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Title: Hospice Care in Nursing Homes and Policy Issues
Susan C. Miller, PhD
Susan C. Miller, PhD
Section/SPIG: Aging & Public Health
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Hospice Care in Nursing Homes and Policy Issues
Susan C. Miller, PhD
A half million older adults die in U.S. nursing homes each year. Hospice care, certified and reimbursed by Medicare, offers specialized end-of-life care in the nursing home when nursing homes contract and collaborate with hospice providers. There has been much growth in the use of nursing home hospice care (and in average lengths of stay), which has been accompanied by greater costs to the Medicare hospice program. These greater hospice costs (in and outside of nursing homes), and a 50 percent growth in the number of (mostly for-profit) Medicare-certified hospice providers, raised policy concerns which lead to review by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC.
MedPAC commissioned analyses which resulted in a recommendation that there be a strengthening of procedures for determining recertification of hospice eligibility. (It recommended procedures for greater provider accountability and more Office of Inspector General investigations). MedPAC also recommended a changed Medicare payment system that would vary per diem payments to better reflect the differing intensity of hospice service provided across hospice episodes of care. (MedPAC, 2009) Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Congress gave CMS the authority to revise, in a budget-neutral manner, the payment system, but it did not mandate it be changed in the manner recommended by MedPAC. CMS has just released an RFP to study creation of revised payment system.
To inform efforts in Medicare hospice reform, we undertook a number of studies at the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research at Brown University. Specifically, given our ability to expertly link nursing home resident assessment (MDS) data with Medicare enrollment and claims data (Intrator et al., 2011), we aimed to conduct analyses of nursing home-linked data to inform policy regarding hospice care in nursing homes. Below I highlight some of our research findings.
Previous research has found the use of hospice care to augment nursing home end-of-life care to be beneficial.(Gozalo & Miller, 2007; Miller et al., 2002) However, its use has been historically low. However, while in the 1990s a low proportion of U.S. nursing homes contracted with a hospice, recent analyses show this proportion to now be closer to 90 percent. We have also found a doubling of hospice use by nursing home residents between 1990 and 2006, and in 2006 one-third of Medicare beneficiaries who died in nursing homes accessed hospice. (Miller et al, 2010). For nursing home residents who die with dementia, use of Medicare hospice care nearly tripled, with approximately 40 percent of decedents accessing hospice in 2006. (Miller et al., 2011) Additionally, of the nursing home residents who died in 2006 and received hospice, only 17 percent had cancer diagnoses.
While the increased use of hospice care in nursing homes is viewed as a positive development, this increased use has been accompanied by longer average lengths of stays and thus greater costs to the Medicare hospice program; and, average lengths of stay are longer for nursing home versus non nursing home hospice patients. (Miller et al., 2010) In fact, for residents dying with advanced dementia in nursing homes, average lengths of stay have tripled -- from 46 days in 1999 to 118 days in 2006. Averages, though, are misleading, and what we are really seeing is a growth (in some states) in the proportion of long hospice stays (>180 days), and nationally an increase in the length of long hospice stays (i.e., stays at the 90th percentile of the distribution are longer). Notable, however, is that hospice length of stay distributions are bimodal, and approximately 25 percent of hospice patients continue to have stays of seven days or less.
In addition to the above, we have observed significant differences across U.S. states in the use of nursing home hospice. In conjunction with this, the volume of growth in hospice use within a state is associated its growth of Medicare certified hospice providers. Furthermore, hospice average lengths of stay are longer in states with the greatest provider growth (versus those with lower growth).
Based on the above and other analyses, we concluded that there is support for MedPAC's recommendation to modify the current Medicare hospice reimbursement system. Also, It appears that varying payments as a function of length of stay may be a logical approach for reducing lengths of stay (some of which are believed to be provider driven) and Medicare costs. However, we cautioned (in our published work) that it is important for any new policy to explicitly acknowledge the challenges inherent in the timing of hospice referral for nursing home residents in the last stages of (noncancer) chronic terminal illnesses by recognizing "early" referrals leading to long hospice stays will occur. We believe these longer stays should be deemed "acceptable" in the presence of well-documented physician evaluations and eligibility determinations. Without such explicit acknowledgement, the fear is that undue scrutiny may occur, resulting in decreasing enrollments and a higher prevalence of very short hospice stays.
The above work was supported by grants from the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (R03HS016918), the Shaping Long Term Care in America Project funded by the National Institute on Aging (P01AG027296), and by an Alzheimer's Association grant (IIRG-08-91343). Our continuing research is examining the effect of nursing home hospice use (at the resident and nursing home level) on health care utilization and quality outcomes. Also, Dr. Gozalo and colleagues have a contract with the National Hospice Foundation of the National Palliative Care Organization to examine changes to the Medicare Hospice Benefit Payment System, using visit data from for- and non-profit hospices. Last, through our NIA-funded Shaping Long Term Care in America Project, we have created a website that has much hospice and nonhospice nursing home-, county- and state-level data (go to www.ltcfocus.org.)
Gozalo P, Miller S. Hospice enrollment and evaluation of its causal effect on hospitalization of dying nursing home patients. Health Serv Res. 2007;42: 587-610.
Intrator O, Hiris J, Berg K, Miller SC, Mor V. The Residential History File: Studying Nursing Home Resident's Long Term Care Histories, Health Services Research, 2011;46: 120-137.
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Reforming Medicare's Hospice Benefit. Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy. Washington, DC, 2009, pp. 347-376.
Miller SC, Lima J, Gozalo P, Mor V. The Growth of Hospice Care in U.S. Nursing Homes, Journal of American Geriatrics Society, 2010;58:1481-88.
Miller SC, Lima J, Mitchell SL. Hospice Care for Persons with Dementia: The Growth of Access in U.S. Nursing Homes. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 2010;25: 666-73.
Miller SC, Mor V, Wu N, Gozalo P, Lapane K. Does receipt of hospice care in nursing homes improve the management of pain at the end of life? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002;50: 507-515.
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NetApp Extends reach with VTL
Over the past year, disk-based virtual tape library (VTL) solutions have been extremely popular since they easily integrate into existing tape-centric backup environments, while bringing disk speed and reliability. To capitalize on this trend, NetApp recently announced the availability of the NearStore VTL family of disk-based backup and recovery appliances. Available in two models, the appliances include unique self-tuning and "tape smart sizing" features that optimize performance and physical tape capacity.
Data Domain-COS Gets a VTL
On January 23, 2006, Data Domain announced virtual tape library (VTL) functionality for its family of disk-based DD400 Enterprise Series Restorers. Disk-based VTL solutions have become extremely popular over the past year because they are easily deployed and address the speed and reliability requirements of tape-centric backup environments. The DD400 Series appliances can now be configured as a NAS disk target and a VTL simultaneously, which provides deployment flexibility for storage administrators.
ADIC Acquires COS
On March 14, ADIC announced the acquisition of Rocksoft Ltd., an Australian software company with fundamental intellectual property in the data de-duplication field. Taneja Group classifies this technology as Capacity Optimized Storage (COS), which enables data compression of 20x on average by storing only unique data elements. COS technology can significantly reduce the size of backup data, facilitate remote replication, and enable long-term disk-based data retention.
ExaGrid: An Intelligent Approach to Data Protection - Profile
We are now several years into the adoption phase of enterprise disk-based data protection. Over these years, we've seen customer knowledge rise dramatically. In our frequent discussions with end users looking to deploy this critical technology, we have learned that they now have high expectations for their disk-based solutions: IT teams demand easy integration with their existing backup infrastructures, non-disruptive scalability, capacity optimization, multi-site coverage, all coupled with a compelling ROI story.
Diligent HyperFactor
In the past 24 months, we have seen disk-based data protection and archiving become an essential component of most enterprises. With massive 100 TB+ disk-based repositories becoming increasingly common on near-term enterprise roadmaps, finding ways to optimize those disk capacities is now a top of mind concern. Even with widely available cost-effective disk, our research finds that capacities still account for over 50% of most data storage budgets, with disk-based secondary storage very commonly exceeding 50% year-over-year growth rates.
The Business Case
Virtualization is rapidly reshaping data center infrastructure. By allowing physical server and storage devices to be deployed as resource pools,
management and scalability practices change dramatically.
SEPATON ContentAware
Over the last three years the use of disk technology for data protection and archiving has become commonplace, especially in the larger enterprises. The reasons are clear: tape technology simply does not yield the reliability or the speed required for either the backup or the restore process. The same can be said for the archival process.
Storwize TN6000 Product Profile
Enterprise and mid-sized businesses are struggling against heavy data workflows in production environments. Advanced data reduction and data de-duplication techniques have emerged and taken root in the secondary storage environment corporations must keep.
Enter Primary Storage Optimization
This is a relatively new area of endeavor for the industry. The thesis is "why not reduce storage requirements on primary storage, especially since it is the most expensive?"
- Premiered: 08/17/09
- Author: Taneja Group
Revisiting Avamar and Data Domain Integration
I recently revisited Avamar 6.0/Data Domain integration. The two deduplication storage systems are better suited for different workload types, but it seemed odd that the two were not integrated before the 6.0 announcement.
- Premiered: 07/29/11
- Author: Taneja Group
EMC Data Domain Extended Retention Software: Meeting Needs for Long-Term Retention of Backup....
EMC Data Domain Extended Retention Software: Meeting Needs for Long-Term Retention of Backup Data on EMC Data Domain Systems
EMC extends EMC Data Domain systems with DD Extended Retention software to fulfill short-term and long-term backup storage needs by combining multiple tiers in a single appliance. This software addresses many of the challenges organizations are struggling with as they balance backup retention requirements with long-term recoverability.
Skyera releases all-flash array for $3 per gigabyte
Startup Skyera Inc. entered the all-flash enterprise storage market today with a series of iSCSI arrays that use consumer-grade multi-level cell (MLC) NAND to bring the price to less than $3 per gigabyte. And that price is before deduplication and compression.
- Premiered: 08/14/12
- Author: Taneja Group
- Published: TechTarget: SearchSolidStateStorage
Goodbye LUN technology, you served us well
The era of LUNs and volumes, as we have known them for decades in the data storage industry, is quietly coming to an end. And if you ask me, it's for all the right reasons, even if storage administrators may feel threatened by the change.
- Premiered: 10/25/13
- Author: Arun Taneja
- Published: Tech Target: Search Storage
In the Cloud Era, The Era of Convergence Is Upon Us
The era of IT infrastructure convergence is upon us. Every major vendor has some type of offering under this category. Startups and smaller players are also "talking" convergence. But what exactly is convergence and why are all the vendors so interested in getting included in this category? We will explain below the history of convergence, what it is, what it is not, what benefits accrue from such systems, who the players are, and who is leading the pack in true convergence.
- Premiered: 06/10/14
- Author: Arun Taneja
- Published: Virtualization Review

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JUNE 08: Craig Gentry #23 of the Texas Rangers hits an RBI single against the San Francisco Giants during the fourth inning of an interleague game at AT&T Park on June 8, 2012 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)
As soon as it seemed the Texas Rangers would cruise to a series-salvaging win behind a gem from Derek Holland in The Bronx, the New York Yankees took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning after starting the inning with a 4-0 deficit.
The next half-inning though, the Rangers' bats came to play and specifically Craig Gentry.
The Rangers' outfielder, who we've come to know affectionately as "Kitten Face", thanks to @tweetgrubes, was tearing it up at the plate in June and July when the rest of the lineup was struggling through a terrible offensive slump.
During that two-month stretch, Gentry made 29 starts and hit .356 with a .417 on-base percentage with 12 RBIs. Then, all the sudden, Gentry was just absent, seemingly overtaken in the Rangers lineup by perhaps the only hitter hotter than him, David Murphy.
Before Thursday's game in The Bronx, Gentry had made just one August start, back on Aug. 2. He finally got another opportunity on Thursday and delivered in a two-out, two-strike situation, fighting off a tailing-in fastball back up the middle to plate two runs and give the Rangers a 7-5 lead. He finished the day with just the one hit and three RBIs, but he came up big when needed.
At .321, he's without a doubt the best player in baseball to have just two starts in August based solely on manager's discretion. Maybe he's in line for some more now.


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Captain Jonathan W. Walker's Branded Hand
Daguerreotype, 1845
"A Florida seamen originally from Cape Cod, Captain Jonathan Walker was sympathetic to the plight of the slaves. In 1844 he made an unsuccessful attempt to aid a group of seven to freedom by sailing them to the West Indies. Walker paid for his part in the venture with a year in solitary confinement, a $600.00 fine, and the branded letters "s.s." for "slave stealer" on his right palm. The incident would probably have passed unnoticed had not Walker loyally pursued his beliefs as an effective anti-slavery lecturer after his release. Southworth & Hawes closeup recording of the Captain's palm leaves us wondering what Walker himself might have looked like."
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Albert Pujols News Archive
Albert Pujols, LAA 1B
Pujols is not in the lineup Thursday against the Mariners.
Pujols (hamstring) is in the lineup Tuesday against the Mariners.
Pujols suffered a left hamstring cramp in Monday's contest against the Mariners.
Pujols left Monday's game against the Mariners with what appeared to be a hamstring injury, according to Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports.
Pujols went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts in a win over the Rangers on Thursday.
Pujols went 3-for-6 with a triple, a double, an RBI and two runs scored in a win over the Rangers on Wednesday.
Pujols went 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and three runs scored in a win over the Indians on Monday.
Pujols had a big night at the plate Saturday, going 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, three RBI and three runs scored in a win over the Twins.
Pujols went 2-for-4 with a home run in a win over the A's on Friday.
Pujols is in the lineup for Thursday's game against the A's, Mike DiGiovanna of the LA Times reports.


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Mount Carmel crosses up Boonville
MOUNT CARMEL, Ill. - The game plan for Mount Carmel High School's football team involved a little bit of strategy and a whole lot of physicality.
The Golden Aces tweaked their offensive formations, then proceeded to shove Boonville up and down the field in a 28-7 victory that was far more lopsided than the final score.
"We came out in some formations that Boonville hadn't seen much of," said Mount Carmel coach Darren Peach. "We threw some new wrinkles in there to get their defenders out of position. And our kids did a great job of executing."
The Golden Aces scored the first three times they had the ball and were so dominant that they never even faced a third down. Mount Carmel (6-2) switched up its formations, going with extra receivers and no tight end.
But Boonville coach James Blankenship said the formations didn't have much to do with the result.
"The fact was, Mount Carmel was a lot more physical than we were in every aspect of the game," he said. "It did not matter what the situation was. They were just more physical. Anything else is almost irrelevant."
Three different Mount Carmel backs rushed for at least 80 yards. Fullback Steven Zimmer had 85 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries. Quarterback Alex Hale had 85 yards and a score on 18 rushes. And halfback Shawn Bumpus needed just eight carries to rack up 81 yards and two touchdowns.
"We feel we have some dangerous guys on the pitch, and Alex did a great job of reading our option tonight," said Peach. "Zimmer ran hard, and he gives us that effort every week."
Mount Carmel led 22-0 at halftime, then stretched that to 28-0 when Bumpus went down the left sideline for 17 yards and touchdown as he dived away from tacklers into the corner of the endzone.
Boonville's offense had chances, with two recovered fumbles and a long kickoff return, setting the Pioneers up inside Aces territory. But a series of fumbled snaps stymied those opportunities.
Boonville avoided a shutout in the final quarter, as a blocked punt led to Kyle Whitten's 3-yard touchdown run. Whitten had 66 yards on 16 carries, while Ridge Green had three catches for 51 yards.
Boonville (7-2), which entered the game ranked 10th in Indiana's Class 4A, managed just 152 yards of total offense. Mount Carmel, meanwhile, rushed for 270 yards.
"Our offensive line may have done its best job of the year," said Peach. "Boonville has a great defensive line, and that really concerned us going into this game. But the bottom line is, our kids had to go out and execute what we wanted, and they did a nice job of that."
The win gave Mount Carmel a second-place finish in the Big Eight Conference and clinched a berth in the Illinois Class 3A playoffs.
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Georgia State defeated William and Mary 64-60 on Saturday in Williamsburg, Va.
The victory was the Panthers' 20th this season, a feat accomplished just three times previously in school history and not since the 2003-04 season.
First-year coach Ron Hunter was understandably happy afterward.
"I felt like the past week and a half I put so much pressure on myself and the team to get it," Hunter said. "To be able to get it, when it's only happened three times, and you walk in and get it done. It's a credit to the assistants and the players.
"To me, [the win] justifies so much. The high school games I missed of my son's, my daughter and spending time with her, it justifies so much. But it's the most ecstatic I've seen the lockerroom in a long time."
Sixth-seeded Georgia State will next play 11th-seeded Hofstra in the first round of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament at 8:30 p.m. Friday in Richmond.
Devonta White. He scored 22 points, including five 3-pointers, and committed 0 turnovers in 36 minutes. Hunter said it may have been the best game White played this season.
Eric Buckner. The senior, hampered by the flu earlier this week, bounced with 10 points and nine rebounds.
Killer instinct. The Panthers led by 15 in the second but couldn't put away the Tribe. William and Mary eventually cut the lead to three before White hit two free throws to make the game comfortable with less than a minute remaining.
– Doug Roberson, AJC. Please follow me on twitter @ajcgsu
February 25th, 2012
6:42 pm
White really came through today and played some excellent ball, the best for him this year.
I am so psyched for this team and what they have accomplished this year, their first under Ron Hunter. I hope that he wins the Coach of the year and that Eric Buckner receives the defensive player of the year award because they both deserve it.
On to Hofstra and the CAA Tournament!
February 25th, 2012
7:22 pm
Doug, did you mean to say that Buck was hampered by the flu earlier this week (not this year)?
February 25th, 2012
7:34 pm
Ron Hunter has made this the best spring semester of my college career. Hofstra should be a win. I think we compete equally well with both Mason and VCU, so second round is anyone's game. We have got to stop blowing leads…my heart is going to explode
February 25th, 2012
8:43 pm
Proud of our team and CRH. If they focus on the small things that has kept them from being a great team then they will go far in the tourney!
February 25th, 2012
10:46 pm
Proud of the team. Hofstra shot and made a lot of 3's today. We will have to have are 3 defense going.
February 26th, 2012
1:38 am
Dear RidgeRunner,
Please stop posting on any blogs/posts/threads associated with GSU. You are truly the worst outdated relic of what GSU used to be, not understanding what is going, nor being in the loop of what has already happened. In a very few short weeks, GSU will be in a different conference, and one can only hope we can leave you in the CAA as we move along. You truly are an embarrassment to Panther Nation, and a type of "fan" that is so out of touch with reality of what is going on with GSU athletics that it would be best for our school for you to just simply stay behind with the CAA as we move on to bigger and greener pastures. In other words, STFU and don't ever associate yourself with another GSU story again. #pathetic
February 26th, 2012
1:29 pm
Congrats CRH and team on # 20 Go get'em in Richmond. GO GSU PANTHERS!!!
February 26th, 2012
2:04 pm
Cold Hard Truth, you are a dumb butt that is only interested in things you want to hear. HEAR IT NOW Cold Hard Truth is arrogant, hard headed, and stupid dumb butt. Just because I say that SLUM Belt is barely FBS, has inferior academics, and is a terrible basketball conference, you make insulting uninformed comments to me. It is you who do not wish to discuss merits. It is you should stop posting to the Panther Nation.
February 28th, 2012
9:42 pm
I'm happy to hear from RidgeRunner or anyone else who can offer thoughtful comments about Panther sports — even if I don't agree with them all. This would be a pretty boring blog if we, the choir, were all just preaching to ourselves.
And, we do need to stop blowing leads.


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Tag Archives: Measure S
Rent Board commissioner Alejandro Soto-Vigil challenges 22-year incumbent Linda Maio in Berkeley's District 1
Alejandro Soto-Vigil, city Rent Board commissioner and aide to Councilman Kriss Worthington, has filed to run for Berkeley City Council in District 1. He is the sole challenger to incumbent Linda Maio, who has occupied the seat since 1992.
Soto-Vigil said he is running to burst what he calls the "bubble" of the current council.
"I think I could take the bubble out, and bridge people who are on the ground to council," said Soto-Vigil, who grew up in Richmond and graduated from UC Berkeley and the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law in Washington, D.C. "I want to know what the pulse is of the people." … Continue reading »
Op-ed: Why oppose building new homes for the homeless?
The homeless are the most marginalized and dispossessed people in the United States. To be homeless is to experience a wide spectrum of discrimination. In the past decade, legislation seeking to criminalize the homeless has gained popularity in cities that are fed up or exasperated with the "homeless problem".
The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty reported that between 30% and 50% of major American cities criminalize some form of homelessness, ranging from "aggressive" panhandling to simply sitting on the sidewalk.
Our own city … Continue reading »
FCPC looks into alleged violations by Yes on S supporters
The Fair Campaign Practices Commission has decided to investigate whether any campaign laws were broken when the Yes on Measure S campaign paid people from $50 to $100 in cash to pass out campaign material on election day.
The commission also wants staff to look into whether the Yes on S campaign paid for an extra printing of endorsement fliers put out by the Berkeley Democratic Club without declaring its participation.
The decision to investigate came as the commission considered another complaint on Sept. 19 filed by Patricia Wall, executive director of the Homeless Action Center, and Bob Offer-Westort, the coordinator of the No on Measure S campaign. Measure S, which was defeated in November 2012, would have made it illegal to sit on sidewalks in commercial districts for much of the day. … Continue reading »
Tagged Berkeley Democratic Club, Berkeley elections, Bob Offer-Westort, Darryl Moore, Election 2012 Berkeley, Fair Campaign Practices Commission, Homeless Action Center, John Caner, Kristy Van Herick, Lakireddy Bali Reddy, Laurie Capitelli, Mayor Tom Bates, Measure S, No on Measure S, Patricia Wall, Pattie Wall, Progressive Affordable Housing Slate, Shirley Dean, Sid Lakireddy, Susan Wengraf, TUFF, Yes on S, Zelda Bronstein
New talks on homelessness in Berkeley start Thursday
Thursday evening, the Berkeley Task Force on Homelessness will begin a new community-driven process designed to explore homelessness in Berkeley, and how it might be addressed thoughtfully and humanely.
Initiated by Councilman Jesse Arreguín, the task force was created "to continue the much-needed conversation on homelessness after Measure S, which would have banned sitting on commercial sidewalks, narrowly failed last fall," according to a statement released by Arreguín's office Wednesday. The task force arose as an alternative way to address homelessness. … Continue reading »
Landlord-backed group fined for campaign violations
The Fair Campaign Practices Commission on Thursday levied its second heaviest fine in 20 years on a landlord-backed group that spent more than $42,500 during the 2012 election.
The FCPC approved a stipulation agreement worked out between city staff and the people behind a Slate Mailer Organization that sent out five campaign mailers in support of the TUFF (Tenants United for Fairness) Rent Board slate. … Continue reading »
Tagged Al Murray, Anna de Leon, Berkeley Property Owners' Association, Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, Brad Smith, Fair Campaign Practices Commission, James Jay, Jennifer Lombardi, Judy Shelton, Kiran Shenoy, Kristy Van Herick, Linda Franklin, Measure S, Nicole Drake, Patrick O'Donnell, Sid Lakireddi, Spencer Pritchard, Stand Up for the Right to Sit Down, Tenants United for Fairness, TUFF
Berkeley moves towards a consensus homeless plan
After an acrimonious battle last year over Measure S, which sought to prohibit sitting on commercial sidewalks, Berkeley's City Council pointed the way on Tuesday night to a more consensual approach to homelessness.
Councilman Jesse Arreguín's Compassionate Sidewalks plan calls for a working group on homelessness to "conduct a series of focused workshops and discussions on a wide range of issues related to homelessness and to develop an action plan with policy, program, and funding recommendations around ending homelessness." (Arreguín wrote about his proposal in a Berkeleyside op-ed on Monday.) … Continue reading »
Op-Ed: After Measure S, it's time to act on homelessness
Although Berkeley voters rejected Measure S, a controversial proposal that would have criminalized sitting on commercial sidewalks, we shouldn't mistake it as an endorsement of inaction. The simple fact still remains: we need to address homelessness.
I didn't support Measure S, but I'm not calling it a day as many do post-election. Next Tuesday, City Council will have the opportunity to continue the critical conversation around homelessness with the Compassionate Sidewalks Plan — a blueprint for creating consensus-based solutions … Continue reading »
Has it gotten harder to be homeless in Berkeley?
After the failure of Measure S to pass in November, we heard from one reader who said there seemed to have been harsher enforcement around town of violations related to homelessness. The reader said a homeless friend had been hassled by police when trying to sleep in a regular spot, and also wanted to know about new rules at the library that limit the size and type of items that can be brought inside.
The reader sent us an email in December detailing the changes, and asked Berkeleyside to learn more.
"Since the no-sit measure failed, the city has begun new, more aggressive treatment of the homeless. My homeless neighbor … has been told he could sleep in the doorway of a movie theater but last night, a cop rousted him from his dry, out-of-the-rain perch in the theater's doorway. The cop said the theater could face stiff fines for giving [my neighbor] permission to sleep in their doorway on a rainy night." … Continue reading »
The most important stories in Berkeley in 2012
Berkeley in 2012 was filled with drama — a contested election, a failed nomination for a new school superintendent, a few missteps by the Chief of Police, and major changes at the University of California, among other events. Here's a recap of the issues that had the deepest impact on Berkeley, plus a few fun ones thrown in.
City Government
The year got off to a tragic start with the untimely death of 37-year-old City Clerk Deanna Despain. She fell down the stairs of her Oakland home on Jan. 8. Her husband discovered her body when he returned from a late-night meeting. Their daughter was soundly asleep upstairs. Since then, Mark Numainville has been filling in as acting city clerk. In May, after serving as interim city manager for six months, the City Council appointed Christine Daniel permanently to the job. She replaced Phil Kamlarz, who had held the city's top job for eight years. … Continue reading »
Tagged Belli Osteria, Berkeley dining, Berkeley medical cannabis, Berkeley medical marijuana, Berkeley nature, Berkeley Patients Group, Berkeleyside, Cafe Fanny, Christine Daniel, Comal, Darryl Moore, Deanna Despain, Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers' Collective, Jesse Arreguin, Kriss Worthington, Laurie Capitelli, Mark Numainville, Max Anderson, Mayor Tom Bates, Measure S, Measure T, Michael Meehan, Nicholas B. Dirks, Off the Grid, Perfect Plants Patient's Group, Phil Kamlarz, Robert Birgeneau, SEIU Local 1021, Sophie Hahn, Susan Wengraf
Tom Bates to Kriss Worthington: Move away from me
Mayor Tom Bates is moving away from City Councilman Kriss Worthington. Not politically. Just physically.
Bates has put an item on Tuesday's council agenda to change the seating arrangements of city council members on the dais. Worthington currently sits on Bates' right. The mayor wants to move him one seat away and have his ally, Councilman Laurie Capitelli, sit next to him.
When asked why he wants Worthington to move, Bates half-joked, "So I don't strangle him." … Continue reading »
Berkeley voting: Where you live is how you vote… sort of
Interactive map with precinct-by-precinct results for Measure S. Click the green arrows to conceal info boxes. View the map on Geocommons here.
Although most of the results of Berkeley's 2012 election were known on Nov. 6, and the final tally completed over a week ago, an analysis of the precinct-by-precinct certified results provides a number of fascinating insights.
(The certified results were released by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters just before Thanksgiving last week — the full 9MB 748-page statement of vote is available for download, but only as a PDF, not as a useful data file.) … Continue reading »
Vote update: Yes on Measure T slips further behind
The staff at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters worked throughout the weekend, ploughing through the thousands of vote by mail ballots. With the updated figures posted on the registrar's website yesterday afternoon, Measure T, which would alter the zoning in West Berkeley, looks unlikely to pass: the opponents's lead has grown to 440, 23,131 to 22,691.
The gap on the sit ordinance, Measure S, remains large. No on S votes are 1,583 ahead of yes votes, 25,191 to 23,608.
Only about 1,000 new votes were added to the Berkeley totals yesterday. On Friday, Registrar Dave Macdonald said he planned to finish counting vote by mail ballots over the weekend. His staff will then turn their efforts to validating and counting the 40,000 provisional ballots countywide. … Continue reading »


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well i'm for delena but i like stefan's character. hell yes, i would loveeeee to have a boyfriend like stefan, and nice damon would be awsome too ;)
but this ISNT real life. :)
yes, i find stelena a tad boring sometimes but i can appreciate their cute moments, like last episode at the very beginning- adorable!
and no one knows how or when delena will happen, i'm sure the producers won't make it some lame reason. the point is we all have opinions and everyone needs to respect them. besides, stelena already have their couple , so let us delena fans have our moment when it comes! :P
at first i like damon (hot bad boy), but after rewatching all the episode i fell in love w/ stefan, he so much mature, caring. i love the way he helped caroline (helped her for hunting and after caroline got tortured by brady). damon is a dick!!! even katherine chose stefan
As much as Stelena/Team Stefan fans don't like to admit it, Stefan is selfish; if you look back through the series as well as elements in the books you will see that. obviously, we all know Damon is a cocky, arrogant so and so; but I've always been a sucker for a tortured soul and understand Damon's actions completely. Stefan's, not so much. Idk,. the brothers obviously have different takes on things, and I don't like it when peopele characterize Damon as simply 'a dick'. Becasue he's not. He's a very multi-layered character and anyone who would call him that is narrowed-minded. As it someone who calls Stefan merely 'selfish'. I can see both elements of the two brothers, and honestly? I love them both; but as I said previously - my heart belongs to Damon. (:
I seriously love Damon. But that does not mean i hate Stefan but I don't like Stefan that well., I mean, it's just ok for me that he's there in action or not..To Be honest, i won't miss him that much if he wasn't included at some episode (which is I know definetly not going to happen since he's a main character).
I dont know but I can feel for Damon more than i try to like Stefan...My love for Damon's character is unexplainable...Maybe because, i can relate sometimes to him in the sense that in my life, i don't get most of the things i like..
But Stefan.., I dont hate him (including his attitude,his kindness and everything..,i actually find it cute when he help others like Caroline).., but the thing is I just don't like the idea that he can have everything he wants,..I atleast want the two brothers to be equal at some point..
That's all just my opinion.Just sharing what's on my mind. :)
As much as Stelena/Team Stefan fans don't like to admit it, Stefan is selfish; if you look back through the series as well as elements in the books you will see that.
I'd like that elaborated please as I do not agree at all. Everything Stefan (in the show - leave the books out of it) has done that does not include flashblacks of 1864 has been for a reason.
Damon (who's my favourite character on the show, don't get me wrong) is doing rather impulsive and unnecessary things, but we don't even need to discuss that since that box has already been opened in another thread.
don't you remember that scene in Lost girls? where he told Elena he only wanted Katherine for the sake of it? and he didn't care how in lvoe with Katherine Damon was?! That's pretty awful, honestly, and that is NOT simply down to Katherine's compulsion. Since Katherine claimed she didn't compel him to fall for her. (And I actually believe her.) Let's face it, Katherine is beautiful and v.alluring, it wouldn't be hard to fall for her naturally. And also, the way he told Damon in season 1, that history woudldn't be repeating itself. Surely it's Elena's choice who she wants in the end?! Granted, Stefan has become less selfish and brooding in the second season. Yes, Damon's far from perfect - and I do love Stefan also. But as I said. Team Damon. :)
don't you remember that scene in Lost girls? where he told Elena he only wanted Katherine for the sake of it?
I actually don't, guess I have to see that episode again if he says it straight out like that and it's not just you interpreting it that way (not saying that you are wrong, just don't remember it)
I do however remember this quote by Stefan: "I hadn't cared I had gotten something my brother wanted. I didn't even care if it hurt him. I only knew that I wanted her." - That's is a bit mean, but not directly selfish more lustful as he was in love with Katherine (I don't think he was compelled to love her either) and technically Stefan 'saw' her first, though I don't think you can judge it that way.
And also, the way he told Damon in season 1, that history woudldn't be repeating itself. Surely it's Elena's choice who she wants in the end?!
It doesn't necessarily have to be interpreted as in Stefan not seeing Elena falling for Damon or that Elena someday needs to choose. I see it as Stefan saying that he does not want to fight over a girl/let a girl come between them again (though they were enemies when he said that, I think). It can also just be seeing as Stefan being rational and knowing that Elena is not Katherine, who put the boys up against each other and fooled around with both of them.
as well as elements in the books you will see that.
When in the books was he selfish?? o.O
I've read every book and sorry, I don't remember anything.
But I remember that Damon let some Demon torture Stefan, and that Damon killed Elena's teacher because then everyone would think Stefan did it. And he hurted him, many times.
Sorry, I'm not a Damon hater in the show, but D's annoying in the books some times! xD


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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/21/12 -- ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SNM)(OMX:SNM) ("ShaMaran" or the "Company") is pleased to announce its financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012.
Highlights -- On November 7, 2012 General Exploration Partners Ltd, operator of the Atrush Block and acting on behalf of the Contractor Group under the Atrush Block Production Sharing Contract, submitted to the Atrush Block Management Committee a Declaration of Commercial Discovery with effect from November 7, 2012. -- The Atrush-2 appraisal well was spudded on May 23, 2012 and a total depth of 1,750 meters was reached ahead of schedule on July 10, 2012. Following the conclusion of the comprehensive well testing program the Company announced on September 13, 2012 that the main reservoir in Atrush-2 produced a combined flow rate of more than 42,200 barrels of oil per day ("bopd") and that additional oil resources were confirmed in two additional formations. -- The Atrush 1 discovery well which was drilled last year was completed in November 2012. The well is now ready to be connected to production facilities and put on stream as a future producer. -- Civil works for road access and site preparation for the Atrush-3 appraisal well are nearing completion. The drilling rig used to drill Atrush-2 and complete Atrush-1 will be moved to Atrush-3 which is expected to spud before the end of this year. -- 3D seismic acquisition on the Atrush Block was completed on August 11, 2012. Final processing of the complete 3D seismic survey is expected in the first quarter of 2013. -- The tendering process has been completed for a contract to install and operate extended test facilities ("ETF") on the Atrush Block with a production capacity of up to 5,000 bopd. The ETF is expected to be commissioned in the first quarter of the year 2013 with production coming from the Atrush-1 well. -- The Company announced on August 20, 2012 that it sold its entire 20% undivided participating interest in the Taza production sharing contract ("PSC") to a subsidiary of Total S.A. for a USD 48 million purchase price plus a reimbursement of costs incurred on joint operations from April 1, 2012 until the closing date. -- The Company signed final binding agreements with the KRG in January 2012 to relinquish the 60% working interests previously held in each of the Arbat and Pulkhana PSCs. An amount of $25 million was paid in January 2012 to the KRG as relinquishment fees to fulfill all outstanding financial commitments on these two blocks. The agreements relieve the Company of any further obligations under these PSCs. Disappointing testing results from the Pulkhana 9 well led the Company to this decision. -- The Company has re-engaged McDaniel & Associates Consultants Ltd ("McDaniels"), its independent qualified resources evaluator, to provide the Company with a Detailed Property Report ("DPR") which will include the results of an evaluation of the reserves and resources data of the Company as at December 31, 2012. -- In August 2012 the Company repaid in full the short term financing of $10 million which had been obtained in April 2012 from two related parties. -- The Company reported net income of nil and a net loss of $26.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 (2011: net losses of $2.8 million and 3.3 million). The cash balance of the Company was $43.3 million as at September 30, 2012 (December 31, 2011: $49.1 million).
Financial and Operating Results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012
During the nine months ended September 30, 2012 the Company continued its exploration and appraisal campaign in respect of petroleum properties located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq which constitute the continuing operations of the Company. These petroleum properties have generated no revenues. The net loss in the first three quarters of 2012 was primarily driven by one-time relinquishment fees totaling $25 million which were relating to the relinquishment of the Pulkhana and Arbat Block PSCs paid to the KRG in January 2012.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited, expressed in thousands of United States Dollars) Three months Nine months ended ended September 30, September 30, 2012 2011 2012 2011 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Expenses from continuing operations General and administrative (expense) / recovery (512) 202 (1,355) (799) Share based payments expense (2) (70) (8) (243) Depreciation and amortisation expense (46) (58) (143) (166) Share of loss of associate (97) (173) (209) (282) Relinquishment costs - - (25,732) - Impairment recovery / (loss) (138) - 559 - Gain on sale of asset 1,100 - 1,100 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Income / (loss) before finance items and income tax expense 305 (99) (25,788) (1,490) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finance cost (393) (2,780) (719) (1,984) Finance income 1 147 383 424 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net finance loss (392) (2,633) (336) (1,560) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loss before income tax expense (87) (2,732) (26,124) (3,050) Income tax expense (11) (32) (63) (106) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net loss from continuing operations (98) (2,764) (26,187) (3,156) Discontinued operations Loss from discontinued operations (12) (46) (62) (167) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net loss for the period (110) (2,810) (26,249) (3,323) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other comprehensive income: Currency translation differences 21 (61) 4 8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total other comprehensive income / (loss) 21 (61) 4 8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total comprehensive loss for the period (89) (2,871) (26,245) (3,315) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Condensed Interim Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited, expressed in thousands of United States Dollars) September 30, December 31, 2012 2011 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assets Non-current assets Intangible assets 3,046 45,836 Property, plant and equipment 112 382 Investment in associate 57,422 51,835 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60,580 98,053 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current assets Other current assets 132 647 Inventories 236 3,328 Other receivables 109 105 Cash and cash equivalents 43,253 49,085 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43,730 53,165 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assets associated with discontinued operations 5 21 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total assets 104,315 151,239 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liabilities Current liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses 2,537 23,245 Current tax liabilities 63 122 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,600 23,367 Liabilities associated with discontinued operations 1,974 2,613 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total liabilities 4,574 25,980 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equity Share capital 534,068 533,349 Share based payments reserve 3,836 3,828 Cumulative translation adjustment (14) (18) Accumulated deficit (438,149) (411,900) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total equity 99,741 125,259 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total liabilities and equity 104,315 151,239 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The cash position of the Company decreased by $5.8 million during first nine months of 2012. The decrease in the cash position was due to $59.3 in cash outflows, which was mainly comprised of cash payments to the KRG of $25 million in relinquishment fees, payments against accounts payable and accrued expenses by $20.7 million and $14.1 million in spending related to the Atrush and Taza Block petroleum properties, offset by cash inflows of $53.5 million related to the sale of the Taza Block PSC interest and other assets.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Cash Flow Statement (Unaudited, expressed in thousands of United States Dollars) Three months Nine months ended ended September 30, September 30, 2012 2011 2012 2011 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating activities Net loss for the period from continuing operations (98) (2,764) (26,187) (3,156) Adjustments for: Gain on sale of asset (1,100) - (1,100) - Interest income (1) (147) (26) (424) Interest expense on equity based finance fee 359 - 719 - Foreign exchange loss / (gain) 34 2,572 (357) 1,320 Depreciation and amortisation expense 46 58 143 166 Income tax 13 (98) (59) (7) Impairment (recovery) / loss 138 - (559) - Share based payments expense 2 70 8 243 Share of loss of associates 97 173 209 282 Capitalized expenses - (473) - (1,070) Changes in trade and other receivables 542 14 (4) (22) Changes in other current assets 75 489 515 (115) Changes in inventories (196) (210) 2,509 (770) Changes in accounts payable and accrued expenses (991) 8,136 (20,708) 15,863 Cash used in discontinued operations (131) (104) (685) (458) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net cash inflows from / (outflows to) operating activities (1,211) 7,716 (45,582) 11,852 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Investing activities Net proceeds on sale of intangible assets 52,671 - 52,671 - Purchases of intangible assets (3,540) (46,222) (7,721) (74,549) Net proceeds on sale of property, plant and equipment 595 - 804 - Purchases of property, plant and equipment (134) (9) (595) (611) Investment in associate (1,105) (2,345) (5,796) (17,788) Interest received on cash deposits 1 147 26 424 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net cash inflows from / (outflows to) investing activities 48,488 (48,429) 39,389 (92,524) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financing activities Net proceeds (costs) on issuance of shares - (4) - 51,917 Repayment of borrowings (10,000) - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net cash inflows from / (outflows to) financing activities (10,000) (4) - 51,917 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (13) (2,633) 361 (1,312) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change in cash and cash equivalents 37,264 (43,350) (5,832) (30,067) Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period 5,989 71,967 49,085 58,684 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period 43,253 28,617 43,253 28,617 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The outlook to the end of the year 2013 is as follows:
Atrush Block
The Contractor is currently in the process of preparing a Field Development Plan which will be submitted to the Atrush Block Management Committee within 180 days following the Declaration of Commercial Discovery which was submitted on November 7, 2012.
The Atrush-3 appraisal well is expected to be spudded before the end of the current year. Civil engineering work is nearing completion which will provide road access to the Atrush-3 well location which is approximately 5km east of the Atrush-2 well. The drilling rig will be moved from the Atrush-1 well site to the Atrush-3 location.
The Atrush-4 and Atrush-5 appraisal wells are planned to be spudded during the year 2013. Planning for these wells is currently underway.
The 3D seismic acquisition program which covered the entire Atrush block and adjoining Swara Tika discovery was completed on August 11, 2012. Final processing of the complete 3D seismic survey is expected in the first quarter of 2013.
The tendering process has been completed for a contract to install and operate extended test facility ("ETF") with a maximum production capacity of 5,000 bopd. The ETF is expected to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2013 with production coming from the Atrush-1 well. The Atrush-2 well will be used to monitor reservoirs. An additional ETF is planned to be installed on the Atrush-3 well in the second half of the year 2013. Work on an enhanced ETF with production capacities from 10,000 bopd expandable to 30,000 bopd is planned to commence in the second half of the year 2013.
New Ventures
As part of its normal business the Company continues to evaluate new opportunities in the region.
About ShaMaran
ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. is a Kurdistan focused oil development and exploration vehicle with an indirect interest in the Atrush Block located in the region. This project is nearby and on trend with existing fields and recent discoveries.
Kurdistan lies within the northern extension of the Zagros Folded Belt. The area is highly underexplored and is currently undergoing a significant exploration and development campaign by over 40 mid to large size international oil companies.
ShaMaran Petroleum is a Canadian oil and gas company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the NASDAQ OMX First North Exchange (Stockholm) under the symbol "SNM".
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements about expected or anticipated future events and financial results that are forward-looking in nature and, as a result, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, such as legal and political risk, civil unrest, general economic, market and business conditions, the regulatory process and actions, technical issues, new legislation, competitive and general economic factors and conditions, the uncertainties resulting from potential delays or changes in plans, the occurrence of unexpected events and management's capacity to execute and implement its future plans. Actual results may differ materially from those projected by management. Further, any forward-looking information is made only as of a certain date and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking information or statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required by applicable securities laws. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management of the Company to predict all of these factors and to assess in advance the impact of each such factor on the Company's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking information.
On behalf of the Board,
Pradeep Kabra, President and CEO
ShaMaran Petroleum's Certified Advisor on NASDAQ OMX First North is Pareto Ohman AB.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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A darn good hunk of pop moviemaking.
Virginia DeLong
THe movie is better than a book is a book - are you serious - the books were awesome and this movie was awful!
Nov 24 - 01:51 PM
Frisby 2007
The books were terrible. This movie improved on everything & did a far better job.
Oct 1 - 12:50 PM
Anne Marie Chu Fong
"darn good hunk of pop moviemaking" homo say what?well i bet someone was sleeping during this movie or is completely incoherent... all the time...i've read the books and was subjected to this torturous movie and well how can anyone can say this was a good movie when even the oggling scenes were terrible? i hope you were paid a ****load to give that good a review.
Nov 24 - 09:06 PM
Vincent Constantine
Your missing an O in the word pop
Nov 25 - 11:50 AM
Taylor Faucett
I think you mean "you're missing an O in the word poop" since an O missing from the word pop would just be "pp". Also, note the proper contraction of you+are=you're.
Apr 9 - 08:04 PM
Donna Connors
i loved the line about "rebel without a pulse".
I saw the movie twice.
I just reread the first book.
I loved the movie...but after rereading the book i realized how different the movie is to the book.
There are so many things the director should have done but didn't do. and no reason why she strayed from the core material.
But if they get a better director for the next one..new moon should be even better so long as they keep to the book and the triangle of bella, jacob, and edward.
Nov 25 - 03:35 PM
Mauv .
The book was horrid. The movie was horrid.Stephenie Meyer is horrid. THE END
Nov 28 - 10:15 AM
Joshua See
"Darn good hunk of crap movie making." Lets discuss the horrible acting or maybe the bad makeup on edward and carlisle. They looked more like clowns then vampires. I love the books but i hate this movie, its just out to make money. The edward crest is so dumb. Its never in the book at all. Hes not from europe so cut the crest crap out. Hot Topic is just trying to make so much money and ruining a good book. Movie fails so much. I would rather go rent something instead of paying to go see this.
Nov 29 - 01:50 AM
meanne sanchez
the movie was awfuldid you actually watched the movie or were you sleeping when the film was rolling?
Dec 2 - 10:32 PM
Christy Alexander
thats a joke right?? the book is a lot more better than the movie. It missed so many important parts. I'm sorry but the acting was not great, especially from Kristian Stewart.
Dec 4 - 06:51 AM
Winnie Lin
Guys, everyone has a different view on things, so don't talk as if you were God and everyone else whose thoughts differ from yours are retarded. You know what? I'm a junior high student who lives in Taiwan and we have to read a stupid English reading comprehension textbook everyday. In one part it says"In America, looking down at people who are different from you is considered rude and old-fashioned." Looking at this page, I seriously doubt that.
I mean, you can criticize, but at least with something that's productive, not flaming with negative stuff thats wholly consisting of emotional outbursts. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I think it's seriously wrong and twisted to laugh or question someone's sanity just because his or her opinions aren't a perfect replica of yours.
"In America, looking down at people who are different from you is considered rude and old-fashioned." I wonder who wrote that.
Dec 6 - 01:53 AM
Dan and Carrie Ann Deadly
I'm not sure we saw the same movie.
May 26 - 08:34 PM
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Tarali rada tane vasantam
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Tarali rada tane vasantam
tana dariki rani vanala kosam
Vishak Subramoney said
Welcome to Muziboo. my favourite song from RudraVeena. first time listening to you.
well done. u r singing well. u have to take care of the minor shruti slips which could be heard at many places. This was very pronounced in the begining and got better as the song went on. also…ur vocal level could be a tad higher.
Good Luck!
Sangeeta Sutar ... said
Good one srihari!
Sai Chandra ayeela said
its good but tc of the shifting of voice pitches and low pitched part…
Venu said
I liked it
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Centennial Elementary School serves approximately 450 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Our Springfield school is the closest to Eugene, less than a mile away from Autzen Stadium. We have a very supportive Parent Teacher Association and serve our students with the following academics and arts:
90 minutes of core reading daily
70 minutes of math instruction daily
Intervention groups for reading and math
Music twice a week
Library twice a week
** New this year – Physical Education three times a week.
In addition to this, we also have a Willamalane sponsored after-school care, and several clubs: TAG, Ukulele, Choir and Spanish.
Our Positive Behavior Support system is recognized by the University of Oregon Department of Education and we have three school rules which we adhere to:
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Centennial's student population includes about 29% minority students of which 25% are Hispanic/Latino. Hablamos español aqui (four staff are bilingual and we do speak Spanish here).
Centennial teachers are 100% highly qualified with more than 50% holding advanced degrees and have an average of 17 years of classroom teaching experience. For the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years, Centennial Elementary was recognized by the Oregon Department of Education as a model school. We are currently the only model school in all of Lane County and there are 27 total model schools in all of Oregon, K-12.
For the 2013-2014 school year we wrote a grant for $50,000 to the Oregon Department of Education to procure a full-time P.E. teacher for our students and an additional grant for $28,000 in conjunction with Guy Lee for Professional Development and materials for physical education. We are happy to announce that we were awarded both grants! Mr. Greg McGowan will be sharing the fun and benefits of physical education with our students. Mr. McGowan is highly qualified and has a long history with physical education. We look forward to the positivity and knowledge that he will be bringing to our team. Students will have P.E. three times a week.
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Our new premium vinyl is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. I love all the colors, there are some really great basics and some oh so fun new colors. The pink of course is one of my faves…oh and the green. I will show you a project with that another day. But today's project I used the vinyl to cut out my "princess" title and create a frame around the picture.
Of course I used my trusty welding skills and combined a few shapes to create the frame. See the shapes below. Isn't it amazing how many ways you can use your Silhouette? I hope you all have a great weekend!


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Well Hello!
It has been way too long since I have posted on here. My apologies, I have had so many projects I am working on.
I hope you are well and like this article – and even if you don't or disagree – as long as it makes you happy, I'm fine with that. So let's get into a simple question I often ask people.
What Is Health?
What a magnificent question when you really think about it.
Here we are on a revolving planet that is being mined, blown up, pillaged and totally taken for granted that it will serve us no matter what we do to it – and all mainly for profit. And all the while we expect to live a vibrant, prosperous life.
Well we actually can, however it will take a lot more work than if we actually looked after the place we live in (and ourselves) in the first place. So back to the question:
I'm really amazed at the blank looks and ultimate vague answers most people give me when I ask them that very question. Many say eating healthy or practicing health and fitness exercises or being stress free or living a harmonious lifestyle etc. etc..
Well, those answers are true – but sad to say also not true – depending on how you use them.
It certainly isn't about staying away from the doctor by taking recommended doses of some prescription as most people believe. These may be necessary for short periods only – but they do not create or sustain health or life.
Eating the right foods can do wonders, as will staying fit but there is also much more to that as well.
What are the right foods and exercises for example and why are there so many people that do such things and still end up unwell? Ah! That's an even better question. But before I go into that, let me give you my answer to the initial question.
True health is living the life you love – your whole life. It's about being vibrant and passionate about everything you want to do – no matter how old you are. To accomplish this, everything in your life needs to support that. And by this I don't mean sympathy, hopeful cures or just packing up and wandering the world (although sometimes it can make a nice change).
To walk my talk, I'm 56 and still running up hillsides, stretch flexibly and am involved and doing a myriad of things – and keep adding more to my list, while most others my age are putting their bodies in the retirement garage. Why?
If you feel like that, then let me remind you of the dreams you had as a child – they NEVER go away – and I mean NEVER. They just got buried by distractions or circumstances that got in the way. People have a great way of convincing others that they "can't" do this or that. Don't let them do that.
Even If It Is Impossible – Someone Will Eventually Do It.
There are countless of people in history that have told "they can't" or who were scorned or laughed at for their ideals. Yet those that ignored these resistances and persevered "did it anyway".
It is so common statement – but true: "You only have one shot at this life". Yyou are meant to be here and you ARE meant to thrive and succeed. No matter what the economy is or what anyone says – you can live your dreams. You do and can make a difference – as long as you love doing it.
Easy for me to say eh? Well no. I have had my share of hardships (haven't we all) but I do not allow that to stop me. I did for a while there – but I am so glad I shook that off my back.
There are many inspiring people that have succeeded against the odds. You can too. We all can. I am proving that to myself now. I like that.
One lady that brings this to mind is Lena Horne. I heard of her – but never heard her (sing) until recently. Whether you like her or not she powered on until just before she died. She reinvented herself many times to live a full and vibrant life.
I remember seeing a TV news item on how at 67 she resurrected her career (again) and was wowing audiences worldwide. Age never stopped this great lady of song. She died only a couple of years ago aged 93.
Check out one of her many performances here:
Whether you like her music or not – you certainly can see she had a real "healthy" passion.
Here is her bio on Wikipedia:
May all your dreams come true ! Now! Dig them up – they are still there!
I will be back!
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Fantastic and flavorful with the freshest Georgia shrimp!
Both main ingredients were cooked well but it was too peppery for me. The grits were cheesy and there were onions and bacon in them but it was hard to taste anything over the pepper.
Awesome! Did you enjoy this dish? The next time I'm in the area, I will have to check this restaurant out!
The shrimp were cooked perfectly. But the greats weren't that great. More like hockey pucks of dry grit cakes sitting in a bowl of gloppy, glue-like, sauce. The flavors weren't really that balanced.


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Considering you budget the preferred car to go for would be Hyundai Verna. The sedan is available in both petrol and diesel engine options. Petrol Verna is powered 1.6 liter, 4-cylinder, DOHC, VTVT (Variable Timing Valve Train) engine which produces maximum power of 103 PS @ 5500 rpm and an incredible torque of 146 Nm @ 3000 rpm. The 1.5 liter, 4-cylinder, DOHC, CRDi, VGT (Variable Geometry Turbocharger) diesel engine delivering a power of 110 PS @ 4000 rpm and Torque of 235 Nm @ 1900 rpm. The sedan is fuel efficient delivering a mileage of 10-13kmpl within the city limits and 15-16kmpl while being driven over highway. The sedan is preferred for its excellent handling and stability when driven in high speed. EPS assisted power steering enhances the handling of the car at various speed; clutch pedal and accelerator are smooth enough.Answered by Zeus, 22 Nov '08 02:25 pm
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bool / boolean datatype feature request (MySQL)
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Written by fbachofner
1 year ago
Category: Feature discussion
25 posts since Sun, 11 Aug 13
MySQL accepts bool and boolean as synonyms for TINYINT(1)
[ http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/numeric-type-overview.html ]
It would be great if HeidiSQL would add a section similar to "Logical" in the Datatype list and list bool and boolean there.
This would also be useful for MSSQL (haven't tried HeidiSQL with that, so maybe it exists.] and PostgeSQL [ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/datatype-boolean.html ] for which I hope you implement support soon!
Thanks for your consideration. HeidiSQL is one impressive tool!
Written by ansgar
1 year ago
5045 posts since Fri, 07 Apr 06
Synonyms and all these silent changes in MySQL tend to act like lies for newbies. Once they see such "lies", users tend to rely on them and think it's a real feature in the underlying database. I always prefer to leave synonyms away from the GUI, but supporting the real data types, so especially newbies know what's going on in the server.
For the whole PostgreSQL idea, I'm currently comparing usage statistics against MySQL and MSSL. Just to help me deciding whether to start spending numerous hours for a new derivation of my quite complex TDBConnection class. Of course PostgreSQL is less popular than MySQL, but I wanted to know if I would go and support some kind of dying rdbms, which I still don't know yet. I just found this comparison, which surprised me a bit due to a relative high position of PostgreSQL on the market.
Written by fbachofner
1 year ago
25 posts since Sun, 11 Aug 13
Hi Ansgar:
I understand your concern with synonyms. Keep in mind, however, that MySQL seems to be trying to meet ANSI SQL standards, eventually. Thus (I hope) at some point bool and/or boolean will actually be to define a true boolean field.
Also -- and this is important right now -- many texts suggest using bool or boolean (right now!) to define a TINYINT(1) for purposes of true/false fields. The DDL is then "futureproof" according to MySQL.
Also, when your tool does not support the full feature set of MySQL (and your competitors such as SQLYog and MySQL Workbench) then people get confused too.
RE: PostgreSQL -- usage apparently went up dramatically when Oracle acquired MySQL. [And many moved to MariaDB too.]
Personally I like aspects of PostgreSQL but really **hate** the layout of its datafiles. Why can't all databases at least offer the option to hide the datafile layout/complexity as does Firebird? [which generates a ONE file databases]
Written by kalvaro
1 year ago
599 posts since Thu, 29 Nov 07
The problem with synonyms is that (as far as I know) MySQL silently discards the information. For example, if you have this table:
create table test (
select *
... with report that both columns have identical type: TINYINT(1). There's no way to tell which one was created as boolean.
Written by kalvaro
1 year ago
599 posts since Thu, 29 Nov 07
Sorry, something went wrong and you can't edit posts. I meant that both
show create table testand
select *
Written by fbachofner
1 year ago
25 posts since Sun, 11 Aug 13
kalvaro wrote: will report TINYINT(1) in both cases.
I just tested this and found to my surprise that your comment (and ansgar's) are absolutely correct.
My impression was that MySQL preserved such DDL declarations (also foreign keys with myISAM tables, for example) so that the tables could be "properly" recreated with the users intended features when such become available in future versions of MySQL.
Thanks for pointing this out.
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