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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Amid Medicare debate comes mandatory e-prescribing
Included in this week's passage of Medicare payment updates was a carrot-and-stick mandate that doctors electronically prescribe drugs. Starting next year, physicians who do e-prescribe will recoup 2% of their entire Medicare billing component, which some back-of-the envelope math shows could average $4,000. By 2012, though, those who don't e-prescribe face penalties starting at 1% in 2012 and rising to 2% by 2014.
Prescription volume is expected to grow to 4.1 billion by 2010, according to a report by the eHealth Initiative. But the vast majority of docotrs don't e-prescribe today, with only about 2% of all prescriptions getting to the pharmacy electronically.
Doctors don't have good options when trying to adopt e-prescribing systems. Free systems are out there, but these have come and gone in the past decade, with the companies often going out of business. ACP recommends against standalone e-prescribing systems, saying the real benefits come from functions available to fully functioning electronic health records. But such systems cost tens of thousands of dollars per physician to implement, and setting up systems set back doctors for months, as article in Annals of Internal Medicine and ACP Internist point out.
One option that may become popular is hospitals that offer Web-based systems to doctors. The federal government has specifically exempted hospitals from Stark II kickback regulations when they offer EHRs. The systems can be Web-based, requiring no extra hardware or software, and hospitals can then extend tech support to users.
Has your hospital contacted you? Would you accept an offer if it came?
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- Bonhoeffer Bug said...
I would take it. I have tried for 4 years to get EMR at our clinic, from owners, hospital, free, etc, without success.
- Marcy Zwelling-Aamot MD FACEP said...
This is a much larger issue than dollars. E-prescribing will require that we document a diagnosis along with each Rx pretty much eliminating off label use of meds.
More important is that we know that this data is SOLD. We compromised our patient's personal healthcare privacy for dollars.
Out patients interests must always come first.
In this case, getting the 10% "back" only leaves us with the threat of 20% cuts in 18 months.
The program needs to be fixed ... another bandaid is not now nor has it ever been the answer particularly when the patient is hemorrhaging.
Marcy Zwelling-Aamot, MD FACEP
- Salvatore Volpe MD FAAP FACP CHCQM said...
I have been e-Prescribing for over eight years. Many "stand alone" companies have indeed come and gone over the years. The software and hardware continue to improve. My patients and I have benefited significantly.
The value of quick and easy access to drug-drug interactions cannot be under-estimated. Now add to this a reduction in phone calls for refills, formulary issues and handwriting issues. There is a good deal of uncompensated time saved by automating the process. How many of you have had to hand write 4-8 refills for patients? We now have e-Prescribing incorporated in our EHR and get the benefit of drug-disease checks.
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Our initial experience with internet based E Rx was quite clumsy but also gave our doctors an open book to everything any doctor had prescribed for the patient. While this may be useful, in several cases the other prescriptions were not disclosed to me by the patient and I felt this was a HIPAA issue. Do I have the right to see your Viagra or Adderall Rx if you don't want to tell me?? Also agree with above comment about sale of such information. Now our EMR will E RX in a more blinded way -- but you know the sale of information through the intermediary clearinghouses is still big business.
- James W Sawyer MD said...
Does anyone know the details about the January 1, 2009 deadline for e prescribing for Medicare. Is it a 2% bonus of Medicare charges?, Medicare collection?, Medicare Part D prescriptions filled by e prescribing? Is it per physician? grooup? Have the details been clarified?
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As a patient, I would ask what those of you who are clinicians would say in these scenarios:
1--I travel. Perhaps I'm a retiree. It's Monday and I get my pay on Friday. I want to wait to fill my script on Friday, and haven't decided where I'll be that day. I want paper. Is your staff going to give me a hard time? (My current MD's staff get upset with me when I want to schedule my own consult appointments. Wondering what they'll do with this.)
2--It's my husband's script. I have to pick it up for him (say he can't drive). On the way home from work, there's construction. It's too much hassle and I want to go to a different pharmacy. You're closed. Now what?
I could keep going here. What is your option B?
- said...
Regarding Dr. Sawyers questions, the legislation refers to payment based on "allowed charges under this part for all such covered professional services furnished by the eligible professional". The legislation also provides an option for payment to go to the provider or practice. Full details will be annouced by CMS this fall through the publication of a Final Rule with Comment.
- said...
Any further comment from medicare about the final rules? They were to come out in the fall, and it is almost November.
Joan St. Onge
Also, remember to vote!-only 6 days left!
- Ryan DuBosar said...
In response to Dr. St. Onge's question, our Regulatory and Insurer Affairs staff tells me that CMS has yet to publish the rules. They should be out any day now but by no later than November 15. It doesn't give much time to get the word out, but in fairness to CMS, the agency didn't have a lot of time to gear up since Congress just passed the law in July.
Ryan DuBosar, Senior Editor
ACP Internist
- Ryan DuBosar said...
Just a day after following up about when the final rule will appear for e-prescribing, here's the announcement. The final rule with comment will appear in the November 19 Federal Register. You can comment up to Dec. 29. The rule takes effect Jan. 1 and another rule will appear later, responding to the comments.
For more details on the general provisions of the rule, as well as CMS's implementation of the PQRI and e-Prescribing initiative, and MIPPA changes, see the Medicare Fact Sheets posted here.
- said...
E-prescribing has so many flaws:
From the pharmacy perspective - you will get millions of requests which the patient does not fill but they were too polite to tell the doctor what their intentions were. Waste of time...
From the physician perspective - If a particular pharmacy doesn't have the prescription you prescribed, they have to transfer the prescription to somewhere else but that may only be done once. If supply for a medication is short, the patient has to try their luck and if all else fails they call the doctor. Waste of time...
From the patients perspective - you have to go to the pharmacy you usually go to unless you tell your provider or he/she asks each time that you can find it cheaper somewhere else if you pay cash. Waste of money...
- Ryan DuBosar said...
It's now an issue that physicians are stuck with, for better or worse. The article we ran in September's issue (http://www.acpinternist.org/archives/2008/09/erx.htm) still holds true, and e-prescribing's benefits are being repeated as a trusim in national discussions on health care reform.
- James Morgan - Puritan Financial Advisor said...
But the vast majority of docotrs don't e-prescribe today, with only about 2% of all prescriptions getting to the pharmacy electronically.
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Back in March after writing the post on prosthetics, I received a package that contained a copy of the book, A Singular View, and a copy of the Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics (JOPPro) along with a note. Michael O Hughes, ocularist and senior editor of the JOPPro asked me to submit an article for a "focus" edition on esthetics that they are putting together for next year.
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Even so, there's reason to like how things have developed. As my colleague Andrew Bary wrote over the weekend of Icahn's plan — whose highlight is a $9/share special dividend propoal for Dell: "This is another clever move by Icahn, since one of the main arguments by the Michael Dell camp is that if the $13.65 buyout price is voted down, Dell shares will fall back toward $10, where they traded in late 2012. That doomsday scenario doesn't look realistic, given Dell's strong balance sheet, with about $3.50 a share of net cash, and sizable earnings power. If Icahn succeeds in pairing his proposal with the buyout vote, Dell shareholders will know that a lucrative counterproposal will be implemented, should they vote down the Michael Dell buyout."
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Munster recorded a 26-17 win over Edinburgh on Sunday but failed to claim a try bonus-point which was crucial to their qualification hopes.
Munster recorded a 26-17 victory over Edinburgh at Murrayfield on Sunday but failed to claim a bonus-point that was key to their qualification hopes.
While not scoring four or more tries, Munster are still alive in the competition and know that they need five points against Racing next weekend.
Fly-half Ronan O'Gara could be in trouble with the citing commissioner though after video replays showed him kick out at Edinburgh's Sean Cox.
Munster did not have it all their own way in the match and it took until the 53rd minute until they crossed for the game's opening try, referee Greg Garner running under the posts for a penalty try following scrum pressure five metres out.
It was Edinburgh who finished the stronger of the two sides, however, with two tries from wing Dougie Fife – their first of the European campaign.
Munster move past Racing Metro into second place in Pool 1 on 15 points but will need to beat their rivals and await results from elsewhere.
Edinburgh put early pressure on the Munster line, but the visitors were able to pressurise their way out of that situation, and became the dominant side as the first half wore on.
The first half was try-less, with four Ronan O'Gara penalties scored to Greig Laidlaw's one, and 12-3 ahead at the break, Munster had it all to do if they were to reach their four try target.
Dave Kilcoyne was yellow-carded early in the second period, but his side were still on top.
When Greig Laidlaw was yellow carded for pushing a ball dead, the forceful Munster scrum earned themselves the first try of the game, with referee Garner awarding a penalty try.
Back to a full complement, Munster turned the screw, passing the ball along their back line, and it was scrum-half Conor Murray who scored the second, with a pick and go from great driving work by his forwards.
But Edinburgh were not to be outdone altogether, and as the game entered its final phase, Doug Fife scored his side's first Heineken Cup try of the season with eight minutes to play, as his back line stretched Munster.
The winger got his second only minutes later, stretching down between the posts, for Laidlaw to convert easily.
While Munster had sought the try-scoring bonus, the game ended with Edinburgh looking for their first point of the campaign, with a losing bonus. That wasn't to be, as the game finished with Munster on the charge, and Laidlaw's kick to touch ended the game.
The scorers:
For Edinburgh:
Try: Fife 2
Con: Laidlaw 2
Pen: Laidlaw
Yellow card: Laidlaw (54 minutes – deliberate slap down)
For Munster:
Tries: Penalty, Murray
Con: O'Gara 2
Pen: O'Gara 4
Yellow card: Kilcoyne (49 minutes – not ten metres)
Edinburgh: 15 Greig Tonks, 14 Dougie Fife, 13 Ben Cairns, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Greig Laidlaw, 9 Richie Rees, 8 David Denton, 7 Dimitri Basilaia, 6 Stuart McInally, 5 Sean Cox, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Willem Nel, 2 Steven Lawrie, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16 Andy Titterrell, 17 Robin Hislop, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Netani Talei, 20 Roddy Grant, 21 Piers Francis, 22 Ben Atiga, 23 Sep Visser.
Munster: 15 Felix Jones, 14 Doug Howlett (c), 13 Keith Earls, 12 James Downey, 11 Simon Zebo, 10 Ronan O'Gara, 9 Conor Murray, 8 James Coughlan, 7 Tommy O'Donnell, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 BJ Botha, 2 Damian Varley, 1 David Kilcoyne.
Replacements: 16 Mike Sherry, 17 Wian Du Preez, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Billy Holland, 20 Paddy Butler, 21 Duncan Williams, 22 Ian Keatley, 23 Casey Laulala.
Referee: Greg Garner (England)


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May your golf shoes collect no dust
By kristenh on May 12, 2008
Yesterday, I walked past my golf shoes, and noticed they really look as though they're collecting a fair amount of dust. In Colorado, many golf courses remain open year round, so I can't blame the winter into spring weather. I can only blame the slight layer of grey sediments on a lack of choice. I admit, my choices are governed by my family, career, and a strong sense of not wanting to let anyone down. For example, a few weeks back, I was describing my morning activities to one of my direct reports, and it was very clear how carefully I'd scheduled each minute, with literally no time to spare. Stress abounds in the case someone should forget their homework, or if the dog should decide to bring back up that small sock she shouldn't have eaten the night before, right in the middle of the carpet.
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Like many, I'm living the super-scheduled life. Activities, urgencies and obligations which all seem immutable or undeniably necessary tend to consume many of us. We find ourselves running from one obligation to the next. Even worse, super-schedulers oftentimes prepare for one activity while still finishing up another.
Do you find yourself:
- making obligations to others while sparing no time to do something for yourself?
- using the bonus of any bit of "extra" time for fixating on distractions that you perceive as the cause of stress (kid care arrangements, those piles of laundry, all the email sitting in your inbox?)
- and simply put, do you fail to make a priority of stopping to take time away from it all?
Dancing on the green
Its time to evaluate what isn't working and decide what you'd really like to have time for but you just don't. And after that evaluation comes the hard part: actually deciding to make a change to the old habits that keep you from making the most of the time you have and implementing change. Of course, implementing a change to your behavior can't just be something you do on the weekend, when you perceive you actually have some spare time, it needs to be every day.
Decide to make the time to take the time. Schedule it, write it down, and then stick to it. For example, golf, while on the one hand challenging and sometimes frustrating (if you golf like I do), can provide a host of benefits. For those of us who tend to be super-schedulers of our time, its important to Evaluate, See the Benefits, and then Act on Making the Choice to take the time to play a round. It might help you think straighter about that pending proposal. Or perhaps it could grant you the patience required to help one of your kids with their homework later in the evening. And maybe it would just give you something to talk about with your friends or spouse that has nothing to do with work or stress or high risk decision making.
So, next time you're encouraged, asked, or required to bind your time to that which seems altogether undeniably necessary, yet seemingly without inherent value, you might just want to step back and take a Mulligan.


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Virgin Blue Launches First Intra Wa Flights07/09/2004
New Direct Service Between Perth - Broome Takes Off
Virgin Blue will today launch a brand new service between Perth and Broome, bridging the gap between these two key cities with more low fares and flight options for the people of Western Australia.
The first flight from Perth will take off today at 4.40pm, arriving in Broome at 7.05pm. After the inaugural service the regular schedule will see flights departing Perth at 4:25pm, arriving into Broome at 6:50pm before turning around and heading back to the state's capital for a 9.55pm arrival.
The flights will operate on a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with convenient connections available between Broome - Brisbane, Gold Coast, Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne and Sydney via Perth to compliment connections already available on Saturdays via Virgin Blue's direct Adelaide-Broome flight.
Virgin Blue Chief Executive Brett Godfrey said, "Broome was chosen as Virgin Blue's very first West Australian regional port as it is a key tourism region which is going from strength to strength. We are excited to be able to expand our network where it's most needed as well as providing more choice and convenience for those who have supported Virgin Blue with such enthusiasm over the past few years."
He added, "We'll be keeping a close eye on our loads and, as with all new routes, if we see strong support we'll certainly consider adding more services into the region."
Everyday low fares start from $199* one-way on the net, with a Fully Flexible fare of $439* one way, 34% cheaper than the competition.
Virgin Blue's low fares and convenient schedule is expected to increase travel between Perth and Broome. While the convenient evening schedule has been tailored for the holiday maker, we are aware that some business travellers will find the high quality jet service combined with the evening departure a convenient way to ensure they get the most out of the following business day.
The new route which reflects Virgin Blue's strong push to nurture domestic tourism, especially in regional Australia, will also provide a more attractive option for WA holiday makers who can now affordably venture north and enjoy the delights of Broome and the surrounding region.
Broome's local business and airport community have applauded Virgin Blue's decision to launch the direct Perth flights.
Ron Johnston from the Broome Chamber of Commerce said, "We are delighted to welcome this new service which certainly indicates Virgin Blue's confidence in our destination. We are looking forward to working together to develop this important sector for both the tourism and business markets."
Kim Maisey, Chief Executive Officer Broome International Airport, said, "Since Virgin Blue began services to Broome in April last year we've been keen to increase services from other destinations and we warmly welcome the introduction of this direct flight and extra capacity on this key route."


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On the top of a hill and overlooking the Arno valley there is the small medieval village of San Miniato. In November, this typical Tuscan town hosts once more the "Sagra del Tartufo Bianco", the most exquisite truffle festival in Italy.
The white truffle is the undisputable king of the festival, the precious 'oro bianco' that every year attracts thousands of visitors from all around the world. The picturesque area of San Miniato produces a quarter of Italy's white truffles, and November is the month when the delicious fungi get to the climax of their ripening. This 'diamante della terra' can reach the price of 4000 euro per kilo.
The main square and the surrounding streets of San Miniato will get full of stalls offering to the visitor wine, cheese and other local products, a gathering of the most traditional flavors of Italy. Moreover, there will be open-air plays, art exhibitions, marching bands, arts and crafts markets and, of course, tastings of the luscious tartufo bianco!
The festival the white truffle will be happening from the second weekend until the last weekend of November. At Il Salviatino, your 5 star hotel in Florence, we recommend you to visit this small town at the heart of Tuscany so you can enjoy one of the highest pleasures Italy can offer to your palate.
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One of the key ingredients of the Russian Ballet's early success in western Europe was its 'Russianness': the way the productions corresponded with a popular image of Russia as a wild, untamed and primitive place. The Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor 1909 was the company's first popular hit in Paris. Nicholas Roerich's earth-smeared set and vibrant costumes, Alexander Borodin's stirring music and the vigorous choreography of Michel Fokine shattered the refined traditions of ballet.
Aleksandr Golovin adapted the rich patterning of Russian handicrafts and folk art for his designs for The Firebird 1910. Fokine worked closely with Igor Stravinsky to harmonise the movements with the score. The production was praised for its magical synthesis of dance, design and music.
The Rite of Spring 1913, a ballet culminating in the ritual sacrifice of a young virgin, marked the company's modernity. Stravinsky's score overturned musical conventions while Vaslav Nijinsky's choreography was considered violent and offensive. Roerich's costumes, with their crudely stencilled patterns, echoed the primeval mood of the ballet.
Natalia Goncharova, a leader of the Moscow avant-garde, used popular and traditional imagery to reinvigorate modern art. Her exuberant designs for The Golden Cockerel 1914, with their odd perspectives, strange proportions and irrepressibly bright colours, drew on the florid patterning of Russian peasant art.


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Personally i think that, 2 hellish weeks have gone, "only" one more to go
But holidays apart, the chapters aren't done in only one week time right ? we are reading 615 but they probably are some chapters ahead, so there's no real motive to have this 3 weeks break.
The least they should do, to make us go through this emptiness, would be the release of 2 chapters next week like they do with the anime sometimes of course this is just my head trying to see something positive where it doesn't exist LOL


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HEATH SPRINGS – You may wonder what's been going on the last few weeks inside the former church that's now the United Citizens Club of Heath Springs.
Several cars are routinely parked outside the Hart Street building. Adults regularly enter and exit the center, while children of various ages head out to play in the yard a few times each day.
However, seeing those actions doesn't give you a good feel for everything that's taken place inside.
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KERSHAW – No residents voiced concerns and council members made it official in just a few minutes.
Not long after they sat down in their seats, Kershaw Town Council unanimously passed final reading of the town's 2011-12 budget during a special meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall.
Little discussion took place this time regarding the $1.17 million general fund budget for 2011-12, said Town Administrator Tony Starnes.
Authorities have arrested a third person in the June 4 armed robbery at the Stop-N-Shop convenience store on McIlwain Road. Keon Jamal Howze, 19, of 106 Caskey Lane, was arrested today. Two others, Dequavion Joel Grier, 19, Tryvarius Lamar Grier, 17, both of 3344 Oakridge Road, were arrested Wednesday.
All three have been charged with attempted armed robbery and attempted murder, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office.
For full story, see the Friday edition of The Lancaster News or visit our website after 6 a.m. Friday.
Jesef Williams
Authorities have arrested two men they say are responsible for the armed robbery last month at the Stop-N-Shop convenience store on McIlwain Road. Meanwhile, a third suspect is still being sought.
Dequavion Joel Grier, 19, and Tryvarius Lamar Grier, 17, both of 3344 Oakridge Road, have each been charged with attempted armed robbery and attempted murder, according to a press release issued Thursday by the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office.
Christopher Sardelli
A Lancaster man was arrested Monday after propositioning and assaulting a teenager as she walked home last weekend, according to a Lancaster Police Department report.
Tavaris Bernard Brown, 20, 708 Sowell St., was arrested June 27 and charged with assault and battery, third degree. Lancaster Police Capt. Paul Smith said Brown was arrested at his home after a teenage girl reported Brown confronted and grabbed her late Sunday night.
Christopher Sardelli
Faced with a tide of angry residents, and with a significant chunk of revenue on the line, Lancaster County Council echoed the infamous words of President George H.W. Bush by saying "no new taxes."
That is, until council meets again July 11.
Even after months of discussion, public input and a series of budget workshops, County Council spent hours Monday night debating what to do with the county's 2011-12 budget.
Jesef Williams
Rachel Bruce hasn't been the same since last week's four-wheeler accident that took the life of a Lancaster County man.
Bruce was playing a video game about 11:30 p.m. June 22 inside her Taxahaw Road home when she heard a loud noise.
Her first thought was that somebody was trying to break in. But that proved to be far from the truth.
Bruce heard frantic screaming outside and later saw three people laying on the ground – a man and two children.
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The technology inside the courtroom is still so fresh that Clerk of Court Jeff Hammond referred to a user's guide to explain some of the functions.
A few locals asked him about the headsets that allow people in the back of the courtroom to clearly hear the proceedings taking place.
Hammond then spoke of a brand new document reader that projects papers and other evidence on large flat screens for the jury to see.
Jesef Williams
The Lancaster Police Department is investigating four burglaries at vacant apartments on Calhoun, Rock and Hudson streets earlier this month.
The report said the burglaries were discovered when an employee of Collins Realty, the company that owns the properties, checked a vacant apartment at 808 Calhoun St. where neighbors had reported seeing people "going in and out."
Thomas "Happy" McCrorey
GREAT FALLS – Thomas 'Happy' McCrorey died Monday, June 27, 2011.
The family is receiving friends at the home.
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Taxpayer money is being wasted, and colleges aren't going to fix the problem.
When President Obama proposed a pilot program to reimburse doctors and hospitals based on the quality of care they provide, rather than the quantity, many of his supporters lauded the effort.
But now that he is proposing something similar in higher education, some of his backers are crying foul.
In its efforts to control surging college costs, the Obama administration wants to rate colleges on metrics such as how much they cost, how many of their students graduate, how long they take to graduate, and how much money graduates earn once they're in the workforce.
OPPOSING VIEW: Rating system won't help
Initially this would only be for informational purposes, so students and their parents could make more informed decisions. The average cost of a four-year college has roughly tripled in the past two decades, to nearly $24,000 for tuition, fees and room and board. At least as much data should be available for that purchase as for a new car.
Eventually, the plan is to link the ratings to grants and loans. More federal aid money would be available to students who attend highly rated schools.
The administration is onto something. Colleges are able to increase costs without consequence largely because easy access to federal aid assures them a steady supply of students, so debt keeps piling up, which is not just a problem for the students. Taxpayers are vulnerable as students default, for instance, and home building is stifled as debt-laden young people resist taking on mortgages.
In that context, it would be irresponsible for the government — as primary driver of the problem — not to intervene, and the Obama plan is mild intervention.
Not surprisingly, many university presidents and academics are protesting the idea. It would, they say, discourage colleges from offering liberal arts degrees, which are not associated with high starting salaries.
Furthermore, they argue, it would cause schools to admit more students who don't need much aid. Schools would look for ways to game the system, much as they do with the U.S. News rankings.
No doubt, these are reasons for concern. But there are 150 billion reasons to hold colleges more accountable, one for each federal tax dollar that universities reap annually in student financial aid.
With that much money sloshing around, colleges can hardly restrain themselves. They spend much of it on things that do not directly assist the students. These include professors who spend too little time teaching, money-losing sports programs, ponderous administrative bureaucracies and opulent buildings.
To combat this, the administration wants to make pricing and value more transparent, so students can shop around using information that is not readily available today. If that medicine is not strong enough, it could move on to reduce aid at underperforming schools. But that's an issue for another day.
What's clear is that taxpayer money is being wasted and that colleges aren't going to fix the problem.
The question isn't whether Obama's plan should be tried. It is whether that will be enough.
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South Korea today gave North Korea an ultimatum for the resumption of talks about a joint industrial zone, in the latest effort to break the diplomatic impasse between the two rivals.
The Ministry of Unification in Seoul announced this morning that Pyongyang has 24 hours to respond to its proposal for talks, or face "serious measures". It did not specify what these would be, but they may include abandonment of the Kaesong industrial zone, the only significant co-operation between the two Koreas.
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The School of Law hosted its 99th consecutive Red Mass in September. Red Mass is an occasion for judges, lawyers, and officials of all faiths to pray together for guidance at the beginning of the new judicial term and join in the Renewal of the Lawyer's Oath of Commitment.
The Oath is recited by all new lawyers in the State of Michigan as a mandatory part of swearing-in ceremonies. Renewal of the Oath is a voluntary means of reaffirming the pledge made at the onset of a lawyer's career. This year's Oath was led by Justice Brian K. Zahra ('87) of the Michigan Supreme Court. The celebrant of the Mass was Reverend Simon Hendry, S.J., Ph.D., a superior of the Jesuit Community and Director of the Catholic Studies Program at UDM.
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My theory about pein and the rinnegan
I think that when pein went into berserk mode he sort of gained some knowledge of the sage of six paths.
But he can control the rinnegan now so he now has all the knowledge and jutsu that the sage had.
Also I think jiriaya found this out.
And the reason why he has six bodies is from a jutsu that the sage created and pein uses now.
Basically the rinnegan gives the user the knowledge that the sage knew or any of the past users had that means if pein dies and another user is born they would gain the sage's and pein's knowledge.
And nagato is sort of like the reincarnation of the sage of six paths.
Just think about it the strongest uchiha and the farther of ninjutsu working together it does make sense
Also why did kishi draw the outline of the sage of six paths, maybe it's because we will see the sage again.
Rin'ne is the Japanese term for Samsara, the cycle of reincarnation or rebirth in several Indian religions.
so the rinnegan should have something to do with reincarnation.
According to such beliefs, a new personality is developed during each life in the physical world, but some part of the self remains constant throughout the successive lives,
The consciousness arising in the new person is neither identical to, nor different from, the old consciousness, but forms part of a causal continuum or stream with it.
One of the metaphors used to illustrate this is that of fire. For example, a flame is transferred from one candle to another, or a fire spreads from one field to another.
as you can see beside the sage of six paths there are two candles, could these flames mean anything
As I said before I think the user of the rinnegan gains the knowledge of the sage.
And when nagato went into the berserk state he gain not all but a small amount of knowledge of the sage.
Even jiraiya was surprised how he killed a chunin.
Someone with no knowledge of taijutsu,chakra controll or experience with fighting defeats a chunin I don't think so.
the sage of (six) paths, pein has (six) body's don't you think this is to much to be a coincidence, and that is why I believe it was a former jutsu that the sage created that allow him to spread his mind and rinnegan into other people.
Another theory is that: pein is lying to jiraiya when he said he will use the biju to create a jutsu that can wipe out countries.
I mean he has lied to akatsuki.
this shows pein has lied before and to his own orginisation.
So I think he will use the jutsu to revive the sage of six paths original body and madara's original body.
also tobi said
this shows there goals are the same.
this might mean that he will get his orginal body back thus the sharingan true powers back also he said (are goals so he might mean you (pein) will get the sages body back
also kishi showed us a outline of madara and now we know more about him and know he is alive
so maybe we will soon know more about the sage and see his body again.


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History of Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park rejoices in the fact that, until fairly recently, it was probably Britain's best kept secret. This is because the secrecy surrounding all the activities carried on here during World War Two was of vital importance to our national security and ultimate victory.
It was here that an organisation called the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) studied and devised methods to enable the Allied forces to decipher the military codes and ciphers that secured German, Japanese, and other Axis nation's communications. The result of which was the production of vital intelligence in advance of military operations. Bletchley Park also heralded the birth of the information age with the industrialisation of the codebreaking processes enabled by machines such as the Turing/Welchman Bombe, and the world's first electronic computer, Colossus.
At the end of the War the remarkable expertise that had been developed at Bletchley Park was taken forward by a number of the wartime GC&CS staff in a new organisation known now as Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). This highly efficient intelligence-gathering machine was aided by the special relationship with America, the genesis of which came from collaboration at Bletchley Park, that burgeoned through the Cold War and continues today.
Today, Bletchley Park is a treasured heritage site designed to preserve the important story of the Codebreakers during WW2. It has no connections to the government and receives no funding from government agencies. The site is funded through revenue from admissions and visits to the site, a variety of grants, donations and charitable contributions.


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Meek, Meekness
See also Broken Heart; Humble, Humility; Patience
Godfearing, righteous, humble, teachable, and patient under suffering. The meek are willing to follow gospel teachings.
- Moses was very meek:Num. 12:3;
- The meek shall inherit the earth:Ps. 37:11; ( Matt. 5:5; 3 Ne. 12:5; D&C 88:17; )
- Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek; seek righteousness, seek meekness:Zeph. 2:3; ( 1 Tim. 6:11; )
- Learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart:Matt. 11:29;
- Meekness is a fruit of the Spirit:Gal. 5:22–23;
- The servant of the Lord must be gentle, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose:2 Tim. 2:24–25;
- A meek and quiet spirit is of great price in the sight of God:1 Pet. 3:4;
- Put off the natural man and become meek:Mosiah 3:19; ( Alma 13:27–28; )
- God commanded Helaman to teach the people to be meek:Alma 37:33;
- The Lord's grace is sufficient for the meek:Ether 12:26;
- You have faith in Christ because of your meekness:Moro. 7:39;
- None is acceptable before God except the meek and lowly of heart:Moro. 7:44;
- The remission of sins bringeth meekness, and because of meekness cometh the visitation of the Holy Ghost:Moro. 8:26;
- Walk in the meekness of my Spirit:D&C 19:23;
- Govern your house in meekness:D&C 31:9;
- Power and influence of the priesthood can be maintained by gentleness and meekness:D&C 121:41;


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She and a male passenger were both wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident. Yazzie died from the injuries sustained. The Utah Highway Patrol investigated the accident. The male passenger was asleep at the time of the rollover. The driver apparently fell asleep or was distracted causing the vehicle to go across the centerline and up the enbankment where it rolled. The UHP reported there were no skid marks at the site of the accident.


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|Release Date: 03/12/13
BLM Plans Prescribed Burns Throughout Bighorn Basin
The Worland and Cody Field Offices of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plan to conduct prescribed burns and mechanical vegetation treatments at various locations in the Bighorn Basin this spring.
Small prescribed burns will be conducted east of Shell and north of Hwy 14/16/20 on Little Mountain east of Lovell along the west slope of the Bighorn Mountains, in the Cottonwood Creek drainage south of Meeteetse in the Absaroka Hunter Management Area, north of Ten Sleep along the west slope of the Bighorn Mountains, and on the north fork of the Shoshone River west of Cody.
Prescribed burns create a mosaic of burned and unburned areas which improves wildlife habitat and increases forage production for livestock. Burns can reduce the hazardous build-up of fuels which lessens the probability of a severe wildfire, remove slash from mechanical vegetation treatments and reduce conifer encroachment into productive sagebrush grasslands sites.
Also planned this year are a number of mechanical vegetation treatments throughout the basin. The projects include aspen enhancement, juniper removal and Russian olive and salt cedar removal. Funding for these projects comes from a variety of public and private sources.
"In addition, sage-grouse and other wildlife species will benefit from these prescribed juniper burns and mechanical treatments," said Wind River/Bighorn Basin District Assistant Fire Management Officer Rance Neighbors. "The mosaic of small treatment patches in larger sagebrush areas and juniper removal improve nesting and early and late brood rearing habitat for sage-grouse and improves overall habitat for other sagebrush dependent species."
For more information, or to participate in the planning of prescribed burns and vegetation projects for 2013 and 2014, contact Neighbors in the Worland Field Office at 307-347-5100 or Supervisory Range Management Specialist Jack Mononi in the Cody Field Office at 307-578-5900. For more information on prescribed burning and vegetation management on public lands, visit www.forestsandrangelands.gov.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of Americas public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. In Fiscal Year 2015, the BLM generated $4.1 billion in receipts from activities occurring on public lands.
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Limited Bluetooth Functionality
T-Mobile Android Smart Phone a Solid Device
As the first publicly released smart phone running the Open Handset Alliance's Android mobile operating system, the T-Mobile G1 with Google is a qualified success. But while packed with innovative features and well-designed capabilities, the device is also overrun with a raft of small, first-generation bugs and idiosyncrasies.
Despite the problems, as a consumer, I would be happy to get a G1 when my current service contract expires, if only to take advantage of what should be a vibrant developer community. However, for corporate mobile administrators, I would recommend waiting-until the bugs are fixed, until more corporate features and applications come out, and until more models are available. Companies considering Android adoption should start their internal development programs, however.
For photos of the T-Mobile G1 with Google, click here.
The T-Mobile G1 with Google represents a collaboration of several companies. HTC designed the hardware-which is a significant leap over HTC's last generation of devices-and Google filled the device with tight hooks into its cloud-based suite of applications and services.
The T-Mobile G1 for Google will be available Oct. 22, but the carrier is taking preorders now. The smart phone will be available for $399 without a service contract, but the price will drop to $179 with a two-year agreement. T-Mobile says the G1 will work with any voice service plan priced $29.99 or greater. Data plans for the G1 come in two flavors: a $25 plan that includes unlimited Web, e-mail and GoogleTalk Instant Messages plus T-Mobile HotSpot access and 400 messages (MMS/SMS/non-GoogleTalk IM); or a $35 plan with the same suite of services plus unlimited messaging.
At rest, the device is not the most visually appealing smart phone, but the modest countenance masks a powerful and easy-to-use piece of hardware. The device I tested came in a flat black color, but T-Mobile is also offering a bronze unit when the G1 launches, with a white one to come later. The device measures 4.60 by 2.16 by 0.62 inches and weighs a moderate 5.6 ounces.
As was widely speculated prior, the G1 is not flat. It has a slight bend near the bottom of the phone (some have dubbed the G1 "the banana phone"), but I found the curve to be less pronounced than anticipated. I actually found it conformed a bit to the natural contours of the face in a comfortable manner, while the unusual shape did not feel odd or out of place in the hand while typing.
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The 3.17-inch touch-screen is large, accurate, sharp and bright-almost excessively bright. I found the screen-which supports 320-by-480-pixel resolution-to be almost blinding when used in a dark room at the default settings. Thankfully, it was easy to adjust the brightness using the on-screen Settings dialog box that is quickly accessed via the Menu button.
Exceptional Touch-Screen
The touch-screen is exceptional, close to the accuracy I've seen with the iPhone (but no multitouch) and vastly superior to the touch-screens I've tested on Windows Mobile-based HTC phones such as the AT&T Tilt. As with the iPhone, the screen is designed to be manipulated with a finger rather than with a stylus. I could easily place a call using the on-screen dialer, start applications and configure settings via the touch-screen, and I could easily scroll through long documents or Web pages with a flick of the finger. When needed, on-screen buttons to zoom in and out of documents are readily accessible and obviously placed, making it simpler to customize the view than I've found with the iPhone's pinch and spread gestures.
When viewed in the standard portrait mode, the device has relatively few buttons. The lower portion of the front panel features six interactive controls-separate buttons for menu, call, hang-up/power-off, home, and return-to-last-as well as a trackball that can be used by those who don't want to use touch-screens to navigate and select items on-screen. These buttons will illuminate slightly when the device is in use to aid navigation in a dark environment.
Unlike the iPhone, the G1 does not natively offer an on-screen virtual keyboard. Instead, to type on the device, the user rotates the device 90 degrees and slides to the screen up along a slightly circuitous route to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. The slider has a nice snap that makes me worry about the slider mechanism's fragility over an extended period of time. Although the G1 has accelometers to adjust the display according to device orientation, the trigger to change the screen from portrait to landscape mode and back is exposing the keyboard, not rotating the device (like with the iPhone).
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The G1 keypad is among my favorites that I've typed on, with the keys widely spaced in five rows for accurate and relatively fast typing. The physical buttons and trackball used in portrait mode are also easily accessible when the device is in landscape mode. Unfortunately, the auto-correcting spell-checking tool the G1 purports to have never corrected anything for me when texting or e-mailing, although the automatic capitalization and punctuation tools worked as expected.
There are but a few buttons or slots marring the edges of the G1. The left side of the device features a pair of volume buttons near the top and a covered MicroSD slot near the bottom. The G1 comes with a 1GB MicroSD card preinstalled, but the user can up the storage capacity. I found the G1 worked as expected with a 6GB MicroSD card, and T-Mobile claims the G1 supports cards up to 8GB.
The bottom edge has only the covered slot of the USB connector, which is used as the primary connector for power, data cables and the wired headset. Like most other HTC devices, the G1 USB port has a USB-EXT connector. Although it is shaped slightly differently than the MicroUSB or MiniUSB connectors found on most portable devices, I could use the same data cable that I use for many other devices.
However, because there is no separate headset jack, users who prefer a cabled headset have a limited number of options. The G1 package comes with a cabled headset that features an action button as well as volume controls, but I found the earbuds too large to fit comfortably in my ears. Users have the option of buying separately a comically large adapter (for instance, this) to work with existing headsets or headphones.
Limited Bluetooth Functionality
The G1 does feature a Bluetooth 2.0 radio with EDS (Enhanced Data Rate) for wireless headset capabilities, but because the Android developers removed the Bluetooth API from the software development kit a few months ago, there is currently limited functionality available to Bluetooth users. While I could pair a Bluetooth headset with the G1 for use with primary calling applications, media applications that would benefit from stereo sound are unable to take advantage of an associated Bluetooth headset.
The G1 is the first 3G-ready smart phone T-Mobile has sold direct (although at the time of writing, T-Mobile's online store offers six 3G-ready feature phones). The device supports T-Mobile's burgeoning HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) 3G network, supporting the 1,700MHz and 2,100MHz bands for U.S.-based and European interoperability. When out of 3G coverage areas, the device also has quad band (850MHz, 900MHz, 1,800MHz, and 1,900MHz) support for GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks.
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T-Mobile 3G coverage has a long way to go to match Verizon and Sprint's EvDO (Evolution Data Optimized) 3G data coverage or AT&T's HSDPA network. T-Mobile claims 3G service is currently available in more than 20 U.S. markets (including San Francisco, where I performed the tests), with several more markets to come online by the end of the year. Interested customers can check whether their city is 3G-ready using T-Mobile's Personal Coverage Check tool.
For more consistent data coverage, the G1 also has an 802.11b/g-compatible radio. Similar to Apple's iPhone (and drastically different from Windows Mobile-based devices), I found it seamless to move from a cellular data connection to Wi-Fi, when the latter is available. The G1 currently supports the personal key-based flavors of WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) and WPA2, but not the certificate-based enterprise flavors. Since many HTC devices running Version 6.1 of the Windows Mobile platform support enterprise-grade Wi-Fi security, I surmise the G1 hardware will support certificate-based encryption whenever someone from the open-source community decides to write the software to make it work.
According to the specifications listed on the HTC Web site (which also states that specifications could change without notice), the G1 features a relatively powerful processor for a smart phone-a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7201A ARM processor (with 256MB of ROM and 192MB of RAM). Taking advantage of this added horsepower, I found the G1 to be very snappy-quickly starting and switching between applications, with little noticeable lag or waiting during my brief time with the device.
The operating system is also multithreaded, so applications can run in the background, update themselves over the network frequently and, with the right permissions, keep the device from going to sleep. Like with Windows Mobile, exiting a program does not mean quitting said application. The OS instead manages the processes in the background, keeping frequently used applications open while retiring little used processes as resource constraints necessitate. However, unlike with Windows Mobile, I did not feel the OS growing sluggish as I opened and used more applications.
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The G1's 1,150-mAh battery is rated for 5 hours of talk time and 130 hours of standby. In my tests, I found the G1 bettered those claims. With both the Wi-Fi radio and data synchronization services disabled, the device delivered 5 hours and 23 minutes of talk time.
Because the G1 battery is on the smaller side when compared with Palm, Apple and Nokia phones eWEEK has recently tested, it seems the G1 and its Android operating system are highly efficient at controlling power consumption during a call. I found that the device quickly blanked the screen during calls but also woke quickly if I needed to use the screen at the same time.
The highly customizable user interface consists of three side-by-side panels that users can flick between. The primary middle screen includes a large clock and links to the dialer, a couple of different contact applications, the Web browser and Google Maps, while the left panel includes a large search box from which the user can quickly conduct a Web search with full subject prediction. The user can add shortcuts to any installed applications on any of the panels, though I couldn't find a way to do the same with Web bookmarks.
In truth, I preferred to keep the desktop uncluttered and take advantage of the excellent program menu overlay. Visible as a tab at the bottom of the screen (when in portrait mode) or the left (when landscape), the tab expands with a flick to fill the entire screen with the full complement of installed applications.
Likewise, the user can access system notifications with a downward flick from the top of the screen. In this way, I could quickly see a roster of current events on the device to determine what calls or text messages I missed, what e-mails had come in recently, or what applications had successfully installed.
With a little digging, the G1 did an excellent job keeping me up-to-date with just about anything I might want to know about the device. I could view detailed system information about the installed kernel, baseband or firmware revisions, specific details about the current signal strength (in dBm) or battery usage level (down to the percent), or the specific rights each installed application has on the device.
Web Browser
Web Browser
As mobile browsers go, the Android browser offered a fine Web surfing experience-on par with the iPhone's Mobile Safari and far superior to anything available on Windows Mobile (including Opera Mini)-although some ongoing issues annoyed me. Like Google's Chrome browser, the Android browser is based on WebKit, but it is not branded as a Chrome browser.
I wish the Android browser would do a better job resizing Web sites to fit the display. Although there is a setting (which is enabled by default) to format Web pages to fit the screen, I frequently found I had to scroll left and right to see everything. The browser takes advantage of Android's zoom controls, allowing me to quickly adjust the page to the screen, but I would rather it fit properly from the start.
The browser also offers a magnifying-glass view: The page shrinks to miniscule type, and a floating on-screen box enlarges what is displayed underneath it, allowing the user to expand the screen back to normal size where the magnifier lay simply by releasing the finger from the screen. Unfortunately, I often found my finger blocked me from seeing what was being magnified, and I quickly gave up trying to use the feature.
The G1 actually has two distinct mail applications: one for Gmail and one for other mail servers. The Gmail application provides much of the look and feel of the regular Web-based Gmail interface, offering similar views of threaded conversations and complete with any tagging information you may already have set. The other application works with standard POP3 and IMAP servers and supports both unencrypted and encrypted connections.
When first activating the phone, the user must provide Google credentials. The user can create a new account from the device, log in to an existing Gmail account or log in using a Google Apps for Your Domain account. Once authenticated, some data is automatically synchronized to the device, including Google contacts, calendar and Gmail headers.
Because the smart phone runs Google Gears in the background, this data will be accessible when the device is off the network. However, the Gmail application only works with a single Gmail account, so users with a gmail.com account as well as a hosted domain account will have to use the regular mail account for the second Google instance.
Accordingly, users can configure multiple accounts in the regular e-mail application, each with their own fetch schedule. For an IMAP connection to an Exchange server, I was able to successfully download contacts and tasks into the mail client, but not to integrate them into any applications native to the G1 (like the phone's contact list). I also was not able to download my Exchange calendar.
Attachment Handling in E-Mail
Attachment handling varied between the two applications. I found the G1 utilizes an HTML renderer that allowed me to preview (but not to save or edit) Word (.doc and .docx), Excel, PowerPoint slide shows and PDF-based documents. Unfortunately, in this rendering mode, I could not access the zoom controls, and each of the documents displayed in an overly large font that necessitated much side-to-side scrolling.
But I could only preview these documents from the Gmail client. In the regular e-mail client, although the application's security permissions listed "read email attachments" among the privileges, I found I could not save or preview any documents (although I could view or save image files).
Both mail clients lack the ability to bulk delete spam or unwanted messages. I could delete individual messages a couple of ways: I could read the message and delete from the message body, or I could press and hold on the message header to pull up an action menu from where I could issue the delete command. However, I could not highlight several messages and delete them.
The lack of full support for Exchange servers is the most obvious deficiency of the G1, but I fear it is not one that will be resolved until Android becomes a big cash cow for one company or another. Microsoft is certainly willing to license the ActiveSync Exchange technology to interested parties (as both Apple and Nokia have taken advantage of recently), but with Android, the question is, who will be willing to pay that license fee?
Given Google's ongoing dance with the development of mobile networks and devices, I suspect it will not take the lead resolving this issue. Google has stood at arm's length in cases where it can get someone else to bear the expense of deploying networks or designing hardware. Google wants to get people online more often and drive them to Google services so they can be served Google ads. Since Google has its own e-mail service, enabling more efficient use of Exchange is not immediately to the company's benefit.
Without Google taking the lead here, I suspect ActiveSync Exchange will come to Android in a piecemeal fashion. Some smart phone hardware vendor (such as Motorola and its Symbol line of devices) will eventually want to offer an enterprise-friendly Android phone, so it will license the code from Microsoft, but I doubt we will see the capability as a standard feature on every Android-based device anytime soon.
eWEEK Labs Senior Technical Analyst Andrew Garcia can be reached at email@example.com.