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That's one of the big issues a lot of engineering players have had with Blizz. So many cool potential engineer toys being available only as a Trading Card Game reward. It was a pretty big slap in the face by Blizzard back when engineering was being nerfed to death.
As for you, mrbreck, don't be so damn uptight. The column pics are meant to be interesting, and not some technically accurate representation of the article content. Also, I would like to remind mrbeck and Cydonian that the FUTURE of engineering is what is being talked about. So I like Michael Sacco's choice because what engineers want is that big fat rocket. Plus we want it with a triple Global Thermal Charge core (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=42641).
Hear that Blizzard? Give us the future! More rockets. More explosions! We need more explosions!


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Powerleague Portobello
Powerleague Portobello
10 Westbank Street PortobelloEdinburgh EH15 1DR
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Formerly known as the Pitz, Portobello Powerleague is part of an "all-weather", outdoor five-a-side football facility is part of a chain of commercially run venues across the country, including a Sighthill Powerleague.
The pitches, just off Portobello waterfront, are available for hourly rental for corporate, and general public use. Booking ahead advised as the pitches can get very busy.

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September 26, 2008
You won't often find college students out and about at 8 a.m. on a Saturday. Recently, 42 Rollins students woke up bright and early to participate in International Coastal Cleanup Day and headed out to clean up the shores of Cape Canaveral.
The Office of Community Engagement and the Department of Biology organized Rollins' fourth annual involvement with International Coastal Cleanup Day, putting Rollins students alongside thousands of other volunteers all over North America and Europe who were also headed for the coast that morning.
While riding on buses to Cherie Down Park in Cape Canaveral, students worked through a quick preflection as one of the program's coordinators Assistant Professor of Biology Fiona Harper explained the significance of the beach cleanup the students were about to participate in. They learned that one of the greatest dangers to wildlife is one of the easiest things to overlook on the beach – cigarette butts. Cigarette butts casually abandoned on the beach can be eaten by local wildlife, expand in their stomachs, and kill them.
When students arrived at Cherie Down Park they quickly saw how big of a problem this really was. Rollins volunteers spent the next two hours combing the sand for man-made debris. One three-person group found more than 300 cigarette butts, not to mention plastic cups, bottle caps and even toothbrushes. While collecting pounds of trash, students still had time to enjoy the beach and the waves. Sophomore Environmental Studies major Emily Collins commented, "I personally enjoy the chance to spend a day at the beach with friends and make a positive impact on our local environment. It really is shocking to see the amount of garbage left on the shores and to then realize that we only spent two hours cleaning."


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Area residents that are interested in developing a gravel pit on their property are invited to attend a workshop related to the Opencut permitting process on Tuesday, June 19th in Conrad. This 5 hour hands on workshop will start with registration at 9:30 am at Joe's Steakhouse located at 402 S Main. The work


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A Goodyear mother didn't get out of a Mexican jail Tuesday as her family had hoped. She's been accused of attempting to smuggle 12 pounds of marijuana.
Her family says she is innocent and she's been in jail now for nearly a week.
According to her family, Yanira Maldonado spent most of Tuesday in Mexican court. But the judge didn't make any kind of decision. For her family, the wait is agonizing.
Yanira and her husband Gary were on their way back from a funeral when Mexican authorities stopped the bus they were riding near Hermosillo and ordered everyone off and searched it.
They claimed they found more than 12 pounds of marijuana strapped to the bottom of the couple's seats.
First they accused both of them of smuggling the drugs -- then only arrested Yanira.
"We are finding that there is so much red tape and bureaucracy in the Mexican government that even to get evidence that will easily prove their innocence to the judge is huge, huge bureaucratic mess," Brandon Klippel, Yanira's brother-in-law, told us Monday night.
According to Klippel, four members of her family testified in court Tuesday. One of them was the relative who dropped them off at the bus station.
More testimony from family members and witnesses is expected Wednesday.
"The witnesses who came forward and said they saw them enter the bus without anything with them, they saw they were the last ones on the bus, we were able to get also some testimony from family members that said that they were at the funeral with them, we have the documentation that the funeral took place, and today the military personnel, who were there at the checkpoint, they will be testifying and our attorney will have the opportunity to cross-examine them," said Klippel.
In addition, the Mexican federales who arrested Yanira are expected to tell their side of the story at Wednesday's hearing.
"One thing we've realized is that if you get arrested and you're detained, unless you have someone on the outside helping you out, you're really at the whim of the system," said Dustin Jones, attorney for Maldonado. "I've got all of the legal documents they've provided us and they're replete with all kinds of false allegations that we're having to defend and it's been quite a chore."
Yanira's husband Gary says his 42-year-old wife had nothing to do with the marijuana allegedly found on the bus.
"We just had our witnesses testify. I did my declaration, Yanira did hers yesterday," Gary Maldonado told us by phone. "It's looking promising like our case is solid and theirs looks weak."
Gary told us the process of freeing his wife is nothing like the justice system here.
"What they do is they gather up all the testimonies and then the judge will have her secretary/lawyer type all the stuff up and then she'll give a recommendation what she thinks to the judge. The judge will decide the case from reading all of the evidence, who weighs more in evidence."
Yanira, who is a U.S. citizen of 17 years, is a devout Mormon and mother raising 7 children. Anna Soto is one of her daughters.
"Just let her come home. Let her come home. She is innocent," said Soto Monday night.
"You have 72 hours. Then in 72 hours she will be either released free or she will have to be processed into the system and she'll be in a federal prison. She has to go through that 72 hours, but she was able to get an extension until Friday at 6 p.m.," added Maldonado.
"I know she's gunna be home by Friday. [I] keep praying, that's all I can really do," said Soto.
U.S. Senator Jeff Flake has been in contact with the Mexican embassy and the family.
In a statement, the Mexican embassy said, "Mrs. Maldonado's rights to a defense counsel and due process are being observed. As the process is ongoing and a preliminary decision by the judge is due soon, no further comments will be made at this time."
When the judge will make a decision is the big question. The family hopes to know something by Friday at the latest.
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Side Effects After Quitting Smoking
The side effects you experience when you quit smoking are what make it so difficult to stay smoke free. There are both psychological and physical side effects that can be equally crippling. The main reason for these effects is that cigarettes contain nicotine, which is a highly addictive substance. This is because of how it's able to influence hormones released in the brain, making you think that you need a cigarette. Many people find that having a cigarette in a stressful situation helps to relax them, when in fact it's just temporarily satisfying the brain's craving for nicotine.
Quit smoking effects
Quitting smoking can affect our bodies in many different ways, not just physically but also psychologically. However, in order to cope with them effectively, it is helpful to know what to expect so that you can prepare for them.
When you are dependent on cigarettes, stopping smoking can cause you some discomfort. These effects may range from diarrhoea and headaches to agitation and the shakes. These effects don't normally last more than a couple of days, but they can test even the most determined smoker's reserve.
One of the main reasons people find that they start smoking again after giving up is the emotional and psychological effect nicotine withdrawal has on them. This is especially amplified if you often use smoking as a way to deal with stressful day-to-day situations or to help you relax.
Coping with the effects of quitting smoking
There is no single method of quitting smoking that guarantees success. In fact, according to statistics on average it takes up to five attempts to give it up indefinitely. There are many coping mechanisms that can be used to deal with quit smoking effects.
If you quit cold turkey you need to have strong willpower and be extremely determined to give up. Take each day one at a time to avoid setting unrealistic goals. Aim to get to the end of a day without smoking, and then do it again the following day.
To help ease quit smoking effects, tell your friends and family that you are giving up. Additional support is also useful when you quit. Even better, find someone else who want to give up, and do it together.
Preparing for withdrawal
If you're prepared for withdrawal symptoms, you can think of ways to help you cope with them. For example, your hands will fall idle, as you won't be smoking anymore, so perhaps try and do something to keep them busy. Read, knit, cook or write, anything to keep your hands active.
If you start feeling drained during the day, yet cannot sleep at night, then work up your level of exercise. If you are physically tired after a good workout, you will sleep naturally and more peacefully.
You could also choose to use an aid to help you quit. There are many smoking cessation medications available that can help make the quitting process easier. Champix, for example, is a medication that inhibits the receptors in the brain that react to nicotine, so you will experience fewer cravings and find quitting easier. You can also deal better with quit smoking effects and nicotine withdrawal with nicotine replacement treatments, available in patch, spray and gum form.
Another way to cope with quit smoking effects is to simply consider what the effects of passive smoking have on your friends and family, the increased risk of smoking and impotence, and the potential damage you are doing to yourself with every cigarette.


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Canberra Overview
Canberra is probably one of the most under rated places to visit in Australia.
We have divided the city into North Canberra and South Canberra pages
There is so much to do that you will need several days at least to do it justice.
There are scores of restaurants, cafes and eateries as well as bars, pubs, night clubs,the Canberra Casino, theatres, world class art galleries and museums.
Lake Burley Griffin provides a magnificent centrepiece to Canberra and hiring a bike and cycling around it is a must.
Canberra, an aboriginal word for 'Meeting Place', was purpose built as the Nation's capital in the early 1900's.
It is located in the Australian Capital Territory or A.C.T, not in NSW as is sometimes thought; probably because the small territory is completely surrounded by New South Wales.
As the Australian's capital, the city is home to embassies and of course the Australian Federal Parliament.
Canberra is often dismissed and criticised for being 'man made' and soulless but this is an unfair, superficial view.
Spend a little time in Canberra and you will quickly appreciate the thoughtful design, architecture and general usability of the place.
Canberra is a fascinating place in which to stay and explore.
Burley Griffin
Canberra is built around the man made Lake Burley Griffin, named after the city 's visionary architect, and was designed to gently blend in with the natural landscape. More..
Civic is the main CBD of Canberra and is situated just to the north of Lake Burley Griffin at the southern end of Northborne Avenue. More..
Manuka and Kingston
Manuka and the nearby Kingston both have a delightful leafy village character and are two of the most chic and fashionable wining and dining venues in the city. More..
The Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial is located a few km east of Civic and overlooks ANZAC Parade.
The memorial is dedicated to the fallen Australian forces personnel involved in military conflicts over the years. More..
Parliament House
Parliament House, sitting a top Capital Hill and at the centre of State and Capital Circles is literally at the focal point of Canberra. More..
Telstra Tower
The 200 m high Telstra Tower is located on Black Mountain and dominates the skyline in Canberra. More..
National Museum of Australia
The National Museum of Australia is a striking addition to Canberra and has received architectural plaudits for its brave design.
Opened in March 2001, the National Museum is the first in the country devoted to the stories of Australia and Australians, exploring the key issues, events and people that have shaped and influenced our nation.
The design achieved international recognition in late 2001, winning in London the prestigious Blueprint Architecture Award for the world's Best New Public Building of the Year.
Spectacular Lake Views
The Museum includes a high-quality restaurant, Axis, which features spectacular views of Lake Burley Griffin and has become a significant destination in its own right.
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Canberra accommodation
Canberra has a good selection of hotels and accommodation of a good standard which is unsurprising as this is the base of the Federal Australian Government.
See our general Canberra accommodation listings for hotels and resorts and and Backpacker accommodation for hostels.
Canberra and the A.C.T is completely surrounded by New South Wales and located in the south east of the state. For this reason we have included it within the New South Wales location pages.
Canberra's latitude is 35.3°S and longitude is 149.1° E.
Driving To Canberra
Some approximate driving times are:
3Hrs From Sydney (300Km)
7Hrs From Melbourne (650Km) )
See Route and Distance Calculator for more accurate driving times and routes from additional locations throughout Australia.
Flying To Canberra
Canberra International Airport is around 9km (5.5 miles) due east of the city.
By car, the journey into the city should take approximately 10 minutes depending on traffic conditions. Taxis, hire cars are available.
As a guide, the approximate flying time from Canberra to Perth is 4.5 hours, to Sydney 1 hours, to Melbourne 1 hours, to Brisbane 1.5 hours.
Rivers and Mountains
Away from the planned architecture of modern Australia, the ancient surrounding bush, lakes, streams, rivers and mountains are within easy reach.
A few days at least are required to fully appreciate the gentle beauty of its surroundings and the subtlety and thought which has gone into its creation.
Canberra is also an ideal and popular stop over point for visitors from Sydney en transit to the Snowy Mountains.
A.C.T School & Public Holidays
New Years Day Tue 1st Jan.
Australia Day Mon 28th Jan.
Canberra Day Mon 10th March
Good Friday 21st March.
Easter Monday 24th March.
Anzac Day Fri 25th April.
Queens Birthday Holiday Mon 9th June.
Labour Day Mon 6th Oct.
Family & Community Day Tue 4th Nov (To be confined)
Christmas Day Thu 25th Dec.
Boxing Day Holiday Fri 26th Dec.
(End and start school on preceding and next week day (Mon - Fri) respectively)
Easter Holiday 14th April To 25th April.
Winter Holiday 7th July To 18th July.
Spring Holiday 23rd Sept To 10th Oct.
Summer Holiday 22nd Dec To Jan 29th
Starts Sunday 5th October
Ends 5th April 2009
Note: Dates for guidance only. Always check with your individual School as variations may occur for individual education authorities or establishments and dates may be subject to change. Always check with relevant State or Territory education department to confirm holiday periods at the commencement of each school year. Not all Public Holidays for individual regions within each state and territory are shown and public holidays falling on weekends are not listed. Not all Public Holidays may be applicable to all employers, organisations etc so always check with your employer, education authority etc which public holidays are applicable.
Canberra Climate
These figures are for guidance only:
Canberra has four distinct seasons.
Approximate Max Average Temperature
Deg C/ Deg F
Winter(June-Aug):12 / 53
Spring(Sep-Nov):20 / 68
Summer(Dec-Feb):28 / 82
Autumn(Mar-May):20 / 68
Approximate Average Monthly Rainfall - mm
Winter(June-Aug): 40
Spring(Sep-Nov): 60
Summer(Dec-Feb): 56
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Castleton, Vermont - January 2, 2010
Castleton now has Amtrak service for the first time in more than 50 years. The Ethan Allen Express made its first stop at the town's recently renovated depot today. A crowd gathered Saturday at the newly renovated Train Depot to witness the first passenger boarding in over 50 years.
Depot Owner Maryann Jakubowski says, "We've invited everybody from the neighborhood and all up an down the street around town telling them that todays the first day!"
Two passengers boarded the Ethan Allen train Saturday at the newly renovated location. This stop will replace the old boarding location in Fairhaven and will provide a comfortable waiting place for passengers.
Bill Hollister of Amtrak states, "Coming in to this train station this is just pure Vermont and it really adds a great touch."
An Amtrak representative says rail service has struggled in this economy. Passenger boardings are down nationwide -- but he says the Ethan Allen line is doing well in Vermont.
Hollister added, "the Vermonter had an increase and the Ethan Allen was pretty flat and this year they both have increases so its good news for the state of Vermont we're doing pretty well up here compared to the rest of the country."
Bringing the train stop back to Castleton not only creates convenience for travelers but locals say they are optimistic for future business. Lynn Kratochivic of the Green Mountain Country Depot thinks, " It will increase it you know as time goes on its definitely a plus."
And stores agrees, says Laura Steere of the Castleton Village Store, "I'm hoping we can have some new business because all of the businesses in town I think would benefit."
The state has filed an application for a 73 million dollar federal grant that would fund the expansion of the Ethan Allen line from Rutland to Burlington. Officials say news about the grant should come in the next few months.
The Ethan Allen Express will stop in Castleton twice a day. Transportation officials say growing demand from the area -- especially Castleton State -- led to the move.
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Acer also baked in a couple of proprietary technologies, including Acer Green Instant On for fast boot and resume, and Acer Always Connect technology, which lets users manage their multimedia and data on all their devices at anytime, anywhere, even from sleep mode.
There's no word on price, though Acer did say the Timeline Ultra will start shipping in the second quarter of this year.
As far as it goes was Acer not the one to really start this category anyway?
Looks decent, hopefully they'll release more info on the specs.
Acer must be credited for bringing the price down, but I'm wondering at what cost?
It's probably a core i3 and a lower-end SSD that won't be much better than a HDD. However, it's good to see they could squeeze in an optical drive despite it's thinness.
dejasoul100:and a lower-end SSD that won't be much better than a HDD
All SSD's blow HDD's out of the water for (speed) performance.
Dogs are great judges of character, and if your dog doesn't like somebody being around, you shouldn't trust them.
Not all, actually. One of my complaints with the Toshiba's Portégé R835-P330 is its comparatively anemic SSD, which is rated at up to 180MB/s read and 50MB/s write speeds. It felt and benched like a fast hard drive and is in stark contrast to the Zenbook UX21 by Asus, which uses a performance oriented SSD that blazes along at over 500MB/s for both reads and writes.
We'll have to wait and see what Acer's Timeline Ultra is rocking.
I know it's a "Intel" form factor, but could you ask about getting an AMD A series in something like this?
Paul_Lilly:Not all, actually.
Paul_Lilly:is rated at up to 180MB/s read and 50MB/s write speed
Ok, I'll admit that my experiences with SSD's are far less than yours, (you routinely see a lot more tech gear than I ever will) and that one that you're describing is anemic at best.
But most modern SSD's are a hell of a lot faster than it is. They make a remarkable change in a system's performance compared to a HDD.
Mine really made a huge difference for me, and they are ~not top of the line~ SSD's either. The slower SATA-II Agility-2 does 285 read and 275 write, and the faster SATA-III drives almost double that.
Decent SSD's speed boot times and make a system feel much more responsive to me. They blow an ~excellent~ HDD's performance right out of the water.
No argument there, I'm just saying he has a valid concern, considering that's exactly what Toshiba just did (cut corners with a lower performing SSD and processor to arrive at a lower price point).
Paul_Lilly:No argument there, I'm just saying he has a valid concern, considering that's exactly what Toshiba just did (cut corners with a lower performing SSD and processor to arrive at a lower price point).
OK I can agree with that too.
Could anyone enlighten me what "2-spindle design" should actually mean? Thanks!
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Benromach Origins is a series of special bottlings crafted to highlight how small changes in the art of whisky making can help shape the character of the final single malt.
Benromach Origins - Batch 1 Golden Promise the first batch release in the series is produced using Golden Promise barley grown in the heart of Speyside. Matured in first and second fill sherry casks.
This full bodied single malt displays a rich, fruity notes, intertwined with peat smoke and soft spicy flavours. The palate starts creamy and becomes very sweet. Heavily toasted malt influences with a very delicate smoke. Mouth watering and complex.
Benromach Distillery was designed by Charles C. Diog and constructed at Forres in 1898 and was due to commence production in 1899. But demand for scotch collapsed when the principle purchaser of Benromach's malt whisky Pattison's of Leith went bankrupt and Benromach Distillery sat silent as the next decade rolled by. Intermittent production followed until major investment and refurbishment in the 1960s and 1970s turned Benromach into a thoroughly modern Speyside malt whisky distillery, only to close again in 1983. Ten years later it was purchased by the independent bottler Gordon and MacPhail who fired up its single pair of stills in 1998 and nurtured Benromach ever since. Benromach Distillery welcomes visitors into the Benromach Distillery visitor centre, offers distillery tours and is a participant in the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival.


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We're off to Japan (Tokyo and Kyoto!), where we will slurp ramen, taste weird Kit Kat flavors, try to navigate the subway system, gaze at girls in maid outfits, buy adorable useless things (okay, that'll just be me), take pictures of cherry blossoms, and basically get lost in translation. This is the one place I've wanted to visit more than any other place in the universe, so I'm pretty excited.
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Water Ballet
In a double dip no one would hold against her, Kelly Klein is releasing a follow-up to Pools. The photographer revisits her favorite backyard amenity 20 years later in her new book, Pools: Reflections, which she launched last night with a signing at Barneys. "This one's sexier than the first one," Klein told Style.com at the dinner afterward, which her friend Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer hosted for her at the revamped and soon-to-open Beatrice Inn. Joining them were the likes of Carolyn Murphy, Bruce Weber, and Tomas Maier, who'd come straight from his own book event at the Bottega Veneta store on Fifth Avenue.
"I think I've become a bit obsessed with pools," Klein confessed. She's in good company: Fashion photographers as various as Lartigue, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, and Steven Meisel have yielded to the pull of the pool, Klein explained, and Charlotte Rampling memorably went off the deep end in the 2003 thriller Swimming Pool. No such malevolence in Klein's new book. With some proceeds from its sales going to the AIDS nonprofit ACRIA, it's a Christmas gift that gives twice.
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>Dane: Find yourself interrupted from your melodramatic melancholy rudely.
'Rude' is one way to put it. A more accurate description would probably be 'startlingly sudden and inducing heart attack.' In your despondent moods, you find yourself staring off into space and staring at your computer screen, text blurring and scarring into your retinas, and not a whole lot else catches your attention. In fact, you honestly don't notice a whole lot else outside your teenage depression-bubble.
Ordinarily you would have noted Dave's entrance before he could startle you that violently, but today is one of those days your peripherals in all senses are dulled and feel pointless. So instead of outing his appearance with a sassy remark, you don't notice him until you're tackled like a quarterback about to make the winning touchdown and then smothered beneath your tangled sheets, a kitten trapped in a burlap sack and drowned in a river by a misanthropic farmer.
The noise you make is unfortunately apt for that metaphor, and you thank everything you've ever held dear that your head was buried under a mass of blanketry when your vocal chords squawled in betrayal.
Before you can muster a suitably indignant complaint to Dave's clear violation of your personal space, both emotional and physical, he says something.
"We're going on a road trip, dickbag, get your bone yard ass up or I'm going to hijack your shit and drag you out myself! We're taking the Vanquish, by the way."
This is just exactly the thing you wanted to do today, how lovely of him to figure it out. You were clearly pining to drive nowhere in particular with the way you were unmoving from your bed.
"Get off of me, you crack-snorting gonad," you gripe, and take the opportunity of being covered in fabric to burrow deeper under your dirty covers.
>Dave: Continue your pestering.
Your face breaks out into a grin, a real, genuine twist of your mouth that is so foreign it almost hurts. You practically expect to hear the bones of your jaw creak with discomfort and the muscles to fight stubbornly against your abnormally amused expression.
A very nearly inaudible sound issued from beneath the fortress of duvet that's now swathing your brother in what he thinks is some barrier of protection, and it makes you halt for a moment, leaning in over the lump of blankets. You want to laugh but something about the pitiful little squawk makes you feel a little guilty.
Not that guilt has ever stopped you.
Gently, you prod him, face slipping back into that very vaguely amused but otherwise deadpan expression. It's common and familiar to you, easier than forcing your face into something flaunting any sort of true emotion. You figure you shouldn't scare the shit out of him by digging down into his blanket cavern with a ridiculous smile on your face. Even to you the thought seems distinctly terrifying.
"C'mon," you huff, an unusual amount of energy built up in you despite the lack of fervent drinking lately, "It'll be fun and I'm afraid I'm going to come in here one day and find that you've melted into a helpless puddle of mush, bed fibers clinging to your soggy blob of a body. I won't even be able to bury you properly, I'll just have to prop the mattress up against the living room wall."
You shove at him a little impatiently, going as far to drape yourself across his thin blanketed body and pull away some of the covers to peer in at him.
"Let's go, goddamnit. Either you come willingly or I tie you up in these disgusting sheets — what the hell man they look like a lonely neckbeard has been fapping to his anime waifu on these — and drag you out to the car myself."
As if assuring him of your intent to follow through on your threat, you pull back and begin groping for the edges of the sheets beneath him, yanking them up until you'd be able to pull them together and lift him in the makeshift kidnapping accessory.
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Trends in the Development of Ambulatory Care Centers
By Robert J. Zasa, MSHHA, FACMPE
During the last 20 years, there has been significant change in the delivery of ambulatory surgery. Many of the initial surgery centers struggled between 1972 and 1982 with challenges such as reimbursement, establishing themselves as high-quality facilities, and establishing the trend that a facility could be run on a profitable basis and still provide good quality of care. These early pioneers laid a solid foundation for many of us who have been involved in the surgery center movement for the last 25 years.
After 1982 and the approval of Medicare reimbursement for surgery centers, there has been a significant growth in the number of centers. This growth has occurred both in single specialty centers such as ophthalmology, plastic surgery and gastroenterology centers as well as multi-specialty centers. Today there are more than 2,600 ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) throughout the United States. However, in recent years there has been significant change in reimbursement, competition and in the delivery of ambulatory surgery services. These changes have had a profound effect on the way that the facilities will be developed, built, and operated in the future.
Fewer Freestanding Facilities
The first trend is that there are fewer freestanding surgery centers being built and more centers built within a larger facility that offers a wider array of ambulatory care services. Many health organizations such as large group practices, healthcare systems, and some HMOs are developing multiple facilities within a 30- to 40-mile radius of their primary facility. The trend of garnering market share continues to be a strong one in the U.S. Having a strong market share converts to a stronger position when negotiating with managed-care payers. It certainly allows a facility to grow at a faster pace and secure its future in the increasingly competitive health-care market. Those who do not gain a strong market share are experiencing either merger or acquisition and will certainly be faced with dwindling revenues in the near future. To avoid that trend, many health organizations have purchased individual physician practices.
In a zealous effort to gain market share, many healthcare organizations have too many locations and are looking for economies of scale. There are several reasons for this. The first is to develop more of a regional center that is still convenient to patients but at the same time allows providers to gain economies of scale in staffing, supply costs and group purchasing. Secondly, regionalized facilities provide one attractive location that can serve as a gathering place for all of the professionals. This results in more referrals between the professionals as well as use of ancillary services that are now available due to the fact that there is critical mass within the facility to support them. There tends to be a more sophisticated group of ancillary services available in the regional facilities than can typically be economically supported in the individual physician's office. Thirdly, consolidation of real estate for healthcare providers becomes a great incentive to sell off small individual offices and consolidate the providers into a smaller number of larger regional facilities. What we are seeing in healthcare is basically a regional mall concept being implemented with smaller individual physician office practices being closed. This consolidation is being done while keeping in mind the convenience factor for patients. This trend is certainly mitigated by specific market conditions whereas in some areas this single office will remain due to its critical importance to servicing a particular community. However, this will be more an exception in the future than the norm.
These regional centers create more visual presence and have a tendency to be more attractive to patients. They typically have an "architectural signature" that reminds the patient that the facility is affiliated with a particular healthcare organization. Many healthcare organizations try to develop four to five major sites within a community depending upon the size of the market and the number of counties serviced. Our firm calls these facilities Big MACCs (Multiple-service Ambulatory Care Centers). Big MACCs typically have the critical mass to support multiple services such as ambulatory surgery centers.
Most Big MACCs are located in secondary markets and are at least 20 to 30 minutes away from the host facility. They typically include a number of rotating offices for specialists as well as permanent offices for primary care physicians including family practice, internal medicine or pediatrics.
Due to the fact that many healthcare organizations are developing or purchasing multiple sites and an ambulatory care is reimbursed less than hospital outpatient services, the sites need to be developed very efficiently, not oversized and planned to be expanded in phases. It is very critical to not overbuild, or over-spec these facilities from an architectural standpoint. If the facility is over equipped, built too large or built at standards way above the norm and need for ambulatory care services, the fixed costs to be covered by the lesser amounts of ambulatory care reimbursement become prohibitive. These are very specialized buildings that need to be developed in a very cost effective way and equipped similarly.
These Big MACCs require excellent traffic flow because of their ambulatory nature and they require a significant amount of parking due to the large volume of in-and-out traffic. The facilities should be functional, efficient, with good design and nicely finished. There is nothing inconsistent with having a high-quality, cost- effective facility and delivering good ambulatory care.
Specialties are Developing
The second trend is that of building smaller, single-specialty ASCs. There has been an explosion in the number of plastic surgery, GI, eye and urology centers built during the last several years. Physician practice management companies are also driving this. They want an ASC in their multi-specialty clinic. Many companies are building surgery centers within their medical clinics for the aforementioned specialties, or are consolidating these surgeries with others to form larger multi-specialty surgery centers. This trend is being fueled by the growth needed by the physician management companies that is mostly coming out of ancillary service growth. In addition, as these companies develop more capitated rates for a variety of services, capturing the profits and controlling the costs from outpatient surgery will be more important to them in the future. Other areas they are looking at are birthing centers, diagnostic centers and other types of services that can be legally owned by the group under the group practice exemption of the Stark I and II regulations.
Leaner and Meaner Facilities
The third trend is that ASCs are being built "leaner and meaner." Reimbursement for outpatient surgery has dropped 25 percent. This is due to the HMOs, PPOs and other managed-care players gaining larger discounts from ASCs. Medicare has had a freeze on rate increases in surgery centers. Lower reimbursement means ASCs have to lower costs and one means of doing so is to reduce initial capital costs such as building smaller, more efficient spaces.
Redefining Space Needs
Another trend is helping ASCs refine space. "Just in time" inventory reduces the bulk storage requirements of surgery centers. The amount of storage space is simply not needed as it was years before this cost-effective management tool was implemented. Operating room (OR) size is now being revisited. Many architects are downsizing ORs or building one very large room for orthopedics or other specialties that need a lot of equipment. Another trend is to put the table on an angle, using the deep corners of the room for additional storage space rather than having the table parallel to the back wall. This is an innovative technique and allows equipment to be stored in the room safely, but clearly out of the way of OR personnel, the anesthesiologist and the surgeon. Additionally, there are better anesthesia drugs available that now allow for patients to be semi-awake while they are being wheeled out of the OR. Since this increases OR output, ASCs require more recovery room spaces per facility. We now encourage our clients to develop four recovery spaces per OR. The mix of services also has a great deal to do with the number of recovery room spaces necessary. If a lot of children are having ear tubes or tonsillectomies done, theses cases are done in a relatively short time within the OR and have the tendency to easily impact a recovery room in a short period of time. If a facility is planning to have heavy caseloads in specialty areas, they need more recovery space than a normal surgery center.
Birthing Centers Are All the Rage
The fourth trend is that birthing centers are becoming more and more popular in a freestanding setting. There is an increasing trend of developing labor/delivery rooms with postpartum rooms physically next to surgery centers, particularly in Big MACCs. There is an accreditation association for birthing centers with formal criteria for such facilities. They have done a great deal to help standardize and raise the level of service and design. Typically such facilities are developed with three or four 72-hour beds. These beds allow the patient to stay if it is necessary and/or appropriate for the mother's physical wellbeing. The operating rooms of the surgery center can be used in case of severe emergency. The ASC can serve as a backup for this particular service when they are both found in a MACC.
Replacing Hospitals
The fifth trend is the trend of developing Big MACCs as replacement hospitals. There are a large number of small facilities in rural areas that have been built in the past that currently cannot be converted to meet fire safety code requirements. There is a trend to use these older facilities and convert them to nursing homes or assisted living facilities. In addition, there is a trend to build a new facility that has primarily an ambulatory care focus but has have some 72-hour observation and recovery beds available. Typical services in such facilities would include urgent care and extended hours or a full-blown emergency department, CT and other diagnostic X-ray services, mammography, ultrasound, a phase I laboratory, a surgery center, four to six medical observation 72-hour beds, and a birthing center with postpartum backup (using the 72-hour beds). These facilities typically also have permanent offices for primary care physicians, timeshare space for specialists, EKG stress testing and cardiac diagnostic areas, a small pharmacy, optical area for refractions and glasses, dental space, and typically some type of physical therapy, wellness or cardiac rehab area in the building. The services are very market specific. They depend upon the distance between the main provider's facility and the location, the population and physician demographics of the area, as well as competition in the area.
A greater number of healthcare organizations are refining their market assessment to understand which ambulatory services are feasible and necessary. Population demographics, physician demographics, utilization for outpatient services are typically being analyzed by healthcare organizations to develop specific plans for servicing the medical needs of these secondary markets. Location is very critical for these facilities. The traffic count must be in the 80,000 range per day and the location must be easily accessible to interstates and other major thoroughfares within the area. The new ambulatory care facilities basically house "retail" healthcare services. They have many of the attributes of a mall. In fact, many of them are located next to a mall or other food or retail outlets that have significant traffic. Such market assessment and good financial projects are critical before developing Big MACCs on campus or in secondary markets. It is imperative to know which services in a given market have the best chance of succeeding, and what is the expected economic return for the services if established.
Once the market assessment is completed, a business plan should be developed which includes financial projections for both the development and operations of the facility and all services to be located within it. The projections should include profit/loss projections, cash flows, total source and use of proceeds, projections of equipment and all construction costs, land costs and soft costs for developing the project.
Good experience in development, joint venturing and managing facilities is required by the individual performing such projections. Surgery centers and many other ambulatory care services are volume-sensitive businesses. It is imperative that projections are done accurately and are operationally sound. For that reason, it is essential to have someone who is experienced in operating these facilities to review or prepare the projections to assure that the cases are not either overstated nor the expenses understated. Planning such ambulatory care facilities also requires those who have had extensive experience in the development of the newer model, cost effective facilities. Significant cost savings in land, construction, design, and equipment costs can be gained by using such a firm for planning and design/build functions. Use of specialized design-build firms or architects that specialize in ambulatory care facilities is a growing response to the trends in specialized surgery/ambulatory care services. Many of these firms are spending significant internal time and resources to further refine their ambulatory care facility space programs, patient flow pattern, clinical spaces, building specifications and building costs.
Healthcare organizations are moving quickly to capture the ambulatory care market share within secondary markets surrounding their facilities. It is imperative that they do so in order to sustain strong future growth, and continue to obtain key managed care contracts. However as they do so, they must implement their plans, keeping in mind the new trends with the ambulatory care field in order to successfully implement such strategies.
Robert J. Zasa, MSHHA, FACMPE, is a principal of Woodrum/Ambulatory Systems Development, Inc.


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- May 7th 2012: Marked assignments are available for you to pick up!
- 23rd April 2012: All project presentations are over; impressive work by everyone! Marked assignments, project report, and presentations will be available by May 1st.
- 13th April 2012: (i) Please submit the second assignment as soon as possible. (ii) I am available today afternoon, and on Monday and Tuesday afternoons to discuss questions on project. (iii) For those presenting on 20th, please submit your reports by noon on the 19th. For those presenting on the 23rd, please submit your reports by 21st midnight.
- 1st April 2012: (i) Tomorrow's class will start at 2:45pm, and we will continue our investigation of random walks and animal movement. (ii) Assignment #2 is ready. This time, please do not delay in submission since its the end of semester and I will later get busy with grading your project reports. (iii) Please send your project plan no later than 3rd April 2012. For those crediting, please note that this is a part of your grade! See the project page for updated timelines.
- 25th March 2012: We will meet on Monday, 26th at 2:45pm, to begin a new topic! Please have both R and Matlab installed on your laptops.
- 24th March 2012: Slides of today's class are on materials page, and the R code of stochastic simulations on the schedule page.
- 22nd March 2012: Couple of important papers regarding alternative stable states, and threshold dynamics have been added to materials list. Also, please schedule a meeting with me during Mon-Wed next week to discuss your project.
- 22nd March 2012: Please note that saturday's class will be at 420 CES (3rd floor). We will start at 10am, and go on to around 12:30 or so. We will have a tea-break in between! Please complete and submit the assignment #1 by Saturday.
- 22nd March 2012: The schedule page contains links to download R files we used on two previous sessions. I have commented it as much as possible so that its readable. TO DO: (A) Please execute these codes to obtain (i) stable fixed points (stable population densities) as a function of grazing (ii) dynamics of population under time dependent harvesting. Do this for both models of harvesting, the proportionate model and the sigmoidal model. (B) Think over of significance of alternative stable states, hysteresis, and their implications to ecological management. (C) Before saturday's class, implement stochastic simulations based on the method I showed in the class!
- 18th March 2012: Description of projects for the course is now available here.
- 17th March 2012: Note that the first five questions of Assignment are due at the beginning of the class on Monday (19th). An email detailing other aspects of submission has been sent. All the best.
- 15th March 2012: We will have a class on saturday 1
7th March 201224th March 2012 from 10am to 12:30pm, to make up for the missed class. Venue will be either CES Seminar Hall or CES 420 (venue to be confirmed).
- 13th March 2012: (i) By Wednesday class on the 14th, please make sure you attempt some questions of the assignment (has been updated!). Do read all questions and ask for any clarifications. (ii) Take a look at the new materials page. The password to access the page has been sent separately in an email. (iii) Please do refresh your basic calculus. Here is one link. If you find ones that you find more useful, please let me know.
- 4th March 2012: For our next class tomorrow (i) Please bring your laptops. We will use excel or related software to perform more fun calculations (ii) Note that Assignment #1 is now partly ready! The due date is 14th March, but you can begin working on it right away. Discuss questions with your friends but the final answer should always be your own!
- 29th Feb 2012: Our class will be at 1:30pm today. (i) Please come with calculators again (not laptops). (ii) Complete up to 10th generation for the logistic model tasks for both values of R and x(0) that you were working on. (iii) Those who had attended workshop can begin to come to class today.
- 29th Feb 2012: A new page on schedule and materials, that will contain schedule of the topics and all relevant materials, has been created!
- 25th Feb 2012: You can skip the first session on 27th, Monday if you have already attended my CES/YETI workshop on Ecology through numbers.
- First session will be on Feb 27th, from 2:30pm to 5:30pm at CES Seminar Hall. Please bring scientific calculators (no laptops for this session. Note that mobile phones can be difficult to use as a replacement for calculator).
- Feb 21st: Our first meet is over and we have finalized the schedule. We will meet every week on Mon: 2:30pm-5:30pm and Wed: 1:30pm to 3:30pm at CES Seminar Hall.
- Feb 21st 2012: Tuesday; 10:15am-11am: Venue: CES Seminar Hall: We will have our first meeting to discuss syllabus, timing for classes, and other such things.
- Feb 20th 2012: The course plan page has been updated!
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After five straight losses in April alone the Denver Nuggets finally managed to win a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. In a nutshell it was desperation and pride pushing Denver to overcome their struggles long enough to avoid an embarrassing first round sweep. Down three games to one it was certainly not a series-changing win but nevertheless it was a statement that this team has worked too hard to end their season at home on such a sour note.
Much like game one the Nuggets did an excellent job forcing the Thunder into difficult shots and mostly contested jumpers. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook again scored 30 a piece as they did in that game but needed a combined 48 shots to do so and both tallied 5 personal fouls as well. Denver finally put pressure on the superstar duo to exert energy on both ends and it resulted in the Thunder looking tired and discombulated for the first time all series.
However the real storylines behind the Nuggets' first win of the series go beyond Durant and Westbrook. Denver made an important adjustment in game three as Coach Karl finally limited the use of the disastrous small ball lineup featuring a Felton-Lawson backcourt. Following the game Karl gushed about needing to use Felton and Lawson as much as possible so I have to speculate the coaching staff analyzed the poor results out of this lineup and used it to a smaller extent out of necessity.
The end result was a more conventional all-bench lineup with JR Smith and Birdman being placed into their natural roles on the team. Showing more than a sliver of confidence in the bench did not fix all of Denver's struggles against OKC but it gave them a lift as the Denver bench outscored the Thunder's 30-19. Every bench player finished with a positive plus/minus led by the +11 of Chris Andersen.
Birdman and J.R. Smith were the unsung heroes of game four as they were able to find redemption after bearing the brunt of George Karl's scorn for the team's struggles. JR contributed a solid all-around effort and hit some of the biggest shots of the night en route to his second straight game scoring 15 points. Birdman's energy and effort on defense proved to be a crucial ingredient to an elusive win against the Thunder. What's important is JR played more than 20 minutes for the first time all series and Birdman played 18, his highest of the series as well.
The other important adjustment the Nuggets made centered around the way Ty Lawson was used. They ran him off high screens in the middle of the floor where he was in a better position to use Denver's spacing and penetrate. As I said before the decision to sit Lawson when Felton subbed in was a huge one that utilized Lawson where he is best – with the ball in his hands as a point guard. Ty responded with aggressive play throughout the game and finished with 27 points on 16 shots making all 9 of his free throw attempts. Again what is most important is that Lawson was given his role as starting point guard which was not exactly the case in the first three games of this series.
Danilo Gallinari's second half outburst was the final key factor in Denver sealing the win. RMC reader and commenter Josh called me out for taking it easy on Gallo and Chandler for being inexperienced players seeing the first career playoff minutes. Kevin Durant has practically been on vacation having to guard Wilson Chandler, Al Harrington and the struggling Gallinari all series. Durant may have gotten a little lazy seeing how inept the Nuggets have been against him and Gallo took advantage in the second half. There was a marked improvement in Gallo's aggressiveness with the ball and when given space he did not hesitate to shoot it. Rather than forcing up wild shots into traffic Gallo also displayed his playmaking ability off the dribble as he contributed a team high 4 assists.
It was not the prettiest game as the Nuggets only managed to shoot 38.6% as a team, their second straight sub 40% effort. Other than OKC shooting the ball slightly better and outrebounding the Nuggets by six the game was played almost dead-even. What is most concerning is Arron Afflalo's bad hamstring flaring up early and seeing him limp through the rest of the first half. This is the third time it has been clear Afflalo is not healthy and likely won't be for the duration of the series. He would not have sat out such pivotal games in the series if it was a minor issue and you have to wonder if he should even be starting and playing having already re-injured himself twice.
On a similar note Wilson Chandler finally played himself out of the rotation with another no-show performance and shot selection which has gone from bad to worse. In his second game off the bench Wilson lasted only four minutes. Since game two fans have been clamoring for his benching in favor of JR and after game three it seemed inevitable. I am a big fan of Wilson and sad to see such a talented all-around player reduced to a non-factor. At this point I can no longer argue with the fans as he has been hurting the Nuggets' chances in this series. I wouldn't give up on Chandler completely as he could be needed with Afflalo definitely still hurt. However if Karl is holding him to the standard as JR then he likely should have been benched a while ago and sitting him tonight was the right decision.
I have been hard on the Nuggets and frustrated with the play in this series. I feel like I need to stress that this team is fighting hard and showing a lot of heart, not just in game four but the majority of the series as well. It's hard to remember that despite seven straight playoff appearances this is an unproven team with many of its best players having never experienced the pressure of playoff basketball. I cannot fault Kenyon's determination and his desire to lead this young team to success. Even Al Harrington and Gary Forbes, who have little or no role in this series are being the kind of motivating and positive teammates that only comes from an unselfish desire to win. OKC has simply evolved into a tougher team than many of us could have imagined.
Let's be honest, the Nuggets are not likely making NBA history by winning this series against all odds but they are playing for something. At best they are a balanced, physical team that can hang with OKC and challenge them at their own game. At worst they are a worthy opponent that will lose out to superior talent and execution. The best thing to take away from this game is the fact that Denver earns one more chance to lay it all on the line and compete in another game. One more game means this season won't be remembered for a disappointing and uncompetitive ending. That is plenty to play for.
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Advanced Stats
Pace Factor: 96.5 – it's tough to find a balance against OKC, who play better in the half court but have done fine at Denver's preferred pace too
Offensive Efficiency: 107.8 – Solid considering the low FG%
Defensive Efficiency: 104.7 – It's been a struggle, but overall the Nuggets have done well on this end
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