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REVIEW: Childish Gambino's 3.15.20 is a sprawling example of anti-genre
Childish Gambino does a little bit of everything on his best album yet: 3.15.20. By drawing clear influence from the likes of Frank Ocean, Prince, Kanye West, Toro y Moi, and Andre 3000, Gambino creates an eclectic and sprawling work that's been a decade in the making. On 3.15.20, Donald Glover shifts the paradigm of what anti-genre entails in contemporary music – but his newest experiment doesn't come without a catch.
Donald Glover's Childish Gambino project was never going to begin and end as a rap alias. Glover hinted at big ideas on Camp and Because the Internet, but never quite fully realized them. Awaken My Love!, was a psychedelic funk experiment that was well-received, most notably for being home to the best song of his career: Redbone.
After temporarily streaming his new album on his donaldgloverpresents website on March 15th, he officially released 3.15.20 on March 22nd. With a minimalist design that contrasts the album's ambitious scope, the album cover is a plain, blinding white, and all but two tracks are named after their timestamp. With no imagery or song titles to serve as introductions, listeners are all but stripped of any preconceived notions for what to associate with the album's musical contents.
One of the most intriguing ways to explore this album is through its influences. On 12:38, Gambino's rapping about a psilocybin trip sounds like a blend of Andre 300 and Smino. On 24:19, which is essentially the Redbone sequel, and the best song on the album, Gambino's vocals are strongly reminiscent of Frank Ocean or Prince. At the end of the song, it reaches its climax as gospel elements are introduced – a nod to Kanye West and Chance the Rapper who have made the intersection of gospel and hip hop core to their recent music. DJ Dahi handles the majority of production for the album, showing off impressive range, with highlights such as 19:10 that would sound at home on a Toro y Moi or Kaytranada dj set. Even the album's aesthetic – the pain cover and timestamps for song names – follows basically the same format of Kendrick Lamar's Untitled Unmastered. Sometimes tucked away and other times glaringly obvious, Gambino's ability to incorporate and riff on the sounds of his musical inspirations ends up being the highlight of 3.15.20.
If you weren't familiar with Gambino's wide range of vocal talent, you'd think a collective of artists (something like a Brockhampton) had put these songs together rather than one guy. Gambino's background in writing and acting has never translated to music like it does here, as he crafts each song as its own vignette, bound to the laws of its own universe, regardless of what exists before it or after it. The characters, culture, and setting change fluidly from song to song. Characters even often interact within songs, like on 53.49, where a godlike figure interrupts Gambino's aggressive rapping persona with the reassuring words "there is love in every moment, under the sun." Moments like these feel more like urgent dialogues than complementary verses and choruses. Between the revolving door of characters, the grand movie score-like instrumentation, and occasionally overwhelming differentiation from track to track, the songs play out less like scenes from a movie and more like a montage of short films.
So then, what's the catch? The challenge with an album as eclectic as 3.15.20 is that it can become too amorphous for repeated listening. It draws you in at first, piquing interest with ambitious ideas, diverse musical styles, and a cinematic structure. After listening through it though, how much lasting appeal does something so eclectic have beyond acquaintance? When an album includes a thunderous instrumental, a country/r&b experiment, a song with hyperactive raps, a song with Ariana Grande, and everything in between – what future mood or setting would motivate you to press play from track 1 to 12 on 3.15.20?
This isn't suggesting that all albums characterized by ambition, eclecticism, and innovation are set up to fail. But when no two songs are alike in genre, mood, or sound, it does require a different level of engagement from the listener. It requires active participation in order to follow and appreciate the ebbs and flows. And since not everybody is always up for giving music their undivided attention, or for bouncing between moods and energies so frequently, it makes it especially hard for anti-genre albums to have lasting appeal. The stakes become a lot higher.
Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly was the most ambitious and eclectic (and arguably best) rap album of the last decade. It took 129 minutes, impeccable attention to detail, and a scholastic dedication to rap for Lamar to finally put together his magnum opus. Listeners keep going back to the album because it is a bona fide contemporary classic album. Similarly to 3.15.20, TPAB is not readily accessible – it's not background music nor does the album as a whole satisfy a particular environment. It needs to be freshly embraced each time it is listened to. That's not a small ask of your audience. An anti-genre album, usually characteristically complex and diverse, needs to be transcendent to endure. Time will tell whether people find 3.15.20's musical narrative compelling enough to return to repeatedly.
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Well, I played the NCAA Football 09 demo today, as many of you probably already have. But for those of you who haven't played it yet, here's my review.
In the main menu, you have the option of a quick play now game, a mascot game, a list of the online features, online dynasty features, Campus Legend, The Shrine, and a few others.
Once you go to the Play Now, you have the option of Ohio State University or Louisiana State University. For my game, I chose OSU. Once the game starts, you are overwhelmed by the realistic feeling of the realistic massive size of the stadium, along with brilliant lighting effects in the stadium, especially noticeable in the stands. Here are my good and bad points I noticed while in the game itself. Don't worry, there are plenty more good than bad in this game!
The Sidelines: Excellent work and including many more photographers, camera men, sound people, cheerleaders and realistic players on the sidelines along with coaches. Very noticeable as it really adds more realism to the game.
The Animations: Many many more animations this year. Just from my two games with the two minute quarters, I saw several different tackling, catching, and post play animations during the game. I even saw an animation where the CPU player tried to tip the ball up to himself and juggle it in a way, and then my player ran over and tackled him before he got control of the ball. The players automatically begin to jog back to their huddle, and on special teams they jog back to the sidelines. Even after the play is over, different animations were seen while the players were sitting on the ground. I don't think I saw the same tackle twice in the same game, which is very impressive. Many more sideline catches were seen, which was great. The most talked about feature this year though would have to be changing from a juke to a spin or whatever without waiting for the animation to complete itself while your running. Running felt more realistic than ever before. While I never got to return a field goal that landed short of the goalposts, the fact that it was in the game is great. Post-touchdown celebrations were also very fun. Now after you score a Touchdown, you can still control your player. Just run around in circles if the mood so strikes you, or run to the mascot. There are several different options to choose from post-TD. Next time I score, I'm going to run over to the cheerleaders and see what happens.
The Blocking: The blocking this year seems a lot better than last years. The main part of the blocking that I absolutely love is the ability to change the blocking scheme pre-snap. Before you hike the ball, simply press the Left Trigger and use the left stick in different directions to guide your blockers. Just set it, and forget it!
Awareness: The players this year seem just at the perfect sensitivity of awareness while on the field. The linebackers don't jump all over the place trying to get the ball, they play like real players. After a ball has been tipped, you see players diving and trying to catch the ball this year, instead of just letting it harmlessly drop to the turf in front of them, which became so frustrating last year.
There are no bad points so far, sorry. I found the demo very fun. I'll edit this if I find something I don't like.
Second I just got finished with my first game on the demo. Have a few negatives I would like to share.
I noticed when I would try and view the play I selected sometimes the player icons would be question marks and the routes would be badly distorted, almost wavy. Also IMO the graphics aren't much of an improvement from last years game.
Other than that I really enjoyed the demo. Still undecided on if I will pick this up or not.
Player models are said to be better than last years and 3d grass was added to the game. The game looked great last year, these minor changes should make the graphics better.
This comment is for jrc865. First, thanks for the compliment of the write-up. I'm glad you read it.
The reason the routes apear squigly and the icons above the player's heads have question marks is because of the home field advantage against you. If you are LSU, then this will happen to you because OSU has the home field advantage, and it's supposed to feel like you are being disrupted and stuff.


Do you struggle with social media measurement?
Are you not quite sure what kind of data you should be looking at on social networks like Facebook and Twitter to know if you're social media strategy is effective?
This week on the Social Media Social Hour I'm joined by Ben Harper of Datify, and we talk about how to use data to maximize your social media strategy. As a co-founder of Datify, a United Kingdom based data driven digital agency, Ben has been utilizing data to get the best results for his clients for years. For this weeks Tech Tool of The Week, I share with you an awesome tool we use at Casual Fridays as an alternative to Photoshop.
The Social Media Social Hour is a podcast for marketers and entrepreneurs looking to get on the social media fast track. The podcast is an interview format, where each week I get up close and personal with top brands and influencers to talk social media, tech and online marketing. Each week I also share tools that I personally use to help me with social media management, sales, marketing, account management and productivity.
Ben talks about how he and his co-founder got started with Datify in the UK.
Ben discusses why using data is important in an overall social media strategy.
He believes the first step in any social media strategy should be to look at data and find out who your audience is, who you want to be talking to, and how to talk to them.
Data really comes into play once a business starts posting and creating insights to measure against competitors.
Data is a great benchmark of the impression a page is making on social as well as a platform for optimization of the posts.
Ben says that measuring your performance is essential to help you improve what you are doing.
Ben believes that Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are leading the way in data focus.
Pinterest and Snapchat do not give great data at this point, however there are always manual ways to look at how you are doing against your competitors with any platform.
Ben talks about the analytics platform for businesses on Twitter, but he often uses other tools for his Twitter analysis.
In terms of Snapchat, there really is not a lot of data available at the moment.
Brands have had success using Snapchat for limited time offers and coupons.
Facebook gives a great amount of data that can be overwhelming.
Viewing the engagement rates for posts in the "Posts" tab of Facebook insights is great for learning what is working and what is not working.
The reach figures in Facebook insights are also useful to see how the page is performing over time in terms of organic reach and paid reach.
The newest insight launch shows when your audience is online which can help focus on when and where to post.
Google+ does not give a whole lot of data and it is often viewed more as a search tool than a social network.
YouTube does a great job of giving a lot of data.
Facebook reach has declined slightly over the years.
You have to pay a relatively inexpensive amount to reach your desired audience.
For Facebook in 2014, Ben thinks we will see more of a focus on mobile, an updated news feed, and a focus on re-engaging the teens.
Ben thinks Instagram will continue rolling out advertisements in 2014.
For Twitter he doesn't think anything major will happen but believes they will continue to improve.
Google+ may release a new product to be more of a social network.
Ben thinks Pinterest has steadied in their growth so they might be putting in more of a marketing effort to be know as the go-to eCommerce site.
Snapchat in 2014 will hopefully stick to their core values while trying to monetize.


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(some)Hospital emergency departments re-discover concept of opportunity cost
Back in the day,physicians would often see patients in their office and then dictate the clinical notes and have them transcribed and placed in the clinical record often in a matter of a few hours. Then came computers and later electronic medical records (EMR) and as stupid as it was, the physicians were called upon to key in their notes themselves. At least that was the case for those physicians who worked for large organizations.Private practice docs in 1-5 person practices were not forced into that.But wait-now the big federal push for EMR for all and we will see more physician-typists slogging away often to the chagrin of the patient who would like the doc to look at him.
David Henderson, writing in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics,says this about the economic concept of opportunity cost. "Its [the term] value is to remind us that the cost of using a resource arises from the value of what it could be used for instead." In this case what could the physician's time be used for instead. If she spend less time keying stuff into the clinical record, she could be seeing and evaluating more patients in a given time period and in the language of the administrators- generating more income.
Investipedia put it this way : Opportunity cost is the cost of an action that must be forgone to pursue a certain action. The physician is forgoing caring for patients in the time she takes to enter in the data, even if she is can enter data at a world class speed, it does not make economic sense for the doc to spend time typing. Economists love to say things like "economics is just about incentives"
I still get updates from placement agencies regarding locum tenems. A recent one described a position at a VA hospital. One of the job requirements was the ability to key in information .In this setting the above economic incentives may not apply.The doctors gets a set salary and he will not generate more income for the VA (they don't generate income at all) by seeing more patients so why not have the doc spend his time typing.
Some emergency departments (EDs) apparently caught on and not just recently. See here for an article on that topic as early as 2009. The EDs are hiring scribes to sit in on the physician-patient encounter and key in the relevant details freeing the doc to do all those doctor things and not appear distracted with his computer while he talks to the patient. Of course this would also work in other practice situations.
Many physicians who may have never hear the term opportunity cost when introduced to the notion that they would key in clinical encounters said in effect " why should I waste my time doing that" operationally knew all about that concept.However, some of the suits in HMOs and large clinics "run like businesses" who hired self appointed experts in IT must have slept through the economics course they must have taken to get the MBA.
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First it was interventional cardiologists vrs chest surgeons,now the pulmonologists?
See here for details regarding the headline. Back in the day, it was the pulmonary folks who helped diagnose and stage the lung cancers and the surgeons took over if the cancer was thought to be resectable. But now things are changing.
From the article linked above which quoted comments made at a recent meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgery
.. minimally-invasive strategies, such as ablation, to treat small lung tumors without radical resection or even lobectomy are under development [ ed ; and threaten the chest surgeons]
Maybe 'under development" but don't we have a long way to go to treat (remove?) lung cancer through the bronchoscope? But I think one of the participants in the conference linked in the first paragraph above was saying why can't chest surgeons do those things with the bronchoscope if and when those developments get ready for prime time.
The Prospect Study give some more insight into mechanisms for ACS recurrence after PCI
See here for the Prospect study published in the NEJM.
This multi-institutional study involved a follow up of 697 patients who presented with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) treated with an invasive catheter procedure ( percutaneous coronary intervention or PCI). The patients underwent coronary angiography and coronary artery intravascular ultrasound imaging.
Over a three year period 20.4 % had another adverse coronary event . The authors analysis indicated that about half of these events were due to obstruction at the location of the culprit lesions ( i.e the obstructive lesion that was treated by PCI) and half were due to non-culprit lesions. Most of the non-culprit lesions were considered angiographically mild (typically with an obstruction less than 70%) and were described as "thin-walled fibroatheromas" with a large amount of plaque . I suppose if those lesions were not thought to be mild by the cardiologist that they would have been "fixed".
According to the authors, a lesion with a thin wall, a lumen area of less than 4 mm,and a plague burden of 70% has a three year risk of causing a coronary event of 17%.
Potentially useful information not provided in the article would include to what extent patient with these non-obstruction lesions were treated with medications thought capable of stabilizing plaques, e.g. clopidogrel, aspirin, and statins. You have to believe (hope?) that the percentage would have been higher if patients had not been treated with drugs that "pacify the platelets" and decrease inflammation.
The authors emphasize that the intravascular imaging techniques used in this study are not ready for prime time, everyday clinical use because the specificity of lesions with the most predictive risk characteristics is low and there were serious side effects (including rupture of a cornoary artery) .Further, data was only obtainable on the proximal portion of the major epicardial coronary arteries ( about 6-7 cm) so what was going on more distally is unknown.
Everybody knows that thiazides are clearly the best anti-hypertensive. On the other hand..
All seven versions of the recommendations of the Joint National Committee for the Prevention, Detection,Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 1 through 7) made it quite clear that thiazides were the drugs of choice for the treatment of hypertension. See here for JNC 7 which says, in part:
"Thiazide-type diuretics should be used for most patients with uncomplicated hypertension either alone or in combination with other drugs."
The ALLHAT trial has been used in support of that recommendation although that trial has generated hundreds if not thousands of pages of rebuttal and re-rebuttal. See here for an ALLHAT summary.We reassured later that the diabetes that sometimes might be precipitated by thiazides is a different and really benign type of diabetes, so not to worry about that.
The European approach is arguably less dogmatic that JNC's emphasis on diuretics.Here is the ESH/ESC 2007 update on hypertension treatment.
Now we have this meta-analysis ( yes, I am very skeptical of MAs in general but when they suit my biases, I shamelessly quote them).See here.
The authors included 14 studies that used 24-hour blood pressure monitoring and concluded"
Conclusions: The antihypertensive efficacy of HCTZ in its daily dose of 12.5 to 25 mg as measured in head-to-head studies by ambulatory BP measurement is consistently inferior to that of all other drug classes. Because outcome data at this dose are lacking, HCTZ is an inappropriate first-line drug for the treatment of hypertension.
Their last sentence could not be more in opposition to JNC. Let the games begin again.
Dr.Buz Cooper's continuing battle with the Dartmouth Atlas dogma
I have written about Dr. Buz Cooper before ( see here).Very well worth reading is his latest salvo that further strengthens his position that the reason for geographical variation in health care cost is poverty.Here he reviews the latest MEDPAC data.
I think he is saying in part that the "problem" isn't some mysterious regional variation in how doctor practice medicine ( i.e greed seems to distributed geographically by some as yet undiscovered mechanism); the problem is it costs more to care for poor sick patients. Changing doctor's practice patterns won't fix poverty. Somehow, I think electronic medical records (EMRs) won't either.
Here is his nutshell paragraph:
"MedPAC, the IOM and countless other organizations are on a quest to explain geographic variation in health care. Yet the puzzle has been solved, and it is solved again here. Geographic variation in health care is a manifestation of geographic variation in poverty. The logic is obvious to all of us in our every day experiences. Poverty is associated with more disease, and poor people cope with disease more poorly. And poverty is geographic. So it should not be surprising that health care utilization and spending are geographic."
More pile on the band wagon of demonizing the obese
DrRich has written this essay on the topic of demonizing the obese. Now the legendary and feared (feared at least by employees whose boss hires them to "help cut costs") McKensey group has joined the chorus singing the horrors of the obesity epidemic.They have determined the real cost of obesity which is supposed to be in the U.S.450 billion per year which is three times the direct medical costs.So what are the other costs?
They include in the overall cost of obesity the increased cost of food and of purchasing extra sized clothing. somehow they consider purchases of food and clothing to be some mythical "cost to society". I wonder if someone at McKensey actually sat in on economics 101 and learned that one person's cost is another's stream of income. Buying food, regardless of one's BMI, is not a cost to society but just a market transaction just as it is when the thin person buys a car. However, economics can be such a subtle and counter intuitive discipline.Apparently giving folks money to buy new cars was thought to stimulate the economy (remember cash for clunkers) but some "incremental" money spent by the obese on extra food and big shirts is a cost to society.
McKensey speaks obesity as a pandemic, the whole world is getting more obese and they contend that the problem is so vast and important than "governments must lead the fight against obesity" Well at least they didn't call it a war.
The McKensey group has been knee deep in health care policy matters for some time. Dr. Robert Kocher has been in and out of the group serving in between with President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. He was a co-author of this fluff piece promoting Obamacare that appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine and will be long remembered for this incredible quote; "It (Obama care) guarantees access to health care to all Americans."
While it has become dogma that the obese increase health care costs because of their increased incidence of such things as heart disease and arthritis and that by mitigating obesity there will be cost savings ,one should be aware of a attractive counterargument .Simply put that argument is that the obese will die at a younger age and therefore it is at least logically possible that they will consume less health care service overall. This is exactly what this article from Dutch authors concluded based on a series of simulation mathematical model scenarios. Here is a quote:
As with all mathematical models such as this, the accuracy of these findings depend on how well the model reflects real life and the data fed into it. In this case, the model does not take into account varying degrees of obesity, which are likely to affect lifetime health-care costs, nor indirect costs of obesity such as reduced productivity. Nevertheless, these findings suggest that although effective obesity prevention reduces the costs of obesity-related diseases, this reduction is offset by the increased costs of diseases unrelated to obesity that occur during the extra years of life gained by slimming down.
Over ten years ago I did some consulting to a large intentional petrochemical company. One day a group came by hawking their employee wellness packet .After their presentation, a Human Resources manager asked will not their pension expenses go up if we keep future retirees healthy longer. A refreshingly honest presenter said yes- that was probably so and added that the best thing for a pension plan would be for employees to be healthy productive workers, then retire and die the next day without a prolonged expensive illness .Of course we would never want to do that.
So if cost to "society" is behind the movement to fix the obesity problem maybe we should at least keep the topic on the drawing board even if anti-obesity advocates aren't ready to consider going back to the drawing board.
A public health initiative that improves people's health is a goal many would support but the claim that prevention necessarily saves money is one that is based more on faith than sound empirical evidence.
Can psychiatry differentiate disease from everyday suffering?
That question seems to be asked by not just one but two former chairman of the committees who authored editions of the fabled DSM. Dr. Allen J. Francis has been very critical of the currently being written DSM 5 ( Yes, they changed from Roman to Arabic numbers). An interesting family feud is depicted in this article from Wired on line.
The first time I came across this general thought was when I was discussing a case with a psychiatrist to whom I had referred a patient I thought might be chronically depressed.He said she was not depressed but in his view she was just a very unhappy person. I can't recall if he then proposed to treat her with the antidepressant flavor of the day or just talk her out of being unhappy or what.
While non psychiatry medicine which I will refer to as "real medicine" (somewhat tongue in cheek) sometimes uses a symptom counting method of diagnosis ( e.g use of a number of symptoms in the a major or minor category to reach a diagnosis) it has the cognitive luxury of being able to rely on physical findings, imaging techniques, sometimes fairly definitive blood tests and often definitive biopsy results.
However, our psychiatry brethren- as best I can tell as an outsider- depends on a symptom counting based diagnostic paradigm outlined in excruciating- to- read- details in the powerful DSM. For example,if a patient has five out of the nine official symptoms of depression over a two week period then they are diagnosed with major depression.Apparently for a while there was a "bereavement exclusion" for depression diagnosis but with the newest classification that has been removed, exemplifying how fluid the definition of a given disease can be.This descriptive diagnosis system was heralded as a marked improvement over the situation in the old days in which psychiatrists of different psychoanalytic schools would differ as to the diagnosis of a given patient.
Symptom listing,counting and matching was considered more scientific and importantly became available to non-psychiatrist physicians ( or any clinical health care provider). With a check list type diagnostic paradigm generally available and multiple psychiatric drugs being promoted by big pharma, primary care docs might conclude that "this psychiatry stuff is easier than I thought" and I suspect many did.Numerous dinner CMEoid sessions with primary care docs featured as the "thought leader"showing their fellow PCPs ( and NP and PAs) that psychiatric diagnoses were not something to be afraid of probably paid off for the sponsoring drug companies.
More "Social Justice" surprises for the middle class-more taxes
This article from Investor's Business Daily explains one of the counter-intuitive quirks of the tax increases which are part of PPACA.
New taxes kick in in 2013 for households with incomes over 250K ( 200 for a single filer); a 0.9% wage and salary tax and a 3.5% tax on some investment income.The article's authors walk the reader through what happens to families in three income ranges and oddly enough those in the middle of the three ranges are taxed more than the higher range group for an increase in their income, as might occur if one of the two spouses receives a job promotion or work extra. Nothing like a good partially regressive tax to sock folks in the face with some some hard hitting anti-productive social justice.Readers might recall that after PPACA was signed, we were told by Senators and some medical organizations ( you know who you are) that social justice was served.
A broader analysis of taxes and PPACA is offered by the Harvard economist,Greg Mankiw. His plan to decrease the deficit is for the government to give him one billion dollars and increase taxes by three billions.This reduces the deficit by 2 billion. He then relates this scheme to the arguments made about PPACA.
"Healthcare reform, its advocates tell us, is fiscal reform. The healthcare reform bill passed last year increased government spending to cover the uninsured, but it also reduced the budget deficit by increasing various taxes as well. Because of this bill, the advocates say, the federal government is on a sounder fiscal footing. Repealing it, they say, would make the budget deficit worse."
Professor Mankiw, in a more serious moment, refers readers to this article that explains how repeal of PPACA will not increase the deficit.That a repeal will increase the deficit is the latest argument from some of those who continue to support PPACA, the social justice argument getting a bit stale,now that the bill is passed and we are finding out what is in it.
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It seems hard to believe that Internists are asking what is an internist?
Two of my favorite bloggers have recently taken up the questions " what is an internist?". Both Dr. RW (see here) and Dr. DB (see here) have written about this. My speculation is that orthopedists and neurosurgeons are experiencing less of an identity crisis.
My hunch is that both would have much less trouble with that question when they were in their Internal Medicine training programs. ( in fact Dr. RW made that point in his commentary ).
I know I had little doubt about what an internist was and what an internist did when I was a resident in IM. An internist was someone who was respected and called upon to deal with the diagnosis and management of complex medical problems and of critically ill patients. That was what a general internist did.General practitioners would consult with an internist for difficult cases and their expertise and knowledge was respected by both the GPs and surgeons.
Major changes in medical practice has brought about the current ambiguous nature of the internist's identity.
The general internist's role has been bifurcated into an office doctor and a hospitalist, with a rapidly decreasing number of internists playing both roles. While the hospitalist role more closely resembles the internist of 30-40 years ago the office internist is becoming harder and harder to be distinguished from the family practice physician.They both spend a significant part of their day doing preventive medicine,an activity particularity suited to guidelines and flowsheets and readily adaptable to delegation to nurse practitioners and physician assistants and likely ultimately to NP assistants or PA assistants.
The family practice physicians has evolved from the GP s of years ago and while the GPs were a source of referrals to the internist the Family Practice docs are more often than not competitors in the fairly recently defined world of what has become to be known as "primary care practice" . Both FP and IM docs will face more competition from NP and PAs if and when Obamacare plays out as demand from the number of insurance card carrying patients increasingly outpaces the supply of FPs and general IM docs and likely NPs as well.
The earlier version of the internist practiced in a very different world. He took call at night and would go to the hospital to see his patients in the ED and if they had problems in the hospital and some went to nursing homes.
The modern version so often now signs out at five o'clock with a telephone answering device informing the caller to call back during regular hours or if "an emergency" go to the Emergency Department.
I found the following paragraph from Dr RW's commentary as on target as it is depressing to someone who spend many years training to be an internist and more years practicing internal medicine as it used to be and now watching it change almost to the point of being unrecognizable.
The American College of Physicians slogan "Doctors for Adults" is unfortunate because it defines Internal Medicine as Family Practice without Pediatrics. This view has led to a proposal, published in the Journal Academic Medicine, that IM and FP be merged. It would mean the dissolution of general IM as a specialty. It's little wonder so few trainees want to go into general IM anymore. Who in their right mind would sign up for a specialty that's slated for dissolution in the next decade.
I know I would not.
More on how Electronic Medical Records will fix mostly everything
If you read this entry from Health Care Renewal you will realize how stupid and counterproductive electronic health care records can be.I say "can be" and sometimes are , not they have to be.
AND this entry from the same blog gives some very revealing insights as to who can get what from electronic medical records.Hint- it won't always be the patient or the physician. Dr. Scot Silverstein deserves much credit for his seemingly untiring efforts to educate us all about some of the really harmful ( and hypocritical) things going on in the EMR business.
Obamacare poster child for "growing autonomy of the regulatory state"
George Will, in his recent Jan. 16,2011 essay, " A Congress that reasserts its power", comments on the eclipse of Congress by the executive branch and the various federal agencies .
See here for the entire column.
Will says in part:
"The eclipse of Congress by the executive branch and other agencies is Congress' fault. It is the result of lazy legislating and lax oversight. Too many 'laws"actually are little more than pious sentiments endorsing social goals-environmental,educational,etc.-the meaning of which are later defined by executive-branch-rule-making."
The "etc." could well include the recently passed health care bill. The phrase "the Secretary (of HHS) shall determine" occurs repeatedly in the bill.If ever the phrase " the devil is in the details" applies it is in Obamacare.
Federal bureaucrats will write the rules that will be the very essence of the program. Congress endorsed a social goal ( health insurance for all-well, all but some 14-23 million, depending on whose estimate you believe) and abrogated the defining details to various federal agencies .
Will points out that the Federal register is a more important guide to governance than is the Congressional record.
To describe the belief that health care in this country will be improved by thousands of federal regulations patched together by scores of agencies, each subject to lobbying pressures and the risk of regulatory capture, requires a modifier stronger than the word "panglossian".
The antibiotic pendulum for treatment of Acute Otitis Media swings back
In the antibiotic era, the complications of acute bacterial otitis media (AOM) largely disappeared. One of the complications,mastoiditis, became a rare entity.Antibiotic treatment for AOM was standard treatment but in recent years the practice became challenged.
Several clinical research papers concluded that a number of children recovered from AOM without antibiotic treatment and seemingly without sequelae. Those findings were amplified by a couple of meta-analyses which derived the number needed to treat with antibiotic (NNT) and claimed that at least 7 children need to be treated (NNT) to shorten the illness of one child.
Perhaps encouraged by policies regarding antibiotic treatment in Europe and the growing concern about bacterial resistance caused by widespread and at times imprudent antibiotic use, several medical professional bodies issued guidelines that said antibiotics need not always be given to a child with AOM.
Now, two articles in the January 13, 2011 issue of NEJM present evidence from which one may reasonably conclude that antibiotic treatment is a good thing after all.An accompanying editorial supports a pull back from the current guidelines. The editorialist and authors of at least one of the two NEJM articles point out serious flaws in the clinical trials which lead to the current guidelines including ; imprecise criteria for the diagnosis of AOM,inclusion of children with minimal disease,ambiguous endpoints,small sample size and improper choice and dosing of the antibiotics used.
If the trials were as poorly done as implied about you have to wonder how repacking them in the fancy wrapping of meta-analyses strengthened the argument that lead several medical organizations to recommend a watchful waiting approach to AOM.A meta-analysis is only as good as the underlying studies that are included in the data set. I have repeatedly argued that meta-analysis should not rest at or near the top of the hierarchical structure of doctrinaire Evidence Based Medicine.
The specter of antibiotic resistance or rather the concern over the resistance may have played a role there. It is interesting that in regard to the treatment of AOM, it seems that resistance has not actually become a major factor.Apparently there has been a unexplained shift in the bacteria that cause AOM.Previously beta-hemolytic streptococcus was the major player and now the less invasive Hemophilus influenza ( H.Flu) and Moraxella catarrhalis are more common.
Although dissenting views were offered in 2003 by Dr. E.R. Wald ( one of the authors of one of the two NEJM articles) from the pediatrics department at the University of Pittsburgh in 2003, both the AAP and the AAFP issued guidelines in 2004 recommending initial observation in some cases ( described as nonsevere) rather than immediate treatment with antibiotics.Other groups joined the parade as well.
It will be interesting to see if these two publications lead to changes in recommendations and if so how much of a lag time there will be.
Does endurance exercise damage the heart?
Elevated heart muscle damage biomarkers have been reported in runners after completion of a marathon. Treponin has become the major biomarker used in the clinical assessment of a patient with acute chest pain and elevated levels have been reported in subjects immediately after completing a 26.2 mile marathon and other endurance athletic events.
Does the increase represent myocardial cell necrosis or could the increase be due to "leaky muscle membranes" also known as "cytosolic release". The authors of this recent article suggest the second mechanism may be responsible. I hope they are right as I have not given up running marathons just yet. See here for an abstract of that research.
A 2009 paper by Knebel et al investigated biomarkers and echocardiographic changes in 28 older marathon runners ( aged 60-72) and found no changes suggestive of systolic dysfunction but confirmed the finding previously reported of transient right ventricular diastolic dysfunction.These changes were no different from a group of younger marathoners. See here for abstract. So at least here the older runners were no worse off.
A 2002 paper by Shave,RE et al reported left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction in 11 bikers after a 2 day mountain bike marathon.See here for abstract.
Twenty-seven athletes were studied with echocardiography after what was described as a ultra-endurance triathlon. In all, right ventricular dysfunction was demonstrated and while LV ejection fraction was normal and unchanged in most . However,in the 7 who demonstrated post exercise LV wall motion abnormalities there was a decrease in average LVEF from 57.8% to 45.9%. The authors described also that the "integrated systolic strain decreased from 16.9 to 15.1." I have no idea of the significance of that index nor if that degree of decrease mean anything.See here for abstract.
More elaborate cardiac echo testing was carried out on twenty 2003 Boston marathon finishers pre and post race and one month later. They used regular TTE (trans thoracic echo) but in addition used a technique called "spectal and tissue doppler (TD"). While systolic ejection fractions were unchanged, TD derived indices of LV and RV systolic function were said to be abnormal with at least some of the diastolic dysfunction indicators remaining abnormal one month later.See here for abstract.
Neilan and co workers published detailed results from extensive echo and biomarker studies on 60 finishers of the 2004 and 2005 Boston marathon. See here for full text. They reported elevations in cTnT and NT-ProBNP and similar echo findings to those reported in the previous article from the 2003 Boston marathoners.They noted more marked changes in biomarkers and echo changes in the group who trained less ( less than 35 miles per week in preparation for the race .) So maybe the better trained runners were less susceptible to whatever it is that long events bring about with heart function which is also suggested by the following reference.
A slightly optimistic note is sounded in this paper which describes echo findings of dysynchrony only in first time participants in a long distance event and not in more experienced distance runners and that a predictor of the echo changes was the type of ACE gene polymorphism.
More recently, a review also expressed an optimistic,reassuring note while a rebuttal letter to the editor offered the opposite view proposing the term " exercise induced right ventricular dysplasia" suggesting that the elevation in troponin post endurance events actually reflects tissue death and not just leakage. Both views lack the support on longitudinal follow up data. See here for the two letters.If troponin elevation does signal cell death would we see some type of clinically apparent cardiomyopathy in older endurance event participants after years of beating up their hearts or perhaps myocardial fibrosis noted on autopsy. I wonder if anyone has investigated cardiac function or reported autopsy data on the prolific running Tarahumara Indians.
At least so far there do not seem to be cases of what might represent endurance exercise induced cardiomyopathy.
Three commnentaries and a synthesis on central planning of health care
I strongly recommend this entry on the blog roadtohellthcare by Dr. Douglas Perednia .
He discusses three commentaries on the same broad subject, two by physician bloggers and one by a health care insurance industry executive. The physicians are Dr. Richard Fogoros, aka DrRich of Covert Rationing Blog and Dr. Scot Silverstein of the blog Health Care Renewal and of another blog devoted to issues involving medical information systems.see here.
The important message ( there are other messages as well and all three blog entries are well worth reading) from these blogs is best summarized by a concluding paragraph from Dr. Perednia;
Together these articles cover an enormous amount of ground, but the central message is that we're making a big mistake if we think that coercing our doctors into using expensive and complex information technology and following the edicts of centralized "panels of experts" is going to get us where we want to go as patients. These are the obsessions and grand managerial plans of people who really don't know much about doctors, patients and the real-world of delivering and receiving healthcare services. People in government bureaucracies, insurance companies, think tanks and academic medical centers, whose livelihoods depend upon claiming to be smarter, better informed and more creative than clinicians who actually deliver the care. These regulators and technocrats have now been in charge and working their will on healthcare for over 20 years.
More Social InJustice revealed as we find out what is in store with Obamacare
More than one observer commented after the passage of PPACA (Obamacare) that social justice has been served. This included at least one U.S. Senator and spokesmen for both the AMA and ACP. As more and more of the thousands of pages are deciphered and given operational meaning and are jiggered with by Congress we find at least some aspects speak more of injustice than justice.
One case in point was elucidated in this commentary by Reason Foundation Senior Policy analyst,Shika Dalmia. She tells the reader about something called the "exchange recapture subsidy".
Under this provision, the government will go after low-wage families to return any excess subsidies they get under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
When the government hands out subsidies, it will use a household's income in the previous year as the basis for guessing what the household is qualified to get in the current year. But if the household's income grows midyear, the subsidy recapture provision will require it to repay anywhere from $600 to $3,500, compared to the $450 that the law originally called for.
So, if a poor working family manages to somehow increase its income higher than the number which the government guessed to be their income for the purpose of handing out a subsidy they are hit with higher taxes with the result being that the marginal tax rate on their incremental gain in income is insanely high. If much or most all or economics is about incentives, what will that do to efforts to move up to the next level of income.
In the interest of fairness, it has been pointed out (see here) that this recapture mess was apparently added on to the last minute doctor-fix in an effort to scrounge up money to help pay for the subsidies and was part of an amendment authored by Republicans. So, maybe Obamacare set up the subsidies and Republicans tried to help pay for it and that was enacted by a legislature nominally controlled by Democrats and made it even worse. In any event, it is a bad deal thanks to those darn unintended consequences. Central planning might not be as easy as its advocates claim.
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When it comes to business signs, LED signs are among the most visually-striking and effective types of signs. Programmable via computer software and able to display graphics, text, and sometimes videos—LED signs are very powerful marketing and advertising tools. Before you decide on one for your business, you should take a look into the various options available to you. Here's a basic guide to some of the most common types of LED signs to help you decide.
Indoor LED signs are typically smaller than their outdoor counterparts, but they are just as effective. These types of signs are best for helping businesses capture the attention of existing or returning customers. Though they can be seen from some distance when placed in a window, they are most effective at reaching consumers who are close to your building already. Many businesses also utilize these types of signs inside their establishments to draw attention to certain places in their stores.
Outdoor signs, in contrast, are much larger than the indoor signs. These are designed to attract consumers who are driving by your business or approaching from a distance. Many businesses use their outdoor LED signs to advertise specials in order to draw more impulse traffic to their establishments.
Monochrome LED signs are the simplest (but still effective) form of LED signs. Featuring lights of one color (typically a yellow/amber), monochrome LED signs range in size from very small to billboard size to help you meet your goals. You'll be able to communicate using text or basic graphics to reach your consumers.
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Provides an orientation to the teaching profession in Virginia, including historical perspectives, current issues, and future trends in education on the national and state levels. Emphasizes information about teacher licensure examinations, steps to certification, teacher preparation and induction programs, and attention to critical shortage areas in Virginia. Includes supervised field placement in a K-12 school. Prerequisite: Successful completion of 24 credits of transfer courses. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.


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MARILLION - 30 Years "Fugazi"
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"We were in a transitional phase as a band: from a bunch of kids in a van hunting for a record deal to a band that finally had that deal in their pockets and was now trying to record the follow-up to a successful debut album This is Fish's assessment of the situation Marillion found himself in a few months after the release of "Script For A Jester's Tear" in spring 1983.
In April 1983 Marillion and drummer Mick Pointer had sent the band founder into the desert almost overnight due to his blatant technical weaknesses. At the same time "Script For A Jester's Tear" had hit the somewhat dull rock scene of the early eighties like a bomb, and Marillion had become the spearhead of the still young neoprog scene, to which bands like IQ, Pendragon or Pallas gradually joined. After the expulsion of Pointers the search for a new drummer began. And this one turned out to be a real nightmare for the band.
At first, however, the boys thought they had landed a six in the lottery: Ex-Camel drummer Andy Ward had agreed in May 1983 to step in for the upcoming summer gigs in Europe and the USA. And it looked as if he wanted to stay with Marillion beyond that - he was even featured in the video clip for "Garden Party", which was shot in the same month. "The sound of the band was suddenly completely different, and that had us also only incited to continue to write new songs. It wasn't that monotonous drumming anymore, there was a lot of power and joy behind it", Fish remembers his first experiences with Ward
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Franciscan aims to break treadmill marathon record, raise money for outreach
Sr. Stephanie Baliga, a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist of Chicago, will run a marathon Aug. 23 on a treadmill in the basement of her community's convent in the city's West Humboldt Park neighborhood. Why? Because she promised. And because she is trying to break the world record for a women's treadmill marathon.
Sister who cooks for soup kitchen wins prize on Food Network's 'Chopped'
Franciscan Sr. Alicia Torres won a special Thanksgiving competition on the Food Network's "Chopped," bringing $10,000 to the ministry of Mission of Our Lady of the Angels. Torres says the experience also unexpectedly deepened her faith.


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Getting to the Root of It
Destroyers or Healers? A look at American Drone Warfare
by Romee St. John	| published on Jul 12, 2017
"Lord I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word and my servant will be healed" – Matthew 8:5-13
During the Roman occupation, arguably no nation was more vile and threatening than the Romans who crucified thousands of innocent people for the sake of dominance. As a centurion in the Roman army the soldier in Matthew was directly responsible for reinforcing the idolatrous, oppressive, and murderous laws of the empire. By modern standards this centurion posed a clear and imminent threat to the Jewish people, but instead of calling in a heavenly strike against the centurion Jesus performed a distant healing. Such compassion from Jesus demonstrates that God's policy is not that of a distant destroyer, but a distant healer. (Read more.)
During the Roman occupation, arguably no nation was more vile and threatening than the Romans who crucified thousands of innocent people for the sake of dominance. As a centurion in the Roman army the soldier in Matthew was directly responsible for reinforcing the idolatrous, oppressive, and murderous laws of the empire. By modern standards this centurion posed a clear and imminent threat to the Jewish people, but instead of calling in a heavenly strike against the centurion Jesus performed a distant healing. Such compassion from Jesus demonstrates that God's policy is not that of a distant destroyer, but a distant healer.
This story from Matthew is relevant to Americans as we contemplate our use of drones. Drone technology today has enabled America to perform both humanitarian and militaristic tasks that were not possible fifty years ago. Drone reconnaissance enables us to view human rights violations from a distance and react quickly. The capacity of drones to carry loads without a human pilot enables drones to provide various kinds of relief where planes cannot go. These new capacities enable us to be distant healers. However, drone surveillance also gives the United States the capability of assessing a person's behavior over time to see if they pose a threat and armed drones allow the military to kill that person near instantaneously without trial. This enables us to be distant destroyers.
Unfortunately, America has tapped into the ability of drones to surveille and kill. The use of such capabilities has resulted in the deaths of one hundred and ninety children and five hundred and thirty-four civilians along with numerous deaths of people who can neither be confirmed nor denied as combatants in Pakistan alone. In many cases the CIA has conducted drone strikes outside of "areas of active hostilities" and in sovereign foreign countries like Yemen and Somalia. These attacks since 9/11, which are often carried out in the name of safety send the message that Americans think we can kill our way into security. However, using drones the way America has these past 16 years has been shown to raise tensions, terrorize innocent populations, and provide incentives for otherwise peaceful civilians in directly affected countries to turn to terrorism.
That which we practice we normalize and bring into the world in greater supply. As Jesus performed the tasks required of a distant healer demonstrating the way of just peace, so too must we. Only when America turns away from violence to perform the task of a distant healer can there be true security. This healing activity is the way of Jesus and the pathway to just peace.
Learn more about the Interfaith Drone Network and the UCC Just Peace Church program.
Romee St. John is a seminarian at Princeton Seminary. He is currently serving as the Just Peace Intern with the United Church of Christ's Washington Office.
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All Showbiz
Joey Essex could die in terrifying 90 minute live TV stunt on Halloween
The reality star has teamed up with magician Ben Hanlin for the death-defying stunt taking place in a haunted underground chamber
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JOEY Essex and magician Ben Hanlin will put their lives on the line when they take on a death-defying underwater escape live on Halloween.
The pair will be shackled in a haunted underground chamber which will be filled with water as they try and free themselves.
Joey Essex and magician Ben Hanlin will put their lives on the line when they take on a death-defying underwater escape live on HalloweenCredit: Rex Features
To make the challenge that much harder they only have five days to prepare themselves.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun Online, Ben said: "I've never done a live magic special. There's a reason you wouldn't usually see these stunts live.
"If anything does go wrong, for example if you can't get out of a chain, there's no comfort zone. That's what I'm nervous about. What could go wrong on the night?
"We are going to train properly and, being completely honest, we are on TV so hopefully they're not going to let us die, however, it is live..."
Ben and Joey only have five days to train for the escapeCredit: Rex Features
Joey is known for his carefree attitude and intellectual gaffes, but Ben is confident he will step up when the time comes.
"I don't think he really fully appreciates the situation. Ultimately, he's going to be underwater, and when you're underwater, it's just you and your body.
"You've got to be able to hold your breath, keep your head about you and deal with it. He's going to have to get that. If you start panicking and stressing out your heart rate will go up and you won't be able to hold your breath.
Joey is known for his carefree attitude and intellectual gaffes, but Ben is confident he will step up when the time comesCredit: Getty Images - Getty
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"Nobody wanted to get involved in this, then I spoke to Joey and he said: 'I've always wanted to try something like this, let's give it a go. I've got a feeling he's quite a competitive lads. I think he'll step up. Fingers crossed."
Training will be full on, with five 12-hour days awaiting the guys in the build up.
Joey previously said: "When Ben first asked me to do this, I thought, how hard can it be, isn't Escapology something to do with saying sorry… Now I know exactly what it is, I'm really nervous. This is going to be the most terrifying thing I've ever done. I hope I can pull it off. I'm already feeling the pressure."
Ben is no stranger to high-pressured performances, having had his own show at the Edinburgh Festival, ITV2 show Tricked and earlier this year he stunned some of the country's sporting heroes for Sport Relief.
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Statement on Senate Passage of Stormwater Utility Bill
Contact: Chris Sturm (csturm njfuture org) , Managing Director, Policy and Water, 609-393-0008 ext. 114
Clean Stormwater and Flood Reduction Bill Will Help Communities Reduce Flooding, Pollution
TRENTON, June 21 — New Jersey Future today applauded the Senate's passage of S1073, the Clean Stormwater and Flood Reduction Act.
"This bill gives local governments in New Jersey an important new tool to address a critical issue that is often ignored because the resources aren't there to fix it," said Chris Sturm, New Jersey Future's managing director for policy and water. "Communities will soon have a fair and sustainable way to fund enhancements to their stormwater management systems that will reduce damaging flooding and keep polluted runoff from reaching our waterways."
The bill permits municipalities, counties and utilities to charge a fee to property owners based on their properties' impact on the stormwater management system. The funds collected are required to be used for initiatives that will reduce stormwater flooding and polluted runoff. Property owners have the option to reduce their fees through the addition of features such as rain gardens, permeable pavement,and green roofs that manage rainfall on the property, so that it never enters the municipal stormwater system.
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An identical Assembly bill, A2694, has been referred to the Telecommunications and Utilities Committee.
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Q: Drupal autocomplete, callback with multiple parameters I am adding some autocomplete on a form alter. The problem is that in the callback, only the string in the textfield The autocomplete is on, is available. I also want to access a value from another textfield in the callback. How is this possible ?
/**
 * Implements hook_form_alter().
 */
function webform_conversion_jquery_form_webform_client_form_1_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
          //Load some extra function to process data
        module_load_include('inc', 'webform_conversion_jquery', '/includes/dataqueries');

        //Add extra js files
        drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('module', 'webform_conversion_jquery') . '/js/conversionform.js');
        $form['submitted']['correspondentadress']['cor_street']['#autocomplete_path'] = 'conversionform/conversion_street';
    }
}

/**
 * Implements hook_menu().
 */
function webform_conversion_jquery_menu() {
    $items = array();

    $items['conversionform/conversion_street'] = array(
        'title' => 'Conversion street autocomplete',
        'page callback' => 'conversion_street_autocomplete',
        'access callback' => 'user_access',
        'access arguments' => array('access content'),
        'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
    );

    return $items;
}

/**
 * Retrieve a JSON object containing autocomplete suggestions for streets depending on the zipcode.
 */
function conversion_street_autocomplete($street = '') {
    $street = "%" . $street . "%";
    $matches = array();
    $result = db_select('conversion_adresslist')
                    ->fields('conversion_adresslist', array('street'))
                    ->condition('street', $street, 'like')
                    ->execute();
    foreach ($result as $street) {
        $matches[$street->street] = $street->street;
    }
    drupal_json_output($matches);
}

I just want to be able to post extra information in the function:
conversion_street_autocomplete($street = '', $extraparameter)

A: I had the same problem and have figured out a way, which is not too strenuous.  It involves overriding the textfield theme and then passing your parameter to the theme function.
First create declare your theme function:
function mymodule_theme() {
  $theme_hooks = array(
    'my_module_autocomplete' => array(
      'render element' => 'element',
    ),
  );
  return $theme_hooks;
}

Next we need to add the theme and the variable to our form element.  In my case, the form element is part of a field widget:
 function my_module_field_widget_form($form, &$form_state, $field, $instance, $langcode, $items, $delta, $element) {

  if($instance['widget']['type'] == 'my_module_field_type') {

    $element['my_module_field'] = array(
      '#type' => 'textfield',
      '#autocomplete_path' => 'my-module/autocomplete',
      // THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART - ADD THE THEME AND THE VARIABLE.
      '#theme' => 'my_module_autocomplete',
      '#my_module_variable' => $field['field_name'],
    );
  }
  return $element;
}

Then implement the theme function.  This is a copy of theme_textfield from includes/form.inc with one important difference - we append the variable to the autocomplete path:
function theme_my_module_autocomplet($variables) {
  $element = $variables['element'];
  $element['#attributes']['type'] = 'text';
  element_set_attributes($element, array('id', 'name', 'value', 'size', 'maxlength'));
  _form_set_class($element, array('form-text'));

  $extra = '';
  if ($element['#autocomplete_path'] &&     drupal_valid_path($element['#autocomplete_path'])) {
    drupal_add_library('system', 'drupal.autocomplete');
    $element['#attributes']['class'][] = 'form-autocomplete';

    $attributes = array();
    $attributes['type'] = 'hidden';
    $attributes['id'] = $element['#attributes']['id'] . '-autocomplete';
    // THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART. APPEND YOUR VARIABLE TO THE AUTOCOMPLETE PATH.
    $attributes['value'] = url($element['#autocomplete_path'] . '/' . $element['#my_module_variable'], array('absolute' => TRUE));
    $attributes['disabled'] = 'disabled';
    $attributes['class'][] = 'autocomplete';
    $extra = '<input' . drupal_attributes($attributes) . ' />';
  }

  $output = '<input' . drupal_attributes($element['#attributes']) . ' />';

  return $output . $extra;
}

Now the variable will be available as the first parameter on the autocomplete callback function:
function _my_module_autocomplete($my_module_variable, $search_string) {
  // Happy days, we now have access to our parameter.
}

A: Just in case anyone is still having trouble with this I found a great solution while trying to figure out how to do this.  I had a year select list and that dictated what data was displayed in the autocomplete field.  The solution basically has an ajax callback function for the select list that can then update the autocomplete field with an extra parameter in the url.  Anyways, it is really well explained in the following article.
http://complexdan.com/passing-custom-arguments-drupal-7-autocomplete/
*A note of caution, I was going crazy trying to figure out why it did not work and it turns out you can't have the same form on the page twice (I needed to because I was displaying it differently for mobile devices) because you are using an id for the ajax callback.  I added an extra argument to accomplish that.  It is called uniqueid in the below example.
function report_cards_comparison_form($form, &$form_state, $uniqueid) {

   $curryear = t('2012');

   $form['year_select'] = array(
        '#title' => t('School Year'),
        '#type' => 'select',
        '#options' => array(
            '2012' => t('2012'),
            '2013' => t('2013'),
            '2014' => t('2014'),
            '2015' => t('2015'),
          ),
        '#default_value' => $curryear,
        '#ajax' => array(
          'callback' => 'report_cards_comparison_form_callback',
          'wrapper' => $uniqueid,
          'progress' => array(
                'message' => 'Updating Schools...',
                'type' => 'throbber'
            ),
        ),

  );

  $form['choice'] = array(
    //'#title' => t('Search By:  School Name'),
    '#type' => 'textfield',
    '#attributes' => array(
        'class' => array('school-choice'),
        'placeholder' => t('Start Typing School Name...'),
    ),
    '#required' => TRUE,
    '#autocomplete_path' => 'reportcards/autocomplete/' . $curryear,
    '#prefix' => '
',
    '#suffix' => '
',
  );

  $form['submit'] = array(
    '#type' => 'submit',
    '#prefix' => '
',
    '#suffix' => '
',
    '#value' => t('Search'),
    '#attributes' => array('id' => 'add-school-submit'),
  );

  return $form;
}

/**
 * Ajax Callback that updates the autocomplete ajax when there is a change in the Year Select List
 */
function report_cards_comparison_form_callback($form, &$form_state) {
  unset($form_state['input']['choice'], $form_state['values']['choice']);
  $curryear = $form_state['values']['year_select'];

  $form_state['input']['choice'] = '';
  $form['choice']['#value'] = '';
  $form['choice']['#autocomplete_path'] = 'reportcards/autocomplete/' . $curryear;

  return form_builder($form['#id'], $form['choice'], $form_state);
}

and I can call the form by doing this...
print render(drupal_get_form('report_cards_comparison_form', 'desktop-schoolmatches'));

A: You can do it by overriding methods from autocomplete.js in your own js. Here is example:
(function($) {
  Drupal.behaviors.someModuleOverrideAC = {
    attach: function(context, settings) {
      // Next is copied and adjusted method from autocomplete.js
      Drupal.jsAC.prototype.populatePopup = function() {
        var $input = $(this.input);
        var position = $input.position();
        // Show popup.
        if (this.popup) {
          $(this.popup).remove();
        }
        this.selected = false;
        this.popup = $('

')[0];
        this.popup.owner = this;
        $(this.popup).css({
          top: parseInt(position.top + this.input.offsetHeight, 10) + 'px',
          left: parseInt(position.left, 10) + 'px',
          width: $input.innerWidth() + 'px',
          display: 'none'
        });
        $input.before(this.popup);

        // Do search.
        this.db.owner = this;

        if ($input.attr('name') === 'field_appartment_complex') {
          // Overriden search
          // Build custom search string for apartments autocomplete
          var $wrapper = $('div.apartments-autocomplete');
          var $elements = $('input, select', $wrapper);
          var searchElements = {string: this.input.value};
          $elements.each(function() {
            searchElements[$(this).data('address-part')] = $(this).val();
          });
          var string = encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(searchElements));
          this.db.search(string);
        }
        else {
          // Default search
          this.db.search(this.input.value);
        }
      };
    }
  };
}(jQuery));

In your server callback:
function some_module_autocomplete_ajax($string) {
  // Decode custom string obtained using overriden autocomplete js.
  $components = drupal_json_decode(rawurldecode($string));
  // Do you search here using multiple params from $components
}

A: Ok, for as far as I can see it is not possible. maybe you can roll your own with the ajax functionality in fapi http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/developer--topics--forms_api_reference.html/7#ajax
For now I solved it by implementing jquery.ui.autocomplete which is included in drupal 7

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Review Of The Effectiveness Of Competition In The Electricity Retail Market In The Act
On 3 March 2011, the AEMC published its Stage 2 Final Report outlining its recommendations to promote competitionin the ACT electricity market. The lack of customer awareness and the unique characteristics of the ACT market were found to be significant factors limiting competition. This is best addressed through a package of reforms, which empower and support customers to make efficient decisions and make it easier for second tier retailers to enter into, and expand within, the ACT market.
The AEMC considers that the implementation of its package of policy measures will effectively increase the competitive pressure in the ACT. Given this competitive pressure, the AEMC considers that the removal of transitional retail price caps will further ensure that prices reflect the efficient cost of supply.
The AEMC published its Stage 1 finding that competition in the ACT electricity retail market is not effective on 24 November 2010. At that time, the AEMC also provided its draft advice to the MCE and ACT Government on measures to improve competition in the relevant market. This analysis and draft advice was provided in the Stage 2 Draft Report, which was published for consultation.
During Stage 1, the AEMC's finding was that competition in the ACT electricity retail market for small customers was not effective. There were a number of inter-linking factors causing this:
the weak presence of second tier retailers in the market reduces the overall level of awareness of full retail contestability, which was likely to make customers 'sticky';
the lack of awareness was considered to be creating perceived product differentiation as ActewAGL provides both retail and distribution services;
small size of the ACT market means there are fewer customers over which to spread the fixed costs of entry into the ACT market for second tier retailers;
the corporate structure of ActewAGL Retail and its economies of scope and scale were likely to provide it with cost advantages over new entrants; and
the regulated price is based on the efficient costs of ActewAGL Retail rather than a new entrant.
In response to the finding from Stage 1, the AEMC has recommended a package of policy measures in its Stage 2 Final Report to promote competition in the ACT electricity retail market. These measures include:
instigating a consumer education program for small electricity users that provides information on the electricity market to facilitate efficient decisions;
setting up a marketing campaign to inform customers of contractual details and obligations and the set up of a website containing baseline information relating to the ACT market;
continuing to monitor the effectiveness of customer protection and switching arrangements;
implementing nationally consistent frameworks, such as the NECF, as soon as practicable to improve harmonisation of the regulatory requirements between the ACT and other jurisdictions;
removal of the transitional retail price cap on residential customers from 1July 2012; and
establishment of a price monitoring regime on all products and prices for an initial period of three years.
On 16 December 2009 the MCE formally requested the AEMC to assess the effectiveness of retail competition in the electricity retail market in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT Retail Review). The review will be conducted in accordance with the MCE's Request for Advice, and Revised Statement of Approach (21 December 2009). If the AEMC finds effective competition it must provide advice on ways to phase out retail price regulation. If competition is found to be not effective its advice must identify ways to promote the growth of effective competition. It is anticipated that the Stage 2 Final Report will be published by 28 February 2011.
Consistent with the Australian Energy Market Agreement (AEMA), the AEMC is required to assess and publicly report on the effectiveness of retail competition in electricity and gas retail markets in each jurisdiction (except Western Australia). The ACT retail competition review will only consider electricity as natural gas is not subject to retail price regulation.
The AEMC completed reviews of the Victorian and South Australian retail markets in 2007 and 2008 respectively. For each review the AEMC found competition to be effective for small electricity and gas customers and the AEMC subsequently recommended that retail price regulation be discontinued and replaced with a price monitoring regime.
AEMC documents - Draft
Notice - 25 November 2010 Stage 2 Draft Report - November 2010
AEMC documents - Final
Notice - 3 March 2011 Stage 2 Final Report
Questions and Answers - Stage 2 Final Report Minister for Energy's Response -€" 1 September 2011
Submissions on Stage 2 Draft Report
ActewAGL Retail Energy Retailers Association of Australia
Energy Supply Association of Australia Origin Energy
TRUenergy
ACT Council of Social Services (ACTCOSS) - received 3 September 2010 TRUenergy - received 3 September 2010
ActewAGL Retail - received 27 August 2010 (amended 7 September 2010) Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission - received 27 August (amended 31 August 2010)
Care Inc., ACTCOSS and Uniting Care Australia - received 27 September 2010
Summary of discussion
Stage 1 Draft Report - July 2010
Notice - 25 November 2010 Stage 1 Final Report - November 2010
Questions and Answers -  Stage 1 Final Report
Origin Energy Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESAA)
Energy Retailers Association of Australia (ERAA)
Roy Morgan Research A Qualitative Study of Domestic and Business Consumers - June 2010 GA Research Retailer Research Final Report - June 2010
Roy Morgan Research Effectiveness of competition in the ACT electricity retail market - Small busine Roy Morgan Research Effectiveness of competition in the ACT electricity retail market - Residential
Allen Consulting Group Price and Profit Margin Analysis - July 2010
Issues Paper Appendix B - MCE Request for Advice
Appendix C - Extract from AEMA Revised Statement of Approach
Notice of commencement of Review - 4 March 2010
ACT Minister for Energy - received 17 May 2010 ERAA - received 19 April 2010
Origin Energy - received 14 April 2010 Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) - received 13 April 2010
Submissions on Issues Paper
ActewAGL Australian Capital Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT)
Stage 2 Final Report
Questions and Answers - Stage 2 Final Report


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Remember that black church burned by a 'Trump supporter'? Yeah, a black church member did it
(Bugout.news) During the recently presidential campaign cycle, the Left went apoplectic with rage upon news that a black church in Greenville, Miss., was burned and the words, "Vote Trump," spray-painted on the outside. Conclusion: More proof positive that supporters of GOP nominee Donald J. Trump are racists and bigots!
Not so fast. Turns out the church burning was actually committed by a black member of the same church.
As reported by The Daily Caller:
A black man has been arrested and charged with burning an African-American church in Greenville, Miss. last month and defacing its outer walls with "Vote Trump" graffiti.
The Mississippi state police arrested Andrew McClinton, 45, on Wednesday and charged him with first-degree arson of a place of worship, Warren Strain, a spokesman with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety told The Daily Caller.
McClinton allegedly set first to Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, where he is a member, on Nov. 1, a week before the election. The fire destroyed 80 percent of the church. A GoFundMe account raised more than $240,000 to repair the facility.
A 'week before the election…' Sound like something staged to rip support away from the new president-elect? You bet it does.
Incredibly, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, who also serves as the state fire marshal, told The Associated Press he didn't believe the act was "politically motivated."
Really? If this act was not politically motivated, then no act can be considered 'politically motivated'. Sounds like officialdom in Mississippi, which went overwhelmingly for Trump, is attempting to stave off politically motivated retribution (which we seriously hope does not happen).
In any event, there is little doubt that the incident hurt Trump with at least some Americans–perhaps voters who were already sitting on the fence about whether or not to support him. And honestly, that can be the only true reason why this was done.
Because that's certainly how the discredited 'mainstream media' portrayed it, as The Daily Caller noted:
The attack, which was investigated by local and state authorities as well as the FBI, was widely attributed by media outlets to Trump supporters. The Atlantic, to cite one example, published an article entitled "A Black Church Burned in the Name of Trump."
And, of course, Left-wing Democrats:
Mississippi U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, whose district encompasses Greenville, said last month that the arson and vandalism was an act of "domestic terrorism."
"If there is something like the Ku Klux Klan or the Aryan Nation…we look at that as domestic terrorism," he told the AP at the time.
So while the state fire marshall doesn't believe this was politically motivated, he's practically alone.
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