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I know I haven't been heard from since Jesus was a little boy! I'm looking at this and i already see drama. Moderators shouls really make BOTH groups give up the name. I ahve friends in both fleets and both have told me about IN-game and out of Game attacks on each other's VoIP and Forums.
Will the real RS please stand up?? The fleet who was on the forums first should stay the other is mooching off the others work.
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I haven't seen this mentioned here but the guide came out on Sept 12th.
It looks very nice but , please Fuji , can we have it in English?
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Audicus (http://www.audicus.com), which is changing the hearing aid industry by offering high-tech hearing aids online, has now introduced a new Bluetooth hearing device. Since its launch last July, Audicus has saved consumers more than $1.5 million in hearing aid costs.
Nearly 40 million people in the United States have hearing loss, but only one in four wears a hearing aid. Hearing aids are traditionally sold at audiology clinics and, at $4,000-$6,000 per pair, are too expensive for many. In addition to being costly, hearing aids come with the stigma of handicap or old age.
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Hi, I'm the author of the article mentioned on this thread, about Disneyland Paris bad state.
In regard of this post, several Twitter folks came up with the idea of an open letter coupled with an online petition asking The Walt Disney Company to finally step in and find sustainable solutions for DLP - no quick fixes like they use(d) to do.
This probably won't make Bob Iger say something like "OMG they're so right, here you go, 2.3$ billion to solve the problem!". We just want to make our voice heard. TWDC take its european consumers for fools for 20 years and we're tired of it.
Link to petition: https://www.change.org/petitions/mr-...sneyland-paris
Here is a copy of the letter:
We encourage you to copy-paster this letter and link to the petition on your favorite websites, blogs, forums and social networks. Please note that we've translated in French, Dutch, German, Spanish and Italian. Feel free to read and share the version you want on this Tumblr, on my blog or on the petition page itself.Dear Mr. Iger,
When you were named Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company back in March 2005, former board members Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold ceased their Save Disney Campaign, a campaign set up to restore the companys policy to strive for excellence, a value that deeply characterises the activities of The Walt Disney Company since its creation by Walt himself.
Thanks to your efforts, The Walt Disney Company is now operating stronger than ever. This can mostly be attributed to a series of important key events needed to solve major problems:
- The Pixar acquisition (2006)
- Walt Disney Animation Studios recovery
- The revamp and expansion of Disney California Adventure (2008-2012)
- The Marvel Entertainment acquisition (2009)
- Shanghai Disney Resorts groundbreaking (2011)
- Hong Kong Disneylands expansion (2011-2013)
- The Lucasfilm acquisition (2012)
These big investments (such as the expansions of Disney California Adventure and Hong Kong Disneyland) allowed you to fix parts of the company that were in a bad state and become stronger in demographic groups that your company struggled to conquer for a long time. All of these key events have one thing in common: the quality of the product or experience. As your friend and colleague John Lasseter once said, Quality is the best business plan.
Unfortunately, recent developments have seriously damaged the quality of one of the worlds most beautifully designed parks: Disneyland Paris. We would like to take this opportunity to share our sincere concerns about the current state of this destination, which bears the name of your company in Europe. We have grown fond of the resort, over its relatively short lifespan, and we sincerely do not want to see it decline further.
When Disneyland Park (then Euro Disneyland) opened its gates back in 1992, it truly was Disney's greatest achievement; a technological and artistic marvel. Its high quality shows, rides and theming proved successful with European audiences, and its guest experience was similar, if not superior, to that of Disneyland and Walt Disney World. However, due to constant financial problems, the overall quality of the experience has slowly deteriorated over the years. The many years of budget cuts in maintenance, entertainment and food and beverage, have left the resort in an unacceptable neglected state.
This year, the quality has declined even further as the situation has reached a critical point; 2013 marks the first summer season since opening with not a single stage show presented in either park. This is a first in Disneyland Paris history and most likely a first for Disney Parks worldwide.
We would like to highlight the major problems of Disneyland Paris from the guests perspective, in the following four categories:
1. Maintenance
The upkeep of parks, attractions and hotels has been neglected so often during the past 20 years that many facilities are not Disney standard. Many themed elements are decaying and crumbling, while others are literally falling apart.
On a positive note, an extensive rehabilitation program has been put into place in recent years, aiming to fix many of the broken, outdated or deteriorated rides, effects and theming. While this indicates that Disneyland Paris management is seriously taking notice of its shortcomings,it only touches the tip of the iceberg. The many years of neglect have taken their toll on the most beautiful Magic Kingdom ever designed; the cost of bringing it back to its former glory is now higher than it would have been, had things been fixed sooner.
2. Budget Cuts
The Tarzan Encounter show at the Chaparral Theater, The Legend of the Lion King show at Videopolis, and the iconic night-time parade Disneys Fantillusion! were all cancelled this year. Meanwhile, other show venues, such as Le Théâtre du Château, have been left disused and empty for years. In addition to that, several rides as well as countless restaurants and boutiques are now open for limited hours: e.g. from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. while the park is open from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Furthermore, bad maintenance is dramatically reducing the capacity of certain attractions over time. For instance, Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing (open from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) has been operating with just one of the two available paddlewheel steamships for many years and a few of the roller coasters are operating with fewer trains, thus reducing capacity.
The lack of maintenance combined with the budget cuts have created a never-ending cycle of ride breakdowns, which affects all types of rides. These breakdowns, together with lowered capacity, make the park constantly overcrowded while Disneyland Paris keeps beating attendance numbers year after year; the resort welcomed 16 million guests in 2012. As a result, a day at Disneyland Paris has become a succession of walks between what is open and what is not.
3. Food
The food offerings in the resort vary greatly, but overall the quality is never as good as whats offered in your American parks. The majority of restaurants offer either counter service fast food or all-you-can-eat buffets. Just a small group of table service restaurants remains; initially more were available but several have been turned into counter service restaurants, such as the Explorers Club being turned into Colonel Hathis Pizza Outpost, a standard pizza restaurant.
In recent years, the quality of the food offered at the more expensive table service restaurants has been declining. Dishes of industrial pre-cooked meals are served in mere minutes after taking up the order, an indication the food was not made-to-order. The fast food offerings are steep in price and cannot compete with the better known alternatives, such as McDonalds which is just a few minutes walk from the parks in Disney Village.
What is perhaps even more concerning, besides the low food quality at premium prices, is the opening hours of some of the restaurants. When Disneyland Park closes at 11:00 p.m., you would expect to be able to have a nice evening dinner, not to discover the restaurant closed at 7:30 p.m.. These short opening hours make it impossible to book a meal for later in the day; you either have to plan ahead or settle for counter service offerings in Disneyland Park or Disney Village.
4. Walt Disney Studios Park
The smallest Disney theme park, the only park to open without a traditional Disney dark ride, the park that is struggling with its identity; in short the park that never met the Disney standard. The lack of attractions, the bare environment, the unclear overall theme, the poorly designed master plan, the low capacity of the new attractions, etc., are all major issues. This park needs a serious placemaking project and a complete reevaluation of its theme to bring it up to the standards of your company.
Beyond these four main categories (Maintenance, Budget Cuts, Food, Walt Disney Studios Park), there is also plenty of work to be done on the ageing Disney Village, the mediocre-quality merchandising and its lack of diversity, and the outdated Disney Hotels that offer poor services at extremely high rates.
Mr. Iger, how many breakdowns, closed attractions, bad experiences and unhappy guests will it take for The Walt Disney Company to step in and help? We dont understand why, after all these years of struggle, loss and bad reputation, The Walt Disney Company (owner of 40% of Euro Disney S.C.A.) hasnt done anything to change Euro Disneys financial structure? It was created by The Walt Disney Company and has always restricted Disneyland Paris from becoming a truly successful company without debt. Is your company OK with the fact that the Disney brand is being tarnished by the constantly decaying, yet overpriced guest experience at Disneyland Paris for 740 million European citizens? We refuse to believe that Disney intentionally wants to send their European guests home with substandard memories.
Of course, there are positive things about Disneyland Paris. The original design from 1992 is stunning, cast members are devoted and friendly, the nighttime entertainment show Disney Dreams! is amazing and the renewal of the Halloween and Christmas seasons started last year looks promising. Unfortunately, the poor operational management tarnishes these assets.
Mr. Iger, we ask you to take a good look at the operational budget for Disneyland Paris. We ask you to stop neglecting the most beautiful park ever built by your Imagineers. We ask you to restore the quality of the dining experiences, bring back live entertainment with stage shows and streetmosphere, fix broken effects and theming as soon as noticed, completely rethink the second gate and, of course, open new and exciting rides in both the Walt Disney Studios Park as well as Disneyland Park. No quick fixes, but a lasting solution to the problems that have plagued our resort since the very beginning.
Walt Disney once said that "Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world." Since 2005, you have brilliantly saved Disney, including the rescue programs for Disney California Adventure and Hong Kong Disneyland. We now ask you to save Disneyland Paris... for good.
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Panamas Rafael El Torito Concepcion is poised and ready to take on AJ Bazooka Banal in the much anticipated battle for the WBA Super Flyweight crown at New Cebu Coliseum, Philippines on July 26..
Concepcion is ready for Banal. His training for the world title has been well planned with the final stages intensifying in New York with fellow Panamians and well renown trainers Hector Roca and Pedro Romero at the world famous Gleasons Gym in Brooklyn.
Hector Roca has trained no less than 18 world champions, including Iran Barkley, Aruro Gatti, Regilio Tuur, and Buddy Mcgirt, and he is famous for training Hillary Swank for her Oscar-winning role in the Clint Eastwood film Million Dollar Baby in 2004.
We believe Panama will have their 26th world champion. says Pedro Romero He has good power in both hands and can hurt his opponent with either hand. He can box and punch going forward and back.
In preparation, his team have been watching Banals past fights. Hector Roca said Weve studied his tapes and we are prepared for what AJ Banal will bring. Rafael is sparring well and is right where we want him to be at this stage.
Concepcion is comfortable fighting southpaws but even so his trainers arent taking any chances. In New York, Concepcion has been sparring with opponents who emulate Banals style as well as with southpaw Ricardo Cordoba (33 -1-2, 21 KOs) while back home in Panama.
By the time Concepcion arrives in the Philippines it will conclude a gruelling total of 10 weeks training. 6 weeks in Panama at Gym Master Gomez and then a further 4 weeks in the US at Gleasons Gym.
Concepcion is ready to fight. says his manager at Optimum Sports Agency, Damon de Berry. He currently weighs 120 pounds and wont have any problems making the 115 pound limit.
He is a very dangerous combatant. De Berry adds. A fighter who leaves his home town to step up his training is a determined fighter. Hell be entering their country and bringing the fight to AJ Banal.
This bull of a warrior from Panama knows how to deal pain to his opponents. From the day he stepped into the pro boxing arena at age 19, Concepcion was a force to reckon with as he disposed fellow starter Carlos Murillo in the second round.
Hes gone on to knockout all but 4 of his opponents collecting the WBC Fecarbox super flyweight title along the way. His last fight with Jean Piero Perez on March 27 was an explosive fight. Perez knocked him down twice in the 2nd round. He maintained control and eventually dropped Perez in round 3.
Concepcion is rated No. 6 by the WBA with a record of 10-2-1 and 6 knockouts while Banal is ranked No. 3 with 17-0-1 and 14 KOs.
Team Concepcion will arrive in The Philippines on the 20th of July allowing a week to acclimatise and round off preparations as well as promote the fight with a whirlwind of press engagements including the official weigh in at 11am on Friday 25th.
The fight is organized by ALA Promotions in partnership with Golden Boy Promotions and will be televised by the giant broadcaster ABS CBN Sports.
The world title shot is a dream come true for Concepcion and this warrior is not the kind to leave the Philippines without the champions belt.
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El Super grocery workers are urging consumers to boycott their employer, a chain of supermarkets located primarily in Latino neighborhoods.
Today in Labor History: Clayton Antitrust Act signed
The Act established that unions are not conspiracies under the law and freed them to legally strike, picket and boycott employers.
Today in Labor History: Clayton Antitrust Act signed
On October 15, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signs the Clayton Antitrust Act establishing that unions are not "conspiracies" under the law.
Workers win safety deal at Hyatt Fisherman's Wharf
In a landmark settlementwith implications for all Hyatt workers, the Hyatt Fisherman's Wharf hotel has withdrawn its appeal of citations related to housekeeper injuries.
Labor launches national boycott of American Crystal Sugar
"We have to do something dramatic to call attention to what has become a common form of warfare against workers."
Global boycott of Hyatt hotels underway
A global boycott of Hyatt hotels was launched today at a press conference.
Video: Don't get caught in a bad hotel!
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer activists creatively tell the hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ people from all over the country coming to San Francisco in June for Pride to stay out of the boycotted hotels.
Honor Dr. King and boycott Bissell products, workers say
JOLIET, Ill. - As a way to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., religious and labor leaders here announced a boycott of Bissell products after 70 workers were fired last year.
Hotel workers sit in, proclaim San Francisco Hilton boycott
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Blackwater drowns slumping Cebuana Lhuillier
MANILA, Philippines – Blackwater enhanced its chances of keeping the second spot after beating struggling Cebuana Lhuillier 91-80 Tuesday in the PBA D-League Aspirants Cup at the Trinity University of Asia gym in Quezon City.
Rob Celiz topscored with 20 points while Kevin Ferrer pumped in 17 points as the Elite gained a full-game cushion over third-placers Big Chill and Cagayan.
"Kailangan kong ma-sweep remaining games kasi pagnagtabla kami ng Big Chill, sila ang number two (We need to sweep the remaining games because if we tie with Big Chill they'll clinch number two)," said Blackwater head coach Leo Isaac.
Ferrer led Blackwater's third-quarter push with eight points, including a trey that put them up 55-39 in the early part of the second half.
The Gems battled back thanks to a 14-0 blast to pull to within two 53-55.
But Celiz kept Cebuana Lhuillier at bay. He completed a three-point play to extend his team's lead to nine 65-56.
Aside from the Elite's big third quarter, Isaac also praised his players poise down the stretch.
"Start of third quarter we were able to build a 15-point lead, they came back but the players kept their composure, especially Jeric Fortuna and Robby Celiz."
Jeric Fortuna scored four of his 11 points in the final two minutes that finally put the Gems away for good.
The Gems failed to break out of their funk even with the signing of James Martinez as their chances of making the quarterfinals took another hit.
Martinez struggled with just eight points on two-of-nine shooting from the field but part of his output was a huge four-point play that trimmed the deficit to six 75-81 nearing the final two minutes.
Fortuna countered in style, splitting the defense before nailing a jumper from mid-range followed by triple by Ian Mazo, who made all of his four treys, that sealed Blackwater's sixth win against only two losses.
"Ang bola nasa kamay namin di namin kailangan umasa na matalo ang iba matalo sila," added Isaac. "It's been working very well for us."
The Gems, led by Jopher Custodio's 17 points, fell to 3-5.
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F1 is just a few months away. The constructors will be unveiling their cars all throughout the next two weeks. So i decided to post these concepts for the 2015 season my Humber College Industrial Design professor Bruce Thomson. He's ok I guess. More of his work can be found HERE.
Category Archives: F1
Still The Pinnacle
Even with all of the controversy, politics, and sometimes stagnant races, Formula 1 continues to be the pinnacle of auto racing. The first race is a week away. Bring on Melbourne.
Alternative Reality F1
Last thing I want to do is stroke his ego. But I'll give Bruce Thomson, my teacher from college, some credit. He's mega talented. These are some F1 concepts that he's created. The McLaren is top notch. More of his work here.
Longing for Yesteryear.
The FIA announced the other day that the season finale race will now award double points. DAFUQ? No don't give single points for pole or fastest lap, let's double the points for the shit show that is Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi. They also scheduled the American GP (in Texas) the same day as the NASCAR race in Texas. Genius. Who runs the FIA? Rob Ford? I've been an F1 proponent for years, even though I know the product is sometimes suspect. But COME ON, listen to the fans for once. We can't go back in time for low downforce, wide, big tire'd, balls out cars anymore. But these retro liveries, liken to bygone years of smokes and retro graphics, make it possible for us to time travel..sort of.
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Crowned #1
Unless you live under a rock, you'll know that Sebastian Vettel was crowned 4 time F1 Champ last weekend. It was an amazing achievement. One that I think put him ahead of Senna (flame suit on), but still behind Schumacher, Fangio, Clark and Stewart. I'm sure at only 26 he'll win a few more. We are currently witnessing a demolition of the record books. This is on another level to Schumie's dominance. The caliber of drivers currently has never been so high. Almost a shame that more from North America are not watching.
F1 Nerds.
Traction control has been banned for a few years in F1. Now it seems Redbull has found a loophole. Through manipulating torque curves and the partial firing of cylinders. Insiders believe the Austrian outfit has curbed the TC ban. As an F1 fanatic its this stupid stuff that's so interesting.
Daily Scraped #504
Racing movies mostly suck. The two standouts being Grand Prix and Le Mans. While not exactly great films, in the realms of auto racing in film. They are the best. I hope Rush can be mentioned with those two in the future. I still have a soft spot for Days of Thunder though. Let's not get started on Driven.
It is the story of James Hunt, the dude who slept with 33 air stewardesses in a span of two weeks vs. Niki Lauda, the guy who almost died at the Nurburgring, only to return 2 races later.
Intersquad Squabble.
Not sure how I feel about this. It seems as though Vettel went against team orders to pass Webber. But I'm here to watch great racing. I think Webber would have done the same given the chance. It's just drivers being drivers. And IMO, much better than Mercedes' jog to the end.
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Meeting at Hatfield's Restaurant in Mount Gilead on June 19 were 11 members of Chester Arbor of the Gleaner Life Insurance Society, who were introduced to Nellie Krumlauf, the entrepreneur who at the age of 16 began what has turned into a million dollar support of children who are struggling with cancer.
She has titled her outreach, "Nellie's Catwalk" as she presents style shows featuring children afflicted with cancer. She invests in a variety of clothing, attends camps where children with cancer try to have a more relaxed atmosphere and brings racks of clothing from which each child may choose an outfit. Dressed in their new attire, they then get the chance to model.
The outfit they choose becomes their own to take with them. In July, two members had an opportunity to work with her as she led one of her uplifting evenings at the Flying Horse Farm, a camp for children suffering life-threatening disabilities. The delight of children choosing their outfits, which can include hats, scarves, glitter in the hair, jewelry, or more was magical. Her program is funded by donations.
After listening to how she was inspired to do this, the Arbor was ready to "jump on her wagon." The business meeting followed Nellie's presentation.
Other activities in which the members of Chester Arbor were involved recently include serving refreshments at the Harding Home in Marion for their silent movie night on the porch of the Harding Home and participating in the Cardington Street Fair by selling water with the profits going to Friends of Cardington, organizers of the event The August event will be support of the Senior Day at the Morrow County Fair on August 26.
Officers for the coming year are Linda Ruehrmund, president; Rita Barton, vice president; Marilyn Davis, secretary-treasurer and Jim Osborn, chaplain.
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For the fifth consecutive year, the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA), together with the American Health Care Association and the Assisted Living Federation of America, distributed survey questionnaires to owners and managers of seniors housing residences throughout the United States. Respondents were asked to complete separate surveys for each of their company's residences.
'The State of Seniors Housing 1997' summarizes fiscal year 1996 data from a national survey of 268 seniors housing communities comprising more than 55,000 independent living units, assisted living beds, and long-term care beds.
We thank ASHA Executive Director David Schless for his permission to present excerpts of this report. Please call 202/974-2300 for information about ordering the complete report.
Median occupancy rates for all sample segments are in excess of 94 percent.
Annual resident turnover rates in assisted living communities catering to low acuity residents are considerably less than for those catering to high acuity residents.
Median rental fees for independent living units and assisted living beds contained within CCRCs samples are greater than those for free-standing congregate and assisted living communities.
Despite varying annual resident turnover rates between the three sample segments, marketing/advertising expenses per occupied unit are remarkably similar for each segment.
While larger residences in each sample segment enjoy higher operating margins due to economies of scale, bottom line results, as measured by net cash flow per occupied unit, do not appear to be affected by community size.
Year-to-year percentage increases in rental fees for all communities exceed percentage increases in broad consumer price indices over the same period.
On a 'same store' basis, assisted living communities sampled had significantly larger percentage increases in key operating results and enjoyed the highest percentage increase (15.7 percent) in net operating income.
Median management fees, as a percentage of total revenues, are 6 percent for assisted living communities, compared to 5 percent for congregate communities, and 4.6 percent for CCRCs.
Gross operating margins for congregate communities exceed those of other sample segments, which is similar to past survey findings.
Median debt service coverage ratios for all communities operated by for-profit owners exceed 1.4 to 1 for all sample segments.
Median current returns on investment continue to increase compared to prior survey results.
Of the 268 communities in this year's survey sample, approximately 42 percent are categorized as congregate residences, 34 CCRCs, and the balance, (25 percent) assisted living communities. The number and percentage of CCRCs has increased from prior years' survey samples, resulting in a more evenly distributed sample of communities. The sample comprises a total of 55,273 units, with approximately one-half found in CCRCs, 39 percent in congregate communities, and 11 percent in assisted living communities. However, because both congregate communities and CCRCs may contain assisted living units, assisted living units account for 21 percent of all units in the sample. Only three of the 68 assisted living communities in the sample indicated that they were not licensed.
Occupancy levels remain very strong as illustrated by rates in excess of 94 percent for all property types. Occupancy rates for congregate communities were marginally higher, and there is virtually no difference in occupancy rates between for-profit and not-for-profit communities.
All sample segments experienced relative increases in occupancy during 1996, led by assisted living communities with a median increase of 2.68 percent. The fact that occupancy rates in each of the last several surveys have continued to increase suggests continued strong demand for seniors housing.
Median annual turnover is highest for assisted living communities, followed by congregate communities and CCRCs. Compared to last year's survey sample, there appears to be a widening difference in turnover rates between assisted living communities serving low acuity versus high acuity residents.
The inverse of resident turnover is the average length of stay (in months); as annual turnover increases, length of stay shortens. Because CCRCs offer more housing and health care options than other industry segments, residents are typically younger upon entrance and stay longer. Large entrance fees or fee simple investments tend to result in longer overall resident tenure in this industry segment.
As expected, median total revenues per occupied unit/bed are highest for CCRCs because these communities generally offer the greatest array of personal and health care services.
Examining rental revenue by care level and unit/bed type reveals that CCRCs also have the highest median rental rates for independent living units and assisted living beds compared to similar units/beds in congregate and assisted living communities, respectively. For example, the median annual independent living unit rental rate for CCRCs is $20,108 ($1,676 monthly) compared to $17,418 ($1,452 monthly) for congregate communities.
Similarly, the median annual assisted living bed rental rate for CCRCs is $23,386 ($1,949 monthly) compared to $22,574 ($1,881 monthly) for free-standing assisted living communities. Labor-related expenses, including payroll taxes and benefits, are typically the largest major expense category for all seniors housing communities. The analysis of direct labor by department illustrates that those departments that provide services or care directly to residents (e.g., dietary, assisted living, and skilled nursing) are most costly.
Raw food, utilities, and management fees are the highest non-labor related expenses for all communities, while property insurance is the lowest. Marketing/advertising expenses are remarkably similar for all community types.
Due primarily to lower staffing requirements, particularly regarding caregivers, the congregate communities sampled have a higher median net operating income per occupied unit than assisted living communities. Because of higher debt/lease costs, however, congregate communities trail both assisted living communities and CCRCs in net cash flow per occupied unit.
To represent the overwhelming percentage (80 percent) of owners who produce profits for their stakeholders, key financial performance indicators are presented for the for-profit segment of the sample only. All communities in this analysis had stabilized occupancy levels and operations during calendar or fiscal year 1996.
As in last year's survey sample, for-profit congregate communities generated higher gross operating margins than for-profit assisted living communities and CCRCs. Despite higher operating margins, congregate communities in past samples had underperformed assisted living communities and CCRCs in most other key performance categories. In this
years sample, however, the congregate segment leads the way with the lowest debt-to-equity ratio and is second, after the assisted living segment, in debt service coverage.
Median debt service coverage ratios are above 1.4 for all industry sectors, which is indicative of excellent operating results and manageable debt levels. The assisted living segment recorded the most significant improvement from the prior year's sample, increasing from a median of 1.56 to 1.89. This improvement may be due to historically low interest rates, as well as the fact that 20 communities, or approximately 30 percent of the assisted living sample, are subject to operating leases and are thus debt-free. Median debt levels, as measured by debt-to-equity ratios, are between 2.6 and 6.0, which equate to leverage in the range of 60 to 83 percent of total cost. While these levels are aggressive, they are manageable and not uncommon for real estate-related investments. U
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Hello! My name is Andy Nicola. I am an assistant wrestling coach at Culver Military Academy in Culver, IN. I wanted to let everyone know about a wonderful opportunity that we are offering this summer. From June 11-14 we are hosting the CMA National Champ Camp. We have National Champions Mark Perry (IOWA) and Angel Escobedo (INDIANA) as our feature clinicians. We are awaiting confirmation from Nate Gallick (IOWA STATE). We hope to add him to this impressive lineup as well. This camp is very affordable. The individual price is only $275 and there are group rates available. Last year's clinicians were Mark Perry, JP O'Connor, and Andrae Hernandez. Our goal is to bring the best wrestlers in to teach kids success on the mats. If you have never seen or heard of The Culver Academies, I encourage you to check us out at wwwculver.org. We will be staying in the Woodcraft logcabins. We are located on Lake Maxinkuckee which is Indiana's 2nd largest natural lake. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Camp brochures and the camp website should be up and running by the end of next week. For those interested in flying (we did have a group come from Florida last year), we are located an hour and a half away from Chicago and Indianapolis. Let's get our kids on the mat this summer and improve our wrestling skills!
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To the women who are victims of domestic violence/ Re: Jodi Arias
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Have you seen the trial Of Jodi Arias? Do you believe she is a victim of domestic abuse or not?
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It's been going on forever I feel like. What's it like a month now? I don't know what the entire story is of what happened other then she says she killed him, but in self defense type of thing. Who knows what really happened though.
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2014 Hall of Honor Inductees
Congratulations to the 2014 recipients of the Hall of Honor awards. In all, eight alumni Dons were inducted on November 8, 2014 at the Rosewood Restaurant in Rosemont, Illinois. They include: Charles Keenley '59, Dean Eitel '59, Robert Hollingsworth '59, Timothy McGuire '68, Robert O'Keefe '69, Donald Banas '70, Patrick Burke '79 and Peter Leddy '81. To read more about the 2014 inductees, please click here.
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Club competitions
National team competitions
Olympia had to sweat it out but finally won their EuroCup Qualifying Round Group C clash at home to Proteas EKA AEL.
Giorgos Bartzokas' men led by 16 points late in the third quarter but the vistors held their nerve and cut into the deficit, twice pulling to within two before falling 74-70.
Cholet Basket hit back from a nine-point first-leg deficit to beat struggling AEK Athens 78-55 and advance to the EuroCup Qualifying Round.
The French club won the battle of the boards 44-25, with Steed Tchicamboud pulling down eight of those to go with his 13 points.
AEK Athens grabbed an important first leg victory in the EuroCup second elimination round, beating Cholet Basket 91-82 at home.
Nikos Barlos scored 19 points for the Greek side, which got loads of help from their bench as Sasa Vasiljevic added 17 and Christos Tapoutos chipped in 16 points.
After being crowned a basketball champion and cup winner in Slovenia, Smiljan Pavic decided to leave Helios Domzale and head east to get a real taste of basketball outside his homeland.
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Consumer Direction in Disability Policy Formulation and Rehabilitation Service Delivery.
Consumer direction can exist in differing degrees and may span many types of services. It ranges from the individual independently making all decisions and managing services directly to the individual using a representative to manage services (Kosciulek, 1997). The unifying theme in CD is that individuals with disabilities have the authority to make choices that work best for them, regardless of the nature or extent of their disability or the source of payment for services (NICDLTS, 1996a). Consumer choice and control are both prerequisites for an effective consumer-directed rehabilitation service delivery system (Dart, 1992; West & Parent, 1992).
Currently in American society, people with disabilities, as a group, remain poorer, less educated, and less employed than the population in general (Kosciulek, 1998; National Council on Disability, 1996). Higgins (1992) asserted that the problems faced by people with disabilities can be viewed as the consequences of the failure of social institutions that have been constructed to deal with a narrower range of variation than is in fact present in the disability population. Likewise, Szymanski and Trueba (1994) emphasized that at least some of the difficulties faced by people with disabilities are not the result of functional impairments related to the disability, but rather are the result of discriminatory processes embedded in societal institutions for rehabilitation and education and enforced by well-meaning professionals. Those individuals whose mobility, communication, medical needs, or cognition differs from social norms find themselves confronting institutions not well suited to meet their abilities and potential (Scotch & Schriner, 1997).
Given the current status of people with disabilities in American society, the purpose of public disability policy and rehabilitation service delivery must be to enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities. Empowering people with disabilities to have control over the policies and practices that directly affect their lives can achieve this important objective. People with disabilities must play the central role in directing the disability policy formulation and rehabilitation service delivery that is central to their empowerment.
Underlying Assumptions of Consumer Direction
Three underlying assumptions of CD are presented to set the framework for a more specific discussion of the conceptual framework of CD.
Consumer-directed disability policy and rehabilitation programming should be based on the presumption that consumers with disabilities are the experts on their service needs. An informed consumer is the best authority on what his or her service needs are, how these needs are best met, and whether these needs are being met appropriately. The consumer should be presumed competent to direct services and make choices, regardless of age, or the nature or extent of disability (NICDLTS, 1996a).
Choice and control can be introduced into all service delivery environments. Systems can be designed to include a variety of options that cater to diverse groups of consumers, whether they wish to exert total control over services or very little control. The model of disability as human variation (Scotch & Schriner, 1997) considers disability as introducing complexity and disequilibrium into service systems. By focusing attention on how systems respond to the variation introduced by disability, a consumer-directed model of service delivery might help policy makers and program administrators address the issue of how to best design rehabilitation systems to enhance consumer control. The range of preferences expressed by consumers provides the structure for expanding CD within a variety of service delivery environments (NICDLTS, 1996a). For example, a variety of accommodation and compensation techniques (e.g., memory notebook, visual or auditory cues) may be implemented during medical rehabilitation to promote choice and control for an individual with residual cognitive deficits following a brain injury.
Consumer direction should be available to all, regardless of payer. People with disabilities who rely on services financed by public agencies or insurance companies have limited control over the services they receive. Inability to control the form of assistance received is severely dehumanizing (Hahn, 1991), particularly when the payer control extends to issues concerning day-to-day existence, such as eating times and living and working environments. Disability, whether mental, physical, sensory, or age-related, when combined with reliance on public assistance, should not provide a rationale for others to make decisions about important aspects of persons' lives (Kosciulek, 1997; NICDLTS, 1996a).
Conceptual Framework of Consumer Direction
The conceptual framework of CD is depicted in Figure 1. As illustrated in this figure, the construct of CD comprises the following four components:
The ability of consumers with disabilities to control and direct the delivery of services. This component relates to the amount of control consumers have over how, when, and by whom services are delivered. It also focuses on the extent to which individuals with disabilities determine the type and influence the quality of services received (Kosciulek, 1997; NICDLTS, 1996a).
The variety and type of service delivery options available to consumers with disabilities. The second component of CD relates to the issue of whether consumers have a choice from a range of viable rehabilitation service options. For example, in both employment and community living, consumers with developmental disabilities have not been given a range of service options. Traditionally, the range has been from a single option to a few constricted options (Taylor, Biklen, & Knoll, 1989; West & Parent, 1992). Limitations, risks, or restrictions to consumer control are also considered by this component. For example, if a consumer with a disability attempts to assert control over his or her rehabilitation program by designing and proposing an alternate service type not previously provided, do funding and program rules and regulations prohibit such an option?
The availability of appropriate information and support. Consumers with disabilities and their families consistently record two chief criticisms of the current rehabilitation service system: (a) a lack of information and (b) a lack of long-term supports (Holmes, 1993; Kosciulek, 1995). Thus, the crux of the third component of CD is whether information and support are available that enable consumers to take advantage of rehabilitation services (NICDLTS, 1996a). In a consumer-directed system, consumers are informed about the service options available and the personal, legal, and financial issues associated with each option.
The ability of consumers to participate in systems design and service allocation. Disability policy development continues to take place in large part without the participation and involvement of people with disabilities (Hagner & Marrone, 1995; National Council on Disability, 1996). The fourth component of CD centers on the level and quality of participation that consumers have at the policy making level; for example, in policy formulation, design of rehabilitation services, and allocation of financial resources (NICDLTS, 1996a). An example of a current effort to increase consumer involvement and control in policy making is the 1992 Rehabilitation Act Amendment regulation that each state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency implement a State Rehabilitation Advisory Council which includes individuals with disabilities.
The four components of CD merge to form a system that is directed by people with disabilities to meet their needs. One implication of this conceptual framework is that information about all of the components must be collected to develop a complete picture of CD. Collecting information on only one component or a couple of components results in an incomplete picture. All four components must be measured to capture CD.
Measurement of CD, however, is problematic. First, CD is an open-ended construct. As recommended by Zimmerman (1995), the assessment of open-ended constructs such as CD must include measures that are appropriate for the population and context under study. Open-ended constructs may not be fully captured by any one specific operationalization. For example, observational terms may take on different forms in different populations, contexts, and time. Second, the open-ended nature of many disability and rehabilitation constructs implies that the facts and rules used to represent a construct may change over time, depending upon the context in which it is measured. For example, a measure of CD in the operation of a group home for individuals with developmental disabilities would differ from a measure of CD in the medical rehabilitation process following a traumatic brain injury. Consequently, the development of universal and global measures of CD is not an appropriate goal because it is theoretically inconsistent with the construct given the specific demands and characteristics of different public policies, service delivery institutions, and life situations of people with disabilities.
Consumer direction, therefore, may be considered an open-ended construct because it depends upon context, population, and developmental period. The measurement of CD may be especially difficult because (a) CD manifests itself in different perceptions, skills, and behaviors across people; (b) CD may require different actions and skills for its attainment in various settings; and (c) CD may fluctuate over time. Each of these qualities suggests that the construct of CD cannot be easily reduced to a universal set of operational rules and definitions. As a result, the development of context and population-specific measures of CD will be challenging. However, given the significantly limited and often diminishing resources of money, personnel, and programs, relevant measures of CD may further the development of consumer-driven disability policy and rehabilitation services to maximize such resources. More specifically, standardized quantitative and open-ended qualitative measures of CD would provide data for assessing the magnitude and quality of CD in various programs and settings (e.g., choice of vocational goal, consumer satisfaction with services), for observing how CD changes over time, and for evaluating the efficacy of policies and programs designed to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities (Kosciulek, in press).
Further development of the construct and theory connected to CD should examine how the control, service variation, information and support, and policy making components interact to form CD. Questions include: (a) How do these four components relate to one another?; (b) Are some components of CD contingent upon others?; (c) What is the link between the components and crucial disability policy and rehabilitation process outcomes of community integration, empowerment, and quality of life?; and (d) Who will be in control of services and financial resources in a more consumer-directed rehabilitation system? It is noteworthy that the conceptual framework presented refers to both the individual and organizational levels of analysis. Consumer-directed outcomes in disability policy formulation and rehabilitation service delivery require both quantitative and qualitative individual and organizational levels of measurement.
The measurement of CD in a specific setting for a particular sample of individuals (e.g., consumers of state-federal VR services, patients in a medical rehabilitation program, a residential program for individuals with developmental disabilities) is possible, but it "must be connected to the experience of the research participants as they state it, and contextually grounded in their life experiences" (Zimmerman, 1995, p. 598). As indicated by Zimmerman (1995), this approach necessarily limits generalizability to other persons or contexts, but this trade-off may have to be accepted in order to adequately and appropriately measure CD. All research efforts must inevitably make trade-offs between the competing demands of internal and external validity (Szymanski & Parker, 1992; McGrath, 1982). Research on CD is not unique in this regard, as the development of the theoretical and applied aspects of any construct requires programmatic research that builds a body of knowledge (McGrath, 1982; Zimmerman 1995).
Examples of Consumer Direction
Five examples are presented to illustrate how the principle of CD and components of the conceptual framework of CD may be infused into disability policy making and rehabilitation services. The first four examples focus on systems-level CD. Infusing CD in systems is vital as organizational constraints are frequently identified as major barriers that impede meaningful, active consumer involvement in policy making and service delivery (Chan, Shaw, McMahon, Koch, & Strauser, 1997). The last example focuses on individual-level CD. The examples discussed include: (a) voucher systems; (b) the Michigan Rehabilitation Renaissance Project; (c) consumer-directed mental health services; (d) participatory action research; and (e) counselor-consumer relationships.
Voucher Systems
Trends in VR have stressed the need for increasing both consumer involvement and participation and the quality of services provided (Kosciulek, Vessell, Rosenthal, Accardo, & Merz, 1997; Seelman & Sweeney, 1995; Thomas & Strauser, 1995). A voucher system in rehabilitation would empower consumers to decide which services they wished to purchase and whether they wanted to receive these services from a public or private agency. By encouraging competition between agencies and promoting accountability, the implementation of a voucher system may also improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the rehabilitation delivery system (Thomas & Strauser, 1995). Consistent with the CD concept, the major advantage of implementing a voucher system would be to increase consumer choice. In addition, a voucher system would appear to be a "viable means of reforming the current state-federal VR system and empowering clients so that they can receive the maximum benefit from rehabilitation services" (Thomas & Strauser, 1995, p. 18).
The Michigan Rehabilitation Renaissance Project
The Michigan Rehabilitation Services and United Cerebral Palsy Association of Detroit developed a joint program, the Rehabilitation Renaissance Project, intended to transfer control and authority in the VR process to consumers with disabilities through empowerment training and person-centered planning (Callahan & Skiba, 1997). The project was designed intentionally to address the following criticisms of the VR process: (a) consumers with disabilities are not empowered; (b) consumers do not have a true choice in their rehabilitation plans; (c) the professional brings all the answers to the rehabilitation equation; and (d) the professional is responsible for whatever happens to the consumer. Embracing the CD concept, the project has as its primary values and practices: (a) consumer choice, empowerment, and responsibility; (b) a focus on consumer strengths; and (c) consumer "expertise" on her or his rehabilitation needs. Project outcomes, as compared to the traditional VR process, suggest increased efficiency in service delivery and more positive employment outcomes for consumers with disabilities (Callahan & Skiba, 1997). A lesson learned from this project was that both service providers and consumers with disabilities benefited from increased consumer involvement in the VR process.
Consumer-Directed Mental Health Services
Harp (1994) and Campbell (1991) have written papers on the consumer movement among people with psychiatric disabilities from consumer and provider viewpoints, respectively. Their propositions embody the philosophy and application of CD. Harp (1994) defined empowerment of people with disabilities as possessing the same degree of control over one's life as is generally possessed by people without disabilities. The author asserted that, in order to attain empowerment, mental health consumers must be involved at every level of the planning, implementation, and ongoing operation of VR services. Harp (1994) hypothesized that, in a consumer-directed model, benefits accrued to both consumers and service providers. Mental health consumers would make progress and have positive outcomes, while programs would develop positive track records for ensuring future funding and referrals. Harp (1994) thus concluded that both consumers and providers would "win" if consumers had a meaningful role in the development and implementation of services.
Similarly, Campbell (1991) affirmed that the VR service system must recognize the consumer movement among individuals with psychiatric disabilities. This movement supports the notion of reduced professional interference in consumer decisions and choices. The author declared that the state-federal VR service model is in the process of radical alteration as consumers with psychiatric disabilities demand change from its traditional physical disability orientation. Campbell (1991) challenged organizations serving individuals with psychiatric disabilities to empower consumers by involving them at all levels of operation, including policy formulation and front-line service delivery.
Participatory Action Research
The leadership of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), in promoting the concept of participatory action research (PAR) (Bruyere, 1993; Graves, 1991; Walker, 1993), provided an excellent example of consumer-directed disability policy. Because PAR values the importance of involving those whom the research will affect (Whyte, 1991), it is conceptually analogous to CD. In addition, because PAR acknowledges the legitimate interests of persons with disabilities to self-determination and full participation, including participation in the research process, it is an empowerment strategy. Graves (1991) called attention to the credibility problem of rehabilitation research, noting that persons with disabilities often see research as irrelevant, and that many rehabilitation professionals view research as impractical. The participation of consumers with disabilities in identifying research problems increases the probability of relevant research results. More specifically, PAR may maximize the impact of research on real-life consumer situations, an outcome that is "highly desirable in this era of limited research resources and pressing program needs" (Bruyere, 1993, p. 62).
Counselor-Consumer Relationships
There are also changes that can be made to promote CD at the individual level. Enhancing rehabilitation counselor-consumer partnerships is one of these changes. Chan et al. (1997) described how the "working alliance" could be used as a framework to ensure active consumer involvement in the rehabilitation process. Theoretically, the working alliance is viewed as a collaborative effort in which the counselor and consumer make equal contributions to the counseling relationship. It reflects a belief that the consumer can participate in the counseling process based on a sense of ownership (Al-Darmaki & Kivlighan, 1993). Illustrating the potential significance of individual-level CD, Chan et al. (1997) concluded that a "strengthened working alliance between the counselor and the consumer will result in more positive rehabilitation outcomes and higher levels of consumer satisfaction" (p. 135).
Implications of Consumer Direction
Implicit within the underlying assumptions, conceptual framework, and examples of CD, is the belief that increased CD would facilitate more effective policy making, program implementation, and research. Consumer-direction thus has the potential to significantly improve rehabilitation service delivery and enhance the quality of life of consumers with disabilities. This potential impact of CD has several direct implications for consumers with disabilities, service providers, and funders of rehabilitation services. These implications include (a) the changing roles of consumers and service providers, (b) the empowerment of consumers with disabilities, and (c) specific benefits to consumers and service providers and funders.
Roles of Consumers with Disabilities and Service Providers
In a consumer-directed rehabilitation service system, the roles of consumers and providers differ from those in traditional service systems, such as the state-federal VR program, workers' compensation programs, and medical rehabilitation. The primary difference is that the consumer has the ultimate responsibility for the services he or she receives. In a consumer-directed model, the consumer is responsible for choosing a service delivery process that meets his or her needs and for monitoring the quality of services received (Racino & Williams, 1994). Consumer direction implies that consumers should assess their own needs, select service options that reflect personal preferences, and communicate openly and frankly with service providers about changing needs (NICDLTS, 1996a).
The provider reports directly to the consumer in a consumer-directed rehabilitation service model. Individual service providers are responsible for meeting the consumer's expectations for quality and training and for providing reliable services as directed by the consumer (Racino & Williams, 1994). Provider organizations that have incorporated elements of CD in their mission assume the following set of responsibilities: (a) ensuring a maximum range of service options that reflect consumer preferences; (b) providing clear, easily understood information to consumers about service options and eligibility criteria for options; (c) including consumers in agency planning in a meaningful way; and (d) administering an evaluation process that provides consumer feedback to staff (NICDLTS, 1996a).
Consumer Direction as an Empowering Process
Empowering processes are those in which people create or are given opportunities to control their own destiny and influence the decisions that affect their lives (Bolton & Brookings, 1996; Hahn, 1991; Zimmerman, 1995). These processes provide individuals the opportunity to achieve goals, obtain greater access to and control over resources, and gain mastery over their lives (Cornell Empowerment Group, 1989; Mechanic, 1991; Zimmerman, 1990). Efforts to gain control, to access resources, and to critically understand one's sociopolitical context are fundamental aspects of CD. As empowering processes, consumer-directed disability policy development and rehabilitation service delivery include the opportunity for consumers to enhance resource development skills, to work with others on a common goal, and to develop leadership abilities.
Benefits of Consumer Direction
There are many potential benefits of a consumer-directed approach to rehabilitation. For example, research has shown that consumers with disabilities who participated in a consumer-directed personal assistance services (CD-PAS) program were significantly more productive (p [is less than] .05) than a matched control group of consumers who did not participate in the program (NICDLTS, 1997). Results of this study also indicated that the consumers who were involved in CD-PAS had significantly higher (p [is less than] .05) rates of involvement in paid and unpaid work, education, active homemaking, recreational activities, and self-improvement than prior to their involvement in CD-PAS. Additional direct benefits of consumer-directed services for people with disabilities may include: (a) increased autonomy in decision making about service needs; (b) control over the ways in which services are arranged; (c) enhanced life management skills and feelings of competence as a result of the ability to manage services; and (d) increased ability to determine and shape individual lifestyles (NICDLTS, 1996b). Furthermore, a consumer-directed delivery system may also provide significant benefits for funders and providers of rehabilitation services including (a) increased consumer satisfaction, (b) improved quality of services, and (c) decreased costs.
In this article, the construct of consumer direction was applied to disability policy formulation and rehabilitation service delivery. The underlying assumptions and conceptual framework of CD were described in detail. In addition, specific examples of CD were provided and the implications of CD were discussed.
Consumer direction is a construct of great interest to the field of rehabilitation because it relates directly to the empowerment of people with disabilities. As illustrated in the examples of CD, the issue of CD spans all consumer groups, service types, providers and funders of rehabilitation services, and policy makers at local, state, and national levels. As such, CD should be a primary focus of disability policy making, program development and evaluation, and rehabilitation research. As aptly stated by Seelman and Sweeney (1995), "there must be continuing stress on increased consumer participation and involvement in all rehabilitation programs at all levels of operation" (p. 11).
Given the changing context of rehabilitation (Ryan, 1995; Leahy & Szymanski, 1995), increased CD would extend the range of variation of systems designed to serve people with disabilities. The CD components of increasing the variety of service options and enhancing consumer input into systems design suggest that consumer-directed models would better acknowledge the variation associated with disability than traditional service delivery models. As such, CD can help us address "legitimate issues of resource allocation and the need for creative adaptation by established institutions" (Scotch & Schriner, 1997, p. 156), such as the state-federal VR program and managed health care providers. Further, and most importantly, increased CD in disability policy formulation and rehabilitation service delivery may facilitate the empowerment of people with disabilities. Empowerment, in turn, would promote the increased community integration and enhanced quality of life of individuals with disabilities.
Given the importance of debate on disability rights (Schroeder, 1995), now is the opportune time for discussion of new paradigms such as the one described here. A great deal of work remains to be done to shape public policy so that it promotes the achievement of independence for persons with disabilities (Scotch and Schriner, 1997). Consumers with disabilities, rehabilitation practitioners, and policy makers need new conceptual tools to understand the nature of disability and how it should be addressed in public policy and rehabilitation service delivery. The ideas presented in this article are intended as a guide in this important endeavor.
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