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Affective Relationships in the 21st Century: A Derridean Approach to Sally Rooney’s Normal People and Conversations with Friends (pp. 33-51)
Sofía Alférez Mendia
University of Almería
Ireland’s progressive liberation from the strict Catholic rule involved a considerable amount of social changes, which have affected gender roles, conventions on marriage, family and even the way that ‘love’ is approached nowadays (Fine-Davis 2015). In fact, this is what Sally Rooney has so far represented in her novels. As the reader navigates through her two first novels–Conversations with Friends (2017) and Normal People (2018)–, it becomes more obvious that one of Rooney’s main interests is to question much of the normative conducts of affectivity. Her novels present different relationships that struggle to fit in several conventions related to love and affection, starting from monogamy and continuing with social labels attempting to define relations, –such as ‘friends’, ‘lovers’, ‘married’, ‘single’, etc. –or what Rooney herself called as “prefabricated cultural dynamics” (2017, 306). As explained by her, “[w]e don’t have a way of speaking about these non-relationships, where someone is your friend but maybe you [sleep with them]. […] [W]e don’t have the vocabulary to describe [it]” (quoted in O’Regan 2017). In that context, this paper analyses these relationships from a philosophical point of view. Specifically, the society which is presented in both Rooney’s novels will be studied as having a structuralist organization, articulated by binary thinking. That is to say, any relation that does not conform to one of the labels previously mentioned is doomed to stay in the private and silent sphere due to the threat that these pose to conventions and normativity. Thereby, these ‘unlabelled’ relationships that Rooney presents in her novels will be compared to the ‘undecidable’, as a concept original from the Derridean philosophy, which is understood as an idea that “slip[s] across both sides of [a] [binary] opposition but [doesn’t] properly fit either. [It] [is] more than the opposition can allow. And because of that, [it] question[s] the very principle of ‘opposition’” (Collins and Mayblin 1993, 38). Following this, the main subject of study, then, will be the representation of such defiant – ‘undecidable’ – relations in a structuralist society that still intends to lead Western thinking to a binary and, on many occasions, discriminatory mind-set
Keywords: Relationships; affectivity; undecidability; structuralism; binarism
Sofía Alférez Mendia graduated in English Studies in 2020 at the University of Almería. This year she has also obtained my Master’s degree in English Studies: Professional Applications and Intercultural Communication at the same university, and has been granted a scholarship for the initiation to research which belongs to the “Plan Propio de Investigación y Transferencia” from the University of Almería. So far, her research interests lie within the fields of Irish Literature, Philosophy, Gender Studies, and Feminism.
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Lizzi Goldmeier of BriefCam shares five key ways that cities can use their existing infrastructure to work towards a ‘smart’ future.
Every new year brings with it its own potential and if 2020 is anything to go by, 2021 will certainly have a flavour all of its own. In the cutting-edge world of video content analytics, the senior leaders at BriefCam have some thoughts and predictions for this exciting area of imaging technology.
The Growing Importance of Video Analytics
One thing is abundantly clear; video analytics software continues to be widely embraced by a variety of industries and plays an increasingly important role in ensuring business continuity and growth. For these reasons, we see many major Video Management Systems (VMS) manufacturers adding analytics capabilities to their offerings, acquiring analytics technologies and integrating with industry-leading providers. This trend will continue into 2021 and beyond.
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Deep Investment in Deep Learning and Advancing toward Predictive Analytics
Deep Learning (a subset of Artificial Intelligence) will continue to drive advances in many areas, such as medical imaging, robotics, computer graphics and big data. In the video analytics space, Deep Learning will be the main driver to improve accuracy, reduce costs, and expand video understanding. Computer Vision technology will continue to support Deep Learning technologies by efficiently solving simple tasks.
I expect to see more prediction-based capabilities, such as true anomaly detection derived directly from the video or from the rich video metadata generated. People are limited in the amount of data they can absorb and analyse, but AI can bridge those gaps, and metadata can be combined with other data sources and sensors for generating unprecedented business intelligence out of all that Big Data. As more data is aggregated over time and across multiple cameras, there will be significant advancement in dimensions that are more predictive.
These developments will make it easier for video analytics systems to detect more granular actions and interactions (falling, tripping, etc.) and automate alert configuration when norms and benchmarks are violated. Anomalous behaviour can be reviewed interactively on-demand for deep insights or in real-time to drive immediate alerting and response when time is of the essence and situations are evolving.
Video Analytics at the Edge and Innovation in the Face of COVID 19
From a technology perspective, the trend towards edge appliances and analytics is going to continue to grow tremendously and quickly. This transition to edge computing is part of the larger digital transformation and IoT trend, with IP cameras presenting an edge opportunity within the physical security industry. We see more cameras being manufactured with analysis capabilities, as well as the availability of AI chips that can drive computing at the edge at a lower cost than ever before. We might also see more edge appliances as a transition platform to leverage existing cameras in the field until a time when on-camera analytics are the industry standard. Coupled with these technology trends, we can expect further adoption of subscription-based license models, as their natural commercial extension.
Because the Covid 19 pandemic will continue to slow down the global economy well into 2021, it will become even more critical for organisations to leverage existing technology investments to get more value from them. For many industries, video analytics is a key enabler for business continuity, as these organisations must rely on technology to meet customer expectations and comply with government mandates for health and safety. Not only has Covid 19 validated the need for broad analytics as well as real-time video processing for immediate response, it has also affected the types of analytics that businesses need. In that sense, it's becoming clear that, although point solutions are helpful for solving individual pain points, a comprehensive platform approach is becoming increasingly important for video content analytics to support a variety of analytics, including people counting, proximity detection, and face mask detection.


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Huntington Beach, CA- The UC San Diego Roller Hockey Club clinched a 2015/16 playoff birth after registering two points over the weekend, February 20th. Entering the tournament, the Tritons needed just one win in their final four games of the regular against CSU Fullerton, UC Irvine, Cal, and Chico State to play in the March 5 playoff tournament.
The first game of the day was an early 8AM puck drop against a second place CSU Fullerton team. The Tritons came out strong when Junior forward Grant Marcy buried an early power play goal. The speed of the Titans was hard to match however as they rebounded with three goals to take a 3-1 lead after the first. The second period was a hard fought battle that saw lots of back and forth chances but no goals for either team. Fullerton looked to put the game out of reach early in the third period as they extended their lead to 4-1, but the Tritons rallied back, determined to tie the game. Two quick goals just 20 seconds apart by UC San Diego cut the lead to 4-3 with just 5 minutes remaining. Desperate to tie the game, the Tritons had to take every chance they could, but CSUF was able to take advantage of a late game mistake and extended their lead to 5-3. An empty net goal was more than enough to put the game away as the Tritons fell to 6-5-2 on the season.
The second game of the day pitted UC San Diego against UC Irvine. The first period was a hard fought defensive battle for the Tritons, led by Senior goaltender Peter Simonsen who made 12 of his 36 saves in opening frame. Midway through the second period, the Anteaters finally broke the tie and took a 1-0 lead. UCI would add another goal just minutes later to extend their lead to two. Entering the third period, UC San Diego came out flying looking to muster up some offense. Finally with just two minutes remaining the Tritons snuck one by Irvine’s netminder to cut the lead to one. With the goalie pulled, UC San Diego launched one finally attack but was unable to tie the game. Another empty net goal would give Irvine the 3-1 victory and see San Diego fall to 0-2 on the day.
The third game of the day saw UC San Diego face off against the Cal Bears. With both teams needing points to cinch a playoff spot, the competitiveness reached new heights. The first period showcased two teams playing a solid defensive game, trying not to surrender the first goal. A bad bounce with just two minutes left in the first however put the Tritons at a disadvantage as they trailed 1-0. The defensive battle continued into the second period until Cal extended their lead to 2-0 on a power play goal with five minutes remaining in the frame. Knowing that their playoff hopes rested on this game, the Tritons offense came to life in the third period as they buried three quick goals in a matter of four minutes to give them the 3-2 lead. Determined to tie the game however, Cal quickly responded tying the game at three. With the game now heading into overtime, a huge point was on the line for both teams. Just three minutes into overtime, Junior forward Dylan Shives rocketed a puck past the Cal goaltender giving them a 4-3 win and enough points to send them to Regionals.
The last game of the day for the UC San Diego Roller Hockey Club matched them up with first place Chico State. Despite the team having already played three games earlier in the day, the Tritons came out flying against the Wildcats who were playing their first game of the weekend. The first period was all San Diego as they outshot Chico 11-7 but were unable to find the back of the net. The second period was a much more even frame as UCSD started to show some fatigue, but both teams continued to play hard, with neither one giving an inch. Finally in the third period, Senior Zane Curdes ripped a shot past the Wildcat goaltender to break the scoreless tie and put the Tritons up 1-0. A relentless attack from Chico continued for the remainder of the game and finally with 2 minutes left, the Wildcats broke through and tied the score. Despite the game looking like it was going into overtime, a defensive breakdown lead to a breakaway for the Wildcats with just 15 seconds left in the third period. Chico was able to convert on the opportunity and give them the 2-1 advantage. With not enough time to muster a comeback, the Tritons fell in shocking fashion.
Despite falling to 7-7-2 on the season, the UC San Diego Roller Hockey Club clinched a playoff birth and will play again on March 5 in Corona, CA. The team will look to hoist the Western Conference Trophy for the first time since 2009.

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It was just the other day that “what has Haruno-san been doing other than gravure for the past several months?” was answered in the form of … not really what I think anybody expected! Certainly not me; Megumi’s not the most powerful voice on earth, but she’s a fair shake ahead of most idols in the singing department, and she didn’t even sound like herself in those other spots.
But then this happened!
I’m desperate for this to actually be called “Spider Legend,” and not just because that would vindicate the machine translation; ever since the artwork of her in a web (see above!) came out, I’ve had this very Kiss of the Spider Woman hope for her overall image, one that has more to do with what I always used to think Kiss of the Spider Woman was about rather than what it’s actually about, and most because Haruno + spider stuff is just going to draw those kinds of thoughts.
Anyway! Neat little song that fits the type, and I wish the resurrected Mugen Regina would do stuff like it, too. Or they can pick up the discards from Haloperi Doll, whichever, I just want my very loud metal idols back, please and thanks.

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Pressestimmen “A rare first-person account of crisis politics at the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party.” —Erik Eckholm The New York Times“Until the appearance of this posthumous work not a single voice of dissent had ever emerged from the [Chinese Communist] party’s inner circle . . . Fascinating.” —The Economist“Zhao speaks from beyond the grave . . . the up-close-and-personal tone [of the book] stands out. Scholars will mine Prisoner of the State for historical nuances.” —Perry Link coeditor of The Tiananmen Papers“[T]his book will be of special importance to anyone interested in what happened during the spring of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen killings of June 3 and 4.” —Jonathan Mirsky The New York Review of Books Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende ZHAO ZIYANG was the Premier of China from 1983 until 1987 when he became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China a position he held until 1989 when he was deposed and put under house arrest until his death in 2005.Adi Ignatius is an American journalist who covered China for The Wall Street Journal during the Zhao Ziyang era. He is currently editor in chief of the Harvard Business Review.Bao Pu a political commentator and veteran human rights activist is a publisher and editor of New Century Press in Hong Kong.
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The excess costs of hospitalization for acute stroke in people with communication impairment: A stroke123 data linkage substudy
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Objective: To describe the costs of hospital care for acute stroke for patients with aphasia or dysarthria. Design: Observational study from the Stroke123 project. Setting: Data from patients admitted with stroke (2009-2013) from 22 hospitals in Queensland participating in the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR) were linked to administrative datasets. Participants: Communication impairments were identified using International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Australian Modification codes. Overall, 1043 of 4195 (25%) patients were identified with aphasia (49% were women; median age 78 years; 83% with ischemic stroke), and 1005 (24%) with dysarthria (42% were women; median age 76 years; 85% with ischemic stroke). Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: Linked patient-level, hospital clinical costing related to the stroke, were adjusted to 2013/2014 Australian dollars (AU$, US$ conversion x 0.691) using recommended national price indices and multivariable regression analysis with clustering by hospital performed. Results: Compared with patients without aphasia, the median hospital costs/patient were greater for those with aphasia for medical (aphasia AU$2273 vs AU$1727, P < .001), nursing (aphasia AU$3829 vs AU$2748, P < .001) and allied health services (aphasia AU$1138 vs AU$720, P < .001). Similarly, costs were greater for patients with dysarthria compared with those without dysarthria. Adjusted median total costs were AU$2882 greater for patients with aphasia compared with patients without aphasia (95% confidence interval, AU$1880-3884), and AU$843 greater for patients with dysarthria compared with those without dysarthria (95% confidence interval, AU$–301 to 1987). Conclusions: People with communication impairment after stroke incur greater hospital costs, in particular for medical, allied health, and nursing resources.

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The Song Dental Center in Lynnwood promises to provide high quality dental care with well-practiced talents, advanced technology, and impressive credentials of Dr. Thomas C. Song. Having worked professionally as a dentist since 1992, Dr. Song is able to boast a rare and exceptional record of quality dental service that should keep your mind at ease and keep your smile bright. Dr. Thomas C. Song earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry, in 1992. He then went on to pursue an advanced education in general practice residency and completed his postdoctoral training at the prestigious Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California. Through this training, Dr. Song was able to master an expanded knowledge of all facets of dentistry. Dr. Song currently lives in Edmonds, WA . In addition to his dental practice and his involvement with numerous reputable dental organizations and study clubs, he enjoys fishing, basketball, tennis, swimming, and spending time with his wife and three children.
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Bristol Superior Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Decision in Favor of Fall River Mayor, Represented by Peter Mello and Matthew Feeney of Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP
On October 10, 2019, the Bristol Superior Court issued a decision denying the Fall River City Council’s motion for a preliminary injunction, through which the City Council sought to require Fall River Mayor Jasiel F. Correia II to relinquish control of his Office. While the City Council argued that a certain provision of the Fall River Charter affords the Council broad discretion to take such action, in denying the City Council’s motion the Court rejected the Council’s interpretation, in part upon principles of statutory construction requiring that the Court construe the relevant Charter provision in its context. The Court also noted, among other things, that the Charter’s history likewise supports the Court’s decision.
Peter Mello and Matthew Feeney, of Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP represented Mayor Correia in this matter. MHTL is a law firm that serves private, public and nonprofit clients in the full range of practice areas, including litigation, labor and employment, governmental and municipal law. Attorney Mello serves as the President of the Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association. The Massachusetts municipal law bar association is comprised of hundreds of members who provide legal services to cities and towns or otherwise devote a substantial portion of their practice to the advancement of municipal law. At MHTL, Attorney Mello advises and represents clients with respect to a variety of legal issues in litigation and other matters. Peter Mello’s clients include private companies and organizations, municipalities and other governmental entities.
The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers held their Annual Community Health Institute (“CHI”) in North Falmouth earlier this month. Attorneys Kier Wachterhauser and Nan ONeill, both partners at Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP, presented “COVID-19 Now and Later – Navigating the COVID-Related Issues of Today and Preparing for the Changed Workplace of Tomorrow”. They began their presentation with discussing the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”), which was followed by the topic “ARPA: COBRA Premium Coverage”. During the Read More
MHTL supports the international effort to help Ukraine and bring an end to the political and humanitarian crisis that is unfolding. Too long has the world, and this country also, allowed bad actors to use the weapons of war, including the threat of nuclear war, to achieve immoral and illegal ends. Ending the crisis in Ukraine is not enough. The world needs a solution, short of violence and war, to make sure that bad actors and those who Read More


Amid the ongoing Mehangai Rahat camps in Rajasthan, the Congress-led government has made a decision to rename the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to the Indira Gandhi Gas Subsidy Scheme. The announcement was made back in December when the Bharat Jodo Yatra was passing through Alwar.
Scheme renamed to appease Gandhi family: BJP
According to the plan, households enrolled in the Ujjwala scheme will receive 12 LPG cylinders annually at a price of ₹500 each. However, the BJP claimed that the state government renamed the scheme to gain political advantage and demonstrate its allegiance to the Gandhi family.
Ramlal Sharma, who is a BJP legislator and spokesperson, claimed that the Congress party still remains bound to the Gandhi family and all their actions are aimed at appeasing them. As per his statement, this is why the Ujjwala scheme has been named after Indira Gandhi. He further stated that the Congress party is excessively devoted to the culture of dynasticism and is unable to detach itself from figures such as Rajiv Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.
Move to gain political advantage: Poonia
Satish Poonia, who holds the position of Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the state, claimed that the Congress party is attempting to obtain political advantage.
“In my knowledge, on the lines of the Ayushman Bharat, names of more schemes are being changed. Ayushmna Bharat was renamed as the Chiranjeevi Scheme. Ujjwala Yojana is being renamed for cheap marketing. It’s an unfruitful attempt to gain votes,” Poonia added.
Centre not giving subsidy, state govt is giving it: Khachariyawas
Food and civil supplies minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, when asked about the decision to rename the scheme, said: “Who is changing the name? The Indira Gandhi Cylinder Subsidy Scheme is for the benefit of the poor. You are not giving subsidies in Ujjwala Yojana. When the Congress government was in power, the cooking cylinder was available for ₹400. Today it’s ₹1,150. We are giving that at ₹500. The Centre is not giving cylinders for ₹500. If they did, we would have thanked them with folded hands. We will give a cylinder for ₹500. If the public is benefiting, let it happen.”
History of renaming govt schemes
The BJP and Congress parties have both been known to alter the names of government initiatives in the past. The Gehlot government, for instance, modified the names of several programs introduced by the preceding BJP administration. For example, the Annapurna Yojana was renamed as Indira Rasoi Yojana, while Ayushman Bharat was changed to Chiranjeevi.
During the previous Vasundhara Raje administration, the Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendras were renamed as Atal Seva Kendras. However, when the Congress party took charge, the names of these centers were changed to Rajiv Gandhi Atal Seva Kendra. Furthermore, under Vasundhara’s government, the Rajiv Shiksha Sankul was rebranded as Dr. Radhakrishnan Shiksha Sankul.
The Gehlot-led government removed Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay’s photographs from all official documents, while the Deendayal Upadhyay Senior Citizen Pilgrimage Scheme was rechristened as the Chief Minister Senior Citizen Pilgrimage Scheme. Similarly, the Guru Golwalkar Grameen Janbhagidari Yojana was renamed as the Mahatma Gandhi Grameen Janbhagidari Yojana. Additionally, the Chief Minister Jal Swavalamban Yojana has been changed to the Rajiv Gandhi Jal Swavalamban Yojana, and the Bhamashah scheme is now known as the Rajasthan Jan Aadhaar Yojana.
The crucial question is whether these alterations will prove advantageous for the current government in the upcoming state assembly elections scheduled to be held by the end of this year.


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Read the section beginning with "Lying down was not an option..." and ending with "After four hours, we arrived at the new camp: Buna." This section is about 24 pages long.
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Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts" and Breughel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details;...

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FBI Director Throws Cold Water On Clinton ‘Reddit’ Conspiracy Theory (VIDEO)
According to FBI Director James Comey, the Bureau has concluded that a computer technician strongly believed to be Platte River Networks specialist Paul Combetta, was not involved in a seedy cover-up when he sought assistance via Reddit for a means to wipe a “VIP” email address from an extensive file. That email address belonged to none other than the “VERY VIP” Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Republican legislators believe Combetta was up to no good when he posted his cry for assistance back in 2014, that he was attempting to hide, or at least mask, Clinton’s emails from authorities. Comey, however, concluded Wednesday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing that Combetta was merely trying to hide Clinton’s email address so the public couldn’t see it, not the authorities. Comey said:
“Our team concluded that what he was trying to do was when they produced emails not have the actual address but have some name or placeholder instead of the actual dot-com address in the ‘From:’ line.”
Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) isn’t quite so fast to trust Clinton’s team, though. He told Comey:
“This clearly demonstrates an action to destroy evidence by people operating Clinton’s private server and her staff.”
Combetta posted on Reddit in 2014, using the handle “Stonetear”:
“[I have a] very interesting situation where I need to strip out a VIP’s (VERY VIP) email address from a bunch of archived email that I have both in a live Exchange mailbox, as well as a PST file.”
Combetta went on to post:
“Basically, they don’t want the VIP’s email address exposed to anyone, and want to be able to either strip out or replace the email address in the to/from fields in all of the emails we want to send out.”
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The big looming questions there seem to be who “they” are, specifically, and who “anyone” is—the public, or authorities. Combetta’s post can be interpreted either way.
Comey admits that he isn’t clear as to whether the FBI was aware of Combetta’s posting on Reddit at the time prosecutors handed him immunity for his statements regarding Clinton’s email scandal. He stated, however, that even if Combetta succeeded in deleting Clinton’s email address, it didn’t necessarily mean it was in order to “destroy evidence.” Come said:
“Not necessarily… It would depend what his intention was and why he wanted to do it.”
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McCormick & Schmick’s Oregon office to close
After a recent acquisition binge, Landry’s is on a hiring spree.
The Houston-based restaurant chain is trying to fill 175 positions at its corporate headquarters by year’s end.
Many of the positions opened after Landry’s closed out-of state offices of recent chains it acquired since going private in October 2010.
Last year, the company bought the 40-unit Claim Jumper restaurant chain, the 32-unit Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and the 12- unit Oceanaire seafood chain.
When their offices in California and Minneapolis were closed, most of the employees chose not to relocate to Houston, said Tilman Fertitta, Landry’s chairman and CEO.
Landry’s will also close the Portland, Ore. offices of McCormick & Schmick’s, which it recently announced plans to buy, he said.
Click here to read the full story from the Houston Chronicle >

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I did a triathlon today and I'm tried. I really could've used some of this.
At least I wasn't this guy...yikes.
Terri, Bindi, and Robert Irwin will be back on Animal Planet - Animal Planet is bringing the family of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin—an early reality TV star—back to the network. Terri, Bindi, and Robert Irwin will deve...
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Friday, November 20, 2015
HHS: Bailing out Obamacare insurers an 'obligation' of the federal government
By PHILIP KLEIN (@PHILIPAKLEIN) • 11/20/15 10:34 AM
Ominous signs for the future of Obamacare
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The Department of Health and Human Services attempted to reassure private insurers on Thursday that they'll be able to recover losses from participating in Obamacare by claiming it was an "obligation" of the U.S. government to bail them out.
At issue is a provision within the law known as the risk corridors program. Under the program, which runs from 2014 through 2016, the federal government is to collect money from health insurers doing better than expected and use those funds to provide a federal backstop to other insurers who incur larger than expected losses from rising medical claims. The idea was to provide training wheels to insurers in the first years of Obamacare's implementation, and to take away any incentive for insurers to cherry pick only the healthiest customers.
Republicans, fearing that this could turn into an open-ended government bailout in the event of industry-wide losses, included a provision in last year's spending bill that limited the program, requiring HHS to pay out only from the pool of money collected, rather than supplementing it with other sources of government funding. President Obama signed that bill.
Now that insurers have been able to look at medical claims, what they've found is that enrollees in Obamacare are disproportionately sicker, and losses are piling up. For the 2014 benefit year, insurers losing more than expected asked for $2.87 billion in government payments through the risk corridors program, but HHS only collected $362 million from insurers performing better than expected. Thus, the funds available to the federal government only amounts to 12.6 percent of what insurers argue that they're owed.
So insurers are not happy. And now the industry lobbying group America's Health Insurance Plans — which happens to be helmed by Marilyn Tavenner, who previously oversaw the implementation of Obamacare as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — is aggressively fighting for more money.
In a statement issued Thursday, the same day that the nation's largest insurer, UnitedHealthannounced it may exit Obamacare due to mounting losses, Tavenner said, "We've been very clear with the administration about the serious challenges facing consumers and health plans in this Exchange market. Most recently, nearly 800,000 Americans have faced coverage disruptions as a result of the significant and unexpected shortfall with the risk corridors program. When health plans cannot rely on the government to meet its obligations, individuals and families are harmed as a result. The administration must act to ensure this program works as intended and consumers are protected."
In an effort to reassure the industry, CMS, the HHS agency Tavenner previously led, issued guidance reiterating that HHS would use money collected from insurers in 2015 and possibly 2016 to make up the $2.5 billion shortfall that exists in 2014.
But what happens if there still isn't enough money, and after 2016, the program is taking in less than the money sought by insurers?
HHS said it, would "explore other sources of funding for risk corridors payments, subject to the availability of appropriations. This includes working with Congress on the necessary funding for outstanding risk corridors payments."
The agency further added: "HHS recognizes that the Affordable Care Act requires the Secretary to make full payments to issuers, and HHS is recording those amounts that remain unpaid following our 12.6 percent payment this winter as fiscal year 2015 obligation of the United States government for which full payment is required."
In reality, this doesn't mean much at all. Risk corridor payments for 2016 won't be due until mid-2017, and by that point, it will be an issue for a future Congress and future president. Nothing that a previous administration's HHS said in 2015 will really matter.
That said, this is another demonstration that for all of Obama's sanctimonious rhetoric about taking on insurance companies. In reality, his signature legislative achievement was to put government in bed with private insurers. And now that his pet project backfired, he wants taxpayers to take care of those very insurance companies he spent years railing against.

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In an effort to overcome various difficulties and issues in the sphere of housing reconstruction and to address the needs of the tsunami affected masses, President, Mahinda Rajapaksa has revised the housing policy accordingly to expedite relief to the people who have lost their homes to the tsunami.
In assessing tsunami damage, RADA has identified that housing has been the largest physical assets lost in the tsunami. Needs analyses have shown that houses are the most valued assets and that people affected need them urgently to rebuild their lives.
RADA’s Director Housing, Ramesh Selliah said a total of over 98,000 houses were damaged or destroyed by the December 26, 2004 tsunami. About 30,000 permanent houses have been completed under the Owner Driven Scheme, while 39,000 houses are being constructed at present. Almost 6,000 permanent houses have been completed under the government’s Donor Assisted Scheme, while 8500 houses are under construction. About 4500 permanent houses have been completed by well wishers. RADA estimates that about 18,000 new houses are required in 2006 to fulfil original Tsunami requirement of 98,000.
The New Housing Policy (NHP), which has been prepared by the Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA) in consultation with the key stakeholders, supersedes all previous government circulars.
It ensures government’s firm commitment to expedite the reconstruction process so that all tsunami affected persons will be provided homes by the end of 2006. Consultation with the key stakeholders which includes donor organizations, NGOs and INGOs will be central to the implementation of the new housing policy.
The government will drive the housing projects through its decentralized administrative structure. The District and Divisional Secretaries will be instrumental in implementing the reconstruction process. Guidelines have been given to District Secretaries on implementation of the housing policy. But the District Secretary is not the competent authority on the legacy issues. They are given an operating framework and the discretion to take decisions in implementing the housing policy, RADA’s Chief Operating Officer, Saliya Wickramasuriya said. He said that although concerns are raised about housing programs in the North and the East, the current trend indicates that these issues will be solved by the year end.
The strategy of the new housing policy is to consider all affected shelters regardless of the location. The beneficiaries will be selected from among the tsunami affected through transparent and public beneficiary lists.
Community participation and the policy of equity to beneficiaries will be ensured under the new policy without affecting houses already built by donors. The new policy will promote the ‘owner driven housing concept’ which is initiated by the owners them selves. The government hopes to provide these Owner Driven Housing Programs with regulated donor assistance under the new policy, RADA said.
In regard to the design of these houses, the strategy is to be flexible and to let the people decide on the design. The house will be built to suit the home owner’s choice provided that it fits the allocated budget. The housing projects will be carried out in compatibility with existing schemes. Under the policy, four housing assistance options are proposed in achieving the set targets and also to simplify the implementation process.
The new housing policy is expected to expedite the construction process. The options will be used by the local authorities in taking decision on housing grants. Any issue which cannot be resolved within this framework will be approached on a case by case basis, RADA further said explaining that all efforts are to focused on rebuilding the affected homes expeditiously.
Over 98,000 houses were damaged or destroyed by the December 26, 2004 tsunami.
* 30,000 permanent houses completed under the Owner Driven Scheme
* 39,000 houses are being constructed at present.
* Almost 6,000 permanent houses completed under the government’s Donor Assisted Scheme
* 8500 houses are under construction.
* About 4500 permanent houses have been completed by well wishers.
* RADA estimates that about 18,000 new houses are required in 2006 to fulfill original Tsunami requirement of 98,000.


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- Drug and device makers collectively made nearly $8.2 billion in payments to physicians and teaching hospitals in the U.S. last year, according to data made public by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last week.
- Payments for research made up more than half of the total, which also includes money given to doctors and hospitals for expenses like travel, gifts, speaking fees and meals. The $8.2 billion recorded last year was a notch higher than 2015's total and $320 million more than 2014's figure.
- Among the ranks of big pharma, Swiss giant Roche spent the most — a princely $586 million in payments. Novartis and Pfizer were close behind with more than $475 million each, although both made more research-related payments than Roche did.
CMS began tracking payments in 2013 as part of changes to federal law through the Affordable Care Act, with 2016 marking the third full year of the program.
The data gives a snapshot of the enormous sums of money paid by the drug and device industries to doctors and hospitals. Most of the money goes towards research, payments for things like enrolling patients into new clinical studies or study implementation. Research payments can also include direct compensation to doctors.
Last year, research payments totaled $4.36 billion, with another $2.8 billion spent on what CMS terms "general payments." Such broadly defined payments encompass a wide range of expenses such as consulting fees, honoraria, entertainment or travel reimbursements.
Another roughly $1 billion in payments were made related to ownership interests that doctors and their immediate family members have in industry companies.
Novartis and Pfizer spent the most on research among big pharma, recording roughly $450 million and $430 million in payments, respectively. AstraZeneca followed close behind, with $367 million in research payments, and U.S.-based Merck and Roche rounded out the top five.
Bribery scandals and regulatory action in past years has spurred pharma to take more caution in how it pays doctors and physicians, slowly changing a once-spendthrift culture. GlaxoSmithKline, for example, recently became the first big pharma to stop paying doctors speaking fees to promote its drugs. The change in practice, first announced in 2013, came in the wake of a $3 billion fine levied by the U.S. Department of Justice and a bribery scandal in China.
CMS' Open Payments program helps up the transparency around companies' financial ties to doctors and hospitals, shedding light on the still eye-watering sums of money passing between industry and healthcare practitioners.
The detailed data also highlights the complexity of multinational drug companies' corporate structures. Pfizer, for instance, reported payments made through 14 different corporate entities. J&J and Roche each had more than ten reporting bodies, if the wholly owned subsidiaries of Janssen and Genentech, respectively, are included.


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Clip of Hillberg's patent for the 4-barrelled Liberator shotgun design.
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The Winchester Liberator was a prototype 16-gauge, four-barrelled shotgun, similar to a scaled-up four-shot double action derringer. It was an implementation of the Hillberg Insurgency Weapon design. Robert Hillberg, the designer, envisioned a weapon that was cheap to manufacture, easy to use, and provided a significant chance of being effective in the hands of someone who had never handled a firearm before. Pistols and submachine guns were eliminated from consideration due to the training required to use them effectively. The shotgun was chosen because it provided a very high volume of fire with a high hit probability.
The mechanism used was that of a derringer, with four fixed barrels. The linear hammer and its integral firing pin rotated within a fixed breechblock behind these barrels. The lock action was driven by a central coil spring around the hammer rotation axis, cocked by the ratchet mechanism that rotated the hammer after each shot. This ratchet mechanism, although only visible when the hammer was stripped and removed, bore some relation to the cylinder of the Webley-Fosbery self-loading revolver or even some retractable ballpoint pens. A similar rotating hammer in a 4-barrel breech was later used by Hillberg in the COP .357 Derringer. Reloading was in the usual derringer fashion, by the barrels tipping forward on a hinge ahead of the breech block.
Both Winchester and Colt built prototypes, although the Colt eight-shot design came late in the Vietnam War and was adapted for the civilian law enforcement market. No known samples were ever produced for military use.
- US 3260009, Robert L. Hillberg, "Multi-barrel firearm with rotatable and reciprocable hammer", issued 1966-07-12
- Houze, Herb (2011). Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. pp. 309–312. ISBN 1-4402-2725-X. http://books.google.com/books?id=VeeiAgToOq4C&pg=PA312.
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About the Project
The Early Modern Forum was a major, AHRC-funded project which aimed to encourage academic staff and postgraduate students who rarely had the opportunity to meet in person, to collaborate easily and effectively, particularly through the partner institutions: Warwick, Boston, Yale, the Huntington/USC, Vanderbilt, and the Sorbonne.
By implementing existing web technologies, the forum helped scholars to annotate and comment on primary sources or work-in-progress, attend seminars via video-conference, and above all communicate with people with similar research interests.
In addition, the forum was also (and remains) a shared information store. We edited and collated podcasts and videos of research seminars and interviews with academics, maintained an index of useful web links for early modernists, offered a primary source sharing platform, and hosted research (especially postgraduate) in a variety of forms.
A list of the early modern academics associated with the forum and details of their research interests can be accessed here.


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This is not a volcano and that’s not steam nor smoke.
The beautiful pyramid-shaped mountain on the left has at least 3 names as far as I know, depending on what language you speak:
Monte Cervino, in Italian;
Matterhorn, in Swiss German;
Gran Becca, in Patois, the local dialect of the Italian region of “Aosta Valley”, where I am now.
The “wave” on the right is snow, blown away by the strong winds on the summit of the mountain!
Every day Mount Cervino offers a different spectacular sight: about 10 days ago there was almost no snow on it, sometimes it’s covered in clouds, yesterday it had a funny “cloudy hat”, but the snow wave was by far the most amazing thing I’ve seen here. If you’re wondering what I mean for “here”, my new location is a small town at the foot of Mount Cervino, called Breuil-Cervinia.
Please click on the thumbnail below and enjoy the sight!
I just have a quick, elegant note to add:
If I didn’t have my camera on me in that moment, I would have definitely killed someone.


Their requests would be decided by a Constitution Bench, it said. A three-judge bench presided over by Justice J Chelameswar said a batch of PILs challenging the validity of the Aadhaar card for being repugnant with right to privacy has already been referred to the Constitution Bench for adjudication.
The applications filed by the UIDAI, Trai, IRDA, Sebi, RBI, Pension Fund Regulatory Authority and different state governments would also be considered by the Constitution Bench, the court said.
The government is likely to urge the Chief Justice of India (CJI) to set up a Constitution Bench in view of the order which came as a setback to it. On Tuesday, the matter was mentioned before the bench presided over by CJI H L Dattu, who said it was difficult to spare seven judges at the moment for the Constitution Bench.
After hearing arguments a day before, the bench, also comprising Justice S A Bobde and Justice C Nagappan, had put the matter for passing order on Wednesday, also on the issue of maintainability of those modification pleas. The same bench had on August 11 referred the PILs, including one filed by former Karnataka HC judge Justice K S Puttaswamy, to a Constitution Bench of appropriate strength to determine the legal issue if the right to privacy was a fundamental right.
The court had then also directed the government to ensure that the Aadhaar card is not made mandatory for citizens to avail any benefit. It had also ordered that the card would not be used for any purposes other than linking it to PDS and LPG cylinders
However, the UIDAI, Trai, IRDA, Sebi, RBI, Pension Fund Regulatory Authority and different state governments, including, Jharkhand, Haryana and Rajasthan, sought modification of the order, saying if the starving poor voluntarily came forward for the Aadhaar, it should be allowed to be used.
The Trai claimed the card issued by the UIDAI should be permitted to be used as valid document for purchasing SIM cards in order to obviate any possibility of the mobile phone being used by terrorists.
The Sebi also claimed the use of the card would help in curbing use of black money in stock market.


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Lee Seung Gi Shares Thoughts On Ending Of “Vagabond” And Potential Season 2
Lee Seung Gi, who recently starred in the hit drama “Vagabond,” talked about his love of the action genre as well as the ending to “Vagabond” in a recent interview with Newsen.
The actor revealed that though he likes action, he wasn’t confident at first. “Just because I did it out of my love for the genre didn’t necessarily mean people would respond well, but [the drama ended up] really changing my image a bit. Hearing people say that I was good at action or more ‘wild’ genres and that it suited me better than they thought gave me a lot of encouragement.”
He added that he watches just about everything with action. “I like military films like ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ and films like the ‘Bourne’ series, ‘Taken,’ and ‘Mission Impossible.’ There are so many different types of action. I don’t want to call it confidence, but I think I can choose more action projects in the future, and I’m excited. I’m curious what it will be like to do a different type of action.”
Lee Seung Gi revealed that he learned Krav Maga during his military service, but couldn’t use it in “Vagabond” because it’s too specialized for his character, who is a civilian. He said, “I wanted to show some Krav Maga, but I couldn’t,” and added, “One day, I want to [use elements of it] in a movie or drama.”
Talking about the conclusion of “Vagabond,” the actor said, “I think people who have seen the ending would have been frustrated. Because there’s more that needs to be told, but it ends right when you’re on the edge of your seat. It makes you want a second season. It’s the type of ending you see a lot in American shows, the type that makes you wait for the next season no matter what.”
When asked whether he is interested in doing a second season, Lee Seung Gi said, “If it happens, I think it would be fun. As an actor, I’m all for this type of drama having a second season. However, what I think doesn’t matter, because there is a lot that needs to be taken into consideration, like the production environment and demand from fans, so we’ll have to wait and see.”


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COVID-19 related regulatory change for pharmacists – the case for its retention post the pandemic
journal contributionposted on 2021-08-19, 13:20 authored by Matthew LynchMatthew Lynch, Aisling O'LearyAisling O'Leary
The delivery of healthcare including the provision of pharmacy services globally is highly regulated internationally in order to protect public health and welfare. However, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated the need internationally to amend the model of regulation in order to ensure that people were able to continue to access a range of healthcare services in a timely and effective manner. Many of the changes introduced to the regulation of pharmacy services in Ireland have been replicated in other countries. These include the introduction of electronic means to transmit prescriptions and other orders for medications, relaxing the legal restrictions in place controlling the emergency supply of prescription only medicines and more fully utilizing the professional competency of pharmacists by empowering them to use their expertise and judgment to support their patients accessing the healthcare services that they need. Many of the regulatory changes that have been introduced to support the COVID-19 public health emergency effort are ones that pharmacists have previously sought to enable them provide a more effective and expanded model of pharmaceutical care to their patients. Accordingly, many pharmacists will want these regulatory changes to be retained and further expanded in the aftermath of the COVID-19 public health emergency in order to extend their scope of practice and support them in the care of their patients.
CommentsThe original article is available at https://www.sciencedirect.com
Published CitationLynch M, O'Leary AC. COVID-19 related regulatory change for pharmacists - the case for its retention post the pandemic. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2021;17(1):1913-1919.
Publication Date22 August 2020
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I've shared the screen with actors such as Jared Leto and Kathryn Hahn, and appeared on HBO, Netflix, Apple TV+, NBC, USA, and MTV. I have been studying on-camera technique regularly since graduating from NYU, and have been coaching actors for the last 2 years.
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Thanksgiving is just two weeks away, and major retailers are hoping shoppers feast on the online deals they’re offering before they carve the turkey.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., No. 4 in the Internet Retailer 2016 Top 500 Guide, says it will offer most of its Black Friday deals online starting at 12:01 a.m. Eastern on Thanksgiving, a full 24 hours ahead of Black Friday. The retailer last year offered online Black Friday deals at 12:01 a.m. Pacific on Thanksgiving.
In today’s announcement of the deals for the Friday after Thanksgiving, Wal-Mart says it has beefed up its inventory ahead of anticipated heightened demand. The retailer expects electronics will, as usual, be hot with shoppers this year and says it has 1.5 million televisions, nearly 2 million tablets and computers, and 3 million video games already in stock. Wal-Mart announced late last month it will offer 20 million items for sale online during the holidays, up from 8 million last year.
Office Depot Inc. (No. 9) on Thursday said it will offer Black Friday deals online starting on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 24). Announced deals include $40 off a virtual reality headset, 47% off a laptop and headphones starting at $8.
Target Corp. (No. 22), meanwhile, is getting an even earlier start on the holiday. The retail chain offered what it called Black Friday deals online Wednesday and Thursday the week of Thanksgiving. Target also said it will feature its “10 Days of Deals” promotion for a second straight year, with deals running online and in-store Nov. 19-28.
The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. (No. 169) will start rolling out its Black Friday deals online at 6 a.m. on Nov. 21, a full three and a half days ahead of when those deals will be rolled out in its stores.
Wal-Mart, Target, Bon-Ton, and Office Depot become the latest retailers to reveal their Thanksgiving weekend holiday plans. Earlier this week, Toys R Us Inc. (No. 35) said its stores will open at 5 p.m. local time on Thanksgiving and it will offer free ship-to-store service for all online orders, regardless of the order size. Wal-Mart’s warehouse unit, Sam’s Club, will unveil pre-Black Friday deals that start online and in stores Nov. 21.Favorite


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We n 2016 whenever a mainly unfamiliar Chinese organization fell $93 million purchasing a controlling risk in world’s most common gay hookup software, the news headlines caught everybody else by surprise. Beijing Kunlun and Grindr are not an evident complement: The former are a gaming business recognized for high-testosterone games like Clash of Clans; additional, a repository of shirtless homosexual men desire casual encounters. During the time of their particular unlikely union, Kunlun revealed a vague report that Grindr would improve Chinese firm’s “strategic situation,” letting the app to become a “global platform”—including in China, where homosexuality, though no further illegal, is still seriously stigmatized.
A few years afterwards any dreams of synergy were officially lifeless. Very first, in the springtime of 2018, Kunlun is informed of a U.S. investigation into whether or not it is utilizing Grindr’s user information for nefarious uses (like blackmailing closeted American authorities). After that, in November just last year, Grindr’s new, Chinese-appointed, and heterosexual president, Scott Chen, ignited a firestorm one of the app’s mostly queer personnel when he submitted a Facebook feedback suggesting he could be versus homosexual wedding. Now, sources state, even the FBI are inhaling down Grindr’s neck, reaching out to previous workers for dirt concerning the demographics for the providers, the security of the data, and also the motives of their holder.
Grindr Founder Joel Simkhai pocketed millions from purchase on the application but has actually informed company he now seriously regrets it.
“The huge concern the FBI is attempting to answer is actually: precisely why performed this Chinese organization order Grindr whenever they couldn’t broaden they to China or see any Chinese reap the benefits of they?” says one previous app professional. “Did they truly expect you’ll make money, or will they be contained in this for information?”
The U.S. gave Kunlun a company Summer deadline to offer to an United states suitor, complicating tactics for an IPO. It’s all a dizzying turnabout for any groundbreaking application, which matters 4.5 million everyday effective people a decade after it had been founded by a broke Hollywood Hills resident. Prior to the federal government came slamming, Grindr have embarked on an endeavor to lose its louche hookup graphics, hiring a team of really serious LGBTQ journalists during the summer 2017 to begin an impartial news site (known as inside) and, months later, generating a social media campaign, known as Kindr, meant to counteract the accusations of racism and marketing of human body dysphoria that had dogged the app since their creation.
“exactly why did this Chinese providers order Grindr whenever they couldn’t broaden it to Asia or become any Chinese benefit from it?” —Former Grindr staff member
But while Grindr got burnishing the general public picture, the company’s corporate traditions was a student in tatters. According to former associates, all over exact same opportunity it actually was being investigated because of the Feds, the software got scaling straight back their security system to save money, even as scandals like Cambridge Analytica’s operation on Twitter had been renewing worries about private-data mining. Scores of LGBTQ staff departed the business under Kunlun’s leadership. (One former employee estimates the majority of the employees has grown to be directly.) And staffers continue to present significant doubts about Chen, who has been run the application think its great’s some thing between a freemium game and a very risque type of Tinder. To ex-employees, Chen appeared to be laser concentrated on individual activations and would not seem to value the personal value of a platform that functions as a lifeline in homophobic countries like Egypt and Iran. Previous staffers say the guy appeared disengaged and could getting heartless in a clueless type of method: When a-row of staff members is let it go, Chen—who techniques obsessively—replaced her furniture and tables with exercise equipment.
Chen dropped to comment for this article, but a spokesperson claims Grindr enjoys completed “significant increases” within the last couple of years, mentioning a rise of greater than one million daily effective users. “We have significantly more doing, but we are satisfied with the results we have been obtaining for our customers, our very own community, and the Grindr employees,” the statement checks out.
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Grindr founder Joel Simkhai, which orchestrated the sale to Kunlun, dropped to review for this article, but one source claims he’s heartbroken by exactly how every little thing has gone lower. “the guy planned to stay-in western Hollywood, but the guy doesn’t have any personal capital any longer,” one origin says. “He’s wealthy, but that is it. Thus he’s come concealing in Miami.”
The majority of staff members confess that Grindr’s data files may have already been intercepted by the Chinese government—and as long as they comprise, there wouldn’t be a lot of a path to follow along with. “There’s no industry where the People’s Republic of China is like, ‘Oh, yes, a Chinese billionaire is going to make all this work profit the US markets with all for this valuable facts and not have to united states,’” one previous staffer claims.


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High Schools across Africa now offer courses on Entrepreneurship to provide students with the basic knowledge of starting/running a business.
We’re all aware of the Africa narrative – war, famine, chaos, malnourished and dying children, Ebola, money scams and so on. In other words, the continent is plagued by a myriad of problems. Experts seeking solutions to these problems propose several ideas, all of which have a common theme – self-employment or entrepreneurship.
This theme of entrepreneurship, they say, could be the ticket to lifting Africa out of poverty, overcoming a high unemployment rate and tackling the continent’s developmental challenges.
Well, turns out that African leaders, at least in Nigeria and Uganda, are listening.
The Nigerian Educational and Research Development Council (NERDC) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have partnered to launch an entrepreneurship curriculum in Nigerian high schools in order to equip students with basic trade and entrepreneurship skills, at the heart of which is helping young people develop a positive attitude towards entrepreneurship, business and self-employment.
The curriculum will be in line with global best practices and cover 34 different trades and it’s hoped that the project will help reduce the unemployment rate in Nigeria (reported at 13.9% in Q3 2016).
Nigeria isn’t alone in its sentiment. Uganda feels the same way, so much so that in addition to fostering entrepreneurship in high schools, the East African country is also offering an entrepreneurship course in colleges.
This foray into entrepreneurship is driven by the collapse of the commodity boom (think oil in Nigeria), which led to the collapse of the economies of several African countries, a collapse that pushed countries and their citizens to find alternative ways to survive and to also diversify said economies.
Given entrepreneurship’s potential as a catalyst for change, it became increasingly viewed as a key to economic growth. With a majority of African nations diversifying from traditional sources of income, the dawning realization and acceptance were that the public and private sector couldn’t do it alone – create enough jobs, that is.
Therefore, individuals must step up and play their part in job creation, employment opportunities and economic growth, with entrepreneurship being seen as the means to accomplish these.
Thus across the continent, African leaders are increasingly viewing entrepreneurship as one of the key ingredients needed to address youth unemployment in Africa, the region with the youngest population in the world. With several countries showing a high rate of unemployment (some as high as 60%), entrepreneurship is seen as one of the most sustainable job creation tools for the continent and a necessary ingredient for stimulating economic growth and leapfrogging Africa into the 21
With several countries showing a high rate of unemployment (some as high as 60%), entrepreneurship is seen as one of the most sustainable job creation tools for the continent and a necessary ingredient for stimulating economic growth and leapfrogging Africa into the 21st century.
As technological innovation reaches its peak with the cloud, open source software and cheap computing services at our fingertips, it provides the right atmosphere for entrepreneurship to take center stage. This coming together of several factors is redesigning Africa – from its curriculum to its landscape – and helping African economies transform through the sheer drive of their entrepreneurs.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, more efforts are being made to promote business and entrepreneurship and to also increase understanding of their contribution to public affairs and social issues. These efforts have given rise to tech hubs, space where ideas grow and companies are nurtured, which are producing some of the continent’s most promising and innovative solutions. For instance,
For instance, drones are being uniquely adapted to the continent’s transportation and logistics issues, apps are being built specifically for navigation within Africa given the continent’s poor urban planning and lack of defined addresses.
Mobile phones are being adapted for remote medical consultations and health exams and solar power (which Africa has in abundance) is being leveraged to power planes, vehicles and homes bypassing the need for more harmful sources of fuel and creating more stable power.
These solutions further reinforce the perception that entrepreneurship can help solve some of the continent’s social problems that undermine progress and these solutions are expected to endure the test of time because they’re tailored to Africa’s unique needs and the environment.
These products and services demonstrate creativity and show promise for an era of entrepreneurship anchored by local innovation; ideas that could be applicable to foreign markets with a bit of tweaking to suit the uniqueness of the foreign terrain.
So far, entrepreneurship has yielded huge returns for entrepreneurs and the recipients of their creative solutions, and according to experts, there’s still untapped potential in this sector to propel the continent into its next phase of development.
Therefore to explore all that entrepreneurship has to offer towards Africa’s future, African leaders are looking to advance business and entrepreneurship on the continent in more of a broad and inclusive sense by embedding it into the fabric of our learning institutions.
By working with young Africans to create and nurture a culture of self-employment, innovation and creativity, we can hopefully address some of the continent’s key developmental challenges. And with a focus on fostering the development of skills necessary to unlock their potential, perhaps we can shape and paint a new Africa.
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GT's Performer is pretty much the bike that introduced freestyle to the world almost 30 years ago. This modern version promises to take your skills to a new level, just like the original did a whole generation ago. Boasting a tough hi-ten frame, stout 20-inch aluminum wheels, and a sealed Mid bottom bracket, the Performer is ready to carry out the craziest of tricks. And it comes with class-defining BMX spec like 3-piece tubular-chromoly cranks, 25/9 micro gearing with a 1-piece driver and plastic pedals. The torch has been passed to you.
Travel back in time and enjoy the early days of freestyle aboard this machine that pays homage to GT's Freestyle roots. The Pro Performer has held onto the touches that made the first Performers so rad. Seatstays continued into a standing platform around the seat tube, drilled-out fork ends and dropouts, chrome as far as the eye can see—these are the stuff of our upbringing. Now, you can have all that with some modern functional touches like integrated headtube, 14mm rear axle, Mid sealed BB and compact, 25-9 drivetrain. Just because you like to give a nod to the past doesn't mean you can't still shred now and into the future.
Paying homage to GT's Freestyle roots and loaded with details, these vintage-inspired bikes are as legendary as their predecessors. The 100% Chromoly frame features reinforcing gussets and a throwback geometry. Double wall alloy rims with GT Superlace high-flange sealed bearing hubs offer a durable wheelset, while the GT Power Series 3-piece cranks add function and style. Travel back in time and enjoy the early days with the GT Pro Performer.
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Subject: I have found a CD that I think you would enjoy
Live Your Life Be Free
Genres: Pop, Rock
The once and future lead singer of The Go-Go's 1991 solo album features the hit "Half The World" and the title track. Players include Eric Bazilian (The Hooters), Dave Alvin (The Blasters), Stan Lynch (Tom Petty & The Hea... more »
The once and future lead singer of The Go-Go's 1991 solo album features the hit "Half The World" and the title track. Players include Eric Bazilian (The Hooters), Dave Alvin (The Blasters), Stan Lynch (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Ellen Shipley, Maria Vidal, percussionist Luis Conte, drummer Kenny Aronoff and many more.
Everything that Runaway Horses wasn't
earthlight66 | Portland, Oregon | 07/18/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Live Your Life Be Free is one of Belinda's top three best albums (right up there with her debut and "Heaven On Earth"). It's everything that Runaway Horses wasn't (which definitely isn't a downside). This album has much more of a Pop Rock vibe, while Runaway mostly had an overall slow, plodding dullness to it. The closest Runaway got to having a Rock song on it was "Leave a Light On". Don't get me wrong, it's a classic song and I love it, but it just doesn't have the punch that "Nothing Without me" and "I Plead Insanity" have. Only about half the songs I totally adore without any doubt (Live Your Life Be Free, Do You Feel Like I Feel, Half the World, You Came Out of Nowhere, You're Nothing Without Me, I Plead Insanity, Emotional Highway), the rest could be considered filler. But since half the album is amazing, I'm willing to forgive the mediocrity of the second half."
Some gems hidden here.
John P. Thompson | Saint Paul, MN United States | 04/22/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Belinda Carlisle does it again, for the most part. The title track is a lite rocker. The lyrics don't make too much sense though. "Live your life be free, you should be with me." Wasn't the person supposed to be free? Now you're telling them to be with you? Did I miss something here? Not one of my favorite tracks.Do You Feel Like I Feel is simply amazing. Great beats, light on the guitar but it sounds really cool when it does come in. The lyrics and Belinda's voice are simply phenomenal. I have to sing-a-long to this song. The ending vocals and background vocals by Belinda at the same time are nice. One of the best songs she has ever done.Half The World is a gem. The lyrics create a beautiful picture. I just want to wrap myself up in a blanket when I hear HTW...such a fuzzy feeling to it, reminds me of "Love Never Dies" from her Heaven on Earth CD in that sense. You Came Out of Nowhere is cheery, in a way I could gripe about the chorus but I think they have a deeper meaning that make (some)sense. I like it.You're Nothing Without Me has its moments but there are too many parts of the song I don't like from the boring guitar lick to the whispering to the dopey chorus filled with stupid rhymes. Yeah, I usually skip this one. I Plead Insanity is so bad it is good. Tough not to sing along.Emotional Highway is pretty boring. The song gets better as it goes along but not very good as a whole. Little Black Book is a really sad song. Beautiful melody and half decent lyrics but Belinda's voice MAKES this song. Love Revolution has the coolest opening of any song on the cd but then it kicks into a more rocking song, eh. Still it is a pretty catchy and fun song. Everything about the chorus I absolutely adore. Good song. Best during the melody moments rather than the rockin moments. World Of Love is a lot like Live Your Life Be Free, filled with cliche lyrics: "do you believe in destiny, ooo it will set your free." How the hell does destiny set you free? If you're destined to do something you have no freedom. Eh. Loneliness Game is THE song of the album. I LOVE THIS SONG! It is so sad, yet so beautiful. The ending where Belinda sings "gaaaa~mmeeee"...ah just so powerful. I feel it. Live Your Life Be Free isn't Belinda's best album but it certainly isn't her worst either. I like 7 out of the 11 songs and can get through the 4 I feel are lacking in some way. If you are a fan of Belinda this is definitely an album to pick up. Loneliness Game, Do You Feel Like I Feel, Half The World, Little Black Book...ahh yes, there are enough magnificent songs here to warrant a purchase."
Michael S. Burgess | Raleigh, NC | 04/29/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"While not the next Runaway Horses, its still a worthy album. "Half The World" is simply beautiful, and "Little Black Book", while a sad song, has the same thumping chorus you love to sing along with, just like "Mad About You" and "Leave A Light On" from Belinda's previous efforts. I think the biggest problem, if you call it a problem, is that Belinda strays too far with her other tracks from the established sound of her previous albums. Which isn't a bad thing, but I think it may have turned many people off. Still, for something different and interesting to listen to, check it out."


Stars from stage and screen gather for Philip Seymour Hoffman's wake
Mourning for Philip Seymour Hoffman continued as family and close friends paid their respects to the actor at a Thursday night wake in Manhattan.
The wake was held at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, which has orchestrated funerals for celebrities including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and James Cagney.
Among the mourners was Amy Adams, who co-starred with Hoffman in the films Doubt and The Master. Other notables in attendance included Cate Blanchett, Joaquin Phoenix and Diane Sawyer.
On Wednesday, the New York theatre community held a candlelight vigil outside the 90-seat home of the LAByrinth Theatre Company, where Hoffman had long been a member. Broadway’s marquee lights were also dimmed in his honour.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, who fiercely protected his private life, will be mourned behind closed doors.
A private funeral for the actor will be held on Friday for 400 people at the Church of St Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan.
Hoffman, 46, was found dead on Sunday of an apparent heroin overdose. He had been open about a past that included addiction and rehab. He leaves behind his partner of 15 years, Mimi O’Donnell, and their three children.
More tests are needed to determine what killed Hoffman, who was found with a syringe in his arm and what authorities said were dozens of packets of heroin in his apartment. Autopsy results were inconclusive, authorities said this week.
A larger memorial service is being planned for later this month.
Hoffman was nominated for Academy Awards four times and won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in Capote. He also was nominated three times for a Tony Award.


Oklahoma hunters and anglers have often said they wish the paper hunting or fishing licenses they carry in the field were more durable. Well, now that choice is here! The Wildlife Department’s durable collector’s license cards are the answer. These stylish collectible cards allow you to carry up to nine licenses that you hold, encoded on one long-lasting card that fits in your pocket. And each one features an image related to Oklahoma’s fish or wildlife. The cards have featured new artwork each year since their inception in 2019, making them not only a badge of support that hunters can use to display their support for their outdoor heritage, but also collectors' items.
The durable license cards for 2021 are now on sale. One features a bull elk, originally created by Nora Hall as part of her Oklahoma Animal Series. The other card features a painting of a black crappie titled “Morning in the Cedars,” by Dave Whitlock.
The stylish collectibles allow you to carry up to nine licenses on one long-lasting card that fits in your pocket. To get one, sign in to the Wildlife Department’s new Go Outdoors Oklahoma online license system or just click below. If you are getting a new license, you will be given the option to choose a collectible card as part of your purchase. Even lifetime license holders can order one of these classy cards. Proceeds from card sales help fund the Wildlife Department’s mission to conserve and protect the state’s fish and wildlife resources and habitat.
Learn more about each artist below
"Elk" from Nora Hall's "Animals of Oklahoma" Series
Nora Hall is a Norman native, where she now resides and co-owns Oil & Clay Studio. Wildlife is her favorite subject to paint.
“I would say early exposure to nature fueled my love of animals and the outdoors,” Hall said. “There was a creek behind my house growing up, and my sister and I would spend hours out there exploring. We would find fish, turtles, squirrels, raccoons, the occasional fox, and a never-ending variety of birds. Even now, nothing thrills me more than spotting an animal in its natural habitat.”
Hall’s “Animals of Oklahoma” series captures that love of wildlife in way that outdoor enthusiasts will truly appreciate, especially her “Elk” piece featured on the newest hard card license. The series includes 100 native Oklahoma wildlife species.
It is something that Oklahomans probably don’t think about on a daily basis, but we really do have some very incredible wildlife,” Hall noted. The Elk is the eleventh painting in the series, and it’s one of her favorites.
Hall didn’t foresee working with the Wildlife Department when she initially set out to create the series, but she’s excited to see the work play such a unique hand in conserving the state’s wildlife. "Since conservation in Oklahoma is funded by the sale of licenses, and my art is to be featured on the new upgraded hard license, I feel like I get to play a role.”
And it’s a big role. Proceeds from the sale of hard card licenses help the Wildlife Department fund and carry out it’s mission to conserve and protect the state’s fish and wildlife resources and habitat. More specically, a portion of proceeds are invested back in to recruiting, retaining and reactivating more hunters and anglers – helping to keep the successful conservation model strong.
Hall co-owns Oil & Clay Studio with her friend Louisa Brewer. They opened the studio in 2015 to pursue their art dreams while also providing a safe place for kids and adults to explore different mediums and have fun.
“We offer a variety of classes for all ages including painting, crafts, and pottery,” Hall said. “While our studio is small, we feel immensely lucky to have taught hundreds of students in after-school, homeschool, and private sessions. The community we have built and what our studio has to offer is 100-percent fueled by our students and their excitement to learn.”
More information about Oil & Clay studio can be found at www.oilandclaystudio.com.
Follow the progress of Hall’s “Animals of Oklahoma” series, and even order prints, at http://www.oilandclaystudio.com/oklahomaanimals
"Morning in the Cedars," by Dave Whitlock
Born in Muskogee in 1934, Whitlock grew up in Green Country, moved to Arkansas when he was 35, and now resides again in northeast Oklahoma. Whitlock is well-known for his flyfishing expertise. He’s always been interested in the outdoors.
"The outdoors and everything living in it fascinates me,” Whitlock said. “However, life on and in water has always interested me the most. Starting when I was 9, fishing and especially fly fishing has inspired me to illustrate, paint, photograph and write about water life.”
Whitlock calls underwater life “another world within our world” and is especially pleased to see his crappie painting featured on the 2021 hard card licenses.
“One way to protect our beautiful Oklahoma land and water it to get folks to fall in love with it as I have,” Hall said. “So, if upgrading the licenses encourages more people to buy them and then actually get outdoors, I'm all for it. I don't think you can spend much time out fishing or hunting without learning the importance of conservation.”
Whitlock’s “Morning in the Cedars scene was inspired by the Oklahoma and Arkansas reservoirs he's fished, where flooded cedars along bluffs provide the perfect habitat for crappie to live and feed on shad, minnows and aquatic insects.
Whitlock and his wife, Emily, have a website where they host information about themselves and their fly fishing school along with an online shop where prints of “Morning in the Cedars” can be purchased along with additional fish art, mugs, flies and more. Go to www.davewhitlock.com.


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Wall Street served up plenty of treats and only a few tricks Friday as stocks advanced on the heels of a report showing that gross domestic product in the United States grew at a surprisingly healthy rate in the latest quarter. Couple this with moves by the Group of Seven industrial nations to prop up the global economy, and the market was able to end the week with a full bag of candy.
The Wired Index rose 2.91 points to close at 406.65 , and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 97.07 higher at 8592.10. The Nasdaq advanced 14.20 to 1771.39, and the S&P 500 was up 12.74 at 1098.67.
So go figure. With economies the world over facing recessions and slowdowns, America's third-quarter GDP rose 3.3 percent from a year earlier, paced by a nearly 4 percent increase in consumer spending, according to the Commerce Department. Economists had been expecting just 2 percent GDP growth, particularly in light of the pitiful 1.8 percent expansion logged in the second quarter.
This unexpected break in the clouds was accompanied by the G7 announcing that it will hand the International Monetary Fund an extra US$90 billion to rescue cash-strapped economies in Asia and Latin America. The group's money guys also will work more closely to contain stomach-churning volatility in world financial markets.
Speaking of which, Infoseek (SEEK) took a good-sized tumble after reporting a third-quarter loss of 8 cents a share, wider than the 6 cents expected by analysts. The Internet directory said its expenses are soaring as it constructs a new online service with Disney (DIS) called Go.com. Infoseek fell $3.63 to $29.56, while Disney was up 25 cents at $26.88.
Scott Reamer, an analyst with SG Cowen, said investors haven't lost heart about the Infoseek-Disney partnership. "But in a market environment as crazy as the past few months," he noted, "people are more reticent, and are waiting for such plans to pay off."
Reamer thinks it's crunch time for Internet companies, with the market leaders solidifying their positions and everybody else either playing catch-up or falling by the wayside. He likes America Online (AOL), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Yahoo (YHOO), and is cautiously optimistic about eBay (EBAY), GeoCities (GCTY), Excite (XCIT) and At Home (ATHM).
"What you measure is somewhat different for each of them," Reamer said. "It's not always financial. But suffice it to say that the big will keep getting bigger."
Discount broker Charles Schwab (SCH) has beefed up its own Web offerings, adding top-drawer research from Credit Suisse First Boston and Hambrecht & Quist to its site. Customers will get free access to the reports for six weeks, and then will have to pay $49.95 a month unless they make at least 48 trades a year. Schwab climbed $3.81 to $48.
Satellite telephony provider Globalstar Telecommunications (GSTRF) jumped $2.50 to $16.75 after receiving some encouraging words from Loral Space & Communications (LOR), which holds a 42 percent stake in the company. Despite a launch accident that destroyed a dozen Globalstar satellites last month, Loral chairman Bernard Schwartz said the firm remains on track to begin offering service in the second half of 1999.