...customers’ quality of life. •To determine how Life Alert’s services play a role in the customers’ decision to keep living at home, rather than going to a retirement home. •To determine what Life Alert’s customers perceive to be the main benefits of the services offered. Research Design •Methodology:Direct mail survey: 3,000 postcards were sent by mail to Life Alert customers, in order to get a minimum of 800 replies. •- 1,500 postcards sent to New customers - 1,500 postcards sent to Old customers The sample was selected randomly from the Life Alert customer database, in order to ensure representativeness of each group of customers. • Sample size: We received 1026 replies with the following composition: •- 484 New customers (+/- 4.4% of marginal error at the 95% confidence level) - 542 Old customers (+/- 4.1% of marginal error at the 95% confidence level) Due to the structure of the Life Alert’s customers (78% are new customers and 22% are old customers), the data has been weighted in order to replicate this structure in the survey results. •Fieldwork was conducted nationwide, from August 26th to September 27th, 2004. Executive Summary •Over half of all customers who have had Life Alert for over a year (58%) said that their quality of life has improved since becoming a Life Alert customer. • 95% of customers say that Life Alert makes them feel protected when at home. •- 41% say that it makes them feel very protected. For 87% of Life Alert customers, Life Alert’s protection...
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...second attempt will be made at a later date. 2) Second attempt: A second attempt was made to contact the patient regarding this consult. Patient could not be contacted. A letter will be sent. Discontinuing the consult: If no response to the letter after 7 days the consult will be discontinued with this statement: This consult is being discontinued. The ordering provider may resubmit the consult if the care was not provided but is clinically indicated. A message was left to call with questions or to request a new consult. After discontinuing the consult, Add comment “Alerting PCP” and add the PCP as an alert (if PCP is different from requesting provider). If patient has a clinic assigned but no PCP, alert the appropriate Clinic Director from the table below. If unassigned completely, alert Dr. Christopher Burke. Message to leave on the voice mail: “Hello, this is the Phx VA calling for Mr./Ms. X. Please call 602-277-5551 x 1-XXXX (provide your departments contact number) regarding a consult. We thank you for your service.” (You can not imply the clinic name or type of service per HIPPA guidelines) Once you reach the patient use this script as a guide: “Hello, this is ___ from the Phoenix VA. I see that you have a consult for XXXX that has not been provided yet (if unsure, ask if it has been provided yet). Due to the limited availability of appointments, we are asking if you prefer to stay with the Phoenix VA although...
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...connect to the Splunk management tool? a. Using an IP address as the URL (loopback) 2. What are the main functions of Splunk, a log management and alerting tool, that were demonstrated by the Instructor and why do they help build more secure operations? a. Monitors and logs network data and events and alerts users and admin of said events. This allows admins greater awareness of network activity and specifically security. With this tool, admins can more effectively plan their network security strategy. 3. What types of “Data Inputs” are available in Splunk and most other log management tools? a. Scripts, files, directories and network ports 4. What types of “Alert Conditions” are available in Splunk and most other log management tools? a. A Basic Conditional Alert is a trigger that is set off when a certain number of alerts that have been scheduled is surpassed. b. An Advanced Conditional Alert is a trigger that is set off when a secondary alert is met in addition to the primary scheduled alert. 5. What types of “Alert Actions” are available in Splunk and most other log management tools? a. Emails, runs a script, show triggered alerts in alert manager, can create a RSS feed. 6. What is...
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...1. When running Snort IDS why might there be no alert When running a new system such as Snort IDS there is always the possibility that a user’s may run into problems fetching the data. A user may have difficulties in creating the snort configuration file. The signature file or rule set or database may be pointing to the wrong location. The database configuration must have correct parameters such as username, password and database name. According to “snort.org “ an errant pass rule could cause alerts to not show up, in which case you can change the default ordering to allow alert rules to be applied before Pass rules. 2. If we only went to a few web sites, why are there so many alerts? Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) monitors and gathers...
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...enrolling in Life Alert, relocating to a retirement community, discussing the process of aging. Either the professionals I work with on an interdisciplinary team or myself will conduct all of the services I’m recommending. Each professional will has expertise in the service he or she is providing, and therefore addressing the needs of the client from a holistic approach. Delivery Plan Rose will discuss the services necessary to prevent another hospitalization and to ensure she is living the best quality of life possible. After discharge, Rose will be responsible for contacting the case manager biweekly for the next six months by either email, phone, or in person. The client will be responsible for attending all doctors’ appointments and wearing Life Alert pendant at all times. The client will also notify the case manager if there is any significant change of address, phone number, health, or financial status. Physician assessment. The objective of this service is to rule out any...
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...address "Unmatched Data" alerts in your environment. Procedure To apply a LEM connector update package: 1. Prepare the update package: a. Download the Connector Update package here or from the Additional Components page on the SolarWinds Customer Portal. The download is approximately 3 MB. b. Unzip the file. c. Open the SolarWinds-LEM-Connectors folder. d. Copy the LEM folder to the root of a network share. For example: C:\share\LEM\. 2. Connect to your LEM virtual appliance using a virtual console or SSH client. 3. Access the CMC prompt: o Virtual Console: Arrow down to Advanced Configuration, and then press Enter. o SSH Client: Log in using your CMC credentials. 4. At the cmc> prompt, enter manager. 5. At the cmc::cmm# prompt, enter sensortoolupgrade. 6. Press Enter to validate your entry. 7. Enter n to indicate that your update is on the network. 8. Press Enter to validate your entry. 9. Enter the server and share name for the location into which you saved the update package in \\server\share format. 10. Enter y to confirm your entry. 11. Enter the domain and user name for a user that can access the share in domain\user format. 12. Enter y to confirm your entry. 13. Enter the password for the user. 14. Re-enter the password to confirm your entry. 15. Enter 1 to start the update. The update takes several minutes. Note: Verify your configured connectors restart after they are updated by watching for InternalToolOnline alerts in the default SolarWinds Alerts filter in the LEM Console...
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...CSEC630 1. When running Snort IDS why might there be no alerts? When using Snort IDS, there are several modes that if configured properly, will generate alerts. Alerts are set by the user within the command prompt when initiating a rule set. There are five alerting options available with Snort IDS. According to (Roesch, 1999), Alerts may either be sent to syslog, logged to an alert text file in two different formats, or sent as Win-Popup messages using the Samba smbclient program. If there has been no alerts, the selected rule set was set may not have been enabled by the user. Another scenario where alerts may not occur is when another task is being performed. According to (Roesch, 1999) when alerting is unnecessary or inappropriate, such as when network penetrations tests are being performed. 2. If we only went to a few web sites, why are there so many alerts? Snort IDS performs numerous functions that would generate an alert. Alerts are generated based on any suspicious network activity. Although a user may have only visited 5 sites, snort may have generated 12 or more alerts that were generated due to anomalies detected from the 5 sites visited. 3. What are the advantages of logging more information to the alerts file? The advantage of logging additional information within the alerts file is that it can provide additional information as to the origination or source of what caused the alert. If the administrator is better informed on the sources of...
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...1 Christy Singleton Amber Alert PADM530 I001 Spr 14 Professor Christi Bartman Department of Public Administration APU June 11, 2014 2 Abstract The Amber Plan was created in 1996, following the kidnapping and murder of Amber Hagerman, age nine, from Arlington, Texas. The people of this community were devastated and wanted to create a system to avoid any future instances like this from occuring. In doing so, the people of the Dallas, Texas area contacted the media, giving them suggstions to make an active system. Currently, there is the newest version of the Amber Alert System which uses the internet as another outreach from the media which will alert the public when an abduction of a child occurs. This paper explores the history and creation of the Amber Alert System. Furthermore, an evaluation of how the system has and has not been effective is discussed. A review of the making of the policies and implementation of issues within this system to make it successful are reviewed. 3 Amber AlertThe Amber Alert System is a program used for when a child goes missing or is abducted. This program uses resources, such as law enforcement, state, local, and federal, and media to alert the general public that a kidnapping of a child is in action. The Amber Alert System is used when a child of a young age is missing, when police feel a child has been kidnapped, and when a child is under serious threat of bodily harm or death, even if it is a parent in which the child...
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...in the United States and internationally. The charity consistently receives an A+ rating for its ability to spend more than 90 cents of every dollar raised on programming. The NCMEC is a leading example of a highly respected and effective non-profit that has partnerships with both the public and private sectors. Do you know what to do if your child was to ever go missing? Who do you turn to? What are the procedures in case your child goes missing? These are some questions that every parent should have an answer to in case it ever happens to them. The AMBER Alert Program, named for 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, and transportation agencies to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases. Broadcasters use the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to air a description of the abducted child and suspected abductor. The goal of an AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the entire community to assist in the search for and safe recovery of the child. John Walsh from America’s Most Wanted help co-founded National Center for Missing Exploited Children which merged from Adam Walsh Child Resource Center. Almost 30 years ago there was no real organized way of helping parents in efforts to locate missing children. But through John Walsh own personal tragedy that helps shape the way law enforcement and parents help find their missing children. I hope that nobody ever has to go through the pain and long suffering...
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...ACTION ALERT URGENT ACTION REQUESTED December 2, 2015 TELL CONGRESS THE ELDERLY NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES TAKE ACTION NOW! Thanks to your advocacy we have achieved a preliminary victory on 2016 funding for senior housing and services programs. Now we have to make sure these essential services get the funding increases they need. For the last several months, we have advocated for Congress to lift the spending caps that threatened severe cuts in housing and home- and community-based services. Late last month Congress passed a budget measure to do just that. But we still have to make sure that senior housing and services get the fair share of extra money this new budget allows. THIS IS HOW YOU CAN HELP: Contact your lawmakers and tell them it is crucial that essential services for the aging get appropriations increases. Talking Points * Sufficient funding is needed to cover the cost of renewing all existing rental assistance subsidy contracts for senior housing, including vouchers and project-based Section 8, project-based rental assistance (PRAC) under Section 202, and senior preservation rental assistance (SPRAC). * Full funding for the annual contracts is necessary in order to maintain the existing housing stock and prevent displacement of seniors or put scarce housing at risk. * These programs affect over 100,000 senior households. The typical Section 202 resident has an income of less than $11,000 per year, and...
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...constantly have to learn new technology so that they can more efficiently do their job. Thanks to the changes in technology police officers have a better chance of finding criminals and proving their cases. For example in the 1980’s police officers did not really have DNA testing. Because they did not have this, more people were able to get away with more crimes. Now that we have DNA testing technology it is easier to prove that a criminal was at the scene of the crime. Another example is the Amber Alert system. In Oklahoma a little girl named Amber was kidnapped from her mother and her mother pushed and pushed until she was able to get a system that broadcasted the Amber Alert on every television and radio and electronic billboard across the United States. This was a great idea because it got the word out all across the country and more people were aware to look out for this girl and aid in the search. Now we have social media sites that notify us whenever there is an Amber Alert. Also some police officers have thermal imaging devices so that it can read heat and make it easier to find people who have gone...
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...1 University of Phoenix HCS 320 Health Care Communication Strategies MU13BHA08 Communication During a Crisis Situation Given the scenario, today as the director of a regional Emergency Management Office, the phone begun to ring more than usual. I had started receiving official reports that the public water supplies of several towns in the area have become contaminated with a life-threatening biological agent. Contingency plans must be addressed within the organization, and with the public without creating a panic. This paper will cover development of a communication plan, and what the communication plan should include. This paper will also cover topics regarding potential advantages, and challenges with communication, communication with the public, and private sector, message mapping, the use of social media, and how media might be used with today’s modern technology. If carefully designed, communication plan can save precious time when an emergency occurs and enable leaders and spokespersons to focus on particulars of the emergency at hand, and the quality, accuracy, and speed of their responses. To show the context of messaging as part of the overall plan, the following describes what a comprehensive communication plan should include. • Describe and designate staff roles and responsibilities for different emergency scenarios • Designate who is accountable for leading the response • Designate who is responsible for implementing various actions ...
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...deposits them in Los Angeles.[2][3] It first aired on the Syfy channel on July 11, 2013, and stars Cassie Scerbo, Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, and John Heard.[4] It was also given a one-night only special midnight theatrical screening via Regal Cinemas and NCM Fathom Events, where it took less than $200,000 in the box office across 200 screenings.[5][6] Plot[edit] A freak hurricane hits Los Angeles causing man-eating sharks to be scooped up in water spouts and flooding the city with shark-infested seawater. Surfer and bar-owner Fin (Ziering) sets out with his friends, Baz (Jaason Simmons) and Nova (Scerbo), to rescue his estranged wife, April (Reid), and teenage daughter, Claudia (Aubrey Peeples). While the gang is in Finn's jeep, The Emergency Alert System appears, announcing a tornado warning. He succeeds but April's boyfriend is eaten by the sharks. The group meets up with Matt (Chuck Hittinger), the adult son of Fin and April, who is in flying school. They decide to try to stop the threat of the incoming "sharknadoes" by tossing bombs into them from a helicopter! As Nova prepares to throw one of the bombs, she falls out of the helicopter and directly into a shark's mouth. Matt is heartbroken. Baz is also lost in the storm. After Matt lands on the ground, a flying shark plummets toward the remaining members of the group. Fin jumps into its mouth with a chainsaw and cuts his way out. He emerges carrying an unconscious but miraculously unharmed Nova. Matt is reunited with Nova and...
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...“The Passage” It was a dead end that is not a dead end. It is I, who bore the vessel of the cup, wander on the great trek of absence where life begin with a doubt and nothingness. In a scorching hot solitude place, I, myself excavated to an endless desert of finding the passage of my existence, if so, there is to look for. Is this the desert I’m searching for? A boundless existence of emptiness unlikely to the vessel I bore to have. Beholding upon the breath of the cupola, I reach the fading bluish white dome extending my earthly body to climb the unreachable escape of the nothingness. I grab it and there I find a futile thought of escaping through the wrong passage. Surrendering from the shudder of utter cold and isolation, my feet trailed against the bed of sands and walk through a pathway nearing the horizon of the sun. Along the way, I find myself in condition of destitute hoping for a place to come by and rest until the morn of tomorrow seize me in a state of slumber. With little things account with me throughout the escapade, I have nothing but the vessel I bore since I decided a life fulfilled with divinity. It was three things yet I have to accomplish before moving to the passage of right and convey the vessel I bore. Among those three things I must pursue, not one at least exists as I have being walking more than a thousand steps of faith. Hence, this thought I’ve decided to find the passage rather pursuing the three things. Then came along a man with...
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...It’s hard to put yourself in somebody else’s shoes, to think of others before yourself. But in doing so, you can avoid living a miserable and prevent many other problems. According to Aristotle, the function of persons is the capacity to reason and a virtue is something learned or practiced. If we are able to teach ourselves how to think and be more alert about the activities around us, then we can appreciate the circumstances of others and where they come from. This links to Wallace’s view because according to him, learning how to think is our ability to have control over how and what we think. It’s quite easy to blend in with the society and do what we’ve been taught to do, which is called natural defect. However, it is up to us to put...
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