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Re: Storing data and code in a Db with LISP-like interface
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Have you read the entire article? They had reasons for choosing lisp.
Concerning technical excellence - while I am convinced that technical excellence doesn't guarantee success, nor does success always come because of technical excellence - I would still reckon that with knowledge one should increase his odds.
Now personally I have only some basic knowledge of Prolog and know almost nothing about lisp, however I do believe there is more to life than OOP and RM and I've been planning for months to learn lisp (being very lazy - it's still in the plans queue, but that's another story).
Alvin has given some nice reasoning and provided some simple yet effective examples. Personally, I was impressed about a year ago when I found out that mathematical expression parser (basic four opperations, precedence and parentheses included, syntax check + result evaluation) amounts to 9 lines of code in Prolog.
Mikito Harakiri wrote:
> And if they were asking Maple or Mathematica he would be really freaked
> out? I don't understand what technical excellence has in common with
> success on marketplace. That is assuming that "hacking Lisp let alone
> Perl" has anything to to with technical excellence.
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Herald Trainee Mags and Companion Dallen
- Dark and Troubled Past
- Living Lie Detector: Can sense truth or lies with just his Gift, without resorting to the Truth-Spell.
- Made a Slave: From infancy, pretty much.
- Mind Control: He is a strong enough Mindspeaker to actually take control of an opponent. This completely exhausts him, and he will only do so with Dallen's permission.
- My Own Private "I Do": With Amily, early in Closer to the Heart. The formal, public wedding took place at the end of the novel.
- Nonchalant Dodge: Mags was already proficient in this when he was Chosen, it was the only form of self-defense that was safe for him to use while a mine-slave.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: He's literally under orders to make himself seem dumber than he actually is to anyone who isn't part of of his close circle or Nikolas' network. That includes playing sports in part to have people assume that he's Dumb Muscle.
- Teen Superspy
- Telepathy: He is the strongest Mindspeaker yet shown in the books.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Pocket pies for Dallen, cheese for Mags.
Healer Trainee Bear
- Arranged Marriage: He went home for the holidays to find himself already betrothed. Borders on the forced marriage version, though this is illegal in Valdemar — his family has no interest in his desires.
- Elopement: He gets out of the arranged marriage by eloping with Lena (who he is in love with), though he does ask Mags's advice before doing so.
- Muggles Do It Better: Born without Healing Hands, Bear studied up on herb-lore and mundane medicine instead, and these skills are a lot better for certain problems than the Gift.
- Put on a Bus: With Lena, between Bastion and Closer to Home.
- Why Couldn't You Be Different?: Born totally without a healing gift to a line that had it for generations.
- You're Not My Father: He cuts all bridges with his father after getting married.
Bardic Trainee LenaMags' first friend
- Elopement: She elopes with Bear, whom she loves and has the added bonus of getting him out of his Arranged Marriage.
- Magic Music
- Put on a Bus: With Bear, between Bastion and Closer to Home.
- "Well Done, Daughter" Girl
King's Own Herald Amily
- Animal Eye Spy: Develops this gift somewhere between the end of Bastion and the start of Closer to Home.
- Disabled Love Interest: For Mags. While she averts some of the trope's stereotypes, she still has a bad leg until the end of Changes.
- My Own Private "I Do": With Mags.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Delivers an impressive one in Closer to the Heart to the Guardsmen who have been tricked into near-treason.
- Took a Level in Badass: In Bastion.
King's Own Herald Nikolas and second Companion Evory
- Back from the Dead: In Closer to Home, he drowns. The Death Bell rings. Rolan chooses Amily. Then, Mags successfully resuscitates him.
- Overprotective Dad: Invoked by Nikolas — he tells several Heralds that he's spending time with Mags because Mags is interested in Amily. (Which he is, but it's a convenient cover for what's really going on.)
- Renowned Selective Mentor: To Mags; the only reason none of the other Trainees is jealous is because both Nikolas and Mags are careful to hide the relationship.
King Kiril
- King Incognito: Mags first runs into him in the Companion stables and mistakes him for a random yet familiar Herald. Two of his features give his identity away if you remember that the king of the time was just two or three generations removed from Vanyel and that dark brown was the signature royal family hair color in The Last Herald-Mage.
- Uncanny Family Resemblance: Vanyel's eye color is alive and well in him.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: Special mention for the end of Intrigues.
Tobias MarchandLena's father
- Bad Samaritan: He takes in protegés from time to time to steal their work.
- Dark and Troubled Past: in one of the books, it's implied that Tobias used his projective Empathy to get women into bed, especially after they turned him down once. Bard Breda implies that he got away clean with it because the Bardic Circle couldn't prove it (and perhaps there were even a few Circle members susceptible to Marchand as well), and none of the women ever came forward to make an actual complaint they could investigate.
- The Empath: With a twist: he can impose feelings on other people with ease, but has little in way to reading him.
- Gold Digger: Suggested to be the reason he married Lena's mother. And also the reason he gave information to the assassins.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: At some point, he starts telling people that he suspects that Lena is not his daughter due to not thinking of her as a good connection at the time. However, people quickly point out that 1) Given the way he's been treating Lena, she could be happier to not be associated with him and 2) That would mean that his wife isn't faithful to him.
- Jerkass: Quite possibly the worse there has ever been among the "good" guys. And again, he was the one giving info to the assassins just because he needed the money.
- Magic Music
- Parental Neglect: Towards Lena.
- Reassigned to Antarctica: At the end of Changes, after being found out to be stealing his protegé's work and one of the people who was informing the assassins.
Violetta of House Chendar
- Break the Cutie: She comes to Haven as the innocent, naive, indulged youngest daughter. Once there, she sees a very attractive young man and sends him a note. He turns out to be the son of her father's worst enemy, and the noble lady who is sponsoring the family makes it very clear what an unscrupulous young man could do with the note she sent. Brand then seduces her, deflowers her, and tries to kill her family. When placed under the truth spell, he makes it clear he never cared for her and just planned to use her while keeping a woman on the side. Then she has to testify during the inquest into his death, and have at least some of her humiliation made public.
- Fourth Date Marriage: What she and Brand plan.
- Friend to All Living Things: She loves animals and has several pets at the family estate. She's the only one of her sisters to want the lapdog specifically bred to function as a muff warmer when offered.
- In Love with Love: She's very much the romantic of the family. While her sisters plan their marriages for advantages (one wants an old man so she will soon be a wealthy widow, the other wants a rich man who is involved in either textiles or jewelry), she dreams of a young man sweeping her off her feet for romance.
- Love at First Sight: She writes a love letter to Brand before even knowing his name.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: She considers herself and Brand to be this. He had other ideas.
- Thinks Like a Romance Novel: Constantly thinks about how this is just like a tale or a song.
Brand of House Raeylen
- The Casanova: Seems to be quite skilled at seducing the ladies.
- Child Marriage Veto: Plans to use one of these to avoid marrying Violetta's sister. By killing his family, and hers.
- False Soulmate: He does not return Violetta's feelings, and just plans on using her.
- Fourth Date Marriage: Plans to do this with Violetta.
- Manipulative Bastard: Uses Violetta's feelings for him to get what he wants out of her.
- Self-Made Orphan: He plans to become one, so he can inherit his father's estate.
- The Sociopath: He cares nothing for his family, their honor, or anyone else. His only interests are his own comfort and the ability to have a lover.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Is described this way.


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Hotel Bisanzio is located in Venice, Italy, 75 meters from the waterfront. It is 500 meters from St Mark's Square and the Campanile bell tower. The Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace) is 500 meters away.
Hotel Features.
This historic, ornate hotel is housed in a palace dating back to the 16th Century. It has two lounge areas, room service provides drinks 24-hours a day, and offers a free breakfast buffet every morning. Free wireless Internet is available in public areas. Business services are provided.
The Lido island, which becomes a bustling playground for tourists and Venetians in the summer, is 15 minutes from central Venice by water-bus. This property is pet friendly.
The 40 guestrooms have Venetian-style decor and are all air-conditioned. They include complimentary wireless Internet, satellite television, minibars, and direct-dial phones. 24-hour room service is available onsite.


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Welcome to my first blog ever! My name is Jen O'Connor, and I am in New Visions: Journalism and Media Studies. I am a senior at Schalmont High School. I'm not sure how this whole blog thing works, but I will try my best to be charming, witty, entertaining, and you know, all that other good stuff!
Eh-Ehm… alright well I guess the first thing you should know about me is that I'm a total dork. I'm OBSESSED with National Geographic. Seriously, I've been collecting the magazines since I was a little kid and I have them all in perfect condition in my book case, pretty creepy right?
I absolutely love photography! My dream is to some day work for National Geographic as a journalist/ photojournalist and travel all over the world. I know big dreams for someone who's only halfway through her first blog! I'm really creative and I'm always full of ideas. I sculpt, paint, make jewelry, and play the drums. I really love anything that allows me to think outside the box, and be silly.
So this year on my blog I thought I'd cover a variety of topics. I have a lot of interest in Third World countries, the environment, animals/ animal rights, different cultures, and of course my immediate community.
However, lets not forget I'm a teenager, even though I sometimes act like an old person with all of my news and rambling, my blog will also be plastered with all that nonsensical teenage stuff. You know, music, fashion, celebrity stalking, tips for surviving high school, hilarious YouTube videos ext.
When it comes to modern movies the old person in me may again reveal itself, because I'm totally into old school movies (Planet of the Apes Charlton Heston style! However, I do love me some James Franco. ;)). I mean I just feel like a lot of today's stuff lacks a solid plot, but that's an entirely different post!
Anyway, my blog will definitely be flooded with pictures and videos, considering my cameras are like additional body parts and go everywhere with me. I have a ton of DIY ideas because I'm always breaking something or in need of some sort of last minute accessory.
I also have this crazy dog named Doodles, goes by Dood, who I'm sure I'll have plenty of stories about. Her most recent stunt was faking an injury to get more attention.
So, that's the best overview I can give you about my blog. It will certainly be random, but I promise it will be beyond interesting! I'm super excited to start the blogging experience here on the Time Union website! Feel free to leave any suggestions for what you would like to read about in my blog! Seacrest out.


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- Michael Phelps wins the 100-meter butterfly by 0.23 seconds for his third gold of Games
- Including wins by Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky, the U.S. tops China for overall golds
- A Polish shot putter and Ethiopian runner earn the first golds in track and field
- Britain's Andy Murray will face Roger Federer in men's tennis final at the All-England Club
Michael Phelps added to his Olympic legend Friday night, winning the 100-meter butterfly to capture his third gold medal of the London Games and the 17th of his career.
Already the most decorated Olympian in history, Phelps started off Friday's race -- which he has said will be his final individual Olympic race, having promised to retire after this competition -- trailing several swimmers.
But with basketball great Lebron James and Prince William among those looking on, the Baltimore native charged ahead late to win by 0.23 seconds over South Africa's Chad le Clos and Russia's Evgeny Korotyshkin, who finished with an identical time.
That margin, while slim, was still exponentially larger than when Phelps captured gold in the same event at the 2008 Beijing Games. Phelps won that race by .01 seconds by taking a quick, final stroke to catch a Serbian swimmer gliding to the wall.
"This one was I guess a bigger margin than the last two, so a step in the right direction," Phelps told NBC after his latest win.
"It's a pretty cool feeling. I have had a great week so far, and we have one more race tomorrow," he added, referring to his final Olympic race Saturday as part of the U.S. men's 4X100-meter medley relay team.
Phelps wasn't the only American to make history in the pool Friday. Missy Franklin, 17, from Pasadena, California, earned her third gold medal, and fourth medal overall, in the women's 200-meter backstroke, smashing the world record in the process.
"It doesn't get any better than this," Franklin said to NBC about her victories in London. "This has been the most incredible week, and I've never been happier."
Another American teenager, 15-year-old Katie Ledecky, also earned gold in impressive fashion, besting her nearest competitor by more than four seconds in the women's 800-meter freestyle.
France's Florent Manaudou, 21, won the swimming competition's fastest and, arguably, most glamorous event with a time of 21.34 (just a shade off the Olympic record) in the men's 50-meter freestyle, his first ever Olympic final.
The United States' excellence at the Aquatics Centre helped them pass China for the most gold medals, with 21, on the seventh full day of the Games. The Americans have 43 medals total, compared with 42 for the Chinese.
Great Britain also rocketed up the medal count chart Friday, thanks to one of its athletes' best days yet. The host nation captured three gold medals, bringing its total for the Games to eight, just behind South Korea for the fourth most of any country.
The women's double sculls team of Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger placed first in their competition, while the Brits excelled at the Velodrome for indoor cycling events.
The men's team pursuit title went to Great Britain, and in world record time. Then, a short time later, Victoria Pendleton eked out a win by fractions of a second over a fast-charging competitor from China in the women's keirin competition.
In tennis, Roger Federer of Switzerland advanced to the gold-medal match in men's singles, after beating Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina in a marathon four-hour, 26-minute match.
The legendary player's final match doesn't promise to be much easier, considering that the London crowd most likely will be rooting against him. That's because Great Britain's own Andy Murray secured a spot in the championship, after beating hard-hitting Serbian Novak Djokovic by a 7-5, 7-5 score. Federer and Murray last matched up on the same court in July, when the 30-year-old Swiss won the Wimbledon final in straight sets despite the exhortations of the home crowd, which included several members of the royal family.
The women's final, meanwhile, will pit American Serena Williams and Russia's Maria Sharapova after the two won semifinal matches Friday in straight sets. Both women are no strangers to the All-England Club court: Sharapova has won the iconic Wimbledon tennis major once, while Williams has captured that championship five times, most recently just a few months ago.
The U.S. women's football (soccer) team also moved to the semifinal round with a 2-0 win over New Zealand. Still, the biggest match of the day showcased two of the sport's top teams in Brazil and Japan. Reigning World Cup champion Japan won 2-0 to advance to the next round.
In judo, 16-year-old Wojdan Shaherkani of Saudi Arabia was allowed to compete wearing a headscarf but lost in her elimination match Friday to Melissa Mojica of Puerto Rico in 82 seconds.
Officials initially said they would not allow her to compete in the headscarf, but Shaherkani's father and Saudi officials insisted that she would not compete without it.
Shaherkani, who was competing in her first major international event, received a special invitation to compete from the International Olympic Committee.
One of the most exciting contests Friday may have mattered little in the medal count, though it provided a historic amount of drama. The women's basketball teams from Great Britain and France finished their preliminary round game's regulation tied at 67, and the game looked set to go into a second overtime. But France's Celine Dumerc hit a three-point shot with a fraction of a second left to propel her team to victory.
And for the first time since the opening ceremony, Olympic Stadium was buzzing Friday with the start of track and field competition.
Athletes in action included American sprinter Allyson Felix, who won her first-round heat to move on to the semifinals of the 100-meter sprint. She raced a few weeks after she sprinted to a tie with Jeneba Tarmoh in the Olympic Trials. On the day of a scheduled runoff, Tarmoh -- who is part of the U.S. team as a member of the relay pool -- backed out.
Fellow American Carmelita Jeter posted the day's best time in that race at 10.83 seconds, a full tenth of a second better than her next fastest foe.
Most of the track and field events Friday were qualifiers, like the women's sprint, but a few medals were handed out.
Poland's Tomasz Majewski won gold in the shot put, just ahead of Germany's David Storl. America's Reese Hoffa was third.
And the women's 10,000-meter race ended with a climactic finish, as Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba pulled away from a pair of Kenyan runners for the win.


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A lifestyle of sophisticated elegance complemented by the New Manila address is assured by The Amaryllis. The project will feature well-appointed areas for social, interactive, and leisure activities that will surely complement the refined lifestyle of its residents. The Amaryllis offers multi-purpose function rooms, a grand lobby, a sky lounge, a fitness gym, and a swimming pool complex to complement a healthy lifestyle; thematic gardens and a roof deck garden with verdant greens will add beauty to the property and harmonize green living to its residents.
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The Amaryllis is right in the middle of 4 major areas in Quezon City, namely New Manila and Greenhills in San Juan, the entertainment area of South Triangle (Tomas Morato, Timog Avenue), the commercial and transit-oriented Cubao-Araneta Center, and the old Manila and Sta. Mesa gateway. Residents can reach their intended destination efficiently, either by private or public modes of transportation. Given the ideal location, residents may frequent all their places of interest such as malls, restaurants, schools, places of worship, government institutions and other establishments that all are within close proximity to the property.
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Its nearness to major establishments and areas of interest, such as schools, hospitals, and business centers, also make it an ideal abode for those seeking convenience and comfort in the heart of the metro.
How To Get There
From Makati: Take EDSA Northbound lane, and head straight going to Quezon City. Take Santolan Flyover and turn left to P. Tuazon. Upon reaching N. Domingo then turn left and then turn right to Dońa Hemady. Head straight toward E. Rodriguez Avenue. Take a right turn at 12th street. The Amaryllis will be at the corner left side of the road.
From Manila: Take Ramon Magsaysay Blvd going towards Araneta Avenue. Make a left to Araneta Ave. going towards E-Rodriguez Ave. Upon reaching E. Rodriguez Ave., turn right and go straight until you reach Gilmore st. Turn right at Gilmore and then left at 12th street, The Amaryllis will be on your left prior reaching E. Rodriguez Ave..
From Quezon City Circle: Take East Avenue, heading towards EDSA From EDSA Southbound, go towards Timog Avenue and head to Tomas Morato. Head straight to get to E. Rodriguez Avenue, then take a left at Petron. Take the right most lane and take the first street to your right (12th Street) .The Amaryllis will be on your right.
Outdoor Amenities
• Lap pool
• Kiddie pool
• Gazebo/Cabana
• Pocket Gardens
• Lounge area
• The Observatory / Sky Park
Indoor Amenities
• Hotel-like Lobby
• Function Hall
• Fitness gym
• Sky Lounge
• Landscaped Atriums
• Shower Area
• Commercial spaces
• Laundry Station
• Perimeter fence
• 24-hour security
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When I bought this vintage desk, the owner told me it was maple and I had no reason to disbelieve him as it is very heavy and it was covered with a thick red/brown stain. This was a popular stain in the 1940's-50's for maple furniture but it is not the honey-brown that we usually see on such pieces I forgot the before photo of the desk so it looked something like this dresser:
It was impossible to see the grain of the wood underneath the opaque stain which was almost like paint. After stripping it, I was delighted to discover figured maple. Figured maple also known as flamed, curly, ripple and bird's eye is a feature of maple in which the wood fibres are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern. It is quite distinctive and doesn't look like ordinary maple.
You can see in the photo that the grain is very pronounced and resembles something like oak. I went for a darker colour stain and mixed Dark Walnut with Jacobean. On a wood like walnut or mahogany this would have come out much darker but maple is difficult to stain and I highly recommend wood conditioner that acts as a sealer and helps the wood to absorb the stain evenly. I prefer standard oil-based stains because they allow you to see the full beauty of the wood. If you are going to spend hours stripping and sanding, it seems a shame to cover it up with gel stain.
I painted the base in a 50/50 mix of Country Grey and Greek Blue. I love watery blues and this is a blue/green/grey hue.
I had thought of staining the knobs like the top but instead I painted them and added gilding to make them a bit more feminine. I am quite happy with the result.
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Today is my last official day of my week as a 'veg,' and you might be wondering about my thoughts for continuing as a meat-free member of society.
Well, I didn't feel all that different from going vegetarian, although I did love the new foods I tried and developed a (possibly irrational) obsession with Moosewood Restaurant's recipes. But I think the reason I didn't notice any difference in my energy or general sense of overall health, nor did I spend too much time making conscious efforts to "be" vegetarian is because….well….I already practically WAS a vegetarian. I think the official word is "flexitarian," but, I mean, it wasn't like I was eating 4 lbs. of sirloin every night, and, although I did have that moment of chicken overload of a few weeks ago, you will notice that I do tend to develop fixations on a variety of foods that ebb and flow as I sort of naturally respond to what my body is craving and needing. [You can catch me almost every night recently with my spoon in a jar of nut butter.]
I guess for me that's the healthiest way to go then…at least for now. (Besides, I have some meat in my freezer that I am NOT going to waste…so until that's gone, there will be no official vegetarians in The Smart Kitchen.)
I read Mark Bittman's new Cooking Light article over the weekend, and he talks about eating an "almost meatless" diet, and that is what I will subscribe to….at least for now.
Breakfast today was yummy…sometimes you just need a nice mix of cold boxed cereal.
Lunch was incredible…and inspired by this salad I had over the weekend:
So amazing, I recreated it, with a baby greens blend (including ARUGULA!), red and yellow bell peppers, mushrooms, carrots, and a scoop of pomegranate hummus, baba ghanoush, and cottage cheese, seasoned with black pepper and oregano. [The salad over the weekend had broccoli, too.]
Also, some Flat Out crackers…made last night in the oven.
…and for dessert, minted pineapple! (I cannot even tell you how delicious this is…)
I kind of want to eat this lunch every day. [Please see my discussion of food fixations above.]


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Tomorrow is Inauguration Day! This will be the 57th Presidential Inauguration. The first Presidential Inauguration was on April 30, 1789. Do you plan on tuning in to watch? The first Presidential Inauguration that I remember being aware of was on January 21, 1985 for Ronald Reagan's second term when I had just turned 12. There is your dose of history for the day.
Udi's is really on the roll with new products lately! I just found out the other day they are debuting tortillas and now I saw on their new products page they are also debuting granola bars!
I can't wait to sample some of these new products and share my thoughts with you guys!
Menu for the Week
Sunday – Black bean chipotle quinoa bowl and salad
Monday – BBQ pulled pork sammies, sweet potato puffs, broccoli and salad
Tuesday – Leftovers
Wednesday – Mexican pizzas and salad
Thursday – Italian Grilled Chicken, coconut baked brown rice and salad
Friday – Make your own pizza and salad
Saturday – Take out
Week in Review
Applegate Naturals recalls chicken nuggets
Udi's Double Vanilla Muffins are the BOMB!
GlutenFreeTravelSite.com Launches "Dine GF" app
Recipe Update: Thai Chile Salmon
Have a great week!


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Brad callen has just released a new ppc web spy product which allows you to get hold of your competitors adwords keywords and has released a free version and a "platinum" version at http://www.ppcwebspy.com I actually ignored this initially however when I received an email promoting ppc web spy, it got me interested:
Hey Gavin,
One of the best software developers for internet marketers is at it again – this time with a free tool that has already become one of my favorites.
-> You'll do research FAST
-> You can easily steal your competition's best keywords
-> Build BIG keyword lists in MINUTES
The tool is absolutely free, no catch. It'll install on your browser in seconds. It's free for now, but may not be for a long time.
I don't know about you but this sounds great so of course I downloaded it, installed it and ……. never even used it because I then decided to read a review about it first and came across the following interesting blog post and the comments that followed:
If you read carefully, what I notice is – inaccurate stats, useless features and to quote one of the comments:
Hi Steven,
This was great review. I personally signed up for the standard version, after receiving an email from the guy himself. As usual, I was directed to the upsell page for the "platinum" version. And the more I thought about how the feature for No. 1 and No. 2 positions could benefit us, the more I realised it was crap. That's the reason why I googled for reviews on the software and came upon your page. Thanks for confirming on what I suspected all along.
Keep up the good work!
I leave this with you to make your own judgement


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New research points to the role of field-of-study mismatch in explaining the long-term effects of cyclical labour market shocks. It suggests that policy effort ought to be directed not just towards the NEETs, but also towards youth who find employment during recessions, given their higher risk of prolonged field-of-study mismatch and lower wages if mismatch is accompanied by overqualification.
More than ever, students need to engage with mathematical concepts, think quantitatively and analytically, and communicate using mathematics. All these skills are central to a young person's preparedness to tackle problems that arise at work and in life beyond the classroom. But the reality is that many students are not familiar with basic mathematics concepts and, at school, only practice routine tasks that do not improve their ability to think quantitatively and solve real-life, complex problems.
How can we break this pattern? This report, based on results from PISA 2012, shows that one way forward is to ensure that all students spend more "engaged" time learning core mathematics concepts and solving challenging mathematics tasks. The opportunity to learn mathematics content – the time students spend learning mathematics topics and practising maths tasks at school – can accurately predict mathematics literacy. Differences in students' familiarity with mathematics concepts explain a substantial share of performance disparities in PISA between socio-economically advantaged and disadvantaged students. Widening access to mathematics content can raise average levels of achievement and, at the same time, reduce inequalities in education and in society at large.
The demand for soft skills is increasing, and recent evidence suggests that the supply does not seem to keep up. The benefits from further development of these skills go beyond better labour market outcomes, as soft skills have been shown to contribute to overall well-being.
Growth in OECD Unit Labour Costs slows to 0.5% in the first quarter of 2016
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Tax incentives are used widely across OECD countries to incentivise individuals to invest in education and training, but are they effective? Recent evidence from the USA highlights the risk of creating overly complex systems in which the embedded incentives are no longer fully understood by individuals. This carries an important lesson for other countries in designing their own tax measures for skills investments.
When nearly a million Vietnamese "boat people" fled their country in the late 1970s and early 1980s and sought refuge elsewhere, they were typically seen as a burden and often turned away. Eventually, many were allowed to settle in the US. Most arrived speaking little or no English and with few assets or relevant job skills. Yet Vietnamese refugees are now more likely to be employed and have higher incomes than people born in the US.
Workers can be mismatched by qualifications while their skills are, in fact, adequate for their jobs. This situation, 'apparent' qualification mismatch is more common in certain fields of study than in others and speaks to the need of strengthening the links between employers, education providers and students to share information on the true skills, to avoid true skills mismatch.
Ongoing innovation in technology is changing labour markets worldwide. To understand the future of work in the digital era, we need to move away from the traditional economic classification of manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors.


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Seeking Your Meaningful Use Experiences
The Health IT Policy Committee's (HITPC) Meaningful Use Workgroup is looking to learn about your meaningful use experiences.
We are hosting two virtual listening sessions – on May 20, 2014 and May 27, 2014 – where we want to hear about your successes and challenges to achieving meaningful use to inform our recommendations for Stage 3 of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.
If you are unable to attend either of the listening sessions, please send us your comments in the comment section below.
While the HITPC submitted its stage 3 recommendations to ONC in April 2014, the workgroup wants to gather more input from you – the eligible professionals and hospitals and payers that have been using the new technology and the developers that are creating EHR products.
We are looking to you to share your experiences in developing, adopting, and meaningfully using your electronic health records. Sharing these experiences – with a focus on solutions that can be leveraged in the progression to stage 3 – will help all of us achieve our goals, while optimizing possible stage 3 requirements.
The HITPC recommendations are aimed at supporting new models of care, addressing national health priorities, and addressing key gaps in EHR functionality that are essential to health care providers. To support these goals, four emphasis areas were identified:
- Clinical decision support
- Patient engagement
- Care coordination
- Population management
As you think about your comments, you may find the following questions helpful.
- What has been your experience with achieving stage 1 and what steps or actions are you considering as you approach stage 2? What success factors have you identified?
- What should be taken into account as we look toward stage 3 objectives and criteria?
- Are there specific areas that should be focused on to provide the most impact in achieving the stage 3 requirements?
- What overall benefits have you achieved as a result of implementing and meaningfully using your EHR?
In addition to the comments gathered here, the Meaningful Use Workgroup's listening sessions will be across the following panels.
- Eligible Professionals
- Eligible Hospitals
- Accountable Care Organizations, Payers, Purchasers, Regional Extension Centers
- EHR Developers and Vendors
Please plan on joining us for these sessions and commenting below.
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We completed Stage 1 of Meaningful Use. We are in the process of Stage 2. We also do E-rx's when we are able to do so. New York State does not allow controlled substances to go E-rx.
That all being said, I was penalized by Medicare on the first of the year for not doing E-rx's. I went through to try and figure it out and the only reply that came back was that the Electronic Prescription people/computers do not speak to Medicare. So either Medicare or the E-rx people are retracting payment to providers without really knowing if it is true or not. It took me a while to get it all straightened out and quite honestly, neither Medicare or E-rx office was helpful. In fact, when I received an email advising me of the procedure I was foolish enough to want to speak to a live person. I quickly found out that it was not to be and I should never try to contact a live person again. (slap that hand for wanting to know more)
I wish I could say that Meaningful Use was helpful for the practice. I can't, at least not in good conscious. Additional burdens for lesser reimbursements so that the government can plan on who will need medical care in the future. Patients out and out lie about conditions. You can smell the cigarette smoke on their jacket and they deny smoking. You politely broach the subject and you are told "it's no one's business if I smoke!".
I believe that in some fashion that the government is trying to force providers to change the "evil ways" of patients. But I can't help but think that in reality, we are performing actuary services.
I became disillusioned with the whole process with the number of physicians leaving the field due to additional paperwork and Obamacare. It's not about taking care of patients it's the numbers game.
I'm sorry it's not more professional sounding, but it is what it is.
As the Health IT Policy Committee (HITPC) Meaningful Use Workgroup considers comments from Meaningful Use users and stakeholders to aid in the progression toward Stage 3, I ask you to consider the addition of sleep assessment as a Meaningful Use Core Objective.
Sleep is vital to health. Sleep assessment, whereby a physician queries a patient regarding sufficient sleep, is a simple but effective means of promoting health, increasing patient engagement, and decreasing cost of care. Further, sleep assessment is applicable to all populations and nearly all medical specialties.
The addition of sleep assessment as a Meaningful Use Core Objective relates directly to several of the emphasis areas identified by the HITPC as supportive of its goals, including:
1. Population management- Sleep disturbance is ubiquitous in the U.S. population because of poor sleep habits and hygiene, symptoms from medical conditions, and sleep disorders. Widespread use of basic sleep assessment would promote health and wellness, prevent potential illnesses, and identify existing conditions.
2. Patient engagement- Recent research has shown that lack of sleep can be a barrier to patient engagement and adherence to medication. In addition, consumers find self-reporting sleep assessment to be a meaningful interaction with their physicians, and it increases patient satisfaction.
3. Clinical decision support- Documentation is available that demonstrates how a sleep assessment Core Objective could be integrated into the flow of patient care, including the availability of support for clinical decision making for nearly all primary care and specialty physicians.
The inclusion of sleep assessment as a Meaningful Use Core Objective would continue to build on the success of parallel Core Objective assessments such as vital signs and tobacco use, which have helped to engage physicians and patients in the meaningful use of health IT and are relevant to standard health assessment. I strongly believe that including sleep assessment in the Meaningful Use program would improve health and health care.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment.
On behalf of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, we thank you for soliciting provider input on the meaningful use program. We believe input from key stakeholders including physicians is critical to the success of the meaningful use program, we and encourage more frequent listening sessions, blog response solicitations, and other mechanisms / forums for gathering provider feedback.
Our answers to your suggested questions are below. The Academy recently submitted a detailed letter to Dr. DeSalvo and Administrator Tavenner with comments on our experiences and feedback on meaningful use program to help shape Stage 3 and improve prior stages. We would be happy to share those comments with your workgroup. Please contact Rebecca Hancock, Manager, Quality and HIT Policy, at email@example.com.
What has been your experience with achieving stage 1 and what steps or actions are you considering as you approach stage 2? What success factors have you identified?
The Academy understands that many of our members will be achieving meaningful use Stage 1 for the first time this year. However, in general, the Academy believes that "all or nothing" is not the right approach for the meaningful use program. We encourage a lower burden option to avoid meaningful use penalties. The current and future meaningful use requirements are problematic, given that failing to meet just one measure by one percent would make a physician ineligible for incentives and subject to the same financial penalties during as physicians who make no effort to adopt EHRs.
Further, the Academy is concerned that the meaningful use program's requirements are too focused on only a very generalized aspect of primary care, do not recognize existing physician workflows, particularly those who care for the vast number of patients who need more specialized care, and lack the flexibility to accommodate specialists of all types. We encourage CMS to publish data reports on participation in the EHR Incentive Programs, broken down by medical specialty, so we can better understand how a broad range of physicians and other eligible professionals are performing. One size does not fit all. Under the current EHR Incentive Program, every physician regardless of their specialty must meet the same measures (i.e., core measures), and there are few exceptions. The program requirements should be appropriately flexible and better structured to accommodate various practice patterns and specialties. Recognizing participation in an EHR-based national specialty registry is one way to address this issue.
The Academy believes that submission to a national specialty registry could serve as a lower burden option to meet meaningful use while still meeting the program goals of improving quality of care. Physicians who participate in an EHR-based national specialty registry satisfy the program goals of meaningful data capture, advanced care processes, and quality improvement. Use of registries would be a much needed departure from functional objectives. It would be less burdensome for physicians, because data submission is automated and electronic. Registries also offer an enormous value to patients, who benefit from real time physician access to point of care quality data and national benchmarks. We believe that establishing this alternate pathway to avoiding the meaningful use penalties would be an important and meaningful success factor for many physicians.
Regarding Stage 2, the Academy strongly recommends a modification to the Stage 2 CPOE measure, which requires the use of computerized provider order entry (CPOE) for "radiology orders." We strongly encourage CMS to amend its definition of "radiology order" for the Stage 2 CPOE measure to exclude low risk imaging performed in the physician's office. We don't believe that the original intent of "radiology order" was to apply to in-office imaging, and the terminology is not interpreted by most audiences, particularly clinicians, to encompass the testing they provide in their office. CMS requires orders to be entered by "certified medical assistants," but many ophthalmology offices do not have formally certified technicians or assistants. The high volume of low-risk imaging tests ordered in ophthalmology also makes it extremely burdensome and unrealistic for offices to comply with the Stage 2 CPOE requirement for radiology orders as it is currently defined.
What should be taken into account as we look toward stage 3 objectives and criteria?
The Academy generally encourages that Stage 2 menu set measures are not moved to the Stage 3 core set, or that Stage 2 measures are not revised by increasing thresholds until data on provider performance in Stage 2 is adequately analyzed and assessed, including the impact on patient care. Further, we strongly encourage CMS and ONC to continue to consider the unique needs of a wide array of physicians, and the Academy would welcome the opportunity to work with your workgroup, CMS and ONC in developing appropriate measures for Stage 3 that address these needs for ophthalmologists.
Are there specific areas that should be focused on to provide the most impact in achieving the stage 3 requirements?
Yes. The Academy believes that focus should be directed toward:
1. Addressing the needs of a wide array of physicians by recognizing participation in an EHR-based clinical data registry as an alternative, specialty-specific and more clinically relevant pathway to avoiding the meaningful use penalty. Additionally, we believe focus should be directed to addressing / amending measures that present excessive burden to certain physicians (for example, Stage 2 CPOE measure previously outlined).
2. Aligning of the quality measure portion of the meaningful use program with other quality reporting programs, such as PQRS. Misalignments that exist cause duplication and burdens to providers, and should be avoided when possible. For example, under PQRS, the specifications for quality measures are updated on an annual basis to correct errors and incorporate other updates. However, under meaningful use, updates cannot be made to e-measures on such a frequent basis, and therefore, providers can only report to the version of the e-measure to which their EHR is certified. This is a misalignment between the two programs that should be addressed.
3. Promoting standards-based transmission of patient images, including incorporating the adoption of the Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) standards. Promoting standards-based transmission of patient images is one area in particular where more robust certification criteria would have tremendous value for physicians, particularly ophthalmologists.
What overall benefits have you achieved as a result of implementing and meaningfully using your EHR?
The Academy believes that there is potential to achieve tremendous value in participating in a specialty data registry through an EHR. The Academy recently launched the IRIS Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight), the nation's first comprehensive eye disease clinical registry. IRIS Registry uses EHRs to collect and analyze the important data relevant to ophthalmology to provide participants with on demand national and inter-practice benchmark reports. The reports validate the quality of care ophthalmologists provide and pinpoint opportunities for improvement. The IRIS Registry can also collect necessary data, calculate and report on clinical quality measures. Participation in an EHR-based national specialty registry like IRIS Registry will result in the desired goals of meaningful use of Stage 3: improving quality, safety and efficiency, reducing health disparities, and having the ability to query and retrieve data.
I have not participated in MU1 yet, because i do not have a "real" EMR. I have PM software and I scan and shred all paper, and I am paperless in my office. However, as a single/solo/private practice doc, I cannot justify spending 80 to 100k on an EMR when i see no return on that investment other than avoiding a 2 to 5% penalty. I don't plan to qualify for MU1 or MU2.
This comment is submitted on behalf of the 18,000 members of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the world's largest association composed exclusively of board-certified pathologists. While we support the objective of incenting quality care and information exchange through the adaption of interoperable EHRs, the Meaningful Use (MU) program, as we have stated in many official comments since the program's inception, does not work for pathologists.
According to the latest information from healthdata.gov dated August 1, 2013, only 652 pathologists (3.4%) have attested to MU. This is not a surprise. MU does not fit pathology practice. Our members generally practice in laboratory information systems (LISs) and not in certified EHRs. They do not conduct office visits or have significant patient face-to-face contact. Most of the objectives in Stage 1 and Stage 2 are outside the scope of pathology practice. The pathologists that have attested to MU are generally at large, integrated academic medical centers where pathologists can "ride" the data of others. The vast majority of our members are in community practice and do not have this option. Further, pathologists cannot control whether they have access to certified EHRs.
It is odd that pathologists are generally only able to receive MU payment penalties as and are not able to meet program requirements and thereby earn incentives — given that as much as 70% of the information in clinical records is estimated to come from pathologists and their laboratories. Indeed, many of the MU objectives and clinical quality measures depend on laboratory data. Other EPs and hospitals cannot achieve MU without pathologists. Further, pathologists have been using their electronic clinical systems –LISs –since the 1970s.
In the Final Stage 2 rule, CMS granted pathologists, radiologists and anesthesiologists the significant hardship exception from payment penalties for 2015. Nonetheless, CMS encouraged these specialties to try and meet MU. However, the rules –and the latest Stage 3 recommendations—are written from the perspective of office-based practice. The rules do not fit pathology practice as pathologists generally receive laboratory orders rather than place them.
We urge CMS to continue the automatic granting of the Significant Hardship Exception for pathologists for the full five years allowed under statute. The bicameral, bipartisan SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 acknowledges that non-patient-facing professionals, such as pathologists, are likely unable to meet the current requirements of certain quality programs, including the EHR Meaningful Use Program. Therefore, the bill includes language giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services the flexibility to create measures and activities under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System that reflect the way pathologists, and other physicians that do not have direct interaction with patients, practice medicine. It's not too late for the HITPC to work with us to adapt such an approach.
We also hope that before HHS finalizes many of the laboratory-related Stage 3 objectives, the Department will take advantage of our expertise.
For instance, pathologists are best suited to provide advice on how to implement the clinical decision support rule around the appropriateness of laboratory orders and allows for deference to the pathologist's judgment and ability to advise other clinicians on appropriate test ordering. A study in the March-April 2014 edition Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, based on a CDC survey, found that of general internal medicine and family physicians, 14.7%reported uncertainty about ordering tests and uncertainty in interpreting results in 8.3% of these diagnostic encounters. However, while the study recommended improvements in clinical decision support, it also said that quick access to laboratory consultations would be helpful.
Additionally, we are concerned certification criterion mandating that the "EHR should display the abnormal flags for test results if it is indicated in the lab-result message." The CAP has questions as to how the EHR will define "abnormal" and in ensuring that in defining "abnormal," the EHR doesn't miss important results or lead ordering physicians to believe they can ignore results not tagged as "abnormal" by the EHR. The EHR typically identifies "abnormal" results based on what is sent from the laboratory. Just because EHRs "can" identify abnormal results, does not mean that all abnormal results are identified as such. This is a complex issue. Defining "abnormal" will depend on: 1) the type of result and 2) test definitions in the LIS and the EHR. Result types that involve significant text (such as surgical pathology reports or test results that are interpretive in nature), results like microbiology (especially a challenge), and results that have complex or conditional "normal" ranges (e.g. endocrine stimulation tests, drug levels, tumor markers) cannot be easily defined in the LIS or the EHR to have a simple binary normal/abnormal criteria that the LIS or EHR rules engine typically requires to use to "trigger" the use of an abnormal flag. Test results can be out of the reference range, or can be positive or negative for a particular analyte/organism, etc. There is no way to determine whether a result is "abnormal" in a particular situation. Pathologist input is essential at all sites where this is employed so as to avoid potential patient safety issues.
We look forward to working with you to improve the MU program for the patients that we serve. Our members should not be penalized for failing to comply with a program that they cannot meet through no fault of their own. Thank you.
Stage 2 MU: 2 problems for me-
1. I have Practice Fusion as my EHR. My hospital, Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie, has Epic healthspan as EHR. These two don't have interoperability so I can't send and receive Lab/Imaging orders and reports
2. I don't know how to make my patients receive, download and reply their health records because I practice in rural area with 75% of my patients Medicare-Medicaid who don't have computers computer literacy or ability to afford broadband even though available.
Even though I like EHR but I definitely know I am set up for failure to meet Core & Menu objectives.
Am I to understand you are not a member of Vidant Medical Group nor is your practice owned by Vidant Medical Groups? Has Vidant approached you about leasing their EHR Epic system so you can connect to the local Vidant physicians/practices and the Hospital?
Unfortunately MU is focused on primary care issues. Why does a patient need all the ridiculous things that need to be done for MU done by multiple physicians managing the same patient. How many copies of the patient's medication list do they need? Keeping in mind that the list was initially provided by the patient. We begrudgingly participated in the program. We hate it and if there was any way to not do it we would. But when one works for a large health system there are enough bean counters who will come tell us so we have to do it. This does not in any way help patients. Some lawyer in Washington thought it was a good idea. That's it. Not any person who sees 20-30 patients a day could come up with such garbage. I hope more MDs stop accepting Medicare as that is the only solution to this problem.
Our Otolaryngology practice embraced EHR several years ago, and achieved stage 2 meaningful use with Allscripts this year. However I doubt we will achieve stage 3 as we could barely find requirements to fit a specialty practice. Otolaryngology is a small and unique specialty. There is no flexibility in the requirements to improve care for the chronic conditions we address. For instance, the required patient education handouts supplied by Allscripts are too general to be useful, but the handouts designed by the American Academy of Otolaryngology do not count toward meaningful use. Please do not ignore specialists in writing these guidelines.
Our office embraced EHR technology several years ago, with updates as new features became available. As a single speciality Otolaryngology practice, we managed to achieve stage 1 and 2 meaningful use. We had great difficulty finding enough sections in stage 2 that applied to our practice, as they are all geared toward family practice/internal medicine. Please make specialty specific guidelines for stage 3. I am sure the Academy of Otolaryngology can come up with approaches that will improve Otolaryngology patient care. For instance, all the care goals have nothing to do with anything we do in our office. I am sure Ophthalmology and other surgical specialties have the same problem.
We have had a patient web portal for quite a while, but our elderly and unsophisticated rural population mostly does not even own a computer, so usage is low. Rural patients are Not computer savvy.
Thank you for your consideration.
EHR adoption important to long-term care.
It's not about checking the dots, getting these incentives, and chasing grant money," . "We find that this space is really motivated by improving your own financial, operational outcomes; minimizing risk or potential litigation; and with ultimately improving and enriching the lives of the seniors that they provided services to."
While the lack of meaningful use incentives to long-term care providers has not helped adoption among these specialists, it has actually presented some advantages.
"What's great about our space specifically in senior living not being covered in meaningful use is that it is actually moving forward with EHR not because of incentives but because it actually has a meaningful impact on their business,
I believe that the Stage 2 criteria concerning electronic patient communications are unduly strict, discriminatory against underprivileged populations, and based on incomplete, or insufficient data and experience:
"Published experiences and initial studies of doctors and their staff attesting to this measure have shown success far above the 5% threshold. We set the low threshold of 5% because we recognize that certain patient populations present greater challenges than others, and we do not have any reliable way to quantify these populations for each EP. We believe that EPs' ability to influence patients coupled with the low threshold of more than 5 percent of patients having viewed online, downloaded, or transmitted to a third party the patient's health information make this measure achievable for all EPs."
~~Do those public experiences include experiences in patient populations that are simultaneously ALL of the following: geriatric, low education, non-English speaking, and low-income? Today, a typical day, of the 13 patients I saw, they were aged 84, 81, 80, 79, 73, 72, 71, 70, 67, 66, 60, 50, and 32. All except the 32 year old are primarily Chinese speaking, the vast majority of them do not read or write English, and cannot even fill out our paper registration forms without assistance. None, except the 32 year old, utilize a computer for any personal purpose. Most do not have internet access or own a computer. 1/3 of them live in single-room occupancy housing. Most do not own smartphones. Many do not use any kind of cell phone. But, the vast majority of them still live independently and manage their own daily affairs, and come to medical appointments on their own, and handle all their own medical-related communications, so there is no "authorized representative" that I would normally be communicating with, other than for the contrived purpose of trying to find someone to access the patient portal on behalf of the patient. The 32-year old came in for simple flu symptoms, had no issues that would expect follow up communications, and declined giving me an email address in order to access the patient portal.
By my best estimate, at most only about 5% of my patients have any realistic chance of meaningfully accessing a patient portal. Of those, I have already come across a several that have declined because they do not want another password to manage and are concerned about privacy issues accessing their data online, handling yet another password, etc. In two months, I have gotten 9 patients to access the portal. That is nowhere near 5%.
To reach 5%, I anticipate I will have to pressure patients to provide me with an "authorized representative" who can give me and email address and cell phone number purely for the contrived purpose of enabling me to send them an invitation to the patient portal. As mentioned in my original message, many of my patients are so old that even their children are geriatric, limited-English speaking, and not online. So then I would have to resort to asking the grandchildren to access the patient portal. This is harmful in at least a couple of ways. It infringes on my patients' rights to be in charge of their own medical affairs, and it leads to potential miscommunication. If lab results come back and I want to inform my patient of any abnormal results, and tell them which medicine they need to adjust, is it better for me to call the patient directly in a non-electronic communication, or is it better for me to send a message via the patient portal to their grandson in high school who only sees the patient once a month, for him to read in English then try to translate into Chinese and explain secondhand to the patient??
Alternately, one of my staff will literally have to sit patients down in front of a computer, walk them through how to set up an email account that they will never again use for any other purpose keystroke by keystroke, then help them set up a patient portal account once we send an invitation to their email address. For no purpose other than to meet the meaningful use percentages.
"The denominator for both measures is defined as the "number of unique patients seen by the EP during the EHR reporting period." The first measure's numerator is "the number of patients in the denominator who have timely (within 4 business days after the information is available to the EP) online access to their health information." The use of the term "available" indicates that this measure may be met without the patient accessing it. In fact, this could include providing patients with instructions on how to access their health information, the website address they must visit for online access, a unique and registered username or password, instructions on how to create a login, or any other instructions, tools, or materials that patients need in order to view, download, or transmit their information. There is no requirement that the patient request the information, provide an email address or do anything to go online and create an account. As long as the patient is given the information, he/she would still be counted in meeting the first measure."
~~My EHR is certified. For a patient to access the patient portal, they need an invitation from me, and then they set up an account. For the purposes of privacy and security, in order to invite a patient to set up an account, my EHR requires them to provide both a cell phone number and an email address. Although CMS does not require the patient to provide an email address, my EHR software requires it in order to access the patient portal. So, if the vast majority of my patients as described in the paragraph above do not own computers and smartphones, do not have internet access, do not use email or have email addresses, and do not read or write English (which is what language the information in the EHR will be written in), but are competent and in charge of their own medical affairs, why would I even consider offering them information about the patient portal??
"CMS believes that EPS are in a unique position to strongly influence the technologies patients use to improve their own care, including viewing, downloading, and transmitting their health information online."
~~Given all the above, I can say with certainty that the percentage of my patients who realistically have any chance of accessing a patient portal is much less than 50%, whatever I do to try to influence them. Unless you expect me to help them move them out of an SRO into better housing so they have room for a computer (I've had patients who can barely walk adamantly refuse ordering a wheelchair because they didn't have space in their SRO to fit one), buy them a computer, install internet access for them, and teach them English. However, in order not to be financially penalized in the meaningful use program, this stringent criteria of providing access to at least 50% of my patients means that I will have to either waste my or my staff's time telling my patients about a patient portal that they have no realistic way of accessing, or waste resources printing out handouts to give the with information about the patient portal that they will not read or be able to use. Time and resources that could be put to better use actually benefitting the patients by more time for actual counseling and education for the patients, communicating with other providers, looking things up, reading, continuing education. This is a socio-economic-educational issue that is beyond the scope and responsibility of a physician's medical practice. If the use of online information access is so crucial to people's wellbeing, then the government needs to put in place other infrastructure, resources, and mechanisms to get underprivileged communities online, outside the realm of healthcare.
I would like to wholeheartedly agree with the comments regarding 5% portal adoption and secure messaging. I manage a pediatric practice in rural North Carolina with 60% Medicaid patients. Many do not have a computer. Some may have a smart phone, but change their phone numbers and e-mail addresses frequently. Many admit to not looking at their e-mail, and do not wish to receive notices that way. My system also requires e-mail addresses and phone numbers to access the portal. Then there is the problem of them not remembering their password because they visit the portal infrequently. They have also been accustomed to calling our office and getting help and answers from a live person, and find it cumbersome and time consuming to have to turn on the computer, log in, and look around for something they could have from us by pressing one button on their phone from their contacts.
We too, have hired extra help to walk patients through the process of enrolling in the portal and sending a secure message – it seems like a ridiculous effort when we have so many more important tasks involved in direct patient care for our kids.
We should not have to meet a measure that relies completely on the cooperation of patients. That is completely unrealistic and has proved to be not only an extreme burden on primary care practices, but most likely unachievable and will prevent us from receiving our Stage 2 funds.
I have a real concern about the portal usage. If a patient does not use computers is it within the realm of the law to let these people still call for appointments or whatever. Are they fined or the provider fined ? i have heard patients tell me that if they do not use the portal they cannot make appointments you are allowed 3 times and then they have to be using the portal. Had one patient whom does use the portal to view their records and labs, but told us she feels it is very impersonal to make an appointment this way. That she will continue to call for appointments, she will not request via portal or email. Can and will she be turned away, Or charged with fines, or the provider is charged with fines. I feel the portal is good in someways but it should be offered to the patients if they want to use it. I feel most will use it but there are places lower income that do not have the funds to use computers. and what about the elderly? This meaningful use i feel is getting out of hand and some will stop seeking help for health problems. I am very concerned and want to make provisions for those less fortunate. It is not just black and white there is gray areas. Each human being is different with different needs. please let me know if there is a federal regulation. i am trying to help solve a conflicting situation with and better solution that will benefit all. thankyou for your time.
I work in a Radiation Oncology office and most of our patients are over the age of 65 and don't have an email. We aren't compliant for meaningful use if we don't put in an email address. Is there a solution for this? Can we use a generic email if they don't have one? Or do we just stay non-compliant.


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Let and be Kripke frames. A p-morphism from to is a function such that
if , then ,
if and for some , then and for some ,
We write to denote that is a p-morphism from to .
Let and be Kripke models of modal propositional logic PL. A p-morphism from to is a p-morphism such that
Proposition 1.
For any wff , iff .
Induct on the number of logical connectives in . When , is either or a propositional variable. The case when is is obvious, and the other case is definition. Next, suppose is , then iff or iff or iff . Finally, suppose is , and . To show , let be such that . Then there is a such that and , so that . By induction, , or . Hence . Conversely, suppose . To show , let be such that . So , and therefore . By induction, , whence . ∎
Proposition 2.
If a p-morphism is one-to-one, then implies for any wff .
Suppose . Let be any model based on and any world in . We want to show that .
Define a Kripke model as follows: for any propositional variable , let . Then iff iff (since is one-to-one) iff iff iff . This shows that is a p-morphism from to .
Now, let . Then by assumption. By the last proposition, . ∎
Proposition 3.
If a p-morphism is onto, then implies for any wff .
Suppose . Let be any model based on and any world in . We want to show that .
Define a Kripke model as follows: for any propositional variable , let . Then iff , so is a p-morphism from to , and by assumption for any wff .
Now, let be a world such that . Since , in particular, and therefore or by the last proposition. ∎
Corollary 1.
If is bijective, then iff for any wff .
A frame is said to be a p-morphic image of a frame if there is an onto p-morphism . Let be the class of all frames validating a wff. Then by the third proposition above, is closed under p-morphic images: if a frame is in , so is any of its p-morphic images. Using this property, we can show the following: if is the class of all frames validating a wff , then can not be
the class of all irreflexive frames
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the class of all anti-symmetric frames
Let and , where . Notice that is in both the class of irreflexive frames and the class of asymetric frames, but is in neither. Let be the obvious surjection. Clearly, implies . Also, if , then . So is a p-morphism. Suppose is either the class of all irreflexive frames or the class of all asymetric frames. If is validated by , is validated by in particular (since is in ), so that is validated by as well, which means is too, a contradiction. Therefore, no such an exists.
Next, let , where for all and , where . Let be the class of all anti-symmetric frames. Then is in but is not. Let be given by if is even and if is odd. If , then and differ by , so . On the other hand, if , then is either or , depending on whether odd or even. Pick , so and . This shows that is a p-morphism. By the same argument as in the last paragraph, no wff is validated by precisely the members of . ∎
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Discussion in 'Green Room' started by PseudoKiller, Jan 6, 2004.
Tug McGraw has died. New York Post Article
Wow, that's sad. A big loss for baseball fans.
Damn... that sucks. He was an excellent player.
I knew someone that went the same way, bad way to go.
He will be missed...
I loved him as a kid growing up .... and to know he's gone really hurts.. I'm not as big a baseball as i once was ( i think the game has changed to much now) but watching guys like him made the game a lot of fun.. RIP TUG!!!!!
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Following the example set by his Queen's Park Cricket Club teammate Jonathan Augustus a day earlier, Petrock Nicholas, scored a patient 60 to put the Yannick Ottley XI in a good position at the close of the second day of their three-day trial match against the Jason Mohammed XI at the National Cricket Centre, Balmain, Couva yesterday.
Nicholas faced 115 balls and batted for almost two hours as the Ottley XI reached 228 for five at stumps in reply to the Mohammed XI first innings total of 276 all out.
Augustus top-scored with 85 on day one of the contest to set up the Mohammed XI innings. They were 240 for eight when their innings resumed yesterday, with Yannic Cariah batting with the tail to get the score up to 276 before he gave a return catch to Imran Khan (three for 31) for 45.
Adrian Barath and Evin Lewis then capitalised on the good batting track to put on 94 for the first wicket.
Barath hit 47 off 68 balls before he attacked a wide ball from left-arm spinner Derone Davis (one for 34) and edged to wicketkeeper Stephen Katwaroo shortly after lunch.
Lewis was on 43 off 53 balls before he was lbw to off-spinner Amit Jaggernauth (two for 25) with no change to the score.
Kjorn Ottley (29) and Nicholas then put on 41 for the third wicket before Jaggernauth struck again, this time hitting Ottley's off-stump with the score on 135.
Nicholas shared a fourth wicket stand worth 73 with Sherwin Ganga before he was trapped lbw by Ricky Jaipaul (one for 20).
Ganga faced 81-balls during his hour and 45 minutes at the crease and was the last batsman to fall on the day, caught behind by Katwaroo to give pacer Shannon Gabriel (one for 45) his only wicket in the innings so far.
The Ottley XI start the final day today still trailing by 48 runs with their skipper and Imran Khan at the crease.
Summarised scores
Jason Mohammed XI 276 (85.3 overs) (Jonathan Augustus 85, Yannic Cariah 45, Jason Mohammed 44; Imran Khan 3/31, Kavesh Kantasingh 2/26) vs Yannick Ottley XI 228-5 (63 overs) (Petrock Nicholas 60, Adrian Barath 47, Evin Lewis 43, Sherwin Ganga 30, Kjorn Ottley 29; Amit Jaggernauth 2/25)


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Think it's a woman thing? Another way to spend down the family budget? We respectfully disagree. Knitting began as a male craft travelling the world on the ships of Arabian sailors. Knitting was one of the special skills of the warrior Samurai. Knitting helped soldiers to heal from injuries after World War I. Groups for stressed out, unemployed Americans are springing up across the country. Crochet is even older, dating back to the Egyptians. And behind these fiber artists are the farmers, dyers, spinners, and weavers.
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We're making art out of yarn, plastic, boat rope…just about anything that inspires us. We're spinning and dyeing the alphabet: alpaca to bamboo, banana, and corn, to seaweed, sheep, and silver. We live in a world of possibilities and color. Fiber engineers and artists.
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