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Rudderless U.S. foreign policy
Obama stands by as tyranny spreads
By Ben S. Carson - - Tuesday, July 29, 2014
The Obama administration's recent failures in the foreign-policy arena have only highlighted how far American leadership has fallen in this new century. From the Middle East to Eurasia, it often seems that President Obama is reacting to events instead of trying to shape them. Americans have begun to see his collective failures as an indictment on his presidency, and they long for clarity and purpose from their president.
The clear foreign policy that is grounded in American ideas of promoting liberty abroad and preserving our security at home is what is needed now. That is how we became a superpower. Reversing these ideas allows our adversaries to become stronger and impairs our ability to respond to present-day threats.
While Mr. Obama's foreign-policy adventures have waxed and waned in the eyes of the American public, his indecisiveness in places such as Iraq and Syria has presented an image of weakness on the global stage. We have failed to adequately deal with Russian aggression in Georgia and Ukraine. Recognizing that the United States would soon be changing administrations, Russia invaded Georgia in 2008. As a nation, we stood by and watched during that transition, as parts of Georgia fell under Russian rule. Russia annexed Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and all we did was condemn it. Russia's Vladimir Putin sensed our weakness and saw opportunity. Six years later, he annexed Crimea and now pro-Russian forces are trying to take over more land in Ukraine.
What has the Obama administration done in response to this aggression by Russia? Not really much, other than impose toothless sanctions on Russian businessmen close to Mr. Putin (but not the Russian president himself) that have done little to make Russia change course. Is this what Ronald Reagan would have done? Or would he have helped pro-democracy Ukrainians and pressed Europe to look for alternatives to Russian natural gas to preclude being held hostage by Russian energy? Additionally, we need to reinforce our commitments to NATO and get the former components of the Soviet Union involved. Otherwise, Mr. Putin will do this again. We need to embolden Europe to confront him.
Russia is not the only country that has taken advantage of our preoccupation with the Middle East. Recently, China has been expanding its maritime boundary in the South China Sea. It also seeks to test our resolve to long-held security commitments we have with our partners in Asia. We must do more to let our Asian allies know that we will stand with them and confront China's territorial ambitions. China continues to threaten our country with cyber-attacks and is a repressive global power. We need to do more to support those people in China who long for democratic reform.
If we had supported the masses who were trying to overthrow the tyrannical government in Iran in 2009, I suspect we would be looking at a very different situation in the Middle East today. The United States should always stand on the side of freedom-loving people. What has the Obama administration done to support those who long for liberty and freedom in Iran? More needs to be done.
Our foreign policy is rudderless. We are a ship lost at sea. We need to have a foreign policy that is proactive in safeguarding our interests and not reactive to events unfolding around the globe that affect our security. Our friends and allies need to know that we can be counted on when they are in jeopardy or their security is threatened. We must have a foreign policy that is rooted in those ideas that have made us the envy of all freedom-loving people around the globe.
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In January, John Stephens, our Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships travelled to Haiti to visit Sonje Ayiti, our grant partner that runs several projects in the small villages of Paulette and Phaeton in the northern region.
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Sonje Ayiti recently opened two new community restaurants to replace what was previously a feeding program. The restaurants now provide a free nutritious lunch for the communities' most vulnerable citizens (children and the elderly), which is about 10% of their clientele, while also providing low-cost meals for other patrons from the surrounding area. The new, brightly painted restaurants have quickly become a source of pride in Paulette and Phaeton. Sonje Ayiti expects the restaurants to become self-sufficient over time, as paying customers help to offset the cost of meals for those most in need.
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After his trip to Haiti, John spent a few days in Northern Ecuador where he visited with one of VVF's oldest direct implementation programs, which has been running since 2010. The primary programs are improving food security via home gardening, improving irrigation water systems and community enrichment in the small town of Paragachi. The team is implementing a system of vegetable and fruit gardening which is taken from the practice of biodynamic farming, and keeps much of its ethos around organic methods and natural resource management. The gardens are nurtured by various forms of organic fertilizer and also benefit from Ecuador's excellent climate. The gardens have shown to be extremely productive and families are reaping incredible harvests. As gardens become more abundant and provide surplus produce, communities are searching for new ways to engage with local markets, and are interested in various schemes to transport and sell fruits and vegetables to nearby communities.
Farmers in Ecuador display their recent harvest and share their knowledge about different crops
"I was impressed with how productive these home gardens were, which is directly related to the results of the organic fertilizer," John explained. "Using simple technology, participants can very easily produce sufficient nutritious food at their homes to address household food security concerns first, and income generation second. The benefits of home gardening not only promote better nutrition, but also displaces processed foods purchased in the markets, saving families further money."
A pair of gardeners proudly show their plot The VVF Ecuador Team
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After Ecuador, John made his first visit to Peru to visit with our grantee DESEA Peru, working in the high Andean mountains near Cusco. DESEA's work involves empowering local women as community health workers and installing water filters. The health workers, or Qhalis, are having enormous impact on the health of their community members by promoting improved nutrition and hygiene practices, and have even saved lives by applying their first aid training. The water filters are produced locally and use a bio-sand filter mechanism. These filters are low-tech, inexpensive and when properly maintained, last indefinitely. DESEA is happy to share their water filter design with any interested NGOs!
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Vibrant Village Foundation supports Surfaid with a $31,345 one-year grant to facilitate construction of a solar-powered water pump and complementary sanitation and hygiene projects for nearly 300 people in the village of Eruparaboat, Indonesia.
The villagers of Eruparaboat have struggled to rebuild their community since they were displaced by a tsunami in October 2010. Located in the remote Mentawai Island chain of northwestern Indonesia, they already had limited access to resources, government support and health services. In their relocated area, away from the coast, up the hill in the middle of the jungle, those resources are non-existent. Vibrant Village Foundation and SurfAid are working closely with local village leadership to improve health and nutrition. A new drinking water system constructed by community labor is nearing completion.
It was cloudy in Kinumbuk, at SurfAid's basecamp in South Pagai. We were getting ready to go to the Eruparaboat hamlet. Our agriculture officer, Nando, had scheduled an activity with Eruparaboat's women who are interested in starting a vegetable garden.
The meeting and other activities are part of SurfAid's Long-Term Post Tsunami Recovery Program. The vegetable garden aims to support mothers with children under five, in particular, with a source of nutritious food to reduce the number malnourished children and pregnant mothers.
Nutrition is a big concern in the area. The relocated communities have no farming activities, are very far from a local market and have not yet found new sources of income. With nutrition gardens, families do not need to spend money on vegetables and can sell the surplus. The community is keen to participate, but has to balance the tasks of reconstructing their homes with participating in activities to rebuild their lives and livelihoods. To address these competing priorities, the residents decided that the men would focus on the house construction, while the women participated in setting up the gardens.
So, there we were, ready to go. Friska, our nutrition advisor, Gonggom, our health promotion officer, and I joined Nando for the activity. We planned to work together with the community to clear the land so they could start the vegetable demonstration plot on land next to their church.
We first stopped at the house of Ibu Susan, a community health volunteer. Susan is one of the natural leaders in the hamlet, and an active health volunteer for the community health post. When we arrived, the rain was pouring down, so we chatted for a few minutes hoping for the rain to go down. Before long Ibu Susan turned to us matter-of-factly and said, "Shall we go"? We were surprised, since it was still raining so hard. "I know it is raining," she explained, "But I have go because some of the mothers might be waiting at the arranged place. I have to keep my promise whatever the situation is, whether the mothers are there or not. If any mothers are there, we can decide together what's best. If it's canceled, that is fine, but at least I showed up as I promised."
We walked for two kilometers from Ibu Susan's house to the plot next to the church. Along the way, the mothers from houses we passed shouted out to Ibu Susan to ask if the activity was still happening. To each person, Ibu Susan replied, "Just meet in the church, and see if the rain will stop!"
With this reassurance, the mothers got ready and caught up with us at the church.
While waiting for other mothers at the site, I asked Ibu Susan how many women had joined. She said, "In the beginning, it was only 5 to 10 women, but then more and more wanted to join. At first, they thought the demonstration nutrition garden was only for a few families. But then I explained that it is for the whole community, so whoever wants to join, we are happy to work with and learn together."
Ibu Susan recalled how Gonggom and Nando described the demonstration garden as a 'school' for the community to learn how to have a good productive vegetable garden. "We do know how to plant," she explained, "But most of the time we find pests in the vegetables or have some other planting issue. We don't know whether we did wrong or right."
Susan continued, "With this demonstration garden, we want to improve our knowledge, so that later we can practice it in our homes. Some mothers also asked about the harvest from the demonstration garden. We will use the harvest from the demonstration garden as the source of supplementary food in the community health post or for the cooking nutritious food class activity."
By that time, other women had arrived and the rain stopped. There were about 30 women who happily joined to clear the land. They brought their own machetes and gloves. Some women also carried their children with them. After a short briefing from Ibu Susan and Nando, all of us jumped up and start clearing the bushes, stones and tree trunks!
It took less than one hour to clear the 400 square meter piece of land set aside for the demonstration garden activity. After the work, we sat together for a coffee before wrapping up to go back home. The women agreed to finalize clearing the land the next week, and to start preparing the soil the week after. "Together with SurfAid, we are sure that we can practice our vegetable garden at home, harvest good results and feed our families with nutritious food. Plus, we also can save some money," said Ibu Susan laughing.
Ibu Luseria leads by example. Despite her advanced years, she is out there and digging with all other community members. The 2010 tsunami took their houses and livelihoods, their children, family and friends. The survivors have moved to higher ground, into the forest. Slowly they are trying to rebuild their lives again.
"Water is so important for our lives and health," says Ibu Luseria. "Since the tsunami we have been using rainwater for drinking and the runoff from the road for washing dishes and ourselves. Of course I want to contribute with the rest of the community to get clean water into Eruparaboat. Together with Surfaid, it is possible!"
The community of Eruparaboat hamlet (88 households and 287people) is among 13 communities that were relocated to a new area in the forest on a hill, in the aftermath of the 2010 tsunami. Since their relocation they have been eagerly waiting for the government to build new infrastructures, such as access roads and their permanent houses. This has only started in January 2014, much later than expected.
In addition to the new government homes, Vibrant Village Foundation has invested $31,345 to support the construction of a solar-powered clean-water distribution system for the village. A water committee, which was selected by the community, will play an important role to ensure the sustainability of the water system as its main function is to oversee day-to-day operations, initiate policies for all water users and manage the whole system. The committee will also keep promoting health and sanitation education for the community.
Photos by Nazaruddin, water and sanitation engineer SurfAid.
Mrs. Surtika, a 35 year-old community member from Eruparaboat explains, "Since we had to move from our village of origin, we have suffered from lack of food, no appropriate homes to live in and most the vital, we have lack of potable water. This lack of drinking water affects our children and us. That is why, we are pleased upon hearing the clean water project will be established in our hamlet. During the community meeting, we have discussed on contribution on labor and will work together to succeed the water project construction. My hope that the completion of this project will help a lot for community."


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If you leave without trying the Strawberry Schaum Torte, shame on you. This tower of chewy confectionary clouds with centers the consistency of marshmallow goodness alternating with whipped cream and strawberries, has been on the menu for 50 years, and is divine in its simplicity. As owner Jane Wimmer pointed out, it requires just a few ingredients, but delights on many levels. Close competitors to this top dessert -- the Key Lime Pie and Chocolate Torte.
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Here, we recommend Bonnie's Lemon Meringue Ice Cream Pie. It's a mouthful, to be sure. Named after owner's wife, here's an analysis of this Dells pie from the bottom up. The crust is made with toasted pecans, then it's filled with vanilla ice cream, topped with lemon curd, then frozen. Next it's covered with a golden crown of meringue and candied lemon zest. Obois says this pie, which is served year-round, is his personal favorite.
Cheese Factory Restaurant
When you walk in this pretty little Wisconsin Dells restaurant -- it's actually housed in a converted cheese factory, thus the name -- your eyes will invariably be drawn to a rotating glass case filled with mouthwatering desserts. There are classic fudge brownies, cute cupcakes piled high with frosting, seasonal pies -- all homemade mind you. But the Princess Cake will call to you. Picture vanilla cake between layers of lemon butter-cream frosting and raspberry filling, then covered with roasted almonds. Enough said.
Other restaurants noteworthy for their desserts include Field's at the Wilderness (Bananas Foster), Kaminski Bros. Chop House (their signature KBC Brownie Sundae) and Ishnala Supper Club (pecan cinnamon rolls, which come with the meal, but are absolutely dessert-worthy).
For starters, let's sample a favorite appetizer, the cheese spread at Ishnala, here in the Dells. This restaurant is perched on a plot of land overlooking Mirror Lake that was once ceremonial grounds for the Winnebago Indians and later a trading post. The salads and rolls are the perfect next course. Ishnala is open Memorial Day through mid-October, so plan accordingly. For soup, the loaded potato soup at the High Rock Café in Downtown Dells is one of those instant classics worth a stop unto itself. And the view from this second-story restaurant lets you see all the comings and goings while you simply relax with an incredible bowl of homemade goodness. Ask about their soup du jour too.
The side dish to order, hands down, is the "fully loaded mashed potatoes" at the Kaminski Bros. Chophouse, a great restaurant in Wisconsin Dells restaurant located inside the Chula Vista Resort. This mountain of potatoes, enough for four or more, is loaded with flavors. Given the taste and the portion size, you'll be happy to take home leftovers.
For entrees, we recommend the ribs at House of Embers, the walleye at the Del-Bar, and the burgers at Monk's Bar & Grill in Downtown Dells. Let's start with the ribs. In 1959, Wally Obois decided his new restaurant would be famous for hickory smoked BBQ ribs. And so it came to be. Today his son Mike uses the same technique to make these deliciously tender ribs using a specially designed smoke house and a secret BBQ sauce.
Over at the Del-Bar supper club, established in 1943 as a roadside steakhouse and also owned and operated by the original family, the pan-fried walleye is to die for. The staff, some of whom have been there 20 years, will be happy to recommend just the right wine from the restaurant's extensive wine cellar to accompany the fish. Delish.
On a more casual note, the place to go for burgers is Monk's. Just ask any local. This place has been serving "World Famous" burgers since 1947. Choose from one of 10 types of burgers on the menu and, while you're at it, why not ask for a side order of deep fried Wisconsin Dells white cheddar cheese curds too. Monk's has two locations - the original downtown bar and grill, and an expansive new restaurant at the Wilderness Resort, one of our lovely Wisconsin Dells resorts.
For the sweet tooths in the crowd, this culinary adventure is just not complete without a stop at the Cheese Factory Restaurant. The building was actually a cheese factory for decades, a Wisconsin Dells landmark of sorts, before being converted into an eatery. The desserts here are made the old-fashioned way - hand-made by specific bakers who are responsible only for that particular dessert. There's Glorious Chocolate Cake and Hazlenut Torte, but our favorite has to be the Princess Cake -- vanilla cake between layers of lemon butter-cream frosting and raspberry filling and covered with roasted almonds. Check please.
Restaurant reviews and culinary awards count for a lot with travelers, especially "foodies" who plan their trips around local food finds. So the Wisconsin Dells Visitor Bureau decided to poll the local restaurants on its roster to see who's been recognized for their good taste. Here's a quick sampling:
The most recent culinary honor, however, goes not to a restaurant in Wisconsin Dells but to a B&B - Bowman's Oak Hill Bed and Breakfast, LLC. Innkeeper Nancy Bowman won a recent Wisconsin Bed & Breakfast Association's statewide recipe cook-off for her Wild Rice Cran-Apple Breakfast Bake. The judges, who included two Culinary Institute of America-trained chefs, plus a food journalist and author, praised Bowman's winning dish for its contrast of "hearty" with "sweet" and its "tremendous mix of robust flavors with creative extras." Bowman was pleased to share her recipe.
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¾ c. raw oatmeal
2 large red apples
¾ c. dried cranberries
½ c. raisins
½ T. cinnamon
½ c. chopped nuts (you can use either walnuts, pecans or a mixture of the two)
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The Tour de Force for Foodies Starts with Wisconsin Dells Supper Clubs
If you can't wait to relax over a brandy old-fashioned, munch on some Wisconsin artisan cheese before being seated, and then linger over a multi-course meal that might include yeasty rolls, crisp salad, rich soup, steak or seafood with an incredible sauce, a side of buttery baked potato or fresh asparagus, and decadent chocolate torte with aromatic coffee for dessert, then have we got the supper clubs for you.
Field's at the Wilderness and the Del-Bar were both designed by a protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright, which of course adds to the ambience of these restaurants in Wisconsin Dells. Copper Oak Steak House, House of Embers, Kaminski Bros. Chop House and Ishnala Supper Club round out the list. For one night, don't lament the calories. Just enjoy!
Seasonally Sensational, Vegetarian, Homemade Dining
For a seasonal menu that is beyond words, check out High Rock Café in Downtown Dells. It recently doubled in size, which is a sure testament to its popularity with visitors and newspaper restaurant critics alike.
For vegetarian, a pleasant surprise is the Cheese Factory Restaurant. The entrées reflect flavors of the world. It's a great way to be introduced to this style of cuisine. Here's a recommendation: Try their grilled cheese, named a Top 5 in the U.S. by Rachel Ray.
While dining in Wisconsin Dells, enjoy the beautiful landscaping outside Sarento's Restaurant a treat for the eyes, while the extensive Italian menu and specialty pizzas offered are a treat for the tummy.
The surf and turf meal on the Dells Boat Tours Sunset Dinner Cruise is prepared fresh at one of the docking spots. Their grill masters are to be commended.
Sweet tooths should unite at CheeseCake Heaven Deli Restaurant. The owner literally spent four years perfecting her cheesecake recipe, which now comes in 90 varieties. Everything on the restaurant menu is homemade too – pastas, soups, sandwiches, the whole nine yards.
Enjoy your food tour of Wisconsin Dells.
Technology pushes us ahead at warp speed. But there are times when slowing down to really appreciate the natural beauty of Wisconsin Dells is called for. Are you in for this itinerary? Then better get your gear packed.
Wisconsin Dells has more campgrounds than ever before and most offer a mix of sites. If you like tent camping, for example, reserve a site at Stand Rock Campground where there are 100 acres of hiking trails to keep you active or at Bonanza Campground & RV Park where they have a wooded area for tents only. Sherwood Forest Camping & RV Park has easy-on easy-off interstate access for those of you with big rigs and it's within walking distance of the Dells' downtown district. Pop-ups and RVs have a home at Mt. Olympus Zeus' Village & Camp Resort.
Not traveling with gear, but still want a camping-esque experience? Rent a camping cabin at Yogi Bear's Camp-Resort & Water Playground, a vacation park model at Holiday Shores Camp-Resort or a full-sized resort cabin at the eco-friendly Birchcliff Resort.
If you're serious about fishing, you'll likely be towing your own boat. Put it in the water at a public launch on Lake Delton and wait for the fish to bite. If you like the fishing action on the Wisconsin River, where reeling in bass, northern pike and walleye is an everyday occurrence, there's a boat launch at River's Edge Resort.
Three spectacular state parks prove Wisconsin Dells was smooched by Mother Nature. Devil's Lake State Park is famous for its views from 500-foot-high cliffs. Mirror Lake State Park is so tranquil that you'll find canoeing there to be a nearly religious experience. Rocky Arbor State Park, open Memorial Day through Labor Day, is a cool escape thanks to all the pine trees. And in downtown Dells there's the RiverWalk, a paved trail that snakes along the river with game tables and park benches.
If you prefer to take in the beauty of the river from a seated position, buy a ticket for a ride aboard a classic double-decker riverboat, or a paddle wheeler, or one of those land-to-water vehicles everyone calls "the Ducks." Pontoon boats are a fun way to roll from one end of Lake Delton to the other.
An attraction that should be on every nature-lovers' itinerary is the International Crane Foundation, a restored nature sanctuary and the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of those majestic birds.
Keep it easy on the environment by dining at restaurants that believe in fresh seasonal ingredients sourced locally when possible. High on the list is High Rock Café, with its cosmopolitan-style seasonal menus and Cheesecake Heaven Deli Restaurant just across the street where everything is made from scratch including the mayo on the sandwiches. For vegetarians (and those who just love food made with lots of flavorful herbs and spices), the Cheese Factory Restaurant is one special place.
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Smoking and drinking are two habits that get a lot of negative criticism in the health industry. It seems that people are always trying to find new ways to get drunk, which seems to have recently become popular among teens and college students, has health care providers quite concerned.
Heavy alcohol use has negative effects on organs throughout the body including the liver and the heart. The health hazards may become more pronounced for people who drink and smoke heavily, increasing the risks of health, diseases of the lungs.
Knowing about the facts about the side effects of smoking and drinking on the body can help you find the motivation to quit.
The lungs are pliable organs that need to be flexible to breathe properly. Smoking causes the lungs to become damaged. This in turn leads to a condition called emphysema where breathing becomes labored, even with minimal exertion.
Lung Cancer
In 2010, the United States, alone saw 222,520 new cases of lung cancer and 157,300 deaths, according to the national cancer institute. Smoking is one of the leading risk factors for this disease.
Mouth and Throat Cancer
According to the national institute of alcohol, drinking and smoking can lead to mouth and throat cancer. Smoking contributes to approximately 80 percent of all oral cancer cases. Oral cancers can spread to nearby and surrounding areas like the tongue, head, neck, salivary glands and lymph nodes.
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British TV presenter Carol Vorderman stared death in the face when she smelled smoke in her plane's cockpit during a solo flight. The Loose Women presenter, a keen amateur pilot, was climbing to 2,000 feet (609 metres) after take-off when a "burning smell" engulfed the aircraft, forcing her to declare an SOS and make an emergency landing.
Vorderman is currently training for her private pilot's licence ahead of a planned round-the-world solo trip next year (14), and she was pleased with how she remained calm during her crisis in the skies over the U.K. and safely landed the Piper PA-28 plane.
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In Brief: Nursing Home Liability Insurance: An Overview
This In Brief summarizes the findings of the AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper, Nursing Home Liability Insurance: An Overview.1 Liability insurance helps to cover costs incurred because of injuries or damages and is an important part of the responsible operation of any business, including a nursing home. In recent years, nursing homes in some states have experienced dramatic increases in the cost of liability insurance. Many insurers have stopped offering coverage altogether in some states.
The Issue Paper reviews the limited literature about the nature and extent of problems with the cost and availability of nursing home liability insurance, the causes of these problems, and their proposed solutions. Several of the studies available were funded by nursing homes, consumer groups, or attorneys with a financial stake in the issue or a particular political perspective and were not peer-reviewed before publication, or had a sample was limited to a small number of providers in one geographic area or one segment of the industry. AARP also contracted with Weiss Ratings, Inc., an independent insurance company rating agency, to contact nursing home liability insurers, insurance brokers, and two state departments of insurance to obtain their perspectives. Key findings are:
The nature and extent of the problems
- A few studies have reported dramatic increases in nursing home liability insurance premiums among some segments of the nursing home industry, but results may not represent the experience of the typical nursing home.
- Some studies found large decreases in coverage that were large on average but concentrated among a small number of providers.
- Many insurers have stopped offering nursing home liability insurance coverage in certain states, particularly in the South.
- Historically, insurers were not selective in writing nursing home liability insurance, in part because this insurance accounted for only a small portion of the income of the companies that provided it. Studies suggest that insurers have become more selective in underwriting, but premiums have also increased for nursing homes that provide good quality care and have no history of paid claims.
The causes of the problems
- In recent years changes in some state laws have made it less difficult for nursing home residents to sue and collect compensation for harm caused by substandard care. Recent studies have found large increases in the frequency of lawsuits and size of claims in the segments of the nursing home industry explored. This increase in frequency and size of claims has been driven by a small number of nursing home providers with multiple claims and a few extraordinarily large claims. In the few studies that have examined the relationship between litigation and the cost and availability of liability insurance, the results have been mixed.
- Several factors in the broader insurance market have also contributed to current problems:
- the property/casualty insurance cycle;
- severe premium cuts during the 1990s;
- lower returns on insurers ' investment income;
- more claims and payouts and perceived variability and predictability of claims;
- losses from claims resulting from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; and
- insurers ' business decisions.
Proposed solutions
The Issue Paper examined six proposed solutions to the problems of cost and availability of nursing home liability insurance:
- Limits on residents ' right to sue-Some studies suggest that certain types of restrictions on lawsuits, referred to as tort reform, can improve the availability and affordability of liability insurance, while other studies suggest that tort reforms are not effective. Additional research is needed to assess the impact of these restrictions on quality of care and access to compensation for residents who are harmed, and state courts have found some restrictions to be unconstitutional.
- Strengthened enforcement of nursing home quality standards-Some studies suggest that nursing homes with poorer quality are more likely to be sued and are likely to pay higher premiums for liability insurance. Moreover, strengthened enforcement may improve quality of care and reduce the need for lawsuits, thereby lowering insurance premiums.
- Risk management-Reports from nursing home liability insurance companies and nursing homes indicate that risk management programs in nursing homes can make liability insurance more available and affordable. However, these programs can be expensive.
- Experience ratings-An experience rating system rates nursing homes on the basis of risk to the insurer, including whether it has a strong risk management program. Using such experience ratings can reward good providers with lower premiums and hold providers with a history of poor care accountable by charging them higher premiums.
- Alternatives to traditional insurance-Alternatives to traditional insurance, such as self-insurance, group self-insurance, and joint underwriting agreements, have made insurance more available and affordable for many nursing homes, but they may not be available for all providers.
- Strengthened regulation of the insurance industry-While insurers contend that increases in premiums are needed to cover losses, consumer groups have argued that inadequate oversight allows insurers to overcharge customers. Additional research is needed to examine the role of the insurance industry in the current crisis.
Two of the proposed solutions, namely risk management and increased oversight of nursing homes, may improve quality of care for nursing home residents. In addition, experience rating systems reward good providers with lower premiums and hold providers with a history of poor care accountable by charging them higher premiums. These merit attention as first steps in making liability insurance more affordable and available. Alternative forms of insurance may also offer solutions for many, if not all, nursing homes. These solutions should be given priority over litigation limits, which may have harmful consequences on quality of care and access to compensation for injured residents and their families.
Additional, rigorous research would be useful to better understand the effects of the proposed solutions on availability and affordability of long-term care liability insurance, as well as their effects on quality of care and access to compensation.
- AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper #2003-08 (July 2003)
Written by Bernadette Wright, Ph.D., AARP Public Policy Institute
July 2003
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Countries where you have worked: NZ, Australia, United States, Switzerland
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Career Highlight: Winning the Aspen World Synchro Champs with Aspen Team Diva
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Emilie started skiing at 3 years old, on the rope tows in Whakapapa's Happy Valley. She spent a year begging her parents before they finally agreed to driving 8 hours every weekend, and at 12 joined the Turoa Race Team.
After finishing school Emilie decided to instruct and spent a year working at Auckland's indoor slope Snowplanet, finding her love for teaching and passion for passing the sport onto others. Teaching reinforced the drive to be a better skier and she returned to racing whilst working part-time and studying Economics long-distance at university. She competed at FIS level for 4 years, attending races across Europe and North America, career highlights being the World University Games in China and placing 3rd in Slalom at the NZ Nationals.
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Zhou, Wade-Giles romanization Chou, also called Zi Zhou, or Dixin (born early 11th century? bc, China—died 1046 bc, China), last sovereign (c. 1075–46 bc) of the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 bc), who, according to legend, lost his empire because of his extreme debauchery. To please his concubine, Daji, Zhou is said to have built a lake of wine around which naked men and women were forced to chase one another. His cruelty was such that the nearby forests were strung with human flesh. Moreover, he provoked the resentment of the people by levying taxes to build, over the course of seven years, the elaborate Deer Tower Palace. It was supposed to have been 600 feet (180 metres) high and a half mile (1 km) in circuit, with doors and chambers constructed of precious stones. When Wuwang, founder of the succeeding Zhou dynasty (1046–256 bc), overthrew the Shang (or Yin, as the late part of the dynasty is also called), Zhou set fire to his palace and committed suicide by leaping into the flames.
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In last week's end of the year budget bill, Congress made permanent the qualified charitable rollover distribution. This lets individuals who are 70 1/2 or older donate up to $100,000 a year directly from their IRA to qualified charities. By doing so, donors can reduce their taxable income (because the money coming out of the IRA won't count as taxable income to them) and charities can benefit from income-tax free gifts (because qualified charities don't have to pay income tax on the IRA withdrawals). The charitable rollover counts towards the donor's required minimum distribution.
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Thinking Single: Women Who Live Long
I recently read a Huffington post article about the need for women to plan their estates as if they were single. And that got me thinking about how, despite our best efforts to plan, life just has a way of constantly changing. Children grow up, we get old, and even families slip away, or change over time.
I work with families to craft estate plans all of the time, and it's hard enough to get them to focus on the inevitability of death. Let alone the possibility that one of them is likely to survive the other, and live alone in old age. But from now on, I will try and do a better job to get that idea on the table, too.
Statistics tell us that it's likely to be the woman who survives. According to a U.S. Census report, 80% of women will survive their husbands. And it's pretty common knowledge that close to half of marriages ultimately fail.
It's Holiday Time (Almost) How About a Roth IRA?
I recently read an article about the value of giving your children (or grandchildren) the gift of compound interest and a more secure retirement, in the form of an annual contribution to their Roth IRA. What a great idea!
The author's point is that many young people are struggling to pay off their educational debt and mortgages, or cope with the costs of child-care. But that, of course, is the best time to start saving money towards retirement, since money invested early has more time to grow. Studies recommend saving between 15% and 17% of your earnings each year towards retirement — but many young people just can't save anywhere near that amount at the beginning of their careers.
His solution: consider giving children and grandchildren a gift of $5500/year for deposit into a Roth IRA.
How to Change Your Name After Marriage or Divorce
It happens. People get married, People get divorced. Names change. And our clients sometimes ask us what they need to do to get their legal names changed on their driver's license and social security card after one or the other transition.
Here's the answer.
1. You need to change your name first with the Social Security Administration. Social Security will ask to see an ORIGINAL or CERTIFIED copy of your marriage certificate or divorce decree. If you need to order a copy of these documents, you'll need to request them from the state or country recorder where the event took place. Here's a link to a list of these offices.
Estate Planning and Divorce
If you are in the midst of a divorce proceeding, or have been divorced (which means about fifty percent of married couples according to the American Psychological Association) you've got some estate planning to do, or re-do. Here are a few of the most important things that you should know:
If you are in the process of divorcing, you are still legally married. The Family Code restricts your power to transfer assets until the two of you work out a property settlement and the divorce is final.
Make sure your estate documents do not give your almost ex-spouse power over you or your estate to the extent that you can.
Fiscal Cliff Deal Allows Charitable IRA Rollovers in 2013 and 2012
A provision in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, the fiscal cliff deal passed by Congress and signed by the President in January, 2013, provides people 70 1/2 years and older the ability to donate up to $100,000 per year directly from their IRA's to charities. This provision will last until December 31, 2013.
Until February 1 of this year, people who took out their required minimum distributions in December 2012 or January 2013 can donate cash to charity and elect to count that distribution as a 2012 charitable IRA rollover. For donations during the rest of 2013, you need to ask the plan administrator to send the cash directly to the charity. To read more, here's a good article from the National Council on Nonprofit.
Beneficiary Designations Are Important
Many of our clients have significant assets invested in their retirement accounts. Sometimes these accounts were established years ago, requiring little thought as month after month retirement savings went in automatically. Such low maintenance is sort of a good news/bad news piece of the estate planning process– it makes it all too easy to forget how you set those accounts up. But it's really important to review your accounts periodically to make sure that you've designated the right beneficiaries to inherit those accounts.
Regardless of how carefully you've structured your Will or Living Trust to manage your assets for those you love, it's those beneficiary designations that determine who will inherit your retirement assets, not your estate plan. If long ago, you designated your first born to inherit that IRA, then had several more children—guess what? Only that one designated child will inherit those assets, not the rest of your kids. If you've spent time and money working with a lawyer to plan your estate so that it won't pass through probate, then write the wrong thing down on a beneficiary form (or nothing at all), you may very well have to probate your retirement account, despite all of your careful planning.
Whenever you update your estate plan, please take the time to contact your retirement plan administrators and confirm your most current beneficiary designations. And have them send you a copy of those designations that you can place with your other estate planning documents. You want that written confirmation for two reasons: 1) to help your heirs know who you have designated as beneficiaries and 2) to confirm that the company has the proper designations on file–just in case they lose their records in a merger or sale.
Roth Conversions: One Way to Pay Taxes Now, Before They Go Up
Many of our clients are looking for ways to take advantage of the generous gift and estate tax exemptions available in 2012. If you can afford to do so, making an outright gift or gift in trust this year is a great idea because up to $5.12 million dollars per donor will pass free of gift tax. All subsequent appreciation of the gifted assets will be in the recipient's estate, and not yours. That's one great way to take advantage of today's tax environment.
And here's another, less obvious, one: consider converting your existing Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) or 401-Ks to Roth IRAs or Roth 401-Ks. When you convert your existing retirement accounts to their Roth equivalents, you'll pay the income tax due on those assets at today's rates. If you think that income tax rates are likely to rise in the future, as many do, now would be a great time to get that bill paid. Even better, ROTH accounts do not have the required minimum distribution requirements that traditional IRAs and 401-K accounts have, so you can convert the account, pay the income tax, leave it alone, and eventually, leave the account to your children. When they inherit the ROTH account, your children must begin to withdraw the funds, but those funds come out of the account free of income tax. Of course, the rules are complicated and you need to discuss this thoroughly with your financial advisors and accountants before you leap into a conversion, but it's certainly food for thought.
Charitable Remainder Trusts: A Great Way to Give to Charity
If you are considering making a gift to charity in your estate plan, own assets that have appreciated significantly, and would like to get a current income tax deduction, please talk to us about establishing a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT).
A CRT doesn't have to be complicated to offer compelling benefits. If you'd like to benefit a charity or multiple charities, you can establish the trust and transfer appreciated assets into the trust. As long as the trust conforms to IRS rules, the trust can then sell the appreciated assets and diversify the trust's holdings. The CRT is tax exempt, so when the asset is sold, the trust pays no capital gains taxes. The entire amount can be reinvested.
You (or a named beneficiary) must receive a certain amount or percentage of the trust's assets each year, and you will be taxed on the portion of each such distribution that is capital gain income. The trust can last for your lifetime, or a certain number of years, and the charity will receive the remaining assets when the trust terminates. You get an income tax charitable deduction based on the value going to the charity and the type of charity you're benefitting.


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Fenway Park was home to a different type of world-class athlete Thursday evening.
Snowboarders flocked to the historic ballpark for the Polartec Big Air at Fenway, which featured numerous competitors. U.S. snowboarder Julia Marino won the women's competition, while Canadian Max Parrot was the male champion.
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The International Ski Federation World Cup event continues Friday and features a 140-foot-high snow ramp, which is nearly four times the height of the Green Monster.
The event had a solid first-night showing, and Fenway Sports Management's Mark Lev told the BostInno website he expects a larger crowd Friday.
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To the editor:
Mrs. Teddy Altreuter almost got it right in her letter last week.
There is no "atmosphere of hostility to immigrants and refugees" in America, except as perpetuated by the left. The vast majority of Americans welcome immigrants (here legally) and refugees (well vetted).
The 9/11 event was not an anomaly, but handwriting on the wall — a precursor of 14 more tragedies like Fort Hood, the Boston marathon and San Bernardino. Breaking the law has consequences. Law-abiding citizens and criminals understand the concept.
Bill, Lane and Jim would like to thank the anonymous blonde lady who paid for our lunch at P.T.'s Olde Fashioned Grille in Leland on Saturday, Feb. 25.
We have to assume it was the woman sitting at the next table who said, "Thank you for your service," when she went by.
It was a very nice surprise and was greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Jim Reid
Oak Island
Any season at all brings many things
Bird with wings who so often sings
Fish go through water when it swims
Trees look sad with no leaves on limbs.
Heart you have has been broken
My tired feet need some soaking
Life was planed for a certain purpose
Three circles are contained in a circus.
Mighty mountains with peaks of snow
And smiling faces with a great glow;
A field you found all full of dreams
Bright moon giving off many beams.
Sunset Beach Town Council voted 3-2 on Feb. 21 to deny the Sunset Beach Environmental Resource Committee's report on dredging, apparently demonstrating again that if the council majority doesn't obtain what it wants at first it will use any excuse to manipulate the process to get it eventually.
I am very troubled by the atmosphere of hostility to immigrants and refugees to our country.
We have not always welcomed such people and it has not always been a perfect fit. The 9/11 attacks was a horrendous, insane anomaly on accepting refugees and immigrants. But for most of our history, our country has benefitted greatly from both. And we still need them.
In 2016, the American people went to the polls knowing the next president of the United States would fill the vacancy of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. President Trump's victory is partially because of his promise to nominate a mainstream, conservative justice to serve on the Supreme Court.
Jackie Torok's clarification of newspaper separation of power — news department and advertising department and free speech — in last week's edition was well written and on point. Reading between the lines, it looks like the paid advertisement provoked some anguish amongst readers. That is probably not a bad outcome if it causes some discussion and education on the beauty of our rights and freedoms in the United States.
Being that I am functionally illiterate and suffer from the English language, please allow me to plagiarize the gentleman from Supply who wrote that Democratic voters were "ignorant, childish, crude, rude, uncivil, impolite, flippant, insolent, makeshift, discourteous and unskilled." It seems these words can be used to add one more person to the list, someone who used to be a Democrat in his formative years.
News flash! President Trump is the duly elected 45th president of this country and there are absolutely no grounds for impeachment.
The "impeach Trump" ad is disrespectful and, honestly, I and other "deplorables" I know are very disappointed the Beacon would allow this ad to be run.
I am all for freedom of speech, but when the country is so divided right now, why fuel the fire with such nonsense? You may not agree with the electoral college that voted in favor of Trump, but wake up: He is your president.
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Often, when a fashion designer dies and his life's work is assessed, some insistent hyperbole is necessary before the death matters to anyone beyond his loyal band of ladies who spend their time dashing between luncheons and charity balls. Most modern women are not going to weep at the passing of a fashion designer whose heyday was 30 years ago.
But this time, it's Yves Saint Laurent who has died. He passed away last Sunday evening, at age 71, at his Paris home. His funeral took place Thursday at Saint-Roch church in central Paris.
No exaggeration is required to explain the impact he has had on modern fashion.
In the 1960s and '70s, when he was at the height of his influence, he brought popular culture, a mannish swagger, sexual power and ethnic awareness to fashion. He gave women a wardrobe that spoke of confidence and authority. He didn't give them armor for the boardroom as much as he gave them the sartorial equivalent of chutzpah, tough talk and bawdiness.
Saint Laurent elevated youth culture and street style by equating it with the confections whipped up in a fancy atelier. And most important, he began fashion's march toward democracy and the dissolution of the industry's stultifying hierarchy.
Because of Saint Laurent, women's closets are filled with now-classic garments that have become the backbone of a wardrobe. Items such as the safari jacket and "le smoking" - a tuxedo - have become such standard parts of a woman's everyday life that it is difficult to remember a time when they did not exist. Avant-garde designers such as Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto have been influenced by Saint Laurent and the way in which he feminized menswear. Halston drew upon the sexual ease in a Saint Laurent garment.
Pants and bohemian- chic sensibility
While designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel championed the notion of women in trousers, it was Saint Laurent who sold the public on the idea. Saint Laurent put women in pants. It's as simple and as influential as that. Without him, how would our mind's eye see the authoritative ease expressed by Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton? That accomplishment alone would have been enough to secure him a place in history.
But Saint Laurent was not merely a part of fashion history, he was instrumental in writing the vast majority of it. He popularized the bohemian-chic sensibility that later went on to define the hippie aesthetic and its many artsy, grungy, hipster derivations. He welcomed so-called exotic and unorthodox influences into his work, such as the traditional prints of Africa and the folkloric costumes of Russia. He forged a relationship between fashion and the art world.
Without Saint Laurent, there would arguably be no Marc Jacobs, so greatly influenced by the work of Takashi Murakami, Stephen Sprouse and Richard Prince.
"Most people are lucky if they can do one thing, if they can make one major contribution," fashion historian Valerie Steele said last night. Saint Laurent's contributions could fill volumes.
But for all of his iconographic designs, for all the designers he influenced, his most enduring contributions have more to do with the way he transformed how our culture consumes fashion. He began his career in haute couture, taking over the famed French fashion house of Christian Dior in 1958. He was hailed as a prodigy then, as an enfant terrible as mischievous, rebellious and reckless as designers John Galliano and Alexander McQueen are considered today.
He founded his own house in 1962 with partner Pierre Berge. Saint Laurent had a temperament as fragile as a hothouse flower and always seemed just on the verge of nervous collapse. He seemed burdened by creativity and overwhelmed by his success and responsibilities, even as he moved among a hard-partying crowd and appeared in his own advertisements (even posing naked to promote one of his fragrances).
He was one of fashion's first personalities to be defined as much by his own sexuality and extracurricular activities as by his work. He preceded Tom Ford and Calvin Klein in the transformation of fashion marketing into light porn.
Fashion becomes accessible
In 1966, when he launched his Rive Gauche collection - a ready-to-wear line - he welcomed an entirely new stratum of society into the world of designer clothes. With that decision, he began the trickle-down effect in which designer fashion continues to become ever more accessible, so that now a shopper can go into Target and find a frock that has a designer aesthetic.
There was something profoundly democratic in the work of one of the fashion industry's most rarefied designers. He found inspiration in cultures that were not part of cafe society. And he celebrated the beauty of women who continue to struggle to find acceptance within fashion's narrowly defined aesthetics.
Those who worry about the lack of diversity in the fashion industry in 2008 can look back to the 1970s, when Saint Laurent regularly used black models on his runway - not as gimmicks in a collection that had been inspired by Africa but as representations of a kind of beauty he considered as valid and as enticing as any other.
Saint Laurent retired from ready-to-wear in 1998 and a few years later closed his couture house. By then, the Saint Laurent name was still a celebrated one within the industry and cause for young designers to swoon. But among the public, the name was equated with stodgy sharp-shouldered blazers, ostentatious colors and the frilly confections that defined mother-of-the-bride style.
A long line of designers have tried to reinvent his style and revive the Saint Laurent label for the 21st century. None of them, though, has restored the house to its acclaimed position within the culture, and so far, none has made it profitable.
Sell enough handbags and the money will come. But it's a rare feat when a designer can leave a legacy that not only changed fashion but transformed the way in which we see ourselves. It may not be enough to make a woman weep, but it certainly is enough to make her smile.


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Distributed Antenna Cellular System for Transmission of Broadcast/Multicast Services Alexandra Boal 1 , Armando Soares 1 , João Carlos Silva 1,2 , Américo Correia 1,2 ADETTI 1 , ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal IT 2 , Lisbon Portugal [email protected] Vehicular A. Distributed Antenna System
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Distributed Antenna Cellular System for Transmission of Broadcast/Multicast Services
Alexandra Boal1, Armando Soares1, João Carlos Silva1,2, Américo Correia1,2
ADETTI1, ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal
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Distributed Antenna System
The MBMS is an unidirectional PtM (Point to Multipoint) service for delivering high bit rate multimedia services to a large number of mobile users. There are two modes of operation: multicast and broadcast.
In a radio communication system, MIMO refers to links for which the transmitting end as well as the receiving end is equipped with multiple antenna elements. The idea behind MIMO is that the signals on the transmit antennas at one end and the receive antennas at the other end are "combined" in such a way that the quality (bit-error rate or block error rate BER/BLER) or the data rate (bits/sec) of the communication for each MIMO user will be improved.
In this study we integrated the MIMO principles into the distributed antenna cellular systems.
It is well-known that, in conventional cellular systems [1, 2], each cell is centered around a Node-B, which may employ a set of antennas. By contrast, in the proposed cellular system, each cell has numerous sets of antennas (distributed antennas), which are distributed within the area covered by a cell and are connected to the Node-B using fiber or cable.
In the proposed topology, the distributed antennas (DAs) are connected with a number of signal processing centers, which are referred to as base stations (BSs), using optical fibers or cables. Here we still use the concept of BS, however, it is now just a signal processing center, which may be converted from a conventional BS. The antennas at the BS of the proposed system have no priority in comparison with the other distributed antennas. The BS is responsible for the signal processing of the users within the area, which is covered by the distributed antennas connected with this BS.
Simulation Aspects
In our simulations, we study two different topologies: Macrocell Topology and Distributed Antenna Topology.
The chosen tool to develop the simulator at the system level was JAVA, due to the fact of being a multi-platform technology and independent of any other simulation tool.
For the Urban Macrocell Topology, 18 tri-sectorial base stations with a site to site distance of 1000m were considered, and forthe Distributed Antenna Topology, were considered 18 tri-sectorial base stations with a site to site distance of 1000m, and some distributed antennas with a site to site of 250m. The following figure shows the Macrocell and the Distributed Antenna Topologies considered in this study.
Figure 6. Average Coverage vs S-CCPCH Ec/Ior, Vehicular A.
Figure 7. Average Throughput vs S-CCPCH Ec/Ior, Vehicular A.
Figure 2. Macrocell Topology.
Figure 3. Distributed Antenna Topology.
Table 1 presents some of the parameters used in both simulated scenarios.
Pedestrian B
System Description
The novel concept of the proposed system using distributed antennas can be well described with the aid of Figure 1.
Table 1. Urban Macrocell and Distributed Antenna Topologies Parameters
Figure 8. Average Coverage vs S-CCPCH Ec/Ior, Pedestrian B.
Simulation Results
Figure 1. A conceptual cellular system structure with distributed antennas.
In the proposed system, of Figure 1, the antennas near the borders may be connected with two or three Node-Bs. In more details, as shown in Figure 1, each of the antennas within the dash-dotted box are connected with Node-B of Cell 1 and Node-B of Cell 2, respectively, while the antennas within the dashed circle at the conner jointing Cells 1, 2 and 3 are all connected with respective Node-B of these cells.
In the considered system, for the convenience of analysis, we assume that the cells are shaped as hexagons with the common radius of R. As shown in Figure 1, we assume that any pair of adjacent antennas are separated by a distance of r (in this study we assumed that r=250m and R=1000m). Hence, each antenna is surrounded by numerous distributed antennas located at the layered hexagons. Note that, the structure of Figure 1 is sufficiently general for approximately modeling distributed antenna systems that may have an arbitrary antenna density. This can be done by appropriately changing the radius value of R in Figure 1.
In the system of Figure 1, we assume that the DAs only implement the functions of conveying a signal from radio frequency (RF) to baseband or from baseband to RF, in order to make the computation burden at a DA as low as possible. Hence, in our DA are conveyed to the BSs, where the processing is carried out. Simultaneously, all the DAs are also used for transmitting signals from the Node-Bs to the MTs, in order to improve the DL transmission quality.
The objectives of DAs in wireless systems include the increase of the system capacity, to decrease the transmission power, to reduce the dependence on the centralized control and to redeem the system capacity spent for system configuration in conventional cellular systems.
Figure 9. Average Throughput vs S-CCPCH Ec/Ior, Pedestrian B.
In this poster we have studied a distributed antenna cellular system for transmission of broadcast and multicast services.
From the above presented results, it was demonstrated that high bit rates could be supported by the Distributed Antenna Topology, especially at the cell borders. The use of this topology increased the system capacity, decreased the transmission power, reduced the dependence on the centralized control and offered an almost uniform distribution of capacity throughout all area. The last feature is very important for broadcast/multicast services.
As expected the Distributed Antenna Topology is the environment that provides better performance results compared to the macro cell topology the 'basic' environment.
With this study we conclude that MIMO/Distributed Antenna is a key technology in modern digital communication to provide substantial capacity increments not only for unicast services but also for broadcast/multicast services.
Figure 4. CDF Geometry Macro and Distributed Antenna cells (most relevant range of values).
Figure 5. BLER vs Tx Power for SISO (1x1), MIMO (2x2) and MIMO (3x3).
This paper is co-funded by the European Commission under the framework of IST-2005 27423 Project, C-MOBILE (Advanced MBMS for the Future Mobile World).
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Season 1 of anime series "Overlord" ran for 13 episodes between July to September, 2015. The first season was praised by fans and critics as according to When-will.net, it was rated 8.12 out of 10 based on user rankings.
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The forum users on My Anime List are also unsure about the renewal of the anime and many have expressed doubts whether Season 2 will even get into production or not. Madhouse rarely renews its anime series and hence chances of "Overlord" Season 2 are undoubtedly slim.
Even though Season 2 of "Overlord" might not see the light of the day anytime soon, there is still hope that fans will get to watch the second season. As stated by When-will.net, "the only unusual thing that Overlord has to offer is the loneliness of the protagonist, and, well, his appearance." Hence, the uniqueness of the story might encourage Madhouse to come out with another season.
As reported by IB Times earlier, the success of "Overlord" Season 1 boosted up the sales of manga significantly from 600,000 copies to over two million copies by September 2015. Therefore, there is a significant possibility that the publisher of the manga series green light the anime adaptation based on the consumer response.
According to Anime News Network, "the nine-volume Overlord light novel series and two-volume manga series have, together, more than 1.5 million copies in circulation in Japan."
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As I left Kiyomizu-dera and wandered about on the small streets leading to the Gion area of Kyoto, I noticed a bit of commotion at the end of one street. Two maiko were walking down the street and stopping to pose with people who asked them to do so. This willingness to pose makes me suspicious about whether or not they were true maiko or not. Regardless, they looked exquisite. For photographing them, I didn't just want them to mug for my lens, so I tried to catch them in-between posing for others.
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