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Palms is the oldest neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles. It is mainly a residential area with a large number of apartment buildings, the northwest, Westside Village, being the more upscale neighborhood. Even here approximately 70% of the residents are renters.
Since the mid '90s, Palms has enjoyed an upturn in its fortunes due to the overflow from its up-and-coming neighbor, Culver City. Young professionals are drawn to the area because of its diversity, affordability and distance from the more congested Los Angeles areas. Palms will continue to grow especially with the forthcoming Metro Expo line from Downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica passing through.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been besieged with questions — and provided very few answers — in the weeks following historic flooding in the Nashville area.
Some business owners have even taken legal action against the Corps, blaming the severity of flooding on poor decisions made by the agency.
Home- and business-owners alike may finally get answers to the litany of questions when the Corps completes its After Action Review Report on the May flooding.
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"Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher says "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest ended their budding relationship after only three dates.
"I haven't seen him since that day," Hatcher said. "So all the stuff about everything else is just made up."
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|For a character in New Reno also named Jules, see Jules (Fallout 2).
Listen, warrior, there are two kinds of folks. You load your gun like an ordinary man, or you load it like a devil."
Jules is a town guard living in North Vegas Square in 2281.
Jules is a survivalist, and respects others whom he considers fellow "wasteland warriors". He once roamed the deserts of the Mojave before deciding to find a place to settle down. He came to the small trading settlement in North Vegas Square, and stayed to protect the inhabitants from the dangers posed by Fiends and hostile wasteland creatures.
Interactions with the player characterEdit
Interactions overviewEdit
- Someone to Watch Over Me: Jules informs you of the whereabouts of Alice Hostetler.
- Meeting an Equal: He holds the schematic for .44 SWC hand load ammunition, which he will give to you if you pass a Guns skill check of 50 and a Survival skill check of 60. Passing these checks will make him see you as a "wasteland warrior".
|Other items
|On death
|Merc adventurer outfit
Desperado cowboy hat
|.44 Magnum revolver
Hunting rifle
|Purified water, Legion Denarius
When talking about North Vegas, Jules reveals that he would prefer to stay in a hut or the sewers, rather than risk having a building collapse on him.
Jules appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
Behind the scenesEdit
The image of Jules found on his card in the Collector's Edition playing cards depicts a Caucasian male, while his race is set as an African American male in-game.


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Welcome to the YA Roundup, where we give you the low down on YA bookish news, gossip, new releases and cover reveals.
This week's news covers the controversy surrounding John Green's comments on Twilight, The Jungle Book's return to film, the Kardashians' book deal (we've given up on keeping up with them), and tons of covers to make your eyes glaze over and your wallet cry out for mercy.
Capstone Young Readers is doing a YA Imprint
Capstone Young Readers, which publishes educational material for children, will be launching a imprint for young adult readers because that is the awesome thing to do. This is the division's fifth imprint. Switch Press will offer readers contemporary nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, historical fiction fantasy, graphic novels, and poetry. Fads exist for a reason, right? Except pogs. I never got those.
The publishers plan to acquire eight to twelve manuscripts per year and already has a list of books coming out for their Fall 2014 lineup. These titles include The Isobel Journal, Half My Facebook Friends Are Ferrets, and The Diamond Thief. John Rahm is the senior product manager who is going to take Switch Press and rage tank into the market, with the help of his healer (editorial director) Nick Healy.
Cook books, craft and how-to titles for young adult readers sounds like a generally unique, untapped market. Time will tell how successful it will be.
Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead Get the YA Novel Treatment
Archie Comics has been struggling to stay relevant with young audiences. After its disappointing non revelation about Archie's final choice between Betty & Veronica, which was a horrible attempt of trolling on the publisher's behalf, here's the latest attempt to lure readers: YA novel the hell out of them. Dan Parent brings us Archie: A Rock & Roll Romance (February 25th) and Tania del Rio has penned Diary of a Girl Next Door: Betty (July 16th).
Dan Parent has written many Archie comics from Betty & Veronica: Best Friends Forever to Archie's Christmas Stocking. He also introduced the first openly gay character in the series and has been writing for Archie since he graduated. One should assume he's relatively familiar with the subject matter.
More on Archie's book:
"Things are shaken up in a big way when Valerie, Josie and the Pussycats' bassist, moves to Riverdale. In the style of the Archie Wedding and Married Life graphic novels, Valerie takes a stroll down Riverdale's magical Memory Lane and is greeted with a vision of what her life would be like if she married Archie. Of course, the future is full of surprises!"
Tania del Rio adapted the characters into modern teens for Betty's book and it's described as:
"Betty Cooper has few of the luxuries that her privileged best friend Veronica Lodge enjoys, but she's got something else that drives her wealthy friend crazy with jealousy. In a story full of heart and humor, find out how a normal, awkward teenage girl comes out feeling on top of the world in this hilarious new Diary series."
I had expected at least one of these novels to actually be a mystery novel, one which explained why two awesome people like Betty and Veronica would be in any way interested someone like Archie. Now, that I'd actually read!
The Jungle Book Being Made into a Film. Again.
Ron Howard and Warner Bros have, according to reports I haven't seen, been giggling and whispering at lunch time, and Brett saw them holding hands behind the agriculture shed during recess. Penny says they're going to direct and produce a live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book. The Hollywood Reporter jumped in at the lunch table to state:
"Howard is poised to take the reins a month after Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel) fell off the project due to scheduling conflicts. (Inarritu is in postproduction on Birdman, his first comedy.) Callie Kloves wrote the screenplay for The Jungle Book, which is based on a story from an 1894 Rudyard Kipling collection."
There have been many adaptations of the popular novel, including the Disney cartoon in 1967 and the 1994 adaptation starring Jason Lee and Cary Elwes which I watched because of Jason Lee and Cary Elwes. And yet, unsurprisingly, I was still disappointed.
Let's hope Ron Howard will do a better job, and I'll be interested to see how he handles the problematic colonialist aspects of the story for a modern audience.
The 5th Wave Gets An Awesome Award Because it's Awesome
Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave, a book about an alien invasion that gave me all kinds of feels, has gotten some well-deserved recognition by winning the Red House children's book award for 2014. The interesting thing about this award is that it is, apparently, voted on entirely by children. No adult input. Which means I suddenly feel so much more promise for the younger generation! This in addition to Sony supposedly adapting the film of this which, if true, will make my heart sing. Tobey Maguire is also supposed to be producing this. Let's hope Tobey doesn't do anything unfortunate with it…
Other winners include Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler who both had wins in the younger children category, while Jennifer Gray had a win in the books for younger readers category.
This means Rick Yancey joins the likes of JK Rowling, Patrick Ness and Anthony Horowitz. Unsurprising because, like them, he still refuses to give me his unpublished sequels!
Books Too Inflammatory for 1980s UK to be Published Now
Tales of anarchic youths in the UK were pretty popular in the eighties, including Michael de Larrabeiti's three-book series, The Borribles, featuring street children who've been alone so long that their ears turn pointy like mischievous elves from folklore. Unfotrunately, this just happened to be around the same time that significant anti-police youth riots took place in 1985—resulting in violent clashes between protesters and police—and de Larrabeiti's original publisher, UK-based Collins Publishers (prior to its merger with Harper and Row), refused to publish the third book.
Linda Davis, Publishing Director of Collins at the time, wrote:
After the events of Brixton and Tottenham we have had to look at The Borribles in a different light…it is a novel that pits a gang of lawless young people against the police. We told ourself originally that this was OK because the story was an 'urban fantasy,' that Borribles were not real children, that the police were not real but comic characters. Nevertheless the battle between the law and lawlessness is glamorised and given a status, which we cannot appear to condone in children's literature now that Britain has entered a new era in which this battle is a daily reality.
(Original letter posted by Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing)
Tor and Pan Macmillan have since released the trilogy in print, and now they're being debuted again as ebooks for a new generation.
Alison Flood from the Guardian writes:
"The stories have drawn fans from China Miéville to Neil Gaiman and Cory Doctorow, who told the Guardian they were 'one of the origin nodes of urban fantasy, a trilogy of books that are always wicked and never nasty, and a love poem to London'."
Kendall and Kylie Jenner Releasing a Book
Having a young adult book ghost written (I'm assuming here, but c'mon…) in your name seems to be the new perfume brand of starlet income sources. With their new book Rebels: City of Indra, sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner of questionable Keeping Up With the Kardashians fame join Hilary Duff (Elixir), Tara Banks (Modelland) and Lauren Conrad (L.A. Candy and The Fame Game).
Rebels: City of Indra had its cover reveal this week. (Check it out below in Cover Reveals section.)
"Kylie and I love the creative challenge and are thrilled to have been given the opportunity to share this story," Kendall said, while her sister added, "We can't wait to share these characters and the world we created with readers everywhere. We are so excited!"
Karen Hunter, of Karen Hunter Publishing, adds, "The story that Kendall and Kylie crafted is a thrill ride—one that their fans and fans of this genre won't be able to put down."
I want to say something snarky about this. However, it kind of mocks itself, doesn't it?
John Green Telling People How Not to Be Misogynistic…
John Green is not only and incredibly popular young adult author, but also a YouTube and Tumblr celebrity with his Mental Floss and Vlog Brothers shows proving extremely popular, albeit not without controversy. This week he made several comments on Twitter that raised some brows and a little bit of ire from portions of the Young Adult blogging world.
When we make fun of Twilight, we're ridiculing the enthusiasm people have for unironic love stories. Have we nothing better to satirize?
—John Green (@realjohngreen) February 19, 2014
Yes, you can read misogynistic gender dynamics into the stories, but tens of millions of people have also proven that you don't HAVE to.
—John Green (@realjohngreen) February 19, 2014
Do we really believe that tens of millions of people who found themselves comforted and inspired by these stories are merely wrong?
—John Green (@realjohngreen) February 19, 2014
Isn't our disdain FAR more misogynistic than anything in the stories?
—John Green (@realjohngreen) February 19, 2014
To be fair to John Green, he was recovering from being in surgery and apparently on some pretty good meds, but also, to be fair to everyone else—dude…
In the book blogging world, Meyer's most vocal critics tend to be women who feel they have good reason to call out the unhealthy relationship dynamics, story themes and narrative faults in Twilight which, themselves, are fuelled by a paternalistic society.
John Green clarified on his Tumblr here, agreeing that there are problematic relationship dynamics in Twilight and criticising misogyny in art is good. He also claimed he was concerned that:
"popular work by women receives far more vitriolic criticism from the public (like, in terms of number of demeaning jokes made by Jay Leno*) than popular work created by men."
Good point, and one we'd consider worthy of attention. John Green says he'd like to see sexism in popular work by men (Nicholas Sparks and J. D. Salinger, for example) given equal criticism. Finally, he admits that he may be wrong and is willing to learn. Those are some positive steps.
Ceilidhan wrote a rebuttal to Green's comments on her blog, Bibliodaze:
I mocked Twilight too, because it scared me. It terrified me to see something so obviously wrong held up as the ideal romance, and criticisms of it dismissed as reaching or jealousy. It wasn't just me either. Many other women talked, and we yelled and screamed because we were angry and bewildered that nobody else could see what we saw. We laughed at the clunky prose, the po-faced earnestness and the sparkling because sometimes we laugh to stop ourselves from crying. Satire is a powerful weapon, one governments often try to shut down. We never saw ourselves as being Jon Stewart or the South Park gang; we just did what we did in the hope that people would listen, and many did. The books still sold by the boatload and Stephenie Meyer has the kind of economic security that most women will never have. She has options because of it. None of this negates the abuse she has received but let's not pretend that all women are on equal standing here.
John Green will never experience sexism. He will never have to scream and shout to have his opinion even acknowledged because of the platform he has and the fact that he's a straight cis white man. He gets to be the saviour of YA while women who wrote stories like his for many years before him are long forgotten or left in the shadows. The sad thing is that his opinions on this issue will be held up as a wonderful example because we've lowered the bar for success so much to the point where a man acknowledging that women are people makes him worthy of a gold star. He is awarded for acknowledging issues that female writers have been discussing for generations, including in YA. John Green writes tales of universal appeal where women talking the same topics write romance.
This is an issue. This is privilege.
This came about at the same time as Aja Romano of The Daily Dot discussed how John Green, whilst deserving his awards and accolades, makes it hard for women to make their mark in YA.
"The Times has stuck by that dictum; recently its bestseller lists have been filled with men writing "realistic" YA, and the women of the book blogosphere are none too happy about it. This week the debate reached a boil after the Times' listed, respectively, two women, three women, and three women on their top 10 lists for February. And two of the four women who show up have direct ties to Green. One is Rowell, and one is a biography of Esther Earl, the girl in Green's life who inspired The Fault in Our Stars."
YA New York Times Bestsellers (March 2, 2014)
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
3. Looking for Alaska by John Green
4. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
5. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ranson Riggs
6. Paper Towns by John Green
7. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
8. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
9. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
10. This Star Won't Go Out by Easter Earl with Lori and Wayne Earl
Book Deals
Untitled by Carrie Mesrobian
Publisher: HarperTeen
Rights: North America
Agent: Michael Bourret (Dystel & Goderich Literary Management)
The as-yet untitled books will continue in the same vein of gritty realistic fiction; the first book is scheduled for fall 2015.
Between Us and the Moon by Rebecca Maizel
Publisher: HarperTeen
Rights: North America
Agent: Margaret Riley King (William Morris Endeavor)
A contemporary YA romance about a self-proclaimed science nerd who, over the course of one summer, falls for an older boy and learns that there's more to life than what can be seen through a telescope, and more to herself than equations and experiments, along with a second contemporary YA standalone. The first book's projected pub date is summer 2015.
Edgewater by Courtney Sheinmel
Publisher: Abrams/Amulet
Rights: World English
Agent: Laura Dail (Laura Dail Literary Agency)
Billed as a "YA Grey Gardens," about a teen who lives in squalor in a crumbling mansion on Long Island and subsists on a mysterious trust fund—but who stands to lose everything when the secrets, lies, and scandals of the people around her are revealed. Publication is planned for fall 2015.
Ronald Zupan & the Pirates of Borneo! by Steve Bramucci
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Rights: World
Agent: Sara Crowe (Harvey Klinger)
In which a 12-year-old would-be master adventurer embarks on a swashbuckling rescue mission when his parents are abducted by pirates, with the help of his greatest fencing rival, his pet cobra, and his trusty butler. A 2016 pub date is projected.
SOURCE: Publishers' Weekly
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Luxury real estate was supposed to be somewhat protected from the financial crisis, but as anyone who has watched the local market implode over the last six months knows, that hasn't been the case.
Prices have come down dramatically — the price on the St. Regis penthouse, for example, was reduced a whopping $21 million. Luxury properties in San Francisco are sitting on the market longer, and few are selling.
A quarterly report — the First Republic Prestige Home Index — basically confirms what everybody knows. San Francisco Bay Area values decreased 3.1 percent in the fourth quarter, according to the index, and the average luxury home value in San Francisco is now $2.93 million.
That certainly jibes with what we've seen. But one point made in the report by Marsha Calegari that had us scratching our heads was the notion that Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights houses in prime condition "have been selling for the asking price or right over it."
Really? We've mostly seen houses in Pacific Heights sell below asking price. 2701 Broderick Street, for example, sold for $2.4 million in January, but was listed for $2.495 million. And 2711 Baker Street was listed for $2.37 million and sold for $2.192 million last month. Also, 2686 Green Street, listed for $2.995 million, sold for $2.775 million at the end of December.


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Idolaters Anonymous
Jesus prays as follows regarding the lessons of his life's mission.
I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him (Matthew 11:25-26, NRSV; cf. Luke 10:21-22).
Jesus claims that he is the unique Son and sole revealer of God. Such a claim would seem delusional on the lips of any human other than Jesus. We'll note some of the indications of Jesus's authority. Jesus himself, as the human image of God, serves as distinctive evidence of God's reality. Indeed, he is living proof of God's reality and self-giving love.The earthly life of Jesus exhibited, in word and deed, a kind of authority and power unique among humans. So, a central message of the New Testament is that Jesus has unsurpassed authority and power in human history. Jesus remarks that acceptance (or rejection) of him amounts to acceptance (or rejection) of God (Matthew 10:40). In addition, Jesus claims authority to forgive sins apart from God's Temple (Mark 2:1-12) and to arrange for the final judgment as God's king (Luke 22:29-30). Likewise, Jesus symbolically presents himself as the long-awaited everlasting king of Israel, after Zechariah 9:9, in his humble entry into Jerusalem on a colt (Mark 11:1-10). He also intimates that he is King David's Lord (Mark 12:35-37), and that he is greater than even King Solomon (Luke 11:31). Indeed, in reply to a question from John the Baptist (Luke 7:18-23), he alludes to Isaiah 61:1-2 and 35:5-6 to suggest that he is God's Messiah. Similarly, Jesus claims to be the messianic son of God in response to the chief priests (Mark 14:61-64). This claim, according to Mark 14:64, elicits the charge that Jesus is guilty of blasphemy, of exalting himself in a way that dishonors God.
Jesus portrayed his own mission as a liberation movement against powers of evil.
Jesus ... spoke ... in parables: "How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can rob his house (Mark 3:23-27, NIV).
Jesus regards us as under the influence of powers of evil. He regards himself as the one who limits powers of evil in order that we might be set free. He offers freedom from the idols that rob us of freedom.
By submitting faithfully and obediently to Jesus as our Lord, just as he submitted to his Father in Gethsemane, we receive his power to live in unselfish freedom and love. In this regard, we must be crucified with Jesus. As the apostle Paul writes: "We know that our old self was crucified with [Jesus] so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin — because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him (Rom. 6:6-8). We die to our old self as we obey the Father of Jesus. We thereby become free of idols as we enter in to friendship with God. Our response to Jesus will determine whether idols keep us from lives of true love, joy, and peace. Our response to him will determine whether we live or die. Jesus asks each of us: "who do you say I am?" (Mark 8:29). We owe him an answer, sooner rather than later. The apostle Paul has given us a good hint of the right answer: "God proves His own love for us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Rom. 5:8).
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Ukraine talks begin without rebels
Ukraine's government has launched talks on decentralising power as part of a European-backed peace plan but did not invite its main foes, the pro-Russia insurgents who have declared independence in the east.
That deliberate oversight left it unclear what the negotiations might accomplish.
In his opening remarks, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said authorities were "ready for a dialogue" but insisted they will not talk to the separatists who have seized buildings and fought government troops across eastern Ukraine.
Mr Turchynov chaired the first in a series of round tables with spiritual leaders, lawmakers, government figures and regional officials as part of a peace plan drafted by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a security group that also includes Russia and the United States.
"Let's have a dialogue, let's discuss specific proposals," Mr Turchynov said, "But those armed people who are trying to wage a war on their own country, those who are with arms in their hands trying to dictate their will, or rather the will of another country, we will use legal procedures against them and they will face justice."
Acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk told the round table that they will be holding discussions across the country "in as many regions as possible," but did not name any specific one.
Oleksandr Efremov, leader of the Party of Regions in the Ukrainian parliament, the support base for former president Viktor Yanukovych, voiced hope that the discussions will be held in the east "where things are perceived in a different way".
Mr Efremov called on the government to withdraw troops from the Donetsk region and urged authorities to understand that people are genuinely wary of the new government and that they have not seen any friendly steps from Kiev yet.
The OSCE road map aims to halt fighting between government forces and pro-Russia separatists in the east and de-escalate tensions ahead of Ukraine's May 25 presidential vote. It lets the Ukrainian government decide the specifics of the talks.
The Ukrainian leader also said the government would not stop its offensive to retake eastern cities now under the control of the separatists who declared independence on Monday in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, home to 6.6 million people.
Insurgents in the east shrugged off the round table talks as meaningless.
"We haven't received any offers to join a round table and dialogue," said Denis Pushilin, an insurgent leader in Donetsk. "If the authorities in Kiev want a dialogue, they must come here. If we go to Kiev, they will arrest us."
Asked if they would be willing to take part in discussions if the round table was held in the east, Mr Pushilin said that "talks with Kiev authorities could only be about one thing: the recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic".
Even so, European officials applauded the start of the talks. The EU's enlargement commissioner, Stefan Fule, welcomed the round table on his Twitter account, voicing hope the next meeting would take place in eastern Ukraine.
Sawsan Chebli, a spokeswoman for German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said Ukraine's acceptance of the round-table format was a step in the right direction, whether the pro-Russia separatists were invited or not.
"We are of the opinion that this national dialogue will help to de-escalate the situation," she said.
The OSCE itself would not comment on the invitee list.
Russia has strongly backed the OSCE road map while the United States, which says it is worth a try, views its prospects for success with scepticism.
Ukraine and the West have accused Moscow of fomenting the unrest in eastern Ukraine, where insurgents have seized administrative buildings, fought government forces and declared independence for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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Wii U owners with a broadband connection can download the Splatoon Global Testfire special demo to participate in one-hour demo events.
Events are scheduled for May 8 at 8 to 9PM PST, May 9 at 4 to 5AM PST, and 12 to 1PM PST.
Splatoon, to be sold May 29, is a multiplayer competitive action game in which users take a squad of squids to spray ink to cover territory.
After ink is sprayed, a users can dive through their own ink to reach another area quickly.
The final game includes 4-vs.4 online multiplayer functionality and will include free post-launch download content.
Turf War, the main online mode, is a four vs. four team-based multiplayer mode in which each user will gain level and earn in-game currency to customize their player.
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Craig Simmons unsold at IPL - no franchise wants the Scorchers batsman who smashed 2 Big Bash centuriesFeb. 13, 2014
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#KKR win the bidding war for Chris Lynn. #Lynnsanity will hit Eden Gardens this IPL #IPLAuctionFeb. 13, 2014
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Australia's top IPL earners in 2014Mitchell Johnson: $1.10 million (Kings XI Punjab)Glenn Maxwell: $1.06 million (Kings XI Punjab)David Warner: $978,000 (Sunrisers Hyderabad)Michael Hussey: $889,000 (Mumbai Indians)Mitchell Starc: $889,000 (Royal Challengers Bangalore)Steve Smith: $710,000 (Rajasthan Royals)Aaron Finch: $710,000 (Sunrisers Hyderabad)George Bailey: $577,000 (Kings XI Punjab)Brad Hodge: $425,000 (Rajasthan Royals)Shaun Marsh: $390,000 (Kings XI Punjab)Rest of world top IPL earners in 2014Yuvraj Singh: $2.50 million (Royal Challengers Bangalore)Dinesh Karthik: $2.20 million (Delhi Daredevils)Kevin Pietersen: $1.60 million (Delhi Daredevils)Jacques Kallis: $978,000 (Kolkata Knight Riders)Robin Uthappa: $887,000 (Kolkata Knight Riders)Murali Vijay: 887,000 (Delhi Daredevils)
Size of ur success is measured by d strength of ur desire & how u handle disappointment along d way @DiscoveryIN http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgsEBcnCcAAUvdH.jpgby KolkataKnightRiders via twitter 2/17/2014 4:10:42 PM
What a match! Twice they came back from tough spot and Sri Lanka still won. Thisara Perera won the much deserved Man of the match.by Kings XI Punjab via twitter 2/17/2014 3:41:10 PM
"@ESPNcricinfo : Albie is "very excited" and "very surprised" at getting a call-up to the WT20 espncricinfo.com/southafrica/co… #WT20 " We are not!by Chennai Super Kings via twitter 2/17/2014 3:27:46 PM
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Today Kuldeep Yadav became the first India player to claim a #u19cwc hat-trick. Watch it now: bit.ly/1guyMds http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bgrs_-sCIAE6JLj.jpgby ICC via twitter retweeted by lionsdenkxip 2/17/2014 2:31:18 PM
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Thisara Perera is stranded on 80* as SL are all out for 180. Can he work magic with ball and pull off a win for his team?by Kings XI Punjab via twitter 2/17/2014 11:40:03 AM
Brilliant fifty for Thisara Perera but he is running out of partners!by Kings XI Punjab via twitter 2/17/2014 11:17:58 AM
Thisara Perera is on a rescue mission for Sri Lanka after they collapsed to 67/8. Best of luck Lion!by Kings XI Punjab via twitter 2/17/2014 10:32:40 AM
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And as expected @DavidMillerSA12 will be there too terrorising the bowlers for @OfficialCSA . Do us proud David! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgqqlRZCQAAbG_l.jpgby Kings XI Punjab via twitter 2/17/2014 9:39:56 AM
. @rajasthanroyals did their homework on Deepak Hooda and picked him up in the IPL auction for Rs 40L. Looks very promising. #U19cwcby forwardshortleg via twitter retweeted by rajasthanroyals 2/17/2014 9:35:53 AM
We got the right man this time! Congratulations to @Beuran_H13 on being called up by @OfficialCSA for World T20. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgqpO4GCIAAPNiu.jpgby Kings XI Punjab via twitter 2/17/2014 9:34:03 AM
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Edmonton Oilers vs Vancouver Canucks Odds
The Canucks get a visit from the Edmonton Oilers in hockey action on Thursday, with the home side looking to send the visitors to the showers with a loss.
The Canucks currently sports a record of 19-11-6. The Oilers are 16-13-7. Betting totals have seen the Canucks post a 13-18-5 OVER/UNDER record this season, while the Oilers have gone 12-18-6 against the number.
View Edmonton vs Vancouver Odds and Stats.
Betting Line:
Hockey odds makers at 5Dimes opened the Canucks as -178 moneyline favorites in this matchup. Over under bettors saw the number open at 5 at BetOnline.
Power Rankings:
The Canucks - Oilers odds would favor the Canucks if the lines were set according to our power ranks. Vancouver is rated No. 16 in the current Odds Shark poll, while Edmonton is at No. 23.
How They Match Up:
The game also pits Vancouver's No. 20-ranked offense, averaging 2.6 goals per game, against a Oilers defense that ranks No. 15 at 2.7 goals allowed. The Canucks power play is averaging 12.8% while the Oilers defense kills off 84.5% of their penalties.
Edmonton won its last outing, a 8-2 result against the Flames on April 3. Bettors who backed the Oilers at -122 on the moneyline won on the day, and the total score (10) sent OVER bettors to the payout window.
The Canucks were a 3-2 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Sharks. That made winners of bettors who got San Jose at -125 on the moneyline, while the total score (5) was good news for PUSH bettors.
Edmonton Oilers Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Detroit are 2-8
After playing Calgary are 4-6
After a win are 5-5
Vancouver Canucks Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2
Before playing San Jose are 5-5
After playing San Jose are 7-3
After a loss are 4-6
A few Oilers at Canucks trends to consider:
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Edmonton's last 6 games when playing Vancouver
Edmonton is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games when playing on the road against Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vancouver's last 6 games when playing Edmonton
Vancouver is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Edmonton
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games when playing at home against Edmonton
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Vancouver's last 9 games
Next up:
Edmonton at Los Angeles, Saturday, April 6
Vancouver home to Calgary, Saturday, April 6


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Doors and windows should be kept closed. Linger in safe, enclosed premises whenever possible. When moving in the open, avoid the leeward side of buildings, treelines and other possibly dangerous areas. Do not repair damage during the event. We recommend great caution in traffic, especially in crosswinds and in exposed areas (e.g. bridges, cuttings); count on fallen trees. Driving certain categories of vehicles (caravans, sheeted vehicles) is not recommended. Expect a special navigation regime in sea ports. Do not engage in sports activities at sea. Swimming in the sea is not recommended. Follow meteorological updates and warnings and information provided by competent services and bodies.
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ITO, Cristiane Yumi Koga et al. In vitro antifungal susceptibility of Candida spp. isolates from patients with chronic periodontitis and from control patients. Braz. oral res. [online]. 2004, vol.18, n.1, pp.80-84. ISSN 1807-3107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-83242004000100015.
Superinfection by Candida can be refractory to conventional periodontal treatments in specific situations, such as in immunocompromised patients. In these cases, the systemic therapy with antifungal drugs could be indicated. The aim of this study was to analyse antifungal susceptibility of Candida spp. strains isolated from chronic periodontitis patients and from control individuals. A total of 39 C. albicans isolates, 9 C. tropicalis, 2 C. glabrata and 5 Candida spp. from control individuals and 30 C. albicans, 3 C. tropicalis and 2 C. glabrata from periodontitis patients were tested. In the control group, 1 isolate of C. glabrata was resistant to ketoconazole and 1 Candida spp. was resistant to amphotericin B, ketoconazole and miconazole. Among the isolates of periodontitis group, 1 (3.33%) C. albicans isolate was resistant to flucytosine and ketoconazole. According to the obtained results, it could be concluded that fluconazole was the most effective drug against the several Candida species studied. There were not expressive differences in the susceptibility of isolates from periodontitis patients or from control individuals.
Keywords : Candida; Antifungal agents; Periodontitis.


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Institute creates wetlands at UH-Clear Lake
HOUSTON — University of Houston-Clear Lake's Environmental Institute of Houston, working in partnership with and through funding from the Galveston Bay Estuary Program, created wetlands at UH-Clear Lake to help control flooding and improve water quality before the water enters Horsepen Bayou. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held in late September to celebrate the new wetlands.
"Wetlands are important for a number of reasons," said Executive Director of the Environmental Institute of Houston and Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science George Guillen. "In addition to controlling flooding and improving water quality, wetlands will provide a habitat for fish and wildlife, provide teaching and learning opportunities and provide research opportunities, which help us meet our mission as a community-minded, partnership-oriented university."
During the special ceremony, UH-Clear Lake President William A. Staples reiterated Guillen's remarks about the importance of partnerships, including those with the Galveston Bay Estuary Program and its parent organization, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. University Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Carl A. Stockton also spoke about the university's commitment to the environment and the wetlands project.
"UH-Clear Lake, through our Environmental Institute of Houston, is truly privileged to partner with the Galveston Bay Estuary Program in the creation of this wetlands project at the university," said Staples.
Other speakers included Galveston Bay Estuary Program Executive Director and UH-Clear Lake alumna Helen Drummond and Margaret Forbes, a lead contractor on the project with KBA EnviroScience Ltd., who spoke about the project design and its progress.
"Creating, restoring and protecting wetlands in and around Galveston Bay are integral elements to preserving the health of Galveston Bay," said Drummond. "Partnership projects like this one are critical to collective efforts being made through the Estuary Program to build more resilient communities, preserve the basis of a healthy nature tourism industry, and sustain a quality of life for future generations.
"This project is special to me. Not only did I attend graduate school here, but I personally love this campus. It was built with nature in mind. So much has been conserved and ongoing efforts by the University to sustain the environment are notable. This project is going to be a tangible example of what others — campuses, business, local governments — can do to join in on collective efforts to preserve Galveston Bay for future generations to enjoy."
"The wetlands are designed to provide a habitat to indigenous animals and plants and to remove nutrients and sediment from storm waters. What we end up with is a polished discharge to Horsepen Bayou," said Forbes.
All speakers thanked the many volunteers from the university, the Galveston Bay Estuary Program and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality who gave their time to create the wetlands, which includes a wooded walkway over the water and a water lock at the end of the walkway.
"Special thanks to all the companies, offices and individuals who brought this project from the concept stage to reality," said Staples.
To find out more about UH-Clear Lake's Environmental Institute of Houston, visit http://www.eih.uhcl.edu.


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Shadowing in Dynamical Systems - Theory and Applications (MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS Volume 501)
In this book the theory of hyperbolic sets is developed, both for diffeomorphisms and flows, with an emphasis on shadowing. We show that hyperbolic sets are expansive and have the shadowing property. Then we use shadowing to prove that hyperbolic sets are robust under perturbation, that they have an asymptotic phase property and also that the dynamics near a transversal homoclinic orbit is chaotic. It turns out that chaotic dynamical systems arising in practice are not quite hyperbolic. However, they possess enough hyperbolicity to enable us to use shadowing ideas to give computer-assisted proofs that computed orbits of such systems can be shadowed by true orbits for long periods of time, that they possess periodic orbits of long periods and that it is really true that they are chaotic. Audience: This book is intended primarily for research workers in dynamical systems but could also be used in an advanced graduate course taken by students familiar with calculus in Banach spaces and with the basic existence theory for ordinary differential equations.
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In Memory of
Mr. James Johnson Austin III
July 7, 1950 - March 27, 2010
Dateline: Weddington, NC
Mr. James Johnson (Jim) Austin, III, 59, passed away Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Elizabethan Gardens Assisted Living, Monroe, NC, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
He was born July 7, 1950, In Charlotte, NC, the son of the late Mr. James J. Austin, Jr. and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Waller Austin. He was also preceded in death by his sister-in-law Dana Robinson Britt.
Mr. Austin was a graduate of Monroe High School and Central Piedmont Community College. He served in the U. S. Army and was stationed in Germany for two years.
He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Bonnie Robinson Austin of Weddington, NC; mother-in-law, Mabel P. Robinson of Monroe, NC; sister-in-law Debra R. Davis and husband Mike of Huntersville, NC; brothers-in-law Wayne Robinson and Dale Robinson and wife Andrea, all of Monroe, NC, and brother-in-law Kelly Britt of Indian Trail, NC. In addition, he is survived by eight nieces and nephews – Gregory Davis, Emily Robinson, and Justin, John, Katie, Jamie, Sam, and Jack Britt, one aunt Dot Waller of Belmont, NC, and several cousins.
Jim loved animals and most especially his beloved cat Casper. He enjoyed many hobbies including metal detecting and searching for new places to treasure hunt. He made friends easily and loved going to his favorite place – the beach.
The family wishes to extend their heartfelt gratitude to the staff of Elizabethan Gardens Assisted Living for their kind and devoted care during Jim's illness and to Hospice of Union County for their care and guidance in recent weeks.
Funeral services to celebrate the life of Mr. Austin will begin with visitation at Siler Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall at 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 with services to begin at 2:00 PM in the church sanctuary conducted by the Rev. Bruce Powell. Interment will follow at Lakeland Memorial Park, Monroe, NC.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 3800 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, NC 28215 (
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SIMON Msuva netted a brace as national football team, Taifa Stars, beat Botswana's The Zebras' 2-0 at the Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
Msuva, who plays his trade at Difaa El Jadidah of Morocco, hit a brace as Stars maintained their superiority over The Zebras. He scored a goal in each half.
Stars ignited the match on a high note with clear passes and just five minutes into the game, Msuva blasted home after a neat one-two -touches with midfielder, Muzamiru Yassin.
It was a clever final pass from Muzamiru to find Msuva in space at the edge of the box and the former Young Africans winger beat the goalkeeper, Mwampule Masule, with a close range shot at the near post.
However, the goal could not distract the visitors as they also kept pushing for an equaliser, scaring Stars back four in several occasions, but failed to make the most out of the chances created.
Botswana were pouring forward in numbers into Star's territory but most of their attempts led by Ontireste Ramathakwana could not trouble goalkeeper, Aishi Manula.
They almost levelled the matters in the 37th minute when Kabelo Seakanyeng's shot forced Manula into a full stretch to parry off a set piece to a fruitless corner kick.
Mayanga will be pleased with a good partnership and technical switch demonstrated by Samatta and Msuva, who on several occasions troubled the Zebras backline comprising Simisan Mathumo and Lopang Mosige.
Another eye catching part for Mayanga's men was at the rear department made up of Abdi Banda, Kelvin Yondani, Erasto Nyoni and Gadiel Michael, while new comer, Hamis Abdallah and Himid Mao were operating just above them. Veteran defender, Yondani in particular had a decent game after missing out for quite some time.
He had a single duty of cutting off Zebra's lethal men. As the game rolled into the break, Botswana saw much of the balls in the first half. In the second stanza, Botswana came out a more rejuvenated side as they started in full throttle, forcing Stars into their own territory.
In the 51st minute, Stars survived a real scare, when Manula had to come off his line to block a low shot from the right to a fruitless corner kick.
Mayanga had to make changes in the 57th minute, when Raphael Daud came in for Muzamiru as Stars seemed to have run out of gas at the centre of the park. Shortly before he was called off, Muzamiru nearly scored the second following a goalmouth melee, but his shot narrowly missed the target.
Stars slightly got into the picture and in the 59th minute, Samatta's snap shot was bravely collected by keeper.
Two minutes later, Msuva netted the second, finishing off with a blistering volley after Shiza Kichuya's spade work from the right side. Zebras made changes by pulling out Segolame Boy for Tumisang Orebonye as the technical bench tried to reinforce the midfield. In the 72nd minute, Msuva cleverly set up Raphael Daud but the promising star could not hit the target.
Then Farid Mussa came in for Kichuya, while Samatta and Msuva were both ejected in the late stages with their positions taken by Emmanuel Martin and Elius Maguri. Hamis Abdallah, who features for Kenya's Sonny Sugar was also replaced by Said Ndemla.


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Many of your customers or potential customers are likely on some social network site. You should make sure your company is also on one or more of these social media sites. Find out which social sites your customers are on, and include them in your marketing mix. If not, you are missing out on finding new customers and building relationships.
If the only picture you have on your business's social media profile is its logo, you're doing it wrong. People connect better with your brand when it is represented by a real person. Ways to do this include taking pictures of the office or business events.
Posting articles in the form of a list can be an effective way to format your content. By doing so, your facts are shown to others in a brief, efficient way; you can also use numbers to show which bits of information are more important than others. Since social media subscribers are typically a younger demographic, they'll probably like the fact that you chose to condense your material to deliver only the crucial facts.
Link your blog in your YouTube channel, and in any videos you post. Add links to your blog or website in the description of your videos. Use the description block to include keywords that are relevant to your market. Select descriptive keywords for use in the tags also.
Gaining potential buyers can be as simple as having a live question and answer discussion on your site. This is a good way to get people to know the most about your products and services. Customers will also learn about you through the interaction, giving your business a more personal feel.
Have a party organized around Twitter. Do this by setting a specific time and date for your followers to join you on Twitter to chat through the use of a specific hashtag. Here you can give advice to clients or customers, and ask bloggers to chime in. Make sure to invite the most influential bloggers that you can find so that they can help you to attract a crowd.
Tell people how you are progressing when you update your social networks. Every time you reach a milestone, post it on Twitter or on Facebook so people can see it. Be certain to demonstrate gratitude to those who enjoy your contributions and make sure they know about your social media involvement. Many people will share this kind of article.
If you own a small business always represent yourself with social media. When you use an auto responder, it can actually backfire, you want to add a personal feel that your customers can appreciate. Auto responders will often send out messages believed to be spam. As a result, your followers will quickly drop you.
Each time you share a video on a site like YouTube, take the time to create a good title. Relevant keywords should always be included in your titles. The more helpful your videos come across as, the more views they're ultimately going to receive. And keywords can help with users finding them.
Use the programs Twellow or Tweepi to find the best Twitter followers. These programs hunt for tweets and lists that have relevant keywords, and will show you who runs these lists. You can then send a message suggesting they add your account to their lists.
A lot can be learned by interacting with social media communities. Look to the members of these communities for valuable advice, information, and feedback, rather than just as customers who will buy your product. If you take the time to collect information on their various interests, you can connect with them more easily, which will help you make money in the future.
If you're keeping a blog for social media purposes, you have to make sure that it's kept as active as possible. When you've got fresh material, your readers will expect new topics, and they'll keep coming back for more. It's the same concept that is used by publishers of printed magazines and newspapers. Make sure you're being consistent so that visitors will return.
Social Media
Use your business name to create a Twitter and Facebook account. Do this so no one else uses your name to post unrelated or inappropriate content. You can use this name when ever you are ready to get into social media marketing.
Social media is one of the best ways to market your company right now. These sites offer you the opportunity to interact with customers and attract new customers as well as advertise your store, products and principles. Try social media marketing to see how it can help you.


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Michael Meskes írta: > On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 07:21:54PM +0200, Boszormenyi Zoltan wrote: > >> Please, accept my apologies, I only tried to express my >> frustration, this is not a good situation for either of us. >> > > Apologies accepted, email is a difficult means of communication anyway. It > leads to misunderstanding IMO. > > >> You were busy with your job and other occupations. >> We have a serious project going on that depend on >> ECPG being more compatible to Informix. >> > > Please keep in mind that the needs of your business project cannot and will not > influence the way PostgreSQL as on OSS project will work. > Yes, but technical problems and solutions do. ECPG claims to be ESQL/C compatible, but at places it's only half compatible. For our project to succeed, we need more compatibility in ECPG. It's easier to solve these problems in ECPG than to code around it in literally thousands of little programs. BTW, a thought about the comment in ecpg.header about adjust_informix(): /* Informix accepts DECLARE with variables that are out of scope when OPEN is called. * for instance you can declare variables in a function, and then subsequently use them * { * declare_vars(); * exec sql ... which uses vars declared in the above function * * This breaks standard and leads to some very dangerous programming. This comment is misleading and reflects quite a narrow POV. Not only OPEN and DECLARE may be out of scope, but FETCH and CLOSE as well. The reason why ESQL/C allows this construct is that this ultimately allows using embedded SQL in event-driven code in a straightforward way. For this purpose, native ECPG code is not usable currently, or you need programming tricks, like tracking whether the cursor is open and protecting DECLARE and OPEN under some conditional branch to avoid double open, etc. A straight DECLARE, OPEN, FETCH(s) and CLOSE series in the same function is only good for batch programming. >> Would this be accepted this way? Or the two modification washed into one? >> > > It is accepted either way. I was just pointing out that it might be easier to > review/commit at least parts of your patches if they can be applied seperately. > Okay, I will split the remaining patches into more little pieces that can reviewed more easily. Some patches will still build on earlier ones in the series, that's unavoidable. >> I thought you forgot that patch, the "please, look at that patch" >> was an (I thought) polite request, it's really two one-liners. >> > > Well, this is true as the patch was buried in the long thread containing all > the other ones. And yes, now that you brought it into my memory again, I > already committed it. Sorry for missing it. > Thank you very much for committing it. Best regards, Zoltán Böszörményi -- Bible has answers for everything. Proof: "But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." (Matthew 5:37) - basics of digital technology. "May your kingdom come" - superficial description of plate tectonics ---------------------------------- Zoltán Böszörményi Cybertec Schönig & Schönig GmbH http://www.postgresql.at/
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This is a piece of fan art I made based on last year's Doctor Who Christmas special, A Christmas Carol. I love this episode! It has quickly become one of my favorite things to watch around the holidays. I recently re-watched it, and I might have to do so again before the season is over. It is brilliant. Thanks Steven Moffat.
You can check out the entire painting process in the vid below. It was done in Photoshop. Actual painting time was around four hours.
And for your further enjoyment:
Watch it if you haven't yet! [iTunes]
Merry Christmas!


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#1 Ranked Children's Hospital by U.S. News & World Report
MyPatients provides referring primary care providers with secure access to their patients' information.
Boston Children's has launched the world's 1st program dedicated to offering hand transplants to children who qualify.
Innovation insider is a semi-monthly e-newsletter analyzes innovations at Boston Children's, other academic medical centers and from industry.
Read the latest blog by a Boston Children's doctor, clinician or staff member.
There are many ways you can help children and their families get the care they need.
February 15, 2011
Boston, Mass. - Hospital readmissions are increasingly viewed as an indicator of quality of care. If patients receive appropriate discharge care planning and coordinated outpatient follow-up when leaving the hospital, they should transition safely home without the need to return to the hospital. In a retrospective study of inpatient records at 37 free-standing children's hospitals between 2003 and 2008, nearly 20 percent of admissions and one-quarter of inpatient expenditures ($3.4 billion) were accounted for by a small group (2.9 percent) of patients who were readmitted to the same hospital four or more times within a one year period, according to a study in the February 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Some children with chronic health conditions may require multiple, unavoidable, and necessary re-hospitalizations, such as for chemotherapy for leukemia, to improve their health status. However, an analysis of more than 300,000 patients found that many of the readmissions experienced by the children readmitted the most frequently might have been avoidable with improved inpatient and outpatient care coordination, care planning and community health care support, according to study authors.
In "Hospital Utilization and Characteristics of Patients Experiencing Recurrent Readmissions Within Children's Hospitals," Jay G. Berry, MD, MPH, an attending physician in the Complex Care Service at Children's Hospital Boston, John Neff, MD, from Seattle Children's Hospital, and colleagues at six other Child Health Corporation of America (CHCA) member hospitals, examined inpatient utilization of children experiencing recurrent hospital readmissions within a 365 day interval following an index admission and evaluated their clinical and demographic characteristics and reasons for readmission. The retrospective analysis was based on data from the Pediatric Hospital Information System, a database of hospitalization data from 37 freestanding, tertiary care pediatric hospitals. The analysis relied on administrative data and did not include direct patient health record review.
As readmission frequency increased from zero to four or more, increases were seen in:
Potentially-preventable readmissions were deemed those related to ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) or those readmissions related to the same medical problem, such as recurring sickle cell crises. Among patients with four or more readmissions within the 365-day interval following an initial admission, 28.5 percent were hospitalized repeatedly for a problem in the same organ system. Among the percentage of hospitalizations associated with an ambulatory care-sensitive condition (ACSC), asthma was the most common reason for admission, followed bypneumonia and seizures.
Additionally, the authors found that neuromuscular complex chronic conditions (CCCs), such as cerebral palsy or brain malformations associated with severe developmental disabilities, were the most prevalent disease group among patients frequently readmitted, and gastrostomy tubes were the most frequent medical technology utilized by these patients. The authors suggest that there may be readmissions among these children that could be considered ambulatory care sensitive but are not included within the current ACSC set. For instance, multiple readmissions for aspiration pneumonia in a child with cerebral palsy may be considered care sensitive if providers feel the readmissions are potentially reducible with coordinated surgical and ambulatory reflux, digestive motility, and oromotor dysfunction management.
Recurrent readmissions may be a difficult experience for patients and families, according to Berry, and each hospital and their surrounding community healthcare systems will need to perform a root cause analysis to determine the true reasons why some children are readmitted so frequently. "It's really daunting to think about a child and family going through four readmissions in a row--one right after the other--and how disruptive the hospitalizations are to their lives. It's our duty to figure out if we can mitigate these readmissions. We suspect several factors may contribute to them, including the lack of proactive care plans to implement when these children start to get sick and the communication disconnect between the acute care setting and the outpatient setting," says Berry. "Primary care physicians may not be prepared to manage patients with complex problems or technology assistance because they have not been apprised of the details of the inpatient care or involved in the discharge planning. If they don't have clear instructions to guide them should the patient's health status worsen or have a high comfort level taking a shot at helping the patient, then the patient ends up back in the emergency room and is readmitted again."
Patients with multiple CCCs and technology assistance often have a complicated hospital discharge process, requiring communication, proactive care planning, and follow-up appointments with primary care and multiple outpatient specialty providers, equipment specialists, and home and school nurses at discharge. According to Berry, initiatives are needed to better integrate these providers, bringing them together to systematically sort through the different factors that are causing the readmissions. Dr. John Neff from Seattle Children's Hospital and a co-author, added that many of these families are under considerable financial and personal stress, and without help managing the complexities of their child's condition at home, the child may end up back in the hospital.
Readmissions of patients with ACSCs would also be lowered with better integration between hospital and community providers. Children's Hospital Boston's Community Asthma Initiative demonstrates this. Over the last five years, the asthma management program has reduced emergency room visits by 62 percent and admissions by 82 percent. Families with children with who used to have expensive, frequent episodes of hospital care are "prescribed" asthma management plans, vacuums and new bedding to remove asthma triggers from the home, along with case management home visits, environmental assessments to detect household mold and moisture, and legal assistance to pressure landlords to remove pests and repair areas with mold or water leaks.
According to the authors, even with the best planning, future readmissions may not be preventable in children with complex chronic health conditions if community providers and the health system are underequipped to meet the patients' health care needs, optimally manage their acute illnesses, and minimize their chronic illness exacerbations. However, the payment reform movement sweeping the nation now may begin to address these issues, says Berry. As tertiary care hospitals are driven to lower their costs, and global payment contracts require primary care providers and hospitals to share the cost risk of caring for patients, better integration and communication may be forced on healthcare providers.
(JAMA. 2011;305[7]682-690. Available to the media pre-embargo atwww.jamamedia.org)
Bess Andrews
elizabeth.andrews @childrens.harvard.edu
Children's Hospital Boston is home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric medical center, where its discoveries have benefited both children and adults since 1869. More than 1,100 scientists, including nine members of the National Academy of Sciences, 12 members of the Institute of Medicine and 13 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute comprise Children's research community. Founded as a 20-bed hospital for children, Children's Hospital Boston today is a 392-bed comprehensive center for pediatric and adolescent health care grounded in the values of excellence in patient care and sensitivity to the complex needs and diversity of children and families. Children's also is the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. For more information about research and clinical innovation at Boston Children's visit: Vector Blog.
Boston Children's is so much more than a hospital—it's a community of researchers, clinicians, administrators, support staff, innovators, teachers, patients and families, all working together to make the impossible possible.


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I can never GIVE UP on my teams, but... my expectations for my Seattle Mariners are consistently lowered every year. We'll never see that early 2000's success again, unfortunately.
Still gotta rep my team, though, and hope maybe we get new owners. Nintendo has no business owning a baseball team.


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One Of The Colleges I Went To...One of the colleges I went to hadn't updated their library (much to the science students' dismay). I used to love going in there and looking at old books. There were some from the 40's and 50's and maybe even the twenties. I liked imagining the people who'd used these books when they were still new.
In general, I prefer used books. I like being able to read the notes that someone else has written in the margin and sometimes finding pictures and notes intentionally placed in the book for the next reader. Good stuff!
rustytinangel 26-30, F 1 Response 3 Dec 11, 2011
I use to love reading books set in the last century like some of the old English Classics .. theres an air of mystery not to mention history about them :)


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With so much going on during a fest, it can be tough to make time to blog a bit. There is some great stuff happening in Columbia, MO and I'll have more on that in an article about True/False running in indieWIRE later today/tomorrow.
In the meantime, AJ Schnack has been blogging a bit about the fest here, and linking to a few other bloggers, including local writer Pete Bland and L.A. rep Sara Jo Marks


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Note: this post is important, please read it all the way to the end
Photojojo is an amazing email newsletter on photography – I started getting it way back in 2006 (5 years ago) and half of what I know about personality in products is from their quirky, passionate and fun newsletter. I even applied to work there a few years ago.
I got to meet Amit in person in the interview and though we didn't end up working togehter, I'm grateful to have met the warm, thoughtful person behind Photojo. Check out my application!
Beside Photojojo, Amit's also a coworking hipster in that he was doing coworking before coworking was cool. As the co-founder of Jelly (back in 2006), he's shown thousands of creative independent workers the pleasure and productivity that comes from working together and alongside each other. Jelly is in 100 cities and has inspired countless other coworking projects.
Amit Needs Our Help
I share this with you because not only is Amit a cool guy who we can all learn and be inspired by, but he's also in some trouble. He recently was diagnosed with Leukemia, a blood cancer which kills 200k+ Americans a year. Fortunately there is something he can do – a bone marrow transfusion. Unfortunately, Amit is South Asian and South Asians are severly underrepresented in the Bone Marrow Registry (chances of finding a match is 1 in 20,000!).
I believe that Art of Ass-Kicking readers want to add value to the world. I imagine that many of you entrepreneurial types hope to become successful in order to become a philthropist. I'm sure you all want to give back and do good for the world.
Well this is your chance.
It's not Business, It's Personal
You may not realize it but donating blood, joining the bone marrow registry and signing up as an organ donor are an enormous way to give back to the world. As a personal aside – I blew out my knee a big way. I tore four ligaments in my knee, and have had multiple reconstructive surgeries. I was only able to return to competition and now am only able enjoy running 5ks in my skivvies because there were people generous enough to sign away their organs in an event of an untimely demise.
Additionally, I wrote my honors thesis on the ethical allocation of liver transplantation. And I'll tell you, the most depressing thing is the fact that there are so many people who need organ transplants and so few people signed up to donate.
Steve's Savior
As you all know by know, Steve Jobs, cofounder and CEO of Apple, Inc, died earlier this week from cancer. He was able to go as long as he did in part because he had a liver transplant from a generous soul who was able to offer it. This was a big deal for Steve on a personal level. I know many people are saddened by his death. Why not do something about it? Become an organ donor and sign up for a bone marrow transplant. No one ought to die before their time and you can take simple actions that might the world to someone like Steve, or Amit.
Step up to the Plate
So here's the deal:
If you're in NYC, come out to the party that they're holding for Amit: WANTED: Brown Bones Benefit Party
No matter what: go sign up to get swabbed. Join the Match Registry and also sign up to be an organ donor (California link). It's free (there's an optional place to make a donation) and is a little bit of a hassle to do – but honestly, it's a small inconvenience compared to the chance that you might save someone's life.
And go tell your friends to get swabbed as well. This matters.
Thank you.