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|19 Mar 2009
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|Jeffery R. Parker
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This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/504,204, filed Aug. 15, 2006, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/784,527, filed Feb. 23, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,160,015, dated Jan. 9, 2007, which is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/256,275, filed Feb. 23, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,712,481, dated Mar. 30, 2004, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/778,089, filed Jan. 2, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,079,838, dated Jun. 27, 2000, which is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/495,176, filed Jun. 27, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,613,751, dated Mar. 25, 1997.
This invention relates generally, as indicated, to light emitting panel assemblies each including a transparent panel member for efficiently conducting light, and controlling the light conducted by the panel member to be emitted from one or more light output areas along the length thereof.
Light emitting panel assemblies are generally known. However, the present invention relates to several different light emitting panel assembly configurations which provide for better control of the light output from the panel assemblies and for more efficient utilization of light, which results in greater light output from the panel assemblies.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the light emitting panel assemblies include a light emitting panel member having a light transition area in which at least one light source is suitably mounted for transmission of light to the light input surface of the panel member.
In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the light source is desirably embedded, potted or bonded to the light transition area to eliminate any air gaps, decrease surface reflections and/or eliminate any lens effect between the light source and light transition area, thereby reducing light loss and increasing the light output from the panel assembly.
In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the panel assemblies may include reflective or refractive surfaces for changing the path of a portion of the light, emitted from the light source, that would not normally enter the panel members at an acceptable angle that allows the light to remain in the panel members for a longer period of time and/or increase the efficiency of the panel members.
In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the light emitting panel members include a pattern of light extracting deformities or disruptions which provide a desired light output distribution from the panel members by changing the angle of refraction of a portion of the light from one or more light output areas of the panel members.
In accordance with still another aspect of the invention, the light source may include multiple colored light sources for supplying light to one or more light output areas, and for providing a colored or white light output distribution.
In accordance with yet another aspect of the invention, the panel assemblies include a transition area for mixing the multiple colored lights, prior to the light entering the panel members, in order to effect a desired colored or white light output distribution.
The various light emitting panel assemblies of the present invention are very efficient panel assemblies that may be used to produce increased uniformity and higher light output from the panel members with lower power requirements, and allow the panel members to be made thinner and/or longer, and/or of various shapes and sizes.
To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the invention then comprises the features hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, the following description and the annexed drawings setting forth in detail certain illustrative embodiments of the invention, these being indicative, however, of but several of the various ways in which the principles of the invention may be employed.
In the annexed drawings:
Referring now in detail to the drawings, and initially to
The panel assemblies shown in
The panel assembly 11 of
The light sources 3 may be mechanically held in any suitable manner in slots, cavities or openings 16 machined, molded or otherwise formed in the light transition areas of the panel assemblies. However, preferably the light sources 3 are embedded, potted or bonded in the light transition areas in order to eliminate any air gaps or air interface surfaces between the light sources and surrounding light transition areas, thereby reducing light loss and increasing the light output emitted by the light emitting panels. Such mounting of the light sources may be accomplished, for example, by bonding the light sources 3 in the slots, cavities or openings 16 in the light transition areas using a sufficient quantity of a suitable embedding, potting or bonding material 17. The slots, cavities or openings 16 may be on the top, bottom, sides or back of the light transition areas. Bonding can also be accomplished by a variety of methods that do not incorporate extra material, for example, thermal bonding, heat staking, ultrasonic or plastic welding or the like. Other methods of bonding include insert molding and casting around the light source(s).
A transparent light emitting material of any suitable type, for example acrylic or polycarbonate, may be used for the light emitting panels. Also, the panels may be substantially flat, or curved, may be a single layer or multi-layers, and may have different thicknesses and shapes. Moreover, the panels may be flexible, or rigid, and may be made out of a variety of compounds. Further, the panels may be hollow, filled with liquid, air, or be solid, and may have holes or ridges in the panels.
Each light source 3 may also be of any suitable type including, for example, any of the types disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,897,771 and 5,005,108, assigned to the same assignee as the present application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. In particular, the light sources 3 may be an arc lamp, an incandescent bulb which also may be colored, filtered or painted, a lens end bulb, a line light, a halogen lamp, a light emitting diode (LED), a chip from an LED, a neon bulb, a fluorescent tube, a fiber optic light pipe transmitting from a remote source, a laser or laser diode, or any other suitable light source. Additionally, the light sources 3 may be a multiple colored LED, or a combination of multiple colored radiation sources in order to provide a desired colored or white light output distribution. For example, a plurality of colored lights such as LEDs of different colors (red, blue, green) or a single LED with multiple colored chips may be employed to create white light or any other colored light output distribution by varying the intensities of each individual colored light.
A pattern of light extracting deformities or disruptions may be provided on one or both sides of the panel members or on one or more selected areas on one or both sides of the panel members, as desired.
These deformities or disruptions 21 can be produced in a variety of manners, for example, by providing a painted pattern, an etched pattern, a machined pattern, a printed pattern, a hot stamped pattern, or a molded pattern or the like on selected light output areas of the panel members. An ink or printed pattern may be applied for example by pad printing, silk screening, ink jet, heat transfer film process or the like. The deformities may also be printed on a sheet or film which is used to apply the deformities to the panel member. This sheet or film may become a permanent part of the light panel assembly for example by attaching or otherwise positioning the sheet or film against one or both sides of the panel member similar to the sheet or film 27 shown in
By varying the density, opaqueness or translucence, shape, depth, color, area, index of refraction, or type of deformities 21 on an area or areas of the panels, the light output of the panels can be controlled. The deformities or disruptions may be used to control the percent of light emitted from any area of the panels. For example, less and/or smaller size deformities 21 may be placed on panel areas where less light output is wanted. Conversely, a greater percentage of and/or larger deformities may be placed on areas of the panels where greater light output is desired.
Varying the percentages and/or size of deformities in different areas of the panel is necessary in order to provide a uniform light output distribution. For example, the amount of light traveling through the panels will ordinarily be greater in areas closer to the light source than in other areas further removed from the light source. A pattern of light extracting deformities 21 may be used to adjust for the light variances within the panel members, for example, by providing a denser concentration of light extracting deformities with increased distance from the light source 3 thereby resulting in a more uniform light output distribution from the light emitting panels.
The deformities 21 may also be used to control the output ray angle distribution of the emitted light to suit a particular application. For example, if the panel assemblies are used to provide a liquid crystal display backlight, the light output will be more efficient if the deformities 21 cause the light rays to emit from the panels at predetermined ray angles such that they will pass through the liquid crystal display with low loss.
Additionally, the pattern of light extracting deformities may be used to adjust for light output variances attributed to light extractions of the panel members. The pattern of light extracting deformities 21 may be printed on the light output areas utilizing a wide spectrum of paints, inks, coatings, epoxies, or the like, ranging from glossy to opaque or both, and may employ half-tone separation techniques to vary the deformity 21 coverage. Moreover, the pattern of light extracting deformities 21 may be multiple layers or vary in index of refraction.
Print patterns of light extracting deformities 21 may vary in shapes such as dots, squares, diamonds, ellipses, stars, random shapes, and the like, and are desirably 0.006 square inch per deformity/element or less. Also, print patterns that are 60 lines per inch or finer are desirably employed, thus making the deformities or shapes 21 in the print patterns nearly invisible to the human eye in a particular application thereby eliminating the detection of gradient or banding lines that are common to light extracting patterns utilizing larger elements. Additionally, the deformities may vary in shape and/or size along the length and/or width of the panel members. Also, a random placement pattern of the deformities may be utilized throughout the length and/or width of the panel members. The deformities may have shapes or a pattern with no specific angles to reduce moir� or other interference effects. Examples of methods to create these random patterns are printing a pattern of shapes using stochastic print pattern techniques, frequency modulated half tone patterns, or random dot half tones. Moreover, the deformities may be colored in order to effect color correction in the panel members. The color of the deformities may also vary throughout the panel members, for example to provide different colors for the same or different light output areas.
In addition to or in lieu of the patterns of light extracting deformities 21 shown in
As best seen in the cross sectional view of
The member 27 may be used to further improve the uniformity of the light output distribution. For example, the member 27 may be a colored film, a diffuser, or a label or display, a portion of which may be a transparent overlay that may be colored and/or have text or an image thereon.
If adhesive 28 is used to adhere the back reflector 26 and/or film 27 to the panel, the adhesive is preferably applied only along the side edges of the panel, and if desired the end edge opposite the light transition areas 12, but not over the entire surface area or areas of the panel because of the difficulty in consistently applying a uniform coating of adhesive to the panel. Also, the adhesive changes the internal critical angle of the light in a less controllable manner than the air gaps 30 (see
Referring further to
Providing one or more transition areas at one or both ends of the panel member of any desired dimension to accommodate one or more light sources, with reflective and/or refractive surfaces on the transition areas for redirecting the light rays into the panel member at relatively low angles allows the light emitting panel member to be made much longer and thinner than would otherwise be possible. For example the panel members of the present invention may be made very thin, i.e., 0.125 inch thick or less.
The various light emitting panel assemblies disclosed herein may be used for a great many different applications including for example LCD back lighting or lighting in general, decorative and display lighting, automotive lighting, dental lighting, phototherapy or other medical lighting, membrane switch lighting, and sporting goods and apparel lighting or the like. Also the panel assemblies may be made such that the panel members and deformities are transparent without a back reflector. This allows the panel assemblies to be used for example to front light an LCD or other display such that the display is viewed through the transparent panel members.
Although the invention has been shown and described with respect to certain preferred embodiments, it is obvious that equivalent alterations and modifications will occur to others skilled in the art upon the reading and understanding of the specification. The present invention includes all such equivalent alterations and modifications, and is limited only by the scope of the claims.
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|362/602, 362/619
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POTSDAM New village businesses will be allowed to build fewer parking spaces because of a code update designed to reduce wasted land and ease the burden on Potsdams storm water drainage system.
The old law required commercial, retail, medical or professional businesses to have one parking space per 200 square feet of the building. This has been reduced to one space per 300 square feet, as part of a local law update passed by the village board last week.
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CAPE VINCENT The second of two local bloggers has reached a settlement agreement with a group of wind farm supporters who had claimed in a state Supreme Court lawsuit that they were defamed by comments posted on the blogs.
A stipulation of discontinuance ending the action against Kathryn A. Hludzenski, author of pandorasboxofrocks.blogspot.com, was filed Tuesday at the Jefferson County clerks office. A second blogger, Richard C. Wiley Sr., author of a blog at jeffersonleaningleft.blogspot.com, had reached a similar agreement in May.
The two were sued in July 2012 by Gary J. King, Marty T. Mason, Donald J. Mason, Harvey J. White, Paul C. Mason, Darrell and Marlene Burton and Frank J. Giaquinto, all of whom have been involved in either Voters for Wind or Citizens for Fair Government groups. The plaintiffs maintained that blogs written by Mr. Wiley and Mrs. Hludzenski contained defamatory statements that harmed their personal and civic reputations.
At the time Mr. Wiley reached the agreement settling his case, Judge James P. McClusky dismissed all but one cause of action against Mrs. Hludzenski, ruling that several statements made on her blog were either factual or protected opinion, not defamation. However, Judge McClusky said in his order filed May 13 that Mr. King was entitled to more information about a statement made about him and whether Mrs. Hludzenski knew the statement was false, but disregarded the information.
The judge refused to dismiss a statement in which Mrs. Hludzenski referred to the plaintiffs as a gang that was using intimidation or exacting retribution against people who had registered to vote in the town. Several seasonal town residents, most opposed to wind power, changed their voting registration from the municipality in which their primary homes are located to Cape Vincent in order to vote in town elections.
Mrs. Hludzenskis blog claimed Harold L. Wiley and Mr. King collected a list of new voters and sent letters to assessors of the municipalities where they previously were registered to vote. Mr. King admitted that he collected the names of the new voters and was aware of the letter being sent, but denied that he drafted it, signed it or authorized its issuance. Judge McClusky said that with questions of fact being contested, he could not dismiss that portion of the complaint.
Terms of the settlement with Mrs. Hludzenski were not disclosed in court documents and she could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
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Zupponn wrote:Colette wrote:You're free to make your own map from scratch, however.
All you have to do is flatten his head.
BRIKWARS 2010 wrote:Following the first destruction of the universe in R-1,978, broken shards of the SpaceMen's shattered reality ripped forwards and backwards throughout their own past and across dimensions, disrupting and shredding the fabrik of the Brik timeline. While the overall sweep of history remained similar, holes torn by chunks of the SpaceMan universe tangled the flow of time with new snarls and dramatic complications.
In the altered history that formed, the Royal bloodline in their Yellow Castle remained pure and strong, but in this new reality their countryside was overrun with strange flattened trees and the terrifying anthrofig abominations of Furbuland. In the industiral era, the hat-based caste system that once maintained civic order became frayed at the edges: some minifigs in policeman hats started driving cars instead of becoming policemen, while others put on never-before-seen chefs' hats in a direct insult to tradition. Others still bucked the system entirely, going hatless and wearing nothing but hair like a common girl minifig - even though they were male! Chaos reigned in the streets.
Inevitably, the SpaceMen rose up once again, this time in warships of even greater sophistication and variety, and broke the universe even more efficiently than before. Shards of the second universe ripped forwards and backwards through time, along with extra shards left over from the first universe; Brik history was tangled and disrupted even further.
A new, third history developed, incorporating the broken pieces of the first two. After the third timeline was shattered, there was a fourth, and then a fifth, in never-ending recursion. With each catastrophic iteration, the reformulated universe received unpredictable influxes of minifigs and constructions from all the realities that had gone before, becoming all the more sophisticated and complex. Plants and animals appeared in greater variety, the pure Royal bloodline split into endless factions, and the original handful of citizen castes multiplied into unintelligible minifig multitudes. The great Yellow Castle became lost to obscurity after the sixth repetition (R-1,983), and even the mighty SpaceMen finally succumbed to the effects of one broken universe after another, first splitting into more and more faction colors, then from colors into Trons (R-1,987), and finally into the current spectrum of mishmash space factions, far removed from their purer forebears, the undiluted Spacemen who still always erupt at the close of time to destroy the universe again.
BRIKWARS 2010 wrote:Because ABS, whether used as a construction material or as fuel, has the side effect of warping time and space, and because SpaceMen's inborn compulsion to kick ass must inevitably destroy every universe and rip all histories into a nonlinear tangled mess, time in the BrikWars universe is inconsistent and poorly-defined. One might leave in the morning on a brisk walk, and find oneself arriving home 300 years in the past. Two sides of the same street might be on separate planets one day, and interdimensionally superimposed on one another the next. How does one organize a timeline when such extreme distortions are possible?
BrikWars historians order their chronologies by numbered Reconstruktions, numbering each reality according to the number of previously destroyed universes by which it was influenced and from which it inherits recycled elements. The timeline in which SpaceMen first arose has been assigned the number 1,978, after Brik science determined that the destruction of the SpaceMen's universe retroactively created 1,977 previous generations of reality leading up to their own. None of these previous Retconstruktions (or "Retcons") contain minifigs, but as they get closer to R-1,978, devolved forms of pre-minifig life begin to appear. These proto-life forms occasionally reappear in later Reconstruktions, and may paradoxically be the source of the protofig bioengineers responsible for creating the SpaceMen in the first place, who would then go on to bring about the existence of the preceding universes in which the protofigs evolved.
Brik theologians theorize that, because the Universal Ass-Kicking created 1,977 previous generations of reality, it must have created exactly 1,977 generations to follow, and the universe will finally run out of ABS in R-3,955.
Naturally, the great powers of history don't simply disappear at the end of their Reconstruktion. As pieces of their previous realities shatter forward into new ones, remnants and echoes of their minifig civilizations linger on in the garage sales and discount shelves of history. Some are forgotten and fade away, allowing themselves to be absorbed into new, more popular factions, while a few, such as the Royals, regroup and persist for several Reconstruktions in a seemingly endless series of evolved forms.
Some Humans have noted curious synchronicities between Reconstruktion numbers and Earth years, based on the construction brik sets appearing on retail shelves. The all-destroying invasion of Poop Dragons from the Negaverse in Reconstruktion 2,003, for example, happens to correspond exactly with Mega Bloks' Dragons line knocking Lego out of its rightful #1 Construction Toy spot in the year 2003, complete with its "Piece-with-Only-One-Purpose" premolded dragons. These are complete coincidences, of course, and no attention should be paid to crackpots and their conspiracy theories.
Quantumsurfer wrote:Bam. Location Template. I don't like not knowing how to do things.
lawmaster wrote:Kill him again.Bragallot wrote:He's already dead.lawmaster wrote:Kill the guy I'm in cc with.
The Shadowscythe wrote:I sexually identify as an Apache gunship.
And my spirit animal is a Marine.
Quantumsurfer wrote:Bam. Location Template. I don't like not knowing how to do things.
Empire of Luchardsko WIP wiki pageBrikWars 2010 Rules wrote:BrikWars ... stands in pretty direct opposition to many fundamental elements of the LEGO® philosophy, such as "Not Teaching Kids How Funny It Is to Set People on Fire."
Zupponn wrote:Colette wrote:You're free to make your own map from scratch, however.
All you have to do is flatten his head.
Falk wrote:Added capital to it. I guess I could change the template too.
stubby wrote:Yeah, G.R.s were from back when we were operating in a single galaxy. Now that we have galaxy-spanning empires and inter-galaxy conflicts and multiple dimensions etc. I realized we needed something more universal. And reconstruction is much more bricky-sounding.
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There is a medical centre (tel: 2261 2626) on level 7 of Terminal 1. The Plaza Shower and Relaxation Lounge on the same level is open 24 hours a day and provides shower rooms, semi-private relaxation rooms and a mini salon. Among the other facilities is a massage centre and a 24-hour non-denominational prayer room in the Terminal 1 check-in hall.Children's play areas are located near gates 22 and 36, while nursery rooms are located at various points throughout the terminal.For pre-flight entertainment, there is an IMAX 3D cinema on level 6 of Terminal 1 and various exhibitions throughout the concourses.
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Airport hotels
The Hong Kong Hotels Association (tel: 2383 8380 or 2769 8822) information counters provide accommodation booking services. These can be found in the arrivals area of Terminal 1 in Halls A and B.The Regal Airport Hotel is connected to the passenger terminal by a covered walkway. There are also a number of other hotels close to the airport. Our Hong Kong International Airport guide includes the following accommodation options:
Regal Airport Hotel
The Regal Airport Hotel is connected to Terminal 1 by a covered walkway. The hotel boasts a choice of restaurants, cafés and bars, and also offers a spa, indoor and outdoor pools, meeting and events rooms and shuttle services to various attractions.
Chek Lap Kok, Cheong Tat Road
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tel: 2286 8888.
Novotel Citygate
The 440-room Novotel Citygate is located near Hong Kong International Airport, about 5 minutes by free shuttle. Facilities include meeting rooms, two restaurants, a gym and outdoor pool.
Tung Chung, 51 Man Tung Road
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tel: 3602 8800.
SkyCity Marriott
Also close to the airport, the SkyCity Marriott offers a complimentary shuttle service to guests. The Nine Eagles golf course is adjacent to the property, which additionally offers an indoor pool, spa and American and Chinese-style restaurants.
Lantau, 1 Sky City Road East
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tel: 3969 1888.
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Harold Wiggins, Audit Section Chief
Julia McCollum, Managed Care Section
Benny Ridout, Pharmacy Director
Jency L. Abrams, RN, BSN, MS, Medical Policy Section
Anne B. Rogers, RN, Managed Care Section
While electronic health care transactions can be a more efficient way to process claims and payment information, providers are faced with many different health plans, each of which may have different coding and data content requirements. HIPAA will improve administrative efficiency and reduce operating costs for all health care providers by standardizing the data elements, code sets, and identifiers used throughout the health care industry.
The federal regulation introducing electronic health transaction standards became effective on October 16, 2000. These standards apply to:
The federal regulation establishing standards for the privacy of individually identifiable health information became effective on April 14, 2001. The regulation establishes accountability and responsibility for the disclosure of health information where the information is used to protect public health, to conduct medical research, and to improve the quality of consumer health care. Any health information that can be used to identify a person is covered by this regulation.
Who Must Comply with HIPAA?
All health plan providers, payers, and clearinghouses that process health data electronically must comply with the national standards for electronic data transactions by October 16, 2002. Business associates who are contracted to perform a function on behalf of these entities must also comply with HIPAA regulations. Small health plans - those with less than $5 million in annual receipts - have an additional 12 months to comply with the regulation.
HIPAA also requires health care plans, providers, clearinghouses, and contracted business associates to implement the provisions of the privacy regulation by April 13, 2003. Small plan providers have an additional 12 months to comply with the regulation.
What is the N.C. Medicaid Program Doing to Comply with HIPAA?
The N.C. Medicaid program is committed to implementing HIPAA regulations in a timely manner without disruption to the day-to-day business of providers enrolled with Medicaid or to the delivery of services to the citizens of North Carolina. Medicaid providers, as well as recipients, will benefit from the Division of Medical Assistance's enhanced ability to monitor utilization, costs, fraud, and the coordination of care.
As part of the process to implement HIPAA standards, the Division of Medical Assistance (DMA) is evaluating and will convert state-created codes to the standard national data sets listed below. Providers will be alerted to code conversions through articles in the monthly Medicaid bulletin.
Diagnosis codes - International Classification of Disease, Ninth
Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)
Medical procedure codes - Health Care Procedural Coding System (HCPCS) and Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition (CPT-4)
Dental codes - Current Dental Terminology (CDT-3)
Drug codes - National Drug Codes (NDC)
DMA staff have also completed an assessment of HIPAA's impact to the business units within DMA, and are working on the business and technical design in order to move forward with a plan to implement HIPAA standards. Once the conversion has been completed, DMA will be capable of receiving, processing, and sending standard transactions in accordance with HIPAA standards.
What Should Providers Do to Ensure HIPAA Compliance?
Providers are urged to begin evaluating their billing systems and privacy policies to ensure that they are in compliance with HIPAA for electronic transaction standards and privacy regulations by the implementation deadline dates of October 16, 2002 and April 13, 2003, respectively. Providers may want to begin or expand their use of electronic data interchange (EDI) as part of the evaluation process. The following guidelines will help providers begin the process of HIPAA implementation.
Education - Determine what type of training your staff need to facilitate changes to your business practices.
Privacy and Security - Designate a privacy officer for your organization.
Documentation - Evaluate and document policies and procedures related to the protection of health care information within your organization, including procedures for disaster recovery, facility security, workstation security, and access controls. Develop a notice of information practice.
Individual Rights - Allow individuals to inspect, copy, correct, and amend their protected health information.
Disclosure - Implement measures to account for disclosure of information for purposes other than treatment, payment or health care administration.
Business Systems - Evaluate your billing system for compliance.
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - Evaluate the benefits of using or expanding the use of EDI for business transactions.
How to Get More Information
Additional information on HIPAA regulations, transaction standards, and privacy and security issues can be found on the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) website or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's website at http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/
Information on EDI vendors can be obtained from the Electronic Commerce Unit
at EDS by calling 1-800-688-6696 or 919-851-8888.
Tom Lambert, HIPAA Coordinator
Only in extreme cases will exceptions to this limit be approved. The prescriber will be required to submit a request for prior approval accompanied by documentation of medical necessity for this drug. This request must be signed by the prescriber and sent to the following address:
Benny Ridout, R.Ph Pharmacy DirectorAn authorization code will be assigned to all prior authorizations that are approved. This code must be included on the prescription to notify the pharmacist that the prescription has been approved for dispensing.
Division of Medical Assistance
2511 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2511
Benny Ridout, Pharmacy Director
1. Prior Approval for Level of Care
Nursing facilities requesting a level of care change outside the resident's regular utilization review schedule must send the signed and dated FL2 directly to EDS.The original copy of the signed and dated FL2 or MR2 must be mailed to EDS at the address listed below within ten days of telephone or fax prior approval.
EDSEDS will continue the current practice of sending the stamped pink and blue copies of reviewed FL2s and MR2s to the county department of social services (DSS) in which eligibility is maintained. Each DSS will continue forwarding these stamped FL2s and MR2s to the appropriate facility or CAP case manager.
Attn: Prior Approval
P.O. Box 31188
Raleigh, NC 27622
These changes do not affect the current telephone or fax prior approval processes. FL2s may still be telephoned in to EDS for preliminary approval. EDS will continue to accept MR2s only by fax or mail.
These changes do not affect FL2s needed for admission to adult care homes. Completed FL2s for adult care home admission do not need to be approved by EDS and will continue to go directly to the county DSS.
For instructions on completing an FL2, refer to pages 6-4 through 6-6 of the
N.C. Medicaid Nursing Facility Manual, June 2000 update. CAP program case
managers may refer to the instructions on completing an FL2 in the CAP/AIDS,
CAP/C or CAP/DA manuals and instructions for completing an MR2 in the CAP/MR-DD
EDS, 1-800-688-6696 or 919-851-8888
Ventilator Long-term Care Providers
Use of Codes Y2351 and Y2041, 06/01, pg. 3
EDS, 1-800-688-6696 or 919-851-8888
Please note that past issues of the general Medicaid bulletin, beginning with January 2000, as well as special Medicaid bulletins, can be downloaded at no charge from the Division of Medical Assistance's website at www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dma. Printed versions of most bulletins are available through EDS Provider Enrollment. All bulletins are $1.00 each, with the exception of the Special Medicaid Bulletin II, Modifiers, April 1999, which is $4.00. If you would like to order a copy of a past bulletin, please complete and return the form below. Please note that not all past issues of the bulletin may be available.
EDS, 1-800-688-6696 or 919-851-8888
Note: Providers should bring their N.C. Community Care manual as a reference. Additional manuals will be available for purchase at the workshop for $20.00 each.
Due to limited seating, preregistration is required. Unregistered providers are welcome to attend when reserved space is adequate to accommodate. Please select the most convenient site and return the completed registration form to EDS as soon as possible. Seminars begin at 10:00 a.m. and end at 1:00 p.m. Providers are encouraged to arrive by 9:45 a.m. to complete registration.
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Highway 64 into Williamston. Martin Community College is approximately 1 to 2 miles west of Williamston. The Auditorium is located in Building 2.
I-40 Business to Cherry Street exit. Continue on Cherry Street for approximately 2 to 3 miles. Turn left at the IHOP Restaurant. The Ramada Inn Plaza is located on the right.
Take I-40 East into Wilmington to Highway 17 - just off I-40. Turn left onto Market Street. Travel approximately 4 or 5 miles to Water Street. Turn right onto Water Street. The Coast Line Inn is located one block from the Hilton on Nutt Street behind the Railroad Museum.
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Take the I-440 Raleigh Beltline to New Bern Avenue, exit 13A (New Bern Avenue, Downtown). Travel toward WakeMed. Turn left onto Sunnybrook Road.
Parking is available at the former CCB Bank parking lot, a short walk to the conference facility. The entrance to the Conference Center is at the top of the stairs to WakeMed's Andrews Conference Center.
Parking is also available on the top two levels of Parking Deck P3. To reach this deck, exit the I-440 Beltline, exit 13A. Proceed to the Emergency entrance of the hospital (on the left). Follow the access road up the hill to the gate for Parking Deck P3. After parking in P3, walk down the hill past the Medical Office Building and past the side of the Andrews Conference Center. Turn right at the front entrance of the building and follow the sidewalk to the Conference Center entrance.
Illegally parked vehicles will be towed. Parking is not permitted at East Square Medical Plaza, Wake County Human Services, the P4 parking lot or in front of the Conference Center.
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|Two Charged in Sweepstakes Armed Robbery
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In the early morning hours of the day law enforcement was given the 'go' to stop Sweepstakes gaming in the state, one such operation was hit in an armed robbery in Wilkes, and now two men have been arrested. The armed robbery occurred about 1:30 a.m. Thursday at Airport Sweepstakes
at the intersection of Airport Road and N.C. 268 East just out of North Wilkesboro, according to the Wilkes County Sheriff's Office. Their report says that two men entered Airport Sweepstakes, pointed a pistol at the store clerk and demanded money fleeing with a little over $1,100 in cash. Major David Carson of the Wilkes Sheriff's Department said it turned out that the gun was a BB pistol, discovered with the arrests of James Eric Settle, 40, of Fairplains Church Road, North Wilkesboro, and Scotty Glenn Anglin, 39, of Curtis Bridge Road, North Wilkesboro. Lawmen made the arrests within a couple of hours of the robbery at Settle's residence.
Carson said sheriff's department investigators went to the home after a deputy recognized the description of vehicle seen leaving Airport Sweepstakes matched Settle's vehicle. A search of the residence turned up items connecting the two to the robbery. Settle is charged with armed robbery and Anglin is charged with aid and abet armed robbery, with other charges were filed against the two in other cases. Both men were jailed in the Wilkes County Jail, Settle under a secured bond of $130,000, Anglin under $40,000 bond.
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(BREMCO Pix from recent storms) to 30 members who briefly lost power Saturday morning, according to spokesperson Renee Whitener, who said in her release that as of 9:30 a.m., 30 members in the Deep Gap area of Watauga County were restored with power after being affected for just under an hour. Linemen report very slick road conditions and urge members to use caution if traveling. That was in contrast to last Saturday when the up to 9000 Blue Ridge Electric customers who lost power in a January 17th storm were still being restored. BREMCO employees remain on high alert and prepared to respond quickly if needed, according to Whitener, who said members are encouraged to report any outages that occur to the cooperative's PowerLine: 1-800-448-2383.
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CANTON Eight months before Election Day, the race for St. Lawrence Countys top prosecutor is under way.
Former St. Lawrence County Public Defender Mary E. Rain, a Republican, confirmed Tuesday she plans to run for the post against two-term Democratic incumbent Nicole M. Duvť, who told the Times she absolutely plans to seek a third term.
Meanwhile, a third contender on the GOP side is mulling a run, said county Republican Chairman Thomas L. Jenison. He declined to identify the individual, saying only that the prospective candidate is a St. Lawrence County resident.
Im still waiting to find out if that person is interested in running, Mr. Jenison said, adding public confirmation of Ms. Rains intentions earlier than expected could put some pressure on that Republican to make a decision.
Ms. Rain plans to make a public announcement at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Place, 1612 Ford St., Ogdensburg. Word began to spread sooner after she sent out invitations to the event on Facebook.
Ms. Duvť said she has not made plans for a public event to announce her re-election bid.
Nicole is the DA now, and hopefully she will be after November, said county Democratic Party Chairman Mark J. Bellardini.
Mr. Bellardini said he really has no idea whether other Democrats might be interested in the post.
We have a DA right now. Other than that, thats all I can say.
Ms. Duvť, 47, is a graduate of SUNY Potsdam and Albany Law School of Union University. She has practiced law since 1991 and has worked as an assistant district attorney and assistant public defender as well as court attorney for Franklin County Judge Robert G. Main Jr., Malone.
She was a Potsdam town justice from November 1998 until 2005, when she resigned to run for district attorney.
Ms. Rain, 50, is a graduate of SUNY Oswego and the Dickinson School of Law of Pennsylvania State University. She has worked as a police officer and an assistant district attorney in Oswego, Monroe, Cortland and Jefferson counties and has maintained a private practice.
Ms. Rain was St. Lawrence Countys chief public defender from June 2009 to October 2011, when she resigned, saying she had been treading water amid a heavy workload.
She went on paid administrative leave in September 2009 at the same time the county was reviewing a position change made in March that stripped her of the operational oversight of her office.
The former public defender said Tuesday her departure resulted from her different vision for the office than county legislators, but the split was not rancorous.
Ms. Rain said her legal and law enforcement background suits her well for the district attorneys office. She also said local law enforcement officials and officers have encouraged her to run for the job although she declined to provide names and many of them think, as she does, that Ms. Duvťs office has not been as cooperative with police agencies as it should be.
They dont have a working relationship with the DAs office, which is a foreign concept to me, said Ms. Rain, who stressed the importance of proper training for law enforcement agencies on legal issues, as well as the importance of the DAs staff being present at scenes when needed.
Ms. Duvť disagreed that her office has not cooperated with police.
I have an open-door policy with law enforcement, she said.
She added she has had such a policy since she was first elected.
I dont know what contingent of law enforcement she may be referring to, but I am personally not aware of anyone who that might be.
As well, Ms. Duvť said her staff has always been available to attend any crime scene, and she has been present for several homicide investigations.
Ms. Rain criticized Ms. Duvť and her staff for a record of letting cases be dismissed because of speedy trial law violations and faulty presentations before grand juries as well as other procedural mistakes because of staffers who may lack proper training.
She suggested Ms. Duvťs office seems to suffer from more of such issues than departments in other, comparably sized counties.
Ms. Duvť said she would not respond to broad-stroke accusations without details about specific cases to which Ms. Rain might be referring.
I would have to know what in particular she is talking about, she replied. Every matter is different.
She praised her staff of seven as hard-working, extremely dedicated people.
I dont think any prosecutors office is immune from stresses related to a lack of resources, she said.
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The nationally ranked Salt Lake Bruins probably rolled into town looking for a sweep of the USU Eastern Eagles. Eastern, fresh off a sweep of Colorado Northwestern Community College, was more than ready to deny that goal. Over a cold and blustry weekend the Eagles gave the Bruins everything they could handle and more and sent Salt Lake Community College away with a 2-2 split in the series.
Game one on Friday was all Bruins in a 12-2 loss for EU, but game two was a barn burner and it was the Eagles who took it 9-7. On Saturday in another high scoring game SLCC took it 11-9 before Eastern evened the series with a 5-4 victory to end the day.
In the series opener, the Eagles could not find any offense. Their only score was a two run homer in the fourth by Mitch Cowden. Colter Moore took the loss with four innings on the mound.
The Eagle bats woke up in game two as they pounded out a series of hits and showed patience to draw some walks in a four run second inning. SLCC came back with three in the fourth and fifth to take the lead. Eastern scored four more in the seventh, including a three run homer by Craig Brinkerhoff to take the lead for good.
Both teams went through four pitchers and left seven on base and had 11 hits, but the Eagles made the most of things and scored the most runs for the win.Nujo Kraja started, Kort Christoffersen came on and got the win, Kody Christoffersen got the save.
On Saturday both offenses were still rolling as the two teams combined for 25 hits. The Bruins came out on top 11-9 in this one. Eastern went into the seventh down four and Mason Hollingsworth pulled the Eagles within two with a two run shot over the fence, but it wasn't enough. Anthony Gustin took the loss for Eastern off the mound.
As the series wrapped up, the Bruins took a one run lead in the opening frame of the game. They added one in the third before the Eagles put one of their own up in the bottom of the inning. SLCC tacked on another in the fourth, but this time Eastern took the lead with some solid hitting as they pushed four runs over. The Bruins could only answer with one final run in the fifth and that was how the scoring ended. It was the only game of the series with no home runs from either team. Jordan Hepworth took the win for the Eagles.
Eastern wraps up their regular season with a final four-game home stand against Western Nevada this weekend with games starting at 1 p.m. on Friday and noon on Saturday.


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That broad was nothin' but a two bit scrunt!!!
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Combination of three words - skanky crusty cunt; used to describe a woman of ill repute.
That girl is such a scrunt!
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A wolf like creature in the new movie "Lady in the Water". A Scrunt has fur that resembles grass and so is able to appaear as a mound in the grass. Scrunts also have glowing red eyes that are visible at nights in mirrors.
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That scrunt done kicked everyone to the curb, including her mother and son, and took up with a girly man!!!
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