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The time of year has come to make resolutions and goals for the new year to come. Although making a resolution is easy, sticking to it is not. Some people resolve to lose weight and get healthy, while others want to read 100 books or visit every museum in their city. A great many people make resolutions related to finance, and the good news is that a credit card can play a helpful role in ensuring you stick to your resolution, whatever it may be. To help you make the most out of your 2017, we've outlined the top credit cards for a variety of resolutions.
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Pay off debt
It can be far too easy to get in over your head, especially when it comes to credit card debt. If you're carrying a balance on one or more credit cards, chances are you're paying a hefty amount each month in interest. Transferring your balance to a credit card with a long 0% intro APR on balance transfers can give you breathing room to tackle your debt and pay it down, saving money over the long run.
If you're looking for the longest 0% intro APR period we've seen, the Citi Simplicity Card – No Late Fees Ever (a NextAdvisor advertiser) is your card. In addition to enjoying 21 months of 0% intro APR on both balance transfers and purchases, cardholders won't have to pay any late fees or worry about not making their payment due date, as you can set your own. Keep in mind, there is a balance transfer fee of 3% or $5 of each transfer, whichever amount is higher. Other perks of this credit card include no annual fee and Citi Price Rewind, which looks for a lower price on items you buy with your Citi card on retail sites for up to 60 days afterward. If a lower price is found, you'll be refunded the difference, up to $300 ($1,200 max annually).
Another excellent choice for balance transfers is the Chase Slate, which features a 15-month 0% intro APR on balance transfers and purchases. What makes this card stand out from its competitors is a $0 intro balance transfer fee during the first 60 days your account is open — that means you can transfer a balance during the first 60 days of account opening for free! Balance transfers made after the first 60 days will be subject to a 5% or $5 fee, whichever is greater. There is no annual fee with this credit card, and you will get free monthly Experian FICO credit scores to help keep an eye on your credit.
Travel more often
One of the most popular bucket list items for people of all ages is to travel. Whether you've never left the country or are a certifiable travel bug, a travel rewards credit card can help you pay for future trips by earning you miles or points with your purchases — which you can redeem for airfare, hotel stays and more.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred Card is a stellar choice for any travel junkie, as it offers incredibly generous rewards along with flexible redemption options. You earn 2 points per $1 spent on travel and dining out as well as 1 point per $1 spent on everything else — but that's not all. As a new cardholder, you can earn up to 55,000 bonus points; 50,000 after spending $4,000 on purchases within the first 3 months and an additional 5,000 after adding your first authorized user and making a purchase in the first 3 months. You can redeem this bonus for either $687 via Chase Ultimate Rewards or a whopping $951 if you move the points over to the Hyatt Gold Passport frequent travel program, as Chase Sapphire Preferred Card owners can transfer their points 1:1 for free to other popular travel rewards programs, something you don't see often. You also get a 25% bonus if you redeem through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal, and you can choose to redeem your points for cash or gift cards. Rounding things out with this credit card is a $0 annual fee the first year ($95 afterward) and no foreign transaction fees for peace of mind when you use it abroad.
Want to travel but don't have the best credit? The Discover it Miles – Unlimited 1.5x Rewards Card accepts applicants with average to excellent credit (a credit score around 670), and it offers plenty of great perks. In fact, this card has benefits usually reserved for those with great credit and it's also one of our top-rated cards for those with excellent credit. In addition to earning an unlimited 1.5 miles for every dollar spent, new cardholders will see all the miles they earn in the first year doubled at the end of the year. That means if you earn 50,000 miles your first year, you'll get another 50,000 miles for a total of 100,000 miles! You can redeem your miles in any amount for cash or a statement credit, and the Discover it Miles – Unlimited 1.5x Rewards Card charges no foreign transaction fees or annual fee, making it a smart card to have in your wallet wherever you go. Cardholders will also benefit from 14 months of 0% intro APR on purchases and free FICO credit scores printed on their monthly statements.
Save money
A top-notch cash back rewards credit card is the key to getting the most out of the purchases you make every day. If you want to save money in the new year, you can't go wrong with a cash back credit card with rewards tailored to your personal shopping habits.
The Blue Cash Everyday Card from American Express (a NextAdvisor advertiser) is a cash back money-making machine, earning you 3% cash back at U.S. grocery stores (up to $6,000 in purchases a year, then 1%), 2% cash back at U.S. gas stations and select U.S. department stores and 1% cash back on all other purchases. There is also a cash back bonus of $150 after you spend $1,000 on purchases within the first 3 months, and on top of all that, you'll get a 15-month 0% intro APR on purchases and balance transfers (with a 3% balance transfer fee, $5 min) and pay no annual fee. If you're someone who spends at least $500/month on groceries, you might consider the Blue Cash Preferred Card from American Express, which earns 6% cash back at U.S. supermarkets (up to $6,000/year) and offers a $200 bonus after spending $1,000 within the first 3 months. Keep in mind, there is a $95 annual fee with this higher-earning credit card (this blog post explains when the fee makes sense), so if that's a dealbreaker you'd probably want to stick with the fee-less Blue Cash Everyday Card.
Chase Freedom – $150 Bonus features an amazing 15-month 0% intro APR on purchases and balance transfers (with a 5% balance transfer fee) along with 5% cash back on purchases in quarterly rotating categories (up to $1,500/quarter in combined purchases, then it's 1%) and 1% cash back on all other purchases. While you have to activate the 5% back rewards, you can count on Chase to send reminders when it's time to sign up for new cash back categories, and redeeming your rewards is as easy as choosing between cash, gift cards or a statement credit. You can also transfer your rewards at a 1:1 ratio to Amazon.com, which is a great option for frequent Amazon shoppers. On top of the long-term rewards, when you spend $500 in the first 3 months of owning this card, you'll receive a $150 cash bonus! Finally, there is no annual fee with this credit card.
Start a business
There's no better feeling than putting in a hard day's work, especially when you work for yourself. If you've always wanted to start your own business, 2017 is the year to do it, and a top-rated business credit card is a smart choice for keeping personal and business expenses separate.
The Ink Business Cash Credit Card is perfect for startups as well as established businesses. It offers a 12-month 0% intro APR on purchases and balance transfers (with a 5% balance transfer fee) and no annual fee, as well as top-notch rewards. Cardholders earn 5% cash back on up to $25,000 spent on office supplies, cable, Internet and telecom services, 2% on gas and dining (up to $25,000 a year) and 1% on all other purchases. In addition, when you spend $3,000 on purchases within the first 3 months, you'll get a $300 cash bonus. Add in free employee cards and bonus features like a mobile app that lets you take photos of receipts and file them instantly, and you've got a great business credit card.
Businesses wanting to earn generous cash back rewards can look to the Capital One Spark Cash for Business, which earns cardholders an unlimited 2% cash back on all purchases with no categories or limits to worry about. New cardholders will also receive a $500 cash bonus after spending $4,500 on purchases within the first 3 months after approval. There aren't any foreign transaction fees, so you can take this credit card abroad, and free employee credit cards ensure you can maximize your business earnings. There is a $95 annual fee with this card, but it's waived the first year. Business owners looking for a similar card with travel rewards will want to check out the Capital One Spark Miles for Business.
Rebuild your credit
It isn't uncommon to have less-than-perfect credit, but if you're struggling with poor credit or no credit whatsoever, you might think a credit card is out of your reach. That's where secured credit cards come in. They look and act just like credit cards, but you put down a security deposit to open the card and your credit limit is based on that deposit. Since most of these cards report to all three credit bureaus, they're an excellent way to rebuild your credit.
The Discover it Secured Card – No Annual Fee is not only a great choice for those looking to build or rebuild their credit, but it also allows you to earn cash back rewards. The minimum security deposit is $200, and there is no annual fee to worry about. All gas station and restaurant purchases you make with the card will earn 2% cash back (up to $1,000 in combined purchases per quarter, then 1%) and you'll earn 1% cash back on everything else. As an added bonus, Discover will automatically double all cash back you've earned at the end of your first year! Other benefits of this credit card include no foreign transaction fees and free FICO credit scores printed on your monthly statements, which helps you keep track of your progress.
If you'd prefer to pay a less steep deposit and don't mid missing out on cash back rewards, the Capital One Secured MasterCard accepts $49, $99 and $200 deposits, determined by your creditworthiness, for a starting credit line of $200. There is no annual fee with this card, and so long as you make timely payments on your monthly bill, you can use it to help rebuild your credit, as your payment activity will be reported to all three credit bureaus. There are also no foreign transaction fees with this card, and you can access higher credit limits after making your first 5 payments on time.
Get your first credit card
Whether you're a college student just getting started or an adult who's never bothered to get a credit card until now, opening your first credit card is an exciting experience. Here are a couple of smart choices for first credit cards.
The Discover it – Cashback Match makes a wonderful first credit card, no matter who you are. You'll earn 5% cash back on up to $1,500 in purchases made within select categories, which rotate on a quarterly basis, as well as 1% cash back on everything else. The 5% cash back categories for the first 3 months of 2017 are gas stations, ground transportation such as taxis, Lyft, Uber, railways and rental cars, and wholesale clubs like Sam's Club, BJ's and Costco online. The icing on the cake is the automatic doubling of all cash back earned in your first year, which is a serious perk, as it means you're basically earning 10% back on rotating categories for the first year. Other noteworthy features of Discover it – Cashback Match include a 14-month 0% intro APR on purchases and balance transfers (with a 3% balance transfer fee), no annual fee or foreign transaction fees and TransUnion FICO scores printed on every monthly statement.
Students will love the Discover it for Students, which offers a $20 cash back bonus each school year your GPA is 3.0 or higher for up to 5 years, in addition to 5% cash back on purchases made within quarterly rotating categories (up to $1,500 per quarter) and 1% cash back on everything else. There aren't any late fees, foreign transaction fees or annual fee to worry about — great news for those on student budgets — and you get 0% intro APR on purchases for the first 6 months. Free TransUnion FICO scores printed on every statement let you keep an eye on your credit, while fun card art styles let you show off your individualism.
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I currently have a sql server 2000 sp4 instance with a read-only db on it. We get tlogs shipped from an outside vendor and keep a copy of the production database in house for reporting purposes. The database is in read-only mode because we apply new tlogs daily. Recently we did a full recover and applied 2 tlogs.
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There is a user YYY in the database and at the server level, but they aren't linked. So I do what I usually do and run the following command:
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Server: Msg 3906, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_change_users_login, Line 109 Could not run BEGIN TRANSACTION in database 'ZZZ' because the database is read-only.
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Easiest would be to drop the login on your server, and re-create it with the SID of the user in the database. Alternatively, you can try to have the vendor drop the user and login on their end, and recreate it with your login's SID. The new SID will be brought to your server with the appropriate TLog restore.


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Think "gypsy" and you're likely thinking of some stereotype. Maybe you're thinking of a "good" generalization — such a passionate people! What guitar music! More likely, in today's Europe, the word conjures up uglier notions: outcast, beggar, thief.
Chloe Borkett's photography avoids either extreme. Over the course of six months, she took portraits of Britain's Gypsies and Irish Travelers (read here for a detailed take on the most current correct names for the group) in their homes. The seemingly mundane moments from daily life are a direct rebuttal to the wilder notions of gypsy roma identity. Taken as a whole, "untitled portraits" forms an unusually intimate, nuanced glimpse of Europe's most persecuted minority group. She joined us from her home in London as she prepared for her next project: a trip to Kazakhstan, where she will be teaching English as well as working on her next photography project.
Roads & Kingdoms: Tell me about "Untitled Portraits".
Chloe Borkett: I have a long-standing interest in race, identity and heritage, particularly of those who are marginalized. In 2010, I was living and studying in South East Wales, which happens to have a large settlement of Gypsy Roma and Travelers, so it became a possibility to explore this community.
R&K: You got inside these people's homes for a lot of the portraits. How did you approach them?
CB: Yes, that was tricky. What needs to be understood about Gypsy Roma and Travelers in Britain is that they have been persecuted for decades, which means they have become an isolated and very suspicious community. So it was never going to be a case of just rocking up with my camera and saying 'hey I'm interested in you, can I take pictures?'. So to gain access, I approached the many outreach organizations and government initiatives that are trying to bridge the gap between these communities and the wider society. This meant I would have a trusted route in. It took some time.
R&K: What did these organizations and initiatives focus on?
CB: Mostly education, skills development, housing issues and cultural preservation, etc. Many Gypsy Roma and Travelers are illiterate, so they need people to read letters and write correspondence for them. They need advice on a lot issues. It took me 3 months of research, developing my visual approach and contact with the organizations until I met with people from the community. We are talking serious suspicion here. I spent most of my time with women and children, as the men go out to work during the day. I rarely saw them. I had to be introduced by the outreach workers, who would explain what I was doing, then I would make appointments to meet with people. There was a lot of hanging about, drinking tea and smoking cigarettes. They all spoke English but not in a way that either you or me understand it. They have a very definite dialect.


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Has Nike Overused The "Air Yeezy" Concept?
Many would argue that the "Air Yeezy" line is Nike's most successful sneaker collaboration of all time and has forever changed the landscape of the sneaker community. I don't have to remind you of the current resale value of the "Air Yeezy" 1 & 2 being in the thousands of dollars or about the countless re-sellers trying to pass reps as authentic. These points coupled with Kanye's notable move to Adidas has caused some sneakerheads to complain that Nike is riding the "Yeezy" train in terms of use of the colorways; more specifically the "Solar Reds" & "Red Octobers." Even my most recent trip to my barber shop, we got into a heated and interesting discussion on this topic. So I figure this is as great a time as any to state my opinion.
As we know, Nike owns the rights to the "Yeezy" colorways, therefore I feel they can put it on any sneaker they please. Red sneakers have been around long before the "Red October Yeezy 2's" ever dropped. Yet anytime an all red shoe is released, the first thing someone says is "Nike needs to stop biting "Yeezy" colorway or sneakerheads nickname the "Red Octobers." I assure you Nike's design team is not sitting at their round table saying let's throw the "Yeezy" colorway on every sneaker possible. Yes, the colorway has been put on Roshe Runs, Air Max's, Foamposite Pros and most recently the Premier x Nike SB "Northern Lights" collab but we do not know how long these projects were in the works. Nike has concepts and ideas brewing for months and in some cases years before the release and if a concept is successful, what business wouldn't run with it for as long as possible?
I personally think we need to relax on criticizing Nike's use of "Yeezy" colorways. They have the right to do so and as much as we complain about it, sneakerheads continue to eat up every "Yeezy" inspired release. Additionally, social media and sneaker blogs post countless images/articles of sneakerheads and customizers use of NikeID to create their own "Yeezy" sneaker. So the hate on Nike can't be that real can it? Comment below and let us know which side of the argument you stand on.


text: David De Graaf, Ph.D., has served in leadership roles in biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms from the bench to the boardroom. Before joining Syntimmune, David was a Venture Partner at Apple Tree Partners, the lead investor in Syntimmune. Earlier, he was executive chairman and chief executive at Selventa, a firm he successfully rebranded and refocused, growing it to cumulative sales of $35 million. Prior to joining Selventa, de Graaf served as vice president of biotherapeutics and integrative biology at Boehringer-Ingelheim, where he also served as interim head of U.S. research. He also held leadership positions at Pfizer (director of the Systems Biology, Biotherapeutics and BioInnovation Center, head of systems biology) and AstraZeneca (global head of strategic capabilities systems biology, associate director of the computational biology section). He holds a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed journal articles, and is the inventor on several granted and pending patents.


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United we stand - opportunities for museums worldwide
Watch Nick Poole (UK), Chief Executive of the Collections Trust lecture United we stand - opportunities for museums worldwide brought to us by National Services Te Paerangi.
The Collections Trust is the new UK organisation for collections. Their aim is to improve the quality of life by ensuring that cultural collections are available for use and enjoyment by everyone, now and for the future.
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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by sdguy67, Apr 4, 2010.
But why is the Droid not available as a selection in the store?
Anyone know why the Droid isn't available as a phone selection in the store?
which store? online store, in store locally to you or ??
The store within this site
Because this is a message board site and they are in the business of advertising not selling products so much, especially those that have contract issues like subsidies and such. I wouldn't call it impossible in the future but what's the deal? Just go down to your local Verizon store or Best Buy
This site isn't really a phone store, it's an Android accessories store and is affiliated to some online phone stores.
I think the OP is talking about selecting the DROID in the store to see accessories for it. If you open the selection part, only the Devour and Eris are listed for Verizon, no DROID to be found as a choice?!?
The store has an option to select just about every other Andriod phone on the market, including the Droid Eris and Devour, both are verizon and one is Moto. Other sites have all the same phones including the droid. Just wondering why this site doesn't list the Droid but it does all others
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This site has just about the same store, but it does include the Droid
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"Oustanding combination of vegetables, herbs and cheese; they complement each other perfectly. Would make a great vegetarian summer (or anytime) one-dish meal. I found this recipe on-line when searching for artichoke recipes (hey, you can never have too many good ones). Then I tweaked a little to improve it."
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- 1 lb cavatelli (or any medium shell)
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- 1⁄4 cup balsamic vinegar
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- 4 -6 green onions, sliced (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄2 cup fresh basil, chopped
- 2 teaspoons salt, to taste
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper, to taste
- 8 ounces goat cheese, crumbled (such as Montrachet)
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We recently shared part one of an interview with Edyta Wozna, who is one of the caregivers of Don English, Rhino Africa's adopted orphaned rhino. Don's mother was killed by poachers in South Africa's Kruger National Park in July 2015.
In the interview, Edyta sheds light on the process of an orphan rhino arriving from the wild into the Care for Wild sanctuary and shared some of what happened in the days and weeks following Don's arrival at the sanctuary.
In part two of the interview series, we wanted to get to know Don a little better:
Given the circumstances behind the death of Don's mother, is Don friendly to humans?
It's so important to set out here that it is not our goal to get an orphaned rhino to be friendly to humans. Eventually all of our orphans at Care for Wild will be released onto a fully monitored, high security tract of land, so that they will be able to live a wild life. However, as the team, we need to be able to interact with the rhino so that we can feed and rehabilitate it. We don't know if Don saw his mother being killed, but he was definitely wary of us at the beginning. But, as soon as he saw Warren, another one of our young orphaned rhinos, interacting with us, he immediately became more relaxed. The fact that Warren was not anxious made Don feel at ease.
Does Don get on well with his "room-mates" Warren and Oz?
Oh yes. You must know that he is the smallest, but he has the biggest attitude. He has never been scared and from the beginning he made it known that he would not be pushed around. The three of them are best mates – each with a very distinct personality.
Tell us more about Don's personality.
I would say cheeky, clever and very loving … oh and he loves his bottle. At feeding time he is the first to arrive. He loves to cuddle. If you rub Don's tummy he will immediately lie down, encouraging you to scratch for as long as you can. Although he is shorter than the other two, Don is quite stocky I would say, and his is the hairiest, which adds to his cuteness. He's definitely the "baby", so Warren and Oz teach him. For example, he was too lazy to start eating grass, but when he saw Oz doing it, he decided to try. Lastly, he loves his mud bath, but what rhino doesn't!
Can you describe Don's typical daily routine?
Yes, his first feed is in the early morning, just as the sun is coming up. He gets one and a half litres of milk and one liter of a medicinal mixture that soothes any problems in the gut. In total, he has six bottle feeds per day and he is now eating approximately one kilogram of solid food per day in the form of grasses. We also add dung from the other rhinos in the sanctuary into Don's boma. It's important for Don, Warren and Oz to eat this dung as it contains natural bacteria that is good for the gut.
We spend time stimulating all three rhinos, often by playing with them, but they are definitely getting to the stage where they are keeping themselves busy. Depending on how hot it is, the rhinos get one or two mud baths every day.
Edyta, what's the hardest part of your job?
When an orphan rhino arrives at the sanctuary and you put everything you have into trying to get that individual through the first few days and then it doesn't make it. There's nothing as hard as that. But the reality is that you learn from it and hopefully you'll have more experience for the next arrival.
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Schizophrenia medication and psychosocial treatment options have expanded since the Schizophrenia PORT was conducted. However, there also have been considerable changes in the delivery of mental health care in the public sector, as well as increasing state concerns about Medicaid cost containment.
To examine trends and patient characteristics associated with differences in schizophrenia medication and visit treatment quality in a Medicaid population.
Observational study of claims data from July 1, 1996 to June 30, 2001.
Florida Medicaid enrollees diagnosed with schizophrenia (N=23,619).
We examined the likelihood of meeting any one and all four of the following quality standards: 1) receiving antipsychotic medication, 2) antipsychotic continuity and 3) dosing consistent with PORT recommendations and, 4) mental health visit continuity. Separate models were fit for acute and maintenance phases of treatment.
Approximately 18% of acute and 7% of maintenance phases met all four quality standards. Antipsychotic quality improved (largely driven by an increasingly likelihood of receiving any antipsychotic), while visit continuity declined. The greatest disparities were seen for persons with co-occurring substance use disorders and of Black race. Quality differences were often phase specific and at times in opposite directions across treatment phases.
The improvement in antipsychotic treatment quality is encouraging. However, visit continuity declined. This study highlights the importance of quality measurement that includes focus on different treatment modalities and phases of care, as well as for potentially vulnerable populations (such as persons with co-occurring substance use disorders and minority race/ethnicity).
In 1998 the Schizophrenia PORT provided comprehensive recommendations for treating schizophrenia.1 It also documented considerable shortfalls in treatment adequacy, including racial disparities, between years 1994 and 1996.2 Subsequent studies also have found quality differences associated with co-occurring substance use disorders, age and gender, although the directions of these differences have not been consistent.2-5
Since the original PORT, more evidence-based medication and psychosocial treatments have emerged and were included in a 2003 update.6 Also during this period, state Medicaid programs have experienced increasing cost containment pressure, resulting in considerable changes in the organization and delivery of Medicaid mental health care--namely, the widespread use of managed care arrangements. Given this contradictory context of emerging treatment technologies and cost containment pressure, it is important to understand how pharmacologic and psychosocial treatment quality for schizophrenia has been changing.
In this study we examine changes in schizophrenia treatment quality in Florida Medicaid's fee-for-service program between years 1996 and 2001. Florida is a large, ethnically diverse state and its Medicaid program is the third largest in the United States.7 We also examine disparities in quality by age, gender, ethnicity or race, and co-occurring substance use disorders, providing separate analysis for acute and maintenance phases.
To combat increasing Medicaid costs, in 1991 Florida began phasing in by region MediPass, a lightly managed, primary care case management program for fee-for-service enrollees. In Medipass, the primary care physicians received a capitation payment for providing gate-keeping and case management services. Otherwise, the program was fee-for-service (although, outpatient Medicaid fees are typically low relative to the market price thereby limiting the supply of services). In 1996 the state implemented in one county (Tampa) a behavioral health carve-out, the impact of which has previously been studied.8-10 The carve-out was capitated and financially at risk for inpatient and outpatient utilization, but not medications. Community mental health centers received capitated payments from the carve-out but reported service utilization and were buffered from full loss of cost over-runs. Some enrollees were served by Medicaid HMOs, which managed their mental health services. Most of the non-HMO enrollees with psychiatric illness were served through Medipass program, except for Tampa enrollees whose psychiatric care was managed by the behavioral health carve-out. During the study period, there was no prior authorization policy limiting antipsychotic medication, including the more expensive, second generation agents.
The administrative data were obtained from the state and included encounters in the Medipass and carve-out programs. Encounter data quality was the same between the Medipass and carve-out arrangements. Our cohort included enrollees diagnosed with schizophrenia in Florida's Medicaid program between July 1, 1996 and June 30, 2001. The administrative data included enrollment records, information on inpatient hospitalizations, outpatient treatments, diagnoses, and medications received. Enrollees dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid were excluded because Medicaid claims would not contain their complete service utilization records. This study was approved by the Harvard Medical School Internal Review Board.
Previous studies have found substantial agreement between Medicaid claims-based diagnoses of schizophrenia and clinical interviews (A.F. Lehman, unpublished data, 2002) and chart reviews.11 Thus, using Medicaid administrative claims to develop a schizophrenia cohort has demonstrated validity. The diagnostic algorithm used to define the cohort has been previously described.8 In brief, enrollees with at least two schizophrenia diagnoses (inpatient and/or outpatient treatment, ICD-9 codes 295.0-295.9) were included. Enrollees with only one schizophrenia claim were also included if the claim represented: 1) an inpatient discharge diagnosis, or, 2) at least 50% of their entire outpatient mental health claims (i.e., one out of two mental health claims had a schizophrenia diagnosis). Among those who met our above diagnostic criteria, we then selected enrollees age 18 through 64 who were continuously enrolled in Florida's non-HMO Medicaid program for at least 6 months in a given fiscal year.
Since recommendations for first-generation antipsychotic dosages vary for acute versus maintenance phase treatment, we conducted separate analyses by treatment phase. Phases that spanned fiscal years were counted toward the fiscal year that included the majority of the treatment phase.
Acute phase treatment was defined as starting on Day 1 of an inpatient psychiatric hospitalization and lasted 12 weeks thereafter. If rehospitalization occurred within those 12 weeks, then the acute phase was extended to 12 weeks after Day 1 of the last hospitalization. We implemented a correction that accounted for the varying number of outpatient days within an acute phase. Essentially, inpatient days were removed from the denominator of "eligible days in a phase" when calculating the visit intensity and pharmacotherapy dose and duration. Maintenance phase was defined as beginning the 1st day after an acute phase ended, or, if there was no hospitalization in a given fiscal year, then the entire year was considered to be maintenance phase.
We examined pharmacotherapy and psychosocial quality standards that are consistent with recommendations from the updated Schizophrenia PORT and whose elements are observable in claims data.
The pharmacotherapy quality standards were: 1) receiving an antipsychotic medication, 2) conditional on receiving an antipsychotic, the continuity of days supplied, and 3) dosing not in excess of the PORT recommendations. We did not examine dose in treatment phases that included decanoate antipsychotic medication (~10% of phases) because decanoate dosing information is unavailable in claims data.
We defined antipsychotic continuity as having no break in pill days supplied >30 days, or, for decanoate injections, having refills/repeat injections within at least 8 weeks from the last prescription. These intervals were selected due to concerns that shorter intervals between prescriptions might reflect lowering of medication dosages, rather than discontinuity.
Although the PORT distinguished between low, appropriate and high antipsychotic dosing, subsequent PORT analyses found that low doses were associated with fewer side effects and better functioning.12 Therefore, we defined dose appropriateness dichotomously. All first-generation antipsychotics were converted to chlorpromazine equivalents. Excessive dose was defined as ≥1000 chlorpromazine equivalents in acute phase and ≥600 equivalents in maintenance phase.
The average daily dose per phase was calculated by the daily prescription dosages, weighted by the days supply. If more than one antipsychotic was prescribed at once and all could not be translated into chlorpromazine equivalents due to some being second generation, then the antipsychotic dosage was considered excessive if ANY one was an excessive dose.
We planned to have a broader set of psychosocial quality standards, such as the frequency of individual or group psychotherapy, or family therapy. However, fewer than 1% of persons receive any family therapy,8 and examination of the data for this analysis revealed only approximately 7-26% of the treatment phases included any psychotherapy. Further, claims for Assertive Community Treatment were not identifiable in these data during the study years. Therefore, we chose treatment continuity as an indicator of psychosocial care. This variable was defined liberally: no break in mental health visits >60 days. Mental health visits were defined as diagnostic assessments, medication management visits, or psychotherapy (individual, group or family).
We sought to combine the three medication measures into one composite medication quality standard. Dose is an important part of quality but unknown for treatment phases that included decanoate medication. Therefore, in order to include dose, but also provide an estimate of overall medication quality for all treatment phases, we created two composite medication quality indicators. One consisted of receiving all three individual medication standards—an antipsychotic, in continuous supply and doses consistent with PORT recommendations. This was calculated for person-phases without decanoate antipsychotics. The second consisted of receiving any antipsychotic and a continuous supply, but not dosing. This more limited medication quality standard was applied to the entire schizophrenia sample. Finally, to create overall measures of visit and medication quality, we combined visit continuity with each composite medication quality standard.
Based on prior literature, our primary explanatory patient characteristic variables of interest were age, gender, presence of a co-occurring substance use disorder diagnosis (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition codes 291, 292, 303, 304, 305.0, 305.2-305.7, and 305.9) and race/ethnicity. Race/ethnicity was coded by the state as White, Black, Hispanic or Other/Missing. We were also interested in changes in treatment quality over time. Therefore we used dummy variables to control for fiscal-year in the model. Enrollee region of residence (defined by the state) was controlled for as dummy variables, and number of months enrolled in the Medicaid program during the treatment phase as a continuous variable. All remaining covariates were measured as dichotomous variables, except age.
Summary statistics were calculated for the patient demographic and clinical characteristics (Table 1) and for the acute and maintenance phase dependent outcome quality standards (Table 2). We fit logistic regression models, by phase, for the likelihood of meeting quality standards for each of the pharmacotherapy, visit, and composite standards. We constructed 95% confidence intervals for the estimated adjusted odds ratios and used a generalized estimating equation (GEE) approach, clustered by enrollee identification number, to account for autocorrelation and clustering.13 Preliminary models indicated robust associations between the quality outcomes and race/ethnicity and substance use disorders. Therefore, we included interaction terms for race/ethnicity and SUD to test if the effect of these characteristics was uniform. To further examine the impact of statistically significant patient characteristics in the model, we calculated the predicted probabilities of meeting these quality standards for differing values of these key variables. STATA version 9.0 was used for these analyses.
Across the study years, there was little change in the unadjusted treatment quality—and the proportion of treatment phases meeting the overall quality standards was low (acute approximately 18% and maintenance 7-8%, when all three medication quality standards were considered) (Table 2). Overall medication quality was similar in acute and maintenance phases and improved over time. Approximately 49%-59% of all person-phases included both any antipsychotic and prescription continuity; that rate fell to 37%-46% in those for whom antipsychotic dosing was also was taken into consideration.
Differing patterns were seen for the unadjusted individual quality standards. Rates of antipsychotic prescribing increased and also were higher in maintenance phase (acute 53%-63%; maintenance 65%-74%). Among patients receiving an antipsychotic in acute phase, over 90% received a continuous supply and approximately 82% received doses consistent with PORT recommendations. These proportions were lower for maintenance phase (approximately three-quarters for continuous supply and dosing). Similar to antipsychotic prescribing, more patients received a mental health visit during maintenance phases. The proportion of treatment phases that included a mental health visit declined from 62% to 56% for acute phase and remained constant at 78%-77% for maintenance phase. However, the visit continuity standard was met in only approximately one-third of acute and one-fifth of maintenance phases. Receiving at least monthly psychotherapy was low to begin with, but also declined: from 26% to 7% for acute phase and from 12% to 9% for maintenance phase, suggesting that regular, ongoing psychotherapy was declining over time.
The logistic regression models revealed several associations between study year, patient characteristics and treatment quality. These associations were not always the same for acute and maintenance phases. Overall treatment or medication quality models that did not include dosing (i.e., full population) typically had similar results as the models that did (i.e., non-decanoate receiving population). Therefore, we report in Tables 3 and and44 the results for overall medication quality that included dose (i.e., the non-decanoate population; 90% of the person-phase sample) for the primary explanatory variables of interest. Full model results are available from the authors by request.
Overall treatment quality was unchanged over time but there were significant changes in the components of quality. In both treatment phases, the greatest and most consistent changes were a greater likelihood of overall medication quality (largely driven by a greater likelihood of receiving an antipsychotic), and a lower likelihood of visit continuity.
Quality varied by gender similarly across phases. In medication quality specifically, men fared worse than women in acute phase and marginally better in maintenance. The individual quality standards had mixed results. Compared to women, men were more likely to receive an antipsychotic. Those who received an antipsychotic were less likely to have a continuous supply in maintenance phase but more likely to receive doses consistent with PORT recommendations in both phases. Visit continuity also was less likely for men, in acute phase.
Co-occurring substance use disorders were associated with lower overall and medication quality. The lower quality was more pervasive in acute phase. In maintenance phase, lower quality was largely driven by a lower likelihood of receiving an antipsychotic. Despite having worse overall and medication quality, some maintenance phase individual quality components were better for persons with co-occurring substance use disorders (visit continuity and antipsychotic dosing).
In general, Blacks received worse quality, relative to Whites; the results for Hispanics were more mixed. Also, fewer differences were seen in acute compared to maintenance phase. Blacks fared worse relative to Whites in overall and medication quality. In maintenance phase, Hispanics fared worse in overall treatment quality, but were marginally more likely than Whites to meet overall medication quality standards. Examining the individual quality standards, in acute phase, compared to Whites, Blacks were marginally less likely to receive an antipsychotic but Hispanics in both phases were more likely to receive dosing consistent with the PORT recommendations. In maintenance phase, Blacks and Hispanics were less likely to receive continuity in antipsychotic supply and visits.
We found significant interactions with race/ethnicity and co-occurring substance use disorders. In acute phase, the interaction of Hispanic ethnicity and a substance use disorder diagnosis was associated with overall better treatment quality (largely driven by better visit continuity). However, the interaction of Black race and substance use disorder was associated with similar overall quality despite a lower likelihood of visit continuity. In maintenance phase, there was no significant interaction between Hispanic ethnicity and substance use disorder; Blacks with a substance use disorder had a lower likelihood of receiving an antipsychotic but greater likelihood of antipsychotic and visit continuity
The association between age and individual components of quality was mixed but older age was associated with significantly worse overall treatment quality in maintenance phase. It was associated with better overall medication quality in both phases but worse visit continuity in acute phase, and a trend of worse visit continuity in maintenance phase. In both treatment phases, older age was associated with a greater likelihood of receiving antipsychotic doses consistent with PORT recommendations. In maintenance phase it was also associated with a greater likelihood of receiving an antipsychotic.
To better quantify the effect size of these statistically significant differences, and summarize our results, Table 5 describes the adjusted predicted probabilities of receiving overall medication quality or visit continuity. Among the patient characteristics examined, co-occurring substance use disorders were associated with one of the larger disparities in treatment quality. The exception was maintenance phase visit continuity, in which they were associated with a significantly greater probability of visit continuity. However, the one percentage point difference is of little policy significance as an indicator of better continuity. Race/ethnicity also played a considerable role in quality differences, with Blacks typically faring worse and Hispanics better than Whites. Thus the greatest quality disparity seen was between Blacks and Hispanics. Visit continuity in maintenance phase was an exception: Hispanics faired worse than Blacks and Whites.
We observed changes over time in schizophrenia treatment quality. Independent of these changes, quality was low. Also, there were phase-specific differences. Cross-sectional measures (i.e., receiving any antipsychotic or mental health visit) were higher in maintenance phase, likely reflecting its longer time window (up to 365 days vs. 12 weeks for acute phase). Longitudinal measures (i.e., continuity of treatment,) were lower in maintenance phase, likely reflecting the challenges of either adherence and/or barriers to care over time.
While overall treatment quality remained the same, there were changes in the likelihood of receiving components of quality. Overall medication quality improved, driven by a higher percentage of patients receiving an antipsychotic. However, the likelihood of receiving continuous outpatient visits declined, as did the likelihood of receiving a continuous supply of antipsychotic medications in acute phase. These results likely reflect increasing pressure for Medicaid cost containment. For example, during the study period the inflation adjusted Florida Medicaid fees for psychosocial treatments declined.14 Further, our observation that patients were more likely to receive antipsychotics, but less likely to receive psychosocial treatments is consistent with other research examining trends in mental health treatment utilization.15-21
The PORT examined quality at the person level, whereas we do so at the treatment phase level. Still, finding some reasonable comparison between the studies would be useful. Ninety percent of the patients with a maintenance phase in our study had only one per year, which provides an opportunity for some approximate comparison with PORT results. A lower proportion of maintenance phases in our sample included an antipsychotic (65.4-73.7% vs. 92% of PORT respondents in maintenance phase). However, there was higher excessive dosing in the PORT (31% vs. approximately 22%). Approximately 65% of PORT respondents reported receiving help with at least one life problem and 45% of the treatment plans indicated the patients were receiving psychotherapy. We found that 74.5-77.8% of maintenance phases included at least one mental health visit, but much lower rates of at least monthly psychotherapy (11.9%-7.3%).
There are other ways in which our data are not directly comparable to the PORT. We rely upon administrative data and the PORT utilized a combination of chart review and patient interview. Also, the PORT measured the proportion prescribed an antipsychotic, whereas our data reflect the proportion that actually filled a prescription. Further, our estimate of medication dosing is based upon a calculation of the average daily dose over a treatment phase based on prescription claims, rather than relying on charts or patient self report.
We found treatment quality differences associated with age and gender (and consistent with prior literature22, 23), but co-occurring substance use disorders were more strongly associated with a disparity in treatment quality. While consistent with other literature describing worse adherence in patients with co-occurring schizophrenia and substance use disorders,24-28 we cannot determine if decreased quality or adherence is related to patient factors, provider/system factors or both. Also, our finding that these patients were similarly likely to receive appropriate prescribed antipsychotic doses is consistent with prior literature.23 Still, our results demonstrate the importance of additional policy or service system changes aimed at engaging and maintaining this population in treatment, such as increasing the capacity for integrated co-occurring treatment. However, it is also notable that while we found persons with co-occurring substance use disorder were less likely in maintenance phase to fill an antipsychotic prescription, those who did were more likely to fill a continuous supply. These results suggest better quality for a subset of persons with co-occurring substance use disorders who received antipsychotic pharmacotherapy.
The greatest disparity in overall medication quality and visit continuity based on race/ethnicity was between Blacks and Hispanics, with Hispanics at times faring better than Whites. However, we also found a spottier quality record for the individual measures of treatment quality. Other research has also found that Blacks and Hispanics are less likely to receive a continuous supply of medication3, 4, 25, 28, 29 and that Blacks are less likely to have visit continuity.30 Our observation that Blacks were equally likely to meet the PORT dose standard is consistent with some,23 but not replicated in all,29, 31 prior literature. Although prior research has found no dosing appropriateness differences between Hispanics and Whites,23 we found excessive dosing more likely for Hispanics, in maintenance phase.
We also found additional relationships between quality, race/ethnicity and co-occurring substance use disorders. A co-occurring substance use disorder diagnosis typically was associated with worse quality outcomes for Blacks but some better quality outcomes for Hispanics. However, the confidence intervals for Hispanics tended to be large, suggesting less stable estimates. Further research is needed to clarify the relationship between quality disparities and co-occurring substance use disorders and race/ethnicity.
There are several limitations worth noting. One is that we could not directly observe clinical symptoms, therefore our definitions of acute or maintenance phase may not entirely correspond to the clinical scenario. Further, we rely upon claims data to determine race/ethnicity and concerns have been raised about the accuracy of the non-White categories in large databases.32 However, there is some evidence that misclassification biases in administrative data are small for Blacks, Whites and Hispanics, due to high positive predictive values within a racial/ethnic category. 33
The 2003 PORT update reflected increasing choices in second generation antipsychotics, as well as an updated evidence base regarding psychosocial treatments. We apply these standards to care delivered from July 1996 through June 2001. The updated PORT recommendations are reasonable to apply to these data for two reasons. First, the dosing recommendations of newer medications follow the manufacturers' recommendations (and therefore were accessible to clinicians prior to publication of the updated PORT). Second, the limited frequency in these data of psychosocial treatments specifically recommended by the PORT necessitated a very liberal definition of psychosocial treatment quality: namely continuity.
The maintenance phases typically lasted nine to twelve months (depending upon whether one considers the mean or median/mode). Over this duration, it may be reasonable for service utilization to decrease as patients become more stable over time. However, our quality standards represent a minimum threshold of care that should be maintained over time. For example, individuals with a chronic, debilitating illness such as schizophrenia, most of whom are disabled and on Supplemental Security Income, should receive at least one mental health visit in a 60 day period. Or, over a 1 year maintenance phase period patients should receive an antipsychotic, at an appropriate dose and without any medication disruption for more than 30 days.
We do not examine treatment quality beyond fiscal year 2001. Possibly, our data do not reflect the current state of quality in this Medicaid program. However, while not directly comparable, study by other investigators of this Medicaid program demonstrate that the penetration of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric service utilization remained constant from January 1, 2001- June 30, 2004 in the fee-for-service plans.34 Also, there were no changes in the financing of psychotropic medications. Thus, we think it reasonable to consider that the environment shaping mental health care changed little through at least 2004.
A further limitation is that we examined quality in one state Medicaid program. However, Florida has the 3rd largest Medicaid program in the United States. Additionally, the fiscal constraints facing Florida have been similar in other Medicaid programs, which also provide additional relevance of this study from a more general policy perspective.
A strength is that we examined multiple domains of quality in acute and maintenance phases of treatment, and also control for insurance status, socioeconomic level, illness severity and co-occurring illness. However, we cannot distinguish between drugs that were prescribed (i.e., recommended) versus what was received. Patients may have been prescribed treatments (either visits or medications) that were not received either because of patient preference or barriers to care. The distinction between differences due to preferences versus barriers is important when examining disparities.35 However, the observation that there were time trends in some of these quality decrements, independent of patient characteristics, suggests that barriers to care are likely to play a significant role in the quality shortfalls observed.
Our results demonstrate a mixed picture in terms of changes in quality and disparities of care in this Medicaid population during the study period. Less than 25% of the person-phases included treatment that met a minimum recommended standard of care. Over time, patients with schizophrenia were more likely to fill an antipsychotic prescription but less likely to meet continuity quality standard for visits with mental health professionals. These results highlight the importance measuring pharmacotherapy and psychosocial visit quality, as well as treatment phase specific quality, when conducting population-based quality assessment and improvement. They also highlight that the most significant disparities were associated with race/ethnicity and co-occurring substance use disorders. Such information provides policy guidance that identifies particular patient populations which could most benefit from system/programmatic quality improvement initiatives.
The authors are grateful for the funding support of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) through grants R01 MH069721 (Drs. Busch and Frank), K01MH071714 (Dr. Busch), and P50 MH073469 (Dr. Frank). Also, for Dr. Goldman from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Network on Mental Health Policy Research. We also thank Christina Fu, Ph.D. for her programming expertise.
Alisa B. Busch, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program, McLean Hospital, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry/Instructor in Health Care Policy, Departments of Psychiatry and Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital, Proctor 305, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, Phone: 617-855-2989, Fax: 617-855-2699, Email: ude.dravrah.dem.pch@hcsuba.
Anthony F. Lehman, Professor of Psychiatry and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 701 W. Pratt Street, Suite 388, Baltimore, MD 21201, Phone: (410) 328-6735, Fax: (410) 328-3693, Email: ude.dnalyramu.hcysp@namhelA..
Howard Goldman, Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 3700 Koppers Street, Suite 402, Baltimore, MD 21227, Phone: (301) 983-1671, Fax: (410) 646-5324, Email: email@example.com.
Richard G. Frank, Professor of Health Economics, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, Phone: (617) 432-0178, Fax: (617) 432-1219, Email: ude.dravrah.dem.pch@knarf.
PubMed Central Canada is a service of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) working in partnership with the National Research Council's national science library in cooperation with the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the U.S. National Library of Medicine(NCBI/NLM). It includes content provided to the PubMed Central International archive by participating publishers.


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Bohdi is so cute - love that little video!
I didn't catch the asos sale :( Probably a good thing though! x
rosie, you look so pretty! i ordered from h&m aswell, got some pink trousers. haha! bodhi is adorable!xxxxxReplyDelete
Ohh Bodhi is so adorable! The video really made me smile :')
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That puppy is too damned cute for his own good. IT's been such a strong pull back to when Monty was that small (and cute). Glad he's settling well and you guys are enjoying him.
Loving the jumper. I had a bit of a payday splurge across a few places last week, and as per usual, it's now onto a ban for the rest of the month. I never learn. Which shoes did you get from the ASOS sale? I almost bought the blazer, but realised the colours aren't great for me, and SO tempted with the KG shoes in either print or pink, but the heel is a bit high for me.
I need bohdi in my life right now! So wish I could have a dog but I'm never at home so it would be so unfair.
Looking gorgeous hun! Jumper really suits you, glad to hear you had fun in London. xxx
Bohdi is adorable! I missed the Asos sale sadly :( Hopefully it will come around again.
Loving you in the first pic - you look so happy!
I'm starting to think about unsubscribing from GlossyBox and taking up on Feel Unique - as it's the cheapest one. X
Oh my LORD, Bodhi is completely adorable. I just melted! What breed is he?ReplyDelete
All I want forever and ever is to watch cute videos of puppies!
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Aww, I love Bohdi. Archie, my cat, would definitely not share though, so no puppy for me :(ReplyDelete
Love that jumper your wearing, it looks really cosy. I didn't know about the asos sale but it sounds good! xReplyDelete
Need one of those H&M knits in my life pronto! It looks so warm and cosy! Was lovely to meet you at last the other day Rosie, we should def do it again sometime (: Bodhi is absolutely adorable! I think I might subscribe to either Glossybox or Boudoir Prive, haven't yet decided for sure though. xxReplyDelete
Oh my goodness he is just the cutest bundle ever! Have you introduced him to your little hamster? My dog used to chance my hamster (when in her ball) round the room wanting to play football with it :P Lovely knits too, I need to get myself into H&M asap haven't been in so long! Hope you had a lovely day :)
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I just made my whole family witness the cutest of your little pup! You also look lovely lady! xxReplyDelete
Bohdi looks adorable! What a poppet.ReplyDelete
Love H&M's knitwear and you look lush in it! Your beauty box looks really good. Saw Lily's post on it and I think I like FeelUnique's box even better than Glossy. Especially at that price!
OMG I have a west highland terrier! Sooo cute!!
Rosie, I want to squeeeeeeze Bodhi so much, "he's so fluffy I could die.." Such a lovely picture of you , you remind me of Reese Witherspoon, has anyone else ever said that?! Just me? I wish you could blog twice a day!! Your blog posts make me happy :D xxReplyDelete
This knit looks ever so cosy.. i want one!
And hello little paws Bohdi, what an absolute Cutie!! I think I want to steal x
Your puppy is adooorable!! Just found your blog and was so surprised to read you're from Christchurch! My grandparents live in the seaside town of Highcliffe which is so close. Whenever I visit we pop over to your home-town - there's the best sweetie shop there with homemade fudge - and we used to go to the firework display over the lake. Sounds like you have a lovely little life there :) xReplyDelete
Ooh, your knitwear is cute and so it Bohdi! What a cutie ^_^ReplyDelete
i had to give the asos sale a miss-already have zero money and i knew id be tempted!! Didnt realise the prices would be that low though!! Bodhi is TOO cute!! x
Bohdi is adorable!
Such a cool and unique name as well!
OMG that dog is way too cute.ReplyDelete
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Few memories are engraved in my mind like those of September 11, 2001. I'm sure anyone around my age and older probably had a similar experience to mine. It's one of those collective consciousness things that instantly united us in grief as friends, family strangers and humans.
It was a normal morning. As I was getting ready for school we had the television on good morning america. By this time, the first plane had already hit and the news was covering the event. It was tragic, but wasn't personal yet. It was interesting to a 7th grader who tried to learn more and more about the world around him. I sat down for a moment on my parents bed to watch the coverage a little more. It was a live shot from a helicopter of the smoke coming out of the first tower.
Then there was this shadowy object that cut across the screen and into the other tower. A fireball erupted. The news anchors went speechless.
I gasped and yelled for my mom to come over and watch with me. Something changed in me at that moment. As a 12 year old, a rush of feelings came over me which I couldn't fully understand at the time. That moment was a loss of innocence for me; a time when my carefree childhood whims were replaced with confusion, anger and fear. What would happen in the future? Would we be going to war? I had learned about Pearl Harbor in my classes before, but would this escalate into a world-wide conflict? Would they bring back the draft? Would my older brother (and eventually myself as well) end up having to go and fight to defend the country?
I tried to focus at school that day. Surely it couldn't get any worse than it had. Teachers didn't talk much about what was happening. I don't think it was because they didn't want to, but because they didn't know what to say. What do you tell a bunch of young adolescents who are cognizant of what is happening but who are also scared children on the inside?
Eventually word got around that something had happened at the pentagon and that another plane had crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Four planes. Four planes filled with people who were all now deceased. I was trying so hard to wrap my head around the question of why. I'm sure everyone was. Why would someone do something so evil? Why would you ever hate someone/something so much that you would claim thousands of innocent lives in such a way?
School eventually ended and I made it home on the bus. I got home, hugged my mom and turned on the TV to find that every single channel was streaming the news. Disney, Nickelodeon, MTV, everyone had pulled their programming to cover this story. For hours i watched, trying to answer those questions of why in my heart even though new information was scare to find.
I still don't think I can put into words exactly the feelings I felt that day 13 years ago. I wish it had never happened. I've often wondered how my later childhood/adolescence would have been different had none of it ever happened. I can't even imagine the pain felt by those who lost loved ones on that day.
As a country, I think we've mostly healed from the big wounds inflicted on our collective psyche. But we haven't healed all the way. I will never ever forget the incredible unity our country had in the weeks and months following 9/11. I wish we as a country could have that again today, though I would never want it to be initiated by such a tragedy ever again.
A few years later, when I was a junior in High School I finally obtained some closure to the confusion, anger and sadness I felt back in 2001. Our choir was accepted into a prestigious competition and was invited to sing in Carnegie Hall in NYC. That experience was incredible and I will never forget it, but one memory that sticks out in my mind was going to Ground Zero one evening after sundown with a medium sized group. I finally saw and could start to comprehend the scale of everything. As we walked around the sidewalk with its tall construction fence, we found a spot where we could gather and see this view:
And then something beautiful happened: we broke out into song, singing John Rutter's moving arrangement of "The Lord Bless You and Keep You." I don't think it was the greatest performance our choir group ever did pitch-wise, trying to compete with the incessant noise of NYC streets, but I think it was the most heartfelt performance we'd ever done. Pedestrians stopped and watched us as we sang the short melody. It was closure for all of us really. We couldn't do anything to help console the pain people were feeling on the other end of the country five years earlier. This song, five years later, performed at the site where so much grief had been borne by a group of kids from Utah who had never set foot in NYC was our way of getting closure from that piece of innocence taken from us five years earlier.
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Discussion in 'OT Driven' started by 1979TA, Jul 20, 2005.
If you are a complete moron, and you think Chevy sucks, POST HERE!!!
check wires that go through the door. Maybe they grounded out or maybe a connector got broken.
You expected anything different from a Chevy?
Chevy trucks outlast most other cars
I would love to see the statistics to back up this claim. Let me know where I can find them. Thanks.
LIKE A ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dead on the side of the road
you're joking, right?
no. I drive a fucking toyota, so you can't call me a chevy-nut, either. Chevy *TRUCKS* are good.
'good' maybe, but I'd much rather have your Tundra over any Chevy truck
I agree... which is why I drive the Tundra... But that doesn't make the chevy a crappy truck... And it doesn't mean that it won't last a long time... Although my Tundra will do so with fewer problems, less operating costs, and have a higher resale value.
Everyone shut the fuck up and try to help me with my problem here. I don't give two shits what you all think of chevy or any other make for that matter
yea, that attitude really makes people want to help
you suck at life.
Like anyone besides the first poster said anything helpful as it is.
he's right, mine only went through one motor and one rear end in the 2 years I owned mine.
still under warranty so meeeeeeeeeeh
mine was not under warranty.
I didn't buy it new.
Still, the motor and rear end should go more than 85,000 miles, or is that asking too much?
that is ONE truck, tho... Obviously a lemon. There are many many chevy trucks on the road with 200k+ miles.
I have one with about 250,000
It was the door module. Thanks for everyone's help
I was mostly being a smartass.
this thread makes me lol