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Cebu, 2013: Old Friends, New Places - One of my priorities was to see one of my best friends from college and I had been harassing him via SMS since the start of the year - even when he was in Malaysia *face palm part 1*. Again, sorry.
I met Chef J (yihee!) because I asked him for MY schedule in a class he wasn't taking. *face palm part 2*
It's been a ridiculous story since then, as we ticked the units off our curriculum check list - with midnight recipe tests, with sketches on 2x2 paper, with his ability to take a nap EVERYWHERE, with cram sessions for reports due in 15 minutes and holding my umbrella while the rain dripped down my sleeve. *face palm part 3*
Now, I see J only once every couple of years. That's a sneak peek into the life of someone that works in/with hotels - you work like a machine so someone else can relax and you love it. It takes someone who lives a similar lifestyle to understand it.
We're definitely not the same people from before. Life happens, but that's okay. No one was designed to be stuck at a moment that has already passed.
It's a great feeling though to know you have a good friend, despite growing up and distances, who was very willing to spare a couple of hours for local beers and Hoeegardens.
It made me feel like a jack ass for missing out when he'd come over to Manila. *face palm part 4*
Thanks J! Wishing you the best in everything and see you in a couple of years or so. (WTF, can it be less, please?)
Pay it forward and pass on our loser small talking skills to someone you care about.
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The sweet kiss of the first bite of a hamburger. My lips touching the crisp exterior of a burger patty, inhaling its cheese and juices. It's dizzying. It's tempting. It's sensual. It's lust.
Though I don't eat as much meat as I used to, there's something still alluring about the call of the hamburger. And, we're not just talking about any hamburger. I'm talking about THE hamburger.
The quest for the perfect burger is never-ending. Once you think you've found it, you find another that takes the spot on your stomach's pedestal. For now, first place goes to the Double Dare and Cheese you can find in Big Better Burgers.
Not only does Big Better Burgers serve the burgers that make me salivate in my sleep, but it's become a place of comfort for last three years.
Big Better Burgers have several branches, but my regular one is the Alabang Branch located at Studio One Condo, Dotcom Drive, Northgate Cyberzone, Filinvest Alabang
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In the spirit of true night owls, we headed to Santana Grove at around midnight to check if anything was open.
Santana Grove is a 2-storey strip mall on Sucat Road. It houses the usual major chain eateries and a few specialty stores. No establishments particularly worthy of a standing ovation, but it's the al-fresco design and Mediterranean architecture that makes it the typical Southern Metro Manila hang out.
Plus, it's common sense. It has the Teleperformance sign. Something HAS to stay open 24/7.
Everybody gets worn out, no matter how much you love what you do. Needless to say, I've been looking forward to this long weekend after my jam-packed schedule for the past couple of months
This is it. This four-day weekend is my summer vacation and I take what I can get.
My mind idly wandered to my past, pre-pubescent summer vacations - sitting on my desk scribbling short stories, tracing my fingers over mindless doodles, experimenting in the kitchen, riding on a skateboard, riding on bikes.
I thought about the energy and the freedom without interruptions. The freedom to mindlessly pursue without being weighed down.
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Health and usage monitoring systems (Hums) have been available for integration with fixed-wing flight deck avionics for some time. The idea is to have a central point that monitors aircraft systems to provide an up-to-the-minute look at the overall health of the aircraft. An indication of excessive temperature, for example, could foreshadow a component or system failure. Unlike fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters perform a variety of missions from heavy lift to transportation, meaning that the useful life of dynamic components varies widely from mission to mission, making predictions complex. "Until the advent of Hums, little consideration had been given to the life of a part based on actual usage. When fully implemented, Hums will provide an increase in safety and operational efficiency throughout the rotorcraft industry," said Matthew Zuccaro, Helicopter Association International (HAI) president. The FAA Aviation Research Grants Program has awarded HAI a cooperative agreement to support research in the area of health and usage monitoring systems.
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Tallahassee, FL- Justin Gonzalez drove in four runs to lead second-ranked Florida State past Hofstra, 14-4, in the finale of a three-game series on Sunday afternoon in front of 4,306 fans at Dick Howser Stadium.
Senior Elliot Hagburg (East Hanover, NJ) lined two hits, and drove in a run and scored while freshman Matt Ford (Lansing, NY) also added a RBI for Hofstra, which fell to 0-6. Tyler Everett pitched three scoreless innings out of the bullpen to help Florida State sweep the series in moving to 6-0.
The Seminoles, ranked only behind LSU by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, scored five runs in the third inning and to break a tie and lined 17 total base hits in improving to 10-0 in the all-time series.
Freshman lefty Joe Burg (Lindenhurst, IL) allowed five runs off five hits in two innings in his first collegiate start, dropping to 0-1. Everett (1-0) surrendered one hit and struck out two.
Hofstra posted a lead for the first time in the series when it raced to a 2-0 edge in the opening inning off freshman starter Robert Benincasa. A leadoff single, error and a walk loaded the bases and senior Ethan Paquette (West Burke, VT) drew a walk to force in the first run.
After a strikeout, Hagburg lined a run-scoring single to right for his first RBI of the season, scoring fellow senior Matt Prokopowicz (Massapequa, NY). Benincasa escaped another bases-loaded jam, striking out sophomore catcher Matt Hancock (Old Lyme, CT) to end an eight-pitch at-bat.
Florida State responded with three hits in the bottom of the first. Tyler Holt worked a leadoff walk and advanced to second on a single. The Seminoles then executed a double-steal and Holt scored when Hancock's throw to third sailed into left field. Stephen Cardullo lined a RBI single to right to make it 2-all before Burg induced a double play to escape further damage.
The teams exchanged scoreless innings before Hofstra used a single and a walk to force Florida State coach Mike Martin to call in Everett from the bullpen in the top of the third. The Pride could not scratch across any runs to squash the potential rally.
Burg, the only southpaw on the Pride staff, struggled with the strike zone in the third. He surrendered a leadoff double before walking the next two batters on eight pitches. Junior Sean Monaghan (East Meadow, NY) came in and gave up Sherman Johnson's RBI single through the left side. Johnson compiled 10 RBIs in the series.
Monaghan recorded a strikeout before Gonzalez ripped a one-hop double off the leftfield wall to score three runs. Rafael Lopez lofted a single to left to score Gonzalez in the next at-bat, opening a 7-2 lead.
Ford registered his second RBI of the season, ripping a sixth-inning single through the right side to make it 8-3. Florida State tacked on four runs in the seventh against junior reliever Jeff Guthridge (Bel Air, MD).
Hagburg, who started all 35 of his previous Hofstra games at catcher, played right field for the first time in his two-year Pride career and finished 2-for-3 with a walk.
Hofstra will next play another Atlantic Coast Conference school when it travels to Maryland for a three-game series against the Terps starting Friday at 3 p.m.


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SEATTLE (UPI) — Of the $22,030 annual healthcare cost for a U.S. family of four, the employer pays $12,886 and the employee pays $9,144, an actuarial and consulting firm says.
The 2013 Milliman Medical Index, calculated by Milliman, found the average employee's share for coverage under an employer-sponsored preferred provider plan is paid through a combination of $5,544 in payroll deductions and $3,600 in out-of-pocket costs.
For employees, this represents a cost increase of 6.5 percent compared with last year's total employee cost of $8,584, Milliman said.
"We expect that the emerging reforms required by the Affordable Care Act would have little impact on the cost of care for our family of four in 2013 because this family tends to be insured through a large group health plan," Milliman officials said in a statement.
Most of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act deals with those currently uninsured and those who currently buy individual health insurance coverage out of their own pocket.


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They are both grammatically correct, but neither is terribly natural. When someone makes a misstatement, the other person may correct that statement, but will not usually repeat the incorrect part.Originally Posted by navi
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- OTSearchA bibliographic database produced by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
- CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (via EBSCO)Index to journals in nursing, medical technology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, and other allied heath disciplines. Also includes a selection of pharmacy and pharmacology titles.
- PubMedOne of the largest biomedical databases, PubMed includes both clinical and basic research. Use the USciences link to PubMed so that you can access the library's journal holdings.
- PsycINFO (via Ovid)American Psychological Association (APA) database providing abstracts and citations to literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. It provides access to journal articles, books, chapters, and dissertations.
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- The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy - 19th Ed. (via STAT!Ref)General medical reference book for health care professionals.
- MedAbbrevDictionary of medical abbreviations. Based on "Medical Abbreviations: 32,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communication and Safety, 15th ed." by Dr. Neil M. Davis. Contains "over 37,000 possible meanings for the acronyms, symbols, abbreviations, and slang terms listed."
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- Evidence-Based Occupational TherapyA "web portal to support evidence-based practice OT around the world ...designed in partnership with international colleagues to provide strategies, knowledge and resources to aid occupational therapists in finding out about and using evidence."
- REHABDATA (from NARIC)REHABDATA is a database that focuses on disability and rehabilitation and is produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC). "The database describes over 80,000 documents covering physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities."
- OTSeeker OTSeeker attempts to include all systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials that are of use to practice in occupational therapy.
- AOTAThe American Occupational Therapy Association provides a number of services, including lowcost delivery of articles from its library (members pay less) and access to Evidence-Based Practice Resources (members only).
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Evidence-Based ReportsThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. As an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports research that helps people make more informed decisions and improves the quality of health care services.
- DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Ed.The DSM-5 is published by the American Psychiatric Association and covers all mental health disorders for both children and adults. It also lists known causes of these disorders, statistics in terms of gender, age at onset, and prognosis as well as some research concerning the optimal treatment approaches.
- National Guideline ClearinghouseThe NGC mission is to provide physicians and other health professionals, health care providers, health plans, integrated delivery systems, purchasers, and others an accessible mechanism for obtaining objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines and to further their dissemination, implementation, and use.
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- Our e-Book ListUse our e-Book List to search for e-books owned by USciences. Be sure to click the e-Books tab to highlight it before searching.
- eBook Collection (via EBSCO)If you don't find what you need in Our e-Book List, use EBSCO's eBook database to search for and access e-books in a variety of subjects.
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In Transitions to Adulthood for Youth With Disabilities Through an Occupational Therapy Lens, Debra Stewart and 10 contributors provide occupational therapists with the theoretical and practical knowledge needed for evidence-based services and supports to youth with lifelong disabilities during the transition to adulthood.
This edition includes new chapters on vision disorders, muscular dystrophy, infectious diseases, and developmental trauma disorder. The expanded art program includes more photos, drawings, charts, and graphs."
• Discusses evidence-based practices and established theories but also includes contemporary developments
• Range of expert contributors provide an international perspective of practice
• Case studies highlighting the application of theory to practice
• Details of the latest developments and debates in the field
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The Lewis Silkin construction team presents its JCT series: four seminars looking at the Design and Build Contract 2011 Edition published by the JCT. The JCT is a leading provider of construction contracts, publishing standard forms of building contracts since 1931. The Design and Build Contract is commonly used on UK construction projects.
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This session is an introduction to copyright law and moral rights in the UK as they apply to architects. Nick Walker (Partner in our Media, Brands and Technology department) and Clare Reddy (Partner in our Real Estate department and Head of Construction) will be covering the basic legal principles and how they are applied in practice. They will focus on issues specific to architects and the work they do, including the creation and protection of copyright works, infringement and remedies; moral rights and their significance; commonly used industry contracts; and some practical tips for protecting rights and negotiating use of material.
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The tale of Nick Murray and his lemon Porsche 911 appears to have come to a satisfactory end. As noted in the original story about Murray, he and Porsche Cars North America met and came to a resolution. However, we didn't know exactly what that meant, until now. Murray has created a new video ...


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After dismantling the injury depleted Pittsburgh Penguins yesterday in the Wells Fargo Center, the Philadelphia Flyers will travel to Pittsburgh this afternoon for the second half of their home and home series. The Flyers desperately need all of the points that they can get as they try to stay afloat in the crowded playoff race.
The Flyers are currently sitting right on the edge of the playoff picture, holding fourth place in the Metropolitan Division and the final Eastern Conference Wild Card spot. They are only one point behind both the Rangers and the Blue Jackets. They have two games in hand on the Rangers and have one game in hand on the Blue Jackets. A win today, combined with a Rangers loss, can put the Flyers into second place. With upcoming games against the likes of Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston (x2), and St. Louis (x2) the Flyers need to grab as many points as possible right now.
The Penguins have a commanding lead in the Metropolitan Division, but are second in the Conference to the Boston Bruins. The Penguins are pretty beat up right now. They will be without James Neal and Chris Letang. Yesterday they did not have Chris Kunitz either, but there is a chance that he plays today. The Penguins do not need these two points in the same way that the Flyers do, but they have their sights set on winning the Conference.
Look for the Sean Couturier line to be matched up with the Sidney Crosby line. Couturier did a phenomenal job shutting down Crosby yesterday. Also look for Claude Giroux to be out on the ice against Evgeni Malkin. However, because this game will be in Pittsburgh, Dan Bylsma will be able to do a better job of gaining favorable match-ups. Watch for the Flyers to do a lot of line changes immediately following face-offs to counter Bylsma's last change.
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Dear friends,
Hi. I'm streetcrow and I have to say goodbye. I think this has run its course.
So, last July, I got this notion that hey, if a squirrel and pigeon can be on twitter, surely a crow could do that? Crows are everywhere in Van. So, admittedly, not the most original idea I've had, but…
Original idea???
Before you accuse someone of stealing a tweet, think of this. There are 460,000 new Twitter accounts made each day. There are over 140 million tweets a day, that's a BILLION a week. People do steal tweets, but please look at their body of work before doing so. Just because our tweets are similar doesn't mean I couldn't have come up with that idea myself. I hate to break it to you, but there's a good chance your idea isn't original either.
Just heard there was a fire downstairs last night while I was up here passed out on vodka. I'm lucky to be alive. Guys, I've really learned something here… Drinking vodka makes me lucky!
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After gaining a 2-0 series lead against the Chicago Bulls, the Washington Wizards had a chance to close out the series at home with a sweep. Well, needless to say that didn't happen.
Washington failed to beat the Bulls at the Verizon Center last night in their first home playoff game since 2008, but their loss was overshadowed by a scuffle that occurred between Nene and Jimmy Butler in the fourth quarter.
Both Nene and Butler engaged in a shoving match, which then escalated to Nene "headbutting" Butler and grabbing the back of his head/neck. He was immediately ejected.
The Wizards failed to beat Chicago in Nene's absence during the regular season and couldn't beat them last night after he was ejected. If the Wizards want to gain a significant advantage in the series, they're going to have to find a way to win without Nene, since he'll be suspended for Game 4.
The NBA has suspended Nene for Game 4 of the Wizards-Bulls series.
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Randy Wittman has shortened his rotation a bit during the playoffs, but that will have to change in Game 4. Al Harrington and Drew Gooden haven't seen much time on the court, but I expect both players to get an extended amount of minutes tomorrow night.
The Wizards are going to have to find a way to replace Nene's production, and though they don't have one player who could do so, they do have a number of players that could potentially fill the void. Drew Gooden and Al Harrington have had prior success against Chicago, and Kevin Seraphin has even had big games against the Bulls in the past.
Washington has to take care of home court tomorrow night and it's certainly disappointing that Nene let his temper get the best of him. He was visibly frustrated throughout the entire game, which is uncharacteristic for Nene, who's usually composed in those sort of situations.
It'll be interesting to see how Washington plays without Nene, but it's no secret that they'll rely on John Wall and Bradley Beal for the majority of their success, especially on the offensive side of the floor. How will the Wizards respond? I guess we'll just have to see.
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Chow worthy food destinations. Seems a bit barren out this way.
It's about 20 minutes, but Frenchtown is a bucolic little village with some restaurant gems.
Frenchtown Inn is a glorious place for a serious dinner, or the bar area has a separate menu with a more casual environment.
Lovin'Oven is a great casual for breakfast or lunch.
I also hear good things about Bridge Cafe.
If you are north of Clinton, forget it. Cook your dinner. In Clinton town you can get decent Thai food at Pru Thai or good subs and soup at Ye Olde Sub base. You can go down to Flemington for a better selection. 55 Main has excellent food, but it is a little too small and crowded for my taste. Matt's is nicer inside and the food is pretty good. Both standard american fare. For a big tasty breakfast , try Gronskys in High Bridge. Service is slow and the place is tiny, but it is good
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How is Circa doing these days? It was wonderful when it first opened.
I highly recommend the Fine Diner, http://www.thefinedinernj.com/ on Main Street in Clinton, just a couple of blocks from the rte 78 exit/entrance (not to be confused with The Clinton Station Diner which was just meh the last time I was there). Great upscale food, not at all your typical greasy diner. Definitely a chowhound worthy place.
Heading north, there is a great place for cheese in Long Valley, http://valleyshepherd.com/ great local artisan products.
Another great resource is the PA Dutch Farmers Market in Flemington. http://www.dutchfarmersmarket.com/
You are in luck being that you are close enough to do your grocery shopping at the Wegmans store in Bridgewater. (though I recommend getting your meats at the PA Dutch farmers market...better quality IMHO)
There are many good choices in Hunterdon County but for the moment I'll confine my comments to places very near Clinton or just to the north.
I do agree that the Fine Diner is a terrific choice for breakfast or lunch. It's nearly always busy but you rarely have to wait long for a table. Imho, the quality of food is very good and I especially like the place because service is quick and very friendly.
For dinner, someone has already mentioned Pru Thai, a somewhat above average Thai restaurant on Main Street. There is also a sushi restaurant on Main Street but its name escapes me. Dora, an Italian restaurant is nearby and I have always had good meals there though I must admit I usually stick to pasta dishes (I like pasta!). Dora also has a nice outdoor area, set back from the street, where you should sit when the weather is good. The Clinton House is just across the bridge from the downtown area and is a great place to go on a cold winter night. It is old school and can be pricey if you're not careful. However, the specials are usually less expensive and if they are offering sauerbraten on the night you're there be sure to order it. It's very good. You should also explore the Clinton House bakery, in the same building, that is open until 6 PM every night. It is take out only but they have some of the best pastries I've had anywhere.
North of Clinton, in Glen Gardner, is the Glen Gardner Inn, which I like because it offers small plates of nearly every entree they serve. I've never been disappointed there.
Gronsky's in High Bridge has already been mentioned but it is worth a visit, if only to have the pancakes! When the weather is good, just get an ice cream and sit at one of the outdoor picnic tables next to the river. Two other places in High Bridge (actually three) are also worth a visit. Circa has changed a lot since it first opened but it has a devoted following and offers many special events. I believe it's operated by ex-Ryland Inn folks. Casa Maya, just down the street from Circa, is a pretty good Mexican place that has a sister restaurant in Stirling. In the same building is Café Hola, a small restaurant that offers breakfast and lunch. Casa Maya and Café Hola are owned by the same people but the food at the cafe is more Cuban influenced. Try the Cuban french toast!
I agree with all of the above recommendations, especially the Fine Diner and Glen Gardner Inn. I'm not a big fan of Pru Thai, preferring the Thai restaurants in Somerville/Bridgewater area, but there are not many Thai options in the immediate area around Clinton. (There is also Savory, a Thai restaurant as you head south on Route 31 towards Flemington, but I've not gotten there yet so cannot compare it to Pru Thai.)
Sticking to the vicinity immediately around Clinton, I'd add the Grille at the Pittstown Inn to the list of places to check out. Its about 4 miles west of town on Route 513, a short nice drive into the surrounding countryside.
In Flemington there is also Blue Fish Grill and Shaker Cafe. Teaberrys and Viva Mexico are good, too. Also , try Bakers Treat.


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The Minnesota Wild has arrived in the Mile High City to take on the Colorado Avalanche in the next chapter of its 14-year division rivalry, though this time it comes within the much more difficult Central Division.
Minnesota isn't the team it was last season. In fact, it's remarkably better. Still, Colorado is considered the favorite in this particular matchup. Fortunately for the Wild, the return of second line center Mikael Granlund should help boost the team's offensive production considerably.
In his sophomore campaign, Granlund has more than made up for his disappointing rookie season, scoring eight goals and 33 assists for fifth in team scoring with 41 points and a negative-3 rating in 63 games. Labeled a bust at the end of last season, Granny has established himself as one of the team's best two-way players, winning key face-offs, playing well on both sides of the puck, creating tons of scoring chances and countering physical play with some of his own. Unfortunately, that's also his downfall.
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Many Mahalos for the assist you've been giving to KrazyJethro...I've got the same problem so your posts have helped me to at least get crucial info for your review via SFDT. I've also attached a screenshot of our Dell Laptop system info. This is the wireless client giving me problems.
I can play with the settings and finally get it connected then after a while of usage, for no reason it'll loose connectivity. If I reboot the machine, still no connectivity, I have to go into device manager and disable the LAN adapter for about 30sec. Many times even that doesn't work.
Our network consists of Cisco/Linksys: 1) Router,LINKSYS-E3200, 2) Switch, LINKSYS-EG005W ver3, 5 port Gigabit Workgroup Switch, 3) Range Expander, LINKSYS-RE1000-RM. Additional devices are, 4) NAS, NetgearReadyNAS NV+V1 (RND4410-V1), 5) Printer, HP OFFICEJET PRO 8600 N911a, 6) 2 wired clients, 7) 6 wireless clients (Dell Laptop & HP 8600 included).
The newest addition to the network is the range expander. The problems with the laptop have been ongoing for several months but are now more frequent.
The HP8600 also receives a error message of not being able to reach the server. Our connectivity problems with the printer have also been ongoing for several months.
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On the range extender, be sure and turn off any type of DHCP it may have on. DHCP should only be turned on with the router that is connected to the modem. Also plug the Ethernet cable into the LAN port on the extender, don't use the WAN port at all on that.
Besides those potential problems I'll post a link which covers about every problem with Unidentified Public Network which can be caused by a million different things but the most likely problems and some solutions are covered in the link.
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It would also be worth trying to start up in safe mode with Networking to determine if the problem is caused from an installed program or A/V.
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Insurance companies form oligopolies in various states.
Consolidation of hospitals into umbrella organizations like Partners levels the field a bit. The successful strategy of Partners is to fight oligopoly with oligopoly.
Lesson to be learnt: break up the oligopoly stranglehold if you want quality and competition in healthcare. DON'T EXPAND single-payor system, which is essentially a meta-monopoly.
"The successful strategy of Partners is to fight oligopoly with oligopoly."
As an aside, it's not clear whether this strategy will be successful, for Partners or for anyone else.
But my response to you is that you rationalize one oligopoly on a basis you do not apply to the other.
Insurance companies will tell you that the reason they devised "managed care" in the first place was to offset the prior, near-unfettered power of health care providers to charge whatever they wanted. In those days – in the 1970′s (before the HMO Act) – per capita medical costs were growing between 15% and 20% a year. That was unsustainable and unacceptable. The eventual response was "managed care", not only from the private sector but the government sector too. (Today the annual rate of growth in health care costs is about 8%-10%, which is "better" but still unsustainable and still unacceptable).
As a life & health benefits manager for a very large employer, I would also observe that, had the health care profession taken a leadership role in the health policy debate over the last, oh, forty years, business and government might not now be in the driver's seat. Fortunately or unfortunately, business and government are now in the driver's seat. You won't dislodge them by complaining about it on an internet message board.
Finally, I would point out that employers such as mine never asked for managed care. We asked for stability in our health benefits costs. We got managed care and we STILL do not have stability in our benefits costs. The problem as I see it is not with the insurers – it's with the underlying cost of health care.
The cost of health care is your issue, doc, more than anyone else's. IMO, it's time for the health care professions to take the lead in setting health policy that will reform the delivery system and make it more effective and less expensive.
This puts the lie to the bumper sticker Republican policy, "consumer directed healthcare".
How is it that antitrust laws apply to the individual contractor/physician vis a vie the insurance entity, but they don't apply in the case of organizations? It seems clear that the insurance payor and the hospital are negotiating a fee – why is this not a violation of anti trust?
John Fembup,
Cost of healthcare is high because demand is high. No legislation will change that.
I want competitive market, without government interference or monopolies of any sort–insurance AND provider. Competition and personal responsibility is the only road to quality and cost control. The efforts of Democratic administration to curb costs by mandating coverage and reimbursements will fail.
I agree that medical establishment failed to take leadership role.
I'm not complaining, I'm stating facts and acting in my best interest, namely specializing so my rare and sought-after skills will put ME in driver seat.
Forty plus years ago about half of all health care expenditures were paid from patient's personal funds (out-of-pocket). People spent their own money and spent it much more carefully than they now spend someone else's money (or at least money they perceive to be someone else's)
Over the past 50 years, the tax advantage of employer-paid benefits resulted in progressively more robust 1st dollar coverage that disconnected the end-user of health care from the cost of the services utilized. The ongoing trend produced an explosion in the utilization of not only more services, but also more expensive/ advanced services. Over the past 40+ years inflation adjusted per capita health care spending has risen by ~700%!
Managed care was created as a means of administratively replacing the cost controls lost from consumers becoming progressively more insulated from the cost of the services utilized. Eventually, the public backlash against managed care's restrictions on supply and access (formularies, gate-keepers, prior-authorizations, denials, etc.) all but dismantled these barriers to utilization.
To gain the power of a market oligopsony, the large insurers merged and used their market dominance to reduce provider reimbursement. Providers, hospitals and doctors, also merged to gain back market leverage. Some very large groups with natural affinities, such as Partners have been able to command significantly greater reimbursement at the expenses of smaller independent operations.
But health care utilization and therefore cost continue to rise. While we changed the way the money moves through the system, and the government has helped decide who wins and losses (condoning big versus little), until the advent of HSAs and other consumer directed health care (CDHC) solutions, nothing was done to address the fundamental cost drivers, excessive utilization and a non-competitive market. Until HSAs, most patient paid the same copay regardless of what the services cost. Since their patient weren't paying and most patients have no clue of what health care costs, providers felt free to raise prices.
That's about change!
"Cost of healthcare is high because demand is high."
I agree completing with John Fembup on this. The comment above from Boston doc epitomizes one of many problems with the healthcare system as a whole – near complete ignorance on the part of many physicians regarding how the system that they are an integral part of in fact operates economically.
Much like most lawyers, they believe that the resources money represents "grow on trees" for their plucking.
Demand for medical services of course is a factor in the pricing of services, but marginally.
Pricing in medical services is administered. Prices are not set by the intersection of aggregate demand and supply as in normal competitive markets.
Prices could be half or a third of what they are now in the USA with little or not change in demand.
The ultimate payers are individuals, in the form of tax-payers or employees or simply individuals.
When oligopolies, clearly illustrated in this case, exist they make agreements that benefit their respective members not the ultimate payers. The ultimate payers pay the price of uncompetitive markets that are not administered to the payers' benefit, but rather to the benefit of the oligopolists.
"why is this not a violation of anti trust?"
Anon, I think that is exactly why the principals involved did not put the arrangement in writing, they just "shook on it." There will be more to this story.
Being from the NE, I'm familiar with what Partners brings to the table. World-class facilities and IT infrastructure including electronic medical records. Academic medical centers involved in state of the art medical research on tomorrow's medical tools. Like many NE residents, I look at this as a quasi-public resource and am willing to accept the cost in consideration of the benefits of having this health care and economic resource in our community.
He who has the leverage is using it. Insurers, Hospitals, Big Pharma, Large Single specialty groups, who ever.
Who is getting killed in this, the Solo Primary care Physician.
A breed about to go extinct in this game of oligopoly we have hatched. Not sure the public knows or appreciates this. Their best advocate in this system is losing leverage by the day and disappearing from the scene. If your doctor works for a hospital, will he/she do the hospital's bidding or yours? Something worth pondering as we jump headlong into this.
@ NE Health Economist:
You are willing to accept the cost because it is both accessible and affordable to you and so the risk to benefit ratio works in your favor. A significant portion of the service community does not enjoy access nor can they afford the services. The risk to them is preventable harm and death.
@ Anonymous re: who is getting killed: The literal answer to your rhetorical statement are the hundreds of thousands of Americans annually who cannot access or afford essential healthcare.
And you are correct that the "free market forces" which are neither free or fair markets, are providing any incentives, whatsoever, for primary care physicians to stay in that specialty and to lure prospective candidates to the field.
"Cost of healthcare is high because demand is high." This statement is an obsecene over-simplification of the cost problem plaguing the American health care system. There is just as much demand for health services in other industrialized nations as there is in the US, yet these nations do not spend half as much as we do (in terms of %GDP)on health care. The reason that health care consumes so much money in this country is that too many players in the system have no incentive to keep costs down. Fee-for-service physician compensation is the biggest money vaccum, followed closely by employer based coverage that shields beneficiaries from any of the cost burden. Wasteful administrative spending should also be in the conversation as a cost escalator. In order to put downward pressure on the overall cost of the system, these are the issues that must first be addressed.
"too many players in the system have no incentive to keep costs down."
This is the issue. In fact almost no participant has an incentive to reduce costs or prevent their increase. Consumers can play some small role in cost containment, but any consumer-oriented effort – although helpful – is not remotely sufficient to constrain costs. Would that it were, but the conditions simply do not exist.
"Wasteful administrative spending should also be in the conversation as a cost escalator"
This is hardly the only cost escalator, or better a cause of the existing exorbitantly high costs. Forget about limiting cost increases, the cost level now is much too high.
Administrative costs are the easiest to excise. Very quickly excisable, if the political will is there. Unlikely in the new Administration, but still possible, if pressure is exerted on the decision-makers who I suspect are fully aware of the range of reform measures.
Anonymous is likely correct. Many forces currently operative in the overall "system" do in fact dissuade physicians from practicing primary care – the exact opposite of what the "system" needs in terms of efficacious delivery of medical services.
One more dysfunction that will likely increase without fundamental reform.
Insurers pay Partners more because they have to…because people want to go there…because people are who insurers insure. It's no different than why insurers pay certain specialists more than primary care doctors…because they have to in order to have them in a network that the insurer can sell to an employer (who has to 'sell' that insurer to his/her employees).
I tend to agree with 'Boston doc' and 'James Knight, MD', but I also think people are way underestimating the change in primary income that is going to happen in the next 10 years. When we all can't get in to see our PCP, or when we can't find anyone to manage the myriad of drug interactions (from the prescriptions our various specialists/PCPs/other providers have given us), or when we can't find someone to actually look at our total EMR because it's a product of multiple providers in both our home state and our 'retirement' state (and each has only their own specialty that they're concerned with), then we're going to REALLY want a PCP. When that happens, IMHO, we're going to find a way to bid up the salaries of PCPs, which is simple supply and demand.
Personally, I'll do it if I have to write them a year end bonus myself…
How do all these imagining equipment and high-tech tools cost MORE every year? Shouldn't these things become less expensive… like, say, semiconductors? Shouldn't providers and manufacturers be getting more efficient? Anyone who says there is a "market" in this area doesn't know what they are talking about.
"Anyone who says there is a "market" in this area doesn't know what they are talking about."
Well, moore's law, I would say that just because a horse race can be fixed doesn't mean the race track isn't there. Perhaps the basic question is, can fair markets exist in health care? I'm not persuaded one way or the other, but I do think that most people would prefer a fair market to no market at all – or a market micro-managed by the federal government. Don't you?
The above WSJ article exposes a glaring example of a "fixed" health care market in Boston. There's not much the average person can do about that, except to understand the fix is in and the market isn't fair. I think people get it.
This is not just about semantics. Markets that are tampered with and dysfunctional erode people's trust in markets that ARE fair. Just like crooked politicians diminish people's trust in their government.
That's corrosive.
moore's law is referring to his/her conception of a competitive market, something that the market for medical services most definitely is not.
"a market micro-managed by the federal government"
Typical nonsensical comment that attempts to conflate any governmental action with micro-management of individuals' affairs.
The last task for government is micro-managing anyone's affairs.
On the other hand where competitive markets do not exist to self-regulate the exchange of goods or services there is any number of activities that any government can perform to create an acceptable market.
Military activity on a national scale is perfect example of the need for government intervention and direction. The same applies to healthcare.
Intervention that panders to vested interests harmful to the well-being of the mass of people has to be fought at every term however.
Now happens and will continue to happen in healthcare, just it does in military spending.
or the John Hancock Tower…
/same point
What percentage of the money spent in this plan pays for care, what percentage pays for administration, advertising, public relations, marketing, und so weiter? Remember that Medicare, nationally at least, supports most hospitals: Should taxes support public relations, sales, and marketing instead of salaries for those who work at the bedside?
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The results of the Destruction of value by the systematic dismantling of the role of the Primary Care Generalist is and will become more and more apparent as we go forward. The cost issue is one that quite simply cannot be ignored. Honestly, I have no doubt in my mind that I was the best value in health care( better than a mid level due to my knowledge base and better tahn my sub-specailty colleagues due to my generalist cognitive nature). Alas my ability and skill were never recognised by anyone with the possible exception of my patients, not the Insurers, not the Gov't and not the Hospitals nearby who kiss up to specialty medicine, due to the almighty revenue they generate.
This trend is nowhere near done. We are perhaps 30% of the way through it IMHO. Gradually as our younger Doctors shun Primary care(almost unanimously as the recently shocking 2% of medical students considering General IM careers suggests), as our older Doctors accelerate their retirement or cut down on their hours due to onerous and unworkable impositions upon them, as our younger(proportionately more female, and also more part time) few young Primary care doctors take the place of these more hard working and 24/7 physicians, We will see the impact of this biting hard. Already we have started to see this issue emerge as a problem for newer medicare beneficiaries. It shall soon take on a more dramatic turn, when finding a Primary Care Physician becomes an increasingly arduous task for our vocal and politically active elderly, perhaps then the AARP will see this perspective, and advocate for the needed positive changes.
Current efforts to ramp up PCP training, and or loan repayment programs are atleast 8 yrs away from starting to bear fruits, the crisis will develop a lot sooner than that. This will never be addressed in a proactive manner, sadly the costs will be measured in lives, due to the scant value we have placed on the foundations of our health care system over the past decade.
It's bizarre and against every capitalistic business principle that any physician or institution can compete for patients without accurate medical outcome data.
Wouldn't it be nice to know as a medical consumer (patient) which oncology groups in Boston, New York or Houston have the highest cure rates for stage III breast cancer or Stage II prostate cancer? All those numbers currently exist in cancer registries nation wide and just need to be collected and honestly disseminated. Currently, instead of solid medical data which delineates morbidity and mortality and outcome performance, the medical consumer when choosing an oncologist must rely on word of mouth, physician referrals or advertisements in the local papers which show photographs of smiling doctors in white coats who claim to be the 'best' doctors in town. Solid medical outcome and prevention data would foster a beneficial marketplace competition between physicians and hospitals which currently doesn't exist due to the complete lack of outcome revelations by the private insurance companies.
I'm with ya 100% doc, all the way down to your last 5 words:
". . . by the private insurance companies."
. . . which is a ginormous non-sequitur. I'm with you 0.0% on those last 5 words.
Say, doc, don't health care clinicians and other providers hold all that data now? What is preventing them from sharing it and making it public?
Answers: Yes. And Nothing.
IMO, your problem is the same lack of leadership that has plagued the medical professions for the last 40 years.
Please doc, stop looking for someone else to solve this problem for you. (Hint: business and government haven't done what you want, and they ain't gonna what you want. It's up to you to go out and get what you want.) And as you point out, it's to the physician's benefit to have access to integrated information – even if the patient does not have it.
So whaddya say? You in this game, or are you sitting out?
There is an awful lot of outcome data available, just check the Medicare website. In addition, many of us are posting our outcomes, and our prices, right on our website. I'm not sure, however, that people really care (ok, I'm being a little cynical). Why does a woman pay 10 times as much for a Louis Vuitton (or even a Coach..)handbag than a Liz Claiborne? To me, they all look like bowling bags; however, if that's what someone wants to pay for an "accessory" (can you tell I have daughters?), what do I care? It's their money.
In the case of healthcare, it's not their money, it's their employers' money. What we've seen this year, after 50% of our health plan membership moving to high deductible plans, is that our commercial utilization (of our hospitals) is down 6% (year over year) while traditional Medicare/Medicaid (with first dollar coverage) is flat.
We all start deciding whether we really need the Coach handbag when we're spending money out of a Liz Claiborne wallet. ;)
"membership moving to high deductible plans:
This a function of that option being the default option and the encouraged option by large employers at least. The average employee is as confused as every about health insurance options.
"In the case of healthcare, it's not their money, it's their employers' money"
No, it is forgone compensation to employees, therefore in fact employees' money.
"they all look like bowling bags"
What about men and tools? I have never seen a tool that I didn't think I could use.
One criticism of Partners and the broader Massachusetts health care system in general is the shortage of primary care resources. Perhaps BCBS, Tufts and other health plans should push Partners to shift/allocate more resources to primary care as a way of both addressing access issues and providing more cost-effective services.
It's also important to clarify that Partners is more than Massachusetts General and Brigham & Womens Hospitals. The physician groups affiliated with Partners represent a sizable share of outpatient care resources in the Greater Boston area. If the state's health care system is ever to move to a global bundled case rate payment mechanism as has been suggested by a number of experts to align incentives, it will be these groups (and not the free-standing individual physicians) who will most likely be among the first to move in this direction.
Normal capitalistic competitive business principles result in getting more product for less cost. This is basic macro and micro economics. Health insurance companies, due to their massive subsidies defy normal market principles and can only offer less available health care bundles for less moneey (premiums). This defies all American values and wouldn't exist if outcomes were available for both treatments and preventative medicine.
Only with a single payer national health insurance bound by a single national elecronic medical record system would we be able to achieve good old American competition resulting in giving patients more for less.
It is therefore imperative for all Americans to urge their politicians who are bribed by the insurance companies to support single payer national health insurance based on medicare.
Since the quality of current medical records software lags two decades behind business software, we need to fund and challenge America's best software corporations to finally develop standardized electronic medical records software for use in doctors' offices and hospitals in order to increase the efficiency and productivity of physician charting, billing and prescribing. We should use the integrated medical records system to instantaneously and confidentially gather important epidemiologic data on physicians' performance, outcomes, patient diseases, and preventative treatments. With new potent viruses and unsophisticated biomedical and nuclear warfare on the horizon, this system will be absolutely necessary for rapid National Security responses. Protect patient confidentiality at all costs to prevent the commercialization and abuse of patient data like that which the pharmacies trade today.
On Line: http://www.pnhp.org/news/2008/february/what_government_does.php
One day (very soon, I might add) the premiums for your standard HMO plans, will have risen so much that they will be virtually unaffordable. Which in my opinion, is not a bad thing. American's have been spoiled by copays and have no idea what provider's services cost because the insurance company has told them that if they pay their $20-$40 copay, the insurer will pay the rest. That was not smart on the insurance comapany's part because now members go to the doctor for every cough and sniffle and may end up being treated for, or given medication for something they don't have. Over utilization and over medicating has become a big problem in our healthcare system.
Health Savings Accounts and Qualified High Deductible plans are about to change all of that. It's about time we take responsibility for our spending.
Wendell Murray, you responded to my comments copied below but I think you did not speak to my point – that most people prefer to choose from among fair choices.
Here is what I said:
"perhaps the basic question is, can fair markets exist in health care? I'm not persuaded one way or the other, but I do think that most people would prefer a fair market to no market at all – or a market micro-managed by the federal government. Don't you?"
And here is your response:
"Typical nonsensical comment that attempts to conflate any governmental action with micro-management of individuals' affairs. The last task for government is micro-managing anyone's affairs."
I don't see where you get that I think government will micro-manage anyone's affairs. I'm talking about government interference with markets – not with individuals.
So I do not think my comments "conflate" anything. And they are not in the least nonsensical.
Yesterday at an urgent care center a PCP did a five minute test to tell me I did not have a strep infection. Five years from now that same PCP will tell me if I have cancer. My DNA and the test results will then be used in a lab to create the cocktail to cure my cancer. I will never have to go to a hospital or see a specialist unless I am in a car crash (unlikely) or have a baby (impossible). My two points:
1. Let's not 'fix' our health care system until after all the Bably Boomers die? Could be we won't need to fix much at all.
2. All medical research is aimed to keep people out of hospitals and away from specialists. The next ten years will make most of our current squabbling over who gets paid what meaningless.
Happy New Year!
William Halverson,
You're wrong about the 'DNA test', and 'cocktail to cure your cancer'. And you are very very likely to go to a hospital and see a specialist at some point of your life. This is coming from MD/PhD who published in medical journals and worked several years in a clinical laboratory.
But there is one trend which is clear: medical research will continue to produce semi-effective, yet very expensive treatments (NOT CURES) and diagnostics. People will continue to live longer with chronic, incurable diseases. These two trends will push medical care costs even higher. No administrative reform can change that.
At one point, we have to learn how to say 'no' to balooning entitlement programs, or go bankrupt as a country. And we are approaching this breakpoint fast. I estimate this breakpoint to be around year 2020, when Medicare becomes insolvent. Any efforts to expand coverage via government funded programs will expedite this moment. At that point, there will be massive decrease in available medical services, and subsequent shortages. The healthcare entitlement programs will be proven to be nonviable. New models, based on private initiative, will emerge.
Some interesting comments in this forum!
Partners and Blues alliance is a very common arrangement in the current environment. Negotiating skill counts for a lot in a scarce market – think about that hot new car you want to pay over MSRP to get.
There's going to be less and less American-educated PCPs, and even less of them choosing to operate independently, because the compensation is just not there. Only an altruist would choose to be a PCP in a world where the average compensation net of malpractice premiums nets out to a mid-range IT salary. That's without considering the massive cost of acquiring that education. Out here in California, we cannot get PCPs who are American born to join our network.
In other parts of the world, doctors are educated as part of the social good; here capitalism is in full bloom. A possible approach to encourage more PCPs would be for State schools to offer cheap medical training and have a different repayment schedule to full cost of tuition based on what a medical graduate opts to do once qualified. For instance, a University of California med school, could waive any tuition repayment beyond a low base fee (say, a Liberal Arts graduate fee) if a graduate opts to be a non-specialist in California; add a percentage to the base fee for practicing out of state; add a percentage based on specialty training etc.. Anyway, the point is without changing the cost of education barriers, people are driven to specialties in some cases simply to escape debt faster.
Right now, government programs pay a fraction of the cost private insurance programs pay for the same procedure with the same severity. Typically, a PPO reimburses hospitals at 40% over cost, HMO 30%, Medicare and Medicaid about 10%. People with private insurance are massively subsidizing government programs, and today's private insurance system functions as insurance and a system of indirect taxation.
To move to a Medicare style benefit for all, that reimbursement imbalance needs to shift or hospitals all over the country are going to go broke very quickly. On the plus side, this indirect tax will be more equitably shared across the populace for all above a certain income level will have to help pay this indirect tax more directly.
To the Boston Doc regarding semi-effective, not cure-ish medical advances: I hope we both live long enough to see who is right. What is certainly true is that:
1) No sane person wants to be in a hospital unless they have no choice, and
2) China and India cannot afford to care for cancer the way we do: they will effect the diagnostic and cure breakthrough without us.
On your point about 'saying no to entitlement programs', that horse has left the barn: the on-going debates about bailouts for Wall Street and Detroit make our squabblings over 'health care entitlements' trivial.
"squabblings over 'health care entitlements' trivial"
The tirades arising from the mentality of the political right-wing are never based on facts (astonishing when promulgated by purported scientists), but will continue whether trivial or not compared to other events. Just read this weblog regularly.
The issue of healthcare has nothing to do with entitlements or "rights", it is a practical, social issue – a populations's health status is a classic public good.
"I estimate this breakpoint to be around year 2020, when Medicare becomes insolvent."
Based on what? Projections in the Medicare Trustees annual reports have various actuarial and other assumptions that can be changed to yield different results. In any case, they are input into decision-making so that adequate funds can be accumulated while there is time to do so.
In the case of Medicare the costs paid are too high relative to what they could or should be. With fundamental reform in delivery of medical services projected outflows could be materially lower than is now presumed. Unlikely, but still possible.
Last comment:
We all want healthy population and hard working, talented physicians, but our resources are limited.
In my opinion, the best way to get there is by giving more freedom to individuals: patients, physicians, and insurers. This will result in optimal allocation of resources, and produce the best results.
William Halverson,
I encourage you to talk to your doctors about your ideas of 'cure-ish medical advances'. Most likely, they will share my skepticism.
Wendell Murray,
If you think that Medicare does not have mounting fiscal challenges in near future, then you should do more research. There are plenty of resources that discuss this issue. If new democratic administration expands Medicare, the problem will become more acute.
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refuses to pick up; either I threw them away or kept them in a piggy jar,
but the day came when need and desperation made me rethink
of their worth...a thousands of them could had gotten me far;
A rich person collects not as a poor one who is always on the brink...
has someone looked for them when rough times kept them from that bazaar?
Pennies are made of worthless copper that nobody wants to own,
unless they are, at least, fifty years old...what would President Lincoln,
think of our antipathy for his imprinted image on these little coins?
Do you possess many of these? Save them for those rainy days!
Pennies are made of worthless copper, everybody seems repined,
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Great race forgotten how lovely was slowest finish to date 5.30 I felt fine but my mates wheels fell off at mile 13 but never the see great day out met some lovely people loads of great support. Well done to you all.
Me Trex to get round and still be alive!
Well done Brer not sure you know what plodding is mind you. Sort to hear that sd I'm still in deliberation with my legs
Deepest sympathy John Bach such sad news. W ell done Brer and Chrissi. I enjoyed the half as well chrissi much better start and finish this year. Sorry about your accident SD.
Glad to hear your ok Trex had us a bit worried there.
Good thanks Brer not as good as you mind you. Well done on all your races fantastic running.
Trex hope you are ok! Sounds a bit serious, Have you thought about sticking to shorter races. My nervesare shattered everytime you race these days. Get Well soon
Well done chrissi x
I dread to think TRex!
You can buy some printer paper that you iron on I have used this in the past. Do it on computer print iron on peel off backing hey presto name on shirt use tea towel to iron over if shirt non iron kind. Support was good when I did it most of the way some parts a bit thin just like London if I remember correctly but that was years ago now
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