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On July 25, 2005, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled "Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Calendar Year 2006 Payment Rates." As part of these changes, CMS is proposing Medicare payment rates for certain hospital outpatient drugs classified for payment purposes as specified covered outpatient drugs (SCOD). The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) defined a SCOD as a drug or radiopharmaceutical used in hospital outpatient departments, covered by Medicare, and paid for individually rather than as part of a payment group with other services. With regard to SCODs, the MMA directed CMS to set 2006 payment rates equal to hospitals' average acquisition costs--the cost to hospitals of acquiring a product, net of rebates. In several related requirements, the MMA directed us to provide information on SCOD costs and CMS's proposed rates. First, we were required to conduct a survey of hospitals to obtain data on their acquisition costs of SCODs and provide information based on these data to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for his consideration in setting 2006 Medicare payment rates. We provided information from this survey in two reports--one on drugs and biologicals, and another on radiopharmaceuticals. These reports presented systematic information on hospitals' purchase prices of SCODs and limited information on rebates. Second, we were required to evaluate CMS's proposed rates for SCODs and comment on their appropriateness in light of the survey of SCOD prices we conducted. In response to the second requirement, this report assesses the appropriateness of the Medicare payment rates that CMS has proposed for SCODs, taking into account the purchase prices obtained from the MMA-mandated survey we conducted in 2004 and 2005. Specifically, this report focuses on the appropriateness of CMS's proposed 2006 hospital outpatient rates for (1) drug SCODs and (2) radiopharmaceutical SCODs. To conduct this assessment, we examined the information CMS provided in the proposed rule on the data sources and methodology used to set the 2006 rates, analyzed this information in light of our survey of hospitals' purchase prices, and convened an expert panel to review our findings. Consistent with the MMA, we did not study the issue of hospitals' handling costs for SCODs and do not address these costs in this report. We performed our work according to generally accepted government auditing standards from July through October 2005.
We consider CMS's selection of a data source--average sales price (ASP)--for use in setting Medicare's hospital outpatient rates for drug SCODs to be practical, given available alternatives, but we consider CMS's proposed 2006 rates for drug SCODs to be excessive. CMS proposes to base its 2006 drug SCOD rates on manufacturers' ASP data, setting rates at ASP+6 percent. ASP is a composite measure of the average price of a SCOD--net of discounts, rebates, and other price concessions--paid by all purchasers, not just hospitals. Manufacturers report this information quarterly. In our view, ASP is a practical data source, providing the most timely publicly available data on prices of drug SCODs. However, we have two concerns about setting the proposed drug SCOD rates. As a composite measure, ASP is a black box, lacking the detail CMS needs to validate the reasonableness of the data underlying the reported prices. Without a breakdown of price data showing rebates and other components as well as average prices by purchaser type, CMS cannot ensure that ASPs accurately reflect average acquisition costs by hospital purchasers alone. CMS does not provide a convincing rationale for proposing a rate 6 percent higher than ASP. CMS's analysis indicates that ASP+6 percent will exceed hospitals' acquisition costs. CMS states that the prices reported in our survey--that is, the average prices hospitals paid for drug SCODs (which do not net out rebates received at a later time--equal ASP+3 percent. Logically, acquisition costs, which do net out rebates from purchase prices, would equal an amount less than ASP+3 percent. Therefore, our survey data and CMS's analysis of these data indicate that a rate set at or above ASP+3 percent is not appropriate, given that it would exceed the hospitals' average acquisition cost. Similarly, we are concerned that CMS's proposed 2006 rates for radiopharmaceutical SCODs will, on average, exceed hospitals' acquisition costs. CMS chose to use cost estimates developed from hospital charges rather than survey data on the prices hospitals reported paying for radiopharmaceuticals. However, as we have previously reported, the methodology for estimating costs from charges results in significant imprecision. CMS states that it intends to set rates for radiopharmaceutical SCODs that are consistent with previous years' payment rates, even though the MMA does not establish such a criterion. ASPs are not available for radiopharmaceuticals for 2006 rate setting, but CMS plans to get this information from manufacturers for future years' rates.
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Comments: CMS has not changed the level of payment rates--Average Sales Price + 6 percent-- it proposed for drug SCODs in the 2006 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
Recommendation: To better approximate hospitals' acquisition costs of SCODs, the Secretary of Health and Human Services should reconsider the level of proposed payment rates for drug SCODs, in relation to survey data on average purchase price, the role of rebates in determining acquisition costs, and the desirability of setting payment rates for SCODs at average acquisition costs.
Agency Affected: Department of Health and Human Services
Status: Closed - Not Implemented
Comments: CMS has continued to use cost estimates developed from hospital charges to pay for radiopharmaceutical SCODs. Although CMS proposed to begin collecting average sales price (ASP) data in 2007 to set prices for separately payable radiopharmaceuticals in future years (see notice of proposed rulemaking, July 25, 2005), the agency dropped this proposal due to broad opposition from stakeholders. In both 2006 and 2007, CMS paid for radiopharmaceuticals based on the hospital's charge for each radiopharmaceutical adjusted to cost using the hospital's overall cost-to-charge ratio. In 2007, CMS finalized a policy to package payment for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals in 2008 and to set separate prospective payment rates for therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals based on mean estimated costs from hospital claims -- the same general methodology used to pay for separately payable drugs and biologicals. Subsequently, in the Medicare, Medicaid & SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, signed into law on December 29, 2007, Congress delayed implementation of these prospective rates and directed CMS to continue using the "charges to cost" methodology to pay for therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals for the first 6 months of 2008 and this delay was extended through December 31, 2009 in the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008.
Recommendation: To better approximate hospitals' acquisition costs of SCODs, the Secretary of Health and Human Services should reconsider the decision to base payment rates for radiopharmaceutical SCODs exclusively on estimated costs, in light of the availability of data on actual prices paid for key radiopharmaceuticals.
Agency Affected: Department of Health and Human Services
Status: Closed - Not Implemented
Comments: CMS has not taken steps to collect information on ASP components and ASP by purchaser type as we recommended. Instead, the agency has taken a different approach to validate the reasonable of ASP-based payment as a measure of hospital acquisition costs. Beginning in 2006, payment for drugs and biologicals under the OPPS was made at average acquisition cost. In the CY 2006 OPPS final rule, CMS began using ASP as a proxy for average acquisition cost and pharmacy overhead costs. Each year, during its rulemaking cycle, CMS compares the aggregate hospital costs from claims data for separately payable drugs and biologicals to the ASPs for the products, weighting these HCPCS codes by their OPPS volumes, and calculates an equivalent average ASP-based payment rate for separately payable drugs and biologicals that provides the basis for future OPPS payment. CMS maintains that because this comparison is performed using costs from hospital claims data and the equivalent average ASP-based payment is set to equal the aggregate cost,this validates the reasonableness of ASP-based payment as a measure of hospital acquisition costs. This does not solve the problem that we addressed in our recommendation: how providers calculate and report the components of drug prices (such as rebates) for different purchaser types.
Recommendation: To better approximate hospitals' acquisition costs of SCODs, the Secretary of Health and Human Services should collect information on ASP components and ASP by purchaser type to validate the reasonableness of reported ASPs as a measure of hospital acquisition costs.
Agency Affected: Department of Health and Human Services
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When we first arrived, it was late afternoon and the sun was bright and warm and cast a beautiful golden glow on the rugged stone buildings. The sky was also a spectacular shade of blue and there wasn't a cloud to be seen!
Eygalieres is set below the Alpilles. The main part of the village is absolutely darling, extending up a long spur of rock.
At the top of the village, stand the ruins of a castle. It was there that we spent most of our time.
We found ourselves quite alone in this quiet, peaceful spot, and I was in my element snapping away :)
As the light started to change and fade, we headed back to our car, but I found myself already missing the charm of this small village. If you find yourself in Provence, I hope you will check out Eygalieres, it remains one of my favorite spots in Provence.
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There is a comfortable double bed and a single bed. You can use the equipped and fitted kitchenette to prepare a hearty breakfast before a busy day of sightseeing. Meals can be eaten seated at the dining table.
Alexanderplatz Square and the Fernsehturm TV Tower can be reached in 10 minutes on foot. Enjoy a culture filled day at Museum Island which is a 20-minute walk away and is situated next to the Berliner Dom Cathedral.
Plenty of bars, restaurants and cafes can be found in the surrounding area.
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Berlin has inspired us, and this apartment also. Everything was clean, neat and quiet, just as promised. Through the combination locks, you will feel very safe and well additionally repealed.
Berlin hat uns begeistert, und dieses Apartment auch. Alles war sauber, ordentlich und ruhig, genau wie versprochen. Durch die Zahlenschlösser fühlt man sich zusätzlich sehr sicher und gut aufgehoben.
It's very convenient, the U-bahn station just 2 minute walk away from here.
The host is really friendly and very helpful with the tour ideas.
Nice stay and nice host, I recommend this place for your budget !
Thank you Ivos for welcoming us, we had a nice stay.
Fantastic deal for me as a student on a budget. I just felt very comfortable here and come back soon, because the next Berlin trip is already being planned. See you soon.
Fantastisches Angebot für mich als Schüler on a budget. Habe mich hier sehr wohl gefühlt und komme bald wieder, denn der nächste Berlin Trip ist schon in Planung. Bis bald.
Good, cheap accommodation in central Kreuzberg, easy to find, good communication. Thanks for a ncie stay.
good location for a cheap but private stay in berlin, close to subway and to a lot of nice bars, no luxury but everything clean and very kind staff!
The position is perfect, close to the tube station, nice neighborhood with a wonderful turkish place for breakfast. The owners are kind and well organised. Room and bathroom are clean.
The owner of this place has super human energy and so does the area its in. We barely had a still moment. Pop up parties in Gorlitzer Park, bars and clubs within stumbling distance. Fantastic.
If you want to find the real taste of Berlin there is no better place to stay! It's not an anonymous hotel but clean and cosy place to chill. The central location allows you to go out whenever you want - U-Bahn line lets you go for the remote part of the city but there are many nice cafes and pubs nearby. The very friendly atmosphere created by the host fulfill the overall positive opinion. I hope it was a first but not last time I stayed there. Have a nice stay at freiraum!
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I upgrade my plugins without carefully noting the new features, so it took me awhile to discover that WP-Table Reloaded had a caching function that I'd never enabled. Once I disabled it, all was right with the world.
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Wednesday Nov. 26, 2008
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -- The Atlanta Falcons have put starting tight end Ben Hartsock on injured reserve and brought back Jason Rader for the second time this season.
The 264-pound Hartsock, who had only three catches and was essentially another lineman for Atlanta's powerful running game, injured a toe in last weekend's 45-28 victory over Carolina. He is out for the season after making eight starts in 11 games.
Rader was released by the Falcons after training camp, then re-signed and actually started in a loss to Philadelphia.
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I then emailed them the second day and said email me back or I will dispute the charge. Because on their website they state, "We answer in 24 hours." And they didn't after the first email. The second email they did reply after my small threat.
They then replied that they are sorry about the delay. It will be the 10 days later before I would get my product. Okay I thought. I was not happy about the situation, but things happen. So on the 10th day I email them asking for a UPS shipping number.
Reply "We ran into a little problem on your order. It has been reschedualed for delivery on the xxth. We apologize for the delay and will include more lids and liners on your order for compensation. Thank you SGW"
This seemed like they were kinda trying, so I emailed them back saying I need to have a guarantee for delivery. No response. So I now have to dispute the charge on my credit card.
This next part is speculation. I believe they hijacked my credit card. I did not have any charges except them and now some unauthorized charges on my credit card. So my credit card had to be canceled as well.
This company is a ripoff or maybe more.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reported on private sector employer-sponsored disability insurance plans, focusing on the: (1) number of people in the private sector covered by short-term or long-term employer-sponsored disability insurance; (2) number of short- and long-term disability claims filed each year and the number of initial awards; and (3) average processing time for initial short- and long-term disability claims.
GAO noted that: (1) data on the number of people in the United States covered by employer-provided private disability insurance come from Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) Employee Benefits Survey; (2) BLS data from 1996-1997 show that of the approximately 100 million employees who work in the private sector, about 36 million are covered by employer-sponsored short-term disability insurance, and 26 million have long-term coverage; (3) the percentages of employees covered in 1996-1997 by short-term or long-term disability insurance changed little from the percentages of employees covered in 1990-1991; (4) in regard to the data on disability claims, none of the sources GAO reviewed or contacted could provide industrywide information on either the number or processing time of such claims; (5) however, in a recent letter to Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, the American Council of Life Insurance (ACLI) reported some limited information that addresses questions on long-term disability insurance claims; (6) in response to proposed regulations that would shorten timeframes for claims processing, ACLI conducted what it referred to as an informal survey of its members, who are leading writers of long-term disability insurance; (7) an ACLI staff person told GAO that ACLI sampled both large and small firms and that the response rate to the survey was 30 percent; (8) however, the staff person also noted that the companies that responded represented about 45 percent of the long-term disability insurance market as measured by premium income of the disability insurance in force; (9) ACLI reported that 78 percent of the long-term disability claims received in 1998 were initially approved and 22 percent were denied at initial application; and (10) ACLI reported that about half of the long-term disability claims received in 1998 were processed within 30 days and approximately 20 percent required more than 90 days to process.
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In Aug, 2012 my son and I were approached by a young man selling magazine subscriptions to get points to assist him in a trip, to somewhere. He stated his name was Alex McClain and continued with his very push sales pitch. I personally got a bad vibe from the kid, however when my 10yr old son wanted me to order him a subscripton, what dad wants to look bad...... Well, 5 months later no magazines, no refund, and no way to contact CRS, other than by writng them at the address on their recipt. As it's becoming very clear, CRS has been pulling this scam on a lot of people......I suggest all who are invloved take as much action as possible................
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Linux 2.6.25 without Closed Source USB Drivers
A controversial patch for the imminent kernel 2.6.25 is causing much debate in the developer community: in a similar move to one he made two years ago, the well-known kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman has submitted a patch that prevents closed source USB drivers from using the kernel's USB driver API.
Kroah-Hartman's patch has already been accepted by Linus Torvalds, and it will be part of the Git tree for the next version of Linux. It prevents closed source USB drivers from addressing the kernel's USB interface.
Originally, there were plans to introduce this barrier to the 2.6.16 kernel, but at the time vendors such as AVM GmbH protested, saying that they would cancel Linux support completely if they were not allowed to submit closed source drivers. As a result, the patch was temporarily parked to give vendors time to develop Open Source drivers, or convert their drivers to use the userspace API. The latter option gives vendors the ability to create non-GPLd drivers that will run on other systems without incommensurate effort.
Just like two years ago, the patch has been the source of much debate on the kernel mailing list. While some developers are backing Kroah-Hartman, others do not understand the move and fear that it will scare vendors off. Others see non GPL-compliant drivers in a kind of legal limbo.
The case is quite clear for Kroah-Hartman, however: the obstacle would not cause any issues as he is unaware of any USB drivers in the Wild that the patch would actually affect. Developer Christer Weinigel objects that many closed source USB drivers are the results of bespoke programming and are thus not available in the Wild. Kroah-Hartman's answer to this is that the userspace interface would be fine for drivers of this kind, and that even military users have successfully tapped this API. Kroah-Hartman has been quoted as saying that tanks run on Linux. Developer Pekka Enberg refers developers who insist on the kernel interface to another system, saying they should use BSD or a proprietary operating system.
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Published: 25th December 2013 08:31 AM
Last Updated: 25th December 2013 08:31 AM
State BJP leaders continued their lobbying in Delhi on Tuesday for re-induction of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa into the party.
Former chief minister Jagadish Shettar, former deputy chief minister R Ashoka along with party state president Prahlad Joshi who were in Delhi to participate in an all India office-bearers' meeting of the BJP, tried to convince the party national leaders about the need to take a speedy decision on Yeddyurappa's return.
According to party sources, state BJP leaders wanted the party national leadership to take a decision in this regard before the BJP state executive meeting to be held on December 27.
"If all goes well, we hope to make a formal announcement about Yeddyurappa's return at the Executive meeting," a senior BJP leader told Express.
However, Yeddyurappa is likely to join the party only after Sankranti, which is considered an auspicious time.
According to sources, Yeddyurappa has softened on his conditions for rejoining the party. He would be the automatic choice to be the Leader of the opposition in the Legislative Assembly if KJP merges with BJP and his confidante Shobha Karandlaje is likely to contest Lok Sabha elections as the BJP candidate from Bangalore North constituency.
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A woman is recovering after being shot at a home in Green Township.
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said the shooting happened about 1 a.m. Sunday at 6420 Brierly Creek Rd.
Rescue crews said the woman was taken to University Hospital and is in critical condition.
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The Paris Principles set out the international minimum standards for national human rights institutions
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he gave me 1 winner which i made a profit of about $400.00 then he asked for $500.00 more dollars and that he would personally take over my account. well i sent in the money and then i never talked to zack again and recieved more exactas and trifecttas crap which out of about 9-10 each they won only 1 exacta so needless to say i was out alot of money. so i sent in a email complaint to them and paul skelton called me and promised that i would be taken care of and he asked me to play $50.00 win place on a horse and it won and i collected about $425.00 then zack called back and said that he had been out of town and he would call me when he had something.
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CHAMPAIGN – A truckers' association has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Danville to consider the claims of truckers in dealing with the involuntary bankruptcy of CX Roberson and PFT Roberson.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, which has more than 129,000 members in the United States and Canada, submitted a memorandum supporting the involuntary bankruptcy requested by several creditors of the two trucking concerns.
In the memorandum, the association said the companies – which were divisions of Roberson Transportation – owe drivers at least $1,625,000 that was supposed to be held in escrow. So far, the association said, none of that money has been returned.
The 10 creditors who filed the involuntary bankruptcy petition in August also argue it's important for U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gerald D. Fines to keep the case alive for the sake of truckers and other unsecured creditors.
"Without a bankruptcy case and an independent trustee, the unsecured creditors will receive nothing and will have no hope of receiving anything," the creditors claimed in response to the companies' motion to dismiss the case.
Attorneys for the companies and for Kevin Cleary, the private trustee hired by Roberson to settle the companies' claims, countered it was best to leave the matter in Cleary's hands.
They said he had liquidated most of the assets and had contacted many former employees and potential creditors. It would be "extremely time-consuming, expensive and inefficient" for a federal bankruptcy trustee to step in at this point, they claimed.
At a Sept. 20 hearing, Fines allowed Cleary, a Chicago-based managing partner with Fort Dearborn Partners, to continue his work settling Roberson's claims. But Fines denied a petition from Cleary and the companies to dismiss the involuntary bankruptcy petition.
A hearing has been set for 10 a.m. Nov. 16 in Room 120 of the Federal Building in Danville to further consider the case.
The case stems from Roberson Transportation's sale of its CX Roberson and PFT Roberson units to Indianapolis-based Celadon Group and Des Moines, Iowa-based Annett Holdings, respectively, in January.
In supporting the creditors' claim, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association stated that about 325 owner-operator drivers had federally regulated lease agreements with the Roberson firms.
As part of those agreements, drivers were required to put up $2,500 to guarantee their performance. They were also required to contribute from 4 cents to 5.5 cents per mile to a maintenance reserve account.
All that money was to be held in escrow, with all the unused escrow funds, plus interest, to be returned to the driver within 45 days of termination of the independent contractor agreement.
However, the association said it had received "numerous complaints" from drivers seeking assistance in recovering their escrow funds.
According to the memorandum, the association's corporate counsel, Belinda Harrison, wrote to Cleary in April seeking return of the escrow funds collected by Roberson.
In the letter, she cited a court decision that held "escrow funds collected from owner-operators by motor carriers were subject to a statutory trust and were not property of the bankruptcy estate."
"The practical effect of this decision is that Roberson, or you acting as assignee for Roberson, must return to owner-operators their escrow funds before secured creditors are paid, as these funds do not belong to Roberson and cannot be used to satisfy the debts of the debtor's estate," her letter said.
The association's memorandum indicated the letter did not have the desired effect.
"In a telephone conversation subsequent to this letter, Mr. Cleary stated that the escrow funds would not be returned to owner-operators," the memorandum said.
The association said it figures the Roberson companies collected an average of at least $5,000 in escrow funds from each owner-operator driver. Altogether, the companies owe the drivers "at least $1,625,000, plus interest," the memorandum said.
In an Aug. 30 filing, attorneys for the companies and for Cleary indicated PFT Roberson and CX Roberson are $3.54 million to $5.23 million short of having anything to pay off unsecured creditors.
LaSalle Bank, a secured creditor, had a blanket lien on virtually all the assets of PFT and CX and was owed about $18 million by them and related companies, the filing stated.
Meanwhile, the 10 creditors who brought the involuntary bankruptcy suit have asked the court to delve further into Roberson's transactions.
"There needs to be a complete and total disclosure of all payments made to (Roberson's) insiders within one year of the petition date," the creditors claimed in a Sept. 14 filing.
"For example, it is understood that certain insiders of the debtor have started a new business. All transactions between the debtor and this new business should be divulged," they stated. "In addition, an investigation as to causes of action against the debtor's officers and directors should also be undertaken."
The Sept. 30 order by Fines allowed Cleary to proceed with certain tasks, such as paying employees remaining on the payroll at Roberson's headquarters in Mahomet and paying independent contractor Douglas Wilson to negotiate settlements for personal injury and property damage claims.
But Fines ordered that by Oct. 7, Roberson and Cleary produce documents requested by the creditors, and that by Oct. 17, Cleary make himself available for deposition. Ray Urbanik, a Dallas-based attorney for the creditors, said Thursday the documents were produced and Cleary's deposition did take place.
"The petitioning creditors are still in the process of examining the situation at Roberson, and the hearing ... is still on for Nov. 16," Urbanik said.
Roberson Transportation had been a major employer in Mahomet since 1997, and in Farmer City before that. Last year, Roberson had about 1,150 drivers, with about 330 of them owner-operators and the remainder company drivers.
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For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston
- September 21, 2009
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Yup, burn-out!
Too much 'looking down in the mouth'
Wow, did John just grow into a GIANT in panel 3 ?!?
He suddenly looks HUGE compared to Elly!!! And it's not like she's simply moved into the background in the 3rd panel - she is standing directly in front of him - look at the eye contact. Now that I look again, Elly actually looks scared!
ROFL! :o))
You're right Wings. The placement suggests that he is fore panel but the way she looks at him makes her to be straight on when she should be looking a little to the right for correct perspective.
Sure she is scared, kids and a mortgage what if he is burned out enough to walk out on it all. Good thing we know he won't
So, John is finding his work a tedious bore, what does he think Elly thinks of hers? Why does he think a week working for him is a welcome change for her?
time for john to close up the office for a week and take the family on a vacation
Gee whiz guys, it's a comic strip, not a technical schematic. Don't be so nit picky. And if John's burned out now, just wait until he hits 40 and still has 20 -25 years to go.
I was pushing 40 and burned out at the job I had been working since my teens. I changed jobs.
Wise, Doctor Toon. VERY wise! Not wise to be your own worse enemy.
Don't tell me John's already having a mid-life crisis.
I think I hear the sounds of instruments John uses in his dentist office. Whirrrrrrrrrrrr! scrape! scrape! gurgle! buzzz! Thank you for stopping by and come back here again next time.
Thats a good idea Susan, it sounds like John just needs to get away for a while.
Does anybody ever enjoy anything in this comic? Well, I guess Mike enjoys dressing the dog.
I think we all enjoy the comics (….to varying degrees obviously!) Hey, it's all feedback! I'm sure the artists all enjoy watching us make our observations and discussing (and yes, even arguing!) back and forth with each other. If I was an artist, I'm sure I'd be watching the comments all the time, if only for the entertainment value that we all provide. Not all feedback is peachy is it? That's just life! Life is one big colorful canvas, made up of the good, the bad, and definitely some chunks of ugly, lol.
Much better than nobody viewing your comic at all, right? :-)
Macushlalondra, John doesn't think about her.
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Next, the course introduces more advanced exposure options: program mode, exposure compensation, ISO adjustments, and more. After Ben briefly defines each option, he shows how to adjust it using the camera controls.
Ben also discusses white balance options, advanced metering and autofocus controls, flash, live view, and video shooting. The course ends with a chapter on maintenance, including sensor- and camera-cleaning and care tips.
- What is a DSLR?
- Attaching lenses
- Powering up and down
- Formatting the media card
- Holding the camera
- Shooting in the Auto and Program modes
- Changing the ISO
- Controlling autofocus and white balance
- Using a self-timer
- Working with the exposure control options
- Activating Live View
- Shooting video
Skill Level Beginner
You can customize a lot of the controls on your Mark III, and to see a list of which ones, just go into the menuing system. Go to the second page of the custom function category, and down at the bottom, you'll find Custom Controls. If I come in here, I get this screen, which looks pretty complicated, but it's actually fairly simple. I've got a diagram of my camera, with the current selected control highlighted. This is the list of the controls that I can customize over here. So this first one is the shutter button; I can see that highlighted right there. Let's take a quick look at what the other customizable controls are.
There is the AF-ON button, which is right back here, the AE Lock button, which of course, is this one highlighted right here. The depth of field preview button, which is around here on the front. You can see it highlighted right there. Something that you may or may not have; the Lens AF stop button. That's going to be on my lens over here. The lens that I'm using doesn't have one, but you can see that Canon is indicating that if I did have one, it would be right there. The M-Fn button, which is right here; that's the Multi-function button right in front of the command dial. The Set button, which is this one right here. The Main Dial; my dial on top here. My Quick Control Dial, which of course, is this one back here, and finally, the Multi-controller.
So even these three controls can be customized. Now, each of these controls gives you a different set of options to assign to them. So, let's start by looking at the Shutter button. I'm going to select that, and hit the Set button, and you can see that by default, it is set the way that you're probably used to it behaving, which is that when I half-press it, I get Metering, and AF start. I have the option of changing it to Metering start, or AE Lock. I am going to put it on Metering start. I'm going to show you a different way of using your camera; one that you might find pretty useful.
Now I'm going to come down here to the AF-ON button; that's this button right here. And before we get to it, I want you to realize that when I'm holding the camera, I've got my forefinger here, and my thumb is just right here on this AF-ON button. So, with that in mind, I'm going to leave it where it's set right now, which is to be the same as the Shutter button was originally, which is Metering and AF start. I have other options, though; these are different than what I had on the shutter button. I've got AE lock, Auto Focus stop -- if you're ever in a situation where the lens starts grinding back and forth, and is slowing you down, because it can't lock focus, you could set this button to just cause it to stop doing that.
I have a Flash Exposure lock, I've got AE lock, and I can set it to no function at all. But I'm going to leave it where it's at right now. Now, with the camera configured this way, what happens is, when I press the shutter button, all I get is a meter reading. Let's go ahead and come on out of here. So all I get is a meter reading. There is no actual focusing happening. To get focus, I have to press this button. So I have separated my metering and focusing operations. When I press this, I get focus and metering, but when I press this, I override the metering.
This is great for times where you're shooting a lot of pictures of something at the same distance. Maybe you're shooting a landscape, or a portrait, or something, and you're doing a lot of subtle recomposition. You only have to focus once, but you can keep metering as you take shot after shot. So a lot of people really prefer working that way. Let's look quickly at some of the other things you can do, because as I said, a lot of these buttons have different functions that you can assign to them. The AE lock button can be configured with the same options as the AF-ON button. The depth of field preview button gives you a lot of different options.
I've got depth of field preview, I have Auto Focus stop, AE lock, switching from one shot focus to servo focus, turning image stabilization on or off, switching to a different autofocus function, changing the quality settings; there's just all sorts of things I can do. I can bring up my level. So you're probably going to want to dig through all of these different customization options, because there are a lot of different things that I can do with everything from the wheels, to the buttons. So you can really get controls that you find yourself regularly using that might be buried in a menu up on top of the camera into a button that allows you to activate them on the fly, whenever you need.
So dig through these; see if you can find changes that you might like. If you Google around on Mark III custom controls, you'll find a lot of discussions and forums of different configurations that users have used, and you might get some ideas there for some other ways of configuring your camera.


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- 1 (full extent)(of hand) palmo (masculine)(of wing) envergadura (feminine)(of bridge, arch) luz (feminine)Example sentences
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- Powerful wings spread a span of twenty feet and Jack had to step back to avoid being hit.
- Immense wings spread to more than the span of 2 metres in total length.
- The wings of the Tupolev-designed plane had a span of more than sixty metres, the same as a Boeing 747's.
- He held out an arm to show how the end of the sleeve hung two handspans below his knuckles.
- A good rule of thumb when buying or constructing a flight cage for large parrots is that the width should be twice the wingspan, plus a handspan.
- Lang's handspan covers 12 notes on the piano keyboard.
- 2 (part of bridge)Example sentences
- Cast glass channels in extruded aluminum flames can be installed for long or tall spans without added supports.
- Next year will see the start of the five-year $3billion replacement of the eastern span of the Bay Bridge.
- In the pre-industrial age, the structural form that was used for the widest spans was the masonry vault or dome.
- 3 (of time)Example sentences
- I didn't have an answer because I didn't know myself and thankfully her concentration span was lacking at that point.
- I silently thanked my short concentration span for tuning in for the first few minutes at least.
- These are people who've packed seemingly 10 lifetimes into one normal span.
- 4 (range) at this age children have a short attention spana esta edad los niños no pueden mantener la atención por períodos prolongadosthe whole span of American historyla historia americana en toda su extensión→ life span
transitive verb present participle spanning past tense, past participle spanned
- 1 (extend over) a career that spanned 60 yearsuna carrera que abarcó 60 años or que se extendió a lo largo de 60 añosa story spanning four generationsuna historia que transcurre a lo largo de cuatro generaciones or que abarca cuatro generacionesExample sentences
- We passed the occasional kamikaze truck driver hurtling down the narrow mountain roads; and forded green rivers that were spanned by metal bridges.
- The first branch was spanned with a bridge and the second with a ford.
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