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I haven't ever seen that before...also is that blue underneath the atomizer? Can you check if it's blue underneath the atomizer head?
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Hey guys, I just received a bottle of Aventus from fragrancenet and am a little underwhelmed. I have sampled it in the past but I remember it lasting much longer than my bottle does. The batch number is a42b12d01. The reason I'm posting is because every picture I have seen online has the Creed logo in silver on the bottle, mine is in black.
I haven't ever seen that before...also is that blue underneath the atomizer? Can you check if it's blue underneath the atomizer head?
Yeah it's definitely blue underneath, just noticed that.
Well...I've never known Fragrancenet to sell fakes. I'm wondering if someone switched it out and returned a fake one, because that doesn't seem right at all.
that looks odd to me as well. Time to contact customer service. Fragnet is pretty good about stuff though
The bottom line is if you're not happy with it, return it and get your money back. Shouldn't be a problem with Fragrancenet.
Very odd indeed.
I bought a creed GIT from them and was smelling way different than the one at neiman . The cap was loose , the paper work all in Arab and on the back was written "toilet water" instead of eau the parfum. I do not recomand to buy niche online exept authorized dealers. Fragrance net will refund your money no questions about that. They are ok with designer colognes but on the niche side no way. Lucky scent is the best for niches.
That blue part definitely doesn't look right to me. This is the part of Creed fakes that is usually quite easy to spot. Check out Kerosenes video on Creed fakes on youtube
Wow thanks for posting this! I'm really curious now to see if any other members have experienced this.
I bought the 4.0oz Aventus from Fragrancenet about 2 months ago and it is very much legit. I would ask that they send you a different one that isn't in Turkish.
I contacted another member with the same batch number and the Creed logo on their bottle was black as well. I wonder if this is just how they are doing the bottles now?
Would like to see more pics; bottom of bottle and box, serial # on bottle, under the sprayer etc. Looks unlike the two I had or ones I have tested.
Here are some more pictures..
Mine's the same as yours, maybe its the production batch that has gotten the black creed logo. Dun think its fake, cos i bought mine from a luxury boutique in Singapore. (Paragon)
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By the additional pics, everything else looks legit. Just that blue section of the underside of the sprayer is different/ possibly something new?. Just call a Creed botique and ask about it. Of course report back
Yea, the additional pictures make it look legit. If you're concerned with the longevity, when I had some of the 2012 batch it seemed not to last as long as my sample either. If it smells relatively the same as you remember it's probably legit, just part of Creed's notorious batch variations.
It's probably okay if the number on the box matches the number on the bottle.
I bought my Creed Aventus from Neiman Marcus and it had neither that black label or the arab stuff. I would definitely return that.
If you want to stick with it, I would go to a place that sells authentic Aventus and compare each of the colognes. But chances are you got a replica.
I have just got the same bottle but the code is different mine is A42B12C02 and the lot number and toilet water on top of bottle near the neck not sure if fake
The bottles with a black logo are the middle east and eastern market. I have both variations and both are legit.
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The Wonderful 101 has been on the shelves for a little while now, and Director Hideki Kamiya is already thinking ahead and throwing around ideas for possible future games.
It should be exclusive to next gen consoles in other words ps4 and xbone ... beside wii u not being a next gen console, nintendo fans dont want realistic graphics
I wish we could get a high quality Super Sentai game someday. The DS and Wii ones are absolutely horrible. Make it for next-gen consoles, and I'd even accept Musou gameplay, just like Kamen Rider Battride War. Heck, since Power Rangers is finally doing the Gokaiger adaptation and on their 21st anniversary next year, they could have console game tie-in. As long as it's a console game, I'd buy it no matter how atrocious.
Note: What does Super Sentai/Power Rangers have to do with this? The W101 protagonists are clearly based on SS. I wish Kamiya's team are allowed to make a fast-paced, crazy over the too Super Sentai/Power Rangers game... Although, it would most likely be Japan-only, since PR is missing Goranger-Jetman, will start airing Gokaiger adap next year, and Gobusters and Kyoryuger are still a couple of years away.


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ALBUQUERQUE — Five months after scoring his second Emmy for playing tortured junkie Jesse Pinkman on AMC's "Breaking Bad," Aaron Paul paraded around a massive soundstage at Albuquerque Studios, carrying another kind of prize on his back.
With a playful grin, the pencil-thin Paul was giving his bride-to-be, documentary filmmaker Lauren Parsekian, a piggyback ride as other members of the "Breaking Bad" cast and crew began preparing a night of shooting that would stretch past midnight. Eventually, the couple approached Bryan Cranston, who stars as Walter White, the cancer-stricken chemistry teacher turned lethal criminal mastermind and Pinkman's partner in crime.
Cranston eyed Paul's passenger: "Well, this makes sense, Aaron," he joked. "I've been carrying you for the past six years!"
The banter was illustrative of the loose camaraderie of the company, far from the distractions of Hollywood. Though there was a lot of work ahead, there were no signs of fatigue or pressure. Executive producer Michelle MacLaren, directing the episode, was in good spirits as around 50 actors and technicians moved into position.
But on this February evening, it was anything but business as usual at the home base of the show, which has grown in five seasons from a low-profile cable entry series to one of prime time's most elite and honored dramas. Production was gradually winding down — the scenes being filmed were for the show's final episodes, which will start running Aug. 11.
The approaching finish line gave the proceedings an extra emotional charge. One scene being rehearsed was a tense confrontation that would be filmed the following week in a remote desert area that was also the site of White's maiden voyage into meth manufacturing inside a recreational vehicle during the first episode.
Just a few minutes after kidding around, Paul and Cranston slipped into "Breaking Bad' mode for a scene in which Pinkman and White (a.k.a. the deadly drug kingpin "Heisenberg") are talking on the phone. Though the actors weren't physically facing each other, the explosiveness of their conversation, flavored with words of violence and rage, exposed two characters very much on the brink.
The white-hot exchange between the mesmerizing duo is but one guarantee that the series is not going gently into the good night — which will be welcome news to the devotees who have clung to every brutal twist and turn of White's hellbent mission to build a drug empire, no matter what the cost to friends and family. Last season's episodes contained a kaleidoscope of calamity — an attack on a police station with giant magnets, a breakneck heist of a train in the desert, the gunning down of an innocent boy who unwittingly witnessed the robbery and White's murder of henchman Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks).
Now as the saga of White's journey from "Mr. Chips to Scarface," as creator Vince Gilligan puts it, winds down, major questions remain: How large will the final body count be? And will Walter White, who first turned to crime after his cancer diagnosis to provide money for his survivors but then betrayed his family, poisoned innocent children and wreaked havoc throughout New Mexico, be punished for his crimes? Will his cancer, which had been in remission, return?
Said Jake Wilbanks on the Whatculture! blog: "The prediction that I've heard made a thousand times over is that Jesse is going to end up killing Walt, but that's the most predictable ending there could be, and 'Breaking Bad' is anything but predictable.'"
The ultimate outcome has made the end of "Breaking Bad" perhaps the most anticipated TV finale since the curtain dropped ambiguously in 2007 on "The Sopranos."
A series apart
While sitting within the cradle of celebrated shows that have centered on charismatic antiheroes such as "The Sopranos," "The Shield," "Dexter," "Mad Men" and "Sons of Anarchy," TV scholars say "Breaking Bad" is a standout because of its foundation of an Everyman who does the wrong thing for the right reasons.
Said Barbara Miller, collection curator for the New York-based Museum of the Moving Image, which just opened an extensive "Breaking Bad" exhibition: "Walter White is really someone that people can relate to. They feel empathy for him. He's always been human in his motivations, even though he made horrible choices."
The buildup to the finale has approached Hollywood blockbuster proportions. Film Independent at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art hosted a standing-room-only live reading of the drama's pilot episode directed by Jason Reitman. And in what is certain to be a somewhat chaotic scene, the final episode airing Sept. 29 will be screened that evening at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Paul is planning to attend.
The hoopla is a long way from the show's under-the-radar launch in 2008. Unlike "The Sopranos" or "Mad Men," the concept of turning a humble and decent middle-class man into a monster was not genre-based. The cast was primarily below-the-line character actors, and the best-known performer was Cranston, who seemed an unlikely choice for a dramatic lead since he was coming off seven seasons of playing goofy father Hal on "Malcolm in the Middle."
Gilligan, a former film student from Farmville, Va. had a few screenplay credits ("Wilder Napalm" and co-writer of "Hancock") as well as a notable writing and producing stint on the landmark series "The X-Files" but was an unknown quantity as a show runner.
Unfailingly polite, easygoing and humble — unlike the hard-driven, obsessive producers at the helm of many quality dramas — Gilligan was uncertain whether there was an audience prepared for the darkness of his sinister brainchild. There was initial resistance: FX, which has a reputation for producing edgy material, was among the networks that passed on his pilot script.
Even after AMC picked up the series, he never envisioned "Breaking Bad" lasting six years: "Not even close. I thought we were lucky to make the pilot in the first place. Once we were up and running, I would have said we would last two seasons, maybe at the outside four seasons."
Said Jamie Erlicht, president, programming for Sony Pictures Television, which produces the show: "We knew a series like this wouldn't be easy. Most networks eliminated the concept right off the bat. But we knew it was an idea that would pay dividends."
"Breaking Bad" received immediate critical acclaim during the first season, which only grew (said Variety's Brian Lowry, "For a show about meth cookers, 'Breaking Bad' is simply one of TV's great addictions."). Cranston's three consecutive Emmy victories for lead actor in a drama series boosted interest, and viewership increased.
The innocuous story line of the pilot that had echoes of "Les Misérables" — a mild-mannered man who turns to crime temporarily to provide for his family — evolved into a universe clouded by blurred morality, brutality and over-the-top characters: Walt indirectly caused a plane collision that killed hundreds; a fast-food chicken chain was the front for an elaborate meth-selling operation. Ruthless drug kingpin Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) slashed the throat of an accomplice with a box cutter and threatened Walter's family. Walt then planned an elaborate revenge scheme that ended with Fring's face being blown off in an explosion at a nursing home.
The raves were universal. Though he admired it, The Times' Robert Lloyd felt in the show's later years that White's story arc was wearying: "Walt has long since crossed the line in which it is possible for me to feel for him."
"Breaking Bad" opened its fifth season last July to its largest audience, some 2.9 million viewers. Along with "Mad Men," "The Walking Dead" and "The Killing," the series was also pivotal in establishing AMC's elite status in the cable universe.
It also caught the first wave of a new phenomenon that was unheard of when it premiered — binge viewing. As buzz over the show grew, the curious began checking out the earlier seasons on DVDs and streaming services.
"It was pure dumb luck," Gilligan said, typically low-key. "We timed it perfectly. I know we were on the bubble at the beginning, but binge watching saved our bacon."
Thrilling endgame
In an interview last year before the final half of the season was written, Gilligan suggested that White should go straight to hell, that extremely evil people need to be punished for their misdeeds.
Whether that philosophy is carried out is being guarded with National Security Agency-level stealth. But for Gilligan, the cast and producers at Sony, the end of the journey has been simultaneously exhilarating and wrenching.
Cranston, who just scored another lead actor Emmy nomination, said the countdown to the final installments has been "a mixture of dread, anxiety, excitement and thrills. There's been a lot of tears, rejoicing and lamenting. The full spectrum. The whole thing ends in a very 'Breaking Bad' way. I think fans will embrace it."
Anna Gunn, who plays White's embittered wife, Skylar, and was also nominated this year for an Emmy, said there were scenes that "were difficult and emotional."
Sitting in a darkened room of the studio during a break, Paul, who was again nominated for his role as Pinkman, seemed the most upset about the approaching end. "My heart starts to race a little when I think about it," he said. He decided to relive his "Breaking Bad" experience by watching all the episodes from the pilot. "It's very hard to let go," he said.
Gilligan appears to be a bit more at peace. Just a few weeks before the farewell hoopla began ramping up, he sat among several boxes in his Burbank office containing props, mementos and story notes.
The toys, puzzles and Play-Doh that Gilligan and his writing staff had fidgeted with during brainstorming sessions had been packed away. Still unboxed and on a shelf by itself was a clay figurine of a severed head on top of a tortoise, one of "Breaking Bad's'' more gruesome — and darkly humorous — images.
"I'm really happy to say, as sad as I am to be sitting in this office, with these boxes all around me, the one thing I haven't lost any sleep over, the one thing I'm not sad about, is that we're ending it now," he said. "I don't think we overstayed our welcome, not for a minute. That was a big concern for me."
Now that the series is edited, some members of the troupe have moved on. Cranston is preparing to play President Lyndon B. Johnson in the American Repertory Theater premiere production of Robert Schenkkan's "All The Way" in Cambridge, Mass., in September. Gilligan is excited about developing a possible "Breaking Bad" spinoff that would feature Saul Goodman, the shady lawyer played by Bob Odenkirk that was one of the show's more humorous characters.
Gilligan is making one promise to "Breaking Bad" fans about the finale: "To quote a famous movie, there will be blood," he vowed with a wicked chuckle.


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The 2006 draft offers a cautionary yet inspirational tale as the Padres again enter draft day with extra picks and high hopes.
Six years ago the Padres studied at great length Trevor Cahill, whose heavy, speedy fastball attracted scouts from all of the major league clubs to Vista High, about 40 miles north of Petco Park.
Concerned about the righty's elbow, the Padres deemed Cahill too risky for the top few rounds and saw him go to the A's in the second round, 66th overall.
The elbow held up.
Cahill has thrown 653.1 innings in the big leagues, with a 43-40 record and 3.86 ERA. He has accumulated 7.9 win shares. Pleased with what Cahill gave them while his salary remained low, the A's traded Cahill to the Diamondbacks last offseason.
The Padres were proud of the extra draft picks that they stockpiled before the 2006 draft. Unfortunately for them, the four players they took before Cahill's selection -- Matt Antonelli, Kyler Burke, Chad Huffman and Wade LeBlanc -- have produced a grand total of six-tenths of a win share.
It was far from the first time in the Moores Era that the Padres misjudged one of San Diego County's amateur players. Their selection of Matt Bush, the Mission Bay High shortstop and pitcher, with the No. 1 pick overall in 2004, ranks as one of the worst selections in the draft's history. Two years earlier the Padres had doubts about the durability of Rancho Bernardo High pitcher Cole Hamels. Hamels would lead the Phillies to a World Series championship in 2008. His career numbers show more than 1,200 innings in the regular season, another 81.2 in the postseason, an 82-56 record and a 3.36 ERA to go with MVP awards for the '08 League Championship Series and World Series. The Padres had no concerns about the durability of Morse High's Adam Jones, but their early projection of him as a pitcher may have dulled them to his potential as an everyday player. Jones went to the Mariners 37th in the 2003 draft and now, in his fifth season as a starter with Orioles, ranks among the better center fielders in the majors. In the same draft, the Padres seemed to underestimate the flaws that other clubs saw in San Diego State infielder Peter Stonard. He didn't ascend above Single-A after San Diego took him 101st overall.
It should be noted that San Diego received good returns from Khalil Greene, the player it chose (and quickly signed) instead of Hamels. Even if the Padres liked Jones, their only chance to select him was with the No. 4 pick that they used on Tim Stauffer.
But not long after he became general manager of the Padres in late 2009, Jed Hoyer said the franchise needed to do a much better job of reading greater San Diego County's talent-rich amateur market and, for that matter, the rest of Southern California. Hoyer and his hand-picked draft overseer, Jason McLeod, said the Padres employed several good scouts but that the scouting staff had been spread too thin. Under Hoyer, the Padres doubled the number of area scouts and added cross-checkers.
Cahill's success in the big leagues is a reminder that the Padres have failed too often in their own backyard when drafting or not drafting local players and have often underachieved with the extra draft picks they've stockpiled over the years. Today's draft could mark the last time the Padres will have several extra picks. The new collective bargaining agreement will make it much more difficult for clubs to gain draft picks by not signing their own free agents, although the Padres stand to get compensatory picks through other means.
When Cahill threw a shutout here on Sunday, another Padres area of underachievement came to mind: the dearth of complete games. Petco Park, the absence of the designated hitter and San Diego's weather are as good as it gets for a pitcher, but the Padres have only seven complete games in the ballpark's history. Hamels alone may have tripled that number. Cahill had gone 1-5 with a 4.69 ERA in his last six starts before tossing nine innings here on Sunday. In his debut for Arizona, Cahill made several mistakes here as part of a six-walk performance but gave up only one run in six innings.
Cahill's delivery and stuff in spring training raised concerns in the Pink Pony Scouts Chat. No doubt the advantage of pitching in San Diego was accentuated by the Padres' feeble offense. At home this year Cahill is 0-3 with a 5.16 ERA. Even still, I can't help but wonder how good the Padres would be if they stocked their rotation with bona fide big leaguers, among them an ace and a legitimate No. 2 to go with an innings-eater such as Cahill in his Oakland days.
The Padres have the No. 7 pick in the draft today. A scout not affiliated with the Padres told me today that potential fits for San Diego are Puerto Rican shortstop Carlos Correa and left-handed pitcher Andrew Heaney of Oklahoma State. He also said the Padres have shown a lot of interest in another lefty pitcher, Max Fried of Harvard-Westlake High in Studio City.
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Interesting stuff-do you have any idea who was performing those medical evals? I wonder if that person is still in the organization since both Hamels and Cahill have turned out just fine medically while Stauffer was severely injured when drafted.
Any stories of someone they passed on due to injury risk who then wasn't effective because of an injury?
Part of me also wonders if it isn't better to just ignore that completely and pick the guys with the best stuff and cross your fingers they hold up.
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Life insurance can be called as death protection and the main benefit of this is giving your family compensation based on the agreement if you die because of something unexpected. Though you may think if this protection exchanges your life with money, but you can't debate anymore that it is the most important thing for everyone's life. However, there are two common types of life protection you can choose and know the difference.
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Based on the name, term life is created to give specific protection especially financial condition for certain period of time. The common period many people use is 10 or 20 years. The consumer will pay for the premium payment and the amount will not change higher during the coverage period you choose. However, if the policy reaches the end of period, the company will give you 2 choices. First, you can end the coverage and get your money back. Second, you can continue to extend the coverage but usually the premium payment is little bit higher than before. But you need to know if this protection is usually cheaper than permanent life protection. It will cover your loss the potential income especially if you are the one who work for the family.
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Playing With Fire: People That Clearly Didn't Understand The Importance Of Wrapping It Up!
PSA: always practice safe sex!
It's super important to wrap it up every time you engage in the good good. Don't believe us? Here are some people that got in some pretty serious or awkward trouble because they were acting reckless. Get it together, people.
Diddy – Whenever Diddy's bored, he has one remedy: get Kim Porter knocked up! Then, even when he's bored doing that, he went off and got some other random chick pregnant. Now, he's a millionaire so he can cover those costs. Can you?
Lil Wayne – Weezy had three, count em 3, women pregnant at the same time. That's just nasty. Maybe Weezy should have worn some of those Rough Rider condoms he was promoting, huh?
Tiger Woods – This idiot must have a rabbit's foot in his bag of clubs or something. Apparently he was out raw dogging all of his mistresses! It turns out that the cheating wasn't what made his wife leave, it was the fact that he was putting her life in jeopardy by not protecting himself.
Shawn Kemp – He was one of the biggest basketball stars in the 90s and basketball hoes worldwide wanted him. Remember, this was before hoes had a come up like TV shows to help them out. So Kemp went out and had a gang of children. Nobody knows how many for sure but the rumor is anywhere from seven to 11 kids from different baby mommas.
Mathew Knowles – So, as if having a side chick was bad enough…but he went in raw and now she has a baby that he tried to pass off as Bey and Hov's. He just keeps on effing up in life.
Antonio Cromartie – This Jets players is most famous for not being able to remember all of his kids' names when asked. That's because, over the course of two years, Cromartie had nine kids with eight different women. Ew.
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Magic Johnson – Well, we all know where Magic's non-protection got him. Thankfully he survived, but HIV ended his career and almost cost him his life. We're glad people are smarter these days.
Calvin Murphy – The 80s were a trip. And Calvin Murphy, former Houston Rockets player, was the embodiment of it. Get this: 13 kids with nine different women! Remember, these are just the times he got women pregnant. Who knows how many others got the raw dog treatment.
ODB –Remember that MTV special where he told the world he got burned by Gonorrhea? Yeah, he did some dirt in his day and told the world about it. However, he was out there educating people on its effects, too.
Nivea – Hey, ladies, you can make sure you help your man strap up, too. Nivea has a baby with The-Dream and Lil Wayne. Not necessarily the best company.
Tom Brady – So we all love Tom for how wholesome he is, but he did get two dimes pregnant at the same damn time. Dude's going in like that on two chicks in rotation? He was due for a couple of interceptions.
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UPLAND – Lawyers on both sides of the city's case against two medical marijuana cooperatives are holding their breath for a potentially game-changing ruling in an Anaheim case.
A three-year-long case against Anaheim by Qualified Patients Association could come to an end by Monday, setting a precedent by which judges may follow in future cases in the state.
Qualified Patients, an Anaheim-based medical marijuana dispensary sued the city in 2007, when the city was attempting to implement an ordinance banning all medical marijuana dispensaries.
Upland city officials are attempting to shut down G3 Holistic in the 1700 block of West Foothill Boulevard and Upland Herbal Patient Co-op in the 900 block of North Central Avenue.
City zoning rules prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries.
"There doesn't really appear to be any legal reason the city shouldn't continue to win and since Upland's formal ordinance is very similar to Anaheim's – if they win, we win," said Upland City Attorney William Curley.
Upland has filed an injunction against the cooperatives aiming to shut them down before the trial. A hearing was held Tuesday for one of the cooperatives. Roger Jon Diamond, an attorney representing G3 and UHPC, requested the hearing be pushed until after the Anaheim ruling.
The hearing for the second cooperative was to be held Wednesday, but both judges agreed to wait until Aug. 13.
"I believe the cases are basically the same or at least similar enough that judge in Rancho would want to hear what the state appellate court has to say," said Diamond.
After Qualified Patients filed its lawsuit, the city was granted a demur, terminating the lawsuit. Qualified Patients appealed the decision in the Court of Appeals in Santa Ana.
The case was argued in the Court of Appeals in September and a ruling would have come 90 days later, but the court required further time to look over the case. A ruling is expected by Monday, which will be 90 days after the continuance.
"If the appellate court strikes down the Anaheim ordinance it will create a whole new playing field. It will change the medical marijuana landscape," said Anthony Curiale, the lawyer representing Qualified Patients in Anaheim.
Should Anaheim prevail, Curiale believes it will void the state's compassionate use act, which was approved by voters in 1996 to de-criminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
"That essentially means cities regardless of what state law says, will be able to completely ban medical marijuana in their cities," he said.
State law permits the operation of medical marijuana collectives and cooperatives, which are required to follow a set of guidelines by the Attorney General's Office.
The use of medical marijuana is still prohibited under federal law, and some cities chose to side with the feds by banning dispensaries.
The outcome of the case could determine if the state's law could pre-empt all cities' bans on medical marijuana dispensaries, said Moses Johnson, Anaheim city attorney.
"It could be far reaching, but we're not going to know until we see it. It's a very complicated issue," Johnson said. The Court of Appeal had it for a long time and everybody's just anxiously awaiting for a ruling."
Medical marijuana patients filled the Upland City Hall council chambers Monday in support of the cooperatives.
Several members shared their personal stories and expressed their concerns over the possibly of their clubs being shut down.
Aaron Sandusky, president of G3 Holistic also spoke. He said 690 of his members live in Upland and that the cooperative has paid more than $80,000 in taxes since they opened in November.
"We've done a really good job," Sandusky said. "We've taken the Attorney General's guidelines and tightened them up even more. We make great strides in making sure that what we're doing is above board."
However, the council does not believe the majority of Upland residents would support the operation of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.
"It's kind of difficult because on one hand you feel for them and want to see them helped, on the other hand is helping them going to create a situation for people in our community which would not be a benefit to our children and would not be a benefit in other ways?" said Councilman Ken Willis.
Several Inland Empire cities – including Fontana, Claremont, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, Chino, Chino Hills, Ontario, Montclair, San Bernardino, Yucaipa, Rialto and Redlands – also prohibit dispensaries as a possible land use.
Jan Werner, an operator of the Inland Empire Patients Group in Bloomington, hit several road blocks before opening a year ago.
Warner settled on the unincorporated town because so many cities had bans on dispensaries.
"It's really unfortunate that through the whole state, very few counties and very few cities have authorized the operation of the facilities," he said.


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Companies added fewer workers than projected in February according to this morning's ADP report. The 139,000 increase in employment followed a revised 127,000 gain in January that was weaker than initially reported. Emerging-market stocks rose for a second day while Europe and U.S. equities were little changed. Stocks rebounded yesterday after President Vladimir Putin said there was no immediate need to invade eastern Ukraine.
Bonds: U.S. 30-year bonds(CBOT:USM14) are down 7 ticks to 132'06. The bonds might start to build some downside momentum, especially if we start to see more consistently positive economic data from the jobs, manufacturing, and housing sector in the United States. We would not at all be surprised to see the bonds approach 2013 lows and potentially break them. The real key in our view will be the jobs and inflation data.
Equities: The E-mini S&P(CME:ESM14) is up 1 point to 1872.50, approaching a very key target area according to our technical analysis. We believe the market may hang out around these levels and not make another big push higher until we see the Friday jobs data. Our current key pivot level is 1,870. Our previous key level was 1,851, and the market clearly breached that to the upside. If the market can't stay above 1,870, it could roll right back down to 1,851. However, if the bulls stay in control, we could see more rallying approaching our next target of 1896. Our next target for the Russell is 1,235; it is currently down 2.7 points to 1,202.90.
Currencies: The two bigger movers this morning are the Canadian dollar (up 0.3%) and the Aussie dollar (up 0.3%). The U.S. Dollar Index (NYBOT:DXH14)is down 3 ticks to 80.16. The Aussie dollar looks to be in a sideways range, however direction could be tilted to the upside. We would not be surprised to see the Aussie find a short term home above the 90 level. The report this morning was not incredibly favorable to the U.S. Dollar Index because the number did not make a big upside splash. However all eyes will be on Friday's report to see if the job market warmed up as the worst of the winter is potentially behind us.
Commodities: It seems as a lot of key commodities are down slightly today such as crude oil (NYMEX:SCK14), soybeans and coffee. However, live cattle continues its amazing run higher, up almost a full cent today to $1.46625. Could cattle make a run to $1.50? Coffee has sold off after almost breaching the $2 level two days ago. It is now below one of our key levels of $1.87, down to $1.83 today. Gold is at unchanged levels from yesterday, trading at around $1337.50. Gold seems supported today by the jobs report.


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Hey, fellow! Glad to see that I am not the only one from Grand Theft Auto Wiki here. ;) --Legion 22:11, 7 May 2007 (BST)
- yeah, welcome to the site A-Dust, and Good work with you're help around the Site. George 20:59, 8 May 2007 (BST)
Hi A-Dust - good to see you helping around the place. Although I would just mention a couple of things. We don't need the spoiler tag every time there is a small explanation of who somebody is - it only really needs to be used for big plot extracts. Also, we don't have many (any?) articles about specific missions, so it's a bit pointless linking to them at this stage. Also, here we always refer to the original Grand Theft Auto game as Grand Theft Auto 1 (GTA1) to avoid confusion - this may be technically wrong compared to Wikipedia and perhaps GTAW, but it's a lot simpler (and more consistent) to do it this way. Thanks again for your help - Xenon (?) 23:19, 7 May 2007 (BST)
- The thing with lists are that they are made a lot easier using Categories. All pages about characters should be put in Category:Characters, so that page produces a big up-to-date alphabetical list. However, Categories are limited by that too. We are currently in the process of reworking Vehicles in GTA San Andreas to break it into sections (types of cars), which is something we don't do with Category:Vehicles. Also, making loads of subcategories such as "Sports Cars in San Andreas" is too specific and is much more easily done in one page. I don't see any need for one list of all characters, but certainly one per game (Characters in GTA Vice City etc). Because that is only one game at a time, we can afford to put more detail in and even add pictures. Check Template:GTA for links to the pages we use for them. Thanks again - Xenon (?) 23:40, 7 May 2007 (BST)
Hi - I thought I would thank you for all your contributions to Grand Theft Wiki this week, and congratulate you on sussing out our system. You have got the hang of categories (such as Category:Missions in GTA Liberty City Stories) and article structure (bold name etc) really well. It's great to have people around adding loads of content and expanding GTW's horizons. Thanks again, and I hope you're here for the long term :) - Xenon (?) 23:36, 9 May 2007 (BST)
A couple of other things - can you please make sure that you do not link in ==headers==. You should just link in the paragraph afterwards (eg "In GTA San Andreas..."). Also, "no known residents" sounds like nobody lives there - you should say "no specific residents" to indicate that we don't know anybody special that lives there. See This also. Thanks - Xenon (?) 18:16, 10 May 2007 (BST)
Please do not make an image on an article bigger the original uploaded image or else it will appear pixelated. Thanks, and keep up the good work!
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Hi - when you're adding in a vehicle, could you just make sure that the names of the cities in the "locations" sections are only '''bold''', instead of a ===header===. See this diff. Thanks - Xenon (?) 15:58, 31 May 2007 (BST)
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Hey - The problem with the images you have tried to upload is that they contain an ampersand (&) that it doesn't recognise when you go back to it. Upload them with a simpler name. Xenon (?) 22:08, 1 June 2007 (BST)
Hey - since you've been helping out GTW loads, I'm wondering if you fancy a promotion to Administrator? Xenon (?) 20:49, 4 October 2007 (BST)
Sounds good. My contributions may slow a bit due Uni, but I'm usually on here a few times a day, so shouldn't be too much of a problem. A-Dust 21:02, 4 October 2007 (BST)


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1⁄4 cup soy sauce
1⁄4 cup fish sauce
1⁄4 cup rice wine vinegar
3⁄4 cup sesame seed oil
4 large limes
1 tbsp. lemon grass
2 tbsp. hot Chinese chili paste
1 tbsp. ground black pepper
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Judge Lee Jung-Joo (Park Eun-Bin) presides at the Seoul District Court. She sometimes swears at shameless defendants with unspeakable words. Judge Sa Ui-Hyun (Yeon Woo-Jin) is assigned to the judgement bench with Judge Lee Jung-Joo. Sa Ui-Hyun is well known for his excellent use of the law and his conscience to reach verdicts. Lee Jung-Joo fights against a huge power who framed her older brother for murder and killed him.
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Drama: Nothing to Lose (literal title)
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Director: Lee Gwang-Young
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Episodes: 32
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Bond, Snow White and a whole lot of hobbits and superheroes are in the running for the visual-effects prize at the Academy Awards.
The superhero blockbusters "The Avengers," ''The Dark Knight Rises" and "The Amazing Spider-Man" are among 10 films that made the cut for visual-effects nominations for the Oscars on Feb. 24.
The other seven contenders announced Thursday include the Bond adventure "Skyfall," ''Snow White and the Huntsman," ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," ''Cloud Atlas," ''John Carter," ''Life of Pi" and "Prometheus."
Members of the academy's visual-effects branch will view 10-minute excerpts from each of the films on Jan. 3, and then pick five nominees for the Oscars.
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Whether you'll be cheering on the horses from the fanciest box at the races or sipping mint juleps at home, the Kentucky Derby gives you a great excuse to break out your fanciest hat.
Some of us go for the full custom number, while others are looking to get some more use out of their Royal Wedding attire, but regardless of where your topper originated, there's something about sipping a cocktail in a glamorous number that can't be beat — as these stars can attest.
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Three of our favorite looks from years past belong to Paula Patton (left), in a head-turning number that she clearly feels great in; Chelsea Clinton, in a My Fair Lady-esque pastel chapeau that matches her dress and shades her from the sun; and Vanessa Lachey, who looks like she may be among those of us looking for another wear from her Princess Kate-inspired fascinator.
One thing to keep in mind when planning to go big, bold or broad-brimmed: a lady never blocks the view of the other spectators, so if you're planning to cheer on Rosie Napravnik in style, do it from the back row.
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America's Most Wanted !
Attention People!! ,Here is the list and short bio of various candidates running for various offices across America ,and America needs them now,American citizens need them now for their new & improved lives ! – hence the title of blog ..America is facing one of the most severe crisis in recent times and needs power full leaders to run the country and take it out of current situation ..
I am mentioning few of them here ,, some for State Assemblies,some for State Senate ,while some for District Attorney .etc etc.. together they are going to make the difference .. Now,you might be wondering the criteria chosen by me to shortlist the candidates ..well its FAR FROM BEING SCIENTIFIC or something ,infact it might initially sound stupid but eventually you'll realize it actually isn't .
I am mentioning the name of candidates here whom I am in touch with "directly/indirectly" .. Now what does this suppose to mean and matter ? As a matter of fact,it actually does ..
Let me explain : Say there are 2 people whom you know and have read/heard a lot about them on news/blogs etc .Now,say you actually get an opportunity to interact directly/indirectly to one of them .So,whom do you know more/better eventually ? Obviously ! the the person whom you interacted with ..right ? Now,this is not guaranteed that after interacting you have a positive outlook,it might be negative as well..cool!!. but then you can judge better !! Similar is my case,After volunteering for the campaign I came across various candidates for various offices in various states of America.. And the one's who actually deserve to win as I felt are these :……
1-Ann Clemmer for State Representative (Arkansas ) -After many years teaching government and political science at University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Ann is running for state representative and she needs votes from all residents in District 29 of Saline County,AR .The reason she got into politics was to actually and practically implement what she has been teaching for years to hundreds of students .. and she keenly picks up some of the very important issues like
Improving Educational Opportunities by :
· Support state tax credits for college and vocational tuition
· Support Transparency in budgeting and academic reporting for all public schools.
· Support school choice
Education being the most vital aspect for the future of America and strength of Ann ,needs to be reformed and made such that all get equal opportunity to have it .You might want to read more ..
2-Tom Casperson for Congress – Tom is a Republican member of the Michigan State House of Representatives, representing the 108th district, which is located in the Upper Peninsula and includes Delta County, Menominee County, and Dickinson County.
With an awesome history in past elections ..Tom actually represents people and is loved by them ..what more proof is needed ? ,when a person is elected for State House 3 times in series.
*2006 campaign for State House
Tom Casperson (R), 55%
Judy Nerat (D), 44%
*2004 campaign for State House
Tom Casperson (R), 68%
Dennis Baldinelli (D), 31%
*2002 campaign for State House
Tom Casperson (R), 51%
Laurie Stupak (D), 48%
With his great experience and love for country,he has a dedicated view on various burning issues .You can read the same here and vote the man,who has shown people's love for him for last so many years ..
3-Keith Fimian for Congress – Keith Fimian is the Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Virginia's 11th congressional district.
Keith is not a career politician but his experience as the Chairman and Founder of U.S. Inspect, the nation's largest provider of property inspections and love for country asked him to run for this office.You might want to know more about his views on various Issues here .
4-Kieran Michael Lalor for Congress – Kieran Michael Lalor is the Republican candidate in the 2008 congressional elections for the 19th Congressional District of New York.
Lalor is the founder of Iraq Vets for Congress, a group of Republicans Congressional candidates who served in Iraq.He fought in Iraq,and took the war personally because his sister was one of the escapee on 9/11 Attacks.He has been National Security Activist and was involved in Hurricane Katrina Rescue Mission.His views on various issues can be viewed here.
5-Scott Brown for Senate – Scott P. Brown is a Republican Massachusetts State Senator representing the Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and Middlesex districts since 2004. He has stood firm to implement common sense reforms that will make state government more efficient and responsive to people, the taxpayers.
In his website here,he has asked for people's suggestions as in what they feel is most important for MA ,its really nice to frame issues on the basis of that because thats what true democracy is for .
6-Thaddeus McCotter for Congress – He currently represents the Michigan's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. More on his campaign can be see here .His stand on the Bail out was this – "The voice of the Main Street has been heeded and obeyed by Congress. Americans said "No!" to the Paulson bailout. Now, let our work commence in earnest and prudence on behalf of the American people. In this time of economic difficulty and uncertainty, the people never panicked. Neither should their elected servants"
7-Barb Davis White for Congress -Barb Davis White is the Republican candidate in the 2008 congressional elections for the 5th Congressional District of Minnesota. She is the Republican nominee seeking to replace incumbent Keith Ellison (D-Minn.). She ran unopposed in primary elections which took place on September 9, 2008. White is a licensed pastor and her piousness will continue to influence a happy and truthful America.
8-Dennis Lennox for State Representative – Former professional hockey referee, sports journalist and taxpayer rights advocate Dennis Lennox announced his candidacy for the 105th state House seat currently held by retiring Representative Kevin Elsenheimer.
He is the man ,who knows what responsibility is .. "With Representative Elsenheimer's decision not to run again, it's important to ensure a conservative voice continues to represent us in Lansing," said Lennox. "The people of northern Michigan want someone willing to cut taxes, improve the economy and vote their values." .You can view his stand on various issues here.
9-Dan Haley for Massachusetts State Representative – Dan is a candidate to Represent the Eighth Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.Dan Haley is a practicing attorney who lives in Holliston with his wife, Melissa, infant daughter, Sylvie, and Black Labrador, Pax.Dan has been living in the town since birth and his 3 generations have done so .. In one of notes made to citizens of MA,he says " I am running to be an independent voice for our District, to stand up against wasteful spending and new taxes, and to fight for fiscal discipline and open, accountable government. I look forward to meeting you "on the trail," where I hope to earn your support and your vote. I hope you will spend some time on this site, learning about my candidacy and my ideas to move the Eighth Middlesex District and the Commonwealth forward. " .. You might want to have a look at the issues he is concerned about here ..
10-Dan Schorr for District Attorney – Dan is running for DA ( Westchester County ) .Dan earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his M.A. and B.A. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and is a very smart man with best suited skills for the office.Dan has taken solid stand on 3 of the issues ,namely :
*Domestic Violence
*Restore Morale in DA's Office
*Vertical Prosecution
More about the same can be read here:
To see who amongst them won ? Check out here .


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A couple of disclaimers: One, I know very little about drug pricing. Most of my work in AIDS has been about healthcare access, which means I know a little bit about the programs that pay for drugs. So, basically, what I am going to do is give you a very quick overview of who pays for drugs in the United States.
These are the major providers of payment for AIDS drugs: Medicaid; private health insurance; the Ryan White CARE Act, including but not limited to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP); the Veterans Administration (VA); the US Department of Defense (DOD); Medicare; and uncompensated or charity care. I am not going to talk about the DOD. They are doing very well indeed financially, and have fabulous coverage. But, just moving through some of these programs, I think the first thing to say is -- and, I guess, as I was preparing this presentation I sort of stepped out of being an American and thought -- what an outrageous situation we continue to deal with here in the United States.
We have, in fact, growing numbers of people who are uninsured, 43.6 million in 2002, and still no comprehensive solution to this problem. Looking first at the private health insurance market, which may cover about a third of the people in this country:
There are also very little data. As mentioned by José [M. Zuniga] in his opening remarks, more attention should be paid to the private health insurance market. There are really very little data on what is happening with AIDS care in that market, although there are probably snapshots of what is happening in some parts.
Medicaid is the largest payer of AIDS care and the largest payer of AIDS drugs. In 2003, Medicaid spent US$8.5 billion for more than 200,000 people. It is important to note that eligibility requirements include being a member of a specific category, as well as being poor. This is not a universal access program for poor people. Most people with HIV/AIDS qualify on the basis of disability or as a caretaker parent of poor children. The eligibility issues have been huge, especially since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), and clearly there is an urgent need to get people access before they become completely disabled by AIDS, especially since we know that drug intervention after an AIDS diagnosis has a poorer prognosis than intervention before a diagnosis. But states are required under federal law to cover medically accepted indications of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs and off-label use.
Just as the rest of our economy, Medicaid is in a huge financial crisis. What we have seen is a number of cost-control measures on prescription drug access, everything from preferred drug lists to preauthorization, to requiring generics, to increasing co-pays, to locking individuals in to get their drugs only at one pharmacy, and generally tighter controls on high-cost drugs. Probably the most worrisome of all the cost-control measures is the increasing number of states that are actually limiting the number of prescriptions that people can get filled per month.
One of the other cost containment strategies is reduction in acquisition costs. The states are trying to get greater discounts on average wholesale prices (AWPs) for drugs in their formularies, limits on the number of medications, limits on the number of refills, etc. There are certainly states, including the states of California and Florida, both of which are among the top three states in terms of numbers of people with HIV/AIDS, that are looking to dramatically increase co-pays for certain populations of people on Medicaid, and obviously with the number of prescriptions people with HIV/AIDS need to fill, this could really be a barrier to getting everything they need.
Many of us have been working for some years on the Early Treatment for HIV Act (ETHA), which is about addressing the need for early intervention in healthcare. It gives states the option to amend their Medicaid eligibility, basically to extend Medicaid to low-income people with HIV before they become disabled. It also gives states an enhanced federal match to do so, modeled on the Breast and Cervical Cancer Act. We have spent a lot of the last two years defending the Medicaid program, but also feel it is important to have a proactive strategy, and to acknowledge the ways in which Medicaid does not work for our population.
I want to give you a little bit of data on Medicaid prescription drug prices. The latest estimate is from fiscal year 1999, which is obviously a long time ago, but Medicaid spent US$617 million on antiretroviral drugs, and what has been discovered is that, notwithstanding the language about Medicaid getting the best price on prescriptions, in fact, that program categorically does not get the best price. A study specifically on AIDS drugs found that Medicaid pays 33 percent more than other federal drug discount programs for HIV drugs, including a number of ADAPs. There is also wide variation in the prices paid for the same drugs among state Medicaid agencies in that particular study, which looked at the 10 states with the highest number of cases. Massachusetts paid far less than any other state, and Georgia paid far more. In all the discussions we have been having over the last couple of years about the South and the southern epidemic and the number of people on rural Georgia's ADAP waiting lists, it is sort of interesting to find out that Georgia is actually getting a pretty bad deal on Medicaid prices.
All 50 states and the US territories have ADAPs. The goal of the program is to provide HIV/AIDS-related drugs to uninsured and underinsured persons. Funding is based on formula, and is largely federal. There is some state funding, but the amount of state funding varies quite dramatically. The overwhelming majority of the money, and this has consistently been the case since 1997 or 1998, is spent on antiretroviral drugs. The majority of recipients are people who would qualify as low-income. Ten states account for more than three quarters of all the expenditures for drugs. It is a discretionary program; how well we know that. Funding depends on annual congressional appropriations. Such decisions lately have not been in our favor, and there is little indication that that situation is going to change. I cannot remember the last time we had a successful supplemental funding approach for ADAP -- the payer of last resort, intended to fill in the gaps in Medicaid and private coverage, because the private health insurance market has been pretty successful in avoiding paying for our population of people, by and large.
The ADAP is critical. It is certainly a major focus of our community. A lot of ADAPs have been imposing cost-containment strategies, enrollment caps, waiting lists, restricted access to drugs, and per capita expenditure caps. They are only going to pay for X thousand dollars per year per beneficiary, by implementing limited formularies and reducing financial eligibility criteria -- though, by and large, that does not save a lot of money because there are not very many people on the higher end of eligibility. This is a map indicating where ADAP restrictions are the most serious (Slide 1). According to the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), there are 791 people currently on ADAP waiting lists.
We are clearly having challenges in terms of providing access to drugs. I think this is also a time when most people in the world, with the attention garnered by the global epidemic in the last few years, assume that there is universal access to life-saving drugs in the United States. As you all probably know, there is a lot of variability in ADAP eligibility. What drugs are on the formulary? How much do states contribute? That is determined by individual states, it varies pretty dramatically in terms of financial eligibility. There are no minimum formularies or requirements by the federal government, and there is a lot of discussion every time we talk about Ryan White CARE Act reauthorization about whether there should be. I think the most common view is that the only way this can happen is if there is some type of federal responsibility for helping to implement that formulary state by state. There are dramatic differences: 18 drugs versus 463 drugs.
I represent HIV physicians now, and I have been trying to get some response about the Ryan White CARE Act reauthorization. One physician from New Hampshire e-mailed me and said, "I think it would be a good idea if we changed the law so the ADAP formulary could include drugs other than antiretrovirals." Has he been to New York lately? Their idea of a cut in the formulary is to reduce the amount of Ambien® people can get per month. People tend to think the ADAP that exists in their state is the same as programs in every other state.
Not all ADAPs receive state contributions, and although 36 states contributed in 2002, that was two fewer states than contributed in 2001. There is a tremendous variability in negotiated prices among state ADAPs. There have been some precedents in recent years of negotiations between ADAPs and individual pharmaceutical manufacturers; they have led to some agreements, although some people tell me that several of the companies have reneged on those agreements already. About half the states get 340B drug discount prices that are available to some public health entities. In order to do so, you have to acquire drugs through a central purchaser. The other half have a rebate option that allows them to access Medicaid rebates on a quarterly basis.
I think we often forget about one of the biggest providers of HIV care: the VA. In fiscal year 2003, the VA provided antiretroviral drugs to almost 15,000 people and had over 19,000 people with HIV/AIDS under its care. The VA exists in a rarified environment where drugs are purchased through one of the only statutorily discounted price programs enacted by the federal government. The prices are called "Federal Ceiling Prices" and they are part of the Federal Supply Schedule, which is also how federal contractors get a good deal on buying commodities such as office equipment. These prices, which are dramatically lower than what Medicaid and most ADAPs get, are available only to the VA, DOD, US Coast Guard, and some elements of the US Public Health Service (PHS).
In 1997, some of the national AIDS groups joined forces with the National Association of Public Hospitals and tried to enact legislation that would allow ADAPs to access the Federal Supply Schedule, because public hospitals were hemorrhaging financially from the high cost of AIDS drugs. I never saw such a quick reaction from the pharmaceutical industry in my life. Within days the word was out that the AIDS community was trying to undermine medical care for veterans, which I thought was a sort of interesting take on all of this.
Moving on to Medicare, which before last year would have been a very short conversation, since Medicare currently pays pretty much exclusively for inpatient drugs and for some outpatient cancer medications. We have a new Medicare prescription drug law, which is a very complicated piece of legislation in its own right; but briefly, starting this spring and next year beneficiaries will have access to Medicare-endorsed discount drug cards, and US$600 in an annual drug subsidy will be available for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities, which will indeed include some people with HIV/AIDS. In 2006, beneficiaries will have a choice of staying in fee-for-service Medicare with access to private drug-only plans, (emphasis on "private") or Medicare Advantage (MA) integrated plans that are essentially Medicare-managed care plans that also include drugs, but there will be preferred provider organizations (PPOs) as well as health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in that option.
There will be reasonably generous subsidies to help low-income beneficiaries pay premiums, and cost sharing. Our community was a very small part of a very large debate, but we did try to do some advocacy around issues that would be critical. We do not really know the number of people with AIDS on Medicare, but speculation is that there are as many as 60,000 to 80,000 of them, and many of them are duly eligible for Medicaid but some are not, and in some states they are a rather significant part of the ADAP rolls. I remember several years ago hearing a presentation by the ADAP Director for the State of Washington in which he stated that 15 percent to 17 percent of his state's ADAP rolls were people on Medicare only. So certainly this benefit has the promise of alleviating some of the burden on ADAP.
One of the very interesting parts of the Medicare prescription drug law is that we have a completely decentralized private-sector model, in which individual plans negotiate with pharmaceutical companies for prices. There is an explicit statutory prohibition against the federal government negotiating drug prices on behalf of 40 million Medicare beneficiaries. You would think that might get us a good deal. The pharmaceutical industry, which actually had historically opposed a prescription drug benefit from Medicare because they thought it would inevitably lead to price controls, in fact was incredibly successful -- the big winners. They gained a large market with no threat of price controls, with all due respect to my friends from industry.
What about the Medicare law and people with AIDS? We have a number of concerns about this law ... with which we are working administratively and perhaps someday legislatively to remedy. There is little hope that this law will be opened up legislatively this year. We are worried about comprehensive coverage of antiretroviral drugs on plan formularies. Not only can US Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tommy Thompson not negotiate prices, but his department cannot be proscriptive in terms of a formulary -- it cannot say, "You must cover all antiretroviral drugs in all three classes," for example. As we know, given the history of many people with this disease, all the options need to be on the table because there is no one-size-fits-all antiretroviral combination.
We would really like to change the law to allow Medicaid to supplement Medicare coverage with federal matching funds. Currently, people who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid must join this drug plan and if the drug plan does not have all the drugs they need, Medicaid will not be able to supplement their coverage. Their best hope will be to turn to the already-strapped ADAP in their community and ask for help, and it remains to be seen whether that help will be available. There are some consumer protection issues that we are concerned about, which we actually share with many other constituencies. Right now Medicare does not have to provide even appeals information on enrollment, and they also require a beneficiary to file his or her own grievance, though under current Medicare law, for instance for the Medicare-managed care plans, a physician can file on behalf of a beneficiary, a friend, or a family member. We have beneficiaries who frankly are not equipped to negotiate a grievance process alone, so it would appear that in fact the statute has a way of discouraging people from filing grievances.
It is unclear whether ADAP can wrap around this benefit, and that is also one of the issues we are working on now. Virtually the only programs that can do so are the so-called "State Pharmacy Assistance Programs." Our patients are not included under that rubric, but we are trying to argue that in fact, ADAPs are State Pharmacy Assistance Programs.
It is really important that all medically necessary drugs count toward the catastrophic limit. If you know anything about this law, you know that there is a phenomenon called a "donut." It is about US$2,000 that you are stuck carrying by yourself, unless you are categorized as low-income. But there is also a catastrophic limit over which you pay nothing, and one of our questions is: "If you have to buy drugs yourself that are not on the plan formulary, do those count toward the catastrophic limit or not?" Obviously, we know that drug costs to people with AIDS are going to facilitate them reaching that limit, and the sooner they do that and have federal support, the better off people will be.
Finally, there is the bizarre situation where the burden of health plans to provide information to the public does not begin until people actually enroll. If you are living in a community that has a fairly robust provider system with several plans, you cannot go to Plan A and ask, "What drugs do you cover?" They are not required to tell you. But as soon as you join a plan, you are locked in for a year. We think this is a little troubling, and this is actually one of the issues we hope to talk to HHS about, and hope there might be some wiggle room in regard to regulation. So, not only did the pharmaceutical industry win, but also the health plans won big with the new Medicare law.
There are many issues and challenges. ... A lot of people think the Medicare benefits start immediately. When deciding whether to enroll, a large number of Medicare beneficiaries have access to some private supplemental insurance that they hope to keep. There is a lot of concern that some of the companies that provide insurance for retirees and people with disabilities will in fact no longer do so. I am worried about my mother in this regard.
There are financial penalties for delayed enrollments. You have got to be informed about what to do, and if it is the best bet -- for instance, making sure you get in the low-income subsidy program if you are eligible, which is pretty critical. How do you sign up? These are all things that I think people on the ground, Ryan White CARE Act-funded case managers and others, are going to have to help people do -- for example, comparing plans and deciding which to join, because they are all going to be different. First of all, we are fighting for the right to make informed decisions about comparing plans, which we do not have; again, with the risk of consequences of bad decisions or a lock-in to a sub-optimal plan. It appears that the burden may be on the beneficiaries to track out-of-pocket cost. If you manage your finances the way I do, you would be in lot of trouble that way. Obviously people with AIDS have a lot more challenges in their lives than I do.
Just some summary comments: We have, in case it is not incredibly obvious, a fragmented patchwork of a healthcare system that links access to healthcare with employment, disability, age, sometimes poverty, and other factors. Because of the categorical nature of access, there are no guarantees of continuity of care from childhood to old age in this country. There is no human right to healthcare. There is no legal right to healthcare, and obviously that has tremendous implications for access to drugs. Drug costs vary considerably across public and private programs by kind of system and by geography, like everything else related to the AIDS epidemic. The high costs of prescription drugs affect individual decisions to adhere to drug protocols, and also affect the capacity of public programs to offer a medication safety net. If drugs did not cost so much, ADAPs could offer more of them to more people, for example.
Most information about drug pricing is proprietary, even among state Medicaid programs and ADAPs, so they are not allowed to share information about that. So only the individual pharmaceutical companies have the big picture about what the pricing structure looks like across payers, and they only have that picture for their drugs. It is not a transparent process. It is very difficult to change. Patient-assistance programs sponsored by pharmaceutical companies serve a critical role as safety nets for individuals, as eligibility for programs fluctuates or as benefits fluctuate, but they create tremendous burdens for providers and patients alike. I talked to one of our providers at a recent conference, a private-practice doctor in Indiana. She had about 20 patients who lost their eligibility because of a change in the Medicaid program, and she was a sole practitioner and did not have the time or the personnel to do the paperwork to get each of her clients on the drugs they need since she was getting out of AIDS care. It sounds like a good job for Ryan White CARE Act-funded case managers; but what do I know?
Continuing access to life-saving medications for people with AIDS remains an elusive goal. Without more clarity, uniformity, better pricing, and an increased level of purchasing power, I am not sure how we get there.
Christine Lubinski is Executive Director of the HIV Medicine Association.
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2014 Hall of Fame class has distinct Chicago feel
CHICAGO -- Frank Thomas can't help himself.
His exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum includes three different versions of Thomas/No. 35 jerseys, with the ones he wore in Oakland and Toronto hanging alongside the one he wore in 16 seasons with the White Sox. He's now a studio analyst with FOX Sports 1, reporting on all 30 franchises.
CHICAGO -- Frank Thomas can't help himself.
His exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum includes three different versions of Thomas/No. 35 jerseys, with the ones he wore in Oakland and Toronto hanging alongside the one he wore in 16 seasons with the White Sox. He's now a studio analyst with FOX Sports 1, reporting on all 30 franchises.
But there's one franchise Thomas will never be objective about. He still uses personal pronouns to refer to the White Sox.
"We have a very competitive ballclub right now," Thomas said on Friday, answering a question about the state of baseball in Chicago.
We ... not they. That says a lot about Thomas' relationship with his old franchise, which brought him back to do some pregame and postgame broadcasting after he retired.
While next week's Hall of Fame induction week extends the Cooperstown spotlight on the Braves' incredible run of division championships and the Yankees' dynasty under Joe Torre, there's reason for fans to celebrate in St. Louis, Oakland and, especially, Chicago.
Hall of Famers Greg Maddux, Tony La Russa and Thomas launched their careers in Chicago, spending a combined 32 years with the Cubs or White Sox. Both Maddux and La Russa, who managed the White Sox from 1979-86, are sentimental about the organizations that first recognized their potential.
La Russa, who was 34 when the White Sox hired him to replace Don Kessinger, said he was "shocked" when Sox owner Bill Veeck and general manager Roland Hemond offered him his first job as a manager. They were acting on the recommendation of the late Paul Richards, who had mentored La Russa during his brief tenure as a Minor League manager.
"I got there, felt I was totally unprepared," La Russa said Friday. "I give Paul Richards a lot of credit. He taught me something that has always stuck with me -- that you manage by trusting your gut, not trying to cover your butt."
Maddux joined the Cubs in September 1986, a little more than two months after the White Sox fired La Russa. He demonstrated his loyalty to the Cubs by declining to be depicted in a Braves cap on his Hall of Fame plaque, which had been expected. He opted for a blank cap, as have many others with split careers.
"I think he didn't want to take sides," said Bobby Cox, the longtime Braves manager who will join Maddux and Tom Glavine in the six-man Class of 2014. "He spent equal time with the Cubs and the Braves, just about, including Minor League time. He didn't want to offend anybody. I think that's for good reason. He won some Cy Young Awards with [both teams]. You're not going to find a better pitcher than Greg Maddux. I think the Chicago fans can celebrate this induction, as well as the Atlanta Braves."
Thomas' loyalty is not divided. He is beloved by the fans who watched him win back-to-back American League MVP Awards at the new Comiskey Park in 1993-94, and you can be sure that a large number of White Sox fans will be at the Clark Sports Center field when Thomas makes his induction speech next week.
Thomas' last two seasons with the White Sox were marked by long stints on the disabled list from broken bones in his left foot, which appeared career threatening. He wasn't on the postseason roster when the Sox won the 2005 World Series, but he turned into a highly visible cheerleader.
"It was the closing chapter of my Chicago career," Thomas said. "I'd been there a long time, through all the ups and downs, through all the roster changes, the manager changes, everything else. ... To finally have that happen in a year that was full of injuries to me [was bittersweet]. I tried to come back from a major ankle injury. I had a sense of what was about to happen that year. I kind of came back a little too early. I had a little impact on that team, and I'm glad I had an impact on that team. I wanted to play on that team, and fortunately that team won the World Series. It was the crowning moment of my Chicago career. Having that ring right now in my trophy case is what it's all about."
During a conference call with baseball writers, Thomas was asked about active hitters who are similar to him in their ability to hit for power and average. He pointed to Miguel Cabrera as the best in the game, but said he was been very impressed by White Sox rookie Jose Abreu, who defected from Cuba last year.
"We have a kid right now in Chicago who is a very capable hitter," Thomas said. "He's 26, 27 years old. Just think about what he could have [already] accomplished in the big leagues if he had been here the last five or six years. I think Jose Abreu is the same type hitter I've always been, Miguel's always been."
Thomas knows this has been a down period for Chicago baseball. But he sees bright days ahead for both the Cubs and White Sox.
"I think both teams are going to be just fine," Thomas said. "You look at the Cubs on the North Side. They've been on a rebuilding plan last three years, and they have such a talented group that is going to be in the big leagues the next few years. As for the Sox, not that far away. We have a very competitive ballclub right now. We just need to concentrate on more pitching to back up the hitting we have, and we'll be right back in contention."
That was spoken like a guy whose heart is still on the South Side.
Phil Rogers is a columnist for MLB.com.


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