have told family members that her recovery is a miracle. The bullet is still inside Goodison's head as to not do more damage as she recovers. Family members say she is able to walk and talk and the only obvious impairment is her vision but doctors think that will continue to improve as well.
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Southeast Rail ExtensionThe Southeast Rail Line includes 19.1 miles of the popular RTD light rail system. It extends from I-25/Broadway to Lincoln Avenue in Douglas County, with an additional connection along I-225 from I-25 to Parker Road.
The Southeast Rail Extension was accepted into the project development phase of the federal New Starts program. The RTD Board of Directors authorized a $207 million extension of the Southeast Rail Line at its regular meeting on July 15, 2014.
The environmental assessment has been released. You can see it here. A public meeting about the EA happened in August 2014. See the presentation here.
The Southeast Rail Line Extension will make the Southeast line even more
successful than it is today. The current plan is to extend light rail
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Acupuncture and Pets, What You Need to Know
In addition to conventional veterinary medicine, acupuncture is utilized by some licensed veterinarians. According to Dr. Pedro Rivera at the Healing Oasis Wellness Center in Sturtevant, Wis., acupuncture can help improve discomfort caused by degenerative joint disease and chronic pain related to other medical conditions.
The frequency of acupuncture treatment depends specifically on the condition and severity of the pain. A complete physical examination must first be completed by the pet's veterinarian to ensure that the pet is able to undergo the medical procedure.
A common misconception regarding acupuncture is that it is painful to pets. Dr. Rivera admits some patients may flinch slightly, but for the most part, the procedure is not painful and most of the patients become very relaxed and some even fall asleep!
There are many benefits associated with acupuncture in pets, but as with almost every procedure, there are a few risks as well. Mainly, benefits include reducing pain and improving the quality of life for pets suffering with chronic pain and discomfort, helping wounds heal and assisting with some neurological conditions. A main risk of acupuncture is that if the veterinarian is not assessing for trans-neural degeneration (a process in which the brain and nervous system decreases in functionality) the patient can be weakened indirectly and unintentionally.
Acupuncture works very well, side by side, with conventional medicine. Dr. Rivera states that acupuncture should be used very cautiously if a pet suffers from seizures, epilepsy, hyperesthesia, cancer and any other condition that might be affected if the absorption of a medication is influenced.
In order to become licensed to perform acupuncture on pets, Dr. Rivera obtained a degree in veterinary medicine and also completed extensive post-graduate training in his field. He maintains yearly continuing education requirements which evaluate his proficiency and keep his knowledge and skills up to date. "It is very important that the patient and owner are protected by the license of the practitioner," stresses Dr. Rivera.
Above all, it is important for a licensed veterinarian to perform acupuncture on pets. Untrained and unlicensed individuals performing acupuncture or other medical procedures could compromise the health and well-being of your pets. So do your homework and make sure the person performing the procedure is licensed. And as always consult with your WVMA member veterinarian about your pet's health!
When is it Appropriate to Use Acupuncture on a Horse and Who Should Perform the Procedure?
Does your horse suffer from pain associated with disease, stress, or any other health problem? If so, have you considered having acupuncture preformed on your horse by a licensed veterinarian? Acupuncture has been around for thousands of years and is becoming a more available treatment option to deal with pain and other conditions.
Acupuncture is a widely used treatment method that evolved from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Dr. Blohowiak from Great Lakes Equine Wellness Center, Hortonville, Wis. states that "TCM is a complete medical system and can be used to treat nearly any disease process." He explains the main idea of TCM is that disease is theoretically caused by a disruption in the flow of qi (pronounced "chee"), which Dr. Blohowiak describes as the "vital life energy that flows throughout the body." When the qi (energy flow) is too fast, slow, weak, or strong, disease can occur. By performing acupuncture the flow of qi will return to normal. With a smooth and normal qi flow, no disease will be present.
If you are thinking that acupuncture will be painful for your horse, you can now be reassured. Dr. Blohowiak says that the majority of his patients are relaxed during the procedure and really start to enjoy it! Generally, the procedure is painless but a tingling sensation can be noted around the needle insertion site.
There are many benefits to performing acupuncture in horses. Acupuncture relieves pain and can help with disease modification and overall health. Some diseases may actually respond better to acupuncture as compared to traditional medicine. As with almost any procedure comes a risk. "Although there is some risk involved with nearly every procedure, Dr. Blohowiak states that the risks with acupuncture are minimal, if any.
Dr. Blohowiak stresses that it is important for clients to know who is treating their horse. By receiving special certification in veterinary acupuncture, the veterinarian is prepared to select the precise and proper points to insert needles and maintain treatment for the proper length of time, both of which are crucial for successful acupuncture. As Dr. Blohowiak says "only those doctors with veterinary acupuncture specific training and licensure will be best prepared to be successful."
To learn more about acupuncture in your horse, contact your local WVMA member veterinarian.
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Fuun Ishin Dai Shogun Anime Announced for April 20140
Fuun Ishin Dai Shogun, a new Anime series premiering in April 2014, was announced recently.
The Anime is supposed to be an action romance set in Japan, in a parallel world, where the Meiji Restoration never took place.
Takashi Watanabe of Shakugan no Shana and Slayers fame will be directing the new series, with Kazuya Sasahara of Cat Shit One fame planning the project.
The story is as follows:
"In the late Edo period, Japan faced an unprecedented crisis with the arrival of black ships from overseas. However, Japan drove away the black ships thanks to Onigami, giant robots that have existed in Japan since the ancient times. The country has remained in self-imposed seclusion from foreigners ever since. The story begins in this Japan that never experienced the Meiji Restoration."
Project-D is being credited with the original story, while Hiroya Iijima is adapting Shunya Yamashita's original character designs, Makoto Ishiwata is in charge of mecha designs, and Dai Sato of Eureka Seven fame is in charge of scripting the series.
Nippon Columbia is in charge of the music production, while Satoshi Motoyama is in charge of directing the sound. Chikako Shibata is in charge of art, while Michiyo Iriomote is the color key artist.