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Updated: 12/15/2009 - Greene County Sheriff Lemmie Smith says Maurice Wesley was charged Monday with the murder of James & Antwan Cox.
Updated: 12/15/2009 - Greene County Sheriff Lemmie Smith says Maurice Wesley was charged Monday with the murder of James & Antwan Cox.
Updated: 12/15/2009 - North Carolina's appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of two convicted murderers sentenced under a 1970s law that limited life terms.
Posted: 12/10/2009 - Lotto officials say the ticket was sold at the Hasty Mart on Highway 70 west of LaGrange.
Posted: 12/10/2009 - For the first time in almost three years there is no drought, or abnormally dry conditions in North Carolina.
Updated: 12/09/2009 - Attorneys are debating whether a group of North Carolina inmates sentenced in the 1970s should be considered "lifers."
Posted: 12/08/2009 - We will be working to learn more Tuesday about the death of a person in Wilson County that is accredited to the swine flu.
Posted: 12/07/2009 - The first Republican mayor in Kinston since 1877 was sworn in Monday night.
Updated: 12/07/2009 - A business that has seen multiple shootings over the years, including one that injured seven people last year, is no more.
Updated: 12/04/2009 - An investigation into racial intimidation at one community college has been closed and the students involved have returned to class.
Updated: 12/02/2009 - The first shooting happened around 7:10 p.m. Tuesday night on Sycamore Road.
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Updated: 11/27/2009 - It's been around a year since a new water treatment facility was built in Kinston, and state officials say it is making a difference by improving water levels.
Updated: 11/26/2009 - Relatives tell WITN News that the fire may have begun because of a turkey being cooked. The SBI is assisting Lenoir County deputies in trying to find out how the fire started.
Updated: 11/25/2009 - Some in the east got a helping hand Wednesday from a former Tarheel All-American and NBA star.
Posted: 11/20/2009 - Some 1200 people would be brought into the city limits if the forced annexation is allowed to proceed.
Updated: 11/20/2009 - WITN sat down with a woman who was kidnapped and raped when she was 9 years old. Tanya Yearwood says she wants to reach out to other rape victims.
Updated: 11/19/2009 - Kinston police have charged Charles Skinner with felony false report of mass violence at an educational facility after they say he threatened to kill people at Lenoir Community College.
Posted: 11/19/2009 - The so-called mum theif is due in a Lenoir County court Thursday.
Updated: 11/18/2009 - In all over 63-Thousand dollars in grant money was awarded and will be used to buy equipment.
Posted: 11/18/2009 - A former City Councilman in Kinston has passed away.
Updated: 11/17/2009 - Residents in one county are still in Civil Court suing the city of Kinston because they're being forced into the All-America City and with that comes city taxes.
Updated: 11/17/2009 - Residents in one county were in civil court Monday suing the city of Kinston because they're being forced into the All-America city through annexation.
Updated: 11/14/2009 - Congressman Butterfield announced on Friday that federal funds will be used to aid the Kinston Regional Jetport.
Updated: 11/14/2009 - The numbers are in for this week's coastal storm that has drenched Eastern Carolina.
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Barely a day goes by at the moment without an inquest appearing in the newspapers or on television about Peter Crouch's wait for his first Liverpool goal.
I almost feel guilty about tackling the issue here because of that, but I feel that certain things need to be said about Crouch because there is a bandwagon out there that is in danger of getting out of control.
I would love to say that I don't think there's a media agenda against him, but in reality there is. It's not one that I or any of the journalists that cover Liverpool on a regular basis have bought into, but it is there and it irritates me that people are trying to poke fun out of someone who is not only a very nice guy but also a very good footballer.
I was reporting on the match against Portsmouth on Saturday and I made a conscious decision not to write about Crouch. Not because I felt it was time to lay off him but because, apart from the penalty miss, I thought he had a very decent game. If there was one individual who looked vulnerable and out of his depth on Saturday it certainly wasn't Crouch; it was probably the Portsmouth manager and that's why I said I expect Crouch to be scoring goals long after Alain Perrin leaves Portsmouth.
|Oliver Kay on Liverpool
|Newspaper: The Times
Time in current post: Five years
Number of years covering the Reds: 6
Most memorable match covering Liverpool: Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final at Anfield last season.
Best player seen during your time covering the Reds: I would have to say Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher closely followed by Sami Hyypia and Didi Hamann. I also love watching Xabi Alonso and I hope he will become a Liverpool legend.
In the meantime, it seems like Crouch is the story of the moment at Liverpool. You can't ignore the fact that he hasn't scored yet, but at the same time, you have to look at what else he is bringing to the team. Is he playing well? Yes. It seems misguided to go on persistently about a lack of goals because Benitez didn't buy him thinking he was going to score 20 or 25 goals a season. The Liverpool manager probably expected him to perform quite similarly to the way he has, perhaps with a few more goals, but not one every week. Every Liverpool supporter would probably have hoped he'd have scored a few more goals as well but despite the fact that he hasn't, he is playing well and people shouldn't lose sight of that.
He certainly doesn't seem like a player who is struggling for confidence. I don't think he would have picked up the ball for the penalty if he his bottle had gone. His overall game was very good on Saturday, as Benitez quite rightly pointed out. I'm not saying he is perfect because, as the manager says, he is not quite aggressive enough in the penalty area and he's not quite quick enough off the mark to be a perfect centre forward. But I know that when Benitez was having him watched last season, he was convinced that Crouch was the perfect forward for the way Liverpool were going to play.
I think that view will have been strengthened rather than weakened in the last few weeks. If you speak to people within football about him, they rave about him, the positions he takes up, the way he uses the ball when he gets it, everything. Yes goals matter when you're a striker, and at the moment he's not scoring enough, but the rest of his game is excellent. And his record at Southampton last season shows that he knows how to score.
Maybe more goals were expected from Crouch but I will be surprised if he doesn't get a reasonable amount of goals this season. I'm not saying he will suddenly start averaging one every two games but I think once the first goal comes, they will come in numbers. It is probably a similar situation at Liverpool to what we had with Emile Heskey. Every time he scored one goal, people would always say: 'Maybe we will see the real Heskey now'. Maybe the real Heskey was this figure that scored once in five games but worked very hard for the team in other areas and maybe that will be the same for Crouch, goalscoring wise. However, judging him by Saturday's performance, I thought he had a very decent game and I'm sure his overall play will result in Liverpool scoring a lot of goals even if it isn't his name on the scoresheet.
|Oliver Kay on Liverpool
|As I cover all North-West teams I probably shouldn't say this but yes I am a Liverpool fan. I had a season ticket from 1986 until 2001 until work got in the way! If I lost my job tomorrow, I'd be back at Anfield every week as a fan. Every journalist has a team they support, some more than others. It's not a problem for me being objective about Everton or Manchester United. Because I'm a fan, I sometimes find it harder to praise Liverpool, but my heart is in the right place.
I'm hopeful that the same won't happen with Crouch because, to judge by his performances, as opposed to finishing, he believes he does belong at this level. He will obviously score sooner or later and then it's up to him to go on to greater things at Liverpool and show the doubters that he's good enough to play for a special club like the European Champions.
While the Liverpool fans have given Crouch great backing so far, he has taken a lot of stick from opposition supporters this season and a lot of it seems to be because of how tall he is. If he was scoring goals, he wouldn't be getting stick but it's easy to jump on a bandwagon when someone is not scoring. Having said that, as a journalist it's quite hard when you mention Crouch not to use the words 'six-foot-seven striker' and it many cases, it's often relevant when you are describing his game and performance. I did an interview with Michael Owen a couple of weeks ago and he was saying Crouch has got a great touch for a big guy. Owen laughed about what a cliche that was, but he said: "But he is a big man and he has got a great touch, so what can you say?"
I agree with Owen and I do think there is an awful lot more to his game than just height as a couple of turns against Portsmouth were excellent. I'm not saying he is Liverpool's answer to Wayne Rooney or that he's the new Michael Owen but I think he can do a very good job for the team, particularly if other players continue to chip in with goals. And if Benitez is able to get a winger or two during the January transfer window, I thinkit'll make a big difference for Crouch.
One final thought is that we've seen a lot of flash-in-the-pan strikers at Anfield down the years and names like Ronny Rosenthal, David Speedie, Dean Saunders, Nigel Clough, Stan Collymore and El-Hadji Diouf all spring to mind. All of those players started well but were gone, or as good as gone, within two seasons. Maybe Crouch is more of a slow-burner, but I just get the feeling that he'll be a Liverpool player for a long time to come.


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Advocat Announces 2012 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results Portfolio Expansion Activity Accelerates BRENTWOOD, Tenn., March 7, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advocat Inc. (Nasdaq:AVCA) a premier provider of long term care services primarily in the Southeast and Southwest, today announced its results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012. The Company reported a loss of $0.9 million or $0.16 per diluted common share excluding separation costs and start-up losses, compared to a loss of $0.7 million or $0.13 per diluted share in the year-ago period on the same basis. On February 28, 2013, the Company declared a quarterly dividend of 5.5 cents per common share. The dividend will be paid April 12, 2013, to shareholders of record on March 31, 2013. Fourth Quarter 2012 Highlights *Adjusted EBITDA declined to $0.9 million compared to $1.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, primarily due to a $2.5 million addition to professional liability expenses during the fourth quarter of 2012 related to open and settled cases from current and prior periods. Adjusted EBITDA excludes losses from the startup of recently opened skilled nursing centers and separation expenses in both 2012 and 2011 and non-recurring Electronic Medical Record implementation costs in 2011. *Operating income improved to a loss of $0.9 million compared to an operating loss of $1.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.Operating income in the fourth quarter of 2012 includes the additional professional liability expenses recorded during the quarter. *Medicaid rates have continued to increase as we saw a 0.5% increase from the third quarter of 2012 and a 2.3% increase compared to last year's fourth quarter. We have experienced increased patient acuity levels and benefited from rate increases in certain states. *Managed Care census increased 20.3% compared to the fourth quarter 2011. *As previously reported, during the first quarter of 2013, the Company signed a definitive agreement to acquire five skilled nursing facilities in Kansas.We anticipate closing this transaction early in the second quarter of 2013. CEO Remarks Commenting on the results, Kelly Gill, Advocat's CEO, stated, "The fourth quarter of 2012 represents the first operating quarter with an apples-to-apples comparison related to our Medicare rates following the implementation of the CMS Final Rule in October of 2011.While our Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter was negatively impacted by professional liability expense, revenue increased and our operating expenses declined as a percentage of revenue.Additionally, these results represent our ability to adapt to reimbursement challenges by streamlining our corporate costs, as evidenced by an absolute reduction in general and administrative expenses.I am very pleased with our operational improvements throughout 2012 and believe they position the Company well to generate additional growth in 2013. "To that end, I am also pleased to have announced earlier this week our definitive agreement to acquire five facilities in Kansas," Mr. Gill continued."This transaction will represent our largest since embarking on a portfolio-expansion strategy in 2011 and represents more than a 50% increase in our owned facilities.I believe our ability not only to integrate newly-acquired facilities successfully, but also to do so with limited incremental corporate costs, has been proven through our acquisition activity in 2012.We anticipate closing this transaction early in the second quarter of 2013 and that these new facilities will be accretive to our earnings this year.It is also important to note that this transaction entails our taking full ownership of these facilities, demonstrating our flexibility as relates to acquisition structures as we continue to focus our efforts on growing our portfolio." Mr. Gill concluded, "As we look forward into 2013, we will continue to seek opportunities both to deepen and to expand our operating footprint through the addition of new facilities, while at the same time generating organic growth through improvements in clinical capabilities and reinvestment in our centers." Other Highlights for the Fourth Quarter 2012 The following table summarizes key revenue and census statistics for continuing operations for each period: Three Months Ended December 31, 2012 2011 Skilled nursing occupancy 76.8%^(1) 77.3% As a percent of total census: Medicare census 12.8% 14.3% Managed care census 2.5% 2.2% As a percent of total revenues: Medicare revenues 29.2% 32.5% Medicaid revenues 53.5% 51.4% Managed care revenues 4.9% 4.3% Average rate per day: Medicare $423.37 $414.17 Medicaid $159.50 $155.98 Managed care $361.81 $390.65 ^(1)^ Skilled nursing occupancy excludes our recently opened and leased West Virginia and Kentucky nursing centers. Two of the newly opened nursing centers are licensed to operate and are in the process of growing their occupancy as a percentage of licensed beds.The Kentucky center we leased effective September 24, 2012 is also excluded from skilled nursing occupancy. Patient Revenues Patient revenues were $79.1 millionin 2012 and $76.4 million in 2011. The increase is primarily a result of new facilities added in 2012 – one in West Virginia and two in Kentucky.These facilities contributed $4.3 million of revenue in the quarter.The West Virginia facility has completed the Medicaid and Medicare certification process and is growing census.The 154 bed leased facility in Louisville, Kentucky, was fully operational at the time the lease commenced. The average Medicaid rate per patient day for 2012 increased 2.3% compared to 2011, resulting in an increase in revenue of $0.9 million. This average rate per day for Medicaid patients is the result of rate increases in certain states and increasing patient acuity levels. The average Medicare rate per patient day for 2012 increased 2.2% compared to 2011, resulting in a net increase in revenue of $0.5 million. Expenses We have experienced a significant amount of non-recurring start-up losses during 2012 at our two newly opened centers. We expect both of these centers to be accretive to run rate earnings in 2013. Our newly opened West Virginia nursing center contributed $1.1 million in start-up and additional operating expenses over the $0.2 million we experienced in 2011. Our newly leased Kentucky nursing center in the reopening phase contributed $0.5 million in additional operating costs. The recently leased 154-bed skilled nursing center in Louisville, Kentucky, contributed $1.9 million in additional operating costs. Operating expense increased slightly to $61.7 million in 2012 from $60.4 million in 2011.While total operating expense increased by $1.3 million, the three recently added nursing centers contributed $3.3 million of costs in 2012 not present in 2011. Operating expense decreased to 77.9% of revenue in 2012, compared to 79.0% of revenue in 2011 due significantly to operational efficiency improvements at the Company's facilities. The largest component of operating expenses is wages, which with the addition of the new centers described above, increased to $39.0 million in 2012 from $38.1million in 2011, an increase of $0.9million, or 2.4%. We continued to see improvements in our labor costs as we adjust to lower Medicare rates and lower Medicare average daily census. Employee health insurance costs were approximately $0.2 million lower in 2012 compared to 2011. The Company is self-insured for the first $175,000 in claims per employee each year. Employee health insurance costs can vary significantly from year to year, and we continually evaluate the provisions of these plans. Bad debt expense increased approximately $0.6 million in 2012 compared to 2011, driven significantly by the growth in Medicaid patients undergoing the initial qualification process. Provider taxes increased $0.7 million primarily as a result of Alabama's provider tax increase. Professional liability expense was $4.9 million in 2012 compared to $3.4 million in 2011, an increase of $1.5 million. During the fourth quarter of 2012, we recorded as part of professional liability expense $2.5 million related to adjustments for open and settled cases from current and prior periods.Our cash expenditures for professional liability costs of continuing operations were $3.0 million and $1.2 million for 2012 and 2011, respectively. Professional liability expense and cash expenditures fluctuate from year to year based, respectively, on the results of our third-party professional liability actuarial studies and on the costs incurred in defending and settling existing claims. General and administrative expenses were approximately $5.5 million in 2012 compared to $6.2 million in 2011, an improvement of $0.7 million.We experienced a $0.2 million decrease in implementation costs of Electronic Medical Records, a $0.2 million decrease in bonus and stock based compensation costs, travel costs were $0.1 million lower, and we saw a decrease in legal costs of $0.2 million in 2012. Facility Renovations As of December 31, 2012, the Company has completed renovations at seventeen facilities. We are developing plans for additional renovation projects. A total of $25.8 million has been spent on the renovation program to date, with $19.1 million financed through Omega Healthcare Investors Inc., $6.0 million financed with internally generated cash, and $0.7 million financed with long-term debt. Conference Call Information A conference call has been scheduled for Friday, March 8, 2013 at 8:00 A.M. Central time (9:00 A.M. Eastern time) to discuss fourth quarter 2012 results. The conference call information is as follows: Date: Friday, March 8, 2013 Time: 8:00 A.M. Central, 9:00 A.M. Eastern Webcast Links: www.advocatinc.com Dial in numbers: 877.674.2413 (domestic) or 708.290.1366 (International) The Operator will connect you to Advocat Inc.'s Conference Call A replay of the conference call will be accessible two hours after its completion through March 14, 2013 by dialing 855.859.2056 (domestic) or 404.537.3406 (international) and entering Conference ID 12535401. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS The "forward-looking statements" contained in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are predictive in nature and are frequently identified by the use of terms such as "may," "will," "should," "expect," "believe," "estimate," "intend," and similar words indicating possible future expectations, events or actions. These forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and present our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this release. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements made in this release. In addition to any assumptions and other factors referred to specifically in connection with such statements, other factors, many of which are beyond our ability to control or predict, could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, our ability to successfully operate the new nursing center in West Virginia, our ability to successfully license, certify and operate the new nursing center in Kentucky, our ability to increase census at our renovated facilities, changes in governmental reimbursement, including the impact of the CMS final rule that has resulted in a reduction in Medicare reimbursement as of October 2011 and our ability to mitigate the impact of the revenue reduction, government regulation, the impact of the recently adopted federal health care reform or any future health care reform, any increases in the cost of borrowing under our credit agreements, our ability to comply with covenants contained in those credit agreements, the outcome of professional liability lawsuits and claims, our ability to control ultimate professional liability costs, the accuracy of our estimate of our anticipated professional liability expense, the impact of future licensing surveys, the outcome of proceedings alleging violations of laws and regulations governing quality of care or violations of other laws and regulations applicable to our business, impacts associated with the implementation of our electronic medical records plan, the costs of investing in our business initiatives and development, our ability to control costs, changes to our valuation of deferred tax assets, changes in occupancy rates in our facilities, changing economic and competitive conditions, changes in anticipated revenue and cost growth, changes in the anticipated results of operations, the effect of changes in accounting policies as well as other risk factors detailed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The Company has provided additional information in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December31, 2012, as well as in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which readers are encouraged to review for further disclosure of other factors. These assumptions may not materialize to the extent assumed, and risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to be different from anticipated results. These risks and uncertainties also may result in changes to the Company's business plans and prospects. Advocat Inc. is not responsible for updating the information contained in this press release beyond the published date, or for changes made to this document by wire services or Internet services. Advocat provides long-term care services to patients in 48 skilled nursing centers containing 5,538 licensed nursing beds, primarily in the Southeast and Southwest.For additional information about the Company, visit Advocat's web site: www.advocatinc.com. -Financial Tables to Follow- ADVOCAT INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In thousands) December 31, December31, 2012 2011 ASSETS: Current Assets Cash and cash equivalents $5,938 $6,692 Receivables, net 29,117 25,787 Deferred income taxes 5,305 6,041 Other current assets 6,496 6,800 Total current assets 46,856 45,320 Property and equipment, net 41,922 47,078 Deferred income taxes 12,352 10,352 Acquired leasehold interest, net 8,612 8,996 Other assets, net 5,221 4,998 TOTAL ASSETS $114,963 $116,744 LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY: Current Liabilities Current portion of long-term debt and capitalized $1,436 $1,131 lease obligations Trade accounts payable 4,460 3,871 Accrued expenses: Payroll and employee benefits 11,837 13,475 Current portion of self-insurance reserves 9,175 8,470 Other current liabilities 4,285 2,938 Total current liabilities 31,193 29,885 Noncurrent Liabilities Long-term debt and capitalized lease obligations, 28,026 28,768 less current portion Self-insurance reserves, less current portion 14,531 12,049 Other noncurrent liabilities 17,544 18,155 Total noncurrent liabilities 60,101 58,972 PREFERRED STOCK 4,918 4,918 SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 18,751 22,969 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY $114,963 $116,744 ADVOCAT INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (In thousands, except per share data) Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended December 31, December 31, 2012 2011 2012 2011 PATIENT REVENUES, net $79,134 $76,416 $308,072 $309,467 EXPENSES: Operating 61,666 60,364 242,591 239,674 Lease and rent expense 6,236 5,761 23,930 22,939 Professional liability 4,899 3,413 11,964 10,466 General and administrative 5,466 6,225 24,419 25,589 Depreciation and amortization 1,735 1,776 7,043 6,365 Asset impairment — — — 344 Total expenses 80,002 77,539 309,947 305,377 OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) (868) (1,123) (1,875) 4,090 OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE): Equity in net losses of investee (153) — (280) — Interest expense, net (711) (639) (2,809) (2,355) Debt retirement costs — — — (112) (864) (639) (3,089) (2,467) INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING (1,732) (1,762) (4,964) 1,623 OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES BENEFIT (PROVISION) FOR INCOME 481 611 1,747 (437) TAXES NET INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING (1,251) (1,151) (3,217) 1,186 OPERATIONS NET INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS: Operating income, net of taxes 116 16 123 181 Gain on disposal, net of taxes 4 — 174 — DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS 120 16 297 181 NET INCOME (LOSS) (1,131) (1,135) (2,920) 1,367 Less: income attributable to (17) — (126) — noncontrolling interests NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO (1,148) (1,135) (3,046) 1,367 ADVOCAT INC. PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS (86) (86) (344) (344) NET INCOME (LOSS) FOR ADVOCAT INC. $(1,234) $(1,221) $(3,390) $1,023 COMMON SHAREHOLDERS NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE FOR ADVOCAT INC. SHAREHOLDERS: Per common share – basic Continuing operations $ (0.23) $ (0.21) $ (0.63) $ 0.15 Discontinued operations 0.02 — 0.05 0.03 $ (0.21) $ (0.21) $ (0.58) $ 0.18 Per common share – diluted Continuing operations $(0.23) $(0.21) $(0.63) $0.14 Discontinued operations 0.02 — 0.05 0.03 $(0.21) $(0.21) $(0.58) $0.17 COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS DECLARED $0.055 $0.055 $0.22 $0.22 PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING: Basic 5,838 5,787 5,821 5,744 Diluted 5,838 5,787 5,821 5,906 ADVOCAT INC. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME (LOSS) TO ADJUSTED EBITDA (In thousands) For the Three Months Ended December 31, September June 30, March 31, December 31, 2012 30, 2012 2012 2011 2012 (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) Net income $(1,131) $20 $(433) $(1,375) $(1,135) (loss) Loss (income) from (120) (262) (8) 92 (16) discontinued operations Income tax (481) (368) (170) (728) (611) benefit Interest expense 712 705 704 702 640 Depreciation and 1,735 1,776 1,770 1,762 1,776 amortization EBITDA 715 1,871 1,863 453 654 EBITDA adjustments: Separation and related costs 15 57 102 484 67 (a) Electronic medical records 0 0 0 0 332 costs(b) New facility start-up 150 606 648 376 214 negative EBITDA(c) Adjusted EBITDA $880 $2,534 $2,613 $1,313 $1,267 (a) Represents the separation and related costs of Advocat Inc. (b) Represents non-recurring costs for implementation of our Electronic Medical Records in our skilled nursing centers (c) Represents the negative EBITDA associated with the new facility and venture start-ups of Advocat Inc. related primarily to the start-up of our Rose Terrace nursing center in West Virginia, our new nursing center in Clinton, Kentucky, and Advocat Inc.'s pharmacy joint venture partnership. ADVOCAT INC. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME (LOSS) FOR ADVOCAT INC. COMMON SHAREHOLDERS TO ADJUSTED NET INCOME (LOSS) FOR ADVOCAT INC. COMMON SHAREHOLDERS (In thousands, except per share data) For the Three Months Ended December 31, September30, June 30, March31, December 2012 2012 2012 2012 31, 2011 (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) Net income (loss) for Advocat Inc. $(1,234) $(82) $(534) $(1,539) $(1,221) Common shareholders Adjustments: Separation and related costs 15 57 102 484 67 (a) Electronic medical 0 0 0 0 332 records costs(b) New facility start-up 426 870 895 552 282 losses(c) Tax impact of above (150) (315) (349) (363) (204) adjustments (d) Adjusted Net income (loss) for $(943) $530 $114 $(866) $(744) AdvocatInc. common shareholders Adjusted Net income (loss) for AdvocatInc. common shareholders Basic $(0.16) $0.09 $0.02 $(0.15) $(0.13) Diluted $(0.16) $0.09 $0.02 $(0.15) $(0.13) WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING : Basic 5,838 5,828 5,825 5,795 5,787 Diluted 5,838 5,946 5,915 5,795 5,787 (a)Represents the separation and related costs of Advocat Inc. (b)Represents non-recurring costs for implementation of our Electronic Medical Records in our skilled nursing centers (c)Represents new facility and venture start-up losses incurred by Advocat Inc. related primarily to the start-up of our Rose Terrace nursing center in West Virginia, our new nursing center in Clinton, Kentucky, and Advocat Inc.'s pharmacy joint venture partnership. (d)Represents tax provision for the cumulative adjustments for each period. ADVOCAT INC. FUNDS PROVIDED BY OPERATIONS (In thousands, except per share data) Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended December 31, December 31, 2012 2011 2012 2011 NET INCOME (LOSS) $(1,131) $ (1,135) $(2,920) $1,367 Discontinued operations 120 16 297 181 Net income (loss) from continuing (1,251) (1,151) (3,217) 1,186 operations Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) from continuing operations to funds provided by operations: Depreciation and amortization 1,735 1,777 7,043 6,365 Provision for doubtful accounts 1,204 616 3,581 2,223 Deferred income tax provision (benefit) (976) (1,137) (1,411) 801 Provision for self-insured professional 1,723 1,915 3,789 1,573 liability, net of cash payments Other 164 189 889 1,617 FUNDS PROVIDED BY OPERATIONS $ 2,599 $ 2,209 $ 10,674 $ 13,765 FUNDS PROVIDED BY OPERATIONS PER COMMON SHARE: Basic $ 0.45 $ 0.38 $ 1.83 $ 2.40 Diluted $ 0.44 $ 0.38 $ 1 .80 $ 2.33 WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING : Basic 5,838 5,787 5,821 5,744 Diluted 5,935 5,877 5,922 5,906 We have included certain financial measures in this press release, including EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net income (loss) for Advocat Inc. common shareholders and Funds Provided by Operations which are "non-GAAP financial measures" using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) and using adjustments to GAAP (non-GAAP). These non-GAAP measures are not measurements under GAAP. These measurements should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information contained in our financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. We define EBITDA as net income (loss) adjusted for loss (income) from discontinued operations, net interest expense, income tax and depreciation and amortization. We define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA adjusted for separation and related costs and negative EBITDA of start-up facilities and business ventures. We define Adjusted Net income (loss) for Advocat Inc. common shareholders as Net income (loss) for Advocat Inc. common shareholders adjusted for separation and related costs and start-up losses associated with our new facilities and business ventures. Funds Provided by Operations is defined as net income from operating activities adjusted for the cash effect of professional liability and other non-cash charges.Management believes that Funds Provided by Operations is an important performance measurement because it eliminates the effect of actuarial assumptions on our professional liability reserves, includes the cash effect of professional liability payments, and does not include the effects of deferred tax benefit and other non-cash charges. Our measurements of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net income (loss) for Advocat Inc. common shareholders and Funds Provided by Operations may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. We have included information concerning EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net income (loss) for Advocat Inc. common shareholders and Funds Provided by Operations in this press release because we believe that such information is used by certain investors as measures of a company's historical performance. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net income (loss) for Advocat Inc. common shareholders are important performance measurements because they eliminate certain nonrecurring start-up losses and separation costs. Management believes that Funds Provided by Operations is an important performance measurement because it eliminates the effect of actuarial assumptions on our professional liability reserves, includes the cash effect of professional liability payments, and does not include the effects of deferred taxes and other non-cash items. Our presentation of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net income (loss) for Advocat Inc. common shareholders and Funds Provided by Operations should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or nonrecurring items. ADVOCAT INC. SELECTED OPERATING STATISTICS DECEMBER 31, 2012 (Unaudited) For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2012 As of December 31, Occupancy (Note 2012 2) Medicare Medicaid Skilled Room Room Licensed Available Nursing Licensed Available 2012 and and Region Nursing Nursing Weighted Nursing Nursing Medicare Q4 Board Board (Note 1) Beds Beds Average Beds Beds Utilization Revenue Revenue Revenue Daily ($inmillions) PPD PPD Census (Note (Note 3) 3) Alabama 790 783 715 90.5% 91.3% 13.4% 14.7 $ 431.41 $ 172.25 Arkansas 1,181 1,053 828 70.1% 78.6% 15.4% 15.6 388.96 165.64 Kentucky 759 745 685 90.3% 91.9% 15.6% 18.6 429.02 189.78 Tennessee 617 576 478 77.5% 83.0% 17.1% 9.2 405.41 141.86 Texas 1,859 1,669 1,293 69.6% 77.5% 9.6% 21.0 459.55 133.96 Total 5,206 4,826 3,999 76.8% 82.9% 13.4% 79.1 $ 423.37 $ 159.50 Note1: The Alabama region includes nursing centers in Alabama and Florida.The Kentucky region includes nursing centers in Ohio and West Virginia. The Tennessee region includes one nursing center in Kentucky. The number of Licensed Nursing Beds is based on the licensed capacity of the facility.The Company has historically reported its occupancy based on licensed nursing beds.The number of Available Nursing Beds represents licensed nursing beds less beds removed from service.Available nursing beds is subject to change based upon the needs of the facilities, Note2: including configuration of patient rooms, common usage areas and offices, status of beds (private, semi-private, ward, etc.) and renovations.Occupancy is measured on a weighted average basis.Licensed Nursing Beds, Available Nursing Beds, Skilled Nursing Weighted Average Daily Census and Occupancy excludes our recently opened West Virginia and Kentucky nursing centers.The new nursing centers are licensed to operate by the state of West Virginia and Kentucky and during the fourth quarter limited its number of patients while we completed the Medicare and Medicaid certification process. Note3: These Medicare and Medicaid revenue rates include room and board revenues but do not include any ancillary revenues related to these patients. CONTACT: Company Contact: Kelly J. Gill Chief Executive Officer 615-771-7575 Investor Relations: Charles Lynch Westwicke Partners 443-213-0504
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Silent Witness
Mark your calendar. August 29, two years ago, Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans. The howling wind shattered trees, moss-shrouded oaks that had shaded grateful pedestrians across centuries; it whipped roofs from shotgun houses, Creole cottages and antebellum mansions constructed by slaves brought to the city in chains; and it scattered people across the continent, whole families whose ancestors settled New Orleans before the United States became a nation. Then the water rose, an inundation caused by the storm's voracious tidal surge, the loss of thousands of acres of coastal wetlands sacrificed upon the altar of commercial gain, and levees built on the cheap and poorly maintained. The flood scoured away whole neighborhoods, leaving behind potters' fields.
No names of the dead will be engraved on walls; there will be no Freedom Tower. Instead, those responsible for this unnatural disaster hope that we will forget the storm's victims and survivors. For politicians, petroleum executives and engineers, there is little to be gained from our remembering Katrina--no wars to be ginned up out of this ruined city, no elections to be won by waving the stained garments of the dead. Meanwhile, New Orleanians are still on hold with insurance companies, busy hauling away moldy sheetrock or otherwise too consumed with sorting heirlooms encrusted with muck to scold us for ignoring them. What we have are scholars, memoirists, journalists and activists recalling the storm and foreshadowing what we'll miss if we continue on our path of forgetting. Their books, for now, are the best memorials to Katrina we have.
Douglas Brinkley's The Great Deluge, Jed Horne's Breach of Faith and Christopher Cooper and Robert Block's Disaster reject the Bush Administration's hollow plea not to play the "blame game." All three share subject matter--the run-up to the storm, the chaos after the levees failed and then, to varying degrees, the start of rebuilding--as well as a perspective of third-person omniscience. This point of view allows them to collapse time and space, surveying a panorama that includes Washington, Houston, parts of the Gulf Coast and New Orleans. But despite all they share, the three books differ on a critical question: how to apportion blame to characters ranging from the merely incompetent to the criminally negligent.
Take Brinkley's Great Deluge, a fine-grained account of the week surrounding Katrina. A historian at Tulane University, Brinkley crams huge quantities of riveting material into 700 pages. But working as a participant-observer, he's too close to the action. What results is less a work of "history," as promised, than a small archive--a trove of information and anecdotes--packaged as a disaster narrative, kin to David McCullough's Johnstown Flood or John Barry's Rising Tide. Brinkley, writing with fetid water still covering much of New Orleans, had to grasp for heroes where he could find them, usually in stories of regular people coping with the catastrophe. And he often resorts to cliche. Laura Maloney, an activist who saved hundreds of animals from the storm, "could have been a fashion model, with her long blond hair, perfect white teeth, and eyes that implied an internal kindness." Still, most of these portraits, particularly the case of New Orleans disc jockey Garland Robinette, who never stopped broadcasting as he rode out the storm, command attention and flesh out the disaster. And on the particulars of the events Brinkley covers, his book should be the definitive account for years to come.
What's most questionable is his argument that New Orleans's embattled mayor, Ray Nagin, deserves the lion's share of blame. For Brinkley, Nagin failed in ways too vast and various to be forgiven: to provision the Superdome, to evacuate the needy, to coordinate rescue and relief. Many familiar horror stories-- New Orleanians trapped on rooftops, starving in fetid shelters or dying for want of medicine--are punctuated in The Great Deluge with images of a callous Nagin. Rather than ordering an early mandatory evacuation, the mayor dithers as the storm approaches. With the water rising, he hides out at the Hyatt, ignoring havoc down the street at the Superdome. He later takes a luxurious shower aboard Air Force One, oblivious to a stream of displaced New Orleanians sweltering just minutes away.
On most counts, Brinkley's case has merit. But with drumbeat repetition, fair criticism becomes vendetta. It doesn't help that some passages flirt with racially coded language. Nagin is an Uncle Tom ("always deferential to whites"), a trickster ("spew[ing] anti- corruption jive"), all flash and no substance (a "show horse and not a nuts-and-bolts workhorse"), and he preens when he could be saving lives ("like a primping teenager"). The Great Deluge appeared on the eve of New Orleans's 2006 mayoral election, and it reads like campaign literature for the other side. But if that was the book's intent, it failed. Nagin won a second term.
Brinkley does catalogue the Bush Administration's ensemble cast of villains and buffoons. But his Nagin fixation and tendency to parrot Republican talking points--readers are asked, for example, to muster sympathy for Trent Lott, champion of tort reform, as he sues his insurance company for a payout on his Gulf Coast home--keep attention too tightly focused on local political figures. Horne's Breach of Faith, by contrast, feints at local and state politicians before focusing on federal officials: Congressional appropriators, enthralled by visions of small government; technocrats at the Army Corps of Engineers, as incapable of building stout structures as they are of telling the truth; Cabinet-level cronies, including Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff; and President Bush himself.
For Horne, an editor at New Orleans's Times-Picayune, Katrina's tragedy grew out of politics and policies--entrenched and complex systems--rather than anything so idiosyncratic as individual failures. Nagin is criticized for his mistakes but isn't demonized; his blunders are understood as byproducts of the disparate interests he must satisfy--including New Orleans's African-American and business communities?--and the complex city he governs. Horne also discusses Louisiana's lost wetlands, bemoaning longstanding regional economic priorities--petroleum production valued over ecosystem protection--that imperiled New Orleans. And he takes on the politics of flood control and the Byzantine relationships among agencies responsible for the city's decrepit levees and floodwalls. Horne's effort to fix blame for the flooding is excellent detective work and fine storytelling. He uncovers a variety of colorful characters, including the opinionated Ivor van Heerden, who waded hip-deep into controversey when he began investigating the levees' failures, excoriating the Orleans Levee Board and the Corps of Engineers.
The Corps isn't the only federal entity Horne unmasks. At FEMA, horse-show-promoter-turned-agency-director Michael Brown represented the norm, not the exception. People with no experience in emergency management filled five of FEMA's ten top spots when Katrina hit. The disaster thus became a case study for Grover Norquist's school of governance: The federal apparatus, though not yet small enough to drown in a bathtub, was no longer big enough to rescue New Orleans from the flood. And, Horne argues, the Bush Administration's obsession with terror compounded the problem. After 9/11, money once earmarked for levees or disaster response instead funded wars in Afghanistan and Iraq or found its way to the Department of Homeland Security's budget. "What mattered in the narrower context of the Katrina response was that both tenets of the Bush faith--the small-government mantra and the conviction that the nation's gravest threats were posed by the likes of bin Laden not Katrina--conspired to gut the nation's disaster response bureaucracy in the name of making the nation safer," Horne writes. The storm, then, demonstrated that a secure homeland was little more than Republican spin.


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* Police in riot gear remove more than 100 tents
* Protest supporters shout 'Shame on you!'
* Mayoral aide resigns, sees raid as a mistake
By Noel Randewich and Dan Levine
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov 14 (Reuters) - Police moved in early on Monday and cleared out anti-Wall Street protesters from Oakland's City Hall plaza, arresting 32 people but avoiding the sort of clashes that marked a previous attempt to shut down the Occupy Oakland camp.
Several dozen officers dressed in riot gear and carrying batons descended on the square shortly after dawn, but took a less aggressive approach than in a similar operation on Oct. 25 and were met with less resistance from demonstrators.
On Monday, officers in some cases were smiling and talking with protesters as they took down more than 100 tents, under illumination from the searchlight of a helicopter hovering overhead. A separate line of officers kept a chanting crowd from entering the camp.
Before the camp was completely cleared, a crowd of protest supporters outside shouted "Shame on you!"
One watching protester, Joanne Warwick, said the police action was disturbing. "Here we are after five weeks and we can't work this out," she said.
Describing the early morning raid as a mistake that could trigger more volatility, a top adviser to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan resigned on Monday over the city's actions.
Civil rights attorney Dan Siegel told Reuters he resigned at 2 a.m., before the raid on the encampment, after insisting police should protect, not dismantle, the camp.
"I feel like the city has really made a mistake in the way in which it decided to deal with Occupy Oakland," Siegel told Reuters. The decision, he said, was "putting city officials on the wrong side of the dispute."
In the October operation, police and protesters clashed near downtown Oakland in one of the most violent episodes since the anti-Wall Street movement began in New York in September.
Former Marine Scott Olsen was critically injured during that altercation, giving impetus to the demonstrations across the United States. Olsen, 24, was released from the hospital last week and has called for peaceful demonstrations.
The Oakland group has been among the most visible and active in the Occupy movement, which has mobilized protesters who object, among other things, to a financial system they say only benefits the rich. One major protest temporarily shut down the Northern California city's port earlier this month.
By morning rush hour on Monday, the City Hall plaza was closed off by fences. Collapsed tents and debris lay scattered throughout the plaza.
Police and a handful of protesters lingered along the edges of the plaza, the latter singing songs at an intersection blocked off by police as commuters rushed by to work.
"We had to bring the camps to an end before more people got hurt," Mayor Jean Quan told a news conference after the action. City officials hoped to reopen the plaza to protesters by 6 p.m. PST (0200 GMT on Tuesday), but would not allow camping.
"There will be a strong police presence at the plaza 24/7," said Acting Police Chief Howard Jordan.
The city of Oakland had put out a notice addressed to "Dear Business Leader" on Monday morning, saying the police were enforcing an order issued on Friday.
It said "the City could not assure adequate public health and safety in the plaza" the protesters had occupied, and suggested businesses might want to consider delaying the start of their work days on Monday.
The Oakland operation was one of several in recent days aimed at clearing protesters out of encampments authorities say have become dangers to public health or sources of crime.
The weekend saw police operations in Salt Lake City, Denver, and Portland, Oregon, as well as threats of action in other cities if protesters did not clear out on their own.
In St. Louis, where 27 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested on Saturday, attorneys for members of Occupy St. Louis planned to take their battle to regain their downtown campsite to federal court on Tuesday.
They seek an injunction that would allow an overnight presence in Kiener Plaza, the downtown city park near the Gateway Arch where they maintained a camp for six weeks.


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Djibouti Overview
Djibouti is a small country in which more than 23 percent of the population lives in extreme poverty. It is poorly endowed with natural resources and has limited arable land, rainfall and water. With less than 1,000 km2 of arable land (0.04 percent of 23,200 km2) and an average annual rainfall of 5.1 inches, Djibouti has a chronic food deficit and is totally dependent on imports to meet its food needs. As such, it is highly sensitive to external shocks such as spikes in food and fuel prices and natural disasters such as floods and droughts. Djibouti's economy is dependent on foreign financing, Foreign Direct Investments, rents from foreign countries' military bases, and port services, which capitalize on both the strategic position at the southern entrance to the Red Sea and the fact it is Ethiopia's main import-export route.
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A Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for 2014-2017 was launched in March 2014. This is the first World Bank Group strategy of this kind to combine the resources and expertise of the International Development Association (IDA), International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). The strategy is anchored in the Government of Djibouti's Vision 2035 development plan. The overarching objective of the CPS is to support the government's vision to reduce extreme poverty and build the foundations for shared growth by harnessing the country's human and economic potential. The strategy rests on two pillars—reducing vulnerability and strengthening the business environment—while focusing on institutional strengthening and gender as cross-cutting themes.
The World Bank provides assistance and funding to Djibouti through the International Development Association (IDA), a fund disbursing grants and credits to some of the world's poorest countries. The IDA portfolio for Djibouti comprises seven IDA projects with a net commitment value of about US$45 million as of March 12, 2015. The total undisbursed balance is about US$38 million. The World Bank teams have continued to leverage IDA resources through Trust Funds (TF), with a net commitment value of about US$12 million as of March 12, 2015. The current Djibouti portfolio – both IDA and TF – focuses on social safety nets, energy, rural community development, urban poverty reduction, health, education, and governance and private sector development.
The Bank has been the largest supporter of the health sector and the HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria Control program since 2001, through two projects: the Health Sector Development Project and follow-up Additional Financing of US$22 million, which closed in June 2012, and the HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Control Project of US$12 million, which closed in 2008. A new Bank-financed Improving Health Sector Performance Project for US$7 million was also approved in April 2013 that aims to improve healthcare services for maternal and child health, as well as communicable disease control programs.
IDA is also working with the Government of Djibouti to reform the telecommunications sector. A $2 million credit will be presented for approval later this fiscal year. Its aim is to set up the institutional and regulatory foundations of a sustainable open and competitive mobile market in Djibouti.
An IDA/IFC Governance for Private Sector Development Project was approved in June 2014. This is the first Bank Group project focused on supporting private sector development and is aimed at: improved access to financial services through the creation of a guarantee fund and modernization of payment systems; judicial reform as it relates to the resolution of commercial disputes; and support for business environment reforms in key areas measured by Doing Business. IDA and IFC initiatives will jointly support regional integration by strengthening cross-border trade through technical assistance to improve the quality and timeliness of related services and the establishment of a one-stop shop for business creation. Djibouti also benefits from a US$427 million guarantee from MIGA for the development, design, construction, management, operation and maintenance of the container terminal in Doraleh.
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The Bank has been supporting Djibouti for 33 years in various sectors.
The Strengthening Institutional Capacity and Management of the Education System Project (ACIGEF) became effective in January 2013. A number of achievements have been supported with this financing including: i) the development and implementation of annual work plans for a majority of the departments at the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training; and i) the renovation of four technical colleges, which was in progress during the reporting period. In addition, the Additional Financing for Primary Education Support Project (PAEP-IMOA EFA-FTI) and the Second School Access and Improvement Project (PAAE II) supported the country's second Education Action Plan by increasing equitable access to primary schools and providing the necessary equipment, materials and textbooks for children to learn. These interventions resulted in an increase in student enrollment, especially among girls. Achievements included, inter alia: i) a substantial expansion of school access with the construction of nine new schools and rehabilitation of eleven; ii) an increase in primary completion rate from 62% in 2005 to 72% in 2012; (iii) the increased capacity of the Ministry of Education to provide in-service training to teachers and school staff resulting, by end of 2011, in the training of 95% of teachers, and 100% of directors and inspectors; and (iv) the enhanced capacity of the country to meet the demand in textbooks by purchasing and producing quality textbooks adapted to the local context. By end of 2011, about 171,000 quality textbooks and pedagogical guides for primary schools were produced, and about 55,600 textbooks were purchased; this increased the percentage of students who have access to textbooks to 96 percent.
In terms of maternal and child health, the recently-closed IDA-funded health project contributed to a reduction in the Maternal Mortality Ratio from 546 to 383 deaths per 100,000 live births from 2002 to 2012. The under-five Mortality Rate was also reduced from 124 to 68 deaths per 1,000 live births between 2002 and 2012. Medically-assisted deliveries reached 87% in 2012, compared to 40% in 2002, and the proportion of children vaccinated against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus before 12 months increased from 45 percent in 2002 to 93% in 2012. HIV/AIDS prevalence among young pregnant women (15 to 24 years old) decreased to 1.4% in 2010, compared to 2.9% in 2002. In addition, the total number of paramedics enrolled in the High Institute of Health Sciences increased to 1,098 students in 2012 compared to 515 students in 2008.
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The World Bank is supporting Djibouti to build a productive social safety net (SSN) system. An innovative SSN project providing short-term employment in community-based labor-intensive work and supporting the improvement of nutritional practices among pregnant/lactating mothers and pre-school children was the center piece of the government's SSN strategy. The project, funded by a grant from the Japanese Social Development Fund and scaled-up with funds from the IDA Crisis Response Window and an additional IDA financing, has reached over 6,500 women and children who participated in the nutrition program and provided about 300,000 person-days of short term employment opportunities. The program contributed to diet diversification and improved nutrition practices among beneficiary households and has strengthened female empowerment. At project level, an integrated Management Information System covering the nutrition, as well as the workfare component has been developed to ensure efficient implementation of the social safety net project in Djibouti. At the national level, the project is supporting the development of a social registry that will be used by multiple programs and stakeholders, creating a database containing socio-economic/demographic characteristics of the population to target resources to the most needed; the social registry will spearhead, and eventually feed into, a national ID system.
With engagement since 1984, the World Bank has a long history supporting urban development in Djibouti. The Djibouti Urban Poverty Reduction Projects (DUPREP) I and II are innovative in their dual approach: infrastructure investment combined with social activities and institutional support. DUPREP resulted in improved access to basic infrastructure and community services via the construction of four major roads; creation of 25,000 person-days of short term employment opportunities; increased capacity building of selected institutions through the establishment of a financial and stock management system; and the funding of the City master plan. The ongoing DUPREP II is a follow-up to DUPREP which initiated the transformation process of Quartier 7. The main objective is to improve access to basic urban services in the neighborhood through support to infrastructure upgrading, institutional capacity and citizen engagement. DUPREP II has already been launched: (i) the DAOI of planned roads and associated drains have been launched; (ii) the Expression of interest for both Djaga Bouldouq urban restructuration study and Supervision of road works has been launched; and (iii) the urban and architectural study for Omar Gouled Central Square launched. The project should soon start showing positive impacts among Quartier 7 residents and urban environment.
The main objectives of the Power Access and Diversification Project (PADSE) which closed on December 31st, 2014, were to: (i) increase access of underserved populations to electricity services; (ii) improve EDD's efficiency through execution of investment operations aimed at reducing EDD's electricity losses; and (iii) reduce the negative effects of drought on water pumping in both rural and urban areas by strengthening the country's power supply resilience to natural catastrophes, through the creation of High Fuel Oil (HFO) and diesel security stocks. It allowed 12,000 people to access electricity, essential social infrastructures have been electrified and 199 street lights have been installed in the poor neighborhoods of PK12 and Balbala. This parent project enabled electricity access to 4% of the total population. Two additional financing have been granted (Grant H5740 and Grant H7830) in order to complete the above objectives. The project also financed the piloting of smart metering, with 3,300 meters deployed, which allowed the provision of better quality services by EdD to its clients, while enabling the company to reduce its losses, increase its profitability and improve capacity to cover costs. Moreover, a regulation on security stocks was promulgated to ensure diesel availability for the additional water pumping needs of the poor rural population in response to the prolonged state of drought in the country. Based on the regulation, the security stocks financed by IDA will be used in the next 10 years for water pumping during the 3 driest months of the year (June, July and August).
Rural Development:
The ongoing Rural Community Development and Water Mobilization (PRODERMO, 2012-2017), is the first rural development project supported by the World Bank in Djibouti. It is also the first project in Djibouti to support small scale fisheries activities. The PRODERMO applies an innovative participatory approach to water and agro-pastoral resource management as well as to the development of small scale artisanal fisheries, where beneficiary communities play an integral role, with technical assistance from the project.
PRODERMO contributed to: (i) the strengthening of the institutional framework through the constitution of 12 Local Steering Committees (including at least 2 women), 22 associations (among which 12 of women), 6 fishermen associations and 65 water management committees; (ii) the construction of 32 cisterns and 7 open reservoirs, with a total water mobilization capacity of 143,200 cubic meters; (iii) the selection of 32 income generating activities, (iv) the training of 783 beneficiaries, among which 250 women and (v) the creation of more than 94,000 person-days of temporary work. More than 750 households, 3,650 small ruminants and 970 large ruminants benefited from the water mobilized so far and 160 fishermen are benefiting from the recently rehabilitated Ice unit, allowing better fish conservation and improved quality.
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Science Writer - Draw it to Know it
Draw it to Know it: Sciences (DrawItToKnowIt.com) is looking for science writers in the fields of: Physics and Chemistry. Draw it to Know it employes a specialized, active learnign method in which students are taught scientific materials through the process of drawing it out.
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Visiting Assistant in the Dept. of Chemistry at Gustavus Adolphus College
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Gustavus Adolphus College invites applications for a full‐time one‐year position of Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry to begin September 1, 2015.
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We seek candidates who have an earned doctorate, but will consider candidates who have achieved ABD status. Candidates must have demonstrated excellence in teaching. A commitment to undergraduate teaching is essential; in their application candidates should discuss their commitment to teaching a student‐centered undergraduate chemistry curriculum in a liberal arts environment.
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Review of applications will begin on July 2, 2015, and continue until the position is filled. Preference will be given to complete application files received by July 2, 2015.
The Gustavus Department of Chemistry graduates approximately 30 majors each year. The Department prepares students for continuing education in post‐graduate professional programs in chemistry, environmental or healthrelated fields. Students are engaged in research experiences both within and outside of classes.
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P-Chem Instructor at University of North Colorado
Univeristy of North Colorado is looking for someone to teach some intro courses in Fall 2015 and the one semester Survey of PChem course and laboratory in Spring 2016.
For more information please visit the link: http://www.unco.edu/nhs/chemistry/faculty/barbera/index.html
Postdoctoral Scientist - Pharmaceutical Development (Small Molecules)
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- Develop analytical methods and characterize product variants
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This apartment is our own holiday home in Luxor. We have been visiting Luxor during the winter months for the last 5 years and...More information +
This apartment is our own holiday home in Luxor. We have been visiting Luxor during the winter months for the last 5 years and love the local culture, the history and the friendliness of the people so we decided to buy our own property there.
We would love to share our apartment with visitors who are looking for a relaxing and fulfilling holiday. We have a local British owned and managed estate agent who looks after the apartment and who will make your visit as comfortable and enjoyable as you would like it to be.
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The apartment was very spacious and comfortable and equipped with everything we needed.
Our children enjoyed the pool (which could have been warmer due to it being Januray, other residents told us it would be much warmer in the summer!) while we enjoyed the stunning views from the apartment.
The culture was interesting to us all and the locals were all extremely friendly.
We will be returning.
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My partner and I stayed here in February, we loved the location becauseof its quiet spot not far from bustling Luxor town.
The apartment washuge and had all the facilities needed. The swimming pool was dreamy andwas used almost every day for a swim or a cool down after a day out atthe temples.
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THE MIST is directed by Frank Darabont; after his somewhat misfire "The Majestic", he is poised to redeem himself with an adaptation of one of Stephen King's novellas. Darabont wrote the screenplay and directed this horror film that left a smile on my face after watching it in theaters. This film is a welcome return to contemporary horror filmmaking after an overload of tiresome torture flicks and Asian long-haired ghosts.
After an electrical storm hits a small town in Maine, a resident named David Drayton (Thomas Jane) with his son and "not in too much good terms" neighbor (Andre Braugher) goes to town to pick up some food and supplies. In no time at all, the area is engulfed with a mysterious mist with almost no visibility and brings nail-biting terror to all the people in the grocery store. Trapped inside, some people (with Toby Jones and Laurie Holden) look for a way to survive, while some led by a religious fanatic (Marcia Gay Hayden) look at the mist as a sign from God and a harbinger of end times.
The direction by Darabont is gripping. He successfully managed to bring out all the expected emotions when scared folks of different character with different beliefs come together in one enclosed space. The result is a nail biting, unsettling tale of suspense that is the result for survival and blind human panic. The ingenuity of "The Mist" is that it effectively avoids the usual clichés to generate sympathy and induce scares. The film relies on the emotional reaction of its characters; while it is a straightforward tale of man versus the unknown, he uses character interaction as a means to express raw fear and panic. This is a very effective approach as it preserves the film's premise as a claustrophobic situation and helped me realize the potential panic in this situation.
The Mist relies on its effective script to immerse the viewer in the hopelessness of the situation. Sure, it is not perfect, and has its weaknesses. The occasionally snappy banter in the film's first half of the film may turn off some viewers but I believe it helps the proceedings connect with the audience and give a subtle background of the town folk. The usual cliché of military blame is explored but the film quickly sidesteps this factor--the lack of a solid explanation may also frustrate some viewers. Some blood and gore is also inherent in the film but I think it was used sparingly and the timing/situation is perfect for such things; it never felt as a cheap way to generate routine scares. The screenplay relies more on cerebral suspense than on the computer-generated blood and effects to generate suspense.
I think the reason why "The Mist" is so effective is because the terror comes in two fronts of the battlefield. Mob panic and hysteria is promoted by a stupid religious zealot; Mrs. Carmody (Marcia Gay Hayden) who is made as the unbalanced villain. She fashions herself as the light and the messenger of God's word. She portrays God as a vengeful deity who is bent on "hellfire and brimstone" for all unbelievers. She feeds on a person's desire to be comforted and to belong in a very desperate situation. Carmody's sermons were rejected at first but human ineptitude takes its hold especially on a situation like this. The second source of horror is the rampage of the creatures that consists of spider-like and locusts-like creatures with almost "human" features threaten the lives of the people in the store. There are also a few giant-like monsters in the film but I think at this point, the less you know the better. I have to say that the threat of the creatures seemed very minor at the time compared to the threat of scared people who is willing to do anything to feed their misconceptions.
Aside from the direction and the strong script, the film's key to its success is the top-notched effects and creature designs. Although the creature designs may not be wholly original, they do look inspired and fit the film's representation of the unknown. The spider-like monsters may look rip-offs from other films of science fiction but they are nonetheless fitting to the film's tone. The performance of the cast is also worth mentioning. The main performers along with the supporting cast successfully portray their characters with convincing fervor; I couldn't help but become immersed in the proceedings. Frank Darabont seemed to have found the right actors for the right job.
"The Mist" may have strayed from the original ending as Stephen King's novel and would prove to be its main weakness. Myself, I rather thought it made the film even darker and unpredictable. The twist in the final act closes the film with a large exclamation point that portrays pure hopelessness and human error. THE MIST is an effective blend of intense human drama and raw terror that is very effective because it cuts through human emotion. It managed to sidestep the usual histrionics and replaces it with a beautiful bleak attitude bereft in ultimate irony. The film has a very honest but disturbing vision of human horror.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! For horror fans. [ 4+ stars]
Note: On the 2-disc edition of the film, there is a black and white version; which is arguably the better style and version. I think this is because that the film felt more like a classic contemporary horror film.
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