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Anthroposophic medical therapy in chronic disease: a four-year prospective cohort study
The short consultation length in primary care is a source of concern, and the wish for more consultation time is a common reason for patients to seek complementary medicine. Physicians practicing anthroposophic medicine have prolonged consultations with their patients, taking an extended history, addressing constitutional, psychosocial, and biographic aspect of patients' illness, and selecting optimal therapy. In Germany, health benefit programs have included the reimbursement of this additional physician time. The purpose of this study was to describe clinical outcomes in patients with chronic diseases treated by anthroposophic physicians after an initial prolonged consultation.
In conjunction with a health benefit program in Germany, 233 outpatients aged 1–74 years, treated by 72 anthroposophic physicians after a consultation of at least 30 min participated in a prospective cohort study. Main outcomes were disease severity (Disease and Symptom Scores, physicians' and patients' assessment on numerical rating scales 0–10) and quality of life (adults: SF-36, children aged 8–16: KINDL, children 1–7: KITA). Disease Score was documented after 0, 6 and 12 months, other outcomes after 0, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, and (Symptom Score and SF-36) 48 months.
Most common indications were mental disorders (17.6% of patients; primarily depression and fatigue), respiratory diseases (15.5%), and musculoskeletal diseases (11.6%). Median disease duration at baseline was 3.0 years (interquartile range 0.5–9.8 years). The consultation leading to study enrolment lasted 30–60 min in 51.5% (120/233) of patients and > 60 min in 48.5%. During the following year, patients had a median of 3.0 (interquartile range 1.0–7.0) prolonged consultations with their anthroposophic physicians, 86.1% (167/194) of patients used anthroposophic medication.
All outcomes except KITA Daily Life subscale and KINDL showed significant improvement between baseline and all subsequent follow-ups. Improvements from baseline to 12 months were: Disease Score from mean (standard deviation) 5.95 (1.74) to 2.31 (2.29) (p < 0.001), Symptom Score from 5.74 (1.81) to 3.04 (2.16) (p < 0.001), SF-36 Physical Component Summary from 44.01 (10.92) to 47.99 (10.43) (p < 0.001), SF-36 Mental Component Summary from 42.34 (11.98) to 46.84 (10.47) (p < 0.001), and KITA Psychosoma subscale from 62.23 (19.76) to 76.44 (13.62) (p = 0.001). All these improvements were maintained until the last follow-up. Improvements were similar in patients not using diagnosis-related adjunctive therapies within the first six study months.
Patients treated by anthroposophic physicians after an initial prolonged consultation had long-term reduction of chronic disease symptoms and improvement of quality of life. Although the pre-post design of the present study does not allow for conclusions about comparative effectiveness, study findings suggest that physician-provided anthroposophic therapy may play a beneficial role in the long-term care of patients with chronic diseases.
The short consultation length in primary care (average 7½–15½ min in seven European countries
Whereas sufficient time with the physician is a high priority for primary care patients
AM is a complementary system of medicine founded by Rudolf Steiner and Ita Wegman
Certification as an AM physician requires a completed medical degree and a structured postgraduate AM training according to international criteria
AM physicians have prolonged consultations with their patients. These consultations are used to take an extended history, to address constitutional, psychosocial, and biographic-existential aspect of patients' illness, to explore the patient's preparedness to engage in treatment, and to select optimal therapy for each patient
In Germany, several health benefit programs ("Modellvorhaben") have included the reimbursement of additional time spent by physicians providing complementary therapies
Study design and objective
This is a prospective four-year cohort study in a real-world medical setting. The study was part of a research project on the effectiveness and costs of AM therapies in outpatients with chronic disease (Anthroposophic Medicine Outcomes Study, AMOS)
Setting, participants, and therapy
All physicians certified by the Physicians' Association for Anthroposophical Medicine in Germany and working in an office-based practice or outpatient clinic in Germany were invited to participate in the study. The participating physicians were instructed to enrol consecutive patients fulfilling eligibility criteria. Inclusion criteria were (1) outpatients aged 1–75 years, (2) an initial AM-related consultation ≥ 30 min with the study physician for any indication (main diagnosis). Exclusion criteria were previous AM-related consultation ≥30 min for the main diagnosis. Patients were treated according to the physicians' discretion. Therapies were classified as: physician-provided AM therapy (AMT: AM-related consultations with study physicians, AM medication), AM adjunctive therapy (AM art therapy, eurythmy therapy), non-AM adjunctive therapy (all other therapies).
Clinical outcomes
• Disease severity was assessed on numerical rating scales
• Quality of life was assessed with SF-36® Physical and Mental Component Summary Measures, the eight SF-36 subscales, and the SF-36 Health Change item
Disease Score was documented after 0, 6 and 12 months, other clinical outcomes after 0, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, and (Symptom Score and SF-36) 48 months.
Other outcomes
• Adjunctive therapy and health service use in the pre-study year was documented at study enrolment, use in the first study year was documented after six and 12 months, and use in the second study year was documented after 18 and 24 months. Items were: medication (additional documentation after three months), physician and dentist visits, paraclinical investigations, inpatient hospital and rehabilitation treatment, surgeries, physiotherapy, ergotherapy, psychotherapy, Heilpraktiker (non-medical practitioner) visits, and sick leave.
• Use of diagnosis-related non-AM adjunctive therapies within the first six study months was analysed in patients with a main diagnosis of mental, respiratory or musculoskeletal diseases, or headache syndromes. Diagnosis-related therapies were any of the following therapies, if used for at least one day per month: Mental diseases: psychotherapy (in children ergotherapy or play therapy), antiepileptic, psycholeptic, analeptic, and anti-addiction drugs (ATC-Index N03A, N05-06, N07B); Respiratory diseases: relevant drugs (H02, J01-02, J04-05, J07A, L03, R01, R03, R06-07) or surgery; Musculoskeletal diseases: immunosuppressive, musculoskeletal, analgesic and antidepressant drugs (L04, M01-05, M09, N02A-B, N06A), physiotherapy or relevant surgery; Headache disorders: analgesics, antimigraine drugs and antidepressants (C04AX01, C07AA05, C07AB02, C08CA06, C08DA01, N02, N03AG01, N06A, N07CA03).
• Therapy ratings were documented after six and 12 months: Patient rating of therapy outcome, patient satisfaction with therapy, therapy effectiveness rating by patient and physician.
• Adverse drug or therapy reactions were documented during the first 24 study months: cause, intensity (mild/moderate/severe = no/some/complete impairment of normal daily activities); Serious Adverse Events (physician documentation).
Data collection
All data were documented with questionnaires sent in sealed envelopes to the study office. Physicians documented eligibility criteria; all other items were documented by patients (by caregivers of children < 17 years) unless otherwise stated. Patient responses were not made available to physicians. Physicians were compensated € 40 per included and fully documented patient, while patients received no compensation.
Data were entered twice by two different persons into Microsoft® Access 97. The two datasets were compared and discrepancies resolved by checking with the original data.
Quality assurance, adherence to regulations
The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine Charité, Humboldt University Berlin, and was conducted according to the Helsinki Declaration and the International Conference on Harmonisation Good Clinical Practice guidelines. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients before enrolment.
Data analysis
Data analysis (SPSS® 13.0.1, StatXact® 5.0.3) was performed on all patients fulfilling eligibility criteria. For continuous data the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test was used for paired samples and the Mann-Whitney U-test for independent samples; median differences with 95% confidence intervals (95%-CI) were estimated according to Hodges and Lehmann
Participating physicians
78 physicians screened patients. 72 physicians enrolled patients into the study; these physicians did not differ significantly from all certified AM physicians in Germany (n = 362) regarding gender (59.7% vs. 62.2% males), age (mean 45.4 vs. 47.5 years), number of years in practice (17.5 vs. 19.5), or the proportion of primary care physicians (80.6% vs. 85.0%).
Patient recruitment and follow-up
From 1 July 1998 to 31 March 2001, a total of 260 patients were screened for inclusion. 233 patients fulfilled all eligibility criteria and were included in the study (Figure
Figure 1
Patient recruitment and follow-up
Patient recruitment and follow-up. *18-, 24-, and 48-month follow-up questionnaires were not sent to patients enrolled before 1 Jan 1999.
73.8% (172/233) of patients were enrolled by general practitioners, 9.4% by paediatricians, 4.7% by internists, and 12.0% by other specialists. The physicians' setting was primary care practice (84.1% of patients, n = 196/233), referral practice (9.0%), and outpatient clinic (6.9%).
98.3% (229/233) of patients returned at least one follow-up questionnaire. The 12-month questionnaire was returned by 89.7% of patients; these patients did not differ significantly from non-respondents (10.3%) regarding age, gender, diagnosis, disease duration, baseline Disease Score, or baseline Symptom Score. Corresponding dropout analyses for the 24-month follow-up also showed no differences. The physician follow-up documentation was available for 84.5% (197/233) of patients after six months and for 81.7% after 12 months.
Baseline characteristics
Most frequent main diagnoses, classified by ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition), were F00-F99 Mental Disorders (17.6%, 41/233 patients) J00-J99 Respiratory Diseases (15.5%), M00-M99 Musculoskeletal Diseases (11.6%), G00-G99 Nervous System Diseases (9.9%), and L00-L99 Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Diseases (9.0%). Most frequent single diagnoses were depression (6.9%, 16/233 patients), headache/migraine (5.6%), recurrent infections (3.9%), fatigue (3.4%), asthma (3.4%), and atopic dermatitis (3.4%).
Median disease duration was 3.0 years (interquartile range (IQR) 0.5–9.8 years, mean 34.9 years). The patients had median 1.0 (IQR 1.0–2.0) comorbid diseases. Most common comorbid diseases, classified by ICD-10, were M00-M99 Musculoskeletal Diseases (17.0%, 56 of 329 diagnoses), J00-J99 Respiratory Diseases (9.7%), and F00-F99 Mental Disorders (9.4%).
The patients were recruited from 15 of 16 German federal states. Median age was 38.0 years (IQR 23.0–47.0, range 1.0–74.0 years, mean 34.9 years). Compared to the German population, socio-demographic items were more favourable for education, occupation, income, alcohol, smoking in females, overweight, sport, and severe disability status; items were similar for unemployment, living alone, smoking in males, and underweight; and were less favourable for work disability pension and sick-leave (Table
Table 1
Socio-demographic data
Study patients
German primary care patients
Female gender
Age groups
0–19 years
20–39 years
40–59 years
60–75 years
Adult study patients enrolled after 1. Jan 1999
German population
"Fachhochschule" or university entrance qualification
University degree
Wage earners
Unemployed during last 12 months
Economically active patients
Living alone
Net family income < 900 € per month
Alcohol use daily (EYT) vs. almost daily (Germany)
Regular smoking
Sports activity ≥ 1 hour weekly
Age 25–69
Body mass index < 18.5 (low)
Body mass index ≥ 25 (overweight)
Permanent work disability pension
Severe disability status
Sick leave days in the last 12 months, mean (SD)
Economically active patients
22.4 (44.8) days
17.0 days
The duration of the initial AM-related consultation leading to study enrolment was 30–45 min in 35.2% (82/233) of patients, 45–60 min in 16.3%, and >60 min in 48.5%. During the following year, the patients had median 3.0 (IQR 1.0–7.0) further AM-related consultations with their study physician, thereof median 1.0 (IQR 0.0–3.0) consultation ≥60 min and 0.5 (IQR 0.0–2.0) consultation 45–60 min. AM medication was used by 71.1% (138/194) of patients during the first three months after study enrolment, by 83.0% during the first six months, and by 86.1% during the first 12 months (analysed in patients with complete follow-up data after 3, 6, and 12 months; see also Table
Table 2
AM medication, non-AM adjunctive therapies, health service use, and sick leave days
Pre-study year
0–12 months
12–24 months
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Median difference (95%-CI) from pre-study year
P value
Mean (SD)
Median difference (95%-CI) from pre-study year
P value
AM medicines per day
0.29 (0.68)
0.78 80.92)
0.47 (0.36 to 0.59)
p < 0.001
0.47 (0.85)
0.17 (0.09 to 0.26)
p < 0.001
Non-AM medicines per day
0.69 (1.10)
0.82 (1.01)
0.12 (0.04 to 0.22)
p = 0.005
0.68 (0.90)
0.04 (-0.05 to 0.15)
p = 0.447
Physician and dentist visits
15.23 (15.27)
16.64 (13.53)
1.69 (0.19 to 2.99)
p = 0.006
14.84 (14.35)
-0.78 (-2.43 to 1.00)
p = 0.698
Paraclinical investigations
5.16 (5.91)
5.85 (7.52)
0.00 (-0.50 to 1.00)
p = 0.665
4.34 (5.32)
-0.98 (-1.50 to -0.08)
p = 0.011
Hospital days
4.68 (16.25)
1.77 (5.82)
-2.50 (-8.00 to 1.00)
p = 0.123
3.04 (19.92)
-2.50 (-5.50 to 0.00)
p = 0.046
Rehabilitation days
0.89 (5.05)
1.74 (6.75)
7.00 (0.00 to 14.48)
p = 0.041
0.67 (3.43)
-0.62 (-0.90 to -0.56)
p = 0.008
0.21 (0.51)
0.17 (0.49)
0.00 (-0.50 to 0.00)
p = 0.342
0.14 (0.40)
-0.34 (-0.46 to 0.07)
p = 0.494
Physiotherapy and ergotherapy sessions
9.25 (25.98)
11.28 (34.02)
1.50 (-2.50 to 6.00)
p = 0.541
9.88 (25.95)
0.22 (-3.59 to 5.10)
p = 0.885
Psychotherapy sessions
2.50 (8.04)
3.12 (9.06)
3.50 (0.50 to 7.42)
p = 0.023
3.58 (9.88)
2.78 (1.72 to 6.52)
p = 0.007
Sick leave days*
22.42 (44.79)
27.61 (71.91)
1.24 (-7.50 to 9.00)
p = 0.748
26.39 (62.96)
0.50 (-7.00 to 8.18)
p = 0.823
Patients with Heilpraktiker visit (n + %)**
21/143 (14.7%)
18/143 (12.6%)
p = 0.571
22/143 (15.4%)
p = 1.000
Patients enrolled after 1 Jan 1999 with at least 3 of 5 follow-ups (n = 182). *Patients engaged in economic activity (n = 80). **Patients with complete data for all time periods.
Non-AM adjunctive therapies, health services, and sick leave are listed in Table
Use of diagnosis-related non-AM adjunctive therapies (see Methods) within the first six study months was analysed in patients with a main diagnosis of mental, respiratory or musculoskeletal diseases, or headache syndromes (n = 117). Out of 103 evaluable patients, 63% (n = 65) had no diagnosis-related adjunctive therapy.
Clinical outcomes
Disease Score (Figure
Table 3
Clinical outcomes 0–12 months
0 months
12 months
0 months vs. 12 months
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Median difference (95%-CI)*
Disease Score (0–10)
5.95 (1.74)
2.31 (2.29)
p < 0.001
4.00 (3.50 to 4.50)
Symptom Score (0–10)
5.74 (1.81)
3.04 (2.16)
p < 0.001
2.97 (2.50 to 3.25)
SF-36 scales (0–100)
-Physical Function
77.09 (24.07)
84.41 (20.69)
p < 0.001
7.50 (5.00 to 10.00)
-Role Physical
55.47 (38.39)
72.29 (36.64)
p < 0.001
25.00 (12.50 to 37.50)
68.15 (37.43)
81.63 (31.98)
p < 0.001
33.33 (16.67 to 33.34)
-Social Functioning
67.93 (25.07)
77.10 (23.06)
p < 0.001
12.50 (6.25 to 18.75)
-Mental Health
58.74 (18.25)
66.10 (18.34)
p < 0.001
8.00 (4.00 to 10.00)
-Bodily Pain
59.89 (27.62)
71.27 (26.76)
p < 0.001
15.50 (9.50 to 21.00)
42.53 (18.34)
52.84 (18.49)
p < 0.001
12.50 (10.00 to 17.50)
-General Health
53.10 (19.30)
61.01 (19.48)
p < 0.001
8.50 (5.00 to 11.00)
SF-36 Health Change (1–5**)
3.27 (1.08)
2.14 (1.02)
p < 0.001
1.50 (1.00 to 2.00)
SF-36 Physical Component
44.01 (10.92)
47.99 (10.43)
p < 0.001
3.97 (2.71 to 5.30)
SF-36 Mental Component
42.34 (11.98)
46.84 (10.47)
p < 0.001
3.98 (2.30 to 5.71)
KINDL subscales (0–100)
69.75 (19.91)
69.74 (21.57)
p = 0.782
1.13 (-4.55 to 5.68)
71.18 (17.21)
71.74 (19.88)
p = 0.520
2.78 (-4.16 to 8.33)
74.30 (14.89)
69.73 (18.78)
p = 0.292
-4.16 (-9.72 to 3.65)
67.42 (12.08)
69.18 (14.45)
p = 0.367
2.04 (-3.41 to 6.82)
KINDL Summary Score (0–100)
70.39 (17.67)
69.77 (17.91)
p = 0.889
0.31 (-4.02 to 4.93)
KITA subscales (0–100)
62.23 (19.76)
76.44 (13.62)
p = 0.001
13.54 (4.17 to 21.87)
-Daily Life
63.22 (12.40)
67.96 (15.43)
p = 0.038
6.25 (0.00 to 12.50)
*Positive differences indicate improvement. Improved: Percentage of patients improved from baseline. **1 = "much better now than one year ago", 5 = "much worse now than one year ago". SRM: Standardised Response Mean effect size (small: 0.20–0.49, medium: 0.50–0.79, large: ≥ 0.80).
Figure 2
Disease and Symptom Scores
Disease and Symptom Scores. Disease Score: physicians' assessment, Symptom Score: patients' assessment. Range 0 "not present", 10 "worst possible".
Figure 3
SF-36 Physical and Mental Component Summary Measures
SF-36 Physical and Mental Component Summary Measures. Higher scores indicate better health. Adult patients and German population (standardised for age and gender) [30]
Figure 4
KITA Psychosoma and Daily Life subscales
KITA Psychosoma and Daily Life subscales. Range 0–100, higher scores indicate better health. Children aged 1–7 years.
Figure 5
KINDL Summary Score
KINDL Summary Score. Range 0–100, higher scores indicate better health. Children aged 8–16 years and German population sample (9–12 years) [31].
We performed three post-hoc sensitivity analyses of 0–12 month Disease and Symptom Score outcomes. The first sensitivity analysis concerned dropout bias. The main analysis had comprised all patients with evaluable data at baseline and 12-month follow-up. In the first sensitivity analysis, missing values after 12 months were replaced with the last value carried forward, reducing the average 0–12 month Disease and Symptom Score improvements by 15% (3.65→3.12 points) and 5% (2.69→2.56 points), respectively. The second analysis concerned the effect of AM adjunctive therapies: The sample was restricted to patients using neither eurythmy nor art therapy in the first six study months, whereby the average improvement was increased by 4% for Disease Score (3.65→3.78) and was virtually unchanged for Symptom Score (2.69→2.68 points). The third analysis concerned the effects of relevant non-AM adjunctive therapies, and was performed on patients with a main diagnosis of mental, respiratory or musculoskeletal diseases or headache syndromes. Restricting this sample to patients not using diagnosis-related adjunctive therapies during the first six study months (see Methods), the average improvement was increased by 4% for Disease Score (3.84→3.98) and was virtually unchanged for Symptom Score (2.77→2.76 points).
Other outcomes
At six-month follow-up, patients' average therapy outcome rating (numeric scale from 0 "no help at all" to 10 "helped very well") was 7.21 (SD 2.64); patient satisfaction with therapy (from 0 "very dissatisfied" to 10 "very satisfied") was 7.81 (2.45). Patients' therapy effectiveness rating was positive ("very effective" or "effective") in 75.5% (157/208) of patients, and negative ("less effective", "ineffective" or "not evaluable") in 24.5%. Physicians' effectiveness rating was positive in 80.9% (157/194) and negative in 19.1%. Ratings of therapy outcome, satisfaction and effectiveness did not differ significantly between adults (patient rating) and children (proxy rating by caregivers), or between six- and 12-month follow-ups.
Adverse reactions to AM medication were reported in five (2.5%) of 197 patients using AM medication at least once during 24-month follow-up (causal relationship confirmed in four patients, not confirmed in one patient
Three patients had Serious Adverse Events. One patient died from gastric carcinoma and two were acutely hospitalised for thrombosis of lower extremity and Henoch-Schönlein purpura, respectively. None of these SAE Serious Adverse Events were related to any therapy or medication.
This prospective cohort study is the first study of comprehensive AMT for chronic disease performed in primary care. We aimed to obtain information on AMT under routine conditions in Germany and studied clinical outcomes in outpatients starting AMT for chronic diseases after an initial AM-related consultation of at least 30 min. The study was conducted in conjunction with a health insurance program reimbursing AM-related physician consultations regardless of diagnosis. For this reason, and because the range and frequency of indications for AMT in primary care was largely unknown prior to the study, we included patients of all ages with all diagnoses. Most frequent indications were mental, respiratory, and musculoskeletal disorders. Following AMT, significant improvements of disease symptoms and quality of life were observed. The largest improvements (large effect sizes, half of patients improved by at least 50% of their baseline scores) were observed for the items which directly measure the conditions treated with AMT, i.e. Disease and Symptom Scores. The improvements were maintained during the four-year follow-up and were not accompanied by an increase of adjunctive therapies, except for a small increase in psychotherapy use.
Strengths and limitations
Strengths of this study include a long follow-up period, high follow-up rates, and the participation of 20% of all AM-certified physicians in Germany. The participating physicians resembled all eligible physicians with respect to socio-demographic characteristics, and the included patients resembled not included, screened patients regarding baseline characteristics. These features suggest that the study to a high degree mirrors contemporary AMT practice. Moreover, in the present early phase of AMT evaluation, the inclusion of all diagnoses is an advantage, offering a comprehensive picture of AMT practice. On the other hand, it was not feasible to have disease-specific outcomes for all diagnoses included. Nonetheless, the larger AMOS project, of which this study is part, included disease-specific outcomes for major disease groups
Since the study had a long recruitment period, the participating physicians were not able to screen and include all their eligible patients (patients starting AMT after prolonged AM-related consultations). The degree of selection is not known for this part of the AMOS project, but for other parts (patients referred to AM therapies) it was estimated that physicians enrolled every fourth eligible patient
A limitation of the study is the absence of a comparison group receiving another treatment or no therapy. Accordingly, for the observed improvements one has to consider several other causes apart from AMT. Non-AM adjunctive therapies cannot explain the improvement, since there was comparable improvement in patients not using such therapies (analysed in patients with mental, respiratory or musculoskeletal disease or headache syndromes, together comprising 50% of the study sample); the same applies to adjunctive AM art and eurythmy therapy. Dropout bias could explain up to 15% of the 0–12-month improvement of Disease Score but only 4% of the corresponding Symptom Score improvement. Natural recovery and regression to the mean, which could also bias results, will be addressed in a separate analysis (Hamre et al, submitted for publication). Other possible confounders are observation bias and psychological factors like patient expectations. Since, however, AMT was evaluated as a therapy package including physician-patient consultations, the question of specific therapy effects vs. non-specific effects (placebo effects, context effects, patient expectations etc.) was not an issue of the present analysis.
Study implications
This study confirms previous studies of the characteristics of AM users
In German general practice, a physician will spend an average of 7½ minutes with each patient
In this study, patients treated by AM physicians after an initial prolonged consultation had long-term reduction of chronic disease symptoms and improvement of quality of life. Although the pre-post design of the present study does not allow for conclusions about comparative effectiveness", study findings suggest that physician-provided AM therapy may play a beneficial role in the long-term care of patients with chronic diseases.
List of abbreviations
AM: anthroposophic medicine, AMOS: Anthroposophic Medicine Outcomes Study, AMT: AM-related consultations with study physician + AM medication, IQR: interquartile range.
Competing interests
Within the last five years HJH has received restricted research grants from the pharmaceutical companies Weleda and Wala, who produce AM medications. Otherwise all authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
HJH, CMW, SNW, and HK contributed to study design. HJH, AG, and HK contributed to data collection. HJH, RZ, and HK wrote the analysis plan, HJH and AG analysed data. HJH was principal author of the paper, had full access to all data, and is guarantor. All authors contributed to manuscript drafting and revision and approved the final manuscript.
This study and the manuscript preparation were funded by grants from the Software-AG Stiftung and the Innungskrankenkasse Hamburg with supplementary grants from the Deutsche BKK, the Betriebskrankenkasse des Bundesverkehrsministeriums, the Dr. Hauschka Stiftung, the Förderstiftung Anthroposophische Medizin, the Mahle Stiftung, and the Zukunftsstiftung Gesundheit. The sponsors had no influence on study design or planning; on collection, analysis, or interpretation of data; on the writing of the manuscript; or on the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
We thank G. S. Kienle and W. Tröger for valuable help and advice, and P. Siemers for technical assistance. Our special thanks go to the study physicians and patients for participating.
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Clients often ask us to what extent our expected returns should adjust to changing market conditions. For an investment grade bond, this is relatively easy - you will earn the credit spread less any defaults. So it's quite straightforward and objective. For equities, it is much harder to say whether the market is over or under-valued. There are lots of measures that appear to work historically, but interpreting the evidence is fraught with subtleties. One commonly used metric is the Shiller P/E ratio- but does the evidence hold up?
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In our previous RedBlog post, my colleague Dan discussed how to incorporate expected rate rises into the liability hedging decision. In this piece I offer an alternative perspective on yields and liability hedging.
A Little Background
Over the last few years, many investors have delayed hedging as they believed that benchmark yields would increase, meaning that hedging would be cheaper later. These increases were expected as a result of the end of quantitative easing and central banks raising their historically low policy rates.
It has been a long wait.
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Most pension scheme trustees would agree on one thing. Long-term interest rates are at low levels in the UK today (compared to their history). It's easy to find explanations for this among economists. It's just as easy to find predictions they will go up, down, or stay the same. Unfortunately economists and markets have a poor track record of predicting interest rate moves.
The point of this post is not to offer another view on interest rates.
If we believe rates are rising should we still be hedging?
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How can the language of music help to decipher the jargon in pensions? Many industries and professionals carry their own technical language ("jargon" for everybody else), so it can be helpful to translate this into more familiar terms.
During her one week internship at Redington, A-level student Antara Roy did just this – read on to see how playing a flute is useful in learning how to prepare a flight plan:
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"When deciding how to invest a pension fund's resources you must consider the indexation treatment of each liability tranche to get an accurate picture of the interest rate and inflation sensitivity of scheme liabilities"…
…was definitely not what was going through our heads when first joining Redington. It's easy to look back just 10 months and laugh at those, frankly, basic questions.
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In my last Pensions Expert column, I wrote about the challenge for the new Pensions Minister in balancing short-term political expediency with truly progressive pensions policy.
If we are to achieve long-term sustainable retirement provision, policy needs to be aligned with long-term objectives rather than short-term vote-winning.
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In their quest for performance, amateur cyclists, like a number of Trustees and CIOs, can sometimes focus their attention on the wrong things… in this respect, setting the right investment strategy is not dissimilar to cycling and gives rise to the same pitfalls.
We love to focus on the "sexy" and forget about the basics.
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The tax paid* on your overseas equity dividends is not usually top of the pile when talking about your investment strategy.
However, the issue is significant. Long-term returns can vary by up to 0.5% p.a between two identical global equity indices due to the differing treatment of dividends*.
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Negative interest rates don't seem to make a lot of sense.
People value money now, more than potential money in the future. You need to pay people to deposit their money longer-term.
Think about it...
This means interest rates should always be positive. The lognormal distribution is often used for interest rate moves. This does not allow negative rates1. Besides, if it costs money to lend money, it seems likely that people will stop lending.
That's the theory; what's the reality?
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What does last week's Pension Freedom Day mean for more than just the individual? The media coverage has been largely monochrome in its assessment of economic risk.
What about the big picture?
Opinion of the new policy aside, commentators seem to agree on one thing. 'The risk' is of retirees blowing their hard-earned savings in a spending spree and becoming dependent upon state welfare programs for maintenance. The imagined queue of new retirees outside Lamborghini showrooms and Luxury cruise operator offices makes for a compelling news story, after all.
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Visit Skagway On Alaska Cruise
Sun., March 8, 1998
Q. We are in the process of choosing a ship for an Alaska cruise this year. All the ships sound good, so we will choose on the basis of ports of call. Aside from cruising Glacier Bay, which we definitely will do, which port would you say not to miss?
A. Of all the ports of call when I cruised Alaska a couple of years ago, the one I remember most vividly, and would most like to see again, is Skagway.
Alaska this year celebrates the centennial of the gold rush of 1898, so Skagway is in the spotlight because it was there that shiploads of prospectors arrived from Seattle to start their long trek to the gold fields of Canada's Klondike.
Skagway today is great fun, tarted up to look much like the 1890s boom town without the muddy streets or rip-roaring hell-raising. Most of the downtown district, along Broadway, is part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. Federal, state and local money has restored old false-front stores, saloons and brothels, recycling them into ice cream parlors, restaurants and souvenir shops. At the height of the gold rush, 80 saloons flourished there.
This is where some 30,000 gold hunters poured in after the world got word of a gold strike when a ship carrying 2 tons of gold and 68 prospectors sailed into Seattle in 1897. Skagway, hundreds of miles from the Klondike gold, was the closest port to it by sea.
The 430,000 cruise ship passengers who arrived there in the summer of 1997 could choose to hang out in one of the few remaining "authentic" saloons; take a ride around town in the White Motor Co.'s 1937 touring cars, whose driver-guides spin lurid tales about the bad old days; visit the cemetery where the pioneers, both heroes and villains, are buried; and have lunch in Alaska's oldest hotel, the Golden North, built in 1898 and filled with antiques and a resident ghost. Or they can visit the restored cabin that was the only building in Skagway when gold fever struck.
Most cruise ships stay in Skagway most of a day, docking within a short walk of downtown. I stopped by the Visitor Center and signed on for a free narrated walk around town, led by a Park Service ranger. The center has displays and a slide show.
I also rode the White Pass and Yukon train, which has been operating since 1898 and crawls for 20.4 miles along the shoulder of a mountain, through tunnels and across a trestle to reach the 2,865-foot summit.
Q. I would like to see China's Yangtze River gorges before the new Three Gorges Dam is completed and the gorges become a reservoir. How much longer are the river cruises expected to operate?
A. Actually, cruises through the Three Gorges are expected to continue even after the dam is built and the reservoir is filled. As you might expect, however, the scenery may not be as spectacular, according to Larry Greenman, marketing manager for Victoria Cruises (1-800-348-8084), a major cruise ship operator on the Yangtze. On the other hand, tributary rivers not now navigable may be opened to cruising.
Victoria Cruises operates three vessels on the river between Chongqing and Wuhan (and vice versa). As evidence of the firm's optimism, a fourth vessel is scheduled to debut this year, says Greenman, and two more already are under construction.
To see the gorges at their most dramatic, however, you ought to plan to go as soon as possible - this year or next. Construction schedules in China are uncertain, and the reservoir is expected to fill slowly. But by 2003, the reservoir's planned completion date, a Yangtze River cruise will be a different experience.
Aboard the Victoria vessels, a Three Gorges cruise ranges from $620 to $760 per person (double occupancy) for a standard room, depending on departure date and direction of river travel. Rates generally are less if the cruise is purchased as part of a China tour package. A travel agent can provide information about tours and other river cruise lines, including Regal China Cruises (1-800-808-3388).
The high season months for Yangtze cruising are April, May, September and October. Shoulder season months are March, June, July, August and November. Victoria does not operate in winter because river mists frequently hide the views.
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The Pensions Ombudsman has recently heard a case in which a member attempted to rely on the recently decided IBM case. The member sought to establish that a reasonable expectation had been created in relation to granting discretionary increases to pensions in payment, and that as such they should continue to be awarded.
The complaint was dismissed because the only real information that the member had based their reasonable expectation on, at least as far as they have provided evidence for, was past conduct. This was not sufficient to show that a reasonable expectation had been established amongst the members that increases would always be awarded.
The IBM case
The IBM case concerned a series of changes to a pension scheme, and in particular "Project Waltz" which was the third major raft of reforms. Amongst other things, the changes involved closing the scheme to future accrual. During previous reforms, extensive communication was issued to members explaining the changes, but these communications also included a statement that there were no further changes on the horizon. The case confirmed that, in the absence of any major shift in the fortunes of the company sponsoring the scheme, these communications had led to a reasonable expectation amongst members that the scheme would remain open to accrual.
The case explored the duty of good faith or Imperial duty that the employer owed to its employees as part of the employment relationship. It highlighted that reasonable expectations of scheme members may, on the facts, be critical to assessment of whether an employer has acted in breach of this duty.
It is important for both employers and trustees to bear in mind the outcome of the IBM case in considering and implementing any changes to defined benefit schemes.
Practical points for employers:
- There must be a sound business case for the change to the scheme.
- The business case should be conveyed openly and honestly to employees, members and trustees and relevant information should not be withheld.
- Consider if previous communications are likely to have created any reasonable expectations and assess what these expectations may be.
- Ensure statutory consultation requirements are complied with (in the IBM case it was found that they were not).
Practical points for trustees:
- Consider any proposal against historical changes and context, not just the employer's current rationale and business case for the current change.
- Ensure that the employer uses the powers they have under the scheme for their proper purpose. If reasonable expectations may have been caused by the actions of the employer, it may be necessary for the trustees to test this in court before agreeing to any change.
Author: Maureen BurnsThis information is intended as a general discussion surrounding the topics covered and is for guidance purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice and should not be regarded as a substitute for taking legal advice. DWF is not responsible for any activity undertaken based on this information.


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The Incredibles: Family Matters #4
- Story by
- Mark Waid
- Art by
- Marcio Takara
- Colors by
- Andrew Dalhouse
- Letters by
- Jose Macasocol Jr
- Cover by
- Andrew Dalhouse, Marcio Takara, Ryan Scott, Sean Galloway, and Tom Scioli
- Publisher
- BOOM! Studios
Once upon a time, Mark Waid was lauded as a writer who brought a Silver Age feel to comics he wrote in the present time. When heroes were decidedly shifting towards darker place and the "anti-hero" became the norm, Waid was a beacon of hope. He has brought his knack for Silver Age fun (with a modern flair) to many of the books he has written, but he seemed like an ideal candidate to craft tales about the (arguably) most popular superhero family in the world. He is, indeed, the ideal candidate.
Waid wraps up the first story here, leaving a thread or two hanging to be revisited later, all the while turning in a story worthy of the Disney/Pixar brand. The Pixar films have been praised for their ingenuity and ability to draw in audiences of all ages. Waid's work with "The Incredibles: Family Matters" has that same ability. My wife has been enjoying this title as much as I have, and my kids all clamor for the copy when I finish reading it. Granted, we all get a little something different out of each issue, but we all look forward to the adventures of the Parr family.
Takara's art has improved along the course of this series, working with Mark Waid to build more into the world the Incredibles inhabit. Takara's page composition tends to be more traditional, but the coloring and letters by Dalhouse and Macasocol give the book a modern sensibility. Now that this first arc has wrapped, I hope to see Takara back for the next.
This may not be the greatest superhero comic ever written, but it sure is a darn great book worthy of sharing with the whole family. As the first completed Disney/Pixar/BOOM! Kids tale, I look forward to seeing how it is collected as well as how a continuity begins to be built upon this foundation. As mentioned before, there are a couple threads hanging out there that could be seized and woven into future stories.


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but fanfiction is'snt working so I'm going to post it on here for the timebeing! Beautiful belle is my fanfiction name BTW
Okay I thought I would write a story about the advents that went on after IOMG this is the end scene written in Sam's POV (point of view). It may seem a bit poetic for your liking but I'm working on it. It's may be a multi-chapter or I might keep it as a one- shot until nearer the time of IOMG part 2. And I would love to announce that IOMG is the most viewed iCarly episode according to Wikipedia! I don't own iCarly cause' I'm a 12 year old girl! So enough with all this meaningless banter on with the story!
Chapter 1: Sam's Thoughts!
'Look, I know it's scary for you to put your feelings out there.'
No you don't, you hardly know me.
I knew I was lying to myself. He knew me more that I knew myself. His Gleaming eyes could see into mine, however much I resisted and still get through. He would know what I would say, what I would think and what I would do. His voice rang in my head as if there was a minute pause before he started a new sentence. But in this case I knew he could see nothing and neither could I only a small dim glimmer of logic and true facts flicked in my head.
"I just want you to be happy" Carlys voice nibbled in the back of my head as a gentle whisper. I knew Carly cared, but she cared too much.
'Because you never know if person you like might not like you back'
Like you and Carly?
"YOU LOVE HIM" Carly's voice said louder in my head. It was from out little argument. And I knew the force of the world was working against me. My brain was going to use her voice against me. "Don't you want a nice boyfriend?"
Carlys voice questioned me much like when she did before, but this time instead of going away fading into darkness it stayed there much longer than the others did.
'Everyone feels that way'
Including me, Then it hit me, what did I have to lose? My strong front, my attitude, my whole regular day. EVERTHING. Well, too me.
But I was a risk taker wasn't I? That's how I'm here now. I won the risk I had taken sure I hurt myself along the way, got caught out but I can't say I hated it. Could I?
"GO FOR IT" Carly insisted "Make a move"
And like a star exploding, the flickering ball of logic and facts Exploded sending a blindingly beautiful light through my head, knocking down my wall of steel and brick. Sending me under a binding wave that took me deeper and deeper, Controlling me and drowning me in the truth that I only knew so little about.
'but you never know what might happen if you don't...."
My hands gripped his soft T-shirt, I commanded myself to stop with no avail. And for a reason unknown to me I stopped fighting. And like a wave, my lips crashed into his as if he was the rocks.
I could sense that, He wasn't into this as much as I was. In my mind, the light had become even more blinding but in all the bliss a little black truth was darting around for something to blame.
The setting.
No. This Place is the most fricken' romantic place I could ever imagine.
The Time?
Again No.
The weather?
Yet again no.
The Truth?
Yes, it was right. Maybe I was into it but he wasn't. He was like a statue. And I could feel reality kicking me in the side and I pulled back letting the dream ending and killing the light into a dim flicker again.
"I" His breath-taking voice said in a meaningless stutter.
"Sorry" Is all I could bring myself to say. I sounded like a Damn 6 year old.
"It's cool" he lied
If it was anything, IT WAS NEVER COOL! I look so stupid! We stayed in a tense awkward silence. I was planning on coming out with an excuse any possible explanation but reality had killed them all of. And I soon found myself starring at him like some weirdo. So I painfully removed my gaze over to the window where I saw Carly standing, star-struck. I ran out the door past Carly and away from Freddie. As far as possible.
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The Panel on Business Challenges within the Defense Industry held a hearing on Monday on "Doing Business with DOD: Contracting and Regulatory Issues." Panel Chairman Bill Shuster (PA) made the following remarks:
"As most of you know, this panel has traveled around the country over the past few months to hold roundtable discussions with companies that are trying to do business with the Department of Defense. No matter where we went, or what sector of the industrial base we met with, we heard time and again that red tape and bureaucracy are getting in the way of innovation, efficiency and jobs.
In Rock Island, Illinois we heard complaints that export controls are overly restrictive. Many of the businesses we spoke to highlighted that we currently take a "one-size fits all" approach to determining what is placed on the US Munitions List, there is no mechanism for items to smartly be moved off the list as technology advances and specific items become readily available on the global market.
In Santa Clarita, California, we heard from a gentleman who owned a company that was last audited by the Defense Contract Audit Agency in 2005 and the audit was still open due failures on the part of DCAA. He estimated that having this open audit on the books had cost his company $3-4 million in lost business over the last six years.
In Akron, Ohio we heard that although programs like the Small Business Innovative Research Program aid in technology development, the technology rarely goes anywhere because there is no mechanism to assist in completing the stringent military test requirements, nor is there resourcing to get the technology into production.
In Honolulu, Hawaii, we met with a small business owner who commented that small businesses are simply not equipped to deal with the bureaucracy of the DOD acquisition system.
In San Diego, California we heard from a businessman who felt that the large primes don't want small businesses to innovate and another who commented that anyone that wants to partner with a small business simply wants your technology. Both of these gentlemen agreed that more needs to be done to protect the intellectual property of small businesses.
"Here's the thing .it wasn't just one guy in Ohio, or a CEO in California or a Small Business owner in Illinois. These issues were consistently raised everywhere we went -- from the shipyard workers in Hawaii to the nanotechnology developers Ohio.
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Listing Courtesy of L.W. Reedy Real Estate
Listing information
- Beds: 6
- Total Rooms: 6
- New Construction: No
- Lot Area: 0.20
- County: Cook
- Style: 2-Story
- Baths: 2 (Full: 2 3/4: 0 1/2: 0 Other: 0)
- Stories: 0
- Foreclosure: No
- Lot Size: 50X174
- Year Built: 1904
- Status: Active with Contingency
- Parking Type Description: Detached 4 cars
- Total Square Footage: 2,240 ($212.05 per sq. foot)
- Estimated Annual Taxes: $9,637
Additional Rooms 5th Bedroom, 6th Bedroom
Age 100+ Years
Air Conditioning None
Area CHI - Irving Park
Assessment Includes None
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Basement Bathrooms (Y/N) No
Basement Description Unfinished
Built Before 1978 (Y/N) Yes
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Disability Access and/or Equipped No
Electricity Circuit Breakers
Exterior Building Type Vinyl Siding
Foundation Concrete
Garage On-Site Yes
Garage Ownership Owned
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General Information Commuter Bus, Commuter Train, Interstate Access
Heat/Fuel Radiant, Radiators
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Lot Size Less Than .25 Acre
Master Association Fee No
Master Bedroom Bath None
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Recent Rehab (Y/N) No
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Longford Cemetery
There are two cemeteries in Longford. The one in the church grounds appears
to be the earliest. The older historic stones have been assembled in a special
zone. Longford holds many records for the district.
Northern Midlands Council, Tasmania, Australia
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Burk, Ernestine Caroline, d.25-10-1910, age:78, [JB]
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Burk, Robert James, d.Sept 1886, age:17, [JB]
East, Elizabeth, d.4-8-1909, age:73, [JB]
East, James, d.9-3-1898, age:73, [JB]
Jones, Alice, d.24-8-1968, age:79, [JB]
Jones, Caroline Mary, d.30-7-1955, age:82, [JB]
Jones, Dora, d.14-1-1920, age:55, [JB]
Jones, Dulcie Harriet, d.19-3-1947, [JB]
Jones, Elizabeth, d.12-4-1991, age:71, [JB]
Jones, Henry A, d.1-2-1953, age:82, [JB]
Jones, John Hugh, d.20-8-1961, age:72, [JB]
Jones, Peter James, d.2-12-1907, age:2, [JB]
Jones, Pte AA, d.7-6-1917, age:22, [JB]
Jones, Walter, d.25-6-1944, age:54, [JB]
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I don't understand why people think it's so easy for a team to make trades to fill gaps really easily. Teams don't give up top 4 defensemen easily, or number 1 goal tenders. It just doesn't happen at a drop of a hat. The fact that MacT sees our flaws and can acknowledge them is great cause it shows that if a trade that helps pops up he knows what to do.
He has been the most active GM in the league and doing every trade he can that doesn't ruin the team. Yes some trades have been bad but he has been active and the majority have panned out. The Perron, Hendricks and Scrivens trades have made the team better easily and that's something that Tambo never did.
It's his first year as a GM, wait until trade deadline and free agency before you lose all faith
Its not the trades the OP is worried about it's hiring and supporting Eakins.
Which I think is safe to say was a terrible move. Continuing to support Eakins is terrible as well but we all got to realize he doesn't have any choice in that. Right up to the day he gets fired Eakins will receive Mac T's support.
I really don't see Eakins lasting a full year next year. He has been proven inept at this level and short of a huge change over the summer is pretty much a goner.
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Adachi Earns Second Straight SEC Freshman of the Week Honors
LEXINGTON, Ky. - For the second consecutive week, University of Kentucky women's tennis player Mami Adachi has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week.
Adachi's back-to-back Freshman of the Week honors marks the first time in program history a UK player has earned SEC weekly honors twice in a row. Adachi is also the third player in school history to earn two or more league accolades in the same season.
A native of Tokyo, Japan, who joined UK at the beginning of the semester, helped the Wildcats extend their winning streak to seven matches with a 3-0 singles record in wins over Penn State, No. 46 Illinois and Northern Kentucky. Adachi has claimed victories in each of her last seven singles contests without dropping a set.
Adachi opened the week with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Penn State's Kimberley-Ann Surin on Jan. 31 that gave UK its first lead after dropping the doubles point. Three days later, Adachi beat Illinois' Jericka Boone, 6-4, 7-5 to clinch a 4-0 win for the Wildcats. In the second match of Feb. 3rd's doubleheader, Adachi beat NKU's Rehenna Morehart, 6-0, 6-2.
In doubles action, Adachi and Kelsey Dieters moved up to the No. 1 court and earned a 6-2 win over Hailey Shanahan and Danielle Donahue.
Kentucky travels to Charlottesville, Va., for the ITA National Indoor Championships. The Wildcats make their first appearance in the 16-team tournament since 2005.
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Stranger Than Fiction: Mother-Daughter Prostitution Ring
So it might take more than two people to make up a prostitution ring, but a mother and daughter in Philadelphia gave it their best shot. With the help of Craigslist, Traci Young, 39, and her daughter Tami Smith, 22, used Craigslist to sell themselves for sex online.
The pair advertised their services as a "mother and daughter tag team." The original offer came with a reasonable price tag: $200 to have sex with mother and daughter at the same time. They were caught when they arranged a meeting with an undercover police officer.
The mother, Traci, was convicted yesterday of setting up the prostitution operation, and daughter Tami has already been convicted and sentenced. Back when she was first arrested, Traci said, "It's a messed up world out there and we have to do this just to get by."


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Check in / Check out were both quick & easy. All coffee supplies were in the lobby all day. You could always stock up on sweeteners,creamers, and hot chocolate. Great for substituting the dry packaged cream and sugar you always get in the room packages. You can totally trust the housekeeping staff. I left a few dollars on a table (instead of on the bed) as a tip. They left it untouched.. Both female desk clerks that I dealt with did not seem to extend themselves at all. Hard to obtain any information from them, most especially the night clerk, without asking very specific questions. During our three day stay, no one bothered to tell us that if you showed your room key to the Denny's Restaurant, conveniently located next to the motel, that we could receive a 15% discount. Luckily a Denny's waitress, the last day we were there, saw the key and discounted our last meal. Because we were with a large group who treated each other to meals, that little omission by the clerks cost me about $30 for the first two days. Clerks also failed to mention that if you wanted your room cleaned & restocked on a daily basis, you need to hang out a certain well-hidden door card. We didn't find the card until the second day. Needless to say I had to make a trip to lobby when our room was not cleaned. Even then, the clerk did not mention the card. Having managed an 88-room beachfront motel at one point in my life, I found their conduct and manner very lackluster. Definite training and monitoring required. At this point, they just don't get it, This is supposed to be a hospitality industry. They completely missed the mark on hospitality.
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The room was clean and the bed was comfortable. I didn't like the dinosaur of a television and it's remote.
Staff and there is no carpets in the room
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This was the worse! Bugs and filthy sheets and carpet. The door was broken and could not even lock. The gap between the door and wall was large enough to let even more bugs come in. No water in the pool either. Sheets were disgusting with fresh stains We immediately left and found a clean hotel nearby. When we explained to the Deerwood manager Denise and asked for a refund she would not refund the full amount. We were in that horrid room for less then 10 minutes. This place needs to be condemned.
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Lovely view (campground), staff was friendly, the area was quiet, and it was right off the interstate. No complaints.


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Three bedroom two full bath home on 24 Acres with pond. Large bar 5 stalls and large chicken coop. All 24 acres are fenced. Home has open floor plan, large deck, and above ground pool. Home is rented $1000 a month.
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viper-vision posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingHi, For the next 5 months I will be working on a rendering engine (very bare bone) for a school project. The main requirement is to have an innovating key feature like deferred rendering used to be 5 years ago. Because I am fairly new to graphic programming (on this level, I have done 2D and some XNA and a little DirectX9 back in the day) I would like to ask what such an innovating (relatively new) feature could be. I do have an idea of my own but I'm not sure if its new or actually doable. My idea is to build a pass-bases render system in which shaders (diffuse, normal, SSAO) can be linked together to form passes. A forward rendering configuration path would typically have one pass which does the diffuse, normal and light. A Deferred rendering configuration would have the base pass which renders the diffuse, normal, specular and depth to seperate textures which can be used in following passes. A next pass could be the light and pass after that SSAO (or they run concurrently). So each shader has required input and output. Some shaders can be linked together to form a pass because they dont interfere with each other, some do and have to be in a separate pass and has to wait. Also the passes used are exposed to the material system so only used parameters are available. This might all be too vague and i'm not sure if this is really something but all feedback about this and how to manage shaders or passes is welcome. Also I am really curious about any suggestions on how to go about this 'innovating' factor. Please help [img]http://public.gamedev.net//public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png[/img] Regards, Wouter
I found something interesting atleast I think it is. The Nebula Device 2. It has directx 9 support etc. and has a nice framework and api, I'll look into it this weekend and see how easy I can setup things. I also have another question: Does there exist such a thing as a racing game framework or library I can integrate with the engine? Or can I better make one myself? Also the use of physics would be real cool in a racing game and I found Newton which has a nice car joint system. Maybe I could use that.
hmm I just found an engine named panda3d could that be something? I've seen it and the graphics are amazing compared to irrlicht. I was hoping for a more advanced renderer but if irrlicht remains the best choice we should give it a shot. After taking a closer look it doesn't seem that bad at all, the screens on the site show outdated graphics compared to newer ones. It doesn't have directx 9 support though but that might not matter.
viper-vision posted a topic in For BeginnersHello everybody :) I and a few friends at college are choosing to make a 3d game for a school project. We are limited at time and skills. We'll start on the project in month so we're looking around the internet to find some good ways to get started. First off we want a very easy but nice engine to deal with. I do have a few C++, actionscript, lingo and php skills but it's very limited so building my own engine or using an advanced one isn't an option. I'd like to get some advice from you people around here :). So I'll just sum a few things we use and want to do. The game we want to make is going to be similar to wacky wheels but with some gore in it and wacky animations. To make 3d models we use 3d studio max 7 and higher and for other art photoshop. We will have 4 months to complete the project and 4 hours a week time ofcourse we'll be at it at home also ;) . Now what would be the right engine or program to get this done? We have been thinking of director but it's limited to what we know. Another few options we've came up are XNA, C# direct x or using an engine like OGRE together with some libraries though it would be tough. I hope someone can give me some good advice :) Thanks in advance
viper-vision replied to viper-vision's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingThanks I'm currently looking which one would be the best to buy and read (It should have some practicals in it so I can learn it better)
viper-vision posted a topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingHey I've been programming in C++ now and then for more than 2 years now and get the syntax. I've made a few apps in MFC, SDL and for GBA all of which are really simple. Now I think I'm missing a few of the advanced C++ things I will definiatly need when I'm gonna program in win32 and directx like the STL and some advanced C++ techniques. I'm wondering if there's a book somewhere (ebook maybe??) that's for people who already know the basics but who want to learn the STL and some advanced C++ stuff like templating. Also, if I am going to program win32 stuff do you recommend me to use the ATL and WTL libraries? If not.. why? Thanks in advance and have a nice christmas.
viper-vision replied to viper-vision's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingThanks guys :) But I think I'd rather leave my headers like this and clean them up a little so it's clearer to the end users instead of using the pimpl idiom.
viper-vision replied to viper-vision's topic in General and Gameplay Programmingok sorry to post again but why can't I delete code from a header that isn't exported like I said in my first post? I mean if it isn't exported it's not needed... So again the question ain't there a tool around that will delete code that isn't exported? I assume no..
viper-vision replied to viper-vision's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingI don't want people to see how hard my coding sucks so that's one of the reasons. I think it will work without the stuff it won't use anyway so why not remove it? It can't do any harm to the compiler so eh.. I want to do this but there has to be a tool :/ [edit]Uhm i want to do this all after I compiled the lib file though... [/edit]
viper-vision replied to viper-vision's topic in General and Gameplay Programmingyup it would solve problems but it will still cost me big amounts of time I wonder if there are tools that could do this for me.
viper-vision replied to viper-vision's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingIt should delete certain types of code I can specify like remove private method prototypes. [edit]I intend to create an SDK here not a full source code[/edit]
viper-vision posted a topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingHey I'm nearly finishing my 3d engine now and I want to make a sdk with libs and headers only. But since there's stuff around in those headers I don't want people to see I want to strip down my header files so only the public and exported functions are visible. Now to get to the point of all it... Is there a tool that can do such a thing as removind code sections? Please don't say to do it manually I have too many headers to walk through and not enough time. Thanks in advance :)


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Call it the rehabilitation project gone wrong.
As we have written in this space before, an obvious driving force in Anthony Weiner's decision to run for for mayor of New York appears to have been the desire to wash himself clean in the eyes of the electorate. Even before news surfaced that Weiner exchanged sexually explicit online messages with women even after resigning from Congress, he was always going to be a long-shot to get elected mayor.
But, the thinking went, if Weiner could shake off all the cobwebs, survive a campaign in one piece and put up a respectable showing, he would be well-positioned to run for something else down the line. It would be the loss that is actually a win.
Those prospects have disappeared.
In keeping up a campaign in the face of graphic new revelations about his personal life, and opening himself up to harsh criticism from within his own party, Weiner has arguably left himself in worse shape than when he started. He faces new scrutiny and has attracted new negative attention from leading Democrats who might have otherwise kept mum over his candidacy, had the news about his online relationships not surfaced.
If Weiner runs for anything again in the future, questions about whether he has returned to his old habits since the last campaign (meaning this campaign) are sure to arise, since even after trying to put it all behind him this time around, Weiner was unable to clean the slate.
The campaign is not over yet. And Weiner has shown no signs he is going to drop out. But he is not in position to seriously compete anymore. And it's hard to argue that he has put himself in a better position to run for future office.
And now, to the Line! Below we rank the top five most interesting races of 2013. The marquee matchup is number one. The end of the Massachusetts Senate race means it drops off the list. Meanwhile, the New York City comptroller's races comes onto the line for the first time.
5. New Jersey Senate (Democratic-controlled): This is turning into the race that never was. With less than two weeks to go before the primary, Newark Mayor Cory Booker is lapping the Democratic field — and his opponents have yet to really punch him. Given that Republicans were unable to recruit a top contender in this blue state race, the Democratic primary is the de facto general election. Get used to saying it: Senator Cory Booker. (Previous ranking: 4)
4. New York City comptroller (Democratic-controlled): This race comes onto the Line for one reason: Eliot Spitzer. The former governor whose career came crashing down in 2008 amid a prostitution scandal is back. And so far, he is doing well, with polling showing him leading Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. Of course, much of that is likely due to the fact that Spitzer has such high name ID. We will find out in the coming weeks whether his fate will more closely resemble Mark Sanford's successful bid for political redemption, or Weiner's disastrous comeback attempt. (Previous ranking: N/A)
3. Boston mayor (Democratic-controlled): A dozen candidates. The first open race for the seat since 1983. It's a political nerd's dream, and a contest that has sucked up all the oxygen in Massachusetts political circles. A Suffolk poll taken last month showed City Councilor-at-large John Connolly and state Rep. Martin Walsh leading the pack. But neither cracked 15 percent, illustrating how open the race is right now. (Previous ranking: 5)
2. New York City mayor (Independent-controlled): Amid all the attention on Weiner, don't lose sight of the fact that there is a real campaign here, which he has basically no chance of winning. But who does? A recent poll showed City Council Speaker Christine Quinn leading the Democratic primary with 27 percent of the vote. Remember, if no candidate gets
a majority, 40 percent, a runoff is triggered, and Quinn appears well-positioned to make the cut. The question is whether Public Advocate Bill De Blasio or former comptroller Bill Thompson can secure the second spot in the runoff. (Previous ranking: 1)
1. Virginia governor (Republican-controlled): This is the race with the most at stake this year. And as we have said time and again, it's been a remarkably sleepy contest. Current Gov. Bob McDonnell's problems have upstaged the campaign to an extent, though look for the race to come into focus as the fall approaches. Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe held a small lead over Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R) in a recent poll. Expect this race to be tight all the way to Election Day. (Previous ranking: 2)