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package libj.poi.api;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import org.odftoolkit.odfdom.doc.OdfTextDocument;
import org.odftoolkit.odfdom.converter.pdf.PdfConverter;
import org.odftoolkit.odfdom.converter.pdf.PdfOptions;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;

import fr.opensagres.xdocreport.document.IXDocReport;
import fr.opensagres.xdocreport.document.registry.XDocReportRegistry;
import fr.opensagres.xdocreport.template.IContext;
import fr.opensagres.xdocreport.template.TemplateEngineKind;

public class ODF {

	public static void createReport(InputStream templateStream,
			InputStream dataStream, OutputStream reportStream) {

		try {

			// 1) Load Docx file by filling Freemarker template engine and cache
			// it to the registry
			IXDocReport report = XDocReportRegistry.getRegistry().loadReport(
					templateStream, TemplateEngineKind.Freemarker);

			// 2) Create fields metadata to manage lazy loop (#forech velocity)
			// for table row.
			// FieldsMetadata metadata = report.createFieldsMetadata();
			// metadata.addFieldAsList( "doc.project.developer.@name" );
			// metadata.addFieldAsList( "developers.lastName" );
			// metadata.addFieldAsList( "developers.mail" );

			// 3) Create context Java model
			IContext context = report.createContext();
			InputSource projectInputSource = new InputSource(dataStream);
			freemarker.ext.dom.NodeModel model = freemarker.ext.dom.NodeModel
					.parse(projectInputSource);

			context.put("data", model);

			// 4) Generate report by merging Java model with the Docx
			report.process(context, reportStream);

		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace(System.err);
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public static void convertToPDF(InputStream documentStream,
			OutputStream pdfStream) {

		try {

			// 1) Load odt with ODFDOM
			OdfTextDocument document = OdfTextDocument
					.loadDocument(documentStream);

			// 2) Convert POI XWPFDocument 2 PDF with iText
			PdfOptions options = PdfOptions.create(); //.fontEncoding("windows-1250");
			PdfConverter.getInstance().convert(document, pdfStream, options);

		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace(System.err);
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

}


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My Nintendo Store Selling Super Mario Odyssey And Snipperclips Stickers In Japan
Besides games and amiibo, the My Nintendo Store is well known for selling items that aren't available anywhere else.
The Super Mario Odyssey sticker set, which is packaged together with the Nintendo Switch Super Mario Odyssey Set in Japan, can be purchased separately on the My Nintendo Store for 460 yen. How thoughtful!
The store is also releasing a set of Snipperclips Plus stickers for 460 yen, which don't seem to be packaged with anything else at this point of time. If that doesn't change, the only way to get this set of stickers is through My Nintendo Store.
My Nintendo Store
My Nintendo Store, Snipperclips Plus, Super Mario Odyssey, Switch
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Ideal for: Couples looking for a mid-sized resort that has a beautiful view of the Samana Bay and is perfect for families, couples, and single members on your guest list.
You'll love the Grand Bahia Principe Cayacoa because not only is it near the fantastic town of Samana but it is located right on the beach. Also, nearly all of the rooms have views of the beautiful Caribbean sea and the impressive Samana bay. This hotel is surrounded but natural beauty and the tranquility you are looking for on your vacation.
When it comes to the 295 rooms here, they're perfect to spend a vacation in the beautiful Samaná Bay. You'll find all the services and details in your room for a stay you'll never forget.
Furthermore, at the Grand Bahia Principe Cayacoa in Samaná, the world's best gastronomy, and speciality restaurants will make your stay a journey across the palate with International cuisine. So, you will love the Las Dalia's buffet, Italian cuisine in the Dolce Vita restaurant, seafood in the Pescador restaurant and sophisticated cuisine in the Orquidea gourmet restaurant.
Throughout the day you can choose from many activities, sports and facilities. Whether you are relaxing at the spa, having fun at the pool, or taking part of fun sports and activities around the property, your guests will love their time here.
Lastly, at the Grand Bahia Principe Cayacoa, we provide an exceptional scenario to bring together your loved ones and spend the happiest day of your life. The wedding packages and coordinators will ensure the stress-free destination wedding that you've always wanted when you arrive. Let us take care of the rest.


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Published 7 September, 2022
Legal & RegulatorySports BettingIndustry
ITIA bans US tennis player Adam El Mihdawy for match fixing
The International Tenis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has banned US tennis player Adam El Mihdawy from the sport for three and a half years, after he admitted to match-fixing allegations.
By Louis Thompsett
Charges made against El Mihdawy relate to a 2016 tournament in Mexico, where the player fixed two matches.
With a highest-ever ATP ranking of 281, El Mihdawy had his case heard by an independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer, Professor Richard H. McLaren, who condemned the player to a four-year suspension.
However, taking into account time already served while awaiting the verdict of his appeal, El Mihdawy's sentence was commuted to three and a half years.
El Mihdawy's ban started on 1 September 2022 and will end on 28 February 2026. Furthermore, the player was fined $5,000, with an additional suspended fine of $10,000 pending, should El Mihdawy be found guilty of or commit further breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).
TACP breaches made by El Mihdawy include the following:
'Section D.1.d. of the 2016 TACP: No Covered Person shall, directly or indirectly, contrive or attempt to contrive the outcome or any other aspect of any Event.
'Section D.1.f. of the 2016 TACP: No Covered Person shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or accept any money, benefit or Consideration with the intention of negatively influencing a Player's best efforts in any Event.
'Section D.2.a.i. of the 2016 TACP: In the event any Player is approached by any person who offers or provides any type of money, benefit or Consideration to a Player to (i) influence the outcome or any other aspect of any Event, or (ii) provide Inside Information, it shall be the Player's obligation to report such incident to the TIU [Now ITIA] as soon as possible.'
The ITIA is an independent body designed to encourage and safeguard the integrity of professional tennis worldwide.
International Betting Integrity Association CEO Khalid Ali will feature in Gambling Insider's upcoming Sports Betting Focus magazine, where he touches on integrity issues within the sport of tennis.


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Australian Business Ethics
By: Ellie Williams
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What Are Spain's Ethics in the Workplace?
In Australia, business ethics refers not only to whether a company treats its customers fairly or if it is honest about its business practices. Australian business ethics also emphasize respect for individuality and privacy, as well as direct and honest communication and negotiation. Ethical business behavior revolves around being upfront, presenting yourself honestly and judging someone based on actions and skill, not on title or rank.
Australians value equality, which is an important social principle and is especially prevalent in the business world. Australians avoid what they call "Tall Poppy Syndrome," which refers to standing out from the crowd. They avoid drawing attention to their academic or professional credentials or other accomplishments, and do not respond well to others bragging about their personal achievements or those of their companies'. Instead, they look to a person's abilities and performance as indicators of competence.
Australia's focus on egalitarianism and individuality strongly influences corporate structure and hierarchy. Employees may hold higher ranks, but that doesn't mean they necessarily have more authority or that employees at lower levels have less input. Collaboration at all levels is essential to ethical business behavior. Upper-level managers typically seek input and advice from their subordinates, and there is often no obvious distinction between upper- and lower-level employees. Employees at lower levels frequently have considerable decision-making power.
Equality is also crucial when it comes to a woman's place in the business world. Women work in many of the same industries as men, and often hold positions of authority. Visitors to Australia should be prepared to do business with high-ranking women, which may be a culture shock if that is not the standard practice in their own countries. However, treating women professionals with respect is just as important to Australian business ethics as treating people as equals regardless of their social standing.
Whether it's an informal meeting or an intense negotiation, Australian business people place company policy above all else. Professionals are expected to set their feelings aside, focusing instead on facts, evidence and company rules. Negotiations often move swiftly, and while Australians are receptive to new ideas, these new ideas must be based on empirical evidence. Australian business people don't like an aggressive or overly persuasive sales approach, preferring direct communication about the other person's intentions. Bargaining is also not well-received.
Privacy and Relationships
Australians draw a clear line between their personal and professional lives, and expect others to do the same. Discussing your personal life or asking extremely personal questions in a business setting is considered inappropriate. However, Australians do like to establish a personal relationship with colleagues and associates, and may want to make small talk before starting a meeting. This exchange is usually brief, though, and limited to neutral topics like the weather or sports, rather than potentially offensive or controversial topics such as religion or politics.
ExecutivePlanet.com: Australia: Conversation
CultureCrossing.net: Australia: Negotiations


The Lahore School Marketing Society held its inaugural session on October 4, 2917.
The session was addressed by the last year and this year's Presidents, and the performance of the last year's society was reviewed.
The session also saw announcement of appointment holders for this year.
At the end of the session, Dr. Aamir Khan, Associate Professor at Lahore School and Patron of the society addressed the students and while expressing his satisfaction with the achievements of last year hoped that this year more would be accomplished. His message was two-fold: The Lahore School is great platform to learn but also to realize one's potential through societies. Second, instead of looking for rewards directly, a better idea is to work hard and let rewards come to you.
It was announced that an advertizing competition will be held and that ads will be made to promote social welfare of Pakistani people.


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Trending Now in News
Jodie McLean
Varnish Lane
Timeline: Days of Fear in Washington
A look back at other events that have cast a pall over the region.
Written by Carol Ross Joynt
| Published on September 16, 2013
More people have died violently in Washington on a single day—most memorably on 9/11, and on the icy day in 1982 that Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge. But few events have kept a significant part of the city locked down as this morning's shootings did the Southeast neighborhood around the Navy Yard. A look back at comparable events that have paralyzed DC or cast a pall over the city:
• March 9 through 11, 1977: Members of the so-called Hanafi Muslim sect, who had split from the Nation of Islam, staged a siege over three days in downtown Washington, taking over three buildings—the B'nai B'rith headquarters, the Wilson Building (then called the District Building) and the Islamic Center of Washington—and holding 149 hostages. Two people, a radio reporter and a policeman, were killed; then (as now) DC City Council member Marion Barry was shot and wounded. The hostages were released after negotiations, helped by three ambassadors from Egypt, Pakistan, and Iran, who read passages from the Koran to convince the attackers to give themselves up.
• December 8, 1982: Norman D. Mayer, a White House protestor, drove a van onto the grounds of the Washington Monument and announced it held 1,000 pounds of dynamite he planned to detonate. Several visitors were trapped in the monument, and many area buildings were evacuated. After a standoff of several hours broadcast citywide, Mayer was shot and killed in a barrage of police gunfire.
• October 2002: They were called the DC snipers, but John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo attacked all but one of their 13 victims in Maryland and Virginia. Ten died, and three survived. The shooters were arrested after they were discovered sleeping in their car at a rest stop on Route 70 near Myersville, Md. (For more on the DC snipers, see the Terror in October feature from October 2012.)
• March 4, 2010: A troubled 36-year-old California man opened fire outside the Pentagon, killing two police officers. Returning fire, the security detail wounded the man, who later died.
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NFL Week 1 Betting Preview & Picks
Anthony Stalter
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Back in May of this year, the Supreme Court struck down a 1992 federal law that effectively banned commercial sports betting. With it slowly becoming legal state-to-state, we at 4for4 Fantasy Football thought there was no better time than now to jump into the sports betting forum.
And hey, we're off to a great start.
On Thursday, I released my first pick of the 2018 NFL season, which was the under 44.5 in the Eagles-Falcons game. Anyone who watched the offenses of those teams flounder last night knows that we hit on that selection. Hopefully, we can carry that momentum into this weekend when the NFL continues with Week 1.
For those of you that don't know me, this my seventh season with 4for4. During that time, I've enjoyed working with long-time buddy John Paulsen on The Most Accurate Podcast, which has grown listenership every year. I also provide weekly scouting fantasy profiles for the Falcons, Saints and Rams.
New for this season, I'm thrilled that I will be doing weekly point spread and over/under predictions for 4for4, as I've been enthralled with sports betting for as long as I can remember. It's a world that I have seen grown rapidly over the years and is on the verge of becoming mainstream. In fact, most pre-game shows that I see nowadays have some element of sports betting in their coverage.
I won't bore you with too much background, but I host the midday show for 101 ESPN in St. Louis, where I was also a co-host for pre and post-game coverage on the Rams Radio Network before the team moved back to L.A. This year I started to incorporate more betting content into our weekly shows and started a column "From the Betting Window," where I make predictions for baseball and college football. My predictions for the NFL, however, will be exclusive to 4for4 readers.
On top of weekly predictions for games, I will also write Betting 101 features to help readers that are interested in sports betting become better handicappers over time.
That said, I will provide one tip right now: Take the long-view. The goal is to be successful over an entire season. There will be losing plays and losing streaks, but we want to win over the long haul.
Thank you in advance for reading and welcome to 4for4's sports betting coverage!
Onto our picks for Week 1…
Point Spread: Steelers -4.5
Time: Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET
The Steelers opened as 6.5-point road favorites but the line has steadily dropped. With LeVeon Bell (holdout) unlikely to report to the team by Sunday, the spread has dropped two full points to 4.5. As for the total, it hit the board at 47 but was also bet all the way down to 43.5.
As of Friday, the Steelers were receiving 63% of the betting tickets at online sportsbooks but 53% of the money is on the Browns +4.5.
Key Injuries
On top of missing Bell, the Steelers will be without tight end Vance McDonald (ankle) so James Conner will start at running back and Jesse James could see an increased role in the passing game. For the Browns, cornerback E.J. Gaines (knee) and defensive tackle Trevon Coley (ankle) will be game-time decisions.
The road team is 3-1-1 against the spread in the last five meetings between these two teams. The Steelers are also 1-6 against the number in their last seven games overall, while the Browns failed to cover in 21 of their last 28 home games.
The Browns have a new offensive coordinator, a new quarterback, and several new faces at the skill positions on offense. While they're a more talented team than they were a year ago, it'll take some time for this offense to gel. I'm banking this pick on Todd Haley and Tyrod Taylor not being on the same page right out of the gates.
For the Steelers, Bell and McDonald are both out for Sunday and keep in mind Pittsburgh put up just 21 points in a 21-18 win last year against the Browns in Week 1. Bell was largely ineffective in that game and now he's not even available. It's unlikely the Steelers will be firing on all cylinders for Sunday.
Finally, one of the most underrated aspects of betting the total in football is the weather. Cleveland is expected to see winds of over 10 miles per hour, which will impact the passing games of both squads. This should be one of the lower-scoring games in Week 1.
Pick: Steelers/Browns under 43
9/9 UPDATE: The weather has forced oddsmakers to adjust the total, moving the number all the way down to 40.5. Hopefully, you got the number on Friday when it was still 43 because losing nearly a field goal on a total is significant. That said, I would still feel comfortable taking the under at 40.5. If it drops anymore, however, I would leave it and move on. This is a perfect example of why betting the number at the right time is crucial.
Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens
Point Spread: Ravens -7.5
The Ravens opened as 3.5-point home favorites for this matchup but that line is long gone. Baltimore is now -7.5 at most sportsbooks and the line could climb with bettors favoring the Ravens. The total, meanwhile, dropped from 42.5 down to 40.5.
No surprise, the Ravens are receiving 75% of the betting tickets for this matchup. They're also receiving 88% of the money, so it would appear as though public bettors and sharps are willing to lay over a touchdown on Baltimore.
The Bills are healthy and will have LeSean McCoy, who will play after not being placed on the commissioner's exempt list. The Ravens, however, will be without rookie tight end Hayden Hurst (foot) and cornerback Jimmy Smith, who will serve the first game of his four-game suspension.
The Bills are 1-4 against the spread in their last five games played in Baltimore. The home team is also 6-1 against the number in the last seven games played between these two teams.
You won't have much success aligning yourself with public bettors. Vegas oddsmakers keep the lights on taking the money of bettors that believe a certain team is a lock. That said, the Bills are in store for a miserable season. Their offense has the makings of being horrendous. Opponents are going to key on McCoy and make life miserable for Nathan Peterman, who is somehow starting an NFL game again after throwing five interceptions in a contest last year. Someone explain to me how Buffalo moves the ball, especially with that offensive line. I'm laying the points with the Ravens.
Pick: Ravens -7.5 (I would buy the hook down to 7 while you can)
Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers
Point Spread: Chargers -3.5
The Chargers opened as a home favorite of a field goal but the line has moved to 3.5 at most sportsbooks. As for the total, it opened at 47.5 and has climbed to 48.
Just over 50% of the betting tickets on this game are on the Chiefs but 55% of the money is on the Chargers.
The Chargers could be without Pro Bowler Joey Bosa (foot) and will be without defensive backs Casey Hayward (hamstring) and Trevor Williams (ankle), as well as receiver Tyrell Williams (foot). As for the Chiefs, they will not have safety Eric Berry (heel).
The Chiefs are a perfect 5-0 against the spread in their last five road games versus the Chargers and are 7-2 against the number in their last nine games in this series.
Philip Rivers tends to struggle against Bob Sutton's defense, as he's thrown 13 interceptions to just six touchdowns. That said, the Chiefs played horrible defense down the stretch last season and is a unit in transition after parting with several veteran players during the offseason. No Berry, no Bosa and no Hayward should lead to plenty of points on both sides. As we know from his days at Texas Tech, Patrick Mahomes is the ultimate gun-slinger, capable of throwing multiple touchdown passes and multiple interceptions in the same game. I don't see how this game stays under the total.
Pick: Chiefs/Chargers over 48
Fun Teaser
This won't count against my overall season record, just wanted to do something fun at the end of each article!
Vikings -0.5
Texans +12
Ravens -1.5
2018 Season Record
Week 1: 1-0
Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images.
Anthony Stalter is co-host of the mid-day show on sports radio 101 ESPN in St. Louis and a pre-game host for the Rams Radio Network. Anthony hosts 4for4's Most Accurate Podcast and contributes as a Scout and columnist.
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The Dirtiest Four Letter Words in a Sales Organization: "Role" and "Play"
by Matt Sunshine, on April 11, 2011
Why is that "role play" has such a bad rap? It's as if these are the dirtiest four-letter words that a salesperson might hear, and I really don't get it. When did practice become a bad thing?
How to Monetize Twitter, Part 2: Digital Sales Strategies
by Kimberly Peek, on April 8, 2011
In Part One, we talked about some mainstream uses of Twitter. And, that's all swell, but what everyone really wants to know is how do you MAKE MONEY with Twitter?
Topics: Twitter Digital
How to Monetize Twitter Part 1: Digital Sales Strategies
When I talk to salespeople, there is a lot of resistance to using Twitter. Twitter is noise, a waste of time. You might be surprised to know... I agree! Twitter is a waste of time—until you know how to use it effectively.
The Secret to Selling Digital Advertising
Everyone has a Great Aunt Martha who safeguards her secret family recipe. She makes a special item— perhaps an out-of-this-world cookie—and brings it to every family gathering, causing relatives to rave. She goes on and on about the "secret ingredient" and years later, when the recipe is finally handed down, the family discovers there was no secret ingredient. Great Aunt Martha's "secret" recipe was available to everyone all along: It was a recipe taken from the back of the chocolate chip package. The same is true with selling digital advertising.
Topics: Digital selling digital advertising integrated media solution


The courts currently disagree as to whether pharmaceutical sales representatives meet the outside sales exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The U.S. Supreme Court will review the 9th Circuit's decision in Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline, 635 F. 3d 383 (9th Cir. 2011), where the 9th Circuit found that the Act's outside sales exemption barred the claims of a proposed class of drug sales representatives. Last year, the 2nd Circuit reached the opposite conclusion and permitted the plaintiff drug sales representatives to pursue their FLSA overtime claims against the pharmaceutical company.
The Supreme Court's review of this matter will resolve the split in the circuits and provide much needed clarity for the pharmaceutical industry regarding the exemption status of its pharmaceutical sales representatives. In addition, the decision is anticipated to have broader implications because the court will likely review the appropriate level of deference that courts should give to the Department of Labor's (DOL) interpretations of the FLSA. The 9th Circuit rejected the DOL's view that pharmaceutical sales representatives do not meet the outside sales exemption whereas the 2nd Circuit found that it should defer to the DOL's interpretations of the Act. If the justices take up this latter issue, employers will have a better understanding of just how much authority and influence the DOL has on the courts with respect to enforcing the FLSA.
This entry was posted in Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and tagged drug sales reps, outside sales exemption, pharmaceutical sales representatives, United States Department of Labor on December 2, 2011 by smithamundsen.


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This Internet-Draft will expire on September 4, 2011.
be provided even under severely limited address space.
of the Internet, making incremental deployment easier.
IP in IP (IPv4-in-IPv6) and NAT.
lite.  The abbreviation DS-Lite will be used along this text.
NAT related terminology is defined in [RFC4787].
great flexibility to adapt to changing traffic load.
applications that may carry literal IP addresses in their payload.
accidentally operating in a double NAT environment.
requests may have direct impact to the AFTR's NAT table utilization.
however other types of encapsulation could be defined in the future.
the outgoing link MTU cannot accommodate for the extra IPv6 header.
Fragmentation MUST happen after the encapsulation on the IPv6 packet.
Reassembly MUST happen before the decapsulation of the IPv6 header.
Detailed procedure has been specified in [RFC2473] Section 7.2.
mechanism, manual configuration or a variety of DHCPv6 options.
point and an IPv4-IPv4 NAT implemented on the same node.
procedure has been specified in [RFC2473] Section 7.2.
Fragmentation at the Tunnel Entry-Point is a light-weight operation.
reassembly process will significantly impact the AFTR performance.
Layer defined in [RFC5320] are out of scope for this document.
packets will flow through the AFTR element.
keep a static configuration for each tunnel.
Multicast is out-of-scope in this document.
range in the pools may be disjoint but must not be overlapped.
pool 1 and a different set of B4s will use NAT pool 2.
Dan Wing for their reviews and comments.
RFC 1918 addresses or the IANA reserved address range (TBA by IANA).
rapid rate and deny TCP services to legitimate users.
Wing, D., Cheshire, S., Boucadair, M., Penno, R., and F.
draft-ietf-pcp-base-06 (work in progress), February 2011.
draft-nishitani-cgn-05 (work in progress), July 2010.
Layer (SEAL)", RFC 5320, February 2010.
Version 2 (L2TPv2)", RFC 5571, June 2009.
in the service provider network.
solution, where more capacity is added simply by adding more boxes.
A service provider can start using just a few AFTR centrally located.
to normal by resetting the DHCPv6 tunnel end-point settings.
thereof) between redundant AFTRs is out of scope for this document.
requests for information from law enforcement authorities.
address to the public IPv4 address and route the datagram upstream.
IPv6 header and perform an IPv4-to-IPv4 NAT on the source address.
to the dual-stack lite carrier-grade NAT over the softwire.
from the inbound softwire datagram, and forwards it to the host.
to the SE to be forwarded over the softwire.
lite home router forwards datagram 3 to the host.
dual-stack capable devices implementing a dual-stack lite interface.
NAT will reside in the service provider network.
through the identification of tunnel endpoints.
disambiguated by the IPv6 source address of the softwire.
IPv4+Port] to uniquely identify the individual host.


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Obituaries / John Wright, age 77 of Jacksboro
September 15, 2022 / Wlaf1450
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Obituaries / Margie Harness, age 91, formally of Laurel Grove Community
Margie Harness, age 91 of Redondo Beach CA, formally of Laurel Grove Community, retired on Monday September 12, 2022. She was born in Anderson County to the late James Albert…
Obituaries / Bonnie "Cate" Powell Gross, age 84,
Bonnie "Cate" Powell Gross, age 84, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday morning, September 11 at the Shannondale Nursing Home in Knoxville. Catie was born on May 31,…
Obituaries / Christy Joanne Bolton, age 55
Christy Joanne Bolton, age 55, went home to be with the Lord after an extended battle with cancer. She was a loving mother and grandmother that loved spending time with…
Obituaries / Darryl A. Roberts, age 61, of La Follette
Darryl A. Roberts, age 61, of La Follette, TN passed away Tuesday, September 06, 2022. He was born in Hamilton, Alabama on May 24, 1961 to Willard Roberts and Joyce…
Arrests / 2 Names on Thursday, September 15, 2022, Arrest Report
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News / Sports / Austin Sherwood is Eagle Tire Pros educator of the week
September 15, 2022 September 14, 2022 / Wlaf1450
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When is a pony not a pony? When it's a virtual pony.
I've long wanted a pony to call my very own. Macworld Editorial Director and Gadgetbox Overlord Jason Snell knows this. I've repeatedly asked him for one to keep me company in the dark, dank dungeons of Gadgetbox HQ—or at least a plastic toy pony. Afraid that somehow I might plot my escape with the help of my new friend Flicka, he wisely refused. But remembering my love for the Nintendo DS, he decided to taunt me with news of Tantalus Interactive's new Pony Friends virtual pet game.
Accessible to all ages, Pony Friends will appeal to anyone with a love of animals. The game allows players to become immersed in a world where they can care for and groom a number of ponies and undertake surprise challenges from a cast of characters. Players create a stable filled with a choice of six authentic or customized pony breeds. Each pony can then be further personalized by choosing various attributes such as favourite foods, grooming tools, customized blankets, be-jewelled shoes and bridles and unique saddles.
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Accuracy of physical working capacity (PWC170) in estimating aerobic fitness in children
T.W. Rowland, J.M. Rambusch, J.S. Staab, V.B. Unnithan, S.F. Siconolfi
Physical working capacity, the workload at a heart rate of 170 bpm (PWC170), has been utilized as a marker of maximal oxygen uptake. The precision of PWC170 in predicting VO2max in children has not been fully evaluated. In this study, 35 children (18 boys and 17 girls, mean ages 10.5 and 9.9 years, respectively) underwent maximal cycle testing to assess the relationship between VO2max and PWC170. These measures correlated closely in absolute terms (r = 0.71 and 0.70 for girls and boys, respectively), but the relationship was weaker when both were expressed per kg body weight (r = 0.65 and 0.48, respectively). When VO2max was calculated from the regression equation of VO2max versus PWC170, the mean error from measured VO2max was 3.4 ml.kg-1.min-1 (SD 2.5) for the girls and 2.8 ml.kg-1.min-1 (SD 2.6) for the boys. These findings indicate that although mean predictability of VO2max from PWC170 is good, the variability is wide, with a 10-15% error at one standard deviation. PWC170 provides only a crude estimate of VO2max and should not be used to predict individual maximal aerobic power.
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Physical Endurance
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Rowland, T. W., Rambusch, J. M., Staab, J. S., Unnithan, V. B., & Siconolfi, S. F. (1993). Accuracy of physical working capacity (PWC170) in estimating aerobic fitness in children. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 33(2), 184-8.
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Merry Christmas, everyone! This year I re-used my previous card because it took so much work to create it originally. It's a group portrait of me, taken at my company Christmas party.
Children especially have told me that they like my cards and can't figure out how I can be in so many places at once. To see how it was made, check out my original post that explains all of the time-consuming details.
I love that this holiday is about people taking the time to go out and specifically shop for others. It's a great time for selflessness, and a time to remember the reason for the Savior. I hope all of you have a joyous season with family and loved ones. Merry Christmas!!
I'm really excited to share the finished wedding album for Liz & Dewayne's wedding. I love being a part of weddings and producing these awesome albums for couples and find fulfillment in seeing how all of the work comes together in these gorgeous products. I shot a video of me going through the book page by page. I talked about my approach to photographing weddings and how my offerings are different and unique. Then at the 4:45 minute mark I share each page of Liz and Dewayne's album. I uploaded a full HD version of the video so you could watch it with clarity and with more detail full-screen if you're so inclined.
Liz and Dewayne are a great couple to work with and their previous shoots that I've posted to my blog and Facebook have created a huge response, so aside from my own excitement, I know there are a lot of people who want to see their final book. Here are some of the double-page spreads from their album.
Their wedding was held at the beautiful La Jardin wedding center in Sandy, Utah just outside the metro Salt Lake City area. If you'd like to see Liz and Dewayne's previous shoots, both their pre-wedding images and their engagements are here on my blog.
My Christmas Card is out and in the mail. If you haven't seen my past Christmas cards, for the last few years they've all been group portraits of me, but in the studio. My idea is that it's a funny company group photo from my own Christmas party. My clients know that because of the custom work that I do, I personally see each job through from beginning to end, which also means that I wear a few different hats. The card is a growing joke, and each time I've done it a little better. But this time I really wanted to out-do myself!
Clients, especially children that come in are always asking me how I shoot my group photos of myself, so I decided to share with you my process.
First I mapped out the entire shot, and decided on which images I'd need, where the various people would be positioned throughout the image. I needed depth, but didn't want anyone in front of anyone else. I even have three people tied together with garland, all handing each other the same strand. It all has to look real and work. Each person had to be working together naturally, and that meant thinking about how the angles and lighting should be.
Once it was mapped out, I began photographing the pieces. I started with my studio/home. I needed to use open area of the front and didn't want it covered with the cedar fence and line of trees in front. So I used a wide angle up close to get the entire home in the shot without the fence and trees you'd see from the street. This gives me the best angle on the place but causes bending on the vertical lines, that I will fix later.
Next I photographed my folks's tree in their home. My mom always puts together the best tree.
Then back at the studio I photographed each remaining part on my fashion gray background so that they could be extracted off the background easier. Extractions are not easy nor fast, but a solid gray background makes it easier at least.
To fit a large ladder in the studio on gray, I chose my smallest ladder, and doubled the size of the legs digitally, adjusting too for the perspective of the steps. I then photographed each version of myself, imagining where each would be positioned in the final image, but used the same step on the ladder to stand so that I'd fit in the studio shot. Each photograph was fired with a remote that I am holding with one of my hands. For instance, in the shovel image, I'm holding the remote up against the shovel's handle. Once I'm in position, I fire the shot. After each shot, I change clothes, set up the next image, and shoot again.
After all the camera work, the digital work begins. I started with the individual versions of me, each extracted off the gray background and placed in the shot where they were mapped out. The ladder was also extended taller, being key to making sure all the other people were in the right spots and in proper perspective.
Slowly the group began to grow, and the star was added in the hand on top.
Then I extracted the tree off the living room background and prepped it.
The tree was brought in and more details were brought together.
Then to the background. I corrected the vertical lines, and the image was cropped to fit the final piece.
I then created snow from scratch and added it throughout, fading out the home as well for a misty look and to keep the background from being too busy and competing visually with the foreground.
The background was added to the crowd, and more details were added like sparkles on the Christmas tree's lights.
Once the background was in, people needed to be moved slightly on the right side to work better with the background. Once they were in place, shadows were drawn in so that each person and object cast a shadow that matched the lighting from the sun behind. Each point of contact with the snow was then painted up close so as to "drop" everyone into the snow so they didn't look like they were on top. That, along with the shadows, help give the final piece a more 3D look and not a flat, fake look. There's much more I could do to make it look real, but a little of that fake look will help with the comedy effect.
The star was also given a nice sparkle. More snow was added around the edges to create a natural white vignette to keep the focus inside the image, and the tree's trunk was finished as well.
Finally, I used one of my custom edges to finish the piece, added the text, and the legend of who everyone is at the bottom. And the finishing touch as always, is adding my signature, in this case in the bottom left.
So what's your guess on how long it took to complete this project? All in all, it took about 23 hours including both the camera and digital designing time, and that doesn't count working with the printer and mailing company to get it all out to each of you. Hopefully when it comes, it brings a smile to your face. If your address has changed, let me know so that I can update it for the next mailing I send out.
I hope all of you have a joyous season with family and loved ones. Merry Christmas!!
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So why stop at the end? Why create great images, do a great design, but then finish it off in cheap book that won't last? In fact some photographers use albums that don't even last them a year or two as a sample. The more people look at them, the more they begin to fall apart. Mine on the other hand look brand new, even after winning awards and traveling around the country, being handled by hundreds of people at conventions and bridal shows. They really are built to last and look beautiful!
You even have your choice of covers, from a classic full leather (in black or other colors), to an etched photo metal cover (shown in top image). And your wedding album will also be presented in a black briefcase for storage, carry, and protection.
When it comes to the best image creation, the best album design, and the best albums, nobody can do all three things at the level at which I'll do them for YOU! Come meet with me and see them first hand to see the difference for yourself. I think you'll find that the images, design, and workmanship will all be a perfect fit for you.
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Auguste Béchard est un homme politique français, né le  à Anduze (Gard) et mort le  à Lédignan (Gard).

Biographie

Militant socialiste dès son plus jeune âge, il rejoint la SFIO lors de sa création en 1905. Il obtient son premier mandat électif en 1913, lorsqu'il bat le sortant radical lors de la cantonale de Lédignan. Il conservera ce siège jusqu'en 1939.

Mobilisé en 1915, il s'illustre au combat et obtient la croix de guerre et retrouve la vie politique dès son retour dans le Gard. Il est ainsi candidat SFIO aux législatives de 1919.

Il l'est de nouveau, mais cette fois-ci comme candidat du Parti communiste, en 1924.

L'année suivante, il est élu à la tête de la municipalité de Lédignan.

Élu député en 1936, il siège sur les bancs communistes. Membre du groupe ouvrier et paysan français nouvellement crée par le Parti communiste, il est arrêté, le , déchu de son mandat, le , et condamné le  par le  militaire de Paris à  de prison avec sursis,  d'amende et  de privation de ses droits civiques et politiques, bien qu'il se soit désolidarisé entre-temps du Parti communiste.

Il est cependant contraint à la résidence surveillée à Aincourt. Libéré le , il se retire dans l'Hérault. Il est soupçonné de s'être rapproché du Parti ouvrier et paysan français. Il est exclu du PC en 1943.

Après la guerre, il abandonne la vie politique.

Mandats

 Maire de Lédignan
 Conseiller général du Canton de Lédignan
 Député du Gard (1936-1940)

Distinction

 Croix de guerre 1914-1918

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Philippe Rigoulot et Patrick Cabanel, « Auguste Béchard », in Patrick Cabanel et André Encrevé (dir.), Dictionnaire biographique des protestants français de 1787 à nos jours, tome 1 : A-C, Les Éditions de Paris Max Chaleil, Paris, 2015,

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Député du Gard (Troisième République)
Député membre du Parti communiste français
Député de la seizième législature de la Troisième République
Maire du Gard
Conseiller général du Gard
Maire membre du Parti communiste français
Naissance à Anduze
Naissance en octobre 1883
Décès en août 1965
Décès dans le Gard
Décès à 81 ans

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When our embarrassments and fears lie, we often listen to them anyway. They thwart our gratitude, acceptance, and compassion--our goodness. They insist, "I am not worthy." But we are worthy--of self-discovery, personal growth, and boundless love. With Brené Brown's game-changing New York Times bestseller The Gifts of Imperfection--which has sold more than 2 million copies in more than 30 different languages, and Forbes recently named one of the "Five Books That Will Actually Change Your Outlook On Life"--we find courage to overcome paralyzing fear and self-consciousness, strengthening our connection to the world. A motivational and inspiring guide to wholehearted living, rather than just the average self-help book, with this groundbreaking work Brené Brown, Ph.D., bolsters the self-esteem and personal development process through her characteristic heartfelt, honest storytelling. With original research and plenty of encouragement, she explores the psychology of releasing our definitions of an "imperfect" life and embracing living authentically. Brown's "ten guideposts" are benchmarks for authenticity that can help anyone establish a practice for a life of honest beauty--a perfectly imperfect life. Now more than ever, we all need to cultivate feelings of self-worth, as well as acceptance and love for ourselves. In a world where insults, criticisms, and fears are spread too generously alongside messages of unrealistic beauty, attainment, and expectation, we look for ways to "dig deep" and find truth and gratitude in our lives. A new way forward means we can't hold on too tightly to our own self-defeating thoughts or the displaced pain in our world. Instead, we can embrace the imperfection.
"Brene Brown courageously tackles the dark emotions that get in the way of leading a fuller life; read this book and let some of that courage rub off on you."
"Courage, compassion, and connection: Through Brene's research, observations, and guidance, these three little words can open the door to amazing change in your life."
Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation--Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of four #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, and Braving the Wilderness. Her newest book is titled Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. Brené's TED talk--The Power of Vulnerability--is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 35 million views. Brené lives in Houston, Texas with her husband, Steve, and their children, Ellen and Charlie.


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How nasty can this campaign get?
"I don't think you can beat an incumbent president, even if the economy is slow, if 27 percent of the voters think you as the challenger don't have a clear plan about improving the economy," said the Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol, citing a poll released last month. "A lot of people who hope Mitt Romney wins the presidency in November, which I certainly do, would like to see him stand up and say, 'I have a plan,' and I am going to aggressively address these problems and fix the economy.' They seem to be playing prevent defense."
But Kristol and other likeminded conservatives are likely to be disappointed.
Though a senior Romney adviser told RCP that the campaign intended to use the convention in Tampa as a "methodical introduction of Mitt Romney to the nation," the candidate's strategists intend to stick to the script that has guided the former Massachusetts governor from Day One: making the election a referendum on President Obama.
With no sign of a change in Obama's strategy either, and with outside spending groups on both sides almost certain to press the boundaries even further, the 2012 presidential campaign is poised to take an even uglier turn in its last three months.
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Chancellor Porter canoes with Bronx students in honor of 10th anniversary of the Urban Waters Federal Partnership
By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech
New York City Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter paddles around Harlem River with students from the Bronx to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Urban Waters Federal Partnership, an initiative that connects kids living in urban environments to local waterways. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Education).
Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter canoed alongside about 200 public school students on the Harlem River on Tuesday in honor of the 10th anniversary of the creating of the Urban Waters Federal Partnership, a program that works to connect kids living in big cities with local waterways in order to teach them about their impact on the surrounding environment and human health.
"Our students are the next leaders of New York City, and initiatives like this will empower them with the knowledge to care for our environment and inspire responsible stewardship," said Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter in a statement.
Bronx students from I.S. 229 Roland Patterson, I.S. X303 Leadership & Community Service, and P.S. 126 Dr. Margoir H. Dunbar paddled up the river in six 24-foot-long voyageur canoes along with seven boat captains from Wilderness Inquiry, a Minnesota-based non-profit that offers guided outdoor adventure tours, and got the chance to learn about the geography and history of the river.
Bronx public school children listen to a canoeing instructor from the Minnesota-based nonprofit Wilderness Inquiry before they head out onto the Harlem River. ( Photo courtesy of the New York City Department of Education.)
Afterward, students went on land at Roberto Clemente State Park to learn about the waterway and park's wildlife and different ecosystems by taking part in activities like water quality testing, seed planting, and learning how to tend to indigenous plants with the help of local organizations like the Harlem River Working Group, the U.S. Geological Survey, Bronx is Blooming, the New York State Parks Department and the USDA Forest Service.
Normally, Wilderness Inquiry visits over 50 cities across the country each year and typically comes to New York City twice a year for three-day-long stints in order to bring up to 1,000 public school students from the Bronx out on the water and learn about the natural resources around them.
"That playspace and hands-on learning is just a really incredible way for them to own and feel and experience these pieces of this natural wonder really close to home," said Willy Tully, development director at Wilderness Inquiry, who added that about 80% of the kids they serve have never been out on the Harlem River before in a canoe or any other type of recreational boat. "The Harlem River is this incredible public natural resource blocks away from so many of the schools and neighborhoods where these kids live, and a lot of them haven't been able to experience it."
But due to the pandemic, nonprofit's ability to travel outside of their home city of Minneapolis has been limited and Wilderness Inquiry's visit this week—Harlem River canoe tours and park activities have been taking place since Monday and will end on Wednesday—is their first time back in the Big Apple since the pandemic hit in March of last year. And employees noticed a change in energy among students and teachers than in years past.
"The excitement and joy and engagement that we're seeing this year is different than it was a year and a half and I think…it has a lot to do with how challenging the pandemic was for kids," said Tully.
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Getty Exhibition Highlights Manuscripts from One of the Greatest Epochs of German and Central European Art
German and Central European Manuscript Illumination
At the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center February 24 - May 24, 2009
LOS ANGELES—Manuscript illumination flourished during the Middle Ages as one of the great artistic traditions of German and Central European art. On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, February 24 through May 24, 2009, German and Central European Manuscript Illumination features manuscripts and leaves from the Museum's collection and highlights masterworks from the Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic eras of the Middle Ages.
"This exhibition illustrates the startling artistic achievements of one of the greatest epochs of German and Central European art," explains Thomas Kren, senior curator of manuscripts. "From the Carolingian book production workshops in ninth-century monasteries to Renaissance illuminators' ateliers in sixteenth-century towns, manuscript illumination remained a fresh and vital art form, continuously renewing itself in different locations in the German-speaking regions of central Europe."
Manuscripts began with the flowering of book production under the Frankish king Charlemagne during his rule from 768 to 814. He introduced an ongoing scholarly program of reform in culture and learning which enabled scriptoria (book production centers) to flourish during the Carolingian era. Ottonian emperors (ruled 919–1024) also were great patrons of manuscript illumination and the monastic centers that produced them. This later period saw an ever-increasing demand for lavishly illuminated books for the ruling class and high-ranking ecclesiastics. The Mainz sacramentary (image shown on the left), an Ottonian manuscript displayed in this exhibition, has key portions of the text written in gold against a background of rich burgundy to emphasize its sacred character.
Romanesque illumination flourished in Germany in the late 1000s and 1100s. New artistic centers emerged, producing manuscripts typically decorated with geometric forms arranged in bright, intricate patterns. Displayed in this exhibition is the Stammheim Missal (image shown on the right), a masterpiece of German Romanesque art that epitomizes this style in the vibrant color and intricate geometric patterns of its miniatures.
In the 1200s, the Romanesque aesthetic gave way to the Gothic style, characterized by figure types and settings grounded in the observation of human form, volume, and movement. By the 1300s, secular artists and artisans started to produce books for the church and lay people.
This exhibition also demonstrates how––even after the invention of the printed book in the fifteenth century––manuscript illumination continued to flourish. The inclusion of an illuminated printed book and select paintings in this exhibition underscores the relationship between manuscript illumination and a rapidly changing artistic and intellectual culture at the end of the period.
German and Central European Manuscript Illumination is curated by Thomas Kren, senior curator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.


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Anita Walker betting culture is good for your health
By CommonWealth Staff	 Jan 21, 2020
With a portion of the state's casino revenues, the Massachusetts Cultural Council is testing whether arts and culture can be prescribed just like medicine.
The organization is running three pilot projects where health providers, counselors, and social workers prescribe cultural activities for those with whom they work. The goal is to see whether going to the zoo, visiting a museum, or attending the symphony can have beneficial health impacts.
Anita Walker, the executive director of the Cultural Council, is convinced the experiment will work, in part because the health benefits of cultural activities have been documented in a number of studies. She's using a portion of the revenues her agency receives from casino gambling to pay the cost of the pilot project prescriptions, but in the long run she hopes health insurers will come to see the health benefits of arts and culture and pick up the tab themselves.
"Maybe we can find a way to convince insurance companies that this is a good investment because it will save money," Walker said on The Codcast from CommonWealth magazine. "You know insurance companies will pay for your gym membership. Insurance companies will give you a benefit if you don't smoke. If they can see the benefit of cultural participation as a protective factor and a prevention against much more expensive consequences, maybe we can find another resource stream for our organizations."
Walker says one of the chief benefits of arts and cultural activities is a feeling of participating in something bigger than oneself. "You can't pick up a newspaper without reading about the epidemic of social isolation and loneliness, which leads to depression and even serious, serious physical health conditions like heart disease. I read recently that social isolation and loneliness have the same impact on your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day," Walker said.
Tunneling under the Charles River
As state transportation officials prepare to replace the elevated section of the Massachusetts Turnpike that runs between Boston University and the Charles River, they are facing an age-old problem – whether to strive for the absolute best approach or whether to pursue what's best under the circumstances.
The challenge, and the tradeoffs involved, were explored on the Codcast by two transportation experts who are well aware of the high stakes involved – Antonio Di Mambro, a visionary architect and planner, and Glen Berkowitz, project manager at A Better City.
Both Di Mambro and Berkowitz recently submitted comments to the state on the current plan for the Turnpike project, which calls for replacing the elevated portion of the highway, which is 60 years old and falling down, and addressing a host of transportation issues in the Allston I-90 area.
The state's current plan is to put the Turnpike, two railroad lines, and a pedestrian and bike path at ground level and run Soldiers Field Road above. After years of insisting the Charles River should not be touched during construction, state officials have also concluded that they need to temporarily run Soldiers Field Road and the bike and pedestrian path out over the Charles River during the estimated 10-year construction period.
The potential impact on commuters of this project could be immense. During construction, the Turnpike will have six lanes instead of eight and the Worcester commuter rail line may be periodically reduced to one track in the area.
State officials also plan to shut down for most of the construction period a little-used rail line called the Grand Junction, which is currently used to move MBTA equipment from the south side of the commuter rail system to the north side but is viewed as a potential commuter rail line of the future connecting areas west of Boston to Kendall Square and North Station.
TransitMatters 2019 Retrospective
SOME OF THE STATE'S leading transit advocates are calling for extending the life of the existing MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board for six months to a year and making buses free across the state.
On the TransitMatters Codcast hosted by CommonWealth magazine, Jim Aloisi, the former transportation secretary and TransitMatters board member; Josh Fairchild, the co-founder and president of TransitMatters; and Stacy Thompson, the executive director of Livable Streets, looked back at 2019 and forward to 2020. They predicted the Legislature would pass a transportation revenue package and assembled a wish list of fairly predictable initiatives they would like to see action on.
Partners vowing to end surprise billing
By CommonWealth Staff	 Dec 30, 2019
Partners HealthCare is moving to eliminate surprise billing, where consumers receive large, unexpected hospital bills after unknowingly being treated by a doctor who doesn't accept their insurance.
The Partners policy on surprise billing surfaced during a CommonWealth Codcast interview with Lora Pellegrini, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans.
"Partners has told me they are going to stop this practice," she said. "The physicians will be either employed or contracted through Partners. That's an important example for all other providers in this state."
A Partners spokesman, Rich Copp, confirmed that the state's largest hospital system is moving to eliminate surprise billing. "That's our goal and we're moving toward it," he said.
Weld: 'All of this is totally unprecedented'
As a young lawyer working for the congressional committee investigating President Nixon, Bill Weld's job was to study every impeachment that had previously occurred in Great Britain and the United States.
Now he's running in the Republican primary against the third president ever to be impeached by Congress: Donald Trump. He has some perspective.
"All of this is totally unprecedented. We've never had a president who came anywhere near this," said Weld.
The former federal prosecutor and twice-elected Massachusetts governor visited The Codcast on Friday to share his thoughts on President Trump, the impeachment, and his campaign.
Weld plans to compete in every state where he is legally permitted to be on the ballot, and he thinks it is "looney tunes" that the Massachusetts Republican party suggested he should not be eligible for the ballot here.
Saving Hampshire College
Can Hampshire College rise, if not from the dead, from the higher ed death watch list?
Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen has predicted that as many as half of all US colleges and universities will close or go bankrupt over the next decade, and a year ago it looked like Hampshire would be one of them.
The Amherst college, founded in 1970 with a commitment to rethinking traditional liberal arts education, said it was in dire financial straits and would be seeking a "strategic partner" to merge with. The college, which depends almost entirely on tuition revenue to operate, seemed to push itself closer to the fiscal cliff by then announcing it would not accept a new entering class this fall.
The news of Hampshire's death, however, has been premature.
Students, faculty, and alumni rose up in protest against the planned merger, and within months the college president who said it was the only viable path had resigned, along with the leaders of the college board of trustees who backed the plan. The remaining college leaders declared they would instead mount an aggressive fundraising drive and pursue other reforms to remain an independent college.
Now charged with leading that effort is Ed Wingenbach, who arrived in August as Hampshire's new president. For a guy facing a very tall task, the veteran college administrator — most recently at Ripon College in Wisconsin — sounded enthusiastic and upbeat as he talked about the challenge on The Codcast. The college has about 730 students after what Wingenbach calls the "self-induced crisis" of not enrolling a new class this fall. He says Hampshire will be back to 1,100 or 1,200 students within five years.
Atrius Health reaching back to its managed roots
By CommonWealth Staff	 Dec 9, 2019
There's a back to the future feel to some of the changes taking place in US health care, and Atrius Health, which provides care to some 740,000 patients, is a leading player in that effort in Massachusetts.
After years of soaring health care costs, there is growing interest in moving away from the fee-for-service model that has long dominated care, where providers are paid for each patient interaction or procedure. The trend now is toward giving health providers a set budget to care for patients over the course of a year. The idea is that it creates an incentive for providers to do all they can to maintain patient health, even if it means more spending on preventive services to prevent costlier outcomes down the road.
It harkens to the early days of managed care, when such a system was touted as a way to achieve the double-win of better health outcomes at lower cost. By the 1990s, however, HMOs were in retreat, faced with a public pounding as many big for-profit companies seemed more interested in managing costs by denying various services than promoting good health outcomes. The idea behind managed care, however, is enjoying a revival as the US health care system struggles to find ways to better coordinate care and control cost growth.
At Atrius, one of the state's largest health networks, with more than 700 physicians and 400 non-physician providers, more than 80 percent of all revenue now comes from some sort of global payment structure that moves away from the traditional fee-for-service model.
"Which means we are directly aligned with our patients' interests," said Dr. Steven Strongwater, the CEO of Atrius, on this week's episode of The Codcast. "We want to keep patients healthy and well and out of ERs and hospitals to lower their out-of-pocket costs, and to improve their outcomes, their patient experience, and safety."
What's behind the split within the Mass. GOP
There is a struggle going on for the soul of the Massachusetts Republican Party between Trump loyalists who control the party apparatus and a more moderate brand of Republicanism espoused by Gov. Charlie Baker.
The state party is headed by Jim Lyons, a social and economic conservative who said in a recent email to state Republicans that President Trump's economy is working for Massachusetts residents. "We learned on Election Day that even here in 'blue' Massachusetts, voters in our targeted areas are picking common sense over creeping socialism," he said.
But the party is also headed by its top office-holder, Baker, who is no fan of Trump and practices a brand of politics that blends social liberalism, fiscal restraint, and a willingness to work cooperatively with the Democrats who dominate Beacon Hill. A relatively new super PAC affiliated with Baker spent money on behalf of Republicans and Democrats in the November municipal elections.
While Lyons and Baker refrain from attacking each other publicly, it's clear they represent competing factions within the party. On the CommonWealth Codcast, two Republicans from those factions engaged in a sometimes testy debate about the struggle over the party's direction.
Is Walsh preparing to go 'bold' on transportation?
By CommonWealth Staff	 Nov 25, 2019
Is Mayor Marty Walsh preparing to call for a massive upgrade of Boston-area public transit by making the case for a regional tax to support bold new investments? Listen to him on the new installment of The Codcast, and you make the call.
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce's "City to City" program sets out to take Boston civic and business leaders to other cities so they can expand their thinking on challenges at home by learning about policies and practices elsewhere. Walsh, who was part of the program's trip earlier this month to Los Angeles, has clearly taken that mission to heart.
Appearing on The Codcast, Walsh repeatedly pointed to the "bold" move taken by Los Angeles leaders, who brought a countywide ballot question to voters asking them to raise the local sales tax to support major investments in the region's transit infrastructure.
"That's a bold idea," Walsh said of the LA ballot effort. "We have to think bold here in Massachusetts, and I don't think we think bold enough."
Anderson: No revenue shortage for transportation
For the Massachusetts High Technology Council, blocking a transportation revenue package is a two-step process.
The first step, which proved successful last week, was convincing House leaders to put off any action on a revenue package until next year. Chris Anderson, president of the council, argued on the CommonWealth Codcast that delaying action at least until January will give lawmakers more time to better understand the state's revenue and political picture.
Specifically, Anderson said, the extra time will give the Legislature a chance to pass Gov. Charlie Baker's $18 billion transportation bond bill and to determine whether the transportation climate initiative, a multistate effort to place a charge on the carbon contained in automobile fuels, is likely to become a reality any time soon. Anderson also said a delay gives lawmakers a better chance to assess the political fallout of raising the gas tax.
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The Doomino Effect for Dec 24, 2008
Starting off this week's haul is Batman #683, the conclusion to the two-part "Last Rites" storyline, of which part one was a Book of Doom earlier this month.
While working on a separate post about the Gnosticism in Final Crisis, I came upon a July blog on Final Crisis #2 which mentioned one of Grant Morrison's favorite tricks is "…the last minute revelation that the good guys have already won." I'm not enough of a Morrison devotee to be able to identify his favorite themes, but I think we have a winner if a line in a Final Crisis writeup from this summer accurately predicts the outcome of the first two conclusions to "Batman RIP."
We continue to saunter through the disjointed retelling of Batman's history, now revised in order to distract Batman's increasingly dangerous consciousness so that The Lump can continue to suck out the good parts. It's important to note that, without a costume, gadgets and a cave to play in, Bruce Wayne sure comes off like a loser. And nobody tells Batman he's a loser, especially not in made-up memories crafted by a fat thing in a chair disguised as Alfred!
As disjointed as the memories are, they're sequenced in a way so that they can still have an impact, even if we only glimpse a fraction of the scene. Juxtaposing one shot of Batman and Jason Todd disagreeing right next to an anxious conversation between Bruce and Alfred wondering where Jason is, followed by a close-up of a bloody crowbar is effective because readers can piece together what's missing and therefore so can Batman. It's like that awkward rush of uncomfortable adrenaline when you hear a familiar song from a past relationship. It's just enough to dig up a lot more.
And even though the "Batman is always prepared" theme can get tiresome (it's how he'll defeat Wolverine someday) it is still, in its own way, awesome, as we see that the army of Batman clones can't handle the suffering that Bruce Wayne has endured, and so the great project of sucking out What Makes Batman Be Batman and multiplying it backfires. No one can be Batman but Batman. Because he is simply the awesomest. And he knows this, too, so he simply taunts his mental captor and convinces him there is grace in bowing out. Golddust says it best, when he asks "What kind of man can turn even his life memories into a weapon?"
The long-awaited bridge between the helicopter explosion and Final Crisis #1 reads more like a third-party attempt to clean things up than it reads as a planned transition, but at least someone made the effort, albeit uninspired, to tidy that up. And we now know that "Batman's last case" was not Dr. Hurt and the Black Glove, but the murder of Orion (v.3) that we saw in Final Crisis #1, which will conclude in Final Crisis #6. I bet that's where he'll become the new Spectre, because what bigger betrayal is there than having God punish you for a career of fighting evil?
Speaking of people with a lifetime of bad memories, that leads me to Daredevil #114, part 4 of "Lady Bullseye." Lady Bullseye secretly practices law on the side, which is impressive given that she just came from Japan but is already licensed in the state of New York. She's representing Milla's parents, who are seeking custody of their daughter after Matt Murdock ruined her life. The best part is that they have pictures of Matt and Dakota getting it on. This is bad for two reasons, because Matt's caught red-handed and Dakota is now in the middle of it. This is also good for two reasons, because Matt now really does have an alibi for that murder that was pinned on him, and now he's learned to close the blinds when cheating on his wife with an ex-model in front of a window.
The bad news elsewhere is that the good guys Lady Bullseye was seeking are getting knocked off and resurrected Hand-style. The good news is that you can recover from that. I don't remember how, but Wolverine did it. He's fine now. Still, lots of good stuff going on. Ninjas, zombie ninjas, Iron Fist, ancient alcoholic ninjas, Daredevil, Catholic guilt. I'm digging it.
Speaking of Iron Fist, Wolverine being okay and alcohol, that leads me to New Avengers #48. I was totally planning on dropping this book because I thought it was going up to $3.99, but it was still $2.99, so I bought it. It's essentially little more than the forming of the New New Avengers. I thought they were going to have their first mission established here, which would last for a few issues (that being "We must find Luke and Jessica's baby"). Instead, this issue seemed to be more concerned with setting Luke Cage's new course than the team's.
On one hand, it's an interesting twist. I didn't see it coming, and it definitely adds some moral ambiguity. Luke has the best intentions. He's a good guy. I assume he's going to be stuck on a team of Thunderbolt Avengers, who we would be immediately inclined to consider All Bad Guys. So that ambiguity pulls it back to the interesting side from what would otherwise be potentially dismissable. Spell check tells me "dismissable" isn't a word, but I hope the made-up meaning is clear.
Anyway, on the other hand, it seems like kind of an illogical step to take, at least this quickly in the game. The good guys have far from exhausted their options in the hunt for the abducted baby, so it's ridiculously early to go to the head bad guy, who you know is bad, and submit yourself to him with the faith that he's going to use his resources to help you. Don't – think – too – hard, which is too bad. It feels lazy. This issue also relied on the old "Tightly-wound law enforcement agent shoots the bad guy just a second before the bad guy reveals crucial information, because HE'S JUST TOO ANGRY!!" I know Bendis has his quirks that a vocal group of readers don't like, but "lazy lameness" is a new one to me.
Oh and Billy Tan is just terrible. Would someone do me a favor and stop hiring him?