empty beds , wasted dollars was the strategic communications and advocacy strategy developed and executed by edward borges to support new york state office of children and family services commissioner gladys carrion 's transformation of new york 's juvenile justice system from a failed , punitive , correctional model to an evidence-based program to improve outcomes for children and make communities safer , despite formidable opposition from upstate republican legislators in whose districts the majority of juvenile jails were located and the employees who worked in these facilities .

empty beds , wasted dollars campaign generated more than 300 newspaper , magazine , television , radio and online story and op-ed placements and 30 editorials in fewer than three years .

it is widely-credited with creating the political capital needed to close more than half the state 's juvenile jails where children in custody had been maltreated by state employees and where an emotionally disturbed 15-year-old boy was killed in 2006 , when two state workers sat on him until he stopped breathing .

the success of this campaign provided carrión the clout to advance reform of the state 's child welfare and child care systems and improve overall child well-being across new york .

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the oversupply - estimated at 8 , 700 beds - has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars because public and private health - care funds help pay for their upkeep , whether they are occupied or empty , the state officials said .
with the headline : about 25 % of beds in hospitals in city are empty , state reports .
the new prisons in tuba city and kayenta , ariz . , have court space and peacemaking rooms , but the space for prisoners grew to 132 beds from a planned 48 beds , and 80 beds from a planned 32 beds , respectively .
jjp’s “empty beds , wasted dollars” campaign , funded by the jeht foundation , focused on the plan’s good fiscal sense : the facilities are either mostly or completely empty , and each empty bed costs the state $ 140 , 000 to $ 200 , 000 per year . ocfs forecasted $ 16 million in annual savings to taxpayers . with state revenue shortfalls looming , the financial argument for closing the prisons was persuasive . jjp was successful in garnering media attention statewide , including editorials in the new york times and albany times union questioning the logic of keeping underutilized facilities open at the expense of taxpayers when more effective & # 8212and less costly & # 8212alternatives are available .
if the new system is adopted in new york next year , as state health officials say is likely , hospital stays for all patients will become even shorter , thus adding more empty beds to the excess .
that’s just one example of how private prison companies keep the dollars rolling in , whether crime is rising or waning . not surprisingly , in the public interest’s report calls on local and state governments to refuse to include occupancy requirements and even ban such requirements with new legislation . “with governmental priorities pulling public funds in so many different directions , it makes no financial sense for taxpayers to fund empty prison beds , ” the report says .
according to the health systems agency , the cost of replacing 1 , 000 hospital beds would be nearly $ 500 million . it estimated that it would cost $ 2 billion to operate them over the next 25 years , whether empty or occupied .
state officials said the excess persisted despite the fact that 6 , 000 hospital beds had been eliminated in the city since 1972 , when the city had 112 hospitals with 42 , 984 beds .
rebuilding hospitals with underused beds , as proposed by several major institutions , would waste billions more , they said .
according to state officials , hospital stays for surgical patients are being shortened and more surgery is being performed on an outpatient basis . another factor is the shift of surgery from hospital operating rooms to outpatient surgical clinics . these outpatient trends , combined with the increasing use of second surgical opinions , state health officials say , are leaving rising numbers of surgical beds empty .
you might be wondering : what happens when crime drops and prison populations dwindle in states that agreed to keep their private prisons 80 percent or 90 percent full ? consider colorado . the state’s crime rate has sunk by a third in the past decade , and since 2009 , five state - run prisons have shuttered because they weren’t needed . many more prison beds remain empty in other state facilities . yet the state chose not to fill those beds because democratic gov . john hickenlooper and cca cut a deal to instead send 3 , 330 prisoners to cca’s three colorado prisons . colorado taxpayers foot the bill for leaving those state - run prisons underused . in march , christie donner , executive director of the colorado criminal justice reform coalition , estimated that the state wasted at least $ 2 million in taxpayer money using cca’s prisons instead of its own .
two brand new tribal jails built by the navajo nation in arizona and paid for by the federal government are sitting almost empty because they’re more than twice as large as planned — and now there’s not enough money to run them .
about a quarter of the 36 , 479 beds in new york city ' s general hospitals are unused and unnecessary , according to state health department officials .
the number of unnecessary beds has increased dramatically over the last few months , brian hendricks , deputy director of the state office of health systems management , said .
given these trends , the state health commissioner , dr . david axelrod , said he did not want to approve the rebuilding of hospitals with unnecessary surgical beds . the issue is important , health officials said , because new york hospitals have proposed $ 4 billion in rebuilding and they want to insure that unnecessary beds are not included in any rebuilding .
the tribe , like many others , has long struggled with tiny , run - down jails that need replacing and a shortage of beds . modernizing its correctional system has been a high priority .
the current excess is nearly seven times the 1 , 300 unnecessary beds reported by state and federal health planning officials two years ago after a one - year state freeze on all major hospital construction .
when the state last estimated the oversupply of beds at 1 , 300 , dr . axelrod said he would try to cut by as much as half the $ 2 billion in hospital rebuilding proposed in manhattan .
hospital officials regard any decision on the issue of excess beds as critical because health care is the city ' s third largest industry , accounting for $ 18 billion a year , surpassed only by government and retailing .
the state has contended that there are too many hospital beds in the city , primarily in the big teaching hospitals in manhattan and in the municipal hospital system , cutting across poor and rich neighborhoods . in recent months , the problem has increased dramatically , the state officials said .
now , however , with the state projecting a much larger surplus of beds , mr . hendricks said the state would take ' ' a much more aggressive position ' ' in approving new construction , particularly in manhattan , where several large teaching hospitals have proposed the major share of rebuilding .
by means of a highly technical formula that is regularly disputed by the hospitals , the state health department periodically measures the volume of services provided by each hospital and then calculates how many beds are needed to deliver them . the count by the state covers only public and private teaching and community hospitals and not long - term care , psychiatric or veterans administration hospitals .
state health officials attributed much of the excess of beds to a sharp decrease in hospital surgery and to several trends and regulatory changes involving strict federal review procedures that have affected new york hospitals in recent months . hospital spokesmen say occupancy rates for hospitals , particularly for surgery , have declined . but they say the drop is not nearly as deep as reported by the state .
presbyterian hospital and mount sinai medical center have already received approval of their rebuilding plans , totaling nearly $ 1 billion . state health officials said new york hospital and st . luke ' s - roosevelt hospital center , with an estimated total of $ 800 million in proposed rebuilding and a total of 2 , 757 beds , would face tougher restrictions than those imposed on presbyterian and mount sinai hospitals .
occupancy requirements , as it turns out , are common practice within the private prison industry . a new report by in the public interest , an anti - privatization group , reviewed 62 contracts for private prisons operating around the country at the local and state level . in the public interest found that 41 of those contracts included occupancy requirements mandating that local or state government keep those facilities between 80 and 100 percent full . in other words , whether crime is rising or falling , the state must keep those beds full . ( the report was funded by grants from the open society institute and public welfare , according to a spokesman . )
corrections supervisor lt . robbin preston gives a tour of the new adult detention center in tuba city , ariz . navajo nation officials say the tribe lacks funding to fully staff the jail ( ap / felicia fonseca )
that’s what the justice department’s watchdog found in a report released wednesday that shows how $ 70 . 3 million in economic stimulus grants turned a crucial need in indian country to incarcerate and rehabilitate adult offenders into two white elephants .
the audit by inspector general michael e . horowitz says about half of that money went out the door improperly , more than $ 32 million of it on the jails’ “excessive” and “larger than planned” size . the construction lacked proper oversight not just by the navajo nation but the justice department itself , the watchdog found .
the office that gave the grants to the navajo tribe was aware of the projects’ creeping scope but didn’t take “sufficient action” to prevent them from moving forward .
“the excessive size of both facilities creates increased costs for operations and maintenance staff , ” auditors wrote — costs that are mostly funded by the interior department’s bureau of indian affairs .
right now , that office can pay for just 40 percent of the tribal corrections officers needed to staff the new , larger - than - planned jails .
as a result , “there is an increased risk that the [ facilities ] will not become fully operational due to a lack of funding , ” says the report , which also found sloppy accounting and financial controls over the construction and inadequate vetting of the builders .
the sprawling navajo nation , located in parts of arizona , utah and new mexico , is the largest and most populous indian reservation , with 250 , 000 people on more than 27 , 000 square miles .
visitors walk up to the a new adult detention facility in tuba city , ariz . , navajo nation officials say the tribe lacks funding to fully staff the jail . ( ap / felicia fonseca )
the increases seem at odds with crime rates on the reservation : the average monthly jail occupancy for tuba city from 2008 through 2014 was between 14 and 22 inmates , with a high of 49 , auditors found . and the average occupancy for kayenta during the same period was between 7 and 11 inmates , with a high of 24 .
the inspector general says the justice department should recoup the extra $ 32 million in construction costs from the navajo division of public safety , which received the grants . but justice department officials and the tribe said the changes to planned bed space were carefully vetted with planning studies and documentation .
but the watchdog said new designs for the kayenta jail were done more than two years after the grants were awarded and way after construction had started .
the justice department “does not believe these facilities are excessive , ” ralph martin , director of the office of audit , assessment , and management for the office of justice programs wrote in response to a draft of the report .
martin acknowledged that “in hindsight , ” the office that made the grants “recognizes that there appears to be some discrepancy with the recommended size for the facilities in relation to the [ plan completed in 2007 ] . ” but he said “no formal scope change” was required by the terms of the project , which was desperately needed by the tribe to alleviate years of poor jail conditions .
the navajo nation , in a similar response , wrote that the crime statistics cited by the inspector general are misleading : the tribe’s judges had to stop prosecuting certain crimes because there was no safe space for offenders to be incarcerated . and the master plan was intended only as a “vision” that could be modified .
the justice department and indian tribes share jurisdiction in criminal justice matters , with the federal government prosecuting serious crimes and tribal governments handling smaller offenses . construction of correctional centers is generally funded by federal grants , and the indian affairs bureau covers most staffing costs .
the tuba city corrections center opened in 2013 , but today it is 82 percent vacant because the tribe does not have the money to pay corrections officers . the kayenta jail is completed but still not opened .
the indian affairs bureau told auditors that they can pay for just 25 of the 63 full - time correction officers needed to staff the tuba city jail and 20 of the 51 officers needed at kayenta .
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in february , shortly after new york’s office of children and family services ( ocfs ) announced its plan to close six juvenile facilities , the ca’s juvenile justice project ( jjp ) launched a strategic campaign to educate the public about the closures and urge policymakers to support the agency’s plan . correctly predicting backlash from upstate legislators who wanted to keep the facilities open for the jobs they provided in their districts , the ca sought to prevent the legislature from restoring funding for the prisons in the state budget .
but it was never just about the money the state would save . the closures are part of a broader paradigm shift in the agency’s outlook on juvenile justice . ocfs commissioner gladys carrión explained : “instead of continuing to pour money into this broken system and confining these children to facilities hundreds of miles from their homes , ocfs has aggressively been moving toward more community based alternatives to incarceration where these children can maintain and strengthen connections with their families and the significant adults in their lives . ”
the analysis that the juvenile justice system is in need of overhauling , and that investing in community alternatives is the first step , echoes reforms for which the correctional association and others have long advocated . a year and a half ago , before new leadership at the agency , few would have expected ofcs to take such a stance . despite soaring recidivism rates and its disproportionate confinement of youth of color , the old ocfs was loath to acknowledge the need for change . its administrators certainly had little interest in hearing from reform - minded groups like the ca .
but by january , ocfs’ announcement came as no surprise to the ca , which over the past year has been working closely with agency officials on a range of important juvenile justice reform issues . as the ca’s legislative mandate to monitor and report on state prisons does not extend to juvenile prisons , this degree of cooperation provides access to what has essentially been a closed system . shutting down underutilized facilities was an important step in the agency’s ambitious redesign , and the ca fully supported the plan .
a few days before the state budget deadline , the ca brought over 50 young people and other advocates to albany to speak directly with policymakers about the issue . during the subsequent budget negotiations , the closures became a bargaining chip between the assembly and senate , and after much wrangling , governor paterson and the legislature restored funding for two of the facilities . while the ca strongly supported closing all six facilities , the closure of four is nevertheless an advance for advocates , for youth involved in the juvenile justice system , and for an agency attempting to remake itself .
the budget battle now over , the ca will turn to supporting the agency’s pledge to reinvest funds in community - based alternative to incarceration programs . with carrión and ocfs still committed to improving outcomes for troubled youth and willing to collaborate with advocates , there is good reason to remain optimistic .
correctional association of new york releases “solitary at southport : a 2017 report based upon the correctional assn . ’s visits , data analysis , & first - hand accounts of the torture of solitary confinement from one of new york’s supermax prisons”
new york , ny ( december 13 , 2017 ) : today the correctional assn . of ny ( ca ) , founded in 1844 and one of the oldest prison watchdog organizations in the country , released a 92 - page report providing graphic first - hand depictions of physical , mental , and emotional abuse as a result of days , weeks , and often years of being caged in solitary confinement for 23 to 24 hours a day . read more
southport correctional facility is one of two super - maximum security prisons in the state that places an emphasis on solitary confinement . a new report looking at the facility’s practices is highlighting the negative impact solitary confinement can have on a human . so advocates are making a renewed push for the halt act . joining us to talk [ . . . ] read more
“the isolation itself is torture . mentally and emotionally , it breaks you down . spiritually it strips you . the way it is built is to break you down as a person and push your family away . ” from “solitary at southport” solitary confinement is torture . new york state subjects people to solitary confinement and other forms of isolation [ . . . ] read more
attica correctional facility , a 2 , 000 - bed maximum security prison in western new york , continues to operate as a symbolic and real epicenter of state violence and abuse of incarcerated persons in the department of corrections and community supervision ( doccs ) state prison system 43 years after the 1971 prison uprising and violent suppression by state authorities . the [ . . . ] read more
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' ' there has been a decline , ' ' said kenneth e . raske , the president of the greater new york hospital association , which represents the city ' s private , nonprofit hospitals . ' ' but we do not think the dip is anywhere as sharp as reported by the state . ' '
but mr . hendricks of the state ' s health systems office disagreed . ' ' what we have is a dramatic decline in patient census , ' ' he said .
anthony l . watson , the executive director of the new york city health systems agency , a federally financed health planning group , said , ' ' the decline is so sharp that there is a likelihood that some hospitals may not survive the bed reductions that must be made . ' ' the agency is empowered by congress to disapprove any hospital construction it regards as unnecessary .
the state officials also cited an increasing awareness by hospitals that they would not be paid for any unnecessary hospital care under the medicare program for the elderly in a tough new review program that began this winter . if review inspectors decide surgery is unnecessary , the hospital forfeits any payment .
another change that is already causing a reaction in many hospitals is new york ' s anticipated adoption next year of the same hospital bill payment system that was adopted by medicare in 1983 in most other states . new york was excluded because it was conducting a federally approved experimental payment system of its own . that system is scheduled to end dec . 31 .
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under the medicare system , the hospital gets a flat - rate payment , no matter how long the patient is hospitalized . the new flat - rate system was designed to reduce the financial incentive to hospitalize medicare patients longer than necessary , just to realize more income .
the state regulates construction , both in private and public hospitals , on the ground that public funds , in the form of federal , state and private health insurance programs , pay for virtually all capital improvements .
some of the big , teaching hospitals , such as presbyterian hospital , report a 1 to 2 percent drop in overall occupancy rates over the winter months .
some other hospitals , however , tend to confirm the state ' s projections . for example , the lutheran medical center in brooklyn reported a 17 percent drop in surgical - bed occupancy rates .
the beth israel medical center , a large teaching hospital at first avenue and 16th street that provides a wide range of sophisticated services , reported an overall 10 percent drop .
dr . robert newman , beth israel ' s director , said , ' ' there ' s no question that there has been a decrease in occupancy rates , particularly in surgery . ' '
dr . newman said beth israel ' s occupancy rate of 95 percent in 1983 had declined to 85 percent so far this year .
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we are living in boom times for the private prison industry . the corrections corporation of america ( cca ) , the nation’s largest owner of private prisons , has seen its revenue climb by more than 500 percent in the last two decades . and cca wants to get much , much bigger : last year , the company made an offer to 48 governors to buy and operate their state - funded prisons . but what made cca’s pitch to those governors so audacious and shocking was that it included a so - called occupancy requirement , a clause demanding the state keep those newly privatized prisons at least 90 percent full at all times , regardless of whether crime was rising or falling .
all the big private prison companies—cca , geo group , and the management and training corporation—try to include occupancy requirements in their contracts , according to the report . states with the highest occupancy requirements include arizona ( three prison contracts with 100 percent occupancy guarantees ) , oklahoma ( three contracts with 98 percent occupancy guarantees ) , and virginia ( one contract with a 95 percent occupancy guarantee ) . at the same time , private prison companies have supported and helped write “three - strike” and “truth - in - sentencing” laws that drive up prison populations . their livelihoods depend on towns , cities , and states sending more people to prison and keeping them there .
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the youth first initiative has released a new report breaking down the walls highlighting the achievements of youth , families , and advocates in six states to help advance a new vision of youth justice . the report serves as a playbook for activists working to end the juvenile justice systems’ reliance on incarceration throughout the nation .
to accelerate the efforts to end harmful and inequitable youth incarceration , and to build on the work of the youth , families , and advocates who have fought successfully to close youth prisons , the youth first initiative looked at successful campaigns in six states , gathering lessons learned and strategies for success . “breaking down the walls” features these multi - year strategies and campaigns :
the strategies shared throughout this report are based on public documents as well as hours of conversations with youth , family members , and other advocates who generously gave their time to explain what they thought made their campaigns successful , as well as what they would do differently knowing what they do now .
the youth first initiative would like to acknowledge all the people who contributed to this effort . sheila bedi is the primary researcher and writer of this report with support from sue burrell , carmen daugherty , mishi faruqee , will harrell , grace bauer - lubow , lisa pilnik , liz ryan , marc schindler , david utter , and jill ward . the youth first initiative thanks : lisa pilnik , editor ; sarah baker , copy editor ; andy stepanian , designer ; and gladys carrion , tommy croft , tawanda davis , laura talkington - denies , chino hardin , andre holder , derrick johnson , michael mcintosh , lanita mitchell , amoretta morris , arja nelson , jonathan stith , jason wang , and ana yanez - correa .
you can make your voice heard by getting involved in a campaign to end youth incarceration in your state .


brabendercox is a nationally recognized republican political consulting firm , with offices in pittsburgh , pennsylvania , washington , d.c. , and harrisburg , pennsylvania .

founded as brabendercox , inc. in 1982 , brabendercox 's pittsburgh office is located on mount washington , which overlooks the skyline of pittsburgh , pennsylvania , and contains a mock electric chair that was once used in a prop for a political commercial .

founder , john brabender is managing partner and chief creative officer of brabendercox .

brabender has been dubbed ' political guru ' to rick santorum 's political career .

brabender worked five of santorum 's pennsylvania congressional races , starting with his first house bid in 1990 and ending with his unsuccessful senate re-election campaign in 2006 .

brabender acted as rick santorum 's senior strategist for his unsuccessful 2012 republican party presidential nomination bid .

charlie cook announced that " brabendercox has become one of the hottest republican media firms " , and in 1995 george magazine called brabendercox the " premier republican spin doctors . "

brabendercox also represents corporate clients , including the newly launched pittsburgh power arena football team .

during the 2010 election cycle , brabendercox was successful in six of the top races across the country .

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brabendercox direct inc . friday said it plans to reorganize its business units and ownership into two new companies . the pittsburgh - based advertising company will split into a new marketing firm called adams marketing group inc . and a political and public affairs consulting business called brabendercox mihalke . the marketing company ' s clients will include general nutrition centers , wal - mart , the pittsburgh penguins , the united way and penn power . the new consulting firm ' s clients will include pennsylvania gov . tom ridge , u . s . sen . rick santorum and attorney general mike fisher . the firm also will continue its public affairs work for the pittsburgh penguins , the pittsburgh steelers , wal - mart and highmark blue cross . adams marketing ' s ownership consists of principals jim cox , chairman , and john verbanac , president . brabendercox mihalke is owned and operated by john brabender , president , and mike mihalke , vice president . cox and brabender were co - founders of brabendercox , and verbanac was the company ' s executive vice president .
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rick santorum spoke straight to the camera , dressed in sensible khakis , ticking off his bipartisan credentials .
in the background of the 2006 senate ad , burly pro wrestlers in bright spandex briefs body - slammed each other against the floor of the ring while a packed crowd cheered on the fight .
because it makes more sense to wrestle with america & apos ; s problems than with each other ,
santorum said , while knocking out a fighter with his right fist , never breaking eye contact with the camera .
it was a classic one - two punch by republican ad maker john brabender , santorum & apos ; s longtime political guru — and godfather of one of his seven children . brabender played santorum & apos ; s consigliere on all five of his congressional races , starting with his first house bid in 1990 and ending with his disastrous senate re - election in 2006 . now , he & apos ; s a top adviser to his white house campaign .
in santorum & apos ; s bare - bones presidential operation , brabender & apos ; s advice comes second only to the candidate & apos ; s wife , karen . it & apos ; s uncommon in politics for a candidate to stick with a single media consultant for two decades , let alone when a candidate runs for president .
i could tell they & apos ; re always on the same page ,
said pennsylvania gop operative vince galko , who worked on santorum & apos ; s last two senate races .
they know what the other is going to think .
their relationship is also unique , in part , because santorum and brabender possess dramatically different personalities , pennsylvania republicans said .
santorum loves to glad - hand throngs of voters , painting policy as a big picture to the crowds . meanwhile , the introverted brabender focuses on the details , fine - tuning his client & apos ; s presentation down to a single word choice . one man sports colored sweater vests , while the other wears only black . every day .
the two men bonded during their simultaneous rise in pennsylvania republican politics during the 1990s , starting with santorum & apos ; s first bid in 1990 .
campaigns forge peculiar relationships ,
said mike o & apos ; connell , a pittsburgh gop political operative .
somehow that one clicked . particularly campaigns like that — when nobody gave santorum a chance .
it was almost a decade after brabender helped future homeland security secretary tom ridge win his first house race in his hometown of erie , pa . , in 1982 . and it was years before brabender boasted a stable of congressional clients that now includes sen . david vitter ( r - la . ) and rep . tim murphy ( r - pa . ) , plus a firm that made more than $ 80 million in media buys during the last election year .
he started off with a little congressional campaign in northwest pennsylvania and built it into a very successful enterprise because of his work ethic , his mindset and his creativity ,
ridge said .
in 1990 , brabender caught wind of a lawyer in his then - hometown of pittsburgh looking to run for congress . republicans viewed santorum as a long shot , and they confessed to brabender that they were trying to talk him into running for the state house instead .
but santorum took on seven - term rep . doug walgren ( d ) in the competitive district , with brabender as his chief ad man and strategist . they were outspent by a 3 - to - 1 margin , but santorum eked out a 2 - point win .
two years later , democrats redrew the congressional boundaries with the aim of eliminating santorum . he won again , with brabender at his side .
on his best day , rick santorum is not in sync with pennsylvania ,
said larry ceisler , a veteran democratic consultant in pennsylvania .
and that & apos ; s another credit in brabender & apos ; s cap . rick won a suburban pittsburgh district . . . . that & apos ; s not exactly conservative territory there .
in 1994 , santorum ran an underdog race against then - sen . harris wofford , a fundraising powerhouse and white house darling , and he edged out the democrat by a 2 - point margin . in 2000 , democrats recruited then - rep . ron klink to face santorum , but the republican defeated him handily .
then came the big loss of 2006 . after rising to become the third - ranking senate republican , santorum faced a stiff re - election challenge from then - state treasurer bob casey , a scion of pennsylvania & apos ; s most famous democratic family . brabender used every ad trick in his creative arsenal , implementing humor in the wrestling advertisement or poking fun at casey & apos ; s several subsequent different runs for offices on a billboard .
but nothing moved the numbers much , and santorum lost re - election by a massive margin of almost 20 points .
several years later , in the summer of 2010 , santorum came back to brabender with another idea : a national campaign .
he and i kicked it around for a while ,
brabender recalled .
it was like , & apos ; we just lost by 18 points . if you run for president , is anybody going to buy that ? & apos ;
but the two men believed santorum would play well in iowa and were hopeful he would finish in the top three in the caucuses .
if we could , then the fact that he lost in pennsylvania could go away ,
brabender said .
and it sort of did .
santorum battled with romney for first place in iowa earlier this month , coming just several votes short of victory — although the final tally will not be certified until this morning . now , with new hampshire in the rearview mirror and south carolina only two days away , brabender has the biggest challenge of his career and one of his smallest budgets .
among the gop operative class , brabender is known for high - quality , creative productions — a potential problem for santorum & apos ; s parsimonious presidential campaign . he & apos ; s also famous for nailing negative ads by being funny .
the way he does it , it & apos ; s often with humor , and it & apos ; s often with more imaginative types of ads than some of his colleagues put together ,
said mark holman , ridge & apos ; s longtime confidant and former chief of staff .
brabender hasn & apos ; t had the opportunity to do much of either yet on santorum & apos ; s campaign .
the campaign spent $ 30 , 000 on advertisements in iowa and chump change on spots in new hampshire . it has reserved $ 1 . 5 million in ads through the end of the week in south carolina .
that & apos ; s a fraction of the $ 9 million that santorum spent on tv in his 2006 re - election campaign .
tight finances forced brabender to channel his creative work into web ads last summer .
for example , he depicted santorum & apos ; s two - week family vacation through iowa last summer as
2 , 500 miles , in 19 days , with seven kids and two minivans , and 1 , 362 & apos ; are we there yets ? & apos ;
he also created a remake of a santorum spot from his 2000 campaign with vh1 style pop - up information tabs .
yet that breakthrough advertisement remains elusive in santorum & apos ; s presidential cannon of political ads .
but it & apos ; s coming , brabender warned .
in some senses , [ santorum ] fits what i really do best ,
he said .
what drives innovation for a media consultant is having clients that allow it .
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ageia , founded in 2002 , was a fabless semiconductor company .

ageia acquired novodex , the company who created physx – a physics processing unit chip capable of performing game physics calculations much faster than general purpose cpus ; they also licensed out the physx sdk ( formerly novodex sdk ) , a large physics middleware library for game production .

ageia was noted as being the first company to develop hardware designed to offload calculation of video game physics from the cpu to a separate chip .

prior to this , solutions from ati and nvidia had not been planned nor announced .

soon after the ageia implementation of their physx processor , nvidia and ati announced their own physics implementations .

1 september 2005 , ageia acquires meqon , a physics development company based in sweden .

known for its forward-looking features and multi-platform support , meqon earned international acclaim in the games world for its physics technology incorporated in 3d realms ’ duke nukem forever and saber interactive ’s timeshift .

on february 4 , 2008 , nvidia announced that it would acquire ageia .

on february 13 , 2008 , the merger was finalized .

the physx engine is now known as nvidia physx .

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about ageia ageia technologies , inc . , is the industry leader in gaming physics technology . ageia ' s physx software is widely adopted with more than 140 physx - based games shipping or in development on sony playstation3 , microsoft xbox 360 , nintendo wii and gaming pcs . ageia physics software is pervasive with over 10 , 000 registered and active users of the physx sdk . ageia is also credited with developing the world ' s first dedicated hardware physics processor , the ageia physx processor . the company , headquartered in santa clara , calif . , is privately - held . for more information visit urltoken .
i downloaded the pirates of the burning sea for the trial and it also installed , ageia drivers ( i do not have an ageia card ) . so i found this interesting interactive demo as part of the drivers ! the video plays at 30fps but the vid is really at 60 .
ageia was founded in 2002 and has offices in santa clara , ca ; st . louis , mo ; zurich , switzerland ; and beijing , china .
santa clara , ca — february 4 , 2008 —nvidia ( nasdaq : nvda ) , the world leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the gpu , today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ageia technologies , inc . , the industry leader in gaming physics technology . ageia ' s physx software is widely adopted with more than 140 physx - based games shipping or in development on sony playstation3 , microsoft xbox 360 , nintendo wii and gaming pcs . ageia physics software is pervasive with over 10 , 000 registered and active users of the physx sdk .
santa clara , ca — february 13 , 2008 — nvidia ( nasdaq : nvda ) , the world leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the gpu , today announced that it has completed the acquisition of ageia technologies , inc . , the industry leader in gaming physics technology . ageia ' s physx® software is widely adopted with more than 140 physx - based games shipping or in development on sony playstation 3 , microsoft xbox 360 , nintendo wii , and gaming pcs . ageia physics software is pervasive with over 10 , 000 registered and active users of the physx sdk .
holy shit that looks cool .
dude i just blew up that friggin building ! thanks , ageia !
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the ageia physx accelerator is the world’s first dedicated physics processor designed to revolutionize the pc gaming experience with extreme physical gaming interactions for an unbelievably dynamic and realistic experience . today , the ageia physx processor is the key hardware element for optimized game physics . its highly parallel , interactive physx cores are optimized for dynamic , large - scale , physics processing to accelerate physical motion and interaction at a scale and quality far beyond that of general purpose processors . available from leading gaming system and add - in card makers today .
nvidia is the perfect fit for us . they have the world ' s best parallel computing technology and are the thought leaders in gpus and gaming . we are united by a common culture based on a passion for innovating and driving the consumer experience ,
said manju hegde , co - founder and ceo of ageia .
the ageia team is world class , and is passionate about the same thing we are—creating the most amazing and captivating game experiences ,
stated jen - hsun huang , president and ceo of nvidia .
by combining the teams that created the world ' s most pervasive gpu and physics engine brands , we can now bring geforce® - accelerated physx to hundreds of millions of gamers around the world .
ageia is a company which designed the first physics dedicated cards . the cards contain a processor which has a sole obligation to process the physics and interation of up to thousands of object , and billions of interactions . some accomplished effects with this are things like real - time water simulation , meanning the computer does it all at the moment , and it allows for the simulation of very large explosions and structural response . also being done is cloth and hair simulation . some examples of this are in the game cell factor , and the unreal engine 3 technology demos .
certain statements in this press release including , but not limited to , statements as to : the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of ageia ; the anticipated closing of the acquisition ; the future of the computer industry ; and the benefits , capabilities and performance of nvidia geforce gpus and nvidia cuda technology are forward - looking statements within the meaning of the private securities reform act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations . such risks and uncertainties include , but are not limited to , the risk that we will not realize the anticipated benefits of this acquisition , the risk that we may not be able to complete the acquisition , risks associated with acquisitions including the ability to successfully integrate technologies , employees and operations , diversion of management ' s attention , risks associated with international operations , industry trends , the impact of competitive products and technological advances , reliance third parties to manufacture , assemble , package and test our products , market acceptance of new products and technologies and other risks detailed from time to time in the reports nvidia files with the securities and exchange commission including its form 10 - q for the quarter ended october 28 , 2007 . copies of reports filed with the sec are posted on our website and are available from nvidia without charge . these forward - looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof , and , except as required by law , nvidia disclaims any obligation to update these forward - looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances .
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without accurate physics simulation even the most beautiful game feels static and lifeless . physx taps into the power of nvidia’s geforce gtx gpus to create incredible effects and scenes filled with dynamic destruction , particle based fluids , and life - like animation . reviewers attest , games like assassin’s creed iv : black flag , batman : arkham origins , borderlands 2 , and metro : last light are better with gpu - accelerated physx effects enabled .
killing floor 2 , the witcher 3 : wild hunt , call of duty : ghosts , and more . . .
learn how gpu - accelerated physx effects enhance one of the most technologically and graphically advanced games available .
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about nvidia nvidia ( nasdaq : nvda ) is the world leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the gpu , a high - performance processor which generates breathtaking , interactive graphics on workstations , personal computers , game consoles , and mobile devices . nvidia serves the entertainment and consumer market with its geforce® products , the professional design and visualization market with its quadro® products , and the high - performance computing market with its tesla™ products . nvidia is headquartered in santa clara , calif . and has offices throughout asia , europe , and the americas . for more information , visit urltoken .
certain statements in this press release including , but not limited to , statements as to : physx - based games in development are forward - looking statements within the meaning of the private securities reform act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations . such risks and uncertainties include , but are not limited to , the risk that we will not realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition , games developer’s adoption of different physics technology to develop games ; the impact of competitive products and technological advances , continued market acceptance of new products and technologies , software defects and other risks detailed from time to time in the reports nvidia files with the securities and exchange commission including its form 10 - q for the quarter ended october 28 , 2007 . copies of reports filed with the sec are posted on our website and are available from nvidia without charge . these forward - looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof , and , except as required by law , nvidia disclaims any obligation to update these forward - looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances .
# # # copyright© 2016 nvidia corporation . all rights reserved . all company and / or product names may be trade names , trademarks , and / or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated . features , pricing , availability , and specifications are subject to change without notice . note to editors : if you are interested in viewing additional information on nvidia , please visit the nvidia press room at urltoken
like graphics , physics processing is made up of millions of parallel computations . the nvidia® geforce® 8800gt gpu , with its 112 processors , can process parallel applications up to two orders of magnitude faster than a dual or quad - core cpu .
the computer industry is moving towards a heterogeneous computing model , combining a flexible cpu and a massively parallel processor like the gpu to perform computationally intensive applications like real - time computer graphics ,
continued mr . huang .
nvidia ' s cuda™ technology , which is rapidly becoming the most pervasive parallel programming environment in history , broadens the parallel processing world to hundreds of applications desperate for a giant step in computational performance . applications such as physics , computer vision , and video / image processing are enabled through cuda and heterogeneous computing .
more details about the acquisition will be provided during nvidia ' s quarterly conference call , to be held on wednesday , february 13 , 2008 at 2 : 00 pm , pacific time . the company ' s prepared remarks will be followed by a question and answer period , which will be limited to questions from financial analysts and institutional investors . to listen to the conference call , please dial 212 - 231 - 2901 ; no password is required . the conference call will also be webcast live ( listen - only mode ) at the following web sites : urltoken and urltoken .
replay of the conference call will be available via telephone by calling 800 - 633 - 8284 ( or 402 - 977 - 9140 ) , passcode 21354792 , until february 20 , 2008 . the webcast will be recorded and available for replay until the company ' s conference call to discuss its financial results for its first quarter , fiscal 2009 .
about nvidia nvidia is the world leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the gpu , a high - performance processor which generates breathtaking , interactive graphics on workstations , personal computers , game consoles , and mobile devices . nvidia serves the entertainment and consumer market with its geforce® products , the professional design and visualization market with its quadro® products , and the high - performance computing market with its tesla™ products . nvidia is headquartered in santa clara , calif . and has offices throughout asia , europe , and the americas . for more information , visit urltoken .
nvidia physx flex v0 . 25 【tech demo】 i7 4770k gtx 780ti 【1080p 60 fps】
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equip : your attacks have a chance to make your next execute cost no rage and be usable on any target , regardless of health level .
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equip : your auto attacks have a chance to increase your strength or agility , based on your specialization , by 4942 for 12 sec , and expel orbs of fel energy . collecting an orb increases the duration of this effect by 0 sec .
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wounds the target , causing 89 , 368 physical damage instantly and an additional 422 , 388 bleed damage over 8 sec .
reduces the cooldown on heroic leap by 15 sec , and heroic leap now also increases your run speed by 70 % for 3 sec .
increases the duration of colossus smash by 8 sec , and reduces its cooldown by 8 sec .
throws a whirling weapon at the target location that inflicts 1 . 1 million damage to all enemies within 8 yards over 5 . 8 sec . generates 7 rage each time it deals damage .
killing a target grants you 30 % haste and 30 % movement speed for 15 sec .
sends a wave of force in a frontal cone , causing 19 , 693 damage and stunning all enemies within 10 yards for 3 sec . cooldown reduced by 20 sec if it strikes at least 3 targets .
transform into a colossus for 20 sec , causing you to deal 20 % increased damage and removing all roots and snares .
when you reach 100 rage , your damage is increased by 15 % and your movement speed by 30 % for 6 sec .
raging blow no longer requires enrage and deals 150 % increased damage , but has a 4 . 5 sec cooldown .
sends a wave of force in a frontal cone , causing 26 , 382 damage and stunning all enemies within 10 yards for 3 sec . cooldown reduced by 20 sec if it strikes at least 3 targets .
you inspire your party or raid members within 60 yards , causing them to be healed for 3 % of all damage they deal .
increases your maximum health by 20 % , and the maximum effect of ignore pain by 20 % .
ignore pain reduces the rage cost of your next revenge by 35 % , and revenge reduces the rage cost of your next ignore pain by 35 % .
shield slam extends the duration of shield block by 1 . 0 sec , and shield block increases the damage of shield slam by an additional 30 % .
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if anyone is thinking of buying this game wait , there seems to be a problem u cant start it at the moment .
c : \ program files ( x86 ) \ steam \ steamapps \ common \ syrian warfare \ _ commonredist \ physx \ 8 . 09 . 04
click on the installer executable . you should be good to go once that ' s installed , but make sure you don ' t have any outdated versions of physx on your computer before you do this . if you do , uninstall those .
appreciate the helping hand… that solved the problem , it’s quite odd , i have never had to do something like this for a game to start . i retract my statement on waiting with a purchase , now that we have the problem solved . thanks again and i will post a review once i’m done with the game .
the driver this game requires is outdated . why would we overwrite our newer current driver ? you need to update your new game to run the current physx driver .
the driver this game requires is outdated . why would we overwrite our newer current driver ? you need to update your new game to run current physx driver .
how to
juggle physx drivers
? how to uninstall the newer one ? ( i found it but i have no clue how to uninstall it ) . and why has this problem not been solved yet ? it ' s quite annoying !
ive never had this problem at all . seems weird , i have never had to fiddle with any physx drivers . just format your computer lol , fixes everything .
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the company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in arizona .

in 2013 , the company was awarded by internet telephony magazine as tmc ’s 2013 internet telephony excellence award for its leading communication technology , crexendo cloud telephony solution .

the company was formerly known as imergent inc , netgateway , and galaxymall and has traded as on various stock exchanges as cxdo , exe , iig , ngwy , and glxy .

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prior to joining crexendo gaylor held positions of increasing responsibility , culminating with the position of sr . vice president , at inter - tel / mitel where he was originally hired in 1987 . gaylor was responsible for overseeing the sales efforts in the western united states where he was ultimately responsible for the activities of approximately 200 representatives . under his leadership yearly sales for his region reached over $ 175 , 000 , 000 annually . doug holds a ba in communications from the university of houston .
provides cloud - based infrastructure services , including telecom and website hosting services crexendo , inc . engages in the provision of telecommunications services , broadband internet services and other cloud business services . it operates through cloud telecommunications services and web services segments . the cloud telecommunications services segment transmit calls using ip or cloud technology , which converts voice signals into digital data packets for transmission over the internet or cloud . the web services segment generate recurring revenue from website hosting and other professional services . the company was founded on april 13 , 1995 and is headquartered in tempe , az .
mr . gaylor serves as president and chief operating officer for crexendo . prior to ascending to the role of president , mr . gaylor was vice president of sales for the company , a position he held since joining the company in 2009 . doug’s 27 years in the telecom industry has made him a subject matter expert in hosted telecom , network services , pbx and key systems , call centers , and managed services . in addition to his depth of knowledge in telecommunications , doug also has a very strong background in all areas of web marketing including seo best practices , conversion rate optimization , paid search , link building , web design and social media . prior to joining crexendo , doug held positions of increasing responsibility , culminating with the position of sr . vice president , at inter - tel / mitel where he was originally hired in 1987 . gaylor was responsible for overseeing the sales efforts in the western united states where he was ultimately responsible for the activities of approximately 200 sales representatives . under his leadership yearly sales for his region reached over $ 175 , 000 , 000 annually . doug holds a ba in communications from the university of houston and is an active board member for a large non - profit foundation specializing in education .
prior to joining crexendo , mr . korn had a private consulting practice ; before that , he had served as general counsel of prosofttraining ( previously a nasdaq company ) , and prior to that , mr . korn was a partner in a jacksonville , florida , law firm with his practice , specializing in corporate matters and litigation . mr . korn has been an advisor to private venture firms , as well as a lecturer and a college instructor . mr . korn currently serves on the board of directors of flanders corporation and on several charitable and education boards . mr . korn has a ba from the state university of new york at new paltz and a jd from stetson university college .
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steve was appointed as chief executive officer in 2008 . he is the former chairman and chief executive officer of inter - tel , incorporated , which he founded in 1969 . steve led the inter - tel revolution from providing business telephone systems to offering complete managed services and software that help businesses facilitate communication and increase customer service and productivity . before selling inter - tel for $ 720 million in 2007 , steve grew the business to nearly $ 500 million in annual sales .
steve earned an honorary phd from california state university - fullerton and received a bachelor of arts in business administration in accounting & finance from the university in 1969 . he has served on boards of numerous community organizations including the arizona heart foundation , junior achievement of arizona , arizona museum of science and technology and the arizona state university college of business dean’s council of 100 . committed to education , steve is involved with the karl eller college of management at the university of arizona and has served on the advisory board of junior achievement of central arizona for over 25 years , and as a member of the board of directors of the big bear high school education foundation and on the dean’s advisory board of csu - fullerton .
mr . vincent supervised teams and managed client relationships for clients of all sizes ; his experience included auditing and substantial review of business plans and services for various telecommunication and internet marketing service providers . prior to his employment with ernst & young , mr . vincent was an audit senior with mukai , greenlee & company and john c . todd ii , p . c . mr . vincent holds an mba from the university of phoenix and a b . s . in accounting / finance from indiana university bloomington , in .
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storesonline / imergent compensates its engineers excellently , and not only in dollar amount . besides the great pay , each engineer receives top of the line hardware ( with the os of your choosing ) along with other hardware perks like three 24
lcd monitors . my current set up is a macpro w / 4gb ram and the 3 monitors . imergent ' s engineering group is led by managers who value the team spirit and reward employees on a team basis . i am always able to take time off when needed , never feel worried to ask for support from my superiors , and always feel comfortable and secure in my job environment .
imergent , despite its long history and its size , still has a very entrepreneurial atmosphere . as a result of this , working as an engineer at storesonline / imergent does not provide a lot of room for upward mobility . if you are looking for a fast track to management , this is not the place to come . however , the raises i have received have been competitive and managers are willing to work with you to help you find projects you enjoy and that are a good fit for you . if you are aggressive , individualistic , or don ' t appreciate a team approach to work ( including bonus distribution ) , you will probably feel out of place at imergent .
as the engineering team is growing in size , some more structure and / or leadership positions within the ranks might provide further incentives for employees .
- absolutely zero corporate culture ( unless you ' re mormon ) - never have i felt so disconnected from a company before . . . trying to get excited to go to work everyday was like trying to get excited to go to a funeral . . . for someone you didn ' t really know or like - training was a joke - the health insurance is good . . . if you are involved in a fatal accident - identity ? - odd combo of web marketing and cloud telecommunications that no one understands . it ' s marketed as if both products are two peas in a pod , but let ' s be honest here , they have nothing to do with one another . it ' s like they are trying to fit a square peg in a round hole . . . it all seemed very forced . - the worst commission structure on the planet . . . people go into sales , because when they sell something the want a nice pop , they do not want their commissions spread out over the life of a contract ( i . e . if you sell a phone system for $ 10 , 000 you make $ 600 . . . over the course of 3 years . . . that ' s $ 16 a month ) . yay ! - phone systems are incredibly basic and missing key features that are desirable to 99 % of large / enterprise companies . - web marketing way too expensive for the average small business - will never nab any large , reputable , brand - name clients for web marketing with the current hokey image . - i could go on . . .
need a divisional separation between web marketing and telecom . touting the web marketing side as more of a
digital agency
will give much more credibility with larger clients since web marketing industry is over saturated with awful companies .
low wages , upper management is a joke , middle management are all on power trips , the engineering department are rude and obnoxious . ranked # 27 in the industry . not a place you want to work .
the board needs to get more involved and make some changes - starting at the top .
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president donald trump said in a tweet that pfizer ( pfe ) and other drugmakers
should be ashamed that they have raised drug prices for no reason .
this comes about a month after the president claimed that some big pharmaceutical companies would soon announce
voluntary massive drops in prices .
pfizer , others ' should be ashamed ' : president donald trump tweeted that
pfizer & others should be ashamed that they have raised drug prices for no reason . they are merely taking advantage of the poor & others unable to defend themselves , while at the same time giving bargain basement prices to other countries in europe & elsewhere . we will respond !
pfizer raising prices : according to a report published by the financial times a week ago , pfizer has raised the prices on 100 products , effective july 1 . it is the second time this year that pfizer has increased the prices of many of its medicines , the report noted , adding that the increases , which were mostly just over 9 % , came weeks after president trump claimed the pharmaceuticals industry was about to implement
massive
voluntary reductions .
some of the big drug chains in two weeks going to announce . . . voluntary massive drops in prices ,
donald trump said on may 30 . price action : in afternoon trading , shares of pfizer have gained about 0 . 5 % to $ 37 . 27 . others to watch : other large - cap drug companies include astrazeneca ( azn ) , bristol - myers ( bmy ) , eli lilly ( lly ) , glaxosmithkline ( gsk ) , johnson & johnson ( jnj ) , merck ( mrk ) , novartis ( nvs ) , roche ( rhhby ) and sanofi ( sny ) .
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