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Aussie supermodel Elle Macpherson has a new man in her life, Brian John Burgess, 56, who she meet on the celebrity internet dating service Devil Called Love
Burgess, who happens to be a convicted cocaine smuggler, has a removal company in London called Aussie Man&Van, helped the 44-year-old model move from Notting Hill, West London, to nearby Ladbroke Grove, and became friendly with her.
He had been found guilty of drug trafficking by the NSW District Court in 1996, and sentenced to four years jail after he attempted to smuggle 2kg of cocaine from the US inside hollowed-out books.
The news about the relationship between the two came up when Burgess, who was looking at new Jaguars in a showroom in Chelsea, mentioned it.
"The salesman was an Aussie and they were getting on great," News.com.au quoted an onlooker as having told News of the World.
"Brian was saying how he had been seeing a new girlfriend for a few weeks." He added, I've got to go, she's picking me up. Then Elle turns up in her car. I couldn't believe it," the onlooker added.
Aussie Man&Van manager John Hess last night said Burgess' conviction was "all in the past."
But now has come out and said it's all not true.
In a statement the 44-year-old model and mother of two emphatically denied any romantic association with Brian Burgess who was found of guilty of drug trafficking in Australia in 1996. He was deported to England after spending four years in jail and now lives in London where he runs a removal company, according to a flurry of press reports.
"Miss Macpherson is disappointed her friendship with Mr Burgess has been so casually misrepresented for commercial sensationalism. Furthermore Miss Macpherson has a reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to her personal life; in the absence of a romantic element, the publication of the photograph and the innuendo created by it is a gross interference of Miss Macpherson's rights," said the statement.
The statement said that Miss Macpherson was aware of Burgess's past conduct and also that he has and continues to take significant steps toward restoring his life.
"Any continued misrepresentation or invasion of privacy is likely to be the subject of legal proceedings," the statement concluded.
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1570s, from China + -ese. As a noun from c.1600. Chinee (n.) is a vulgar back-formation from this word on the mistaken notion that the word is a plural. As an adjective, Chinish also was used 16c. Chinese fire-drill "chaotic situation of many people rushing around futilely" is attested by 1962, U.S. military slang. The game Chinese checkers is attested from 1938.


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Three men facing charges in connection with the theft of almost £200,000 worth of fertiliser from a Wirral cargo handling firm appeared at Liverpool Crown Court for the first time today, Friday.
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36-year-old Sargent is accused of stealing 26 loads of urea fertiliser worth £194,747 from his employers, NW Trading, based in Cavendish Wharf, Birkenhead, between March 1, 2012 and October 10 last year.
Duggan, 59, and Edwards, 73, are both charged with handling stolen fertiliser over the same 19 month period.
The trio were further remanded on bail until August 29 when they are expected to enter their pleas.
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Parking rates are 50 cents per hour (for a maximum of three hours) and the kiosks take bills, coins and credit cards ($1 minimum). The kiosks are currently located at least one per block. Parking is enforced from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week.
Traditional coin meters will still be in use in Collingswood past Powell and Fern Aves and in the Borough Hall and Atlantic Ave lots, underneath the PATCO speedline, although those will hopefully also see updates soon. The Borough will trade in the current coin meter heads for more reliable electronic coin meters to replace blocks that do not yet have kiosks. Collingswood hopes to eventually buy 10 more kiosks to replace all old meters in town. The new parking garage, part of the LumberYard Condo development, opened in spring 2011 and add more than 100 public spaces to the downtown.
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HAVING failed to reach the qualifying time in last night's 100 metres butterfly final, Geoff Huegill admits he now has a nervous wait to see if head coach Leigh Nugent uses his discretion and selects him in the team for the world championships.
As expected, Huegill won the event - seven years after he last won the 100 butterfly national title - but his time of 52.36 seconds was 0.11 seconds adrift of the qualifying standard Nugent had set.
In Huegill's favour is that Australia will need a butterfly swimmer for the 4 x 100 medley relay and no one posted a qualifying time in the 200 butterfly either.
If Nugent decides to do this when the team is picked tomorrow, Huegill will then be able to swim the individual event in Shanghai in July.
Huegill was happy with his win last night, but deflated he missed the qualifying time. ''I guess I wait nervously like everyone else.
''It would have been good to sneak under 52. It wasn't one of my better swims, but overall it's about doing what is needed to be done to make it from one stage to the next.''
The time was well behind the 51.69 Huegill swam at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi last year.
A year ago Matt Abood missed the national team and was the odd man out. He watched as training partners Andrew Lauterstein, Eamon Sullivan and Huegill all made the team for the Commonwealth Games.
''I could have gone about it by being very disappointed and go into a hole, but the other way was to make the most of it and use it as an opportunity to improve myself, and I think I did that and it's shown at this meet,'' he said after winning the 50m freestyle and booking a world championship spot.
''I've improved my times a lot from last year and I'm swimming as fast as ever. It feels like yesterday I was standing here last year and feeling that disappointment. To come back and win tonight and put it together in a final situation is a great feeling.''
While his teammates went to Delhi and also the Pan Pacific titles in California, Abood travelled to Europe to race and train. He said it was the making of him.
He won last night in 22.02, just 0.02 under the qualifying time. Second place went to Matt Targett (22.15) who, as he is already on the team in the 4 x 100 relay, can also swim the event in Shanghai, despite missing the qualifying time.
Belinda Hocking last night added the 200 backstroke title to the 100 she won earlier in the week, and claimed an Australian record along the way. Her 2:06.88 lowered the national mark by 0.53. Second was former record-holder Meagen Nay (2:08.08).
''I've never got an Australian record,'' said Hocking, who has won the past three 200 titles. ''For me tonight, it was not only getting the record, but I wanted to keep the title-holder position, and after three years it's looking good for next year now.''
In the women's 50 butterfly final, reigning world champion Marieke Guehrer won a thriller, just 0.01 ahead of Alice Mills in 26.42, while Katie Goldman won the women's 800 final, but her 8:28.49 was well outside the qualifying standard.


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- Early check-in fee: USD 20.00
- Refrigerator fee: USD 10.00 per stay
- In-room microwave fee: USD 7.00 per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 15.00 per stay
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...and deserve this assurance and accountability that only a paper trail can provide. Please ban DRE voting machines nationally. It is of utmost importance that you protect the integrity of our electoral process. Thank you. Amy Christiansen Homer
...that Dick Cheney wants more war, since this one is going so well, in his opinion, and it is scary that he just may get his way, as we sit by and watch and Iran becomes the next target. We the people better wake up fast! Amy Christiansen Homer
...That we simply did not care what world we left them? We need to do this people, to save face and to right the many wrongs that are taking place. The entire world is watching us, and our grandchildren deserve better. Amy Christiansen Homer
...to keep them under control. Corporations seek our protection, and they just got it. This is absolutely ridiculous! Greed cannot run the world. It takes a conscience. Pay attention here. Stop corporate personhood now. Amy Christiansen Homer
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Success v stress
Famous blokes on how they relax.
Men need to find active ways to decompress. Charles Purcell asks nine high-flyers for their tips on staying grounded.
ANTHONY MUNDINE is a man who knows about stress. He has had to fight every step of the way to reach the top - first as a champion rugby league player for the St George Dragons and then as a champion boxer.
He has a simple saying he remembers when stressed: "God does not give a man or a woman a burden they cannot bear."
Another, he says, is: "Be patient and know that whatever is stressing me out will subside."
He adds: "Another important thing I like to remember is that it is always better to look down rather than up, because when you look down you will see and understand there are many people worse off."
Mundine's hobbies including table tennis, swimming and bodysurfing, which allow him to push himself.
"Activity always relaxes the mind," Mundine says. "If you want to do your hobbies you will always find the time. I do not like being lazy."
Mundine isn't the only one to use his passions to relieve the stress of modern living. Whether you're a boxer, a rocker or run an airline, the pressure to perform can be immense.
Stress is everywhere. And the greater the pressure, the greater the need for time to clear the head from the demands of work.
A hobby can be a vital safety valve in a man's life. More than just the pursuit of pleasure, nurturing our passions and interests also protects us. It gives us down time and lets us clear our mind of the pressures and responsibilities that we bear every day.
A fresh mind means we can solve problems quicker and be more creative and productive when we return to duty. Sport also helps improve fitness and reduce the risk of ailments such as heart disease.
Dr Linda Calabresi, the medical editor of the Medical Observer says stress in society is on the rise. "In 1993-94 there were just over 1500 compensation claims for stress," she says. "In 1999-2000 this had jumped to about 4500."
She believes that men are increasingly aware of the need to achieve balance in their lives.
"After 20 years in medicine I have found men more willing to accept stress as a possible diagnosis and be prepared to look at various lifestyle changes to combat it," she says. "I still have the stressed patients who reach for the wine bottle rather than the golf club, but overall I feel there has been a ... change of thinking."
This is where "boys' toys" - or hobbies - come in. "Men appear to need another focus of their attention in order to detach psychologically from workplace stress in particular. It often helps, in cases where there is considerable frustration in the workplace, that this hobby or sport also contains a physical aspect.
"There's nothing like whacking a ball around a squash court to release some pent-up anger. Sport is often adopted by Australian men as their favoured mode of release.
"Less sport-orientated individuals will often look to a more creative hobby in which to focus their attention - be it woodworking, car mechanics and, increasingly, cooking," Calabresi says.
JEFF KENNETT, a former Victorian premier, is chairman of BeyondBlue, the national depression initiative. He says unchecked stress can be a factor in depression.
"Clearly it's a matter of how you deal with the stress, how you identify it and deal with it - and men, traditionally, don't," Kennett says. "Whether they're commercial men in industry or sportsmen, they keep pursuing their goals and they don't talk to anyone about it.
"A man will go to a doctor if he has a boil on his bum, a broken arm, a cancer, but they think it's a sign of weakness to admit to feeling depressed. But it's not."
Kennett believes, like Calabresi, that it is important for men to have passions that can reduce stress.
"When I was in politics, that was gardening," he says. "I could come home, do a few hours' gardening and clear my thought processes. I came up with a lot of my initiatives while gardening.
"The other thing that is very important is to stay fit. Whether you walk, swim, play golf, go hang-gliding, I don't care, but physical fitness is so terribly important to our wellbeing."
Sharing Kennett's views on the stress of politics is former Young Labor president SAM DASTYARI.
"Politics is an incredibly stressful business," he says. "If you don't get on top of it it will consume you. You look at people like [former West Australian premier] Geoff Gallop and issues with depression and a lot of stress-related conditions that people in politics have."
Dastyari has played darts with some prominent Liberal politicians to help him unwind. "Actually, I do have a dartboard of John Howard," he says. "Howard's head is in the middle, but [on the outer ring] I've got Brendan Nelson, Amanda Vanstone and Peter Costello. I start off aiming for Howard and increasingly end up going for Costello."
Dastyari hits the road to deal with stress. "The healthy way [to de-stress] in politics is turning your phone off and going for long runs. The unhealthy way is alcohol," he says. "I do a seven-kilometre run every day before I go to work ... the big run around Canada Bay and Leichhardt."
Virgin Blue chief executive BRETT GODFREY has been locked in mortal combat with Qantas since his airline was formed.
"The global aviation industry is susceptible to changes in consumer sentiment that can occur very quickly," he says. "The industry has also experienced 'constant shock syndrome', factors which can quickly decimate markets.
"The Bali bombings, September 11 and the emergence of SARS overnight sent many airlines into a tailspin from which some did not recover.
"However, I don't believe stress needs to be negative. It can be stimulating, challenging, exciting, highly competitive and immensely rewarding."
Godfrey says he used to preach about "work-life balance, but I was lousy at it myself. Since last July I have managed, however, to adopt some of my own advice and I make a point of riding or swimming five mornings a week. I now believe I get some of my best 'me' time while out on a bike."
Work pressure is as great for entertainers as it is for businessmen. GARRY McDONALD found this out when he tried to revive his Norman Gunston character in 1993. The experience tipped him into depression.
"Everything kind of went wrong," says the BeyondBlue spokesman. "I picked the wrong people to work with - twice - I didn't do my homework. Add to that, I was really suffering from anxiety."
McDonald notes that stress affects people differently.
"My old man went bankrupt in business and went into liquidation but he never lost a night's sleep. It wasn't that he didn't care - he did his worrying when he was awake. Whereas I would have [been] going around the twist [with] the thought of owing people money."
When McDonald is not working he likes pottering in his orchard on the NSW South Coast.
"And when I'm not pottering, I'll go fishing. I also meditate twice a day," he says.
Comedian GARRY WHO says his job isn't as tough as some might think.
"It's not stressful being a comic. It's stressful waiting to go on stage but once you're out there it's game, set, match," he says.
He thinks that stress can hide behind other names: "In marriage it's called a mortgage, on the roads it's called road rage, in business it's called GST."
Who's hobby is woodwork.
"I love wood. It never dies - it just turns into something else. It can be a door one day and a cabinet the next."
Who says he doesn't need to get permission from his partner to sneak away to do his hobby.
"No, she's very good like that, she left me ... come to think of it, there's another great way to get rid of stress."
Australian singer-songwriter PETE MURRAY almost turned treating stress and people's health into a full-time career. "I did two years of natural medicine studying a whole variety of different things - anatomy, acupuncture, massage therapy."
He may have been tempted to start the Pete Murray massage clinic. "Or a natural medicine clinic," he says. "I think that sounds better."
Murray says it's a hard road to the top if you want to rock'n'roll. "The hardest 22 months of my life was [after] I left Brisbane and my family and tried to make things happen as an indie artist.
"Everyone else in their 30s was settling down and had jobs. I could hardly afford to buy lunch for myself."
He says the old days of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll in the music industry are gone.
"It was different in the old days, when it was party hard," he says. "Some of the stories I've heard from the early ARIAs were classic. Now musicians have to settle down and behave themselves."
When Murray finishes a tour he enjoys hanging out with his family and playing music with his son, Charlie.
"He's right into music so I have a little dictaphone and record some songs that I play," Murray says. "He plays along with his drum kit. He's going to be a drummer, which is scaring me.
"I live close to Byron Bay so I [go exploring] nature and also swim at the beach. Eating well and keeping fit are really important, too."
Jazz master JAMES MORRISON's hobby also involves time with his son.
"I'm lucky to have many hobbies, from sailing to flying to rally driving," he says.
"But my latest is a throwback to the past. When I was a kid, my brother John and I did a lot of radio-controlled model plane flying - actually, John did most of the flying and I got to carry stuff and watch.
"Recently my eldest son, Sam, has taken a big interest in this hobby and so I've gone back to it.
"Aero-modelling is strictly a father-son thing for me and it's very relaxing when all is going well. We've had some pretty spectacular crashes but you have to be philosophical about it."
Morrison says that since Sam took up the hobby, they do it much more. "It's not just a hobby for me, it's family time, too. Whenever I pass a hobby shop and see all the planes in the window, I feel compelled to go flying. As it's spending time with my son, my wife doesn't mind."
Water inspires Godfrey and Murray to swim; ANTHONY FIELD of the Wiggles goes fishing.
"I love going fishing and taking my wife Miki and lots of people out on the harbour," he says. 'She says, 'You go out, go fishing or go for a swim.'
"Miki is very supportive of me. She's Greek, and she has this relaxed way of looking at things: 'Don't worry about it. What's the worst that could happen?' "
The past couple of years have been intense for the blue Wiggle. He bought and renovated a house, had children, started a cafe ... and kept touring, where he watches for stress and depression.
"The only time it's ever got to me was when we did a really hard tour of the US and we went eight days of shows on the row," he says. "I didn't see the sun for eight days. I got really stressed and really depressed. I rang my wife a lot and touched base. That was the only thing that kept me sane."
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Introduced to the market on June 8, 2009, the Multi-Stage CR-H provides a retrofit option for industrial users of traditional ANSI pumps. The CR-H can be used in a wide range of clean fluid pumping applications, throughout industrial manufacturing plants and in applications serviced by oversized ANSI pumps.
This plug-and-play solution fits in existing pump and piping footprints and offers optimized duty points to maximize pump efficiency and minimize internal wear. A CR-H retrofit requires no re-piping and the pump end can bolt directly to the existing baseplate. Standard ANSI pumps must be disassembled and realigned when replacing mechanical shaft seals. The CR-H cartridge seal is accessed without pump removal or disassembly, and the motor and pump are self-aligned. Pressure ranges can be expanded beyond traditional ANSI pump limitations without piping changes.
Mulit-Stage CR-H pump family
Statistical Data
At 100 gpm and 290 ft of head, a traditional 1.5 X 3-8 AB ANSI B73.1 pump offers 50 percent efficiency at a break horsepower of 14.65 hp. For the same application, a CR20-5 H will offer 72.1 percent efficiency and require 10.1 hp, which is 31 percent less horsepower. The annual energy cost for the traditional ANSI pump based on continuous operation (and 10 cents/kWh) is $9,547, but the CR-H equivalent will only cost $6,600, a 31 percent savings.
At 60 gpm and 300 ft of head, a traditional 1 X 1.5-8 AA ANSI B73.1 pump offers 40 percent efficiency with a break horsepower of 11.36 hp. For the same application, a CR10-9 H offers 67.6 percent efficiency and requires 6.89 hp-39.3 percent less horsepower. Continuous operation for the traditional ANSI pump costs $7,424 annually, but the CR-H costs $4,503, a 39.3 percent annual savings.
End User Testimony
Mac Del Incorporated, Richmond, Ind.
A truck wash facility in Richmond, Ind., required a pump that could produce appropriate flow and pressure to operate the nozzle in a process involving hot caustic water and various cleaning and rinsing cycles for cleaning the inside of large tanker trucks. Originally, the pumps specified were traditional ANSI pumps with 100 hp motors. A review of the application prompted Grundfos to propose that the same duty could be achieved with a CR pump with a 30 hp motor, so the lower HP model was installed. The 30 hp CR outperformed the 100 hp model, so Mac-Del replaced an additional seven pumps with the CR-H during an eight-month period.
Some of the facility's customers also included trucks carrying ink. This posed a problem to the vertical design of the former pumps because at start-up the abrasive ink would collect at the bottom bearing, causing pump failure in two months or less. When the CR-H (horizontal model) was introduced, the abrasive materials settled away from the bearings, minimizing the wear of the pump and prolonging its life.
The CR-H has performed with a single seal and stack change out during a one year period, versus the former bimonthly seal changes. The savings included $10,000 in maintenance costs, combined with nearly $3,000 in energy cost savings. Mac-Del, Inc. is pleased with the payback that the CR-H offers.
Water Treatment Plant, Olathe, Kan.
The Olathe Water Treatment Station #2 in Olathe, Kan., agreed to participate in a field test, and with the assistance of Grundfos Distributor, Pump & Power of Lenexa, Kan., the Multi-Stage CR-H was installed in April 2009 in a backwash application for membrane wash. The Multi-Stage CR-H pump (15 hp), along with another pump brand (end suction, 20 hp), alternate operation in a system where a flush occurs approximately 10 times per hour and lasts two to five minutes. In this continuous operation, each pump is used equally.
Pumping System Assessment Tool (PSAT) is used to demonstrate the energy usage information. The data from PSAT showed that the 15 hp CR-H uses 13 kWh and the end suction 20 hp pump uses 17.1 kWh. At 4,380 hours of operation annually, and an average of three minutes of run time per start, the end suction averages an energy consumption of 74.8 MWh, and the CR-H averages 57.9 MWh. The CR-H offers 16.9 MWh in energy savings compared to the end suction, which results in an annual energy savings of $1,700.
Olathe Station #2 is also pleased with the CR-H's integrated cartridge seal technology. Maintenance Supervisor Brian Brennan said, "It's great not to have to worry about potential leaking associated with the additional plumbing to flush the shaft seal because the CR-H doesn't require the additional plumbing to flush, so leakage is not an issue." The CR-H cartridge seal virtually eliminates the parts and problems that are associated with other end suction pump seals. "In addition," adds Brennan, "this is a maintenance and cost-saving feature that makes everyone happy at our facility."


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Justin Lange, editor at Projection Lights and Staging News invited Kevin to blog at Pro Lighting Space, Justin's go to site for professional lighting designers, and lighting technicians. Thanks to Justin, and Pro Lighting Space, I am cross posting Kevin's blog entries here.
Putting the pieces together
Over the past few weeks, I've mentioned, in the abstract, any number of features in Vectorworks. Those mentions were really without application. These are short posts, so they will have to often tease information without context.
When I started this series, I posted this image and discussed Wall Styles.
The truth is that's not 'a' wall. It's three walls or wall segments, each with a different, but similar Wall Style applied. There is, from left to right, a Straight Wall, a curved wall (with the height adjusted in the same way I made the ramp,here) and a Straight Wall with a stepped top.
The Curved Wall segment also has a Wall Recess into which I've placed the Backlit Image.
They all have Wall End Caps, wrapping the textures. So while that simple exhibit may have taken some time to think through, it took very little time to model.
I 'doodled' this design entirely in Vectorworks. I have always done thumbnails to sketch out ideas with pencil and paper. Given the prowess of Vectorworks, I can really doodle and thumbnail in the program. I knew how the piece needed to look, I had to work out the proportions. This sketch shows the completed thought process.
There were three Wall Styles, The straight wall at Left is 10′ tall, the Curved Wall is 14′ tall and the right wall, which is stepped started at 8′ tall. The steps brought that wall to its finished height.
Each Wall Component had a texture assigned.
So, once the design was worked out this was quick and easy to model. We've already looked at using the Wall Tools to make a ramp, think of the many things that could be modeled using the Wall Tools; Stage faces, Museum Kiosks….
The list goes on.


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Christian Group Refuses To Sell Bibles For Breast Cancer Charity Over Planned Parenthood Donations
Today in facepalms: a chain of Christian bookstore called LifeWay are pulling copies of the Here's Hope Breast Cancer Bible from their shelves after it learned that one of the organizations benefiting from the sales is Planned Parenthood. The bible is produced by the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and $1 from each sale is donated to non-profit organizations that provide help breast cancer sufferers. Of course, Planned Parenthood is one of them. In fact, to assume that Planned Parenthood — the most well known non-profit sexual health clinics in the country — would not be among them was naive.
Yes, Planned Parenthood performs abortions (and provide Plan B, the morning-after pill, which some extremists consider to be an abortofacient). But the clinics' other services include pap smears, gynecological exams, anemia testing, diabetes screenings, physical exams, flu vaccines, tetanus vaccines, and — oh! — breast exams and mammograms. Though the Komen Foundation pressed that funding goes solely towards breast exams and screenings, LifeWay CEO, Thom S. Rainer, commented that"it is not in keeping with LifeWay's core values to have even an indirect relationship with Planned Parenthood."
LifeWay can sell and not sell what they please. It's just disappointing — when our mothers lives, our grandmothers lives and our lives that will be affected by breast cancer — how politics overrule.
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Breathing difficulty while lying down is an abnormal condition in which a person must keep the head raised by sitting or standing to be able to breathe deeply or comfortably.
A type of breathing difficulty while lying down is paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. This condition causes a person to wake up suddenly during the night feeling short of breath.
Waking at night short of breath; Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea; PND; Difficulty breathing while lying down; Orthopnea
This is a common complaint in people with some types of heart or lung problems. Sometimes the problem is subtle. People may only notice it when they realize that sleep is more comfortable with lots of pillows under their head, or their head in a propped-up position.
Causes may include:
Your health care provider may recommend self-care measures. For example, weight loss may be suggested if you are obese.
If you have any unexplained difficulty in breathing while lying down, call your provider.
The provider will perform a physical exam and ask questions about the problem.
Questions may include:
The physical exam will include special attention to the heart and lungs (
Tests that may be performed include the following:
Treatment depends on the cause of the breathing problem.
You may need to use oxygen.
Massie BM. Heart failure: pathophysiology and diagnosis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 58.
Schraufnagel DE, Murray JF. History and physical examination. In: Mason RJ, Broaddus VC, Martin TR, et al., eds. Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2010:chap 17.
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Europe's best players look to end the Masters drought
AUGUSTA, Ga. Europe was all the rage at Augusta National Golf Club in the 1980s and 1990s, when Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam and Jose Maria Olazabal won 11 of 20 green jackets.
Since the turn of the century, however, Europe has drawn a blank on golf's grandest stage, with Olazabal's win in 1999 the last by a player from Europe.
The tide, though, might be changing as Europe is in possession of the Ryder Cup; Germany's Martin Kaymer and Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell have won two of the last three majors; 26 of the 99 players in the field this week are from Europe; and among the current top nine in the world golf rankings are six golfers from the Old Continent.
ROUND 1: McIlroy, Quiros lead the way
SCORES: Masters first-round results
PHOTO GALLERY: The Masters in pictures
And in Thursday's first round of the 75th Masters, in idyllic conditions, Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Alvaro Quiros of Spain set the pace with 7-under-par 65s to lead by two strokes. Also listed high on the white scoreboards across Augusta National were England's Ross Fisher and Spain's Sergio Garcia, each at 69.
England's Lee Westwood and Luke Donald were at 72.
Not all was well with the Europeans. World No. 1 Kaymer shot 78 and said he was going to call fellow German and two-time Masters champion Langer for advice.
"We certainly have the players who can win here," McDowell said after his 74. "And if we want to be like the crop that had Faldo and Seve and the others, we better start winning some Masters. But it's just so tough to win here."
Faldo slipped on three green jackets. He said it won't be long before a fellow European slips on another.
"A lot of the best European players are maturing a little bit right now," Faldo said. "They can see they can win here. They are gaining experience playing here. They are becoming more comfortable on this golf course."
Garcia, who many felt should have won his first major long ago, said his game is coming around after a self-imposed long vacation ended his 2010 season.
"My confidence is still not where it should be," Garcia said. "But it's definitely better. This is a tough course to build up confidence, unless you're playing really, really well. The important thing is that it feels like I am going on the right track."
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Portrait Gallery of the Golden Age
now on display
Outsider Art Museum
'Dubuffet's List' from 22 June 2017
Romanovs & Revolution
Until 17 September 2017
Dutch Masters from the Hermitage
From 7 October 2017
ABN AMRO Art Award 2017
November 2017
Catharine, the Greatest
Spanish Masters from the Hermitage
Outsider Art Museum
ABN AMRO Art Prize
Alexander, Napoleon & Joséphine
Dining with the Tsars
Expedition Silk Road
Gauguin, Bonnard, Denis
Russian Atelier
Peter the Great
Vincent. The Van Gogh Museum in the Hermitage Amsterdam
Impressionism: Sensation & Inspiration
Rubens, Van Dyck & Jordaens
Splendour and Glory
The immortal Alexander the Great
Matisse to Malevich
- Introduction
- Highlights of the exhibition
- Background by Henk van Os
- Sergey Shchukin and Others
Artist biographies
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- Raoul Dufy
- Henri Le Fauconnier
- Othon Friesz
- Charles Guérin
- Alexej von Jawlensky
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Marie Laurencin
- Kazimir Malevich
- Henri Manguin
- Albert Marquet
- Henri Matisse
- Amédée Ozenfant
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Hermitage St Petersburg
St Petersburg & Russia
Russia, the Romanovs and St Petersburg
St Petersburg for today's travellers
Russia and St Petersburg in Literature
St Petersburg in the Spotlight
Hermitage Amsterdam and Amstelhof
Hermitage for Children
Discounts and arrangements
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Matisse's Dance (Danse)
Henri Matisse, Dance (Danse), 1910
Henri Matisse, Dance (Danse), 1910 © Succession Henri Matisse c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2010
When it was first shown a hundred years ago, at the Autumn Salon of 1910, Matisse's large panel, Dance, was greeted with laughter. But it was later to be recognised as a milestone in cultural history, to be understood not only as one of Matisse's most important works, but as one of the key works in the history of twentieth-century European painting. Having found a permanent home in the Hermitage, the painting has become a symbol of the famous museum, with the result that it very rarely leaves its walls. On this occasion, however, the Hermitage in St Petersburg has been most generous in response to the request for the loan of the painting from its affiliated institution, the Hermitage in Amsterdam. Dance will thus be on show in Amsterdam for a period of six weeks (1 April – 9 May 2010) during the exhibition Matisse to Malevich.
Matisse was drawn to the theme of the dance throughout his life. His concept of a composition concentrated on the round dance crystallised over the course of several years, from the time of his most important early Fauve work, Le Bonheur de vivre (1905-6; Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA), in which the round dance occupies the background. Usually associated with symbols of a Golden Age, the round dance motif had been taken up long before Matisse by Old Masters such as Lucas Cranach the Elder. The motif became popular once more at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and Matisse was of course aware of Art Nouveau's different 'dances'.
Studying under Gustave Moreau at the École des Beaux-Arts, he must have discussed with fellow students such works as Signac's large In the Time of Harmony: The Gold-en Age is not in the Past, It Is in the Future (1893-5; Mairie, Montreuil). He was also familiar with the Symbolist model for Le Bonheur de vivre, Henri Martin's vast Serenity (1899; Musée d'Orsay, Paris), which passed to the Musée du Luxembourg and was shown at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. In the distance in Serenity is a circle of dancing – dressed – women. Sergey Shchukin, who commissioned Dance from Matisse, had such dressed women in mind for his painting, aware of the demands of Moscow society morality at the start of the twentieth society; he even wrote to Matisse on the subject, but, respectful of the artist's creative freedom, did not insist on having his own way.
In 1907 the artist carved a wooden relief with nymphs engaged in an ecstatic dance (Musée Matisse, Nice). The motif then appeared in his vase-paintings. Shchukin must have seen the first version of the painted Dance (Museum of Modern Art, New York), on which Matisse was working in early 1909, and he commissioned a panel of the same size, but far more dynamic, for the staircase of his Moscow mansion. Matisse despatched the sketch for Dance to Shchukin; there are also two drawings linked with the composition, in pencil (Museum of Modern Art, New York) and charcoal (Musée de Grenoble).
In the Middle of March, Shchukin wrote to Matisse that he had received his letters 'with the sketches for the large paintings'. Matisse himself had had the idea for a decorative ensemble for the staircase of a three-storey house in which the first panel to greet those entering the front door would immediately draw them upwards. Dance was intended to play this role. The next scenes, on succeeding floors, would have represented music and rest. Shchukin's mansion had only two storeys and a third panel was thus not required. Faced with the need to reduce the original concept, Matisse sent him two watercolour sketches, Composition I and Composition II (Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow). Composition II would have shown a scene of rest as a pendant to the Dance; this was later to be developed in Bathers by the River (c. 1916-17; Art Institute of Chicago). It is clear that when Dance was commissioned in 1909 Matisse and Shchukin were discussing all three subjects, but that the client insisted on having just two.
On 31 March 1909, Sergey Shchukin wrote to Matisse: 'I find your panel The Dance of such nobility that I am resolved to brave our bourgeois opinion and hang on my staircase a subject with nudes. At the same time it will be necessary to have a second panel of which the subject might very well be music. In my house we have a great deal of music. Each winter there are some ten classical concerts (Bach, Beethoven, Mozart). The panel Music ought to indicate to some extent the character of the house.' Music was thus to complement Dance and yet to stand in contrast. Hence its static quality, which stands out so strongly against the dynamism of the first panel. It embodies maleness, while Dance represents the triumph of the feminine. One might describe the subject of the ensemble as man's relationship with life through art. Naturally, Matisse's work on it did not simply lie in resolving purely decorative tasks.
Henri Matisse, Music, 1910 © Succession H. Matisse c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2010
According to Hans Purmann, who witnessed the creation of the New York Dance, that work was painted with incredible speed, in just one or two days. Unlike Music, on which Matisse worked for about a year, Dance was also executed very quickly.
Dance was the most powerful and finished manifestation of the Fauvist trend in French art. It was created out of an established tradition that put forth new shoots in the work of the Symbolists. In their art, the round dance became a hackneyed subject, its plastic potential much affected by fin-de-siècle concerns. The motif found natural expression in the enclosed form so beloved of the exponents of Art Nouveau: it was easy to draw from it those flowing, winding lines without which Art Nouveau cannot be imagined. It was quite deliberate that the artist preferred female forms to male forms in his Works on the subject of dance.
In the works of the Old Masters, and of Salon painters and those around them at the turn of the century, the musicplaying and dancing figures can usually be identified as idealised versions of their contemporaries. But one would be hard put to see Matisse's contemporaries in Dance or Music, or to say that he captured in them his view of people of his era. They are free not only of clothing, but of any temporal associations, with the exception perhaps of the Antique flute and the much later violin. They are unaware of their nakedness; they conduct themselves as heroes not within some historical context but within the sphere of mythological concepts.
Primordial dances were the manifestation of magic, an ancient act of creativity, an embodiment of the victory of life over death. Scholars of the symbols of ancient cultures have noted that dances which involved the linking of hands represented the union of earth and sky. Through art (be it dance or music) man becomes part of that union. In Matisse's work the earth and the sky are not simply a background but key protagonists in the action. That is why he needed to intensify and simply their colouring. The united colour scheme spreads across the whole ensemble not simply from a desire for decorative unity. The cosmogonic aspect resounds in the colour connections between the two canvases. In both, the action takes place on a hill, a hill or mountain being another traditional symbol of the union of earth and sky, linked with ascension into the spirit kingdom. The tonality of Shchukin's panel is thus in keeping with the profound symbolic content.
Yet the cosmic theme is expressed through that of mankind. Taken separately, neither Dance nor Music fully expresses the artist's concept. Together – in grandiose dialectic opposition – they speak worlds. In keeping with certain philosophical concepts current at the turn of the century, within the ensemble woman represents the principle of unity, while man represents the principle of division and individuality. Two opposing poles, seeking to come together. In the end Music is as static as Dance is dynamic.
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio de Janeiro Carnival-goers celebrated the coming Olympics on Saturday and even turned fear of infection from Zika-carrying mosquitoes into an excuse to party.
Participants at one of the many street parties popping up ahead of the official Carnival, which starts on Feb. 5, honored the city's hosting of the Summer Games in six months by dressing in ancient Greek garb.
Some came as Dionysus, others as Aphrodite and Apollo.
Rio will be the first South American city to host the Olympics and with the country facing deep recession, a vast corruption scandal and an impeachment attempt against President Dilma Rousseff, Brazilians can't wait to lighten the gloom.
"We picked the Rio Olympics theme for the party because this year our magnificent city Rio will host the games for the first time," said Chico Nogueira, coordinator of the pre-Carnival event known as a "bloco."
"This is the veritable Olympus of the gods here," he said, looking around at the samba dancers. "The gods of Rio are mixing with the gods of the whole world."
The bloco also had a serious health message for the Carnival, now in its warm-up phase ahead of the five official days and their famously elaborate parades.
Authorities in Brazil are struggling to combat the rapid spread of the Zika virus, which is carried by mosquitoes and is believed to cause serious defects among babies born to women infected while pregnant.
Those fears are accelerating with the onset of Carnival and mass tourist travel. So Saturday's bloco did its bit to aid the anti-mosquito war, including with a song advising against leaving stagnant water around.
"If the water stops, the larvae come, the larvae give birth to the mosquito," one verse went. "Chase away Zika!"
Condoms were handed out and a pregnant woman danced in a Wonder Woman costume.
"This illness is very serious and everyone must take part in fighting it," Nogueira said. "Everyone must unite against the mosquito."
"I'm very worried," said Paula Couto de Oliveira, 35, who is 19 weeks along and was attending the bloco.
"Every few hours I put repellent on, but I'm trying not to go crazy or become paranoid and not going out of the house," she said. "But I'm avoiding dark clothes because they attract mosquitoes."


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Pentagon spends in Africa to stem Islamist terrorism
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has begun a burst of spending in Africa, expanding its main base on the continent and investing in air facilities, flight services, telecommunications and electrical upgrades as the U.S. military deepens its involvement in a region with a rising threat of Islamist terrorism.
Hundreds of millions of dollars in expenditures, detailed in unclassified federal documents, demonstrate Africa's increasing importance to U.S. military and counterterrorism operations as the war in Iraq ends and American troops withdraw from Afghanistan.
By far the most significant expansion is occurring at Camp Lemonnier in the deeply impoverished nation of Djibouti, a backwater on the coast of the Gulf of Aden, just north of Somalia. The sprawling base, built out of a onetime outpost of the French Foreign Legion, has been the Pentagon's primary facility in Africa for a decade.
Defense officials last month awarded $200 million in contracts to revamp the base's power plants and build a multistory operations center, aircraft hangar, living quarters, gym and other facilities on a sun-scorched 20-acre site next to the tiny country's only international airport (with which it shares a runway).
The projects are part of $1.2 billion in planned improvements over the next 25 years that will speed Camp Lemonnier's transformation from a makeshift installation where a few hundred Marines once slept in tents into an enduring 600-acre base that now houses about 4,000 U.S. military personnel and civilian contractors.
"Africa is front and center now for the Pentagon, so that means Lemonnier is front and center," said Rudolph Atallah, former counterterrorism director for Africa at the Defense Department and now chief executive of White Mountain Research, a security consulting company.
U.S. officials have been grappling with the threat posed by al-Qaida-linked militants in Somalia, Yemen and North Africa.
The Pentagon pays $38 million annually to lease the base from Djibouti.


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An impressive touchscreen all-in-one PC for an equally impressive price, but the single-core Atom holds it back
The Eee PC range continues to rapidly expand, with an incredible 15 netbook variants. Asus has also begun to produce Eee-branded desktop PCs, with the Eee Box now joined by the touchscreen Eee Top.
The new model sets itself apart from other Eee PC products: while the white chassis is reminiscent of the netbook range's toy-like looks, the 15.6in screen, Apple-style keyboard and glass bevel beneath the unit give it a far more stylish feel than the rest of its low-cost brethren.
The screen itself is sharp, bright and clear enough for most tasks the Eee Top is intended for. It uses the 1366 x 768 resolution more commonly found in LCD TVs than PC monitors, so it's capable of displaying 720p video. But don't get too excited: there's no optical drive, so no easy way to watch either HD or SD movies.
The touchscreen interface works well. While the Eee comes equipped with Windows XP Home, it's hardly noticeable - Asus layers an interface over the top, styled to resemble the tab-based version of Xandros Linux installed on the original Eee PCs.
A stylus, which can be slotted into the rear of the keyboard when not in use, makes navigation easier, but the majority of the icons scattered around the four tabs are of a decent size and we naturally defaulted to using our fingers. Coupled with the responsive screen, it makes navigating the Eee Top both quick and painless.
The four tabs house the majority of the Eee Top's applications. The first, labelled Communication, takes care of Skype, email and web apps, with direct links to popular sites - including Windows Live Mail, Yahoo, Gmail, Facebook, MySpace, Google News and Blogger - which makes getting to specific sites slightly easier, although we still found ourselves resorting to keyboard and mouse on most occasions.
The Fun tab contains media-handling software, which is remarkably similar to Windows Media Center's interface, as well as a couple of basic games that work with the touchscreen. The Work tab includes everything you'd expect, with individual links to each facet of Sun Microsystems' StarSuite productivity software, as well as a PDF reader, calculator and file manager. There's also a Tools tab with links to specific apps, including Opera and Internet Explorer, as well as a raft of customisation options.
Asus positions a 1.3-megapixel webcam above the screen - with accompanying Eee Cam software - while scattered around the sides and rear are four USB ports, Gigabit Ethernet, a card reader and a trio of audio ports.
Underneath the attractive exterior and slick touchscreen interface is largely the same hardware that powered the Eee Box. Intel's 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor is joined by a gigabyte of RAM, GMA 950 graphics and draft-n wireless, while a 160GB hard disk is a step up from the majority of netbooks. Asus is also planning to release another model with discrete graphics, in the shape of ATI's Mobility Radeon HD 3450, although there's no word on its price.
The familiar spec means performance is similar to that of the Eee Box and Eee PC netbooks - functional, not fast. Despite this, XP and the touchscreen interface run without any problems, likewise word processing and web surfing. Attempt something a little more demanding, however - such as video editing - and you'll run into problems as the Atom CPU struggles to cope.
But that isn't really the point of the Eee Top. Like netbooks, this is meant to be a secondary PC for simple tasks, and we can see it finding a niche both in homes - say, the kitchen, or a child's bedroom - and offices. It even has enough style to be a front-of-office PC.
That's not to say it's without frustrations. The touchscreen is useful for listening to music, watching movies and basic web functions, but every time we needed to do something more complicated we immediately fell back to the familiar keyboard and mouse.
For anything more than the most basic tasks there are plenty of better options than the Top. You could indulge in a cheap dual-core PC that would be far more versatile. Nevertheless, we do like this little machine, and if your needs fall within its niche you won't regret buying it.
This Review appeared in the March 2009 issue of PC & Tech Authority Magazine
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Press Release: Roadmap for U.S.-China Collaboration
Press Release - February 5, 2009
Contact: Tom Steinfeldt, (703) 516-4146
Washington, DC – A report released today by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations provides the Obama administration with a new policy roadmap for immediate action with China on climate change and energy.
Common Challenge, Collaborative Response was produced by the Initiative for U.S.-China Cooperation on Energy and Climate Task Force, co-chaired by John L Thornton, Asia Society Board Member, Professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and former co-COO of Goldman Sachs, and by Dr. Steven Chu, prior to his nomination as Secretary of Energy. The report was prepared under the leadership of Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations, and Eileen Claussen, President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. (See below for a list of participating organizations, senior advisors and contributors.)
"With a new Presidential administration in the U.S. and an increasing awareness of the dangers of global warming among Chinese leaders, our two countries are presented with an unparalleled opportunity to form a new strategic partnership aimed at averting catastrophic climate change," says Schell. "Without the active participation of the two largest producers of greenhouse gases being aggressively committed to reducing emissions, efforts by other nations are bound to fall short of being able to halt climate change. This report presents both a vision and a concrete road-map for a new collaboration that could turn the U.S. and China into global leaders on the climate change challenge, while simultaneously helping to transform this most critical of all bilateral relationships in the world into one which is under-girded by cooperation on this crucial common interest."
Today's world financial crisis should strengthen the need for immediate bilateral collaboration. U.S. and Chinese investments in clean energy, the report argues, could boost the flagging global economy and create new jobs. "If wisely allocated," the report maintains, "funds invested by both governments in economic recovery can help address climate change while also advancing 'green technologies' and industries that will lead to a new wave of economic growth."
"An effective global response to climate change is possible only with the full engagement and leadership of the United States and China," according to Claussen. "Closer cooperation with China should be a high priority in a U.S. climate strategy. Working together, the United States and China can advance key technologies and provide a stronger foundation for an effective global climate effort." The report maintains that a significant scaling-up of U.S.-China cooperation on efforts to avert climate change will enhance prospects for U.S. domestic legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and for a strong and effective new international treaty on climate change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The report maintains that U.S.-China collaboration can help catalyze a new strategic transformation to a global, low-carbon economy that will be more sustainable while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, such close and sustained collaboration between the United States and China will build a stronger foundation for future Sino-American cooperation on other strategic challenges facing both nations in the 21st century.
The report recommends the leaders of the two countries convene a summit to launch a new U.S.-China Partnership on Energy and Climate Change. The presidential summit should outline a major plan of joint action and empower relevant officials in each country to take the necessary actions to ensure its implementation. Following this summit the two nations should scale-up collaboration in the following areas:
• Development and deployment of technologies for the continued use of coal for production of electricity. "Continuing to rely heavily on coal, as both countries are likely to do, will necessitate large-scale investments in research, pilot projects, and deployment of new technologies to capture and sequester the resulting carbon emissions." The report recommends, "an ultimate goal in both countries must be the commercialization and widespread deployment of carbon capture-and-storage technology. As a critical first step, experts recommend that 10 to 15 large-scale demonstration projects be developed in a variety of settings around the world over the next decade."
• Increased collaboration to enhance energy efficiency and to deploy renewable energy technologies. "The broader deployment of solar, wind, and other renewable sources, and expanded development of renewable energy technologies, would help both countries decarbonize their electricity systems and expand their low-carbon economies." As an additional benefit, "the global position of both the United States and China as leading wind and solar power technology manufacturers means that scaling-up these technologies could also support major expansion of these domestic industries."
• Developing innovative finance mechanisms. "Both governments must commit greater public resources and do so in ways that effectively leverage private investment in a clean energy future." This will require innovative finance mechanisms and developing new models for licensing low-carbon technologies that can make them broadly available while protecting commercial interests.
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How Much Does Urgent Care Cost?
Urgent care is a physician-staffed clinic that offers walk-in medical services for illnesses and injuries.
How much does it cost?
- For a simple visit to the urgent care without any sort of vaccination, procedure, or medication, the costs for a single urgent care visit can hover around the $75 to $160 range without health insurance. The cost will depend on the injury/illness, the geographical location, urgent care affiliation and if additional tests are needed. Refer to the table below for the nine most common illnesses and cost estimates.
- However, if you have health insurance, urgent care should be covered, and the patient will only be required to pay co-pays, deductibles, etc. To find a new policy or maybe switch the one you have now, consider browsing through hundreds on eHealthInsurance.com.
- UrgentCareCenters.com states that the basic urgent care costs usually range from $75 to $150 per visit, depending on location and if the patient has insurance.
- According to Debt.org, urgent care costs are considerably less than ER costs. The site quotes a study by the Annals of Internal Medicine stating that the average cost of an urgent care visit for three common ailments was $155, while other estimates place an average visit in the range of $71 to $125.
- According to ConsumerReports.org, the cost of urgent-care is moderate and is about $120 on average.
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|Strep Throat
|$100 to $150
|Upper Respiratory
|$110 to $150
|Urinary Tract
|$110 to $150
What is going to be included?
- Urgent care centers provide services on a walk-in basis, meaning that there is no appointment necessary. This type of care covers treatment for less serious medical conditions or traumas. If you are suffering from something that is not an emergency but cannot wait until you can get a doctor's appointment, urgent care is the place to go.
- The most common illnesses or injuries covered by urgent care are allergies, rashes, pinkeye, stitches, sprains, strains, cuts and bruises, minor head injuries, minor broken bones, mild asthma attacks, minor infections, colds, coughs, sore throats, rashes, minor burns, urinary tract infections, and pelvic infections. Urgent care staff includes urgent care physicians, registered nurses, and nurse practitioners.
- Urgent care visits are typically paid for using the fee-for-service method. Many of these facilities accept most private health insurance plans, with average co-pays ranging from $25 to $50. Self-paying individuals are usually asked to make a down payment for a visit, with other charges set for payment at a later date. Uninsured patients are usually given cash discounts.
What are the extra costs?
- Medication is not typically included in urgent care. The cost of the medications depends on the type and amount that is prescribed to complete the treatment.
- Tests may also be required in urgent care facilities depending on the medical condition. While the cost of these tests is chiefly lower than in emergency rooms, it can still be a considerable cost depending on the type of test requested.
- Visiting an urgent care center during their extended hours or going to a 24-hour urgent care facility can cost higher. The reason is that some of these centers charge extra for visits conducted during irregular hours.
Factors that influence the price:
- Facility. Hospitals normally charge higher since it costs a lot of money to support all the equipment and staff needed to operate the facility. On the other hand, urgent care centers are usually smaller in size, but still have the necessary equipment needed to run the center efficiently.
- Fees. Hospitals usually charge their patients with facility fees during an emergency room visit, and then they send the patient's insurance provider a separate bill for the doctor's fee. With urgent care clinics, the insurance company only gets one bill, which is the doctor's fee. In general, fees are much lower when using an urgent care facility versus an emergency room.
Tips to know:
- Urgent care services are typically for medical concerns that are not life-threatening and do not require hospitalization.
- Sometimes, going to the urgent care clinic may be somewhat of a waste. If your condition is more serious than you thought, the clinic will probably stabilize you and then send you to the ER, meaning that you will have to pay for both facilities. On the other hand, if it is something minor, the clinic may prescribe medication or bandage the are and then tell you to follow up with your family doctor; this will also cost more money.
- Urgent care centers may be connected with a hospital or they may be separate facilities.
- Most urgent care centers accept cash, credit (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover) and debit cards.
How can I save money?
- Individuals without insurance usually pay higher when buying medications. The costs can be considerably reduced by buying generic medicines rather than the branded options.
- Make sure to check with your insurance regarding which urgent care clinics they cover. The insurance will sometimes give you a list of clinics at which they will cover the most costs. Try to go to the insurance company's preferred clinic id possible.
- Uninsured patients who get medical attention in an urgent care facility obtain cash discounts as well as the option to pay their bill in full at a later date.
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I'd like to share with you all a project that a friend and I have have been working on called Call of the White Crane - a blog dedicated to Tibetan music in all its forms. We regularly post a Tibetan song with it's music video and Tibetan lyrics as well as translations of them into English. For those studying Tibetan its a great way to learn more classical Tibetan as most songs are composed in verse similar to pechas. It's has a great insight into overall Tibetan culture as well. Hopefully it's helpful to some members here!
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See Double You was in rude form at the back of last season but his winning run came to an end at Fairyhouse and its possible that the handicapper may finally have got his measure. THE BOYS DONT KNOW appears to have found considerable improvement since she has been dropped in trip and Arthur Goulding's mare can follow up an impressive victory at Thurles. She should confirm form with Get Off The Stage despite being 1lb worse off at the weights. Carlowsantana looked a future winner when finishing second in a decent handicap at Galway though he's been unable to run up to that form since. Ted Dolly makes his handicap debut on this occasion and the previous C&D winner should give a bold show off top weight. Man Of God wouldn't be out of this on some of his Flat form but he's struggled since switching to the winter game.
Ted Dolly (IRE) 100-1 (11-7) Took keen hold, chased leaders, not fluent 3 out, soon ridden, weakening when hit next, tailed off, last of 8, 37l behind Dodging Bullets (11-7) at Cheltenham 2m nov hdl G2 (1) gs in Nov.
Cyprusormilan 9-1 (11-8) Led, headed and weakened quickly from 3 out, pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by First Impressions (11-2) at Limerick 2m 5f hcp hdl 8Evens16 in Jul, 18 ran.
See Double You (IRE) 9-2 (10-13) Held up in mid-division and took keen hold, headway into close 2nd before 3 out, disputed lead before 2 out, soon ridden, headed at last, no extra run-in, 4th of 9, 2 3/4l behind Aladdins Cave (10-13) at Fairyhouse 2m hcp hdl 80-116 sft in Nov.
The Book Thief (IRE) 16-1 (11-12) Close up and led, headed 9th, ridden to challenge and on terms again approaching straight, headed and no extra approaching last where not fluent, kept on same pace run-in, 3rd of 14, 8l behind Raz De Maree (11-12) at Wexford 3m 1f beg chase sft in Jul.
Bonifacio (IRE) 20-1 (10-7) Held up in rear, never a factor, some headway in 7th approaching 2 out, kept on same pace, 6th of 10, 17l behind Happy New Year (9-3) at Gowran Park 3m hcp hdl 80-116 hvy in Nov.
The Boys Dont Know (IRE) 10-3fav (10-13) Waited with well off the pace, went poor 5th and progress 4 out, niggled along to chase clear leader before straight, closed from before last, led and stayed on well run-in, won at Thurles 2m mares mdn hdl in Nov beating Dubh Go Leir (10-13) by 2 3/4l, 17 ran.
Get Off The Stage (IRE) 5-1 (10-13) Waited with well off the pace, closer in poor 6th at 5th, 4th 4 out, no impression in moderate 3rd and kept on same pace from before straight, 3rd of 17, 6l behind The Boys Dont Know (10-13) at Thurles 2m mares mdn hdl in Nov.
Man of God (IRE) 20-1 (10-11) Lost ground start, held up towards rear, steady headway on outer from 4 out, 7th after 3 out, 3rd and effort after 2 out, no extra from last, 5th of 16, 6l behind Lough Roe Lady (11-2) at Thurles 2m hcp hdl 80-116 in Nov.
Carlowsantana (IRE) 16-1 (11-3) Always towards rear, 9th of 11, 29l behind Code Of The West (10-13) at Clonmel 2m 3f hcp chs sft in Nov.
Raven's Feather (IRE) 22-1 (11-4) Held up towards rear, 7th 3 out, ridden in 6th and no impression before straight, kept on one pace from 2 out, 4th of 10, 9l behind Sands Cove (11-12) at Clonmel 2m mdn hdl in Nov.
Schindler's Pearl (IRE) 25-1 (10-7) Mid-division, ridden before 3 out, kept on without threatening from 2 out, 6th of 19, 14l behind Misca Musca (10-11) at Navan 2m hcp hdl 80-109 hvy in Nov.
Sanforized (IRE) 20-1 (11-9) Prominent in chasing group, no extra from 3 out, 9th of 14, well behind Doc Hollywood (11-9) at Fairyhouse 2m hcp hdl 80-95 sft in Nov.
Thrupenny Blue (IRE) 14-1 (11-4) Waited with, progress 4 out, 7th next, soon no impression, kept on same pace, 10th of 15, 41l behind High Desert (10-11) at Fairyhouse 2m mdn hdl sft in Nov.