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Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | |
Film information | |
Directed by | The Brothers Strause |
Produced by | John Davis Wyck Godfrey Walter Hill |
Written by | Shane Salerno Characters: Dan O'Bannon Ron Shusett Jim Thomas John Thomas |
Starring | Steven Pasquale Reiko Aylesworth John Ortiz Johnny Lewis Ariel Gade Kristen Hager Sam Trammell Robert Joy |
Music | Brian Tyler |
Cinematography | Daniel C. Pearl |
Editing | Dan Zimmerman |
Distributor | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release information | |
Release date(s) | December 25, 2007 |
Running time | 94 min. |
Budget | $40 million |
Worldwide Gross | $157,461,400[1] |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Alien vs. Predator |
Followed by | Predators |
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, often shortened to AVP:R or AVP-R and also known as AVP2: Aliens vs. Predator or Aliens vs. Predator 2, is a 2007 science fiction film directed by Colin and Greg Strause and starring Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis and Ariel Gade. A sequel to Alien vs. Predator, it involves the Predalien created at the end of the previous film crash-landing in a small American town and wreaking havoc on the local populace. As the inhabitants sturggle to survive, the military takes steps to contain the situation.
Filming began on September 25, 2006 in Vancouver with the Brothers Strause directing based on a screenplay by Shane Salerno.[2] The film was released on December 25, 2007 and received an overwhelmingly negative response from film critics. Despite this, the film grossed $9.5 million on its opening day and took in a worldwide gross of almost $130 million in theaters. According to Home Media Magazine, the film debuted at #1 in sales and rentals on Blu-ray and #2 on DVD when it was released on home video on April 15, 2008. Since then, the film has gained $28,550,434 in home video sales, bringing its total film gross to $157,461,400.[3]
The film begins immediately following the events of Alien vs. Predator, aboard the Predator Mother Ship which is leaving Earth carrying dead Aliens, living Facehuggers, and the body of the Predator Scar who helped defeat the Alien Queen. A Chestburster erupts from Scar's body; it is a new creature, a Predalien that is a mix of Alien and Predator characteristics. It sneaks onto a Scout Ship which soon leaves the Mother Ship, quickly matures into an adult, and begins killing Predators throughout the ship. One Predator fires at it, puncturing the hull and causing the ship to crash in the forest outside of Gunnison, Colorado. With the Predators dead, the Predalien and several Facehuggers escape into the forest where a father and son are on a hunting trip. The Facehuggers give chase until Sam trips over which allows them to catch up, the father manages to kill one but is himself subdued moments later. The remaining Facehuggers implant embryos into homeless men living in the sewers.
A distress signal from the wrecked ship reaches the Predator home world and a lone Predator called Wolf responds, traveling to Earth and using his advanced technology to observe the cause of the crash and track the Facehuggers. He begins to erase the evidence of the Aliens' presence by destroying the crashed ship and using a blue liquid to dissolve the bodies of the Facehuggers and their victims.
Meanwhile, in Gunnison, ex-convict Dallas Howard has just returned to town after serving time in prison. He is greeted by Sheriff Eddie Morales and reunites with his younger brother Ricky. Ricky has a romantic interest in his more affluent classmate Jesse and is being harassed by her boyfriend Dale and two of his friends. Dale throws Ricky's car keys down a storm drain and, while searching for them, Dallas and Ricky hear noises and see evidence of something strange in the sewers. Nearby, Kelly O'Brien — also returning to Gunnison from service in the Army — is reunited with her husband Tim and daughter Molly.
Sheriff Morales leads a search party into the forest looking for the missing father and son. One of his deputies is killed by Wolf, who makes its way into the sewers and fights a number of adult Aliens. As the battle reaches the surface, several Aliens disperse into the town. Carrie resigning for the night at her job at the local diner is then trapped and impregnated by the Predalien, becoming the first victim of the Predalien's new impregnation method. Wolf pursues some of the aliens to the power plant, where collateral damage from his weaponry causes a city-wide power outage. Ricky and Jesse meet at the high school swimming pool but are interrupted by Dale and his cohorts just as the power fails. An Alien enters the building and kills both of Dale's companions. Another Alien invades the O'Brien home, killing Tim while Kelly escapes with Molly.
Kelly and Molly meet Ricky, Jesse, Dale, Dallas, and Sheriff Morales at a sporting goods store to gather weapons. National Guard troops arrive but are quickly killed by the Aliens. The battle between the Wolf and the Aliens enters the sporting goods store, where Dale is killed. The Predator's Plasma Casters are damaged, but he is able to modify one into a hand-held Plasma Cannon.
As the survivors attempt to escape Gunnison they make radio contact with Colonel Stevens, who indicates that an air evacuation is being staged at the center of town. Kelly is suspicious of the military's intentions, convincing a small group to go to the hospital where they hope to escape by helicopter while Sheriff Morales heads to the evacuation area with the rest of the surviving citizens. The hospital, however, has been invaded by Aliens, with the Predalien reproducing by implanting embryos directly into pregnant women in the maternity ward. Wolf also arrives at the hospital and in the ensuing battle Jesse is killed, Ricky is injured, and Dallas takes possession of the Wolf's Plasma pistol.
As the battle reaches the rooftop Dallas, Ricky, Kelly, and Molly escape in the helicopter while Wolf and the Predalien battle hand-to-hand. The two creatures mortally wound each other just as a military jet arrives and is revealed not to be a rescue airlift but rather a bomber; it executes a tactical nuclear strike that destroys the town, killing the Predator, the Predalien, and any remaining Aliens and citizens. The shock wave from the explosion causes the fleeing helicopter to crash in a clearing, where the survivors are rescued by the military and the Wolf's Plasma pistol is confiscated. Colonel Stevens presents the weapon to a Ms. Yutani, who remarks that the world is not ready for this technology. Colonel Stevens replies that the technology is not for our world.
- Dallas .... Steven Pasquale
- Kelly .... Reiko Aylesworth
- Morales .... John Ortiz
- Ricky .... Johnny Lewis
- Molly .... Ariel Gade
- Jesse .... Kristen Hager
- Tim .... Sam Trammell
- Col. Stevens .... Robert Joy
- Dale .... David Paetkau
- Alien .... Tom Woodruff, Jr.
- Predator .... Ian Whyte
- Darcy .... Chelah Horsdal
- Curtis .... Meshach Peters
- Mark .... Matt Ward
- Nick .... Michal Suchánek
- Drew .... David Hornsby
- Deputy Ray .... Chris William Martin
- Deputy Joe .... James Chutter
- Deputy .... Phil Buhler
- Deputy .... Kevin Haaland
- Carrie .... Gina Holden
- Buddy .... Kurt Max Runte
- Sam .... Liam James
- Dr. Lennon .... Tim Henry
- Karl .... Tom McBeath
- Nathan .... Ty Olsson
- Ritchie .... Anthony Harrison
- Homeless Harry .... Lloyd Berry
- Nurse Helen .... Rekha Sharma
- Tina .... Catherine Lough Haggquist
- Pregnant Sue .... Victoria Bidewell
- Lt. Wood .... Dalias Blake
- Mr. Thomas .... Timothy Paul Perez
- Earl .... Rainbow Francks
- Scotty .... Juan Riedinger
- Broadcaster .... Val Cole
- Tank Driver .... Andrew Hedge
- Truck driver .... Ryan Robbins
- Special forces commander .... Curtis Caravaggio
- Ms. Y .... Françoise Yip
- Homeless guy .... John Wardlow
- Homeless lady .... Nesta Chapman
- Additional Predator .... Ian Feuer
- Additional Predator .... Bobby "Slim" Jones
- National Guard .... Glen Brkich
- Pregnant woman .... Jay-Lyn Green
- Pregnant woman .... Lili Wexu
- ER resident doc .... Adrian Hough
- ER doctor #2 .... Karen van Blankenstein
Inspired by Terminator 2: Judgment Day, brothers Colin and Greg Strause moved to Los Angeles to break into the film business. After an unsuccessful attempt to find employment at ILM, the brothers worked on the X-Files film and founded their own special effects company, Hydraulx. The company produced special effects for films such as Volcano, Titanic, The Day After Tomorrow, Poseidon and 300 and the brothers began a career directing commercials and music videos. Colin believes Hydraulx secured a strong relationship with 20th Century Fox, which owns the Alien and Predator franchises.[4]
The brothers unsuccessfully pitched an idea for the first Alien vs. Predator film and Fox almost bought a film titled Wolfenstein suggested by the brothers, "When the script came up for this movie, they thought we'd be perfect for it because it's an ambitious movie for the budget that they had and they knew that having our visual effects background was going to be a huge thing."[4] The brothers were hired to direct the sequel to Alien vs. Predator in late spring 2006 and had limited time to start filming in the fall.[4]
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem was filmed on a 52-day schedule in Vancouver.[5] During filming breaks, the brothers supervised visual effects work on 300, Shooter and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer by using in-house supervisors and a system called Mavis and Lucy, which let the brothers track, view and approve dailies. Colin estimates Hydraulx produced 460 of the 500 visual effects shots including the nuclear explosion which was created using Maya fluids and BA Volume Shader. The interior of the Predator ship was created using CGI, as the brothers felt it would be more cost effective than building a set.[5] The visual effects team peaked at 110 people for several months and averaged 70, almost all of the entire Hydraulx staff.[6]
Using their knowledge in visual effects and making use of principal photography, the brothers tried to film as much as they could on camera without resorting to CGI, Colin said "Other than the exterior spaceship shots, there are no pure CG shots". CGI was used for the Alien tails and inner-jaws, whereas they required puppeteers and wire removal on previous films. The main visual effects of the film included set design, a nuclear explosion, the Predator's ship crashing and the Predator cloak, about which Colin stated "We wanted to make sure it didn't look too digital".[5]
The film was rated R for violence, gore and language, unlike its predecessor, which was given a PG-13 rating.[7] The BBFC's classification decision for the film is the same as the original (Rated 15), whilst the Australian OFLC rated the film MA, up on the original's MA rating.
Brian Tyler was hired to compose the score for the film. The end credits track entitled "Requiem" is a clash of two main themes, one consisting of the Predator type theme (bongos and basses) and the second of the Aliens (high pitched violins, violas and flutes). The directors Colin and Greg Strause wanted to take a new direction from Harald Kloser's Alien vs Predator score and wanted Tyler to use some reference to the two films' original score pieces, such as the horrific violas and percussion from James Horner's Aliens and the primitive tribal percussion from Alan Silvestri's Predator and its sequel.[8] Brian Tyler also referenced composer John Frizzel's Alien Resurrection into the score, in the tracks of National Guard pt.1 & 2 and Taking Sides.
Box officeEdit
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem was released in North America on December 25, 2007, in 2,563 theaters. The film grossed $9,515,615 on its opening day for an average of $3,707 per theater and was number ten at the box office.[9] It grossed $5 million in Australia, $9 million in Japan and the United Kingdom and $7 million in Russia for an international total of $86,288,761. As of February 24, 2009, the film had taken in a domestic gross of $41,797,066 and an international gross of $87,087,428, bringing it to a total of $128,884,494.[3] The budget of the film was $40,000,000.[10] The film is the lowest grossing Alien film in the domestic box office and is the second lowest grossing Alien film worldwide, next to the original Alien, excluding the effect of inflation.[11]
As with its predecessor, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem was not screened for critics, although once able to view the film, the response was largely negative. Based on 66 reviews, the film scored a 13% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes and 29 out of 100 at Metacritic, the worst for a film in the franchises.[12] Chief criticisms of the film included acting, dialogue, cardboard characters, over-the-top gore, bad lighting and "jumpy editing"; however, a few critics praised the film as "a fun B movie".[13] The film got many bad reviews from fans of the alien creatures. They believed that too many died and that the directors made alien look stupid and easy to kill. This seems to contradict the similar feeling Predator fans had of the first film, where the same type of bias appears to have occurred for the Aliens.
The "over-the-top gore" was considered by some to be extreme even for Alien and Predator standards. The concept of the Predalien purposely targeting pregnant women for "bellyburster" hosts was considered to be in bad taste, as the gruesome death of the unborn baby, and subsequently the mother, was not well received by audiences. Furthermore, the off-screen implication that the Predalien slaughtered a full maternity ward's worth of babies was considered distasteful and unnecessary.
Chris Hewitt of Empire called it an "early but strong contender for worst movie of 2008", while BBC critic Mark Kermode's scathing review called the film "noisy, badly shot rubbish".[14] Stina Chyn of Film Threat felt the camerawork "is a smidge too shaky and the lighting/color design too dark for me to relish the Predator-on-Alien butt-kicking". Josh Rosenblatt of The Austin Chronicle dismissed the film stating it was "An orgy of mindless violence, a random collection of bloody bodies, alien misanthropy and slobbering carnage designed to bore straight into the pleasure centers of 13-year-old boys and leave the rest of us wondering when the movies got so damn loud."[15] The Hollywood Reporter contributor Kirk Honeycutt called it a "dull actioner that looks like a bad video game".[12]
Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly felt it was a "B movie that truly earns its B", though he gave it a grading of "B" on an A to F scale. Variety contributor Joe Leydon said it "Provides enough cheap thrills and modest suspense to shake a few shekels from genre fans before really blasting off as homevid product," and Ryan Stewart of Cinematical said he "can't recommend it as a good movie on its own merits, stocked as it is with cardboard cutout characters and a barely coherent plot, but it's miles more interesting than the last Alien vs. Predator film." Todd Gilchrist of IGN stated the film is "competently executed, occasionally scary and frequently fun to watch, no matter whether you choose to laugh at or with it".[13]
There was the occasional positive review; Neil Genzlinger of the New York Times stated "It may not be classic sci-fi like the original Alien, which it has in its DNA, but it's a perfectly respectable next step in the series." Daily Variety called it "Slam-Bang-Horror Action!" and MovieWeb.com said "A cool new monster...over-the-top violence...AVP-R is a lot of fun!"[12]
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem was nominated for two Golden Raspberry awards in the fields of Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie and Worst Prequel or Sequel. The awards however, went to I Know Who Killed Me and Daddy Day Camp.[16]
On May 8, 2008, AVP:R was nominated for an MTV film award for Best Fight Sequence.[17]
Unrated EditionEdit
Home media releaseEdit
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on April 15, 2008 in North America and May 12, 2008 in the United Kingdom by Fox Home Entertainment. It was released in three versions: a single-disc R-rated release, a single-disc Unrated Edition and a two-disc Unrated Edition, including a second disc of special features. Extra features on the single-disc editions include two audio commentary tracks: one by the directors and producer John Davis and a second by creature effects designers and creators Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis.
Disc one of the two-disc unrated edition includes both commentary tracks as well as both cuts of the film seamlessly branched and an exclusive "Weyland-Yutani archives" picture-in-picture reference guide to the warring alien races;[18] five behind-the-scenes featurettes: "Prepare for War: The Making of AVP-R," "Fight to the Finish: The Making of AVP-R," "AVP-R: The Nightmare Returns - Creating the Aliens," "Crossbreed: The Predalien," and "Building the Predator Homeworld"; multiple galleries of still photos showing the creature designs and sets; and the film's theatrical trailer. The second disc includes a "digital copy" download feature.
In its week of release, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem debuted at #2 on the DVD charts, making $7.7 million and #1 on the Blu-ray charts. The film has made $28,550,434 in DVD sales in the United States, bringing its total film gross to $157,461,400.[3][19]
Video gameEdit
- Main article: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (video game)
A tie-in video game for the film was released on November 13, 2007 in North America, November 30 in Europe and December 6 in Australia.[20] The game, developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Sierra Entertainment,[21] was a third-person action-adventure game, allowing players to take the role of the Predator from the film.[22] The game received generally negative reviews from the gaming press.[23]
- The sounds from a Motion Tracker can be heard during the film's title card. However, at the time of the film's setting (2004) the M314 Motion Tracker had not been invented yet.
- On set, an Alien dummy was stolen. The police had to get involved and caught the person selling it on eBay for a low price.
- Instead of being named "Alien" vs. Predator: Requiem the film is named "Aliens" vs. Predator: Requiem, this is strange since this film is a sequel to "Alien" vs. Predator, although this could have been intentional because the sequel to Alien, Aliens also added an "s" to Alien. The additon of an "s" also could be a reference to the caste of Xenomorph seen in the film. This film and Aliens both feature the ridged skull Warrior caste, whereas Alien and Alien vs. Predator feature the domed skull Drone caste.
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem is the first film in the franchise not to have a novelization.
- Currently, the film is also the only sequel in the franchise to start immediately after the preceding film ended.
- See: Goofs
See AlsoEdit
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (video game) — The video game based on the film.
External linksEdit
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- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem at the Internet Movie Database
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- ↑ "Box Office Mojo: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2009-04-24.
- ↑ "AVP2 news: title, filming, etc". Cinescape (August 1, 2006). Retrieved on August 1, 2006.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem". The Numbers. Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Mclean, Thomas (December 21, 2007). "AVP-R: The Strause Brothers Strike Back Page 1". Vfxworld. Retrieved on February 21, 2008.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mclean, Thomas (December 21, 2007). "AVP-R: The Strause Brothers Strike Back Page 2". Vfxworld. Retrieved on February 21, 2008.
- ↑ Mclean, Thomas (December 21, 2007). "AVP-R: The Strause Brothers Strike Back Page 3". Vfxworld. Retrieved on February 21, 2008.
- ↑ "AVP2, FF2, DH4 & more". JoBlo.com.
- ↑ Hubai, Gergely (January 30, 2008). "Rambo vs. Predator". Filmzene.net. Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
- ↑ Pandya, Gitesh (December 28, 2007). "Aliens and Debaters Join End-of-Year Lineup". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on February 20, 2008.
- ↑ "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
- ↑ "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on February 20, 2008.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem — 20th Century Fox". Metacritic. Retrieved on February 20, 2008.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem fresh reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on February 20, 2008.
- ↑ "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem — review". BBC Radio 5. Retrieved on April 17, 2008.
- ↑ "Josh Rosenblatt — Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved on June 13, 2008.
- ↑ "Golden Raspberry Award Foundation". Golden Raspberry Awards. Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
- ↑ "MTV Awards 2008 — Best Fight". MTV. Retrieved on June 13, 2008.
- ↑ "Information about the Alien vs. Predator DVD and Blu-ray". Dvd.monstersandcritics.com (February 27, 2008). Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
- ↑ K. Arnold, Thomas (April 23, 2008). "Juno, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem lead the way". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on April 23, 2008.
- ↑ "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Release Information for PSP". GameFAQs. Retrieved on March 19, 2009.
- ↑ Magrino, Tom (August 14, 2007). "Aliens fighting Predator on PSP". GameSpot. Retrieved on March 19, 2009.
- ↑ Gibson, Ellie (October 12, 2007). "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Review". Eurogamer. Retrieved on March 20, 2009.
- ↑ "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved on March 20, 2009.
- ↑ "The Moviefone Blog - Sci-Fi Movie Poster of the Day: AVP2: Requiem". Retrieved on 2013-1-5.


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Assets, activities and income generation in rural Mexico: factoring in social and public capital
In recent years, there has been increasing emphasis in the rural development literature on the multiple income-generating activities undertaken by rural households and the importance of assets in determining the capacity to undertake these activities. Controlling for endogeneity choice and applying Lee's generalization of Amemiya's two-step estimator to a simultaneous equation model, household returns to assets from multiple activities are explored for the Mexico ejido sector. To incorporate the multiple variables representing social and public capital into the analysis, factor analysis is used. The results indicate that the asset position of the household has a significant effect on household participation in income-generating activities and returns to those activities. Furthermore, the inclusion of measures of social and public capital into the analysis show that these assets play an important role in incomegenerating activities and that the influence is dependent on the type of social and public capital as well as the particular activity.(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)
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STEN Question
OK, I think I've finally decided to take the plunge and get a Class III arm. I've got my eye on a STEN because of some geneological research I've been doing - turns out I have a relative who was involved in its design.
All that said, what should one look for? MKIII the best way to go? What's a fair price? If you have one registered receiver, can you have as many parts kits as you want? |
I can't answer your questions, but my buddy has a Sten and we both love it! I has a low rate of fire which makes it pleasant to shoot and easy to control. However, we tried many commercial makes of ammo and some of our reloads, but could not achieve reliable performance until we started using Wolf brand. This Russian stuff is loaded hot enough to work perfectly!
Do you know what model STEN your friend has?
The Sten Gun
The British Army entered the Second World War without an adequate submachine gun of its own. During the battles on the Continent in 1940, the need for one was made apparent. At the time, only US Thompsons were available. A British copy of the German MP 28, called the Lanchester, was rushed into service, but it was complicated and not easily built in large numbers. In early 1941, a prototype was put forth by the Royal Small Arms Factory in England, inspired by captured German MP40s. It was named by using the initials of its its designers, Major RV Sheffield and Mister HJ Turpin, and adding them to the first two letters of Enfield, the location of a small arms factory and arsenal. The Sten Gun was first used at Dieppe by Canadian troops. It completely replaced the Thompson in Northwest Europe by the time of the Normandy landings in June 1944. The Mark I Sten, which featured a flash hider, wooden furniture, and folding hand grip, was quickly replaced by the Sten Mark II, which saw widespread issue. Two million examples of this Mark were produced. The Sten was a very simply built weapon, manufactured from just 47 parts, mainly stamped from steel and welded, sweated, pressed or riveted together. The only machined parts were the bolt and barrel. It's compact size, simplicity of manufacture, and ease of dismantling (and hiding) made it a favourite among Resistance groups on the Continent. As well, it could use captured German 9mm ammunition. In fact, the magazine was a very close copy of the German MP40 magazine, which unfortunately meant that like the German version, it was prone to jamming. The Sten Mark II could be fitted with a silencer, becoming the very first silenced SMG. Large numbers of the silenced version were made. The Sten Mark III was an even simpler version introduced by Lines Brothers, a firm of toy makers, and was issued out out by the time of the Normandy landings. While possibly the best Sten version of the Sten, it was not produced in large numbers. It's main feature was a fixed barrel and all-in-one body and casing. MkII Mk III Mk V Calibre 9 mm Parabellum Magazine 32 round detachable box Length 762mm 30 inches Unloaded Weight 2.95 kg 6 lb 8 oz 3.18 kg 7 lb 3.86 kg 8 lb 8 oz Cyclic Rate of Fire 550 rpm 550 rpm 600 rpm Muzzle Velocity 381 m/sec 1250 fps The Sten Mark V was introduced for airborne troops, though no real improvements were made. Cosmetically, a wooden butt, a pistol grip, and a fore grip were added, along with a bayonet lug (to accept the spike bayonet of the No. 4 rifle). The Sten was issued to vehicle crews, despatch riders, and those who had no need for a long range weapon. In the main, however, it was issued to infantry battalions, especially platoon commanders, platoon sergeants, and section leaders in infantry platoons. Officers also carried them. On the night of 8-9 June 1944, during confused fighting in the town of Bretteville, a German despatch rider, thinking the town had been secured by his unit, rode past the battalion headquarters of the Regina Rifles. No less a person than the Commanding Officer personally brought the despatch rider down with his Sten gun. Another Canadian battalion commander in Normandy is also noted to have personally hunted down a German sniper, tracked him to a barn, and personally "gunned the bastard down" with his Sten. Sten Gun Mark II Sten Gun Mark II Sten Gun Mark III Sten Gun Mark V Artifacts from the collection of Sergeant Dennis Russell. Mark II Sten Guns, showing the attachment of the sling as well as alternate styles of butt stocks. The Sten at top also shows how the magazine housing could be rotated. The first combat use of the Sten occurred at Dieppe. In the weeks prior to the raid, Canadian soldiers found that many parts had to be filed, adjusted, and tested in order for the Stens to work properly. A lot of time was spent getting their new weapons battle-worthy. When the raid was cancelled in July, the Sten Guns were withdrawn. A day before the remounting of the raid, brand new Sten Guns, crated and packed in grease, were issued out to some very disgusted soldiers. The Sten Gun was not popular among troops, who called it the "Plumber's Nightmare" or "Plumber's Abortion" (in reference to its' ungainly appearance and resembling to a piece of tubing). In addition to jamming, it was also very prone to accidentally discharging, especially if dropped. Many Canadians were wounded or even killed by Sten Guns even before being committed to battle. Sten Guns were not used by Canadians in Italy, as the British Eighth Army to which they were attached continued to use the .45 calibre Thompson SMG instead. Sten Gun Mark II. Artifact courtesy C. Keith Inches, Curator, Saskatchewan Military Museum. Photo by Patrick Yeates. Sten Gun Action Diagram adopted from an image in Tools of War, Reader's Digest, 1969 A Trigger B Sear C Breach Block D Return Spring E Firing Pin F Round G Extractor H Breach Block Bent When the trigger is pulled, sear disengages from the breach block and the return spring drives the firing pin against a round in the chamber. Gas pressure from the firing of the round forces the breach block to the rear, compressing the return spring. The extractor, already engaged into the groove at the base of the cartridge case, extracts the case as the breach block begins its travel to the rear. The round is ejected out the right side of the gun. (Later versions of the Sten had a case deflector mounted behind the ejection port to deflect the expended brass away from the firer). The breach block bent forces the sear down, holding the breach block to the rear and readying the gun to fire again. The Sten could fire automatic or single shots up to of 200 yards. The fixed aperture sight was set to 100 yards. Illustration by Barbara Spurll, originally appeared in Legion Magazine April 1994 issue Thirty Rounds Later by Norm Carlson Orignally appeared in the April 1994 issue of Legion Magazine Our unit had moved back into the lines occupying yet another hilltop...in the area known as the Jamestown Line...It was April 1953, early spring and the nights were still long and black. The stress of occupying a new position was upon the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. We had moved in during the night, the relief had gone off without too many hitches, and the day had been spent...trying to figure out where the heck we were. Just prior to dark, the company commander called his first O - for orders - group. ...we were all briefed on each platoon's position, special weapons, and other concerns - such as a big gap between our left flank and...our neighbouring company. This unoccupied ground was part of a wide valley with a shallow creek running down the middle; anyone could use it for a walkway. The remainder of the valley was covered with last year's tall rice grass, giving cover to a possible enemy approach. I was to make a recce of the near end of the valley and establish a gun-pit that could be used as a listening post, as well as a fire-pit should we intercept any enemy...Upon establishing the position, I was to report to the commanding officer...We met at the cook's bunker at the rear of the hill... We told the corporal of our intentions, then the four of us set out - hoping to find a spot of ground high enough to observe from, yet low enough to keep out of sight. The night was black as pitch...With the help of some far-off flares we found a suitable position and after a half-hour of digging had a hole to get down into - just in case. I left a phone at the position and, on my way back to the company position, unwound a roll of phone wire. I got back to (the) cook's bunker to be met by the corporal, who had...organized a relief party which he had standing by. We were talking just outside a marquee tent being used as a kitchen...Suddenly we were interrupted by a short swishing sound, followed by a sharp bang from the kitchen area. We hit the dirt, sure the enemy hordes had overrun our new position and followed me in... It had sounded like a rifle shot, the corporal and I agreed. Probably it was a lone sharpshooter firing out of the creek bed. Anyway, he had to be stopped - and the sooner the better. I told the corporal to follow me and we headed out, I with my rifle and he with his Sten gun. We moved to the creek bank and peered over the edge. Naturally we couldn't see a thing so we moved off, following the top of the bank. About this time, some of my high-quality training started to kick in, reminding me not to skyline myself. I stopped abruptly, intending to pass this tidbit on to the corporal and suggest we change our tactics. But, in the darkness, he bumped into me and momentarily lost his footing. While jostling about, there was a heck of a bang as his Sten gun fired... The shock of having his weapon fire without warning probably caused my comrade's next problem. He dropped his gun. After the initial shot the weapon must have re-cocked itself, because when it hit the ground it recommenced firing. We could see by the muzzle flashes which way the weapon was pointing. Each time it fired, the recoil would spin the gun in a circle, faster and faster. It seemed that each round was headed directly at my feet; no doubt my partner thought the same. At first we did some shy polka steps to avoid getting hit, but as the rotation speed increased so did our dance. With about 10 rounds to go the muzzle of the weapon started flipping up, as if looking for a larger target. It was then that the first primitive steps of what would later become known as break-dancing came into being... The firing stopped as abruptly as it had started, leaving us both gasping for air. The corporal picked up his weapon and ripped off the magazine, no doubt to ensure that it couldn't start firing again. We confirmed that the magazine was indeed empty; all 30 rounds had fired without a stoppage. With great relief we found that neither of us had been hit. Just at that moment, one of the other kitchen helpers arrived to tell us the big bang we'd heard earlier had been caused by an artillery round. A fragment had fallen off in its way north and had torn through the tent, slamming into the steel flour barrel.... We both must have felt like the prisoner who had just been reprieved from the gallows...We started to snicker and, before we knew it, were both rolling on the ground and howling with laughter. I tried to stop; this wasn't normal procedure. Nowhere in the book does it say a patrol can take time out for hilarity, let alone make unnecessary sounds in the night. But the harder we tried to stop, the more we carried on - much to the bewilderment of the others... Our gaiety was brought to a halt when the company runner appeared, stating: "The OC wants to know what the hell is going on down there. Report to him at once." ...Just as I was moving off, I heard my partner...distinctly say "This stupid weapon is a hazard and I'll never carry it again." I've heard the same sentiments about the Sten gun many times since - but usually in reference to its nasty habit of jamming. Illustration by Barbara Spurll, originally appeared in Legion Magazine April 1994 issue Sten Gun magazines were originally carried in the basic infantryman's pouch on the 1937 Pattern webbing. The pouches could not be fastened, however, and a longer pouch was eventually designed, though few seem to have been issued before the end of the Second World War. A special Sten Gun bandolier was also issued to Airborne troops. Sten gun sling. The curved hook at the leading end passed through one of the cooling holes on the barrel jacket. And finally, courtesy Terry Hunter of PEI, a copy of a poem written during World War Two and published in "The Maple Leaf Scrapbook", a souvenir book printed in Belgium at cost price to forces overseas by No. 3 Cdn. P.R. Group in 1945. Ode to a Sten Gun By Gunner. S.N. Teed You wicked piece of vicious tin! Call you a gun? Don't make me grin. You're just a bloated piece of pipe. You couldn't hit a hunk of tripe. But when you're with me in the night, I'll tell you pal, you're just alright! Each day I wipe you free of dirt. Your dratted corners tear my shirt. I cuss at you and call you names, You're much more trouble than my dames. But boy, do I love to hear you yammer When you 're spitting lead in a business manner. You conceited pile of salvage junk. I think this prowess talk is bunk. Yet if I want a wall of lead Thrown at some Jerry's head It is to you I raise my hat; You're a damn good pal... You silly gat! |
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Damn it ... Not only is it illegal, it's politically incorrect and socially unacceptable!
Hey, now that's a lot of info - the Turpin character mentioned in the first paragraph is a relative of mine - I guess that means I come by this gun interest genetically. Any who, I'm looking....
Thanks for the history lesson!! |
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Considered how screwed up the economy is, yes, it's way out of line.
I mean, doesn't that bother people that this country spend 10 times more money on the military than for example China ? Are they feeding soldiers with caviar and French wine ? More than 600 bn for god's sake, that's ridiculous.
And to make war against who exactly ? Don't need that much for a war against weak countries like Irak for example. And there is no other country who spend even a tenth of that for their military.
It is if you compare them to the next two largest economies - Japan and China. It isn't hugely out of whack if you compare the US to the UK, Germany or France since we only spend about 2-3x what they do per dollar of GDP, but it's easy to see how China has so much room for economic growth compared to us.
The US, UK, and France all want to have overseas bases, navies that can go anywhere, and the ability to project force wherever they feel they need to - that costs a lot more than China wanting to project force around its backyard. (Though even there, the US spends vastly more than the UK, France etc)
It all depends on if Americans will feel comfortable if America can't do whatever it wants wherever and has to rely on another country, say, keeping the Strait of Homuz open.
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Yes it is. The combined countries of the European Union, a larger Economy than the United States and a bigger population, spend about a third of what the US spends. It is around 1.6% of GDP, for the US it is almost 5% of GDP.
The US has over 40% of the World's total military spending.
If the US drops things like keeping the straight of Hormuz open loses the capabilities to do things like Libya we can have a much smaller military and that would b a great thing,western Military Spending ding would not go down all that much though since other nations would have to build forces to do things like Protect Taiwan and keep the Straight of Hormuz open. they would have to build military capabilities that they don't possess to replace what the US provides. We can also drop things like our participation in places like Kososvo and Libya the cost of building the tools that we were depended on to provide will change the budgets jets of many countries
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IMO and maybe this is just my bias of having served in the USN in that part of the world, the US being over there keeps North Korea honest, because they are just waiting for any opportunity to take the whole country....otherwise why would a basically isolationist nation field one of the largest ground forces in the world?
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I just fins it a bit bothersome for folks who want the US to cut it's military budget and not cut the responsibilities that go with it as if the missions and the budgets are not connected. Cutting the budget sharply but keeping the same missions is just a good way to get people killed. that has happened repeatedly
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If you love a really meaty, sausage, then this is for you! Made on the farm using the meat from our organic pigs raised outside on our rich pastures, it contains only shoulder meat, for superior flavour and quality. Because of the unique way we rear our pigs, the pork is naturally more flavoursome, we also add some further depth with a few traditional spices and herbs including nutmeg, coriander and mace. All our sausages have a homemade artisan style are course cut and made with fresh stocks with satisfyingly high meat content. Please note all our sausages are nitrate free and gluten free with no artificial flavours or preservatives.
Laverstoke Park Farm takes complaints and feedback very seriously, following feedback from our customers we have now reviewed and improved this product - we hope you enjoy it
Product Information
- Fresh / Meat & Poultry / Sausages / Pork Sausages / Free Range
- Fresh / Meat & Poultry / Sausages / Pork Sausages / Organic
- Fresh / Meat & Poultry / Sausages / Pork Sausages / Premium
- Organic / Fresh / Meat, Fish & Poultry / Meat
- Brands: Laverstoke Park
- Dietary & Lifestyle: Organic
Keep refrigerated below 4°C after purchasing.
If freezing, freeze on day of purchase and consume within 1 month. Defrost thoroughly and use within 24 hours. Once thawed do not re-freeze.
Laverstoke Park Farm,
Package Type
Tray & Heat Sealed.
Allergen Information
- Contains: Celery, Yeast
Pork (94%), Vegetable Stock (*Salt, Corn Starch, Vegetable fat, Yeast Extract, Celery, Carrot, Leek, Paprika, Onion, Sugar, Garlic, Herbs (Celery, Lovage, Parsley, Thyme, Rosemary), Turmeric), *Salt, Ground White Pepper, Coriander, Nutmeg, Mace, Ginger.
*Organic unless asterixed.
Customer Reviews
06 February 2014
strange taste
Sadly have to go with the majority here. Very disappointing. Strange taste almost gamey. And there was a bit of red meat down the middle despite having been very well cooked. Had 97% pork sausages cooked with them from a competitor. The difference between the 2 types was marked. Will not purchase again
31 December 2013
Just plain weird
Tried as they were on offer but horrible texture and no taste - not a patch on WR Glos Old Spot
13 October 2013
Great tasting sausages
Great meaty taste with just the right seasoning. Not cheap but worth the price compared to the run of the mill own brand stuff and walls,Richmond.
29 September 2013
0 of 1 found this review helpful.
Truly horrible
I purchased these sausages because they were on offer without taking time to read the reviews, well that proved to be a major mistake. In short we cooked them, took a bite and threw them in the bin. If the next offer involved giving me these sausages and £10.00 to eat them I would have to say no, they really are that awful!
10 September 2013
0 of 1 found this review helpful.
I should have read the reviews before buying these, but as others have said they taste horrible. Squeaky to chew and looked grey after cooking.
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on Thursday, 28 June 2012.
The Lewis County Hospital Foundation is seeking nominations for its third annual Citizen of the Year award. Nominees must be current Lewis County residents who have a strong record of community involvement and service, with a special emphasis on volunteerism. Individuals & couples may be entered. Nominations will be accepted through July 20th & can be sent by mail to Lewis County Hospital Foundation, 7785 North State
Street, Lowville, N.Y. 13367 or by fax to 376-8216. Nomination forms are available at the Lewis County Chamber of Commerce and at the Lewis County General Hospital switchboard. A subcommittee of the
hospital foundation board will select the 2012 recipient or recipients. Anyone with questions may call Tim O'Connor at 376-5110.
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1 cup low-fat plain yogurt
1/2 cup fresh spinach
Basil to taste
Parsley to taste
Garlic Powder to taste
Black Pepper to taste
Place 1 cup low-fat yogurt in a bowl. Add 1/2-cup chopped fresh spinach, dried basil, dried parsley, garlic powder and black pepper. Stir to combine, and chill. Serve with toasted bread or fresh vegetable pieces. Replace the spinach with canned artichoke hearts for another popular dip that is often high in fat and calories.


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The worst winning percentage for a Cubs team in home games in a single season is .339. That was in 1994, a strike season, where the Cubs went 20-39 at home.
The worst winning percentage for a Cubs team in home games in a non-strike season is .395. That has been posted three times: 1962, 1966 and 1974, a 32-49 record each time.
The Cubs' current home winning percentage is .385; that would translate to a 31-50 record, worst in franchise history in a full season. They would have to go 7-9 in their remaining 16 home games to avoid doing that, and 8-8 to avoid tying the previous worsts.
Ladies and gentlemen, your 2013 Chicago Cubs.
Cubs lineup:
Castro SS, Rizzo 1B, Navarro C, Schierholtz RF, Lake CF, Murphy 3B, Bogusevic LF, Barney 2B, Wood P
Hey, Anthony Rizzo hit two HR yesterday batting second. Why not?
The Nationals lineup was not available at the time I wrote this post. Please check the BCB Twitter feed for the Nats lineup.
Today's Starting Pitchers |
Travis Wood has not faced the Nats in his two years as a Cub. He has faced just three current Nats (Scott Hairston, Jayson Werth, Adam LaRoche), who are 1-for-15 against him. Wood has not had a good August (5.09 ERA), so it'd be nice to see him get back on the right track with this start.
Stephen Strasburg last faced the Cubs on Opening Day 2012 at Wrigley Field; there are just two players left on the team who played in that game (Darwin Barney and Starlin Castro). Current Cubs are 5-for-20 against Strasburg, a very small sample size. Strasburg has had some dominant starts this year, but his numbers overall are just good, not great.
Today's game is on WGN.
Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.
Baseball-reference.com game preview
Please visit our SB Nation Nationals site Federal Baseball.
Here's the scoop on game threads for 2013. You'll find the game preview -- like this one -- posting as the first link in the StoryStream™, which will then contain all the overflow threads and the recap. The recap will also be on the front page as a separate post; once I post a game recap, the stream for each game will be retitled "Cubs vs. (Team) (Day of Week) Game Threads" so you can go back and find every thread related to that particular game.
In general, game previews will post two hours before game time. Exception: for day games after night games, that will usually be 90 minutes.
You will also be able to find the First Pitch Thread and all the overflow threads in the box marked "Chicago Cubs Game Threads" at the bottom of the front page (you can also find them in this section link). They will also appear in this StoryStream™. As I've done for each regular-season game for several years now, we'll have the First Pitch thread at five minutes before game time (moved up from actual game time per your requests), then an overflow one hour, two hours and 2:45 after game time.
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JPMorgan (JPM) is trading within a channel after a nice move up, and I am wondering if it will continue up in 2013. After the fiscal cliff is solved, the market may see a boom, but what types of challenges are facing JPMorgan? Let's take a look!
Customer Confidence
One of the big things the bank has going for it is excellent consumer confidence. JPMorgan saw its score in customer service climb 6% from last year behind smaller banks and credit unions but better than all the larger banks. Big banks in general have done well after massive dissatisfaction because of the bailouts and the attempt to pass higher fees on to its customers. Customer satisfaction scores have caught up to pre-financial crisis days. High fees were the greatest concern for customers. Chase's score showed the bank is boosting the reliability and quality of its banking experience, producing increases in the past two years.
Are there any reasons not to keep the stock or not to buy it?
With outstanding customer service going for it, the bank has a couple major challenges ahead. JPMorgan mentioned higher net charge-offs because of mortgage loans gone bad in the third quarter. CEO Jamie Dimon made mention of these and that the bank is experiencing a higher than normal amount of defaulting on mortgage loans. Costs related to these are expected to increase in the near future. Look at competitors next to JPM and one can observe how big this mortgage defaulting problem can be for the bank. JPMorgan has recently hired nearly 13,000, many of whom are helping process these troubled mortgages.
JPMorgan $825 million
Citigroup (C) $635 million
Wells Fargo (WFC) $567 million
Bank of America (BAC) $435 million
I recently read an article by Amanda Nix who mentions mortgage-backed securities repurchase claims that the company may be facing.
The bank reveals that it is currently being targeted by lawsuits demanding that it repurchase about $140 billion of mortgage-backed securities that have gone south. Since litigants usually claim a failure rate of more than half, that's a whole lot of scratch, for which the bank could be on the hook.
So what is the possible outcome of these burdens? We could see a big dent in the company's profits and in turn-- earnings. Are the earnings we saw in this last quarter the best we are going to see through 2013? This could cause the stock to lose value for a season.
Technically Speaking
It looks like the stock has been caught in a trading channel for the last 10 weeks of (39-43). Prior to the start of this, I observe nice negative divergence taking place in the RSI Indicator when the stock was first signaling oversold conditions. From that point on the stock climbed higher but the RSI signaled continuing weakness. Even the MACD MA's were in bullish territory but declining. With the Bollinger Bands also moving sideways, I have not determined if I can see a future direction of the stock. II believe a lot would depend upon the 50 day MA and how it is used back the stock in the coming weeks. If it continues the same pattern, I would expect it to bounce off its present high and retract for a bit before moving back up.
The Option Trade
Presently trading at 42.71, I am expecting the stock to move down from the top if its trading zone.
- Buy the February 2013 put with a strike of '43' (priced at $1.98)
Sell a February 2013 put with a strike of '44' (priced at $1.48)
Net Debit to Start: $0.50
Maximum Profit: $0.50
Maximum Risk: net debit
Maximum Length of Trade: 13 weeks
Reasoning behind the Trade
The stock is in its trading zone and should move back.
Fiscal Cliff may bring financials down short-term.


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concerns raised by the regional stakeholders and requested clarification and guidance from the Texas
Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). The questions submitted to HHSC and their answers
are listed below.
Q: Is there a mandatory 30-day public review and comment period for the RHP plan, or can the
public comment period be less than 30 days? What work can continue and what changes, if
any, are allowed on the plan once it has been posted for public comment?
individual RHPs. HHSC has not set minimum days. Similarly, HHSC has not provided guidelines on
allowing continued work during the RHP Plan comment period at this time.
Q: If the State mandates a specific DSRIP project be performed and the participating provider is
already working on that project and/or has already implemented the program:
(a) Are they eligible for any incentive under the waiver?
(b) If eligible for incentive, what does that look like in the Regional Health Partnership plan?
A: At this time, HHSC is only considering mandating one hospital intervention under Category 3.
The specific intervention has not been determined. The hospital would be eligible for incentive
payments for the intervention if they met the improvement milestones required by the DSRIP
menu (RHP Planning Protocol) under development.
Similar to projects in Category 1 and Category 2, the RHP Plan would indicate goal, rationale,
relationship to other projects, and a milestones and metrics table for the intervention for
each Performing Provider that provides milestones for each demonstration year along with
the estimated incentive payment and source of IGT. Refer to p. 9, Section III.12(b) of the Draft
Program Funding and Mechanics Protocol for more details of what's required in RHP Plans http:/
Q: If a county provides funding to a local MHMR Authority and would like to contribute those
funds as IGT, would the transfer be made by the county or by the MHMRA once they have
received the county funds?
A: In general, the guidelines for IGT are posted on the waiver website and linked directly here
http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/1115-docs/IGT-Principles.pdf. The key items are that:
- IGTs must consist of public funds that are not federal funds;
- public funds are those in the control of a governmental entity;
- a governmental entity that is not a provider cannot get payments;
- a provider that receives payments cannot return any portion of those payments to the governmental entity that puts up the IGT.
With these basic rules, the county and MHMR should be able to evaluate the legality of any
proposed funding relationships. Currently, the State is only allowing Local Mental Health
Authorities from the 39 approved that provide their own IGT to be able to participate directly in
DSRIP http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhsa/lmha-list/.
Q:Can a school district be an IGT provider since they are their own taxing authority similar to
the way MHMR Authorities are now able to participate? If so, are they eligible to participate
in the 1115 Waiver if they already participate in the "Medicaid Certified School Match Fee for
Service Program for Medicaid/DEA Eligible Students" – which appears to target the same
A: Only Medicaid providers may participate in DSRIP. The State is not currently considering school
districts to be eligible for DSRIP payments directly. A participating hospital may choose to
subcontract with a school district to complete an eligible DSRIP project from the CMS approved
list of projects.
Please refer to the IGT guidelines mentioned in the previous response with an emphasis that the
DSRIP provider must keep all funds including the IGT and incentive payment and cannot return
any portion of those payments to the governmental entity due to issues with provider related
Q: If a school district operates a school-based clinic that is Medicaid licensed, are they an
eligible performing provider?
A: No.
Q: Can school districts put up IGT as long as it falls within the guidelines of eligible funding?
A: Yes.
Q: Has HHSC/CMS determined the audit rules governing the 1115 Medicaid Transformation
Waiver, particularly related to the flow of funds? If not, when does the State anticipate
releasing that information and the waiver-specific guidelines IGT entities, performing
providers, anchors, and subcontractors will be subject to adhere to? Counties and cities have
some concern in this regard as previous rules and guidelines under the former UPL system
were changed by CMS and caused them issues.
A: The auditing of UC will be similar to the audits under UPL. Auditing of DSRIP is still being
discussed but HHSC currently anticipates an audit procedure of some kind.
HHSC does not intend, at this time, to create rules concerning audits of the financial
relationships between an IGT entity and a Performer. HHSC does intend (and CMS expects) an
audit of some kind of actual performance in DSRIP. HHSC is working with CMS to determine such
audit requirements. Could you explain more about the concerns that counties and cities have in
this regard?
Q: Are IGT entities and performing providers that are state entities required to utilize the
standard State procurement requirements and obtain bids for services on DSRIP Projects? Or
is the service performance and selection method approved by the State at the time the
certified Regional Plan is approved?
A: HHSC does not believe that the 1115 waiver obviates a state entity's responsibilities to utilize
any required state procurement standards. Please discuss your responsibilities under such
processes with your attorneys.
Q: Can subcontractors performing non-clinical services participate and/or receive funds without
having a Medicaid license?
A: An entity may only receive a waiver payment if is a licensed Medicaid provider. Performing
providers can subcontract parts of a DSRIP project provided, however, that the contracts are
made at arm's length and for fair market value. No portion of the waiver payment may be paid
to a subcontractor and the performing provider must be the actual performer of the DSRIP
Q: Will hospitals need to have affiliation agreements with IGT entities to participate in the UC
program? Will they need affiliation agreements with IGT entities to participate in the DSRIP
A: Hospitals must have affiliation agreements with IGT entities to participate in both the UC and
DSRIP programs. See 1 TAC §355.8201. (Published 4/20/12 in the Texas Register.)
Q: Are Public Health Departments eligible to participate in the 1115 Waiver as an IGT entity?
Are Public Health Departments eligible to participate in the 1115 Waiver as a performing
A: Yes and yes (assuming, of course, all other restrictions on their participation are observed).
Q: Has a determination been made on whether counties will be permitted to use their 8%
indigent healthcare funds for IGT transfers to support programs under the 1115 Waiver? If the
issue is the ability to certify whether they have met their mandate for indigent care, we have
some recommendations how to do that.
A: Guidance on this question is forthcoming.
Q: If a county runs a health care program—i.e., county operated clinic or EMS—that is Medicaid
licensed, can they put up IGT and draw down DSRIP funds as the performing provider?
A: A county may not draw down DSRIP funds as a performing provider.
**We had originally been told by HHSC that county-run EMS would be eligible to draw down funds directly, but now in writing
have said that they cannot. We believe that HHSC has included county-run EMS in a request for recognition of additional
performing providers from CMS. Also, in the DSRIP Menu revision, there are supposedly changes to what is in there for EMS that
may affect this; until the menu is disseminated, we will not know.**
F/U Q: How can a community that has county-operated EMS participate in improvement /
expansion of EMS? A hospital or other performing provider can't contract back with the
county, right? Or is it the same as the other subcontracts—it's at arm's length for the fair
market value of the service so that the county is not getting incentive payments, but simply
being subcontracted to provide a service to the hospital, who is ultimately responsible for
meeting the metrics?
F/U A: Please speak with your legal counsel regarding this issue. However, I think a performer can
subcontract with any other entity to perform a project related service provided the contract is
at arm's length and for fair market value. Additionally, CMS has repeatedly stated that the
entity listed as the performer of the DSRIP project must be the entity actually performing.
Q: When will the determination of regional caps be made public?
A: This information is forthcoming. HHSC hopes to have this in July.
Q: Given that previous IGT is being considered in determination of the regional caps, will the
caps be adjusted annually?
A: The caps will not be adjusted annually. IGT is one of many factors being considered in the
determination of regional caps.
Q: Will UC draw down happen quarterly or semi-annually like DSRIP?
A: Quarterly.
Q: Will the first opportunity for DSRIP drawdown occur at the 6-month reporting period? What
about for DSRIP activities that were completed during the current demonstration year?
A: The first opportunity for DSRIP drawdown is currently the point at which HHSC submits the RHP
plan to CMS for its approval. This is a presumptive payment. b) Aside from the completion and
submission of the RHP plan, there are no other DSRIP activities in the current demonstration
year (DY1).
Q: When will the mechanism for anchor funding be determined? Particularly for activities that
happened in FY12?
A: In progress. The mechanism to be paid through DSRIP will be included in the Program Funding
and Mechanics Protocol. The Administrative Cost Claiming Protocol is being written.
Q: Are FQHCs eligible performing providers?
A: No.
Q: If FQHCs are not eligible performing providers, can they be subcontracted for portions of
DSRIP projects?
A: Yes. An entity may only receive a waiver payment if is a licensed Medicaid provider.
Performing providers can subcontract parts of a DSRIP project provided, however, that the
contracts are made at arm's length and for fair market value. No portion of the waiver payment
may be paid to a subcontractor and the performing provider must be the actual performer of
the DSRIP project.
Q: What types of non-federal funds within an academic health science center are allowable as
IGT? Can local dollars be used? Patient revenue? At one point, we were told that any non-
federal dollars, but we've since discovered that there are many more restrictions.
A: [We're] not sure [we] can answer this question. The standards for what non-federal funds may
be used as IGT have been pretty consistent as far as [we] know. Can you explain what you mean
by more restrictions?
Q: In the DSRIP menu, it lists "Expand psychiatric residency" as one of the potential projects.
Would the creation of a new psychiatric residency fall within that or is the intent purely to
expand on existing residency programs?
A: We are seeking flexibility from CMS to allow for such a project.
Q: Is there any consideration for DSRIP programming in the MR/persons with disabilities
portion of MHMR Authorities?
A: A project can focus on any population as long as the need is demonstrated in the community
assessment and the project fits within the parameters of the DSRIP menu.
Q: Today, Maureen briefly talked about DSRIP Category 4 and said that all the hospitals would
need to report on all the project areas within it. She stated in her presentation that it's a
reporting function, and then the incentive payment is made. Who is expected to put up IGT to
incentivize this if everyone is mandated to do it? We have similar questions regarding the
mandatory Category 3 project.
A: The IGT entity for each project must put up the IGT for Cats 3 & 4. HHSC has no expectations
as to who that IGT entity should be. HHSC is proposing to CMS that the value of these projects
be low relative to Cats 1 & 2 to make it less burdensome for IGT entities to fund hospital DSRIP.
Q: If the only DSRIP activity in the current demonstration year is the completion and
submission of the RHP plan, can we assume that HHSC and CMS feel that the "valuation" of
such planning is worth $500 million?
A: Yes, the submittal of the RHP plans will be valued at $500 million statewide. Each RHP will
know its portion of that $500 million.
Q: Will the DSRIP payment for the completion and submission of the RHP plan go to anchors?
Since it is a DSRIP payment, should we assume that it will not be calculated as an
administrative cost?
A: The key entities involved in the planning for DSRIP are anchors, IGT entities and Performing
Providers. HHSC understands that CMS will allow these three types of entities to get some of
the $500 million, and the Program Funding and Mechanics Protocol will include additional
parameters for how DY1 DSRIP may be allocated within an RHP. This payment will not be
calculated as an administrative cost.
Q: Is HHSC expecting that anchors, then, will put up $183 million in IGT for the completion and
submission of the plan to draw down the entire amount?
A: The anchor would put up the IGT for the portion of DY1 DSRIP it is receiving as anchor. Since
funds also will be going to the IGT entities/Performing Providers who propose to do DSRIP in the
plan, for each project, the IGT entity will put up the IGT for that project's portion of the DY1
DSRIP funds. (The anchor also may play either or both of these roles for certain projects.)
Q: Will the first opportunity for DSRIP drawdown occur at the 6-month reporting period? What
about for DSRIP activities that were completed during the current demonstration year?
A: Yes, DY2 DSRIP will be drawn down at the mid-point of DY2. HHSC proposes that baseline data
be from before the start of the waiver, so projects will still get credit for the progress they've
made in DY1.
Q: Can DSRIP projects include the construction of new facilities? For example, under Category
1, Project Area 1D: Collaborate with community partners to explore and develop a long-term
Crisis Stabilization Unit—would the construction of such a facility be considered appropriate
for DSRIP? For this project area, who would be considered a performing provider
for "collaborating and exploring" before a facility is actually developed? Is the assumption
that LMHAs would fulfill this role and provide IGT?
A: HHSC understands that CMS will approve using DSRIP for the construction of new facilities
(e.g. clinics) if the community needs assessment clearly demonstrates that they are needed to
meet the goals of the waiver. We do not believe hospital capital improvements will be
approved. For the project above, LMHAs would be one logical IGT entity/performing provider
for such a project. The IGT entity and performing provider listed in the RHP plan would be
eligible for a portion of DY1 DSRIP for this project before the facility is actually developed.
For DY2 forward, only the performing provider may receive DSRIP payments for the project.
Q: Currently, hospitals are not allowed to provide free or low-cost transportation to their
facilities because of inducement issues. Since transportation is one of the target areas for
increasing access to services, particularly in rural areas, who would be an appropriate
performing provider to deliver transportation since counties and cities cannot receive DSRIP
A: This is not a question HHSC is in a position to answer. Determining the "appropriate
performing provider" is a decision that should be left to the region.


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Most people make their vacation destination the location rather than the hotel. When choosing Nick Hotel as the place to lay your heads on your vacation, you had better plan on taking at least 2 full days to stay on the resort property and enjoy the water attractions.
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Mark Genovese, 518.782.9400, ext. 353
POTSDAM, March 15, 2010 – Registered nurses at Canton-Potsdam Hospital say the need to recruit and retain RNs has never been more urgent. The emergency room is handling 3,000 more cases than it did two years ago. Yet the number of nurses on staff has remained the same.
The nurses are asking management to consider reducing the patient workload for graduate RNs, who are often still acquiring the necessary skills to provide effective patient care. Management, however, has refused.
"We want patients to be safe and new RNs to succeed, not be overwhelmed," said Roger Bull, RN, nursing representative for the New York State Nurses Association, collective bargaining agent for the 150 RNs. "Yet the hospital said this would cause scheduling problems. This makes us question the hospital's commitment to patient care."
This is just one of the recruitment and retention issues the nurses are trying to resolve through their current contract talks, yet they're being met with resistance by management. In response, the RNs will conduct an informational picket on Thursday, March 18, from 3 to 5 p.m., in front of the hospital at 50 Leroy Street in Potsdam, between Cottage and Grove streets. The nurses' most-recent, four-year contract expired on Dec. 17, 2009.
Instead of working with the RNs on these issues, management came to the table demanding a freeze in the RNs' pension. But when the nurses pressed for more information, the hospital admitted that switching to a 403 (b) plan would cost more money. The nurses add that since talks began, relations with management have become more contentious and the number of disciplines and grievances is on the increase.
The New York State Nurses Association is the voice for nursing in the Empire State. With more than 37,000 members, it is the state's largest union and professional association for registered nurses. It supports nurses and nursing practice through education, research, legislative advocacy, and collective bargaining.