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By Ashley Kroll, JD, MPH
Social determinants of health (SDH) are environmental and social aspects of patients' lives that are increasingly recognized as important to clinical care and health. A national movement is now urging health care providers to identify patients' SDH and act on their SDH-related needs. This is especially important in Community Health Centers (CHCs), whose patients are often low-income and experience more social hardship than the general population. However, little is currently known about how to help CHCs collect patients' SDH information and act on the information they gather.
ASCEND is a five-year study that builds on a pilot study called ASSESS & DO (both were funded by NIDDK and led by Principal Investigator Rachel Gold, PhD, MPH). In ASSESS & DO, a suite of electronic health record (EHR) tools were designed, with stakeholder input, to help CHCs collect information on patients' SDH. Now that these tools are available to hundreds of CHCs, the study team will evaluate how CHCs are using these tools, and identify the factors that lead to success in SDH collection.
The ASCEND study has three main goals. The first is to understand how the SDH tools developed in ASSESS & DO are being used, by looking at EHR data from the CHCs with access to the tools. Some of these CHCs have used these tools extensively, others not at all. The study will describe the characteristics of high- and low-use clinics. Additionally, the study team will interview representatives from eight to 10 high-use clinics, to understand the factors that helped these clinics use the tools. This will provide insight into the motivations for tool use, barriers encountered by the clinics, and how collected SDH data are being used by CHC providers and teams.
The study's second goal is to conduct a randomized trial to test how to help CHCs implement SDH data collection and action. Thirty CHCs will be randomized into smaller groups, called wedges. The study team will focus on one wedge at a time, with each wedge receiving intensive implementation support for six months. This support, called the "SDH Action Plan," will include tailored technical assistance and training materials that are designed to help CHCs collect and act on patients' SDH information. Specifically, the SDH Action Plan will consist of general support, including an all-staff training orienting CHC staff to the Action Plan, SDH data collection and action, and the basics of data-driven improvement, as well as training materials for new staff and CHC leadership. The SDH Action Plan will also include support for incorporating SDH data collection into clinic workflows and written guides to collecting and acting on SDH data, and decision support that can help care teams determine how to respond to patient SDH needs. In addition to this general support, the study team will provide clinics with individualized support, including bi-weekly interactive webinars, monthly one-on-one check-in calls with clinic managers to identify and work through barriers, and ongoing email communication.
The study's third goal is to evaluate the effectiveness of the SDH Action Plan. The study will assess whether the SDH Action Plan improves collection of patients' SDH information in CHC workflows, the integration of patients' SDH information into diabetes risk management care, and clinical measures associated with effective diabetes care.
CHC providers need automated tools that allow them to collect their patients' SDH information easily and effectively, in a way that helps them improve patient care and thus health outcomes. ASCEND is a timely investigation that will provide guidance to CHCs as they seek to incorporate SDH collection tools into their everyday practice.

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Atrium IBC office building in the Warsaw CBD is undergoing a substantial refurbishment of both the interiors and façade to gain a more modern, smart and appealing look. The circa four month-long refurbishment project commenced in September and is planned to be completed in Q1 2017.
After the refurbishment works are completed, tenants will enjoy a totally new décor of both the interiors and the façade. Modern and smart looking materials will be used, including ceramic tiles and glass. New, elegant reception area will be created, with modern lighting and signage with tenants logos. The façade of Atrium IBC will be modernised and stainless steel mesh décor and new illumination will be installed.
Atrium International Business Center in Warsaw is a well-known office building, situated in a prime location within Warsaw's CBD on Avenue Jana Pawła II 23. It comprises 12,000 sqm of office space.


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We have to take care of our firemen. I am sorry I couldn't find one to match our hoodies!We had a blast up there. Ended up camping in the same campground as Chris and Marde. Didn't even know that they would be up there. They even bought me a shirt!!!
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If I am correct in memory, it was near twenty years ago when I met with Henry E. Colton in Macon county, North Carolina, and his business seemed to be an enquiry to myself: "What could have been the intentions of the Cherokee Indians in building so many large earth mounds that were met with in the low grounds of these mountain valleys?"
-Franklin, Macon county, N.C. SILAS MCDOWELL
P.S. Since the 25st inst., when Colonel Jenks and myself conversed publicly on the above subject, eleven of these sepulchres have been reported to me, found in different localities.
In the mountainous region of North Carolina, as I shall show elsewhere, were situated the great mica mines, yielding a mineral which entered largely into the trappings of the Mound-builder. In this secluded region, secluded even at this day, with all our railroad facilities — for it can only be reached by a rough ride of two days on horseback,' — we meet with the graves of this mysterious race, differing somewhat in their mode of construction from those at distant points.


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CHICAGO, IL –HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.) announced the sale of an 'A' note on behalf of Bank of America.
The loan is secured by a 188,458-square-foot Class A office building in San Diego, California. (top right photo)
Construction on the five-acre site, which will have 297,600 square feet of rentable space, is expected to commence in summer 2009 with an anticipated completion date of winter 2010.
HFF managing director Bill Mitchell (top left photo) and senior managing directors Stuart Salins in Chicago and Whitney Wilcox in New York represented the seller in the transaction.
The 'A' note, which was sold to a privately-held REIT, has a coupon of 5.60% and is a senior participation in a $104.8 million first lien loan originated in early 2007.
The loan is secured by a 188,458-square-foot Class A office building in San Diego, California. (top right photo)
HFF (NYSE: HF) operates out of 18 offices nationwide and is a leading provider of commercial real estate and capital markets services to the U.S. commercial real estate industry.
HFF offers clients a fully integrated national capital markets platform including debt placement, investment sales, structured finance, private equity, loan sales and commercial loan servicing. http://www.hfflp.com/.
WILLIAM G. MITCHELL, HFF Managing Director, (312) 980-3607, email@example.com
STUART M. SALINS, HFF Senior Managing Director, (312) 528-3678, email@example.com
WHITNEY H. WILCOX, HFF Senior Managing Director, (212) 242-2425, firstname.lastname@example.com
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HFF secures debt and equity financing for $46M to-be-built luxury multifamily community in Atlanta
ATLANTA, GA – The Atlanta office of HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.) has arranged debt and equity for the development of Glenwood Avenue Apartments, a 325-unit, five-story luxury multifamily community in Atlanta, Georgia.
Working on behalf of Capital Thirty-Three, HFF director Michael Cale (bottom right photo) placed a $34.39 million construction loan with Regions Bank as well as joint venture equity with institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management – Global Real Assets.
Construction on the five-acre site, which will have 297,600 square feet of rentable space, is expected to commence in summer 2009 with an anticipated completion date of winter 2010.
The units will be certified by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), one of the first apartment communities in Georgia to receive this distinction.
Apartments will range in size from 650-square-foot one-bedrooms to 906-square-foot two-bedrooms and will include luxury amenities such as high-end countertops, kitchens with stainless steel appliances, nine-foot ceilings, Jacuzzi bathtubs, patios and balconies. "Green" features include energy-saving windows and appliances, low-water consumption plumbing and an eco-friendly roofing system.
"The borrower's experience in the submarket paired with its ability to secure highly desirable, core land parcels has afforded them a unique opportunity to deliver an exceptional product to a submarket that is quickly expanding due to its proximity to downtown, midtown and other highly traversed areas within metro Atlanta," said Cale.
"Development opportunities are still possible if you're offering the right product, in the right place and at the right price," added Colin Cavill, a Principal Partner at Capital 33.
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Slovakia's manufacturing economy has been booming in the last decade since its entry into the Eurozone in 2004 and the adoption of the Euro as currency in 2009. Currently, the manufacturing industry is responsible for more than 30% of Slovakia's gross domestic product. Their unemployment rate is hovering around 8% in 2017. Slovakia has lower wages than some of its trading partners such as Germany or the Czech Republic, making it a magnet for foreign investors who prefer to move manufacturing operations to Slovakia for cheaper labor. As a matter of fact, some of its major companies are subsidiaries of renowned automakers such as Volkswagen and KIA, which has also placed the country as a leader in the automotive industry.
Volkswagen is one of the largest automotive companies in the world, and it has a major headquarters in Slovakia. It is in the capital and commercial point of the country. Volkswagen has helped to make Slovakia a European power in the production of cars, where the annual production has already exceeded one million units.
The German company takes its Slovakian plant seriously, and they have invested hundreds of millions in this plant to train and to extend the production and efficiency. Just this last year they spent 150 million euros in building an on-site logistics center next to the plant. Volkswagen's operations are directly responsible for Germany being the main exporter in Slovakia, as about 90% of the assembly parts are shipped. Until 2016, the commercial relations between both countries produced exports from Germany and Slovakia for a value close to 16 billion euros. Total sales of Volkswagen Slovakia are close to 6 billion euros.
It is the world's largest cellphone salesman, and it has also relied on the manufacture and workforce of Slovakia to carry out some of its operations on the European continent. Currently, the subsidiary of the South Korean company in Slovakia invoices more than 3 billion euros and employs hundreds. Although the Eastern European countries are mostly focused on the automotive industry, metallurgy, and engineering, Slovakia is the exception here.
Foreign investment is of vital importance to the Slovak economy. Samsung is one of the few technology companies that have decided to invest in Slovakia, and the results have been more than satisfactory for the country and the company. The main floor located in Voderady, however, does not correspond to finished electronic items but to the development of LCD screens for televisions and other devices, which makes the country an electronic importer. Samsung is the largest producer of LCD screens in the world.
KIA Motors
Another prestigious automobile company, KIA Motors Slovakia is among the most important manufacturers in the country, with operations that exceeded 1,500 million euros in 2016. Its plant in Zilina is dedicated to the production of both engines and finished vehicles, where its share has surpassed 300,000 units annually since 2014. It provides employment to about 5,000 people.
Together with Samsung, both companies have managed to make South Korea the sixth largest trading partner of Slovakia. The exports between the two countries are currently around 5 billion euros. As we can see, Slovakia's top manufacturing companies correspond to automotive activities. Imports of machinery and equipment related to this sector correspond to more than 40% of the national total, which shows that it is a reference center for automotive manufacturing.
U. S. Steel Košice
The Slovak subsidiary of the US company U.S. Steel is currently the largest manufacturer in the metallurgical sector. Its commercial activities last year were slightly lower than 3 billion dollars. U.S. Steel is the 15th largest steel producer in the world, which reaffirms the fact that Slovakia has immense appeal for manufacturing companies and industries in general.
Since the adoption of the Euro, Slovakia has experienced significant growth in several socio-economic aspects, supported by two key sectors that serve as pillars: services and manufacturing. Between those two sectors are represented more than 90% of the European country's gross domestic product.
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Albuquerque Solar Power
The city of Albuquerque has a deep culture and history, which makes it fitting that it's located in New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment. Like the rest of the state, Albuquerque is rich in sunlight. Because of the amount of sun this city gets, more and more people are deciding to save money by installing Albuquerque solar panels on their homes and businesses. Plus, with the excellent state and federal incentives, going solar has never been cheaper for the people of Albuquerque.
When purchasing your solar energy system, you are guaranteed long-term savings for decades. By producing your own electricity, you will be able to ignore the ever-increasing rates of the utility companies. And with our 25-year warranties and guarantees, you can rest assured that your Albuquerque solar panels will be an excellent low maintenance investment that you can enjoy for years to come. With $0 down financing available, now is the time to make the switch to solar in Albuquerque.
- 26% Federal Solar Tax Credit
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Using Federal Tax Credits to Go Solar
The federal solar tax credit is an incentive generously offered by the U.S. government. With this tax credit, you can receive up to 26% of the total cost of your solar panels in tax credits. So take the price of a solar panel system, including installation, and subtract 26% from it. That's a nice hefty sum that you'll get back in tax credits. And if you don't use all the credits one year, the remainder rolls over to the next. This wonderful incentive can be used for both residential solar panel systems, and commercial solar panel systems.
However, this tax credit will not be available at 26% for much longer. The percentage you'd receive back is reduced to 22% in 2021. In 2022, only commercial buildings will be eligible for a 10% solar tax credit. To find out how much longer the 26% solar tax credit is available for Albuquerque solar panels, click here.
Albuquerque, New Mexico's Sustainable Building Tax Credit
Albuquerque doesn't just have the federal solar tax credit to enjoy, however. Residents also have New Mexico's Sustainable Building Tax Credit program as well. If you're thinking of building a house or a commercial building, this is something to look into.
It's good for anyone's Albuquerque home or business to be as energy efficient as possible. But sometimes the building you're in wasn't originally designed with that in mind. With the Sustainable Building Tax Credit, if you build energy efficient, sustainable buildings, you will receive a tax credit for it. The tax credit incentives are tiered, and each building must meet certain requirements and guidelines to qualify.
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Must be certified by either U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, or Build Green New Mexico rating system. ENERGY STAR manufactured homes are eligible for the tax credit.
Must be certified by U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system.
To learn more about specific details, please visit the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department webpage.Start Saving Today
Property Tax Exemption for Solar Panels in Albuquerque
Solar energy systems are a great way to increase your home's value. In fact, for every $1 in electrical bill savings, you add $20 to the value of your home. That's an exciting bonus with solar energy systems you may not have considered before! Usually when your home increases in value, so too does your property tax. However, the state of New Mexico allows a property tax exemption for renewable energy systems, such as solar power systems. So your Albuquerque home will increase in value, and you won't have to worry about additional taxes. That seems like a pretty good deal to us.
Albuquerque Solar Panels Sales Tax Exemption
The property tax exemption is nothing to scoff at, but this next deal is pretty awesome, too. Wherever you go, you'll usually run across a sales tax when you buy something. This adds a little extra to the final price of whatever it is you're buying. If the thing you buy is already pricey on its own, sales tax will add even more to the final bill. But in Albuquerque, solar panels have no sales tax! New Mexico has waived the sales tax on solar panels! This means you get to save several hundred dollars that sales tax would have added on.
Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs)
Many people have heard of either solar renewable energy credits (SRECs) or net metering. But there's some confusion as to what the differences between these two programs are. We'll explain SRECs below.
Many states have Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). This means that they have set time goals to get a certain percentage of their energy from renewable sources. Utility companies often offer rebates or incentives to customers with renewable energy systems. They do this to ensure that they meet standards set for them by the state RPS. One of these incentives is the SRECs. For every 1,000 kWh your solar panel system produces, you will receive an SREC. It doesn't matter if the energy was sent to the utility grid, or used by you, you will get SRECs. Your utility company will then buy these SRECs from you, and pay you directly for them.
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REC Rate
Power New Mexico (PNM)
There are three tiers for solar panel systems, each of which have different application fees.
The customer must sign a REC purchase agreement which will have a term of 8 years.
Flat rate of $0.0025 per kWh produced.
Albuquerque Solar Energy and Net Metering
If you want to maximize the benefits your solar panels bring you, you should look into net metering. With net metering, your Albuquerque solar system is connected to your utility grid. When your solar panels produce more energy than is needed, the excess energy is sent to the utility grid. Your account is then credited for that energy, reducing your monthly utility bill.
New Mexico currently offers statewide net metering. Sunpro Solar will work with your utility company to handle all net metering requirements.
Albuquerque Solar Panel Company, Sunpro Solar
Being energy efficient is important, not just in Albuquerque, but everywhere else too. And to be energy efficient, you need good components for your solar panel system.
Sunpro Solar offers installations using only the best materials for our installations. Our solar panels come from brands such as LG, and Silfab Solar, and our micro-inverters come from Enphase. When Sunpro Solar installs your Albuquerque solar panels, you can rest assured that it will be done according to the highest standards. We offer our unmatched 25 year labor warranty, and 25 year production guarantee with each installation to back up our work. Our solar panels come with 25 year manufacturer's guarantee, and our Enphase microinverters come with a 25 year warranty also.
If you'd like to learn more or have any questions, reach out to our team of expert consultants today.


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Congratulations to the winners in advance
1. DyossHS
2. Myself > I pick meme_HOA
3. DarthDaivansh
4. Double post > I pick HammerShark12
5. Babs Hartley
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@Blayn_HOA gotta pray that someone pulls a huge +life card
tuesday 26/12/2017
Karma from assassination classroom has everything a president needs, in fact, he even studies politics in the end of the anime.
I know it's not very creative or funny, but realistically he's the best choice.
(Just realized the giveaway is done)
monday 25/12/2017
No, we are good. I should have slowed down a bit and made sure. Sorry again
It is ok
sunday 24/12/2017
Alright guys, last free avatar was reedemed by Tsaar, thank for all the requests and happy christmas!
Hello everyone!
Its a busy time of the year and I have news:
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Autism as Bai He Bing (百合病): A Chinese Medicine Perspective
Several months ago, I posted an article entitled, Autism as Shao Yang Disorder: A Chinese Medicine Perspective, in which I laid out a novel clinical approach to treating autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as a Shào Yáng (少阳) pattern. That post inspired a fair bit of correspondence from other practitioners, so I thought it would be appropriate to follow-up with another classical disease (病) that might also be relevant to the treatment of ASD.
Before I begin, I'd like to clarify—as I always do with potentially "triggering" subjects—that I am NOT suggesting that Chinese medicine cures autism. I have witnessed both the lure of the "autism cure" that leads parents of autistic children/adults into a false sense of hope, and the subsequent disappointment when these therapies fail to meet expectations. In this article, I am offering a clinical theory rooted in the classics, and one that I hope will benefit your treatment of ASD. When treating autism with Chinese medicine, the goal should be the reduction of detrimental behaviors, the management of anxiety, and an increase in the quality of life for both the patients and their families. Ideally, Chinese medicine practitioners should try to work in tandem with the MD or specialist who handles the patient's care from a biomedical perspective.
In early winter, I accepted a position teaching the Jīn Guì Yào Lüè (金匮要略)—a classic work on medical formulas from the second century CE—in the doctoral program at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. As I was preparing for a recent class, I was reminded of an obscure illness from that text called bǎihé bìng (百合病). Scholars have argued about the translation of bǎihé bìng, which either relates to Lilii Bulbus (the primary herb used to treat the disease), or a description of the syndrome ("Hundred Union Disease"). For the sake of brevity, I will avoid these semantic issues and leave the term untranslated.
Here is the description of bǎihé bìng from the Jīn Guì Yào Lüè:
The classic says: bǎihé bìng, [the] hundred vessels [share] one ancestor, [so] all of them can cause disease. [The patient] desires food, but cannot eat; they are often quiet, and they desire to lie down, but cannot; they desire to walk, but are incapable of doing so; perhaps they desire food and drink at one time, but then the smell of food is offensive; they look like that are cold but without being cold, they look like they are hot without being hot; they have a bitter taste in the mouth; they have red urination; and no medicine can cure them. Even if the medicine causes intense vomiting, there is no benefit. They look like they are possessed by spirits or mischievous sprites, but the physical form seems harmonious; the pulse is faint and rapid. (Chapter 3, line 1)
As I began to contemplate this passage, my mind couldn't help but zone in on the phrase, "they are often quiet." Other (more experienced) translators have rendered this symptom as "frequent taciturnity" (Wiseman and Wilms, p. 69). The other statement that struck me was: "They look like they are possessed by spirits or mischievous sprites, but the physical form seems harmonious." Having worked with individuals on both ends of the autism spectrum, I began to wonder if some forms of autism might be a type of bǎihé bìng. Interestingly, "bitter taste in the mouth" is a hallmark symptom of the Shào Yáng (少阳) stage disorders I described in the previous article on ASD, and "taciturnity" may manifest in certain Shào Yáng (少阳) stage disorders as well (Mitchell, Ye, & Wiseman, p. 410).
The treatment for bǎihé bìng is quite simple, and involves a decoction of only two herbs: the aforementioned bǎihé (Lilii Bulbus) and shēng dìhuáng (Rehmanniae Radix). Unfortunately, the original formula calls for the juice of shēng dìhuáng to be used, which is all but impossible to obtain. As such, my advice on dosages would be to follow the dosage ratio used in the research study below, or begin with the 2:1 ratio of shēng dìhuáng (生地黄) and bǎihé (百合) used in Bai He Gu Jin Tang and modify the dosages accordingly—up to 24g of bǎihé may be used (Bensky & Barolett, p. 161). Since the formula only involves two herbs, finding the proper dosage is crucial and may take several attempts, so it would be wise to inform the patient (or their family) ahead of time.
As I was preparing my lecture on bǎihé bìng for the students, I came across two additional pieces of information that support my theory. The first is from a book entitled, Understanding the Jin Gui Yao Lue, which states that: "this formula can be used in the treatment of a variety of neurological and mental disorders" (Sung, p. 74). The second was a recent study entitled, "Involvement of the Cerebral Monoamine Neurotransmitters System in Antidepressant-Like Effects of a Chinese Herbal Decoction, Baihe Dihuang Tang, in Mice Model" that was published in the journal Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Chen, et. al., 2012). This study concluded that "[Bai He Di Huang Tang] possess antidepressant-like effects…mediated, at least partially, via the central monoaminergic neurotransmitter system" (Chen, et. al., 2012). Since anti-depressant medications are often used in the treatment of ASD, this finding is significant. In fact, Temple Grandin, a professor at Colorado State University on the high functioning end of the autism spectrum, notes that: "My anxiety and panic attacks were 90% eliminated with a low dose of antidepressants" (TempleGrandin.com).
Taken as a whole, this modern research, and the description of bǎihé bìng from the Jīn Guì Yào Lüè, suggest that some forms of ASD may respond to treatment with Bai He Di Huang Tang—particularly in those patients who present with a faint and rapid pulse.
Chen, et. al. (2012) "Involvement of the Cerebral Monoamine Neurotransmitters System in Antidepressant-Like Effects of a Chinese Herbal Decoction, Baihe Dihuang Tang, in Mice Model" Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
"Frequently Asked Questions" (TempleGrandin.com)
Craig Mitchell, Feng Ye, and Nigel Wiseman, (1999). Shang Han Lun.
Sung Yuk-ming, (2010). Understanding the Jin Gui Yao Lue.
Nigel Wiseman and Sabine Wilms, (2000). Jin Gui Yao Lue.
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Autism as a Shao Yang Disorder: A Chinese Medicine Perspective
Before, during, and after receiving my master's degree in Chinese medicine, I worked with the special needs community. For a good portion of that 10 year period, I was an aide for young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The experiences I had during that time were profound and life-changing. It is with great humility, and with the deepest respect for the autistic individuals with whom I came into contact, that I offer this post.
Before I begin, I'd like to clarify—as I always do with potentially "triggering" subjects—that I am NOT suggesting that Chinese medicine cures autism. I have witnessed both the lure of the "autism cure" that leads parents of autistic children/adults into a false sense of hope, and the subsequent disappointment when these therapies fail to meet expectations. In this article, I am offering a clinical theory rooted in the classics, and one that I hope will benefit your treatment of ASD. When treating autism with Chinese medicine, the goal should be the reduction of detrimental behaviors, the management of anxiety, and an increase in the quality of life for both the patients and their families. Ideally, Chinese medicine practitioners should try to work in tandem with the MD or specialist who handles the patient's care from a biomedical perspective.
Autism: A Brief Synopsis
Information about autism can be gleaned from a variety of internet sources, so I'm only going to give a very brief synopsis here. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is: "a range of complex neurodevelopment disorders, characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior" (NINDS). As suggested by the moniker, autism exists on a spectrum, with a wide range of presentations. The majority of individuals I worked with were non-verbal, but on the other end of the spectrum, you have someone like Temple Grandin, who teaches at Colorado State University and writes best-selling books. Grandin describes autism as "a behavioral profile," as opposed to a precise diagnosis (TempleGrandin.com).
Current Chinese Medicine Thinking
The perspective I will put forth in this article is novel—novel in the sense that I have yet to see a similar theory presented in an English-language Chinese medicine journal, lecture, or blog. As I mentioned before, autistic individuals occupy a wide spectrum, and each person is unique. As such, the range of symptoms and diagnoses (from a Chinese medicine point of view), varies from person to person. I am not offering a definitive Chinese medicine diagnosis for ASD, I am merely offering a diagnostic alternative to the standard TCM thinking, for practitioners who may not be satisfied with the typical ways of approaching autism in the clinic.
From a TCM perspective, there are many potential etiologies for Autism Spectrum Disorder. When I did a basic Google search for "Autism and Chinese Medicine, " or "Autism and Acupuncture," many of the same diagnoses popped up. The most popular etiology seems to be "Phlegm Misting the Mind." That diagnosis may sound unusual—I'm sure the Quackwatch guy would have a field-day with it—but it basically means "clouded thinking" or "blunted affect." There are two types of "phlegm" in Chinese medicine, "substantial" and "non-substantial" phlegm. A diagnosis of Phlegm Misting the Mind refers to the latter type. In other words, we don't think there is literally phlegm in the brain! Treatment for this diagnosis primarily focuses on clearing phlegm and supplementing the Spleen, a TCM "organ" that creates phlegm when imbalanced. Again, for those who don't know Chinese medicine theory, the "Spleen" referred to here is a holographic metaphor for a specific series of structures and processes in the body. [Note: I am using "holographic" in the same way that Michael Talbot uses the term in The Holographic Universe.]
Treatments for autism that I found on PubMed included: scalp acupuncture, tongue acupuncture, and electro-acupuncture. Some practitioners like to treat the Heart, others like to treat the Kidney. A more research-based "integrative medicine" approach suggests treating autism as an inflammatory process using a specific Chinese herbal formula (Lee & Kong, 2012). As you can see, there are a lot of treatment options!
The one option that is curiously absent, however, is the possibility of treating ASD from a six-stage perspective (popularized by Zhang Zhong-jing in the Shang Han Za Bing Lun). It is my belief that many manifestations of ASD are disorders of the Shào Yáng (少阳).
The Shào Yáng and Autism
According to the Huang Di Nei Jing (Su Wen Chapter 6), the foundational classic of Chinese medicine:
"In the division and unity of the three yang [vessels], the major yang (Tai Yang) is the opening; the yang brilliance (Yang Ming) is the door leaf; the minor yang (Shào Yáng) is the pivot" (Unschuld, p. 131).
Thus, the Shào Yáng regulates opening and closing, and disorders of the Shào Yáng are often described as "half exterior half interior" (Mitchell, Ye, & Wiseman, p. 407). What is important about this idea? The modern classical scholar, Li-hong Liu, has this to say about the Shào Yáng:
"There are three organs which are most prone to opening and closing. The mouth opens and closes for Yang (talking) and for Yin (receiving and chewing food). The throat opens and closes for Yang (breathing) and for Yin (swallowing food, drinks and saliva). The eyes open and close for Yang (to catch daylight and vision) and for Yin (to allow Yin storage and tears). If the pivot or the hinge is obstructed, the opening and closing will suffer…The action needed is to harmonize" (Seidman, p. 8-9).
Liu based this statement on his understanding of the Shang Han Lun, an important medical text written several centuries after the Huang Di Nei Jing. According to the Shang Han Lun, bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, dizzy vision, and red eyes are general symptoms of Shào Yáng disorder (Mitchell, Ye, & Wiseman, 1999). Thus, Liu describes the mouth, the throat, and the eyes as "most prone to opening and closing" (Seidman, p. 8).
The concept of the eyes opening and closing is particularly relevant to ASD. According to the available information, as well as my own experience, one of the chief signs of autism is an inability to maintain eye contact (AutismSpeaks.org). Using Liu's description as a starting point, failure to maintain eye contact could be considered a yin-yang imbalance of the eyes: when they open and close, there is either too much qi coming in (hypersensitive individuals) or too little qi coming in (hyposensitive individuals). If the term qi is too esoteric, consider replacing it with either "stimulus" or "information," which are two types of qi.
The mouth, according to Liu, "opens and closes for Yang (talking)." As mentioned above, many of the individuals I worked with were almost completely non-verbal, and communication difficulties often plague higher functioning autistics as well (Stevenson, et. al., 2013). The Shang Han Lun lists "taciturnity" or reluctance to speak as another potential symptom of Shào Yáng disorders (Mitchell, Ye, & Wiseman, p. 410). This symptom is caused by "depressed Liver-Galbladder qi," causing the "Heart qi to become constrained, which in turn affects the Heart's function of governing the spirit" (Mitchell, Ye, & Wiseman, p. 413).
The ears may also be affected in cases of Shào Yáng disorders (Mitchell, Ye, & Wiseman, p. 408). Implementing the same logic that Liu uses in his discussion of the eyes, we can say that the ears have an opening and closing function as well (hearing/listening). In modern terms, the brain is constantly filtering—choosing which sounds to focus on or to ignore; in Chinese medicine terms, we could describe this process as the ears' ability to open and close. Auditory processing is affected in ASD (Porges, et. al., 2014): when the ears are too open (incapable of filtering/isolating sound), this condition causes hypersensitivity to sound; when the ears are too closed (no sound getting through), this condition causes hyposensitivity to sound.
Based on my interactions with autistic adults and children, I feel that Shào Yáng disorder is an accurate representation of many presentations that I've seen. I've heard several high-functioning autistic adults describe the world as "overstimulating" from a visual and auditory point of view. Several of the individuals I worked with wore either sunglasses or sound-blocking headphones to compensate for the sensorial overload created by the world around them. According to the DSM-V, one of the diagnostic criteria for ASD is, "Hyper- or hypo- reactivity to sensory input or unusual interests in sensory aspects of the environment" (AutismSpeaks.org). In other words, the pivot isn't working, so the sensorial "door" (to use the Nei Jing analogy) is constantly open (hypersensitivity) or closed (hyposensitivity). Based on the descriptions from autistic individuals, on Li-hong Liu's analysis of the Shang Han Lun, on modern research, and on my own experience, I believe that ASD can be approached clinically as a Shào Yáng disorder.
In my own practice, I have used Xiao Chai Hu Tang for the withdrawn and non-aggressive manifestations of autism, and Chai Hu Long Gu Mu Li Wan for the hyperactive and aggressive manifestations of autism. Both of these formulas originate from the Shào Yáng section of the Shang Han Lun. Of course, no Chinese medicine theory would be complete without a pulse: the Shào Yáng pulse is either "stringlike and fine," or simply "stringlike" (Mitchell, Ye, and Wiseman, p. 409).
Finally, the Shang Han Lun specifically states that in Shào Yáng disorder, "only one sign [means that] this is [the pattern], they do not all have to be present" (Mitchell, Ye, & Wiseman, p. 420). I mention this line for its clinical relevance: you may not be able to discern whether a non-verbal autistic patient has certain symptoms (bitter taste, fullness under the ribs, dry throat, dizzy vision). If there are sensory processing issues, taciturnity, and a stringlike pulse, you can be confident using the Shào Yáng formulas to treat—if you are so inclined!
"Autism Fact Sheet" (NINDS.nih.gov)
"DSM-V Diagnostic Criteria" (AutismSpeaks.org)
"Frequently Asked Questions" (TempleGrandin.com)
David Lee & Xuejun Kong, (2012). "Potential Treatment of Autism with Traditional Chinese Medicine". North American Journal of Medicine and Science, Vol. 5(3): 189-192.
Craig Mitchell, Feng Ye, and Nigel Wiseman, (1999). Shang Han Lun.
SW Porges, et. al. (2014). "Reducing Auditory Hypersensitivities in Autistic Spectrum Disorder". Frontiers in Pediatrics.
Yaron Seidman. Three Yin and Three Yang: Clarifying Zhang Zhongjing's Diagnostic Approach.
Ryan Stevenson, et. al. (2014). "Multisensory Temporal Integration in Autism Spectrum Disorders". The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 34(3): 691-697.
Paul Unschuld, (2011). Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen.
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Have we seen you on TV? What happened that you don't play "professionally" anymore? Playing pro poker seems like it would be fun, at least if you have a few winners here and there.Poker is the big one...played professionally for a couple years and now just a hobby...
Been on TV a couple times. The big one was the second event of the 2005 World Series of Poker. I took second to Eric Froelich (the big 21-year-old kid with the basketball jersey), and made $240K. To my embarrassment, it's still replayed in ESPN and ESPN2 a bit too often. As my friends would tell it, I was the "annoying guy who kept staring at his opponents." :smxE:Have we seen you on TV? What happened that you don't play "professionally" anymore? Playing pro poker seems like it would be fun, at least if you have a few winners here and there.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
A Sweet, Bloodless Rage
'To inscribe a painful melody
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These words he said to me
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Nextel Cup driver Denny Hamlin discovered in Atlanta that water wasn't the answer to his winner's drought. The precious commodity was found in his fuel lines and fuel cell in post-race inspection, as well as in the fuel cells of several other cars.
When Hamlin's Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet abruptly came to a stop just as the green flag waved in the closing laps of the Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, he knew he was in deep trouble. All the Chesterfield, Va. native could do was brace himself for the hard hit that was certain to come.
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Even though Hamlin stayed on the track while others pitted during the caution on lap 319, he and crew chief Mike Ford knew they were close on fuel but didn't realize they were so close to completely running out.
From where did the mysterious water come? No one is 100 percent sure. According to NASCAR officials, tests were conducted on the fuel in the tanks at the speedway and no water was found.
John Darby, NASCAR's Nextel Cup Director, does not suspect sabotage, as there isn't any concrete proof to back up such a theory. Many more ideas will surface on the topic in the coming days and every possible scenario is being considered.
Left with a sick and battered race car, Hamlin could do nothing but state facts during post-race interviews Sunday.
"We felt like we were pretty good on fuel there. We were even good to real close on a green-white-checkered," Hamlin said. "All day we'd been getting water in our fuel. The water displaces fuel and so we weren't getting the full potential of fuel. We just took it apart again and pulled some gas out of the fuel cell and once again, we got water. So it's just a shame.
"I don't know the certain situation of how it got there, but we just pulled what we had out of the carburetor out and it was a very, very good amount of water in there. Even the bolts are oxidized, so that tells you right there that there was water in the carburetor. So, you can check the pumps, but the car is what's burning this fuel."
Falling short of yet another victory this season didn't seem as disturbing to Hamlin as causing others to wreck behind him.
"It's just a shame that someone else had to get torn up in it, but we felt like we were good," Hamlin said. "We wouldn't risk it. Our goal here at the end of the year is to end up in the top five in points. Now we're just going to be lucky to be hanging on to the top10.
"Right there at the start/finish line is when it died. I hated it. I couldn't even make a lap without something happening. I hate it for everyone else more so than myself."
All Hamlin can do now is move on to Texas and hope for something other than water to fuel his championship hopes.
Ben White is the motorsports columnist for The Dispatch.
Hamlin regrets causing wreck in race's closing laps
Nextel Cup driver Denny Hamlin discovered in Atlanta that water wasn't the answer to his winner's drought. The precious commodity was found in his fuel lines and fuel cell in post-race inspection, as well as in the fuel cells of several other cars.


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Having endured a torrid period with injury, and five withdrawals from previous Irish squads, Anthony Pilkington has linked up with the Republic set-up and with Aiden McGeady out through injury, could even feature in Friday's crunch tie with Sweden.
The Norwich player has tweeted a picture of his passport and boarding pass (Ryanair) as he finaly links up with the Irish squad.
The winger missed his club's opening Premier League games and remained on the bench at the weekend with Ireland colleague Wes Hoolahan but scored in the League Cup last week.
Following Aiden McGeady's withdrawal, Pilkington is in contention to see game time at the Aviva Stadium on Friday in the must-win clash with Sweden.
Injury has ruled the winger out of his previous Irish call-ups. He missed the end of season qualifiers having been ruled out by his club boss Chris Hughton.
The 25-year-old was also forced to miss last month's friendly with Wales but tweeted his support for his new international team-mates, with his kids decked out in the green jersey. Daddy will finally get his own this week.


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About four years ago, during the heady and hopeful days of the Arab Spring, journalists in Latin America wrote spirited articles asking: When will the Latin American Spring begin?
But now that the first buds of seasonal change are appearing on the branch in Venezuela and Argentina, nobody is calling it "spring." And that's a good thing, because as the events in the Middle East and North Africa showed us, spring can quickly turn to winter.
Nothing that dramatic is happening in Latin America. Instead, it's more like a needle drop to 990 millibars on an aneroid barometer.
That might not be a helpful way of understanding the situation, but neither are most media tropes.
Unfortunately, early signs of political change often prompt pundits to reach for old cliches to make the moment seem simpler or more important than it is: a pendular swing, a changing of the guard, a tidal shift, or (cue electric guitar and mournful whistling) the winds of change. (Readers of a certain age will now have a particularly awful Scorpions song stuck in their heads for the rest of the day, and I apologize for that.)
In Latin America, all those chestnuts are being used in an attempt to make sense of the left's recent electoral defeats in Argentina and Venezuela, or lend greater significance to the short-lived impeachment attempt against Brazil's socialist president. Some analysts are even trying to include Guatemala's' recent ouster of its right-wing president (and subsequent election of another) as further evidence that "el pueblo" is finally stirring from its slumber to demand greater accountability and good governance across Latin America.
But the sum of those parts doesn't necessarily represent the start of something bigger. At least not yet. If anything, Latin America is just going up on the blocks to get her tires rotated. It's a regular, 100,000 mile tune-up, not an overhaul.
Quaint are those who want to interpret what's happening solely through an ideological prism. While there is clearly some political realignment going on in Argentina and Venezuela, for the most part it's motivated by economic pragmatism, not the triumph of one theory over another. The left's loss in those countries is unlikely to domino across the region.
Outside of university classrooms, appeals to political ideology resonate the loudest during periods of robust economic expansion or serious deprivation. Normal times call for normal measures. And for much of Latin America, 2016 should be par for the course—it's not the best or worst of times.
There are big exceptions. Venezuela, Cuba and Brazil—the three pillars of Latin America's left— are all in serious economic tailspins. All three face pretty uncertain futures next year. The oil and commodities booms that led to the spread of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution, socialism in Brazil, and the subsequent "pink tide" expansion across Latin America are over. The waters of leftist populism are receding.
But it's not giving way to a new advance of right-wing ideology. There's no great neoliberal revival in the making. Argentina might be an exception, but President Mauricio Macri hasn't even been in office for a full month, so it's a tad premature to make any sweeping statements about his government.
In general terms (always a dangerous way to start a sentence about Latin America), pragmatism, not ideology, will define regional politics in 2016. It will be a year of reform, not revolution.
Some leaders already get it. Cuba's Raul Castro is making nice with the yanqui imperialists as a survival strategy following the implosion of Venezuela's oil economy. Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega has proven to be a shrewd capitalist dressed in socialist garb. Bolivia's Evo Morales and Ecuador's Rafael Correa understand the importance of balancing leftist rhetoric with sound macro-economic policies.
All those guys would happily play the role of socialist firebrands if the economy would bear it. But it doesn't; so they're dialing it back and playing it smart.
Other politicians are slower on the uptake. Argentina's Cristina Fernandez couldn't be cool, and now her party is out of power. And poor, nattering Nicolas Maduro, who has no off switch and still thinks he looks smart in a tracksuit, continues to drive his government towards ruin.
But Latin America is not undergoing a tectonic shift from left to right. Big things aren't happening. Some countries are just in reset mode, while others are taking a slide step towards center.
And that's fine. Modest change can be a good thing, even in a region with big problems. History has shown that radical reforms rarely lead to lasting change in Latin America. So maybe it's time to slow things down and allow for incremental change to happen in way that's natural and sustainable—like the frost of winter gradually ceding to the first bloom of…er, that season before summer.


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Title: Enigma
Author: Daniel Heck
License: GNU General Public License
Website: http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/
Way back in 1992, I fell in love with a game called oxyd. It had a captivating combination of logic and careful mouse movements. It was original, and the physics model was so believable. And for what it is worth, oxyd had the best sound for a game using only the PC speaker. The black marble follows your mouse movements through each landscape (aka level). The goal of each landscape is to match up the similarly colored oxyd stones. The color of a oxyd stone is revealed when touched by the marble or a laser. The fun part of each landscape is figuring out how to gain access to the oxyd stones. There are a vast array of special stones to push around and items to pick up and use. Over the next couple of years, several add-on packs and new versions were released to keep us oxyd freaks happy.
Now fast forward to a few years ago. Another oxyd fan, Daniel Heck, decided to make a very faithful recreation of oxyd, called enigma. This game is the topic of this week's entry. Daniel and a small team of other oxyd fanatics have created something wonderful in enigma. If you have played oxyd in the past, you probably stopped reading this already and download enigma. If you haven't played oxyd, you owe it to yourself to play this one.
Enigma comes with 742 landscapes. There are 14 tutorial levels, 368 levels which are new to enigma, 120 which are based on oxyd landscapes, 91 are based on an older game called esprit, and 149 are based on sokoban levels. The quality of landscapes varies greatly. Here is where enigma falls down a little. Many of landscapes do not require any logic, just careful, insanely careful in some cases, mouse control. There are however some gems in here, and you have access to all the levels. So, when I realize that a landscape is a twitch mouse level, I just move on. I think someone could do a real service by going through the enigma landscapes and picking out the 100 or 150 best for us logic fans.
If you still have any of the old oxyd games, enigma can read their data files and allow you to play these old landscapes. It is not perfect, but 80 to 90 percent of the landscapes are playable. This adds another 500 or so landscape to conquer. I have enjoyed replaying these landscapes more than the ones that come enigma itself. The level design is better.
If after downloading enigma and solving those landscapes which fit your personality, you still want more, here are a few links for you. There is a good level edit for enigma available here. There an abandonware version of the first oxyd game here. It runs fine under Windows XP. Although the sound is not as good as I remember. Lastly, there is a commercial effort to write Oxyd 2.0. It is in beta testing right now. I will keep you informed.


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A high-level view of the direction being taken by electronic health records in the U.S. comes from a recent data brief released by the Office of the National Coordinator. Their survey of physician motivations for adopting EHRs turns up some puzzling and unexpected findings. I'll look at three issues in this article: the importance of Meaningful Use incentives and penalties, the role of information exchange, and who is or is not adopting EHRs.
Incentives and Penalties
The impact of the Meaningful Use bribes–sorry, I meant incentive payments–in the HITECH act are legendary: they touched off a mad rush to adopt technology that had previously aroused only tepid interest among most physicians, because they found the EHRs outrageously expensive, saw no advantage to their use, or just didn't want to leave the comfort zone of pen and paper. The dramatic outcome of Stage 1, for instance, can be seen in the first chart of this PDF.
This month's data brief reconfirms that incentives and penalties played a critical role during the period that Meaningful Use has been in play. In the brief's Figure 3, incentives and penalties topped the list of reasons for adopting records, with nothing else coming even close (although the list was oddly chosen, leaving out credible reasons such as "EHRs are useful").
The outsized role payments play is both strange and worrisome. Strange, because the typical $15,000 paid per physician doesn't even start to cover the costs of converting from paper to an EHR, or even from one EHR to another. Worrisome, because the escalator (a favorite metaphor of former National Coordinator David Blumenthal) on which payments put physicians is leveling off. Funding in the HITECH act ends after Stage 3, and even those payments will be scrutinized by the incoming budget-conscious Congress.
In addition, Stage 2 attestations have been dismally low. Critics throughout the industry, smelling blood, have swooped in to call for scaling back, to suggest that meaningful use provisions be eased or weakened, or just to ask for a more concentrated focus on the key goal of interoperability.
The ONC knows full well that they have to cut back expectations as payments dry up, although penalties from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services can still provide some leverage. Already, the recent House budget has level-funded the ONC for next year. Last summer's reorganization of the ONC was driven by the new reality. Recent initiatives at the ONC show a stronger zeal for creating and urging the adoption of standards, which would be consistent with the need to find a role appropriate to lean times.
Health Information Exchange
I am also puzzled by the emphasis this month's data brief puts on health information exchange. Rationally speaking, it would make perfect sense for physicians to ramp up and streamline the sharing of patient data–that's exactly what all the health care reformers are demanding that they do. Why should somebody ask a patient to expose himself to unnecessary radiation because an X-Ray hasn't been sent over, or try to treat someone after surgery without knowing the discharge plan?
Actually, most physicians would. That's how they have been operating for decades. Numerous articles find that most physicians don't see the value of information exchange, and can profit from their ignorance of previous tests and treatments the patient has received.
And that's probably why, after taking hundreds of millions of dollars from governments, the heavy-weight institutions called Health Information Exchanges have repeatedly thrown in the towel or been left gasping for breath. At least two generations of HIEs have come and gone, and the trade press is still searching for their value.
So I'm left scratching my head and asking: if doctors adopt EHRs for information exchange, are they getting what they paid for? Redemption may have arrived through the Direct project, an ONC-sponsored standard for a low-cost, relatively frictionless form of data exchange. Although the original goal was to make HIE as simple as email, the infrastructure required to protect privacy imposes more of a technical burden. So the ONC envisioned a network of Health Information Service Provider (HISP) organizations to play the role of middleman, and a number are now operating. According to Julie Maas of EMR Direct, nearly half a million people were using Direct in July 2014, and the number is expected to double the next time statistics are collected next February.
So far, although isolated studies have shown that HIEs improve outcomes and reduce costs, we haven't seen these effects nationwide.
What Hinders Adoption
Some of the most intriguing statistics in the data brief concern who is adopting EHRs and what holds back others from doing so. The main dividing line is simply size: most big organizations have EHRs and most small ones don't.
I have explored earlier the pressures of health care reform on small providers and the incentives to merge. Health care technology is a factor in the consolidation we're seeing around the country. And we should probabaly look forward to more.
Americans have trouble feeling good about consolidation in any field. We're nostalgic for small-town proprietors like the pharmacist in the movie It's a Wonderful Life. We forget that the pharmacist in that movie nearly killed someone by filling a prescription incorrectly. In real life, large organizations can pursue quality in a host of ways unavailable to individuals.
One interesting finding in the data brief is that rural providers are adopting EHRs at the same rate as urban ones. So we can discard any stereotypes of country hick doctors letting teenagers set up the security on their PCs.
Lack of staff and lack of support are, however, major barriers to adoption. This is the last perplexing question I take from the data brief. Certainly, it can be hard to get support for choosing an EHR in the first place. (The Meaningful Use program set up Regional Extension Centers to partially fill the gap.) But after spending millions to install an EHR, aren't clinicians getting support from the vendors?
Support apparently is not part of the package. Reports from the field tell me that vendors install the software, provide a few hours of training, and tip their hats good-bye. This is poetic justice toward physicians, who for decades have sent patients out weak and groggy with a prescription and a discharge sheet. Smart organizations set aside a major percentage of their EHR funding to training and support–but not everybody knows how to do this or has grasped the need for ongoing support.
I certainly changed some of my opinions about the adoption of EHRs after reading the ONC data brief. But the statistics don't quite add up. We could use some more background in order to understand how to continue making progress.


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I'm a sucker for a sweet, heartfelt romantic comedy and since Four Weddings And A Funeral in 1994, scriptwriter Richard Curtis has been a taste of honey with beautifully judged stories of amour fou across the class divide.
Yesterday directed by Danny Boyle should continue that winning streak, casting Himesh Patel and Lily James as best friends, whose paths diverge after a nasty bout of pop culture amnesia ripples across the universe, erasing all memory of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. I don't want to spoil the party but this is probably my least favourite Curtis script.
I will admit, there are a couple of gorgeous, heart-tugging scenes that did genuinely please, please me.
Ed Sheeran also has a blast in a colourful supporting role – let it be known, the chart-topping musician can gleefully poke fun at himself – but you can see the heavy-lifting on screen from gifted co-stars Kate McKinnon and Joel Fry.
Struggling singer-songwriter Jack Malik (Patel) is barely one step down the long and winding road to success with his childhood friend and manager Ellie (James).
After a hard day's night of gigging to almost no reply, Jack cycles home to his parents (Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal) in Clacton-on-Sea and collides with a bus during a 12-second blackout.
When he emerges from his golden slumbers in hospital, Jack discovers that no-one – except for him – remembers The Beatles. With a little help from his friends, Jack becomes a viral sensation by passing off The Beatles' back catalogue as his words of love.
Jack says hello, goodbye to anonymity after cutthroat American agent Debra Hammer (McKinnon) offers him a ticket to ride the helter skelter to global superstardom.
But every little thing Jack does takes him further away from Ellie.
He eventually realises that there's a place for him back in Clacton-on-Sea and he needs to get back to the girl, who believed in him when he was a nowhere man.
I want to tell you that Yesterday is a feel-good chart-topping hit but something is missing that should make me want to twist and shout about director Boyle's picture.
Oddly, I wasn't sufficiently invested in Jack any time at all to make me root for him on his magical mystery tour to secondhand fame and fortune.


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How an IBM powered US Open is changing the game
From Steffi Graf to Serena Williams, and Pete Sampras to Roger Federer and Spain's Grand Slam winning Rafael Nadal, for nearly three decades IBM has been the official Information Technology Provider to the US Open.
Every year, for a special and eventful two weeks, IBM works with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) to bring one of the most prestigious sporting events to life for millions of fans, players, coaches and even the media.
Through IBM, the US Open offers a huge variety of digital experiences for more than 10 million fans during the tournament. From the enterprise-grade data analytics of SlamTracker, to the Watson-enabled virtual assistant, to the US Open website and app itself, the entire IBM collection brings the whole occasion to the digital front.
IBM has even brought AI to the event with IBM Watson reinventing how fans experience the US Open. The AI highlight capacity can see, hear, and understand the most exciting moments recorded on video. With visual recognition, IBM has taught Watson how to create the perfect highlight of the day.
Running on the IBM Cloud, Watson analyses three key elements to score and rank every point in a match including player gestures (fist pump, facial expression and celebration), crowd noise and match data, translating those movements and moments into data and scoring each moment in the match.
Although having a long-serving partnership with the US Open, this is the first year players and coaches will be utilising IBM AI-powered tools during the tournament, with the ability to now combine video and data to sharpen their game plan and skill.
Video is a crucial element in any player's development, but the process of tagging and indexing match video for analysis is time-consuming and labour-intensive. After all, some matches can go on for 3+ hours – imagine sitting down and going through Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic's 4 hour and 54 minute final from 2012.
Watson accelerates the time from hours to minutes, able to automatically review the entire match footage and identify key points and stats, allowing coaches to quickly craft comprehensive and effective analysis and reports for the player as they progress in the tournament and even for future competitions.
Utilising the same technology at Wimbledon, IBM SlamTracker is the premier scoring application for US Open, providing fans with real-time scores, statistics and leveraging ball and player data to provide point-by-point analysis (aces, unforced errors, distance player has travelled) of each individual match at the tournament, allowing fans to follow every single, detailed aspect of the US Open.
It now even provides deeper insights into 'pressure situations' (facing a break-point, being two sets down, tie-breaks), analysing the player's historical performance in those situations and revealing hidden patterns in the player and match dynamics. IBM has even reintroduced the "Momentum" feature which visualises the competitive flow of the match.
IBM's predictive analytics technology (SPSS) plays a major in SlamTracker's "Keys to the Match" feature, analysing over 12 years of Slam Tennis data, player's historical head-to-heads and their own unique style and performance against certain aspects (wind, left-handed players, time of day), with the data collected highlighting what each player needs to do in order to perform well in the match.
IBM continues to provide rapid innovation and technological development that keeps the US Open's digital properties fresh, exciting, and secure. It's not unusual for the US Open's infrastructure to also be targeted by more than 100 million attacks during the course of the tournament, and Watson for Cybersecurity uses sophisticated analytics and machine learning to eliminate the threats.
The technology IBM is implementing is a figurative (and literal) game changer for the USTA, and is the same technology IBM is using to change the game across the world from diagnosing disease to batting climate change and even revolutionising transport. The same technology used here will power the digital transformations of yours and your clients' organisations.
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Please sum up your music video concept with a single line, and a picture.
In a highly stylised manner and set in a moonlit jungle, the video will be a human story about love and indulgence portrayed through the courting process between the birds of paradise.
Can you tell us where the inspiration for your idea came from?
We found the concept and inspiration for the 'Jungle Drums' video in the courting rituals of the animal kingdom. Birds of paradise specifically, engage in a beautiful and dramatic war of romances, where the male birds fight over the females with vanity as their weapon. This materialistic and 'un-natural' behaviour reminds us of ourselves, and the pressure to be liked, and to be loved. We feel that telling this human story of lust, love and indulgence through birds gives us an interesting metaphor.
What drew you towards Bye Beneco as your collaborators on this proposal?
What drew me to Bye Beneco is their unique sound and knowing that they are willing to push the boundaries to create a video that complements their sound. They aren't afraid to experiment and push themselves creatively, which is always a big help.
Jameson's family motto is 'Sine Metu' and it means 'Without Fear'. How wold you define "fearless authenticity: as an artist.
"Fearless authenticity" is when one is uncompromising and relentless in their responsibility to the work. The process should always guide you no matter what happens and what anyone thinks of you. It's having that confidence to trust in your idea and see your vision through.
What are your top 3 music videos of all time?
Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes (Directed by : Kahlil Joseph)
Fatboy Slim – Push The Tempo (Directed by: Traktor)
UNKLE – Rabbit In Your Headlights (Directed by: Jonathan Glazer)


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When did people begin to pierce their ears?
Piercing the ears to wear earrings goes back to prehistoric times. The ancient East Indians, Medes, Persians, Egyptians, Arabians, and Hebrews wore earrings.
Earrings became expensive and artistic ornaments in ancient times. The Etruscans, for example, made gold earrings that took the form of flowers, fruits, vases, shields, rosettes, crescents, peacocks, swans, and so on. The Greeks made beautiful gold earrings, and even put them on statues of the goddesses. In those days, Greek men wore earrings until they reached the age of adolescence.
The ancient Romans copied the Greeks in wearing earrings, and some of the Roman women had very expensive ones made with pearls and jewels. Roman men began to pierce their ears to wear earrings, and this became so popular that in the 3rd century A.D. the Roman emperor issued an edict forbidding men from doing so.
After the Middle Ages, men began to wear earrings in the left ear only. Then the hair styles for men and women changed; and when hair was worn long and over the ears, earrings went out of style. But they came into vogue again in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Earrings for women have been popular ever since that time. Earrings for men have not been popular in recent times, but there are certain groups that still wear them. Those include gypsies, sailors, and some men in Italy and Spain. At one time, doctors said that it was good for ears to be pierced, but they no longer believe that it helps the ear.


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