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Things to see and do - Argentina
Leaving for Argentina
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Things to do nearby
Buenos Aires in One Day Walking Tour
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The Messi Tour in Rosario, Argentina
The Messi Tour in Rosario, Argentina
Rodolphe Ragu - 2011-12-08
Tangol, a travel agency in Buenos Aires, recently launched a novel concept in the tourism market: the Messi Tour. The tour takes participants on a discovery of Rosario, the birthplace of football megastar Lionel Messi, winner of the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third year in a row.
Every now and again, people who achieve exceptional kudos in their field are referred to as 'monuments'. Applied to world football megastar Lionel Messi - the Atomic Flea - the expression could almost be taken literally. The Tangol tourist agency of Buenos Aires has recently put together a travel package of a new sort, centred on the monumental Argentinean player.
Last October, Tangol began offering a tour of Rosario (300 kilometres north of the Argentinean capital), where Messi was born in 1987. The circuit takes fans to the sites that left their mark on the young prodigy: his family home, his primary school, the pitch of the local Grandoli club where he wore his first football boots and the VIP bar run by his publican father. The excursion is peppered with encounters with those who knew Messi when he was still a bambino.
To make the most of the journey, the package's twenty-four-plus hours also include transport, one night in a hotel and a more traditional tour of the streets of Rosario, Argentina's third-largest city. The Basilica Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary and the National Flag Memorial are among the circuit's non-football highlights.
Tangol offers two other Messi-inspired options. One includes tickets to a home match with Argentina's national football team and two nights in a four-star hotel. The other flies South Americans to Spain to watch the Atomic Flea play for FC Barcelona at the famous Camp Nou Stadium.

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Funeral services for Mable Smith Lynch Storms, 81 of Monroe, LA will be held at Wayside Pentecostal Church on Friday, March 23, 2012 at 11:00 am with Rev. Eric Day officiating. Interment will follow at Providence Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Young's Community Memorial.
Mable Storms was born on January 17, 1931 in Winnsboro, LA and passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at Life Care Rehabilitation Hospital in Ruston. She was a resident of Monroe. She had been an insurance sales agent with Commonwealth Insurance Co., a supervisor at the garment factory, and a private business owner. She was a member of Bethel Pentecostal Church.
She was preceded in death by:
Husband-Thomas Ray Lynch and her second husband- Duane S. Storms; Parents-Joseph Henry and Mable Smith
7 Brothers-Virgil Smith, Joel Smith, George Smith, Bryan Smith, Pheo Smith, Frank Smith, and Huey Smith;
3 Sisters-Eula Armstrong, Mackie Emerson, and Atsy Emerson;
Grandson-John Walters.
Survivors include:
Her Daughter-Delia Gay Walters and husband Larry of Monroe, LA
4 Sons-Thomas Ray Lynch Jr. of Monroe, LA
-David Glen Lynch of Hyannis, MA
-Robert Joseph Lynch and wife Teresa of Cabot, AR
-Gary Scott Lynch and wife LaDonna of Monroe, LA
12 Grandchildren-Keith Lynch, Amber Lynch, Stephen Lynch, Tracy Jenkins, Angela Walters Gonzalez, Christie Walters Willis, Sarah Lynch, Megan Lynch, Sheri Bates, Melanie Laurie, and Garrison Lynch
12 Great grandchildren
and a host of nieces, nephews, great grandchildren, family and friends.
The Pallbearers will be -Cody Lynch, Damien Lynch, Huey Smith, Joe Smith, Keith Lynch and Stephen Lynch.
"To our precious Mother: Through the tapestry of time and the thread in quilts You have shown your love. You were our angel, We loved you so dearly. You live on in our hearts and always in our memories. We cherish the times we spent with you, living and loving and laughing too. You taught us to love. You taught us to share love with each other. We thank you for your love. We thank you for your time. Thank you, Dear Lord, for making my precious Mother mine.
The family will receive friends at Young's Community Memorial Funeral Home from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm Thursday, March 22, 2012. To leave an online condolence for the family please visit www.youngscommunity.com.


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Graduate College recognizes professors for exceptional mentorship
The University of Iowa Graduate College is recognizing four professors for excellence in mentoring graduate students: Ed Folsom, Jeff Murray, Frederick Domann and Constance Berman.
The Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in humanities and fine arts was awarded to Folsom, professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS). Murray won the outstanding mentor award in biological and life sciences. He is affiliated with the Graduate College's interdisciplinary programs of genetics and molecular and cellular biology, and is a professor in the UI Carver College of Medicine, as well as the colleges of dentistry, liberal arts and sciences, and public health. The awards carry a $2,500 prize.
Special Recognition Awards for Mentoring went to Berman, professor of history in CLAS, and Domann, professor of radiation oncology in the Carver College of Medicine. This award includes a $500 prize.
The professors were nominated by their students and colleagues.


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Giving up alcohol and following in his father's footsteps led to hockey star Brad Mills joining the LDS Church
Brad Mills enjoyed the first meeting so much that he stayed for Sunday School and priesthood meeting, both of which shared lessons that provided answers to questions he'd been pondering. When it was over, he was still skeptical, but knew he had felt something special, he said.
"I knew I had to go deeper," Brad Mills said.
When the hockey season was over, Mills started meeting with the missionaries. After awhile he returned home to finish taking the discussions with his father, the ward mission leader, in Alberta.
The decision to get baptized didn't come right away. He was learning bits and pieces, but half expected a lightning bolt to confirm the truth, he said.
But he soon realized he didn't need a bright flash to realize he had a testimony of the gospel. One day while reading his scriptures, Mills felt the same powerful spirit he had felt when first went to church in Massachusetts. It reminded him of happy memories in his life and it was enough. He decided to get baptized.
Brad's mother worried that he was moving too fast, but ultimately supported his decision. With many ward members and friends looking on, Craig Mills baptized and confirmed his son a member of the LDS Church on May 28, 2010. As Brad came up out of the water, he told his father he felt a profound sense of internal cleanliness. It was a special moment between father and son.
"He looked at me with this strange look and said, 'That's exactly what I said to the missionary that baptized me when I came up out of the water,'" Brad Mills said. "I had to let that sink in for a little while."
While Craig Mills delighted in his son's decision, he didn't openly celebrate out of respect for his wife and other children.
"It was definitely a tender mercy — there is no other way to describe that — but I did not jump up and down too much," Craig Mills said. "I'm pleased he (Brad) has made some positive changes in his life to align himself with the Lord."
Brad Mills is grateful for his father's stalwart example.
"I think my dad had been active in the church, praying and fasting for more than 25 years for this," Brad Mills said of his father. "My whole life he has been a tremendous example."
Third period: A Devil comes to Utah
The following season, Mills was called up to the New Jersey Devils for four games. He scored his first NHL goal against Chicago Blackhawks goalie Marty Turco in a 5-3 Devils' victory on Nov. 3, 2010. The arena was silent except for the rowdy cheers of Mills' little brother, Glen, who endured a nightlong bus ride from Toronto to Chicago to be at the game.
Mills split time between the Devils and their American Hockey League affiliate in Albany last year, playing in 27 NHL games. When a lockout postponed the beginning of the 2012-2013 NHL season, Mills was grateful for the opportunity to come to Utah.
So far this season, Mills has scored 11 goals and recorded 10 assists while helping Utah to a 9-10 record in the ECHL standings. In the process, the 6-foot, 195-pound forward has earned the respect of his coaches and teammates.
"He's a guy who has played at the highest level, and you don't get to the highest level by accident," said Kevin Colley, the Grizzlies' director of hockey operations and head coach. "He's a true leader. His off-ice habits are a '10.' Guys need to look at him and see what he's done and how he prepares to play at the highest level. He's been remarkable on and off the ice."
Riley Armstrong, Utah's other captain, said he and Mills were hated rivals on previous teams, but now are good friends. Armstrong even accompanied Mills to an LDS young single adult dance once.
What sets Mills apart, Armstrong said, is his competitive drive in hockey and his commitment to his church.
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You knew it was coming, right? I think all of us here in Cincinnati knew that our hometown heroes, The Afghan Whigs would return after the announcement that the band was reuniting for a tour. And it seemed to creep closer and closer as more dates were announced. Well, in case you had any doubts, it's happening, as City Beat reports this morning, the band will be playing a show in October at Bogarts, which also happens to be the last Cincinnati venue The Afghan Whigs played at, all the way back in 1999.
The Whigs mean alot to our city, and to those that grew up listening to them make their mark here and to a much wider audience. I recently wrote a piece for Lollapalooza, where the band are playing in August, about what it means to have them back touring.
But along with the announcement this morning, comes some urgency. The fan pre-sale starts today at Noon and the Friday morning tickets will be available to everyone else. They will cost $33.50 ($45.86 with fees).
The show is October 25th at Bogarts.
The fan pre-sale, which is about to start at Noon EST is right here, the password for Bogart's is uptownagain.
I'm only seeing the ad and not the Kimmel performance.
show sold out in minutes and before I could get tix
Surely they'll add a second show?
Paul, I doubt it. They had the pre-sale going Wednesday and all day Thursday before it sold out this morning. Not sure how many they had left for the sale this morning but I'm guessing not many.
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15th SERVICES SQUADRON WELCOMES YOU TO HAWAII!
The Hickam Services Squadron offers a variety of activities and events that make make the most of the warm year-round weather and beautiful environment.
If you're interested in water activities, Outdoor Recreation offers basic sailing courses or scuba lessons...while if golf is your sport, Hickam's 2 golf courses are sure to offer you many opportunities to excel at your game!
If you want a change from your daily workouts at the gym or swimming pool, the Hickam Bowling Center offers low rates and fun for the amateur and professional bowler. But if you're in the mood to catch up on some reading, the Hickam Library offers a number of resources (including internet access) during convenient operating hours.
There are many opportunities, for both the single member and families who live on Hickam, to enjoy the island. Don't forget to check out the Information, Ticket & Tours office for discounts on island, and international tours and activities.
Please refer to the 15th Services Squadron's monthly publication "Inside Services" Magazine for adult and youth programs for seasonal activities, or to the Services website listed in Contacts/Links. You can find the most current copy of "Inside Services" in your newcomer Welcome package or at your Family Support Center.
|Auto Skills Center
|Bldg 4002
Hickam AFB, HI 96818
Phone: (808) 449-2554
Hours of Operation: Wed-Fri 11:00a.m.-8:00p.m. Sat 8:00a.m.-5:00p.m. Sun 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m. Closed on Mon, Tues and all federal holidays.
|Bellows Air Force Station
Phone: (808) 259-8080
URL: http://www.bellowsafs.com/
Directions to Bellows: From Hickam AFB or Honolulu Airport take H-1 Freeway going East to Pali Hwy exit number 21A. Go north on Pali Hwy (Hwy 61). Turn right onto Kalanianaole Hwy (Hwy 72). On the left side is Castle Medical Center. There is a green Waimanalo sign. It's approximately 4 miles to Bellows AFS. Bellows AFS is on the left side of the road and is marked by a brown sign with small palm trees next to it. If you get to McDonalds you've gone too far - turn around and come back!
|Bowling Center
|Building 1891
Hickam AFB, HI 96853-5385
Phone: (808) 449-2702
Fax: (808) 448-8423
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
Thirty lanes with automatic scorers, a pro-shop, video game room, and a snack bar which serves delicious food makes this a top-rate bowling center. The Bowling Center is a great place to have your child's birthday party. Call for information on parties and leagues.
|Chapel Center (Main)
Phone: (808) 449-1754
|Community Center
|Bldg 1859
Hickam AFB, HI 96853
Phone: (808) 449-3354
Phone: (808) 449-2361
Fax: (808) 449-1075
DSN Fax: 449-1075
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
The Community Center houses a ballroom with stage, dance room, music rooms, electronic movie screen, internet connection, games, pool tables, ping pong and more where patrons can gather for fun and recreation
|Enlisted Club
|McClelland St
(across from golf course)
Phone: (808) 449-1292
Fax: (808) 423-2290
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
The Tradewinds Enlisted Club features J.R. Rockers Sports Cafe in addition to many old favorites including Karaoke, Butcher's Choice, Mongolian BBQ, Sunday Brunch and more!
|Hickam Base Library
|Building 595
Hickam AFB, HI 96853
Phone: (808) 449-7164
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
Hours of Operation: Mon-Thurs: 1100a.m.-9:00p.m. Fri-Sun 11:00a.m.-5:00p.m. The Base Library has 16 Internet computer work-stations and three computers with Microsoft Office for word processing. Story Time is held on the second Wednesday of each month.
Hickam AFB, HI 96853
Phone: 808-449-3354
Whether you're seeking a place to watch a big sporting event, play musical instruments, attend a self-enrichment class, play video games, or shoot a game of pool, the Hickam Community Center has it all. All individuals under the age of 18 must be accompanied by their sponsor except for those attending youth center programs.
|Hickam Fitness Center
|Building 1120
Hickam AFB, HI 96853
Phone: (808) 449-1044
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
Hours of Operation Mon-Fri: 5:00a.m.-11:00p.m. Sat: 7:00a.m.-8:00p.m. Sunday/Holidays: 9:00a.m.-6:00p.m. The Hickam Fitness & Sports Center group exercise, yoga and spinning classes every day of the week.
|Information, Ticket & Travel
Hickam AFB, HI 96853
Phone: (808)449-2230
Phone: (808)423-0255
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
The Hickam ITT office offers a wide variety of information and discount tickets for local attractions and events throughout the state, local on-island and neighboring island tours and escorted international tours for active and retired military personnel, DoD civilians and their families and guests. Mon-Fri: 9-5:00 p.m. Sat: 8-1:00 p.m.
|Kilauea Military Camp
URL: http://www.volcanogallery.com/volcano_KMC.htm
|Mamala Bay Golf Course
|Building 3572
Hickam AFB, HI 96853
Phone: (808) 449-2047
Phone: (808) 449-6490
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
This championship 18-hole golf course has complete practice facilities which include a driving range, two putting greens, chipping green with bunker plus a locker room with showers. The newly renovated pro-shop and snack bar are now open for business.
|Nelles Chapel (Annex)
|Bldg. 500
Phone: (808) 449-6562
|Officer's Club
|Bldg. 901
Hickam AFB, HI 96818
Phone: (808) 448-4608
Fax: (808) 422-9617
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
Hours of Operation (Front Office): Mon-Fri: 8:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
|Outdoor Recreation Office (Hickam Harbor)
|Building 3455
Hickam AFB, HI 96853
Phone: (808) 448-5215
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
Hickam Harbor is the place to be for swimming, sunbathing, sailing, kayaking, water skiing, and picnicking. A lifeguard-supervised beach with bathhouse facilities is open seven days a week. Reservations can be made for picnic cabanas, Foster Point Picnic Area, and Honeymoon Beach by calling the office. Clubs and organizations affiliated with outdoor recreation activities include the Pacific Yacht Club, Sea Lancers Dive Club, Hickam Hurricanes Swim Team, and the Hickam Harbor Ski Team.
|Outdoor Recreation Office (Hickam Harbor)
|Building 3455
Hickam AFB, HI 96853
Phone: (808) 448-5215
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
Hickam Harbor is the place to be for swimming, sunbathing, sailing, kayaking, water skiing, and picnicking. A lifeguard-supervised beach with bathhouse facilities is open seven days a week. Reservations can be made for picnic cabanas, Foster Point Picnic Area, and Honeymoon Beach by calling the office. Clubs and organizations affiliated with outdoor recreation activities include the Pacific Yacht Club, Sea Lancers Dive Club, Hickam Hurricanes Swim Team, and the Hickam Harbor Ski Team.
|Par 3 Golf Course
|Building 2105
Hickam AFB, HI 96853
Phone: (808) 449-2093
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
Hours of Operation: Mon, Wed-Sun 6:30a.m.-10:00p.m. Tue 1:00p.m.-10:00p.m. Holidays 7:00a.m.-10:00p.m. The Par 3 Golf Course is night lighted and open daily.
|Skills Development Center (Arts & Crafts)
|Bldg 1889
Hickam AFB, HI 96853
Phone: (808) 449-1568
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
Register for classes, receive class supply lists, and purchase supplies at the Craft Sales Store. It has a complete range of supplies and materials including fabric, threads, fabric paint, Aida cloth DMC floss, art, basketry, ceramic, and painting supplies. Reservations for the Auto Resale Lot are also made at the Craft Sales Store.. Open Tue - Thu 0900-1900, Fri/Sat 0900-1700 Some of the classes available include Hawaiian crafts/quilts, oil/silk/Chinese brush/tile/watercolor painting, seasonal crafts, stain glass, ceramics/pottery, photography, needlework, calligraphy, beadwork, and much more. Other services available at the Skills Development Center include the Engraving Shop, and the Frame Shop.
|Swimming Pool #2
|Building 425 (Next to Tennis)
Hickam AFB, HI 96853
Phone: (808) 449-1070
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
Comments: Hours vary from season to season Lessons and Special Programs Mon-Fri: 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m. Youth Group Swim Lessons Sat: 9:00a.m.-12:00p.m. Sat, Sun, Holidays - Open swim 1200pm.-5:00p.m. Water aerobics Mon-Fri: 9:00a.m.-10:00a.m. Water aerobics Mon & Wed: 5:00p.m.-6:00p.m.
|Tennis Center & Pro Shop
|Building 427
Hickam AFB, HI 96853
Phone: (808) 422--5092
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
Courts open for play Tue-Fri from 11:00a.m.-6:00p.m. and on Sat from 8:00a.m.-3:00p.m. The Pro Shop is stocked with rackets, shoes, clothing, accessories, and offers one-day racket restringing.
|Wood Skills Development Center
|Bldg 1029
Hickam AFB, HI 96853
Phone: (808) 449-1582
URL: http://www.hickamservices.com/
Hours: Wed-Fri 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Sat-Sun 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Wood Skills Development Center has all equipment and tools for fine woodworking, including a table saw, panel saw, lathe, jointer, planer, drill press, shaper band saw, finishing sander, radial arm saw, router and miter chop saw. The shop also has a convenient resale inventory of hardwoods and plywood, and can special order woods and supplies. The staff accepts orders for indoor and outdoor furnishings, utility ware, signs, and gift items.


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While the weather earlier in the week was hot, the weekend of May 2-4, 2014 is expected to be cooler and more pleasant. The weather should be good for any type of outdoor activity this weekend. Here are some of the nature-related activities happening in San Diego. All events are free.
The Earth Discovery Institute will have two events this weekend, both on Saturday, May 3rd. The first one will run from 8 a.m. to noon at the Crestwood Ecological Reserve. It involves pulling weeds and cleaning up the reserve. Be sure to bring water and wear gardening clothes and sunscreen. Contact the EDI at email@example.com or call (619)447-4715 for more details or to RSVP and get directions. The second event is a free manure management workshop with the Solana Center in Bonita for those who have livestock. This workshop will run from 10 a.m. to noon. Contact the Solana Center at email@example.com or call (760)436-7986 ext. 217 for more information and to RSVP and get directions.
The San Diego Audubon Society will have a bird watching field trip at Kitchen Creek in the far east county. Here, you should see birds that are normally not seen in the city limits. The walk will take place on Saturday, May 3rd from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Meet at the Cameron Ranger Station parking lot. Take I-8 east, exit Kitchen Creek Road and turn left. The ranger station is on the right. Call (858)571-5076 for details and directions.
Expert birder Winand Hess will be giving the first of his twice-monthly bird walk at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve this Sunday, May 4th at 3 p.m. This hour long easy walk will take you to areas where you might see the endangered light-footed clapper rail, yellow-crowned night heron, shorebirds, and ducks. Meet at the visitor's center at 301 Caspian Way in Imperial Beach.


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Little could anyone have anticipated when the wheels of a Pan Am jet touched down at Kennedy Airport in New York what was in store for the United States, the world and least of all, the four highly-awaited occupants on board. It was 1:00 p.m. on February 7, 1964 when Beatlemania arrived in the United States . . . and the rest is history. At the airport, more than 3,000 screaming teenagers gathered to welcome the four British "moptops", better known as the Beatles to the United States.
Topping the to-do list for the four young Brits was an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. When tickets went on sale for the show, more than 5,000 fans applied for them; however only 750 were available.
At the time, Ed Sullivan was a staple in a large number of American homes on Sunday night. His variety show brought to the screen all type of celebrities. The one show he would probably go down in history for, however, would be broadcast on February 9, 1964 when the Beatles were officially introduced to the United States, and in some respects, the world. A press release went out about the three-show booking in mid-December. On page 23 of the December 28, 1963 issue, The New Yorker magazine contained a comment about the group. D. Lowe and Thomas Whiteside interviewed the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, for their Talk of the Town column. In that particular column, they stated, "Epstein came over here to arrange for three appearances of the Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in February. Mr. Epstein said that Mr. Sullivan knew a good thing when he saw it. The Beatles have broken every conceivable entertainment record in England. They are the most worshipped, the most idolized boys in the country, according to Mr. Epstein."
It is thought Sullivan booked the group on his show after having seen the huge crowds drawn to London's Heathrow Airport when the Beatles returned home from Sweden the prior October. Word had reached Sullivan's ears about the group sometime back and thoughts were already moving in the direction about booking them. The event at Heathrow solidified Sullivan's determination to have them on his show. When the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan's show, they stepped onto what was then one of the largest stages in the United States.
Among the 750 ticket holders in the audience were a number of children of famous individuals, as well as famous people in-the-making. These included Randi Parr, daughter of talk-show host Jack Parr; Julie and Tricia Nixon, daughters of former Vice-President and Future President Richard M. Nixon; and Davy Jones, future member of the Monkees band.
Though the Beatles were not the only performers on the show that night, they were the ones for whom that particular broadcast is remembered. Magician Fred Kaps, impressionist Frank Gorshin (future "Batman" Riddler) and Welsh singer Tessie O'Shea were also on stage that night.
Their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show was very instrumental in helping the Beatles acquire a few million additional fans; in addition to some less-than-enthusiastic reviews. TV critic Jack Gould from the New York Times stated, "The cynical turnover in teen-age trauma received recognition last night in the businesslike appearance of the Beatles on the 'Ed Sullivan Show'." No doubt the Beatles were thankful for how many others felt differently. Following the show, it was learned 45.3% of all US households with televisions at the time tuned in to meet the Beatles. This represented approximately 73 million people, which was a big record for an entertainment program to realize at that time.
Two other Ed Sullivan Show appearances would follow in the wake of the first, with the second broadcast at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach on February 16th. The ratings for this second broadcast almost equaled the first in numbers. The Beatles had returned to Britain, greeted by 10,000 fans at Heathrow Airport, when the third broadcast, this one previously taped, on February 22nd.
Fifty years later, Beatles fans have bid goodbye to two of the group – John Lennon on December 8, 1980 in New York City and George Harrison on November 29, 2001 in Los Angeles, California. In every era, a handful of artists become historically significant. During the 20th century, numerous individuals have earned their place in music history; among them Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Elvis Presley, all of which deserve recognition. In the minds of most Baby Boomers, however, the band whose name sits on the top rung of that ladder is The Beatles.


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This Winter Sky Enamel Necklace from ZN Creative Arts ($66) is perfect for the nature-lover who likes simple and pretty pieces. The reversible enamel is attached to a copper base and hung on a 16" sterling silver neck wire. Since you can choose different color combinations for the front and back, it's like getting two necklaces to wear as you please.
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I need to capture w32time events to a text file for a silly compliance requirement. Is there a way to that in Windows?
Quick answer; manually, from Event Viewer, click on the System Log, then go to View > Filter and choose
Long answer is, scripting. Use WMI to query the
Cheating option, if you can't be bothered; from a
You didn't specify which version of Windows you are running. Starting with Win2k8 you can attach tasks to events, so some automation is possible. You would have to write a script that can then append the event to a text file. Unfortunately it's a bit tedious since you'd have to set that up for every event id I believe.
Another option is to setup an event log monitoring tool like EventSentry which can monitor your event log in real time and log events (according to your rules) to a variety of formats, including text files and databases. The advantage is that your event log is now monitored in real-time, and it scales to multiple machines as well if need be. You also get the added benefit of having access to additional useful features.
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Bayer HealthCare confirmed Australian regulatory approval for Eylea® (aflibercept) injection, for the treatment of neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). FDA approved the drug for the same indication in November 2011. Austalian clearance of Eylea was based on data from the Phase II View 1 and View 2 trials, which demonstrated that the drug was no less effective than more frequent injections of Lucentis (ranibizumab) in terms of maintaining visual acuity.
Eylea is currently undergoing Phase III development for wet AMD in China, and regulatory filings have been made in Euope, Japan, and other countries. The drug is in addition being evaluated in Phase III studies as a treatment for diabetic macular edema, myopic choroidal neovascularisation, and branch retinal vein occlusion. An sBLA for the use of Eylea in the treatment of central vein retinal occlusion has been filed in the U.S.
Eylea (also known as VEGF Trap-Eye) is a recombinant fusion protein comprising parts of the human VEGF receptors 1 and 2 extracellular domains fused to the Fc portion of human IgG1. The drug is formulated for administration as an intravitreal injection. Bayer HealthCare and Regeneron are collaborating on global development, with Regeneron retaining exclusive rights to Eylea in the U.S., and Bayer Healthcare retaining exclusive marketing rights outside the U.S., where the partners will share equally on profits from future sales.
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Animal Homages
In my opinion, every day is Earth Day, and if you love naturalistic homages to animals as much as I do, check out the amazing Salvor Fauna collection at the chic New York based boutique Estella. These ultra cool animal graphics are hand silk screened with water based ink on organic cotton tees, onesies, and pillows. And the onesies are particularly delicious: luxuriously weighty, soft, and ready to withstand plenty of play. These onesies also go an extra style mile via cute kimono fashioning and clever snaps to keep the wrap front in place.
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Another childhood treasure brutally ruined. It's not enough that Dungeons & Dragons, G.I. Joe and other popular toy franchises from my youth have already been destroyed and humiliated with less-than awful big-screen incarnations. Now it's the disappointing, unnecessary reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (opening today), that gives Hollywood another excuse to earn some green backs, on the backs of these green teenage heroes.
Simply put, this latest Ninja Turtles film is lazy, messy, irrelevant and irreverent. It's a swift nunchuck to the nuts of fans who hold these characters in great esteem, who grew up with first the comic books followed by the three previous movies (four if you count the 2007 CG film, TMNT), who then relished in the "Turtle Mania" that came after. I for one, had a T-shirt and ate their breakfast cereal. I also remember mastering their surprisingly challenging NES game, and I probably saw every episode of the Ninja Turtles cartoon. Oh yeah, and I also had all the action figures.
So if you're at all like me, you may have sort have been curious as to what this "reboot" would be all about. Breathing in the sweet mists of nostalgia, I had high hopes for Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo and had hoped that these characters would be handled with the grace and reverence of someone who cares as much as me, or as much as any of the rest of you out there who hold a soft spot in your hearts for these pizza-loving mutants.
I must say that I still love these characters. The major, catastrophic problem with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), is that they are just trapped in a s***ty movie.
Raised in the sewers of New York and trained in the art of Ninjutsu by their master, Splinter (a mutant rodent), the Turtles are kept out of the eye of the public. But a powerful gang known as the Foot Clan has began taking over much of the city, led by their master, Shredder, and their criminal activity forces the Turtles to surface.
Megan Fox is horribly miscast as April O'Neil, the yellow-coat wearing TV reporter that befriends the turtles. Vying for her attention is here cameraman, Vernon Fenwick (Will Arnett), who is just as douche-y as his name sounds. O'Neil has been trying to shed light on the shady activity of the Foot Clan, but she uncovers the existence of the Turtles in doing so.
The first huge mishandling is that Megan Fox is asked to carry the first third of the picture, along with fellow Shakespearean thespian, comedian Will Arnett. In a film called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, nearly 30 minutes go by before we actually see them fully. When we do, they are a welcome sight.
Those that know the characters from the previous films/comic books/cartoon know that each of the four Turtles has their own unique personality, as well as their own color and ninja weapon. But each of their characters are sorely under-developed here. Their banter is the film's only redeeming quality, but what we know of each of them - and the fact that we care about their fate - comes from our prior knowledge of them, not anything this film establishes.
The plot is weak and uninspired, even for a Ninja Turtle movie. Coming on the heels of Guardians of the Galaxy - a massively entertaining film - makes the Turtles film feel even worse.
Shredder (Tohoru Masamune) is reduced to your average lunk-headed villain, intent on taking over the world via the most complicated way possible instead of using other more obvious means. This film seems to re-imagine his identity and backstory too. No longer is he Oroku Saki and no longer does he have any meaningful backstory with Splinter. He just wants to be a bad guy. Interestingly, the film does feature a new character, a villainous businessman, by the name of Eric Sachs (William Fichtner), a name that sounds oddly familiar to Oroku Saki. It's fairly implied that he may become the next Shredder, perhaps.
With no story, horrible dialogue and messy, busy action sequences, the new Turtles movie also manages to do a few other things wrong. Top to bottom, the film seems miscast, from Fox and Arnett, to Whoopi Goldberg as O'Neil's boss, to Tony Shalhoub as the voice of Splinter. Splinter actually looks ridiculous, almost cartoonish next to the other realistically rendered beings in the film. I much preferred the Jim Henson version from the 90s films.
One action scene goes on and on, a car chase that sees a truck sliding down a snowy mountainside for what seems like an eternity. Impressive, that the truck never flips. The sequence has little to do with the rest of the film, is implausible and poorly executed and quite frankly, had me wondering if the Alps bordered New York City in this version.
Peripheral characters from the Turtles Universe, like Rocksteady, Bebop and Casey Jones, are nowhere to be seen in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They were the smart ones. If this is how the Ninja Turtles are going to be handled moving forward, I'd rather them all crawl back down into the sewer and die. There'd be more dignity in that act than appearing in a sequel that aims as low as the home they inhabit.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Run Time: 1 hour 41 minutes, Rated PG-13
Starring: Megan Fox, Alan Ritchson, Will Arnett, Noel Fisher, Johnny Knoxville (voice), William Fichtner, Jeremy Howard, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Shalhoub (voice), Pete Ploszek, Tohoru Masamune
Directed by Jonathan Liebesman (Wrath of the Titans, Battle Los Angeles, The Killing Room, Darkness Falls)
Opens locally on Friday, Aug 8, 2014 (check for show times).
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How to read Tom Santilli's "Star Ratings:"
- 5 Stars: Exceptional, must-see movie
- 4 Stars: Very good movie, not without flaws
- 3 Stars: The movie was just OK, leaves a lot to be desired
- 2 Stars: Pretty bad, a let-down, disappointing, but with some redeeming qualities
- 1 Star: Awful, sloppy, a total waste of time
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Bud break in Napa!
Late this week we got a note from our friends at The Wine Consultant asking if we'd seen bud break in the Napa Valley as of yet. The answer?
You bet! Many of the Chardonnay vines in the southern Napa Valley AVA of Carneros are showing signs of life as the weather has remained sunny and clear, with temperatures in the mid-70s to low-80s for nearly two weeks now. We snapped a couple photos of the buds for everyone, these were taken just outside the gates of Mahoney Vineyards.
Now, the concern shifts to the future weather forecast, which some have said includes a return to more 'winter-like' conditions by mid-next week…
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Dina — Honolulu, HI
Aloha! As someone who works in service industry in Hawaii, I choose to get immunized, especially from the flu, so I won't get my co-workers or the tourists sick.
"My name is Dina and I choose to immunize.
What dos you choose?"
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Tsiolkovskiy described his rocket in 1903 as follows:
Visualize . . . an elongated metal chamber . . . designed to protect not only the various physical instruments but also a human pilot . . . . The chamber is partly occupied by a large store of substances which, on being mixed, immediately form an explosive mass. This mixture, on exploding in a controlled and fairly uniform manner at a chosen point, flows in the form of hot gases through tubes with flared ends, shaped like a cornucopia or a trumpet. These tubes are arranged lengthwise along the walls of the chamber. At the narrow end of the tube the explosives are mixed: this is where the dense, burning gases are obtained. After undergoing intensive rarefaction and cooling, the gases explode outward into space at a tremendous relative velocity at the other, flared end of the tube. Clearly, under definite conditions , such a projectile will ascend like a rocket . . . . The two liquid gases are separated by a partition. The place where the gases are mixed and exploded is shown, as is the flared outlet for the intensely rarefied and cooled vapors. The tube is surrounded by a jacket with a rapidly circulating liquid metal [mercury]. The control surfaces serving to steer the rocket are also visible.
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All three of Bryant & Stratton College's local campuses will host a free community event on Saturday, April 12th from 1 to 4 p.m. The Easter Eggstravaganza is open to the public and will have activities and fun for all ages.
At each event, attendees can enter to win a $500 shopping spree at Toys "R" Us, have their picture taken with the Easter Bunny and enjoy Easter crafts, raffles, giveaways and refreshments. Bryant & Stratton College's three local campuses are located in Amherst, Buffalo and Orchard Park.
"The Easter Eggstravaganza is a great opportunity for the college to give back to local families, connect with the community and enjoy the festivities," said Paul Bahr, Director of the Western New York Campuses of Bryant & Stratton College. "The event was a big hit last year with over 1,000 guests, and we're excited to be hosting it this year on all three of our campuses in the area."
Bryant & Stratton College's three campuses are located at 3650 Millersport Hwy. in Getzville; 465 Main St., 4th Floor in Buffalo; and 200 Redtail Rd. in Orchard Park. For more information about the event, call the nearest campus – Amherst – 716-625-6300; Buffalo – 716-884-9120; or Orchard Park – 716-677-9500. For more information about Bryant & Stratton College, visit www.bryantstratton.edu.
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Minecraft has been compared to LEGO bricks ever since the popular video game series was first launched. As a result, it was only a matter of time before both properties collaborated. The two popular franchises finally collided with the launch of a limited number of LEGO playsets inspired by Minecraft. However, as revealed by MCV on Monday, the partnership between Minecraft and LEGO is about to expand into a full product line.
The world's first glimpse of Minecraft inspired LEGO pieces consisted of only a few different boxed sets. In fact, there was only a total of four LEGO playsets released within the popular toy series' first Minecraft line. The two popular creation franchises have now decided to greatly increase their partnership after LEGO announced their commitment to release a new major Minecraft toy line.
In the future, fans can expect to find as many Minecraft LEGO sets as the toy producer has released for their other major licensed series such as the popular LEGO Star Wars and Batman playsets. This will give Minecraft an entirely new market to capture expanding on the 50 million copies of the game sold across all platforms. It will be interesting to see if the partnership will extend both ways. Perhaps there will be LEGO content coming to the video game in the form of an in-game skin or texture pack add-on.
The news of a full LEGO product line release for Minecraft has come shortly before the series will see its new-gen launch on the Xbox One and Playstation 4 next month. As the popular black-building game releases on more platforms, its popularity continues to grow. 4J Studios console ports of the game have greatly contributed to the franchise's success which likely led to the deal between Minecraft and LEGO. This summer's launch of the game on new consoles will only cause its popularity to grow.


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I have a NAS that runs on Linux and I connect to it from my Windows desktop. I noticed that all directory in that drive belongs to user 'root' and group 'root'. That effectively denies me the right to write on those directory; only read rights.
Is there a way I can add my desktop username e.g. sara-laptop/sara into the Linux root group which will then give me rights to write on those directory?
I was thinking about changing the ownership to nobody/nobody which will give everyone rights to write on it. But could be a bad idea as I'm worried that other users will accidentally delete some of my items.


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Nevil Gibson
It is a sad commentary on human affairs that it takes a tragedy or two to kick off enough public support to get things done.
Among the biggest stories of 2012 were those of two young women who fell victim to monstrous attacks and galvanised people in Pakistan and India into tackling their appalling treatment of women.
Those countries are not alone, of course, and by any generous account equal rights for women are missing – for both cultural and religious reasons – in most of Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
If you include all Muslim countries as well as India and China, that must account for the majority of the world's population.
Only this week, the BBC reported the bizarre case in Aceh, a sharia law state in Indonesia, where female passengers have been banned from straddling motorbikes behind male drivers.
Under the new regulation, a mayor responsible for the ban says the women are only allowed to sit "side-saddle" because straddling the bike seat violates Islamic values.
"When you see a woman straddle, she looks like a man. But if she sits side-saddle, she looks like a woman," the (male) mayor is quoted as saying.
On a more serious note, my vote for woman of the year is Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who is still undergoing hospital treatment in Birmingham after being shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for backing women's rights and their right to an education.
The latest report on her progress says Malala will undergo cranial reconstruction surgery in late January or early February as part of her long-term recovery.
While the case sparked a desire for change across Pakistan, Malala is not expected to return there because she is likely to secure permanent residence in the UK after her father was granted a job with the Pakistani consulate in Birmingham.
More recently, the focus has fallen on India, which calls itself the world's largest democracy and fancies it's a far more sophisticated and advanced place than Pakistan.
The widely reported rape and murder of an unnamed woman in Delhi has shocked a nation that already ranks as the worst G20 country in which to be a woman.
A New Zealander's experience
Not so long ago, I wrote about Dunedin woman Lisa Scott's experiences, outlined in her book Travels With My Economist.
It's all anecdotal, though backed up by media stories, but still appalling:
From her arrival in "slobbering humidity," Ms Scott finds it hard to adjust her feminist tendencies to the social and economic realities, which she marks off in chapters on hygiene and sanitation (non-existent), treatment of women (universally bad), the caste system (also bad).
Among encounters of the worst kind, she describes an indecency performed on her on a bus, a beauty treatment, the opulence of an upper class dinner party and the double standards of morality.
The latter includes the high level of ignorance culled from sex advice columns in the vociferous India media, "which revels in gory pictures of violent crime, accidents and self-immolation."
If this is not enough to convince you, the BBC has this description of how India treats its women:
Female foetuses are aborted and baby girls killed after birth, leading to an appallingly skewed sex ratio. Many of those who survive face discrimination, prejudice, violence and neglect all their lives, as single or married women.
The report goes on to detail crime statistics before concluding:
New research by economists Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray estimates that in India, more than 2m women are missing in a given year.
The economists found that roughly 12% of the missing women disappear at birth, 25% die in childhood, 18% at the reproductive ages, and 45% at older ages.
They found that women died more from "injuries" in a given year than while giving birth - injuries, they say, "appear to be indicator of violence against women."
Deaths from fire-related incidents, they say, is a major cause - each year more than 100,000 women are killed by fires in India. The researchers say many cases could be linked to demands over a dowry leading to women being set on fire. Research also found a large number of women died of heart diseases.
These findings point to life-long neglect of women in India. It also proves that a strong preference for sons over daughters - leading to sex selective abortions - is just part of the story.
The Economist holds out hope for change:
The reason people took to the streets is that a growing middle class is uniting to make its voice heard. The hope is that their protests will at last mark an advance for India's beleaguered women.
Adieu to Depardieu
Actor Gérard Depardieu occupies a place in French cinema that combines the epic stature of John Wayne, the ubiqity of Clint Eastwood and the reputation of Jack Nicholson, among other giants I could name.
Depardieu has appeared in many of France's greatest movies, not surprising considering he has more than 180 credits (IMDB has most of them).
He is more than a legend in his lunchtime for his liking of food, wine and motorbikes (17 accidents and counting). He is briefly seen in Ang Lee's remarkable adaptation of Life of Pi as an ill-fated ship's cook.
He is also an anti-socialist and has joined a rush of wealthy and high-paid French people who have elected to move overseas to escape President Hollande's punitive tax plans to create a top rate of 75%. This cuts in when earnings top one million euros.
Depardieu says he has paid €145 million in taxes since he began working as a printer at age 14.
He has moved to small town in Belgium that is 800m from the French border but has since gone one better by obtaining Russian citizenship and renouncing his French passport
His remark that Russia is a "great democracy" may not be the wisest he has made but it fits a tradition that also once had actress Marion Cotillard holding conspiracy views about the 9-11 attacks.
Taxes in Russia are a friendly flat 13% and as a chum and admirer of President Putin he will certainly be appearing in more films such as Rasputin, in which he plays the eponymous role.
Depardieu is not alone in his views – Le Figaro says:
"In wanting to leave his country, what [Depardieu] is denouncing is a French oppression. It is getting worse and becoming intolerable. This oppression is intellectual, with its weighty conformity; it is moral, with its institutionalised relativism; it is fiscal, with its confiscatory taxes."
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. - "Bristol Is An Amazing Race Track"
Saturday, June 11, 2011
"Bristol is an amazing race track. There's tracks that have done it before, but they sorta made night racing popular for us. They sorta made it what it is today for other tracks. It's an amazing show, great ticket, one of the best tickets on the season. And it would be awesome if anybody wanted to build a new race track, that they built one like it."
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
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I just wanted to throw out some fearless predictions that I've shared with people before, but not in a public forum. Just know that these are my opinions and I'll be the first to admit that I'm wrong...although when I'm proven right on some of these (and I will be) don't think that I won't remind y'all ;)
1. Both Texas teams will play in at least one World Series before 2020 and the Houston Astros will win one.
2. SMU will make the Elite 8 in the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament and Larry Brown will retire shortly afterwards. SMU will return to the Sweet 16 the next year without Coach Brown.
3. Nolan Ryan will run for governor and win.
4. Craig James will run for governor and lose. Somewhere in Washington state, Mike Leach will laugh.
5. Johnnie Manziel (who I dislike to such an incredible degree that I can't put it into words) will have a successful NFL career that lasts at least 6 years, but Jadaveon Clowney will be an All-Pro proving that the Texans made the right choice. Manziel will eventually become a bartender at Vince Young's Steakhouse.
6. One of the non BCS teams in Texas will go undefeated in football, but won't get an invitation to the championship tournament.
7. TCU will win the NCAA title in baseball and no one outside of Fort Worth will notice.
8. Kevin Durant will win an NBA title somewhere outside of Oklahoma City, Dwight Howard won't win won anywhere, not even on NBA 2K.
9. Kevin Sumlin will leave Texas A&M without ever having won a SEC West title. After he leaves, A&M will be found to have committed major recruiting violations, but won't see any serious sanctions. And Aggie fans will still be obnoxious.
10. After Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker retire, the San Antonio Spurs will somehow still be really, really good. This will irritate everyone in Dallas.
11. Jason Garrett and Tony Romo will be seen together at a Lady Gaga concert.
12. Those of us in Austin will continue to remind everyone else how much better Austin is than where you live. The backlash will come and it won't be pretty.
13. Texas A&M and the University of Texas will not renew their annual football game until the lawmakers get involved. Both teams will talk about how great their current situation is (even if it isn't) so the game will be played at the beginning of each season and not the end.
14. Cowboys Stadium will continue to host every conceivable championship event out there, but the Cowboys won't win any of them.
and finally 15.The sun will come out tomorrow.
I don't normally write too sports specific on this blog. I leave that to the boys, who usually know a bit more than me instinctually. But on this occasion, I can't help it. I am bursting with Pony Pride! Cheesy? Yes. But, true.
I've had football season tickets for six consecutive years, along with a few before I moved away to NYC (kind of hard to commute from Manhattan). And now I'm in my second year of basketball season tickets. I cannot explain what it feels like to watch a sports program at SMU light it on FIRE the way Larry Brown has with our basketball program. It is awe-inspiring.
Check out this video and tell me it doesn't inspire you. They play it to open every home game. I've watched 100x now. Chills. Every. Time.
I shot the finally seconds of the game last Saturday the 8th against #7 Cincinnati. I've never seen anything like it since beginning my SMU career in the Fall of 1998. I'm so proud that the students are as supportive and excited as they are of our extraordinary team. You can watch my little iPhone video on our YouTube page. Next time I'll shoot wide. I was just too excited to think!
It's been almost 20 years since I started college at SMU. That seems like a really, really long time. It's been even longer since SMU has been to the NCAA tournament. I wasn't even paying attention to SMU when they won the Southwest Conference Regular season title in 1993. I remember the Sports Illustrated when former Mustang Jon Koncak was (briefly) the highest paid player in the NBA. I was in school when SMU played the #1 Arkansas Razorbacks in 1994. I witnessed the 'revival" under coach Mike Dement when we made an NIT appearance in 2000. That team had two future NBA players on it, which was a big deal to us. Quinton Ross played several years in the NBA and still plays professionally overseas. Jeryl Sasser was a first round draft pick. We made the final four in the CollegeInsider.com Post Season Tournament in 2011 (yes, that's a real thing). These aren't even enough to be footnotes in your history if you are a North Carolina or Duke alum. For Mustang fans these are fond memories. Larry Brown has changed all of that.
When we were in school, I went to probably 90-95% of the home games. There were plenty of good seats available. The only time it seemed to be close to a sell out were those times when a ranked opponent (i.e. Fresno St or New Mexico) showed up or if it was a nationally televised game (I seem to remember a couple of 11pm games versus TCU). Those games notwithstanding, attendance was so sparse that every chant or cheer could be heard throughout the arena. Larry Brown has changed all of that.
The big time SMU recruits I remember were players who had accolades (Mr. Basketball Colorado, Texas 5A player of the year, etc) but weren't heavily recruited by the NCAA basketball blue bloods. Basketball is one of the few sports that one impact recruit can impact your program. Jeryl Sasser, for example, led us to the NIT without much help (Ross was a freshman that year). We weren't getting those guys. Larry Brown has changed all of that.
I can't remember SMU basketball being this exciting. Since I've relocated to Austin, I haven't been able to get to any games. But Coach Brown has made us relevant enough that we're on tv at least once a week. Every Monday I check the new polls to see how many votes we get. I don't think I've ever been able to do that before. ESPN's Bracketology is another can't miss for me. I don't know if we've ever even appeared on that page prior to this year. And I'm excited for our future...Coach Brown has signed the highest ranked recruit ever for SMU and he enrolls in August. Two of this years top freshman had narrowed their collegiate choices to Kentucky (8 national championships), Kansas (invented basketball) and SMU. So, thank you, Coach Brown. Thank you for bringing pride to SMU. Thank you for bringing wins and expectations to SMU. And thank you for doing it the right way and with class.
I wish that I could tell you that I had some strong memories of Notre Dame and Michigan, but I don't. I wish that I could tell you that I had strong feelings on either of those teams, but I won't. I wish I could tell you that I will be cheering for (or against) one of these storied programs, but I can't.
I do have some early positive memories about the Wolverines. A long time ago, kids, not every team, nor every bowl was available for you to watch. There was no internet, and no DVRs. So, if you did stumble upon one of those rare games, you either got sucked in or indifferently turned the channel and moved on with your day. I remember being mesmerized by Jaime Morris and the Wolverines in the Hall of Fame Bowl. It made such an impression that I rooted for them the following year when they won the NCAA basketball tournament. I was even wearing a Michigan jersey in the middle of the North Carolina section when "the Timeout" was called a few years later.
People tell me that I'm supposed to hate Notre Dame. I tried to for a while, but I don't. They are arrogant, entitled and have unfair advantages. But it seems that every advantage they have, my beloved Longhorns have similar circumstances. I have liked and rooted for Brian Kelly since his U of Cincinnati days. I was entranced by the Manti Te'o story last year (as you were too, admit it). I don't particularly like Rudy, I just can't hate Notre Dame for that.
This Saturday the first and third winningest college football programs will be meeting. And, since Notre Dame is (sort of) joining the ACC, they are meeting for the last time in the foreseeable future. They each claim 11 national championships and have sent too many players to the NFL to count. This is why I'll be watching.
Other Games I'll be Watching:
South Carolina at Georgia - USC had a big win last week and UGA had a big loss...If UGA loses, their title hopes are done. If South Carolina wins, they have a very favorable schedule going forward.
Florida at Miami - Nostalgia...that and seeing what a Florida team with (almost) its full roster can do.
West Virginia at Oklahoma - With the Mountaineers rebuilding, this game isn't as exciting as it was last year. However, this game should show how far they have to come and will give us a better indication on how good (or bad) Oklahoma is.
Washington State at USC - Could this be the first big upset of Mike Leach's Wazzou career?
Dustin is clearly biased...but so are you. Let's all move on shall we? And thanks to Wikipedia for it's help.
Sorry for reusing that dated NBA marketing slogan, but these playoffs have really pulled me back in. Sure, after March Madness and MLB's opening few weeks, I start paying some cursory attention to the Association. My man crush on Kevin Durant has even kept me engaged at times during the long regular season. But this year it seems to be even more exciting.
After a first round featuring my two favorite teams (Houston and OKC), the up and coming Clippers, Nuggets and Warriors, and drama in the Brooklyn/Chicago series and the NY Knicks/Boston series, I noticed I was making the late night games a little higher on the viewing scale at the house. I had no idea how intense it was going to get in round two.
There seems to be a lot of bad blood in the east. The Knicks/Pacers undercard is great theater if only because the Knicks could win or lose any game by 20 depending on how they are shooting that night. The Bulls/Heat series...that's on a whole other level. If there were a drinking game involving the how many times a Heat or Bulls player was thrown, pushed, pulled or tripped onto the floor, Starlight Vodka might run out of inventory.
Then there's the West. Wow. Manu Ginobili may have hit the shot of the playoffs with 2 seconds left in the second overtime of game 1. And Steph Curry is becoming a star before our eyes. Kevin Durant is proving how great he is coming 1 assist shy of a triple-double. And the Grizzlies are showing everyone why they were a popular pick to make the finals.
I hope that this is a sign of things to come. I love this game (another old NBA slogan).
* Dustin is not a doctor. Take this post as his opinion only and stay in school
February is a tough month for the sports fan...the Super Bowl signals the end of the NFL season, college football is all but forgotten, baseball hasn't started yet and, for me anyway, my Basketball Jones hasn't arrived. Fortunately, it's the shortest month and March Madness is right around the corner. Pitchers and catchers have reported for spring training and the post All Star Game NBA season is starting to become more and more compelling.
So how do you pass the time? Usually, I try to catch up on movies and tv shows I've missed, read a couple of books, and spend more time outdoors as the temperature rises. The hibernation needs to end sometime, people.
This February, I used my time to pick up and move to Austin. Getting a second Gameday Cloth up and running plus unpacking and organizing my (so called) life has been more than enough to pass the time. I know that we are all excited to bring the Gameday Cloth lifestyle to our friends, old and new, in the state capital. It will all be worth it.
So, I ask again...how do you pass the time? What helps the sports fan in you get through this month?


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Forty years of growth and experience has given us a wide array of issues and ideas to discuss. This year, you can select from 25 separate learning labs (educational workshop sessions) on a wide variety of timely topics ranging from the impact of the Affordable Care Act, quality measures, and ICD-10 to Medicare Secondary Payer, point of service collections, patient identification, and more. The presentations are all free of commercial bias and are monitored to assure compliance.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE as of 1/29/2014: Sessions and speakers subject to change
Click here to download Learning Lab Presentations
Learning Lab Series 1
Wednesday, May 14
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Ready for the Future: Leveraging Infrastructure to Deploy a Successful Preventable Readmissions Management and Reduction Strategy
Scott Faulkenberry Bachelor of Science
Director of McLeod Health Reservations and Schedul
McLeod Health
Florence, SC
Learning Lab Description:
Patient engagement is the key to managing and reducing preventable hospital readmissions. Learn how McLeod Health, a five hospital system in Florence, SC, proactively leveraged a rules-based ordering and scheduling platform to achieve significant reduction in preventable AMI readmissions, avoiding costly CMS penalties related to excessive readmissions. Hear how McLeod Health created process improvement strategies in discharge management that extended well beyond just managing excessive CMS readmissions but to all discharge cases. Learn how McLeod now uses these rules-based tools to track and monitor all of their discharge cases for the purpose of reducing readmissions, increasing patient satisfaction and heightening awareness of post- discharge problems that lead to early intervention.
At this session, you will learn practical strategies, including: o Implement streamlined strategies that optimize discharge and post-discharge processes to better manage and reduce preventable readmissions by electronically coordinating discharge/post-discharge orders, instructions and referrals o Develop a customized post-discharge workflow strategy by patient condition that improves patient compliance o Design robust reporting and analytics function that allows hospitals to track and manage full continuum of post-discharge care o Improve patient satisfaction, client service, departmental productivity, and overall employee satisfaction
Experience Level: Intermediate
Operationalizing New Transparency Expectations and Requirments - The New Normal
Katherine Murphy B.A., CHAM
VP Revenue Cycle Consulting
Passport Health Communications
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
Patient Access/Revenue Integrity Manager
St Joseph Hospital
Bangor, Maine
Communicating pricing transparency is a complex process requiring an understanding of physician, clinical, hospital and financial information as well as regulatory requirements. It's not for the timid - yet certainly attainable. Transparency can be connected throughout the care continuum with the right tools, policies, procedures and people. Patient settings vary â€" Emergency Room, walk-in, phone, Web, office, etc. Each has nuances and you cannot go it alone. Learn how to make what seems impossible at times, reality.
"Winning the Talent War in Patient Access......promoting growth and satisfaction through career path opportunities"
L. Allen Perry MBA, FACHE, FHFMA
System Director, Patient Access-JCL
Scottsdale Lincoln Health Network
Phoenix, AZ
Jennifer Coleman, CHAM
Manager, Admitting
JCL-North Mountain Hospital
Ginger Beard, CHAM
System Manager, Pre-Financial Services-JCL
Scottsdale Lincoln Health Network
Sarah Pina, CHAM
Manager, Admitting
JCL-Deer Valley Hospital
What can you do after the sourcing and selection is over to keep great people on your Patient Access Team? Most employee satisfaction surveys indicate that aside from the relationship with the direct supervisor, work variety, personal growth, and opportunities to advance meet key staff workplace expectations. Too often Patient Access staff percieve little opportunity for long term tenure in the department. Those perceptions can be radically altered.
Relation to Access Model: Future Development
Areas of Focus: Developing Career Ladders
Experience Level: Advanced
ICD-10: Keeping Track of the Moving Target
John Woerly BS, MSA, RHIA, CHAM, FHAM
Senior Principal
Carmel, IN
In January 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized regulations to make modifications to medical data code set standards to adopt ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS (Rule: CMS-0013-F). There will be Significant changes to the structure, format and number of codes available to allow for more specificity. The Impact reaches most portions of Provider business as well as Payors and other Health Care entities.
Relation to Access Model: Future Development
Areas of Focus: Revenue Cycle|Regulatory Issues|Future Trends
Experience Level: Intermediate
Patient Experience: The Patient's perception of our world
Lilibeth Santiago
Patient Service Manager
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Anabella Silva
Lowell General Hospital
Carol McGowan, CHAA
Lowell General Hospital
Because a patient's perspective can affect our mission of 'Patient's First and Everything We Do' we want to explore the patient's emotions from the moment they leave the physician's office to the end of their treatment. In analyzing the touchpoints of a patient's journey through the healthcare system we are creating solutions to the challenges and opportunities related to the patient experience.
Relation to Access Model: Pre-Encounter|Encounter|Future Development
Areas of Focus: Revenue Cycle|Customer Service|Quality
Experience Level: Beginner
Learning Lab Series 2
Wednesday, May 14
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Canadian Healthcare the American Way: A tale of culture change.
Presented By:
Kimberley Polowick
Business Management Manager
Alberta Health Services
Edmonton, Alberta
Ping Mason-Lai
Business Management
Alberta Health Services
This Learning Lab details how one Canadian healthcare management team was able to implement a practice from the American health system as a quality improvement initiative and how that practice was a catalyst for culture change in a large ($11B) provincial healthcare organization. The impact on patients and staff was measured and reported. The learnings are applicable in all areas of the Patient Access Model. The value of connections, leadership, and collaboration is profiled.
Relation to Access Model: Pre-Encounter|Encounter|Future Development
Areas of Focus: Managing Employees|Customer Service|Quality|Leadership|Process Improvement
Experience Level: Intermediate
Successful deployment of Kiosks with biometrics in all Registration points including ED.
Lynda Gorken
VP of Finance
Baycare Health System
Oldsmar, FL
Starr Light
Baycare Health System
Oldsmar, FL
Learn Baycare Health System has successfully deployed biometric kiosks to successfully identify patients and provide a positive patient experience. Also, learn about our successful deployment of kiosks in the ED.
Relation to Access Model: Encounter
Areas of Focus: Revenue Cycle|Customer Service|Future Trends|Process Improvement|Special Interest
Experience Level: Beginner
Medicare Secondary Payer: Hurdles and Solutions
Kevin Willis
Director Medicare Operations
Claim Services Inc
Harrison, OH
Put in plain words the Medicare Regulations as they apply to various aspects of Medicare Secondary Payer. Examine compliance violations that plague all health care providers surrounding the completion of a Medicare Questionnaire. Streamline the Medicare registration process in order best capture all needed information while also improving upon the speed in which Medicare patients are registered. Learn to promote customer satisfaction within all patient access areas responsible for registering Medicare patients.
Relation to Access Model: Encounter
Areas of Focus: Revenue Cycle
Experience Level: Intermediate
Embracing Rebellion: Engaging your Workforce through Effective Communication
Steven Anderson Ph.D. MBA.
President and Senior Consultant
Integrated Leadership Systems LLC.
Westerville, Ohio
According to research, engaged employees are far more productive than disengaged ones. Yet, many managers struggle to get their employees engaged, often blaming the employees for this problem. The problem most leaders have is overcoming resistance from their employees, enroute to getting them engaged. In this interactive presentation, Dr. Anderson will reveal the secrets described in his book, Embracing Rebellion, about how to get your workforce engaged to propel your organization to the top of your industry. According to Dr. Anderson, who has consulted with numerous companies all over the United States, instead of trying to overcome resistance, leaders need to embrace resistance and work with it in order to achieve extraordinary results. Audience members will be delighted, entertained and informed by Dr. Anderson's message and the passionate way in which he delivers it.
Relation to Access Model: Future Development
Areas of Focus: Leadership
Experience Level: Beginner
Learning Lab Series 3
Thursday, May 15
11:15 1.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Capacity Management - Engaging providers in a centralized scheduling model
Stacy Calvaruso, CHAM
AVP Patient Access
Ochsner Health System
New Orleans, Louisiana
Look at how you can assist your organization with expanding their schedules to improve access to services for patients by focusing on Capacity Management techniques such as auto release of blocks, focusing on available appointment time slots versus the limitations surrounding appointment types as well as how to properly engage the schegistrars for improved customer service.
Relation to Access Model: Pre-Encounter|Encounter|Future Development
Areas of Focus: Revenue Cycle|Managing Employees|Customer Service|Future Trends|Quality|Process Improvement
Experience Level: Intermediate
Access of the Future
Karen Shaffer-Platt Please See Bio
Vice President Revenue Cycle/Access
Pittsburgh, PA
Diane Zilko
Senior Director Patient Access
Georgina Trunzo
We will be discussing Access of the future. UPMC conducted a revamp of the current access models within the Hospital and Physician divisions to be ready for Access of tomorrow. The change was necessary for a more patient centric revenue cycle. We will discuss how we streamlined the point of service and contact center operations to allow for timely and appropriate access. To accomplish this we evaluated all the work being done and developed standardized and simplified workflows. We will highlight some of the technology utilized to complete the optimization. One piece of technology we will highlight is the decision support tool utilized by the Contact Center to allow cross training of scheduling agents' Epic Questionnaires. This tool enables scheduling agents to schedule for 20+ diverse sub specialties (Orthopedic, ENT, Neurosurgery, Dermatology, etc.) We will discuss our 72 hour initiative: all new patients seen within 72 hrs.
The access model at UPMC stresses a positive patient experience. We will talk about how UPMC is changing its Point of Service (POS) model to allow for value based care and moving away from the transactional model. Some topics that will be covered are post appointment and discharge planning transition of care. This is accomplished by a proactive Discharge Planning program and onsite post appointment scheduling for all necessary follow-up appointments, labs, and testing a continuum of care plan. Both programs are very patient orientated and value services for the patients that transition across business units. We will discuss several wellness visit campaigns conducted with in the contact center and at the department level. At UPMC patient access proactively welcomes all new patients in the system to ease their anxiety and education them on what to expect. We will discuss this "Welcome" campaign. We will give examples of how we support the new operational model. We have an evidence based management approach.
Proactively, point of service departments, are giving report cards that measure department KPIs (copay's, Press Ganey scores, etc.) and operational KPIs down to the user level (check-ins by users, scheduled appointments by user, etc.). Quality assurance checks are done via randomly monitored phone calls and department site visits. This data is available monthly for all departments to see and the data is shared among peers. While supporting this model administrative costs are minimized with recruitment services. This department specializes in hiring, training, and placing all new POS employees. Recruitment Service runs a placement program with UPMC employees to help departments (both hospital and Physician divisions) to fill FMLA, Vacation days, unexpected high follow days, and minimal clinic days. The new operational model required sites to staff to true site volume not the heaviest volume days.
Relation to Access Model: Pre-Encounter
Areas of Focus: Leadership|Process Improvement
Experience Level: Advanced
Patient Access Education & Training
Wendy Roach RDMS, CHAM
Director Patient Access
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Strategies to improve education and training with your Patient Access teams. One's creativity and imagination can go a long way. Take a look at some trends in education and walk away with some ideas for your team.
Relation to Access Model: Pre-Encounter
Areas of Focus: Process Improvement|Special Interest
Experience Level: Beginner
From Good to Great: Optimizing the Front-End Revenue Cycle Experienceâ
Mary Godwin
Corporate Manager, PASS at Baptist Health Care
Baptist Health Care
Pensacola, FL
Shanna Bradford
PASS Systems Support Coordinator
Baptist Health Care
Centralizing call centers don't need to send shockwaves through revenue cycle teams or patient access departments. But you need to follow a few simple guidelines to achieve the type of success that your patients, physicians and executives expect to generate. Learn how Baptist Pensacola Health System -- a seven hospital nonprofit serving the Gulf Coast of Florida-- successfully deployed an off-campus centralized Call Center that resulted in increased revenue, improved volumes of outpatient procedures and improved patient and physician satisfaction within the first seven months of deployment. This session will provide six best-practice strategies that will demonstrate how Baptist realized high return on investment with compelling statistics and strategies: • Success steps used by Baptist Health Care when they rolled out an off-campus centralized scheduling call center that now averages 9,000 scheduled appointments/month; Achieved widespread adoption by owned physicians and community physician referrals in their Baptist Medical Group growing to an average of 7,500 orders/per month. Interfaced successfully with a bi-directional HL7 ADT and account creation HL-7 interface with McKesson; Achieved reduction in denials with revenue cycle verifications including account management, medical necessity checking and eligibility checking generating more than $602,000 in additional revenue within first seven months following implementation; • Improved scheduling staff productivity by more than 17.5% following implementation. Increased scheduled outpatient procedures by more than 7% using ordering functionality. Generated more than $602,000 in additional revenue with first seven months following implementation.
Relation to Access Model: Pre-Encounter
Areas of Focus: Revenue Cycle|Process Improvement
Experience Level: Beginner
The New "Gold Standard" in PASCs and RSCs: Best Practices for Centralizing Operations that Improves Revenue Cycle and Creates a Legendary Patient Experience"
Michelle Fox
Director Revenue Operations, Patient Access
Health First, Inc.
Melbourne, FL
Emily Jones
Health Management Associates, Inc. (HMA)
Shana Tate
Senior Director of Patient Finance
Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA)
As today's rapidly changing healthcare industry moves from volume-based to a risk-based reimbursement model, health system executives are looking for high impact ways to drive outpatient volumes and revenues. Implementing a centralized scheduling function that proactively schedules procedures and resources across the entirety of a provider network " regardless of size or locations " is one innovative way many health systems are realizing this trajectory in their outpatient growth while creating a legendary patient experience. During this session, you'll learn how to: Increase patient and physician satisfaction and efficiency with a "one call for all" approach by scheduling appointments and resources across the entirety of your provider network; Improve point-of-service collections and decrease denials by enabling revenue cycle tools early in scheduling and pre-registration process; Create "gold standard" patient-centric resource scheduling using embedded expert rules-engine to create ideal workflows; Develop an effective implementation and rollout strategy that empowers team members and creates excitement within your organization; Reduce gaps in care and prevent network leakage by implementing a system-wide centralized scheduling, call center, RSC or PASC
Relation to Access Model: Pre-Encounter
Areas of Focus: Revenue Cycle|Customer Service|Future Trends
Experience Level: Intermediate
Learning Lab Series 4
Thursday, May 15
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Compassionate Collections: 3 patient-centered strategies for revenue cycle improvement
Wendi Cardwell Bennett
Assistant Director Patient Finance
Novant Health
Most hospitals are known for compassionate care, not compassionate collections. Yet, to navigate reimbursement changes and growing bad debt, organizations must expand their caring attitude from the bedside to patient access and billing. By leveraging key financial data, organizations can ensure that compassion and collections go hand-in-hand. Learn how Novant Health applied three patient-centered strategies using data and analytics to improve staff efficiencies, revenue opportunities and patient satisfaction.
Relation to Access Model: Encounter
Areas of Focus: Revenue Cycle|Customer Service|Future Trends|Process Improvement
Experience Level: Intermediate
Surviving ACA Open Enrollment – Round 1
Shauna Wardrop
Director: Client Relations
Cardon Outreach
Glen Boles
Chief Financial Officer
St. Michael Health System
Sharing how a large healthcare system handled the ACA open enrollment and the affects it had on all aspects of the Revenue Cycle
Relation to Access Model: Future Development
Areas of Focus: |Regulatory Issues|Future Trends|Process Improvement
Experience Level: Intermediate
Patient Access: Best Practices and Standards for Patient Authentication
Presented By:
David Batchelor
Vice Chair, Smart Card Alliance Health
and Human Services Council and CEO, LifeMed ID
Morgan Richard
Smart Card Alliance Health and Human
Services Council, XTec
John Stoy
CIO at Mid Coast Hospital
Roderick Bell
CIO, Resolute, an Innovation Center for
Vanguard Health
Healthcare providers are facing a big identity challenge: how do they correctly identify and authenticate patients, and then correctly match patient records to procedures and care? Today, there are no standardized processes and many providers are using ineffective techniques, creating duplicate records and misidentifying patients ; even patients whose identity was correctly verified during admission can still be misidentified later in their stay. This fundamental identity problem leads to inefficient performance and quality of care and can jeopardize the safety and lives of patients. In this panel from the Smart Card Alliance Health and Human Services Council, experts and end-users will identify the challenges that healthcare providers face today, and detail standards, best practices and case studies for enrolling and authenticating patients in a hospital setting and ways to carry that correct identity through the patient's entire stay, including correctly matching record to procedure.
Relation to Access Model: Encounter
Areas of Focus: Customer Service|Future Trends|Process Improvement
Experience Level: Intermediate
Patient ID Along the Care Continuum – The Benefits of Using Biometrics for Safety
John Trader BA, MBA
Director of Communications
M2SYS Healthcare Solutions
Atlanta, GA
Michael Trader, BA, MBA
M2SYS Technology
Patient misidentification, medical identity theft, fraud, and duplicate medical records continue to plague the healthcare industry as many providers seek modern technologies to ensure identification accuracy as a means to eliminate these pressing issues. Learn through a real case study how iris biometric technology has helped Novant Health address these problems and hear an update on how the technology is working.
Relation to Access Model: Encounter
Areas of Focus: Revenue Cycle, Future Trends, Process Improvement
Experience Level: Beginner
"Everyone wins in this three - legged race - Physicians, Patients, and Staff"
Lance Mills
Regional Sales Manager
PLANO, Texas
Jennifer Tidmore
Learning Lab Description:
1. Bridging the gap between healthcare delivery and patients' expectations. 2. Demonstrate how technology can build relationships with patients, physicians, and staff. 3. Show advantages of using Physician and Patient portals - ease of use, control of service, improved communications, and completion of the revenue cycle.
Relation to Access Model: Encounter
Areas of Focus: Managing Employees|Customer Service|Quality|Process Improvement
Experience Level: Advanced
Learning Lab Series 5
Friday, May 16
9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
A Succession Story: How We Built a Ladder for Rising Stars
Ashley Howard MSOD, BA of Spanish & Psychology
Admissions Manager
Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
Kansas City, Missouri
Heather Sloan, MSOD, BA of Spanish & Psychology
Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
Melissa Surlea
Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
Learn how a four-day retreat series was successfully developed for Access Representatives seeking professional advancement. Hear from course creators on how they overcame the challenges of developing relevant course material and narrowing participants to a select, elite few: details of each day of the retreat series will be outlined. Seminar attendees will experience how this series enhanced valuable communication between management and staff regarding future professional opportunities.
Relation to Access Model: Future Development
Areas of Focus: Managing Employees|Leadership|Developing Career Ladders
Experience Level: Intermediate
Your Number Three Payer Is About To Be Your Worst Nightmare
Sheila Schweitzer
Chief Executive Officer
PatientMatters, LLC.
Orlando, Florida
Healthcare is seeing unprecedented change. Pressures from all angles have seen a direct impact of increased bad debt and lower collections for patient receivables. Key topics of discussion include: •Reviewing key required components of reducing bad debt and increasing patient pay collections up front. To achieve optimum patient payment on the front end what solutions must you employ to ensure desired outcomes. •Your bad debt is your becoming your budget inhibitor. Learn how to reduce this trend. •Discuss the challenges and opportunities with the new Exchanges. •Best Practices Overview for Patient Pay. The patient is now a consumer.
Relation to Access Model: Pre-Encounter
Areas of Focus: Revenue Cycle|Future Trends
Experience Level: Intermediate
Preparing for the Future: UPMC's Patient Financial Advocacy Program
April Langford Undergraduate, MBA
Vice President, Finance
Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Shaffer-Platt, MBA
Anna Hilliard
UPMC has taken a proactive approach to ensure communication lines are open and that education is given to our patients regarding their financial responsibility through an integrated Revenue Cycle model. UPMC's Patient Financial Advocacy Program enables patients and caregivers access to financial services, including payment options and financial counseling, throughout the entire continuum of care.
Relation to Access Model: Pre-Encounter|Encounter|Future Development
Areas of Focus: Revenue Cycle|Customer Service|Future Trends
Experience Level: Advanced
Building Your Leadership Team in Challenging Times
Presented By:
Carmen Voelz BA - Finance, FHAM, FHFMA
Accordias Healthcare Services, LLC
Nashville, TN
Join your Patient Access colleagues as we discuss leading in challenging times…there's got to be an easier way! Take this opportunity to connect with existing leaders and learn what makes some more successful. Understand the high cost of leadership turnover and explore keys to effective succession planning. We will share what is takes to be a strong leader as we come together to learn how to grow and empower the future leaders of Patient Access.
Relation to Access Model: Future Development
Areas of Focus: Revenue Cycle|Managing Employees|Leadership|Developing Career Ladders
Experience Level: Intermediate
The Future of Patient Access: Preparing for ICD-10 Regulatory Change
Mary Guarino Bachelor of Arts
Vice President of Product Management
Craneware, Inc.
Needham, Massachusetts
Brenda Gress, Bachelor of Arts
Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center
Patient access experts from Southeastern Ohio Medical Center and Craneware will discuss the evolving and increasingly complex role of the Patient Access Department, especially as the industry transitions to ICD-10. This presentation will provide an overview of regulations affecting medical necessity requirements and patient access, including shifts in the Affordable Care Act and expansion of Medicaid programs. Southeastern Ohio Medical Center will detail best practices for training "non-coders" and nursing teams to prepare for ICD-10.
Relation to Access Model: Pre-Encounter
Areas of Focus: Revenue Cycle|Regulatory Issues|Future Trends|Process Improvement
Experience Level: Intermediate
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