Fwd: Application for AbbVie Patient Access Support

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From: Abbvie Patient Access Support <assistance-do-not-reply@abbvie.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 3:27 PM
Subject: Application for AbbVie Patient Access Support
To: <laurammm7@gmail.com>

Dear LAURA,

As we may have discussed, I am sending you an application via the AbbVie Patient Access Support.
AbbVie Patient Access Support will help identify all financial assistance options available from
Abbvie, including myAbbvie Assit Patient Assistance. To determine if you are eligible, please begin
by downloading and printing the application. Then follow the instructions on Page 1 to complete
the requested information. If you have insurance, include a front and back copy of all health
insurance cards. Please carefully read the program terms of participation, privacy notice and
HIPAA Authorization and confirm your understanding of the policies by checking required boxes
and providing your signature and date twice in the Patient Consent Section. When ready, you may
either fax or mail the completed application directly to the program as described on Page 1.

If you would like to fill out the application online, you can also register to do so at
www.AbbVie.com/PAS.

If you have any questions and would like to speak confidentially with a Patient Access Specialist,
please call Monday through Friday at 1-800-222-6885

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL

Sincerely,

frances green
BIRMINGHAM RHEUMATOLOGY AND BONE HEALTH

US-MULT-240985    © AbbVie 2025.

Fwd: Notification: AbbVie Patient Access Support Settings Change

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From: AbbVie Patient Access Support <assistance-do-not-reply@abbvie.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 3:39 PM
Subject: Notification: AbbVie Patient Access Support Settings Change
To: laurammm7@gmail.com <laurammm7@gmail.com>

Dear Sir or Madam:

Thank you for visiting AbbVie Patient Access Support. We have received your request to begin sending email notifications to you. You can modify this option at any time by signing in at www.AbbVie.com/PAS and changing this selection under My Profile - View/Edit Profile.

Sincerely,
Patient Access Specialist
AbbVie

 

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL

Fwd: AbbVie Patient Access Support

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From: AbbVie Patient Access Support <assistance-do-not-reply@abbvie.com>
Date: Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 6:47 PM
Subject: AbbVie Patient Access Support
To: laurammm7@gmail.com <laurammm7@gmail.com>

Dear Sir or Madam: Thank you for your recent request for assistance from AbbVie Patient Access Support. Attached to this email is important information regarding your request. To open this document, you will be prompted to enter a password. Your password to open the document is your five-digit zip code followed by your four-digit birth year with no spaces. Please do not reply to this email, as it is not monitored. If you would like to contact us, please call us at 1-800-222-6885 or sign into your account at www.AbbVie.com/PAS. We are available Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm CT. Sincerely, Patient Access Specialist AbbVie                        PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      AEI_PAS-EMAIL12-24D-PT2     April 2024

Manga blender

http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/blender/model-uv-and-texture-a-complete-manga-character-in-blender-day-1/

Create Simple PowerShell Objects

I used to make Powershell objects the long and messy way. I would create an object and then use Add-Member to tack on NoteProperties and ScriptMethods. Even though I kept it organized, it was a lot to look at and people who were not as familiar with PowerShell were completely confused.

After finding the following method, I have completely refactored my Powershell objects for the larger scripts. It was actually pretty quick to do this and made the scripts much easier to read and therefore maintain.

First, the object is created as a New-Module. Also, notice that the switch -AsCustomObject is used when creating the module. Next, just declare your variables and functions like you would normally do. That last piece is to use the Export-ModuleMember cmdlet at the bottom of the module. Just use a * to tell it to export every variable and function.

You practically have a template that an be easily used to begin creating any object from existing sets of functions and the variables they need.

$test = New-Module {
[string]$teststring = "test successful"
function show {$teststring | Out-Host}
Export-ModuleMember -Variable * -Function *
} -AsCustomObject

Now that you have created your object, you can get/set the properties and run the methods in it.

$test.teststring
$test.teststring = "This object has a settable property."
$test.show()

Using this method chopped the lines in the scripts to less than half of what they were.

Enjoy!

PowerShell References

Download Software, Like Games

You can now download all kinds of software from Amazon from office programs like TurboTax to a daily game deal.
Software

Stepping through the process, I found a game that was on sale for the day. (I love a good deal and personally never pay full price for games.) You can even get pre-orders, so you don't have to stand in line.

I found a daily deal for a game called 'Risen'. It had some good reviews, so I decided to download it. The process was pretty easy. After I bought it, I got a very small downloader that managed the 3.2 Gig setup file download. The whole process was very easy and polished.

I confess that it was the the first downloaded software I have gotten from Amazon. Generally, I look for a good deal on disc and get it shipped. This is cool because I don't have to get it shipped and I get it the same day.. free. This is the kind of deal that I like. I will be going this route in the future.



Software doesn't have to cost a lot. Watch for a good deal and you should see it.

Learning Spanish

Even if you just want to learn conversational Spanish, you would really benefit from have some good reference books to learn from and understand some of the things you are learning to say. One book that has been extremely values is The Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs.

Verbs can be the most intimidating topic when you are starting off. After awhile, that wears off and it is not so bad. The thing to remember is that you can break anything down and tackle one small piece at a time. The 'present tense' is the most important. Learn the endings for an 'ar' verb first. (The example that everyone generally uses is 'hablar'.)

Then, I would say to learn about verb 'ir' (which is pronounced 'ear' with a lighter r sound). It is a little crazy, but it gives you the ability to say someone is 'going to' something. So, you use the 'present tense' of 'ir' to talk about the future. 'Voy a' is 'I am going to'. 'Vas a' is 'you are going to'. Relatively speaking, it makes the future tense a little easier as you can use that verb instead of the future tense of the all the other verbs. Then, I would recommend learning the 2 past tenses... yep... that's right.

The 'imperfect' past tense means 'incomplete'. It refers to something that happened in the past, but is really ambiguous about if it has ended or not. The other past tense has a definite start and stop in the past. There are many other tenses, but many of them use the verb 'to have' along with the adjective form of the verb. (An example of a more advanced verb tense is 'I will have seen it'.) The 555 book is a great reference for all that stuff.

Google translate is very handy to use. But, it isn't perfect (yet) and I still find that it is best to flip through the pages of a Spanish Dictionary. When you can flip through and read several words, you can enjoy just taking the words in as you find them. Otherwise, you have to specifically end the words you want to translate. This is valuable when you want to know the translation for a specific sentence right then. But, the dictionary is better for browsing.

I also found some visual Spanish-English dictionaries. I think these are great for building up vocabulary. If you have some confidence with a little bit of vocab before you begin working on the conversational skills, you might make a little easier progress.


I think that a really good program to start off is actual the Learning Spanish Like Crazy. It starts off well and does a great job of explaining the basics in the beginning. I actually think that the first volume is better to start off than the Pimsleur.

The next program to listen to is the Pimsleur. I kept reading about how everyone thought it was so great. I finally started listening to it and found it to be a great program. I really like how the speakers are easy to listen to and understand. They do a great of job of starting off simple. Then, they build on what you learn and keep repeating concepts in different ways. If you want to build conversational skills, this is definitely a good way to go. I still think that the Learning Spanish Like Crazy 1 is really good to listen to before this one.

I also highly recommend going through the material from Michel Thomas. If you go through the basic and advanced set and still want more, I would do the vocabulary builder next. The advanced goes over what you covered in the basic, but goes over it in a little more depth. It is mostly a recap of everything you covered from the basic course.
On top of these, there are some free sites that are fun to use. The 'Mi Vida Loca' is a great interactive animation on the BBC website that you can practice some Spanish. That is my favorite site, but there are several others out there. About.com has a good guide on learning Spanish.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/full_details.shtml
http://spanish.about.com/od/tipsforlearningspanish/u/start.htm

Ultimately, I like to use several different resources for different aspects of the language. That keeps things interesting. If you get frustrated you can change to something else and keep learning from a different source. The big thing is to just keep exposing yourself to the language. It will sink in and start making sense quicker than you might think.

Check out this collection of Spanish books and audio from Amazon.

I have written a more complete study-guide type of post here:
http://www.squidoo.com/workshop/how-to-learn-spanish-quickly3