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Jan. 22—Hospital spending grew less than half as fast in 2017 as it did the year before, according to a recent economic trends analysis.
Spending on hospital care increased by 2.9 percent in the 12 months ending in November 2017, according to a recent
analysis by the Altarum Institute. That was a steep drop from the 6.2 percent increase that occurred in the 12 months before November 2016.
The hospital spending growth slowdown was credited with stabilizing national health spending at near 18 percent of the gross domestic product, according to the Altarum analysts.
At $1.14 trillion, seasonally adjusted annual-rate hospital spending in November 2017 comprised 32 percent of total healthcare spending.
Thomas Tobin, managing director for Hedgeye, said hospitals in 2017 saw declines in their surgery rates, adjusted admissions, and emergency department (ED) admissions. ED admissions surged in the wake of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) coverage expansions in 2014, but tapered off during the last
two years.
"The ER structural volume is going to be problematic in 2018 for much of the same reason it's been problematic for the last couple of years," Tobin said in a call with investors.
Also expected to impact hospitals is ongoing disenrollment in Medicaid, which Tobin views as overenrolled by about 10 percent.
"The [Government Accountability Office] says it is overenrolled, and we're starting to see states unwind it," Tobin said.
The enrollment drops could come through an expected slew of state-mandated work requirements, including in in Massachusetts, which is considered a leader in healthcare policy and where Medicaid spending consumes 40 percent of the budget. Proposed work requirements for Kentucky enrollees garnered the support of
hospitals because of positive attendant policies, such as allowing enrollees to choose subsidized private insurance coverage, which provides much better hospital payments.
Also impacting enrollment is the repeal of the individual health insurance mandate as part of recently enacted tax reform.
"Repeal of the mandate threatens the stability of ACA markets, which depend on having health plans that are willing to participate," said Elizabeth Carpenter, a senior vice president for Avalere.
An Avalere 2018
outlook noted that high cost-sharing requirements in ACA marketplace plans will continue to burden patients and may reduce volumes and limit access to care.
Those assessments followed negative outlooks for the not-for-profit hospital sector from rating agencies, which cited federal policy uncertainty and payer trends. In contrast, the outlook at for-profit hospitals remains stable, according to Moody's.
"For inpatient hospitals, the policy headwinds are pretty substantial," Tobin said, referring to emerging policies such as Medicare's push to implement site-neutral payments
Weaker hospital- sector performance is expected to produce a range of effects, including a slowdown in hospital hiring.
Hedgeye found a strong relationship between job openings in health care and overall medical consumption, generally, and hospital "same-store" admissions specifically. The firm noted that healthcare job openings decelerated by 1.1 percent, year-over-year, on a rolling three-month basis
through November 2017. That was far below the recent peak increase of 38.1 percent in December 2014.
Hospital bankruptcy filings, which spiked in 2017, likely will continue to increase. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, healthcare bankruptcy filings more than tripled in 2017. The analysis blamed regulatory changes, the rise of high-deductible health plans, and advances in technology
for taking a toll on healthcare company finances.
"All the conditions that drove that in 2017 will continue or worsen heading into 2018," Tobin said.
In contrast to 2017, hospitals are not expected to face the possibility of repeal of the entire ACA in 2018, said Emily Evans, managing director of health policy for Hedgeye.
Among the most pressing policy decisions affecting hospitals is a group of Medicare extenders, which are various add-on payment policies. A package of such measures is expected to be attached to a long-term government funding deal that Congress may finalize next month.
Hospital advocates also are appealing a federal district court's ruling that allowed 340B program cuts to go into effect Jan. 1. Any success in reducing the $1.6 billion in planned cuts to 340B hospitals would carry big financial benefits, industry analysts said.
Also potentially benefiting hospitals are plans by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to address some leading regulatory burdens, Seema Verma, administrator of CMS, told the American Hospital Association.
Rich Daly is a senior writer/editor in HFMA's Washington, D.C., office. Follow Rich on Twitter: @rdalyhealthcare
Publication Date: Monday, January 22, 2018
A discussion of common clinical documentation gaps that organizations pursuing bundled payment arrangements must close and key strategies for addressing these issues.
Tips-focused article about the role of data governance and how to establish a strategy. Key points pulled from the HFMA Financial Analytics Leadership Council.
A senior leader at Grant Thornton LLP HealthCare Advisory Services talks about key ways to lay the groundwork for a shift to cloud-based ERP solutions. Insights stem from a presentation given at the HFMA Large System Controllers Council.
A senior leader at Grant Thornton LLP HealthCare Advisory Services talks about key ways to lay the groundwork for a shift to cloud-based ERP solutions. Insights stem from a presentation given at the HFMA Large System Controllers Council.
Two of HealthTrust's senior leaders talk about strategies for optimizing the hospital workforce to improve productivity and reduce waste.
Patient financial engagement is more challenging than ever – and more critical. With patient responsibility as a percentage of revenue on the rise, providers have seen their billing-related costs and accounts receivable levels increase. If increasing collection yield and reducing costs are a priority for your organization, the metrics outlined in this presentation will provide the framework you need to understand what's working and what's not, in order to guide your overall patient financial engagement initiatives and optimize results.
No two patients are the same. Each has a very personal healthcare experience, and each has distinct financial needs and preferences that have an impact on how, when and if they chose to pay their healthcare bill. It's no longer effective to apply static billing techniques to solve the complex challenge of collecting balances from patients. The need to tailor financial conversations and payment options to individual needs and preferences is critical. This presentation provides 10 recommendations that will not only help you improve payment performance through a more tailored approach, but take control of rising collection costs.
This white paper, written by Apex Vice President of Solutions and Services, Carrie Romandine, discusses the importance of patient segmentation and messaging specifically related to the patient revenue cycle. Applying strategic messaging that is tailored to each patient type will not only better educate consumers on payment options specific to their billing needs, but it will maximize the amount collected before sending to collections. Further, targeted messaging should be applied across all points of patient interaction (i.e. point of service, customer service, patient statements) and analyzed regularly for maximized results.
This white paper, written by Apex President Patrick Maurer, discusses methods to increase patient adoption of online payments. Providers are now seeking ways to incrementally collect more payments due from patients as well as speeding up the rate of collections. This white paper shows why patient-centric approaches to online payment portals are important complements to traditional provider-centric approaches.
Increased electronic engagement between healthcare providers and patients provides significant opportunities for improving revenue cycle metrics and encouraging patients to access EHRs. This article, written by Apex Founder and CEO Brian Kueppers, explores a number of strategies to create synergy between patient billing, online payment portals and electronic health record (EHR) software to realize a high ROI in speed to payment, patient satisfaction and portal adoption for meaningful use.
Faced with a rising tide of bad debt, a large Southeastern healthcare system was seeing a sharp decline in net patient revenues. The need to improve collections was dire. By integrating critical tools and processes, the health system was able to increase online payments and improve its financial position. Taking a holistic approach increased overall collection yield by 10% while costs came down because the number of statements sent to patients fell by 10%, which equated to a $1.3M annualized improvement in patient cash over a six-month period. This case study explains how.
With the ICD10 deadline quickly approaching and daily responsibilities not slowing down, final preparations for October 1 require strategic prioritization and laser focus.
Read how Gwinnett Medical Center provides clear connections to financial information, offers multiple payment options for patients, and gives onsite staff the ability to collect payments at multiple points throughout the care process.
Read how Orlando Health was able to perform deeper dives into claims data to help the health system see claim rejections more quickly–even on the front end–and reduce A/R days.
To maintain fiscal fitness and boost patient satisfaction and loyalty, healthcare providers need visibility into when and how much they will be paid–by whom–and the ability to better navigate obstacles to payment. They need payment clarity. This whitepaper illuminates this concept that is winning fans at forward-thinking hospitals.
Financial services staff are always looking for ways to improve the verification, billing and collections processes, and Munson Healthcare is no different. Read about how they streamlined the billing process to produce cleaner bills on the front end and helped financial services staff collect more than $1 million in additional upfront annual revenue in one year.
Effective revenue cycle management can be a challenge for any hospital, but for smaller providers it is even tougher. Read how Wallace Thomson identified unreimbursed procedures, streamlined claims management, and improved its ability to determine charity eligibility.
Before launching an energy-efficiency initiative, it's important to build a solid business case and understand the funding options and potential incentives that are available. Healthcare leaders should consider taking the steps outlined in the whitepaper to ease the process of gaining approval, piloting, implementing, and supporting sustainability projects. You will find that investing in sustainability and energy efficiency helps hospitals add cash to their bottom line. Discover how hospitals and health systems have various options for funding energy-efficient and renewable-energy initiatives, depending on their current financial structure and strategy.
Health care is a dynamic mergers and acquisitions market with numerous hospitals and health systems contemplating or pursuing formal arrangements with other entities. These relationships often pose a strategic benefit, such as enhancing competencies across the continuum, facilitating economies of scale, or giving the participants a competitive advantage in a crowded market. Underpinning any profitable acquisition is a robust capital planning strategy that ensures an organization reserves sufficient funds and efficiently onboards partners that advance the enterprise mission and values.
The success of healthcare mergers, acquisitions, and other affiliations is predicated in part on available capital, and the need for and sources of funding are considerations present throughout the partnering process, from choosing a partner to evaluating an arrangement's capital needs to selecting an integration model to finding the right money source to finance the deal. This whitepaper offers several strategies that health system leaders have used to assess and manage capital needs for their growing networks.
Announcements from several commercial payers and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) early in 2015 around increased efforts to form value-based contracts with providers seemed to point to an impending rise in risk-based contracting. Rather than wait for disruption from the outside in, health care providers are now making inroads on collaborating with payers on various risk-based contracting models to increase the value of health care from within.
Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) is a not-for-profit hospital serving a population of roughly 200,000 in Yuma and the surrounding communities.
Before becoming a ZirMed client, Yuma was attempting to manually monitor hundreds of thousands of charges which led to significant charge capture leakage. Learn how Yuma & ZirMed worked together to address underlying collections issues at the front end, thus increasing Yuma's overall bottom line.
Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services works with partners to audit the market and the facility's role in that market to identify opportunities for improvement. This approach leads to successes; Kindred's clinical rehab and management expertise complements our partners' strengths. Every facility and challenge is unique, and requires a full objective analysis.
As the critical link between patient care and reimbursement, health information enables more complete and accurate revenue capture. This 5-Minute White Paper Briefing shares how to achieve cost-effective revenue integrity by your optimizing HIM systems.
Speedier cash flow starts with better CDI and coding. This 5-Minute White Paper Briefing explains how providers can improve vital measures of technical and business performance to accelerate cash flow.
Qualified coders are getting harder to come by, and even the most seasoned professional can struggle with the complexity of ICD-10. This 5-Minute White Paper Briefing explains how partnerships can help improve coding and other key RCM operations potentially at a cost savings.
The point of managing your revenue cycle isn't just to improve revenue and cash flow. It's to do those things effectively by consistently following best practices— while spending as little time, money, and energy on them as possible.
How Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford increased payments received within 45 days by 20% and reduced paper submission claims by 70% by using ZirMed solutions.
The reasons claims are denied are so varied that managing denials can feel like chasing a thousand different tails. This situation is not surprising given that a hypothetical denial rate of just 5 percent translates to tens of thousands of denied claims per year for large hospitals—where real‐world denial rates often range from 12 to 22 percent. Read about how predictive modeling can detect meaningful correlations across claims denials data.
Emergency Mobile Health Care (EMHC) was founded to be and remains an exclusively locally owned and operated emergency medical service organization; today EMHC serves a population of more than a million people in and around Memphis, answering 75,000 calls each year.
Since the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) introduction, CMS has paid more than $100 million in bonus payments to participants. However, these bonuses ended in 2015; providers who successfully meet the reporting requirements in 2016 will avoid the 2% negative payment adjustment in 2018, so now is the time to act! Included in this whitepaper are implications of increasing patient responsibility, collections best practices, and collections and internal control solutions.
Getting paid what your physician deserves—that's the goal of every biller. Yet even for the best billers, achieving that success can be elusive when denials stand in the way of success, presenting challenges at every turn. Denials aren't going away, but you can learn techniques to manage and even prevent them.Join practice management expert Elizabeth W. Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC, to: Discover methods to translate denial data into business intelligence to improve your bottom line, determine staff productivity benchmarks for billers, and recognize common mistakes in denial management.
Physician practices must improve organizational efficiency to compete in this era of reduced reimbursement and escalating administrative costs.
Many healthcare organizations are pursuing next-generation health information systems solutions. Learn more about Navigant's work with University of Michigan Health System.
The proper implementation of healthcare information technology systems is crucial to an organization's financial health.
As value-based payment models evolve, providers are challenged to maintain superior clinical outcomes while controlling costs.
Read more about factors contributing to the changes in the post-acute marketplace and what it means for manufacturers, physicians, clinicians, patients, and post-acute facilities as they anticipate the transition to the second curve.
HSG helped the physicians and executives of St. Claire Regional in Morehead, Kentucky, define their shared vision for how the group would evolve over the next decade. As well as, develop the strategic and operational priorities which refocused and accelerated the group's evolution.
The client was a nine-hospital health system with 14 clinics serving communities in a multi-state market with very limited access to care, poor economic conditions, high unemployment, and a heavy Medicare/Medicaid/uninsured payer mix. In most of these communities, the system was the sole source of care.
Though the clinics were of substantial size (they employed 98 physicians) and comprised of multiple specialists, the physicians functioned as individuals and the practices lacked any real group culture.
Clinical integration can be expensive, but it doesn't have to be, as this four-step road map for developing a CIN proves. Does it have to cost millions to initiate a clinical integration strategy?
Contrary to popular belief, we have clients who have generated substantial shared savings and a significant ROI over time, without massive investments. Yes, some financial capital is required for resources the CIN providers can't bring to the table themselves. But the size of that investment can be miniscule relative to the value it produces: improved outcomes and documentation for payers.
Today's concerns about physician compensation are the result of the changing healthcare environment. The transition to value is slow, but finally becoming a reality. Proactive hospitals want to ensure that provider incentives are properly aligned with ever-increasing value-based demands.
This report focuses on the three big questions HSG receives about adding value to physician compensation; Why are organizations redesigning their provider compensation plans? What elements and parameters must be part of successful compensation plans? How are organizations implementing compensation changes?
Revenue Cycle Management has become an even more complex issue with declining reimbursements, implementation of Electronic Health Records, evolving local carrier determinations (LCD), and payer credentialing [The emphasis on healthcare fraud, abuse and compliance has increased the importance of accuracy of data reporting and claims filing).
The efficiency of a medical practice's billing operations has critical impact on the financial performance. In many cases, patient billings are the primary revenue source that pays staff salaries, provider compensation and overhead operating cost. Inefficiencies or inaccurate billing will contribute to operating losses.
This publication identifies and outlines the necessary characteristics of a fully-functioning clinically integrated network (CIN). What it doesn't do is detail how hospitals and providers can participate in the value-based care environment during the development process.
One common misconception is that the CIN can't do anything significant until it has obtained the FTC's "clinically integrated" stamp of approval. While the network must satisfy the FTC's definition of clinical integration before single signature contracting for FFS rates and contracts can legally start, hospitals and providers can enjoy three key benefits during the development process.
Nearly half of all Medicare beneficiaries treated in the hospital will need post-acute care services after discharge. For these patients, a stay in an inpatient rehabilitation facility, skilled nursing facility or other post-acute care setting comes between hospital and home.
With the proper process, tools, and feedback mechanisms in place, budgeting can be a valuable exercise for organizations while helping hold organizational leaders accountable. Having a proper monthly variance review process is one of the most critical factors in creating a more efficient and accurate budget. Monthly variance reporting puts parameters around what is to be expected during the upcoming budget entry process.
Managing the cost of patient care is the top strategic priority of most hospital CFOs today. As healthcare shifts to more data-driven decision making, having clear visibility into key volume, cost and profitability measures across clinical service lines is becoming increasingly important for both long-range and tactical planning activities. In turn, the cost accounting function in healthcare provider organizations is becoming an increasingly important and strategic function. This whitepaper includes five strategies for efficient and accurate cost accounting and service line analytics and keys to overcoming the associated challenges.
A look at how one company is working with health systems and medical groups to better capture and respond to physician practice performance data.
This article takes an in-depth look at how one company is enabling more efficient procure-to-pay processes to streamline healthcare organizations' financial operations.
HFMA's Buyer's Resource Guide is a comprehensive vendor directory that helps healthcare finance professionals find products and services.
HFMA offers online, email, and print opportunities to help you recruit the most talented healthcare finance professionals. Place your classified ads today.
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Married alumni of the Department of Painting & Printmaking, painter Eric Sall and sculptor Rachel Hayes are going big at Kansas City gallery, Dolphin with large-scale artworks in separate exhibits.
Eric Sall: Isolated Incidents and Rachel Hayes: Ice Cold Daydream continue at Dolphin, 1600 Liberty St., through Nov. 7. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.
For more information, 816-842-4415 or www.thedolphin gallery.com.
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During the summer of 2014, we listened to a group of young people and their families with experience of mental health services in Hillingdon.
This interim report, which we are delighted to publish in partnership with Hillingdon Mind, presents a selection of evidence about how young people, experiencing mental health problems, often don't believe their voices are being heard.
It also highlights the desire by young people to be seen as 'normal' and not feel judged or stigmatized (which often puts them off accessing services), the importance of friends and families in providing support, and the central role the internet and social media play in the way they respond to problems. The report sets out areas for further investigation including looking at new models for delivering the full range of mental health services in Hillingdon as part of a 'whole system' approach to emotional resilience, and being able to talk openly about mental health problems and get help.
Call for evidence & best practice case studies – Children's Mental Health Services, Hillingdon
Building on this first report, we want to further explore gaps in mental health service provision for young people, including looking at early intervention and prevention approaches. In particular, we want to help develop a better, integrated, journey through mental health services – at key transition points – including looking at the crucial role schools, youth services, the voluntary sector and GPs play in supporting young people and piloting new ways of dealing with needs.
We are especially keen to look at the effects on young people of caring for parents with mental health problems, and how they might be supported, as the council, CCG and other agencies prepare to identify young carers, and meet their needs, through measures in the Care Act and the Children and Families Act. We also want to examine how, working together, services can prevent and reduce mental health problems for children and young people with autism and other special educational needs.
In preparation for the next phase of our research and engagement programme we want to receive examples of prevention and early intervention best practice and new thinking. Please send these to firstname.lastname@example.com by 28th February 2015.
We look forward to receiving your ideas and working with you on these vital tasks.
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World AIDS day 2018
The Lawson Unit is a specialist centre offering treatment, support and ongoing care for men and women living with HIV and AIDS.
If you are living with HIV and maintain undetectable levels of the virus, there is great news. HIV can't be transmitted to your sexual partners.
The Lawson Unit supports the U=U Consensus Statement produced by the Prevention Access Campaign, endorsed by hundreds of organisations, from countries across the world in support of people living with HIV.
We work in teams which consist of senior doctors, junior doctors and nurses. Each time you visit you will be seen by someone from your team.
Initially you may need to be seen more frequently, and more stable patients may only need to be seen every 6 months. We want you to get the best from your appointment with the doctor. It is therefore important you have up to date blood tests. These should be arranged at least two weeks before your appointment with the doctor.
CONNECT is an email service which may be suitable for patients whose HIV is stable, either on or off treatment. This means in a 12 month period a patient would only need to attend 3 appointments: two blood appointments (including an annual health check) and one appointment with a doctor. Instead of a second doctor appointment your results will be emailled to you.
Routine Bloods This is for blood tests only and should take no longer than 15 minutes. We offer an early morning blood service for this type of appointment. Priority Bloods Appointments are half an hour long and include specialist blood tests and nurse treatments. Patients transferring their care to the Lawson Unit You will be invited to an appointment with a nurse prior to a doctor review. Please allow a little extra time as it is important that we can spend some time with you discussing your previous care and current health. Annual Health Checks We also offer an annual health check where we will check your blood pressure and discuss lifestyle issues usch as smoking, diet, exercise and mental health. Sexual Health Screening All patients are offered annual screening for sexually transmitted infections and cervical smears for women. We offer self taken swabs for people without any symptoms of an STI. This can be done as part of your routine appointments and will be explained to you before you use them.
HIV outpatient pharmacy services are provided from the Lawson Unit where the team of specialist pharmacists are available to offer support and advice about your medicines. The pharmacy team can be contacted by telephone on 01273 664948 during Lawson Unit opening hours. Once your prescription has been screened at the Lawson Unit please take it to Pharm@Sea, Lower Ground Floor, Outpatient Dept, Royal Sussex County Hospital. You can contact Pharm@Sea on 01273 523257 or email email@example.com
If you realise you are running low on medication and do not have enough until you see your doctor, please contact pharmacy as soon as possible and allow plenty of time for your prescription to be prepared. Pharmacy can be contacted on 01273 664 948. Home delivery It is now possible to have your medication delivered to your home (or other) address. Please discuss this with your doctor if this is something that interests you.
We offer a telephone triage system in the Lawson Unit during opening hours. Triage is a way of assessing a patient and directing them to the most appropriate treatment or centre. This means that if you feel unwell or are concerned you may have a HIV related issue, phone the clinic and one of our specialist clinic reception staff will take your details and arrange for one of the nurses to contact you, discuss your concerns and advise you of the most appropriate action. All out-of-hours queries should be directed to Courtyard 6&7 (HIV inpatient wards) on 01273 523061.
We encourage all of our patients to register with a GP. With your permission we will reguarly communicate with your GP advising of any changes in your HIV care. Many patients have problems unrelated to HIV which GPs can manage safely.
We have excellent links with other departments including oncology, hepatitis, rheumatology, dietetics, respiratory and antenatal services. We have pathways in place that will help with any other treatments or appointments you may need from other specialities. We also work closely with organisations such as THT (Terrence Higgins Trust) and the Community HIV Specialist team.
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Discuss: relation to chain of animals.
Are computers getting smarter?
Moravic's & Kurzweil's predictions: within a few decades, people will be obsolete.
Turing: computers are intelligent if and only if they cannot be distinguished from humans. Use a behavioral test.
Problems with the test:
Current computers obviously fail the test, but what about the future?
Functionalism = the view that mental states are functional states, not dependent on any particular physical states
Argument from multiple instantiation
Problems with this argument.
1. Your are locked in a room.
2. Chinese symbols come in a slot.
3. You look up the symbols in a book and then put other symbols out the slot.
4. Unknown to you, you are holding a conversation in Chinese, but you clearly do not understand Chinese.
5. Analogously, a computer is just a symbol processor and does not understand anything.
Searle claims that only human brains have the causal powers to possess "intrinsic intentionality". Computer symbols have syntax but no semantics.
Objections to Searle
1. Process described is computationally infeasible: slow, does not reflect nature of language.
2. Robot reply: hook robot up to the world via vision and other senses. Program the ocmputer to learn. The robot would then have intrinsic intentionality.
3. System reply: Searle in room doesn't understand language, but whole system does. Searle's argument depends on a bad analogical mapping.
Searle's thought experiment fails, but AI is very hard. Many difficult problems to be solved. Maybe the body is needed: embodied cognition.
However, note successes of AI: expert systems, machine translation, chess.
If there is a god, could we understand her?
Medieval arguments from analogy: God's mind is like ours, only more so.
Does God have beliefs? How many?
Does God have emotions?
Computational Epistemology Laboratory.
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You're probably thinking, "OK, so you've told us where they played. How about showing us a picture of where they played?" Not to worry, because I have pictures of most, but not all, of the stadiums that the WFL teams played in. WARNING: These images are large in size and may take some time to load in.
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Another custom made ring to illustrate that the only thing stopping us, is our imagination.
This deco ring is not your typical geometric ring. It's more of a brutalist look with its sculptured branches that surround the ring. The ring is also prong set blending in well with the branches.
The opal has a lot of green, some fire, some fawn color. The green fluorescent moves when your finger moves and creates magic of its own.
The ring is marked 14k and the initials of the maker are SA.
The ring is a size 9 and could be resized if necessary. The opal is 14.4mm and sit 3/8" high, weighing 7.1 grams. The entire ring is 3/4" wide. It is in excellent vintage condition with a warm, unpolished patina.


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ABC 7 Interview [VIDEO]:
Meet Oakland City Council candidate Joseph E. Tanios
Joseph has lived in Oakland for over 23 years and has worked for the City of Oakland for over 18 years, during which Joseph was promoted through the ranks of Oakland Public Works. He also served as a faculty member of Laney College for 12 years where he taught Construction and Project Management. Presently, he serves as the City Hall Chapter President for Managers and Supervisors of IFPTE Local 21.
Joseph currently works within the City of Oakland's Bureau of Engineering & Construction as a Supervisor of Construction Management. Through his experience working with stakeholders in the public and private sectors, Joseph has a unique understanding of the importance of strategic planning to achieve results that will benefit Oakland's vast and diverse communities. Joseph has the experience to bring local community and business leaders together, as partners to drive change that will move District 4 and the City of Oakland forward toward a safe and clean community.
There is a layer of bureaucracy and dysfunction in Oakland that Joseph has never seen before. There are many unacceptable problems that plague our city and remain unaddressed by City Hall – to the detriment of our residential and business communities. Joseph understands that to grow our local economy, we must provide a safe and clean environment for residents and businesses to thrive.
Joseph is tired of ineffective and wasteful policies that deplete valuable and limited taxpayer resources. That's why Joseph is a promoter of policy planning and implementation that provides the greatest assurance of benefit and value to District 4 and all of Oakland.
Joseph is running for office to give back to the community and the city that has given to him so much. Joseph is, and will continue to be, an advocate for Oaklanders of every social and economic background.
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The rain is here in Portland and we have about 9 more months of it to look forward to. The days are getting colder and I know by the time Halloween is here it will be time to pull out all the cozy gear. I love knitting, but for some reason while I can embroider the motion of knitting wrecks havoc on me, so I knit no more. Or at least very rarely. But I love knit wear! And as you will see from these selections knits are not only practical for keeping warm but can be extraordinarily modern and fashionable. Today I am here to share some of my favorite knit wear finds from Etsy for man, woman and child.
Rusty Forks Fox Scarf (this has to be one of the coolest items on etsy I have ever seen!)
For the bambino's I love these these items from MoonFlowerCreations, based in Coeur D'alene Idaho.
I love the idea of a little cowl scarf for the little ones, for one it's about the cutest thing in the whole entire world and for two it will prove more difficult for them to pull off and subsequently lose.
Fingerless mittens, also another ingenuous idea to keep your tots warm and cozy. I don't know about you but as a child I never liked having my digits in lock-down.
And while this last image doesn't really go with my "cozy up with knits" theme, it is so adorable I couldn't not include it here! If I wasn't for sure super done with having babies of my own, I would want another one just so I could buy that little hammock and take pictures of my precious bundle in it! So, I am glad I am done because in reality that is a pretty poor reason to have another baby! But if you happen to have a little pea of your own or are planning one and you buy this awesome knit hammock feel free to send me a couple pictures! I could look at pictures of babies in this hammock all day long. And let me just say it's only 36.00 dollars! A steal in my opinion.
This sweet knit bow tie qualifies as irresistible!
Made by: Frankintonknits
Another fantastic deal at only $12.00 (no, not a typo)
And I am confident that one of these will make your little guy the talk of the party.
HappiKnits. Which, according to that fabulous smile, looks like these knits will indeed make you happy! This shop has sooo much more, I strongly suggest taking a look at the more than 120 items
in the shop.There are some amazing women's items too.
For those of you who are knitters out there here is a really cool PDF Pattern I found! From BySol
AlpacaYarnShop, and make some up. I think these could make a really cute holiday gift, especially if you filled your jars with some extra goodies.
I haven't purchased anything from these shops...yet (emphasis on yet), but they all have wonderful feedback! So check them out!


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The Mayans were full of mystical intrigue and Mayan Bingo stimulates the senses in the same way. It's a perfect alternative to traditional bingo with all the basic components of the standard game but with a mesmerizing difference.
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In this game the player has the option to change cards at any time before the start of the game. It is a fast paced game in which there are a total of 28 balls in play. Stakes begin at .10 per card and up to $8 for the high roller player. There are many bingo patterns that are highlighted at the top for an increased chance of winning.
How to Play Mayan Bingo
There is no real skill and is based mostly on luck. It's a matter of matching your numbers to the corresponding patterns. The Jackpot is won when a coverall pattern is matched within the 28 balls drawn with a top prize of 50,000 times the bet wagered. Players have an option to purchase an extra ball when they are short one of a winning pattern.
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Title: Enemy Within (The Executive Office Book 3)
Author: Tal Bauer
Genre: M/M Romance, romantic suspense
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Publisher: Tal Bauer
Length: 485 pages
The White House, infiltrated.
The president, running for his life.
A traitorous general, intent on burning the world to the ground.
When everything falls apart, who do you trust?
President Jack Spiers fled Washington DC on the heels of a devastating attack on CIA headquarters, masterminded by one of America's own, former General Porter Madigan. While the world believes Jack was killed in the bombing, he embarks on a wild infiltration mission, smuggling himself into occupied Russia to rescue the love of his life: former Secret Service Agent and First Gentleman Ethan Reichenbach.
Reunited, Jack, Ethan, and deposed Russian president Sergey Puchkov, along with President Elizabeth Wall—the only person left in Washington DC who Jack trusts—must work together. They piece together a desperate plan, hunting Madigan to the ends of the earth and the bitter frigidity of the Arctic, where Madigan's world-shattering doomsday plan comes together.
Outnumbered, outmaneuvered, and outgunned, Jack, Ethan, Sergey, and the rest of the team struggle to put a stop to Madigan and his army. In the desolate extremes of the Arctic, their resolve, their strength, and even their love is tested, pushed to the absolute limits as choices must be made: choices that pit the fate of the world against the love in their hearts, and the loves of their life.
As the world crumbles around them, Jack and Ethan find themselves waging a war on two fronts—against an enemy they can see, and another, hiding within their ranks.
Who can be trusted when the enemy is within you?
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Enemy Within is another fabulous addition to The Executive Office series. Seriously, I can't get enough of these guys and of Tal Bauer's incredible writing. The characters are vivid, the dialogue is snappy, the action is riveting, and the romance is entrancing. Here's an example of the tension, pervasive in this final (?) battle to save the world from the villainous former General Porter Madigan.
One of Ethan's arms rested under the blankets and wrapped around Jack's chest, holding him tight.I loved every word of this book. The characters and actions are so well portrayed that the reader is there with them, through every skipped heartbeat and drip of sweat. There are three main angles in this novel: Jack and Ethan, Sergey and Sasha, and Adam and Faisal. Each of these couples continues to face completely different hurdles, yet equally unwinnable odds. They are all heroes, willing to lay down their lives to save their respective countries and the man they love.
His other hand gripped his pistol.
He'd kept hold of his weapon all night long. At the slightest noise, Ethan had it up in the darkness, ready to fire.
Another snap, and then the crunching of footsteps in the snow, coming up the side of the jeep.
Ethan's arm tightened around Jack, and his gloved finger hovered on the trigger. He held his pistol ready, pointed at the passenger window, and waited, not breathing.
Perfection rolled through Sergey, a wave crashing against his soul, followed by searing, roaring flame, enough to blind him and whiteout his vision. Everything clicked into place suddenly, as if he'd been trying to solve a Rubik's cube and could previously only see one side. His life came into focus with a snap, a clarity that stole his breath away.Congratulations to Tal on a truly epic series. I truly hope that we have not seen the last of these amazing men.
He saw, in Sasha's eyes, his desire, his passion, and even, deep in his ice-blue gaze, his love, tangled and twisted around an aching, gnawing fear. "Sasha..."
OUR RATING: 5 stars!
See our review of Enemies of the State (The Executive Office, Book 1) here.


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As some of you know, a completely new archiving system is being developed for The Language Archive. In order to prepare for the transition towards using this new system, we will start using metadata in CMDI format exclusively in our current system already, rather than a mix of IMDI and CMDI metadata. The migration from IMDI to CMDI metadata also involves updates to the underlying system, most importantly for depositors there will be a new version of the LAMUS tool that works exclusively with CMDI metadata and that no longer requires Java to be installed on your computer.
We are getting close to the migration date and now need to perform some final extensive testing of the entire archive infrastructure. In order to do that we need to take the archive offline for a full day on July the 20th. On that day, you will not be able to access the archive, nor deposit materials using LAMUS.
After we have concluded these tests and evaluated the outcome, we will announce a date for the actual migration and elaborate a bit more on what it means for depositors in terms of changes to the archiving workflow.
In case of questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.


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The Air Jordan True Flight is one of Jordan Brand's latest hybrid models, with prominent inspirations from the Air Jordan 7 (VII). Here we show you an outstanding version of air jordan true flight named Air Jordan True Flight black electrolime graphite metallic silver, This pair features a black base with white stitching, a grey midsole, and a metallic Jumpman logo on the ankle. Though most are not too fond of the white stitching on a black base, others believe it ends up giving the Air Jordans sneaker a clean look. Another evident part that is famous in the VII shoes is that the whole upper part is made in black suede, and the black nubuck is surrounded by the black stitches. With high technology and outstanding appearance, there is no wonder that this particular Jordan True Flight version enhoys wide popularity aroud the world.
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The ending of Doctor Strange explained
Doctor Strange might be able to enter the Mirror Dimension, Dark Dimension, and Astral Plane, but he also successfully transcended to a new level of existence that is just as impressive — the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The good doctor's debut has finally crossed over into our world and has been met with much success. Even after saving the planet from the nefarious Kaecilius, we have a feeling Stephen Strange won't be hanging up the Cloak of Levitation just yet. We've tapped into the mystic arts of divination to foresee and predict where Benedict Cumberbatch will be weaving his magical hand-signs next. Based on the film's ending, it's safe to say the Infinity War will crank things to 11, and the MCU is in for even stranger things, so to speak.
If your magical powers of common sense aren't up to par, here's your warning: major spoilers ahead.


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Welcome to Lincoln!
Congratulations on securing your place at Lincoln College. We look forward to meeting you at registration. In the meantime, please click the links to the left and read through the important information about the practical, administrative, financial, academic and social aspects of joining us for Michaelmas Term 2018. You may find this to-do list will help you get organised.
Please ensure that you return all the necessary documents to us by 7th September 2018.
Hopefully, most the answers to all your questions will be in found in these pages, or on Oxford University's 'New Students' pages. If not, please do not hesitate to contact Jemma Underdown or Lisa Stokes-King, the Academic Administrators (tel: 01865 279801) with any queries or concerns. We'll be happy to help.


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After a rocky start due to harsh winter weather, the housing market got back to it's slow-but-steady pace in late spring and early summer. It's a fitting scenario for a recovery that has seemed on a constant loop of two steps forward, one step back.
But, however slow, the movement is still upward and LBM dealers in most markets are feeling the positive effects.
Numbers released in mid July showed a 9.8% increase in housing starts in June, according to the NAHB Eye on Housing, reaching an annual pace of 1.174 million. Multifamily continued to lead the charge with single-family remaining flat, NAHB reported, noting that single-family starts were still 14.7% higher than June 2014. Now in August, the shifts continue, but in different ways: July housing starts reached their highest levels since December 2007, led by single-family this time with an increase of 12.8% over June. Residential building permits, however, fell 16.3%.
"Going forward, NAHB expects single-family construction starts to continue to record positive yet modest gains with growing homebuyer demand," NAHB said in its July report. "While the growth will be constrained by certain supply-side headwinds, most notably lack of building lots and access to labor in some markets, builders continue to express rising confidence, as reported in the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. We further expect multifamily growth to cool given the rising volume of units in the production pipeline."
The continued boom of the multifamily market is indicative of larger homeownership trends. In its latest State of the Nation's Housing report, released June 24, the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) noted that current homeownership rates—63.7% in the first quarter of 2015—are at their lowest levels since 1993. The decline is showing across nearly all age groups, the report says, but most notably among Generation X, which is still reeling from the housing bust and is contributing in some part to Gen Y's sluggishness; Gen Y, of course, has also been hindered by student loan debt and, until recently, an unforgiving job market.
"Despite the slowdown in 2014, the housing market recovery could regain steam in 2015 if continued employment growth helps to lift household incomes," reported JCHS. "But the lingering effects of the housing crash and Great Recession continue to impede the recovery. Millions of owners still have little or no equity in their homes and/or damaged credit histories, dampening demand in both the first-time buyer and trade-up markets. Although members of the millennial generation are starting to find their footing in the job market and helping to propel rental demand, many of these young adults are saddled with rent burdens and student loan payments that will slow their transition to homeownership."
And while some of the multifamily boom is reflective of the natural cycle for young twentysomethings, uncertainty lies in how quickly they'll be able to move on to single-family homes as they have in generations past, says Don Haid, corporate economist for Weyerhaeuser, and the lack of affordable housing stock is amplifying this challenge. Right now it's move-up buyers who have the best access to loans, and so that's what builders are building, Haid notes. As a result, there isn't much starter stock to go around.
Cautious Optimism
"It's a frustrating housing market, but it's still a growing one," Haid observes. "We've had to lower expectations, not so much this year, but all through this recovery, but it's still something that's growing 8-10% year over year."
Indeed, most of the other key indicators released in July continued to demonstrate growth—as well as variability. In June existing home sales grew 3.2% to levels not seen since February 2007, and the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index hit 60 in July, the highest ranking since November 2005. Consumer confidence continues its upward movement, as does builder confidence. Supply of existing homes is tight.
At the same time, however, new-home sales slipped 6.8%, as reported July 24.
"Most of the dealers that I talk with are having really strong sales years, which is a welcome relief following the long struggle to rebuild sales after the recession," says Rick Schumacher, editor and publisher of LBM Journal. "The best way to describe their mindset is 'cautiously optimistic.' Most believe that the market will continue rising for at least the next couple of years, and I'd say that few of them expect the next downturn to match the severity of the last one."
Some familiar ongoing challenges linger, most notably a tight lending market. Though banks are loosening up a bit, credit remains tight for both home buyers and builders.
Labor is a significant obstacle, as many experienced contractors left the industry during the recession and never returned. Demand for installed sales is on the rise, and savvy dealers also will want to increase educational opportunities and product knowledge sessions to ensure customers know how to properly install the products they sell.
"Services are becoming a bigger part of dealers' business; dealers are reporting big jumps," says Craig Webb, editor of ProSales. But even dealers, Webb notes, are having to get creative and find new avenues for filling the labor ranks.
"Regardless of the circumstances, [dealers] find a way to adapt," Schumacher says. "They're working hard to identify fresh opportunities in their markets—whether that's carrying new brands or expanding into new product categories, offering installed sales services to homeowner and builder customers, or learning what it takes to serve entirely new markets. … Operating a lumberyard is not for the faint-of-heart. And in my opinion, the men and women who supply building materials are extremely sharp—or they wouldn't be here today."
For more housing information, check out Weyerhaeuser's latest Quarterly Financial Review.


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Some photos I took from the demonstration in Haifa this evening against the Prawer Plan.
Demonstration against the Prawer Plan - photos by khulud khamis
Needless to say, the police came prepared and they got violent.
Facebook pages against the Prawer Plan:
Prawer won't Pass Campaign - International Page
More useful links: article on the US Palestinian Community Network website
Adalah website: Demolition and Eviction of Bedouin Citizens of Israel in the Naqab (Negev) - The Prawer Plan
Discriminatory Prawer Plan to evict tens of thousands of Bedouins from their communities in the Negev - article on the website of the European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine.
Prawer Plan: Facts and Figures - From the Prawer Won't Pass Campaign Blog
Video: Unrecognized Bedouin Villages in the Negev
This is just a sample of the plethora of information on the web.


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You just found your heaven on earth. High above the banks of the Green River you stand in awe. The mountain ranges before you go on for miles. Walking the 11.7-acre compound could take some time. You already know this setting is one in a million so you decide to explore the main house first. Stepping through the front door it is obvious that the unrivaled views were inspiration for the interior spaces. This home exudes superb quality and thoughtfully considered design. Indigenous materials reflect the world outside and are integrated with exacting care. The chiseled mortise and tenon joints prove that fine woodworking is not a lost art and discerning home owners are willing to pay for exquisite craftsmanship. The interior combines open, astutely scaled spaces, perfectly suited fo relaxed entertaining with the many walk out Goshen stone terraces and cozy smaller spaces that create a sense of contentment. Here, before the open hearth it is easy to imagine a relaxed brainstorming session with your colleagues while the kids are happily expending energy in the adjacent heated indoor pool house. Guests will imagine there is no place quite like your compound in all of New England – they are right.
The main house, attached guesthouse and separate loft house boasts a total of 7 bedrooms and 10 baths. 2 chef's kitchens, gleaming hardwood floors, 3 fireplaces, a wine cellar and exercise room are just a few of the many attributes of this compound. Professionally landscaped grounds, gardens and exquisite stonework terraces and patios all with breathtaking mountain views are validation that you have found your heaven on Earth.
There's little reason to leave, but if you're craving culture or outdoor activities, you are just moments away from The Clark Art Museum, Williams College, Mass MoCA, numerous hiking trails, great skiing and all the Berkshires offer you. There is no mistaking the expression – "home is where the heart is" is true. Your heart is speaking, listen.


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All solid state pinball's use a switch matrix and although the actual implementation may vary slightly, the theory and troubleshooting are the same.
The purpose of the switch matrix is to reduce the number of driver circuits form 64 to 16 and minimize playfield wiring. This is achieved by pulsing each column sequentially while monitoring all of the rows. This is why the column is called the strobe, or send side, and the row is called the return side.
For a list of common problems and troubleshooting, you can jump to this section of the document.
Switch Matrix Theory
Image 1 is the switch matrix from an Addams Family. The wire color, board connector and pin, and the IC or transistor identifier are provided for each row and column. So for any switch we can move left across the row to get the return side info and up the column to get the send (or strobe) side info. The switch number, which is displayed during diagnostic tests and on the Switch Locations page in the manual, is also provided.
Most of this information is also available in the system diagnostics.
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Note: Switch columns and rows are not wired in the same order as they are shown on the switch matrix. For example in column 6 the physical wire might go from "Left Ramp Enter" to "Thing Eject Lane" to "Train Wreck."
Each column of switches is connected by a green wire with a colored stripe (for example, green-red for column 2) running from one switch to the next. The same is true of each row, except in this case it's a white wire with a colored stripe.
Each switch has an associated blocking diode as shown in Image 2. Since current can flow in only one direction through the diode, the result is isolation of the switch when it's closed. If this isolation is lost the switch matrix will exhibit bizarre behavior. The root cause will be a reversed diode, shorted diode, switch improperly wired or diode lead touching one of the other switch lugs (this is common on switches where the pinball can hit them).
In some early solid state games there is also a capacitor across the switch. The purpose of the capacitor is to "stretch" the closure of the switch (extend the pulse width) so the CPU can reliably determine the switch has been closed.
Note: On WPC games switch 24 is always closed (there actually is no switch) and the blocking diode is located on the coin door board.
The inactive state of each column is high (test point A in image 5), thanks to the 12 volt pull-up resistor on the output of the ULN2803. The inactive state of the row is also high (test point C in image 5), because of the 12 volt pull-up resistor on the input of the LM339.
Note: There is an error in the WPC manual in regards to the switch matrix circuit in Image 5 (it shows a connection that does not exist), which has been noted in the image.
If you check at the switch while in the inactive state, both the column side of the switch and the row side (the side without a band) of the diode will be high.
When the system strobes the columns, the output of the ULN2803 on the CPU goes low (test point A in image 5) and the column side of all the switches in that column go low. If a switch is closed, then the row side of the diode will be pulled down close to ground. When the row goes low (test point C in image 5) the LM339 on the CPU senses a switch is closed.
If you check at the switch in active mode, the column side of the switch will be low and the row side of the diode will be low if the switch is closed or high if the switch is open.
The matrix strobes each column in sequence, pulling down column 1 and checking all of the rows, then strobes column 2 while checking all of the rows, and so on. This sensing happens at a rate of 500 reads per second.
Image 3 shows a pulsed signal alternating across the 8 columns. The columns are strobed at 500 pulses per second, so there is 2ms between each column being pulsed. So at 2ms column 1 is pulsed low, at 4ms column 2 is pulsed low, etc.
In Image 3, switch 43 is closed (column 4, row 3). The system will read a low on row 3 when column 4 is pulsed (the blue line shows the current path) and determine the switch in column 4 and row 3 is closed.
By cycling through each column sequentially, the system can differentiate between the switches in each column while the rows are separated by the blocking diodes. If a diode is shorted, or has been installed incorrectly, the system will get confused since the isolation between switches no longer exists.
In Image 4 switch 43 is pulsed low at 8ms and switch 73 goes low at 14ms so even though they are in the same row, the system knows two different switches have been closed.
Note: All matrix circuits are pulsed and are best tested with a logic probe or oscilloscope.
All testing should be done using the switch edge diagnostics and all balls removed from the game. It's easy to miss relationships between different switches when in game mode.
Opto Boards
Keep in mind when troubleshooting switch matrix problems that optos work differently than mechanical switches. Since there is no physical connection between the strobe and the return side of the opto, it cannot directly cause a problem like a shorted blocking diode can. Instead the opto board can cause problems like ground short errors or symptoms that resemble a shorted diode.
As I will explain later, knowing which switches are closed is an important part of troubleshooting random switch indications. In the case of optos though it doesn't matter if the switch is open or closed since there is no physical connection as described above.
If there are optos in the row or column you are having problems with, remove the connectors from the board and see if your problem goes away.
Troubleshooting the Switch Matrix
There are a few common problems you will come across with the switch matrix.
- I recently worked on the game or it's new to me and has matrix problems.
- All of the switches in a column are not working.
- All of the switches in a row are not working.
- Two or more consecutive, but not all switches, in a column or row are not working.
- Row or column of switches all show closed.
- Ground short error in switch edge test.
- Closing any switch in a row, or column, causes a switch in another row, or column, to indicate closed.
- Random switch indications.
Human Error
Before troubleshooting any problem, the first question to ask yourself is if you have recently done any work on the game. Or if the game is new to you and has problems, never rule out mis-wiring by the previous owner.
If after replacing a diode/switch you have switches indicating closed when they shouldn't be the diode or the wiring is reversed. Check your setup and make sure the band on the diode is oriented towards the switch and then the green wire (see Image 1).
An entire column is locked on or not working. The column driver is extremely vulnerable to a short from GI lighting, the lamp matrix and flasher/solenoid power. Flasher and solenoid voltages can take a while to go to zero, so damage can occur even after powering off the game.
If one of these voltages does contact a switch, then as soon as the column driver (ULN2803) scans it, it overloads and fuses. Flasher/solenoid voltages and above can blow through the ULN2803 and take out the 74LS374 that drives it, potentially crippling the CPU.
And as always check all connectors and then check them again.
Column Failure
First we'll cover a column of switches not working, and the first question we need to answer is whether the problem is on the playfield or the circuit board. There are a couple of ways you can check this out. The following method works fine or you can use the jumper method explained at the end of this document or the Siegcraft switch matrix tester.
The quickest approach is to test continuity between the column wire under the playfield (with the game off) and where the column connector is soldered to the circuit board (on the back side of the circuit board). It is important to test to the board, not just to the connector, since you could have a bad connector.
If we use Addams Family as an example, and column 3 is out, we can see from the manual (see Image 1) it's a green-orange wire and the connector is J207 pin 3.
While you're at it, also test from the strobe wire to ground just to make sure there's not a short.
If both tests read good, you've got a board problem. If you want to confirm this you can use the jumper method at the end of this article.
If there is no continuity from the playfield to the board, check the connector and the last section of wire that runs from the playfield to the connector. If you read a short to ground start tracing the wire from beginning to end looking for a short to ground.
If your problem is on the CPU board, it's a fairly simple circuit, although different manufacturers use slightly different designs. Some will use a transistor as a driver and others will use an inverter or buffer. In the case of Addams Family an inverter is used (see Image 5).
Get your logic probe out and starting at the connector work back through each test point to find where the pulse is getting lost.
Note: The column test point readings in the manual are for use with an oscilloscope or logic probe, not a DMM.
Note: J206 and J207 (column drives) are electrically the same and the connector may go to either one. The same is true of the two switch row connectors, J208 and J209.
Row Failure
The first part of troubleshooting the return circuit is the same as above; use your ohmmeter to test to the circuit board and ground or use the jumper method at the end of this article or the Siegcraft switch matrix tester. If the problem is on the playfield, troubleshoot as above.
If the problem is on the CPU board see Image 5. Get your logic probe out and starting at the connector work back through each test point to find where the pulse is getting lost. The row you are testing needs to be jumpered to a column as described at the end of the article.
Note: The column test point readings in the manual are for use with an oscilloscope or logic probe, not a DMM.
Partial Row or Column Failure
The only way you can get a partial row or column failure is a wiring problem under the playfield. The switches before the problem will work and the switches after the problem will not work since they're daisy-chained. Use switch diagnostics while following the wire downstream and closing each switch (remember the manual will give you the wire color) until you find the point where the switches quit working.
Somewhere between the non-working switch and the last working switch the wire is broken or there's a bad connection. The usual problem is a wire has become broken at the solder joint on the switch, which can often look like it's still connected so you should gently tug any suspect wires.
Row or Column, All Switches Show Closed
This problem is different than random switch indications in that triggering one switch will cause an entire row or column of switches to indicate closed. This can be rather exciting when you hit one target and eight different things all happen at once. You can verify the problem by going into switch diagnostics and manually closing the switch that causes the problem.
Note: Normally closed switches, or some types of board failures, can cause this problem to occur as soon as you start a game.
If the problem is with a column check the associated column wire for a short to ground. Most earlier solid state games have a column driver transistor which is a common cause of this problem (the transistor number will be noted for each column on the switch matrix rather than an IC number). On some games this will be reported as a ground short error.
These problems are typically caused by a row or column circuit staying low or high rather than being pulsed. For a column problem, get out your logic probe and starting at the connector work back through each test point to find where the pulse is getting lost (see Image 5). Do the same with the row circuitry for a row problem.
Note: The column and row test point readings in the manual are for use with an oscilloscope or logic probe, not a DMM.
Ground Short Error
The system will report the row number and wire color for the suspected ground short when in switch test mode (i.e. - Row - X, Wht - XXX). Check the wire looking for something that is pinching it against a metal part or a diode/switch assembly that is bent and touching ground.
If you remove the row and column connectors and the error goes away the problem is most likely on the playfield. If the error continues the problem is with the board.
To test the playfield, disconnect the column or row connector and check from the colored wire identified in the error to ground and see if there is a short. If you do not read a short there is a problem with the switch matrix circuitry, most likely caused by shorting a high voltage to the switch circuitry. See the associated row circuitry (LM339 and 74LS240, Image 5).
Column or Row Short
A column short is indicated by the following symptoms. When any switch in a column is closed, another switch in the same row, but different column, will also indicate closed. For example, on Addams Family the slam tilt (column 2, row 1) falsely indicates closed when the upper left jet switch (column 3, row 1) is closed.
This will also happen in reverse and for every switch in that column. For example, the upper left jet switch (column 3, row 1) will falsely indicate closed when the slam tilt (column 2, row 1) is closed.
This indicates a short between the column 3 wire (green-orange) and column 2 wire (green-red). See Image 1. The best way to find the problem is with a visual inspection.
A row short is indicated by the following symptoms. When any switch in a row is closed, another switch in the same column, but different row , will also indicate closed. This will also happen in reverse and indicates a short between the two row wires.
Random Switch Indications
Random switch indications occur when one switch is closed and another switch erroneously thinks it has also been closed. For example, A ball hits the left sling and one of the pop bumpers fires. This is typically caused by a reversed diode, a shorted diode, the switch improperly wired or diode lead touching one of the other switch lugs. Any of these issues allows current to flow backwards and take a row low that shouldn't be low at that time.
While this is often a one to one relationship (one switch closes and one switch thinks it's closed when it isn't) there can be multiple one to one relationships.
Note: I've added a video at the bottom which briefly covers the switch matrix theory of operation and provides detailed information on troubleshooting shorted switch diodes.
In Image 6 you can see a shorted diode at column 3 row 4. Note the switch at column 6 row 4 is closed and nothing bad is happening. Everything will work as expected because although the diode is shorted its associated switch is open.
In Image 7, the switch at column 6 row 4 is closed and the switch with the shorted diode is now closed. Again, nothing bad will happen because all of the other switches in that column are open. But when one of the other column switches is closed...
In Image 8, the switch at column 3 row 2 is closed in addition to the previous switches. Now bad things start to happen. The shorted diode and the closed switch allow row 2 to be taken low when column 6 is pulsed low. So the system falsely thinks the switch at column 6 row 2 is closed (see yellow circle).
In summary, the following must all happen for the problem to show up: the switch with the shorted diode must be closed, another switch in the same row must be closed and another switch in the same column must be closed.
The combination of three closed switches is not as unlikely as you think when you consider multiball, NC switches and commonly closed switches (ball locks or ball trough).
If you map out the three switches on the switch matrix you will have three corners of a rectangle and the fourth corner of the rectangle provides us with a fourth switch. The shorted, or reversed, diode will be on one of these four switches.
Always use the switch edge test when troubleshooting random switch indications. It addition to providing a graphical display of the problem, you will often find false indications that you weren't even aware of.
If the problem occurs all of the time, the following technique will often quickly identify the problem.
Remove all the balls from the game and hold open (use a business card) any normally closed switches. If that solves the problem then add the balls back, or open the switches, one by one to identify the specific switch.
Then use the switch matrix diagram to map out your problem using the three switches (the one you just identified, the falsely indicating switch and the switch that causes the problem to show up).
If the problem occurs randomly during a game, you need to identify the pattern. For example, when switch A is closed and switch B is closed and switch C is closed, the system thinks switch D is closed (keep in mind any NC or commonly closed switches).
Unless you're lucky and two switches you identify are opposite corners on the rectangle, you will need to identify three switches.
If you are able to identify the pattern, finding the shorted diode is then easy using the previously described rectangle approach.
Note: Odd cross-column effects can also be caused by a flaky ULN2803 on the CPU board. A borderline chip will still pass the jumper test described below. (Thanks to Pam at Pinbits.com.)
Testing Columns and Rows
Do not use this, or any, jumper method unless you know what you are doing. It is not uncommon for beginners to cause severe circuit board damage by shorting pins or applying high voltage to a low voltage circuit.
For the jumper cable I recommend either a mini-grabber (also called mini-clip) or a .1" female to female jumper. You can get the latter at most electronics stores in a variety of lengths, but 6" works well. If you need to jumper more than one row/column at a time you will need a 1N4004 diode installed in the jumper. This is not necessary for the procedure below, but is required for more advanced testing. The end of the jumper with the banded side of the diode should be placed on the column side when testing.
The connector and switch info are for Addams Family (use Image 1 as a reference), but you can use this procedure with any machine. Just check the manual to identify your row connector and column connector, the pins for each row and column and the switch numbers.
Note: J206 and J207 (column drives) are electrically the same and the connector may go to either one. The same is true of the two switch row connectors, J208 and J209.
Use the following procedure to test each column.
- Remove J209 (return connector) and J207 (send connector).
- Turn on the game and enter switch edge diagnostics.
- Put one end of your jumper on pin 1 of J209 (row 1).
- Place the other end of your jumper on pin 1 of J207 (column 1)
- Switch 11 (column 1, row 1) should indicate closed on the display.
- Move the jumper on pin 1 of J207 to pin 2 (column 2).
- Switch 21 (column 2, row 1) should indicate closed.
- Continue testing each column by moving the jumper.
Use the following procedure to test each row.
- Remove J209 (return connector) and J207 (send connector).
- Turn on the game and enter switch edge diagnostics.
- Put one end of your jumper on pin 1 of J207 (column 1).
- Place the other end of your jumper on pin 1 of J209 (row 1)
- Switch 11 (column 1, row 1) should indicate closed on the display.
- Move the jumper on pin 1 of J209 to pin 2 (row 2).
- Switch 12 (column 1, row 2) should indicate closed.
- Continue testing each row by moving the jumper.


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i saw this grommet trim the other day at my local craft store, and thought that it was begging to be made into a bracelet! it was relatively inexpensive project, about 5 dollars because the trim cost $8.99 a yard (i used a little less than half of a yard) and i think it makes a great addition to my black and gold jewelry collection!
1_you will need grommet trim, matching gold jump rings, scissors, and a clasp 2_measure around your wrist and cut two pieces of trim at that size 3_next, i trimmed off one the side edges on each piece. this helped for the next step when i hooked the two pieces of trim together so that they didn't overlap. 4_hook the two pieces of trim together at every other grommet using the jump rings. with jump rings this large, i didn't even need to use pliers.
finally, attach a clasp to create a closure for your bracelet. i decided to use a small gold safety pin for a more edgy look, and just threaded the last jump ring through the safety pin hole.
and that's it! i love my new bracelet and hope you enjoyed this DIY. feel free to leave comments or questions!


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Over the weekend, I reported the extensive vandalism to the police and also to the City Council's Rapid Response Team to get the graffiti cleaned up. See examples of the graffiti below:
After months of very little of a graffiti issue, it is thoroughly disappointing to see this sort of mindless activity take place at the weekend. Some of the graffiti is offensive so I hope the council can clean it off as soon as possible but I am concerned about how viable it will be to try to remove the mess on the trees in Victoria Park. A resident has also advised me that a van was also graffitied. It is utterly stupid, mindless and criminal activity.
I have asked the police to consider deploying mobile CCTV and would ask if any resident saw any suspicious activity at the park or in surrounding streets, it would be greatly appreciated if they could speak with the local police.


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Fly or Die
I help B2B technology vendors increase end-user adoption of their platforms.
Accelerating user adoption improves far more than stickiness. It cements relationships, builds advocates, increases quality product feedback, opens meaningful communication channels with clients & end-users, and streamlines follow-on sales opportunities.
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"It was a packed room, I thought it was a workshop but the more I look at it maybe it was a team meeting."
What if you could have a "personal trainer" observe your team and recommend high impact tweaks to your "form" in real-time—based on how your unique team operates and the specific challenges it faces?
My bespoke & highly interactive 1 or 2 day sessions create this structured & highly effective opportunity.
Coupled with just the right amount of team building, sessions accelerate learning, provide immediate, relevant feedback, and can even uncover cultural or structural challenges that may be blocking your team's progress.
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Modern technology is both powerful and dangerous. Voices are either amplified or drowned out, seemingly without regard to quality, usefulness, or relevance.
So what gives? And what does this mean for an organization racing to keep current?
With a combination of data, anecdotes, and a relaxed, approachable style, I help audiences make sense of the big changes happening around them and give them the confidence they need to meet uncertainty with action.
Consulting + ALL the things
Not everything fits neatly into a box. Consulting, advisory work, podcasting, panel facilitations, and executive retreat facilitation are amongst these things.
I work with people I love, at companies I love. I stick to areas I know well. The goal is measurable impact that is self-sustaining.
This work has evolved over the years and is the source of my expertise.
What began as digital communications moved into interpersonal communications &, when social media came about, into tech-amplified interpersonal communications. The work I do now builds on all of that.
My engagements have delivered value to industry leaders from a wide range of industries, including technology, foodservice, financial services & financial technology, retail, logistics, and professional services.
Short- and long-term financial benefits include accelerated user adoption, reduced churn, increased renewals, and more targeted product development cycles.
As the 1st LinkedIn-certified trainer in North America, I developed an approach to driving user adoption that outperformed LinkedIn's own methods by 250% - 900% on a per-client basis. Those techniques I pioneered are still used today by some of the world's largest brands—including LinkedIn. And with Brand Amper, the technology company I cofounded, I demonstrated that these methods worked beyond LinkedIn.
My consulting work is focused mostly on vendors. I work primarily through the services and/or product teams.
Since 2000, I have worked with entrepreneurs and corporate leaders to both lead and absorb the change brought on by new, more social technologies.
The results include greater returns from technology investments as well as improved employee experiences. For technology buyers, the benefit to a successful digital transformation can be—in a word—transformational.
I recommend workshops & speaking engagements for my buy-side clients. Consulting candidates will have an executive (likely a CIO) explicitly tasked with rationalizing their software stack who also has cross-functional support from Internal Communications, HR, and line management.
Hi there.
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My story
It all started in 2009... or was it 1994?
In 2009, I started partnering with LinkedIn, and soon became the first LinkedIn-certified training provider in North America. I regularly outperformed LinkedIn's own trainers in driving adoption of the platform by 2.5x or more, and was invited to make my process a regular part of LinkedIn's marquee user conference, TalentConnect, where it is still in use today.
This work led to cofounding Brand Amper, a storytelling platform that simplifies the process of writing a professional "elevator pitch." Companies give Brand Amper to employees, and then can see trends across departments and geographies that help them amplify their brands to candidates in those areas. (Get it?) Brand Amper was purchased by The Muse (the leading career destination for Millennials) in 2017.
But the foundation for this success was set through dual experiences I had had during the 16 years prior, first with high tech communications, and then with high touch communications.
During my senior year at Wharton, I took an order—for a textbook, of course—using brand new technology: a website and email. For the next 7 years, I continued to build and optimize websites, an entrepreneur, as the Executive Producer of RollingStone.com—where I was responsible for the user experiences of 20-25 million monthly visitors—as a consultant, and as an industry blogger. This is where I learned about the inherent power of technology.
But back in that same year in school, I also discovered organizational behavior, a discipline I'd turn to fully in 2002 when I'd start providing leadership & communications consulting to F500 executives & entrepreneurs—learning it well enough to teach at the graduate level. This is where I learned the limitations of technology, and the power of interpersonal engagement, and of giving people a reason "why" to stay engaged once technology's novelty had worn off.
Today, the digital transformation work I do for HR represents a culmination of these experiences.
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I am fascinated by Long's use of walking as sculpture, and I feel quite in tune with this methodology. However I was less excited by the photographs that document the works created during the walks. Somehow they seemed less personal, even a little bit cold. I enjoyed the text works and also Long's own word used as commentary throughout the exhibition. It was fascinating to gain a more thorough insight into his working process and ideas. I feel that understanding the artist is a really important part of art.
I also went to see the Rothko room for the first time. I have no idea why I have never been to look at these works before but I was prompted to seek them out by reading an article about experiencing art. I was quite overwhelmed by the emotional and physical response I had to the work, in fact I nearly fell over at one point. This has made me realise that art really does have the power to influence peoples feelings in a very real way. I really want to engage my emotions more fully in my own work and find ways to create work that is an experience rather than just an object.


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Full of Something
Ephesians 5:18 Wuest
And stop being intoxicated with wine, in which (state of intoxication) there is profligacy. But be constantly filled (controlled) by the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord, giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father.
Your going to be filled with something. I'll never forget the Georgia preacher on vacation in New Orleans back in the summer of 1995 (why would a preacher choose New Orleans for his vacation). Somehow, he stumbled upon people from our church and ended up in our revival services These weren't just any services, we were right in the middle of an old fashioned, Holy Ghost visitation, it was anything but normal. The services were filled with joyful singing that lasted for hours, joy was in the house, and many people were experiencing unspeakable joy. Almost everyone was laughing that deep belly laugh, that is everyone but the Georgia preacher. He couldn't "get it", the more he tried, the more frustrated he got. In talking to him later he said that at one point the Lord told him he couldn't be filled because he was already filled, he was filled with something other than the Holy Spirit. There was no room for God in his life. Like I said before, all of us are full of something. Wuest brought this out in his comments about today's verse.
"Excess" is asōtia, from sōzō, "to save", the literal meaning being, "unsavingness"; that is, that which is asōtia has nothing of a saving quality about it, but rather, a destructive one. The word as it is generally used expresses the idea of an abandoned, debauched, profligate life. The words "profligacy, debauching," well describe its meaning. "Filled" is plēroō, "to fill up, to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally, to flood, to diffuse throughout." In Acts 6:15 we have Stephen, a man filled with faith and the Holy Spirit. Faith filled Stephen in the sense that it controlled him. The Holy Spirit filled Stephen in the sense that He controlled him. Therefore, the fullness of the Spirit has reference to His control over the believer yielded to Him. The verb is in the present imperative; "Be constantly being filled with the Spirit." The interpretation is, "Be constantly, moment by moment, being controlled by the Spirit."
Well, back to the preacher, late one night, around 1 am after one of the services, I heard uncontrollable laughter coming out of the hallway. I went out to see the Georgia preacher being carried out of the church. He was literally being carried out by two people, hand and feet. They carried to the car, drove back to the hotel, carried him through the lobby and up the elevator, and took him into his room and literally put him in bed. The next day I found out what had happened, the preacher began to empty himself of himself, and as he did, he was filled with the Holy Spirit. Joy unspeakable flooded his soul. I guess you know where this is going next. I have to ask the question,"What are you full of today?"


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Still Time to Enter the Imagine Cup/
There's still plenty of time to enter the Imagine Cup. You could enter any of the competitions, including the one that I'm involved with, which is the World Citizenship Challenge. Every year I encourage students to enter and every year I'm amazed by what they come up with, and how much they learn from taking part.
If you are thinking of making a team and entering, or you've got a team, or you want some tricks and tips for working on your entry, I've jotted down some notes here.
Consider this, when you get that interview for that dream job, and they ask you the dread question "What have you done that's awesome"?", your Imagine Cup would make a very good reply.


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In a rare sign of political unity in Walsall this week, a motion by the Walsall Council Labour Group condemning cuts by the coalition government to both council tax benefit and housing benefit has won the support of Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors, according to a press release from the Group.
The amended motion was passed unanimously at Monday night's full council meeting, criticising the 10 per cent cut affecting OAP's, single parent families and the unemployed.
Walsall, like other town halls, will have to pass on the cuts or fund the difference from its own budget which is already facing a £13 million reduction forced upon it by the government.
The proposed cuts in council tax and housing benefits are apparently expected to amount to £3.3 million in Walsall and hit some 4,000 households.
Cllr Sean Coughlan, Deputy Leader of Walsall Labour Group, said the fact that the motion won cross party support spoke volumes about the hardship the cuts would create.
"It is not often that politicians speak with one voice on contentious issues but everyone in the council can see the harm and misery that these cuts will create in areas like our own where we have high levels of unemployment and deprivation.
"These cuts will come into effect from April, just as the government gives enormous tax breaks to millionaires but working families on low incomes, pensioners and the unemployed will be faced with the choice of either paying the rent or buying food."
Debating the motion, Liberal Democrat leader, Ian Shires, described the changes as 'botched.'
Conservative Council Leader, Mike Bird, went further – saying that the government was forcing councils to do their dirty work leaving families to choose 'between paying the bills and feeding their kids.'
Cllr Coughlan added:
"When the Coalition Government's own supporters are describing their own parties' polices in such terms, it's time that Cameron and Clegg realised the destructive impact they are having on people's lives"
For more information on the Labour Party in Walsall, see: Walsall Council Labour Group


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BRAND NEW to be built 4200+ sq. ft 2nd Row 10 bedroom 9.5 bath home on a huge corner lot with what will be amazing views (from almost every window) across the largest walk over in Surfside (the 3rd Avenue North walkover) with a unique lighted upstairs cupola and with front facing stairs this home will stand out as you drive down Ocean Blvd. Additionally this home will have all of the Oslin Custom Homes standard features including painted concrete masonry pier supports underneath (no wood on our homes!) pre-stained hardie plank lapsiding with 15 year wear warranty, trex style composite decking with PVC railing and balusters for a zero maintenance exterior... Interior will have custom 1" wood cabinets in the Kitchen and all bathrooms with Granite tops in Kitchen and all bathrooms as well, Luxury Vinyl Plank flooring installed in all interior floored areas for sand longevity in this sandy environment, wainscoating/beadboard installed in all common areas for that classic beach look and also to protect the sheetrock from wear and tear from summer rentals, bullnosed/rounded sheetrock, Trane HVAC units, Stainless Steel appliances and LED downlighting throughout the common areas and finally an ELEVATOR! House will be under construction beginning February 2018 and will be finished in July 2018.
Listing courtesy of Surfside Realty Co Inc , W. Phil Murdock. Selling Office: Yellow House Realty and Assoc. , Linda Kiser.
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Earning a graduate degree in computer science can lead to a wide variety of positions in research institutions, government agencies, technology companies, colleges and universities, retail, engineering and healthcare. This includes working for companies like Walmart, Apple, General Motors, Verizon, IBM, Humana, Google and many more.2
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