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An important aspect of the academic publishing process is the facility to retract papers at a later date if the work turns out to have serious errors or -- in rare cases -- to be fraudulent. For many years, the site Retraction Watch has played an important role in keeping track of when papers are retracted -- and why. But even with that long experience, its writers were surprised by the following case:
It's not unusual for us to hear allegations that journals have caved to corporate demands that they retract papers. And companies have certainly objected to the publication of results that painted their products in an unflattering light.
Here's why the retraction was made:
But what we've never explicitly seen is a retraction notice that comes right out and says that they only reason a paper is being removed from the literature is that a company complained. That's the jaw-dropping case with "Visual defects among consumers of processed cassava (gari)," a paper published earlier this year in the African Journal of Food Sciences
The retraction is based on the fact that a Gari processing company has requested the retraction this paper from journal's website and publisher's database since it is crumbling their business inputs to their competitors leading to a drastic reduction in customers and consumers hence affecting their productivity and profitability.
Well, that's hardly a surprise given what the paper claimed:
The visual acuity of consumers of gari showed a significant decrease (P<0.05) when compared with that of the non consumers of gari. The incidence of color blindness is higher in gari consumers than the non consumers. Visual defects are correlated to the frequency of eating gari, for how long gari has been eaten and age. The high prevalence of visual defects among the consumers of gari may be due to the exposure to unsafe amount of cyanide in gari that was consumed over a long period of time.
Some comments to the post on Retraction Watch also raise questions about the validity of those results. But given the seriousness of the potential health issues, the correct response is surely to repeat the research with even greater rigor, rather than simply making the paper and its troubling results disappear.
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Though first-year head coach Gary Anderson has made no public announcement, analysts around the country are expecting Joel Stave to take the reigns at starting quarterback for the Badgers season opener against UMass on Saturday. The sophomore was seen working with the first-team offense during the team's final days of camp, while his competition, senior Curt Phillips, drilled with the second-line.
Stave and Phillips were the last to stand after spring and summer training camps whittled down the corps to just the pair. Starter through week four of last season, Danny O'Brien is the most notable name to be booted from competition for the spot in 2013. O'Brien lasted mere weeks as Wisconsin's lead signal caller before Stave took over the job through week 9. A broken collar bone in a game against Michigan State sat Stave for the season, allowing Phillips a chance for the final five games of the regular season.
During their respective times as helmsmen of the huddle, Phillips and Stave had virtually identical stats. Both completed nearly 60 percent of their passes with at least five touchdowns. Five interceptions between them was the low-point of their numbers on the year, though Stave's ratio of attempts-to-turnovers is significantly better due to his 119 possible pass-plays compared to Phillips 86. Stave's average 15 yards-per-pass also out-did his counterpart's in 2012; Phillips managed just over six.
That power of the long-ball is what most critics expect has kept Stave as the front-runner as camp winds-down. He told reporters this week that he has really been focusing on stretching the field with a stronger arm this summer.
Anderson also acknowledged his pleasure with the younger quarterbacks improved distance and accuracy, citing the Badgers being too dependent on their ground-game in 2012. Specifically the coach mentioned Wisconsin's ranking as the 16th most rushing team on first down in the country, a down he thinks Stave could add a little flare to with the occasional surprise deep-ball.


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Back at base camp, we had a lot of options for the evening. Sean and I walked with our good friend Nic cain (blog , Twitter) and a couple of others down to the networking dinner, but then bailed when we saw the line to get in. Sean and I hit the MVP party while Nic regrouped, then we all marched up to Tango (www.TangoRestaurant.com) for a First Timer's dinner with our three groups.
Evening-full-of-win. We had somewhere around 22 of the 30 First Timers show, and a couple of extras! I'd venture to say a great time was had by all – lots of talk and laughter, great food, and the waitstaff at Tango was very helpful!
A great big shiny shoutout to my Twitter first timers @DBAWayne , @Sqlballs , @formulaet1, @JohnClarkTx , @DaveMcLghln , and @elmatjon, and also to @SQLLocks, who I suspect will be a Person of Great Interest in the SQL community in no time at all. Assuming, of course, he's not already there. To everyone else that attended (and whose Twitter handles I clearly don't have), big shiny shoutouts to you too.
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I would suggest creating a section "Economy of Galt's Gulch" explaining how each resident had his own profession. I know it's covered in the founding section, but I think it should be in its own section, as I and others who have not read the book expressed confusion as to how these upperclassmen were able to survive without servants to plow their fields.
By the way, thank you very much, Terry, for creating this series about Atlas Shrugged. I read Anthem a long time ago and hated it, swearing never to subject myself to another Ayn Rand novel again. These articles allow me to explore her work without having to read a few thousand pages. I am now capable of seeing this opposing point of view with relative ease, and I have learned much reading your analyses and summaries (though by "learned," I mean absorbed information- I certainly haven't become an Objecivist!)--CamilleT 20:14, 11 September 2011 (EDT)


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The Software Servo Library can drive servos on all of your pins simultaneously. The API is patterned after the wiring.org servo library but the code is different. You are not limited to 8 servos, but you must call the SoftwareServo::refresh() method at least once every 50ms or so to keep your servos updating.
Note that as of Arduino 0017, the Arduino Servo library supports up to 12 motors on most Arduino boards and 48 on the Arduino Mega. The Arduino library does not need to have explicit calls to refresh so is easer to use than the software servo code that follows. If you have an Arduino version earlier than 0017 you can download the new hardware servo code from here.
Even though you attach a servo, it won't receive any control signals until you send its first position with the write() method to keep it from jumping to some odd arbitrary value.
The library takes about 850 bytes of flash and 6+(8*servos) bytes of SRAM.
This library does not stop your interrupts, so millis() will still work and you won't lose incoming serial data, but a pulse end can be extended by the maximum length of your interrupt handles which can cause a small glitch in the servo position. If you have a large number of servos there will be a slight (1-3 degrees) position distortion in the ones with the lowest angular values.
The following code lets you control Servo on pin2 by potentiometer on analog 0
#include <SoftwareServo.h> SoftwareServo myservo; // create servo object to control a servo int potpin = 0; // analog pin used to connect the potentiometer int val; // variable to read the value from the analog pin void setup() { myservo.attach(2); // attaches the servo on pin 2 to the servo object } void loop() { val = analogRead(potpin); // reads the value of the potentiometer (value between 0 and 1023) val = map(val, 0, 1023, 0, 179); // scale it to use it with the servo (value between 0 and 180) myservo.write(val); // sets the servo position according to the scaled value delay(15); // waits for the servo to get there SoftwareServo::refresh(); }
The following code is a ping/pong rotations on A0 pin with speed variable
#include <SoftwareServo.h> SoftwareServo myservo; // create servo object to control a servo #define pinServo A0 int speed = 1; int limits[2] = {30,150}; // set limitations (min/max: 0->180) boolean refresh = false; // toggle refresh on/off void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); // attaches the servo on pin to the servo object myservo.attach(pinServo); // init angle of servo inbetween two limitations myservo.write((limits[1]-limits[0])/2); } void loop() { // refresh angle int angle = myservo.read(); // change direction when limits if (angle >= limits[1] || angle <= limits[0]) speed = -speed; myservo.write(angle + speed); // set refresh one time / 2 refresh = refresh ? false : true; if (refresh) SoftwareServo::refresh(); Serial.print("Angle: "); Serial.println(angle); }


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Justin Timberlake is counting down to a pop comeback after teasing fans by declaring "I'm ready", seven years after his last album Futuresex/Lovesounds was released.
The superstar has taken a step back from the music industry to focus on building up his acting resume with recent roles in The Social Network, Friends with Benefits, In Time and Clint Eastwood's baseball movie Trouble with the Curve, but on Wednesday night he hinted at a big announcement by simply posting "Thursday, January 10th, 2013 at 9:01 am PST…" on Twitter.com.
Rumors suggested Timberlake was gearing up to drop a new song produced by his longtime pal Timbaland and featuring Jay-Z and Beyonce, but those claims proved to be premature as the singer directed fans to his revamped website to view a new video message.
The clip featured the SexyBack hitmaker walking into a recording studio as he explained in the voiceover that he would never quit music altogether – he had just been taking his time to create new tunes because he wanted his songs to be perfect.
He said, "Someone asked me the other day: 'So are you just done with music?' It means more to me than anybody else in the world. Look, I've only done two albums in 10 years, that's the way I really look at it. What does the next decade mean for me?
"I'm the one who sits and is just obsessive about it (new music) before you even get to hear it. As close as I get to it, I don't know that I could physically torture myself year in and year out and expect it to fulfil me the way that it does and the way that it is right now.
"I don't want to put anything out that I feel, like, is something that I don't love. You just don't get that everyday. You have to wait for it."
At the end of the video, Timberlake steps into the recording booth and puts on his headphones before announcing, "I'm ready".
The screen then displays a countdown for Sunday at midnight, suggesting that's the date and time fans will learn when they can expect a new album or even get to listen to new music.
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Melissa studied mass communications and journalism at the University of South Florida and Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. While in college, she co-anchored a newscast for an independent station in the Tampa Bay area. She also spent a semester working for CNN in Washington D.C.
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v. t. - To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal. 2
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Barrett, travel, Borges, Declarations
Got lit? American authors abound in Barrett's stash
Scholars from all over the world come to Charlottesville to view such things as the letters of Charles Brockden Brown, America's first novelist; Thoreau's copy of A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, presented by the author to Alfred, Lord Tennyson; and Stephen Crane's manuscript of The Red Badge of Courage.
They're all part of the Barrett Collection, more than a quarter million pieces donated by UVA alumnus and shipping entrepreneur Clifton Waller Barrett from the 1940s until his death in 1991.
It may be the world's largest and finest collection of American literary history. Poet Robert Frost considered it such an important collection that in 1960 he spoke at the opening of the Barrett Room in Alderman Library, a new wing and secure reading room for Special Collections.
The Barrett name traveled with Special Collections and graces the new building's reading room as well.
COVER SIDEBAR- American Journeys: Set the pace and hit the road
Published March 3, 2005 in issue 0409 of the Hook
The first exhibit created for Harrison/Small pulls out all the stops. UVA librarians and curators used the theme of travel in America to assemble dozens of their finest treasures for public view.
From a 1495 Italian book chronicling Columbus's first New World discoveries to a 1957 first edition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, the displays use books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, and archives to show America moving on. There's a 1524 map of Tenochtitlàn in a book by Cortés; game cards with characters from Uncle Tom's Cabin; John Steinbeck's handwritten The Grapes of Wrath; and a photo from the 1963 civil rights March on Washington.
The exhibit remains up through this fall– or catch a glimpse at lib.virginia.edu/harrison/exhibits/journeys.
COVER SIDEBAR- Borges Collection: Capturing elusive remnants
Published March 3, 2005 in issue 0409 of the Hook
Jorge Luis Borges, the fascinating Argentine author whose poems, essays, and short stories fall somewhere between fiction, nonfiction, and philosophy, left little in the way of a literary archive. Because Borges himself deliberately destroyed many versions of his early books and stories, few archival records remain.
However, in 1977, UVA librarians took up the challenge and began building a Borges collection by acquiring first editions (some of which represent one of only four or five in existence), letters, manuscripts, and unpublished works.
The collection now contains more than 2,000 items, spanning the author's 65 years of productivity. Now scholars can simultaneously view manuscripts, revisions, printers' proofs, and published books and pieces, getting glimpses into the thinking of this elusive writer who deliberately tried to cover his tracks.
COVER SIDEBAR- Spirit of '76: Small's trove of Decs
Published March 3, 2005 in issue 0409 of the Hook
The familiar Declaration of Independence– the one with the big John Hancock– dates from 1823, when John Quincy Adams directed the State Department to engrave 200 official copies on parchment.
Thanks to library benefactor Albert H. Small, UVA owns and permanently displays an early draft Declaration: a broadside printed on July 4, 1776, by John Dunlap in Philadelphia. The library's copy, one of only 25 known, may have been George Washington's, since it came from his personal secretary.
The 1776 broadside is one of hundreds of letters, documents, and books in Small's collection, the most comprehensive Declaration archive in the world, recently pledged in full to UVA. Highlights are permanently on display in the Small Library's Declaration Gallery.
COVER SIDEBAR- Signifying plenty: UVA's Faulkner riches
Published March 3, 2005 in issue 0409 of the Hook
William Faulkner loved Charlottesville, which he considered his second home. He taught at UVA twice, the second appointment lasting until his death, and donned his pinks to fox-hunt at Farmington as often as he could.
When it came time for him to write a will, Faulkner bequeathed his personal collection of manuscripts and papers to UVA, amplifying a collection of Faulkneriana already begun by his friend Linton R. Massey.
Additional items have come into the collection since then, including donations from his daughter, Jill Faulkner Summers, as recently as 2000. One scholar calls UVA's Faulkner collection "astonishingly rich." It even has one of his tattered hunting jackets.
COVER SIDEBAR- Let's Do the Numbers
Published March 3, 2005 in issue 0409 of the Hook
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* 2.5 million archival UVA history items
* 286,600 rare books
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Summerlander wrote:Peter wrote:After a lifetime of LD and all manner of experiences I am yet to be convinced that anything is outside of our head, I have not said I agree of disagree but that I dont know and have no proof of anything. As for the debate that there just must be because... well no there does not need to be at all. I would like there to be and I dont know and dont really speculate on it too much.As for the sentence on paranormal experiences, I don't see what experiencing them in a living body would matter.
It would matter if it is all in out head and if when the power is turned off there is nothing anymore and so no experience.
So many people start to believe after say one near death experience, I have had some of these and they are the same as an OBE but in real time and possibly a trick of awareness and nothing more, I dont know. I do expect that one experiences and sometimes the desperation of the moment will greatly sway an opinion and become fact in someones mind.
This is a good thing but not for me
I've experienced both lucid dreams and OOBEs. I see no reason, so far, to disbelieve that they are only a type of WILD. As far as I'm aware, lucid dreaming can recreate any kind of experience. There is no going out of the body because you are your body. With the development of your body (especially your brain) came the development of your consciousness and sense of self. Hence why we have come so far since babyhood.
You need your brain to experience the world. You need a functional brain to have a sense of self. Everything, including your waking perception, happens in your brain. There is a simple analogy for the phenomenon of consciousness. Like dust comes together in space to produce heat and light (the birth of stars eventuated by gravity) so does consciousness arise and develop as a byproduct of biological systems as complex as the ones in the human cerebrum.
On NDEs... despite what you might have heard as regards to verification, it is all anecdotal evidence. they are traumatically induced OOBEs. Actually, I will go as far as to say that it happened to me once and here is an even better name for it that I propose: TILDs (trauma-initiated lucid dreams).
When they say the brain isn't active during such experiences... it is false. More appropriately, one can say that in certain cases there is no measurable brain activity. But it is only not measurable due to the equipment available. EEG is not enough to dig deeper. Someone like Michael Persinger, on the other hand, can measure what can't be detected in most hospitals. He will tell you that the brain is very much active beyond the EEG scope and in tandem with conscious experience in such trauma-induced states.
I'm sorry but I am a very scientifically-minded individual and as far as I can tell, death is equivalent to the pre-birth state. The only way you can come back after death is if the universe stumbles upon the right coordinates in space that bring about your awareness (and you wouldn't necessarily be the same person).
I think what we need to understand is that there are no real facts. Facts are what we believe to be the truth, through experimentation, repeated tests, and observation. But what we see through our human eyes, is only true to our eyes. It may be true to our human eyes and ears, but there is still much we won't and can't ever know, through eyes, ears, or all of the technology in the world, which is based on these things.
We will never agree because we are too different. No matter how persuasive you or I could be, it won't change anything. We have our beliefs, and neither are right or wrong, true or false. Saying otherwise is beyond our human power, and beyond our human perception. We will believe what we want to believe, and that's it. With all of that said, it's still interesting to see the amount humans, being the same animal, can be so different. Thank you for the debate, guys.
P.S. Anybody watching the London 2012 Olympics?


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By Alexander Reed Kelly
Eons ago, something crept out of the world's oceans and made its home on land. All of us living today are descendants of that organism; we owe our existence to its victory in the struggle to adapt to its new, terrestrial surroundings.
Today, slimier creatures are dragging themselves up from the depths of nearby swamps, and they're attempting to reshape the legislative and educational environments to suit themselves. A mix of religious zealots and political opportunists are waging a campaign to roll back the findings of biology and indoctrinate American students with unsubstantiated dogma. Their lobbies at the state level are powerful, especially in the heartlands of American conservatism, and their efforts have moved some who would otherwise passively oppose them to action.
Zack Kopplin was a sophomore in high school when his state passed the Louisiana Science Education Act in 2008. Masquerading behind the language of "academic freedom," the law made Louisiana the first state to allow taxpayer-funded public schools to teach creationism and the more insidiously labeled "intelligent design." Being so obviously inconsistent with the federal policy of separation of church and state, and posing a threat to science students whose education in religious ideology may hinder their access to college and jobs, Kopplin assumed someone from the scientific community would take action. He was "baffled" as the months passed and no one did, and in 2010, he dedicated his senior-year project to building a campaign to repeal the rule.
Kopplin began by contacting Dr. Barbara Forrest, a Southeastern Louisiana University philosopher and a key expert witness in the 2005 case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District. The trial resulted in a federal court ruling that found teaching intelligent design in public biology classes to be inconsistent with the First Amendment because the subject is not scientific and "cannot uncouple itself from its creationist, and thus religious, antecedents." Forrest and Kopplin enlisted the help of 78 Nobel laureate scientists who publicly endorsed the repeal of the law. The New Orleans City Council, an association of clergy members and various educational and scientific organizations also lent their weight.
Kopplin's campaign persuaded state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, a Democrat from New Orleans, to sponsor a repeal bill, and in April 2011, she introduced SB 70.
Within a month, the state Senate heard a debate over the bill. A 5-1 vote to defer action on the legislation effectively killed the group's effort. Disappointed but not undaunted, the members revived the push the following spring, but lost again. This time, however, defeat came via a much narrower vote of 2-1, as some of the group's previous opponents abstained. The campaign has promised to continue pressing the legislature until the teaching of creationism in public classrooms is illegal in the state.
Read the rest here.
I see something like the above and I can sustain the idea that there is a future for Homo sapiens on this planet. Zach Kopplin has clearly perceived the threat of pseudo-science in an age where arguments about evolution vs. creationism are less scientific than they are political. In the accompanying video, he states that there are no creationist jobs in the private sector, yet plenty of positions for those who understand the dynamics of evolution, and he backs his arguments with multiple Nobel laureates and members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
I don't know whether Zack is one of us or not. The point is that there are those out there who see the crap coming in and are not willing to tolerate it. Indeed, they're willing to go to the mat and fight to put a stop to it because ultimately, It Hurts US.
Bravo, Zack. Damned well done!
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Perhaps this Zach fellow (if he is still in school) should bypass the state courts and take the case to Federal court (with the support of such groups as American Atheists, the American Civil Liberties Union, &c). The law clearly violates Federal standards vis. the separation of church and state.
He also has a horse in the race (he has standing) if he is still in school. Louisiana schools receive Federal funding. Bypassing the state courts and state legislature seems to be the way to go.
Loren! Powerful stuff; may I quote you on Facebook?
Be my guest, Joan!
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Idaho Student Gets High Academic Honor
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Boise-born senior at Montana State University is one of 32 American college students named yesterday as prestigious Rhodes Scholars. Joseph W. Thiel of Boise is majoring in chemical engineering and liberal studies with a focus on politics, philosophy and economics. The prestigious award provides Thiel with a scholarship at Oxford University in England, where he plans to study economics for development.


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Pizza is definitely a universal crowd pleaser, but doesn't it kind of get old and boring sometimes? (Ok, you're right, not really. But just go with it.)
As much as I love a pie straight out of the oven, a fun twist on this family favorite is always welcome in my household, especially when it comes in the form of this Pizza Puffs recipe from Lick the Bowl Good.
OMG. Tiny little pizzas. In puffs. In muffin pans all snug and cozy and ready for us to gobble up to our heart's content. It may only be September, but it feels like Christmas up in here to me.
Why not spice things up this weekend and throw together a batch of these delicious puffs for the fam. They'll think you're a genius -- and it will get you out of having to tip the local delivery man. (Hey, every buck saved helps.)
Pizza Puffs
3/4 cup flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
Pinch of salt
Pinch of red pepper flakes
3/4 cup whole milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 cup cubed pepperoni
1/2 cup store bought pizza sauce
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 24-cup mini-muffin pan. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and red pepper flakes (if using); whisk in the milk and egg. Stir in the mozzarella, Parmesan, and pepperoni; let stand for 10 minutes.
Stir the batter and divide among the mini-muffin cups. Bake until puffed and golden, 20 to 25 minutes.
Meanwhile, microwave the pizza sauce until warmed through. Serve the puffs with the pizza sauce for dipping.
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Unlike a generic electronic medical/health record software solution, electronic medical records (EMRs) for substance abuse treatment centers have unique features and capabilities designed specifically for those involved in addiction rehabilitation facilities. Substance abuse software offer charting templates for managing clinical records related to specific drug and alcohol abuse treatment in addition to other treatment center demands. Also, EMRs for substance abuse centers often have e-prescribing functionality to electronically generate prescriptions and a laboratory request interface to track patient lab results.
This guide aims to help buyers understand the market of substance abuse EMR software. We have listed the advantages of using an EMR solution in running a treatment center. Here's the list of topics we have covered in this guide:
What Is Substance Abuse EMR Software?
Common Features of Substance Abuse EMR Software
Benefits of Substance Abuse EMR Software
Substance abuse EMR software is tailored to the needs of substance abuse and drug rehabilitation facilities. These needs are both operational and functional in nature. Operational needs include office tasks like appointment booking, billing and patient communication. Functional needs include patient charting, e-prescribing and radiology information systems (RIS).
When selecting a substance abuse treatment EMR, consider other features that will improve the clinic's efficiency and quality of care. For example, if your facility provides group counseling sessions, your EMR should have scheduling and patient records capabilities that can handle multiple patients simultaneously. An inpatient facility will have needs that an outpatient facility does not, and vice versa. Many substance abuse EMRs have a feature that allows collaboration and sharing of clinical data between agencies. In addition to this, financial requirements vary widely in substance abuse centers. So, ensure that the system can support typical payers and billing processes.
|Substance abuse workflow management
|Carry the individual through the entire continuum of care, from first inquiry through admission, treatment, therapies and any medications prescribed, and finally discharge and follow-up/outpatient care.
|Notes management for individuals or groups
|Substance abuse counselors may need to access their old notes quickly to review previous sessions. They may need to access multiple patient records simultaneously, or they may only deal with patients one-on-one. Take your treatment plan into account when considering your EMR.
|Substance abuse EMR templates
|The EMR should facilitate the workflow through templates that are targeted to specific conditions like alcoholism, narcotics, prescription painkillers and infection management.
|Sale and/or reimbursement management
|Some substance abuse treatment centers bill insurance companies, others are funded exclusively through public or private charities, while still others are financed by the patients themselves. Consider your primary funding sources to ensure you get the payment systems you need, not the ones you don't.
All addiction treatment centers are required to keep a record of all patients and their treatment notes. This increases the volume of paperwork, which makes searching for historical records a monumental task. With an EMR system in place, it becomes easy to search for any particular record.
Here's how an EMR solution helps address the challenges of a substance abuse treatment center:
Appointment booking: Scheduling patient appointments is, generally, a challenge for any medical practice. Receptionists and booking staff need to be updated on the availability of their practitioners in real time to block slots for patients. Lack of this information can often lead to overbooking, which results in long waiting lines.
An EMR solution provides a real-time patient calendar to the booking staff and helps avoid conflicts. It keeps track of practitioners' calendars and books appointment only during available times. The calendar gets updated automatically if an appointment is cancelled or when a doctor is unavailable.
Patient records: Patient health records allow practitioners to store patient details like name, age, gender and other demographic information, as well as progress notes, in a single place.
Patient records for substance abuse treatment clinics require special considerations. They need to be compliant with 42 CFR Part 2 standards pertaining to the confidentiality of drug and alcohol abuse treatment. EMR software helps practices meet this compliance standard by providing secure storage and access to patient information. Using a unique record for every patient, practitioners can quickly find and access previous assessment notes and test results.
Patient notes: It is imperative for substance abuse treatment practices to maintain a record of all patient notes during patient encounter and group therapy sessions. An EMR solution simplifies this process by offering a simple interface for recording patient notes. A few solutions offer speech-to-text functionality that further eases the process by eliminating the need for typing notes. With all notes stored in the company database, practitioners can easily access patient notes from previous visits.
Insurance management: The process of insurance claim filing requires that users manually enter data. Furthermore, users need to find accurate International Code of Diseases (ICD) and CPT codes to file insurance claims. An EMR solution helps users manage all documentation and regulatory requirements for insurance filing. Some EMR products also feature UB-04 form support, which is required in hospitals and clinics for submitting claims.
Most products on the market offer code search functionality for ICD and CPT codes so that users can easily find disease and treatment codes by typing in disease names in a search box.
Billing: The process of medical billing requires that users process a large volume of paperwork and documentation. In addition, practitioners billing to Medicaid and third-party insurance companies need to keep track of their claims and payment statuses. As a result, many drug and alcohol addiction treatment facilities are hesitant in accepting insurance payments, as it can lead to a loss in revenue opportunity.
With integrated billing functionality, users can generate bills and email them to patients or insurance companies. Solutions also help users track the status of their claims and insurance payments in real time. Some products on the market offer outsourced billing, which means that the entire billing process is managed by the vendor. Substance abuse treatment centers looking to directly accept insurance payments should consider this functionality.
e-Prescribing: e-Prescribing is one of the most popular applications in the substance abuse EMR software market. This functionality allows practitioners to send prescriptions directly from their system to the pharmacy of their patient's choice. Patients can collect medication by showing their card at the pharmacy.
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by Mark Jagord, sports information assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College Softball team has finalized its dates and times for the 2014 Mid-South Classic Softball Tournament that runs Friday, Feb. 28 through Sunday, Mar. 2, in Spartanburg, S.C. The Bobcats will play four games with two games on Feb. 28 and two games on March 1.
On Friday, Feb. 28 Georgia College will take on Brevard College (Brevard, N.C.) in a late-afternoon 5 p.m. game, followed by an early-evening 7 p.m. start against Carson-Newman College (Jefferson City, Tenn.).
The Saturday, March 1 games start early at 10 a.m. against Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.), followed by a late-afternoon contest versus Lenoir-Rhyne University (Hickory, N.C.) at 4 p.m.
The Bobcats faced three of the four scheduled opponents last season going a combined 5-1, that included a split with Lenoir-Rhyne in the 2013 NCAA Southeast Regional Tournament.
Georgia College faced Carson-Newman in a doubleheader March 11, 2013 winning the first game 2-1, followed by an 8-7 win. Later that month, the Bobcats beat Brevard in a doubleheader on March 28, 5-2 and 6-2, respectively.
Georgia College followed their Peach Belt Championship (PBC) game loss against Columbus State University with a convincing 10-1 win over Lenoir-Rhyne in its opening game of the NCAA Southeast Regionals on May 10, but lost the rematch the next day, 4-3.
From the time the Bobcats faced Carson-Newman (March) until the loss versus Lenoir-Rhyne (May), the team went an impressive 17-4 during that span.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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By Jon Kander Apr 21, 2011
Reading this month's Partnership Activation newsletter (a must read for sports business professionals), I found the utilization of virtual advertising during in-game broadcasts by several NHL teams compelling. While in-game virtual advertising is not a new concept (baseball has been utilizing it for behind-the-plate advertising for 10+ years), it is becoming more prevalent amongst NHL teams in recent years. Thinking about it in greater detail, selling digital advertising inventory would be a great fit for teams in several different sports and a potential league-wide activation platform for a sponsor.
Teams in other professional sports could build off of MLB's and NHL's existing digital advertising model. MLS teams could place virtual advertising behind the goalies during games. A brand could also implement a strategy similar to Allstate's imbedding its logos in the goal post nets during college football games and place its logo between the goal posts during the NFL London game each year (a big Target logo immediately jumps to mind).
A few months ago, my colleague Sarah Hartman wrote a blog post about the overwhelming number of logos cluttering the basketball court during several NCAA college tournaments. Beyond the clutter issue, the logos negatively impacted the on-court performance because they caused several players to slip throughout the game. While I am not advocating for the same number of corporate logos to appear on the court (it was slightly ridiculous), replacing those court stickers with virtual logos would at least eliminate the negative performance impact while still allowing for nearly the same in-game exposure.
While the 25,000+ attendees wouldn't see a digitally-inserted sponsor logo, that loss of exposure is not likely to have a significant marketing impact on the partnership. From a Valuation standpoint, IEG views on-court logos as signage, which would add (at most) $.05 per attendee to the sponsorship's fair market value. On-court logos only provide logo/brand awareness and typically do not provide any brand messaging or calls-to-action to the consumer, which limits their overall value.
On the brand side, I wonder if a sponsor could approach a league and/or each of a league's teams with a sponsorship idea where the primary benefit in its team-level packages is in-broadcast digital advertising. Similar to Allstate's branding during college football games, the logo could appear during a specific point of each game broadcast. For example, after any hard hits during an NHL game an ad for aspirin or Icy Hot could appear for 10 seconds. This would increase the value of a sponsor's ad by connecting the brand with a specific moment or message that the sponsor could also activate/promote around. In addition, digital ads can be changed throughout the season in order to promote a new product offering, etc.; whereas, logos along the ice rink are more permanent in nature.
Virtual advertising can be a valuable benefit to provide to high-level team sponsors. It provides sponsors with a significant amount of in-game broadcast visibility and a unique platform for the sponsor to activate against while not cluttering up the playing field or negatively impacting in-game performance. As more and more professional sports teams continue to make this form of advertising available to their sponsors, this medium could become the next TiVo-proof way for sponsors and advertisers to reach consumers at home.
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By Jim Stanford on March 24, 2014
Competitors and fun-class partiers wishing to participate in the 39th annual Pole Pedal Paddle must sign up today to avoid a $15 late fee.
Register online or at the ski club office upstairs in Snow King Center.
The race will feature a top-to-bottom super-G at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, 8-k Nordic ski at Shooting Star, 20-mile cycle to the Snake River and 10-mile paddle to the finish at Astoria Hot Springs.
As the News&Guide reported Friday, the bike leg will be split slightly to accommodate the Nordic course layout, with racers pedaling about a mile to begin skate skiing.
The forecast for Saturday is calling for sunshine and a high of 44 degrees.
Participants may compete solo or with a team, in racing or recreation classes. Fun class is judged not on time but by who appears to be having the most fun. It's not uncommon to have chiseled Olympians racing alongside costumed beer guzzlers.
Cash prizes of up to $500 will be awarded to the top three finishers in racing class (individuals and teams), with gift certificates for rec class. Raffle prizes include a kayak from Rendezvous River Sports and 2014-15 JHMR season pass.
Entry fees are $60 per individual or $45 per team member. Fun class is $80 per team, and family teams are $70.
After the race, awards will be given at Teton Village, and Michael Franti and Spearhead will perform a free concert as part of the Jackson Hole Rendezvous.
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TUPacific needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 35 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
Therapists Unlimited
We are a recruitment and staffing agency specializing in Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy. We place therapy professionals in contract assignments with healthcare facilities throughout the US as well as offer permanent placement assistance. Our employees are high energy and enthusiastic about the work that they perform.
This design will be for a banner that we use at tradeshows and conventions all over the us. We will bring it to PT/PTA events, OT/COTA events, and SLP events so it needs to be universal. The attendees of these shows are therapists and therapy students and could either be employees or customers.
The attached File, Seamless Banner Example, shows the style of banner we are going with. The PDF, TU Banner Layout, is a general layout that we came up with which outlines some of the information that we would like to have displayed and gives you an idea of what we'd like to highlight.
The Viewable Graphic Area - 33.5"w x 94.5"h for each of the 3 panels and we just need to make sure that the font is large enough for someone with normal vision to read from approximately 20 ft. away.
Also, Please prepare artwork with a .5" full bleed.
For the graphics(i.e Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc) I just used google and searched for 3d logos and added the reflection. As you can see, the careerbuilder one is offset but I'd like them all to be in line(with the Sun Healthcare and CareerStaff logos)
The TU logo is a bit off center so if you are able to adjust it, that would be great.
Although we have this basic layout, any unique ideas that you would like to present are welcomed. We are not graphic design artists so we look forward to your professional recommendations. One of the things we though about are graphics(of therapists performing therapy) possibly watermarked behind the text. Not sure how that would look but would like to get a visual if possible.


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Hundreds of survivors of a 6.6 magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China, killing nearly 200 people, pushed into traffic along a main road today, waving protest signs, demanding help and shouting at police.
"We are in the open air here. No place to sleep, nothing to eat. No one is paying any attention to us," said Peng Qiong, 45, a farmer in Chaoyang village on the outskirts of Lushan, near the epicenter.
China has poured resources into Sichuan since the early Saturday quake, including 1 billion yuan ($161.9 million) from central coffers for disaster relief and compensation. About 18,000 troops are in the area.
The earthquake killed at least 186 people and injured more than 11,000, state media said.
But while many have praised the government for its swift response, growing anger among some underscores the government's challenge, magnified by the fact that Sichuan bore the brunt of a 7.9 earthquake in 2008 that killed nearly 70,000 people.
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In some cases, roads closed to non-emergency traffic have been clogged with all kinds of government vehicles.
On the way to Baoxing, a heavily damaged area about 40 km (25 miles) from Lushan, idling ambulances, troop transporters, construction vehicles and tour buses for relief workers blocked both lanes of the road, making access possible only on foot or by weaving motorcycles.
Tian Kuanqian surveyed a winding fissure that split the upper level of his house. For more than two days, the 40-year-old farmer has watched as emergency vehicles passed their wrecked village by.
"If they continue to ignore us like we are trivial, we will have no choice but to protest," he said.
The back room hung of Tian's house was torn from the building and perched on a steep slope. Inside, a poster of former revolutionary leader Mao Zedong hung above a collapsed wall. Tian's family including elderly parents sleep on the ground.
"It's been three days and we haven't seen noodles or water. What we need are tents," Tian said.
A police officer in Chaoyang trying to clam protesters on the road said the authorities were doing all they could.
"Our leaders have visited and we're working getting these people food and water," said the officer, who declined to give his name.
Mountainous terrain and poor infrastructure have made reaching victims difficult. The Xinhua news agency said aftershocks had triggered landslides that blocked a main road.
The damage to listed businesses in the area appeared limited. Toll road operator Sichuan Expressway said none of its roads were damaged, while motor-maker Dongfeng Electric said the quake did not cause any losses.
China Lumena New Materials Corp said none of its equipment in Sichuan had been damaged, while department store owner Maoye International said its subsidiary, Chengshang Group, whose principal business is in Sichuan, said all stores were operating normally.
In Zhongba village, part of Baoxing, residents said it took two days for help to arrive. When it did, supplies and tents were in short supply. Almost all buildings are damaged and many have collapsed.
Zhang Zhenghua, a 41-year-old farmer, said officials drove through the village on Monday and stopped briefly to apologize for the delay in help.
"The secretary mentioned subsidies to rebuild our homes. We hope they do what they say," Zhang said.
(Writing by John Ruwitch; Editing by Robert Birsel)