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TOPEKA, Kan. Three doctors who perform abortions in Kansas will challenge new regulations for their clinics even after the rules were revised to placate the physicians, their attorneys said Thursday, arguing that the rules still impose unreasonable and "irrational" requirements.
The physicians - Dr. Herbert Hodes, his daughter, Dr. Traci Nauser, and Dr. Ronald Yeomans - already persuaded a federal judge to block the earlier version of the rules. The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, which represents Hodes and Nauser, and Cheryl Pilate, who represents Yeomans, both said Thursday that they would sue over the revised regulations.
Hodes and Nauser perform abortions and other services at their medical offices in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park and Yeomans performs abortions at a Kansas City, Kan., clinic.
The first version of the rules told providers what drugs and equipment they must stock and set minimum size requirements for procedure and recovery rooms. The department recently revised the rules, paring down the list of drugs and equipment required and dropping specific sizes for rooms. The state published the revised regulations Thursday and they are set to take effect Nov. 14.
A federal judge blocked enforcement of the original regulations until a trial of the doctors' lawsuit. Learning last week that revised regulations would take effect next month, the judge ordered the parties in the lawsuit to analyze the differences between the two sets of rules.
"They made some important changes, which is good, but unfortunately, they have left a lot in that is unacceptable," Bonnie Scott Jones, an attorney for the center, said during a telephone interview. "They're still extremely burdensome in multiple ways, so they still do need to be challenged."
The revised regulations retain a rule allowing only a physician to dispense drugs, which Jones said would prevent a physician's assistant from giving over-the-counter pain medication. Also kept was a requirement that providers make all records available for review by the health department, something critics predict will invade patients' privacy.
Pilate also cited a requirement that patients remain in recovery rooms for up to an hour after a procedure, based on how far along their pregnancy was. The original rules specified a two-hour wait, but Pilate said even the revised version is onerous. She said the new rules still have "medically unnecessary restrictions."
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office declined comment. Schmidt is a defendant in the existing lawsuit, as are two county prosecutors in the Kansas City area and the state's secretary of health and environment.
Health department spokeswoman Miranda Steele said the agency had not seen the center's announcement. "KDHE will move forward as we can legally, however we need to do our jobs within the rule of law," she added.
The health department wrote both sets of regulations under a law enacted this year requiring clinics, hospitals and doctors' offices performing five or more elective abortions a month to obtain a special, annual license. It was part of a wave of anti-abortion measures enacted this year across the nation, as abortion opponents capitalized on the election of new, sympathetic Republican governors such as Kansas' Sam Brownback.


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SYDNEY (AFP) - A "violent binge drinking culture" has turned parts of Sydney into "almost war zones", Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday, condemning a rise in alcohol-fuelled incidents rocking Sydney.
Debate has raged for weeks in Sydney about the prevalence of booze-driven violence as the city enjoys the summer festive season, with several incidents of young men being severely injured after being "king-hit" on nights out.
Some emergency room doctors have warned that the violence is getting worse and they are being inundated with alcohol-related cases, with calls growing for politicians to do more to tackle the issue.
"The tragedy is that places that should be entertainment precincts have become, on some occasions, almost war zones because there is just so much alcohol-fuelled violence," said the prime minister, father to three young adult daughters.
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Congressional Democrats probably will agree to cut spending by March 4 to keep the federal government from shutting down, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) said Wednesday.
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Listening to Gov. Christie's budget address Tuesday, you might think he was throwing his hat in the ring to become governor of the United States.
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After getting convicted of racketeering and other charges, former Luzerne County Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. tried to claim victory since the jury acquitted him of other charges.
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With inspiring determination and grit, Libyan citizens literally are putting their lives on the line in an effort to topple their longtime dictator, Moammar Gadhafi.
While Gadhafi, 69, came to power in a bloodless coup four decades ago, he turned against his own countrymen with a vengeance over the last week — culminating in the slaughter of hundreds of civilians over the weekend and continuing into this week.
The chilling prediction by one of Gadhafi's sons that the streets would "run with blood" reportedly became all too true within moments of the speech Monday, as armed government mercenaries turned automatic weapons on crowds of protesters.
If charity begins at home, Campbell Soup Co. only had to look in its backyard to launch a worthy $10 million campaign to combat childhood obesity and hunger in Camden.
No place in the region is in greater need of help than the soup giant's corporate hometown. Especially hard hit is Camden's most vulnerable population of 23,000 children, who suffer from obesity, at alarming rates.
Childhood obesity has become a national epidemic among youngsters from all walks of life. But the problem has been exacerbated in Camden by poverty and a lack of access to affordable and healthy food.
Upstaging even Gov. Christie's playbook in New Jersey, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has pushed too far in demanding steep concessions from his state's public employees.
Walker is justified in asking state workers to contribute to their pensions and pay more for health care. But he crossed the line by also insisting on eliminating most collective-bargaining rights for public employees.
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The Preble County Youth Development Program, a part of Ohio State University Extension, sponsors 4-H camp each year. Camp will be held at Indian Hills 4-H Camp in Miami County June 8-12. Each year almost 100 campers come together for a week of fun. The camp is staffed by 4-H personnel, volunteer adult leaders and high school age camp counselors. The goal of the Preble County 4-H Camp program is to provide youth an opportunity for growth and development through an outdoor living experience. Sports, swimming, dancing, campfires, games, nature activities and much more are on the schedule.
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Snake River Junior High School Principal Christopher C. Cox, 38, was released on his own recognizance Thursday morning after appearing before Magistrate Judge Charles Roos on three separate felony counts of sexual abuse of a child under 16 years old.
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The naked Truth & Beauty, what more could a man ask for? :-D
Truth & Beauty - taken in good spirit, but curtains on the human race because you can't take a bit of what you dish out? I expect more from you.
@ henry from md: Only for men who don't like women. Hem hem...
Put down jokes aimed at women would also be offensive. These are unsophisticated and unfunny. I expect more from the New Yorker.
Truth & Beauty - that might be a blessing
@ Wayne Johnson Ph.D. from Bk: Because men know that if they do that, they'll never see us naked again. :-D
Why doesn't the New Yorker feature cartoons which poke fun at women in a comparable way that women make fun of men?
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Pakistan has accepted India's invitation to attend Modi's inauguration on Monday.
"I had voted for Modi hoping that he would bring 10 heads instead of one head of my son. I hate Modi for inviting Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif," said uncle of Hemraj, Harikishan Singh.
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F2Q09 (Qtr End 09/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
November 4, 2008, 5:30 pm ET
Erik Birkerts – COO
Neal Verfuerth – President and CEO
Scott Jensen – CFO and Treasurer
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I will now turn the call over to Mr. Erik Birkerts. Erik, you may begin.
Erik Birkerts
Thank you, Nathan, and thank you for joining us for Orion Energy Systems Fiscal 2009 Second Quarter Conference Call. With me on the call today are Neal Verfuerth, President and CEO, and Scott Jensen, CFO.
Neal will begin by providing some highlights from the quarter as well as describe progress within our business. Scott with then provide financial detail on the second quarter, and I will spend time at the conclusion of the call discussing our expectations for the remainder of our fiscal year before we open up the line to take your questions.
Before we begin, I will read the Safe Harbor Statement. Our remarks that follow, including answers to your questions, include statements that we believe to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements are generally identified as such because the context of such statements will include words such as "believe," "anticipate," "expect," or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe future plans, objectives, or goals are also forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are subject to risks that could cause actual results to be materially different. Those risks include, among others, matters that we have described in our press release issued this afternoon and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K and Form 10-K filed with the SEC on June 27, 2008 and other filings we make with the SEC.
Except as described in these filings, we disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, which may not be updated until our next quarterly conference call, if at all.
Now, I'd like to turn the call over to Neal.
Neal Verfuerth
Thanks, Erik. I'd like to welcome everyone to our Orion Energy Systems Fiscal 2009 Second Quarter Conference Call. There is much happening on the national scene today, given the election, so we appreciate the time you're all spending with us this afternoon.
For the second quarter of fiscal 2009, we reported revenues of $18.8 million versus $18.4 million in the second quarter of fiscal '08. Net income for the quarter was $453,000 compared to $1.1 million in the same period last year, and earnings per diluted share were $0.02 versus $0.05 in fiscal 2008.
I'd like to emphasize upfront that we felt it prudent to revise our guidance given the uncertainty surrounding the economy. However, we expect to remain profitable, cash flow positive and maintain a strong balance sheet over the second half of our fiscal year.
We believe our fiscal strength positions us well to continue to build Orion's long-term enterprise value for our stakeholders. Because of this, we're going to continue to buyback our shares.
During the second quarter, we made further progress in executing against our core strategy of capturing the sizeable retrofit market opportunity. As you may recall from previous calls, we see the retrofit market opportunity at greater than $9 billion, and we are focused on aggressively pursuing it.
We are proud that in the second quarter of the fiscal year 2009 we've installed our high performance Phase 1 lighting platform in over 300 facilities, an increase over the 276 facilities we completed in the first quarter.
Our installed base of customer facilities now numbers over 4,000 facilities and represents over 670 million square feet of space. With an available market estimated at over 20 billion square feet, illuminated by the legacy HID lighting, we are still very much in the front end of our opportunity.
We reduced our annual – we reduced for our customers' annual energy demand by 128 million kilowatt hours and since 2001, we've reduced customer energy consumption by over 387 megawatts. Not only do we help our customers save money, but our technology also delivers a workable solution to the capacity and distribution issues facing the electric industry today.
Our customer additions within the quarter will reduce their carbon footprints for over 87,000 tons of indirect CO2 emissions annually. Since 2001, we've removed over four million tons of indirect CO2 emissions. This not only benefits the environment, but may also result in incremental revenue opportunities for our customers and for Orion when the market for emissions credits gains further momentum.
Given that, I've been very engaged with the sales team this quarter. I'd like to comment on some of the efforts to capture the retrofit market. With regard to new customers acquired during the quarter, we witnessed across a broad base a new customer versus signing of any high profile multi-site rollout agreements.
For example, in the second quarter, we worked with 11 new national account customers, retrofitting 18 locations in 12 States. Now that we've proven ourselves to these customers, we can see upsell opportunities as well as potentials for additional multi-site rollout agreements to address remaining North American footprints.
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Keith's note: Oh well. Too bad no one outside of the NASA JSC firewall you can see this blog (jsc-sma-a02.ndc.nasa.gov 220.127.116.11) about "courage and dissenting opinions".Categories: Safety
Planet Labs Turned Its Interns into Company Leaders with This Program, Firstround.com
"Seeing the actual hardware there really excites people when they come around," [Chris] Boshuizen says. You know that you're working on game-changing solutions the trick now is to convince bright new talent that they can and will have a meaningful role in that work as well. You want to come armed with tons of examples and compelling stories about what past interns have had the chance to do and what they've been able to build. This is your best weapon for standing out. If you can bring some visuals of what work and life is like during the program showing off how hands-on interns get to be that's even better."
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"Repeat after me: Mars matters," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told the auditorium of participants at the May 5, 2015 Humans to Mars Summit organized by the non-profit Explore Mars, Inc. "Mars matters!" everyone agreed. But why does Mars matter? "Because it's there' isn't good enough," stated Bolden. Luckily, summit presenters had a host of compelling reasons for humans to venture to Mars, ranging from political, economic, and at the forefront, scientific reasons."
Recent Space Poll: The Public is Not Always in Synch With Space Advocates, previous post
"The study also notes "Just over 4-in-10 (42%) Americans are in favor of the U.S. government spending billions of dollars to send astronauts to places like the moon, Mars, and asteroids, while half (50%) oppose such an expenditure. There are no partisan differences in this opinion, although men (50%) are more supportive than women (36%) of funding this new program."
Keith's note: A rah rah speech to a pep rally of true believers is hardly the basis upon which to proclaim that going to Mars is "compelling" or that it "matters". Says who? Poll after poll show that while some of the American public is supportive not a majority of them are. Space advocates (and NASA Administrators) need to come up with real world reasons that make sense to the public to support space projects. 'Because we say so' is not going to work. Otherwise, spending billions of dollars and decades to send a couple of people to Mars when (fill in your favorite other thing to spend money on) is a more pressing and immediate concern to the public is going to win every single time.
- Kicking The Can Down the Road to Mars, previous post
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International Space Station: Measurable Performance Targets and Documentation Needed to Better Assess Management of National Laboratory, GAO
"- CASIS, however, has not been able to fulfill its responsibility in the cooperative agreement to interact with the ISS National Laboratory Advisory Committee, which NASA was statutorily required to establish under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, because NASA has yet to staff the committee as required by the NASA Authorization Act of 2008. As a result, CASIS is not able to fulfill its responsibility in the cooperative agreement that requires it to coordinate with this committee and review any report or recommendations it originates.
- NASA and CASIS did not establish measurable targets for these performance metrics, and NASA's annual assessment of CASIS was not documented.
- CASIS officials told GAO in July 2014 that setting measurable targets would be arbitrary because CASIS processes and metrics are still evolving. In January 2015, however, the Chairman of the CASIS Board of Directors told GAO that setting measurable targets is a priority for the board. CASIS, however, has yet to establish a date by which measurable targets will be developed. Using the established metrics, NASA is required by the cooperative agreement to perform an annual program review of CASIS's performance."Categories: Commercialization, ISS News
USAF Space and Missiles System Center Certifies SpaceX for National Security Space Missions
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Sally Ride: Behind the Google Doodle that marks the late space pioneer's birthday, Washington Post
"Sally Ride, this trailblazing astronaut turned physics professor, for so long keenly studied, and then for so long taught, the laws of bodies in motion, as one thread in her lifelong work in science and technology. So it's especially fitting that Google unveils a "Behind the Doodle" animation, as we get to see Ride's own inspiring life-trajectory in motion. Sally Ride, in so many ways, still seems right out of central casting, as if the tale of an American space star was dreamt up in Los Angeles where, in fact, she was born."Categories: Astronauts, Education
Using Space Radar To Hear Human Heartbeats in Nepal, SpaceRef
"On 24 April 2015 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal - a nation woefully unprepared to respond to such an event. Dozens of aftershocks have rattled the country daily for the past month. One especially large aftershock of magnitude 7.4 on 12 May caused the already-shattered infrastructure to collapse further. Nepal needed help - help that did not rely upon a non-functional infrastructure. Much of the help was traditional. But some of that help arrived in the form of assets in space and space-derived assets on the ground."Categories: NASA Hackspace, News
Lockheed-Boeing rocket venture needs commercial orders to survive, Reuters
"Bruno last week announced a 30-percent cut in management as part of the restructuring. On Thursday he said Boeing and Lockheed were still approving investment in the new Vulcan rocket only one quarter at a time given uncertainty about how Russian engines the company can use to compete for national security launches. He said the Air Force had a strong argument to request a Pentagon waiver if Congress continues to block use of Russian engines ordered but not paid for before the Crimea invasion. Barring a waiver or change in the current law, ULA would only be able to compete for five Air Force launches between 2019 and 2022, when the new rocket is expected to be certified. ULA says its other rocket, the Delta 4, costs too much to compete. "We must have access to the Atlas as a competitive platform until we have the replacement rocket engine. There really is no Plan B," he said."
America Plays Russian Rocket Roulette, Wall Street Journal
"But recent allegations that Mr. Putin's cronies gain big rewards from the RD-180s (by inflating delivered engine costs and taking other markups via various middlemen) are damaging to the pro-Russian-rocket side. After a November 2014 Reuters report on the purchases of rockets with RD-180 engines, Sen. John McCain said in a statement that he had long been concerned that U.S. taxpayers "are paying millions of dollars to companies that may have done no work but merely served as a 'pass-through' to enrich corrupt Russian businessmen connected with Vladimir Putin." Let's be clear: No one should play down the significance of the Air Force's concern about ensuring reliable access to space. And despite some bluster in Moscow about holding up shipments of RD-180 engines, no reports have surfaced of delivery delays. Moscow desperately needs the hard currency."
Putin-backed RD-180 Markup Scheme Unveiled, earlier post
McCarthy-Smith SPACE Act Passes with Broad Bipartisan Support, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
"House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today joined House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in praising passage of H.R. 2262, the Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 or SPACE Act. Almost 50 Democrats joined Republicans to pass the bill with broad bipartisan support, 284-133."
"House Passes Commercial Space Industry Wish List - Misses Opportunity to Pass Bill that Could Become Law, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Democrats
"Today the House passed H.R. 2262, the SPACE Act of 2015. The bill takes a fundamentally unbalanced approach to the issues facing the commercial space launch industry. Moving far beyond addressing the legitimate needs of the industry, the bill is heavily skewed towards industry's desires. .. Congresswoman Edwards said, "Pursuing House passage of a bill that is going nowhere in the Senate seems to me to be the ultimate exercise in futility, and one that does a real disservice to the commercial space launch industry that we all are trying to help succeed. But we don't have to go down that path."
- Pro-Commercial Space Bills Approved in Committee, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Congress Can Help the Commercial Launch Industry This Week if We're All Willing to Work Together, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Democrats
- Hultgren: SPACE Act Facilitates Pro-Growth Environment for Commercial Space Sector (with video)
- The Facts Behind SPACE Act, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Chairman Smith Speaks in Support of SPACE Act (Remarks), House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Recent posts on Congress and NASA
NASA FISO Telecon: A Scenario for a Human Mission to Mars Orbit in the 2030s
"Our Wednesday, May 20, Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon colloquium will host Mr. Hoppy Price (JPL) who will speak on "A Scenario for a Human Mission to Mars Orbit in the 2030s. As always, the colloquium will be at 3pm ET. And please note that there is a new dial-in number for the colloquium as NASA has migrated to a new service: TEL: 844 467 4685 PC: 442398"
Keith's note: If you go to NASA's Journey to Mars page there is no mention of this NASA-sponsored, openly-accessible telecon regarding a NASA study of how the agency might go to Mars. There is no mention of this telecon on NASA's calendar either - nor is there mention on NASA's Human Exploration and Operations home page, or NASA Goddard's home page (where telecon organizer Harley Thronson works), or on JPL's home page where presenter Hoppy Price works. Indeed, this NASA-funded JPL study apparently had a lot to do with the Planetary Society's recent stealth Mars workshop (note the agenda). Yet the Planetary Society is mum on this too.Continue reading: Yet Another Stealth NASA Briefing On Mars Mission Concepts.
Investing in Our Journey to Mars Posted on May 19, 2015 at 6:01 pm by Administrator Charles Bolden.
"This at a time when a new consensus is emerging around NASA's goal, timetable, and plan for sending American astronauts to Mars by 2016. Make no mistake: This plan is clear. This plan is affordable, and this plan is sustainable."
Keith's note: "Sending American astronauts to Mars by 2016" Charlie? Really?
This is a screengrab of what the blog post originally looked like - NASA eventually changed the post to say "2030s".Categories: Exploration
#NASA never had budget to accomplish #JourneyToMars So .... House budget actions simply reinforce the obvious pic.twitter.com/teeMbrZnCv— NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 19, 2015
OMB Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 2262 - Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (SPACE) Act of 2015
"The Administration strongly supports the development of a commercial space sector that pushes the boundaries of space exploration while creating jobs and strengthening the American economy. The American commercial launch industry is the most competitive in the world. Over the past several years, the industry has rapidly increased its share of the global market for sending satellites and other payloads into space. The Administration agrees with the goal of H.R. 2262 to bring more stability and certainty to this growing market. While the Administration does not oppose House passage of the bill, it has serious concerns with certain provisions of the bill."
OMB Letters to House Appropriations Committee Regarding FY 2016 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill
"The bill cuts support for NASA's Commercial Crew Program by $243 million, or 20 percent, relative to the President's Budget. The Commercial Crew Program will build a safe and costeffective U.S. capability to launch astronauts to the space station. The Subcommittee bill cuts will delay the program and force continued reliance on and payment for Russian capabilities for transporting U.S. astronauts. While directing an impractical level of funding toward the Jupiter Europa mission, the bill cuts important NASA Science programs by more than $200 million compared to the President's Budget, jeopardizing Earth Science missions that are helping us understand how our climate is changing and respond to earthquakes, droughts, and severe weather events. The bill also reduces investments in Space Technology by $100 million, or 14 percent, delaying development of a cutting-edge laser communication system and other space technology demonstrations, slowing progress on the journey to Mars, and impacting the international competitiveness of the U.S. commercial space industry."Categories: Budget, Congress
First In Humans Clinical Trial Demonstrates Non-Invasive Expulsion of Kidney Stones, NSBRI
"The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) announced that Dr. Jonathan Harper will present the findings of an FDA-registered "first in humans" trial to non-surgically propel and expel kidney stones from the body, during today's plenary session at the 2015 American Urological Association (AUA) annual meeting in New Orleans. ... This clinical trial has been advanced with funding from NSBRI, as a project within the portfolio of the Institute's Smart Medical Systems and Technology (SMST) Team. The goal of the SMST Team is to develop intelligent, integrated medical systems to deliver quality health care during spaceflight and exploration. New technologies developed by this team also deliver immediate benefits for medical care on Earth."
Keith's note: NASA funding into space exploration has resulted in technology with clear potential to deliver health benefits to the population as whole back on Earth. This is the sort of "spinoff" NASA yearns to develop. But try and find mention of this news online at NASA at ISS National Lab, CASIS, NASA Spinoff page, NASA Technology, etc. You won't. Why?Categories: Commercialization
The House Appropriations Cmte has released the report accompanying the CJS spending bill. Updated NASA budget table: pic.twitter.com/4ZHPg9UAvl— Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) May 19, 2015
- Report No. 114-____] Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. (NASA starts on Page 58).
- REPORT [To accompany _____] The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report in explanation of the accompanying bill making appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.Categories: Budget, Congress
NASA ISS Space to Ground Weekly Report - 29 May 2015
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The United States healthcare system is among the most complicated in the world, and can be overwhelming to a newcomer. This article will help you to navigate the complex world of providers, facilities and services.
As a University of Washington international student, you are required to purchase an insurance plan known as the UW International Student Health Insurance Plan (I-SHIP) when you register for classes. This insurance plan is administered by a company called Lifewise, and you will receive an insurance card in the mail with your identification number and group number. You may be asked to provide these numbers when you call a doctor's office. Carry your insurance card with you, as you may need it in order to see a doctor or visit a pharmacy.
Each insurance plan is different. However, all UW international students with I-SHIP have the same plan, which is described here. This plan does not cover the cost of all available services and medications, and covers some types of providers, visits and prescription drugs more than others.
Insurance plans in the US have contracts with medical providers. This means that your plan will cover more if you visit contracted or "in-network" doctors than non-contracted doctors. For example, I-SHIP will pay more of the cost of going to a provider in the UW system (UW Medical Center, Hall Health, etc.) than elsewhere. When you need to visit a doctor, be sure to ask whether I-SHIP is "in network" with that provider.
You are responsible for a portion of the cost of your services. First, your insurance plan has a deductible, or an amount that must be paid by you before your insurance begins to cover the cost of your care. The deductible does not apply to many services meant to prevent disease. Second, your insurance plan will require you to pay a portion of your visit and medication costs, known as co-insurance. This is usually a percentage of the total cost of the visit. Your insurance may cover 80 percent, in which case you would receive a bill in the mail for the remaining 20 percent.
You may be asked to pay a co-pay (short for co-payment) when you visit the doctor or pick up a prescription medication. This amount will vary depending on the service or medication. You can find out more by calling the insurance company or looking at I-SHIP plan benefits.
The US healthcare system has many different types of clinics and providers:
I-SHIP offers coverage of mental health care (both as an outpatient and inpatient), vision and dental care. Consult with Lifewise to find an in-network provider of these services.
I-SHIP does not cover the cost of complimentary or alternative medicine. Many acupuncture providers offer affordable services, sometimes on a sliding scale.
If you have limited English proficiency, or are not fluent in medical terminology, you may wish to request an interpreter at your visit. At Hall Health Center, we will arrange for an over-the-phone interpreter at no cost to you. You will need to inquire about interpreting services through other providers.
To make an appointment with Hall Health, contact the Patient Service Center
Check out these videos from UW's Student Insurance Office that show how to enroll in I-SHIP, explain benefits, and prepare you for a doctor's visit.
More information about UW's Student Health Insurance Plan, including forms and booklets
Learn about the Affordable Care Act, a law that has changed the US health care system
Watch a video from the Khan Academy that explains the US health care system


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China Mainland Events
The United States and China: What Next?
April 28, 2009 // 2:00pm — 6:30pm
Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
Graham Allison, Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Steven Clemons, Publisher, thewashingtonnote.com, Executive Vice President of the New America Foundation; Gu Guoliang, Deputy Director of the Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Jia Qingguo, Associate Dean of the School of International Studies, Peking University; Antony Leung, Former Financial Secretary, Hong Kong, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Group; Joseph Nye, Professor International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School; David Richards, Independent Investor, California; Richard Rosecrance, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School; Ezra Vogel, Professor of Social Sciences, Harvard University; Zhang Yunling, Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Steven Miller, Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Climate Security Roundtable: U.S. and EU Research and Policy
February 19, 2009 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Panelists discuss climate change's impact on conflict and how the United States and European Union (EU) have begun to adapt their foreign and security policies to the threat of climate change.
Temperatures Rising: Climate Change, Water, and the Himalayas
February 12, 2009 // 1:00pm — 3:00pm
China Environment Forum
Speakers address the impact of climate change on the vulnerable ecosystems and communities in the Himalayas both in China and Pakistan, and discuss current efforts to mitigate threats to the melting glaciers.
Report Launch: The World's Water 2008-2009: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
February 04, 2009 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Bringing clean water and improved sanitation to the billions who lack them is not a question of money or technology, "it's a question of governance, of commitment, will—all of those things. And that, in many ways, is the worst part of the world's water crisis," says Peter Gleick.
30th Anniversary of the Establishment of United States-China Relations
January 12, 2009 // 7:00am — 5:00pm
Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
Jimmy Carter, Former President, USA; Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State, USA; Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former National Security Advisor, USA; Brent Scowcroft, Former National Security Advisory, USA; Chen Qichen, Former Vice Premier, PRC; Tang Jiaxuan, Former State Councilor, PRC; Li Zhaoxing, Former Foreign Minister, PRC; Li Daoyu, Former Ambassador to the United States, PRC
Thinking Outside the Grid: An Aggressive Approach to Climate and Energy
September 23, 2008 // 12:00pm — 1:15pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
"The issue of our time is the combination of energy security and climate change," says former Congressman Sherwood Boehlert at a forum co-sponsored by Wilson Center On the Hill and ECSP.
Inauguration of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
July 29, 2008 // 11:15am — 12:15pm
Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
Yang Jiechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China; Henry A. Kissinger, U.S. co-chairman, Kissinger Institute; Stephen J. Hadley, Asst. to the President for National Security Affairs; Joseph B. Gildenhorn, Chairman, Wilson Center Board of Trustees; David A. Metzner, Vice Chairman, Wilson Center Board of Trustees
Coal City
May 22, 2008 // 9:00am — 11:00am
China Environment Forum
Speakers present the coal component of the USAID-supported China Environmental Health Project, which aims to obtain accurate data on coal-fired pollution emissions in Huainan, China.
Local-to-Local Energy Linkages: California and Alberta in China
May 20, 2008 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
China Environment Forum
In light of the minimal cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments with China's central government on energy, some U.S. states and Canadian provinces have begun to pursue effective forms of engagement with local-level Chinese counterparts on energy.
Cement and Climate Change in China
May 16, 2008 // 9:30am — 11:30am
China Environment Forum
Cement production is an energy-intensive process. It is estimated that China's cement—much of which is produced in energy inefficient, highly polluting kilns—consumes roughly six percent of the nation's energy.


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750,000 sheets of paper used for documents
Some 750,000 sheets of legal-size bond were used to print the documents that will form part of the evidence on the pork barrel scam that will be turned over to the Ombudsman on Monday, according to the photocopying company hired by the National Bureau of Investigation.
Benjamin Donador, an employee of Blessings Copy Center and Bookbinding Services, said a total of 1,500 reams of legal-size bond paper were delivered to the NBI, each ream consisting of 500 sheets, since Tuesday.
He said the company has its main office in the University of the Philippines Shopping Center and branches in every college in Metro Manila. The center offers photocopying of books, receipts and other documents.
Also purchased by the NBI were 3,000 paper fasteners, 600 hard folders and 500 soft folders.
At 75 centavos per page, the cost of photocopying the documents would come to P562,500.
The photocopying of documents is part of the preparations that the NBI is making for the filing of criminal charges against Janet Lim-Napoles and the legislators and their staff implicated in the case.
Based on earlier statements of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, the documents being prepared pertain only to the congressional pork barrel, or the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). They do not include documents on the P900-million Malampaya Fund scam, which also involve Napoles.
According to Donador, four employees from his company, working in eight-hour shifts, started photocopying the materials, using four heavy-duty copying machines, on the morning of Thursday.
The photocopying is being done in a room of the NBI special task force on the pork barrel scam. NBI Assistant Director Rolando Argabioso declined media requests to take photos of the room.
Asked if he knew what they were working on, Donador said, "I know it's about [the] Napoles case."
Asked if he recognized any of the names in the documents, he said "the movie actor Bong Revilla."
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Climate change and the deep blue sea
On grand scale, two projects seek insights
The National Science Foundation has allocated $396 million for construction and other start-up work on this undertaking, with more money to come for ongoing operations.
UCSD is developing a "cyber infrastructure" — basically the computer network — that will send signals to satellites, receive data and process it.
The university is building five versions of software over five years ending in 2014, an approximately $30 million endeavor.
"(We're making) a large, high-speed network around the country for results of data and data modeling," Orcutt said.
The actual measurements will be taken by seven systems of buoys anchored to the sea floor, sometimes more than three miles underwater. These moorings have a series of sensors — 49 varieties in all — stretching from the buoy near the surface to the anchor.
Some of the systems will include webs of sensors on the sea floor.
The four large buoy systems will be located off the coasts of the Americas in the high latitudes of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Of the three smaller systems, two will operate in the Pacific Northwest and one will be placed near Massachusetts.
The systems in the Pacific Northwest will be linked by power and fiber-optic cables along the sea floor. One of them will enable study of volcanic activity related to the Juan De Fuca ridge.
"There will be thousands and thousands of robots and sensors communicating with anyone on the Internet who's interested in the data," said John Delaney, an oceanographer at University of Washington, which will get about $216 million to construct and maintain observatories during the next seven years.
Coordinators of the project, headed by the nonprofit Consortium for Ocean Leadership in Washington, D.C., expect the observatories to provide a deluge of previously ungatherable data.
That includes details regarding ocean currents, global warming, underwater seismology, dead zones, algae blooms, ocean acidification, genomes of microbes and other aspects of marine biology and chemistry. Among the more anticipated areas of research is the exchange of carbon between the ocean and atmosphere at high latitudes.
"We don't know how much heat is transferred through that interface," said John Orcutt, a Scripps researcher and principal investigator for the Ocean Observatories Initiative. "Our goal is to actually measure the fluxes in energy and matter. If we can do that, we've got a better idea of how this might be driving climate change."
More accuracy about carbon exchange, among other things, would allow scientists to create more precise models that can forecast environmental changes decades into the future.
"With all this argument about (the causes of) climate change, you have to build the story based on snapshots," Cowles said. "A lot of the story can't even be understood unless you have long-term observations."
Construction of the computer network, sensors and other elements began last year. The project's organizers expect the system to begin transmitting data in 2013 and be fully operational by 2014.
Researchers intend for the observatories to be in place for 25 to 30 years, and designed them with technological advance in mind.
"We're building something for five years, but it's not going to be the end, it's going to be the beginning," Orcutt said. "We're building something that we can put on sensors nobody at this stage has even thought of yet."


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MANILA, Philippines—The fact-finding body tasked by Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz to investigate the alleged sexual exploitation of distressed Filipino workers in the Middle East is expanding its probe following new allegations against another labor official in Saudi Arabia.
In an interview, Assistant Labor Secretary Rebecca Chato said that apart from Kuwait and Jordan, the investigating team would now include Saudi Arabia, particularly Riyadh, in the itinerary of their fact-finding mission.
This came after an overseas Filipino worker, identified only as "Michelle," surfaced in the media and claimed to have been asked by a Philippine labor officer in Saudi Arabia to sleep with him at his home instead of at a temporary shelter put up by the embassy. She also claimed that she was offered to an Egyptian client, who instead of taking advantage of her, took pity on her and bought her a plane ticket to Manila.
"Michelle" went to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Friday to seek assistance, according to OWWA head Carmelita Dimzon.
"She ("Michelle") came to see me but I referred her to the investigating panel," Dimzon said, adding that "Michelle," who was accompanied by another OFW, sought assistance for self-employment, livelihood and scholarship for her children.
As of late Friday afternoon, the Department of Labor and Employment had yet to take an official statement from "Michelle" or any other complainant.
The alleged victims appeared reluctant to file formal complaints for fear of repercussions from the officials implicated in the sex scandal, according to DoLE.
But Chato said they were exerting all efforts to convince the victims to come forward and testify.
"We appeal to the victims to come out and help us help you. We will protect you and your identity," she said.
A labor official who requested anonymity said they would continue with their investigation even without signed affidavits.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the department was doing everything to get to the bottom of the allegations.
Baldoz, who is in Milan together with Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala for the Agribusiness Investment Forum for the National Reintegration Program for OFWs, said the DOLE has an understanding with the Department of Foreign Affairs that the parallel investigation the two agencies are conducting would be thorough and complete.
"There is such a thing as due process, and we would like to abide by it…. But until now, there has not been a single person who had filed a formal complaint against the DOLE personnel named in the allegations that continues to play out in the media," said Baldoz in a statement.
"It is our people who are being accused in the media, but isn't it ironic that it is us who are looking out for complainants?" said Baldoz, as she appealed for cooperation so that the investigating team, whose main task involves gathering information and pertinent documents and to interview the concerned OFWs, can conclude its work fast.
The head of the Dole investigating panel, lawyer Leah Fortuna, has reported to Baldoz that the team has identified three of 48 alleged victims, but they said they had no personal knowledge of or information about the allegations. She said the investigating panel was looking for the remaining OFWs through the DOLE, POEA, and OWWA regional offices.
Baldoz also expressed appreciation over the concern of some members of Congress for the fast resolution of the matter, including Rep. Walden Bello and Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, and she appealed to them to provide the DOLE with any information available to them to speed up the investigation.
"We are determined to get to the bottom of this issue as the DOLE does not condone any inappropriate act of any of its officials and personnel, most especially if it involves the performance of their official duties, particularly those mandated to protect our OFWs. Integrity and sincerity in public service are among the core values that we in the DOLE have sworn to uphold and abide by in everything we do," she said.
Migrante International said in a statement that the "sex-for-ticket" issue was an exploitation borne out of the Aquino government's failure to carry out the immediate repatriation of distressed OFWs and that the abuse of OFWs by embassy and consulate officials intensified during the crackdowns on undocumented OFWs in the Middle East.
"The bottom line here is abusive embassy and consulate officials are taking advantage of the desperation of OFWs. The further exploitation of the exploited. This is not an isolated matter that has nothing to do with the overall condition of stranded OFWs seeking immediate repatriation from the Philippine government in light of the crackdowns," said Migrante International chair Garry Martinez.
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