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How Doctors Could Rescue Health Care
The US is facing a major crisis in the cost of health care. Corrected for inflation, health expenditures in the public sector are nearly doubling each decade, and those in the private sector are increasing even more rapidly. According to virtually all economists, this financial burden, which is now consuming about 17 percent of our entire economic output (far more than in any other country), cannot be sustained much longer. The federal share, including payments for Medicare and Medicaid, was 23 percent of the national budget in 2009 and is a prime cause of the deficit.1
There is no current prospect of raising taxes. If the federal long-term debt is to be reduced, government health expenditures on Medicare and Medicaid must be controlled. However, there is no agreement in Washington on how that can or should be done. Both parties claim to have the answer but, as I will make clear, no initiatives proposed by either party have much chance of significantly slowing the rise in federal health costs without reducing access to needed services. Major reform will be required, but that is not even under consideration. In any case, health legislation is currently stalled by a bitter political deadlock. No initiatives to improve health care will come out of Congress until after the 2012 elections and, unless the results are unexpectedly decisive, probably not even then. Still, as I will explain here, there is a chance that new developments in the way physicians are organizing themselves to deliver care might improve the currently dismal prospects for action on major reform and cost control.
In his September 8 address to Congress, the President spoke of the urgent need to control the costs of Medicare. To do this he is relying principally on the Affordable Care Act, passed by Democrats in March 2010. The Act expands insurance coverage but, as already explained in these pages,2 it is not likely to slow the rise of costs significantly. Republicans in Congress are seeking to stop it from being implemented and their potential candidates for president are demanding its repeal, while state governments that are controlled by Republicans are challenging its constitutionality in federal courts. They question the Act's mandate that all citizens not covered by public or private insurance plans be required to purchase private insurance or incur a tax penalty. The Republican legal challenge has so far received a divided reception in lower courts and will probably reach the Supreme Court next year. The mandate is a critical part of the Act because private insurers will not offer coverage at affordable prices to all applicants, as the Act assumes, unless everyone—young and healthy included—is required to be insured. Whatever the Court's decision, it will not have much effect on health costs because the law does very little or nothing to address some of the most important causes of the high cost of care and its rapid inflation.3
First, the Act does not replace—but expands—the investor-owned private health insurance industry. According to the actuary for the government's Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), this industry's overhead and profits currently add over $152 billion to the cost of care.4
Second, the Act does not change the method of payment for most medical care, which is based on fees for each procedure and therefore encourages specialists to use expensive procedures excessively, while giving all physicians strong financial incentives to provide more services than needed.
Third, it does nothing to change the current fragmentation of medical care. This allows specialists to practice in isolation without restraints on cost, causes duplication and disorganization of services, and discourages the use of primary care physicians. The latter are essential to cost-effective care because they help patients avoid unnecessary, expensive procedures. But with specialists earning much higher incomes per unit of working time, primary care doctors are disappearing. The Act addresses this problem, but only by providing minimal financial incentives to primary care doctors; they are unlikely to make much difference.
In the absence of effective general solutions for these causes of rising costs, there is little chance that the Act will "bend the curve" of medical inflation as Democrats hope. The law does, however, propose to cover the cost of adding millions of beneficiaries to Medicaid and to private plans over ten years. It does this by cutting payments to the private "Medicare Advantage" plans now chosen by some 12 million Medicare beneficiaries, and by eliminating tax exemptions for expensive insurance coverage offered by employers to favored employees. Apart from two ill-conceived and probably unworkable exceptions, the Act offers no other broad initiatives directly aimed at reducing costs.
The first exception, in Section 3022 of the Act, proposes to share any Medicare savings with so-called accountable care organizations (ACOs). ACOs are defined as federally certified multispecialty groups of physicians that collaborate with one or more hospitals and contract with Medicare to provide comprehensive care to a designated group of patients on a fee-for-service basis. ACOs would in principle have incentives to control costs because the government would give them a share of any savings they produced by using fewer resources in delivering good care. But the 126 pages of regulations proposed to govern this program, published by the Department of Health and Human Services on April 7, 2011,5 threaten to undermine it. The regulations were considered so onerous and impractical, and the benefits to participating ACOs so dubious, that almost all multispecialty medical groups have indicated they would not participate.6
Even if the regulations are substantially modified before they are fully adopted, the CMS, which would administer the program, probably could not handle the extra work required to manage more than a relatively small number of participating ACOs. This program is therefore not likely to have much effect on health care costs.
Section 3403 of the Act is often cited as a powerful tool for controlling costs, but there is much reason to be skeptical. It establishes an Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a presidentially appointed independent committee of fifteen full-time members. If government spending rises too rapidly, the IPAB must offer proposals for cost control, and Congress must act on them or enact its own measures for equivalent savings. However, the law stipulates that the IPAB cannot reduce Medicare benefits or increase Medicare premiums, and it defers any proposed reductions in payments to hospitals for a few years. The IPAB would thus be limited to suggesting cuts in payments to physicians, payments for some ambulatory services such as emergency room visits, and payments for Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare Part D prescription drugs.
Unless the IPAB were to recommend some limitation to their total income, physicians could easily respond to reduced fee schedules by providing more services, such as performing more diagnostic tests. Physicians' average incomes have not kept pace with the rising costs of managing an office, and there is widespread unhappiness among the profession over the threat of cuts in payment that have been mandated by past legislation. Some physicians are now refusing to see new Medicare patients for this reason, so I doubt there would be support in Congress for much further reduction in fee schedules.
Moreover, payments to physicians account for only about a fifth of total health expenditures. The other four fifths consist largely of costs of hospital and nursing home care as well as payments for drugs and other medical products, and the overhead costs of private insurers. A realistic reduction of payments to doctors could at most save one or two percent of total costs, and wouldn't necessarily slow inflation. The other cost-saving options left open to the IPAB are also limited in scope and would have relatively little effect on "bending the curve." Furthermore, and most importantly, there will probably be fierce Republican opposition in Congress to IPAB appointments and funding, which will hamstring its function. The IPAB's prospects for success are therefore dim.
Republicans in Congress have pretty much limited their health policy to an unyielding opposition to "Obamacare," to calls for reform of malpractice litigation, and to their traditional reliance on "market forces." Their latest initiative is the proposal by Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to privatize Medicare and change federal support of Medicaid by substituting fixed grants for its current open-ended commitment to paying a large share of costs to the states. Under his proposal the Medicare system covering most of the medical costs of elderly citizens would be gradually replaced by a federal voucher system. Starting in 2022 each new Medicare beneficiary would choose a private insurance plan and the government would give participants in the plan a voucher to help pay for coverage. The voucher would start at $8,000, which would grow only according to the Consumer Price Index, but with some undefined adjustment for people who are older and sicker.
However, actuarial experts predict a near doubling of total Medicare costs within a decade; so Ryan's proposed vouchers would fall far behind actual costs, and beneficiaries would have an increasing financial burden. The Ryan plan reduces federal outlays for Medicare by shifting costs to patients. It has been passed by the Republican majority in the House, but not by the Senate, and the President strongly opposes it.
Defending Ryan's plan, Republicans say that under current policies Medicare will soon be bankrupt. They are correct that rising Medicare costs are unsustainable, but the fact remains that the Ryan voucher plan puts an intolerable burden on the elderly and would undoubtedly reduce their access to needed care. We can predict, for example, that patients would make fewer visits to physicians for checkups and reduce their compliance with expensive drug regimens.
As for Ryan's proposal to reduce Medicaid outlays by making fixed grants to states, the states would have considerable discretion in spending these grants, and their deficits would almost certainly force them to curtail Medicaid services in order to meet other budgetary needs. The grant idea, although favored by some state governors, has provoked wide opposition because it threatens the medical services needed by low-income citizens, and because Medicaid money now also supports nursing home care for the elderly.
If neither party is proposing effective solutions to the cost crisis, and political deadlock in Washington is preventing the consideration of new ideas, are we doomed to witness a slowly collapsing health care system that eventually will provide adequate care only to those who can afford to pay? In his latest book on health care,7 the Princeton sociologist Paul Starr, who worked on the ill-fated Clinton Health Security Plan, despairs of any political action that could bring about major reform. However, a new movement in the medical profession might help to start such reform by reconfiguring the way medicine will be practiced.
Traditionally, physicians have practiced either alone or in small partnerships with a single specialty, such as cardiology. Now a big shift to large groups containing many specialties is taking place. These multispecialty practices vary in size, but include physicians in almost all fields. Primary care physicians usually make up almost half the medical staff. They counsel patients and coordinate care by the specialists. Groups usually share common facilities, medical records, scheduling, and billing, and their physicians cooperate in the care of patients.
Many multispecialty groups pay doctors at least in part with base salaries, with the rest of their compensation derived from each physician's collected fees. Only a few pay entirely by salary, but that may change. Most groups are owned by physicians, but many are now being organized and managed by hospitals. Well-established large groups owned by physicians include the Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Permanente Medical Group, Intermountain Healthcare, Scott & White, Marshfield Clinic, Geisinger Health System, Lahey Clinic, and Harvard Vanguard. Many smaller physician-owned groups now exist throughout the country (though there are only a few in the Southeast), and their number is growing rapidly. So are groups owned by hospitals, including academic medical centers as well as large community hospitals. An unknown, but probably substantial, proportion of these groups are not for profit; i.e., they have no investors and use any net income to maintain and improve facilities and services.
The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) is the trade organization that represents most multispecialty physician-owned groups. The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the trade organization for almost all general hospitals. In recent communications with senior officials at the AMGA and the AHA, I learned that membership in the AMGA now stands at about four hundred groups, the highest ever, and is increasing at an unprecedented rate of about 10 percent annually. These four hundred multispecialty groups employ about 117,000 full-time medical doctors, but since many of their physicians work less than full-time, the total number of doctors now employed by such groups is probably close to 140,000, not counting the unknown number in physician-owned groups that are not members of the AMGA.
The AHA says that a 2010 survey of its member hospitals reveals that they employed roughly 120,000 practicing physicians, but the survey did not disclose how many were in multispecialty group practices. Allowing for this incomplete reporting, the total number of physicians now practicing in multispecialty groups could be close to 200,000, or about a quarter of all practicing physicians, and this number is increasing rapidly.
1 Lisa Potetz and Juliette Cubanski, A Primer on Medicare Financing, Henry Kaiser Family Foundation, July 2009, Exhibit 2. ↩
2 Jonathan Oberlander and Theodore R. Marmor, " The Health Bill Explained at Last," The New York Review, August 19, 2010. ↩
3 Arnold Relman, " Health Care: The Disquieting Truth," The New York Review, September 30, 2010. ↩
4 Sean P. Keehan et al., "National Health Spending Projections Through 2020: Economic Recovery and Reform Drive Faster Spending Growth," HealthAffairs, Vol. 30, No. 8 (August 2011). ↩
5 Department of Health and Human Services, Federal Register, Part II, Vol. 76, No. 67 (April 7, 2011). ↩
6 Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, "Medical Group Pans Key Element of Obama Health Plan," The Boston Globe, May 12, 2011. ↩
7 Remedy and Reaction: The Peculiar American Struggle Over Health Care Reform (Yale University Press, 2011.) ↩
Lisa Potetz and Juliette Cubanski, A Primer on Medicare Financing, Henry Kaiser Family Foundation, July 2009, Exhibit 2. ↩
Jonathan Oberlander and Theodore R. Marmor, " The Health Bill Explained at Last," The New York Review, August 19, 2010. ↩
Arnold Relman, " Health Care: The Disquieting Truth," The New York Review, September 30, 2010. ↩
Sean P. Keehan et al., "National Health Spending Projections Through 2020: Economic Recovery and Reform Drive Faster Spending Growth," HealthAffairs, Vol. 30, No. 8 (August 2011). ↩
Department of Health and Human Services, Federal Register, Part II, Vol. 76, No. 67 (April 7, 2011). ↩
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, "Medical Group Pans Key Element of Obama Health Plan," The Boston Globe, May 12, 2011. ↩
Remedy and Reaction: The Peculiar American Struggle Over Health Care Reform (Yale University Press, 2011.) ↩


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The Hyatt Plaza, Doha
City Centre Mall | Doha Markets | Gold Souq | Hyatt Plaza | Landmark Mall | Souq Waqif | The Mall | Villagio
This is one place you really can't miss. Just go past the huge Khalifa stadium, and the Villagio development, and you will see a giant shopping trolley outside the complex - just to make sure you don't get the wrong idea.
This shopping centre is being eclipsed by the larger (and half complete) Villagio being built next door, although there seem to be enough shoppers in Doha to go around all the malls. Never-the-less, Hyatt Plaza is a pleasant enough place to shop, with some classy shops and a light airy feel to it when you stroll in.
With a massive new mall coming up next door, they are trying hard too - I noticed new shops and attractions on my last trip and they even have a magazine: Hyatt Plaza Style.
There is parking for a 1000 cars. However, while you might see the odd taxi, if you are car-less you are probably better sticking with City Centre Mall.
There are the shops that appear everywhere in Doha such as the Body Shop, but there are also some that you won't find in every other shopping mall. The Japanese Daiso is the nearest thing Qatar has to a pound shop, and what most of my friends seem to find most interesting.
This is a shop with tonnes and tonnes of cheap stuff, and everything unmarked (and most of it is unmarked) costs 6 riyals. Some of it is junk, of course, but there's also some more interesting things such as traditional Japanese toys. This shop is located opposite Mr Price and above a large Homes R Us which is where you'll get any furniture you want.
Hyatt Plaza also a big focus on clothes, make-up and jewellery: there are many small stalls in the middle of the complex selling jewellery and there's a large Paris Gallery selling perfume and make-up. Still sadly lacking is a book store you will have to nip next door for that.
Anchor Store
The supermarket here is Giant Stores. We've seen one or two scrubby looking Giant stores in town but this place is way above that league. It has a wide range of goods including computers and other electronics, the food counters are excellent and there is a cafe to relax in the middle.
There is the normal food court where you can have your fill of American and Arabic junk food. There is also an Italian restaurant, Il Foro Romana, which is set in the middle of the hall surrounded by mock broken columns, several cafes including, of course, the inescapable Starbucks. (Are they on the moon yet?).
This is quite a good place for kids. In addition to Mothercare, there is a toy store, an Early Learning Centre, a Cute Cuts hairdresser. Best of all is Hyatt Plaza's "Jungle Zone", which is a miniature theme park with lots of rides.
You can also rent out rooms for kids' parties, with Hyatt Plaza providing all the food and entertainment for a package starting at QR800 you get an MC, juggler, face painting and magic show. In addition, on our most recent visit Hyatt Plaza had added inflatable slides, a bouncy castle and other amusements to an area of the parking lot outside.

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The Heavener Wolves will begin two new football eras when they open their 2012 season at 7 p.m. Friday against Union Christian Academy at Ramsey Junior High School in Fort Smith, Ark.
First, the Wolves will be a Class 3A team. Secondly, they will begin the Carl Lee era as he will coach his first regular-season game as the new coach.
With all that, plus the start of the season in general, the Wolves are ready for Friday night's opener.
The good news is the Spiro Bulldogs are ready to get the 2012 season going.
"They're anxious and getting fired up, more so than in the last few weeks," said Chris Bunch, Spiro's coach.
However, the 'Dogs will have a tough opener as they will travel to meet Class 2A's top-ranked Vian Wolverines at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
"They're rated No. 1 in their class and are picked to win state in their class," Bunch said. "We're the underdogs, and our kids are going to have to step up to the challenge."
The Talihina Golden Tigers football team wants to put an end to a five-game losing streak, which covered Weeks 6 through 10 of last season. They will get that chance at 7:30 p.m. Friday as they travel to meet the Wilburton Diggers.
"We're reloaded and we're ready to go," said Kelly Gravitt, Talihina's coach. "We've had two pretty good practices, and we're just looking to round things out with a good practice (on Wednesday). The kids have a good feeling, and we're ready to go."
Don't forget about Oklahoma's annual Free Hunting Days this weekend, Saturday and Sunday. Resident hunters do not need to possess an annual hunting license or HIP permit while hunting on these days.
The free days fall on the first two days of dove season that runs Sept. 1-Oct. 31, statewide, followed by another nine-day period open from Dec. 22-30, statewide. In addition to dove hunting, squirrel season also is open on these days.
Edgar Wood, 87, of Talihina died Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Talihina. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at the Talihina Nazarene Church. Burial will be in Cupco Cemetery under the direction of Talihina Funeral Home.
Helen Marie Falconer of Keota, 83, died Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, in Spiro.
She was born July 28, 1929, in McCurtain, to William and Florence (Brown) Hatley. Helen was preceded in death by her parents, William and Florence Hatley, and 12 siblings.Â
She is survived by her husband, Perry Falconer of the home, two sons, Donnie Joe Falconer and wife, Rose, of White Settlement, Texas, and Millard David and wife, Avis, of Hope, Ark.; one brother, Delbert Hatley of Sayer; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Rev. James Robert "Bob" Bullock, 80, of Lawton, formerly of Poteau, died Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Lawton.
Vivian Lorene Duboise, 94, of Shady Point died Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, in Shady Point.
As I was approached by our sports editor, David Seeley, to write a feature story about the Poteau High School freshman team, I was at first not sure that I wanted to tackle the story. After all, the sports adages say that you do not talk to a pitcher when he has a no hitter going or you do not talk to a batter who has a hitting streak in process.
You see, this freshmen football class has been playing together since they were members of the Bandit, traveling team, seventh-eighth grade football teams, and to this point in time they have never lost a game when they have played together.
The Poteau Lady Pirates had to basically play two games, but they finally outlasted last year's Class 2A state champions in their home game on Tuesday.
Gabba Wilson's one-out, RBI single in the bottom of the 14th inning scored Shelby Standridge, who got a double with one out, to defeat the Panama Lady Razorbacks 1-0 in a game which lasted almost 3.5 hours.


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I was at home this afternoon when a sudden squall came over the house. Hail and fat drops of rain were pounding the roof. A few minutes later I looked out the window to the east at the Cascades and saw a lovely downburst of rain which produced the most brilliant rainbow I have ever seen. I decided to get bundled up and head to Alki and watch mother nature put on a show, and she did not disappoint. Once I got to Constellation park the storm was moving towards the east and went right over head. These "stormbands" I photographed were churning and turning and were so beautiful! I am glad I was patient.
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Treatment of an oral yeast infection generally requires antifungal medicine and correction of the underlying cause, if possible. In the case of diabetes, that means taking steps to bring blood glucose levels into target range. (Lowering blood glucose should also lower the amount of glucose in the saliva and effectively cut off the yeast's food supply.) Antifungal medicine may be taken in the form of lozenges that are sucked or a liquid that is swished in the mouth then swallowed. Denture wearers may be instructed to remove their dentures at night and soak them in a cleansing solution overnight.
Because antifungal medicines have a bitter taste, most oral preparations contain large amounts of sugar, which can contribute to both cavities and high blood glucose. There is, however, at least one preparation of the antifungal drug nystatin available in an artificially sweetened version (and there may be others) that may be a better choice for people who have diabetes or recurrent oral yeast infections.
There is some evidence that regularly chewing gum sweetened with xylitol may help to prevent oral yeast infections. Xylitol appears to interfere with the ability of yeast organisms to adhere to the soft tissues of the mouth.
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Another potential oral side effect of some drug therapy is overgrowth of the gum tissue, called gingival hyperplasia. The class of antihypertensive drugs known as calcium channel blockers, the immunosuppressant drug cyclosporine, and the antiseizure drug phenytoin are all known to cause this overgrowth of tissue. However, hyperplasia may be prevented or at least minimized while taking these drugs by practicing careful oral hygiene that includes both attentive home care and regular professional cleanings.
When hyperplasia occurs, it can be painful and disfiguring and can interfere with speaking and eating. In some cases, switching to a different drug therapy is a possible solution. If gum overgrowth is severe, surgical removal of the tissue may be necessary. However, the tissue can regrow after surgery if the drug therapy is continued.
People with gum hyperplasia require frequent dentist visits to prevent periodontal disease. As the gums grow, a pocket is created between the tooth and the gum, creating an ideal environment for anaerobic bacteria (bacteria that flourish in the absence of oxygen). A bacterial infection will cause bad breath and will likely raise blood glucose levels as the body tries to fight off the infection.
Proper management of these pockets includes quarterly professional cleaning with an ultrasonic scaler and possibly periodic surgical removal of the overgrowth. Using a sonic toothbrush or a water jet device at home may help to keep teeth and gums as clean as possible between professional cleanings. Water jet devices can remove bacteria up to 6 millimeters under the gum — about 3 millimeters further than a manual toothbrush or floss can reach. However, home care alone is not enough to control bacterial growth when there is gum hyperplasia.
Increased bleeding
Bleeding upon brushing or flossing is a symptom of gingivitis (inflamed gums) and periodontal disease (infected gums). If you have either of these conditions and also take a drug that thins the blood or prevents clotting, such as aspirin or warfarin, you may notice quite a bit of bleeding during your teeth-cleaning sessions. Some herbal supplements, including garlic and ginkgo biloba, can also have this effect or can magnify the effect of blood thinners and anticoagulants.
Bleeding is usually not a sign that you should brush or floss less; it's a sign to take your oral home-care routine up a notch and keep regular cleaning appointments with your dental hygienist. In addition, consult your doctor before mixing any drugs with herbal supplements. Increased bleeding is only one of many possible drug-herb interactions.


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Frustration at her opponent's resolve and a lack of sleep led to a mid-match bout of crankiness from eighth seed Jelena Jankovic in her eventual straight sets win over Japan's Kurumi Nara, on Hisense Arena.
"I worked hard physically and mentally," said Jankovic of the 6-4, 7-5 victory over the 22-year-old baseliner. "I got so frustrated out there. I am sorry for yelling all over the place, I didn't play too well today and my opponent played well. I am lucky to get through."
It should have been straightforward, a first year in the main draw at Melbourne for Nara against a Serb playing her 41st consecutive Grand Slam tournament.
The diminutive Japanese, ranked number 74, has no real record of success at majors, her best offering to date coming at the US Open last year when she lost in the third round, coincidentally, to Jankovic in two sets.
Jankovic, the former world number two, is on the comeback trail after a dip in the rankings that saw her fall to number 22 in 2012 but her seeding and game has been trending steadily upward for the past 12 months.
But the longer the set went on, the more the frustration got to Jankovic. First the sighs, then a shout and then the serve in the 170km plus territory. It took a lot just to hold serve in the first set, all first five games going to the receiver, a tendency to overhit by Jankovic the root of her early undoing.
It was with the score at 5-4 to Jankovic that the Serb chose the moment to hold her serve for just a second time in the set and the opening bout was hers, 6-4.
It had been a tentative beginning by both women, Jankovic patently the more physical but the desire to push and punish failing in its execution. Each time she smacked what should have been a winner, the feisty Nara clawed it back. The net result was invariably an even harder hit next time by Jankovic and invariably a miss.
Jankovic was becoming more and more agitated, a warning for on court coaching at 4-2 down in the second set alerting the crowd to her unease. "Jelena, if there's any more communication, I'm going to have to do something," said the umpire Kerrilyn Cramer.
The set meanwhile was drifting away from the Serb as Nara upped her attacking intent to force a 5-2 lead. It looked like a deciding set would prevail but a couple of overly eager drives for the baseline while attempting to serve out the set cost Nara dearly. A set point to Nara at 5-4 showcased the Japanese player's nerves even more as she hit high and beyond the baseline, her most glaring error of the day.
It was now a matter of time only after a break to love for Jankovic at 6-5, the Serb's 10 years experience on the WTA tour pivotal as she held serve to move into a last eight clash with Romania's Simona Halep, the number 11 seed and an altogether more testing proposition.
But who was Jankovic shouting at and why?
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Small surfcamp, authentic Bali feeling amidst rice fields between Seminyak and Canggu, quiet surroundings, with pool, small restaurant, W-lan, Surf guiding for all surfing levels at all Bali spots, 5 minutes drive away from Berawa beach and 20 minutes drive from Kuta.
The Surf Commune Berawa, our small surf camp with familiar atmosphere is designed for maximum 14 camp guests.
Here you can relax and enjoy the typical Bali view of lush and green rice paddies whilst having a cool drink at the pool or on the roof top terrace after a good surf.
Who wants to have a little quiet and get away from the hectic and crowded tourist hotspots such as Kuta, has chosen perfectly with staying at the Kima Surf Commune Berawa.
The camp is situated between Seminyak and Canggu in the little town of Berawa. Our homebreak Berawa Beach is reachable with a 5-minute car ride and provides optimum conditions for advanced beginners and intermediate surfers.
The various beach breaks of Kuta and Seminyak which are perfectly suitable for beginner surfers are about 15 to 20 minutes car away. The famous surf spots of Canggu are even closer and offer powerful waves for advanced surfers.
Of course we also provide at the Surf Commune our surf guiding to all Bali surf spots.
Phillip and Ary take care lovingly for your welfare during your stay at the Surf WG. Phillip is a Swiss expatriate living the last few years in Bali and has now fulfilled the dream of owning a surf camp with his Balinese wife Ary.
Phillip and his experienced team of Indo surf guides, consisting of Dono, Rizal and Pande, ensure that you always surf the right surf spot on the right tide, matching your surfing level. The surf guides are always with you in the water to give helpful advices and assistance.
Another great soul of the camp is the well-bred Labrador dog Candy, which is always in for a caress and loves to be a part of the surf camp life.
Kima Bali Surf Camp's big plus is that surf guiding is inclusive – 2 times per day!
Monday to Friday we organise daily surf trips for all surf levels to various breaks all round Bali. What this means is that you can take part in at least two guided surf session per week- day. The surf spots we head for are graded according to the various surf levels and selected depending on the tide, swell and wind conditions.
Our surf guides are familiar with the island, drive safely and give you competent briefing on each surf spot. The guides always surf with you in the water, giving you helpful advice to bring your surfing to the next level. Once a week the sessions are filmed so that the analysis afterwards can help you identify the mistakes you're making and sort these out.
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On the evening before choose the surf sessions that suit you best – depending on your preferences and skills and simply enter your name in the list. Our surf guides will be pleased to help you make your choice.
Total surf beginners can book our Learn-to-Surf Package which includes 3 days of surf school with beginner friendly soft-top surf boards. We offer this package in collaboration with the licensed Rip Curl School of Surf which is situated in Legian Beach (Seminyak/Kuta). Please find more information about the Learn-to-Surf Package in our section "specials".
Who rules the take-off and paddling already can directly participate in our regular surf guiding. Perfect conditions for beginners provide the numerous beach breaks of Kuta, the "home break" Berawa and the gentle semi-beach breaks of Batu Bolong and Old Man's.
Beside of Berawa Beach, Bali offers a whole series of soft reef breaks and semi-beach breaks for intermediate surfers. Many perfect waves nearby or famous spots a bit further away will push your skills and maybe even make you an advanced surfer by the end of your stay.
Of course it is also the advanced surfers that really get their money's worth on Bali. The powerful reef breaks of Canggu, e.g. Perenenan or Echo Beach are reachable within a 10 minutes car ride only and are best-suitable to bring your surf maneuvers to perfection. Further wave highlights all round Bali are on our schedule as well: the legendary Airport breaks, the classic Bali waves such as Dreamland and Balangan or the world famous spots like Padang-Padang, Keramas or Uluwatu. Please calculate a car ride of minimum 50 minutes to reach this surf spots.
Completed in 2012, the facility consists of a main house and a villa with comfortable and modern furnishings in Balinese style. The two buildings are separated by a small restaurant and garden with views of rice fields and lush Balinese nature.
The main house has a pool with a chill-terrace, a communal kitchen with dining area and a TV lounge under the roof, as well as a generous sunset - roof terrace.
The four air-conditioned rooms in the main house consist of two rooms with a bunk bed each and shared bathroom, one 4-bed room with two bunk beds and private bathroom and a double room with queen-size bed and private bathroom.
The villa has a pool as well and sports a rooftop lounge with a magnificent view over the rice terraces.
The living room with flat screen TV, stereo and DVD is equipped with a slide glass front, and together with the fully equipped kitchen provides the living area for the two deluxe rooms.
One room is a double room with king-size bed, the other is a twin deluxe room with 2 single beds. Both rooms are equipped with air conditioning and private bathrooms.
The cost of living on Bali is extremely low. A healthy and filling meal (fish including a side dish) will cost around 2 €!! There are lots of local cuisine restaurants near the hotel.
The obligatory evening beer on the beach is likely to be the most expensive thing on the menu of healthy indo food. Fruit salads or nasi or mie goring can be had for 1 € even on the most remote beaches.
The night includes breakfast, either consisting of Mie/Nasi Goreng, pancakes with fresh fruits or toast with eggs. Each of those breakfasts comes with fresh fruit juice or fruit salad and tea or coffee.
The small restaurant offers lunch and dinner with various European and Asian dishes. There is also a changing daily special available.
Who loves to do one's own cooking can use the kitchen in the villa or the main house, of course.
The major concept of the Kima Bali Surf Camp is to get to know what's near and far in Bali.
Here on the island you don't have to miss out on culture and other activities, you can book those additionally on location. Hindu Bali offers not only endless temples, royal palaces and rice terraces in the island's interior, the coastal towns have loads of opportunities for shopping, dining and hanging out with the right people.
For the sports fans there is a wide spectrum: diving, wake/kiteboarding, stand-up paddling, volcano trekking, rafting, mountain biking or tree top climbing.
Phillip and Ary are happy to assist you with organisation and booking of such trips. The camp cars with driver or guide can be booked on week-ends for a reasonable price.
Those who love sets off on his own and is not afraid of the Balinese traffic can rent a scooter to get to the beach, the supermarket or for shopping trips to Kuta / Seminyak (international driving license required).
We have various surf boards in all kind of shapes available. If you don't mind the haul, feel free to bring your own equipment or favourite board with you, so you can put them to the ultimate test here. Board shorts, booties, and wax can be had here at reasonable prices.
Leashes are included in the rental, however, possible repairs of the board have to paid for. If you want to be on the safe side as far as ding repair is concerned, you can "insure" your rental board for € 25. That means that we will carry the costs for any repairs over a period of 1 – 3 weeks, whether it's a tiny dent or a major break.
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Sierra Leone's president has warned of a crackdown on anyone involved in violent clashes between rival political parties that have rocked the nation over the last week.
President Ernest Koroma said in a speech broadcast nationwide on Wednesday: "Anyone who perpetrates acts of violence and lawlessness in any part of the country regardless of political affiliation will be apprehended and face the full force of law."
It was the first time Koroma had addressed the violence which flared up between supporters of his All People's Congress (APC) and the main opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP).
Hospital sources said around 20 people were wounded and six women said they were raped in clashes on Monday in the capital Freetown.
Violence also occured in other parts of the country last week.
"I cannot stand by while ill-motivated people drag this country once more towards a state of anarchy," Koroma said.
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Sierra Leone is struggling to recover from the brutal 1991-2001 civil war which saw about 120,000 people killed and thousands mutilated and raped by rival forces.
The violence of the last days has raised fears among many residents that the west African nation could be plunged into chaos once more.
"The APC believes that a change of government is only legitimate when it is made through the ballot box"
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"I am aware of the machinations of certain individuals who are bent on making the nation ungovernable to discredit the effort of the government," he added, without naming names.
The president said he had instructed the authorities to undertake "a careful and thorough investigation" into the clashes in the southern Pujehun area, southeastern Kenema and Freetown.
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NORTHBROOK, Ill., Dec. 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nanosphere, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSPH), a leader in the development and commercialization of advanced molecular diagnostics systems, announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance permitting marketing of its C.difficile test on the automated sample-to-result Verigene ® System.
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There are a multitude of options for student involvement, and also the ability to go online and purchase even more questions. Brain Quest allows the student to choose which type of game to engage in. The Grand Tour is for one player. The other two choices allow the user to compete against the Brain Quest crew, other students at the same computer, students linked by the same computer network or another user over the Internet. The High Gear Challenge is a race against time, and the Rally Strategy allows the players to choose their opponents questions. Each game option has different rewards for good work, which are stored in a treasure chest that students can access at any time during the game. If you log in under the same name each time you play, you will continue your journey with the Perdido family.
Brain Quest First Grade is an exceptional software choice for use with children first grade and above. It is fun and easy to learn. I particularly liked the availability of the World Book Encyclopedia to extend students learning on any given question. The different options keep it interesting and make it well suited for use in the classroom.
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Forest fires, like the Las Conchas fire that raged through New Mexico in 2011, leave some trees charred and clearly dead. Other trees seem totally untouched and perfectly fine. But fires also leave many trees partially burned. What are the chances for these trees to survive?
Santa Fe National Forest Forestry Program Manager David Lawrence says that the rate of survival depends partly on the health of the trees going into the fire, and that "partially burned trees may be already stressed from years of drought." But there are several other factors that influence whether or not a tree will survive a fire, including the health of the crown, damage to buds and twigs, and root damage.
Research has found that ponderosa pine trees with up to 90 percent of their top or crown scorched from fire may still survive. But when only a small portion of the crown escapes the fire and stays green, the tree will not produce as much energy for nourishment. That means the tree will have a harder time fighting off an attack from the bark beetle. Sometimes a tree will survive a fire, only to be killed later by bark beetles.
Trees that are orange with scorched needles are more flammable than trees that are green, but once the needles fall off, these trees are actually less likely to burn. Will they grow new needles? Some trees might, especially on their higher branches, but this depends on how badly the buds were damaged.
Yet another factor is the heath of the tree's root system, which depends on the condition of the forest floor. In areas that haven't burned in a long time there is a thick layer of leaf litter, or duff, that builds up. Sometimes, lots of tiny roots develop in this area, and then the roots are killed when the duff burns during a forest fire.
Some partially burned trees will survive, and some will not. It's sad to watch an old, stately ponderosa pine become a fire's victim. But tall trees that die open up areas for smaller trees to thrive. Dead trees don't mean the end of a forest, although the forest may never in our lifetime look the way we remember it.
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SeminoleSyllabification: Sem·i·nole
Pronunciation: /ˈseməˌnōl /
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noun (plural same or Seminoles)
1A member of an American Indian people of the Creek confederacy and their descendants, noted for resistance in the 19th century to encroachment on their land in Georgia and Florida. Many were resettled in Oklahoma.
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- U.S. slaveholders, Creek Indians, Seminoles, and the blacks themselves harried each other over slave property.
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- The fact that they were very mild-mannered, and not cannibalistic, favours the opinion that they were kin to the Seminoles of Florida.
2Either of the Muskogean languages, usually Creek, spoken by the Seminole.
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- The storekeeper, a pleasant young woman, was deep in conversation with an older gentleman. They spoke Seminole, sprinkled with American brand names.
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Of or relating to the Seminole or their language.
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- The war began when some Seminole Indians refused to leave Florida, defying the Removal Act.
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- Well, as some folks on Sixth Street will tell you, that's like slapping a Gator bumper sticker on your car in Tallahassee or hanging a Seminole flag on your front porch in Gainesville.
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