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By Saabira Chaudhuri
Netflix Inc. (NFLX) will make the first episode of its political drama series "House of Cards" available for free as it looks to hook new users with its first big venture into original programming.
The online video company is looking to muscle into territory dominated by Time Warner Inc.'s (TWX) HBO and CBS Corp.'s (CBS) Showtime.
"By offering the first episode for free, including to non-members, we are opening up this fascinating world for everyone to see and are confident they'll want more," Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said.
The episode is available for one month, beginning Friday, at netflix.com/houseofcards.
Current Netflix members are now able to watch the entire 13-episode first season of the series in territories where Netflix is available--the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Latin America, Brazil and the Nordics.
"House of Cards"--based on a BBC miniseries of the same name--is described by Netflix as a "wicked political drama" starring Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright and Kate Mara that "slithers beneath the curtain and through the back halls of greed, sex, love and corruption in modern Washington D.C."
The series is directed by David Fincher, who directed both "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," and "The Social Network."
The Los Gatos, Calif., company plunked down about $100 million for two seasons of "House of Cards" to help it bring in new subscribers and hold on to its roughly 33 million streaming customers who pay $8 per month. The show won't be available through Netflix's DVD-by-mail service.
Netflix has also licensed five additional original shows to be aired this year exclusively to its customers in most of its markets, including new episodes in May of the former network comedy "Arrested Development," which has a cult following.
However, online rivals such as Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) have quickly added more content of their own, a concern that has caused many analysts to warn Netflix's dominant status in media streaming would soon give way to a more competitive--and less profitable--environment.
"House of Cards" is premiering a few days after Netflix surprised Wall Street with a slim quarterly profit and better-than-expected subscriber additions and revenue, sending shares soaring.
Shares rose 2.2% to $168.90 in recent trading. The stock has more than doubled in the past three months.
--Greg Bensinger contributed to this article
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Sequoiamon said...
This is the argument I just don't get. When I first log in to my account I see my druid there in all his amazing epic gear. When I'm standing around Dalaran shooting the breeze with my friends, I'm generally in caster form (unless I'm dancing of course).
I shift into ToL when it's time to heal. That's when it's game on for me. The last thing I'm looking at when raiding is my gear. I have way more important things to look at. I like the 'status symbol' of being a tree and being easy to find in the chaos that is today's raid. "Everybody group up on the tree!"
At the very least, I hope they give us the choice (via minor glyph) to keep our form like every other druid spec gets to. But for the love of all that's holy, update the graphic. Hell, even mages get a minor glyph to change their polymorph into a penguin. Obviously Blizz isn't above doing things for merely asthetic reasons.

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- This artist rendering of a black hole in a dwarf galaxy is amazing. [NASA Instagram via: @fredbenenson]
- And, on that note, for the science nerds, here's the best astronomy related video we've seen lately. Dizzying. [Youtube]
- WTF? Richard Prince's 48-inch by 56-inch″ inkjet prints of celebrity Instagram accounts are reportedly selling for $100,000. [The New York Post]
- Chicago's art paper Newcity made its own power list again, because fuuuckk youuu Artinfo. Here are the artists' artists. [Newcity]
- Jennifer Rubell is making food for the Performa benefit. This year Performa is honoring every rich woman under the sun. [In the Air]
- The People's Climate March preparations have started. They are expecting 100,000 people to show up this Sunday for the event. [The New York Times]
- In further evidence, Environmentalist Bill McKibben is tweeting about 20 busloads of people headed to New York for the march already booked from Vermont. That seems like it would cover UVM and Middlebury alone. More! [Twitter]
- The New Yorker does a video feature on the history of the Vocoder, a speech distortion tool popularized by Laurie Anderson and Kraftwerk, but was apparently invented as a top-secret military voice encoder. There is such thing as a "Vocoder historian". [The New Yorker]
- Philadelphia-based video artists: SUBMIT. The ICA has assembled a great jury for its open call video show, including Dirty Looks assistant director Karl McCool, PMA Associate Curator Erica Battle, and artist Beth Heinly, whom we featured in a Philly round-up last month. Based on McCool and Heinly in particular, we suspect this means creative risk taking and fearlessness will be rewarded. Submit to this. [ICA]
- Carolina Miranda discusses Santa Monica Museum of Art's "Citizen Culture: Artists and Architects Shape Policy" and the show looks great. It's an exhibition that looks at social practice that sparks social change. In one example, Miranda discusses Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus, who was forced to wear a bullet-proof vest after receiving death threats. As a sign of trust, he cut the shape of a heart from the vest. [Culture: High & Low]
- Iggy Pop plays ping pong with David Bowie. This is what happened. (aw). [BowieSongs Extras]
Thursday Links: Richard Prince Must be the Luckiest Man on the Planet
by Paddy Johnson and Whitney Kimball on September 18, 2014 · 0 comments Massive Links
GIF of the Day: Couch Gives Birth to Golden Deer
by Paddy Johnson on September 17, 2014 · 0 comments GIF of the Day
Golden deer sculptures, a trope of the art fair, has finally migrated to the animated GIF world. And I have the same head scratching response to Jonathan Monaghan's GIF of couch giving birth to a doe, as I do any of those sculptures. What is this saying about wealth? What did this couch have sex with to become pregnant? (Okay, that question is art work specific.) And why do people find deers so compelling?
I don't have the answers to these questions, but I suspect there are few collectors and artists out there who do. Someone poll these people and figure this trend out.
Recommended Shows: Beyond Chicago EXPO
by Robin Dluzen on September 17, 2014 · 0 comments Reviews
CHICAGO —EXPO Chicago week is upon us. Let's assume you'll spend at least some small amount of time at the piers for the fair. But let's also assume you'll get sick of it. When that happens, check out some of the local exhibitions on our list of recommended shows. Or take the "Art After Hours" program on Friday night shuttle bus tour. It's free and everyone likes free!
Wednesday Links: Conniving Art World and Dumb Design Culture
by Paddy Johnson and Whitney Kimball on September 17, 2014 · 0 comments Massive Links
- The final segment in Paddy Johnson's four part animated GIF history is live. In this section she covers the major GIF events and exhibitions of 2011-2014. [Artnet]
- Designing innovative quirky crap is not good for the world unless it's innovating sustainably. We're looking at you, Gizmodo, Design Boom, Maker Blog, Motherboard. [Medium]
- Benjamin Sutton has published a truly fantastic interview with Culture Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl. "Art is good for communities" he tells Sutton in a passionate monologue on the importance of art to the city. [Artnet]
- Pet cats are responsible for around 3 billion bird deaths a year, around 10,000 times as many deaths as wind turbines. [TreeHugger]
- Art Basel has sent the following email to warn their clients of a new scam:
"Dear Gallery,
I write today to inform you of an online fraud, based upon information conveyed to us by six of our exhibiting galleries in the last few days. By sharing this information, we want to protect you from such criminal activities. Over the past three weeks galleries have been contacted by a man who is calling himself Mr. Steve Black, claiming to live at 40 Lavender Gardens, Battersea, London SW11 1DJ, his email is: email@example.com.
Mr. Black has contacted these galleries through the online catalog at the Art Basel web page and requested information on the gallery and available works. He appears to buy one or several works from jpg images sent to him, unusual for someone who appears to have no understanding about the gallery and the artist at the time of the initial contact. Mr. Black then requests an invoice and sends a check with an amount much higher than the invoice. He next tries to make the gallery believe that he accidentally overpaid, and asks for an immediate refund by wire transfer of the overpaid sum. Yet the checks he sent, we were told, turned out to be fake and will not be cashed by the gallery's bank.
We hope that the distribution of this information will prevent any further harm to our galleries. While we have already heard of six such cases, we ask you to also be alert for possible new names and new identities using a similar scam. Please let me know if you have any questions or have had similar experiences in recent times." [The Baer Faxt]
- A juicy email exchange between an unidentified collector looking to purchase work and an unidentified dealer refusing to sell. Based on the existing collection presented, the dealer seemed fearful of flipping. He manages to tell the collector this, though, in a rather unkind manner. Also, what a fucking luxury to be able to decline sales in this way. [The Art Market Monitor]
- Arts Council England is discussing the institution of a special hour in museums when visitors are not allowed to take pictures. Arts Council National Chair Sir Peter Bazalgette compared the hour to spending time in the quiet car on the train. [Hyperallergic]
- Oliver Wainwright compares property developers to out-of-control banks who are wreaking havoc on culture and communities the world over. The difference, though, is that we have to live inside this problem. "The more we build, the more our cities are emptied, producing dead swathes of zombie town where the lights might never even be switched on," he writes. "What we are making now, we will all have to live with for a very long time." [The Guardian]
- Pushbacks continue on the Frank Gehry-designed Eisenhower Memorial, a "five-star folly". [New York Times]
- The MacArthur Awards have been announced. Rick Lowe, an artist who, with the help of other artists, has spent years revitalizing 22 project row houses built in 1930 as tenant shacks. [The New York Times]
GIF of the Day: Second Tower
by Paddy Johnson on September 16, 2014 · 0 comments GIF of the Day
Let's not beat around the bush here: Matthew Hillock's website is a mess. It consists entirely of a download icon that no longer works, a link to his CV and his contact info. If a friend hadn't shared the above GIF with me I would never have found any work on his site. (It was presented as evidence that Clement Valla was influencing younger artists, an argument that judging from the image above alone, can't be dismissed.)
Whatever the professional issues, Hillock's GIF of what resembles 3D rendered coffee stir sticks overlaid on a map is worth posting. Light functions in much the same way as a video—and the slow movements of these colored sticks brightening whenever they hit a patch of light—and the repeating swaying of the sticks makes the GIF resemble trees in a forest. It's mesmerizing and that's its success.
This Week's Must See Events: This is What Liberation Feels Like™
by Paddy Johnson and Whitney Kimball on September 16, 2014 · 0 comments Events
If you thought the barrage of openings was over think again. We're now into week three of opening season. And luckily there's some good shows on the horizon. Those who are into military inspired Bauhaus drawings, will be pleased to learn that the Drawing Center opens an Alexander 'Xanti' Schawinsky this Thursday. Those who are into memes and digital aesthetics have a discussion at PRATT to attend this Friday with, among other star curators, Christiane Paul (The Whitney) and Boris Groys (everywhere). And finally, this Friday the ICA opens a multilingual opera by Alex de Corte and Jayson Musson we're more than curious about. Musson will be playing his famed youtube persona Hennessy Youngman, so we can't wait to see what he does with de Corte.
Tuesday Links: You Are Not A Loan
by Paddy Johnson on September 16, 2014 · 0 comments Massive Links
- Open Engagement, the conference for socially engaged art making, takes place in Pittsburgh this year. They are now accepting submissions for projects, panels, presentations, and workshops. [Open Engagement]
- Look people – graffiti is made with the knowledge that it probably won't last. It's common for artists to tag other artists work, for property owners to paint over the tags, and for vandalization to occur. So when a guy, in this case, David William Noll, defaces two Park City murals believed to have been done by Banksy, don't threaten him with the cost of restoration and jail time. His tags are part of the art. [Detroit Free Press]
- The Rolling Jubilee has announced that they have purchased nearly four million dollars of student. Additionally, they are launching Debt Collective, a platform for organization, advocacy, and resistance by debtors. More details will be released soon, we hope. You are not a loan. [Strike Debt]
- Alexandra Schwartz discusses Google Art Project, comparing falling in love with an art work online to falling in love with a person over a long term correspondence. Really? Who else is spending that much time in front of an image online who isn't getting paid to do so? Anyway, read some overly precious writing about art, and feel good about the time you've spent in the alternative universe that is the Google Art Project. [The New Yorker]
- In the department of the absurd, the Palo Alto Longevity Prize will offer a mere one million dollars to the person who cures old age. According to Aubrey de Grey, the chief science officer of the SENS Research Foundation, "With sufficient funding we have a 50/50 chance to getting this all working within the next 25 years, but it could also happen in the next 100," LOL. [Techcrunch]
- Now that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has withdrawn from the Mayoral race, his brother Doug Ford has announced he will run in his stead. Here's some choice quotes from Ford brother number two. [Elect Doug Ford]
- On Wonder Woman's secret feminist past. [The New Yorker via: Long Form]
- A man has his camera eaten by an alligator, only to find the camera one year later in the swamp. The memory card still worked. [Sandisk]
GIF of the Day: And The Award Goes to Wallpapers!
by Paddy Johnson on September 15, 2014 · 0 comments Events
Let's face it: last week's GIF Free For All awards were a hot bed of incest, corruption and petty politics. It's time to set the record straight. The real GIF Awards need to go to Wallpapers. Why? Because these are gifs that can be tiled, and we all know bigger is better.
Wallpapers is a collaborative project founded in 2011 by artists Sara Ludy, Nicolas Sassoon and Sylvain Sailly. Now in its second iteration, Wallpapers has been shown at 319 Scholes in New York (curated by Lindsay Howard), Western Front in Vancouver (curated by Sarah Todd), and PAMI Festival in London (curated by Bubblebyte.org). This latest iteration (the second), will show at the New Forms Festival 12 in Vancouver (curated by Malcolm Levy). Participants include Laura Brothers, Rollin Leonard, Sara Ludy, Lorna Mills, Brenna Murphy, Sylvain Sailly, Nicolas Sassoon, Rick Silva, Krist Wood.
And now to the burning question: Who has made the best GIF? I announce a tie between Sylvain Sailly, Rick Silva and Laura Brothers! These GIFs couldn't look more different from each other, but they both possess the same quality: Graphic appeal. As a viewer, you want to see the loop completed. There may be no better marker of a good GIF.
This Week's Recommended Shows: Humanity and Teenage Girls
by Paddy Johnson on September 15, 2014 · 4 comments Reviews
Monday Links: Love From Grandmaster Flash
by Paddy Johnson on September 15, 2014 · 0 comments Massive Links
- Last night's Miss America contest lit up Twitter. The talent section of the show was accompanied by strange captions such as, "Slapped a shark as a kid" and "Terrified of frogs". Miss New York won, for the third year in a row. [Vulture]
- 25 year old art star Lucien Smith says he needs to take a break from the art world. The quote was cited in a larger article on Dean Levin and the rise of bro-culture. [The New York Observer]
- Little late on this news, but the Steinway Mansion in Astoria was finally sold to two local investors last May for 2.6 Million dollars. This is a little sad to me, since that place would have made a great artist residency. [Curbed]
- Grandma often autofills to Grandmaster Flash on facebook. Here's a tumblr that collects the mis-tagged posts. [Love Grampa and Grandmaster Flash]
- Why Archeologists Hate Indiana Jones. "True, the Nazis were trying to find the Ark of the Covenant so they could destroy the world," Canuto says. "But methodologically and legally they were in the right." [The Last Word on Nothing]
- More on this ridiculous squabble between collector Bert Kreuk and artist Dahn Vo. Kreuk claims Vo owes him a work. Vo claims he never promised to deliver one. [Artnet]


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Teen pop star Justin Bieber hung up on a radio host mid-interview after a mum joke between the pair fell flat.
Detroit radio host DJ Mojo was interviewing Bieber on his morning show on June 29 when he asked the young singer about his friendship with the members of UK boy band One Direction.
"Do you worry about (One Direction member) Harry (Styles) when he's around your mom since it seems that he likes older women?" Mojo quipped.
"I think you should be worried about me around your mum, bro," Bieber replied before bursting into laughter.
When the radio host told Bieber that his mother was dead, he was met with an awkward silence.
"This is the moment of the interview where it goes south," Mojo said.
The interview came to an end a moment later after Bieber appeared to hang up the phone.
A click could be heard before the line went dead.
The interview had not only ended badly, it had also taken off on the wrong foot after the singer appeared to take offence at being compared to Justin Timberlake.
Mojo told Bieber when he first heard his new single 'Boyfriend' he thought he was listening to Timberlake — a comparison he said he meant as a compliment.
"Man that's crazy cause our voices sound nothing alike," Bieber said.
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Have you ever wondered why God gave us two ears but only one mouth? Perhaps it is because we were meant to listen more than talk! Jesus said that "…whatever is in your heart determines what you say." (Matthew 12:34) In prayer, confess the ways you've been too loose with your tongue, and with the same tongue praise Him for forgiveness!
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EDMONTON - He was, until Sunday, the longest serving member on the Edmonton Oilers roster, but after playing 481 games on a team that didn't make one playoff appearance during his seven-year stay, Sam Gagner will now be plying his trade with the Arizona Coyotes.
The Oilers had traded the centre to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for winger Teddy Purcell, then the Lightning, short on cap room and long on forwards, sent Gagner and B.J. Crombeen to Arizona for a sixth-round draft pick in 2015.
The Lightning will retain one-third of Gagner's salary.
"It's been a roller-coaster of emotions," the former Oiler said. "I would have liked it to (work out) in Edmonton. But we didn't have a lot of success as a team, and there's going to be a lot of changes that comes from that. For myself, I didn't have a great year last year and I want to have a bounce-back year. I'm obviously not happy with the way things went ... I think this is going to be good for me.
"Definitely a shock when you're uprooted, but it's part of the business. It happens," said Purcell. "You embrace it and look forward to the opportunity that lies ahead."
The Sunday deals finally put an end to all the trade speculation that had been swirling around Gagner for months. The deal also came two days before his no-move clause was to kick in and two days before the free-agent market opens.
Contractually, the deal is a wash for the Oilers as Purcell, 28, who scored 12 goals and added 30 assists in 81 games last season, has two years left on a deal at $4.5-million. Gagner's cap hit is $4.8-million over the next two years.
"My name has been in trade rumours for a long time now, and you have to expect things to happen when the team hasn't done well," Gagner said. "It's been a tough few years there, and there's going to be change when things don't go well.
"I expected that at some point I might be a part of it (but) it's a great opportunity for me in Arizona, and I'm excited about that. I wish Edmonton all the best."
At six-foot-three, 195 lb., Purcell, who hails from St. John's, N.L., won't add much sandpaper, but 17 of his 42 points were scored on the power play last season, and he could benefit from a change of scenery.
He had a breakout season in 2011-12, scoring 24 goals and accumulating 65 points. He had spent his first three seasons with the Los Angeles Kings but admitted he never did get a foothold in that lineup.
"I was thankful that (Tampa general manager Steve Yzerman) gave me the chance to try to establish myself as a regular NHL player," Purcell said.
"Last year, there were just a lot of new guys coming up that (Jon Cooper) has coached before, and I just didn't really find my place like I had in the past. I didn't want to get traded, but I'm very excited about the opportunity in Edmonton.
"Obviously, being in the league, you follow their forward group, and they're a pretty dynamic bunch, so it's going to be exciting to play with whatever combination the coach thinks is right. You wish, you hope you get that opportunity to play with guys like (Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle) but wherever I fit, I think I'll get a good opportunity and get a lot of ice time. When you work hard and get opportunity that creates success so hopefully that's what continues to happen out west.
"I definitely have to be more consistent and win some more battles too ... but I've played in some pretty small hockey markets. I'll see what I'm made of playing before such passionate fans."
Drafted by the Oilers in 2007, Gagner, 25, struggled mightily last season after suffering a broken jaw in the pre-season that kept him out of the lineup for months. When he returned, he produced 37 points in 67 games.
He had signed a three-year contract extension with the Oilers last summer, intent on finally seeing the team move forward. Instead, he moves on and the Oilers retooling continues — this time under general manager Craig MacTavish, who in two years has traded captain Shawn Horcoff, winger Ales Hemsky and defenceman Ladislav Smid before moving Gagner.
He's also traded Magnus Paajarvi and Devan Dubnyk, both also first-round picks. MacTavish left Philadelphia this past weekend with third overall pick Leon Draisaitl of the Prince Albert Raiders.
"We got what we wanted and what we were searching for," said Coyotes general manager Don Maloney, who admitted he had always been interested in Gagner but that the salary was too rich. MacTavish had called him in the morning and suggested they might be willing to retain some salary if they were interested in Gagner.
After Maloney heard he was going to Tampa Bay and that the Lightning might be buying him out, he went to work looking at options rather than let Gagner get to free agency. He is convinced they can help him grow his game, and that new surroundings may help.
"You can never have enough strength in the middle," Maloney continued. "We still have work to do, but this was a good day for us. We got a young player who fits into what we're trying to do here at a good price."
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Let's be honest: Everyone you know is already going as Honey Boo Boo. They got the Honey Boo Boos covered. What they don't know (and what you and I know) is that the true star of Reality TV 2012 isn't that little Mountain Dew-swilling moppet, but her larger than life mother, "Mama" June Shannon.
Which of course is why you're going to be dressed as Mama come next week (or probably this Saturday. This mid-day holiday is throwing everybody off.) To be honest, I hesitated to suggest a budget Mama costume, as I didn't want it to be insulting towards a human I genuinely like and respect. I want to pay her homage, not make her feel bad. You know what I mean? Then I realized: how many of us will ever be Halloween costumes? I don't mean characters we spawned or memes we created. I mean actual, flesh-and-blood people. The answer is almost none. So save your Sexy Austin Powers and Sexy Jar Jar Binks for next year. Halloween 2012 is going to be All Mama's Eve.


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- Damon to Elena: I'm mean. You hate me. Earth is back on it's axis.
- Damon to Stefan: Because right now, you're all I got.
He think he lost her. He wants her to hate him. He wants her to be happy. But he got under her skin & no matter what she do, she can't shake him. Cause once you fall in love with someone, you can't ever shake it.
I lost a follower. I feel like I was dumped.
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Posts tagged with tag: 'development'
February 25, 2013
Source, frontend and backend models in Magento system settings
In the previous article we have described how the different settings can be applied to a custom extension. There's nothing difficult for the simple settings such as text field or text area. But, if you look at the drop down, multiselect or editable items list you'll notice that these items have additional fields, e.g. source_model, backend_model, frontend_model. Let's focus on these models and find out more info about creating settings that require data models.
February 8, 2013
Magento system settings overview
From time to time Magento developers face with a need to add settings for their extensions. As it's hard to remember all necessary details for each setting, so we would like to share our snippets which contain xml code of the most recent settings used in Magento admin.
January 15, 2013
Creating CSV files in Magento
There are many tools in Magento which allow you to view or generate and download different reports. So, we can conclude that Magento system has integrated tools for CSV and XML files generation. It might help in the situation when you need to generate a report for some feed or just export a list of structured data. We would like to demonstrate the small example that adds an ability to generate and download CSV files. Let's assume that you have already created your custom extension and wish to add a CSV export functionality. If it's not the case and you can't guess how to create an extension, then you can always find the light in our previous articles, for example this one. We called our extension Atwix_Tweaks so in the code examples below we will use this title.
December 21, 2012
Filter products by attribute on a Magento CMS page
Ability to create pages with custom content is a great feature provided by Magento. You can easily create a new page for your store and add text, html, images, different widgets there. But sometimes people want to have something non-trivial on their pages. Usually it means that you need to operate some knowledge before you'll get an appropriate result. In this article we would like to suggest you a simple solution on how to place a products list, prefiltered by some specific attribute, on your CMS page. The example below describes how to create a simple extension for this purpose.
December 10, 2012
Grid filter for columns with complex values
In previous articles we told you how to operate with columns in adminhtml grids. Usually the process is quite fast, for example, if you want to add simple column from the database. But sometimes you need to add a column with complex value, processed by renderer. You say: "it's not a big deal to use renderers…" Right, until you face with sort and filter..
November 26, 2012
Advices and Best Practices for Magento developers | Part 2
We continue to share our experience with Magento developers by publishing the next set of Best Practices in Magento coding. If you missed our previous article, here it is.
November 7, 2012
Adding a column to the customers grid in Magento admin. Alternative way
Pretty often we face a task, where we need to add a custom column to the customers/orders grid in Magento admin. The solution is simple and if you google for it, you will get tons of solutions. However, pretty much all of them describe the same way, which isn't always proper.
October 16, 2012
Proper way of adding tabs to the Magento Product Page
The product page is one of the most important parts of your store. That's why so much attention is paid to make this page look perfect. Tabs is a good way to display a lot of data inside a compact block. It helps to avoid huge scroll bars and also looks much nicer on portable devices. You can find tons of Magento templates with tabs on the product view page and we are going to tell you the easiest way to add them there. All examples are applicable to the default Magento theme, but with practice you can use following methods to customize your own theme.
October 2, 2012
Using Mage Run tool to speed up development
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FAIRBANKS, Ak-For the Nanook basketball teams, a win was hard to come by on the road as the women stay winless in conference play and the men's team couldn't bounce back after the UAA loss.
The women's team lost at St. Martin's 74-57.
SMU was hitting threes going 8 of 15 from beyond the arc as they led from tip off to final buzzer. The Nanooks continued to struggle offensively shooting in the low thirties and 5 of 23 from deep.
Angela Gelhar led SMU with 20 points. Jacqueline Lovato's 14 was a team high for the Nanooks.
UAF will go on to face Western Oregon next who has one conference win this year.
The men's team also fell on the road to Simon Fraser.
The Clan's 68-54 win over the Nanooks gave them their first conference win and ended their 9 game losing streak. The Clan hit on all cylinders, outrebounding the Nanooks by 12, got 43 points from the bench, and shot well from the field, the three, and the free throw line.
The Nanooks were up 28-19 in the first half but Simon Fraser 15-4 run and never trailed.
Andrew Kelly had 12 points and 7 boards to lead the Nanooks. Ibrahim Appiah's 16 points led 4 Simon Fraser players in double figures.
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Dread and Dispossession: An interview with Colin Dayan
By The Public Archive | Published: September 23, 2013
Colin Dayan, the Robert Penn Warren Professor in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, has written on the literature and literary histories of the United States, Haiti, and Jamaica; on law, ritual, and anthropology; on prisons, torture, and the nature of the person. Her first book was an introduction to and translation of [...]
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Insularity & Internationalism: An Interview with Kaiama L. Glover
By The Public Archive | Published: June 4, 2013
Kaiama L. Glover is an associate professor of French at Barnard College and the author of Haiti Unbound: A Spiralist Challenge to the Postcolonial Canon. Published by Liverpool University Press in 2010, Haiti Unbound is the first full-length critical study of the Spiralists: an extraordinary Haitian and Caribbean literary movement whose principle players are writers [...]
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Haiti: Cartography After the Quake
By The Public Archive | Published: January 12, 2013
OpenStreetMap – Project Haiti from ItoWorld on Vimeo. A visualisation of the response to the earthquake by the OpenStreetMap community. Within 12 hours the white flashes indicate edits to the map (generally by tracing satellite/aerial photography). Over the following days a large number of additions to the map are made with many roads (green primary, red [...]
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Radical Black Reading/Reading Haiti, 2012
By The Public Archive | Published: December 30, 2012
Easily the most hyped Haiti-related book to come out in the past year was Purpose: An Immigrant Story (It Books), the memoir of rapper-turned-presidential-candidate Wyclef Jean. They say Purpose is actually not that bad, especially if you're interested in either Clef's take on the dissolution of the Fugees or his embittered account of [...]
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10 Books For 2012
By The Public Archive | Published: December 24, 2012
Ten books we read in 2012 that surprised us, stayed with us, and made us see the world in a different light. Listed in no particular order. William Alpheus Hunton, Decision in Africa: Sources of Current Conflict (International Publishers, 1960). Walter Rodney approvingly cites Hunton's Decision in Africa in his How Europe Underdeveloped Africa but [...]
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Henri Christophe, Proclaimed King of Haiti, 26 March 1811
Michael Thompson, Henri I, King of Haiti (2010)
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Henri Christophe sets fire to Le Cap
Jacob Lawrence, Toussaint L'Ouverture series, no. 32 (1938)
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Je renais de mes cendres
...The reverse bears the inscription Les armoiries du Roi Henry Christophe, 1767-1820, Bâtisseur de La Citadelle (The arms of King Henry Christophe, 1767-1820, Builder of the Citadel). In the middle is the king's coat of arms, a crowned phoenix rising from the flames, with stars in the firmament and the words, Je renais de mes cendres. (I [...]
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I agree the processing time is very long. MyPublisher gets their books out in 2-3 days.
Why is 5-7 days unacceptable?
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Of course we all want shorter lead times, better quality and lower prices, and from my own observation of competing products we can choose any two. ;-)
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they did refund my shipping cost though. can't go wrong with free shipping and i'll have my books before xmas.
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Hometown: Norcross, Georgia
Major: Communication Studies
Minor: Studio Art
From an early age, my parents stressed to me the importance of a good education. But I think the most important thing they have taught me, thus far, is the lesson of lifelong learning, Meredith Henry says. Growing up in Norcross, Georgia, Henry practically grew up at Oglethorpe University, her parents alma mater. However, when it came time for Henry to start her college search, she knew that going out of state would provide the best opportunities for her. My mom kept hearing about Southwestern and its good reputation, and after the tour, I absolutely loved it! she says. The best part about Southwestern is the community feeling, which really makes me feel like Im at home.
Henry brings another important lesson with her from Georgia: to take advantage of the opportunities that come her way. She believes Southwesterns small size allows her to become involved in campus organizations and have the opportunity to make a difference. Henry has joined a student mentoring program on campus called Operation Achievement through which she helps a sixth-grade student from Georgetown with homework, projects and test preparation. Operation Achievement interested me because I love working with kids, and I felt like this is an organization I could excel in, Henry says. I look forward to meeting even more amazing people, as well as becoming involved in more activities and organizations around Southwestern.
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I always had a feeling that I would enjoy being a student at Southwestern, but I had no idea how much I would come to love every part of the Southwestern experience, Gillian Graham says. There are innumerable opportunities for creativity and activities beyond the classroom, but people also take academics very seriously here.
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At any time of the day, you can hear music ranging from Ben Folds to UnderOath playing in Cody Smiths dorm room. Many of Smiths First-Year Seminar classmates can also be found lingering around his room in the Mabee Residence Hall. His first-year seminar class, Political Spin Masters Back in the Day: Alexander the Great and Caesar Augustus, is part of Southwesterns Living-Learning Community (LLC), and so far he has enjoyed his experience in the LLC. The fact that you live in such close quarters and share at least one class with each other really encourages camaraderie, Smith says. The LLC is a lot of fun and we do a lot of random things together, from YouTube nights to collective trips to Cicis. I love the environment of the LLC, and some of my better friends at Southwestern live within 10 feet of me.
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Smith plans to take the LSAT and eventually become an attorney. Im really looking forward to how the educational opportunities offered at Southwestern will help me achieve my goals, he says. The study abroad program appeals to me more than anything; after all, what better place to learn the Greek language and ancient philosophy than the city of Athens itself?
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Major: Business
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DArtagnan Bebel first stumbled upon Southwestern in Colleges That Change Lives, one of the many college books that he purchased. As luck would have it, Bebel then received a tennis recruitment letter from Lester Sombito, head tennis coach, inviting him to come for a campus visit. As soon as I stepped foot on campus, I realized that this is where I wanted to be. Everyone I talked to was really nice and the campus atmosphere was like none I had ever experienced, Bebel says. The day after visiting Southwestern, I called my high school admissions counselor and told him to change my application type to Early Admission. I knew this was the place for me.
A Texas state-ranked USTA junior tennis player, Bebel considers himself very fortunate to have the opportunity to play tennis for Southwestern. The tennis team is very close, and I enjoy the camaraderie of my teammates, he says. I also appreciate that I am able to walk across campus every day to work out and practice on the tennis courts with my teammates and friends.
Bebel started playing tennis more than 12 years ago and one of his passions is giving back to the community through tennis. While in high school, Bebel coached tennis to underprivileged children through the Zina Garrison All-Court Foundation. The foundations goal is not to develop the worlds next number one player, but rather to create better citizens, he says. I get excited about programs that combine tennis with academics to build more productive citizens.
Bebel hopes to use his education and skills to develop communities and form a real estate development firm. He plans to combine Southwesterns liberal arts education with a business major and an architecture minor. One great thing about Southwestern is that the students are willing to help each other succeed, he says. The workload is tough, but the students are willing to help each other out, whether its going over notes or reviewing for a test. I look forward to forming close bonds with students, my teammates and my professors.
Hometown: Bastrop, Texas
Major: Undecided
Do they really drink green beer? The Irish in America. This was the title of Victoria Dominguezs First-Year Seminar class and her first taste of college. Through the instruction of Paul Gaffney, dean of The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, the course focused on the history of Irish-Americans as well as students own immigration history, and analyzed issues surrounding immigration in the United States today. I have really enjoyed my First-Year Seminar class, Dominguez says. Dr. Gaffneys enthusiasm for the course and his desire to help us become acquainted with Southwestern easily makes this one of my favorite classes. It also has made me ready for college life by preparing me for the rigor of Southwesterns academic curriculum.
While academic life at Southwestern is certainly difficult, Dominguez comes to the University possessing the skills necessary for success. She was Bastrop High Schools 2007 valedictorian and was named a Dixon Scholar at Southwestern. She also has encouragement from her family, especially from her sister, Delilah, who is a junior at Southwestern. I am extremely close to my family, and the fact that my sister attended Southwestern was definitely a plus, she says. Ultimately, I decided to attend Southwestern because I felt extremely comfortable on the campus. I just clicked with the campus, and I cant imagine myself anywhere else.
As Dominguez looks forward to the rest of her first year, perhaps what excites her most is the upcoming golf season. Dominguez has been hooked on golf ever since she was in eighth grade and watched her sister play in a tournament. Her decision to make the transition from high school golf and join the Southwestern golf team was a no-brainer. I decided to join the Southwestern golf team because the program here is great, she says. The womens team has made it to the NCAA Division III National Championship two years in a row, and they won the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship last year. That impressed me, and I knew that I wanted to be a part of a competitive program like this one. I hope the teams success continues this year, and we win the conference championship again and the national championship!


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Heart Failure Overview
Heart failure is a condition in which the heart is no longer able to pump out enough oxygen-rich blood. This causes symptoms to occur throughout the body.
Alternative Names
CHF; Congestive heart failure; Left-sided heart failure; Right-sided heart failure - Cor pulmonale; Cardiomyopathy - heart failure
Heart failure is often a long-term (chronic) condition, but it may come on suddenly. It can be caused by many different heart problems.
The condition may affect only the right side or only the left side of the heart. More often, both sides of the heart are involved.
Heart failure is present when:
- Your heart muscle cannot pump (eject) the blood out of the heart very well. This is called systolic heart failure.
- Your heart muscles are stiff and do not fill up with blood easily. This is called diastolic heart failure.
As the heart's pumping becomes less effective, blood may back up in other areas of the body. Fluid may build up in the lungs, liver, gastrointestinal tract, and the arms and legs. This is called congestive heart failure.
The most common causes of heart failure are:
- Coronary artery disease (CAD), a narrowing of the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. This can weaken the heart muscle over time or suddenly.
- High blood pressure that is not well controlled, leading to problems with stiffness, or eventually leading to muscle weakening.
Other heart problems that may cause heart failure are:
- Congenital heart disease
- Heart attack
- Heart valves that are leaky or narrowed)
- Infection that weakens the heart muscle
- Some types of abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias)
Other diseases that can cause or contribute to heart failure:
- Amyloidosis
- Emphysema
- Overactive thyroid
- Sarcoidosis
- Severe anemia
- Too much iron in the body
- Underactive thyroid
Symptoms of heart failure often begin slowly. At first, they may only occur when you are very active. Over time, you may notice breathing problems and other symptoms even when you are resting. Symptoms may also appear suddenly after the heart is damaged from a heart attack or other problem.
Common symptoms are:
- Cough
- Fatigue, weakness, faintness
- Loss of appetite
- Need to urinate at night
- Pulse that feels fast or irregular, or a sensation of feeling the heart beat (palpitations)
- Shortness of breath when you are active or after you lie down
- Swollen (enlarged) liver or abdomen
- Swollen feet and ankles
- Waking up from sleep after a couple of hours due to shortness of breath
- Weight gain
Exams and Tests
Your health care provider will examine you for signs of heart failure:
- Fast or difficult breathing
- Leg swelling (edema)
- Neck veins that stick out (are distended)
- Sounds ("crackles") from fluid buildup in your lungs, heard through a stethoscope
- Swelling of the liver or abdomen
- Uneven or fast heartbeat and abnormal heart sounds
Many tests are used to diagnose and monitor heart failure.
An echocardiogram (echo) is often the best test for heart failure. Your doctor will use it to guide your treatment.
Other imaging tests can look at how well your heart is able to pump blood, and how much the heart muscle is damaged.
Many blood tests may also be used to:
- Help diagnose and monitor heart failure
- Identify risks for heart disease
- Look for possible causes of heart failure, or problems that may make your heart failure worse
- Monitor for side effects of medicines you may be taking
If you have heart failure, your doctor will monitor you closely. You will have follow-up appointments at least every 3 to 6 months, but sometimes much more often. You will also have tests to check your heart function.
Knowing your body and the symptoms that your heart failure is getting worse will help you stay healthier and out of the hospital. At home, watch for changes in your heart rate, pulse, blood pressure, and weight.
Weight gain, especially over a day or two, can be a sign that your body is holding onto extra fluid and your heart failure is getting worse. Talk to your doctor about what you should do if your weight goes up or you develop more symptoms.
Limit how much salt you eat. Your doctor may also ask you to limit how much fluid you drink during the day.
Other important changes to make in your lifestyle:
- Ask your doctor how much alcohol you may drink.
- Do not smoke.
- Stay active. Walk or ride a stationary bicycle. Your doctor can provide a safe and effective exercise plan for you. Do not exercise on days when your weight has gone up from fluid or you are not feeling well.
- Lose weight if you are overweight.
- Lower your cholesterol by changing your lifestyle.
- Get enough rest, including after exercise, eating, or other activities. This allows your heart to rest too.
Your doctor will ask you to take medicines to treat your heart failure. Medicines treat the symptoms, prevent your heart failure from getting worse, and help you live longer. It is very important that you take your medicine as your health care team directed.
These medicines:
- Help the heart muscle pump better
- Keep your blood from clotting
- Lower your cholesterol levels
- Open up blood vessels or slow your heart rate so your heart doesn't have to work as hard
- Reduce damage to the heart
- Reduce the risk of abnormal heart rhythms
- Replace potassium
- Rid your body of excess fluid and salt (sodium)
It is very important that you take your medicine as your doctor and nurse directed. Do not take any other drugs or herbs without first asking your doctor or nurse about them. Drugs that may make your heart failure worse include:
- Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin)
- Naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn)
The following surgeries and devices for certain patients with heart failure may be recommended:
- Coronary bypass surgery (CABG) or angioplasty with or without stenting may help improve blood flow to the damaged or weakened heart muscle.
- Heart valve surgery may be done if changes in a heart valve are causing your heart failure.
- A pacemaker can help treat slow heart rates or help both sides of your heart contract at the same time.
- A defibrillator sends an electrical pulse to stop life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms.
Severe heart failure occurs when treatments no longer work. Certain treatments may be used when a person is waiting for a heart transplant:
- Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)
- Left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
At a certain point, the health care provider will decide whether it is best to keep treating heart failure aggressively. The patient, along with his or her family and doctors, may want to discuss palliative or comfort care at this time.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Often, you can control heart failure by taking medicine, changing your lifestyle, and treating the condition that caused it.
Heart failure can suddenly get worse due to:
- Angina (lack of blood flow to the heart muscle)
- Eating high-salt foods
- Heart attack
- Infections or other illnesses
- Not taking medicines correctly
- New, abnormal heart rhythms
Most of the time, heart failure is a chronic illness that gets worse over time. Some people develop severe heart failure. Medicines, other treatments, and surgery no longer help at this stage.
People with heart failure may be at risk for dangerous heart rhythms. These people often receive an implanted defibrillator.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you develop:
- Increased cough or phlegm
- Sudden weight gain or swelling
- Weakness
- Other new or unexplained symptoms
Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if you experience:
- Fainting
- Fast and irregular heartbeat (especially if you also have other symptoms)
- Severe crushing chest pain
Most cases of heart failure can be prevented by living a healthy lifestyle and reducing your risk for heart disease.
Mant J, Al-Mohammad A, Swain S, Laramee P. Guideline Development Group. Management of chronic heart failure in adults: synopsis of the National Institute For Health and Clinical Excellence guideline. Ann Intern Med. 2011;155(4):252-259.
Emanuel LL, Bonow RO. Care of patients with end-stage heart disease. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 34.
Mann DL. Management of heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 28.
Jessup M, Abraham WT, Casey DE, et al. 2009 focused update: ACCF/AHA Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: developed in collaboration with the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Circulation. 2009 Apr 14;119(14):1977-2016. Epub 2009 Mar 26.
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By Jim Brighters, NBA Editor
Additions: Jabari Parker (2)
Damien Inglis (31)
Johnny O'Bryant (36)
(SportsNetwork.com) - The Milwaukee Bucks reminded me of a wealthy man sitting with his feet up, smoking a cigar, sipping scotch and laughing about his riches.
The Bucks were content to wait out the Cleveland Cavaliers at No. 1, but Milwaukee wanted Parker. Parker wanted to go to Milwaukee. He's willing to be the face of the team, and the Bucks are a team in desperate need of a star. Parker will fit that bill. He's immediately the favorite for Rookie of the Year and could score almost 18 points per game as a rookie.
The Bucks didn't just secure a top talent, they established an identity. They built a franchise with one single superstar prospect. Parker will live up to it, although conditioning and defense are huge concerns.
Inglis will play next season, although he's hurt right now. (Nothing serious.) I like O'Bryant a lot because he's an old-school, actual low-post scorer. The NBA isn't really much about that anymore, but he still does it.
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What is that God awful thing in the middle??
the new nintendo DS better be crazy good, or no one is going to buy it.
18 million ipod touches, all in the hands of 21 - 14 year olds, and they can get mindless games for a few dollars, instead of having to drive to the store, and pay 30 bucks for a game you can't test out.
Will this mean more chances of getting shovelware?
Uhh...wouldn't it have anything to do with the iPhone's SDK being, what, free?
Of course, you'll have to pony up $100-300 just to submit the game (depending if you're a single dev or a team), but that's a hell of a lot cheaper than the thousands of dollars spent on a dev kit for any major gaming platform.
I see a DS, I see an iPhone, I see no PSP but I see some other thing that's not even related to the article. That isn't a PSP btw, fyi
I m not a psp owner, but that is definatly not one
This really isn;t surprising, nor is it worth touting in my opinion. Generally speaking large consoles like the Playstation, DS, etc. will only have larger game devs (ie Konami, Capcom, Square, etc.) Many of these game devs are developing for the iPhone as well, however we also have a bunch of "no names" that really have no chance in hell making things for these big consoles where they currently stand. While it is cool, I don't think that it is really a statistic that means a WHOLE lot.
I sure hope pauldanielash didn't think that was a PSP.
That said, it has a lot more to do with the fact that any little crossword, Where's Waldo, or Sudoku-like app counts as making you a "game developer."
The thing in the middle looks like the PSP phone i heard about 4 years ago, Some article was talking about sony making a psp phone.
Its a wonderful rendering of PSP Phone by T3.UK (based on original patent picture)
Not a real phone it was just a concept PSP phone.
Its a nasty concept
Well, the new DS has an online store I believe, but the games are generally of higher and thus more expensive.
edit: My quote disappeared. =|
That, or a mock-up of the Mylo, Sony's ill-fated - and design basis - predecessor to the PSPgo.
Either way, it's ugly as all hell.
That is not surprising in the least. The dev kit for a ds or psp is far more of an investment than apples fee and some "how to make an app" book.
But which platform has better games. Right now it's still nintendo by a small margin but in a years time who knows


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This morning I extended the hop-pole, thought it might good to make some limeaide....
Got all the stuff together starting w/ a pitcher, added the sugar, lime juice, and water, then went looking for a spoon to mix.
I yanked out the turbo mixer and went to town mixing the hell out of it... It hit me this could work good as an aerator...
Look at the pics. (Ran this about 30 seconds going up & down meanwhile breaking the surface to entrap air in the blade shroud.)
I just tried this in a bucket full idophor. It still mixes the hell out of it with lots of foam on surface. Mixer can go about 6" deep. The cup on the mixer traps in a ton of air.
...but it's still just air instead of pure oxygen. I would argue that you'd get the same results by shaking/splashing.
I use an aeration stone with a filter and an aquarium tank. cheap and it works
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Next up: Christmas Old Ale, American Wheat AG, need suggestions
Good idea. I have one of these taking up space in the cupboard.
I think you could use this with a carboy as well -- just hit the work with the stick blender in the boil kettle after chilling.
Heres some cool stuff on aeration. Its funny splashing puts more air in faster than an aquarium pump with stone. Check it out. http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_oxygenation.cfm
perhaps i should sanitize my paint stirer attachment to my drill...
I did this last night. I worked great. In less than an hour there was pressure in the lock. 6 hours later, normal airlock activity.
Funny thing - I bought an oxygen set-up Friday but I don't have the bottle of gas yet.


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Threats to Youth Healthcare Privacy, the ACA, and SB 138Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Kaitlin Morrison, LSRJ Summer Intern ('15, Columbia Law School)
The expansion of healthcare brought by the ACA is much-needed and certainly a net positive. Dependents may now remain on insurance until the age of 26. With this expansion however, the pre-existing gaps in privacy protections have been exacerbated. Consider the case of a young adult who goes to the doctor for a routine STD screening (the responsible thing, right?), only to have this private information relayed to the primary policy holder – usually the parents! The right to healthcare should not be conditional upon a relinquishment of doctor-patient confidentiality.
The basic conflict is between two important policies: maintaining appropriate communications between insurer and policy holder to ensure billing and payment transparency versus protecting patient confidentiality for insured dependents accessing "sensitive services:" sexual and reproductive health care, mental health services and drug and alcohol abuse treatment.
Many negative consequences are likely to result from this administrative quagmire. Minors and adults on another's insurance may simply choose not to seek medical care for STD testing and treatment, contraception, and drug and mental health services, for fear of this information being shared. Alternately, dependents on private insurance may seek public clinics for STD testing and similar services to avoid the possibility of parental notification, shifting the cost to the state. Victims of domestic violence will face a difficult decision: seek treatment and risk the possibility of their location being known by their abuser (if they share a policy), or not seek medical care.
The patchwork of laws and regulations protecting privacy are incoherent in a model in which young adults remain on their parents' insurance. By law, adult patients in California have a right to keep all health information confidential and decide whether and when to share that information with their partners and parents, regardless of whose insurance plan they are covered under. Adolescent patients in California have a right to keep certain health information confidential and decide whether and when to share that information with parents, including information about "sensitive services." However, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) made an exception to the general confidentiality rules above, allowing providers and insurers to use and disclose information for payment and health care operations purposes. "Reasonable efforts" are required to limit disclosure to the "minimum necessary" to accomplish the intended purpose of the disclosure. This unclear standard is insufficient to protect privacy.
A solution to this problem has arisen in the form of SB 138, authored by state Senator Ed Hernandez, which aims to bring clarity to the myriad state and federal statutes and regulations related to the sharing of patient information in order to protect patient confidentiality for insured dependents. At the heart of the bill are two provisions: If the patient is a dependent on another's policy, and is less than 26 years old, all such communications would be barred unless the patient authorizes them. If the patient is not a dependent and under 26, there is no automatic barring of sensitive communications, but if that patient submits a nondisclosure request, the insurer will have to honor it.
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BOSTON – After two successful seasons as head coach with the Boston Bruins, the team announced that Claude Julien has been signed to a multi-year contract extension.
Since taking over the helm in 2007-08, Bruins fans have seen a huge improvement thanks in part to Julien's system. In those two years, the Black and Gold have gone 94-48-22, have made the playoffs both years and last season they compiled 116 points, which was tops in the Eastern Conference.
This season, Julien was the recipient of the Jack Adams Award, which is given to the coach of the year in the NHL.
"Claude has shown a tremendous propensity to get the maximum result for the team,†said Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli during today's press conference. "He's a guy who is a roll up the sleeves type of guy that connects with the players and I think he commands a respect that a coach needs to get to be successful.
"We're very happy that he's in the mix for year's to come and again I look forward to working with him for the future years.â€
Julien has gotten the most out of his players since day one. Players such as Marc Savard, Tim Thomas, Zdeno Chara and Michael Ryder have all benefited from playing for Julien.
On top of that, the Bruins have been very consistent in the two years and have made the leap from eighth place in the Eastern Conference in 2007-08—where hockey pundits had few expectations—to finishing as the top team in the East in 2008-09. While many people predicted the Bruins to be in the playoffs last year, few expected them to finish where they were.
However, while Julien's system should get the credit it deserves, he and his coaching staff should also get credit for dealing with the players on a consistent basis according to Chiarelli.
"It's not all about the system,†said Chiarelli. "It's how about the coaches deal with the players in certain situations. These men are young men who continue to improve on the ice and off the ice in a hockey perspective.
"While the players form the team, the coach is a bond that makes them. The system and how the coaches treat the players end up benefiting as a result.â€
With the success from last year, that is not the case. A lot is expected from the Bruins in 2009-10, who were eliminated by the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference semifinal last year.
"I think what the fans expect from our hockey team, is exactly what we all expect from our hockey club,†said Julien. "Its not expectations that are beyond what we want to accomplish. For me I have no issues with that; I hope to be part of the group that's going to get even more results.â€
With Training Camp starting a week from tomorrow, the preparation begins for the upcoming season as the Bruins try to meet those expectations.