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Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 26-11-2016 Part 1
This week's carnundrums cover Historic events, penalty culture, griller wars, cleaning up, splashing out, changing gears and more to divert your attention from the weekend's chores.
As usual, emails to Honest John should be addressed to: firstname.lastname@example.com Please try to keep them as short as possible.
Classic dilemma
I want to buy a sports car both to enjoy and as an investment in my retirement. The two main contenders are an Austin Healey 3000 and an entry-level six-cylinder E-Type. My budget is £70k, top-whack. But several people have urged me to go for an Ariel Atom. I've done track days (car and motorcycle), so I appreciate speed. But as important as enjoyment is that the car must hold or increase its value. I know it's difficult to advise where personal preference is very important, but do you have any views or advice on this?
MG, via email
I don't think an Atom will prove to be an investment, especially if regularly used for track days. Unless the Healey or E-Type is race or rally spec it would not be a great idea to take it on track days. But there are some more interesting alternative potential investments such as an Alfa Romeo SZ or RZ (in the £30k - £45k bracket); or (my choice) a 4-seater Ferrari 456GT manual in today's Historics auction: (http://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2016-11-26/cars/ref-65-1994-ferrari-456-gt.aspx?p=4) (Unfortunately, F550 Maranellos have recently accelerated way past your £70k limit). The obvious other choice is a Porsche 911 993. Fantastic online catalogue for Historics Classic Auction today. Have a look at the rest at http://www.historics.co.uk/
No parking place
I have been reading about private parking penalties. What would happen if one went into a car park, but found no spaces, then drove out again? Surely you could not be fined.
DD, Ferndown Dorset
This happened to me once in a hospital carpark. It became gridlocked with drivers looking for spaces and the only way you could pay was to park, then go into an office and buy a ticket, which you couldn't do if you couldn't park. Catch 22. I just pushed my way out behind another car at the barrier, but you would not get away with that these days. They would issue a penalty and you would have to appeal it. If the case went to court it would depend on the Small Claims judge.
Barbeclue grille
A friend arrived with a Bentley. Upon closer inspection, it was a large Chrysler rebadged. He tells me that this is legal, as he has seen lots of these cars being sold in the USA. Is this correct?
LH, via email
Not rebadged. Just a Chrysler 300C with a radiator shell and mesh grille that looks like a Bentley's.
Injector gadget
Having battled a misbehaving diesel engine in my previous car (duff injector), and now a warning light on the dash of my present car, I threw in a bottle of STP injector cleaner when I filled up this afternoon and drove a few hundred miles to my next appointment. On restarting the engine a few hours later the warning light is gone and has not returned during my drive home. However, I am now worried that I've just masked out the issue in the short term.
DE, via email
I think the injector cleaner has cleaned up the fuel system. If I were you I'd make a permanent switch to superdiesel such as Shell V-Power, BP Ultimate, Total Excellium, etc. because they have injector cleaning additives as part of the formula.
The short and the tall
My wife and I have a 10-year old Honda CR-V automatic, which we bought when I retired and are now thinking of replacing. We have no real need for a 4x4 but bought the present one because my wife was having some difficulty in getting in and out of the rather low seats in the saloon car that we had at the time (a VW Bora). In addition, I found any seating position where my legs were stretched out in front of me whilst driving, rather than being partly downwards in a more normal sitting position, gave me severe back pain after a few miles. We would like a smaller car, but at our ages, the main requirement is the seating position. Are you aware of any cars other than SUVs that might meet our requirement?
BE, via email
The best small and tall cars were the Suzuki Splash and Vauxhall Agila, but both have been out of production for some years. Instead of SUV you could think MPV and a Ford B-Max Powershift might suit you, though there has been some transmission trouble. Alternatives include the Hyundai ix20 and KIA Venga autos. Smaller automatic SUVs include the Peugeot 2008 1.2 Puretech 110 EAT6 and the Suzuki Vitara S 1.4T BoosterJet.
Manual labour
My 2005 Skoda Superb 1.9TDI auto gearbox has packed in. My mate who runs his own garage, has intimated it might be possible to convert it to a manual. He would be prepared to undertake this if he knew exactly what it entailed, provided it's possible.
JM, Barrow in Furness
Anything is possible if you are prepared to meet the cost. But it is neither cheap nor straightforward and will probably require a new engine ECU as well as all the other components.
Energy saving
Our daughter is pregnant and already has a young child. She does a series of long journeys, including busy motorways. She has a 2006 Honda CR-V diesel, manual, which she bought new. It has done 100,000miles and has been serviced annually. On three occasions recently it has just lost power, without the engine cutting out. She sits by the road, juggling the throttle and eventually it starts to respond; she then pulls away and it returns to full power. This is a terrifying situation. She took it to her usual Honda main dealer and they plugged their laptop in and drove it with the laptop plugged in and said they couldn't find anything wrong. She was told to bring it in when it was doing it. Help. I'm desperately worried, and so is she. It sounds like fuel to me, but I don't know. One final question: if it has to be replaced, what vehicle of similar style would you replace it with?
MH, via email
I'm guessing this is the square shape 2002-2006 CR-V, the last of which could be ordered with the 2.2iCTDI engine. These are some of the recorded problem areas: Engine losing power could be due to failing fuel tank sender pump, its earth, fuel tank sender pump relay, its earth, or emulsified fuel blocking the fuel filter. Reports of problems with inlet manifold swirl chambers of 2.2iCTDIs at high mileage. Also of inlet manifolds cracking, emitting fumes to the cabin. Best to get fixed before the 3 year 90k mile end of warranty. What to replace it with depends on money available. Unless she's doing a colossal mileage I would not go for a newer diesel because it will be fitted with all kinds of emission control devices that don't last and cost fortunes to replace. A Peugeot 2008 1.2 Puretech 130 is a good bet, with standard Grip Control that's better than most four wheel drives. Or a Suzuki Vitara S 1.4T Boosterjet. Cheaper, a Dacia Duster 1.2 TCe 2WD or 4WD from £12,895 new: /road-tests/dacia/dacia-duster-laureate-tce-125-2016-road-test/
Harmed conflict
I appear to have received conflicting advice from my local VW dealership, which has recently changed hands. Under the previous ownership I was told that my 2006/56 Polo 1.2 64PS has a chain cam-drive which does not require regular replacement. But I have been advised by the new service department that it has a toothed belt that should be changed, together with the water pump, every 40,000 miles. Which is right please, or am I confusing two different components?
DP, via email
This will be a 3-cylinder 1.2 Polo and will be chain cam (count the spark plugs). The later 4-cylinder Polo 1.2TSI became belt cam. I'd find a more competent garage.
Polo position
In January 2012 I purchased for my wife a 2010 VW Polo 1.6 TDI 3-door with 11,000 miles on the clock. It has now done 56,000 miles. For the past 2 years the car does not always run well. Sometimes clouds of black smoke come out of the exhaust, the engine judders and misfires and there is a loss of power. It eventually clears and the car then runs smoothly. I never use supermarket fuel. My local garage has done diagnostic checks, that don't show anything. They replaced a DPF pressure sensor on 20-10-2016. I am still waiting for VW to take the car in for the recall. I'm a little bit disappointed in VW cars. This year I have had both window cables replaced as they broke, and a spring on the front offside. Any thoughts on this car's performance, or what I should do?
AJ, via email
It probably needs a new EGR. Many EA189 1.6TDIs do. VW dealers typically demand around £1,000 for the job and deny it's anything to do with the emissions defeat software modification. I have yet to hear of any 1.6TDIs actually being recalled because it's a bigger job than with 2.0TDIs, requiring hardware as well as software modifications. The job hasn't worked with at least 20 2.0 TDIs and 1.2TDIs that I have been notified of.
Delayed reaction
I have a 2013 BMW 318i petrol, bought second-hand with 58k miles. It ran beautifully for the last 12 months, though I only do around 6,000 miles a year. The service indicator has now shown up. Is it okay for me to wait another four months (as I have to watch the pennies)? Or do you recommend I book it in now?
MH, via email
My standard recommendation is oil and filter change every 10k miles or every 12 months, whichever comes first. In fact I get the synthetic oil and filter in our own car changed every 10,000 kilometres, which works out at about every 4-5 months. It's now done 108,000 kilometres and is running beautifully. Oil changes are the best value maintenance anyone can do on any car.
Upwardly mobile
I am looking to upgrade my 2008 Ford Focus next year, l test-drove a 1.5 Mondeo Ecoboost automatic and, although relaxed, it lacked get up and go. I am wondering if the 2.0 litre petrol would be the same, or is the TDCI better? I do mainly city driving and my mileage is less than 10kpa for now.
EO, via email
In that case, compare it to the Mazda 6 6-speed auto. You could also take a look at a Jaguar XE that has the Mondeo 2.0 EcoBoost engine with 200PS or 240PS and comes with a 6-speed manual or (much better) 8-speed auto. Give me a low spec XE over a high spec Mondeo any day for similar money.
Pinky and perky
Thank you for your response to my question about buying or taking a company car in which to travel 500 miles a week. Does it make a difference that my 500 miles is for commuting to a single place of work, so will be classed as private mileage rather than business mileage?
PI, via email
Doesn't make any difference these days. You are simply taxed on the benefit of having the car. And if it's a company car you can benefit from the fuel economy of a diesel without having to worry about things like DPFs, EGRs, DMFs and all the things that start going wrong with diesels after 3 years or so. But still check this weeks' Cancellor's Autumn statement because changes are afoot.
Pulling the other one
I drive a 2008 Honda CR-V, which hasn't missed a beat in four years and is pretty economical to run. I tow a caravan and will be changing it soon for a bigger one. The CR-V isn't heavy enough so the car has to be changed first. I want something reliable and reasonable to run. I know it'll be more expensive than the Honda but have to be sensible. I hear horror stories about Discos, Range Rovers and X5s but are they really that bad? XC90s and Touareg look a little better, or what about a Nissan Navara or the like? Anything else suitable? I only have around £22k to spend and the new caravan has a max weight of 1,723kg so the car will have to weigh at least 2 tons to fall near to the recommended 85% ratio advised by Caravan Club. Your thoughts, recommendations or warnings would be much appreciated.
SH, via email
As long as it doesn't have to be auto, go for a post 2010 KIA Sorento 2.2 R-Type or a Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2 R-Type. The manuals can tow 2,500kg and running solo will manage 40mpg at 70; 35mpg at 80.
Well oiled
A BMW dealer has a 2013 BMW 335i saloon at a reasonable price with discount off asking price, one owner, oil changed once a year, but my concern is that it has only done 5,000 miles in 3 years. Is my concern justified? Thank you in advance
KR, via email
If the owner has been changing the oil every year despite just 5,000 miles that means it's been a 3rd or 4th car or a car owned by someone who only visits the UK occasionally. I'd say very probably okay.
Estate secrets
Having test-driven a Skoda Octavia Estate I see exactly what the Telegraph road test means by "fidgeting firm low-speed ride." It was on 17-inch wheels and I would go for the standard 16-inch ones, but do you think that opting for the Dynamic Chassis control at £850 and using 'comfort mode' would make the ride noticeably more compliant?
JE, Whitstable, Kent
I was 'upgraded' to a basic Octavia estate last year by Avis. It was on 16-inch wheels and I was impressed by its stolidity (not a miskey). Felt like a big, solid, good quality car. A crucial improvement to the MQB range of cars is proper independent rear suspension that makes more difference to ride comfort than to handling prowess. I don't think you can get it on an Octavia below the VRS. So I'd go 16-inch wheels with 55 or 60 profile tyres. I don't know what 'Dynamic Chassis Control' will do. This was Dan's opinion of the car: /road-tests/skoda/skoda-octavia-estate-2013-road-test/
Gas trick influencer
I own a Hyundai i10, which had its second annual service today. There are 15,000 miles on the clock. I was advised that the aircon needed gassing up, and was quoted £210 for this. The reason for the high price was a switch to a new gas. I feel it was an attempt at a total rip off, on top of the high price I paid for a service by the main dealer. Do you have any suggestions as to who can do this at a reasonable price?
MS, Oldham
For environmental reasons, manufacturers are being encouraged to switch over from cheap R134A refrigerant to R1234YF, which is much more expensive, more flammable and more prone to leak. Peugeot/Citroen and Nissan have already done so. From your experience it looks like Hyundai has too. An international conference ratified this about 3 weeks ago.
Click to Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 26-11-2016 Part 2
Les Cook on 5 December 2016Regarding the 1.6TDi VW engine in AJ's Polo. I ran the same engine in a Touran with the 7 Sp DSG. The EGR valve failed after 2 Years, a known weakness, followed by the EGR coolant sensor, then another coolant sensor, then finally an ABS sensor, all known issues, but all fixed under warranty. While it never broke down, it was getting stressful waiting for the next failure, so sold it and bought a RAV4 Petrol Hybrid last week. Stay away from this VW diesel, the diesel gate recall will probably make it worse as they have to modify the air mass sensor mesh! Go petrol but not a VW one as new ones will have a Particulate Filter fitted!


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Damn you, Blaine DeBeers!
After last week's emotional trauma with Major (Robert Buckley) believing he was about to lose his memory—not to mention all those weeks of playing pretend and wooing Peyton (Aly Michalka)—the revelation that Blaine (David Anders) has been faking the memory loss this whole time stung particularly hard.
Ravi's (Rahul Kohli) cure has always worked, save for a couple days at the beginning where memories start to get a bit hazy, but Blaine saw an opportunity to become a changed man, thereby preventing Ravi from using the cure on all his zombie friends.


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Buyers of luxury homes are generally cultivated buyers with more interest in getting an accurate report than saving a few dollars on a real estate transaction. There are specific trends which appear to be common among luxury properties. They go as follows:
- Newly built luxury properties are often assumed to have been built with fewer defects than a newly built home by a production builder. In fact, what is true is the opposite. The reason for this is simple. In production homes, mistakes found in earlier properties are corrected as each new property is built. In this case, repetition is their greatest ally in building properties with fewer defects. Builders of custom homes do not have this advantage since they are usually being given a construction design that they have not seen before. It is common to believe that attention to detail must be extraordinary given the staggering costs associated with construction of a luxury home. Very often this is not the case. We have seen luxury homes that are very well constructed and others that should have the builder running to hide under a rock. To be fair, it is important to realize the immense complexity associated with building today's custom luxury home. Potential for mistakes is incalculable. Any lapse in supervision will have an adverse affect on the project. Misunderstanding between design/construction personnel can cause calamity and luxury homes are not immune from under skilled tradesmen. See the potential?
- We are always astonished at the belief that municipal inspections during construction provide identification of every defect and that "the system" protects us from mistakes made during construction. In reality, the municipal inspectors are only able to provide a cursory screening of certain code related defects. Limited is a good word to describe the benefit of municipal inspections. They are important but they are not enough. Independent inspections are crucial.
- Deferred maintenance is something we often find in the resale of custom homes. When expensive systems are installed we somehow tend to think that maintenance is either unnecessary or rarely necessary. It is common to find heating & cooling system filters that have never been serviced or water heaters that are leaking because the homeowner rarely goes into the mechanical rooms. Buyers and sellers are often shocked to hear, from the home inspector, about the extensive deferred maintenance items in a resale luxury home. A home's high value does not always mean that it is in good condition.


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One of the benefits provided under the federal estate tax exemption is the ability to elect portability. Portability is the ability of a surviving Texas spouse to reserve the remaining portion of the deceased spouse's estate tax exemption for use upon his or her death. For instance, if the deceased spouse's estate is worth $4 million, the surviving spouse may elect, through portability, to reserve the remaining $1.25 million to add to his or her $5.25 million (for 2013) exemption making the surviving spouse's exemption $6.5 million.
In order to make an election for portability, an estate tax return must be filed with the IRS. To aide taxpayers wanting to make this election, the IRS has created a form for those who are not required because of the total value of the estate to file a full estate tax return. However, using this form can be tricky.
Filers are required to pick a range within which the value of the decedent's estate falls. Not all property has to be disclosed on this form, but it must be included in the value estimation. Regardless of which form is used, the portability election must be checked.
When a spouse passes away, several issues require attention regarding his or her estate. One of those issues is making the determination whether an estate tax return is required. Since the current exemption is so high, most Texas residents will not be required to file a return. The second issue then is the portability election. If any possibility exists that the exemption could be needed, it may be better to err on the side of caution and file the short form in order to make the portability election.
Source: Forbes, Estate Tax Portability -- What Is A Complete And Properly-Prepared Estate Tax Return?, Lewis Saret, Dec. 18, 2013


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KENT COUNTY, Mich. — A minivan struck a man riding a skateboard on South Division Avenue underneath M-6 on Saturday afternoon.
According to the Cutlerville Fire Department, the victim was an adult male in his mid-20s.
The Kent County Sheriff 911 Dispatch Center called the crash "serious."
Three lanes of Division were closed down afterward while the Kent County Sheriff's Department investigated the scene. Both northbound and southbound Division were affected.
Motorists were asked to avoid the area.
According to the Kent County Sheriff's Department, the investigation revealed that the man was riding a skateboard on the southbound sidewalk when he fell into the southbound lane of traffic and then was struck by a Chrysler minivan and dragged a short distance.
The man was pinned underneath the minivan and was freed by pedestrians and first responders.
The man was transported by AMR Ambulance to Metro Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Personality Profile
What character strength do you value the most and why?
The most powerful human emotion is love. I believe in sharing love with people all around, even those whom you will never meet. The world always needs love.
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I approach life with excitement and am always bringing energy with me wherever I go. My character strength of Zest will allow me to get others as excited about TMF as I am. I believe honesty is the backbone to all genuine relationships, personally and professionally. I use communication, consistency and trust to build lasting relationships.
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Turn to Yoga to Help with Constipation!
Stretch it Out
Gentle stretching will help relieve your constipation. And, as a matter of fact, stretching and yoga helps to calm your consternation! Many stretches come from the practice of yoga and are called poses. You may already be familiar with yoga. Yoga is thousands of years old and has been used to help people with everything from calming stress and anxiety to pooping!
Try these easy stretches and poses to help get things moving along.
Seated Spinal Twist
Sounds like contortion, but it's not! This little stretch will help wake things up inside.
- Take a seat on the floor with both legs stretched out in front of you. Make yourself a little taller by lifting your body from your hips.
- Cross your left leg over your right knee so you can place your left foot on the floor.
- Place your right hand on your left knee, and your left hand behind your left knee, on the floor.
- Gently twist up and to the left side, no further than your left knee. Really focus on the lower part of your spine.
- Slowly come back to center.
- Repeat, switching your legs and stretching to the other side.
Free Wind (also called "Child's Pose")
"Passing wind" is a charming way to say "passing gas," which is much better than saying, "Dude, I just farted." Often when you are constipated, your belly will feel full and bloated because gas gets trapped inside as well.
- Lie down on the floor, on your back.
- Bend one leg from the knee and bring it up to your chest.
- Hold your bent leg, all cozied up to your body, with both of your hands.
- Breathe.
- Stay in this posture for a little while.
- Repeat this pose with your other leg.
Happy Baby
One of our favorites, this pose makes us happy not only because of its name, but also because it's fun to do, and it works so well.
- Lie down on the floor, on your back.
- Bend both knees into your chest, toward your chin.
- Open your knees, bringing them towards your armpits.
- Raise your head without straining your neck.
- Keeping your knees snug to your body, raise your feet to the ceiling and flex them (the opposite of pointing them).
- Now reach up with your hands and grab the outer edges of your feet just like a baby.
- Hold this pose for a few minutes. Giggle like a baby if you're in the mood.


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99/365 - February 10th 2018
Another freezing cold, wet and windy ride this morning didn't get the day off to the best of starts. After that, we visited my parents in the afternoon, and ate far too much food again. I'll need a long ride tomorrow to burn that all off now!!


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Built to last in the late '70s, this beautifully maintained house, within a three-minute walk of Waringa Park School, Waringa Crescent Reserve and Woodville Park shopping centre, is a family winner.
The '70s mission brown has given way to light neutrals with soft-green accents and grey carpets and the main bathroom has been completely revamped. Gardens, front and back, are pretty and neat as a pin, adding considerably to the overall appeal.
43 Willmott Drive, Hoppers Crossing 3029
- Max Brown Real Estate: 0400 431 255
- Price: $545,000 – $595,000
- Auction: October 21 at noon
- Find out more about this property on domain.com.au
Soft-grey floor tiles are in the short entryway, to the left of which are double doors to a carpeted lounge room. This has a mirrored wall bouncing around light, as well as a built-in timber bar – handy when entertaining. Windows are dressed in soft-green drapes and lace, as they are in other rooms.
An archway from here ushers in the kitchen and meals zone, the latter with a wall of timber and a slider to a great outdoor room. This has a ceiling fan and heavy bistro blinds which, when raised, allow a seamless flow to the garden. External awnings shading the room are a handy addition, with the space also accessible from the lounge room.
The kitchen, with appealing soft-green cabinetry, has a servery bench, corner pantry, underbench oven and gas cooktop. A garden bay window behind the sink is a nice design touch. The next-door laundry has cupboards and timber benches.
A long carpeted hallway from the kitchen leads to the four fitted bedrooms with ceiling fans, as well as the smart new bathroom with a glass-topped 2pac vanity and contemporary tapware; the toilet is separate.
The main bedroom, at hall's end, has a dressing room with mirrored robes and an en suite with a modern vanity.
Ducted heating and seven security cameras are part of the deal.
The backyard has quality synthetic turf and islands of pretty cottage-style gardens. A secure dog run, garden shed and a 6000-litre water tank are out here as well.
The block of about 575 square metres has a drive-through double garage with mechanic's pit. An area for parking a caravan is behind the garage and side gates farther along allow backyard entry.


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Is it time for your ASC's revenue cycle check-up?
Written by Caryl Serbin, President and Founder, Serbin Medical Billing
Whether you outsource your ambulatory surgery center's billing or perform it in-house, it is important to regularly audit all areas of your revenue cycle. There are many factors that can affect an ASC's financial health. Each of these revenue cycle components should be examined routinely for efficiency and compliance.
Note: This article discusses some of the most critical revenue cycle areas to audit. For a more complete list, you can download a free "Check-Up Checklist" by clicking here.
Behind the Scenes
Areas that can negatively affect your center's cash flow and accounts receivable are often not easily detectable. The following components are often overlooked and rarely audited:
- Fee schedule: Is it up to date with current reimbursement rates?
- Third-party payer contracts: Are they loaded in your software with easy accessibility by payment posters?
- Software: Are you using ASC-specific software?
- New procedure codes: Are you up to date in adding all new procedure codes?
- Medicare updates: If you are a Medicare-participating ASC, you receive regular updates from Medicare. Do you read them and update your fee schedule or procedure code list when necessary?
- Billing policies and procedures: Do you have written policies and procedures outlining how to perform each revenue cycle function? If outsourcing, does your billing company have these policies and procedures in place, and do you have a copy of them?
- Compliance plan: Do you have a written, up-to-date compliance plan detailing all federal and state regulations/requirements?
Revenue Cycle Areas
These areas are the ongoing billing and collection activities performed by your staff or your billing company. The results of these activities are usually checked on a monthly basis by reviewing end-of-month (EOM) reports; however, EOM reports do not reveal other vital aspects of these functions that often go unnoticed. They include the following:
- Coding: Is your coder experienced, and does he/she maximize the codes used while remaining compliant?
- Charge posting/billing: Are claims being posted accurately, and are clean claims out the door within 24 hours of receipt from coder?
- Insurance collections: How soon do your collectors start calling insurance companies on delayed or erroneous payments? How often do they follow up?
- Payment posting: Are payments posted on the same day they are received? How are deposits handled?
- Patient collections: How soon — and how often — are patient accounts billed?
- Refunds/write-offs: Do you have a written procedure for handling both refunds and write-offs? If you are outsourcing, who handles these?
EOM reports should be substantiated by actual patient balance activities. They should be meaningful to your surgery center and easy to understand. However, reports generated by less-sophisticated software are often of a cookie-cutter variety and do not pinpoint where problems lie in your revenue cycle. Make sure to address the following:
- EOM: How do you measure your accounts receivable?
- Transparency: If outsourcing, do you have full access to all account activity and reports?
- Audits: Are all areas of revenue cycle management audited regularly, both internally and by an independent auditor?
Each of these listed areas of revenue cycle management has many facets. It is imperative for ASCs to routinely inspect them and others in great detail to ensure maximized revenue and consistent cash flow.
Caryl Serbin, RN, BSN, LHRM, is president and founder of Serbin Medical Billing (SMB), an ASC revenue cycle management company. SMB's primary objectives are to provide the best coding, billing and accounts receivable management services available to ambulatory surgery centers (hospital joint-venture, corporate-owned or independent) and anesthesia providers. Serbin has been a leader in the ASC industry for 30 years. She was the founder of the first ASC-specific billing company.
Article: http://www.beckersasc.com/asc-turnarounds-ideas-to-improve-performance/is-it-time-for-your-asc-s-revenue-cycle-check-up.html


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Join PALS on Friday, August 10 at 7:15 pm to watch the San Francisco Giants take on the Colorado Rockies at AT&T park. Tailgate begins at 5 pm.
We have a section of rows reserved just for us. 1Ls, we would love to meet you and introduce you to 2Ls and 3Ls who can give you tons of law school insight…and be your PAL!
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"Drink, Dance, and Party for the Kids." La Raza presents the "All of the Lights" Fundraiser Party. All proceeds go to the 8th annual "A Day at Law School," an event run by U.C. Hastings students in which kids, K-12 and usually from underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds, attend law school for a day and get encouraged to finish school, go to college, and maybe be a lawyer! Yay!
When: Thursday, August 18, 2011
Where: Mr. Smith's (34 7th Street)
Tickets: $5 presale, $10 at the door
- La Raza will be selling $5 presale tickets at the Beach till Thursday and at Disorientation!
- UPDATE: Where and when to buy your presale tickets
- The Beach: Wednesday or Thursday, 10 am to 5pm
- Disorientation @ LBM Lounge: Thursday, 4 – 5:30 pm
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- $4 Champagne
- $5 Fresh Fruit Champagne Cocktails
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Changing of the Seasons: Mun Anarose Hydrating Toner Review
Helloooo, August. It's already beginning to feel like fall here in Northern California. We've been greeted with cloudy weather, higher levels of humidity, and cold nights. It's the changing of the seasons.. & my skin is not taking it well. Lately, my skin has been super sensitive & red around my cheeks and I suspect the constant fluxes between hot & cold weather are to blame.
One product that has been helping soothe the irritation is this Anarose Hydrating Rose Toner from MUN skincare that I purchased through July's Palm BFF collaboration. If you're not familiar with Palm, it's a network that connects influencers to brands related to lifestyle & wellness, clean beauty, and fashion. You simply sign up and you can get access to their monthly product picks at an insanely discounted price. It's a lifesaver for skincare junkies that want to continuously test products but are easily warded off by luxury pricing. I was able to purchase this toner for $16 vs. the retail price of $65. So definitely check out Palm if you're interested! (It would also mean a great deal to me if you mention that theopalgray recommended you in the sign-up form!) Now let's get to the review.
I love toners that come in mist bottles because it saves time & money to simply spray the product on your face. I never use cotton rounds to apply toner. Plus, I put all my trust in micellar water & Glossier's Milky Jelly Cleanser to remove all traces of makeup off my skin. The Anarose toner is definitely a luxury over a necessity. Do I really need a $65 toner? No. The Herbivore Botanicals Rose Hibiscus Hydrating Face Mist works just as well and is about half the price. However, I'm glad I got to try MUN skincare! The toner is formulated with Bulgarian rosewater, hyaluronic acid, willow bark extract, goji berry extract, aloe vera juice, a blend of rose, jasmine, & daisy flower extracts, & my superstar ingredient at the moment: prickly pear stem extract. All the ingredients are intended to soothe, hydrate, smooth, and clarify--thus, making it a great pH balancing toner for those who want to incorporate anti-aging products into their routines.
I used this toner a lot when I was suffering from a sunburn on my face (first-time ever guys & believe me, it was a hot mess...) The peeling phase left my skin very raw and itchy so I cannot stress how much this toner helped repair and calm my inflamed skin. In terms of the packaging, the spray is not as fine, really more concentrated, so I wouldn't use this as a setting spray after makeup. As a toner & mist for no-makeup days, it's perfect for dispensing enough product to cover my entire face.
Overall, I would recommend this product if you have really sensitive skin. I also do believe that this toner will be beneficial in the long-run for those who are looking for age prevention products as it is very hydrating & gentle in terms of its ability to promote cell turnover.
Until next time, Megan.


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Statistics Seminars: Dynamic emulation for structured chaotic time series, with application to large climate models
29 October 2012 14:00 in CM221
In this talk I will develop Bayesian dynamic linear model Gaussian processes for emulation of time series output for computer models that may exhibit chaotic behaviour. The statistical technology is particularly suited to emulating time series output of large climate models that exhibit this feature and where we want samples from the posterior of the emulator to evolve in the same way as dynamic processes in the computer model do. I'll apply this methodology to emulating the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) as a time series output of the fully coupled non-flux-adjusted atmosphere-ocean general circulation model, HadCM3, and illustrate some methods of obtaining prior judgements required to build the emulator when working with a large ensemble of runs of a climate model. I will present a block metropolis-within-gibbs MCMC algorithm to obtain posterior samples for the parameters and discuss the value of such an analysis when an emulator is eventually adopted as part of wider analyses.
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SF Rec and Park Kicks Off Tu B'Shvat Celebration with Buena Vista Park Tree Planting
SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Recreation and Park Department (RPD) in partnership with Buena Vista Neighborhood Association & Friends of Buena Vista Park, Chabad of Cole Valley, and Cole Valley merchants will celebrate Tu B'Shvat with a tree planting and gardening event at Buena Vista Park on Sunday, January 27, 2013 starting at 10:00AM.
Tu B'Shevat is a Jewish holiday, New Year of the Trees, also known as the Jewish Arbor Day. The Day falls in the middle of winter, and tree planting has become a stable ritual to celebrate the occasion for the Jewish community in San Francisco Bay Area.
In 2012, SF Rec and Park partnered with A Living Library and planted 500th tree at St. Mary's Square with more than sixty 6th graders as a celebration of Tu B'Shevat and the milestone of planting 500 trees in parks around San Francisco.
"SF Rec and Park is building on our 2012 tree planting momentum with the mission to planting more trees and connecting our diverse communities," said, Phil Ginsburg, SF Rec and Park General Manager. "SF Rec and Park aims to create a sustainable green environment and provide ecological education for the general public throughout our park system."
In addition, SF Rec and Park Volunteer Program's partnership with community members is the Department's overall efforts to foster civic participation and community stewardship of neighborhood parks. With community tree planting events, SF Rec and Park raises environmental awareness to encourage support and effort of greening City's parks and recreation facilities. SF Rec and Park invites San Franciscans to become volunteers and participate tree planting events. For more information, please visit website at www.sfrecpark.org.


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5 Tips How You Make Your Store Apparent With the Customers
With each passing day, fashion trends are turning more and more vibrant, and today, kids' clothes aren't exempted from the episodic alterations in clothing styles. Nowadays, it is a usual sight to see kids in the most trendy and fashionable clothes. Kids can even differentiate between cool clothes and ordinary clothes. The fashion industry has accumulated a huge variety of cool kids' clothes which look funky as well as stylish. The market is booming with children's fashion clothes and more and more designers are employed in the working on their clothes so that they look exclusive. Actually, anyone hardly judges the children's fashion sense and this makes the job of the designers' all the more simple.
They create clothing lines which look flamboyant with mixes of ultra-modern and retro designs mixed with wild colors and kids clothes supplier, Suncity keeps this in mind. As the clothing belongs to the children so they should always be in bright colors and should never look dull. For providing a more toned-down appearance, you can prefer to buy your kids' clothes in darker hues of blue, orange, green, and obviously, red. When you select darker colors then it helps in hiding the dirt and stains which your kid will get on his clothes.
- Don't propose too many substitutes – mostly, people like choices but sometimes, too many choices on kids' clothes turn paralyzing. A retailer should limit the colors, flavors plus the brand options. Offering too many alternatives will result in less selling and more stock will remain unsold.
- Make use of emotional messages –people find it easier to remember emotional messages rather than effectual rational messages. Remember, not every emotion has been created equal. According to research, nostalgia plays an important role in selling. When people feel nostalgic they end up paying more money for products.
- Let people touch the merchandise – Consumers do pay more for those items when they can see or touch the materials. When people get to look and hold products they become ready to pay more for the clothes.
- Develop the illusion of shortage – Consumers have the tendency to value things when they seem to be scarce. When a product, opportunity or service is rare then it turns valuable. The feeling of shortage and missing out generates in customers a survival instinct which makes them purchase more and that too in a quick manner.
- Make use of the appropriate scents and sounds – The background music that is played in a store is helpful in influencing customers how much they spend and what they purchase. Stores that play classical music or jazz are looked upon as sophisticated and there, consumers step in and end up spending more compared to those stores where rock music or pop is being played. According to an experiment it was found out that customers in one wine store were susceptible to purchasing French wines at the time when French music was being played instead of a place where German music was being played. Again, people bought more German wines where German music was being played.


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how can i prin report when request time out in ping to an ip
Your question lacks detail. If you'd like an actual helpful response how about filling in some blanks.
- Is this a newly installed printer?
- Is this a network printer (ie: plugged directly into the network) or is it connected to a PC and shared?
- If the printer's been installed for a while, did it ever respond to pings before (not all do)?
- Can you print to it even though you can't ping it?
- Was it working and then it stopped?
Let's start with that............
i have pc that connect to internet and have printer that connect to my pc by usp adapter my provider gateway ip is 220.127.116.11 and i mad ping to this ip from my pc and it replay and ok.
the problem is that when the ping become request time out for more than 30 times .
i want to print report im my printer for that request
ping ipaddress > ping.txt [redirects ping out put to a file]
print ping.txt
i want to print that directly without txt file
any other requirements blord?
is your printer usb or lpt?
and if it lpt
When you want to ask a question in a forum like this, you want to detail all pertinent information at the outset. This saves repeated back and forth as we try to ferret out details that are important to helping resolve whatever issue you're having.
If there's no particular reason you can't redirect the output of the ping command to a text file and then print said file, do it!
If you can't, I highly recommend you use www.google.ca and do some research on your own. A search string like printing directly from command prompt should yield you something.
and if it lpt
ping >lpt1
then walk over to the printer and hit for form feed button to print the output
thanx wanderer
you know what i want if you can help me ples
i hav an ip that i ping to it 220.127.116.11 from my pc
and i want that if the reply from this ip be request for 30 time continously must the printer print message
and this printer connect to my pc in lpt adapter
and all this done without i do anything
You would need to write a program to do that.
It is pointless to be printing this.
Might want to consider something like Whats Up Gold to monitor this server/device instead.
i know about whats up gold
but i need my way to use it in some my small work


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Home Renovation & Remodeling Resources
Kitchen Remodel Project Management–You've Got Options
by Wendy Croix If you're planning a kitchen renovation, how you manage your remodeling project from the start will determine your satisfaction with the project at its completion. Consider this tip from the American Institute of Architects: good project management...read more
Steps to a Safe Kitchen
The kitchen is the busiest room in the home. From a food preparation area and dining room to balancing the family checkbook, the kitchen is the center of activity for today's family. Unfortunately, the kitchen can also be the most dangerous room in the house. The...read more
Steps to a Safe Bathroom
Nearly 200,000 people are injured annually in their bathroom, according to statistics from the National Safety Council. The most common accidents are slips, falls and scalding from hot water. Although not all accidents will ever be eliminated, the National Kitchen...read more
Making the Most of a Small Kitchen Space
The kitchen is becoming more than just a food preparation area in today's society. Yet, on average, the kitchen still remains one of the smaller rooms in the house. The National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) considers any kitchen 150 square feet or smaller to be...read more
Is It Time to Remodel Your Kitchen?
The National Kitchen & Bath Association offers advice on when and why to update. Many homeowners think their kitchen is outdated from the looks of their worn cabinets, dated appliances, and crackled countertop. What they may not realize is that there are many...read more


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Changing Our Default Settings: it's time for a cognitive change/
Privacy and "leaving the door open" online:
On 8 Nov 2013 a federal judge in Vermont ruled that information that is available through a P2P server is information in which there can be no right of privacy (United States v. Thomas, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 159914 (D. Vt. November 8, 2013).
The ruling came in a challenge over the admissibility of information that had been gleaned via automated searches of P2P streams – the defendants claimed that the information had been illegally taken from their computers and therefore should be inadmissible. The judge did not agree, finding instead that information on a P2P network is de facto public information – if something can be accessed via the Internet then the "door has been left open" and it is considered public.
This perception of information on the Internet (or accessible via the Internet) as public rather than private is not restricted to analyses of P2P. In a previous post I explored the legal treatment of information on Facebook, finding that Canadian courts have tended to allow information from social media profiles to be admitted as relevant and available, regardless of whether privacy settings have been used or not.
The not-so-subtle bias of "default" settings
Perhaps, notionally, default settings are only a starting point and able to be later changed or fine-tuned by users, but in actual fact they exert quite a powerful force.
This is particularly true in the relatively new world of social media networks. People who when moving into a new residence would not hesitate to change the locks, put curtains on windows, and grow a hedge for privacy may not have the corresponding experience or confidence to take similar measures online.
"Default settings" in the technology world imply a standard configuration and/or best practice. Even Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has asserted that default settings are reflective of broader "social norms" and aim to reflect current standards and values.
In fact, there are powerful business incentives at work in all aspects of design and implementation of social networking sites. The trend for social network companies to set default settings that favour information sharing helps maximize the commercial potential for these businesses—especially given that users are unlikely to change default settings. In practice, default settings exert normative force.
Placing the exclusive onus on the end-user to be hyper-vigilant is unrealistic and unfair. The presumption that complying with suggested "norm"-based defaults indicates a waiving of privacy expectations is incompatible with the privacy interests of ordinary internet users.
Time for a change
What is called for is a change in our cognitive defaults as a society when it comes to the publicness of information and the Internet. It is clearly no longer enough to examine individual sites and technologies to see if they can be considered sufficiently private. Rather, we must invert our cognitive defaults, change our way of thinking so that privacy is our default assumption rather than an exception.
Only when privacy rather than publicity is the expectation, the "norm", will we have a chance to cultivate a truly privacy-protective environment including user-centric site defaults, respect for user choices, and—in cases like United States v. Thomas—a high threshold applied when finding that expectation of privacy has been waived.


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Rebates for LED Lighting
Published by Green LED Zone on Sep 18th 2017
Did you know you can actually get paid to install new energy efficient LED lighting?
It's true! Many energy providers offer incentives through cash back rebate programs in order to encourage their customer base to use more energy efficient lighting products and reduce their carbon footprint. Rebates can help to greatly offset the cost of retrofitting outdated lighting and in some cases are even enough to offset labor and installation costs!
How can I find out about rebates in my area?
To find out about rebates which may be available in your area we recommend using the DSIRE website. Established in 1995, DSIRE is operated by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at N.C. State University and is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. DSIRE keeps a database of nationwide rebate programs searchable by zip code.
Visit the DSIRE website today and find out if lighting rebates are available to you!
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Ezekiel 21
The word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am against you and will draw my sword from its sheath and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked. Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh from south to north. And all flesh shall know that I am the LORD. I have drawn my sword from its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again.
"As for you, son of man, groan; with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan before their eyes. And when they say to you, 'Why do you groan?' you shall say, 'Because of the news that it is coming. Every heart will melt, and all hands will be feeble; every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming, and it will be fulfilled,'" declares the Lord GOD.
And the word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, say:
"A sword, a sword is sharpened
and also polished,
sharpened for slaughter,
polished to flash like lightning!
(Or shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.) So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer. Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your thigh. For it will not be a testing—what could it do if you despise the rod?" declares the Lord GOD.
"As for you, son of man, prophesy. Clap your hands and let the sword come down twice, yes, three times, the sword for those to be slain. It is the sword for the great slaughter, which surrounds them, that their hearts may melt, and many stumble. At all their gates I have given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; it is taken up for slaughter. Cut sharply to the right; set yourself to the left, wherever your face is directed. I also will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury; I the LORD have spoken."
The word of the LORD came to me again: "As for you, son of man, mark two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come. Both of them shall come from the same land. And make a signpost; make it at the head of the way to a city. Mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah, into Jerusalem the fortified. For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shakes the arrows; he consults the teraphim; he looks at the liver. Into his right hand comes the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth with murder, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build siege towers. But to them it will seem like a false divination. They have sworn solemn oaths, but he brings their guilt to remembrance, that they may be taken.
"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have made your guilt to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand. And you, O profane wicked one, prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of your final punishment, thus says the Lord GOD: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things shall not remain as they are. Exalt that which is low, and bring low that which is exalted. A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it. This also shall not be, until he comes, the one to whom judgment belongs, and I will give it to him.
"And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter. It is polished to consume and to flash like lightning—while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment. Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you. And I will pour out my indignation upon you; I will blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and I will deliver you into the hands of brutish men, skillful to destroy. You shall be fuel for the fire. Your blood shall be in the midst of the land. You shall be no more remembered, for I the LORD have spoken."
(Ezekiel 21 ESV)
Psalm 68
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.
God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;
and those who hate him shall flee before him!
As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
as wax melts before fire,
so the wicked shall perish before God!
But the righteous shall be glad;
they shall exult before God;
they shall be jubilant with joy!
Sing to God, sing praises to his name;
lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts;
his name is the LORD;
exult before him!
Father of the fatherless and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.
God settles the solitary in a home;
he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
O God, when you went out before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness, Selah
the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
you restored your inheritance as it languished;
your flock found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.
The Lord gives the word;
the women who announce the news are a great host:
"The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!"
The women at home divide the spoil—
though you men lie among the sheepfolds—
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
its pinions with shimmering gold.
When the Almighty scatters kings there,
let snow fall on Zalmon.
O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
at the mount that God desired for his abode,
yes, where the LORD will dwell forever?
The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands;
the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
You ascended on high,
leading a host of captives in your train
and receiving gifts among men,
even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
Blessed be the Lord,
who daily bears us up;
God is our salvation. Selah
Our God is a God of salvation,
and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
The Lord said,
"I will bring them back from Bashan,
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
that you may strike your feet in their blood,
that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe."
Your procession is seen, O God,
the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
the singers in front, the musicians last,
between them virgins playing tambourines:
"Bless God in the great congregation,
the LORD, O you who are of Israel's fountain!"
There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in their throng,
the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
Summon your power, O God,
the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.
Because of your temple at Jerusalem
kings shall bear gifts to you.
Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.
Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute;
scatter the peoples who delight in war.
Nobles shall come from Egypt;
Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.
O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;
sing praises to the Lord, Selah
to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens;
behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
Ascribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
and whose power is in the skies.
Awesome is God from his sanctuary;
the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!
(Psalm 68 ESV)
Christ the Conqueror
Psalm 68 celebrates God's continual protection and provision for His people. Throughout this Psalm, David recalls the way in which God led His people through the wilderness and into their inheritance of the land that He had promised them.
The reference to God ascending to reign anticipates the future resurrection and ascension of Christ when God's ultimate enemy (Satan) will be subdued and His people will ultimately be delivered (salvation). The Psalm focuses on the Conqueror who receives the spoils from the defeated, whereas later the apostle Paul uses this Psalm to point out how Christ as Conqueror distributes what He receives to His own people.
Therefore it says, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men." And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (Ephesians 4)
As the Israelites would sing this, they should have been overwhelmed with gratitude at the incredible privilege of being God's ambassador nation that was intended to be a blessing to the rest of the world. May we consider the privilege of being chosen and counted among God's special people and embrace our responsibility to be a blessing to the world around us.


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Four Articles
"Manifesto for a digital bauhaus" by Pelle Ehn in Digital Creativity.
"Augmentation, symbiosis, transcendence: technology and the future(s) of human identity" by Walter Truett Anderson in Futures.
"The Human Use of Human Beings" by Norbert Wiener and "Contesting for the Body of Information" by N. Katherine Hayles, both from Systems.
"Ten Dreams of Technology," by Steve Dietz.
One Ted Talk
Three Events & Other Talks
Written Reflection
There are a lot of ways to approach this topic, particularly in academic terms: there is the history of design and HCI; there is future studies; there is the specific history of the computer; there is art and culture-jamming. Dietz, the curator, frames our technical desires in terms of dreaming.
Yet each approach revolves around the needs that technology is creating and solving. For Dietz directly, technological works are the attempt to pull our dreams into reality. These are not good or bad dreams, but the reflection of our culture. In contrast, Wiener and Hayles's works have definite points of view and preferences for human- and imagination-centered works. (I always prefer the latter.)
The "Digital bauhaus" piece was also quite appealing at first: for its point of view, sense of history, and cultural-activist orientation. The first two proposed studios were around the primary questions I have as well, the interrelations and augmentations of time, space, and interactivity. I notice as well a focus on improving, but I wonder: Do I think improving is a legit goal or a technocratic one? Are those opposed?
What does improving mean without a cultural intervention? In his TED talk, Brin takes for granted the notions that technology is interfering, that our lives are improved by subject-view videos, especially of physical experiences. I can think of little emptier and less-appealing, and given the fate of Glass in popular culture, it seems like I am not the only left cold by this vision.
Hayles's history of the Macy conferences gives us an inkling of how this state of affairs came to be in a surprising assertion of how information became contextless and how the information theory we know is perhaps not very true to Shannon's theories or to life. She ties the changes to increased notions of body-barrier breaching in the second wave of cybernetics.
Structurally, Hayles's history best seemed to be an example of what I am looking for with this question: it situates changes historically rather than outlining its own intentions for change. I likely prefer this because I know what I want to try and am more interested in the grounding. In opposition, the Bauhaus article hardly speaks of the Bauhaus itself at all.
Next, Anderson's future studies taxonomy, echoes Dietz from another discipline, giving us categories to think through. I wonder if I am interested more in augmentation or symbiosis? Am I using the wrong term? As Anderson puts it: "Augmentation has to do with creating abilities not biologically inherent in the phenotype. ... Symbiosis means interaction between two organisms to the mutual benefit of both. ... Transcendence means 'going beyond'." Yet, his symbiosis examples don't really cover the benefit to the machine in any way, rather they focus on the barrier. To take an example, does the "fam" in Psychohistorical Crisis by Donald Kingsbury benefit? Or is it merely touched?
This "fam" has resonance with the idea of object as portkey, as with Lynn Hershman's Lorna (mentioned in Dietz), and both fall alongside the best image, imagination, trail from these works: Wiener's notion of organisms and organization as "an island of life in a dying world." Wiener gets at why memory, our organization of who we were, in particular seems like the right thing to imbue and object with. But to keep it from being commodified, it can not be plain.


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Join us as we celebrate our 21st year on the Los Poblanos Open Space with the Maize Maze and Farmstrong Run and Fall Festival.
Visit the Maize Maze!
- 8-Acre Maze
- Pumpkins & Pumpkin Painting
- Snacks & Drinks – Pop Fizz and My Sweet Basil
- Educational Programming by Explora, the Audubon Society, ABQ BioPark, and Bilingual Birdies
Maze Hours
Saturday 11am-6pm
Sunday 11am-6pm
Maze Tickets
Kids age 2 & under : Free!
Kids aged 3 — 12 years : $7
Adults — $10
Tickets online or at the event—cash or card accepted.
FarmStrong at the Maize Maze
Saturday, October 27th
Join us for live music, a beer garden, 5k/10K/FunRun, pumpkins, and explore the maze.
Beer by Steel Bender Brewyard
Music by Le Chat Lunatique, Da Terra Meiga and Mariachi Sangre Chicano
Local Food – My Sweet Basil, PopFizz, El Paisa Express, and Supper Truck
1701 Montaño Road NW
Albuquerque, NM 87107
Driving :
From the intersection of Montaño and 4th St, head west on Montaño for one mile .
Turn right onto Tierra Viva, and parking will be on your left.
NOTE : Rio Grande Boulevard and Montaño Road do not connect! Montaño Road is accessible from 4th Street or Coors Boulevard.
Bicycling :
From the Paseo del Bosque Bike Trail, ride east on Montaño for about one mile.
Turn left onto Tierra Viva.
We would like to thank our long time Partner, City of Albuquerque – Open Space Division.
And all of our 2018 Sponsors!
Other Friends
Sandia Laboratories Federal Credit Union
Elaine's Creative Hair
Sun by nauraicon from the Noun Project
Flower soil by Ben Davis from the Noun Project
Seed by Jaime Serra from the Noun Project


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Home > Early Years > Starting Points > Counting: Freddo Cupcakes
Counting: Freddo Cupcakes
In everyday learning incorporate the language of mathematics through cooking. Freddo cupcakes can be used in incidental one-to-one opportunities, small group situations or whole group interactive sessions. Important number concepts to be developed when counting include: the stable order principle, one-to-one correspondence, cardinality, abstraction principle and order-irrelevance principle. Children and educators demonstrate these principles when:
- Reciting the number names in order
- Oral counting while touching objects
- Counting the total in the set
- Counting, starting from any object
- Counting on
- Counting backwards
This Starting Point is contributed by Sharyn Livy. Go to the Starting Points Forum to discuss the use of number to develop an understanding of counting for Early Years' learning.


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February 22, 2008
What day is this?
TGIF does not mean much to us out here. Now that we are on station the
24/7 work will continue. In fact of the five folks I polled at lunch,
none realized it was Friday. Most knew that UNC beat NCSU. I guess you
can tell where our hearts are.
Today is another beautiful day—calm seas, warm weather and brief windows
of sunshine. It cleared off enough for us to believe the map and see that
we were surrounded by very large mountain peaks in the distance. The
tranquility may end in the morning though. The captain poked his head in
the lab to tell us that the latest forecast out of Chile is predicting
high winds in the morning. Apparently Palmer got blasted by a storm last
night. The weather can change really quickly here.
Animals recovered in the otter trawl.
Last night we used the otter trawl to collect animals from the seafloor.
It took several hours to sort them by taxonomic group. Some will
be dissected for genetic, tracer and biomarker work. Some will be pickled
in formalin to preserve them for more specific identification. We are
trying to keep others alive in aquaria for feeding experiments. It is a
challenge to collect them without hurting them. First they have to
survive the bumpy ride in the trawl net, then they have to survive the
pressure changes on the way to the surface of the ocean, and finally they
have to be happy in the aquaria as the ship rolls and water quality
changes. We are all crossing our fingers that they fare well. We've also
got a bit of a challenge predicting which are predators—we surely don't
want to mix the wrong species.
Today we have been coring with the kasten corer. It collects a
relatively long and narrow core that spans the last 9,000 years or so.
The cores it collects are valuable for measuring sediment accumulation
rates, deeper porewater processes, and geological shifts during the
Recovery of the kasten corer.
Right now we are focusing on plankton collections. Alyssa deployed a
small, fine mesh over the side earlier. Both this and the kasten
core deployments require that the gates on the deck be open. Anytime the
gates are open, the people working in the area must lash themselves to the
boat. Safety remains a top concern and the last thing we want is someone
to fall into the frigid water.
Position: 63 degrees 3.360 minutes S, 61 degrees 35.322 minutes W
On station
Air temp. 4.7 degrees C; water temp, 1.595 degrees C
1 Comment:
- MARY said...February 24, 2008 at 12:33 PMHow long does it take to send down the trawler or box to a depth of 600m? Do you have to bring it up more slowly (esp when there are animals in the trawler)?


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It took 27 plays of preseason football before the Washington Redskins' depth at outside linebacker was abruptly challenged. Outside linebacker Trent Murphy will miss the rest of the season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
An MRI exam Friday revealed the injury, which happened during the Redskins' third defensive series of Thursday night's preseason opener against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium. Murphy didn't talk to reporters after the game, but he left the visitors' locker room on crutches with his left knee heavily wrapped.
The situation leaves Washington with one less quality option at the position, which has had a notable injury for three straight years; Junior Galette missed the past two seasons because of torn Achilles' tendons. Murphy finished second on the team with nine sacks last year, taking a significant step in his development as a pass rusher that continued this summer during training camp before the injury.
Murphy, 26, was slated to miss the first four games of the season for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancement drugs. He will serve the suspension, despite the injury, forfeiting four game checks totaling $185,315 of his $787,591 base salary in 2017.
The injury also will have financial ramifications for Murphy as a pending free agent next offseason. The second-round pick in 2014 was in the final year of his rookie deal and won't have the opportunity to prove his value on the field in a contract year.
The Redskins had enough depth at outside linebacker to navigate around Murphy's suspension with Ryan Kerrigan, Preston Smith, Galette and Ryan Anderson. Now, they'll have to hope they have enough talent to handle an entire 16-game season without Murphy, but many questions remain after the first preseason game.
Smith missed Thursday's contest because of a sprained ankle he suffered last week in practice. Redskins Coach Jay Gruden said he could be sidelined for "a week or two" at the time of the injury. Galette wasn't in uniform because of a hamstring injury, although he participated during practice leading up to the Ravens' game.
Beyond the training camp injury concerns, the Redskins lacked a consistent pass rusher last season to pair with Kerrigan, who earned Pro Bowl honors with a team-high 11 sacks. Smith, a second-round pick in 2015, displayed flashes of his potential but was inconsistent. He finished with 4.5 sacks in his second year after recording eight as a rookie. Smith, 24, looked stronger during training camp before the injury, but it's unclear how that will translate in live action.
Galette has been one of the most impressive players during training camp, displaying the skill-set that produced 22 sacks in two seasons for the New Orleans Saints in 2013 and 2014. But Galette has yet to be in uniform for a game as a Redskin because of two season-ending injuries. He hasn't appeared in an NFL regular-season game since Dec. 28, 2014.
Anderson now becomes defensive coordinator Greg Manusky's fourth option in the outside linebacker rotation. Anderson is a physical player with good energy, recording three combined tackles against Baltimore, but he is still getting acclimated to the league after his first NFL game.
"It was something to build off of," Anderson said. "I know what to work on, and I got a good feel for the speed of the game. I was just trying to play with intensity. I need to watch the film and then build off of this."
More Redskins coverage:
Kirk Cousins sings Whitney Houston, completes one pass in preseason debut
Scot McCloughan just did a Twitter Q&A, and Redskins fans will love his responses


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This Calabrian black olive paste has the addition of capers. It is delicious spread on crostini and also works well as a pasta sauce.
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Known as the 'toe' of the 'boot' of the country, Calabria is the most southern region of mainland Italy. Its unusual mix of Mediterranean coastline and mountainous environments means it has high temperatures in the summer and low temperatures in the winter. Coupled with great hillside settings it creates the perfect climate for growing olives. The summery heat allows for very hot chillies to grow, contributing to the most famous product of the region, nduja. This is a spicy chilli and pork fat spread which is usually smeared over toasted Italian bread. No longer associated with the old influences of the Mafiosa, Calabria has been become an authentic, vibrant and bustling region of Italy.
Black olives (70%), olive oil, capers (3%), sea salt, oregano, chilli. Store in a cool, dry place. Once opened, cover in oil and use within 2 weeks.
How to use
Ready to use. Great spread on crostini.


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'Did You Get a Shot Off' Tour
Captain - Johno
Vessel - Endeavour
Several of the crew went to stock up on goods that would see us through the journey; unfortunately the estimates for food far outweighed the grog requirements, although we did have a couple of extras this voyage which obviously influenced the fluid consumption. Fortunately there were opportunities to restock and all was well with the world on the mighty Murray.
Evie and Spud, Bullcrew virgins, rolled up, threw their gear on board, grabbed a beer and it was time to cast off, fire up the big Endeavour donk and head upstream with Captain Johnson at the helm. With precision the skipper pulled into the first night's mooring applying reverse thrust perfectly to extend the gang plank within centimeters of the shore.
It was odd that having spent the last two voyages in questionable sleeping arrangements Hughesy still decided to share a room with Bush – not sure what's going on there and probably don't want to know.
A sumptuous meal of lasagne and salad was the precursor to the official duties and good ole 'Git R Done' comedy. Last year's captain from the 'Git R Done' Queensland voyage reminisced about previous ventures and introduced the new captain to set the scene for the current sojourn.
The newcomers were welcomed and presented with their caps, hats and last year's Gilligan award was presented to Hughesy. In expectation of Bush falling asleep, a couple of fellas got the fruit and other balanceable items ready only to be surprised by Bush's stamina in staying up late. A stock take of MB cans indicated supply/demand issues were looming.
The boys had a go at fishing the next morning with little to write home about, although Evie did have a good strike, running into something in the tinny up the Goulburn and then hitting it again on the way back.
The weather was beautiful, plenty of activity on the water and there was sufficient beer (or so we thought) and bikini's to keep us occupied. It was a most pleasant journey motoring downstream (note good driving skills by Joffa to keep her steady) whilst the boys were keeping a watchful eye for bikini action.
We returned to base and wandered to the local to pick up more supplies and a few of the lads managed to get a kiss and cuddle from some Echuca locals (of dubious quality).
Saturday night was roast night and we found a nice bend in the river
with a high band, perfect spot for a fire and right in the middle of an
aboriginal sacred site. As we sat and watched the sun set a young
blond ventured upstream in her tinny with VB in hand until she was
coaxed to shore by some verbal taunting – "whoa ho, show us your
tits". Brooke joined us for a while and shared a few beers with us old
fellas, then we settled into a beautiful camp oven meat, roast vegies
and red wine followed by a few tunes on the guitar with the words of
Rawhide forever changed to 'Head em up, get a shot off, fuck em off,
Rawhide'. I think Sykesy may have got the odd mention as well. The MB
supplies continued to diminish.
Next morning Spud had an altercation with a local concerned about us using the aboriginal site. Apparently it was used by the Yorta Yorta people, cause the guy said we Yorta not have used that spot and Spud replied, Yorta get fucked mate.
It was upstream direction with again beautiful hot beer drinking weather and we found a spot to tie up and move on shore for the TEDAS verses Rest of the world, Bocce challenge. There had been a lot of banter as to the quality of TEDAS in the 70's & 80's but could they come through with the goods in 2009. Well they come out of the blocks to be leading 12 to 2 after the first 6 ends. The pitch was certainly challenging and it appeared TEDAS had the trophy in the cupboard but then the ROTW started to claw back the difference and the ref started to cop some flak for some hard but fair decisions. It was down to the last end and with the ROTW come through with the goods.
Off the top deck doing bombies it took me back to the big board of the Traralgon pool, and I have the bum bruises to prove it. A couple of the fellas took the tender upstream for more beer (another bruise was encountered by Hilly trying to enter the tinny) and when they hadn't returned by dark we were concerned – did we have enough beer to get through the night. It was a great effort, they did return and we enjoyed a superb BBQ dinner, reassured that grog was aplenty and we embarked on the first Bullcrew quiz. A mixture of previous trip antics, footy, T'gon trivia, school and musical questions got the grey matter working.
The card game 'Arsehole' started with Baz as the incumbent President but ended with Planet in the chair. Evie quote: As president I request one of you to accompany me to the side of the vessel with a pair of tongs. A few other quotes worth a mention:
Johno (as Evie was cleaning up the kitchen) – Evie is chewing his way through the kitchen.
Spud – who killed JFK – Brittany Spears
Bush – Peakin, when are you gonna start peakin you f#@ckin soft c@#ck (In ref to Evie). Poor Evie got a bit of a hammering from the resident bush poet "Banjo Bush".
Bush – Mardi Gra loiterer doesn't mind a bit of rod action (in ref to Evie).
Huggy – How the standards have improved, we're now talking about screwing our mate's mums
Bush – "Prowess of the slug".
Bush greeting – "G'day ……., how'd ya go. Did you get a shot off?
Spud – My big tits don't have anything to do with history
Planet – I think I just shit my pants
Bush – Even if I had feet I wouldn't wear thongs like that (in ref to Evie)
Monday was not a good day for one of the members who spent most of the time in bed, no not Huggy, Planet succumbed to infection and did not participate in any activities. Although I did hear some excitement when there was some 'tits out' action and the boys up top verbally rewarded her for her efforts.
A large crew headed to terra firma for some lawn bowls where Joffa was fine tuning his power bowling technique – good thing there were rubber mats and Baz was eying off some of the blue rinse brigade. It took him back to the days on the cruise ships outrunning the ladies cause they couldn't move their zimmer frames fast enough. Baz must have been inspired as he cooked up a magnificent lamb curry. Evie headed for home like a man possessed with good reason, 'home at 3.30am, got a shot off at 7'.
A bit of fishing paid off with Hilly pulling a very nice Yellow Belly, although Johhno and Baz tried to impress by hooking the biggest tree in the vicinity. Almost back to base when we struck trouble – who was at the wheel you ask – the captain of course and we lost power luckily drifting to the houseboatless side of the river. Again the team worked well to watch as the rope was removed from the prop by Hilly & Bush and we were back to base. Joff, Hiily, Huggy and Planet headed off to leave Johno, Baz, Spud and Bush to wind down the trip. Would there be enough MB to get through the night.
What a great trip, with a great crew and great weather. Well done Johno, thanks to Joffa for the lift in the Disco via Romsey, Lower Romsey, South Romsey and Upper Left Romsey and good luck Hilly on next year's voyage, which I'm sure we're all looking forward to doing it all again – Did you get a shot off?


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