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2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class Convertible CLK350 2dr Convertible (3.5L 6cyl 7A)
This is my first Mercedes. Everything is great except for a few things. The seat back contours are designed/built for very skinny people. Even a Mitsubishi I had with wrap around seat backs, were adjustable. The dial temp controls aren't very accurately adjustable (the 2002 Avalon I have are digitally adjustable with rocker up/down 1 degree increments). Ride & handling are superb for a convertible. Body is rigid with almost no twist on tight turns. Engines today should not require premium gas. The menu system is not very user friendly. And I just found out that the Nav. system is only updated every 5 years. Good thing I have portable Garmin units (which are easier to program).
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Purchased first as lease when new. Bought out the lease. Just love this car. Great power for a V6 and average 32mpg on the highway. Never have had any issues whatsoever. Great customer service during regular scheduled maintenance. Even got a loaner car every time! So much fun to drive and going topless is pure joy. I will definitely buy another MB.
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I have owned 19 cars, five of which were Benz. My favorites were the 1965 250S and the current CLK 350. It's a dream on the interstate but it is equally a pleasure to cruise the beach. My only complaints are that the trunk is a bit on the cozy side, especially with the top down, and the navigation system is CD driven. However, the navigation system is very good and I would never buy another car without the factory installed system. Gas mileage is outstanding. On the interstate I get 28 regularly (at 80+ mph), although city driving is considerably less. Although the model styling is a few years old I still get many wonderful comments and thumbs up from drivers on the road.
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We picked this car up in Germany in Oct,2005, fresh off the 2006 production line. I highly recommend their white-glove international delivery. We tooled around on the autobahn at speeds of 120- 130mph with little effort. I only recently went on a road trip of any length in the U.S.; 2000 miles to NY and back to Atlanta. What a dream on the road! Surprizingly, room for 2 suitcases,a computer tower,various coolers and tote bags without having to put the top up! Mileage ran at 30mpg @ 70-80 cruising speed. Because this is a performance car, the ride is stiff, but not intolerable for long trips. The adjustability of the driver seat makes finding a comfortable setting easy. Navi system is adequate.
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I previously owned an SLK 320, but wanted more room and luxury without sacrificing fun and performance. This car is the perfect answer. The only trip to the dealer so far was to remedy an electrical connector on the transmission and replace the CD player. Pleasantly surprised at delivery to find the newer console with two additional cup holders. Comfortable seats, and interior fit and finish is first rate. With the roof up there is good visibility, and it is surprisingly quiet. Absolutely fun to drive and easy on the eyes. This one is a keeper.
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Fun to drive, but lossing its appeal. Nothing but tire problems and now transmission problems. 2 blowouts, one bubble on sidewall, replaced rear tires at 18,0000 miles. Faulty transmission valve and now O rings are going out. This is a very expensive car for all these problems. When the lease is up, we will not get another Mercedes. I am sure there are a lot of great cars, less expensive and more dependable. Perhaps Audi or Volvo. Very disenchanted!
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This car has no drink holders for soda cans or coffee cups at all. The seatbelts come forward for you to use them only if you start the car with the doors open. The roll bar in my convertible pops up whenever I go over a rumble strip in the road. The car looks great, but would I buy it again? Never. I will go back to the Mercedes sedans. Poor design of interior features and just no thought into what americans deem nice in their cars.
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I purchased my CLK 350 one year ago and waited until now to see how it performed this past year, and it was great best car I have ever owned, and I have owned over 15 in the last 30 years. The ride is better than our Infiniti I35 much more quiet than the Lexes and BMW that I test drove. Everyone who rides along says this is a quiet car with lots of power. The interior fit and finish is great, the transmission shifts smoothly and the stability control are great. The ipod intergreation is what everyone should get. MB is the best every made.
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This CLK 320 convertible was a definite surprise. The power and ride are much above expectations. No longer feel I made a mistake in selling my 911 to make room for this excellent Mercedes product.
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Chose CLK Cabrio over BMW Convertable and am truly pleased with the choice. Great looking and driving. Gas mileage is exceptional; you really can get 27- 28 mpg on the highway. Great top down ride at 65-70 mph w/no wind problems at all. We can talk and be heard and the excellent radio sound carries well. This is perfect car for a couple and unlike the roadsters, there is ample room for a reasonable amount of baggage, even with the top down as the rear seats serve well for cargo and even our 2 small dogs on occassion. We selected a black over white color combo' and just love it. We constantly get compliments and this one stands out over the usual silver bodies we see too much of.
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On January 23, 2005, Jefferson Twp. Fire Company #2, #1 and the Jefferson Rescue squad were dispatched at approximately 1:10 PM to a working structure fire at 41 Homestead Rd.
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We were sitting at my kitchen table when I told my friend, Dale Reeves, that he was allowing me a rare opportunity. Dale had placed a small photo album in front of me containing pictures taken by the late Edith Hausmann that he had purchased at an antique store.
Many of the blue-tinted pictures in the book were of Vandalia street scenes, businesses and homes.
One picture, in particular, caught my attention. The undated photo was labeled in pencil, "Funeral of Grace Henning Kurtz," and was taken inside the deceased's Vandalia home.
Holding the funeral in the home, along with hand-delivered funeral notices, were common practices in the horse and buggy days. What was uncommon was to have a photo of the flower-bedecked funeral bier.
From past research, I knew that Grace was the wife of Vandalia merchant, George Kurtz, and that their Queen Anne home, on the southeast corner of Kennedy Boulevard and Madison Street, was built around 1900.
Among my collection, I found a funeral notice for Grace, and learned that she died at noon, Thursday, Nov. 29, 1900, at the age of 37. Three pastors officiated at her funeral, which was held in her home on Dec. 2 – the Rev. J.G. Tucker, assisted by the Rev. H.W. Todd and Montgomery May.
Having the date of death, I was then able to locate an obituary in the microfilmed back issues of The Vandalia Union. From this, I learned that Grace Lee Henning Kurtz was born on Aug. 23, 1863, in Henning Mills, near Cincinnati, Ohio, her father's town, and that she came to Vandalia with her family in 1880.
Grace attended secondary school here, graduating from Vandalia High School in 1882. Surviving with her husband were her father and three brothers. Burial was in South Hill Cemetery.
The Fayette County marriage records provided June 12, 1893, as the date of her marriage to George A. Kurtz. It also indicated that she was a daughter of J.W. and Harriet C. Patton Henning. Census records showed that her father's name was James and that he was born in West Virginia, as were his parents. Her mother, Harriet, was a native of Ohio.
Grace Lee Henning was 27 years old when she married George Kurtz. He was 33, the son of George F. Kurtz and Louisa Buser. His father died when George was very small, and his mother remarried Christian Thees, an early Vandalia resident.
The family was already here and living on Gallatin Street in June 1880, where they are listed on the federal census for that year. Grace's father, James, was superintendent of a chair factory, and her oldest brother, Ferdinand C., worked with him.
The Henning factory stood where the Vandalia Furniture Store was located on Kennedy Boulevard, just east of the Vandalia Statehouse.
George Kurtz was born in Vandalia and worked for the firm of T.N. Pitkin for 20 years, as manager of the clothing department before going out on his own and opening up a men's clothing store.
At the time of her death, Grace held a place in Vandalia's social hierarchy, and the floral tributes surrounding her coffin attest to her popularity, as does the notice of her funeral.
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sunchoke, jerusalem artichoke
i live in michigan.
never had sunchoke before, so a like to give a try.
is there any body knows where can i get seed or the root from?
Almost any decent grocery store should have them, either pre-packaged (Melissa's produce out of California is one vendor), or possibly bulk by the pound. Meijer stores for one almost always have them. Whole Foods, if you've got one of those around you, has them in bulk by the pound. They grow very easily. Unless you really live in the boonies, shouldn't be hard to find at all.
I've grown them. They're delicious, cooked, cooled, and served with oil and vinegar like artichoke hearts. However, I find them quite indigestible, much worse than beans. And the plants aren't particularly attractive. They look like sunflowers, but with a much lower flower:leaf ratio.
I wish they were invasive here! Could be where you are. We only hope we can get some yield after the groundhogs are finished munching the tops (wry grin). If they do spread, at least they are tubers, that are easily chunked out where unwated. They do not root to China.
You can order them (several varieties) from Oikos Tree Crops in Mich.
They only ship in the fall for tubers and may have potted plants in spring.
I grew some last year. Amazing crop from 8 tubers. In a 2' x 2' raised bed I harvested about 10 pounds . I highly suggest containing them as I did. I used 1 foot boards and built a box, laid it on the ground and filled it with dirt. The sunchoke grew down to the ground below but not much further and harvesting was very easy. I left a good number of them in the box for this year and I have found only one has escaped out of my box. LOL.
They are gassy vegetables though, but I found they aren't so much after I cook them.
Hey there -
I am about to plant some sunchoke tubers along a fence line. The neighbor on the other side of the fence is not the friendliest, and I would like to prevent them from spreading over there as much as possible. Anyone have ideas of a rhizome barrier to put in? Or how deep it should go? I also am wondering if I should box them in entirely, or just along the fence side... any advice or experience containing them would be great thanks!
purecalmtrue: I would definitely put up some sort of barrier if I were you. Unless you like to make your neighbor mad LOL then of course sunchoke is a weed so who is to say it's your fault ;) *ev*
I have clay soil so not sure if this will help you.
What I did was used 4 -12" boards and built a square out of that and filled it up with good dirt. I only have one which managed to escape and most didn't go past good dirt I put.
You could probably sink something a good foot or foot an half into the ground and be safe.
We call them Jerusalem artichokes over here; kids just call them 'fartichokes'!
People seem to have very different...reactions.I love them and can eat tons with no problems, while others...can't.
Whatever you do, don't cook them in cast iron: they go black. Hence their other childhood name, 'the devil's vegetable'.
In our temperate climate they are really invasive. I grow them in old tires which keeps them contained. Watch out when you harvest the tubers as the tiniest will grow! I have an old pot on hand and cook up any that I don't like the look of then feed them to the chickens or the compost.
Don't be put off; they're wildly productive and make the best soup ever!
I knew someone once that wanted to get rid of their path so they rototilled all of them - and the next year, the entire garden grew Jesusalem Artichokes ............... They will even root from a peeling so be careful if composting. They are a nice plant / pretty flower. definitely give them a try just make sure to contain them.
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Chokes are a wild flower & easy to grow.
I have sandy soil here in South Carolina.They can not be to invasive, I have never seen them in the wild, in all the years of camping. I have grown them for three years & the deer eat them to the ground, killing them the first year. I like them raw or cooked. Wild dewberry,nut sage,wild garlic now that is a invasive plant.
very easy to grow, one plant here in Vegas yields 15-20 pounds of tubers a year, so I just keep 2 in the ground in their own bed to grow a massive tuber network each year. Mine were started as Whole foods tubers. If you buy and don't plan to plant them soon after purchase, stick em into a container of damp soil. they'll stay good well in the soil(and in my case I put em in a plastic tuperware of dirt and they started growing a stem lol...
The Stampede variety is great for its sweet, crunchy taste, productivity, and contains itself in a tidy plot. I enjoy eating a couple ounces raw everyday for my health to manage my blood glucose and increase my fiber consumption. The flatulence is not too bad when I keep to my limit of 2 ounces per day.
I've grown them for 2o+ years...they aren't nearly as invasive as people think. Somehow(birds maybe???)...the seed does get scattered...but I have ONLY seen new patches of it spring up in disturbed ground...it never just volunteers in my vegetable or perennial gardens...but we had to dig a 40 foot trench for new water pipe..and the following spring..there it was!...same with when we had a guy come with a backhoe and dig a ditch a long side our driveway...but as far as it "taking over"...that is so far from reality..at least in my zone.


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How Healthy Sleep Habits Help You Manage Stress Many of us take good health for granted, and we often don't realize its value until we've lost it. Not for nothing has it been said that health is wealth and that we must do all we can to ensure that we stay healthy for as long as we live. In order to do that, we need to eat healthy food, exercise regularly, and avoid things that are bad for us like cigarettes, drugs, alcohol and stress. Now while most aspects of good health are within our control, stress is something that is not. We are prone to be affected by it no matter how many relaxation methods we adopt and however hard we try to unwind. Work, relationships, situations – they all contribute to our stress level, and the more we stress, the more we lose our health. One way to combat stress is to follow healthy sleeping habits. When we sleep, our body rejuvenates itself and prepares for a new day; we are in effect recharging the cells that were worn out the previous day. And when we don't get enough sleep or if our sleep is disturbed, we tend to wake up cranky the following morning and progressively get worse as the day goes on. The average human being needs at least 7 hours of sleep every night. So when you deprive your body of this, you build up a sleep deficit which in turn affects a host of factors – you are unable to think clearly, you lose your edge in crucial situations, your reaction time and vision are impaired and cause you to make serious errors when driving or doing other activities that require your full concentration, your performance suffers, you cannot recall facts, and you are very impatient and cranky all the time. So you can see how your stress level is bound to go up when you haven't had enough sleep. To bring down your stress and negate any chance of the ailments that are associated with it, you need to: · Sleep at relatively the same time every night and wake up at the same time every morning so that your body is used to your sleep pattern. · Try taking a power nap during the day – all you need is 15 minutes of shut eye to rejuvenate your body and prevent fatigue (a major contributor to stress) from affecting your concentration and performance during the later part of the day. · Avoid drinking caffeine after 5 pm – it could impair your ability to fall asleep at night. · Try to get a sound sleep at night. If your sleep is disturbed, relax first before hitting the bed. You could listen to soft music, read a light book, drink a warm glass of milk, or take a hot bath to get your body to ease up and prepare for sleep. · While you may enjoy your lie-ins on holidays and the weekend, don't sleep for too long as your body becomes confused and finds it hard to wake up on Mondays which leaves you cranky and stressed at work. · Practice meditation to help calm and relax your mind so that you don't find your sleep disturbed and end up tossing and turning throughout the night. By-line: This guest article was written by Amy S. Cook, who regularly writes on the topic of lvn to rn . She welcomes your comments and questions at her email address: email@example.com


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(Lung Surgery; Surgery, Lung)
DefinitionA thoracotomy is a surgery to open the chest wall. The surgery allows access to the lungs, aorta, heart, diaphragm, and spine. Depending on the disease location, a thoracotomy may be done in the center, or on the right or left side of the chest.
Reasons for ProcedureA thoracotomy may be done to:
- Confirm diagnosis of a lung or chest disease
- Repair the heart or the vessels of the lung and heart
- Treat windpipe disorders
- Remove a portion of the lung or the entire lung
- Reinflate lung tissue that has collapsed due to disease or trauma
- Remove pus from the chest
- Remove blood clots from the chest
- Remove tumors or lymph nodes
Possible ComplicationsProblems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
- Bleeding
- Infection
- Collapsed lung
- Damage to the organs in the chest
- Reaction to anesthesia
- Collection of air or gases in the chest
- Persistent pain—rare
- Major trauma involving multiple body parts
- Age
- Heavy smoker
- Previous stroke or heart attack
- Prior radiation therapy
- Obesity
- Chronic medical problems
What to Expect
Prior to ProcedureYour doctor may perform:
- Physical exam
- Blood and urine tests
- X-ray, CT scan , or MRI scan of the chest
- Pulmonary function tests to see how well your lungs work
- Heart function tests
- Use an enema to clear your digestive tract
- Not eat or drink anything after midnight
- Stop smoking at least 2-3 weeks before surgery to reduce the risk of complications
AnesthesiaGeneral anesthesia will be given—you will be asleep during the procedure
Description of ProcedureYou will be placed on your side with your arm elevated. An incision will be made between two ribs, from front to back. The chest wall will then be opened. In some cases, the doctor may take a different approach. The doctor can then do whatever procedure needs to be done in the open chest. When the procedure is done, one or more chest tubes will be placed. The tubes will make sure that blood or air does not collect in the chest. The chest wall will be closed. The incision is closed with stitches or staples and bandaged to prevent infection.
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Immediately After ProcedureYou will be closely monitored in the intensive care unit.
How Long Will It Take?3-4 hours or longer
How Much Will It Hurt?Anesthesia will prevent pain during surgery. Pain and discomfort after the procedure can be managed with medications.For some, a thoracotomy can lead to a chronic pain syndrome. It is usually described as burning pain in the area of surgery. It may be associated with increased sensitivity to touch in this area. It usually lessens over time, but you may need to see a pain specialist if the pain persists.
Average Hospital StayThe usual length of stay is 5-10 days. Your doctor may choose to keep you longer if complications arise.
Post-procedure CareAt the HospitalDuring your recovery:
- You will have IV lines and tubes in and around your body. Some of the lines and tubes will help you urinate, breath, and get nutrition. Most of the lines and tubes will be removed as you heal.
- You may be given antibiotics, pain medication, or anti-nausea drugs.
- You may need to cough and do deep breathing exercises to keep your lungs clear. This may require the use of an incentive spirometer.
- Get out of bed often and sit in a chair. Slowly increase your activity as tolerated.
- Washing their hands
- Wearing gloves or masks
- Keeping your incisions covered
- Washing your hands often and reminding your healthcare providers to do the same
- Reminding your healthcare providers to wear gloves or masks
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It is estimated that nearly 1.23 lakh patients develop end-stage renal disease or chronic kidney disease (CKD) every year in India. However, 93 per cent of them never see a nephrologist because of lack of healthcare resources and affordability.
In its early stages, CKD can go undiagnosed because kidney diseases develop slowly. The symptoms only appear at a late stage when the patient has developed kidney failure and requires dialysis, explains G.K. Venkatesh, director of the Institute of Nephro-Urology in Bangalore.
So, doctors say, a significant percentage of the people affected require renal replacement therapy such as dialysis or kidney transplant — the only available treatment options.
Dialysis or transplant?
In fact, says Gokulnath, professor and Head of Nephrology at St. John's Hospital in the State capital, life is not sustainable without dialysis or transplants.
Although people can survive for nearly 15 to 20 years on dialysis (if they develop the problem before they are 40), the quality of life after transplant is much better, he says.
"Of the 5,664 kidney transplants done in India in 2012, 350 were in Karnataka. Nearly 36,000 patients are on dialysis every month in the country, of which around 3,750 are from the State," Dr. Gokulnath adds.
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A patient undergoing dialysis may need at least three sessions a week.
The costs for each session range between Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 2,000 in a private hospital.
The State-run Institute of Nephro-Urology, which has centres in 28 districts, K.C. General, Jayanagar General and Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospitals in Bangalore are among those that provide dialysis at highly subsidised costs (from between Rs. 250 to Rs. 500), but doctors there say it is not possible for government hospitals to provide maintenance dialysis to the same set of patients, as new patients turn up every month.
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Dr. Gokulnath says people have two options when it comes to dialysis — haemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).
While a patient has to visit the hospital at least thrice a week for haemodialysis, CAPD can be done at home. This also helps the patient save on commuting and medication.
There are 6,500 people in the country on CAPD and of them, 300 are from Karnataka, he says.
According to nephrologists, at least 60 per cent of people develop kidney problems because of other diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. And, renal dysfunction can in turn trigger cardiovascular diseases.
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GAO-14-550: Published: May 12, 2014. Publicly Released: May 12, 2014.
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The Air Force's decision to close the existing power plant at Clear Air Force Station is based, in part, on a 2010 study examining the feasibility of implementing alternative power sources at the installation in order to reduce operating costs while ensuring reliable power for the installation's mission. This study, along with other associated studies and analyses, initially led the Air Force to pursue leasing the plant to a private-sector entity or public utility. When no lease proposals were submitted, the Air Force pursued the option to close the plant, finding that the estimated costs of closing it were significantly less than the estimated costs of continuing to operate and maintain it. GAO found that the Air Force generally followed its own guidance for preparing cost estimates and analyses of alternatives. However, in the plant-closure option considered in the feasibility study, some costs—such as labor costs for operating and maintaining the new heat system—were not fully developed. While it is unlikely that adding this information would have materially affected the final outcome, more fully developing those costs would have provided decision makers with more complete information and a better understanding when considering the proposed options. In addition to economic factors, several noneconomic goals significantly influenced the Air Force's decision concerning the power plant, including the goals of no longer operating and maintaining a power plant, reducing energy costs, and ensuring reliable power for current and future missions.
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The Air Force considered and evaluated several options for the plant's future before selecting the option to close the plant after first connecting to the local power grid and building a separate heat system. Officials said that they obtained ideas from stakeholders for the options they considered and evaluated in detail some of the options that looked more promising. Still other options were considered but were not fully evaluated because they did not generate as much savings or the Air Force did not consider them to be economically feasible. For example, the Air Force looked in detail at options for leasing the plant but did not fully assess the costs of more incremental options, such as retaining ownership of the plant but downscaling its operations. For the options that the Air Force evaluated in detail, it found that some generated significantly more savings than others and that some were not feasible from the Air Force's perspective.
Why GAO Did This Study
Clear Air Force Station, located in the interior of Alaska where temperatures can drop as low as -60o Fahrenheit, currently generates its own heat and power from a coal-fired combined heat and power plant. The station performs a critical radar mission for the Department of Defense, for which it is vital to have reliable sources of heat and power. Air Force Space Command has determined that the existing 50-year-old plant is operating inefficiently, and the Air Force plans to close the existing plant, after first connecting to the local power grid for electricity and constructing a new heat system for the administrative and residential areas of the installation. GAO was asked to review the Air Force's feasibility study and analyses of alternatives before the Air Force closes the plant.
This report addresses (1) the extent to which the Air Force evaluated options regarding the Clear Air Force Station combined heat and power plant and (2) what other options, if any, the Air Force considered before deciding on the alternative power source it selected. GAO reviewed the feasibility study; Department of Defense and Air Force guidance; and other analyses, contract information, and documentation related to the power plant.
GAO also issued a restricted version of this report, which includes additional details on some estimated costs. In written comments on a draft of the restricted report, the Air Force concurred with GAO's observations.
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Q4 2012 Earnings Call
February 26, 2013 9:15 am ET
Oliver Maier - Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications- Fresenius Medical Care Management Ag
Robert Maurice Rice Powell - Chairman of Management Board and Chief Executive Officer
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So that's all from my end, Rice, the floor is yours, please.
Robert Maurice Rice Powell
Thank you, Oliver. Good morning, good afternoon, everyone. Before I begin my prepared remarks, first let me say that it's a privilege for me to be here. Sixteen years with the company, I've done a lot of different things, predominantly in North America, and this is a chance for me to do a lot of new things in different parts of the world. I'm quite excited to do this. And it's not lost on me that I have some rather large shoes to fill, following Dr. Ben Lipps, but I will do the best I can in the time that I have.
And also, before I get into the first slide, I would sincerely like to thank my colleagues on the management board and all the employees at Fresenius Medical Care for the dedication and hard work that they put in throughout 2012, years past and also years to come in the future.
When you look at delivering shareholder value, we understand at FMC that it's important that we give you an outlook of how we are going to continue to do that. I do think it's important that you recognize we are the market leader in a growing market. The dialysis market is going to grow about 4% in constant currency, on a volume basis. Patient basis is about 6%, but think about the fact that in 2020, this will be a USD 100 billion market and when we finished in 2012 it was a $75 billion market. So plenty of room to grow and thrive in this particular space that we're in. And I think we all know what drives this and what the conditions are among our patients, that continues to see them grow at about 6%.
Obviously, in health care, if you cannot provide the highest standard of care, you won't be successful. We've set a very high bar for the competition and we will continue to do that. I think integral to our success is vertical integration, an undying focus on bringing the best quality product and service that we can and also approaching every unmet medical need as a therapy, and how do we get the most out of that therapy for our patients. And we have to continue to invest in what I believe to be our best resource, which is our people. We have a culture of innovation and we will continue to do that in our R&D efforts both from a product standpoint as well as looking at new therapy opportunities. And we'll continue to expand geographically, where appropriate and when appropriate.
2012 was a record year for us. I'm just going to give you a very top line view and Mike will take you through a lot more detail in his prepared remarks. But looking at the blue shaded area, $13.8 billion in revenue, $2.3 billion in EBIT, and net income at $1.187 billion or the adjusted net income at a $1.118 billion. Why do we call it a record year? Two very clear issues for me drive this. One, our dialysis services business grew at 15% in constant currency and the global products business grew at 5%. And for the first time ever, we generated over $2 billion of operating cash flow, $2,039,000,000, I believe, to be exact, a record for us.
Looking at the regions and how we progressed through the year. North America continued at roughly 65% of the total revenue and International at 35%. In North America, you can see that just above $9 billion in revenue for the year, organic growth of 4%. International had a very strong year at $4.7 billion in revenue growth, 9% constant currency and organic growth at 6%. 2012 was a year of focus, particularly around integration. We had large acquisitions, both in Europe as well as in the United States, and we spent a lot of time working on those. I would also like to compliment my colleagues in Europe. We had a tremendous cash collection year, one of the best we've ever had. And in the midst of all of those activities, Europe continues to bring new therapy to the market, better outcomes, a great example of that is hemodiafiltration.
And I would point you to Asia Pacific and just notice that we broke $1 billion in revenue in that region for 2012.
Now looking at the services franchise. A couple of numbers that I think are key for you to look at on this slide. If you look at the number of clinics, 3,160 clinics as of December 31 of last year, 9% growth in our clinic base. Then if you come down the chart, what you see is we delivered 38.6 million treatments on a global basis, 12% growth. And then 258,000 patients, which was 11% growth. So clinics at 9%, treatments at 12%, patients at 11% growth. Another way to look at this is, every 7/10 of a second, somewhere in the world, Fresenius Medical Care dialyzes a patient. Every day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, we're dialyzing.
A little clarity on the clinic situation. When you look at this, you can see on a total basis, we had 65 De Novo clinics and then 276 acquired. I'd be remiss to not remind you that we did have divestitures among those clinics, as a result of working with the antitrust authorities in the various regions. So the net effect of that, was about 197 clinics that actually stayed with us once we'd gotten through the divestiture process.
Again, looking at organic revenue growth and dialysis services, I'm going to focus on the full year figures down at the bottom half of the page. I know Mike's got some detail that he'll take you through on the fourth quarter as well as full year. But you can see, for the service business, approximately $10.5 billion in revenue for the year, constant currency growth at 15%, organic growth at 4% and same-market growth at 4%.
I would highlight to you that, 1 year ago, in North America, we were working very hard to achieve about 2.9% in the same-market growth and we told you then that we were going to reengineer the process, we were going to relook at how we do this, to get that growth to a more acceptable number, and I'm proud to say that we've done that. And I think part of it lies, the success lies in our engineering roots. We tend to go into the service side of the business with a very practical eye and look how to make processes better, if it's at all achievable, and we've done that.
Now, looking at patient care. We're in the business of health care, you've seen this chart many times. Again, I'd like to just remind you, we're now looking at metrics across the world, U.S., EMEA and Asia-Pacific. I won't take you through each of this specifically. You've seen them, you should be familiar with this. I think what's important is we continue to make progress in the general direction that we want to go. In some individual cases, we may drop 1 point or 2 down from where we were the prior quarter, but over the trends, over an the entire year, you'll see we continue to improve. And I take great pride in looking at the hospitalization days, we want to continue to drive these down, but nice performance there.
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With Scotland coach Andy Robinson all set to return to Twickenham for the first time since his axing as England coach in 2006, we've dedicated Scrum Sevens to some other difficult reunions.
Munster welcome McRae, 2004
There are more hospitable places to play rugby as an away side than Thomond Park. The surface of the sun, for example. Munster's home is one of the jewels in European rugby's crown, a cauldron offering a riotous clash of colour and song and a classic example of the benefit found in playing on your home track. In 2004, Gloucester's Aussie utility back Duncan McRae was met with boos and whistles from the capacity crowd on his every touch of the ball during a 35-14 loss. It was roughly two and a half years since McRae had viciously assaulted one of Munster's favourite sons, Ronan O'Gara, when the fly-half was on tour to Australia with the British & Irish Lions. Then playing for the Waratahs, McRae copped a seven week ban, conveniently during the off-season, and O'Gara eight stitches.
"As a person, Duncan McRae means nothing to me," O'Gara said. "He doesn't ever enter into my calculations. It's probably hard to believe but he doesn't cost me a single thought. He did once. After the event, well, it was embarrassing. The slagging, the re-enactments. After we lost to Toulouse in the European Cup semi-final Donncha O'Callaghan and John Fogarty relived it in the airport in front of everybody, one on top of the other, firing pretend digs into his face. I was used to it at that stage, though."
South Africa return to the fold, 1992
The abolition of Apartheid between 1990 and 1991 occasioned the return of South Africa to international sport, with both the Springboks and their footballing counterparts, Bafana Bafana, welcomed back after years of isolation. South Africa's first Test back, on August 15, 1992, was against their fiercest rivals, New Zealand, in Johannesburg.
Two tries from the masterful Danie Gerber, arguably the greatest talent to be lost to the game due to his country's politics, were not enough for the Boks to prevail and they slipped to a 27-24 defeat, a month before the world champions, Australia, cruised home 26-3 in Cape Town. South African rugby would not reach the heights seen before isolation until the installation of Kitch Christie as coach prior to the 1995 Rugby World Cup, and we all know what happened next.
'Dingo' heads home, 2008
It had all gone swimmingly to this point. Robbie Deans, former All Black, the most successful coach in the history of Super Rugby, was not wanted by the New Zealand Rugby Union in the wake of their Rugby World Cup debacle in 2007 and duly accepted a role as head coach of the Wallabies. His first meeting with Graham Henry's All Blacks resulted in a resounding 34-19 win in Sydney. Then, a hop across the Tasman took the Cantabrian legend to Eden Park. "There's no doubt the reception won't be as warm," he said. "Everyone's entitled to their own stance, and I've had hostile welcomes there in the past. It'll be what it is and I'm looking forward to it."
A hostile welcome it was, and the result gave the coach little reason for cheer. The All Blacks cruised home 39-10 in what would be the beginning of a record 10-match losing run for the Wallabies against their fiercest rivals.
Enter 'Blindman', 2010
Wayne Barnes' performance with the whistle as the All Blacks crashed out of the 2007 Rugby World Cup to France has passed into folklore for Kiwis and those who enjoy to rib them. The English official survived mock Wikipedia obituaries and death threats after missing that forward pass, but as he prepared to ref New Zealand's opening Test of 2010, against Ireland in New Plymouth, there remained as sense that all had not been forgiven.
All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw, a broken man at the conclusion of the loss to France, led the charm offensive , saying, "You have got to move on from things like that and leave whatever happened in the past - to me it's not an issue at all. I don't think it is good for the game when we start bringing back what has happened in the past. We just have to get on with it." His feelings were not echoed by those at Yarrow Stadium, who roundly jeered Barnes prior to kick-off. Any hope that the game would pass without incident was extinguished after 15 minutes when Barnes sent off Ireland's Jamie Heaslip for a knee on McCaw. It was pretty hard to miss.
Sonny the Barbarian, 2009
Sonny Bill Williams' exit from the Canterbury Bulldogs in 2008 earned him top spot in a poll to find 'Australia's most hated man' and there was plenty of anticipation as the centre, who had signed for Toulon, prepared to return Down Under the first time since upping sticks and leaving the NRL franchise in the lurch. He was selected among a Barbarians squad boasting 775 Test caps for a clash with the Wallabies at Sydney Football Stadium, and the press attention was fierce.
The Baa-Baas were whipped 55-7 and after he had almost scored with his first touch in international rugby, the most noticeable point in Williams' evening came when he was wiped out by Wallabies skipper Stirling Mortlock. "Yes, I've had a few people come up to me, and say, 'Put a shot in for me', but it's all a bit tongue in cheek," the centre had earlier admitted.
Watson's trip to Loftus, 2009
As captain of the Stormers, Luke Watson was not a particularly welcome presence at the home of their fierce rivals, the Bulls, even before his controversial comments about the state of South African rugby in 2008. While serving as guest speaker at the Umbumbo Rugby Festival at the University of Cape Town Rugby Club, he was alleged to have said 'the problem with South African rugby is that it is controlled by Dutchmen', while also suggesting that South African rugby is 'rotten to the core' and that he wanted 'to vomit on the Springbok jersey'.
In 2009 his Stormers side were beaten 14-10 at Loftus, but the game was a mere sideshow to the main course of the home side having their say against the visiting skipper. Polled before the game by The Times Bulls fans were heard to say, 'I wish somebody had a decibel meter' and 'He's going to face 55,000 Dutchmen today'.
Harlequins get back on the horse, 2009
The London Double Header has become a reliable curtain-raiser to the Premiership season, where the last throes of summer (or what passes for it) are washed away by the start of the latest campaign and a few hundred thousand beers at Twickenham. In 2009, in the wake of the 'Bloodgate' scandal that engulfed English rugby, there was a palpable edge as Harlequins took the field against Wasps in the second of the day's games.
Booed onto the field by a big crowd, Quins failed spectacularly to keep their heads down and get on with it. Lock George Robson lasted 46 seconds before being sent-off for head-butting Wasps scrum-half Joe Simpson, the red card being brandished by the appropriately named Dean Richards. Wasps went on to win 26-15 following a dogged Quins display. "He came and said sorry after the match, which I accepted, but I am still pretty frustrated and disappointed with what happened. It is not really the spirit of rugby, I don't think," Simpson later said.
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Premier Kathleen Wynne's apology to former Huronia residents was a good start but she must also ensure the government releases their lost documents.
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An apology, at long last.
Abused for generations at the Huronia Regional Centre, former residents have held fast to the belief that an Ontario government apology — part of the $35-million settlement in their class-action lawsuit — would provide the solace they need to finally move forward.
Even though the province dragged out the lawsuit for three years before settling in September, Premier Kathleen Wynne has now spoken the words that should provide some of the peace Huronia's developmentally disabled former residents have been seeking.
"Mr. Speaker, we take responsibility for the suffering of these people and their families," Wynne said in the legislature on Monday. "I offer an apology to the men, women and children of Ontario who were failed by a model of institutional care for people with developmental disabilities. We must look in the eyes of those who have been affected, and those they leave behind, and say: We are sorry."
It's been a long time coming. Still, Wynne's speech properly acknowledged the failure of successive governments to care for the children who lived in the Orillia institution between 1945 and 2009 when it closed for good. Certainly, the judge who signed off on the settlement last week regarded Wynne's gesture as an essential element in the healing process. "The apology from the Crown is a vital and extraordinary component of the settlement," said Justice Barbara Conway.
This was a signature moment for the former residents, many of whom suffered at the hands of caregivers and other residents. Wynne didn't mention the sexual assaults many endured, but she did note cases of "unchecked physical and emotional abuse by some staff and residents." Former residents carry those scars to this day. And that made for an emotional scene in the legislature.
As the Star's Robert Benzie reports, Wynne took the rare step of visiting with the former residents in the public gallery before making her apology. When Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak spoke about the abuse of innocent lives, he became visibly upset. And New Democratic Leader Andrea Horwath used the occasion to remind Wynne that her government needs to ensure the speedy — and free — release of some 65,000 documents in resident case files. That tragic history must be remembered.
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With the Broadway 2 Drawer Nightstand, it's never been easier for furniture to be modern and functional. This space-saving bedside table gives you two full-size drawers, each perfect for storing the odds and ends of your life out of sight.
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ITEM#: 10469060With the Broadway 2 Drawer Nightstand, it's never been easier for furniture to be modern and functional. This space-saving bedside table gives you two full-size drawers, each perfect for storing the odds and ends of your life out of sight. Use the sturdy top to pile on your books, cell phone, alarm clock, lamp and whatever else you like: this nightstand can take it with style to spare. Coordinate it with other space-saving pieces from the Broadway Bedroom Collection. The classic look of the adaptable dark black finish fits in well with numerous design themes, from modern minimalism to vibrant vintage and everything in between. This nightstand's solid brushed nickel knobs stand out and add a bit of flair and modern styling. Metal glides ensure smooth-opening drawers for times when quiet movement is preferred.
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The nightside is sturdy and inexpensive. The only issue is assembly is somewhat complicated.Read More
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For the price, this was a fair deal, however it took a long time and a lot of skill (not mine) to assemble. I later found a comparable pre assembled night stand for $20 more.Read More
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This whole set is junk. I've had it since February, and now see the veneer peeling from the MDF, so it prompted me to come back here to write a review. The whole set is child sized it seems, and while I read the measurements when purchasing, it seems so much smaller in person. Collects dust like a magnet. You get what you pay for I guess. I can't wait to throw this stuff away.Read More
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This nightstand is a lot easier to put together than the matching dresser, and it looks really nice, and I suppose for what it cost it's not such a bad deal but the drawers are made of paper thin particle board and look like if you pull on them really hard, they'd fall apart. I'd recommend this before the broadway black dresser, which was a nightmare to put together and seriously looks like it's going to fall apart.Read More
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The instructions were easy to follow- and assembly didn't take too long. Took a little over an hour with the first nightstand, but the 2nd went quicker as I didn't have to follow the instructions step by step... they look great next to our bed... one complaint (which is my own fault) is that it's a bit shorter than I thought bases on the picture. I didn't take into account that our bed is really tall... so I should have measured and then bought the style with the shelf on top for more height. The stands still look great and are very sturdy- the inside of the drawers are made with cheap soft wood, so one started to split when I put it together--- I wouldn't recommend putting anything too heavy in the drawers- but for the price they were perfect! Fast delivery and no missing parts or damage. I would recommend... just make sure you measure your bed height first!!!! lol.Read More
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Of the many different armoire styles, the 2-drawer armoire is one of the most popular. A 2-drawer armoire generally has, of course, two drawers at the bottom of the armoire as well as two swinging hinged doors that open to spacious closet space. With the hinges swinging back and forth, they are without a doubt the most worked part of a 2-drawer armoire. Hinges on wardrobe armoires are built to endure constant use, but you can extend their life through proper maintenance. Here are a few tips on making sure the hinges on your 2-drawer armoire last as long as possible.
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