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Hospital CFOs have become adept at managing the familiar trends of declining revenue, shrinking reimbursement, and cost pressures. Yet recent market conditions, exacerbated largely by the recent economic downturn, have added new challenges to the mix. A growing number of CFOs are facing the question, "Can my organization remain independent?"
To answer this question, the CFO must thoroughly understand the broader market and financial context for the decision, be capable of leading the analysis and discussion with the board, and know how to monitor the organization's position and to assess consolidation options.
In 2006, the median growth in hospital expenses outpaced revenue growth, and according to a recent report issued by Moody's Investors Service, this trend continued through 2008 (Not-for-Profit Healthcare Hospital Medians for Fiscal Year 2008 Show Weakening Across All Major Ratios and All Rating Categories, August 2009) (see exhibit 1).
Exhibit 1
The recession created an explosion of bad debt for many hospitals as people lost their jobs, with patients migrating to state Medicaid rolls or being unable to pay at all. As a result, about one-third of hospitals experienced negative operating margins in 2008, as noted in the American Hospital Association's online Trendwatch Chartbook 2009. At a time when many hospitals were reliant on cash from investments and philanthropy to offset operational shortfalls, the 20 to 25 percent average decline in portfolio values during the recent recession was unsustainable.
Hospitals are now dealing with both reduced profitability and simultaneous investment losses, leading to lower reserves-and lower credit ratings. Downgrades have outpaced upgrades almost every year for the last decade. And after relative stability in the middle of the decade, 2008 and 2009 saw an extremely high ratio of downgrades to upgrades, as was noted by Standard and Poor's in its Feb. 18, 2009, report U.S. Not-for-Profit Health Care Sector Moves Toward Stability, but Its Long-Term Outlook Is Uncertain.
For years, low-cost capital fueled facility expansions and growth strategies. The availability of capital helped organizations maintain competitive advantage, attract physicians, and fund compliance with new regulatory mandates. Now, in a financial perfect storm rising from the recent economic downturn, hospitals have been buffeted by the combined effects of declining patient volume, a rising uninsured population, expected tightening of Medicare payments, and an inability to access capital at low rates, which has left many hospitals and boards concerned about the long-term viability of their institutions and forced them to reevaluate their ability to weather the storm alone.
As fixed-rate debt became virtually unobtainable for healthcare borrowers with weaker credit, and as variable rate debt came packaged with significantly more restrictions, hospitals quickly scaled back their capital projects. A recent McGraw Hill Construction survey reported a 43 percent decline in new square footage hospital construction over the first nine months of 2009 (McGraw Hill Construction, The 2010 Construction Outlook, Oct. 16, 2009). Similarly, the American Society for Healthcare Engineering reported recently that 42 percent of hospital projects in 2009 were cancelled or delayed due to the higher cost of capital (Carpenter, D., "Boom Going Bust? Credit and Financial Crisis Make for Uncertain Hospital Construction Outlook," Healthcare Facilities Management, February 2009).
There will continue to be a handful of stand-alone hospitals with strong credit ratings that can access capital markets at reasonable rates. Those with weaker ratings will be greatly constrained in obtaining the capital they need for facility improvements, product line development, IT improvements, or physician alignment strategies. This pressure may push them over the edge to seek a merger partner or acquisition.
Indeed, given the ever-growing pressures cited above, it is imperative that each hospital be willing to perform a candid, objective assessment of its ability to continue to go it alone.
Many hospitals already have chosen to forgo independence and merge because of several very real benefits of consolidation:
Access to capital, in particular, almost certainly will improve as a result of consolidation because a system with the same financial performance as a hospital (e.g., as reflected in margins, liquidity, and leverage) typically will receive a better credit rating than the hospital due to the dispersion of risk-as has been noted in a report issued by Standard & Poor's (U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Stand-Alone Fiscal 2008 Median Ratios Weaken Across the Board, July 7, 2009).
A hospital's senior financial executive has a unique role to play in helping his or her organization decide whether to maintain its independence or to merge or be acquired. Because the question of viability as an independent hospital is, at its core, a question of creditworthiness, the CFO is in an unmatched position to guide these discussions. Unfortunately, these are often emotionally charged discussions for the board and senior management.
Not-for-profit hospital boards have a bias toward independence. Often, boards would rather "control our own future" than become part of a system that they believe won't care about the communities they serve. Board members invest a great deal of their wealth and wisdom into their hospitals, creating a sense of pride in the independence of their institutions. They usually resist being the ones in charge when a decades-long legacy of independence is abandoned, even if the communities they serve would be better served through consolidation, or even if a hospital's very survival depends on it. As a result, hospitals often delay considering merging until they are desperate and the terms are less than optimal.
Hospital CEOs also often exhibit a bias toward remaining independent. The CEO may be concerned that allowing the organization to lose its independence may reflect badly on his or her ability as a leader to steer the organization to success as a stand-alone entity.
For the CFO, it's one thing to consider the impact of capital access on hospital mergers as a market phenomenon. It's quite another thing to face the difficult decisions about your own hospital's financial position and independence.
Ultimately, it is the CFO who is in the best position to help ensure the objectivity of the decision-making process, and to help inform the dialogue with financial metrics and an understanding of their long-term implications for capital access.
To help hospital leadership, including the board, make well-informed decisions regarding the hospital's ability to maintain its independence, the CFO should:
Regarding development of long-range financial projections (the third point), the CFO should ensure that projections include estimated capital requirements, as well as the expected cost and availability of this capital. The estimates should also include thoughtful sensitivity analyses, so that leadership can grasp the relative potential impact of key drivers and assumptions.
When clarifying what can and cannot be done with available capital (the fourth point), the CFO should be specific about needs/opportunities that would help serve the community so the board understands the trade-offs.
The importance of discussions with the finance committee (the fifth point) is in helping the committee make sure it has considered all options, recognizing that the broader board will depend on the committee's analysis and objectivity.
Finally, acknowledging the risks associated with the loss of independence (the last point) is crucial to maintaining board confidence. These risks carry both financial and organizational implications, some of which are listed below:
Additionally, the merger or sale of a not-for-profit hospital to a for-profit system prompts another layer of considerations that should be understood and examined. Most notably, the charitable requirements for tax exemption are no longer relevant, which may have a significant effect on the financial policies of the institution, impacting the community at large, as well as other hospitals in the service area. And a sale to a for-profit may be complicated by the need for court approvals. On the positive side, a community foundation is often established, with the mission of continuing to improve the health of the community. (For additional discussion of the challenges involved in the sale of a not-for-profit hospital to a for-profit system, see Web Extra: Issues in a Not-For-Profit Sale to a For-Profit.)
To assess a hospital's current financial position, it is helpful to compare the hospital's performance with rating agency median benchmarks, looking at either the overall median or the median for an appropriate target credit rating. Either way, the hospital will have an objective standard for comparison that can allow it to identify areas of concern.
Consider, for example, the areas of concern apparent in Exhibit 2, which depicts trends in a hospital's financial ratios and a comparison with median hospital experience. Although the hospital's cash position is strong and debt levels are relatively low, bad debt expense has grown at an alarming rate over the past two years, well in excess of rating agency growth benchmarks, and potentially unsustainable over the longer term. In addition, facility and equipment replacement have lagged, resulting in an average age of plant that is higher than desirable. If this is expected to be a long-term trend, the need for sizeable capital outlays may be growing, becoming a ticking time bomb for the facility. Finally, operating margins have been declining, and investment income has played a more significant role in generating cash for the hospital than in other facilities. This may be a good time to take a candid look at the long-term financial forecast and the hospital's ability to fund needed capital replacement without a serious deterioration in its cash balances.
Exhibit 2
Hospital leaders, including board members and senior management, have a fiduciary responsibility to ensure the viability of the hospital as a community asset, and to ensure that high-quality acute care remains available. That means that in addition to performing specific financial analyses when the question of independence is raised, it is incumbent on hospital leaders to keep an ongoing watch on the hospital's ability to remain independent, and on whether independence continues to be in the hospital's best interest.
A weakening in key financial metrics, a softening market share, or an inability to keep pace with facility and technology upgrades may point to the need for affiliation or merger. The starting point is an understanding of your current position, as well as a realistic forecast of what the numbers look like for the institution over the foreseeable future. Watching "leading indicators" can provide warning of impending problems, thereby ensuring that the hospital retains the leverage to achieve a positive outcome if it becomes necessary to explore options for collaboration.
To monitor the hospital's financial health on an ongoing basis, it is necessary to look not only at financial ratios, but also at leading market and financial indicators that offer forewarning of serious financial distress. If these indicators point to serious trouble on the horizon, it's time to evaluate collaboration options. The following indicators are useful for this purpose.
Patient volume. This indicator is a measure of average daily census, emergency department visits, and outpatient visits. Because so much of a hospital's cost is fixed, drops in volume are a powerful early indicator of future financial difficulty. Irreversible volume dips are of particular concern.
Physician alignment. In the long term, hospitals need strong positive relationships with their medical staff. Increasingly, those relationships are achieved by moving along the continuum toward greater alignment and integration with physicians. If a hospital's current strategies are not getting traction, it is important that the hospital takes steps to remedy the situation, as results will be needed soon to support long-term viability.
Profitability. Profitability is, of course, central to long-term financial strength. Any decrease in profitability, therefore, is a critical leading indicator of future financial difficulties, particularly if it cannot be quickly reversed.
Current debt burden. If a hospital has the profitability to support additional debt, it also needs to assess whether current debt levels will allow it.
Cash. A drop in cash can accelerate a crisis like no other factor. It is critical that the board consider options before cash is a crisis, because at that point, the hospital will find itself looking for any willing partner on poor terms.
Available capital versus capital requirements. This consideration is critical, and not just when the question of continued independence has been raised; it's also essential for a hospital to routinely compare its "gotta have" and its "ideally would want" capital needs with its expected available capital, and to make sure it has considered reasonable capital investment requirements for facilities, service lines, IT, and physician alignment.
Credit rating changes. Because a hospital's credit rating summarizes all of the factors affecting its long-term viability, this indicator is a critical one to monitor. Because the credit rating also directly affects the hospital's access to and cost of capital, it can drive the organization's decision about long-term viability.
These indicators should be computed and reviewed quickly on a quarterly basis and in more detail annually. Unfavorable changes should be evaluated. If the degree of change exceeds the organization's tolerance threshold, then it may be time to act.
It is always best to make this determination and then be proactive in evaluating the "independence versus collaboration" question. The board and senior management should develop a clear and shared understanding about the choice: What do we think the hospital will look like if we go it alone, and how might the picture change if we collaborate or join a system?
Many collaboration options exist, from a shared service arrangement through an outright sale. Among not-for-profit hospitals, the corporate member and holding company models seem to be most prevalent, probably because these models allow for debt consolidation and improved access to capital, while other models do not (see exhibit).
Exhibit 3
In the corporate member and holding company models, the details surrounding governance become critical and must be worked through in detail. It is important not to get caught up in the names of the models, as changes to the governance terms can significantly alter the structure.
Even more important than the model of consolidation, however, is being certain that the collaboration will enable the hospital to implement the strategies and fund the investments that it could not otherwise do on its own. In deal structures, form should follow function. It is imperative that a shared vision and understanding be established about the relationship between the parties-how they will interact and what they will do together-and how strategies, programs and services, and all the other key elements of a hospital enterprise will be configured. Achieving clarity on these points will make the actual collaboration model and deal structure easier to negotiate. Explore the options, model the scenarios and financial results, and clarity will follow.
Viability as an independent hospital depends on several performance factors, which are ultimately captured in a hospital's ability to access capital at reasonable rates. The CFO has a critical role to play in clarifying the risks, opportunities, and imperatives associated with deciding whether the organization should continue to go it alone. By being prepared to address all of the points discussed here, a CFO can fulfill this important role amid the day-to-day pressures of financial leadership.
Daniel M. Grauman is president and CEO, DGA Partners, and a member of HFMA's Philadelphia Metropolitan Chapter (email@example.com).
John M. Harris is a principal, DGA Partners, Bala Cynwyd, Pa., and a member of HFMA's Philadelphia Metropolitan Chapter (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Christine Martin is a member of HFMA's Appalachian Chapter of Central Pennsylvania.
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Anonymous on 05/28/2007:
$29 doesn't sound free anyway.
adzidek on 05/28/2007:
They should call it Close-but-not-quite Free Records Registry.
sabletaz on 05/28/2007:
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Anonymous on 05/28/2007:
Thanks for the information and I hope they didn't steal your information. You should report them and check your personal information QUICK! Good luck
Anonymous on 05/28/2007:
Sabletaz, one of these sleaze ball search sites asked me to do work for them, I refused. All they wanted to do was two things. One: get your info so they could sell it to others at a profit. Two: all they provided was a bunch of links to other sites, they had no data of their own in any data base anyplace. The Internet is rampant with these type of sites. www.Intelius.com is one of the more honest sites out there, but they do charge more.
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The credit report is free only if you sign up for their paid monitoring service.
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Pass, they nailed my wife's bank account one time for $35. The FTC, I beleve, made them change their ads, and if you are fast, you can read that the free report is contingent upon joining the triple something service, which they hit your credit card or bank account for, before you get anything.
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The FTC has one site identified that provides free credit reports, as is required by law. This site allows you to get reports from the 3 big credit agencies, and you can pull them at different times, so effectively you can get up to 3 reports a year.
Check the FTC website http://www.ftc.gov/freereports for more information.
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I went to Click Bank to get the money back, as no services were provided, and I was never allowed back into the site. No e-mail addresses no contact phone #'s, nothing. So I asked for my money back. Hope that goes through.
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Southbaypaul, yes, that is correct! I have received free credit reports before. I have excellent credit. However, this site I am talking about requests $59 for their so-called free? credit report. I did not fall for that!
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southbaypaul, neither did I. I just ignored the request for money.
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i need also help under hdsdump
I have an Adobe HDS stream and this stream have 3 quality levels
how can i set the best quality?
i have test this but not work
hdsdump --quality high
thanks D_M_W
i need also help under hdsdump
I have an Adobe HDS stream and this stream have 3 quality levels
how can i set the best quality?
i have test this but not work
hdsdump --quality high
Hi ,
@123edit : This is what I have understood .
As it is said in the "help" :
--quality [param] selected quality level (low|medium|high) or exact bitrate
Using the example given by "Wendy.H" , we don't have (low|medium|high) but 4882 1953 1464 1318 878 439 .
Letting the automatic download , it has been selected 4882 , witch is the best one .
hdsdump.exe --threads 4 --showtime --debug --manifest "http://.../manifest.f4m" --referer "http://... .swf" --outfile "hdstest.flv"
HDSdump by WendyH (KVS AdobeHDS based) v126.96.36.199
Processing manifest info....
Quality Selection:
Available: 4882 1953 1464 1318 878 439
Selected : 4882
Downloading 21/1946 fragments Time remaining: 03:12:38
I have tried a download , selecting a specific bit rate , see below .
hdsdump.exe --threads 4 --showtime --debug --manifest "http://.../manifest.f4m" --quality 1318 --referer "http://... .swf" --outfile "hdstest_1318.flv"
HDSdump by WendyH (KVS AdobeHDS based) v126.96.36.199
Processing manifest info....
Quality Selection:
Available: 4882 1953 1464 1318 878 439
Selected : 1318
Downloading 3/1946 fragments Time remaining: 01:05:06
If you want to select a bit rate at the beggining (first) , try to dig inside of the file "....manifest.f4m" .
Or if possible look at "http://.../manifest.f4m" .
I haven't be able to look inside of the file given in the example .
Regards .
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MediaBox has fixed all of its issues with messing with your internet connection and now works great and very easy to use. Just remember to run as Admin also run your web browser of choice as Admin so MediaBox can sniff the media traffic...
Webpage: http://www.hensence.com/en/mbox/
Download: http://www.hensence.com/mbox/downloa....188.8.131.523.zip
Mirror: http://ge.tt/3ZqgJmo/v/0?c?c
Tip: Download the Compressed Package version as its portable meaning nothing gets installed on your computer...
Say NO to Ads on streams & Stop the Virus/Malware Alerts.
If ever a password is needed in any of my or other users uploads try myp2p, Myp2p or wiziwig.
DEAD_MAN_WALKING please guide me ,how to use wire shark with windows 8 bit64?
But what i would do is...
Make sure you have latest version -
Windows Installer (64-bit)
Windows Installer (32-bit)
- Open Wireshark(I run it as Admin just to be safe).
- Pick a interface to capture from(In my case i use wifi so i pick that one).
- Press Start.
- In the Filter Box add your protocol(rtmp etc...).
- Goto the streaming website and let the stream play for a few seconds then stop/close it.
- Stop the capture in Wireshark.
- Now look under the info cell and find the Handshakes and right click and choose follow the TCP traffic.
- Now press Ctrl + F to search for your protocol(rtmp etc...).
You will find all the information you need like swfurl, pageurl, playpath etc...
Note: When your installing Wireshark make sure you also install the packet capture driver called WinPcap when prompted.
Say NO to Ads on streams & Stop the Virus/Malware Alerts.
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DEAD_MAN_WALKING (24-08-2013), JamesGrey (10-10-2013)
Hi DEAD_MAN_WALKING, could you guide me, or is there any tutorial create a stream site (just like the stream link listed on wiziwig[dot]tv )
to be honest I can simply look at one of stream site source code, and copy it (at stream script part, but some of it came along with an ads embed on video stream.
Is there any possible way to have the original source of stream? Without an ads on it?
I just want to have a stream for 'football' channel only, from any major league, at low bitrate within 150-200 kbps, because internet connection here in my country, Indonesia wasn't that good.
Hopes you could help me DMW
DEAD_MAN_WALKING After trying a few ways to catch flash streams I gave Mediabox a try, and it definitely grabs the rtmp link, however it is invalid when I throw it into VLC, so I don't know what the issue is, although the link looks awfully long. I was wondering if you could look at it and give some advice as to what I am doing wrong.
I realize it probably has to be run from command prompt using flvstreamer so I tried with this line and get error closing connection Netstream Failed.
I imagine maybe I need to use rtmpdump but I am not quite sure of proper parameters. I tried and get this.
RTMPDump v2.3
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
WARNING: HandShake: Type mismatch: client sent 6, server answered 9
WARNING: HandShake: Server not genuine Adobe!
ERROR: RTMP_Connect1, handshake failed.
Can someone check my syntax, as I don't think it is quite right. test2.
Any help appreciated
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When I run MediaBox, my Google Chrome browser crashes. I do run it as an administrator. Is there something wrong with MediaBox? I have Windows 8, 64 bit OS.
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If ever a password is needed in any of my or other users uploads try myp2p, Myp2p or wiziwig.
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I have tried a search , without result because I live in France .
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Whats the program, no SoThink, that decomiles swf files?
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Hi, im a user of NTV and i would like to be able to take the stream url, and use it in my tv-guide instead of the Cra*** one thats already implemented.
Does anybody have experience with this?
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> ...im a user of NTV
We need more informations about NTV , you are using .
Cheers .
Hi pioupiou,
Im using ntv(dot)mx, and since i need 5 post before i cant post links or attachements i do have trouble showing it.
What i do have is the rtmp link, the toke, app, flash ver, pageurl, swfurl, tcurl and playpath
What i would like to do is to use it on my RaspBMC


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Grill It Like the Pros: Celebrity Chefs Share Their Favorite BBQ Styles
At the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, celebrity chefs brought their best barbecue eats to the beach for the annual BubbleQ event. We wanted to know how the celeb chefs like their 'cue when they are in their own backyards. Here's what they had to say.
Planning a backyard barbecue of your own? You'll need some super sides. These 10 vegetable sides will get you started. Now fire up the grill!
By Kiri Tannenbaum
Cooking for Real's Sunny Anderson
Sunny's Favorite BBQ: "I grew up in the military and moved around a lot. I think my favorite would have to be North Carolina barbecue. It has heavy vinegar, it's sweet, it's tangy, it's not wet, but it's not dry I just love it. My grand-dad used to put a pig on a spit when we came home during the summer, and he was the one who would walk around with the brush bucket and a big mop slathering on the marinade. Every time I smell it and taste it, it reminds me of him. I gotta tell you, the best kind of barbecue is in North Carolina!"
Try These Winning Recipes and Hit the Road with These Restaurants:
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Hi, I am Mary. And I started taking Yoga at my Community College, but since I had a workload of studies, I havent been there and decided to just drop the class.
So since I can't make it anymore I watch videos on Youtube and follow their instructions.
I have never had a single muscle in my life or found something that I could see myself getting better and better at, and actually loving the feeling. I've have also seen more definition in my arms and in my legs.
You should really check out Tara Stiles on youtube. She cuts the chitchat and gets straight to the Yoga, and she has different videos. For example she has some that focus on strength, abs, beginners, balance, etc.


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Minecraft Series - How to Survive the First Night as a temporary shelter against the night for Xephos and Honeydew.
The shack was hastily built beneath the leaves of a tree in Part 1 so Xephos and Honeydew could survive the first night. In Part 2: Spending the Night in Simon's Shack, they attempted to hold off a gang of skeletons surrounding the shack with only a wooden sword, but quickly were outnumbered and retreated back indoors until dawn, when the sunlight destroyed the skeletons.
After finding a site for their Yogcave, the shack was subsequently demolished by Honeydew for the wood in Part 3: Moving into the Yogcave.


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Sept. 18 hearings set on new tax hike
By 08/31/2000 00:00:00
Ellis County Press
WAXAHACHIE - With the property tax rate poised to soar again, Ellis County residents will get a chance to speak out on the 2001 budget and tax issues at two Sept. 18 public hearings.
Residents first will focus on the county's budget for next fiscal year in a 10 a.m. meeting. Then, at 11 a.m., they will have an opportunity to ask questions and offer comments on setting next year's property tax rate. Both hour-long public hearings are scheduled for the commissioners' courtroom at 113 W. Franklin in Waxahachie.
Judge Al Cornelius admitted during Monday's Commissioners Court meeting a major property tax hike looms. Cornelius said a rate of '46 cents would cover everything' in the proposed budget,' but 41 cents presently is the proposed rate per $100 valuation.
If approved after the public hearings, a 41-cent tax rate would be a 20 percent increase over this year's a property tax rate of 33.139 per $100 valuation.
Thinking the question at hand was approving the 2001 budget, Commissioner Ron Brown at first voted no for setting the Sept. 18 hearings. 'I'd like to see us cut some more out of this,' he said of the proposed budget. When informed of the actual motion, Brown also voted for the date.
Earlier Monday the commissioners unanimously approved no increases in salaries, expenses and allowances of Ellis County officials. And later in Monday's meeting the commissioners chose neither to grant petition-backed Sheriff's Department raises nor offer an alternative salary proposal. Instead, the commissioners called for the request for 30-percent raises to be settled by the Nov. 7 general election.
Commissioner Charlie Waller further demonstrated the court's opposition to Sheriff's Department raises by saying voter approval would result in a 2.7-cent increase in property taxes.
'And it'll get salaries out of balance,' Waller said. 'In fact, some of these people will be making more than the sheriff.'
Judge Cornelius said approving the Sheriff's Department raises would cost the county $1.288 million, including jail personnel and detention officers. Commissioner Jerry Holland made a motion for the court to opt for the Nov. 7 election.
Cornelius said he reviewed the petitions and found they conformed to code and submitted them to Ellis County Elections Administrator Jane Anderson to certify signatures. 'She stopped at 5,170 because the (necessary) number was reached,' he said.


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Advice about Graduate School
Graduate school certainly has its ups and downs! The first year can be the most important and the most confusing. Some tips from current UAB graduate students in order to help you rise to the occasion...
"If your program incorporates lab rotations, choose them carefully. This is how you will find the lab and mentor you will work with very closely. Ask older students about labs and professors as they often know things that will not be conveyed to you."
"Grad school often has very relaxed guidelines. It is ultimately up to you to push your progress along. Take initiative in your career development."
"Take every opportunity to practice public speaking. It is an invaluable skill and you must master it in order to get through graduate school."
"You will want to make sure your mentor and his/her spouse is in good health and not planning on leaving UAB for the time you plan on being a student"
"Get involved in UAB athletics- it's free for students"
"The student health clinics are great for those with VIVA. Don't be afraid to use them"
"Budget carefully your first year. You will not receive your first stipend check until you have been here for one month"


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Transforming Scallop Waste Into Medicine
Scientist study the potential of marine material typically tossed overboard
By KELLY KITTEL/ecoRI News contributor
When you think about sea scallops you likely picture them either pan-seared or fried. But researchers at the University of Rhode Island may be changing the way we think about scallops, with new discoveries about their beneficial uses in medicines or as a tasty new ingredient in fish food.
Chong Lee, URI professor emeritus and research in nutrition and food sciences, said the value of sea scallops regionally is significant. "The port of New Bedford is not as large as the one in Alaska, but in terms of dollar value, it's the highest ranking port in the U.S. because of scallops," he said.
This is especially interesting as more than half of the scallop itself, once caught, never even reaches the dock. The part of the scallop people love to eat is the large adductor muscle that grows up to 2 inches in diameter. Fishermen typically shuck their catch at sea, discarding the remaining shell, roe and viscera. Sea scallop management regulation limits the commercial landings by weight and doesn't currently differentiate the landing of viscera, which would more than double the weight landed.
Enter Lee and his team of URI researchers. They have been looking at ways to turn byproducts of local fisheries into marketable commodities. Working with funding from the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation and Rhode Island Sea Grant, Lee has spent the past two years studying scallop viscera to find a way to fully develop its commercial potential for such uses as an ingredient in high-value, specialty aquafeed, and for its nutraceutical ingredients.
"We've been working on (studying the viscera of) squid and other fish species, so we have all the know-how and technology to look at scallop viscera," Lee said.
The term "nutraceutical" is used to describe a food or food product that provides health benefits through improved disease prevention above and beyond simple nutrition, such as the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil in lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease. Lee and his team have been investigating the nutraceutical properties of scallop viscera hydrolysate (SVH) as well as that of squid. Hydrolysate is produced by breaking down the scallop viscera proteins using the animal's own internal enzymes.
They found that SVH may aid lipid, or fat, digestion, which is significant since there is a sizable human population that has problems digesting fats. Their research also found properties of both squid and scallop viscera that may help lower blood pressure. Lee's team also examined the concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA in the SVH. Levels of both were found to be higher than those in fish, including salmon, and comparable to those in squid hydrolysate.
While the viscera showed promise in reducing hypertension, Lee conceded that it may not be as effective as products already on the market. "I want to look at it further to validate how important it is," he said, noting that the team's study of lipase activity — the fat-digesting enzyme— in SVH is likely "the first time people have looked at lipase in terms of marine resources."
A better fish food
Traditionally, fish meal has been used as a primary source of protein for farm-raised fish. However, it is not sustainable, and efforts are being made to find new sources of proteins besides soybean meal. Lee and his team assessed SVH for its attractiveness to fish as a flavor enhancer as well as its capacity for stimulating growth. They compared the scallop viscera with that of squid, as well as with soybean and fish meal in a variety of combinations.
They conducted feeding trials on summer flounder and European sea bass that revealed that SVH performed the best in terms of weight gain and feed consumption. They believe this is due to its properties as a feeding attractant or flavoring that stimulates feeding behavior.
In other words, scallops taste good, even to fish. But the use of SVH as a specialty ingredient in aquafeeds, while potentially a good option, is not currently feasible because of the high costs of prototype development and the limited production capability due to the regulations that limit the landing of scallop viscera, leaving fishermen to chuck it overboard instead.
This may change as production and demand for these products scale up. Worldwide, the increasing demand for aquaculture feed is projected to outstrip the current supply, which will drive prices ever higher. Over time, these higher prices may expand the development of cheap sources of protein such as soybean meal and ingredients such as SVH that can be combined to create feeds suitable to meet the demand.
If regulatory and harvesting modifications are changed, they will ultimately benefit scallop fishermen and bring economic opportunity to the Rhode Island and Massachusetts fishing and processing industries while facilitating a sustainable seafood supply.
This story originally appeared in the Summer/Fall 2013 edition of 41°N, a publication of Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Coastal Institute at the University of Rhode Island.


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Keatings Draft – Proposed Amendments to the Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labeling, and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods
Proposed amendments to the GUIDELINES FOR THE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, LABELLING AND MARKETING OF ORGANICALLY PRODUCED FOODS (LIVESTOCK and LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS) (At Step 68 of the Procedure)
ANNEX 1, B: Livestock and livestock products
Species Specific Requirements
Beekeeping and bee products
General Principles
54. Bee keeping is an important activity that contributes to the enhancement of the environment, agriculture and forestry production through the pollination action of bees.
55. The treatment and management of hives should respect the principles of organic farming.
56. Collection areas must be large enough to provide adequate and sufficient nutrition and access to water.
The sources of natural nectar, honeydew and pollen shall consist essentially of organically produced plants and/or spontaneous (wild) vegetation.
The health of bees should be based on prevention such as adequate selection of breeds, favourable environment, balanced diet and appropriate husbandry practices.
The hives shall consist basically of natural materials presenting no risk of contamination to the environment or the bee products.
When bees are placed in wild areas, consideration should be given to the indigenous insect population.
Siting of hives
Hives for beekeeping shall be placed in areas where cultivated and/or spontaneous vegetation comply with the rules of production as set out in Section 4 of these Guidelines.
The official certification body or authority shall approve the areas which ensure appropriate sources of honeydew, nectar and pollen based on information provided by the operators and/or through the process of inspection.
The official certification body or authority may designate a specific radius from the hive in which the bees may access adequate and sufficient nutrition that meets the requirements of these Guidelines.
63. The certification body or authority must identify zones where hives, that meet these requirements, should not be placed due to potential sources of contamination with prohibited substances, genetically modified organisms or environmental contaminants.
64. At the end of the production season hives must be left with reserves of honey and pollen sufficiently abundant for the colony to survive the dormancy period.
65. The feeding of colonies can be undertaken to overcome temporary feed shortages due to climatic or other exceptional circumstances. In such cases, organic sugar should be used if available. However the certification body or authority may permit the use of non-organic sugar. Time-limits should be set for such derogations. Feeding should be carried out only between the last honey harvest and the start of the next nectar or honeydew flow period.
Conversion Period
Bee products can be sold as organically produced when these Guidelines have been complied with for at least one year. During the conversion period the wax must be replaced by organically produced wax. In cases where all the wax connot be replaced during a one-year period, the conversion period may be extended with the approval of the certification body or authority. By way of derogation:
When organically produced beeswax is not available, wax from sources not complying with these Guidelines may be authorized by the certification body or authority, provided it comes from the cap or from areas where no prohibited materials have been used.
67. Where no prohibited products have been previously used in the hive, replacement of wax is not necessary.
Origin of bees
68. Bee colonies can be converted to organic production. Introduced bees should come from organic production units when available.
69. In the chhoice of breeds, account must be taken of the capacity of bees to adapt to local conditions, their vitality and their resistance to disease.
Health of the bees
The health of bee colonies should be maintained by good agricultural practice, with emphasis on disease prevention through breed selection and hive management. This includes:
i) the use of hardy breeds that adapt well to the local conditions;
ii) renewal of queen bees if necessary;
iii) regular cleaning and disinfecting of equipment;
iv) regular renewal of beeswax;
v) availability in hives of sufficient pollen and honey;
vi) systematic inspection of hives to detect any anomalies;
vii) systematic control of male broods in the hive;
viii) moving diseased hives to isolated areas, if necessary; or
ix) destruction of contaminated hives and materials.
71. For pest and disease control the following are allowed:
- lactic, oxalic, acetic acid
- formic acid
- sulphur
- natural etheric oils (e.g. menthol, eucalyptol, camphor)
- Bacillus thuringlensis
- steam and direct flame.
72. Where preventative measures fail, veterinary medicinal products may be used provided that:
- preference is given to phytotherapeutic and homeopathic treatment, and
- if allopathic chemically synthesised medicinal products are used, the bee products must not be sold as organic. Treated hives must be placed in isolation and undergo a conversion period of one year. All the wax must be replaced with wax which is in accordance with these Guidelines, and
- every veterinary treatment must be clearly documented.
73. The practice of destroying the male brood is permitted only to contain infestation with Varroa jacobsoni.
74. The foundation comb shall be made from organically produced wax.
75. The destruction of bees in the combs as a method of harvesting of bee products is prohibited.
76. Mutilations, such as clipping of the wings of queen bees, are prohibited.
The use of chemical synthetic repellants is prohibited during honey extraction operations.
Smoking should be kept to a minimum. Acceptable smoking materials should be natural or from materials that meet the requirements of these Guidelines.
It is recommended that temperatures are maintained as low as possible during the extraction and processing of products derived from beekeeping.
Record Keeping
80. The operator should maintain detailed and up-to-date records as set out in Annex 3, paragraph 7. Maps should be maintained depicting the location of all hives.
Consequential amendments to: ANNEX 3 at Step 8 (ALINORM 01/22 Attachment IV refers) MINIMUM INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS AND PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES UNDER THE INSPECTION OR CERTIFICATION SYSTEM
5. Each year, before the date indicated by the inspection body, the operator should notify the official or officially recognized inspection/certification body of its schedule of production of crop products and livestock, giving a breakdown by land parcel/herd, flock or hive.
7. All livestock should be identified individually or, in the case of small mammals or poultry, by herd, flock, or in the case of bees, by hive. Written and/or documentary accounts should be kept to enable tracking of livestock and bee colonies within the system at all times and to provide adequate traceback for audit purpose. The operator should maintain detailed and up-to-date records of:
i) breeding and/or origins of livestock;
ii registration of any purchases;
iii) the health plan to be used in the prevention and management of disease, injury and reproductive problems;
iv) all treatments and medicines administered for any purpose, including quarantine periods and identification of treated animals or hives;
v) feed provided and the source of the feedstuffs;
vi) stock movements within the unit and hive movements within designated forage areas as identified on maps;
vii) transportation, slaughter and/or sales;
viii) extraction processing and storing of all bee products.
Dear Colleague,
It has been some time since the first mailing and you are all probably wondering about the status for organic standards for honey and beekeeping.
Since petitoning the National Organics Standards Board (NOSB) for task force status last March, I recently found out our request has been ignored. Another Board meeting is scheduled next week in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, but I see no reason to have someone attend these hearngs if our requests fall on deaf ears.
Checking on the National Organics Program (NOP) website, I saw nothing relevant about beekeeping in the Livestock Committee minutes. So I called Mark Keating, NOP staff liason to Livestock.
Keating has told me last February that he was working on organic standards for beekeeping for the Livestock Committee. They were to have a preliminary draft ready in April.
In fact, Keating has written an organic standard for beekeeping. It is based on Arthur Harvey's compilation of organic standards sent to you previously.
Keating said in the interest of time, and since the Livestock Committee was too busy, he had written a proposal and had already turned it in to his superior. It will not be available for comment until publication in the Federal Register, probably sometime in the fall.
Keating said there was no time to assemble an industry task force, and he said that although he has very limited knowleage of beekeeping, Harvey's work was his guide in the process.
The proposed standard has no post-harvest guidelines – extracting, heat treatments, settling, filtration, straining, etc. Keating said he would appreciate receiving comments in these areas. I reminded him that if there were no specifications for post-harvest rather than general organic food processing principles, there would be a wide interpretation of such things as filtrations and heat application that were critical to the quality of organic honey.
I would call your attention to the enclosed Livestock Committee's suggestions for post-harest handling in 1998. You can see an example here of work done with no industry input.
I've also compiled post-harvest guidelines from the standards previously sent, plus a new copy from the latest Codex committee meeting working on organics. I would like each one of you to let me know what you believe is important for a post-harvest standard. I've enclosed my own comments. If you can get these comments back to me promptly, I'll put them together and send them to Keating.
Meanwhile, where do we go from here? It looks like once again a standard is being proposed without practical industry input. Another of my contacts at NOP, Richard Mathews has told me there has been quite a shake-up at NOP recently. He told me he would like to receive industry comments. I infer that he has concerns about the handling of beekeeping standards by NOSB and Livestock.
Please send me your input. Should we wait until the new proposal is published for official commentary?
The National Honey Board has offered help in compilation of comments and drafting proposals. Although NHB is prevented from directly commenting on qualty issues, they can help us coordinate and refine our comments and assist in industry communications. This will be brought up at the next NHB meeting, and if the Board approves, this could really help our efforts to keep our message flowing to the NOP staff.
Keating mentioned he has liberalized the forage requirement in his proposal. This is definitely a concern that we should concentrate on next.
Also, I would suggest you check the NOP website, www.ams.usda.gov/nop. There is a list here of NOSB members that some of you may wish to contact.
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Had your train rolled into the District of Columbia around 1870, you might not have thought it a particularly innovative place. Or even a particularly pleasant place. You might have been too distracted by the smell.
The Washington City Canal, part of Pierre L'Enfant's plan, fell into disuse in the late 1850s and became a stagnant open sewer. By 1870, the District was home to over 130,000 people who lacked basic sanitation. Things began to change with the Organic Act of 1871. A new city government took on the formidable task of modernizing the nation's capital. Alexander Shepherd, director of D.C.'s Board of Public Works, spent over $20 million to improve the city. Railroad tracks and streets were graded, sidewalks paved, bridges built, a water and sewer system installed, and trees planted. The squalid Tiber Creek section of the Washington City Canal was covered over and a new street--the future Constitution Avenue--was built in its stead.
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Another, perhaps surprising, participant in the city's transformation was Alexander Graham Bell. His connections to a growing network of science advocates and institutions reveal the capital as a burgeoning hot spot of innovation at the end of the 19th century.
In 1879, Bell moved with his family from Boston to Washington, where later he founded the Volta Laboratory with his Volta Prize winnings for the invention of the telephone. Bell envisioned that the lab would rely chiefly on his cousin Chichester Bell and colleague Charles Sumner Tainter, but also host a variety of revolving specialists. Complementing the lab was a special annex at Bell's home devoted to gatherings of the city's intellectual elite, including politicians, government officials, scientists, artists, writers, and musicians.
This network of connected individuals reflected the growth in formal, institutional support for Washington's scientific community. By 1900 there were ten scientific societies in Washington with a total membership exceeding 4,000. Congress founded the National Academy of Sciences in 1863; the Academy elected Bell as a member in 1883. The Cosmos Club, a gathering place for men of science and letters, began in 1878 in the home of geologist John Wesley Powell, director of the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology. The Anthropological Society was organized in 1879, the Biological Society in 1880, and the Chemical Society in 1884. Alexander Graham Bell's father-in-law, Gardiner Hubbard, founded the National Geographic Society in 1888, and Bell became its president in 1897. In 1898, Bell was elected to the Smithsonian's governing Board of Regents. He befriended Samuel Langley, then the Smithsonian Secretary, and the two men collaborated on aeronautical experiments.
For all this growth, one must remember that efforts to organize science in the second half of the 19th century did not extend equally to all practitioners. For example, in 1870, Dr. Nathan Smith Davis, founder of the American Medical Association (AMA), deliberately excluded the racially integrated National Medical Society from admission to the AMA. Ultimately, in 1884, a separate medical society was organized by a biracial group of physicians: the (still vital) Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia.
Bell and fellow inventors at the Volta Laboratory made cutting-edge advances in recorded sound. In 1880 and 1881, Bell and Tainter deposited sealed boxes at the Smithsonian as insurance against competitors, proof of their inventions' precedence. The boxes went unopened until 1937. Inside were descriptions and illustrations of the Volta Lab's earliest successful sound-recording inventions, plus the devices themselves: the photophone, progenitor of modern fiber optics, which enabled the transmission of sound on a beam of light; and the graphophone, a "talking machine" to rival Thomas Edison's phonograph. The Smithsonian's Volta Laboratory collection grew in 1947, when Tainter's widow donated ten volumes of his Home Notes, detailed accounts of daily projects at the Volta Laboratory during the 1880s.
The Bell story sheds light on a historic network of individuals and organizations--both private and federal--dedicated to supporting revolutionary technologies and their inventors. Bell's work and connections in Washington augment our understanding not only of his inventive career but also of the city's evolution, and offer a unique lens through which to view the rebuilding of a capital city, and indeed, a nation.
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