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Summer Books! Spies and Monsters and Teenagers, oh my

There are intelligent books, and there are summer reads. In the summer I’m not looking for challenging literature, because I keep getting interrupted by kids, house guests and meal times. However, this year I’ve had the good fortune to read intelligent books that were also loads of fun, and it’s been wonderful.

Last summer I read Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games Trilogy. I’d been impressed by this youth lit fantasy so I thought I’d try a few more I’d had recommended to me. Veronica Roth’s Divergent was one such. Once again, dystopian future, disaffected rebellious youth. I liked it enough to download Insurgent, the second book in the series. Book Three is due out some time this fall, so I’ll watch for that.

Cassandra Clare’s ‘City of -‘ books have been made into a movie so I figure they’re really hitting the mainstream and I’d better catch up. I read the first three about a year ago, downloaded the rest, then forgot about it and got her mixed up with Cassandra Clark (more on her work later). I have to keep a list of the books in order so that I don’t get lost. This is important with e-books because you don’t have the benefit of a quick glance at an endplate to see what this one’s all about and where it fits in the series. In this story, there are special descendants of angels called the Nephilim. They are sort of UN peacekeepers of the supernatural world; when vampires, werewolves, or similar get out of line, the Nephilim sort everyone out. Plus they’re gorgeous and really well dressed. The main character finds out late that she is a Nephilim, she falls in love with a Nephilim, there’s a confused bit where they think they’re brother and sister for a while, but then it’s all good, except that her personal style never catches up and she feels really insecure. Her best friend becomes a vampire, her mother’s boyfriend turns out to be a werewolf leader, but they all get along. It’s fun, there’s lots of drama, a certain amount of silliness, but it’s a good read nevertheless. How good? I’ve downloaded her next series, Clockwork this and that. Angel, Prince, Princess, I believe.

I had Cassandra Clark’s books downloaded because initially I mixed her up with Cassandra Clare. I identified my mistake but then looked into the matter and found that Cassandra Clark writes intelligent medieval murder mysteries! Jackpot! I think I actually cheered when I discovered this. Her protagonist is a nun named Hildegard and the stories are set during the reign of Richard II, the boy king, son of the Black Prince, nephew of John of Gaunt. This is a period I’m not very familiar with so I’m happy to have some fun fiction to bring this era to life. Prepare for nerdiness: I find it’s easy to follow the monarchy from William the Conqueror through to Edward I (Longshanks) but then it gets a bit confused (because Sharon Kay Penman’s books stop around there and I have to depend on non-fiction to fill in gaps). Edward II’s wife essentially pulled off a coup with Roger Mortimer and they did away with Edward II, but her son, Edward III (not the offspring of William Wallace, I’m sad to say because that would be awesome) took the throne when he achieved his majority (and executed Mortimer). His son Edward was the Black Prince who died before his father. Richard II was overthrown by his cousin and son of John of Gaunt, Henry Bolingbroke, who became Henry IV. Then Henry V (Agincourt). His son, Henry VI, was a weak king. Because of this and because he had such a strong French wife whom everybody hated (Margaret of Anjou), his cousin Richard of York started going after the throne, thus beginning the Wars of the Roses (Philippa Gregory’s books start here and go right through the Tudors; Sharon Kay Penman has a book about the Wars of the Roses also). That little exposition is not necessary in a quick review of Clark’s books but I just wanted to see if I could do it. One of those bursts of nerdiness that are hard to control. I’m interested in seeing how Clark deals with the downfall of Richard II, so I’m hoping for more Hildegard stories. I’ve read Hangman Blind, The Red Velvet Turnshoe, The Law of Angels, and Parliament of Spies. Enjoyed them all, especially Parliament of Spies and if you read it you’ll know why. Yow! But read them in order first!

In the spring I’d picked up a prominently displayed book by Daniel Silva in the library (thank you library people!) and it was GRIPPING. Whenever a good espionage writer comes along he’s compared to John LeCarré; in my opinion Daniel Silva is even better. I’ve downloaded his Gabriel Allon series (The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, and it goes on) and am galloping through it. Gabriel Allon is an Israeli assassin who daylights as an art restorer. He’s also good-looking, speaks a zillion languages, totally cool. Yet he’s not cheesy. He’s an assassin with a conscience; he was part of the team who avenged the Munich massacre of Israeli athletes. (I’m interested in comparing the characters in the movie Munich to Daniel Silva’s books to see if they correspond.) So far, he’s been part of teams that have blown open Swiss banking collaboration during the war and the major art thefts that happened under the Third Reich and also a team that investigated a threat to a Pope who wants to open the Vatican’s Secret Archives to expose the Church’s role in the Holocaust. Whoa. Interesting and well-researched, and intensely gripping. Just enough description so you can get a good picture in your mind, and enough character development that you have emotional connection to the various players. If you like Ken Follett, John LeCarré and similar you’ll love Silva.

Before we went to the Island I was downloading books for my Sony Reader, and I often visit best-seller lists to see what’s new. Here I found Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane and Joe Hill’s NOS4A2. I downloaded them, took them with me on the ferry and started reading. The Neil Gaiman book was hard to read at first because the download had something wrong with it; every apostrophe was misrepresented by a weird tangle of characters. This went on for chapters but eventually the text improved. Nevertheless, I found I was obsessively reading late into the night to see What Happens. It’s one of those charmingly rooted fantasies in which the world of magic is separated from ours by the thinnest of veils. Someone stumbles through, and chaos ensues. It’s lovely and humorous (reminds me a bit of Christopher Moore) and I immediately went back to the Sony site to find other Gaiman books, and found that he is the writer of Stardust, one of our favourite movies.

I read through Joe Hill’s NOS4A2 thinking to myself, “This guy’s read a lot of Stephen King,” because it’s a very Kinglike novel and I honestly think that any writer of horror nowadays has to be familiar with King’s incredible oeuvre, as King himself references H.P. Lovecraft. Vampire writers hearken to Bram Stoker, ghost story writers to Wilkie Collins, etc. So as I read, I thought, Scary, monsters, children, etc. = King influence! Great fun. So then I read the Acknowledgements at the end and he thanks Tabitha King – his mother, which means he’s the son of Stephen King! It’s genetic, folks. Immediate download of previous works followed.

I am a big fan of Barbara Vine – who is actually Ruth Rendell, famous British mystery novelist. I actually prefer the Vine novels however, as they are dark and psychological. The Child’s Child is her newest and once you start reading you are totally sucked in. Rendell is a genius. I’d started to read the new Dan Brown novel and, sorry Dan, it was hard labor. I was doing that thing where you say to yourself, I’ll read 30 pages and then if I’m still not intrigued then I’ll quit. But then I figured, a Canadian summer’s too short for this, and started the Vine book. And she whisked me away into her world. Effortless. I cannot recommend her books highly enough.

Postscript: Before summer began I read two very good nonfiction books which I’ll just name here: Paleofantasy, by Marlene Zuk. There’s a good review in the Guardian on this book. Basically, when someone tells you you need to eat a lot of meat/don’t eat carbs or dairy/run barefoot, because when we were cavemen that’s what we did, they’re full of nonsense. And anyway, cavemen didn’t live so long so why should we copy their habits? They ate meat, or fish, or whatever, because that’s what was available; they didn’t have a Cupcakes store two blocks from their house the way we do. Anyway, archaeologists have proven that they did eat carbs because they analyzed plaque in Neanderthal teeth, so there. Read the book, and you’ll be armed with knowledge against this kind of bizarre notion. I’ve heard a lot of this twaddle lately so I was glad to read a book by an actual evolutionary biologist who is also rolling her eyes. The other is With Charity for All, by Ken Stern. This is about the charity business in the United States and I figure Canada isn’t much different. Good review in the Wall Street Journal online. It was hard to read.I’ve read other books about charities being big frauds but it’s really depressing to seriously contemplate. Nevertheless, it’s well written, well researched and we need to know this stuff!

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Issue 5.11 | April 2020

In this Article: How to provide stable leadership when everything around you is unstable and threatening. This is the first article in a series on Leadership in a Time of Crisis.

by Jonathan Wilson

When I was nineteen, my world was ripped out from beneath me, and I don’t mean metaphorically. On August 1, 1989, an earthquake struck the heart of New Guinea where my family had, since I was a year old, lived among the Yali people. With some Yali friends, my brother Malcolm and I were exploring the high mountains to the north of our village. We narrowly escaped with our lives as the world fell apart around us (a story I tell in more detail here). Many did not survive. Perhaps ten percent of the tribe just north of us was wiped out. At least two thirds of the population was left in dire straits, their villages ruined or obliterated, their gardens and hunting lands either swept to the bottom of a mountainside or too dangerous to enter. In the months following I assisted in relief work, and heard many stories of both horror and bravery.

Surrounded by loss and grief, and subjected to ongoing aftershocks and the threat of unstable land, the metaphorical ground also gave way beneath my feet. My trust in many things — the stability of the land, the predicability of life, the goodness of God — was shaken to the roots. In the following months, even a brief tremor would bring me to my knees in fear.

And in a way, this is what COVID-19 has brought upon us. Many aspects of life and business have lost any sense of reliability or trustworthiness. The instability is all-encompassing, just as it is after a major earthquake. For many of us, this results in a deep, underlying sense of threat. In other words, we are afraid.

Many self-protecting behaviours are currently demonstrating this: for example, the shaming and reporting of those allegedly disregarding social distancing guidelines, or the anger expressed at restrictions — or, in contrast, the anger expressed at those who contest prevailing wisdom about the pandemic. Anger, shaming, resistance to debate — these are the behaviours of fear.

In a time of such overwhelming and threatening complexity, leaders who do not recognize, acknowledge and understand the powerful dynamic of fear will not be able to counter it with stable leadership.

Understanding the Power of Fear

Earthquake Survivors

Survivors awaiting rescue after the 1989 earthquake (Credit: John D. Wilson)

Fear plays a crucial role in our lives. It was fear that drove my brother, our friends, and I to hurtle down the precipitous mountainside in a bid to cross the valley and climb to a stable area closer to home. It was fear, fuelled by adrenaline, that forced our legs to carry on after multiple falls down muddy slopes, push on through tangled and trackless forest, and run across landslides and crevices and up the final slope to crack-ridden but mostly stable ground. Fear impels us to instant, protective action. Its value is high — but temporary.

When it becomes an ongoing and dominant emotion, fear significantly undermines decision-making and team-work. In fact, it can wreck both, because:

  • Fear reduces our concept of time to the extreme short-term.
  • Fear shrinks our social awareness from the group to the self (and perhaps those nearest to us).
  • Fear focuses our cognitive processes into a narrow tunnel of self-protection. It has one agenda, and no time for grammar: me-escape-threat-fast.
  • Fear therefore drives survival behaviours that are useful in extreme danger, but harmful in the long-term: flee, freeze, or fight.

In short, fear distorts perspective, clouds judgment, and fuels self-serving behaviour.

How does this play out in business? As the pandemic threatens everything we know, including our economic future, executives face a cascade of other, subsequent fears — fears of losing the trust and money of investors, fears of losing customers and revenue, fears of a suddenly redundant business model. Dominated by such fears, the energy of each individual on a leadership team is channelled into his or her own particular sense of what is best for self-protection and survival. This can give rise to very intense disagreements about what matters and what to do about what matters, about priority and strategy.

At a time like this, it is common to see corporate leaders make fear-based decisions that protect margins and give only lip-service to employees’ livelihoods. Fear drives an extractive approach to employees and customers, trying to gouge value wherever it can be found in the interests of survival.

This behaviour instantly heightens the vulnerability felt by employees. They now see their working environment, or the leadership hierarchy at least, as one more threat to survive. Self-protection breeds self-protection, with the result that each team member is now working firstly for their own interests. This directly undermines the very thing a company needs if it is to be effective in crisis: unity. This is the time for unified collaboration that drives creativity, innovation, and passionate, sacrificial effort in a single direction. As it happens, these are the ingredients for value creation, and the revenue that follows.

Leadership by Stabilization

The COVID-19 pandemic is shaking the foundations of societies. Fracture lines run through every conceivable aspect of our lives: how we work, how we school, how we govern, how we do business. It is not a time for hubris. It is a fiction that we can manage complexity with our tech and our algorithms, a lesson we were supposed to have learned from the financial crash of 2008. It is not just fear that makes us stupid, so does pride. We cannot control complexity, and we cannot stabilize our environment — but we can navigate it. The agility required to do so is possible only when leaders and their teams possess their own internal stability.

Having worked with leaders in many crisis situations — regional wars, natural disasters, organizational meltdowns, and political coups — I have observed four qualities that build individual and organizational stability:

1. Perspective: In a crisis, the first crucial task is to lead our teams towards gaining perspective. Perspective does not deny threat. It is not cavalier about threat. Rather, it puts threat in its proper context. Perspective brings proportion. Proportion has a calming effect. It helps teams escape a) the tunneling effect of fear on their sight, and b) the shortening effect it has on their sense of time. It frees teams to break challenges into their components and develop strategies to take them on.

To gain proper perspective requires access to good information. At a time like this, information comes thick and fast, but unfortunately much of it is terribly unreliable. Very often statistics (and many are flung at us these days) are given without proper context or nuance, and result in significant levels of misunderstanding that heighten fear and fear-based behaviours. Leaders need criteria to assess both the validity and the utility of the information they access.

2. Foundations: Often, however, valid information is hard to come by, or it runs dry. This leaves leaders and their teams with nowhere to turn but to the basic foundations of humanity: to virtue, integrity, justice, love, kindness, selflessness, diligence, and sacrifice … to wisdom. Wisdom does not lie in the future, but in the past, which is a place the crisis cannot touch or shake. The second crucial task in a crisis is to draw colleagues into deliberate and careful reflection on what matters most.

3. Compassion: In crisis, many of us don’t recognize that fear is at at play — in ourselves and others — because it manifests in behaviours with other names. As a result, leaders may become impatient with their colleagues and other stakeholders. Fear-gripped colleagues will not shift from their fear if they sense that we judge them for it. Instead, judgmentalism heightens fear. Sympathy is not much better. It affirms the experience of fear but offers nothing more. Compassion, however, demonstrates that we are understanding of our colleague’s fear, but don’t plan to leave them in it. Compassion and understanding create the permission to then speak into the situation the perspective that is so urgently needed.

4. Trust: A crisis erodes trust in many things over which a leader has little or no influence. We cannot stabilize our environment, but we can off-set distrust in our unstable environment by cultivating trust within our team and our networks. Trust arises whenever people feel that those with whom they are working are safe, reliable and competent. Nobody is infallibly trustworthy in all these areas, but now is the time to work diligently on them, particularly the first two. Demonstrating understanding and compassion is one of the first things we can do to build trust. Consultation and transparency around our decision-making criteria is another: to be honest with our employees is to respect them, however difficult the decisions we may have to take to keep the company viable. In the end, trust helps leaders to build a team of comrades, where each has the other’s back in the shared mission of beating the crisis.

You may be familiar with the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. There is no avoiding these stages as we go through crisis, whether as individuals or as communities. It will be much easier, however, to negotiate these difficult emotional states when we cultivate a leadership that stabilizes. It will strengthen us as individuals, and it will provide our team with the leadership they need while the ground everywhere else is still shaking.

Note: forthcoming articles, to come out shortly, will explore these four stabilizing qualities in detail, looking at how to cultivate them personally and corporately.

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Lab Test Report

You can create a report of charted lab tests in PCC EHR.

When you want to create a lab test report, open the Lab Test Report in the Reports menu.

You can filter lab tests by date range, specific test(s), all tests ordered or only tests with results, and by location. Note that you can only select lab tests that you have ordered in PCC EHR at least once.

As you view results, you can scroll to the right to see complete demographic and test information. You can print or export the report for use in a spreadsheet program in order to work with data such as lead test results.

Lead Test Reports for State Submission: You can use the Lab Test Reports feature to export information you need for lead test reporting. First, make sure your practice records lead tests using discrete lab tests. Next, run the report and select a date range and the lead tests you perform. Export the report to a CSV file and then import it into a spreadsheet program on your workstation (Excel, OpenOffice, etc.). From there, you can customize the output to match your state’s requirements. For help configuring your lead tests or creating and exporting a lead test report, contact PCC Support.

Lab Test Report Remembers Your Selections, Resets Them When LOINC Changes: Since you may frequently want to re-run the Lab Test report based on the same list of labs, the Lab Test report will remember, per-user at your practice, your previous selections. When you open the report again, it will display your most recent settings. However, the LOINC standardized list of labs updates periodically. When PCC updates your system to the latest LOINC list, the settings for the Lab Test report will be reset and you will need to select your desired list of labs again.

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Manual Post Insurance Payments Reference

Use the Post Insurance Payments (pip) program to manually post insurance payments and adjustments that could not be posted automatically using autopip.

Get Started Posting Payments and Adjustments

How do you post insurance payment and adjustments in pip?

Read the Post Insurance Payments tutorial to review all the steps.

Read the sections below for helpful references on each screen and step in the process.

Post Insurance Payments by Claim ID #, PCC #, Name, and More

The first step to manually post a payment is to find the patient or claim for which you have received an EOB.

Since names can change and carriers sometimes return payment with a parent’s name, Partner has lots of different ways to find the correct patient and charge entries.

  • Search by Claim ID#: By default, pip asks for a claim ID number. Every time Partner generates a claim, it creates a unique claim identifier number. This number appears in oops and on various billing reports. PCC can help you configure outgoing claims so that the unique claim identifier is on every claim. Most insurance carriers will then return that number on the EOB.

  • Search by Patient Name: Press Enter or F2Find Patient to search for a name or part of a name and pick from a list of results.

  • Search By Patient ID#: Every patient and account in Partner has a unique account number. You can find this number in the upper right hand corner of the Family and Patient Editors (fame and notjane). PCC can help you configure your outgoing claims so this number is included with the claim. Many insurance carriers will then list that unique number on the EOB.

    When you receive an EOB with the patient ID#, enter the following on the pip patient search screen:

  • Search by Account Name, Insurance ID#, Phone Number, Other: The advanced find routines in Partner can help you find a patient by a wide range of criteria. After running pip, press F2Find Patient, and then press F4Advanced Search. Then select a search criteria on the “Find’em” screen. You can enter an asterisk (*) to see a list of available search criteria:

Insurance Charge Selection (Screen Reference)

Once you find a patient or claim, pip displays a list of unpaid insurance charges for the patient.

The Charge Selection screen shows the date, provider, procedure code, procedure name, primary diagnosis name, amount charged, and amount due for every outstanding charge with some amount pending an insurance company.

Use the Page Up or Page Down keys if there are more outstanding charges than can fit on one screen. The oldest charges will be sorted to the top of the screen for easy selection.

Selecting Charges for Payment: When you wish to post payments and adjustments, enter item numbers for the appropriate charges. When selecting charges, you can enter more than one number. Separate item numbers by spaces or commas, or use ranges, such as “1-4”. Once you’ve indicated the items to be paid, press Enter and you will see the Payment and Adjustment Screen.

Find Missing Insurance Charges

The Charge Selection screen shows only pending charges on the patient’s current guarantor account. If you are missing a charge that you expected to see here, consider the following possibilities:

  • You have selected the wrong patient or claim: Double check that the patient is not entered in your system twice, and use the function keys to verify that the charges in question were actually posted for this patient.

  • The charge is no longer pending an insurance carrier: Press F6Correct Mistakes to review or change the pending status of any charge on the account.

  • The charge is the responsibility of some other guarantor account: Perhaps the patient was recently moved from one guarantor to another. Press F2Other Guarantor to view pending charges for this patient that exist on different accounts. Note that this key will not be available unless such charges exist.

  • The charge was already paid off: Press F8Family Editor and then F3Collection Report or F8Account History to research account activity and outstanding charges.

  • The charge was deleted: If none of the above explanations help you find the missing charge, it may have been deleted completely. How can you know for sure? A good first step is to review the Day Sheet (daysheet) report for the dates in question. For a family-specific record of activity, you can run the Daysheet History report (dsscan) for the guarantor account in question.

If you still have trouble finding charges or would like to learn more about the issues described above, contact PCC support at or call 1-800-722-1082.

Function Keys on the Insurance Charges Selection Screen

Function keys on the Charge Selection screen will help you perform a variety of other billing-related activities.

F1 – Next Patient

Press F1 to clear this patient and find a different one.

F2 – Other Guarantor

Press F2 to see insurance charges for this patient which are attached to an account other than their current guarantor. This key only appears if the patient has pending charges on other guarantor accounts.

F3Batch Claim or H

Press F3 and then enter item numbers to create tags for later claim generation. You can then create the claim later using the hcfa or preptags and ECS programs.

F4Print TOS Claim or T

Press F4 and then enter item numbers to immediately print a HCFA 1500 claim form.

F5 – Print A Bill

Press F5Print A Bill to jump to the bills program for this specific account. You could use this function to generate a personal bill immediately after posting an insurance payment.

F6Correct Mistakes or O

Press F6 to run the oops program for the patient’s guarantor account. In [prog]oops[/prog], you can change the pending status of charges, unlink and relink payments, resubmit claims, correct errors, and more.

F7 – Family Editor

Press F7 to run the Family Editor (fame) for the patient’s guarantor account. In fame, you can update demographic information, view a collection or account history report, print form letters, and more. After dealing with a difficult billing situation, you could add an account note in fame.

F8 – Post A Refund

Press F8 to run the refund program. In refund, you can refund personal credits and post other account corrections that add a charge or offset a payment.

Press P to run the Post Regular Payments program (pam). In pam, you can record personal payments and post account corrections that reduce the account’s balance or offset a charge.

Press I to open the patient’s Insurance Policy screen. In policy, you can review the patient’s plan history, add or remove policies, or make other adjustments.

Payment and Adjustment (Screen Reference)

After you enter a Claim ID number, or find a patient and select charges, the manual Post Insurance Payments (pip) program displays the Payment and Adjustment screen.

On this screen, you can enter payment and adjustment amounts for each charge that you selected. You can also specify how the payment or adjustment should be labeled, and you can select a responsible party for the remainder due.

The charges you selected will be listed with their date of service, procedure code, amount charged, and the contractually “allowed” amount (if known). Press Tab or Enter to move among the Payment and Adjustment fields. You can review and edit the payment type and responsible party fields at the bottom of the screen. Press F1Save Payments to save and post payment and adjustment amounts.

Payment and Adjustment Types: Practices sometimes use different Payment and Adjustment Types, which are located in the “Payment Types” table in ted, to add a note to the account history explaining payment or lack of payment. If an adjustment amount is $0.00, however, you must turn on an option in ced for the adjustment type to be recorded in the history. The use of custom Payment and Adjustment types is used less and less now that CARC is an industry-wide standard.

Withhold Column: The Post Insurance Payments program supports a third “Withhold” column, which would allow you to record even more information. You can activate the Withhold column by running pip -w instead of pip. Contact PCC at 1-800-722-1082 for help configuring and using different columns in pip.

Print a Claim When Finished: If your office always prints time-of-service HCFA forms, pip will ask if you need a new paper HCFA. The question will only appear if the payments or adjustments posted result in the charge pending a secondary insurance company.

Enter CARC Values

The Payment screen can also accept CARC values, the insurance industry’s set of standard payment and adjustment reasons.

If you post CARC values in pip, you can then see them in programs like oops and they will also appear on patient bills. Additionally, you must enter CARC Amount and Group information if you wish to submit a secondary claim electronically.

When CARC features are turned on at your practice, you will see a CARC line underneath each charge.

For each charge, you can enter a CARC amount, code, and group code. If you only wish to enter the CARC codes, you can press F7Hide CARC Fields to switch to a simpler view.

Contact PCC Support for help turning on the CARC value column in pip.

Do Not Post Other Carrier Codes: If your insurance carrier uses a non-CARC system of coded messages, do not post them in the CARC column. CARC values are a national standard and do not match up with Georgia Medicaid message codes or other carrier codes. Instead, some Partner users use payment and adjustment types to indicate messages from carriers.

Configure CARC in pip: CARC support in Partner may be deactivated at your practice. You can turn it on in the Charges and Payments section of the Configuration Editor (ced). You can also select whether one or three CARC fields appear. Contact PCC Support for assistance.

For more information, read the CARC in Partner help article.

Work with Allowed Amounts (Contract Fee Schedules)

The Allowed column displays the contractual reimbursement amount for the fee. The amount will only appear when the responsible insurance has an assigned allowable schedule in the Insurance Table in the Table Editor, and when that assigned schedule has a fee entered for the date of service of the charge.

The assigned allowable schedule for the responsible insurance is displayed in the lower-left corner of the screen, if available.

You can jump directly into the Contract Fee Schedule Editor (allowedit) for a given procedure by pressing F8Config Allow.

Payment Type, Check Number, and Responsible Party Fields

Use the fields at the bottom of the screen to modify the label and behavior for the payment:

  • Payment Type: This is the label that will be attached to the payment. Whenever you review the account’s history, this is what you will see next to the payment. In most cases, the name of the insurance carrier will be appended to the Payment Type once you post it. In addition to CARC values, practices can use different payment types to indicate why a payment was $0 or to simplify reporting on different kinds of payments. Enter an asterisk (*) in the field to see payment types your office uses. The default value for this field is “Ins Pmt”.

  • Adjust Type: This is the label that will be attached to the adjustment. Whenever you review the account’s history, this is what you will see next to the adjustment. In most cases, the name of the insurance carrier will be appended to the Adjustment Type once you post it. In addition to CARC values, practices use different adjustment types to indicate special adjustment circumstances. Enter an asterisk (*) in the field to see adjustment types your office uses. The default value for this field is “Ins Adj”.

  • Current Insurance: The Current Insurance field shows the current responsible party for these charges. The payments and adjustments you enter will be recorded as coming from this carrier. In almost every situation, the EOB and check you have received will match the Current Insurance field.

    If you have received payment from a different carrier, double check that you have selected the correct patient, date of service, and charges. Or, back out of the program and enter it using the Clam ID number. You may want to press F2View Account and review the account history before continuing.

  • Next Insurance: If the payments and adjustments you enter do not fully pay off the charges, then the remaining amount will be pended to the next responsible party or “Next Insurance.” You should always review the Next Insurance field as it determines what will happen to the remaining charge once you press F1Save Payments.

    Partner fills the Next Insurance field in for you: if the account has a secondary insurance, it will appear in the field. If the account does not have a secondary insurance, the word “Personal” will appear. If there is no secondary insurance but the charge in question can also be covered by Medicaid, then “Medicaid” will appear. If you need to change who the next responsible party should be, you can Tab to this field. Enter an asterisk (*) to see a list of choices for this account.

    Medicaid Status: A charge is a Medicaid charge if the patient had a Medicaid status flag assigned when the charge was posted or the charge was later marked as Medicaid in oops.

  • Check Number: This number will be recorded with the payment. If you consistently enter a check number when you post payments, you will have an advantage when dealing with payment mistakes across multiple accounts. You will also be able to list all patients to whom a particular check was posted.

Function Keys on the Payment and Adjustment Screen

If you need to check account information or history, press F2View Account or F3View Patient. You can also view a quick demographic synopsis by pressing Page Down.

If you do not recognize a procedure code and wish to review the procedure name, press F4Procedure Names to toggle between displaying the Allowed column and displaying the names of procedures.

If you wish to edit the Allowed amount or review the allowable schedule for an amount, press F8Config Allow to run the Contract Fee Schedule Editor.

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Happy New Year’s Eve means the start of a whole new year for everybody. It is also the final night to bid farewell to the year and the long year that has passed by. New Year is actually the only day or night when the entire year’s calendar is accounted for and a new year commences helonational.com. It is actually a very auspicious occasion in India .

There are many stories and customs associated with New Year which are related to it. Indians like to celebrate the beginning of the new year with parties, feasting, gift-giving, and fireworks. The major part of the evening is spent on celebrations, and there are some days that are considered more joyful than others. Among the major happy new year’s day’s are the following:

On this happy new year, most of the Indian population celebrates Diwali. Diwali is basically the Indian New Year and it is celebrated in the middle of the month of September/October. This is also a time of celebration and joy as every Hindu household makes sure that their entire house is decorated with beautiful flowers and utensils in order to wish the loved ones their good wishes for the upcoming season. In fact, Diwali was actually named after Lord Krishna, the king of Gods. As a result, most of the Diwali festivities center around the depiction of Krishna.

On the second day of the new year, India celebrates Chai. Chai is mainly a light snack that is prepared with tea, water, and various spices. It is normally served at any party or gathering that is being held in a particular city. Some other cities around the world celebrate this special occasion in the middle of a lunar new year on the first of October.

On the fourth day of the new year, India celebrates Holi. This particular festival of lights is considered as a part of the Indian cultural heritage that has been present since olden times HELO NATIONAL. As a matter of fact, it was first practiced in the 7th century BC by King Vaitishta. Holi was actually a celebration of the victory of the Kauravas over the Vaishali brothers. The Kauravas were the ruling dynasty of Magadh.

On the ninth day of the new year, India celebrates Durga Puja. This is the festival of Durga Puja where the female deity Durga Puja is performed. In fact, Durga Puja has been celebrated throughout the year on the full moon of the Hindu lunar calendar. On this day, the goddess of wealth, Durga, is believed to have gained material prosperity from the deities that surrounded her.

On the first day of the new year, India celebrates the Winter Festival. In India, this particular festival is known as Durga Puja. It is on the first day of the Hindu month Shraavana and is celebrated with all the same zeal and enthusiasm that are witnessed on any other festival. In India, people decorate their homes, temples, and hotels with flowers, decorated cloths, and wonderful objects. The best time to visit India during the winter season is between September November when the temperature is quite chilly.

On the twelfth day of the Hindu calendar, Happy New Year’s Eve is celebrated with all the same fanfare and gaiety that are witnessed on the first day of the new year. After the ceremonies, Vrindavan, the meeting place of Lord Ganesha and Parvati, is decorated with a lot of lights. The next day, Jainas and Brahmin youth offer prayers to the lord. A special ceremony is conducted by distributing small gifts among the family members, friends, and neighbors. Happy New Year’s Eve!!

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The flea is a tiny, wingless, blood-sucking parasite that requires a warm-blooded host, such as a dog, a cat, or even a human—but don’t worry, because most fleas choose the warm, protective environment of an animal’s fur. The species most commonly found in dogs and cats is the Ctenocephalides felis. Fleas prefer an ambient temperature of 65 to 80 degrees, which means many geographical regions typically have flea problems only in the spring and summer, although fleas in various stages of life can live year-round in the comfort of a heated home. Here in Tennessee, fleas thrive in our mild climate and are a year-round problem.

Understanding the flea life cycle

Infestation occurs when a flea detects a host and, with its powerful back legs, jumps up to two feet to climb on board. There are four different stages of the flea life cycle—egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Each transition to the next phase depends on the flea’s environment, including temperature and host availability. The life cycle usually takes about 14 days, but at certain stages, fleas can resist harsh temperatures and hibernate for as long as a year. Once aboard the host, the adult female flea lays up to 30 eggs per day. These eggs often fall off their host into cracks and crevices in the floor, carpet, or outdoors, where they hatch. Adults find a new host and the life cycle continues.

How to detect fleas in your pet

Since fleas feed off your pet’s blood, they live close to the skin, and you may have a hard time seeing them on a long-haired or dark-colored animal. Fleas typically prefer the pet’s hind end, including the hips, tail base, and inguinal region, but can be found anywhere. They will quickly scurry away when you part your pet’s fur to search for them, and you may see them jump on or off your pet.

The most common signs of a flea problem in dogs and cats are scratching, biting, rubbing, or overgrooming because they are itchy. Excessive scratching can lead to scabbing and, if severe, can cause secondary skin infections that manifest as redness on the skin, or moist, sometimes purulent, material. These cases require veterinary attention.

How to treat and prevent fleas in your pet

Adult fleas make up only 5% of the total flea population in an environment. So, if you see one flea on your pet, there are many other fleas in various life stages nearby. While bathing your pet will help rinse off adults or eggs on the skin, it will not necessarily kill every parasite, and further treatment is indicated.

A plethora of flea prevention and treatment options are available in the form of topical solutions, chewable tablets, and collars. Some are available over the counter, while others require a prescription. Many products that kill fleas also act as preventives, lasting from 30 days to 6 months. Take caution if you own both cats and dogs, as many products approved for dogs are highly toxic to cats. We recommend Bravecto, which is available as a chewable tablet for dogs, and a topical solution for both dogs and cats.

You may find only one flea on one pet, but all your furry friends are at risk and should be treated accordingly. Remember that these tiny parasites can be difficult to detect and their tinier eggs will likely never be seen.

How to treat the environment

One of the most important components of flea-infestation treatment is cleaning the home, where the invisible eggs often lie. All pet bedding, blankets, and soft toys should be washed in hot, soapy water. Carpets and rugs should be thoroughly and repeatedly vacuumed, and the vacuum bag thrown away. In addition, steam or chemicals should be used to clean the carpet.

Further treatment may be necessary, depending on the infestation severity. The use of a household spray with an insect growth regulator can help. Ask our team for recommendations.

Fleas are a nuisance, but thankfully, they are easy to prevent. Consult with our veterinary team about the best treatments to keep your pets flea-free.


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“We have no need for genius – genius is dead. We have need for strong hands …” How to start writing? Take a building block and set it down. It is Paris, 1930 perhaps, and a day in the life … Continue reading

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Tree Spirits in The Golden Bough

In spring, early summer, or midsummer the villagers would go out into the woods to cut down a tree. They’d bring it back to the village and set it up there (“amid general rejoicings”); or, in other villages, they would … Continue reading

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See What I’m Saying

First sentence of William Burroughs’ The Wild Boys: “The camera is the eye of a cruising vulture flying over an area of scrub, rubble and unfinished buildings on the outskirts of Mexico City.” Burroughs thinks in pictures and his books … Continue reading

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How to Begin (Notes on the Introduction to Hegel’s Phenomenology)

It’s no use starting with the assumption that thought and being are identical. For one thing, no one will know what you’re talking about. Hegel started by looking at the philosophical thinking of his day and showing how it was … Continue reading

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Hegel’s Democratic Spirit

The Preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit is a good place to begin with Hegel. The key question he’s asking in these pages is: What is philosophy? And his answer tells us a lot about what kind of philosopher he … Continue reading

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Notes on Ursula Le Guin’s “The Dispossessed”

Stepping off a train onto a crowded platform. Anxious glances of the passers-by. Shevek wonders at this anxiety: is it a function of the capitalist economy here? The fact that each of these people must make enough money to live? … Continue reading

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Notes on Nabokov’s “The Seaport”

The whole scene is bright, with sunshine everywhere. Colours: the blue of the sea, the green of the woman’s dress. These things stand out. The sunshine gives colour to everything. Each thing seems to have its own distinct colour: no … Continue reading

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In W.H. Auden’s poems, there are “happenings” and there are “ways of happening.” Poets create ways of happening, and this is why such people are generally considered useless – at least by the practical people in our society who concern … Continue reading

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Spengler’s Logic of History

Oswald Spengler tells us that he’s trying something new, a kind of historical study that he calls “predetermining history”: he’s going to use an historian’s methods in order to tell us something of what is going to happen. History is … Continue reading

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The Perfect Critic

In an essay by T.S. Eliot called “The Perfect Critic” we learn, above all, that art criticism is difficult. For one thing, many art critics don’t make art themselves, and so the criticism they write is shaped by their own … Continue reading

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Oakland Businessman Stops Occupy Mob with Shotgun

Let’s hear it for Phil Tagami and the Second Amendment! Mr. Tagami is an Oakland businessman whose company had managed the development and renovation of the Rotunda building in downtown Oakland. The recent renovation project cost his firm $50 million. So Phil Tagami had no intention of sitting by and watching his pride and joy destroyed by a bunch of pseudo-revolutionary layabouts. Continue reading

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Saffron Park: G K Chesterton on Progressivism

Although best known today as the author of the Father Brown mysteries and The Man Who Was Thursday, G. K. Chesterton was also a philosopher, journalist, religious apologist, poet, play write, and public debater. He was the master of the paradox and used it ofter to skewer the sloppy thinking of the so-called great minds of his day. Continue reading

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Nigerian government orders parked trucks, trailers on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to vacate

Speaking at the inauguration of a 969-metre `Rebisi’ dual carriage flyover in Port Harcourt, on Saturday, Minister of Works and Housing, by Mr Babatunde Fashola, who made the pronouncement also said that the Federal Government “is not in competition with any state’’ of the federation over project implementation.

The Federal Government has ordered trucks and trailers parking on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to vacate with immediate effect.

The government lamented that pouring of used petroleum products was capable of destroying the roads.

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola said this on Saturday at the Stakeholders Town Hall Meeting held at the Ogere end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Fashola who was accompanied by the governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, said the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway constructed in 1974 and Completed in 1978 was to promote North-south commercial activities.

Fashola while reacting to the activities of truck and trailer drivers on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway told the officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps to enforce traffic compliance on the federal highways.

The Minister blamed the activities of the trucks and trailers drivers on the delay in the completion of work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Fashola while addressing them said, “The point is that trucking and trailer operation is business if you want to run fleets, then you must plan parking. if the government helps you, the government does so out of compassion but you cannot run your business at the expense of the convenience and the livelihood of millions of people.

“So, money that has been hard to find and the road that has been difficult to build, you have already started pouring diesel on it, that is the beginning of the destruction of the road and my appeal to you today is to immediately leave the road from today, immediately.

“Parking on the highway is a violation of the Federal Highway Act which you (FRSC) have a duty to enforce, so, work with the stakeholders, truck owners, Kabiyesis (monarchs) and State Government, let us find an immediate way to resolve this problem so that contractors can complete their job and respond to those that say it’s (Lagos-Ibadan expressway project) taking too much time.

“This is part of the delay and it’s not just to build the road but also to ensure that the road is properly used and not abused.

“Pouring diesel on the road, changing oil (engine oil) on the road is an abuse of the road. It must stop in the interest of the truckers themselves because without roads, you have no business. Let’s just understand.”

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New Year New Hike New Sketch

Shelf Mushroom at Willow Springs Woods watercolor

It’s been a while, huh?

After having the stomach virus, I managed to find a tiny piece of ice to fall on….right on my tail bone *oooooouch*. That left me sore for over two weeks! Soon Christmas arrived and the holiday parties kept me busy. All of these things kept me out of the woods for about a month.

Well, I’m glad to say I’m back on track!

Today I escaped to Willow Spring Woods for a quick hike. Here were my observations:

“The wind is strong but I am not cold. Bare trees above me creek loudly. Just above them a hawk silently glides sideways, pushed by the gusty wind. Intermittent snow flies making my inner child very happy.”

Many of the oaks have shelf mushrooms hanging on the trunk. I love to study the lines and the many different subtle colors.

The trees on the trail seem to speak as they creeeeeek in the strong winds. I like to stand beneath and stare at the tips which sway back and forth, back and forth.

This tree has been invaded by fungi. I didn’t realise it at the time, but this picture has awesome texture, separated in thirds!!!

I hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday with family and friends.

Now, let’s get back to business and pick up those paint brushes!!!!!!

9 Comments on “New Year New Hike New Sketch

  1. I love your sketch book and posts, as always. My walk in the woods this morning was cold with a cutting wind, but lovely. I am searching for my silk underwear for tomorrow which is predicted to be colder and windier.

    • I’m glad you hike in the cold too. It really isn’t bad if you have the proper clothing and the best thing is….you’ll never get cabin fever!!!!
      Keep hiking and enjoying nature in all seasons 🙂

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How to Do Well in "Zynga Poker" Leagues

Poker is my favorite hobby, only matched by my love for video games. I have ten+ years of poker experience to share in my poker game guides!

This is the "Zynga Poker"leagues information screen.

This is the "Zynga Poker"leagues information screen.

Learn More About Leagues in Zynga Poker

Leagues are a somewhat important park of Zynga Poker. What are the leagues? How do you move in Leagues faster? Read this post to learn the answers to both questions.

What Are Zynga Poker Leagues?

Leagues are a way to rank players. At the time of this post, there were 20 leagues. This has been the case for a long time, and I don't think this will change.

My "Zynga Poker" League history. You can see the league badges.

My "Zynga Poker" League history. You can see the league badges.

How Poker Leagues in Zynga Poker Work

The League Tiers

  1. Beginner has leagues 1 – 6.
  2. Intermediate has leagues 7 – 12.
  3. Pro has leagues 13 – 17.
  4. Master has leagues 18 – 20.

The League Zones

Each league has three zones. There are the Red, Yellow, and green zones.

  • While in the Red zone, you will drop to the league below your current if you don’t get into the yellow zone.
  • In the Yellow zone, you will stay in your current league if you remain in it at the end of the week.
  • You need to get into the green zone to move up in league.

The size of each zone changes as you move up in leagues. The Yellow and Green zones are smaller in higher league tiers!

This forces more competition among the players to stay in these spots.

How You Move up and Down in League Positions

You move up and down in leagues after about a week or so. You need to win chips to move up in league position.

So players can do well in leagues even though they lose a lot of chips afterward.

There Is a Fast Advancement Option

Each league also has fast tract advancement. If you win a certain number of chips, the game will instantly move you up into a new league.

You will not have to wait a whole week to advance.

It is nice there is the option to catch up if you have not played in a long time.

When I came back to the game after a long break, I was in league 1. I was in league 12 before the end of the poker session.

This is easier to do in the Beginner and Intermediate leagues. It is very hard to do in the higher leagues because you need to win many chips.

You can see all three "Zynga Poker" League zones.

You can see all three "Zynga Poker" League zones.

This is the green zone.

This is the green zone.

Why Do Poker Leagues Matter?

Being in High Leagues Is a Sign of Being a Good Poker Player

Leagues are a nice way to rank players on skill and bankroll size.

Master League players tend to be more aggressive players and tend to try to actually win more often. I have to think about how I play against these players.

Being in Leagues Is a Fun Way to Show Off

I like being able to show off how good of a poker player I am. To me, poker is a lot about appeasing my own ego, and leagues are a great way to do this.

You Get a Lot Tickets and Chips From Playing in Leagues

So maybe that means nothing to you. Well, you still should care about leagues.

You get more rewards from being in higher leagues. You can use these tickets to get gold and free chips.

Having a bad poker session is not so bad when I know I will get some tickets and gold at the end of each league.

You can see my league 20 badge in this picture.

You can see my league 20 badge in this picture.

The "Zynga Poker" Reward Center.

The "Zynga Poker" Reward Center.

How to Get Into Higher Leagues More Often?

You Need to Play Poker to Build a Solid Bankroll

So how do you win so many chips consistently? You need to work on building up your bankroll.

People Take on Too Much Risk for Small Gains

I see people play in higher leagues risk everything they have to keep those positions. Sometimes they lose every chip they have to stay in leagues.

This is a huge mistake because you can not do this long term. Sure they will keep their shiny badges for now. But once then go bust, they will struggle to stay in any league at all.

I Use Smart Bankroll Management to Minimize My Risks

I play with a smart bankroll management system. I only play at stakes I have 20 buy-ins.

I was stuck playing lower leagues for quite a while. I was in league 16 twenty-four times and league 17 forty-seven times!

I played poker on Zynga Poker for years to build up my bankroll.

People Rather Play Fast and Take Big Risks

People at higher leagues tend to be very small stacked. It is quite a paradox. How they did get to a high league if they have so few chips?

My guess is they gamble with their bankroll often. They got their short term gains by going up in league. But now these players will struggle to stay at that league.

Questions & Answers

Question: Do you lose your "Zynga Poker" League Badge if you don't play often?

Answer: Yes. You will drop in leagues if you don't play "Zynga Poker enough.

Thankfully the fast advance option made climbing back up in leagues easier.

Question: Are There Any Special Bonuses for Reaching League 20 in Zynga Poker?

Answer: You do not get anything extra or special for reaching league 20 in Zynga Poker. But you will get the most tickets compared to other leagues.

Question: Why don't some Zynga players have league stats?

Answer: You can opt-out of participating in leagues by turning them off. Some players don't want to play in them for reasons only known to them.

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Bear with me here. I have some explaining to do with this review, so don’t start throwing tomatoes yet. Here it goes:

I loved watching the new Star Wars episode.

At the same time, I’m glad that fans almost unanimously hate the new story, even if they don’t completely understand their visceral reaction to it. The Last Jedi is indeed bad, but not because of its repetitive plot or unlikely character development. I rather enjoyed the humorous asides, reminiscent of the original Han Solo. Benicio del Toro as the codebreaker DJ is delectably suave and sinister. Daisy Ridley is fresh and courageous and conflicted as the female lead. And the Stephen Jay Gould-inspired moment when Rey (Daisy Ridley) snaps her fingers and sees herself as a continuum extending into her future in front of her and from her past behind her offers a sophisticated and subtle answer to the conflict between destiny and free will — if her past exists along with her future, does she have the power to change the past? Or is her future predetermined by her past?

Star Wars is mythology. Of course the stories are going to be similar.

My beef is with what the movie tries to say about our culture. But as a professor who teaches classes on mythology, I was engaged by the classic conflict between good and evil, inspired by the continuing offer of redemption, and fascinated by the evolution of the Star Wars myth.

The number one complaint about The Last Jedi that I’ve read on fan blogs and social media is that the recent stories are all retreads of the original Star Wars plot. Well, duh! Star Wars is mythology. Of course the stories are going to be similar. Greek plays tended to tell the same stories from multiple angles, just as the Star Wars episodes all surround the central characters of Luke and Leia. This should come as no surprise. Why have there been at least 59 movies made about Jesse James, more than a dozen about the shootout at the OK Corral, and annual movies about Santa? Don’t we already know how they’re going to end? We watch these movies again and again because we want to experience vicariously how heroes (and antiheroes) face conflict, interact with supporting characters, and find redemption even in tragedy. Aristotle called it catharsis. Each version of the story gives it a slightly different spin as each generation’s definition of heroism changes, but the change is cloaked in the familiarity of the characters and their stories.

Over the past century movies have been an effective creator and purveyor of modern American myth. We can trace the evolution of our beliefs, values, and culture simply by studying the films of succeeding decades. Just watch how women are portrayed in the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, and in current movies to see how American culture has changed. And has it ever changed in The Last Jedi!

Over the past century movies have been an effective creator and purveyor of modern American myth.

From the beginning, George Lucas embedded in Star Wars the characteristics of American myth. His original story relied heavily on the western genre of the lone, flawed maverick who rides into town, is transformed by friendship, and chooses to risk his life and possessions to help protect his new community from treacherous invaders. Han Solo was that maverick hero. The values of that first film were the values of America: rugged individualism, rebellion against tyranny, reliance on instinct, and reverence for freedom. We saw those same values in the many movies of the 20th century with heroes who defy orders, take risks, act instinctively, and save the day. I also love the offer of redemption that permeates the Star Wars mythology. In each episode a hero has been seduced by the dark side, but all is not lost. He can return to the light and a hero’s welcome if he simply chooses it. Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader; now his grandson, Ben Solo, has become Kylo Ren. But the potential for good is strong in this one. He, too, can be redeemed.

So what happens in The Last Jedi? All of our values are turned upside down. Once again we have a maverick hero, Poe (Oscar Isaac), who acts on his own, and is demoted for it by the interim leader, Resistance Vice Admiral Holdo (Laura Dern). Of course we expect that his instincts will prove correct. We also have a trio of rebels (Finn, Rose and BB-8) who secretly boards the First Order’s ship to push a button that will save the Resistance ship. If the story is truly repetitive of earlier episodes, this brave and risky ploy will work. Celebrations to follow.

But not in this movie. Our would-be heroes are caught and their plan is thwarted. Because of this, Vice Admiral Holdo’s secret plan for protecting the ship and its crew is also thwarted, and many Resistance soldiers are killed. The new message is clear: authority figures have no obligation to tell underlings their plans; and those who defy authority and follow their instincts will cause misery to the entire group. So shut up and obey.

So what happens in The Last Jedi? All of our values are turned upside down.

Fans are also troubled by the fact that our hero of 40 years, Luke Skywalker, has virtually given up on the Jedi. Discouraged and faithless, he has no desire to help the Resistance and is content to live out the rest of his life on a secluded island. Director and scriptwriter Rian Johnson has destroyed our once incorruptible hero, and his religion as well. I guess the pen truly is mightier than the light saber.

Personally, I don’t like the idea of Hollywood controlling and creating the American myth. Hollywood people hardly represent my own values, beliefs, or culture, or the values and beliefs of most Americans. Apparently Star Wars fans don’t like the idea either. While they complain about esoteric details of plot and character, I think what they are instinctively resisting is the new message of the film.

Mythology resonates with us. That’s one reason such franchises as Star Wars, Star Trek, and the superhero movies endure. Cultural values can evolve over time, but when basic beliefs about free will and individualism change as outrageously as they have in The Last Jedi, we begin to feel “a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices cried out in terror.” It’s time to resist the First Order of Hollywood and stop letting it control the American myth.

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While Great Britain made some efforts to address poverty in the colonial era, it was not until 19th-century that Americans came to view poverty as a social problem to be addressed by corrective action. Both governmental and private groups organized to provide aid and services. Of the services provided, education was the primary one, but organizations had a wide range of purposes. Savings fund societies encouraged the poor to save money. Fuel saving societies provided the poor with inexpensively priced fuel in the winter. And volunteer fire companies existed for everyone. Many philanthropic organizations aimed to aid a specific group: orphans, women, the disabled, immigrants, or native Americans. Religious philanthropies provided money, goods, and services in addition to any spiritual aid.

The reformers, as they are often called, created institutions such as orphanages, poor houses, and homes for unwed mothers. The picture of early philanthropy would not be complete without reference to temperance and penology, two major issues of the period. Here, too, the reformers created institutions such as inebriates’ homes and penitentiaries.

Philadelphia in particular had many voluntary projects, notably the Blockley Almshouse (operated by the Philadelphia Guardians for the Relief and Employment of the Poor), the Girard College for Orphans, the Magdalen Society (for aiding unwed mothers), the Indigent Widows’ and Single Women’s Society, and the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons. But communities large and small organized myriad initiatives, from Sunday schools to teach basic literacy to the poor to temperance societies to discourage the use of alcoholic beverages.

The collection includes a wide range of material: addresses and annual reports from organizations and institutions, laws related to poverty and punishing criminals, treatises on penology, biographies of reformers, print portraits of reformers and philanthropists, views of charitable institutions, and texts to advise individuals.

Cornelia S. King. American Philanthropy, 1731-1860 (New York, 1984).

Jean Barth Toll and Mildred S. Gillam. Invisible Philadelphia: Community through Voluntary Organizations ( Philadelphia, 1995).


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There are many things in life that drive us. Bills that need paying being one of the most important ones. The problem with that is it takes away from what we really want to do. I work hard as you do to pay the bills but that is not what I really want to do. What I want to do is write, paint, build, etc.

Many of my friends are driven by playing music. It’s in their souls, it’s life and the place where they are happiest. You too, I imagine that you have your own dreams and desires that drive you. The rest of humanity not so much, because they are content to just exist. There is more to life than just existing!

The dogs of winter have taught me much. They too are driven, they are driven to run. To expand their horizons and see what lies beyond the next curve in the trail. They are explorers, they are adventurers they are free spirits only held back by their reliance on us. Some food, some love, and some medical care is all they require to be happy.

In exchange for those things, they open up a whole new world to us humans. The thrill of blasting down a trail by dog power is almost a spiritual experience that cannot be explained by words. It is something you have to try to really understand it.

Don’t end up being trapped by life’s constraints. Think about how to mitigate them, how to achieve whatever dream it is that you have. It requires some sacrifice on your part because nothing worth having comes easy. It comes from the struggle on your part. That struggle molds you into a better human being. You learn to accept the faults of others, and your own.

Do not forsake those seeking knowledge. Share the wisdom you have although it might not be perfect. When you look into the eyes of a child or puppy there is no difference. They seek knowledge and leadership from you to be the very best they can be. It’s our job to make it happen.

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