Sunday, June 4, 2017
Concierge Medicine
An excerpt from the NY Times -
The Doctor Is In. Co-Pay? $40,000.
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Money has always made a big difference in the medical world: fancier rooms at hospitals, better food and access to the latest treatments and technology. Concierge practices, where patients pay several thousand dollars a year so they can quickly reach their primary care doctor, with guaranteed same-day appointments, have been around for decades.
But these aren’t the concierge doctors you’ve heard about — and that’s intentional.
Dr. Shlain’s Private Medical group does not advertise and has virtually no presence on the web, and new patients come strictly by word of mouth. But with annual fees that range from $40,000 to $80,000 (more than 10 times what conventional concierge practices charge), the suite of services goes far beyond 24-hour access or a Nespresso machine in the waiting room.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/business/economy/high-end-medical-care.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&src=me&WT.nav=MostEmailed
The Doctor Is In. Co-Pay? $40,000.
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Money has always made a big difference in the medical world: fancier rooms at hospitals, better food and access to the latest treatments and technology. Concierge practices, where patients pay several thousand dollars a year so they can quickly reach their primary care doctor, with guaranteed same-day appointments, have been around for decades.
But these aren’t the concierge doctors you’ve heard about — and that’s intentional.
Dr. Shlain’s Private Medical group does not advertise and has virtually no presence on the web, and new patients come strictly by word of mouth. But with annual fees that range from $40,000 to $80,000 (more than 10 times what conventional concierge practices charge), the suite of services goes far beyond 24-hour access or a Nespresso machine in the waiting room.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/business/economy/high-end-medical-care.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&src=me&WT.nav=MostEmailed
The Wire vs. Breaking Bad
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-wire-vs-breaking-bad-which-show-reigns-supreme_us_5931d254e4b02478cb9b91f9?6pr
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Funky Bridge
From Sactown Magazine -
http://www.sactownmag.com/June-July-2017/Spanning-the-Future/
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| The Lucky Knot bridge in Changsha, China, which opened in 2016, was the result of an international design competition. It has a 78-foot clearance for boats. |
http://www.sactownmag.com/June-July-2017/Spanning-the-Future/
Friday, June 2, 2017
Out
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/paris-climate-agreement-withdrawal/?hpid=hp_no-name_graphic-story-b%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.cd7a3e9bc81a
The Police Only Saw Black
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
TIGER WOODS SAYS HE’S ‘CABLINASIAN,’ BUT THE POLICE ONLY SAW BLACK
The golfer’s DUI arrest highlights the country’s ‘one-drop’ rule and his complex relationship with black America
BY MICHAEL A. FLETCHER
Woods’ decision to embrace his full multiracial identity was respected by many African-Americans as his right. But others who celebrated his many breakthroughs and saw his success as their own, treated it as a rejection — not to mention a sign of naiveté, cowardice or even betrayal.
There were jokes that Woods would know he was black if he tried to catch a cab at night. Even Colin Powell, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, when asked about Woods, was quoted as saying, “In America, which I love from the depths of my heart and soul, when you look like me, you are still considered black.”
The criticism only intensified when Woods got caught up in the sex scandal that presaged his golfing decline and ended his marriage. Like his ex-wife, each of Woods’ many mistresses was white. The fallout weakened Woods’ already shaky standing among many African-Americans.
https://theundefeated.com/features/tiger-woods-dui-arrest-police-only-saw-black/
TIGER WOODS SAYS HE’S ‘CABLINASIAN,’ BUT THE POLICE ONLY SAW BLACK
The golfer’s DUI arrest highlights the country’s ‘one-drop’ rule and his complex relationship with black America
BY MICHAEL A. FLETCHER
Woods’ decision to embrace his full multiracial identity was respected by many African-Americans as his right. But others who celebrated his many breakthroughs and saw his success as their own, treated it as a rejection — not to mention a sign of naiveté, cowardice or even betrayal.
There were jokes that Woods would know he was black if he tried to catch a cab at night. Even Colin Powell, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, when asked about Woods, was quoted as saying, “In America, which I love from the depths of my heart and soul, when you look like me, you are still considered black.”
The criticism only intensified when Woods got caught up in the sex scandal that presaged his golfing decline and ended his marriage. Like his ex-wife, each of Woods’ many mistresses was white. The fallout weakened Woods’ already shaky standing among many African-Americans.
https://theundefeated.com/features/tiger-woods-dui-arrest-police-only-saw-black/
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