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What are the real costs to you, the interpreter, for the provision of services and how much do you need to charge to cover them?
What are some of the business, cultural, and historical pressures on our fees?
These and other questions will be explored in a mix of lecture and small group discussion.
Theresa Smith, Ph.D., MCSC, SC:L coordinated and taught in the ITP at Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) for 14 years where she wrote the original curriculum for both the ASL and the Interpreting Programs. In 1989 she left SCCC to become a co-founder and then Director of the American Sign Language, Interpreting School of Seattle (ASLIS) 1989 - 2007. Since that time, she has primarily been doing consulting work and freelance interpreting.
WSRID, as a diverse and inclusive body, has adopted a formal communication policy of direct communication in ASL for all WSRID sponsored events. This workshop will be provided in ASL.
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The Trolleyvox is an American Indie pop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was formed in 1996 by Andrew Chalfen and Beth Filla.

The band's style drew comparisons to The New Pornographers, while a YouTube video for "Just You Wait" turned it into an anthem against George W. Bush.

After releasing two albums on the New Jersey power-pop label Groove Disques, The Trolleyvox moved to Philadelphia-based label Transit of Venus. Their 2006 release The Trolleyvox Present The Karaoke Meltdowns earned them substantial critical praise, Philadelphia Weekly hailing the album as their best yet. In 2007 the band released a double album Your Secret Safe / Luzerne earning 3.5 stars out of 5 on Allmusic. Your Secret Safe is a full-band album produced by Philadelphia producer Brian McTear (The A-Sides, Matt Pond PA, B.C. Camplight); Luzerne is a mostly acoustic and instrumental album that became a staple on WXPN's Sunday morning broadcast, "Sleepy Hollow."

Bassist Owen Biddle also played in the Philadelphia hip-hop/R&B group The Roots until 2011.

Discography
 Ephemera for the Future (Groove Disques, 2000)
 Leap of Folly (Groove Disques, 2003)
 The Karaoke Meltdowns (Transit of Venus, 2006)
 Luzerne (Transit of Venus, 2007)
 Your Secret Safe (Transit of Venus, 2007)

References

External links
 The Trolleyvox at MySpace
 [  The Trolleyvox] on Allmusic
 Groove Disques' Entry

Indie rock musical groups from Pennsylvania
Musical groups from Philadelphia

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The Rockstar Humble Bundle features Manhunt, Max Payne, Bully, and GTA
This should keep you busy for awhile.
If you've heard some good things about those guys at that Rockstar outfit but have never got around to actually playing one of their games, the new Humble Bundle will be right up your alley. Say howdy to the Rockstar Humble Bundle, which covers just about everything the studio has done on the PC since the turn of the millennium.
The $1 entry level tier covers the games that made Rockstar one of the most notorious studios in the business: Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Manhunt, and the best of the bunch, Max Payne. Paying more than the average price, which is already pushing $9, will also get you Bully: Scholarship Edition, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, LA Noire, and the best of the bunch, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
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At the top of the package, for a very reasonable $15, you'll add on the LA Noire DLC Bundle, Grand Theft Auto 4, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City, and—that's right, the best of the bunch—Max Payne 3, with the Max Payne 3 Rockstar Pass.
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Off Topic: Favorite Music?
By MissGoddess,
January 25, 2008 in Your Favorites
MissGoddess
LocationHaleakaloha and Monument Valley
I love this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgDn3HoeIV0&feature=related
"Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday"
CineMaven
I was a closet Beach Boys fan back in the 60's. (My crowd was listening to Motown and would never understand my love for Lesley Gore etc). We would travel to upstate New York in my Dad's Chevrolet, listening to AM radio and there would be The Beach Boys'
I was a closet Beach Boys fan back in the 60's. (My crowd was listening to Motown and would never understand my love for Lesley Gore etc. while the Black Panthers were being attacked). We would travel to upstate New York for picnics in my Dad's Chevrolet, listening to AM radio. And there would be The Beach Boys':
What a sweet melancholy melody it was. Their harmony and the Four Seasons' and The Four Tops were wonderful!!
SURF'S UP!!
I just read a piece on the internet that said sales of LP's have risen sharply recently, as much as 36%! And that Warner Brothers has stepped up the number of LP new releases. Also, that Target now sells turntables, whereas you used to have to go to an audio specialty store to get them. Is this a trend? Does anyone here still buy LPs, either new or collect old ones?
I'm glad I still have my two Sinatra LPs I bought in London but have never listened to (one I have on cd anyway).
I'd also like to know from any hi-fi "bugs" out there whether you think LPs really do sound better than CDs? And why?
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36% from very little still won't amount to much but I have heard labels are increasing their production of albums. I'm not a collecetor but I have held on to what I have. Some are sentimental value. Some music isn't available anymore so I keep them.
Turntables have been available to varying degrees for a while. I have the coolest thing in a turntable that will convert my records and tapes to CDs. It is a great way to have permanent copies without worrying about further wear on them. When I'm done it will still play as a regular turntable.
There is certainly a different sound between records and CDs. I remember listening to The Beatles "Revolver" when it came to CD. This was an album I loved and knew well. I was still surprised at some of the small things I had missed because they were so buried in the mix on an album that I could now hear on the CD. With this new toy I can listen to both.
Hi Chris! That new turntable-cd player sounds like the way to go.
One day I want a decent audio system in my home, but right now I don't listen to
my music enough to justify it. I listen more at work than at home, or when I'm
walking around the city.
I do love the way LP look, with their nice album art. And there is something much
more romantic about playing a record than playing a cd.
mickeeteeze
"I remember listening to The Beatles "Revolver" when it came to CD. This was an album I loved and knew well. I was still surprised at some of the small things I had missed because they were so buried in the mix on an album that I could now hear on the CD. With this new toy I can listen to both."
I've long since given away all my vinyl and switched to CD, only to find out what you now know. That "analog" has that 'wide bottom', and "digital" has that real clean 'top end'. I am an audio nut, and I can't fully enjoy CD without a subwoofer to artificially "bring the bottom".
The thing about the Beatles stuff, and Beach Boys as well, for that matter, is the bands mixed the stuff into mono, and then the studio geeks would come around and do those 'pan stereo' mixes.
So the pure stuff is mono.
Also digital has little or no "hiss" which exposes all those 'kinks and kanks' on the CD's. Pretty cool, actually. Like you said a different experience.
I have some "Special Remix" of "Who's Next" in which I can swear I hear Keith Moon put a bottle down and squeak in his chair just before he thunders up the drum break in "Won't Get Fooled Again".
Speaking of Beatles' records I was equally surprised at the difference in sound in the American and British releases. I think even McCartney at some point asked EMI why their records couldn't be more like the Capitol releases. They, not surprisingly, had the bass more prominent in the mix. A little echo added a better sound, I thought, as well.
I am hard pressed to give up or throw away many of my albums. Some are gone because of the shape they were in. I like having the art and liner notes.
JackFavell
Album covers were an art form-- CD covers..... just can't get in`to it. I liked to be able to read the back of my album just after putting the record on my turntable.....
I gave up all my vinyl when I was younger. Moves to smaller places, beat up records, replaced with cassette for car use, etc.
Of course, now I wish I hadn't.
A good friend of mine still has all of his, his basement is almost like a warehouse. Amazing how much stuff is gone....no CD available.
Of course, Jack, you are right about the artwork.
I will say this; I find some 'special edition CD's', particularly boxed sets, to have nice liner material and info.
I'm at a stage in life, however, where they are not 'do-able' without very bright lights and reading glasses.
Remember "The White Album" with the invisible pressed "The Beatles", like Braille on the cover, that 'Revolution #9' styled poster with the lyrics on the back, and the four "glossy head shots"?
I wonder how much that would fetch now.
That and my rookie "Seaver/Ryan" baseball card would've got me a Montauk Hotel for an evening I'm sure!
I do have both Brit and US mixes of all Beatles stuff up to, I believe "Beatles '65".
On CD, however. It is surprising that Paul didn't know. I do believe that before "Pepper", they would rehearse, record, mix, "soup to nuts" on the same day, sometimes two or even three songs.
If they took material on the road, they often had to re-learn their own stuff.
It's one of the lesser known reasons they stopped touring. They were such prolific writers, they bored of their own stuff quickly.
> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> Album covers were an art form-- CD covers..... just can't get in`to it. I liked to be able to read the back of my album just after putting the record on my turntable.....
Hi Jackie! I love reading liner notes. CDs come with good ones, too, but it's not the same and those plastic cases always break on me anyway. CDs just make a "technology" statement to me, the way they look and are packaged, whereas albums do look and feel more romantic. Remember Irene Dunne and all those vinyl records Cary Grant bought from her in PENNY SERENADE, just so he could chat her up?
I still have the "White Album" with all that stuff. It's not pristine but it is still there. The point you make about The Beatles touring is a good one. Their writing in a few years had progressed so far that it left much of what they did in concert well behind. They also were playing awful by their own admission. The crowds were so loud they couldn't hear themselves.
If you are at all interested in their recording methods the encyclopedia of it is Mark Lewison's "Recording Sessions." A detailed list of each recording session during the group's career.
Speaking of the "White Album" The Beatles did 100 takes of "Not Guilty" by George Harrison and then left it off the album. As you are probably aware he released it on a solo album.
What did you write, Mickee? I couldn't read it without me spectacles.... It's very annoying, isn't it. Subtitles are my other irritation. I find it hard to read quickly enough to get every word anymore. And heaven forbid that I am sleepy- like on Sunday night .... I gear up reading the Silent Sunday titles, then move on to the foreign films.
albums do look and feel more romantic. Remember Irene Dunne and all those vinyl records Cary Grant bought from her in PENNY SERENADE, just so he could chat her up?
Don't make me think of that movie, I will get all choked up. Cary Grant crying ! Oh, now I did it. Sob! I am glad kids will still be able to understand that movie, because they will know what a record is....
With some of my albums, I knew where every pop and hiss was, and you knew how much you loved the album by how much dust was ground into it. When I transferred to CD, I missed those little pops and crackles....
Snorky
Hey Miss G, how've you been?
I guess the Lee Morse name sounded a little bit familiar to me so I checked my 1920s various artist
CDs and she does a song called "Moanin' Low" included on a compilation titled,
Flappers, Vamps, and Sweet Young Things.
With songs from names like Helen Kane, Gertrude Lawrence, Blossom Seely, Annette Hanshaw,
Lillian Roth, Sophie Tucker, Ruth Etting and Helen Morgan, I highly recommend the disc.
I was excited to see that Gale Storm's first two albums are coming out on CD (2-for-1)!
She's only one of my top five favorite actresses of all time! ; )
Some of her albums have been available on her website but I doubt the quality's there -
the My Little Margie DVDs I purchased there are quite public domain quality, let's just say.
Nice to have the boards running again!
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Those cd albums sound charming, thank you for the recommendation Jeff!
I just wanted to bump this up because there is a new
Sunday afternoon radio show for people who love
the standards and jazz classics:
"The American Song Book,? WPFW, 89.3-FM, Sundays, 2 ? 4 p.m.
"Good news for those who love classic jazz! Donnie McKethan, who has inherited the throne once occupied by the late, great Felix Grant, as the King of D.C. Jazz DJs, has started a brand new show on Sunday afternoons. The show is called ?The American Song Book? and it is a perfect showcase for McKethan?s impeccable taste in music and musicians. (For more info or to listen to archives, visit www.wpfw.org.)
?My radio career began in 1993 at a small AM station in Bethesda,? Donnie says, ?I worked there on Saturday mornings playing the kind of music that I play currently. I moved to WPFW in 1999 and worked the 3 to 6 a.m. shift on Wednesdays until 2004, when I moved to Thursday evenings.?
According to Donnie, ??The American Song Book? is the honoring of the great composers, such as Gershwin, Berlin, Mercer, Kern, Ellington and the great artists who render their work.?
As to those artists, McKethan?s three favorites are Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and the man he invariably refers to as Francis Albert Sinatra. (As with his Thursday show, a half an hour each Sunday will be dedicated to Sinatra.) ?They mean so much to me because of their unselfconscious artistry,? says Donnie.
Donnie sums up his devotion to this music with, ?My feeling about jazz is that I am proud that it is an original American art form.? For those of us who share his passion, his new show is one more reason to look forward to lazy day Sundays."
http://tinyurl.com/4td2wf
McKethan's favorites are mine also. Basie, along with Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw,
is my favorite band leader. In my opinion, Sinatra never swung as sexily as he did
with the Count.
Since itunes has reorganized their prices I figure I'm old enough I'll start saving some money when I buy something. I hardly fit the prime demographic.
Film_Fatale
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> Since itunes has reorganized their prices I figure I'm old enough I'll start saving some money when I buy something. I hardly fit the prime demographic.
Did they really change their prices much? I haven't bought much music in iTunes recently, most recent thing I got was from Amazon France, because it wasn't available anywhere else.
According to what I read they will now have three prices per song. $.69, $.99, and $1.29. I figure my tastes are well rooted in what will be the $.69 category. I think this all happens around the end of the quarter.
You are more advanced technologically than I am. I have not yet ventured into
"iTunes" territory. I still buy CDs and down/upload them to my Mp3 player. I haven't
yet attempted to buy songs from the internet. Is it worth while? I'm really curious because
CDs are not cheap, especially when all you may really want is one or two songs on the
The albums I buy are on average about $10. I then burn them on a CD and I can print the album art and make my own CD package.
What I really like about it is buying single songs. When I was in high school and after I listened to a great deal of Top 40 radio and many of the songs never get played around here. I have been able to buy a lot of songs I had on 45s. (And if you are too young to know those we'll have another chat.) For 99 cents I could get them and burn a CD of favorites.
Walmart has a similar thing where you can buy downloads for the same price that are not married to itunes. This way you can select an individual song without buying stuff you don't know or like. They also give you a thirty second sample to make sure you get the right song.
movieman writes: "I have been able to buy a lot of songs I had on 45s. (And if you are too young to know those we'll have another chat.)"
Geez! Who doesn't know what a 45 is; a small caliber gun. But when did they replace bullets with music???
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> Geez! Who doesn't know what a 45 is; a small caliber gun. But when did they replace bullets with music???
And here I was thinking they were these kind of 45's:
MusicManChris!: My father was a "hi fi bug" and preached the gospel
of how vinyl was the BEST possible way to enjoy recorded music at home.
So I grew up with 33's, 45's and probably 78's.
I really do like the idea of buying individual songs. My Mp3 player is almost
full, but if I ever "upgrade" to an Ipod or whatever, I will definitely look into what
songs, via iTunes or elsewhere, I can get. BobHopeFan, as you may know,
used to tell me about some really obscure stuff she'd find for her Mp3.
So you buy the tunes so you can make your own CD's? I never thought
about that angle. That's kind of cool!
CineMaven: My mother preferred rifles to a .45. She slept with one under the bed.
You might say she took to Texas like a native.


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Q: Oracle view and grant question How can I use grant and creation of a view to allow a user to have read only access to certain columns in a table but also be allowed to update only one of the columns?
Can you specify a specific column only for update on a grant?

A: So let's say we have a table T with col1...col5 and the user U, he should not see col5 () view needed) and should update col3 (no view needed):
CREATE VIEW V AS SELECT col1, col2, col3, col4 FROM T;
GRANT SELECT, UPDATE (col3) ON V TO U;
see http://www.oracle-dba-online.com/sql/grant_and_revoke_privileges.htm
EDIT: corrected a mistake...

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Q: HTML5 page connect mysql database with node.js I have tried with Joel solution but getting some error. Can anybody tell me where is the problem.
app.js
var app = require('http').createServer(handler)
, io = require('socket.io').listen(app)
, fs = require('fs')
, mysql = require('mysql')

var client = mysql.createConnection({
    host: 'localhost',
    user: 'root',
    password: '',
});

client.connect();

app.listen(3232);

function handler (req, res) {
    fs.readFile(__dirname + '/index.html',
    function (err, data) {
        if (err) {
            res.writeHead(500);
            return res.end('Error loading index.html');
        }

        res.writeHead(200);
        res.end(data);
    });
}

io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
    socket.on('login', function(usr, pass){
        var TEST_DATABASE = 'mysqltest';
        var TEST_TABLE = 'users';

        client.query('USE '+TEST_DATABASE);

        client.query('SELECT name FROM '+TEST_TABLE+' WHERE user = "'+usr+'" AND password = "'+pass+'"', function(err, results) {
            if (err) throw err;
            console.log(results[0]); // [{1: 1}]
            socket.emit('retuLogIn',results[0]['name']);
        });

    });
    socket.on('disconnect', function(){
        console.log('Server has disconnected');
    });
});

index.html

    <title>WebSocket Client Demo [socket.io]</title>

WebSocket Client Demo

Enter user and password to Log-In

        User :
        <input id="txtUser" type="text" maxlength="10" />
        Password :
        <input id="txtPass" type="text" maxlength="10" />
        <button id="connect" onClick='connect()'/>Log-In</button>

When i try to run the app.js file within node.js it will give me the following error:
C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs>node "C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\app.js" info - socket.io started

C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\app.js:6 var client = mysql.createConnection({ ^ TypeError: Object # has no method 'createConnection' at Object. (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\app.js:6:24) at Module._compile (module.js:449:26) at Object..js (module.js:467:10) at Module.load (module.js:356:32) at Function._load (module.js:312:12) at module.js:487:10 at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:238:9)

C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs>

I can not understand where is the problem. I have checked mysql module installed.
Please help to sort-out the problem.

A: @Chandan,
I had the same error (briefly)
TypeError: Object #<Object> has no method 'createConnection'

Checked https://github.com/felixge/node-mysql but no one else is reporting it as an issue.
Installing the latest (alpha) version of the node mysql module solved the problem:
npm install mysql@2.0.0-alpha3

YMMV.
If you figure it out without updating your mysql module please inform us.


Barnaby's Brewhouse had a great time at Buckfast Abbey food fair on Saturday.
The day was made even more enjoyable as the beautiful and versatile singer Pippa Langhorne (of Britain's Got Talent fame) performed a mix of songs from current day, rock n roll and Motown.
Above Pippa Langhorne pictured at Buckfast abbey holding her organic Barnaby's gift pack, with Director Tim Stacey from Barnaby's Brewhouse.
– Barnaby's Brewhouse Gift Packs include Pilsner, Red Helles and a "Champion" Dunkel. Our Gift packs are available at food fairs throughout the year and can be customised for each customer.


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Dear Evan Hansen Director Stephen Chbosky: Mental Health, Musical Sequences & Authenticity
The breathtaking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being A Wallflower, Wonder), we talked with Chbosky about mental health, musicals and authenticity.
Interviewed for Risen Magazine
Risen Magazine: Let's talk Dear Evan Hansen. I thought you did such a fantastic job. I love the weaving of the songs, and this is… you had written musical adaptations before with Rent and Beauty and the Beast. This one you did not, but you decided to direct. So, why did you want to helm this film?
Stephen Chbosky: I wanted to helm it for… When I saw it, I saw it about three years ago on Broadway, and I knew nothing about the story. I just, I knew it had won some Tony Awards. I heard it was good. When I saw it, now you've seen the film, it's the same kind of feeling. It's like, "Wow, that was surprising." I didn't know… I thought it was going to be this sweet little earnest story about a kid who was struggling, and then it becomes this amazing story that's so surprising and ultimately redemptive and was about something; it was complicated. And the music was phenomenal. The writing was great, the characters were great. I just loved it. And I remember calling my team the next day and just saying, "Look, if they're going to do this movie, I want in. I want to do this so much," because fundamentally, just as a person and as an artist, I knew that this could make millions of kids feel less alone.
I knew that it could shed some light on mental health issues, and also maybe give parents a little bit of a roadmap to have these conversations with their kids. It basically could do some good in the world, and that's what really ultimately matters. I believe that art has a place and a responsibility just to help and to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. And so, I don't know, it checked every box I was in. I loved it.
RM: It has the comedic elements but it also has those elements that make you a little bit uncomfortable and force you to think about things from a different perspective, and how you feel about what's going on. And I think you're right; if there's an opportunity that art can ever make us kind of self reflect or check our own behavior, that's something really positive. And like you mentioned, within the area of mental health, whether that's not feeling alone or whether that's anxiety, maybe talk a little bit about how you think it could do good for that.
SC: Well, I feel that first of all, fundamentally, whenever we talk about it, the stigma is decreased that much more, right? And when I think back, there's been… my family, my wife's family, there's been some struggles with… and I think back two, three generations when it was never talked about, and now it is. And it's like, just that alone, right away there's a little more light on it. And when there's more light, there's more hope, always. I also think that, by showing this character who struggles with depression, social anxiety and all these other issues, by talking very, very honestly about very tough subjects like suicide, but at the same time with all that, not forgetting that movies can actually still be entertaining and music can still be very fun, and that you can have a catchy tune with great lyrics.
And not forgetting that both are… you can't really have a lie without understanding truth and you can't really have dark without light, and you can't have redemption without sin. And so, all these things are going into it. So, but going back to your point about mental health. To me, I just wanted to talk about it honestly as much as I could, so that the kid who might feel ashamed that they're feeling depressed, whether they're like Evan who really wears his problems on his sleeve, or a character like Alana who seems perfect, whatever it is, or a character like Connor who does this tragic thing, is that all these things are represented. And the more that we see it, the more we can talk about it, the more we talk about it, the closer we become, the closer we become, the better lives so that we have.
RM: One of the songs that I loved was the Sincerely Me, where we have the three different angles, and the world's still going on around them, and it's the blending. Talk to me about filming that and pulling that off so that it was so seamless for us, and fun as they're trying to describe their inner feelings, as you mentioned.
SC: Thank you for mentioning Sincerely, Me, which I will say selfishly is my favorite sequence, because it's the one time in the show and the movie that gets to be unabashedly musical, capital M, dancing, singing, fun. It's hilarious. Jared is so, he's just, he's so sarcastic. And I think for me, filming that was one of the joys. The idea of… on stage, and Michael Greif is a great director. He just sets the stage. They're just kind of bouncing around. But I got to have go-karts and Dance Dance, or Pump It Up in the video game. And I love the convention, as they're writing the emails, when he keeps repeating them and they keep changing the lines, that he keeps repeating the action. It was great fun to put together with the whole creative team and the actors. I mean, my gosh. You can't believe, Ben Platt, Colton Ryan and Nick Dodani are so fun, and their dancing is so fun. I don't know. Thank you for mentioning that one. I'm surprised you brought it up, because you went from mental health to the most ludicrous part of the movie, and that was wonderful.
RM: The other song that was my favorite within it, was the So Small, So Big that Julianne Moore sings. And that was the one that just really got me because I could visualize a child sitting there wondering if… parents ever coming back. And there's so many broken homes within America, whether you're dealing with any of these other pressures that have been going on in the world. Maybe talk to me a little bit about the vulnerability that's shared there.
SC: Oh, well, you mentioned that song. That's the one that when I saw it on Broadway, when that came up, it was so surprising and I almost did a true, ugly cry. I'm talking an audible "Ahh!" in the audience. But it is such a remarkable song. And just Evan, who in that moment is at his lowest, he hates himself so much. He's done this bad thing, he's seen the pain he's caused. He just feels like maybe he's not worth even being around. And to have his mother really get him out of that darkness by talking about this thing that she's been through. Yeah, I just thought it was just a remarkable song. And in terms of… listen, as a director, what you do is you try to make the atmosphere as kind and supportive and as intimate as possible because the actors have to go to these vulnerable places.
What Ben Platt does in that scene, silently listening to her, is remarkable. And what Julianne Moore does with it is so true and intimate and tender and authentic. And it's like, she took all of her experiences as a mother and just put it into that song. I just, it's a really magical moment of film. I'm very proud to be associated with it.
RM: One of the things that I loved about it is I felt like it was a time where you can have a perspective shift. And there's so many times in life. Some people, it's easier to just kind of take your own step back out of a mess and say, "Okay, everything's going to be okay. Maybe not today, but down the road." Where other people, they can't do that and that's where we unfortunately have a lot of resulting things that end in suicide or problems within families and so forth. But, so one of the things that I loved about that was this idea that he was having somebody help him kind of reshift his lens, the way that he looked at the world. And I feel like it's so relatable on any level, from children to adults, especially with everything that we've gone through and are still going through right now in the current climate of the country. And just, the need to kind of focus on what's important, how you're going to weather through something, and trying to block out the noise. For you, how is that done?
SC: Well, I think… Well, what a complicated question. That's kind of remarkable. No, it's rather great. I think that… You say that you, speaking about the pandemic. So we all know, because we've all lived it, and as a world we've never lived through anything quite like this before. Certainly, they travel with a speed that hit everywhere at once. So, we all know the effect it's had on the isolating kids. We all know that it's led to more depression. I heard a statistic that the average teenager now experiences the same level of anxiety as a mental hospital patient did in the 1950s. That is what's happening, and between the pandemic and the social media and everything else that's going on. So because of that, I think a movie like this, that talks directly about this and also to show, like you said, a character like Evan, that even at his lowest he deserves redemption. He confesses, he goes through this journey, and by going through this journey he comes out the other side. And the ultimate theme of the movie, which so brilliantly written by Steven Levenson, is realized; that, no hiding, no lying, just be yourself and that's enough. That's a great…
We all deserve to be respected and loved for where we are, and the more that we tell the truth, I think the more authentic we are, the closer we're going to become. I just, I think it's a wonderful message. It's funny, some people just get fixated on the lie. He lied and he's bad and that's it, and they dismiss him. To me, no, I don't buy that at all. It wasn't the way I was raised. You say, "Look, here's this teenager whose father won't return his text. His mom works all the time. He's alone in that house all the time. He's so alone in the world, and he becomes this thing for this family with no malicious intent. He loves them and they love him, and yet it's an unsustainable thing because it's based on a lie. And what we need to do is be true, and then be loved for that." That, to me, is the ultimate message. And I think the way that the three authors told it was just fantastic.
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If the source and destination CRCs match (the files ARE identical), but the timestamps are different, will ViceVersa re-copy the file or can it just update the timestamp?
It depends on the comparison method selected. If "Both" was selected, ViceVersa will consider the files as different and overwrite the older file with the newer file. If "CRC only" comparison method was selected, ViceVersa will consider the files identical and will not change anything.
What type of CRC Check is performed, 16 or 32?
When using CRC only Sync : if a file in a subfolder changes the program does a complete CRC re-check (among all the folders) or it only compares the single file/folder? (since the CRC calculation takes so long to complete i'd like to know the reaction time between a change in a file and the copy across the network to the destination folder).
When re-scanning source(s) and target(s) all files are re-compared using CRC.


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It is clearly a high time for actor Santhanam who seen the lady luck favoring his maiden production venture. The movie Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya was the first movie to be co produced by the comedy actor, which has become a big hit in Tamil cinema industry releasing for this Pongal. The movie has made Santhanam both a successful comedian and a successful producer. Right now, he is leading the comedy track section in Tamil cinema industry overtaking the industry stalwarts such as Vivekh and Vadivelu.
With his star value getting bigger and bigger day by day, the actor is getting more important comedy roles in his movie commitments. Santhanam has many movies in his kitty right now to take care of the comedy tracks. One important flick from the list is the movie called Ya Ya, which stars Mirchi Siva in lead role with Santhanam playing the comedy track in the flick. The movie is full time comedy, which sees a newbie Rajasekhar directing the flick. The surprising thing about this movie is that actor Santhanam is getting a love interest for his role in this movie and that actress Sandhya is playing that role.
Yes! It is of course Kadhal Sandhya. The Kerala girl was not seen in many films in Tamil cinema industry and was hardly getting any big offers after her early outings in Tamil cinema industry such as Kadhal and Dishyum. The actress moved towards the Malayalam industry and started doing movies over there. However, she got only character roles in Mollywood too. Now the actress is getting back to the Tamil ways albeit in a less important role in Ya Ya, and she already did such a small role in the movie Vallavan. For your information, Ya Ya will also feature Power Star Dr. Srinivasan as another comedian along with Santhanam.


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When the duo of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George joined the Los Angeles Clippers in the summer of 2019, the team instantly became one of the top favorites to win a championship. Many projected the Clippers would face the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.
The reality was different. Surprisingly, Leonard and George went out in the Western Conference semifinals against the Denver Nuggets despite holding a 3-1 lead in the series. While there may have been a number of reasons why the season for the Clippers ended in such fashion, one of them appears to be the status that the two superstars had on the team.
Both Leonard and George were believed by their teammates to have had the ability to choose the games they wanted to play and even to cancel practices. With Kawhi being a two-time NBA champion and two-time Finals MVP, his teammates reportedly accepted the special treatment that he received. But it was a different story with George, who had struggled in the playoffs prior to joining the Clippers.
Per Jovan Buha of The Athletic:
Teammates also believed that Leonard and George were able to pick and choose when they played. Not only did they sit out games entirely, but also at times they accepted or declined playing time in the moment. While star treatment can work in a locker room, and some of these practices aren't necessarily unique to the Clippers, it resulted in a lack of buy-in from this particular group, league sources said.
This had a negative impact on the attitude of the Clippers players towards committing to a team effort, especially due to the treatment that George received.
Teammates had a level of acceptance of Leonard's preferential treatment, as his status as a two-time champion and two-time Finals MVP — the then-reigning Finals MVP, at that — was indisputable. But George's treatment was more of an issue within the locker room, league sources said. George, while a perennial All-Star and All-NBA candidate, didn't carry the same cachet with his teammates. There was a sentiment among certain teammates of, "What have you accomplished in the playoffs?" multiple league sources said.
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Sharp Covid spike in south; 18,800+ new cases on Monday
South India has seen a sharp rise in cases over the past few days. The five southern states, along with UT Puducherry, together accounted for 6,985 new cases on Monday, 37% of the day's total. On Sunday, the number was 7,150, 36.2% of the total (19,741). By contrast, the share of the south in India's daily Covid-19 count on the first two days of June was below 22%.
June 30, 2020, 05:20 IST
NEW DELHI: New Covid-19 cases dipped for the second straight day on Monday but the absolute numbers remained high. At 18,870, fresh infections reported in the country during the day were the third highest to date, the previous two days having reported the highest counts. The day's toll from the virus was 415.
Over the past three days, all five southern states and Puducherry have reported their highest single-day jump in cases, with Telangana and Karnataka registering over 1,000 cases on at least one of these days.
On Monday, Tamil Nadu reported its highest single-day jump in infections with 3,949 cases. In Karnataka, 1,105 new infections were detected, the second-highest after Sunday's count of 1,267. Similarly, Telangana reported its highest count of 1,087 new cases on Saturday, while cases jumped by 813 in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.
India's Covid-19 caseload stood at 5,67,423, as per data collated from state governments. The death toll was 16,882 while the number of recovered patients was over 3.35 lakh. Active cases had risen to over 2.15 lakh.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra has recorded over a lakh cases in June so far. With an addition of 5,257 cases on Monday — the fourth consecutive day of adding 5,000-plus cases — the state tally touched 1,69,883. Of the total, 1,02,231 cases were added in June alone, and Mumbai's share was 37,079, roughly 37%.
Maharashtra reported 181 deaths on Monday, taking its toll to 7,610. Officials said 78 of the deaths occurred in the last 48 hours, while 103 were unreported ones from earlier. Mumbai contributed 92 of these deaths, which included 72 unreported deaths. The civic body's death toll currently stands at 4,462.
In Tamil Nadu, fresh Covid-19 infections were close to 4,000 for the second day on Monday, which saw 62 deaths pushing the toll to 1,141. Chennai on Monday recorded 2,167 cases. As the disease spread into the districts, the case doubling time dropped to 14 days for Tamil Nadu from 17 days on June 20, but a bigger worry was the rapidly dropping doubling time for deaths. In June, the state recorded 947 deaths, excluding the 200 deaths in Chennai yet to be added to the official toll.
Statistics released by the state health department show that Covid 19 deaths in TN have been doubling in 10-11 days. "We are now beginning to see a spike in deaths in districts. If we don't contain the disease, it could increase. The only effective way to do this is to increase diagnosis and initiate early treatment," said former city health officer Dr P Kuganandam.
In Gujarat, Ahmedabad recorded an alarming 145% jump in the number of dead cremated at 24 city crematoriums in May this year, as compared to the same month in 2019. The trend has continued in June as 3,380 cremations took place till June 18 this year as compared to 2,523 cremations in the entire month in 2019.
The data, shared by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in reply to an Right to Information application, is an indication that loss of lives was much higher this year even if one factors in deaths due to Covid-19 and a maximum 12% rise in deaths expected by AMC year on year.
Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5 pm on Monday recorded 626 cases – 13 cases every 30 minutes – the highest for the state so far. The state's tally has now reached 32,023. It's the third consecutive day for the state to post the highest daily tally and 600-plus cases. It's also the highest daily tally for Surat district that for the first time crossed the 200-cases mark.
Delhi's Covid-19 count crossed the 85,000 mark on Monday with 2,084 more persons testing positive for the disease. The death toll from the disease has touched 2,680, authorities said.
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Nigel Eltringham's research has enabled him to contribute to the creation of a regional mechanism for the prevention of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in the Great Lakes Region of Africa under the auspices of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the office of the UN Secretary General's Special Advisor for the Prevention of Genocide (OSAPG). This is the only mechanism of its kind in the world. Eltringham's contribution is based on delivering training and facilitating workshops, using the findings of his research, which directly resulted in the formation of a series of committees, co-ordination offices and programmes designed to prevent genocide.
This case study is based on research carried out by Nigel Eltringham since his arrival at Sussex in 2003.
Eltringham set out to explain how, in the aftermath of the Rwanda genocide, actors account for what happened. Given the emphasis on the role international criminal law could play in responding to genocide in the Great Lakes Region (first through the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and then the International Criminal Court (ICC)), Eltringham began to conduct ethnographic research at the ICTR (2005-07). By concentrating on this discursive aftermath (rather than the actual dynamics of the genocide itself), Eltringham has been able to contribute to an understanding of how mass atrocity can become cyclical [see Section 3, R1]; the way in which exclusionary discourse is reproduced [R2]; and the way in which genocide victim's bodies are discursive vehicles [R3]. Responding to the evolving political situation in Rwanda, Eltringham has published on the proscription of ethnic identities in Rwanda, arguing that Rwandans need to be able to refer to a benign form of ethnicity to indicate a return to `normality' [R4]. This research has explored the court as a `historio-preservation technology' and the extent to which it can fulfil the dual purpose of determining individual guilt or innocence and establish a historical record [R5]. In the same vein, research has assessed the role that non-legal epistemologies (anthropology and history) can play in the trials through the testimony of expert witnesses [R6].
In this way, Eltringham's research has resisted reconstructing the Rwandan genocide as a historical event but, instead, has maintained a dynamic relationship with how others try to account for the 1994 genocide, whether through historical analogy or legal judgement. As such, the research has contributed to theoretical and comparative research on the anthropology of violence, narrative and memorialisation, while also making practical contributions to the detection of, prevention of, and response to, mass-atrocity crimes.
R1 Eltringham, N. (2004) Accounting for Horror: Post-Genocide Debates in Rwanda. London: Pluto Press.
R2 Eltringham, N. (2006) `Invaders who have stolen the country': the Hamitic hypothesis, race and the Rwandan genocide', Social Identities, 12(4): 425-46.
R3 Eltringham, N. (2013) `Exhibition, dissimulation et «culture»: le traitement des corps dans le génocide (au sujet du Rwanda)', in Anstett, E. and Dreyfus, J.-M. (eds) Cadavres Impensables, Cadavres Impensés. Approches Méthodologiques du Traitement des Corps dans les Violences de Masse et les Génocides. Paris: Editions Petra.
R4 Eltringham, N. (2011) `The past is elsewhere: the paradoxes of proscribing ethnicity in post-genocide Rwanda', in Waldorf, L. and Straus, C. (eds) Remaking Rwanda: State Building and Human Rights after Mass Violence. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 269-82.
R5 Eltringham, N. (2009) 'We are not a truth commission': fragmented narratives and the historical record at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda', in Identity, Justice and `Reconciliation' in Contemporary Rwanda, Special Issue, Journal of Genocide Research, 11(1): 55-79.
R6 Eltringham, N. (2013) `Illuminating the broader context': anthropological and historical knowledge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda', Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 19(2): 338-55.
Eltringham's research has contributed to the development of early-warning mechanisms to prevent genocide and other mass-atrocity crimes in the Great Lakes Region, South Sudan and Kenya.
In 1994 an estimated 937,000 Rwandans, the vast majority Tutsi, were murdered in a genocide committed by militia elements of the army, often with the participation of the local population. The repercussions of the Rwandan genocide led to conflict in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 5 million people have died since 1996 as a result of the fighting. In Uganda, the insurgency of the Lord's Resistance Army (which began in 1988) has killed an estimated 100,000 people, displaced 2.5 million people and involved the abduction of up to 100,000 children. In Sudan, in the Darfur region, it is estimated that, since 2003, between 200,000 and 400,000 people have been killed and 2.3 million have been displaced. In Kenya, 1,300 people were killed and up to 600,000 displaced in post-election violence between December 2007 and January 2008.
Since 2010, the Office of the UN Secretary General's Special Advisor for the Prevention of Genocide (OSAPG) has been working with the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR; an inter-governmental organisation of eleven member-states) to implement the 2006 `Protocol for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity and all Forms of Discrimination. Eltringham was asked to participate in training at the regional and national levels, where findings from his research on the Rwandan genocide are employed to explain the key characteristics of mass-atrocity crimes and the ways in which they can be prevented.
Acting as a consultant-trainer for the OSAPG, over four days in mid-July 2011, Eltringham delivered a knowledge-exchange programme on genocide prevention to civil-society representatives and government officials/military officers in Juba, South Sudan. Eltringham delivered two presentations in which he drew directly on his research on the Rwandan genocide and its aftermath. The issues covered included perpetrators' fantasies, paranoia, the use of euphemisms and dehumanisation, the use of history to claim victimhood, the dangers of collectivising guilt and the role of international criminal justice. Alongside another expert who presented on the role of the media in genocide, Eltringham led group discussion and facilitated group exercises. The training was attended by the Chairperson and members of the South Sudan Peace and Reconciliation Commission (SSPRC). At the initiative of the SSPRC, in response to the workshop, the South Sudan government established a national Conflict Early Warning and Response Unit (CEWERU) in May 2012 [see Section 5, C1]. Mr Castro Wesamba, OSAPG Political Affairs Officer, reported that, since the training, `The government has established an early warning mechanism for the prevention of violence and related mass atrocities [and] has prioritized joining ICGLR with particular interest in the Regional Committee for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities' [C2]. South Sudan proceeded to join the ICGLR on 24 November 2012 and Eltringham returned to Juba in September 2013 to participate in the official launch and training of the South Sudan National Committee.
Over two days in February 2012, Eltringham delivered, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, genocide prevention training to the Regional Committee of the ICGLR based on his research. Additional training was provided by a Kenyan expert (Raymond Kitevu) on Early Warning Systems. At the end of the training the Regional Committee announced the creation of a coordination office at the ICGLR secretariat to analyse reports and mappings from member-states to enable Early Warning to the Heads of State [C3]. Mr Nathan Byamukama, Secretary to the Regional Committee on Prevention of Genocide, has stated that 'Having acknowledged the value of the training in its official communiqué of 8 February 2012, the members of the committee have continued to draw on Nigel's and Raymond's training as they continue their vital work of bringing an end to genocide and mass-atrocity crimes in the Great Lakes Region' [C4].
Over two days in February 2012, Eltringham worked with the Tanzanian National Committee in Dar es Salaam and used his research on the Rwandan genocide to assist in the creation of a twelve-month work plan for the Tanzanian national committee [C5]. With the increase in inter-religious tension in Tanzania (riots in Zanzibar in October 2012 and the bombing of a church in Arusha in May 2013), the Tanzanian National Committee held (between June and July 2013) three Peace Forums, targeting religious leaders as an important group in building peace and social cohesion in Tanzania [C6]. Ms Felistas Mushi (National Coordinator and Chair of the Tanzanian National Committee for the Prevention of Genocide) has written to Eltringham stating that 'The initial training that you (and Raymond Kitevu) provided ... is in fact the foundation of our work, as it informed the planning and implementation of the peace forums' [C7].
In August 2012, Eltringham delivered, in Naivasha, Kenya, a two-day workshop on genocide prevention to the Kenyan National Committee and assisted in the creation of a twelve-month workplan for the committee. Additional training was provided by a Kenyan expert on Early Warning Systems. At the end of the training, the national committee announced the creation of a `Public Awareness and Advocacy Programme on the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities' [C8]. With a new election due to be held in March 2013, the Kenyan National Committee organised a sensitisation workshop for Coast Province [C9].
C2 Email from Political Affairs Officer, Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Received 7 August 2012.
C3 ICGLR Regional Committee for the Prevention of Genocide (2012) Communiqué. Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 8 February 2012.
C4 Letter from Secretary to the Regional Committee on Prevention of Genocide.
C5 The Tanzania National Committee for Prevention of Genocide Updates: 1 March-15 April 2012.
C6 Workshops Report: The Role of Religious Leaders in Maintaining Sustainable Peace and Social Cohesion in Tanzania. Held from 24 June to 6 July 2013 in Mbeya, Zanzibar and Mwanza, Tanzania.
C7 Letter from Chairperson of the Tanzania Committee for the Prevention of Genocide, Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, dated 16 September 2013.
C8 Priority Projects For The ICGLR Kenya National Committee on the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities 2012—13, August 2012.
C9 Outcome Document: Office Of The Great Lakes Region (OGLR), Kenya National Committee On Prevention and Punishment of the Crime Of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and All Forms of Discrimination Sensitization. Workshop for the Provincial Security Team and Community Leaders from Coast Province, 13—15 February 2013, Mombasa, Kenya.


Have any of you powered your sound equipment with generators? I have the Honda EU 2000 and am wondered if the inverter style will be okay to use with sound equipment and not damage the sound system.
The Honda EUs output a pure sine wave. That's supposed to be best for electronic equipment.
You'll be fine. The Honda EU series puts out cleaner, more stable power than you'll get out of a typical AC outlet. I've used my little Honda EU1000i to run sound systems at the Escapees' Escapades, and it works fine.
The generators you need to watch out for are the conventional open frame, fixed speed construction site generators. They're OK for running power tools but I tried to use one to run a transmitter site once and while it worked, the waveform it produced was incredibly dirty. Lots of switching spikes and a flattening of the waveform peaks due to undersized iron in the generator.
I power everything with two honda generators. Lighting, effects, recording equipment, instrument amps, A Yamaha PA system, A Bose sound system on another stage. Nothing has ever so much as hiccuped. One of the generators (the one most used) is an OLD EM 850. The other is a 2000i. Both are flawless.


Ask the experts: How can we transition to comprehensive payment integrity?
If you want to maximize your ability to recover inappropriate claim payments and overpayments and reduce administrative costs, a comprehensive payment integrity strategy will help you achieve those objectives. Where most payment integrity efforts focus on post-payment, increasingly payers are exploring all payment touchpoints from avoidance to recovery and implementing a center-of-excellence (COE) operational model that oversees all aspects of payment integrity within a health plan.
How do we get there from where we are today?
Let's start with some reassuring news: The transition to comprehensive payment integrity is not an all-or-nothing decision. You can start slow or go all-in quickly, depending on your objectives and priorities and the state of your current payment integrity plan.
Keep in mind: you are not replacing post-payment cost containment. You are adding cost avoidance to yield net new incremental savings and reduce your administrative expense.
For most payers, the first step is overcoming a fragmented organizational structure. That means identifying all the areas where payment integrity activities take place and developing one office responsible for oversight of these activities.
What impact does this model have on our provider network?
Your payment integrity department office will also work with your provider network to ensure they understand why there may be an increase in audits and inquiries. Many providers— particularly those who work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) — are already helping support pre-payment efforts.
Once a comprehensive payment- integrity structure is set up and some level of maturity is achieved, any perceived disruption is greatly reduced and relationships overall are actually enhanced. Think of it this way: Comprehensive payment integrity identifies and addresses problems before money is paid, not after. This greatly reduces clawbacks — one of the most abrasive parts of payment integrity.
What kind of technology does comprehensive payment integrity require?
Health plans need the right IT support to succeed. We recommend the "as a service" or "aaS" model, which delivers the services through the cloud and on behalf of our clients. In creating your ITaaS foundation for comprehensive payment integrity, you also enable future capabilities without further upfront implementation.
If we want to start slow, where would we begin?
Start with an assessment that identifies your current post-payment successes provides benchmark insight to see where you can achieve your first pre-payment gains. For example, if an assessment reveals that your highest risk is in cardiology and oncology, you can focus on those aspects. Predictive scoring models prioritize your efforts.
Overall, you control how aggressive you want to be in making steps towards implementing a comprehensive approach. Launch with 50 initiatives or five — or 500. It's up to you. The key is that you will know where you can get the most value for your efforts. Secure early wins utilizing what you've learned from your existing post-pay strategy. That way, you reinforce the value of the payment integrity office and the benefits of aligning efforts organization wide.
How will we know if we are being successful?
Our benchmarking process provides the relevant comparisons to tell you state by state, product by product, what others in your market are achieving with comprehensive payment integrity. By working with a partner that has extensive benchmarking experience, you get the outside perspective to help your internal teams recognize the value this approach can deliver.
How much experience does Optum have in comprehensive payment integrity?
We've been working with the CMS and more than 300 health plans in the payment integrity space for more than 15 years. In that time, we've developed the algorithms and analytics to create the predictive models state governments and health plans use to achieve significant medical expense cost savings. Insights gained from this experience — and from our national payer clients — enable us to support you with a comprehensive strategy to identify and recover inappropriate claim payments and overpayments, and reduce administrative costs.
1.For a 500,000 member health plan in the Midwest, our assessment process found an annual medical expense savings opportunity of 2.8%.
Learn more in this blog series and the resources below.
Part 1: Ask the expert: Why consider comprehensive payment integrity?
Part 2: Ask the experts: How can we transition to comprehensive payment integrity?
Part 3: Ask the expert: What makes Optum the right comprehensive payment integrity partner?
Rob Mayer joined Optum as Vice President of Product Strategy in our Payment Integrity business in mid-2016. In his current role, he leads consulting engagements with health plan clients across the Nation helping adapt and shape Optum's various product lines to help health plans solve complex business issues.
Prior to re-joining Optum, Rob spent the past three and a half years working for a large non-profit health plan based in New York City. In that role, Rob reported to the CEO and focused on leading and executing on the health plan's corporate strategy.
Previously, Rob worked for Optum for 12 years, leading various payment integrity units and consulting with health plan and provider clients across the country.
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HUAWEI users now have a real Google Maps alternative, HERE Maps gets listed on AppGallery
By Prakhar Khanna April 23, 2020, 5:46 am
The second-largest map service after Google Maps has made its way to HUAWEI's app store. HERE WeGo – City Navigation app is now listed on AppGallery.
As an effect of U.S. ban and in search of Google Maps alternative, HUAWEI had signed a deal with TomTom. The company was rumored to provide mapping data to HUAWEI. No one knows what happened with that deal.
Now, fortunately, the Chinese manufacturer has lined up a Google Maps alternative by making HERE Maps available on its AppGallery.
The Maps service offers free voice-guided navigation and you can easily download maps for offline use. It also brings public transit information for 1300+ cities including New York City/NYC, San Francisco/SF, London, Berlin, Munich, and more. You can also see the cost of public transit tickets and cab fares. Further, you can find places to park, and know about traffic delays for any drive.
You can download the app from AppGallery here.
Here Maps


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Deadline for senior dinner sign-up: The O'Fallon Township Senior Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. May 17 at the O'Fallon Township Building, 801 E. State St., for dinner and entertainment. The event is for O'Fallon Township residents only. Cost is $3. Tickets are available at the township office and must be purchased by May 11.
Pachyderm Club meeting: The Metro East Pachyderm Club meeting will be at noon Friday, May 11 in the Tuscan Room at Bella Milano, 455 Regency Park in O'Fallon. Arrive by 11:30 a.m. to socialize and order lunch. The topic to be discussed will be "Saul Alinsky's rules for radicals." You do not need to be a Pachyderm member to attend.
Guitar concert at Cambridge House: Jeremy Wright, very talented singer and guitar player, will be preforming at Cambridge House of O'Fallon, 844 Cambridge Blvd., on Friday, May 11, starting at 2:30 p.m. Join the residents and bring friends to listen to the soothing music while enjoying the Cambridge House chocolate fountain. For more information, call 618-624-9900.
O'Fallon Township rummage sale: O'Fallon Township will hold its monthly rummage sale from 7 a.m. till noon on Saturday, May 12 at the township building, 801 E. State St. in O'Fallon. Men's, women's and children's clothing, plus household items will be available at the sale.
Masons blood drive: The Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 15 at O'Fallon Masonic Lodge 576, 122 E. State St. Donors of all blood types are urged to roll up a sleeve this May to help meet the needs of trauma patients and others with serious medical conditions. Make an appointment to donate blood by downloading the free Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
Women Empowering Women meeting: The O'Fallon Women Empowering Women meeting will be held on Monday, May 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bella Milano restaurant in O'Fallon. For more information, visit the club's website at wewillinois.com or find them on Facebook.
O'Fallon Historical Society meeting: The O'Fallon Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15 at the OHS Museum, 101 W. State St. The program for the evening will be by coal miner James Lercher, who will talk about coal mining.
"Intergenerational Bingo" for kids, senior: The O'Fallon Public Library and Cambridge House of O'Fallon will be sponsoring an "Intergenerational Bingo" on Saturday, May 19. The bingo and picnic, which will be held at the library from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. is for kids ages 4 -12 and senior adults age 65 and older. You must RSVP by May 16 through the O'Fallon Public library website (under their event tab). If you are unable to RSVP by website, you may contact Michelle Carr at 618-206-4113, and she will then register for you. There will be prizes, food from Texas Roadhouse, and ice cream from Dairy Queen.
AARP Safe Driving for Seniors: A two-day course designed to help older drivers improve their driving skills will be offered at the O'Fallon Township Building, 801 E. State St. The class will be from noon to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23 and Thursday, May 24. Course material is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. AARP members must bring their card to class. The class has been approved by the Illinois Secretary of State in compliance with a law passed for an insurance discount. By completing the class, drivers may be eligible for a discount on auto insurance. Call the township office at 618-632-3517.
O'Fallon EMS open: The O'Fallon Public Safety Department will be hosting an EMS Open House on Thursday, May 24 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Fire Station No. 4, located at 1215 Taylor Road.
The event will include many fun activities for children and adults including tours of the EMS/Fire Headquarters building, CPR simulation, blood pressure screenings, a landing by the Air Medical Helicopter, weather permitting, and a live extrication performed by the O'Fallon Fire Department.
Free hot dogs and chips will be served.


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McDonald's latest company to be hit by a data breach
McDonald's has become the latest company to be hit by a data breach after unauthorized activity on its network exposed the personal data of some customers in South Korea and Taiwan.
McDonald's Corp. said Friday that it quickly identified and contained the incident and that a thorough investigation was done.
While we were able to close off access quickly after identification, our investigation has determined that a small number of files were accessed, some of which contained personal data," the burger chain said.
McDonald's said its investigation determined that only South Korea and Taiwan had customer personal data accessed, and that they would be taking steps to notify regulators and also the customers who may be impacted. No customer payment information was exposed.
McDonald's said it will look at the investigation's findings, coupled with input from security resources, to identify ways to further enhance its existing security measures.
Businesses across various sectors are being targeted by cybercriminals, including some very high profile cases in recent weeks. On Wednesday, JBS SA, the worlds largest meat processing company, revealed that it had paid the equivalent of $11 million to hackers who broke into its computer system last month.
And Colonial Pipeline, which transports about half of thec fuel consumed on the East Coast, last month paid a ransom of 75 bitcoin then valued at roughly $4.4 million in hopes of getting its system back online. On Monday the Justice Department announced that it had recovered most of the ransom payment.
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