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"Long-term care" (LTC) is a term that can refer to any post-acute or extended-care setting: from nursing homes to assisted living facilities to adult day care centers to home health care. The patients who receive care in these settings may be any age or gender, but the modal LTC patient is elderly.
Long-term care software vendors provide products for nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), assisted living facilities, independent living facilities and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs).
Long-term care software demonstration video from MedTablet®
There are many vendors offering many LTC solutions. We've created this guide to help LTC facilities understand their options and identify the solutions that best meet their needs. Here's what we'll cover:
What Is Long-Term Care Software?
Common Features of Long-Term Care Software
Deployment Strategies
Pricing Structure
Software Evaluation Tips
Other Considerations
Recent Events You Should Know About
Long term care software can be considered to live within the geriatric software umbrella. Products in this category help care facilities automate clinical, financial, marketing and other activities to streamline workflows and operate more efficiently. For example, facilities may need marketing solutions to track leads and referrals. Nursing homes may need electronic medical records (EMRs) to track patients' medical information.
(Some may consider home health to be a part of the long-term care spectrum. For more information on systems designed for other types of LTC organizations, check out our home health software guide or our hospice care software guide.)
|Clinical/electronic medical records (EMR)
|Long-term care EMR software automates clinical documentation by providing digital storage and access to patients' medical information. The EMR should also be able to send and receive care summaries during transitions of care.
|Clinical applications also usually include support for Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments, the federally mandated clinical assessment of all residents in Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes.
|Clinical—eMAR and eTAR
|Clinical applications also typically offer medication management in the form of electronic medication administration records (eMAR) and electronic treatment administration records (eTAR).
|Point of care
|These solutions can be used at the point of care, to document or access information from the bedside. Point-of-care solutions often help with speed and eliminate the need for double entry. They also allow quick, accurate access to residents' health status information.
|Patient scheduling
|Scheduling solutions allow staff to schedule medical appointments for patients (residents). A scheduling application will facilitate not only the making and editing of appointments, but also quickly searching and finding scheduled appointments.
|Billing software helps LTC facilities automate repetitive or error-prone billing tasks. For medical biling related to the medical evaluation of patients, implementing a software system often results in improved coding and collections.
|Marketing software helps facilities track leads and manage communications. For SNFs, marketing platforms may also help with the mangagement of referrals and preadmissions.
Of course, different solutions will offer different types of applications, but these are the applications categories we've found to be present in most LTC systems.
The MDS Section K screen of the Hi-Tech Software system
You'll have choices when it comes to deploying your LTC software; here are the primary options to consider.
Standalone application or integrated suite. You'll need to determine up front whether you want to implement a single application for a specific task, or a system that offers multiple applications. A single application purchased on its own—for example, only EMR or only billing—is known as a "standalone" or "best-of-breed" application. Alternatively, you may want to implement one system that contains several applications: what's known as an "integrated suite."
We find that most buyers choose an integrated suite. However, a standalone solution might be right for you if:
On-premise or cloud-based. You'll also need to determine whether you want to deploy your software "in the cloud," or on your own servers. Cloud-based deployment is also referred to as "Web-based" or "software-as-a-service (SaaS)." These solutions are deployed "in the cloud" or over the Internet, rather than being hosted on a facility's own local servers.
This type of deployment is especially popular among LTC facilities, which often don't have full-time IT staff to manage a system running on internal servers. Cloud-based software vendors also "push" updates out to their users automatically, rather than requiring users to install new or updated versions manually.
The Point of Care interface of the PointClickCare cloud-based system
A cloud-based deployment model typically lowers the upfront cost of implementation, since it requires less investment in servers and other physical infrastructure. Cloud-based systems are typically priced as a monthly subscription, rather than an upfront license fee. Most LTC software vendors offer a cloud-based option.
The Admit-Discharge-Transfer (ADT) screen of the NTT Data cloud-based system
On-premise software hosted on a facility's own servers may be preferable for facilities that do have a dedicated IT team available to manage the system. These systems are typically priced through an upfront fee for a license. Although the initial investment is higher with on-premise systems, the costs tend to balance out over time, since cloud-based costs are spread evenly over the life of the software.
Web-based nursing home software is typically priced "per bed day," or in some cases "per patient day." In other words, you'll most often pay a subscription fee that amounts to some fixed price per day for each bed in your facility (or each patient in your facility, which is usually based on a census average). For assisted living or independent living facilities that don't have a skilled nursing unit, subscription pricing is generally per-resident.
On-premise software is less common, but is typically priced with a perpetual license fee—a fee paid upfront for a license to use the software in perpetuity.
The price of LTC software tends to increase in tandem with the complexity of your requirements, as well as the functional breadth and depth of the system itself. For example, packages on the higher end of the pricing scale will typically offer more robust features, while those on the lower end will include only the most essential functions.
Generally speaking, larger facilities may find they benefit more from the packages on the higher end of the pricing scale, while smaller facilities often find the more basic packages are sufficient to meet their needs.
How can you be sure you're taking the right steps to evaluate nursing home or assisted living software? Software Advice recently surveyed buyers to determine which evaluation tactics work best.
We found that checking vendor references and having an attorney review the vendor agreement are the two most effective tactics for software buyers. We made this determination by evaluating which tactics had the highest impact on the project outcome (meaning software buyers that applied the method experienced a different outcome than those who didn't), as well as which led to the highest rates of satisfaction with the system selected.
The top-right quadrant in the matrix below depicts which tactics fell into this impact and satisfaction sweet spot and represents the methods we most highly recommend.
Quadrant indicating where selection tactics fall on the "impact" and "satisfaction" spectrum
Notably, we found that involving end-users in the evaluation process negatively impacted project outcome. In fact, buyers that applied the tactic were more than twice as likely to be very dissatisfied with their selection than those who didn't involve end users. End-user feedback can create a "too many cooks in the kitchen" situation for buyers, so we'd advise against this tactic.
There are a few other things LTC facilities should keep in mind when evaluating software, such as whether EMR software is "certified" and whether staff will need (or want) to access the system from mobile devices.
EMR certification. In the long-term/post-acute care (LTPAC) category, EMR systems—also often called "electronic health record (EHR) systems"—have their own certification processes. "Certified" long-term care EHR software will meet stringent requirements for interoperability and security, giving buyers added peace of mind. LTPAC EMRs have two available certifications:
Mobile support. As the use of smartphones and tablets becomes increasingly common in professional settings, vendors are creating versions of their software that can operate seamlessly on these mobile devices. Many long-term care and assisted living software vendors offer mobile support. Systems that supports tablet use may be especially helpful for caregivers who need to make notes from patients' bedsides.
Netsmart acquires HealthMEDX. In October 2016, Netsmart acquired HealthMEDX, which makes EMR software for long-term care providers. Under this deal, HealthMEDX's customers will have access to Netsmart's CareFabric platform. CareFabric is described as a "framework of clinical and business solutions that supports integrated, coordinated delivery of health services" and includes interoperability, revenue-cycle management, analytics, care coordination and patient engagement services. The integration between CareFabric and HealthMEDX is expected to be ready by March 2017.
Vendors add features for CMS reporting requirements. In response to new reporting requirements enforced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in July 2016, vendor Kronos Incorporated designed upgrades to its time and attendance solution to help long-term care facilities comply with staffing data reporting requirements.
Avoidable hospitalizations among long-term care residents on the decline. In January 2017, CMS published a data brief showing there's been a "sharp reduction" in avoidable hospitalizations among nursing facility residents. CMS attributes this decrease to multiple initiatives, such as the AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care and the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program.
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Making electric vehicles an everyday sight on Berkeley's streets is a core component of Berkeley's ambitious plan to tackle global warming. As part of the city's climate action plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by one-third by 2020, Berkeley is dedicated to promoting the use of vehicles that run on renewable sources or low-carbon fuels.
Meeting the city's goal requires industry, government and consumers to work together.
This month, two electric vehicle charging units at the Telegraph Avenue Whole Foods are opening — marking the city's first installation of publicly accessible EV chargers operated by a private enterprise under a pilot city program that fast-tracks permits for EV charging stations.
These two units by NRG eVgo include Berkeley's first DC Fast Charge unit allowing EV owners to charge their vehicle to 80 percent power in a half-hour or less.
EV drivers in Berkeley will easily be able to power up their cars, and the city will see emission reductions from vehicles.
Due to the city's substantial streamlining of the permitting process for EV charging stations, eVgo was able to quickly deploy its network in the area. Berkeley's pilot program seeks to encourage increased adoption of cleaner cars by supporting the installation of charging stations at businesses throughout the community.
These two new EV charging units complement the two charging stations already serving Berkeley residents at the Center Street Garage.
We know that demand is there among Berkeley residents. In July 2013, the first month after the second charging station was added to the garage, it was used on 30 out of 31 days, typically two to three times a day.
We believe the addition of the new Whole Foods charging stations and especially the fast charging capability will serve as an additional valuable asset for our community's increasing adoption of EVs.
It is our hope that programs like Berkeley's can be a model for other communities in our state and across the nation.
With the partnerships and agreements in place with major retailers and other owners of prominent public locations, firms like eVgo, which is on track to have at least 200 fast-charging stations throughout California by the end of 2016, are demonstrating the potential of private enterprise to work in collaboration with government and with major retailers and other owners of convenient public locations to reap the benefits of cleaner cars on the roads: improved air quality, less dependence on oil, lower cost of vehicle ownership, and over all a greener, cleaner California.
By combining innovative private enterprise and proactive initiative by public agencies, we can encourage more low-carbon vehicles across California, giving the state the best and most robust charging infrastructure in America.
Tom Bates is the mayor of Berkeley. Terry O'Day is vice president for business development of NRG eVgo.

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Female DNA Found on Boston Bomb, and More
What's News: Investigators have not yet determined the source of the female DNA found on Boston bomb fragments. Pfizer's quarterly profits rise 53% but cuts 2013 outlook. Willem-Alexander becomes first King of Netherlands in more than 120 years. Joanne Po reports. Photo: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Friday, March 4, 2011
The Scots: A Genetic Journey in the Scotsman and Episode 3 on the Radio
episode 3 of Alistair Moffat's The Scots: A Genetic Journey from BBC Radio Scotland yesterday afternoon. There was some sort of glitch in the iPlayer, but it is fixed now and there are still five days left to listen. The accompanying blog entries are here. This episode focused on the distribution of "Pictish" and "Viking" DNA markers in Scotland.
I enjoyed the episode, in fact, I've listened to it twice. However, I did think Moffat's theory that the similarity in grammar between Gaelic and some North African languages was evidence that they migrated through that region then to Iberia, as suggested in the lineage recorded in the Declaration of Arbroath, was a bit dodgy. I'm no linguist, obviously, but I've read a bit about it for my World History class and each source stressed vocabulary as the key identifier in deciding how closely languages are related, not grammar. I don't disagree that some ancestors of the Scots came through Spain (I first read about it in Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland by Brian Sykes), but I just don't like his theory.
Alasdair Macdonald of Scotland's DNA discusses the episode here and its connection of the MacLeod DNA Project. He also mentioned an accompanying series of articles written by Moffat in this week's Scotsman: part one, part two, part three, part four, and part five. The articles focus on the DNA markers and occasionally provide case studies of people who have had their DNA tested, presumably for the project. They dovetail nicely with the radio program, or at least the three episodes that have already been aired.
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Mr Moffat I do find your information interesting and have only one problem my reading of the word immigrant is of a person who leaves their birth country and settles in a new country, the children born in the new country are citizens of that country, not immigrants as they did not migrate there.
- August 14, 2012 at 2:22 PM
- Amanda E. Epperson said...
Hi Liz,
Thanks for visiting the SEB. Mr. Moffat didn't write this post, I did. In fact, I'm sure he doesn't even know this blog exists. :) There is a contact form on Mr. Moffat's personal website: http://www.alistairmoffat.co.uk/.
- August 14, 2012 at 6:21 PM
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BORIS YELTSIN, APRIL 28th ZAZEN, OTHER STUFF
First off, in tribute to Russia's fallen statesman, Boris Yeltsin, I present the following video. Some of you have seen this before. It's My Niece's Foot, the band I was in in Japan in 1993-94. The song started off as a weird Russian inflected country hoedown jam by Nick (violin) and Sam (guitar). I started shouting, "Boris Yeltsin! Boris Yeltsin!" in hardcore style and so the song was born. Later on when Emily (vocals, tambourine, Asprin bottle) joined we added the heavy metal bit in the middle. That part began life as a separate song titled "Depressing Zoo," all about the very depressing little zoo in Takaoka, the town where we lived at the time. Parts of the video come from the gig we did on a moving street car.
Also, I'd like to remind everyone that on April 28th we'll have our monthly one-day retreat at the Hill Street Center. Details are over there in the links on your left. Come along and spend a day staring at walls together with us! I'm still amazed at how few people show up to the Saturday Zen classes. Last week there were 6 of us, including me. When I give a talk lots of people show up. But ask people to try out a little of the practice and they all scatter. I know many of you are nowhere near Santa Monica. But I'm also aware that many of you are very near Santa Monica and still don't show up. It's not that scary. OK? I don't yell and scream. I don't bite. No one will hit you with a stick. No one will try to make you join the group.
There was other stuff I was gonna say, but now I can't remember what it was. I gotta go do my real job anyway.


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Progressive taxation
Progressive taxation is a form of taxation where the rates of tax paid increase as income increases. This form of taxation is generally preferred by liberals because it leads to an increased income equality. Conservatives generally argue that at its most extreme it is simply a form of income redistribution and class warfare.
Arguments in favour of increased taxation on wealthier members of society include an increased ability to pay and the fact that the wealthy have more to gain from protection from the destruction of society from internal or external forces. On the other hand, progressive taxation stifles economic progress because it reduces the incentive for people to work harder and create wealth.
It deserves note that Adam Smith, an early proponent of laissez-faire economy, suggested that small amounts of progressive taxation could be beneficial to society whereby the rich are taxed more heavily than the poor. The name is a technical economic term and has nothing to do with causing progress.


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I am sure all of you have some favorite items you think they are meant to be for you. The feeling when you are quickly falling in love with a necklace, a perfume or a pair of shoes, is so strong that you know in that instant that you can never let them go. Leaving aside my clothes and shoes - it's impossible to choose among them, I wanted to show you first, my heartagram - the symbol of the band HIM which is my favorite! It feels that I have a part of the band with me.
My favorite perfumes, Rock'n Rose Couture by Valentino and Pure from DKNY which I received not too long ago. Also, on my top three, or five, is Premier Jour from Nina Ricci - a bliss!
I am totally obsessed with body creams and lotions
A small part of my books..
This cute globe received from my mother, it feels so magical.
And my favorite bag so far! Can't wait to wear it! From New Yorker.
Aaaaaand... it's time to announce the winner of my Anniversary Giveaway: I calculated the number of entries, including the extra ones and here is the result:
..number 29, Manuella from Let's talk about Fashion. Congratulations!
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The Spinmaster RC Air Hog Switchblade — has gotten a lot of buzz lately. It was featured on Letterman–where happily for the company and our friend Shannon…it worked on air–much to the delight of the audience (and Dave).
So we were eager to give this one a try. The results were decidedly mixed. If the Switchblade is fully charged, there is no wind–and you're relatively skilled with these types of toys–it goes up and will fly–and it is extremely cool. Now here's the down side–we could only get it to do what it's supposed to do two or three times in the course of a full afternoon of testing. This is not a load it up, charge it, take out and fly it kind of toy — it requires much more finesse.
After having several teens try it with limited success — (they all really wanted it to work)…in come my two adult engineering friends (one designs drone helicopters and the other has a degree in nuclear engineering). Nothing like watching grown men get very excited about these types of toys. I shared the reports of the day—and they both were not satisfied. They were sure that they could get it to work. After about a half-hour of consulting –they both gave in and concurred with their younger counterparts. "Great idea, poor execution." They then offered a much more detailed report about why it wasn't working. (I love these guys. I remember when we first started toyportfolio.com, one dad (he worked for Dupont) sent back a ten page review of an Erector set with design modifications!)
One of my go to teen testers told me that he often reinforces the very lightweight material with some duck tape–so that crashes are less likely to do permanent damage to the toys. I thought that info was worth passing on–of course, he warned that if you don't put it on the right way you can blow the whole aerodynamics of the toy. Of course!
So even though this toy can be fantastic…in the end, it can not sustain the wow factor.


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By Paul Morin
If you want to be a better communicator, take a moment to consider these five tips. Then, give them a try.
1. Be concise. Don't use 100 words to say something you can say in 50. It's easy to become enamored of your own voice, but this may cause you to
drone on and lessen your effectiveness as a communicator.
2. Have a point. Don't speak for the sake of speaking. Have a point—especially when you're trying to be persuasive or explain something.
It's one thing if you're having coffee or a beer with a friend, but in a business or teaching situation it's important to have a point before you start talking.
3. Don't have too many points. It's tough for most people to remember long lists. It's even tougher if the list is comprised of complex points.
Many memory experts say to stick to a list of seven or fewer points if you want your audience to remember them.
Have a maximum of three key points you'd like your audience to remember. Better yet, have just one and hit it from a bunch of different angles.
Obviously this is not one-size-fits-all, but in most instances you'll want to stick to a small number of key points or you will confuse your audience.
4. Use words and metaphors that will resonate with your audience. If you're speaking to a board of directors, a group of CEOs, or a bunch of
marketing vice presidents, the words you'll use will be different from those you'll use when speaking to a group of politicians or museum curators. This is true if you are speaking to individuals from these groups as well. Each audience has its own buzzwords and hot buttons. It's key to use
examples, phrasing and metaphors that resonate with your audience. If not, you will not pass the ethos, pathos, logos test, and you will be far less
likely to effectively get your point across.
5. Listen more than you talk. Listening to and understanding your audience are critical aspects of being an effective communicator.
Unfortunately, it's often tempting to formulate your next great thought while your audience is trying to communicate with you. Given the difficulty of multitasking effectively, the likelihood of you being able to formulate your thoughts and process those of your audience at the same time are very small.
If you don't empathize with your audience, they will sense it, and it will make them far less likely to listen to and understand your message. The law of reciprocity is alive and well in effective two-way communication.
Give these tips a try and see if they help you communicate more effectively.
Paul Morin is founder of CompanyFounder.com, where a version of this article originally appeared.
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Educators struggle with test mandates
DANBURY -- This week, the state gave schools the go-ahead to administer Connecticut's new online practice exam, which tests knowledge of the English and mathematics skills within the Common Core State Standards.
Some districts also are using the Smarter Balanced pilot tests being created by states including Connecticut to measures Common Core skills.
The tests, which will provide insights into students' skills and into districts' capacity to administer online exams, are among the changes causing angst among educators that even the state Department of Education acknowledges is legitimate.
Districts are also rewriting curriculum to align to the new standards adopted by 45 states that establish what students should know and be able to do as they progress from kindergarten through grade 12.
Teachers are being trained in the new materials and instructional approaches to ensure that students will be ready for the formal online tests in the spring of 2015. Those tests will demonstrate student achievement and measure teacher effectiveness.
"This is one of the most complicated transitions we've gone through," said Josh Smith, assistant superintendent of New Milford schools. "This is a transformation, and really does deepen how we teach and how students learn. We have to look at the long term, the big picture. It's good for students, but if you think shorter term, it's anxiety-provoking."
Smith attended a three-hour technology meeting in Hartford on Tuesday, and the conversations were not "How are you doing?" he said, but "What are you doing?"
"Smarter Balanced tests, teacher evaluations and Common Core standards are all interconnected," Smith said, but people are struggling with limited resources and staff time to address them all.
"People are all over the place," and want help prioritizing, Smith said.
"School officials may be legitimately confused," said Dianna Roberge-Wentzell, the state Department of Education's chief academic officer. "We sent a memo last week, a heads-up to superintendents, that we are working to align our assessments to the Common Core standards."
Confusion, in part, comes because educators aren't sure what tests their students will take next spring. Students in third through eighth grade might take the existing Connecticut Mastery Test, or 10th-graders might take the Connecticut Academic Performance Test as they have in the past -- though neither test is aligned to the Common Core -- if Connecticut does not create a new state test to replace them.
In addition, the majority of students also would also take a Smarter Balanced test of the Common Core standards. Roberge-Wentzell said states across the country have struggled to create tests that align with the new materials.
"The best advice I will give to school districts is to make sure you have integrated the Common Core standards from kindergarten through 12th grade," she said, so students will have the knowledge for any test they get next year.
The Danbury school district has rewritten many curriculum guides to align with the Common Core, but Deputy Superintendent William Glass said Tuesday that learning to teach the new material is a challenge because it transitions from a procedural to a conceptual approach to instruction.
Some city classrooms are taking the Smarter Balanced pilot test this spring so staff can see how the students are absorbing the new standards and how the city's technology capacity fairs, he said.
The pilot also provides students practice in the adaptive test format, which adjusts questions, making them easier or harder based on a student's earlier responses, and shortening the time needed to assess performance.
Glass said he won't worry about what the test looks like.
"I agree with (Roberge-Wentzell)," Glass said, "that if you focus 95 percent on the body of knowledge, then the test is not important, except to make sure teachers and students are ready for the new testing environment."
Joseph Cirasuolo, executive director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, plans to lead a meeting of superintendents and principals and state officials soon to discuss the state's test options.
"The decision is the commissioner's (Stefan Pryor) but I want the state to have the benefit of the school leaders' opinions. There has been so much concern and frustration," Cirasuolo said.
Cirasuolo said educators have no problem with the Common Core standards but are concerned about how to implement them.
"It's not just revising the curriculum. Students not only need a higher level of content knowledge but new learning and thinking skills, too," he said. "It requires a new way of teaching, and that takes time to learn."
Stamford schools made a major shift several years ago that, while not 100 percent aligned with the Common Core, won't require more rewritten curriculum, said that city's chief academic officer, Mona Hanna.
"We are in the transition phase," said Carrie Chiapetta, the director of math and science in Stamford. "Each year we are phasing in by grades and subjects, and by 2014-15, we will be fully implemented with the Common Core."
Hanna said the Stamford district will administer both the state and Smarter Balanced tests, because they have different goals and provide different information.
She said educators should separate the Common Core from the teachers' evaluation process for now.
"The teacher evaluation system is a growth model," while schools are measured by the School Performance Index, which is a multi-year program, Hanna said. "Let's keep these things in mind."
Instead of using the Connecticut and Smarter Balanced practice tests, New Fairfield schools will continue to use the online Northwest Evaluation Association test the district has used for several years, and which is aligned with Common Core standards. New Milford will begin using NWEA tests as well.
"We were going to do the Connecticut assessment, but it was late in coming," said New Fairfield superintendent Alicia Roy.
John Curtain, the special project manager of the Greenwich Board of Education, said his district will administer the state test and the some students will take the Smarter Balanced pilot, too.
Curtain said districts must make sure the new test format does not become an impediment to demonstrating what students know. And no matter how fast districts work to integrate the Common Core, he said he didn't think they could all be ready for the spring 2015 tests.
"This is a juggernaut," Curtain said. "The Common Core, the Smarter Balanced test -- it's all rolling downhill and we're trying to do the best we can."
He's impressed with the Smarter Balanced pilot.
"It's a very sophisticated, in-depth assessment," Curtain said. "It's a major raising of the bar."
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Olympic Flame Reaches Russia...And Promptly Goes Out
Nigel Campbell | October 7, 2013
Looks like an omen to us!
The Olympic's torch's immortal flame suddenly extinguished itself mere steps from the Kremlin in Russia. Some might blame the wind, but we'd like to believe that this was the Olympic spirit standing firm against the homophobia that's coming out of Moscow.
Take a look at what happened!
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Now that he's been living there, Turner says Cordova, a farming village of about 300 in Peru, shares similarities with his hometown of Cynthiana, Ky., a farming community of about 6,000.
"Both towns are very agriculturally based," said Turner, the tall and lanky 22-year-old member of Ashland Avenue Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. Turner arrived in Cordova in May of 2012 to help his congregation back home impact the Peruvian village for Christ.
"A lot of people work hard out in the fields all day and come in to town in the evening: same sort of stuff -- plowing and sowing fields, herding livestock, raising your own food for your family."
He said only the technology used in farming and level of poverty in Cordova contrast with his Kentucky home. "In Cynthiana, they have tractors and chain saws," he said. "In Cordova, it's oxen and axes."
The Ayacucho Quechua live in this region. "Ayacucho" refers to the dialect spoken by the Quechua people in the area. There are about 1 million Ayacucho Quechua speakers in Peru. Most Cordovans are subsistence farmers who raise sheep and various crops such as lima beans and potatoes.
Cordova, like most small Andean villages, is off the beaten path and would fall under the radar of people's notice. To get to the village from the capital of Lima is a day's drive along rugged mountain roads. There's no Internet service in the town of mostly mud-brick houses. It is just one of hundreds of similar small villages sprinkled throughout the mountains of south-central Peru.
But Ashland Avenue Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky., has chosen to invest itself in this village, sending missions teams several times a year and having at least one person like Turner on location there.
Jeremy Haskins, missions pastor of Ashland Avenue Baptist, explained how the church came to choose Cordova and this area of Peru. In the past, he said, the church had taken something of a "shotgun" approach to volunteer missions projects without a lot of focus. But a few years ago the church decided that, along with funding missionaries through the Cooperative Program, it wanted its additional missions efforts to be more focused.
"We support the International Mission Board and the Cooperative Program, but we didn't want to just sit back," Haskins said.
So the church chose a place so small and isolated that full-time missionaries who travel throughout the region would not strategically be able to base themselves there. Teams from the Kentucky church make trips to Cordova several times a year to bring medical and educational supplies or simply to build relationships by being a part of village life, even working beside Cordovans in the fields.
From a spiritual point of view, Haskins described the village as "pretty dark" with ancient pagan beliefs and Roman Catholicism mixed together in a potent brew, the result being that, in daily life, "there is not a lot of hope."
Turner is acutely aware of the spiritual battles of the work he's engaged in.
"C. S. Lewis accurately describes the situation when he says, 'There is no neutral ground in the universe; every square inch, every split second, is claimed by God and counter-claimed by Satan,'" Turner said.
Ioana Cosoreanu understands. Also from Ashland Avenue Baptist, she spent several months in Cordova before Turner's tenure and returned with a volunteer missions team in 2012.
"Cordova is definitely a battlefield, spiritually speaking…. You can feel the spiritual darkness just pressing down," Cosoreanu said. She recalled seeing the emptiness of their faith as the statue of the Virgin of Carmen was being paraded around during the annual festival, and people were weeping before her, worshipping her and praying to her for wealth, a successful business or good health.
With the strategy of focusing on this one village, the church hopes to start something that will reach into the hearts of many villages. Ashland Avenue Baptist doesn't want the story to end simply with a church in Cordova. At the core of the church's missions vision is that the work based in Cordova will grow into a church-planting movement that will spread through surrounding villages in the mountains.
Though Turner isn't the first from Ashland Avenue Baptist to live in Cordova, his two-year commitment is the longest thus far. Within his first month, he was regularly discipling four young men.
"Spiritually I know they are praying for me," Turner said. "Not only do they tell me every chance they get, but I feel their prayers. There's just too much happening that I have nothing to do with, that can't be explained by anything other than God's response to the prayers of my church family."
When he manages to get to a place with Internet access, Turner records some of his experiences in a blog (TheMissionToCordova.wordpress.com).
There, he wrote, "I wish I could share all of the wonderful stories of God's grace and what life is like here. I've herded sheep and cows, wielded a machete for chopping wood until my hands were raw with blisters, ridden a donkey, played and watched more soccer than any point in my life, eaten strange things, and made so many new friends.... Thanks be to God that He is so powerful He can use my broken Spanish, feeble understanding of the culture, and weakness to advance His kingdom. I have learned ... that truly any fruit here can only be explained by God's power."
Elaine Gaston writes for WMU and IMB. Ashland Avenue Baptist Church's mission work in Peru was featured in the 2013 International Mission Study on Peru, published by Woman's Missionary Union. To learn more about the study, go to wmu.com/peru. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).
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Did you know that the people who believe that they have the most willpower end up being the ones that usually cave when tempted? It has been proven time and again in multiple studies. The ones that are the most optimistic in the beginning are the ones that seem to fail. You may think that you can just put down those cigarettes and walk away; however, you may find yourself picking them back up a few months later. Maybe you think you can stick to a strict diet without ever cheating, but in the end you overindulge and actually gain weight instead of losing it. Well, you may be asking yourself, how can I fix this? You should take a look at these willpower building tips we have gathered for you.
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Did you know that we are given a certain amount of willpower? This is why we must use it sparingly. If we have to keep telling ourselves no or holding out on something, we may be setting ourselves up for failure. We can run down all of our energy until there is nothing left to help us say no to whatever is tempting us. However, if you form a habit of doing something, you may notice that it does not take as much energy to repel you from your temptations. Our reactions will be on automatic pilot causing us to be able to save up our willpower until it is truly needed. The less we have to rely on our willpower, the better our chances of succeeding and achieving our goals will be.
Time can be a deciding factor
Since our willpower is limited, it makes sense that it is stronger in the morning and kind of putters out throughout the day. Therefore, you need to make sure you get the most out of your willpower by avoiding things that tempt you as your day progresses. It's important to start our day with some solid nutrition, as this helps decrease our cravings later in the day, when our willpower often gives out. Also, try to plan your meals ahead of time and avoid the junk food aisles at the grocery store. This way we will not have anything available to tempt us.
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There will be some good and bad days. You just have to go with it. We are going to give in to our temptations every now and then. It is inevitable, so do not be too hard on yourself. It has been proven through many scientific studies that if you excessively criticize yourself you will be less motivated to achieve your goals and end up taking a blow to your already dwindling willpower. So, remember to keep your head up and keep pushing forward. People that are able to dust themselves off and get back on track after a setback are the ones that usually succeed in the end. So, it does not matter that you gave in to your temptation once, what matters most is that you were able to overcome it and keep going. Don't let one slip up lead to another, and you will be golden!
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Recent Reading
-- Adrian Martin recently put up a post on Facebook listing some of his favorite film criticism and film writing of 2014. Here are links to nearly all the English-language pieces on that list:
Boris Nelepo on Alain Resnais' Life of Riley.
Catherine Grant and Christian Keathley, "Childhood cinephilia, object relations, and videographic films studies".
Masha Tupitsyn on Robert Bresson.
Carlos Losilla, "The Absent Image, The Invisible Narrative".
Sarinah Masukor on Godard's Éloge de l'amour.
Joe McElhaney on Paul Morrissey's Mixed Blood.
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, "Horrors of History: On the Politics of Wolf Creek 2".
Tom Paulus, "The Disappearance of Kristen Stewart (And Other Mysteries of Contemporary Art Cinema)".
Sophie Mayer, "The Art of (Feminist Film) Work in the Age of Digital Reproduction".
John Flaus dossier at Senses of Cinema.
Philip Brophy, "A Sonic Reading of Visualised Space: A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness".
Andrew Klevan on Ernst Lubitsch, and Julian Hanich on Roy Andresson, at MOVIE.
Stoffel Debuysere, "Together in Electric Dreams".
Niall Lucy, "The Western Suburbs".
Mark Rappaport on Nina Menkes.
Ted Fendt's tireless translation work, such as this 1978 article on Jean Grémillon by Mireille Latil Le Dantec.
Finally, David Bordwell's series of posts on film critics of the 1940s: "Otis Ferguson and the Way of the Camera"; "The Rhapsodes: Agee, Farber, Tyler, and us"; "Agee & Co.: A Newer Criticism"; "James Agee: All there and primed to go off"; "Manny Farber 1: Color commentary"; and "Manny Farber 2: Space man".
-- As a follow-up to my previous post, which was a tribute to Gilberto Perez, here is a handful of his writings available to read online:
"L'eclisse: Antonioni and Vitti".
"The Life of Oharu: Not Reconciled".
"Self-Illuminated" (on Godard).
"It's a Playground" (on Kiarostami and Iranian Cinema).
"Dovzhenko: Folk Tale and Revolution".
"A Day in the Country: Jean Renoir's Sunday Outing".
"The Dream Life" (on Colin McGinn's book The Power of Movies).
"Imperfection" (a review of books on John Cassavetes).
"Toward a Rhetoric of Film: Identification and the Spectator".
-- There are new issues of: The Cine-Files (on "The Video Essay: Parameters, Practice, Pedagogy"); MOVIE: A Journal of Film Criticism; "Cinema Comparat/ive Cinema" (a tribute to Manny Farber); Jump Cut; and Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image.
-- Zach Campbell now has a Tumblr page called Videodromology.
-- Jonathan Rosenbaum's "Global Discoveries on DVD" column in the current issue of Cinema Scope.
-- Also, a series of posts by Jonathan: "Ten Neglected Science Fiction Movies"; "A Dozen Undervalued Movie Satires"; "A Dozen Eccentric Westerns"; "Ten Overlooked Noirs"; "18 Thrillers You Might Have Missed"; "Eleven Treasures of Jazz Performance on DVD"; "Ten Favorite Offbeat Musicals"; and "Ten Overlooked Fantasy Films on DVD".
-- The late René Vautier's Afrique 50 is now on YouTube with English subs.
-- Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin, "Bela Tarr's Repulsion: Fragments of a Lost Remake", and on Walerian Borowczyk. Also, Adrian on Eric Rohmer's A Summer's Tale; on Vivre Sa Vie, Le Notti Bianchi and Senso; and on Valerie and her Week of Wonders and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant.
-- "The Gilbert Adair Files" at the BFI website. (Scroll down to the bottom for links to more writings on film by Adair.)
-- McKenzie Wark: "Anthropocene Futures"; "Anthropo{mise-en-s}cène"; and "The Library of New Babylon".
-- Tom Paulus, "The Circled Square: Documentaries by Wang Bing and Lav Diaz".
-- Christoph Huber on Jean Rollin: "Frenchman Jean Rollin occupies a special place in film history–and in my heart. He is the aesthete amongst a group of filmmakers I like to call the obsessives: Those directors who used the window of opportunity opening during more freewheeling genre times–roughly from the late 60's to the early 80's–to obstinately pursue personal paths, which often yielded remarkably uncommercial results despite the seemingly surefire ingredients of sex and violence."
-- Ryland Walker Knight: "The Speed of Causality: Michael Mann's "Blackhat"".
-- Andrea Lee, "Roberto Calasso's Encyclopedic Mind at Play" in The New Yorker. (Via Richard Porton.)
-- A lot of writing (essays and book chapters) by Thomas Elsaesser can be downloaded on his website.
-- Joshua Sperling interviews Abderrehmane Sissako on Timbuktu in The Brooklyn Rail.
-- Neil McGlone interviews Alan Rudolph.
-- Lisa Gye: "Some thoughts on the evolution of digital media studies" in The Fibreculture Journal.
-- Tom McCarthy, "Writing Machines: On Realism and the Real" in The London Review of Books.
-- At Indiewire: several cinematographers on film vs. digital.
-- At Pitchfork: "The 20 Best Music Videos of 2014". (Via Steven Shaviro.)
-- Looks very interesting: "The Legacy of Pasolini" conference at Yale next week.
-- An interview in the New Left Review with Bhaskar Sunkara, the founder of the successful online socialist journal Jacobin.
Any suggestions of good recent reading? Please feel free to post links in the comments section.


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The pace of logging in New England reached a peak in around 1910. This article is already aware of the consequences of the frenzy, as it notes that "the once-great forests of New England are now little more than a memory." The changes in the logs taken from 1887 to 1937 were dramatic. For example, the history of the cutting of the Dartmouth College Tract in northern New Hampshire is typical. The first cut, made 1887, was for logs not less than 56 feet long; then spruce, fir and pine more than fourteen inches in diameter. The next cut several years later was for any tree more than nine inches in diameter with four-foot lengths were taken for pulpwood. Then all old-growth maple and birch trees with stumps more than twelve inches wide were taken for furniture making. Finally, in the last cut in the late 1920s, all trees with more than eight inches diameter were taken for pulpwood. At that point, the forests were left alone. Many have regenerated, some have been placed into various federal or state protection, and some have been logged again.
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So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. -Luke 11:9-10
Among revival-minded Christians I have heard the saying, "Revivals are born after midnight."
This is one of those proverbs which, while not quite literally true, yet points to something very true.
If we understand the saying to mean that God does not hear our prayer for revival made in the daytime, it is of course not true. If we take it to mean that prayer offered when we are tired and worn-out has greater power than prayer made when we are rested and fresh, again it is not true....
Yet there is considerable truth in the idea that revivals are born after midnight, for revivals (or any other spiritual gifts and graces) come only to those who want them badly enough....
No, there is no merit in late hour prayers, but it requires a serious mind and a determined heart to pray past the ordinary into the unusual.
Most Christians never do. And it is more than possible that the rare soul who presses on into the unusual experience reaches there after midnight. Born After Midnight, 7-8,10.
"Lord, give me this kind of longing after revival. Give me 'a serious mind and a determined heart' to pray into the unusual. Help me to give myself this month to this serious prayer for revival. Amen."
Reprinted from Tozer on Christian Leadership by A.W. Tozer, copyright © 2001 by Zur Ltd. Used by permission of WingSpread Publishers, a division of Zur Ltd.
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aletha33 wrote:i'll be the first to say nellie's gotta go... small-ball...all style, no substance don't you think?
I don't know... on one side, I agree that his style probably won't take us further than a first round exit, if we make it that far.
On the other... it could be even worse. I mean, who's available that would be better than Nellie?. That's a big problem.
I think Nellie should be given some leeway and time to tinker with the roster, more than firing him... It's not like we have a better option waiting in the wings.


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Meet the guy with the worst hotel room in all of Miami ... located just one floor below Justin Bieber and his merry band of hangers-on.
It's a good thing smoke rises, that's all we're saying ...
Justin Bieber Are You Banging Selena??? Lawyer Demands Answer
Justin Bieber can run, but he can't hide -- the lawyer who deposed him last week wants to force the singer to answer the Selena Gomez questions he rudely dodged last week ... and then have Bieber punished for acting like a self-entitled jackass.
As we reported, Bieber stormed out of his Miami deposition stemming from his photog-beating lawsuit -- after the pap's attorney tried to ask if he's dating Selena. Bieber cut him off, saying, "Don't ask me about her! Do not ask me about her!" and took off.
The lawyer has now filed court docs, insisting he was entitled to ask Bieber about Selena -- because she was present during another alleged photog attack in 2012 ... and what transpired then is relevant to the current case because it shows Bieber has a pattern of aggression toward photogs.
But really, it appears the lawyer wants to establish Bieber and Selena are close -- in the event Selena tries to discredit the photog's case at a later deposition. If Selena and Justin are dating, Selena could be considered a biased witness ... and therefore not credible.
The lawyer wants a judge to force Bieber to answer his Selena questions.
He also wants the judge to fine Bieber for acting like a jerkoff during the deposition -- especially for cussing out the poor innocent court reporter.
Justin Bieber Peeing Behind Bars Jail's Got More Cameras Than 'Big Brother'
This is getting ridiculous ... the Miami Beach PD just released yet another video of Justin Bieber in jail -- this time showing the singer peeing into a cup -- and it feels like an episode of "Big Brother."
So far, the Miami Beach PD has released 9+ hours of footage (photos too) showing Bieber in jail following his DUI arrest -- including the pat-down, the push ups, the sobriety test, the tattoos ... and now they're showing Bieber taking his urinalysis test.
As we reported, the urinalysis test came back positive for Xanax and weed. (This is NOT the video clip police are having trouble blurring. It's a different camera angle of the same thing.)
It's like the police are turning Bieber's arrest into a mini reality show -- they claim the singer isn't entitled to privacy in jail ... and they might be right ... but we've never seen anything like this before.
And we've seen plenty of DUI arrests.
Justin Bieber Drug Use Out of Control in ATL
Justin Bieber is going harder than ever on sizzurp and weed since living in Atlanta ... multiple friends involved in his life tell TMZ.
TMZ broke the story ... Justin has had an alarming problem with sizzurp for well over a year, and he's been a big fan of weed for a long time. But since moving to Atlanta, we're told he's "constantly high" ... rarely leaving the house. As one source said, "Drinking more lean, smoking more weed than ever."
When Justin lived in L.A. he had a schedule set up by people connected to his business. Since moving to Atlanta, he has no schedule and no rules.
Some of the people in Bieber's life that have confronted him about his drug use have been pushed away since Bieber made his move. And we're told -- one by one -- Bieber is removing people he says have "ratted" him out over his drug use.
Justin does spend a fair amount of time in the studio in Atlanta ... working on hip hop ... but we're told rarely is he sober during those sessions. And the thing is ... that's part of the rap game.
Justin Bieber Weed Found in Seized Escalade
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Atlanta cops found marijuana in the Escalade that was seized at Justin Bieber's house Tuesday ... TMZ has learned.
TMZ broke the story ... cops took possession of the vehicle after they arrested the driver and bodyguard for allegedly stealing a photog's camera at a fun house Bieber rented for the day.
According to the police report -- obtained by TMZ -- after the vehicle was towed to police headquarters it was inspected and cops found pot -- less than an ounce. They also found 2 large glass smoking pipes with weed residue.
Law enforcement says there wasn't enough pot to charge anyone with a crime.
As for whose marijuana ... according to the police report the driver told cops he had no knowledge of what was in the back of the vehicle -- where the pot was found. He added it's common for him NOT to ask questions.
Justin Bieber Pound Sand Prosecutor I Reject Your Plea Deal
EXCLUSIVEJustin Bieber will REJECT the plea deal prosecutors in his Miami Beach DUI case have offered ... and a big reason is because he doesn't want random drug testing.
TMZ broke the story ... prosecutors offered Bieber a deal they often give to first-time DUI offenders ... it includes community service, an alcohol ed course and random drug testing.
Sources connected to Bieber tell TMZ ... there are several reasons they aren't buying what prosecutors are selling. First, there are huge problems with the case -- they believe the cop lied when he said Bieber reeked of booze (he only blew a .014), and he was also lying about observing Bieber drag race -- the GPS device registered a very reasonable 27 MPH.
But the bigger issue is this -- our sources say Bieber will NOT accept any plea that has probation ... where the judge can throw the book at him if he screws up.
In particular there's NO WAY Bieber will agree to random drug testing. Fact is ... he has a problem with weed and sizzurp. If you don't understand his worry, just remember Lindsay Lohan, who became a habitual probation offender for more than 7 years.
Also, we're told Justin will not accept an alcohol ed course as part of a plea deal, because he'd become a spectacle.
We're told Bieber is open to a plea ... but not this one.
Justin Bieber Atlanta Protest He's Bad for Our Kids
Justin Bieber's new neighbors aren't exactly rolling out the welcome mat ... quite the opposite, there's a big protest scheduled for Monday morning thrown by residents who fear their kids will get mowed down by the pot-smoking, sizzurp-slurping speed demon.
Residents in the uber-exclusive area of Buckhead -- where Bieber is renting a house from rap mogul Dallas Austin. The Buckhead Neighborhood Coalition is asking protesters to show up at 6 AM ET ... and it looks like lots of people will be there.
More than 200 people say they're going ... after signing a petition which reads, "We have worked hard to achieve our goals and get where we are. Justin Bieber's relocation to Atlanta can be nothing but bad for our children."
The petition goes on, "Some can't even let their child play in the driveway without fear; he has raced vehicles under the influence before. What's to say he won't do it again?"
And the end is great: "Please don't allow a child to ruin what we have worked so hard to obtain."
Residents in the uber-exclusive area of Buckhead -- where Bieber is renting a house from rap mogul Dallas Austin. The Buckhead Neighborhood Coalition is asking protesters to show up at 6 AM ET ... and it looks like lots of people will be there.
More than 200 people say they're going ... after signing a petition which reads, "We have worked hard to achieve our goals and get where we are. Justin Bieber's relocation to Atlanta can be nothing but bad for our children."
The petition goes on, "Some can't even let their child play in the driveway without fear; he has raced vehicles under the influence before. What's to say he won't do it again?"
And the end is great: "Please don't allow a child to ruin what we have worked so hard to obtain."
Justin Bieber DUI Plea Deal Offered No Sizzurp, No Weed
Justin Bieber has become the next contestant in a high-stakes game of Let's Make a Deal ... and door #1 is JAIL. Door #2 is way better, but he has to be sober.
Law enforcement sources tell us ... the Florida State Attorney has offered Justin a plea deal in his DUI/resisting arrest case ... and we know the terms.
Prosecutors will DROP the DUI and resisting arrest charges, but in return Bieber must:
-- Plead no contest to reckless driving
-- Complete 40 hours of community service
-- Attend an alcohol ed course
-- Attend a "victim impact panel" (where relatives of DUI victims share their stories)
-- Install an ignition interlock device for 3 months
Now here's the rub. Prosecutors also want Bieber to submit to random drug testing, and not just in Florida. He'll have to submit his travel plans to the court and authorities will set up random testing wherever he happens to be ... at his expense. And testing will last between 6 and 9 months.
Assuming he complies with all the terms and PASSES the drug tests, the reduced plea will formally be entered.
The question -- Will Bieber accept the deal or risk trial, where worst case scenario he could end up in the pokey.
Justin Bieber Atlanta Move Could Land Him in PRISON
Justin Bieber's plan to move to Atlanta may be the worst decision he's made in years -- and that's really saying something -- because it could land him behind bars FOR YEARS.
TMZ broke the story ... Bieber now has his mind set on buying an estate in Atlanta and living there part time.
Here's the problem ... and it's a big one. In Georgia, possession of a tiny bit of weed is a misdemeanor that can land you in jail for 1 year. And, if it's more than an ounce, it becomes a FELONY and the maximum penalty is A DECADE BEHIND BARS.
By contrast ... in California 28.5 grams of pot or less is like a traffic ticket. And more than 28.5 grams is just a misdemeanor with the max penalty of 6 months in county jail.
Also in California, you can avoid criminal prosecution altogether by simply getting a medical marijuana card. There's no such thing in Georgia.
As for sizzurp ... in Georgia even a tiny bit of unprescribed codeine can land you in prison for 15 YEARS.
In California ... a little sizzurp is a felony, but the maximum punishment is 3 years.
Short story ... Justin may be making a colossal mistake.
Justin Bieber Prosecutors Desperately Want GF to Turn on Him
Prosecutors in the Justin Bieber Miami Beach misdemeanor DUI case are hunting down witnesses across the country ... including Bieber's own girlfriend ... in an attempt to nail him.
Sources connected with the investigation tell us ... investigators have been hounding Chantel Jeffries and her friends and relatives, trying to get her to sing like a bird and incriminate the Biebs.
Sources in the State Attorney's Office tell TMZ ... it's not unusual for them to go on the hunt for witnesses, even though this is a routine DUI misdemeanor case.
But here's what we know. If they get to Chantel, she's not going to help their case. We're told she is clear -- Justin did NOT drink or smoke weed in the club before getting in the Lambo. She also insists the drag racing claim is total BS -- that they never went faster than around 40 MPH.
TMZ broke the story ... prosecutors have problems with the case. First of all, cops claimed Bieber reeked of booze in the car and when he was at the station, but he registered an imperceptible .014. And as for the drag racing claim ... the GPS readout shows the max speed at 44 MPH, and during the so-called drag race he was going 27 MPH -- below the speed limit.
So we gotta ask ...
Justin Bieber Struts His Stuff In Jail
Justin Bieber clearly thought he was too cool for school when cops busted him in Miami Beach last month -- and in surveillance footage released by cops ... he isn't just pacing behind bars ... he's strutting.
Justin looks like he's been thoroughly put out by the DUI arrest ... his head cocked back during the wee hours of the morning.
You see Justin get patted down by cops ... but they found nothing.
Cops say Justin was under the influence of Rx drugs, weed and booze.
Justin Bieber Parties in Atlanta Hey Diddy, Check Out My Pecs!
EXCLUSIVEJustin Bieber was the belle of the ball Wednesday night as he revealed his boyish body -- to the amusement of a dozen big-time rappers at Diddy's Atlanta blowout.
Bieber's new GF, Chantel Jeffries, was in tow at Vanquish nightclub as he went around the room, mugging with Diddy, T.I., Jermaine Dupri, Wale, Rick Ross, Lil Scrappy and Trinidad James.
Bieber was a minority of one as he lost his shirt in the crowd but not his bling. And, even though there were lots of bottles poppin' ... Bieber stuck to bottled water the entire night.
As for weed ... well, we'll take a wild guess.
Justin Bieber The Idiot Knew He'd Get Searched And Still Smoked up the Jet
Exclusive DetailsJustin Bieber is not only out of control ... he's hard-core stupid. He knew last week -- before he took off for New Jersey -- his plane would get searched by U.S. Customs yet he and his friends still hotboxed on the private jet.
TMZ has confirmed .... the pilot radioed in the air Justin and his gang were smoking weed on the plane and the flight attendant couldn't get them to stop. The pilot complained the smoke in the cabin was thick. NBC News says the pilot actually had to don a gas mask because it was so bad.
Now here's what's incredible ... TMZ has previously reported Justin is on a Homeland Security watch list because of 2 pending criminal cases.
Multiple sources connected with Bieber tell TMZ ... Justin's people called federal officials before the plane took off and they were informed Justin was on the list. Justin's people told him before he got on the jet that he would be searched in New Jersey and interrogated, yet Bieber STILL smoked up the aircraft.
We're also told Bieber and his buds were abusive to the flight attendant because she ordered them to stop smoking ... in vain.
And to add icing to the cake ... Bieber's father was on the plane.
By the time the plane landed the weed was gone, but drug-sniffing dogs detected trace amounts.
One person who was on the plane 3 hours after it landed says it continued to reek of marijuana.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says a fiscal cliff deal is "still a work in progress" as an end of the year deadline rapidly approaches.
Obama made his assessment in a response to questions from reporters as he walked from the White House to a staff holiday party being held across the street. Asked about House Speaker John Boehner's assertion that he was waiting to hear more from the president, Obama said only, "Merry Christmas."
The president has stayed largely quiet this week as the White House and Boehner seek a way to avert a flurry of year-end tax increases and spending cuts. The two sides are stuck on whether to raise tax rates on the top 2 percent of income earners, a position the president supports and Boehner opposes.
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(Reuters) - With nothing left to give, New York Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte will retire from Major League Baseball (MLB) for a second time at the end of the season.
The 41-year-old Pettitte, who is MLB's all-time leader in playoff wins, is scheduled to pitch his last home game against the San Francisco Giants on Sunday and will likely start his final game next weekend in Houston, his hometown.
"I've reached the point where I know that I've left everything I have out there on that field," Pettitte, who has a 10-10 record this season, said in a statement released by the Yankees. "The time is right. I've exhausted myself, mentally and physically, and that's exactly how I want to leave this game."
The three-time All-Star won 19 postseason games and was a key member of five World Series-winning teams with the Yankees. He also ranks first all-time in postseason starts (44) and innings pitched (276 2/3), and is second with 183 strikeouts.
Pettitte has a 255-152 career record with a 3.86 earned run average in 529 appearances (519 starts) with the Yankees (1995-2003, 2007-10 and 2012-13) and Houston Astros (2004-06).
His 218 wins with the Yankees rank third with the team, trailing only Hall of Famers Whitey Ford (236) and Red Ruffing (231).
Pettitte originally retired in February 2011 but decided the next season to return to the Yankees.
His home start on Sunday comes on the same day longtime teammate Mariano Rivera, MLB's all time saves leader who is also retiring at the end of the current season, is being honored at Yankee Stadium
"One of the things I struggled with in making this announcement now was doing anything to take away from Mariano's day on Sunday," said Pettitte.
"It is his day. He means so much to me, and has meant so much to my career that I would just hate to somehow take the attention away from him."
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Located centrally, just off Russell Square, the Generator is a basic, but funky hostel which is an ideal base for student groups visiting London on an educational trip.
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Royal National Hotel is well known to student groups travelling to London. This is the the most popular property for those student groups looking for more comfortable rooms with lower bed density. This huge hotel offer students triple rooms, all with private facilities. As this hotel has so much experience of dealing with budget groups of young people from around the world it offers an impressive range of facilities. The large l read more ...
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