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Disconnects between what patients want and what providers offer can be attributed to poor communication between the two parties. For example, 87 percent of surveyed organizations can provide cost estimates at time of service, yet only a small portion of patients indicate they receive one without asking for it, according to Waystar's 2018 Patient Payment Check-Up Survey, which polled more than 1,000 patients and 900 healthcare financial leaders.
This finding sheds light on an opportunity for providers to offer estimates as a matter of course, which will encourage patients to pay their bills in a timelier fashion. As an added benefit, nearly 70 percent of patients say if they were to receive a cost estimate, they would be more likely to recommend the organization to a friend.
Patient Responses to Cost Estimates
Dustin Hamilton is vice president of product management, Waystar.
Publication Date: Tuesday, December 04, 2018
Patient financial engagement is more challenging than ever – and more critical. With patient responsibility as a percentage of revenue on the rise, providers have seen their billing-related costs and accounts receivable levels increase. If increasing collection yield and reducing costs are a priority for your organization, the metrics outlined in this presentation will provide the framework you need to understand what's working and what's not, in order to guide your overall patient financial engagement initiatives and optimize results.
No two patients are the same. Each has a very personal healthcare experience, and each has distinct financial needs and preferences that have an impact on how, when and if they chose to pay their healthcare bill. It's no longer effective to apply static billing techniques to solve the complex challenge of collecting balances from patients. The need to tailor financial conversations and payment options to individual needs and preferences is critical. This presentation provides 10 recommendations that will not only help you improve payment performance through a more tailored approach, but take control of rising collection costs.
This white paper, written by Apex Vice President of Solutions and Services, Carrie Romandine, discusses the importance of patient segmentation and messaging specifically related to the patient revenue cycle. Applying strategic messaging that is tailored to each patient type will not only better educate consumers on payment options specific to their billing needs, but it will maximize the amount collected before sending to collections. Further, targeted messaging should be applied across all points of patient interaction (i.e. point of service, customer service, patient statements) and analyzed regularly for maximized results.
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Faced with a rising tide of bad debt, a large Southeastern healthcare system was seeing a sharp decline in net patient revenues. The need to improve collections was dire. By integrating critical tools and processes, the health system was able to increase online payments and improve its financial position. Taking a holistic approach increased overall collection yield by 10% while costs came down because the number of statements sent to patients fell by 10%, which equated to a $1.3M annualized improvement in patient cash over a six-month period. This case study explains how.
With the ICD10 deadline quickly approaching and daily responsibilities not slowing down, final preparations for October 1 require strategic prioritization and laser focus.
Read how Gwinnett Medical Center provides clear connections to financial information, offers multiple payment options for patients, and gives onsite staff the ability to collect payments at multiple points throughout the care process.
Read how Orlando Health was able to perform deeper dives into claims data to help the health system see claim rejections more quickly–even on the front end–and reduce A/R days.
To maintain fiscal fitness and boost patient satisfaction and loyalty, healthcare providers need visibility into when and how much they will be paid–by whom–and the ability to better navigate obstacles to payment. They need payment clarity. This whitepaper illuminates this concept that is winning fans at forward-thinking hospitals.
Financial services staff are always looking for ways to improve the verification, billing and collections processes, and Munson Healthcare is no different. Read about how they streamlined the billing process to produce cleaner bills on the front end and helped financial services staff collect more than $1 million in additional upfront annual revenue in one year.
Effective revenue cycle management can be a challenge for any hospital, but for smaller providers it is even tougher. Read how Wallace Thomson identified unreimbursed procedures, streamlined claims management, and improved its ability to determine charity eligibility.
Before launching an energy-efficiency initiative, it's important to build a solid business case and understand the funding options and potential incentives that are available. Healthcare leaders should consider taking the steps outlined in the whitepaper to ease the process of gaining approval, piloting, implementing, and supporting sustainability projects. You will find that investing in sustainability and energy efficiency helps hospitals add cash to their bottom line. Discover how hospitals and health systems have various options for funding energy-efficient and renewable-energy initiatives, depending on their current financial structure and strategy.
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The success of healthcare mergers, acquisitions, and other affiliations is predicated in part on available capital, and the need for and sources of funding are considerations present throughout the partnering process, from choosing a partner to evaluating an arrangement's capital needs to selecting an integration model to finding the right money source to finance the deal. This whitepaper offers several strategies that health system leaders have used to assess and manage capital needs for their growing networks.
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HSG helped the physicians and executives of St. Claire Regional in Morehead, Kentucky, define their shared vision for how the group would evolve over the next decade. As well as, develop the strategic and operational priorities which refocused and accelerated the group's evolution.
The client was a nine-hospital health system with 14 clinics serving communities in a multi-state market with very limited access to care, poor economic conditions, high unemployment, and a heavy Medicare/Medicaid/uninsured payer mix. In most of these communities, the system was the sole source of care.
Though the clinics were of substantial size (they employed 98 physicians) and comprised of multiple specialists, the physicians functioned as individuals and the practices lacked any real group culture.
Clinical integration can be expensive, but it doesn't have to be, as this four-step road map for developing a CIN proves. Does it have to cost millions to initiate a clinical integration strategy?
Contrary to popular belief, we have clients who have generated substantial shared savings and a significant ROI over time, without massive investments. Yes, some financial capital is required for resources the CIN providers can't bring to the table themselves. But the size of that investment can be miniscule relative to the value it produces: improved outcomes and documentation for payers.
Today's concerns about physician compensation are the result of the changing healthcare environment. The transition to value is slow, but finally becoming a reality. Proactive hospitals want to ensure that provider incentives are properly aligned with ever-increasing value-based demands.
This report focuses on the three big questions HSG receives about adding value to physician compensation; Why are organizations redesigning their provider compensation plans? What elements and parameters must be part of successful compensation plans? How are organizations implementing compensation changes?
Revenue Cycle Management has become an even more complex issue with declining reimbursements, implementation of Electronic Health Records, evolving local carrier determinations (LCD), and payer credentialing [The emphasis on healthcare fraud, abuse and compliance has increased the importance of accuracy of data reporting and claims filing).
The efficiency of a medical practice's billing operations has critical impact on the financial performance. In many cases, patient billings are the primary revenue source that pays staff salaries, provider compensation and overhead operating cost. Inefficiencies or inaccurate billing will contribute to operating losses.
This publication identifies and outlines the necessary characteristics of a fully-functioning clinically integrated network (CIN). What it doesn't do is detail how hospitals and providers can participate in the value-based care environment during the development process.
One common misconception is that the CIN can't do anything significant until it has obtained the FTC's "clinically integrated" stamp of approval. While the network must satisfy the FTC's definition of clinical integration before single signature contracting for FFS rates and contracts can legally start, hospitals and providers can enjoy three key benefits during the development process.
Nearly half of all Medicare beneficiaries treated in the hospital will need post-acute care services after discharge. For these patients, a stay in an inpatient rehabilitation facility, skilled nursing facility or other post-acute care setting comes between hospital and home.
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Managing the cost of patient care is the top strategic priority of most hospital CFOs today. As healthcare shifts to more data-driven decision making, having clear visibility into key volume, cost and profitability measures across clinical service lines is becoming increasingly important for both long-range and tactical planning activities. In turn, the cost accounting function in healthcare provider organizations is becoming an increasingly important and strategic function. This whitepaper includes five strategies for efficient and accurate cost accounting and service line analytics and keys to overcoming the associated challenges.


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St Francis Bay is a working fishing port and holiday destination in the Cacadu district of South Africa.
St Francis [16] consists of three closely related, but distinct areas: St Francis Bay, Port St Francis and Cape St Francis.
Not far from Jeffreys Bay lies the charming town of St Francis Bay. It is known for its endemic white houses with either black tile or thatch roofs blending together with the Sardinian-style red tile roofs. Approximately half of the town is built around the largest web of manmade canals and waterways in Africa. Adjacent to St Francis Bay is the pastoral fishing village of Cape St Francis with its outstanding beach and historic Seal Point Lighthouse while Port St Francis is the harbour. Visit Oyster Bay, a town that caters for those who enjoy quiet time and relaxation. Explore this district with its beautiful beaches, rich wildlife and adventures - surf the waves or swim with dolphins, there is something for everyone in this picturesque and breathtaking Jeffreys Bay area.
St Francis Bay is a beach village of Cape Dutch style thatched roof houses build on canals in the Kromme River estuary.
Port St Francis is a working fishing port for the squid/calamari industry. Also home to Station 21 of the national Sea Rescue Institute.
Cape St Francis is home to a working lighthouse build in 1878. Surrounded by beautiful beaches and good surfing spots.
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Take the Humansdorp exit from the N2. Drive through Humansdorp and follow the R330 to St Francis. St Francis is just 76km from Port Elizabeth. You could also drive in from Durban (901km) or Cape Town (690km).
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There are two airports located in close proximity to St Francis. The closest is the Port Elizabeth airport which is 76km away. The East London airport is 356km away. There are regular flights from Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and other South African destinations to the airports in Port Elizabeth and East London.
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All major South African coach companies offer regular schedules to and from destinations like Addo.
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There are a number of small nature reserves in the area, which provide the perfect backdrop for magnificant hiking and hore riding trails in the area.
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For contact details for food and groceries, vehicles, home services, liquor, medical practitioners, nurseries & garden services, pharmacy, professional, cleaning, legal services, photography, security, timber decks, housing, health and beauty call the local or international telephone directory.
Local telephone directory: 1023
International telephone directory: 10903
Important Numbers
Police: 10111 or +27 (0) 42 293 1133
Fire Brigade: +27 (0) 42 291 0283
Ambulance: 10177 or +27 (0) 42 293 1311
Hospital: +27 (0) 42 291 0749
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When Northport mom Jamie Coombs gave birth in August 2010, she never dreamed that her baby boy would be one of them. But the day after Liam was born, her son's pediatrician heard a heart murmur during a regular examination, she said. Her son was taken to Birmingham to be examined by a pediatric cardiologist.
"He had an atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, ventricular septal defect and subaortic stenosis," Coombs said. "In healthy baby terms, that's bad, but in heart baby terms, it's not as bad as it could be. There is always somebody who is worse."
Because of her son's small size at birth, doctors waited until he was 8 weeks old to perform heart surgery.
"I absolutely knew that was what was needed to save his life," Coombs said. "That was the point that he began to fail to thrive, and without (the surgery) he would not have lived. That is why early detection is so important."
February is American Heart Month, and Gov. Robert Bentley has declared Feb. 7-14 as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week.
Some congenital heart defects can be found before birth by ultrasound, although for Coombs, that wasn't the case. After birth, symptoms that can signal a problem include bluish nails or lips or troubled breathing, according to the CDC.
In the past year, the state has mandated that pulse oximetry screenings be done for all babies before they are discharged from the hospital, said Brad Fisher, spokesman for the DCH Health System. The screening measures the percentage of hemoglobin in the blood that is saturated with oxygen.
When Liam was born in 2010, the pulse oximetry screening was not conducted on all babies. The screening can detect a critical congenital heart defect that could otherwise go undetected, Coombs said.
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Don't Want the Holidays to End? Make Panettone French Toast
Back in Rhode Island, there was never much to look forward to after Christmas. The holiday decorations came down, it was depressingly dark by 4:30 pm, and that once-fluffy-perfect-for-sledding-snow had turned into treacherous black ice. But there was always panettone.
Panettone is an Italian sweetbread made with candied orange, zest, citron, and raisins that is closely associated with Christmas and New Year's Day. Growing up in Rhode Island, my family received a lot of panettone for Christmas because it was a go-to gift among Italians. Need a gift for your lawyer? A loaf of panettone is perfect. Invited to someone's house for coffee around the holidays? Bring panettone. Have an exceptionally good mailman? Give him a loaf of panettone, plus a shot of anisette when no one's looking. That always warms him up a bone-chillingly cold route.
Though panettone is delicious unadorned, I always preferred it toasted with a dab of butter or some orange marmalade. However, my favorite way to eat it was my mom's panettone French toast. She would cut super thick slices (because, really, where's the fun in thin French toast?), dip them in a mixture of egg, milk, cinnamon, vanilla, and orange zest, then cook them until golden brown and plump. All they needed after that was a drizzle of pure maple syrup and a dusting of confectioners' sugar. And that is exactly what I'm sharing with you today.
If you didn't receive any panettone this holiday season, then go to your nearest Italian specialty market or deli and buy a loaf. Chances are they'll still have leftovers from Christmas, so you may even get one on sale. I received mine thanks to the generosity of Maryann and Joe, when I participated in their Italian Feast of the Seven Fishes in December.
Since I won't be getting fresh falling snow any time soon here in San Diego, I may have to walk over to Little Italy for another loaf of panettone. After all, winter still has a way to go.
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1 loaf Italian panettone bread, cut into 6 thick slices
6 large eggs
1 1/2 cups milk (whole or low-fat)
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
zest of 1 large orange
butter, for the griddle
maple syrup
confectioners' sugar
In a shallow bowl or pie plate, lightly whisk eggs; add milk, cinnamon, vanilla, and orange zest and whisk until well combined.
Place griddle over medium-high heat. Melt a little butter on the griddle until just coated.
Dip one slice of bread in the egg mixture, allowing the excess to drip into the bowl, then place on the hot buttered griddle. Cook for 1 minute per side, or until golden brown and the egg has set. Place on a warm plate and cover until ready to serve. Repeat with remaining slices, buttering the griddle as necessary. Cut each slice into 2 triangles. Place 12 triangles of French toast on a serving platter. Drizzle with maple syrup and dust with confectioners' sugar. Serve hot.
You might also like these breakfast and brunch dishes:
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49 comments:
- Karen said...
This sounds delicious. I usually buy a pannetone at Christmastime, but didn't this year because I was traveling. I like it toasted, too with butter, and I always make bread pudding with my leftovers! PS: I bet you had a very happy mailman ;)
- January 4, 2009 at 5:23 PM
- Chris said...
It does make a fabulous french toast! I just made Bread Pudding with mine, but haven't posted about it yet...later this week. Happy New Year! :)
- January 4, 2009 at 5:28 PM
- Peter G | Souvlaki For The Soul said...
I think this is a wonderful way to enjoy leftover pannetone Susan...I love the flavour of vanilla, cinnamon and orange!
- January 4, 2009 at 6:36 PM
- Chris said...
I can't believe I forgot about pannetone! Since I'm in Asia, I am constantly reminded of unfamiliar ingredients like kaya (http://www.yakun.com/), a delicious coconut jam that I think would compliment pannetone really well. If you can get your hands on some, go for it! And Happy New Year :)
- January 4, 2009 at 6:39 PM
- Heather said...
i always look forward to the week when the italian deli near me rolls out the pannetone... it always means christmas to me. this sounds tasty!!
- January 4, 2009 at 6:42 PM
- Stacey Snacks said...
Proud Italian Cook, Taste w/ the Eyes and I made the same thing on Christmas morning!
Great minds think alike.
I still have a piece of pannetone leftover! maybe I will sneak it in one more time!
Happy New Year.
Stacey Snacks
- January 4, 2009 at 7:08 PM
- Kara said...
You may have sealed the deal... I thought having friends over for brunch would cure my post-Christmas blues and this looks like the perfect thing to serve! Yum!
- January 4, 2009 at 8:19 PM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
That looks mighty scrumptious! You can't beat Panettone French Toast!
Cheers and have a great week,
- January 4, 2009 at 9:09 PM
- Scribbit said...
Andrew saw the picture and said, "We need to go visit them":)
- January 4, 2009 at 10:05 PM
- Meeta K. Wolff said...
sounds absolutely decadent. i have made french toast using raisin bread but this is putting it up a notch! lovely!
- January 4, 2009 at 11:36 PM
- Manggy said...
Oh, doesn't that look yummy?! Pass the butter and marmalade please! I'm thinking of other special breads to french-toast now, heh heh :)
- January 4, 2009 at 11:43 PM
- Lore said...
You're right, there's no fun in thin French toast. Love Pannetone on its own but turned into French toast is simply irresistible!
- January 5, 2009 at 12:07 AM
- David Hall said...
Happy new year Susan!
Well, what a great way to start 2009! If only I could get it delivered to me whilst snoozing. Wishful thinking!
All the best
- January 5, 2009 at 2:32 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
I always see all the beautifully wrapped pannetones in our local Italian grocers in all different price ranges.I think it an ingenius idea to make it into delectable French toast!!
- January 5, 2009 at 4:10 AM
Wonderful for french toast...with a berry sauce, dollop of ice cream - yum!
- January 5, 2009 at 6:31 AM
- Snooky doodle said...
this looks delicious. i love panettone although strangely enoughthis year I didn t receive any. I always do. Never used it for french toast though. sounds interesting :)
- January 5, 2009 at 6:49 AM
Happy New Year, Susan! I've always wondered about pannetone, but after your description, I know I need to try it. It sounds so delicious! I'm curious though...is this something easy enough to make from scratch, or is it easier to buy it already made?
- January 5, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- Rita said...
I LOVE panettone. I have a favourite Brazilian brand that is the best of all, I even "import it" when I cannot find it here in Seattle. However, I made a dessert with them and brought to a Xmas dinner and was surprised to find out that no one knew what a panettone was.
- January 5, 2009 at 9:29 AM
- Ivy said...
French toast sounds a great idea for leftovers, but there is none left in my family.
- January 5, 2009 at 9:56 AM
- Cakespy said...
It's perfect because at my local grocer the pannetone is on sale--I know what I'm doing for brunch! :-)
- January 5, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Oh...susan..I am feeling quite depressed after the Holidays...but this surely will brighten up my day.
- January 5, 2009 at 11:58 AM
- Lori Lynn said...
Hi Susan - we are all on the same page with this one - you, Marie, Stacey, and myself...I bet there are more out there too. It's definitely a winner!
Happy New Year!
- January 5, 2009 at 2:32 PM
- Dewi said...
I am liking the idea Susan! I just know it, must taste really great.
- January 5, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Very nice. And, I didn't get any this year!
- January 5, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Here in the home territories (Rhode Island!) pannetone is still everywhere, even at our brand new Trader Joe's, which today was selling it for $5.99. I think your recipe would make a great dessert, yes?
- January 5, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Everyone loves this! Glad you received your package, Susan :)
Happy 2009!
- January 5, 2009 at 9:19 PM
- Aparna Balasubramanian said...
I have been away from bloghopping abit, so let me wish you a wonderful New Year, Susan.
This French toast sounds delicious. I have to try making Pannetone first thoough. :)
- January 6, 2009 at 4:01 AM
- Unknown said...
Looks delicious, what a creative use of leftover Pannetone ! bet it tasted awesome :-)
- January 6, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Dragon said...
This sounds like a heavenly breakfast. I can't wait to try it.
- January 6, 2009 at 12:28 PM
- Maris said...
Very clever! I'm trying hard to use more leftovers and let less food go to waste but it's certainly not easy!
- January 6, 2009 at 3:10 PM
- The Italian Dish said...
What a way to use Pannetone! Looks absolutely delicious - I think my guys would love this.
- January 6, 2009 at 4:41 PM
- RecipeGirl said...
Great idea to use pannetone for scrumptious French Toast. I have that same cute fork :)
- January 6, 2009 at 10:50 PM
- pigpigscorner said...
It sure is delicious with pannetone! Yum yum...
- January 7, 2009 at 2:39 AM
I wish I was your letter carrier! lol
- January 7, 2009 at 6:53 AM
- Jeanne said...
I'm glad a REAL Italian also prefers a little dab of butter on her pannetone - I thought I was preachign heresy ;-) And I *love* the idea of making French toast with it! The loaves are always so big that you are bound to have leftovers. Thanks for the inspiration and I hope you had a fantastic festive season!
- January 7, 2009 at 7:06 AM
Yum! I tried a pannetone bread pudding last year but this looks better! Hope your 2009 is off to a great start Susan! Joe
- January 7, 2009 at 7:16 AM
- Nithya Praveen said...
I've never head of Pannetone....Looks yummy Susan.Happy 2009.Looking forward to more recipes!
- January 7, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Now that's a great idea! It's clear that cooking genius runs in your family. Happy New Year, Susan!
- January 7, 2009 at 8:37 AM
I'm more than a little bit angry that after entering your contest on 'eat-more-burgers' for free beef, that I have been INUNDATED with foreign spam email.
I get 5-6 emails each day from various foreign countries congratulating me on my lottery win & wanting my financial info so they can transfer my winnings. Since I haven't given out my email address for anything else over the last year, I must conclude that you are selling or providing access to our info.
Has anyone else reported a similar problem?
- January 7, 2009 at 11:35 AM
- Nic said...
Oh man that looks soooo good!
This is the first year in a long time that I didn't buy or get a pannetone. We usually eat it on New Year's Day, and my son was asking where that fabulous bread was hiding!!
Happy New Year Susan!
- January 7, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Makes me wish I had bought some panettone this year! On a similar vein we've also make bread and butter pudding with it in the past which was really good (and a bit lighter than normal).
- January 8, 2009 at 5:46 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
karen-I am definitely trying bread pudding next year.
chris-Yum! I'd love to try it.
peter-The orange really pops.
chris-Coconut jam? OMG, I would love that! Happy travels!
heather-I know. They beat the heck out of candy canes!
stacey-I loved everyone's recipes! I am definitely in good company. :)
kara-Hope you try it! They'll love it!
rosa-You really can't. :)
andrew-I just got a new comfy sofa bed too! ;)
meeta-It definitely elevates it to something special.
mark-Well, you can never have too much French toast.
lore-The thicker the slices, the better.
david-Yes, that would be heavenly, indeed.
val-Go and buy one before they're gone!
ronell-I love French toast with berry sauce too.
snooky-Maybe Santa forgot? ;)
leena-Go try it. Right now! I think it's easier to buy.
rita-Just think, now you've introduced a whole new group of people to it. Long live pannetone! :)
ivy-I can understand that. :)
cakespy-Even better!
veron-It will, trust me!
lorilynn-I know. I'm clearly in good company. :)
elra-It really is wonderful.
mary-Better get to an Italian deli soon then!
lydia-Even TJ's? Wow! Yes, it would make a lovely dessert. You could add a dollop of whipped cream.
maryann-I'm loving it! :)
aparna-Happy New Year! Thanks~!
usha-It was awesome. :)
dragon-It's really one of my favorites.
maris-This one is easy!
elaine-I'm sure they would!
lori-I love that silverware. :)
pigpigs-Yum, indeed!
cheesy- I know. :)
jeanne-Everything's better with butter, right? :)
joe-The French toast is making 2009 great! :)
nithya-Make it a 2009 resolution to try some then! :)
julie-That's sweet. Thanks! And Happy New Year to you too!
val-Of course, I am not selling your info to anymore. It is common knowledge that spammers search the web for email addresses. If you'll notice, most people spell out their email addresses. For ex. FoodBlogga [at] yahoo [dot] com. I am happy to delete your comment from the post. Just email me to indicate which one is yours, and I'll still keep you in the pool for the drawing.
nic-Smart kid! :) Happy New Year, Nic!
sophie-That is wonderful too. So homey and comforting.
- January 8, 2009 at 7:08 AM
Any idea how much longer Pannetone will be around? I saw it in the store the other day and keep debating whether or not to get some.
- January 8, 2009 at 7:14 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
hillary-Many stores carry it for months; some even carry them year-round. So it really varies. To be on the safe side, I'd get it by January.
- January 8, 2009 at 2:22 PM
- Elle said...
That looks so delish.
- January 8, 2009 at 8:57 PM
i love your blog! but italian panettone is spelled as paNeTTone...
- January 28, 2009 at 2:12 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
anonymous-You're right. Thanks. So much for my straight A's in elementary school spelling. ;)
- January 28, 2009 at 5:19 PM
- Susanne Knothe said...
I had a lovely Pannetone Toast this morning. Nothing else - as simple as that.
I loved it.
Some mornings are better than others and this one definitely was.
Keep cooking!
- January 28, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- Pam Murphy said...
ooh, panettone and french toast..nice concept!
- December 28, 2011 at 8:59 AM


text:
Ars Technica: Deep inside the K Desktop Environment 3.2
Ars Technica features an article "Deep inside the K Desktop Environment 3.2" written by Datschge and Henrique Pinto. After introducing KDE and the project's structure the authors present some new applications of KDE 3.2. After that they explain the key KDE technologies KParts, DCOP, KIO, Kiosk and KXMLGUI and give examples for code reusage and an overview of efforts to integrate non-KDE applications. For developers Umbrello, Cervisia and Valgrind with KCachegrind are introduced and of course KDevelop 3.0. An examination of licenses is preceding the positive conclusion.
Phantastic Article!
This is a phantastic piece of work by Datschge and Henrique Pinto.
Thanks a lot!
Kurt (who's bookmarked it to send the URL out to some friends later today)
By Kurt Pfeifle at Mon, 2004/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Phantastic Article!
Yer. I liked the explanation of the development infrastructure (nice diagrams to go with it - developers like their diagrams :)) and the explanation of licensing was well handled. Nice, straightforward explanations with no silliness, which it could have descended into when talking about the licensing of Qt etc. Paying a license for closed-source development work? Whatever next?
By David at Mon, 2004/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Phantastic Article!
You also have to pay a license to do open-source development that you want to be cross-platform.
For opensource projects wanting to be cross-platform, qt is pretty unusable :(
By John Tapsell at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: Phantastic Article!
Christ - will the whining never stop !!
Just pay up for a commercial licence and help support Qt
By Anonymous Coward at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: Phantastic Article!
Yeah, he works for free, promotes Qt with his free work for free, and now he even want's to make it cross platform and have more people benefiting from it for free? I think it's wrong, he should be paying for it already!
By Source at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: Phantastic Article!
Where in his post does it say he was forced to use Qt? Please point out where he did not have a choice in using something else.
By ac at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: Phantastic Article!
Yes, I agree it's bad that customers need to pay for Windows and MacOS licenses first before being able to use Open Source. Oh, wait a moment...
Re: Phantastic Article!
I just went to the worldforge.org page, and in the FAQ is says, and I quote, "Is everything free? Yes. Most of our source code is covered by the GNU General Public Licence (GPL). A few libraries are released under the LGPL , but we recommend the GPL for libraries too."
So in other words, you want all of your library contributions to be under the GPL, but you don't want third party libraries like Qt to be under the GPL. Go figure...
In any case, you can still use the non-commercial Qt (3.2.1 available with new Qt book), and though it's not GPL compatible, all you need to do is to add an exception for your own code.
By David Johnson at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: Phantastic Article!
Oh, he didn't stated that.
And Qt/X11 with Cygwin isn't enough.
But I can understand TrollTech, because of what they experienced with the non-commercial edition of Qt 2.2. (typical for the Windows world?)
By CE at Wed, 2004/02/25 - 6:00am
Re: Phantastic Article!
>> (typical for the Windows world?)
Rampant piracy?
It's the Windows way!
By Tukla Ratte at Thu, 2004/02/26 - 6:00am
No words!
BTW, could you point to the updated Compiling KDE CVS for Newbies?
By Carlos Leonhard Woelz at Mon, 2004/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Wow
By you I mean Datschge.
By Carlos Leonhard Woelz at Mon, 2004/02/23 - 6:00am
great article
Really, really great article. This looks a lot like the feature guide we had with KDE 3.1.
What's the copyright of this article btw?
By Fabrice Mous at Mon, 2004/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: great article
good question. If it's free enough I would like to add some of it to the Wikipedia article about KDE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE)
By MK at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: great article
Why not just link it?
By Anonymous at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: great article
You need to contact the responsible ars technica editor for this article.
By Fabrice Mous at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Bad wording in the licence section
> With both KDE and Qt/X11 being GPL'ed
I am used to reading this in troll postings but not in articles of KDE promo people.
If you don't want to write that kdelibs are mostly LGPL with some parts being BSD licences, write that KDE is GPL compatible.
"KDE is GPL'ed" in not helping!
By Kevin Krammer at Mon, 2004/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Bad wording in the licence section
They also write this:
... the availability of both the QPL and the GPL for Qt/X11 allows the KDE project to continue its own liberal licensing policy allowing most forms of free software to become a part of the KDE project.
By OI at Mon, 2004/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Bad wording in the licence section
It's all academic.
Essentially all the people ever talking about this topic are deliberately stirring. They know what the true situation is, and just try and subvert the conversation because they can. They have no interest in being set straight and the precise wording of an article such as this will make no difference.
Just mention KDE or QT in any article on Slashdot or OSNews, and the GTK/anti-QT lot come out to play. That's just life.
By Dawnrider at Mon, 2004/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Bad wording in the licence section
Its all they have to justify there existance.
By Kraig at Wed, 2004/02/25 - 6:00am
Re: Bad wording in the licence section
You should contact the editor and make them aware of it. I'm quite sure they're willing to update it if there are errors in the article.
By Joergen Ramskov at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: Bad wording in the licence section
While I agree that out of the context the quoted text doesn't fare well I don't see a huge need to correct it since what I'm saying there highly depends on the context anyway. The wording as is is imo the easiest to understand one in that context without having to add a whole sentence explaining how the GPL is the lowest common denominator among the licenses in that specific case and how that matters. I think I sufficiently described each cases for the reader both to follow the text easily and grasp the basic idea described. And I won't be able to avoid it if someone really wants to take the text out of context. Feel free to disagree.
Nota bene: regarding the licensing issue I'm actually surprised that Dre didn't appear yet with his theory claiming that use of open source within companies is still distribution. Ah well... =P
News from insiders :-)
Topic says it all. Grats.
Yours, Kay
By Debian User at Mon, 2004/02/23 - 6:00am
By ac at Mon, 2004/02/23 - 6:00am
Short summary for dutch readers
For dutch readers, there's an article on Tweakers.net (http://www.tweakers.net/nieuws/31236) which talks about the licensing also mentioned in the article by Ars Technica and also mentions some other points from the article. It's based on the article by Ars Technica and might be a good read for those who prefer Dutch. The story from Ars Technica provides for a very nice read, so you're encouraged to read that as well :).
I'm still planning to write something like this article, but which also goes into more detail about the possibilities of Konqueror or KIO, and maybe arts and Kontact and numerous other applications. Given enough time, that could make for an interesting article as well.
By Jonathan Brugge at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: Short summary for dutch readers
Something like that could easily be extended to a KDE User Book or something like that for promotion. After the generally positive feedback for this article I'm inclined to give it a try if the effort is combined to directly benefits other areas like help documentation and 'what's this' context help etc. =)
Thanks a lot for the excellent KDE review you wrote. I read it with interest, only to discover that I felt as if I was speaking it myself, but a lot clearer and cleaner than I could. I like the very crisp phrasing and the rich hyperlinking.
Great work!
By Inorog at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
I haven't seen such a good in depth article in a long time and this is by far the ebst review I have ever read.
By Alex at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
It's kind of funny...
It's an odd story for me. I was a long time GNOME advocate, it was fun and I never really got into KDE or wanted to. My first disitrbution was Redhat, as often seems to happen, you fall in lvoe with your first distro ;p It had its problems, I did not sue Redhat 7.2 as my full time desktop, Windows to me was a better desktop, but I still liked to ocassionally play around with it etc. and I was always on Linux and GNOME related websites even though I did not use it so much. The more time pased, the more polished Redhat got, and than out of nowhere it seemed, GNOME 2.0 came, I was throughly dissapointed. Never had I thought that a project could go backwards so fast, I am not speaking about the architecture, amybe that was better, but from a user's point of view it was a nightmare. It crashed more often than Windows by a longshot, it was very very slow, and too many features were removed. I am all for simplifying the user interface, removing redundant options, and options nobody uses, but just too many good features were removed which could have simply been implemented better. I would rather have 3 more items clog up my menu and have the features I need instead of some haughty developer telling me what people use and making me lose 3 hours. I did not like the new attitude of the GNOME project, it felt elitist and it was no longer fun, it didn't feel like it had a personality of it's own, it was rather molded into whatever IBM, SUN and Ximian wanted it to be, no longer what the loyal users wanted. But, I stuck with it, I was afterall still a GNOME zealot. That is until Redhat 9 came about, I liked it, it was an improvement as a system, but GNOME felt very much the same, I didn't even notice any new features, just a lot fo bugfixes, optimizations and a few UI fixes here and there, but I expected more. So, I decided to give KDE a whirl and see how it improved since the last time I tried it which was at version 2.2. WOW, it felt a lot faster than before, even though GNOME started up faster, KDE was faster to use and it had many of the features I wanted in GNOME before, but it was also lacking soem I liekd in GNOME, such as drawers, emblems, more attractive thumbnails, and shadowed text. I liked it and I decided to spend more time with it, after spending 2 more weeks switching between the two I was using KDE more often than GNOME and I started being interested in the community. I noticed that it felt like an OSS project, like GNOME once was, it had the sense of spirit, hope, joy and passion I admired in GNOME before. Best of all, it was not in the least bit elitist, I could submit whatever I wanted to websites like KDE-LOOK and my only judge was the community, not some high and mighty elitist judge. With KDE 3.2, and after following it's development, I am switched on it. I do not use KDE 3.2 full time as Fedora does not ship with it yet, but I did try it in a recent Mandrake Beta and I liked it very much, lots of improvements everywhere as the authors mention. THe KDE releases are meaningful, they are feature absed, not time based, that's why KDE 3.2 took a year to get out the door, due to the delays. The developers are very dedicated and made sure when they released it that it was what they wanted it to be. GNOME, since their new attitude change has made no delays, they would rather release a buggy product rather than delay it for their users. I also like that KDE is much more moderate. GNOME is all or nothing when it comes to many issues, such as the UI. It's either remove all features practically which are not used by 80% of people or remove none, KDE carefully examines what they remove and will not remove what they don't feel is essential because they don't screw their users. They are improving their UI rapidly, NOTE IMPROVING, NOT REMOVING EVERYTHING so there is nothing to improve. The way GNOME handles it reminds me of Win2k3 which instead of improving secuirity and fixing vulnerabilities simply sht down all services with exploits. GREAT SOLUTION GUYS!
By Solic at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: It's kind of funny...
... is called paragraphs! My eyes are burning!
By A New Invention... at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: It's kind of funny...
Work on that attention span, then!
By The Badger at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: It's kind of funny...
Yeah, kids these days and their "paragraphs". Why, we never used paragraphs in the old days, before the MTV. Bah!
By Tukla Ratte at Thu, 2004/02/26 - 6:00am
Re: It's kind of funny...
these are the kinds of anecdotes that make me so very happy. not because of someone switching away from something (in this case GNOME), but because it's evidence that the project's efforts and visions are being communicated to KDE users through the resulting product. that's an amazingly difficult thing to do, and i'm in awe of everyone involved. =)
Solic: welcome to KDE. i hope we can continue to provide you with the software you _want_ to use. =)
By Aaron J. Seigo at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: It's kind of funny...
I concur. This post highlights the point that you and I are so strong on... that usability is not reduced user options but intelligent presets and carefully thought out and organized options. Eliminating options to eliminate confusion does not empower users. Empowering users in a way that is friendly is an exercise in it's self and not an easy, short, trite answer. Not to downplay how challenging it is to accomplish these design objectives and have them be noticed I think the evidence of the effort is actually pretty easy to see if you're looking.
I'd also like to say that I've read a lot hype in public postings about how great it is to be rubbing elbows with the corporate user base. Currently most desktop Linux users are individuals who are here because of various reasons. I think it's safe to say that in most cases those reasons and interests are not the same as a corporate IT department manager's. In fact in many cases the corporate end users have different interests than those administering their systems. I'm not against the corporate admins because I think KDE Kiosk is what they need. However I think we need to always keep in mind what users want. I also think users will tend to want pretty much what we want... really good programs that will let them work their way. I'm really proud to be able to be part of KDE because people do see that.
By Eric Laffoon at Wed, 2004/02/25 - 6:00am
Re: It's kind of funny...
did you try Konstruct then? Give it a try. If you have the development packages installed, it works nicely.
Yours, Kay
By Debian User at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: It's kind of funny...
You're saying that GNOME removes functionality without thinking about it. Your statement is giving me a bad headache.
By chris at Wed, 2004/02/25 - 6:00am
Re: It's kind of funny...
wow. that felt like one long rant in one breath that I agreed with!
here, here!
//standsolid, the great//
By standsolid at Thu, 2004/02/26 - 6:00am
One correction
I forgot to mention that while the writting is generally very good, it sometimes ommits ofs and VPL is Visual Page Layout not Visible I think.
Still, the best article so far, and I love that they actually talked about the architecture.
By Alex at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: One correction
Yes, VPL = Visual Page Layout.
By Andras Mantia at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
KsCD ... who mugged you?
What happened to KsCD? Who redesigned it from something that resembled an actual CD player into a programmer-designed interface? Maybe something happened to the Debian SID packages of it for 3.2.0-pre1v1 but my god does it suck -- sorry but it does. Please go back to the old interface. I can't even figure out how to adjust the volume in it now. I'll admit with the old one, it was a bit goofy to have the configuration options under a button with a hammer. Now all the other stuff is put under an "Extras" button w/drop-down menu. Then the track is put on top. Who ever designed the new one must have been on a 128hr code-a-thon.
By Lost in KsCD Wa... at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: KsCD ... who mugged you?
I like the new kscd interface, it is much easier to localise (to dutch for example :)
By rinse at Tue, 2004/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: KsCD ... who mugged you?
Well it's probably easier to localize, but then are CD players that different in Denmark? For example, don't you have a "<<" for previous/rewind and ">>" for next/fast-forward. Maybe not, I don't know.
Anyway, it doesn't really looks like a CD player anymore. It looks like a computer program. A CD-player application is one where I think it should emulate the real-world equivalent.
Thanks, I see how to adjust the volume now. I didn't really pay attention to that button -- since everything else went kinda non-standard.
Again, *PLEASE* change KsCD back to how to it was or ditch it and use Noatun completely.
By Lost in KsCD Wa... at Wed, 2004/02/25 - 6:00am
Re: KsCD ... who mugged you?
I think it is a very good thing to move away from trying to emulate real world devices. These devices are limited by their very nature of being physical, why impose the same limitations on software?
By André Somers at Wed, 2004/02/25 - 6:00am
Re: KsCD ... who mugged you?
Yea but, KsCD is suppose to emulate a CD player. How much more can a CD player do than well, be a CD player. Everything under the current "Extras" button is fine.
For most programs yea fine, they should look and feel like programs. However when they emulate real-world devices that do specific tasks, they should look-and-feel like the real-world devices. If you call something a "CD player", then people will think it should operate like the CD players they're use to.
By Lost in KsCD Wa... at Wed, 2004/02/25 - 6:00am
Re: KsCD ... who mugged you?
"If you call something a "CD player", then people will think it should operate like the CD players they're use to."
Instead, they should thing that it PLAYS CDs.
Nothing to do with how CD player devices are.
By buggy at Thu, 2004/02/26 - 6:00am
Re: KsCD ... who mugged you?
No, it's not supposed to emulate a cd player. It's supposed to play audio cds.
By Stephen Douglas at Thu, 2004/02/26 - 6:00am
Re: KsCD ... who mugged you?
I also think that the new KsCD looks less visually appealing than the old one. I agree that the old one had to be improved, but the new one is a step backwards IMHO:
1) The volume slider and the track drop-down widget on top look very much out-of-place. Why not put them on the bottom of the application window?
2) The play, stop, previous and next buttons belong together and should be grouped and displayed appart from the other buttons that are functionally differernt.
3) The icon of the play button is placed too far away from the text (Play). This looks not very elegant in my opinion.
As a side note, I very much like how Apple groups functionally similar buttons together and separates them by space and type of representation from functionally different groups of buttons. This is in stark contrast to KDE, where most often all buttons of a given application are thrown onto toolbars, lined up one after the other, leading to a decreased usability, as the user has to first visually scan through the row(s) of numerous icons in order to find the icon that executes the desired operation.
By Tuxo at Thu, 2004/02/26 - 6:00am
Re: KsCD ... who mugged you?
"Well it's probably easier to localize, but then are CD players that different in Denmark? For example, don't you have a "<<" for previous/rewind and ">>" for next/fast-forward. Maybe not, I don't know."
" Anyway, it doesn't really looks like a CD player anymore. It looks like a computer program. A CD-player application is one where I think it should emulate the real-world equivalent."
Emulating real world applications is a bad thing useability wise. Real world devices have different limitations compared to computer GUI's. KCSD is a computerprogram, not a real world cd-player. So it should look like a computer program.
By rinse at Fri, 2004/02/27 - 6:00am
Re: KsCD ... who mugged you?
Oh, yeah. This, for example, is a real world device:
If someone mimics it, I´m gonna be pissed :-)
By Roberto Alsina at Fri, 2004/02/27 - 6:00am


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Durango police Officer Jeff Tipton, speaking slowly and carefully, asked his subject to say the letters of the alphabet starting with 'D' and ending with 'P.'
The subject, Shane Benjamin, The Durango Herald's long-time crime reporter, complied, avoiding the obvious mistake of starting with 'A' or continuing after 'P.'
Next, Tipton asked the fit 36-year-old, who, it must be acknowledged, smelled of alcohol, to count backward, starting at 46 and ending at 25.
Benjamin complied, hitting all the numbers sequentially, beginning and ending where he was told.
Not bad, but there was still a problem.
"Just based on the eyes, I would arrest him," Tipton said.
"The eyes" refers to an earlier maneuver Tipton had Benjamin perform. It entailed following Tipton's finger side-to-side and up-and-down without moving his head. When the eyes jump, dart or bounce – rather than following the target smoothly – that is a sign that the subject has been drinking. In fact, it's the most accurate gauge of intoxication of all the roadside maneuvers, Tipton said.
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Fortunately for Benjamin, he was not on the side of the road. Rather, he was at the Three Springs police substation participating in a nonscientific experiment into alcohol's effects on the skills necessary for driving.
The legal threshold for driving under the influence is 0.08 percent blood-alcohol content. A level above 0.05 but below 0.08 percent is considered driving while ability impaired, a lesser, but still serious charge. Tipton said only Wyoming and Colorado have a criminal charge for less than 0.08 percent.
While these numbers may be clear and simple, determining how much alcohol it takes a person to reach them – and how impaired they may become along the way – is not. A raft of variables can come into play, including the type of alcohol, whether the drinker ate, how large he or she is, how quickly the alcohol was consumed and so on. In this gray area, drinkers are left to judge for themselves. The problem with that, Tipton said, is, the first thing to become impaired from alcohol is judgment. The result is drinkers make notoriously bad decisions about whether they are too drunk to drive. Only this could explain the hundreds – 350 to 500 a year – of DUI arrests made in Durango alone. The ones who aren't caught – or aren't caught in time – sometimes kill themselves or others.
To document alcohol's effects on people of varied sizes, volunteers were sought from the Herald newsroom. Five participants – three men and two women – gamely obliged. None, for the record, drove home after the experiment.
To control some of the variables, the subjects were all asked to eat a light lunch (the experiment began at 2:20 p.m.). The two women both consumed white wine (a 2012 sauvignon blanc) and the men drank beer (an import and two different local microbrews). The alcohol was obtained by the Herald.
Tipton, who trains the department's officers on identifying and investigating drunken driving, administered preliminary breath tests to monitor the subjects' level of intoxication. (The handheld device he used provides a blood-alcohol reading, but is not considered accurate enough to be admissible in court. Police use a different machine for prosecution purposes.)
A similar demonstration of intoxication, Tipton said, is included in police officers' DUI training. He said it is hard to find volunteer subjects because that demo starts in the morning – earlier than most people care to drink.
When the newsroom staff settled in to the substation's training room to start the experiment, they, too, were a bit inhibited.
Noting this, reporter Chase Olivarius-McAllister, who covers education, said, "It's really awkward to drink not socially."
At around 2:45 p.m., the first breath tests were administered. The women, Olivarius-McAllister and editorial assistant Sarah Silvernail, had finished two glasses of wine. (No measuring container was available so the fill-level was marked on the glasses; the volume was later determine to be 8 ounces – 3 ounces more than the 5 ounces generally considered to be a standard glass of wine).
After 16 ounces of wine in about 20 to 25 minutes, the two women already had surpassed the 0.08 percent legal limit for DUI.
Silvernail, who is 5 feet 6 inches tall and svelte, was at 0.117 percent blood alcohol content.
"I am such a lightweight," she said upon learning the number.
She said she might not have pegged herself as too drunk to drive.
"That's scary," she said.
Olivarius-McAllister, who is just taller than 5-feet, 8-inches inches and weighs about 165 pounds, had a BAC of 0.065 percent, placing her within the driving-while-ability-impaired range, but less than the DUI threshold.
In notes on the experiment, she wrote that she felt "animated" at that point.
Tipton said impaired drivers in the 0.05 to 0.079 percent range can actually be more dangerous than more intoxicated drivers because they are overconfident.
"These people here (signaling the range on a whiteboard) take more chances than anyone," he said.
The men, meanwhile, registered much lower levels.
Arts & Entertainment Editor Ted Holteen had a blood-alcohol content of just 0.015 percent after two beers in 20 minutes. Benjamin and Photo Editor Jerry McBride were slightly ahead at 0.041 percent and 0.039 percent, respectively.
After five beers (a combination of Dos Equis Amber and two microbrews) in 1 hours and 40 minutes, none of the three had reached the DUI limit. Benjamin was the highest at 0.064 percent.
It wasn't until after seven beers in 3 hours and 20 minutes that McBride and Benjamin crossed the DUI limit (0.094 and 0.106 percent respectively). After nine beers in the same amount of time, Holteen, who has size and high tolerance on his side, registered 0.102 percent.
At around 5 p.m., Tipton ran Holteen through the gamut of field sobriety maneuvers. The last one entailed putting one hand and then the other on the back of his head and interlacing his fingers. He then was told to spread his legs. All present laughed heartily when it became apparently he was being made to assume the arrest position.
District Attorney Todd Risberg, who was not present at the experiment, said he has seen DUI penalties increase in severity through the years.
"When I was young, people rarely wore seat belts," he said. "It's a different world."
The same attitude shift has occurred with drunken driving.
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