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Cardiovascular Billing Company

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:46:06 GMT

clipped by: mbguide
clipper's remarks: Good material from a company that is 100% focused on Cardiology Billing

In spite of what you hear from the other billing companies, specialization is key in cardiovascular medical billing. The experience of working in primary care, pediatrics or radiology medical billing is in no way adequate to guarantee optimal reimbursement for a complex cardiovascular practice. Generalist companies that bill for cardiovascular specialists along with their family practice clients, will only collect “easy” money leaving over 20 percent uncollected and unaccounted for! They will also be unable to give any specialty insights into your billing and coding practices nor help you with your complex coding issues!

GENERAL BENCHMARKS YOU CAN EXPECT:

85% of charges collected within 60 days.

95% of charges collected within 120 days.

Days in AR under 40 days.

96-97% of charges accepted upon first submision.

20-25% improvement in total collections.

Tags: cardiology billing, cardiovascular billing

dandruff

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:48:01 GMT

clipped by: wildwhuck

Clip Source: www.brownskin.net

demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis include zinc pyrithione, tar, salicylic acid, selenium sulfide and ketaconazole containing preparations. Prescription shampoos containing either a corticosteroid or an antifungal medication are effective for seborrheic dermatitis that has not responded to OTC shampoos. The primary prescription therapy for the treatment of scalp seborrheic dermatitis are the anti-fungal shampoos containing either ketoconazole 2% (Nizoral) or the newer ciclopriox (Loprox). These shampoos focus on the fungus that may cause seborrheic dermatitis. Loprox Shampoo works well in women with brown skin because of its gentle fragrance and dye free formulation that omits harsh ingredients.

Palin to Play Softball with ABC

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:46:57 GMT

clipped by: Wisco
clipper's remarks: That'd be the same Charlie Gibson who once asked Dubya, "You took a lot of doubting and rather skeptical questions about the surge. I'll give you a chance to crow. Do you want to say, I told you so?"

And it's the same Gibson who helped turn the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary debate into an an attack on Barack Obama.

Geez, was Bill O'Reilly too busy do it or what? Expect a lot of softball questions, softened with Nerf.

Clip Source: www.politico.com

Under pressure for being shielded for questioning, Sarah Palin has a agreed to sit down with Charles Gibson of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” according to an ABC News official.

No other interviews are scheduled. It will be the first TV interview for Palin since she was named 10 days ago as running mate to John McCain.

The McCain campaign kept her off Sunday shows this weekend and plans to be sparing with high-risk network encounters, which they contend are unimportant to voters despite the media’s fixation on them.

But McCain officials could see her reticence was feeding the narrative of her being unprepared for the job.

Tags: news

Great science books for little kids, from HarperChildrens

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:42:06 GMT

clipped by: enbar
clipper's remarks: This is an excellent series. Short, easy-to-read, beautifully illustrated books on simple science topics -- like bugs, seeds, storms, seasons, sleep, and teeth -- written in engaging language that children can both understand AND learn real scientific facts from. Two levels of difficulty: stage 1 is for pre-K to K-age children; stage 2 is for kids in primary grades.

Clip Source: www.harperchildrens.com

The Human Body:
How Many Teeth?
Look at Your Eyes
My Feet
My Five Senses
My Hands
Sleep is for Everyone

Plants and Animals:
Animals in Winter
Baby Whales Drink Milk
Big Tracks, Little Tracks
Bugs Are Insects
Ducks Don't Get Wet
Fireflies in the Night
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
From Tadpole to Frog
How a Seed Grows
A Nest Full of Eggs
Our Puppies Are Growing
A Safe Home for Manatees
Starfish
What Color is Camouflage?
What Lives in a Shell?
What's Alive?
What's It Like to Be a Fish?
Where Are the Night Animals?

The World Around Us:
Air Is All Around You
The Big Dipper
Is There Life in Outer Space?
Snow is Falling
Sounds All Around

What Makes a Shadow?

Tags: children, parenting, books, science, literature, education, product, recommendations

What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer — And Isn’t Telling You

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:36:12 GMT

clipped by: swampfoxz
clipper's remarks: Not familiar with this scientific research? Your government is.

Clip Source: www.nwotruth.com

What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer — And Isn’t Telling You

Not familiar with this scientific research? Your government is.

In fact, the first experiment documenting pot’s potent anti-cancer effects took place in 1974 at the Medical College of Virginia at the behest federal bureaucrats. The results of that study, reported in an Aug. 18, 1974, Washington Post newspaper feature, were that marijuana’s primary psychoactive component, THC, “slowed the growth of lung cancers, breast cancers and a virus-induced leukemia in laboratory mice, and prolonged their lives by as much as 36 percent.”

Fortunately, in the past 10 years scientists overseas have generously picked up where U.S. researchers so abruptly left off, reporting that cannabinoids can halt the spread of numerous cancer cells — including prostate cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, and brain cancer.

rather than publicize their findings, the U.S. government shelved the results,

Tags: cannabis, cancer

My Top Ten Favorite 80s Teen Movies

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:11:02 GMT

clipped by: ninja1105

Clip Source: www.dominickevans.com

I was born in 1980. That means I remember from about 1983-1984 onward. This also means that I was impressionable in relation to the music, movies and to a lesser extent, the television series of the decade. That being said, I’m a HUGE fan of anything 80s.

I believe that the 80s were unique. Movies were made to entertain and tell a story. Music was meant to make you dance and perhaps even shock you (Madonna, anyone?) and entertainment wasn’t nearly as censored as it is today. It was a great time for those of us who grew up in the 80s. Not only did we have the best cartoons, we had the best teen movies…ever.

So, sit back, relax, and take a walk down memory lane as we look at my top ten, favorite, 80s movies of all time.

Honorable Mention: Stand by Me

While technically not a teen movie (otherwise, it’d have made our primary list), though close enough, this Stephen King flick made Wil Wheaton nearly every kid’s hero!

Tags: 80s movies, top ten, breakfast club, john hughes, teen, movies, the goonies, the lost boys, war games, porky’s

Rob Kall's Op Ed News--Damn good info

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:49:38 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: See site for this and other good progressive stuff:
By Rob Kall
McCain's Offshore Drilling Approach Is Bad For America; We Need A Better, Smarter Approach
Offshore drilling is a ruse to get votes-- a ruse that sells out America by leading us down the wrong path. The old saying says that only a crazy person keeps digging to get out of a hole. Well, continuing to drill for oil, as the primary solution to our energy problem is that kind of crazy. Excessive, unnecessary energy use, as we have become accustomed to, is a dangerous threat to our national security.

Clip Source: www.opednews.com

Today, my article is one of many I expect to do on how McCain does NOT put America first.

The GOP and republican party are running away from their names and their new branding is AMERICA FIRST, NATION FIRST. The Karl Rove approach is to attack strength. I'm going to be attacking all the ways that these right wing extremists are putting corporations, campaign tactics, etc. first, before America. I invite you to submit articles thatdo the same. The Progressive vision of America is one that puts the people of America first. There. I think that's the simplest exlanation of progressivism I've ever written or seen.

thanks,

rob kall

By Steve Young
IT'S SUNDAY. SO WHERE'S SARAH?
The RNC has gone into full Suppress-Sarah mode. No Sunday morning talk shows. No print interview with Time magazine. No talk to anyone who has an opportunity for a credible followup, like, "Governor, I know you're the one wearing lipstick, but that doesn't answer the question I asked."

“So Sambo beat the bitch!”

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:57:42 GMT

clipped by: NonStatQuo
clipper's remarks: This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

I really don't know how Republicans would want her in office.

Clip Source: www.laprogressive.com

Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is “Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean”

“So Sambo beat the bitch!”

This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

According to Lucille, the waitress serving her table at the time and who asked that her last name not be used, Gov. Palin was eating lunch with five or six people when the subject of the Democrat’s primary battle came up. The governor, seemingly not caring that people at nearby tables would likely hear her, uttered the slur and then laughed loudly as her meal mates joined in appreciatively.

“It was kind of disgusting,” Lucille, who is part Aboriginal, said in a phone interview after admitting that she is frightened of being discovered telling folks in the “lower 48” about life near the North Pole.

Tags: palin, mccain, democrats, election, politics, racist, sexist

“So Sambo beat the bitch!”

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:01:22 GMT

clipped by: swampfoxz
clipper's remarks: How many Republicans think it is OK for Sarah Palin to use racist language? Please raise your hands! Did they all put their hands up?

Clip Source: allspinzone.com

“So Sambo beat the bitch!”

This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

According to Lucille, the waitress serving her table at the time and who asked that her last name not be used, Gov. Palin was eating lunch with five or six people when the subject of the Democrat’s primary battle came up. The governor, seemingly not caring that people at nearby tables would likely hear her, uttered the slur and then laughed loudly as her meal mates joined in appreciatively.

“It was kind of disgusting,” Lucille, who is part Aboriginal, said in a phone interview after admitting that she is frightened of being discovered telling folks in the “lower 48” about life near the North Pole.

How many Republicans think it is OK for Sarah Palin to use racist language? Please raise your hands! Did they all put their hands up?

Tags: palin

Palin: not surprising

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:03:38 GMT

clipped by: lp97702
clipper's remarks: She comes off this way...

Clip Source: www.laprogressive.com

Tags: palin

Alaska Chooses Largest Gold Mine Over Clean Water

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:14:44 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: Suggest you read it all--Sarah Palin supported this minin project--ooops, there go the Salmon in that area...some more info on the "Independent" Alaskan voters:
But on Aug. 26, Alaskans voted down a ballot measure that proponents had cast as crucial to the future survival of Bristol Bay salmon. Ballot measure 4, which survived a challenge that went all the way to the state Supreme Court to remain on the state's primary ballot, would have prohibited large metal mines from contaminating salmon streams and drinking water sources. Though by law the ballot measure couldn't name a specific project, everyone knew it was aimed at the proposed Pebble Mine, which if developed as planned would be North America's largest open pit gold mine, also mining copper and molybdenum (a crucial element in steel).

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Alaska is one step closer to approving Pebble Mine, which threatens the world's largest salmon fishery and native communities.

[Video]

The spawning of salmon is something of a primal, epic drama. After spending their life of several years in the sea, the fish make their way up streams to the places where they were born. They don't eat, all their energy focused on their single-minded goal of spawning, after which they will die. Their flesh turns red from the effort, and hormones cause the males to develop a hump and a sinister-looking, toothy hooked beak.

The salmon life cycle is also part of the cycle of life for thousands of Alaska natives and Alaskans in general. Bristol Bay is known as the world's largest wild salmon fishery. With more than 30 million salmon worth hundreds of millions of dollars caught per year, it is a bedrock of commercial fishing and Alaska natives' subsistence fishing as well as a popular sport-fishing destination.

Palin is "Racist, Sexist, Vindictive , and Mean"

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:11:22 GMT

clipped by: spirithiker
clipper's remarks: No wonder the vast sea of white, cheering faces at the Republican Convention went wild for Sarah: They adore the type, it’s in their genetic code. So much for McCain’s pledge of a “high road” campaign; Palin is incapable of being part of one.

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Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is “Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean”
September 5, 2008
sarah_palin_2.jpgby Charley James –
“So Sambo beat the bitch!”
This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
According to Lucille, the waitress serving her table at the time and who asked that her last n

Clip Source: www.laprogressive.com

“So Sambo beat the bitch!”

But being openly racist is only the tip of the Palin iceberg. According to Alaskans interviewed for this article, she is also vindictive and mean. We’re talking Rove mean and Nixon vindictive.

there’s ample evidence of Palin’s vindictive willingness to destroy people she sees as opponents.

Tags: politics, racism, sexism

US spies, not 'surge', reduced Iraq violence: book

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:18:57 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: Something to add to the reading list.

Clip Source: www.theage.com.au

THE 2007 troop "surge", in which President George Bush sent nearly 30,000 additional US combat forces to Iraq, was not the primary factor behind the steep drop in violence there, according to a book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward.

Rather, Woodward reports, "groundbreaking" new covert techniques enabled US military and intelligence officials to locate and kill insurgent leaders and key individuals in extremist groups such as al-Qaeda in Iraq.

The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-2008 also says the Bush Administration has run an extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, his staff and others in the Iraqi Government.

"We know everything he says," says one of multiple sources Woodward cites about the practice in the book, which is scheduled for release on Monday.

The book is Woodward's fourth to examine the inner debates of the Bush Administration and its handling of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Siemens & Downes MOOC

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:16:47 GMT

clipped by: PatParslow
clipper's remarks: The connectivism and connected knowledge course looks set to be both amazingly useful and extremely time consuming over the next few months.

Clip Source: ltc.umanitoba.ca

Connectivism Outline

Course Description: Connectivism and Connective Knowledge is a twelve week course that will explore the concepts of connectivism and connective knowledge and explore their application as a framework for theories of teaching and learning. It will outline a connectivist understanding of educational systems of the future. This course will help participants make sense of the transformative impact of technology in teaching and learning over the last decade. The voices calling for reform do so from many perspectives, with some suggesting 'new learners' require different learning models, others suggesting reform is needed due to globalization and increased competition, and still others suggesting technology is the salvation for the shortfalls evident in the system today. While each of these views tell us about the need for change, they overlook the primary reasons why change is required.

Tags: connectivism, open-course, cck08

SSIS

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:19:56 GMT

clipped by: aleivaal

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

SQL Server Integration Services

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SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a component of Microsoft SQL Server 2005. It replaces Data Transformation Services, which has been a feature of SQL Server since Version 7.0. Unlike DTS, which was included in all versions, SSIS is available in the "Standard", "Developer" and "Enterprise" editions.

Integration Services provides a platform to build data integration and workflow applications. The primary use for SSIS is data warehousing, as the product features a fast and flexible tool for data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL). The tool may also be used to automate maintenance of SQL Server databases, update multidimensional cube data, and perform other functions.