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Ohio Tea Party Groups Plan To Sue IRS
The attorney for Ohio's largest tea party organization, the Ohio Liberty Council, says the organization will sue the Internal Revenue Service.
"Tea party groups in Ohio are going to sue the IRS for violating their First Amendment rights, freedom of association, and their Fifth Amendment rights when it comes to selective prosecution, or singling out," said Maurice Thompson of the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law.
Thompson says the grounds for the lawsuit will include three key elements.
First, tea party groups want compensated for financial loss caused by, in some cases, up to three years of harassment. Second, they want a court precedent so this can never happen again. Third, they want those in the IRS responsible to be punished.
"The IRS strung out certain groups for as long as three years," said Thompson. "Then, they would send a letter saying you have ten days to answer these 50 very intrusive questions or else you lose your application."
Tom Zawistowski, head of the Portage County tea party, said he applied for tax exempt status with the IRS in 2009.
"It really was a nightmare," said Zawistowski. "After years, they came back with requests for - give us a list of all your members, tell us every politician that ever spoke to your group and what they spoke about, give us a list of all the speakers you've ever had speak to your group, give us a copy of every page of your webpage in paper, (and) print out every page of your Facebook page."
A report from the Treasury Department's Inspector General last week blamed "ineffective management" at the IRS for the unfair targeting of conservative political groups.
It says the agency "allowed inappropriate criteria to be developed and say in place for more than 18 months" causing "substantial delays" for tea party groups applying for tax exempt status.
Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown told 10TV he's not happy with the IRS employees that singled tea party groups out.
"The IRS went after some small organizations because of their political philosophy instead of looking at the big organizations that were spending millions of dollars in special interest money," said Brown.
IRS commissioner Steven Miller resigned Wednesday. Brown says there may be more resignations coming.
"If there were other people in management in the Washington IRS, if there are people who broke the law or engaged in this type of behavior, the president should consider asking them to resign," said Brown.
Thompson says his lawsuit will include up to 20 smaller Ohio tea party groups that lost donations, had to increase their administrative expenses, or hire an attorney due to the lengthy IRS process.
"The tea party movement was huge in Cincinnati in 2010 and 2011, and these agents are driving to work like everyone else, listening to talk radio, hearing about the tea party and all their activities," said Thompson. "It might be the case the Cincinnati office had a special alert for the tea party, but I wouldn't be surprised if higher-ups were involved in this."


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How To Skin Your XBMC for Fame, Glory, and Best Looking Media Browsing Around
XBMC is an awesome open-source media center application that can be customized, thanks to an easy-to-skin interface, to give you the best looking media center on the block (and possibly in the county). Read on to see how.
XBMC has grown exponentially from its simple roots as a Xbox game console hack back in the early 2000s. It's now a powerhouse of an open-source media center that you can install on everything from your Windows PC to a nettop to an AppleTV and quite a bit in between. Among the many selling points of XBMC is the ease in which you can customize the interface and easily swap out skins (or build your own) to get just the look you're searching for.
Why Swap Skins and What You'll Need
Why swap the skin? Superficially, you'll get a whole new look for your media center. Most XBMC skins are so polished that the majority of your friends will simply refuse to believe you didn't pay a lot of money for your media center and the software. Skins go well beyond freshening up the visuals, however. Many skins include GUI tweaks that increase usability such as how the now-playing list is layered over the current media, where you left off watching a TV series, and other tweaks. Picking a new skin is as much about the look as it is about the functionality and the way the menu layout and other GUI features meet your needs.
For this guide you won't need much. To get started you'll need:
- XBMC (version 10.0+)
- Skins for XBMC (don't worry, we'll show you where to get them)
- USB Drive (only necessary for offline transfer of skins from your computer to XBMC)
If you have XBMC installed already this guide will be a breeze. If you haven't already installed XBMC now's the time to do so; it's a fantastic media center application and you won't regret installing it. Check out the official XBMC guides for Windows, Mac, and Linux if you need help.
If you're curious why we specified version 10.0+ it's because version 10.0 marked a major overhaul in the way XBMC did many things including skinning. Prior to 10.0 skinning XBMC was a bit of a hassle and required lots of hands on tinkering in order to enjoy more advanced skins—needing to FTP into your XBMC to sort files into folders deep in the media center was a big deterrent for most folks. Now you only have to get your hands dirty if you really want to do deep customization beyond what simply downloading a new skin would provide.
One last tip before we dig in: every skin comes loaded with background images for the main menus like Videos, Music, etc.—such as the HDTV on the wall seen in the screenshot above. Even though those images take up a lot of screen real estate and make a strong first impression don't base your opinion of the skin on that alone. Look at the menus, play around with them, get a feel for the layout. You can easily swap out the background images by navigating to System –> Settings –> Skin –> Background Customizer and change them to any high resolution image.
Getting Started Loading New Skins
Confluence is the default skin that ships with XBMC. It's a beautiful skin and if you never switched from it we doubt anyone would ever complain about your media center's good looks. What's the fun in leaving things stock though? There are too many other beautiful skins for us to be content with the stock skin no matter how pretty.
Downloading and loading officially hosted skins: The easiest way to get new skins is to navigate on your networked and internet-accessible XBMC to the skin repository. Start by navigating to the System menu (found on the bottom of the initial left-hand navigation pane). The skin repository is buried several layers deep; navigate to System -> Add-ons -> Get Add-ons -> All Add-ons –> Skin (every menu navigation sequence we share in this tutorial assumes you're using the default Confluence skin and thus the stock menu sequence).There you'll find a list of all the skins currently in the official XBMC repository. You should see something that looks like this:
We're going to take a look at Aeon Nox. The Aeon skin has been floating around for years. It has been revised and reborn with each major release of XBMC; we're curious to see if it looks as sleek and awesome as it did when it first came out. Clicking on a skin in the official repository pulls up information about it:
If you like what you see, go ahead and click Install. You'll jump back to the skin list and see the progress of the download from there. When the download is complete XBMC will ask you if you wish to switch to the new skin you downloaded.
Note: if you choose not to enable the skin now you'll need to navigate to Settings –> Appearance –> Skin to turn the skin on. XBMC uses the words enabled/disabled to indicate if an add-on is available for the system to use not if the add-on is actively in use. All the skin swapping actually occurs either when you install a new skin and receive the prompt or when you swap the skin in the Appearance menu.
Now that we've installed Aeon Nox, let's take a peek at what it looks like:
It looks stunning and just as good as the original skin we recall from the early days of XBMC skinning. Picking out new skins is fun!
Manually installing from a ZIP file: What if you want to install a skin from outside the officially hosted repository? You can work outside the repository easily. There are plenty of reasons to venture outside the bounds of the semi-official skins you find tucked away in the XBMC repository.
The XBMC web site has bustling forums dedicated to all aspects of the media center including skinning. Besides the official XBMC repository the XBMC.org Skin forums are the best place to find new skins. You can find everything there from test versions of your favorite skins to new skins seeking beta testers. You'll frequently find skins that have been tweaked to look better on specific hardware configurations or to focus on some aspect that the modder thought was important (like better RSS feed integration, weather reporting, or movie information presentation).
For example, we can find variations of the Aeon skin we just installed including Aeon MQ2 and Aeon Showmix—both variations that share the basic core of the Aeon design but mix it up with new features and focus. If you checked out either of those links you saw one of the best reasons to check out the skin forums on XBMC: the dozens of screenshots you can check out before downloading the skin. Since we've already tested Aeon Nox, the official Aeon skin from the repository, let's try out one of the variations.
First we'll visit the official thread for the Aeon MQ2. There we can read up on it, check out the screenshots, and most importantly download the repository entry for the skin. In this case the author of the skin is hosting the file on his site (which also has loads of great screenshots and additional themes for Aeon MQ2).
Once you have the ZIP file downloaded you simply need to place it wherever you can access it from the XBMC installation you want to add the skin to—USB drive, network drive, burn it to a CD if you have to. We're going to save it to a local drive that XBMC has access to. Once the file is in place navigate to System –> Settings –> Install from zip file. Browse to the file location—as seen in the screenshot above—and click on the ZIP file and click OK.
A small notification will pop up in the lower right corner to indicate a new repository was added. This is where it varies from just enabling a skin you didn't turn on during the installation process. When you install an add-on (any add-on, not just new skins) from a ZIP file, XBMC creates a new entry under System –> Settings –> Get Add-ons, in this case Repo Aeon MQ. Click on the repository name for the new skin you added via ZIP. In that repository you'll find an entry for the skin itself. Select it and you'll get an installation box just like you would if you had grabbed the skin from the official repository:
Be prepared to wait a little as most 3rd party repositories aren't as speedy as the official XBMC.org one. After selecting Install here, you can again opt to activate the skin during the installation process or browse to Settings –> Appearance –> Skin at a later time to do so.
We'll activate it now. Let's see if it has all that Aeon goodness we've come to expect:
Not only does it look great but it's an excellent skin to show off the versatility of XBMC skins. When you install Aeon MQ2 you don't just get a pretty new skin, you get a set of 5 skins that have been optimized for different situations (such as an older HTPC that might choke a little on more advanced graphics or the Pro mode for people who want to customize everything). We're going to look at the normal mode for a quick comparison to the previous Aeon skin we just loaded.
It looks great and it's packed with a bunch of great little tweaks including, as seen in the screenshot above, a media reminder that shows you the last movie, TV show, or album you were enjoying.
You can repeat the process for any downloaded skin; don't forget that each new skin creates a new repository and you'll need to use that repository to install the skin (it's an easy step to forget and will lead to much frustrated menu digging).
Now that you know how to download and install your own skins the best thing to do is to go crazy trying them out. Read the XBMC skin forums, grab copies, and mess around until you find the perfect match for your media center needs. Have a skin you've already fallen in love with? Sound off in the comments and help your fellow readers find an excellent skin or two.
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Why You Can't Work: What Not to Complain About at Your Disability Hearing
Don't waste your time arguing these points before a Social Security judge.
If you've been denied benefits because Social Security says there are less demanding jobs you can do (the most common reason for denial), you'll need to appeal to have your case heard in front of an administrative law judge. There are certain factors the judge will and won't consider when deciding whether you can "adjust" to less demanding jobs.
Finding Out the Proposed Jobs Social Security Says You Can Do
Social Security will explain why you were denied in the "personalized explanation rationale" the agency will send you with your denial letter. If the rationale doesn't propose the specific types of jobs Social Security thinks you can do, request your file so that you can read the "technical rationale," which will include this information (see our article on reviewing your file before your disability hearing). Depending on whether you have physical or mental limitations, Social Security will state that you can do one or two light and/or unskilled jobs, such as surveillance system monitor, line operator, or cleaner.
If you don't agree that you can do the proposed work, you can appeal.
Raising Reasons You Can't Do the Proposed Jobs
At your appeal hearing, you can bring up reasons why you can't do each proposed job, until you rule them all out. However, Social Security will take into account only certain facts when considering whether you can do work, such as:
- how old you are
- how much schooling you've had
- what skills you've learned at prior jobs
- whether you could use the skills at the proposed jobs, and
- whether your medical condition limits you from doing the proposed work.
Factors the Judge Won't Consider
Social Security will not consider the following factors, so don't waste the judge's time by raising these points at your appeal hearing:
- There are no current job openings for the jobs you can do.
- The only jobs you can do are part-time or seasonal.
- You would have to relocate to take the only available jobs.
- You don't think any employer would hire you.
- You don't think you could pass a company physical.
- The wages you would receive for doing the proposed work aren't enough to live on.
- You have no way of getting to the proposed work.
- You don't have a driver's license.
- You no longer have the vocational license needed to do your work, and you no longer qualify for one.
- You no longer no how to do your work because of technological changes in your industry, or
- You don't want to do particular types of work.
Arguments the Judge Will Consider
Fortunately, there are acceptable ways you can politely challenge the vocational expert or the judge at the hearing if they say there are other jobs you can do. In addition to your age and education, claims examiners and administrative law judges must consider the following arguments for why you can't do a particular job.
- Your physical limitations (such as an inability to bend and stoop) prevent you from doing one or more aspects of the proposed work.
- You have mental limitations (such as an ability to concentrate) that don't allow you to perform the proposed type of work.
- You don't have the skills needed to do the proposed type of work.
- There isn't a significant number of jobs available locally or nationally for the proposed type of work.
- The proposed jobs are located in only one or two areas of the U.S.
For more information on arguing these points to the judge, see our articles on proving you can't do your past work and ruling out other less demanding work.
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Headline News from PaymentsNews.com - December 10, 2013
On the web:
- PayPal president David Marcus: Bitcoin is good, NFC is bad - CNet - "They think because it's called cryptocurrency it's a currency. I don't think it is a currency. It's a store of value, a distributed ledger."
- Flint mobile billing app adds invoicing, Passbook coupon support, and card scans via camera - 9 to 5 Mac - "The app also introduces support for Passbook coupons. Merchants can create their own coupons and issue them to customers as Passbook passes."
- Should retailers be paying attention to Coin? - Mobile Commerce Daily - "The whole mobile wallet question is interesting — it's sort of a solution looking for a problem, while Coin seems to be the solution to a problem," she said.
- Citrus Payment ropes in econtext Asia, Beenos Asia to raise Rs 33.9 crore for expansion plans - Economic Times - "Mumbai-based mobile payment solutions company, Citrus Payment Solutions, has raised $5.5 million ( Rs 33.9 crore) in its series B round of equity funding..."
- The Benefits of Real Time Payments - Bank Systems & Technology - "In banks meeting customer demands for the immediate transfer of funds from one account to another, with certainty, convenience and at a low cost, immediate payments are an enabler of new modes of commerce with great benefits to the banking industry and society as a whole."
On the wires:
- MasterCard's Board of Directors Announces Capital Actions - "Today's actions reflect our ongoing commitment to deliver shareholder value as well as our confidence in the long-term growth and financial performance of our Company," said Ajay Banga, president and chief executive officer, MasterCard.
- Evolve MoneyTM Offers Consumers More Choices For Paying Bills With The Addition Of Debit And Prepaid Card Payment Options - "Launched this summer by PreCash, Evolve Money is gaining traction as a fast, affordable and secure way to pay bills from one place and is an alternative to bank bill payment services."
- Wells Fargo Expands Commercial Banking in Capital Region - "Leading the Capital East RCBO is David Straut, regional vice president, a 30-year banking veteran with deep roots at Wells Fargo."
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Allergic or hypersensitivity disorders may be manifested by generalized systemic reactions as well as localized reactions in any organ system of the body. The reactions may be acute, subacute or chronic, immediate or delayed, and may be caused by numerous offending agents; e.g., pollen, molds, dust, mites, animal dander, stinging insect venoms, foods and drugs.
The optimum management of the allergic patient should include a careful history and physical examination and may include confirming the cause of allergic reaction by information from some of the testing methods outlined below. Once the agent is identified, treatment is provided by avoidance, medication or immunotherapy.
The following allergy tests are available in the diagnosis of the allergic patient:
1. Direct Skin Test
• Percutaneous (scratch, prick or puncture)
• Intracutaneous (intradermal)
2. Patch Test (Application Test)
This test modality identifies allergens causing contact dermatitis. The suspected allergens are applied to the patient's back under dressings and allowed to remain in contact with the skin for 48 hours. The area is then examined for evidence of delayed hypersensitivity reactions.
This test reflects contact photosensitization. A patch of skin is applied with the suspected sensitizer for 48 hours. If no reaction occurs, the area is exposed to a dose of ultraviolet light sufficient to produce inflammatory redness of the skin. If the test is positive, a more severe reaction develops at the patch site than on surrounding skin.
• Radioallergosorbent Tests (RAST)
These tests detect antigen-specific IgE antibodies in the patient's serum.
5. Total Serum IgE Concentration
This testing modality is not indicated in most allergic patients, but may be indicated for those patients suspected of having allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, immune deficiency disease characterized by increased IgE levels; (e.g., Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, hyper-IgE staphylococcal abscess syndrome), IgE myeloma or pemphigoid.
Histamine or methacholine is used to perform this test when it is necessary to determine if the patient has hyper-responsive airways. Volatile chemicals are used to perform the test when the allergy is encountered in an occupational setting.
With this test, the patient ingests the food to which sensitivity is suspected. Both the patient and the physician are "blinded." This is usually done at home, but in some instances of extreme suspected hypersensitivity, it may be performed in the office setting.
8. Serial Endpoint Testing (SET)
Serial endpoint testing (SET) is a form of intradermal skin testing that uses increasing doses of antigen to determine the concentration at which the reaction changes from negative to positive (the "endpoint"). The test has been used for diagnosing allergic disorders, and is a potential alternative to other diagnostic tests such as skin prick testing or in vitro testing for this purpose. Also SET has been used to guide the initiation of immunotherapy, by using the endpoint dilution as the starting antigen dose.
The following allergy tests are considered medically necessary in the diagnosis of the allergic patient:
1. Direct Skin Tests
The number of tests required may vary widely from patient to patient, depending upon the patient's history. There is a limit of 50 percutaneous and up to 20 intracutaneous skin tests per day.
A test is defined per antigen, not per injection of antigen (added 4/28/00).
3. Photo Patch Test
4. Specific IgE In Vitro Tests:
• Radioallergosorbent Tests (RAST)
• Multiple Radioallergosorbent Tests (MAST)
• Fluorescent Allergosorbent Test (FAST)
• Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
These tests detect antigen-specific IgE antibodies in the patient's serum. They are considered medically necessary only once when testing for: inhalant allergens, (pollens, molds, dust, mites, animal danders), foods, insect stings, and other allergens such as drugs, when direct skin testing is impossible due to extensive dermatitis or marked dermatographism. Also appropriate in children less than four years of age or if the patient's symptoms are life threatening (ie, suspected peanut allergy).
5. Total Serum IgE Concentration
6. Certain Bronchial Challenge Tests
7. Double Blind Food Challenge Test
This is usually done at home, but in some instances of extreme suspected hypersensitivity, it may be performed in the office setting. In the latter case, this is considered to be part of the office visit and no additional benefits are provided.
8. Serial Endpoint Testing (SET)
Serial endpoint testing (SET) may be considered medically necessary for the determination of a safe starting dose for testing or immunotherapy when there is potential for the specific allergen in question to produce a severe systemic allergic reaction or anaphylaxis (i.e., chemicals, drugs, bee venom or peanuts).
Repeat skin testing with multiple antigens is not medically necessary unless there is clear documentation of rare and extraordinary circumstances such as:
In Children:
• Initially sensitive to food and indoor environmental exposures but later develop pollen and outdoor mold sensitivities.
In Adults:
• Dramatic change of symptoms
The following allergy tests are considered investigational, and not covered:
1. Provocative tests for food or food additive allergies
2. Nasal challenge test
3. Conjunctival challenge test (ophthalmic mucous membrane test)
4. Cytotoxic food tests
5. Rebuck skin window test
6. Passive transfer or P-X (Prausnitz-Küstner) test
Clinical ecology services may be billed as allergy services, and should be denied as investigational. These services involve the diagnosis and treatment of environmental illness, which is defined as multiple complex allergies or toxicities which are alleged to cause symptomatic involvement of the gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, respiratory, or central nervous system. These symptoms result from continued exposure to atmospheric contamination or exposure to common foods which may have been treated with pesticides and herbicides.
Examples of non-covered items considered to be used for environmental medicine/clinical ecology include but are not limited to:
• Barrier cloth cover for mattresses
POLICY EXCEPTIONSRepeat testing is not medically necessary unless there is clear documentation of rare and extraordinary circumstances as described in POLICY.
Hood Container Corp Union and Non-Union plans do not have a limit on allergy injections and testing.
The coverage guidelines outlined in the Medical Policy Manual should not be used in lieu of the Member's specific benefit plan language.
Medically Necessary is defined as those services, treatments, procedures, equipment, drugs, devices, items or supplies furnished by a covered Provider that are required to identify or treat a Member's illness, injury or Nervous/Mental Conditions, and which Company determines are covered under this Benefit Plan based on the criteria as follows in A through D:
A. consistent with the symptoms or diagnosis and treatment of the Member's condition, illness, or injury; and
B. appropriate with regard to standards of good medical practice; and
C. not solely for the convenience of the Member, his or her Provider; and
D. the most appropriate supply or level of care which can safely be provided to Member. When applied to the care of an Inpatient, it further means that services for the Member's medical symptoms or conditions require that the services cannot be safely provided to the Member as an Outpatient.
For the definition of Medically Necessary, "standards of good medical practice" means standards that are based on credible scientific evidence published in peer-reviewed medical literature generally recognized by the relevant medical community, and physician specialty society recommendations, and the views of medical practitioners practicing in relevant clinical areas and any other relevant factors. BCBSMS makes no payment for services, treatments, procedures, equipment, drugs, devices, items or supplies which are not documented to be Medically Necessary. The fact that a Physician or other Provider has prescribed, ordered, recommended, or approved a service or supply does not in itself, make it Medically Necessary.
Investigative is defined as the use of any treatment procedure, facility, equipment, drug, device, or supply not yet recognized as a generally accepted standard of good medical practice for the treatment of the condition being treated and; therefore, is not considered medically necessary. For the definition of Investigative, "generally accepted standards of medical practice" means standards that are based on credible scientific evidence published in peer-reviewed medical literature generally recognized by the relevant medical community, and physician specialty society recommendations, and the views of medical practitioners practicing in relevant clinical areas and any other relevant factors. In order for equipment, devices, drugs or supplies [i.e, technologies], to be considered not investigative, the technology must have final approval from the appropriate governmental bodies, and scientific evidence must permit conclusions concerning the effect of the technology on health outcomes, and the technology must improve the net health outcome, and the technology must be as beneficial as any established alternative and the improvement must be attainable outside the testing/investigational setting.
POLICY HISTORY9/1992: Issued
2/1997: Revised: Limitation on number of tests; denial of repeat testing except in rare circumstances; moved two tests (nasal and conjunctival challenge) to Investigational list.
4/28/00 See clarification under POLICY.
5/23/2001: Code reference section updated; ICD-9 diagnosis codes 117.3, 496.7, and 708.3 deleted; non-covered codes table added
11/2001: Reviewed by MPAC; SDET or Rinkel Method changed to covered
2/11/2002: Investigational definition added
4/18/2002: Type of Service and Place of Service deleted
6/5/2002: Code Reference section updated
6/12/2002: ICD-9 diagnosis code 117.3, 692.73 and 708.3 added, CPT code 95078 moved to covered
11/3/2004: Code Reference section updated, CPT code 95078 description revised covered codes, ICD-9 diagnosis code range 477.0-477.9, 692.0-692.6, 692.72-692.74 listed separately covered codes, ICD-9 diagnosis 989.5 description revised covered codes, ICD-9 diagnosis code 692.84, E906.4, V15.01, V15.02, V15.03, V15.04, V15.05, V15.06, V15.07, V15.08, V15.09 added
09/12/2006: Coding Updated. ICD-9 2006 revisions added to policy
10/25/2006: Policy updated to include allergy testing limits are per day
12/21/2006: Code reference section updated per the 2007 CPT/HCPCS revisions
1/3/2007: Serial endpoint testing (SET) moved to investigational per BCBSA policy
1/4/2007: Code reference section updated; CPT 95027 moved to non-covered; describes SET
8/17/2007: Policy section partially re-written for clarity; no change in policy
8/22/2007: Code reference section reviewed. CPT 95015 moved to non-covered; describes SET
12/12/2007:Code reference section updated per the 2008 CPT/HCPCS revisions
12/24/2008: Code reference section updated per the 2009 CPT/HCPCS revisions
6/16/2009: Policy statement updated. Additional information regarding Serial Endpoint Testing (SET) added to the description section of the policy. Policy statement updated to include medically necessary indcations for Serial Endpoint Testing (SET). CPT code 95027 moved to covered table.
6/24/2009: CPT code 95015 moved to covered table
7/16/2009: Policy revisions approved by Medical Policy Advisory Committee (MPAC)
9/29/2009: Code reference section updated. Description revised for ICD-9 code V15.06. ICD-9 diagnosis code 995.2 deleted from covered table due to code was deleted as of 10-1-2006. CPT procedure code 95078 deleted from covered table due to code was deleted as of 12-31-2006.
03/22/2010: Code reference section updated. Code description revised for CPT code 82784.
07/08/2010: Policy description unchanged. Policy statement regarding serial endpoint testing revised to change the term "systemic reaction" to "systemic allergic reaction." Intent of policy statement unchanged.
08/20/2011: Deleted information regarding leukocyte histamine release test (LHRT) and removed 86343 from the Code Reference section.
07/12/2012: Added the following to the Policy Exceptions section: Hood Container Corp Union and Non-Union plans do not have a limit on allergy injections and testing.
12/21/2012: Added the following new 2013 CPT codes to the Code Reference section: 95017, 95018, 95076, and 95079.
08/26/2015: Medical policy revised to add ICD-10 codes. Removed deleted CPT codes 95010, 95015, and 95075 from the Code Reference section.
04/13/2016: Policy guidelines updated to add medically necessary and investigative definitions.
06/07/2016: Policy number L.2.01.428 added.
SOURCE(S)TEC Evaluations 1990: In Vitro Allergy Testing, p. 56
TEC Evaluations 1987: pp. 185 and 193
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association policy #2.01.23
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association policy #2.04.42
Hayes Medical Technology Directory
CODE REFERENCEThis may not be a comprehensive list of procedure codes applicable to this policy.
The code(s) listed below are ONLY medically necessary if the procedure is performed according to the "Policy" section of this document.
Covered Codes
This is not an all-inclusive list of non-covered procedure codes.
The code(s) listed below and ANY code not listed in the previous section are considered non-covered for this procedure.
Non-Covered Codes
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Trucking industry groups accept more needs to be done to improve safety, after two fatal crashes in the eight days since a campaign was launched to reduce the number of people killed in truck accidents.
The two men killed in the accidents, at Kerikeri on Tuesday and on the East Coast last week, are the latest victims in an industry desperate to improve its safety record.
Both crashes were between two trucks.
First Union transport and logistics secretary Karl Andersen has called for an investigation into the cause of heavy vehicle accidents, saying many drivers are being put under pressure to drive for longer shifts.
Road Transport Forum chief executive Ken Shirley said the safety of the industry had drastically improved in the last 15 years but he admitted more needed to be done to crack down on the "three big causes" of crashes: speed, inattention and fatigue.
Mr Shirley said it was important for the reputation of the industry that companies and individuals continued to condemn the actions of drivers who broke rules by speeding or failing to keep strict log books.
"A vast majority of accidents aren't caused by the truck, but a significant number are. Unfortunately, just as cars are involved in accidents, from time to time trucks are," Mr Shirley said.
"It's very regrettable, it's very costly, it's very expensive and often very tragic and we would all like to say there'll be no more accidents."
Since last week's launch by police of the month-long Operation Austrans - targeting the heavy vehicle road transport sector on speed, fatigue and vehicle compliance - officers have inspected more than 1000 heavy vehicles and issued more than 400 infringements and warnings.
National road policing manager Superintendent Carey Griffiths said there had been only one warning about driver fatigue but "sadly it has been marred by two fatal crashes since the operation was launched".
There have been multiple other serious crashes involving trucks in the last week, including a crash between two trucks that closed part of State Highway 4 near Mt Ruapehu yesterday.
Road Transport Association general manager Dennis Robertson said the trucking industry needed to "constantly improve" its safety record.
"The professional driving fraternity ... take it very seriously."
Mr Robertson said technology that tracked the speed and time that trucks were being driven was gradually being introduced by commercial companies, and would eventually result in most trucks across the country being monitored to ensure drivers were being safe.
He said most companies were "embracing this technology" to further ensure drivers met their responsibilities on the roads.
However, Mr Robertson said "sheer" physics meant any crash involving a truck was likely to be more serious than other crashes.
"If a truck is involved in a crash the chances are someone's going to die. That's a reality," Mr Robertson said.
"I think you've got to stand back and say of course there's going to be crashes where people are unfortunately going to be killed. All we can do is continue to get the [safety] message out there."
Operation Austrans:
Since its launch on May 20:
• 1079 heavy vehicles stopped: 13 coaches and buses, 406 truck and trailer units, 47 articulated trucks, 234 B-Trains and 379 rigid trucks
• 866 roadside drug and alcohol tests, no offenders
• 93 warnings to heavy vehicle operators
• 363 infringements, including speed (53), seat belts (11), maintenance/vehicle faults (90), dangerous goods offences (10), excess weight/loading issues (42)
The operation concludes on June 16


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A local man is facing charges after police say he called 911 several times to report false incidents and on one occasion, pretended to be a police officer.
Teon Arrington, 19, is charged with three counts of making false alarms and another count of impersonating a police officer.
According to Hamilton County court documents, Arrington called 911 on Monday and told the dispatcher he was an off duty officer involved in a shooting.
The report was false.
Arrington is also accused of calling 911 on two other occasions to report a false crime.
His bond was set at $5,000 during an arraignment on Tuesday.
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Million dollar snowfall is a good start for lakes area
Unfortunately for area students, the weekend snowfall only delayed most schools by two hours, but the 8.5-in. to over a foot of snow reported in the lakes area will have a positive financial impact.
"This is a million dollar snow," said one enthusiast of the recent storm. "It'll get people up here snowmobiling, eating at area restaurants and staying at our resorts."
Snowmobilers will have some of the best snow pack in years in which to enjoy area trail rides.
Reports of up to 18-inches of snow were noted. In fact, late Sunday afternoon the Minnesota State Patrol closed Hwy. 210 in the western most counties of the state and then shut down I-94 from Alexandria to Moorhead. White-out conditions and heavy snowfall forced the closures.
The weekend snow dump did produce some of the best downhill skiing at Mount Ski Gull and cross country skiers should find trails in the best condition in years.
Area businesses that count on an average snowfall should find this recent storm a door buster. Sellers of snowblowers, plows, shovels and roof rakes should have only one difficulty — keeping up with demand.
Snowmobile sales and rentals have slumped in recent years due to lack of good snow cover.
Kids, those who enjoy building snow forts and digging tunnels, should have enough to build until they are exhausted. (Everyone, except school-age children, is thankful that the region was not belted with the three to four feet that hit the Eastern Seaboard states.)
Heavy snow this winter might even dull the edge of the state's severe drought conditions. Up to 70 percent of the state had been hit with a year or two of extremely dry conditions, which hampered corn, wheat and soybean crop harvests.
Of course, the folks along the Red River will pay a price for all of this snowfall come spring break up. That flood-prone western part of the state will be flooded as the snow melts. (I'm sure most of those folks are hoping for a slow melt.)
Whatever the downside might be for the last major snowfall, it's almost certain that the near-term benefits will far outweigh the negatives of the spring thaw.
One more positive impact of a heavy snow pack is the refilling of ponds, wetlands and lakes that dominate our region's landscape.
Get out and enjoy the benefits of a real winter.
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Lake Charles' Billy Ray Harris, 38, has been charged in connection with the July 2012 death of his ex-wife. Harris was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in the death of 38-year-old Raymona L. Gilmore, who was found in her trailer at Quailridge Mobile Estate Park. (American Press Archives)
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:06 PM
A Lake Charles man has been charged in connection with the July death of his ex-wife, authorities said Tuesday.
Billy Ray Harris, 38, was already jailed at the Calcasieu Correctional Center on drug charges.
He was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in the death of 38-year-old Raymona L. Gilmore. She was found in her trailer at Quailridge Mobile Estate Park, said Kim Myers, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman.
Gilmore was found unresponsive in her home on July 29, Myers said.
Harris has been in jail on drug charges since the day before Gilmore's body was found, she said.
"He had a pretty high bond on some drug charges, so we knew he wasn't going anywhere," Sheriff Tony Mancuso said. "We had a lot of evidence that we needed to get back from the crime lab. We had subpoenaed a lot of records — phone records, credit card records. It just took a lot of time."
Mancuso declined to say how Gilmore was killed.
He said the Sheriff's Office did "everything we could to exclude (Harris), and it just keeps coming back to him."
Judge Wilford Carter set Harris' bond at $500,000, Myers said. His bond on the drug charges totaled $50,000.
"We still have a lot to do," Mancuso said. "We've only got one step made; we've made an arrest. Probable cause and being able to make an arrest is a long way from being able to get a conviction. This is just one step, and now the process really begins."
Posted By: Rushell migues On: 8/28/2016
They can keep you up to a year
Posted By: Brad Lafleur On: 9/17/2015
Title: Friends
I don't know what happened and I never knew billy to be that way , I am a friend of billy and Ashley Broussard , we all use to live together at one time. He had a problem with drugs and so did I! But for him to kill someone ? Hmmm... Not likely , but who knows ? Drugs , meth! Is the devil ! I am a witness to that! We all have our own demons to fight, only God can help you with! I'll be praying for you billy! You have to give it to Jesus !!! Love you billy and Ashley I miss y'all !!!
Posted By: ASHLEY DIANNE BROUSSARD WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOULD BE HARRIS On: 8/13/2013
Title: THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!1
If you really want to find the truth out then why dont you ask the authorities why they arent following up on ALL the leads?? Like the fact that there were other people that were invovled with them and were upset over secrets revealed 7 years prior? how about the states evidence that was turned over ? or what about the fact that no one in the trailer park heard any arguments or fighting? (And thats hard to beleive when you can the other tenents merely walkoing their trailers while you sit in yours!) Why don't you give the defendent an actual innocent until proven guilty chance? Why is it that they can hold him 90 days with out ANY evidentiary PROOF of guilt and no ARRAIGNMENT? after 90 days- for those of you who dont know- if the have not given you an arraignment they HAVE TO RELEASE YOU! instead these wonderful officers of our great and justified Calcasieu Investigation Squad have accidentally lost his paperwork on the 89th day and started his 90 days over JUST TO KEEP HIM THERE! you really wanna know why dateline has done THREE stories on Tony's ignorant group of neanderthals? ITS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL FELONIOUS!!! FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM! DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH PEOPLE TAKE THE WOOL OFF YOUR EYES! THEY ARE OFFERING UP THIS PERSON SO YOU SHEEPLE OUT THERE WILL FEEL THE FALSE SHROUD OF SAFETY! Oh Woe to he who bares false witness against his own brotheren! Your sins will find you out!!
Posted By: ASHLEY MEMOO BROUSSARD On: 7/6/2013
Title: NOT GULITY
I DO NOT THINK HE DID IT! I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS HIM! HOW DARE YOU SAY THIS DAD YOU ARE A LIAR ABD YOUR JUST MAD I WEBT TO SEE HIM AND NOT YOU! Slanderous!
Posted By: jim broussard On: 5/19/2013
Title: guilty
His girlfriend ashley broussard slipped up and said he did it.


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Airline industry recovering from UK-related terrorist plot against U.S. passenger jets…Statewide average price of gasoline edges up two cents per gallon…New BioHouston facility to provide low-cost lab access for start-up companies…
U.S. Senator John Cornyn says Americans shouldn't change their travel plans or lifestyles because of the thwarted United Kingdom-related terrorist plot against U.S. passenger jets. Airports across Texas have tightened security in response to word that British authorities foiled a terrorist plot involving commercial planes. Cornyn, during a stop in Austin, said this is not a time for people to withdraw within their doors, not travel–not do the things they would ordinarily do. Cornyn says it's a time for us to remain vigilant during what he calls "really the challenge of our generation." Houston Airport director Rick Vacar says this will be nowhere near the same as the disruptions of 9-11.
"Well, 9-11, we actually had the, you know, major fatalities and very spectacular events. This is significantly different from the standpoint that it was thwarted, so I don't think it will have a very significant effect at all, in terms of travel. Certainly some nervousness for a few days while people settle into this, but after the learning curve, I think it'll be fine."
Next month is the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks–and U.S. air carriers had been recovering. Houston-based Continental Airlines saw its profit in the April-through June period nearly double from one year earlier. American Airlines parent AMR last month reported its most profitable second quarter in eight years. AMR is based in Fort Worth. Airline analyst Bob Mann with R.W. Mann in New York says the biggest effect might be felt by business travelers.
"The immediate financial impact is perhaps not so severe on the industry. Most of the travel in August is booked long in advance and it's non-refundable, so it'll be recaptured. My concern going forward would be if the travel policy that exists in the UK today–which is, in essence, you can board with your passport and your wallet only–if that were to translate into a generally applied policy, I think you'd see business travel, in particular, really pretty adversely affected. And that's because business travelers really do not react well to the idea of, you know, checking their laptop, checking their Blackberry PDA, whatever–not having use of it in flight is not being productive–but also running the risk of those items could be damaged or lost or stolen, and have very little recourse."
Southwest Airlines spokesman Ed Stewart concedes that the "hassle factor" was a problem in 2001, but he predicts less disruption this time. He says customers of Dallas-based Southwest called with questions about new security procedures, but there is no evidence yet of travelers changing their plans. Shares in airlines and travel companies rallied today, appearing to confirm analysts' expectations that the economic impact of the discovery of a terrorist plot aimed at trans-Atlantic flights would be short-lived.
The statewide average price per gallon of gasoline edged up two cents this week–to reach $2.93. AAA Texas today reports problems with an Alaska oil pipeline, violence in the Middle East and the latest threat to airline security added uncertainty to the fuel market. The organization reports Corpus Christi had the lowest average price for self-serve regular, at $2.85 per gallon. Amarillo had the highest average, at $2.93 per gallon. The nationwide average this week for regular self-serve gasoline is $3.03 per gallon–or an increase of three cents.
BP says it will comply with a federal order to conduct rigorous tests of its Alaska oil pipelines to get constant updates on the pipes' health. But it also indicates a shutdown caused by severe corrosion and leaks may not be as bad as feared. BP thinks it may be able to avoid shutting down its entire Prudhoe Bay oil field while 16 miles of new pipeline are installed. That would keep more than a third of the 400,000-barrel a day supply flowing. Oil continues to flow from the western side. And analysts say the shutdown of the eastern half is unlikely to cause short-term problems for refineries. They typically have 30-to-45-day stockpiles. One analyst says a prolonged shutdown could cause problems if refineries have to seek out crude elsewhere. Federal regulators late Thursday gave BP permission to keep the field's Western line operating, but ordered it to conduct more rigorous pipeline inspections. BP also must pass a series of tests before restarting pipes it shut down.
ConocoPhillips is freeing itself from liability on crude oil deliveries out of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. It's the area where BP is shutting down production due to corrosion in its pipelines. Houston-based ConocoPhillips today declared force majeure. That clause in a contract frees one or both parties from liability when an extraordinary event outside of its control takes place. The net production impacts are estimated to be up to 125,000 barrels per day. Britain's BP owns about 26 percent of the Prudhoe Bay field and is responsible for operating it for the other partial owners, which are Irving-based Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips. BP said it isn't declaring force majeure on deliveries of oil, because its portion of crude from the field goes primarily to its own refineries in Washington and California.
Anadarko Petroleum has closed on its $16.4 billion buyout of fellow oil and natural gas producer Kerr-McGee. The move came after shareholders for Oklahoma-based Kerr-McGee agreed to the deal. Houston-based Anadarko announced the agreement in June. The deal calls for Kerr-McGee to be combined with Anadarko subsidiary APC Acquisitions–but for Kerr-McGee to be the surviving Corporation under Anadarko.
Electronics retailer RadioShack announced plans to reduce its work force by up to 16 percent. RadioShack says most of the cuts will happen at its Fort Worth headquarters. RadioShack will eliminate from 400 to 450 positions across its support functions at the headquarters, distribution centers and call centers in Tarrant County. Overall that group has about 2,800 employees. RadioShack says the move is meant to reduce overhead expenses and improve the company's long-term competitive position in the marketplace. Employees will be notified in early September. RadioShack is still working out severance packages. In other cost-cutting measures, RadioShack has closed 480 underperforming stores, consolidated its distribution centers and liquidated slow moving merchandise.
More than 350 life science professionals at BioHouston's annual meeting were shown close-up details of a new Houston facility that will give start-up companies low-cost lab access for testing potential company-building discoveries. BioHouston CEO Jacqueline Northcutt Waugh says there have been roadblocks for start-up companies.
"Ten years ago, a company could have a scientific discovery and they could go out to a venture capital and raise $3 million. And they'd probably spend most of that $3 million on building a management team, you know, acquiring an office space, building out wet labs and buying all brand-new equipment. And they'd spend about $3 million and they still wouldn't, you know, they wouldn't have gotten them as far as their investors wanted before they invest."
Waugh says most companies burn through start-up money just setting up an infrastructure.
"Now the investors are requiring animal or human data before they invest. So what we've gotta do is we've gotta figure out a way that these companies can acquire some data–you know, do the work that they need to do, do the experiments that they need to do–to get the data on a very cost-efficient basis. And not spend $3 million to go start up a business, that they can actually spend a few thousand dollars and get in immediately to the wet labs, share wet labs, share equipment, and produce the data that they can then, in turn, take to investors."
The resource center, within a mile of the Texas Medical Center, will provide access to not only wet lab bench space, but the office space, equipment, high-speed Internet, phones, mail service and other tools needed to open a business. More than a dozen start-ups will be using the BioHouston Resource Center by the end of the year.
Two Illinois towns won't be scrambling to fund environmental studies and other work to try to win the first near-zero emissions power plant. Illinois will provide another $730,000 to Tuscola and Mattoon–which are finalists for the $1 billion FutureGen project. The money comes on top of a $17 million grant from a clean coal technology fund to be used for incentives to lure the project to Illinois. Two sites in Texas are the other finalists–areas near Jewett and Odessa. FutureGen promises about 1,300 jobs during its construction and another 150 permanent jobs once it's built. The site is set to be chosen late next year by the FutureGen Alliance, a consortium of coal and power companies that is developing the project with the Energy Department.
Four Texas sites have made the first cut in a bid to be home to a proposed federal lab that would study the nation's most dangerous disease threats. Three of the Texas sites are in San Antonio. Brooks Development Authority and Brooks City-Base Foundation, the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research and the Texas Research and Technology Foundation are among 18 finalists in 11 states. They're being considered by the Department of Homeland Security for the $450 million national bio- and agro-defense facility. Texas A&M University in College Station also remains in the running, according to the department's announcement this week. By the end of the year, the department will narrow the list of finalists further, with the final selection expected in early 2008. Initial plans are for 250 full-time lab workers to develop countermeasures against human and animal diseases that could be used as terrorist weapons.
Enron investors seeking to recover $40 billion in losses tied to the energy trader's collapse won a delay in the trial of their fraud claims against former bankers until April 2007. U.S. district Judge Melinda Harmon postponed the October 16th trial to allow investors time to combine claims against investment firms and lenders, including Merrill Lynch and Toronto-Dominion Bank. The new trial date is April 9th.
Food service company Aramark is being acquired by an investment group led by its longtime chief executive for $6.3 billion, plus the assumption of about $2 billion in debt, in a deal expected to close by early next year. Aramark has contracts with various public facilities here in Houston, and has some 240,000 employees serving clients in 20 countries. Philadelphia-based Aramark, which provides food services, facilities management and uniform apparel to hospitals, schools, stadiums and arenas, will become a private company after the transaction closes.
Houston-based MI SWACO is acquiring Aberdeen, Scotland-based Specialized Petroleum Services Group Limited, which specializes in wellbore clean-up solutions. The operations will be joined under the newly-formed well-bore assurance and productivity business unit.
July's Purchasing Manager's Index of 60.4 is the lowest recorded in 2006, furthering a trend of slow decline over the past four months, according to the National Association of Purchasing Management. The PMI is based on a monthly survey of some 80 purchasing executives in oil and gas exploration and production, manufacturing, engineering and construction, chemicals, distribution, business and financial services and healthcare. The report says Houston's economy continues growing, but at a less fervent rate than earlier in the year, expressed in part by the sales component. The eight components of the PMI also include production, employment, purchases, prices paid and inventory levels.
Business inventories rose at a faster-than-expected pace in June. That was as consumers slowed their spending for a variety of products, including automobiles. The Commerce Department says inventories surged eight-tenths of one percent. Business sales during the month were up a tepid two-tenths. The inventory-to-sales ratio stood at 1.26, which measures the number of months it would take for a firm to sell out its inventory.
Despite the pressure caused by rising gasoline prices, the Commerce Department says retail sales roared back to life last month. The increase of 1.4 percent is much stronger than expected and was broadly based. The best showing in six months came after a June decline. Sales rose at stores selling electronics and appliances, building and garden supplies, health and beauty goods, and furniture. Sales also went up at bars and restaurants. Even auto dealerships saw improvement. Says economist Mark Zandi with Moody's Economy.com: "Consumers appear to be hanging tough and are doing their part to ensure that the economic expansion remains intact."
A new state-funded survey released today says most Hurricane Katrina evacuees still living in Texas don't have jobs–and nearly half live in households with incomes of less than $500 a month. The survey by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission found that about a quarter of a million Katrina victims still live in Texas. The agency paid about $650,000 for the survey of 6,400 evacuees. Results show that 41 percent of the evacuees living in Texas reported household income of less than $500 a month. Eighty-one percent of evacuees are black, 59 percent are still jobless, and most are low-income, with at least one child at home. Officials say the results will help the commission, the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Workforce Commission better estimate caseloads and the need for expanded budgets as they lay out appropriations requests to the legislature this fall.
Governor Rick Perry says the state should resume a program that provides discounts for poor electricity customers. In a letter to the Texas Public Utility Commission, Perry asks the agency to submit a budget proposal that includes the discount program. The program was created in 1999 as part of an electric deregulation law. It provides rate discounts of ten percent for low-income Texans. The discount is financed by a fee on electric bills–typically about 65 cents per bill. But recent state budgets have redirected the generated funds to other areas of the budget. State Representative Sylvester Turner earlier sent a letter to the governor, lieutenant governor and the Speaker of the House asking for the immediate reinstatement of moneies to the System Benefit Fund. Governor Perry says the state should restart the discount or stop collecting the fees that are meant to fund it. Three of Perry's opponents in the November election–Democrat Chris Bell and Independents Kinky Friedman and Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn–have also said the discount should be restored.
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A Fort Worth legislator has asked Attorney General Greg Abbott to investigate a poorly performing stock purchase by the Employees Retirement System of Texas. The board purchased 80,000 shares of stock in Kinetic Concepts. The San Antonio medical equipment company was founded by Republican donor James Leininger. The investment is a fraction of the $22 billion trust. A jury last week found Leininger's company failed to prove that another medical group infringed on its patents. Shares of Kinetic then fell more than 40 percent. Democratic House member Lon Burnam estimate the drop cost the retirement system about $1.5 million. A spokeswoman for the trust disputed the estimate. A Leininger aide says there's no merit to Burnam's complaint–and calls it a political attack. Abbott's office will review Burnam's letter.
Several ground crew workers in Houston got sick today from fumes while dealing with an item in the cargo hold of a Continental Airlines jet. Authorities say no passengers were affected on the flight that had just arrived at Bush Intercontinental Airport from Fort Myers, Florida. Hazardous materials teams were called to the scene. At least three workers required medical attention–mainly for eye irritation. Officials were looking at whether the fumes were associated with some U.S. Postal Service packages being unloaded.
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Texas will lift some trucking rules to allow the emergency delivery of hay to feed livestock as the drought continues. Governor Rick Perry announced he's directed the Texas Department of Transportation to temporarily waive certain trucking restrictions. Perry says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated a 77 percent loss in hay production in Texas. Tex-Dot is expected to suspend permitting rules and legal height restriction for round hay bales, and associated permit fees, for carriers hauling the livestock feed. The suspension–for those rules only–will run until October 31st. Also, truckers hauling loads exceeding 14 feet high must contact Tex-Dot to get an expedited route. A similar order earlier this year from Perry expired April 30th.
The South Texas Civil Rights Project has sued ORC Industries on behalf of one of the nonprofit's former employees. The suit filed in Brownsville accuses the company–which makes garments for the federal government–of fraud and labor law violations. The lawsuit filed yesterday on behalf of Cesar Arizmendi alleges the rate he was paid was artificially low, in some cases just $2 an hour. ORC Industries says it doesn't comment on pending lawsuits, but that it's strived to carefully follow the laws and regulations that govern employment and operations. The Brownsville Herald reports ORC is allowed to pay some disabled employees less than the federal minimum wage because the majority of its employees are disabled. Disabled workers like Arizmendi are paid by the piece–based on the number of garments they can produce.
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States this week rose by 23 to 1,728. Of the rigs running nationwide, 1,409 were exploring for gas and 315 for oil, Houston-based Baker Hughes reported today. Four were listed as miscellaneous. A year ago, the rig count was 1,429. Baker Hughes has kept track of the count since 1944. The tally peaked at 4,530 in 1981, during the height of the oil boom. Several record lows were set in 1999, bottoming out at 488. Of the major oil- and gas-producing states, Texas gained 19 rigs.


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I think all of us at times go through lulls, feeling despondent and even depressed with all of this darkness. Why would we not? How could we not? After all we are looking a 99% of dark depressive news and material most of the time. At times we think to ourselves, Is there ever going to be some good news? Even when we do see some light, a dash of hope, it soon gets quashed by the darkness.
So please don't feel alone, strange or isolated when you feel everyone around you (the sheople) are just having fun and you seem to be in this dark vacuum and not wanting to mix alongside these blue pills. You are not really alone, there are hundreds of thousands of us feeling this isolation, maybe even millions of us. It is tough being and thinking so differently. Having completely different priorities in life other than just having selfish fun. It's almost surreal caring about what is happening to this world, when almost everyone around you doesn't.
The purpose of highlighting these areas, even though they are negative, is to seep ourselves in the realities of what we have to face on a day to day level being awake. It is important to objectively face this reality. Like a doctor needs to evaluate the condition of a diseased patient, like a surveyor needs to access the deterioration of a neglected property and like a car mechanic needs to inspect a corroding dilapidated vehicle. This has to be done before any improvement, renovation and repairs can be made. This is realism, it is an honest appraisal and it is actually positive in the long run.
But also this will allow many of us to have an understanding why we naturally would feel very downbeat to say the least from time to time.
10 areas of this agenda which at times can make us quite despondent
1/. Viewing the hard kill
Just look at the material we have to view on our computer screens, and even in the main stream media. The maiming of sweet children, the innocents, the gory blood-stained clothing, the wailing of those who have lost loved ones, the fear, the tears. These never-ending wars, with the intensity of suffering of others – others out there. Our brothers and sisters. Such injustice to humankind.
Its bad enough just observing this as a blue pill, but tenfold as bad for those of us in the know. When we know this is all a deliberate destruction by International Jewry, by the dark force. We know these people are innocent and we feel so impotent to help them, amongst this web of deceit and mind control. These poor poor people – so much pain, so much unnecessary endless suffering. And deep in our hearts, we know this is on the menu for us at some point down the line.
And we're not supposed to get down about this(?)
2/. Viewing the soft kill
And if the hard kill destruction wasn't heavy enough a subject to deal with. We have an equally destructive attack in our own lives – soft kill of the goyim. Behind the facade of fun in the sun, the ice creams, the cinema, the music festivals; we are being slowly systematically murdered. There isn't really another way of saying this. Perhaps eugenics, depopulation, but its gentle murder all the same. How many of us now know people, or have known people who have died of cancer, or other deadly diseases? Loved ones perished in this soft kill. It's become the new norm. In fact it's almost a bonus now to be half healthy. We are being poisoned in every conceivable way. And this is just packaged as modern living. And again we feel so impotent to stop it.
And we're not supposed to get down about this(?)
3/. Sheople around us
Then we try to warn our fellow humankind; and what do they do? – CHOOSE to go into denial mode. Deny the blatant agenda, deny the organised corruption, deny that the people who are supposed to be looking after us have an intent to harm us. Willful ignorance and child-like naive trust in Big Brother. Big brother says everything is ok, so everything must be ok. We have to go about our lives mixing with these idiots. Listening to their insane selfish conversations. Listening to them laughing and giggling away in bars, restaurants and cafes over trivia, whilst the world around them is being destroyed.
And we're not supposed to get down about this(?)
4/. Blue pill loved ones
And what is especially hurtful is to see our loved ones accepting this agenda. Accepting their subservience, accepting the kosher narrative from their gogglebox (TV) in the corner of their living rooms. Trusting their newspapers and repeating this garbage as if it's their own thoughts. Likewise with their academia (indoctrination) that they have been fed. And to think they have to pay for this mind control. Our spouses/partners, our siblings, our children, our parents, our closest family members; watching all of them suffering, yet pretending to themselves they are not suffering and somehow things will just work out in the end. All of them ignoring or mocking our silly little conspiracy theories.
And we're not supposed to get down about this(?)
5/. Demonization from the media
We have to put up with the JMSM mocking those of us who are awake. They're crafty bastards because they don't do it in an obvious way so that the blue pills will notice. It's always covert. Through comedies and so-called documentaries. They are laughing at us. They are effectively saying "We know you know that we know you know – and we don't care – ha ha ha." They taunt us with indirect labels as terrorists, that we're insane, that we're ignorant, or even that we're gullible conspiracy theorists. And that we insult the victims of these atrocities (which are really hoaxes). Such friggin hubris.
And we're not supposed to get down about this(?)
6/. Legal threats
And for those of us who dare to stand up to the beast; we get threatened. We get penalized through fines, penalties, curfews, threats of incarceration, threats of being homeless, threats of losing our slave positions. Intimidation of freedoms and privacy. Watched, spied on, monitored, regulated, controlled. Big brother will just not put up with any awkward slaves. How dare we contest their narrative of events. How dare we challenge the system. How dare we demand freedom. How dare we protest their plans to destroy us.
And we're not supposed to get down about this(?)
7/. Truther apathy
For those of us who are trying to do our bit; it sometimes feels we are the only ones who care – I mean really care. Yea sure we know people around us who are awake and sympathize with us and share all the links. But when it comes to doing something, on a regular basis, we feel so alone. This can be soul destroying; draining. As if we haven't got enough to deal with, without having to constantly motivate others to try to prevent their own destruction.
But behind all their emotive rhetoric and well-meaning sound-bites, there doesn't seem to be any drive in them. Like they don't give f**k about their future. They'ld rather just have fun and enjoy their selfish sense gratifications.
They cannot really care, otherwise they would override their apathy and fear and just do. They would automatically just get on with fighting in this war. Nobody is asking them to do anything outstanding or dramatic, just lots of little on a regular basis. Regular leafleting, design and produce posters, create their own fliers, burn DVDs, attend demos to propagate real Truth, etc. There are a thousand things one can do. But in most cases it's just moan, moan, moan and whizzing across scary links and lots of rhetoric on what they intend to do and what we should do.
And we're not supposed to get down about this(?)
8/. Half-Truthers and shills
Then when we attend meet ups and demos we have to contend with the half-Truthers. The trusting long-term truthers who refuse to go beyond what their guru David Icke says. They express how irritated they get with the sheople around them for not waking up, but are equally dismissive when it comes to any information beyond the controlled opposition they loyally cling to. It's insane. Yet more mind control.
And we're not supposed to get down about this(?)
9/. Depravity and destruction
As with both hard kill and soft kill, we have to observe the carnage in this world. However this particular area specifically focuses on the immorality and deprivation we can now see in our society. The sexualization of our youth and even children. The filth which is now sneaking into the main stream media. The normalization of sexual trends away from nature. The zombie themes, the degrading of the human body, the trivialization of traditional values and culture. The MTV talk and culture seeping into our very lives. All this social engineering through predictive programming. Destruction of goodness, values, ethics, morals and a promotion of satanic/demonic driven cultures.
And we're not supposed to get down about this(?)
10/. In-betweeners
To me this is one of my most disheartening and frustrating areas of all. That the people in society who are supposed to be directly looking after us, who are being paid to protect us, are the actual ones who are enslaving and oppressing us on behalf of these criminals. Sheep controlling the sheep.
These in-betweeners: the police, the army, the council officials, the debt collectors, the traffic wardens, the plastic police (Community Support Officers), the social services. All mind-controlled sellouts. Double traitors in costumes. Every one of them have sold their souls to the dark side. They are our own stock, born and bread with us and living amongst us; yet have chosen mammon above ethics and common sense. Shame on you, you traitors.
And we're not supposed to get down about this(?)
So for those of us who have chosen the red pill, these are the realities we are having to face on a daily basis. So please don't beat yourself up if you are getting down about all of this. It's all very well saying "Be positive" and having a stiff upper lip. But at some point we have to acknowledge that it is perfectly normal and natural to feel depressed by this harsh brutal reality. These ugly Truths and insanity are cumulatively going to bring us down from time to time.
You are not going mad – it's just the madness around you.
However, we really have to try hard and not succumb to the darkness. Otherwise it's killed us even before our deaths. We must not let this beast destroy our souls, our very spirit. This is ultimately what this war is about. An energy war attacking our very essence – our souls.
Try every trick in the book to defend yourself from potential depression and pessimism. Take weeks off at a time if necessary, treat yourself to a weekend break, have the occasional message, eat well, try to have some fun, do some exercises – especially a walk in nature, regular meditation and prayer. Confine in others who are awake. But most of all, try and connect up to a spiritual position. Tap into your inner strength within.
It is crucial that we try and not wash our sorrows and depression in additions of any form ……alcohol, weed, porn, gambling, junk food, etc. All of these will induce depression and make any depression worse. It will pertain to the darkness – remember this is all about energy in an energy war. Time to clean up and pure up.
One of the best ways of tackling despondency and potential defeatism is by taking action. Physically doing something in some small way to try to combat this beast; especially with others on a regular basis is an enormous antidote to any depression and feeling of lack of hope. It is very motivational and always gives you the knowledge that whatever happens – you know in your heart you did your bit.
WW~Notes: Digger has eloquently provided the primary reasons for my absence of late, these last months being the longest. Being in this movement is akin to being infected by a lethal virus. Chances for success, meaning long-term staying power, depend on how we absorb the lethal bacterial information. Some will be able to fight it off, while others will succumb to its effects. Unfortunately, I fell to the latter and was forced to retreat until I could build up an immunity, so to speak.


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my trans slips going into high or overdrive. will a fluid and filter change help this problem.
There is a chance it will help some but there is a good chance that you have internal damage already if it is slipping in those gears.
Hate to say it, but that is what mine started doing before the tranny puked. The filter flush might fix it or finish it. Sometimes servicing an outgoing tranny is the last nail in the coffin.
It could help it IF the filter is plugged up from crud that is restricting the fluid flow & reducing pressure, or IF the filter tube is not sealed & is sucking air. Have you checked your trans fluid level? Low fluid level that allows the pump to suck air will also cause this.
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