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Over 5,000 digital marketers gathered at the Jacob Javits Convention Center for the yearly ad:tech NY conference.
This year's ad:tech conference was especially exciting for our team, since it was our first event as Advertising.com Group. This was a great introduction to the industry about Advertising.com Group and successfully showed our unity and commitment to providing and end-to-end solution for publishers, advertisers and agencies. All of our teams from Advertising.com, Advertising.com Sponsored Listings (ASL), ADTECH, AOL Video and Pictela were represented and engaged with clients about the full suite of solutions under Advertising.com Group.
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Spatial Processes and Management of Marine Populations represents worldwide expertise in spatial features of marine population dynamics, spatial fisheries management applications, and technological advances in spatial fisheries research and management. Thirty-five peer-reviewed articles feature cutting-edge spatial research in analytical tools, modeling, life history patterns, distribution, physical environment, species interactions, and marine protected areas. The October 1999 symposium, held in Anchorage, Alaska, was the 17th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium.
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Dark Peak is a sci-fi thriller in the vein of The Philadelphia Experiment meets The Descent and based on a true story.
Written by Alistair Audsley and directed by Ben Jagger, the film tells the story of a group of hikers on Dark Peak who encounter a terrifying, mysterious force. The one surviving member must convince his rescuers that something is very wrong, so wrong that he cannot conceive of its full impact until it is too late.
Since WWII there have been over 50 unexplained air crashes on Dark Peak in the UK.
The film is being produced by Paul Tucker on behalf of Belief Films, who has been involved in producing films such as Braveheart, Aliens, King Arthur, Never Say Never Again, Hamlet, 101 Dalmatians, amongst many others, and John Adams of Angry Badger Pictures, whose credits include Mercenaries, Victim, Bashment, Cleanskin, Pimp and S.N.U.B! John Adams is one of the most dynamic young producers in the UK with a great commercial eye.
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The applicant, in providing information to the Public Health Division to demonstrate need for a proposed new hospital, must satisfy the criteria specified in the Certificate of Need Application Instructions (division 580). This response will include completing an analysis using the methodology of the division (division 590).
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94
As used in is division:
(1) "Acute Inpatient Care" means care provided in hospital beds, involving at least one overnight use of a bed. Acute inpatient care does not include skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, long-term care or supportive routine care for chronic disease or disability, convalescent care, or rest cures. Neither does acute inpatient care include outpatient or clinic care, emergency room care, outpatient laboratory tests, or ambulatory surgery. Acute inpatient care does include general medical/surgical care and short-stay specialty and sub-specialty acute care, including but not limited to gynecological, obstetrical, pediatric, ICU/CCU, psychiatric, alcoholism, chemical dependency, and rehabilitation care.
(2) "Acute Inpatient Bed" means a space with physical facilities which is being used to provide inpatient care to a patient located in a hospital and is intended primarily for occupancy by a patient who will be fed, lodged and treated on an overnight basis, except that newborn nursery bassinets, neonatal intensive care and labor room beds are not included.
(3) "Acute Inpatient Bed Capacity" is defined in OAR 333-545-0020(6), and means any space which could be made readily available for use as an acute inpatient bed, even if this space is not presently being used for this purpose.
(4) "Population-Based Discharge and Use-Rates" means rates based on geographical area patient origins and population rather than on the statistics of utilization of a single facility.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94; OHD 11-1998, f. & cert. ef. 10-22-98
Estimates of Need
The assumptions and methods described in this division are applicable to the interpretation of OAR 333-580-0040. Their practical purpose is to generate a range of quantitative estimates, against which to weigh the impact of qualitative factors, in determining bed need. This composite approach is necessary, in the absence of theoretically perfect and complete information about past, present and future.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94
The following general assumptions are made with respect to the balance between bed capacity and anticipated future utilization. In specific cases, certain assumptions may or may not apply:
(1) The annual patient days needed by the population of a health service area can be more confidently forecasted than the demand at a single hospital or local market area.
(2) Hospital service area patient days can be more confidently forecasted by isolating the trends in the area's population from trends in the area's use-rate (annual patient days per 1,000 population). The two trends can then be recombined by multiplication.
(3) Population-based acute inpatient use-rates (annual patient days in nonfederal, nonspecialty, short-term Oregon hospitals, divided by forecasted Oregon population) have declined for the past ten years, and are likely to continue to decline for the next ten years:
(a) Within the area to be served by the proposal, factors such as changing age structure of the population, transportation patterns and locations of physician specialists, may modify this effect, as may changes in the intensity or types of services delivered; and documented commitments to develop other procompetitive initiatives such as alternative delivery systems, selective contracting, successful competitive bidding, and other market oriented changes;
(b) At the applicant's request, the division may modify the general assumption that use-rate will decline. One basis for such modification can be documentation (which the division can validate) by the applicant that its facility does, or proposes to provide 30 percent or more of its services to meet elective acute care needs (which cannot be met at existing facilities in the hospital service area as defined in OAR 333-590-0050(1)) to individuals not residing within 50 miles by road in the case of nonemergency acute services; or 25 miles by road in the case of emergency acute services. In such a case, the applicant's population base for purposes of calculating use-rate will take into account the number of persons from outside the area to be served by the facility who are projected to use the facility;
(c) At the request of the applicant, the division may also modify the general assumption that use-rate will decline if the applicant provides documentation (which the division can validate) that its facility proposes to provide all or some of its services to members, subscribers and enrollees of institutions, HMOs or health care plans. In such cases, the population to be served by the facility will be considered to be the members, subscribers and enrollees of such institutions, HMOs or health care plans who reside in the facility's service area. In cases where the applicant provides or proposes to provide only a portion of its services to such members, subscribers and enrollees, the population to be served by the proposal will be adjusted on a proportionate basis. Assumptions as to the use-rate of such members, subscribers or enrollees will be based either on past experience of the institution, HMO or health care plan or, in the case where no past experience exists, on past experience of similar institutions, HMOs or health care plans in the state;
(d) At the request of the applicant, the division may also modify the general assumption that use-rate will decline if the applicant documents that its facility is either:
(A) A medical or other health professions' school; or
(B) A multidisciplinary clinic; or
(C) A specialty center; or
(D) A facility established or operated by a religious body or denomination to meet the needs of members of such religious body or denomination for care and treatment in accordance with their religious or ethical convictions, when these religious and ethical convictions demonstrably preclude use of established health care facilities in the area, and particular health care facilities provided for the purpose of rendering health care to such members. Utilization and beds at such facilities shall not be counted when considering the need for services at other facilities in the hospital service area.
(e) In such cases as stipulated in paragraph (d)(A), (B) (C) or (D) of this section, modification of the basic use-rate assumption shall be based on documentation (which the division can validate) by the applicant that a population different from or in addition to the hospital service area population (as defined in OAR 333-590-0050(1)) is served or will be served by the facility, and that this population has experienced trends in hospital use-rates which are different from those in the applicant's health service area. The use-rate assumption shall be modified only to the extent that the additional service area population or geographic area is taken into account. For example, if an applicant demonstrates that it draws patients from the entire state, then the use-rate would be assumed to decline at the statewide historical rate of decline.
(4) The share of patient days captured by a hospital in a given service area will generally be stable for the next ten years, unless local factors change.
(5) In estimating future market share, current hospital discharge data will be the basis against which the effects of factors such as population shifts; changes in future or past hospital location, service mix, age mix, or reimbursement mix; documented commitments to develop procompetitve initiatives such as alternative delivery systems, selective contracting and successful competitive bidding; and other evidence which may indicate changes in market share, such as projected decreases in market shares of other facilities, will be evaluated. The burden of proof shall be on the applicant.
(6) The use-rate of persons, ages 0 - 14, 15 - 44, 45 - 64, or 65 plus, from counties of origin expected to contribute substantially to future utilization of the hospital should be taken into account in interpreting quantitative estimates of future general use-rates, patient days and bed need.
(7) The number of beds needed to provide an anticipated range of patient days in a given hospital should be calculated to include an allowance for enough excess capacity to meet statistically estimated peak demand, taking into account number of beds, proximity to other hospitals, and feasibility of improved utilization through effective scheduling and other manage-ment actions.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94
Determination of Service Area for Existing Hospitals
For purposes of Divisions 545 through 670 of OAR chapter 333, the service area for an existing general hospital will be defined as including those zip codes from which either ten percent or more of the hospital's discharges originate, or in which the hospital has at least a 20 percent market share. Minor adjustments to the boundaries of the hospital service area may be made to create a contiguous service area or to conform more closely to the boundaries of demographic units for which census data are reported (county, county census division, enumeration district, or zip codes if conversion has been done).
(1) Discharge and patient day market shares in the service area of the applicant facility should be calculated from the most recent statewide patient origin studies. Changes in relative market shares should be examined if two or more such studies are available. Appropriate steps should be taken to adjust for comparability between these studies if they differ in number of hospitals included, and/or other pertinent factors. More recent patient origin data on a less than statewide basis may also be considered if a method of adjustment for balance-of-state origins and utilization acceptable to the division and the applicant can be developed prior to filing the application.
(2) Federal (V.A.) hospitals may be excluded from the calculation of discharge and patient day market shares, and from other steps in this methodology, but if federal hospitals are excluded from any step, they must be excluded from all steps. For instance, market shares cannot be calculated using nonfederal patient days when the service area use-rate is calculated based on combined federal and nonfederal patient days. If explicit adjustments for projected declines in users eligible for care in federal facilities acceptable to the division and the applicant can be developed prior to filing the application, this factor must be considered.
(3) In the absence of evidence to the contrary, current market shares will be expected to be stable. Factors to which consideration may be given include population shifts; different rates of population growth among subareas within the hospital service area; changes in hospital location service mix, age mix, reimbursement mix, transportation patterns, locations of physician specialists; projected changes in amount or types of utilization among other providers with market shares in the hospital service area; and documented commitments to develop procompetitive initiatives such as alternative delivery systems, selective contracting, successful competitive bidding, and other market oriented changes.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94; PH 29-2004, f.& cert. ef. 9-23-04
Bed Need Methodology for Proposed New Hospitals
The method for estimating bed need at a proposed new general hospital shall be consistent with the principles enumerated in OAR 333-590-0030, and the legislative findings and policy of ORS 442.025:
(1) Determine the service area of the applicant facility as those zip codes from which either ten percent or more of the hospital's discharges are reasonably expected to originate, or in which the hospital would have at least a 20 percent market share. Minor adjustments to the boundaries of the service area may be made to create a contiguous service area or to conform more closely to the boundaries of demographic units for which census data are reported (county, county census division, enumeration district, or zip codes if conversion has been done). If a project proposes to serve a population group with special needs or beliefs, those factors must be taken into consideration as indicated in OAR 333-590-0030(3).
(2) Determine the estimated population for the hospital service area identified in section (1) of this rule for the benchmark years 1970, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995, as a basis for estimating population for individual past and future years. Available historical information regarding changes in hospital service area, because of factors identified in section (1) of this rule, may justify numerical adjustments to base populations and increments under each of the following steps:
(a) For 1970 and 1980, use the available U.S. census counts;
(b) For 1985, use the estimates developed by the Center for Population Research and Census at Portland State University;
(c) For 1990 and 1995, official population forecasts developed by the Center for Population Research and Census (CPRC) should be used. If previously prepared forecasts are not available from CPRC for the service area, then the applicant should contact the division to prepare a joint request for preparation of a service area forecast compatible with county and state forecast series. The applicant shall pay any associated costs. All reports prepared by CPRC must be made available to the division;
(d) To ensure the consistency of special forecasts prepared by CPRC for applicant facilities, the division may develop a memorandum of understanding with CPRC which specifies that the method used to produce these special forecasts is the same as that used to produce the official county-level forecasts coordinated to the state forecasts;
(e) If CPRC does not make available single-year projections, use linear interpolation to obtain estimated service area population for years between 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995;
(f) The most recent CPRC estimates for years prior to the present year will be utilized;
(g) If age-specific forecasts are available, changes over time in the age composition of the service area population should be examined, and their implications for use-rates taken into consideration.
(3) Determine current year hospital service area and historical health service area population-based discharge and patient day use-rates from statewide patient origin studies. More recent patient origin data on a less than statewide basis may also be considered if a method of adjustment for balance-of-state origins and utilization acceptable to the division and applicant can be developed. The historical rate of change in health service area average use-rate shall be estimated by the median of the annual percentage changes for the years 1977 through 1983. For health service areas I, II and III, the annual rates of change are, respectively, minus 2.875 percent, minus 0.774 percent, and minus 2.788 percent. This general assumption regarding future use-rate may be modified if one or more of the conditions specified in OAR 333-590-0030(3)(b), (c) or (d) are met:
(a) Determine current year and historical utilization, by the service area population of existing facilities, using available patient origin studies and data from the Annual Reports for Hospitals for each of the prior ten years, unless a request is approved to use the Medicare Cost Reports. List, chronologically, factors which may have affected these statistics, such as population shifts, and changes in hospital location, service mix, age mix, reimbursement mix, transportation patterns, locations of physician specialists, and changes in the intensity or types of services delivered;
(b) Estimate future utilization rates by the hospital service area population, based on CPRC projected age/sex breakdowns, according to consideration of each of a range of age/sex adjusted use-rates based on the most recent available statewide patient origin study for:
(A) The state as a whole;
(B) The health service area;
(C) The nearest facilities with service mixes most comparable to the proposed facility;
(D) The nearest facilities with comprehensive service mixes;
(E) Available HMO age/sex use-rate data for California, Oregon and Washington.
(4) Develop a consistent and reasonable set of well-documented assumptions regarding the appropriate use-rates reviewed in section (3) of this rule, and regarding the extent to which utilization at the proposed hospital will be "new" utilization and the extent to which it will replace utilization at existing hospitals.
(5) Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of both "new" and "replacement" components of utilization, with respect to both the population to be served and existing facilities, considering the legislative findings cited in ORS 442.025 with respect to reasonable access to quality health care at a reasonable cost.
(6) Given all information from the preceding steps, and the five- and ten-year population estimates, compute the range of possible future patient days in five years and in ten years at the facility, allowing appropriate adjustments for out-of-area utilization and other special factors or considerations indicated in OAR 333-590-0030(3). The division will assume that health service area use-rates will decline for the next ten years at the rate indicated in section (3) of this rule. The burden of proof for any different assumption will be on the applicant.
(7) Convert each computed value of forecasted patient days based on preceding sections of this rule to average daily census (ADC).
(8) For each of the values computed under section (7) of this rule, estimate the statistical variability, or standard deviation, of the daily census by the following rules:
(a) For hospitals with an ADC of 50 or greater, the standard deviation of the daily census is estimated as 5.08 + .064 ADC;
(b) For hospitals with an ADC less than 50, the estimate of the standard deviation is indicated in Table 1:
Table 1
Average Daily Census — Estimated Standard Deviation
10 — 4.0
15 — 5.0
20 — 5.6
25 — 6.2
30 — 6.7
35 — 7.2
40 — 7.6
45 — 8.0
(9) Estimate the statistically expected daily census at the facility by applying an appropriate multiplier to the results of section (8) of this rule, and adding that product to the results of section (7) of this rule. Select the appropriate multiplier by the following rules:
(a) If the facility is more than ten miles by road from the nearest alternative facility, use a multiplier of 2.88 to assure an available bed on all but one day out of each 500 days, a 99.8 percent probability;
(b) If the facility is ten miles or less by road from the nearest alternative facility, use a multiplier of 2.33 to assure an available bed on all but four days out of each 365, a 99 percent probability.
(10) Using a ten-year projection from the calendar year of submission of the application, and the analysis in sections (4) and (5) of this rule, select from the results of section (7) of this rule the most likely average daily census, noting the assumption in section (6) of this rule. Include consideration of the following factors:
(a) Whether it is planned that new health services will be added, or existing ones expanded, decreased or deleted; the best feasible mathematical estimates of appropriate utilization levels and patient days generated because of such changes; and the best available evidence of whether these will be "new" days areawide, or will shift present areawide utilization patterns for the service(s), or both;
(b) Whether any new or expanded services will involve:
(A) Adding physicians up to, but not beyond, established minimum physician-to-population ratios for applicable specialists; or
(B) Adding physicians beyond such ratios.
(c) Utilization generated as a result of addition of physician staff members, up to ratios specified in paragraph (10)(b)(A) of this rule may be considered in addition to utilization projected using the use-rate assumption in section (3) of this rule. In the event that the proposed situation is as in paragraph (10)(b)(B) of this rule, the estimated utilization so generated will not be counted as need. Physician-to-population ratios will not be used as a basis for reducing projected utilization derived from the basic use-rate assumptions in section (3) of this rule;
(d) Established minimum physician-to-population ratios for various specialties are to be derived from the following references: Report of the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Vol. II, Modeling, Research and Data Technical Panel, DHHS Publication No. (HRA) 81-652, September 1980, p. 22; and M.A. Bowman, et. al., "Estimates of Physician Requirements for 1990 for the Specialties of Neurology, Anesthesiology, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Radiology", Journal of the American Medical Association, 250 (November 18, 1983): 2623 - 27, p. 2625. Physician-to-population ratios are to be derived using the estimated physician requirements in each specialty nationwide for the year 1990 from these studies; and the middle series projection of the 1990 U.S. population from "Projections of the Population of the United States: 1982 to 2050 (Advance Report)", Population Estimates and Projections, Series P-25, No. 922, Bureau of the Census, October 1982. This projection is 249,731,000 persons.
(11) Select, from the results of section (9) of this rule, the peak daily census associated with the result of section (10) of this rule. If this number of beds exceeds the present number of acute inpatient beds within 50 miles by road of the population to be served, the applicant must evaluate the extent to which admissions scheduling by the applicant or by existing institutions could alleviate the need for new beds. The division shall evaluate the extent to which procedures and treatments that could be accomplished on an outpatient basis are planned to be handled on an inpatient basis at the applicant facility, and may make a compensatory adjustment in the bed need estimate. In performing this evaluation, the division shall consult with professional review organizations, third-party payers, and professional and provider organizations. One indication of need for compensatory adjustment may be a case mix adjusted Medicare diagnosis related group (DRG) length of stay or admission rate in excess of those at comparable facilities.
(12) If the result of section (11) of this rule indicates that added beds may be needed in the proposed hospital service area, an applicant for a new facility shall weight its against the availability of beds at other facilities within 50 miles by road of the proposed facility's location and against the feasibility of alternative health care services, under OAR 333-590-0060.
(13) A certificate of need will be issued to meet the indicated need based on sections (11) and (12) of this rule, if supported by provisions of OAR 333-590-0060 and the division's findings on the criteria in Division 580.
(14) If the number of beds proposed at the applicant facility cannot be justified under these general acute inpatient rules, a certificate of need for new specialty beds will not be issued unless an adjustment is indicated because conversion of other beds to sufficient specialty beds to meet calculated specialty bed need is not architecturally and economically feasible.
[Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.]
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94
Relationship of Proposed New Hospitals to Existing Health Care System
An applicant proposing a new acute inpatient facility, rather than replacement or expansion of an existing facility, must weigh its plans against the availability of beds at existing, reasonably accessible facilities, especially those within the proposed service area of the applicant; and against the feasibility of development of alternative facilities and services. To develop a quantitative estimate of the situation, the following methodology will be used. Its results are to be evaluated against factors such as quality of care; types of services; levels of care available; anticipated changes in hospital locations, patient origins, service mix, age mix, reimbursement mix, transportation patterns, population shifts, and locations of physician specialists; and documented commitments to develop pro-competitive initiatives such as alternative delivery systems, selective contracting, successful competitive bidding, and other market oriented changes:
(1) Identify as other significant providers, those hospitals located within the service area of the applicant facility.
(2) For the applicant and for each other significant provider, estimate the anticipated commitment ratio, considering the ratio of each facility's patient days originating from the service area of the applicant facility, to the total patient days originating from that service area, using the most recent available statewide patient origin data, or a more recent less than statewide study, properly adjusted for balance-of-state origins and utilizations.
(3) Calculate expected first year average daily census at the applicant facility, based on OAR 333-590-0050(7), and for each other significant provider for that year.
(4) Calculate peak daily census for that year at each facility by applying the methodology in OAR 333-590-0050(6) through (9) to the service area and utilization statistics for these facilities, using a multiplier of 2.33 in order to adjust for the low probability that all facilities will simultaneously be full.
(5) Estimate the commitment of beds by each facility to the hospital service area at peak occupancy as defined in section (4) of this rule, by multiplying the results of section (4) of this rule by the commitment ratios calculated in section (2) of this rule.
(6) To estimate available beds at each facility, subtract the peak occupancy of each, as defined in section (4) of this rule, from:
(a) The capacity defined in OAR 333-590-0010(3); and
(b) The measure in subsection (a) of this section, plus "shelled space", that is, convertible space which requires construction rather than merely changing furniture.
(7) Estimate the number of beds in excess of peak occupancy which could readily be committed to the service area of the applicant, by multiplying the results from section (6) of this rule by the commitment ratios developed in section (2) of this rule.
(8) Taking into consideration the factors listed at the beginning of this rule, evaluate the feasibility and costs of meeting the estimated future need at the applicant facility, as determined under OAR 333-590-050, from the inventory of available beds identified in section (6) of this rule. Consider the financial feasibility of utilizing "shelled space" rather than new construction. The impact of approval of the proposal on the financial viability of facilities which share the applicant's market area shall be evaluated by the division using the financial ratios specified in OAR 333-580-0100(3) and (4).
(9) If need for acute inpatient beds is not demonstrated under OAR 333-590-0050; or if need is demonstrated but, under this rule, it is found that the need can be met by utilization of available beds at existing facilities which are within 50 miles by road of the proposed facility's location; the applicant must consider whether an alternative health facility, such as a freestanding emergency center, backed up by one or more existing acute inpatient facilities, would be the least costly way to solve the applicant's problem of meeting health care needs of the population involved. In addition, the applicant may prepare an analysis related to:
(a) Whether one or more of the factors indicated in OAR 333-590-0030(3)(b), (c) or (d) is likely to generate at least 30 percent or more of reasonably estimated acute inpatient care utilization by the population proposed to be served, and if so;
(b) Whether the applicant can document unsuccessful good faith efforts, prior to submission of the letter of intent, to arrange for utilization of existing facilities and/or services (if any such facilities or services exist within 50 miles by road of the proposed facility's location), consistent with meeting the needs of the population to be served in the least costly, least duplicative manner; and, if OAR 333-590-0030(3)(c) applies, consistent with the intended HMO service model and the provisions of section (10) of this rule.
(10) The division shall take into account the acute inpatient care needs of members, subscribers and enrollees of institutions, HMOs or health care plans, as defined in OAR 333-545-0020(14), that operate or support particular health care facilities for the purpose of rendering health care to such members, subscribers and enrollees:
(a) An applicant to serve such groups shall:
(A) Identify the needs of their members, subscribers and enrollees for the proposed facility or service;
(B) Demonstrate that the identified needs are reasonable when related to the health care costs of present and future members, subscribers and enrollees;
(C) Describe the proposal's potential for reducing the use of inpatient care in the community through an extension of preventive health services and provision of more systematic and comprehensive health services;
(D) Identify the availability, and estimate the cost, of obtaining proposed beds, services or equipment from existing providers in the proposed hospital service area, other than the applicant.
(b) A certificate of need shall be issued to meet the needs or reasonably anticipated needs of such group members when beds, services or equipment are not available from non-plan providers in the area to be served. Beds, services or equipment are not available to an HMO from a non-HMO provider unless:
(A) They would be available through a long-term contract of sufficient duration and with sufficient provisions for notice of termination to enable the HMO to negotiate an alternative contract with another non-HMO provider, or to develop facilities and/or service capabilities and operate same after notice of contract termination from the non-HMO provider;
(B) They would be available and accessible to physicians associated with the HMO on a basis comparable to physicians not affiliated with the HMO (e.g, HMO physicians have or will have staff privileges);
(C) They could be provided by a non-HMO provider in a manner that can demonstrate to be as cost effective as if they were developed and operated by the HMO; and
(D) They would be available in a manner that is consistent with the HMO's basic method of operation (e.g., acute care centralized at one non-HMO provider as opposed to contracts for care at multiple non-HMO providers).
(11) Based on subsections (9)(a) and (b), and (10)(a) and (b) of this rule, the division may consider proposed findings of need and feasibility, taking into account such factors as:
(a) At least 70 percent of the population to be served is more than 50 miles by road from the nearest hospital with 45,000 patient days or more in the most recent year for which data are available;
(b) Population base sufficient to sustain the new facility or service;
(c) Community effectively isolated from reasonable access to acute care services, given road and weather conditions;
(d) Financial condition of applicant adequate to handle consequences of failure of facility or service to open or to stay open, without financial impact on proposed population to be served;
(e) Whether the proposed service(s) and bed capacity(ies) represent the least costly approach, in relation to capital and operating expenses, to meet acute inpatient care need;
(f) Whether the facility, sized as required under subsection (e) of this section, is designed so that future expansion would be architecturally feasible;
(g) Restrictive admissions policies;
(h) Access to care for public paid patients;
(i) Restrictive staff privileges and/or denial of privileges at existing and proposed facilities.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94; OHD 11-1998, f. & cert. ef. 10-22-98
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I was reading a recommendation on pocket guns and the author stated his opinion that 9mm was the best choice for a pocket gun and that .32 was preferable over .380. Now I dont know too much about muzzle velocity, penetration depths etc, but I thought a .380 would be preferable over a .32 for a pocket gun.
Ring in with your opinion in the poll and leave comments too please.
You can get a 9MM in almost the same sized pocket pistol as a 380 so the 9MM is what I would choose and that is why I didn't vote for either.
Thanks guys. I dont disagree - the new 9mm's are very nice and a first choice for a pocket gun. My question remains about .32 vs .380 as a more effective (between the two) caliber for pocket carry.
I sometimes carry my .380 PPK/S, so I voted .380. For a gun that size, it doesn't make much sense to me to go any lower. Now, I've heard that for some of the smaller guns like the Kel Tec, recoil could be a factor and some prefer the .32 for that reason.
My $.02
I carry a KelTec P3AT as a pocket gun. I don't see how anyone can think a .380 is less effective than a .32. The .380 is bigger, heavier and more powerful. That's like saying a .40 is less effective than a 9mm.
I do grant that the .380 kicks harder in equivalent guns, but it's not like it's a .44 Magnum or anything.
I have yet to see a 9mm as thin and light as my P3AT.
The PF9 I'm buying later this week comes close enough...
At this stage I use/prefer 9mm, but the wife didn't like the "recoil" & my 92FS is a big gun (I'm looking for a smaller CCW).... so I picked her up a BERSA in .380 and she luvs it.
I shot it last Fri. You definately have got to use a firm grip & it seems fairly acurate to about 5-8yrd. But I found that any further than that, the .380 gets a little "wild" in accuracy downrange.
I'm attributing that it's probably more the small short/fixed barrel on the BERSA and my grip due to my large paws than the actual caliber drawbacks. But I also never had any illusions it would only be used as a "target" weapon, since we were shooting Winchester 95grn FMJ target rounds.
The wifey wants it for protection when she gets her CCP, so I picked up some Federal Premium Personal Defense Low Recoil Ammo 90grn JHP, and sofar the .380 seems at this point......to fit the bill.
AH......good coffee today
I carry the KT-3AT and I have shot it a lot. To me it is the perfect conceal gun. So far as bang for the buck it has it over a .32 anyday of the week. It's what I call a card table gun as you measure it in feet not yards for accuracy. They due recoil with a snap but if your use to the .357 it doesn't take long to get in tune with them.
Ballistics data from Guns & Ammo.
These are at 50 yds, I picked the highest figures.
Also note that barrel length affects velocity.
Max FPS Max Ft Lbs
.32 Auto 934 116
.380 1,153 207
9mm Luger 1,110 342
Thanks all!
You confirmed what I THOUGHT to be true - the .380 has better ballistics than the .32.
I read what I would characterize as hype about calibers like 22 Mag or 32 ACP and how they are more effective than this or that caliber as they penetrate deeper but frankly I'm always skepitical when the writers advice is contrary to elementary physics. Without getting into the big and slow vrs small and fast debate lets say that big and fast is better than small and fast.
Not really sure how anyone could believe a .32 bullet that weighs less and is going slower can have better terminal ballistics than a .380 bullet that weighs more and is going faster. The dumber-than-average Joe can figure that one out. Hell, if smaller/lighter/slower is better, then I guess a spitwad shot out of a straw will drop someone faster than a .50AE. Good thing my 5th grade teachers didn't think that way or I'd be in jail.
Spitwads can seriously sting though, lol.
if one likes to carry only a pocket pistol (i suggest 380) then is it correct to assume that they are usually not in an environment that they need to have a hip holster (bigger gun)?
assuming this is correct then if they do run into trouble wouldn't it stand to be true that the distances involved would be less than 5 yards?
if so then isn't it possible that the 380 is plenty good enough for such short distances?
near the turn of the century, in the big cities, didn't most 'gentlemen' carry a derringer - even 'cane guns' - in today's technology we can now carry a weapon smaller in size than the derringers and instead of 2 shots we have 7 available!!!
It's been years since I had a 380auto, and quite frankly never even looked at a .32 as a SD option. Over the last ten to twelve years, I'd now consider a .380 as a viable alternative again. As for the .32---well, they say something is better than nothing, but if I had to choose, I'd think about going with even the 22lr first. Just my opinion-all ballistics put aside.
An instructor I talk to dailys a .380 PPK and says that he instructs the students planning on carrying .380s to unload at least 4 rounds into the assailant with either hardball or JHPs. This makes sense, I've seen balistics tests for .380 hjps and most have decent expanding qualitys and apparently the Hornady XTP is meant to have a lesser expanstion to aid penetration. The instructor carrys Federal Hydra-shok. I think that's what I'd use in my P230.
How many guns can you palm like the Seecamp .32 and put several rds in the BG up close while his eyes are still bugged out? The element of surprise reigns supreme.


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So lovely. Thank you for this, @oji_dannelley, and your message needs to be heard. #poweron #disabilitypride #365dayswithdisability ・・・ A few weeks ago our Artistic Director challenged us to answer the following question: "WHY should people support physically integrated dance?" A lot of good answers were forth coming, and I thought about what my own personal goals are as a dancer with Full Radius. As a parent and a former teacher having the chance to help children envision their future was always a moving and powerful thing. All of them deserve to think "outside of the box" and Art nurtures and encourages that in their minds. ALL KIDS. There is a real image that physically integrated dance brings to the world. Especially for children with physical disabilities, who are not memes lookings with far fetched dreams of the dance. One of the amazing realities is that when the community supports the arts and specifically companies like Full Radius Dance, then little girls and boys in wheelchairs, or with any disability can, will and DO grow up to be professional dancers. This photo is the product of a project that counters the "inspirational" memes that have someone with a disability longing to be abled body. They do not need to be fixed, only challenged to open their minds to new possibilities. Full Radius Dance believes: Your body is perfect. Your body has undiscovered movement. Your body should experience dance." That is why I work for them, why I support them and why I think you should too. Please consider becoming a sustaining member and joining our Circle of Support now with your one-time or monthly gift. Donate securely online or by mail to Full Radius Dance / P.O. Box 54453 / Atlanta, GA 30308. Please see the link to our site below. https://www.fullradiusdance.org
There's a lot of talk about words in the disabled community. There are labels, qualifiers, politically correct terms, and personal preferences, not to mention pronoun wars. I refer to myself and to others who are bipedally challenged as gimp. That word has had strong negative associations. Overlooking these better-known definitions, I may point out that it also refers to a "cord of various colors/texture/materials bound together for strength and beauty." Look it up; I'll wait.
I begin with words because there's a word I've been wrestling with for all of 2015. It began with a song that wanted to "see me be…..", was pushed along by all those passers-by who felt compelled to tell me "I am so……", and ignited a firestorm over a "lady named Cait." I'll bet that if you're in the disability community, you know exactly what word I'm talking about. You're probably singing the song. You've probably bookmarked (or ranted at) the video.
Maybe it started as an innocent call to find courage within ourselves. But we were derailed with the patronizing label of "inspirational." Then there came a flurry of videos, memes, songs, and blog posts that ended with an all-out throw-down, with everyone claiming furious ownership of the b-word.
Who is brave, and who's not? What is brave, and what isn't?
Though memes can be as infuriating as anything else that boils a complex issue down into a picture and a few words, the social media frenzy got me thinking about my relationship to bravery.
Many people are surprised that a person like myself, who has been a performer most of her life, would have issues with being stared at in public. But those of us who transition into chairs later in life are often unprepared for the gut-wrenching terror that can occur on our first outing. We must learn just how inaccessible the world is, and how ignorant most businesses are of ADA rules, and take it in stride. (These new skills go hand in hand with PT and becoming a master of insurance codes.) But beyond these barriers, all disabled people have to find their own solution to the biggest hurdle: how they want to handle daily interactions with the public. I believe strongly that how one chooses to deal with the often well-meaning but nonetheless rude and ridiculous looks and words is a personal choice. Whether you adopt a constant "take no prisoners" stance or a laid-back "go with the flow" persona, I call it brave to expend that energy to maintaining your self-respect. But even in the disability community we call one person "brave" for aggressively calling out an able-bodied offender, and someone else "weak" for just letting it slide.
2015 saw a related social media war about the c-word. Seems like everyone wanted to define what's courageous, and what's not. If "courageous" means "proceeding forward in the face of fear," then how does an outside viewer judge how scared someone is? An event like taking your chair into an inaccessible building is terrifying to one person, but a piece of cake to another. Does that make the person who attempts the trip anyway is less worthy of the label? I think of courage as the difference between KNOWING in advance what you're up against, versus FINDING yourself in a place you never thought you'd be – and conducting yourself with bravery from there.
I think the bravest thing of all is to embrace the life you have, the life you find yourself in, and the life you choose to lead. The tired argument that "bravery" only has one form or one degree, and pre-judging which actions are inferior and unworthy of that label, is the very definition of a closed mind. And a closed mind is the ultimate result of fear.
But let's get back to those videos, and songs, and all the people who want to tell me how "brave" I am for just proceeding along the sidewalk in my chair like I had somewhere to get to. If you tell me I'm being brave for doing something YOU think you could never handle, it isn't a compliment to me. It's showing YOUR ignorance. On the other hand, treating me with the normal respect you'd show to any other person in the world is doing me honor. My grandmother always said "we ALL have a box of rocks." Though all the boxes might look the same, no one but the person carrying it knows how heavy it really is. I want a world where no one feels the need to judge how difficult another person's load is, and only show a willingness NOT to make it harder. To me, that is the confidence of knowing who you are, and choosing an audacious life.
"Disability is not a brave struggle or 'courage in the face of adversity.' Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live." –Neil Marcus.
When you are a border gimp, one of the first things you'll realize is that you are never enough of any one thing to please anyone. You can walk, perhaps with a decisive limp, but you CAN do it, appeasing those who are concerned that you will need special accommodations. When you walk, pain is always apart of the decision so you get really good at hiding it, a relief to those who are made uncomfortable from your mere presence. You find convenient excuses not to travel so long or so far. You learn to always have everything at hand. When you do move, you do so slowly and carefully, holding your body as firm and as erect as you can. You keep close to walls and other stable objects to catch an unexpected fault in your stride. You smile a lot, so folks don't look too closely at the unavoidable catch of breath or flinch of pain. You're clumsy but less an obstacle than in your chair. The chair gives you mobility but the world limits where you can go. First outings in chairs demonstrate just how "handicap accessible" the world and people around you, really are not.
Folks either can't look away from you, or refuse to see you at all. Your very presence makes them uncomfortable. They don't know how to act, so they either fall over themselves (and you) to "do" for you, or sprint and dash to get away from you. Either way, they wish you had just stayed at home.
People always want to know when you'll "be better". Why were you able to "walk" with a cane yesterday, but are in your chair today? They think to themselves, "There is NOTHING in this world that would put me in a wheelchair; I'd go down swinging." They secretly think you are a pretender to the handicap world. You must be in it only for the "attention".
There are medications to ease the pain, but even they are a double-edged sword. If you take them, you are "better", in that you are more mobile, less "gimpy", and easier to be around. You are also judged as an "addict". You are weak for not just "powering" through your pain with guts and guile. Surely exercise, meditation, biofeedback, yoga, acupuncture, prayer, crystals, and determination can overcome any hurt better than "drugs". There is the perpetual "have you tried….?" Everyone knows someone who has just what you have and tried whatever he or she is suggesting, and since it worked for them, it must be the cure. If you are relying on pills, then you have "given up".
Border gimps know that we HAVE, in fact, tried it all. We have allowed doctors and healers to poke, prod, prescribe, inject, inspect, and x-ray and MRI us to the very limits of our ability to withstand physically and our ability to pay financially. But whatever our reasons, (and they can be complex and varied), there comes a moment when we are face to face with a physician who eventually throws up his or her hands and says "there is NOTHING I can do." We have to accept that even "modern medicine" can't fix everything, and it cannot fix us.
It is usually at this point that one of two things happens on the medical front. One, the doctor decides that since there is no "treatment that will lead to a cure", he or she is done with you. That's the dreaded diagnosis of MMI, Maximum Medical Improvement. Even if you are still "broken" you are expected to be resigned to your fate. Yes, your pain, your symptoms are still ever-present, but since there is no prize of making you better, the doctor shows you the door. You are left to "just deal with it" for the rest of your life. One doctor, who by the way, had admittedly NEVER laid eyes on me, told me that I could "walk enough". Another told me, that though there were "abnormalities" in both MRI and x-rays, what I had wasn't, in his opinion, "significant". He was once a physician for a major league football team, and THEY played hardball all the time with "real" problems. Life sucks; get a helmet.
The second thing that happens is that they turn on you. Since they cannot figure out the "why" of your affliction, then there is nothing wrong with you. You are lying. You are exaggerating your plight. You are an attention seeking, drug-addict who is a weak, lazy, mentally unstable drama queen. No, they are not going to "treat" you anymore, because there is no "treatment" you responded to. You ask what to do, and as one doctor said to me, "Well, just stop it". Stop using a cane, stop walking with a limp, STOP being a whining pansy and just "pull yourself together".
It is about at this point that most border gimps buy into this crap. It is one of the stages of grief; denial. We are not only in mourning for our lose mobility, but are told the lost is all in our heads. So many of us has given in to the doctor's logic and said, "Well, I am all better now". Even with or without pain medications, we push our bodies to the breaking point to prove to ourselves that we were just being weak and silly. During this time, we power through each day in mind-robbing agony. We swim the river of denial. Our overtly brave happy faces turning on a dime to "unexplainable" tears mixed with random rage. We do more than "seize a day"; we wrestle it to the ground, punishing ourselves with pain in frustration that our will alone cannot conquer our condition. We give ourselves no mercy, because no one "believes" us. They say what we feel isn't real. We do this until our bodies give out. One day, there is no mental will or physical strength to get out of bed. We sink into a depression, hitting a wall without socially viable choices.
This is when the border gimps find they cannot physically live the "lifestyle" of a full time bi-ped. We want a life that is as rich and diverse and yes, even as free of pain, as anyone else. The smart ones begin to be their own advocate. If they are lucky, they have support of loved ones who will stick up for their right to make their own decisions about what sort of life they want. The very determined stick to their guns until they find a doctor who is more interested in helping them achieve that goal than "fixing" them. We want to STOP being patients and get on with whatever we were doing before we "starting going gimp". But those of us on the border have to first buck up to one major fact. There will ALWAYS be people who are going to disagree (sometimes loudly and obnoxiously) and criticize our choices. We must, unfortunately, come to terms that those people who do not know us, do not know our struggle, and do not know our bodies can go straight to Hell.
There will be prices to pay for this force of independence. If we make concessions to our bodies, be that a cane, a walker, a chair, we are exhausted by having to "justify" our daily choices. We have the ABILITY to walk, no matter what else is involved, so why are we drawing attention to ourselves and inconveniencing everyone around us. If we educate ourselves and conclude that pain medications in some combination remove some of the hurt and enhance for our own decided quality of life, again we are judged. Anything must be better than living "dependent" on "drugs," say people who have never lived day after month after year with constant, unfix-able hurt. Who wouldn't wish to live a life in which the daily choice isn't "pain or brain"? The fact is, time factored by education and experience gives one the right to make choices for oneself. If others think they "know better", there is no way to change their minds.
Sometimes worse are the "well wishers" those who can't help but "bless us" as if we were dying victims. They tweak their voices into the same high pitch tones one uses for simpletons and small babies. I have a blind friend who laughs when people speak "clear and slow" for her to better understand them. We will often suffer as politely as we can through their easing of their souls to tell us we are "so brave", "a trooper," or the worst of all, "an inspiration". We know they think they are being kind, but they do not know that all we really want is to go about each day just like everyone else. Good days and bad.
In my own life, I often attempt to cut these nice folks off with humor. It is how I have always lived, finding as much laughter in this crazy existence as I can. Yes, it IS a mask sometimes, but one that many use without malice. I smile as they fumble with which PC term I might be comfortable with, and then I let them off the hook. "I am a gimp, you are a bi-ped. You annoy the shit out of us," I add, with the same silly tone of a good Southern "bless your heart". They can't help it, so I try to move along.
Border gimps, however, are often those with "invisible disabilities" on good days. Please know, we do understand and appreciate what our bodies ARE still able to do. We have choices that others do not. We are wheelchair users, not confined to a chair, and we know the difference. (BTW, lots of gimps of any stripe HATE the phrase, "confined to a wheelchair" so all you bi-peds make note NOT to use it). Yes, for some of us, we must face that eventually those choices will become more and more limited, as many of us have degenerative problems that will only become worse with time. Yet all of us only want to have the best quality of life, which is what all humans strive for, or I optimistically hope they do.
Life is a struggle, and all of us have our own "box of rocks" to tote around. We like to give names, labels, to the weight of those stones, so we can identify them when we see one. It has taken me a long decade to come to understand all the names I carry. So all these words are written just to be a voice for those like me. If you read some truth from your experience, then know, "I am a Border Gimp too, and we are not alone".
One night I was riding with a friend downtown to a new club. The old club location had closed and I was telling him how much I was going to miss it. Once you navigated past the completely inaccessible front door, which I could do with the help of a cane and the strong arm of my date, that location was a dream of accessibility. All the floors were hard, with not a carpet to be seen! There were no stairs, only ramps. The ENTIRE bathroom was wide, not just the handicap stall. Even the mirrors were low enough so that you could actually check your makeup. It was a place I could dance, REALLY dance!
I had never heard of the new club we were going to, but it's the new location my monthly dance night peeps had selected, and I wanted to go to support the troops. Upon arrival, we managed a parking space right out front of the club -- often a good omen. My friend got out of the car to scope out the landscape, meaning finding out where (and if) the handicap accessibility would begin. The "afterthought" construction of the door we were guided to made me laugh. Imagine if you will, that just off the sidewalk there is a 2-inch high micro curb below a foot of actual ramp that's only about a foot and a half wide. At the top of this "ramp" there was another 2 inch micro curb, and then a decorative wood pillar in the middle of the door. So if one could somehow navigate the micro curbs to get to the "accessible entrance", one can't be more than 20 inches wide to pass through the door. Again, I was fortunate to have my cane and the two strong arms, but my heart began to sink.
When I entered I was greeted at the door by the host, who is a friend of mine. I slowly, and with all the politeness I have, navigated through the crowd to see that all the tables are the 4-foot high kind, complete with 3-foot high chairs. So my friend helped me up into the chair, and we parked my wheels underneath the table.
Now, I want to say that for the rest of the evening I had a good time. I talked with friends, enjoyed a REAL Long Island iced tea, and thought that the decor and atmosphere were lovely. But the general experience of marginal access was typical of the events I'm invited to. As I explained to my friend on the ride home, it's not that I think the organizers are being intentionally non inclusive. It's just they suffer from the same problem that most of our society does, in which accessibility is an afterthought.
I wrestle sometimes with how much I should say. I don't mean to be a bad sport. And as any gimp will tell you, we are so very often accused of wanting special treatment. It irks me, though, that simply wanting, no, needing a place to be accessible is considered "special treatment." And we fear that if we make a big deal out of it, maybe we won't be asked to other events. I currently still have the ability to be adaptive, yet I know that won't always be the case.
When I'm out for a night on the town, I really would like to leave my advocate hat at home. It so often clashes with my outfit. So I've been looking for a middle ground, maybe try writing some sort of letter to the organizers after the fact, to be used for the future. Yet I'm still not sure how to begin.
Atlanta is filled with wonderful old historic buildings and businesses. It's one of the things I love about the city. As much as I hate the dreaded lifts, to preserve the buildings integrity, I know that sometimes you have to get in the lift! I've lived in the city all of my life, and am blessed with many friends who never think twice about making sure that wherever we go, I can go too. But when I am going to a new event by myself, there have been many times when as soon as I get there, I turn around and go home. Sometimes it's because I can't get into the building at all. Sometimes it's just a day when my courage fails me, and I don't have it in me to be attracting unwanted attention, pity, or bubbling over with outrage over the lack of accessible design. My friend was surprised that that happens so often, and I said, "It's because we don't talk about it." I didn't add, "and I'm afraid folks won't want me around if I complain." It happens. Even when I'm just inquiring about accessibility prior to going to an event/class, and I'm NEVER contacted back. (Panic over not wishing to bring up the issue can do that.)
So how do you say to the organizers of such wonderful events, "I would love to go! But I know that location or that activity won't be accessible to me." Maybe I'm wrong, but it goes against my southern girl politeness to say "If I go, will the group make sure that I will not be left behind, or put off in a corner?" Because sometimes in these old buildings, a wheelchairs lucky to get through the door at all, and getting all the way into the actual space isn't an option.
Am I being a princess? Am I being a baby? Am I being a burden?
See, I don't want to be any of those things. I don't want anyone to be responsible for the emotional turmoil that being a "border gimp" brings me in those kind of social situations. For that matter, most gimps don't want to be put in that position at all. I'm not looking for pity, I'm just unsure on how to proceed. And by that I mean, how to proceed in a way that is comfortable for ME, and not necessarily what another person thinks I might should do. Not all of us are comfortable ALL THE TIME to speak up or out in EVERY situation. It shouldn't make us cowards if we'd like to NOT jump up on a soap box every time one appears. So I'm working on it. And I share these words with you, in the hopes that it will spark not a debate, but LISTENING. This is how I feel: even when I shouldn't, or "that wasn't what was meant" or I wish I'd stayed at home,
I'm not going to stay at home, that's just not me. I just have to think it through
This month, Atlanta was host to the 27th Annual Dragon Con, an event I have attended every year. This time round I was asked to participate in a documentary about cosplay** and disabilities, with a focus on DC characters. As I was posing for some shots as "Bat Girl aka "Oracle", a few on lookers asked "is the chair PART of your costume?" Since the character is written as a wheel chair user, I understood their query. However, when I was in other costumes, from Trekkie to steampunk, I was asked the SAME question. In reality this line of thought isn't anything new.
It surprises folks that the TOP query we get at Full Radius is, "do they REALLY need those wheel chairs?" It is even put to us in the form of "why did you CHOOSE wheel chairs as part of the vision of this choreography?", as if they were props. During our last school tour, when Douglas thought to begin the proceedings with the answer "Yes, these dancers REALLY need their chairs", it still cropped up in one form or another. I think children respond to their natural keen sense of observation, picking up quickly who can leave their chair to sit on the floor, do a hand stand, move a foot. Perhaps they are thinking "if they can do THOSE things, then the chair surely isn't a "necessity".
However kids aren't the only ones who question something that opens their minds to the possibility that what they perceive and what is actually possible might not be the same thing. Ten years ago when I was just an audience member, I greatly respected Mr. Scotts version of "able blindness". He saw each body as "perfect, with the potential for undiscovered movement and you could tell it fed his work. That ALL bodies not only COULD experience dance, but under his direction that WOULD. Part of the artistic vision of FRD is that we are all dancers first. Some of us may not have the stereotype body shape or physicality that prevails in the forum, but this is what makes our work wonderfully different and challenging for both performers and audience.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
on the radio
I thought I would consciously avoid incorporating anything at all about horse riding, as I know that I often get carried away with that -- but of course, I couldn't quite resist.
Listen to the interview HERE.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
sharing a center
So many titles surfaced -- you can take your pick – it takes two / two as one / seamless / mobius / give and take / giving weight / pouring weight / follow the weight / the flow of weight / flow the weight / the shifting of the weight.
Weight, momentum, inertia and what happens in relation to these forces when one moving body comes into contact with another moving body forms the basis for an art form called Contact Improvisation. I was fortunate to have Alexander Technique students who were teaching it when I first came to New York. Created by a modern dancer who was also an aikidoist, it is an improvised exploration of bodies in motion. Sometimes more interesting to experience than to watch, it has influenced post modern dance and the sensitivity training of young dancers for over 30 years. It is also an evident influence on the choreography of the most famous ice dancing couple ever, Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean.
A couple of summers ago, my horse riding friend, Annelie, visited the USAF Summer Camp where she bravely got on the mat with me and had her first experiences of the art of aikido. She had a rather unique approach to learning which involved asking me repeatedly, 'where should my weight be now?' A lot of people want to know where to place their feet or what to do with their arms, but Annelie always wanted to know where to shift her weight. Sometimes I had to go through the movement several times myself before I could answer her – my unconscious competence carried me through the techniques without too much analysis after so many years of repetition, but her questions led me to a new perspective.
The more I learn about riding horses, the better I understand why she approached this learning experience based almost solely on what happened to the weight in her body – did it shift forwards, or backwards, and at which moments did it change? She knew instinctively that the quality, location and movement of the weight through her body, down through her legs and feet was fundamental to what we were trying to accomplish in aikido, just as it is in horse riding. I thought about this for months afterwards and spent a lot of time on street corners and subway platforms and also on aikido mats and yes -- even on the back of a horse while riding -- experimenting with the shifting of my weight and also the accepting of weight through my bones.
The aspect of the interaction shown above which is most interesting to me is the progressive blurring of the boundaries between the two skaters as they mirror and then match each other's movement, gradually closing the distance and eventually each maintaining their own perfect integrity of self while both giving and receiving weight. I watch the dance over and over, invariably swaying in my seat, following the hypnotic path of the weight which they expertly funnel back and forth between them. What happens during those rare moments when two become more like one? This is what continues to intrigue me about the art of horse riding, as well as aikido and other artistic forms involving partnering.
Now in the midst of the Winter Olympics, it's timely to share this clip and some of the myriad impressions it evokes in me. If you have the patience to watch through the rather long introductory section you will be richly rewarded. In this performance filmed during their professional career, they push the artistic envelope, having the freedom to leave some of the rules and restrictions of competition behind.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
fascinating rhythm
The giant metronome in the sky – that's how I came to think of the incessant and precisely regular sound. It would have been maddening, except for the fact that it seemed to pulse at a tempo perfectly suited to the trotting gait of the horse I was riding that evening -- another lovely autumn night in the outdoor ring. Clear and not too cold, it was apparently also perfect for the local marching band practicing somewhere off in the distance, using an amplified electronic metronome to keep them in step.
Well, of course, I knew rhythm to be important in riding and horse training but that evening I had a very tangible experience of the effect of regularity, repetition and consistency on both my horse and myself. I found it impossible to keep from posting the trot to the beat of the metronome. So after my initial resistance, thinking 'when will that infernal pounding stop!?' I surrendered and noticed how happily Knickers seemed to be ticking along, dropping his head slightly, blowing out and shaking himself like a big dog, quickly settling down to trot easily around the ring. We both became somewhat mesmerized and I found that soon I hadn't a care in the world.
The experience stayed with me and in my musician's heart I began to ponder the significance of rhythm – a concept I had come to take for granted throughout many years of musical training. I started questioning some of my musical friends, particularly those who play jazz and Latin music, I pulled out all of my various dressage and horse training books and began to think about rhythm – in music and in horse riding, soon finding more complexity than I first imagined. However, today, as we mark the end of a year's cycle, I feel compelled to make a few beginning observations.
Rhythm is a vibrational phenomenon, and it exists at many levels and across time scales. Some say that our relationship to rhythm is established in our mother's womb as we are literally immersed in the beating of her heart. Throughout our lives we experience layer upon layer of rhythms and cycles from the rising and setting of the sun, the phases of the moon, and the turning of the seasons. From the micro to the macro level, rhythm makes time apparent to us.
So, rhythm includes periodicity and regularity, contains the element of tempo, can create shape, is predictable -- the feeling of knowing what is coming next allows for relaxation. I have the rhythm of my work day, my week, the rhythm of an hour's aikido class or a weekend intensive seminar. These days I also have the regular structure of a riding lesson – a similar progression from preparation, warm up, through gradually more demanding movements, including periods of greater and lesser intensity, ending with a winding down to walk on a long rein, halt and dismount. Like a musical phrase, a song or a symphony, a short story or a novel – each has a certain form and tempo, a rhythmic framework.
Our rhythmic sense should be completely natural and inherent, yet not everyone seems to be able to express it equally well, to "tap into it," to "go with the flow." If rhythm is so closely connected to relaxation, then it certainly makes sense that tension is the enemy of rhythm. Any method for releasing excess tension, whether through the Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, meditation or constructive rest, allows us more access to this quality we all seem to crave: the pulse which has the ability to mesmerize and enthrall and which in turn puts us even further at ease.
The subject is deep and broad and all-encompassing and its application, especially in horse riding and training, so integral, I am quite certain that "I do not know what I do not know" – you know what I mean -- but it is so irresistibly fascinating that it must be explored.
And, what could seemingly illustrate rhythm more perfectly than – tap dancing! Ring in the New Year with this over-the-top number as Eleanor Powell dances to…what else – Fascinatin' Rhythm! Fortunately, even the low resolution film quality cannot disguise the precision of her body mechanics. Note her ability to isolate body parts, the easy poise of her head and if you wonder how she can move and lift her legs without disturbing her overall coordination – it's the psoas (core strength) muscle. Enjoy!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
the maestro
"Equestrian art is the perfect understanding and harmony between horse and rider."
--Nuno Oliveira
Enraptured, I watched in amazement, and could only feel that this must be the epitome, the ultimate expression of equestrian artistry -- its complete embodiment. Nuno Oliviera (1925 – 1989) personifies effortless elegance in this rare footage from his earlier years. Horse and rider are seamlessly inseparable – he transcends their duality, creating a palpable demonstration of oneness. Where does one being end and the other begin?
The creation which results is it seems greater than either could achieve alone – the horse has become a willing partner, allowing the man to experience a physicality impossible without his mount. And while a horse's movements at liberty are undeniably beautiful, somehow the rider is able to draw out and reveal to us unimagined potentials in the horse. Their synergy positively takes our breath away.
The caption of the video "travail d'un cheval" or "work with a horse" describes not a choreographed artistic performance but rather the patient, precise and utterly consistent process of communication by a master training a pupil. The addition of the wonderfully complementary musical track may enhance the aesthetic impact, yet as I watch again in silence I find it even more magical. This masterful rider seems able to place the center of himself lower than his physical body, somewhere inside the horse – creating the effect of the mythical centaur.
What is he actually doing, I feel desperate to understand -- he is leading and following at the same time! How is he able to do this? I sense an utter absence of muscular willfulness, an infinite patience and what must be great sensitivity to every nuance of the horse's response. And, sure enough, I perceive not just the rider's spine but his whole head and torso being used as a tool with energy directed both upwards and downwards, and often in both directions at the same time. As I watch I feel a vague kinesthetic resonance in myself – we all must have had certain experiences -- pure and unfettered, at some point before we began accumulating our many habits of movement and reaction.
The riding is really just too exquisite – I soften inside, release my preoccupation with understanding how, and surrender to the sheer ecstasy of simply knowing that someone has lived who experienced this depth of understanding and this relationship with horses.
Apparently, as he worked, Maestro Oliviera often listened to arias from the operas he so loved – the Italian masters Verdi or Puccini. Watch the footage above with and without the soundtrack and you will find all the qualities of musical expression even in silence: lyricism, drama, the dynamic shaping of a phrase through accumulation of energy and its release, rhythm and tempo, and of course harmony, and even – harmonic dissonance! Do you sense it?Click HERE to view another much shorter video clip of this incredible master.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
a moving stillness


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Matt & Ali :: Expecting
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Ali's gorgeous hair and makeup were done by Jessica Belknap.
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i tried but had a lot of problems, i also found out that xebian doesn't seem to launch properly from xbmc (would just hang or power off xbox), i had to go into evox then launch it from there! (latest xbmc 19 jan 2006). i found a preinstalled myth-xbox on bittorrent and used that instead, but still had to spend a day reading & configuring to coax it to work. linux won't boot with my x2vga hidef pack attached though (even at 640p).
regarding xbmc mythtv ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmcmythtv/ )
i found it easier to run mythtv-setup on backend machine (from xterm) and configure it to use /myth/cache for ringbuffer rather than add another samba share just for the /cache/cache knoppmyth default. first you must run xterm on backend machine, login as root, create the folder then run mythtv-setup thus
# mkdir /myth/cache
# chmod 775 /myth/cache
# chown mythtv:mythtv /myth/cache
# mythtv-setup
leave card settings alone on both dialogs, go into general settings, 2nd page, and set "directory to hold the live-tv buffers:" to /myth/cache. press next til you get to finish, then esc and do # reboot to reboot backend machine
xbmc myth uses scripts so is not as good as a proper myth front end but a hell lot more convenient and 100x easier to set up. you may find it awkward to install as helpfile is confusing. here's my xbmc/scripts/xbmcmythtv/settings.xml if you get stuck. (search/replace 10.0.0.30 with ip of your mythtv backend machine (not xbox ip!) then ftp over to your xbox.
Quote:<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<paths_recordedprefix>smb://mythtv:[email protected]/myth/tv</paths_recordedprefix>
<paths_livetvprefix>smb://mythtv:[email protected]/myth/cache</paths_livetvprefix>
note current version does not support .22 of knoppmyth (svn) but does support .30 and higher. ironically .22 has a newer version of mythtv than .30 .
you also need to ssh to the mythbackend machine, login as root then comment out skip-networking in /etc/mysql/my.cnf (add a # before it so it = #skip-networking) .
then ensure samba is running on backend machine by doing
# /etc/init.d/samba start
# update-rc.d samba defaults
(2nd line makes it run every time)
now back over to the xbox. on xbmc go to settings | system |cache) and set video cache ! local network = 1024kb. now you can run the xbmc mythtv script, run test in setup (to check it passes config test then hopefully watch livetv/recordings etc. if it doesn't work check through all this again, check ip addr of backend and other stuff is correct in xbmc-myth settings.xml file etc, check backend is working properly itself with frontend on its own machine)
notes :
> no sound while watching livetv = menu | audio and check "audio stream" is set to 1
> video jaggy (very noticeable on football) = go into menu | video settings | interlaced handling = deinterlace (or try auto)
note: when you change menu settings it may close the video down, in which case press back then go into livetv again, as sometimes you just get weird error messages after this if you just reselect the channel.
> press select / x-button on remote to select a new channel without closing current one. from here you can also press b twice to get to front menu so you have tv running in background while doing other stuff on xbmc, pretty cool! to get back to full video, press x-button. you'll have to re-run the script though to chnage channels etc. you may not then be able to play livetv as backend thinks its already playing, just play a 'recorded show', exit then try again. if it still doesn't work, you'll have to tsh to the backend machine, login as root and do # /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend restart
initially i wasn't too impressed with xbmc-myth but the fact it integrates into xbmc and is soo much easier and more convenient than trying to run a full bloated mythtv front-end on xbox makes me think it has a lot of potential. it deserves a mytv icon on the main screen!
off to read up on python...


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Feb. 8, 2012
Recap | Box Score | Quotes | Photo Gallery
4: Skylar McBee made four 3-pointers, his most in SEC play in his career.
10: The Vols have won 10 games in a row in the series with South Carolina, the longest win-streak in the series.
10: Tennessee made 10 3-pointers, the Vols most in an SEC game this season and equalling their most in two years as they also made 10 vs. LSU last season (1/26/11).
38: The Vols attempted just 38 field goals in the win. It was the lowest total for the Vols since Feb. 25, 1997, when UT shot 18-of-33 in a loss to Kentucky.
1,000: Cameron Tatum became the 44th Vol in history to score 1,000 points as he reached the mark with a 3-pointer in the final minute of the first half.
- Senior guard Cameron Tatum became the 44th all-time member of UT's 1,000 Point Club and the third Georgia native to reach the plateau.
- Tatum scored his 1,000th career point with a 3-point field goal with 39 seconds left in the first half.
- Tatum became the 16th Vol with 1,000 points and 200 assists in a career. He now has 1,000 points and 207 assists.
McBEEE FOR THREEE
- Junior Skylar McBee made his second-career start and made the most of it with his second-consecutive game in double-figures as he scored a career-high 18.
- McBee nailed three consecutive 3-pointers late in the first half as the Vols went on an 14-4 run to end the first half. That gave him 11 first-half points. All 11 points came in the half's final 2:54.
- It was McBee's eighth game this season in double-figures and 11th in his career.
- Sophomore guard Trae Golden returned to the starting line-up after coming off the bench for the first time all year in the win over Georgia. Golden netted 14 points for his 17th game in double-figures this season and in his career. He has three of those games in his last four.
- Junior forward Jeronne Maymon scored in double-figures for the fifth game in a row with 12 points. It was Maymon's 16th game this season with 10 or more.
- Kenny Hall made his first start in an SEC game and pulled down 10 rebounds, his third game this season in double-figure boards and first since he had 10 vs. Austin Peay (12/10/11).
- Hall now has five-career game in double-figure rebounds.
- The Vols won despite the fewest field goals attempted since Feb. 25, 1997, making 19-of-38 vs. South Carolina. Back in 1997, UT shot just 33 field goals (making 18) in a 74-64 loss to Kentucky.
- Tennessee has not won a game with 38 or fewer field goal attempts since at least 1986-87. Research will be done to find out the last time the Vols won with fewer field goal attempts.
- The Vols depended on the 3-point shot heavily in the win over South Carolina as Tennessee canned 10-of-20 from beyond the arc. The last time the Vols made more than 10 in an SEC game since Jan. 31, 2009, when UT shot 12-of-28 in a 79-63 win over the Gators.
- The Vols high for 3-pointers in an SEC game last season was 10 vs. LSU on Jan. 26, 2011 as UT shot 10-of-26.
- The Vols have won nine of their last 10 home games. UT is 11-3 at home in 2011-12.
- Tennessee has won every home game since topping UNC Asheville on Dec. 20, 2011 with the exception of a tough three-point loss to current No. 1 Kentucky on Jan. 14.
- UT's current 10-game win streak is the longest in the series by either team, and the Vols also have won 10 straight over the Gamecocks in Knoxville.
- The 10-game win streak is the longest for UT over an SEC opponent.
- Tennessee leads the all-time series 36-23. The Vols have won 23 of the last 31 meetings between the schools.
- When the series is played in Knoxville, the Vols own a 23-7 advantage. Tennessee and South Carolina met for the first time on Jan 15, 1927, in Columbia. The teams played off-and-on between the 1927 and 1972 seasons but did not play from 1972 until 1988 when the series was renewed
- Cuonzo Martin went with his fifth different starting line-up this season (Skylar McBee, Trae Golden and Cameron Tatum at the guards and Jeronne Maymon and Kenny Hall in the front court). The Vols are now 5-0 when a line-up makes its debut.
- Tennessee won its opener vs. UNC Greensboro (11/11) with Kenny Hall, Maymon, Jordan McRae, Trae Golden and Tatum.
- UT beat Florida (1/7) with Renaldo Woolridge, Maymon, Josh Richardson, Golden and Tatum.
- The Vols topped #13 UConn (1/21) with Jarnell Stokes, Maymon, Richardson, Golden and Tatum.
- In its last game, Tennessee started the line-up of Richardson, Tatum, Maymon, Stokes and McBee as the Vols beat Georgia (2/4).
- The Vols head to No. 8 Florida for a Saturday match-up at 4 p.m. The game will be broadcast on the SEC Network and can be heard on the Vol Network.
- Tennessee returns home to face Arkansas next Wednesday night at 8 p.m. That game will be on the SEC Network and heard on the Vol Network.


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Land Rover LR2 Recall 12V563000
Rear Brake Caliper May Come Loose
40 vehicles are being recalled because the brakes may fail due to a rear brake caliper coming loose from its mounting. The loose caliper could also strike the wheel resulting in sudden deflation of the tire.
Land Rover will notify owners of the affected vehicles beginning on or before January 18, 2013. If you notice any abnormal noise from the rear of the vehicle, especially while braking, or you don't receive notification and you feel you should have, please contact your Land Rover dealer. It's helpful to have your vehicle identification number (VIN) handy when you call. Land Rover recall number is P029.
The brake calipers hold the brake pads in place and use hydraulic pressure to press the pads against the rotors when the brakes are applied. The bolts that hold the rear calipers in place may not have been sufficiently tightened during vehicle assembly. If the mounting bolts were to come loose, the caliper could detach from the vehicle resulting in loss of braking ability. The loose caliper could also strike the wheel, causing sudden deflation of a tire. Either of these situations may increase the risk of a crash. Land Rover dealers will inspect and tighten the rear brake caliper mounting bolts to correct this concern.
December 6, 2012
Jaguar Land Rover is recalling certain model year 2012 LR2 and Range Rover Evoque vehicles manufactured on June 11, 2012. The rear brake caliper retaining bolts may be insufficiently torqued.
Insufficiently torqued brake caliper bolts may result in the brake caliper detaching. A detached brake caliper may lead to a loss of brake function. Additonally, the caliper may strike a wheel resulting in the sudden deflation of a tire. Either situation may increase the risk of a vehicle crash.
Jaguar Land Rover will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and tighten the rear brake caliper retaining bolts, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on, or before, January 18, 2013. Owners may contact Jaguar Land Rover at 1-800-452-4827.
Land Rover's campaign recall number is P029. Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Recall data provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


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Personal Unblocking Code is popularly known as PUK Code. PUK code is required when your SIM card is blocked. All mobile users need PUK code once they have done something wrong with the setting of their mobile phone. For example you might have changed the settings of your mobile phone using SIM card and done something wrong and your SIM got blocked. After that if you will try to operate any thing in your mobile phone then it will ask you to enter PUK code to unlock the mobile phone. The Blocking of your SIM card is done to prevent any misuse. This will basically happen if you have entered wrong code three times in settings then this is the main reason why your SIM card got blocked by your network operator and at the end you have to enter the PUK code of your SIM card. PUK code number is a unique number for all SIM card.
How to Get PUK code for Vodafone SIM card
You can get the PUK code of any mobile SIM network by just calling on their customer care number. You do not have to talk to customer care to get your PUK code, if you are a Vodafone user. The Computer generated customer care will tell your PUK code. For Vodafone Users, you can get it easily by completing few steps from any other Vodafone user's mobile. Suppose you have a Vodafone mobile network SIM card then if your SIM is blocked then you can not make a call to even customer care from your mobile. In that case, no need to worry. Just take your friends cell phone if he is having SIM Card of Vodafone. Call to the customer care number.
Ok. Wait.
I will write the complete steps for getting PUK code and you just follow each step from your Vodafone mobile number.
1. For Vodafone, Customer care number is 111. Call to 111.
2. Now Listen to the computer generated voice. You have to press 6 to know about PUK code.
3. Again listen carefully. It will ask you to press 2 to get your PUK code.
4. Once you have pressed 2 then it will ask you to enter the 10 digit Vodafone number.
5. Enter the number of your blocked Vodafone mobile. After you have entered your number it will tell you the PUK code. Write it down on a paper and end the call.
Now you can use this PUK code to unlock your mobile phone. Keep this PUK code at the safe place and use it when ever you get similar kind of problem.
Note: If your SIM is not blocked then better to keep your PUK code from beginning so that if you get into trouble then at that time it will help you. So, follow the above step to know your PUK code and note it into your dairy so that later you can use it.
Please share this post with all your friends who are using Vodafone and it will help them in that case. Thank You for reading this post.


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Why choose one mountain when you can try three ski areas for less than the price of a single day Sugarbush lift ticket?
The package includes Standard Room, Sugarbush Shuttle, Continental Breakfast and a combination Ski the Valley PLUS lift ticket valid at:
- Sugarbush's Lincoln Peak
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Package rates start at $85 midweek and $135 weekends per person per night for double occupancy in a standard room plus taxes.
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7 day advance reservations required with a three night minimum stay.
Package valid January 1 – March 31, 2017 excluding holiday periods (MLK Weekend and President's Week).


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Diddy Dances With Q-Tip at SummerStage Concert
Central Park SummerStage is a tradition in New York, one in which music lovers flock to in order to catch a free show from an array of artists. This past weekend Q-Tip took to the stage, after performances by openers Benji B, Little Dragon and Max and D.A. of pop band Chester French and rocked the park at the Giant Step sponsored event.
The 'Renaissance Man' ran through his set with the energy and exuberance he's known for but it was his impromptu dance partner who stole the show.
While fans surely won't forget the SummerStage performances of Tribe classics, including 'Bonita Applebum,' 'Award Tour' and 'Sucka N—a,' it was Diddy's participation on Tip's solo hit 'Vivrant Thing' that made the crowd go wild. Sean "Diddy" Combs took it back to the '90s with the Puff Daddy two-step/shuffle as he danced alongside Tip. Anything and everything can happen in New York!