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Hundreds of people flocked to the Lions’ Community Centre on Sunday 4 July, for the annual Philippine Festival.
The event, which was hosted by the Cayman Bayanihan Filipino Community, featured native dishes, music, and theatrical renditions from multiple provinces throughout the Philippines.
“We decided to host the festival so people from the Philippines who are here and unable to return home can celebrate along side our families back home, and share our culture with the people in Cayman,” said media relations officer Michelle Asadon.
The four hour event was a composition of six miniature festivals, each of which comprised several booths. Each of the six mini-festivals then vied for best talent, as well as Ms Festival Queen.
The money raised from the event will go towards the Cayman Islands Cancer Society, the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Association and the CBFC ‘community chest’, the group’s social arm.
Speaker of the House McKeeva Bush, Deputy Premier Chris Saunders and Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan were also in attendance.
“This is an amazing event, and we want to thank the Filipino community for all they do for Cayman, so next year we want to sponsor this event and help to make it even bigger and better,” said Saunders.


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As I am reflecting on this post I am listening to the sounds of passion! It is the genuine and beautiful sound of passion longing for a response. A passionate sound which lasts for hours on end. The producer of the sound hopes to attract attention.
I cannot help but to eavesdrop on this yearly ritual hearkening the beginning of Spring; the passionate croaking of frogs in our pond.
Every Spring, ever since we built the pond, my evenings are filled with the passionate sounds of romance. Referring to the sounds as “croaking” is an injustice not only to their melodious sound, but also to their intent. But it is not the sound itself which impresses me, rather, it is the passion in the sound. Hour-by-hour, evening-by-evening, for days and weeks they come to call their mate. There is no concern of what others think as it is the frog’s sole intent to communicate passion.
Passion is most likely the strongest of our emotions, if it may be called one at all since passion is more of an action. Passion is that driving force behind what we ultimately do, in action, in response to a strongly held emotion. As with my frogs, their passion for longevity and maintaining the species leads them to vocalize for hours, days and weeks.
What are we passionate about in our lives?
What is it within ourselves holding us back from sharing that passion with those around us? And when we do share our passions, what is that driving force giving us the courage to do so?
As I have often said in my posts, I don’t have all the answers, but I try to ask the questions which will give me answers to improve my journey. I am not reflecting on this topic to give you a blueprint. That would actually be counter to the essence of passion. Rather, I hope when you reflect on this post you will give yourself the freedom to feel passion, and to find the strength and the courage to share it with everyone!!

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TEMPE, Ariz., and SAN JOSE, Calif., April 10, 2013 — First Solar Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire solar photovoltaic technology startup TetraSun from JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. and other investors, including TetraSun management, for an undisclosed amount.
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First Solar is acquiring TetraSun, which has developed a breakthrough cell architecture capable of conversion efficiencies exceeding 21 percent with commercial-scale manufacturing costs comparable to conventional multicrystalline silicon solar cells. Courtesy of BusinessWire.
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Friday 31 January 1997
There were gorgeous shots of Schubert's piano, his birthplace, workroom and haunts, to set the scene. But the programme quickly lost focus, and Schiff talked discursively about his personal response to the music, illustrating from the piano and lieder repertories. He was amiable and true-hearted, but a new view of the prodigiously inventive Schubert needs more than one 50-minute programme and, given the available time, the makers of The Wanderer should have given it a tighter shape and concentrated on one or two big new ideas about the composer.
There were, of course, touching perceptions, but at least one was marred by the manner of its expression. Der Doppelganger does not encompass a greater drama than the whole of Gotterdammerung. It might have been more helpful to suggest that this miraculous song hints at a vast canvas within its short span.
The week's other music programme, in Channel 4's four-part series Naked Classics, promised less and turned out to be only too typical of the fan- magazine treatment that is usually meted out to prominent figures in the music profession. Zubin Mehta is something of a phenomenon among conductors, rising to prominence in his twenties and remaining a favourite with a number of world-famous orchestras (not to mention the Three Tenors), despite an often none too favourable critical response to his work in the musical press.
A serious examination of his gifts and possible shortcomings would have been fascinating, given the current obsession with conductors and their earnings. As it was, contributions from the likes of Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman did not really raise the level of musical thinking in the film, and we were given the customary sound and vision bites showing him at rehearsal, without making any musical points; dealing with the stress of being a travelling virtuoso, without drawing any musical conclusions; being lionised by fans.
The big personality came across, the mutual affection that exists between him and the orchestras he does most of his work with, but what about his musical character and thinking?
One would have liked to hear the charges of triviality and slickness either substantiated or refuted, and to have heard more than a few seconds of music at a time. It would have been exciting to have been drawn behind the glamorous facade of this star and been shown the real musiciann Anthony Payne
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"Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Recombinant Proteins" (2009), by Hongyan Zhou et al.
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are studied carefully by scientists not just because they are a potential source of stem cells that circumvents ethical controversy involved with experimentation on human embryos, but also because of their unique potential to advance the field of regenerative medicine. First generated in a lab by Kazutoshi Takahashi and Shinya Yamanaka in 2006, iPSCs have the ability to differentiate into cells of all types.
"Developmental Capacity of Nuclei Transplanted from Keratinized Skin Cells of Adult Frogs" (1975), by John Gurdon, Ronald Laskey, and O. Raymond Reeves
In 1975 John Gurdon, Ronald Laskey, and O. Raymond Reeves published "Developmental Capacity of Nuclei Transplanted from Keratinized Skin Cells of Adult Frogs," in the Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology. Their article was the capstone of a series of experiments performed by Gurdon during his time at Oxford and Cambridge, using the frog species Xenopus laevis. Gurdon's first experiment in 1958 showed that the nuclei of Xenopus cells maintained their ability to direct normal development when transplanted.
"Generation of Germline-Competent Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells" (2007), by Keisuke Okita, Tomoko Ichisaka, and Shinya Yamanaka
In the July 2007 issue of Nature, Keisuke Okita, Tomoko Ichisaka, and Shinya Yamanaka added to the new work on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) with their "Generation of Germline-Competent Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells" (henceforth abbreviated "Generation"). The authors begin the paper by noting their desire to find a method for inducing somatic cells of patients to return to a pluripotent state, a state from which the cell can differentiate into any type of tissue but cannot form an entire organism.
"Programmed Cell Death-II. Endocrine Potentiation of the Breakdown of the Intersegmental Muscles of Silkmoths" (1964), by Richard A. Lockshin and Carroll M. Williams
Richard A. Lockshin's 1963 PhD dissertation on cell death in insect metamorphosis was conducted under the supervision of Harvard insect physiologist Carroll M. Williams. Lockshin and Williams used this doctoral research as the basis for five articles, with the main title "Programmed Cell Death," that were published between 1964 and 1965 in the Journal of Insect Physiology. These articles examine the cytological processes, neuronal and endocrinal controls, and the influence of drugs on the mechanism of cell death observed in pupal muscle structures of the American silkmoth.
In 1962 the journal Acta Biotheoretica published the final work of the biologist Edward Stuart Russell, a full eight years after his death. Entitled The Diversity of Animals: an Evolutionary Study, this short, unfinished manuscript on evolution received little recognition in the scientific presses despite both its technical discussion of adaptations in decapods (crabs, shrimp, etc.) and its different approach to evolutionary theory. The precise reason for this neglect is unclear.
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Thesis: A History of Cellular Senescence and Its Relation to Stem Cells in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
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Breast cancer affects about 12% of women in the US. Arguably, it is one of the most advertised cancers. Mammography became a popular tool of breast cancer screening in the 1970s, and patient-geared guidelines came from the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the US Preventative Task Force (USPSTF). This research focuses on ACS guidelines, as they were the earliest as well as the most changed guidelines. Mammography guidelines changed over time due to multiple factors. This research has tracked possible causes of those changes.
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Brighton wrestlers second at DCC
NOVI – Three Bulldogs finished as runner-ups in their respective weight classes as Brighton's wrestling team finished second overall at the Detroit Catholic Central Invitational on Saturday.
Brighton, ranked No. 1 in Division 1, finished with 158.5 points. Nationally-ranked Lowell, the top team in Division 2, won the event with 224 points. Host Detroit Catholic Central was third with 149.5, while Fowlerville was 22nd with 12 points.
Luke Ready fell to Lowell's Josh Colegrove by a 3-2 decision in one of the tournament's most anticipated potential finals matchups at 215 pounds. It was Ready's first loss of the season in a meeting of Division 1 and 2's top 215-pounders.
Other runner-ups included senior Beau Mourer (160) and junior Eric Conquest (285).
Nine Bulldogs in all placed, including seniors Ryan Salmon (145) and Nick Brish (171), who each placed third.
Brighton double-entered at 119, with juniors Jackson Renicker and Grant Morrison finishing fourth and sixth, respectively.
Senior Kyle Bohnsack was also sixth at 130 and another senior, Patrick Dowd, was seventh at 189.
Fowlerville did not have any wrestlers place.


Johns Hopkins University (JHU) researchers have developed a highly sensitive test that searches for DNA attachments that often serve as early warning signs of cancer. The new technology uses tiny crystals called quantum dots to detect the presence and quantity of certain DNA changes. It could be used to detect people at risk for developing cancer and let doctors know the effectiveness of a particular cancer treatment.
Published in the August issue of the journal Genome Research, the test was developed by Jeff Tza-Huei Wang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and colleagues at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Center.
"If it leads to early detection of cancer, this test could have huge clinical implications," said Jeff Tza-Huei Wang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering whose lab team played a leading role in developing the technique. "Doctors usually have the greatest success in fighting cancer if they can treat it in its early stage."
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Mary Berry, who is most famous for her judging role on The Great British Bake Off, is currently touring around Cork City!
The beloved former judge is taking a stroll around Cork's English Market, following in the footsteps of Queen Elizabeth II and visiting O'Connell's fish stall to check out their impressive display.
Pat O'Connell shared images on his Twitter account of Mary visiting their corner of the English Market.
The amazing Mary Berry at Corks English Market this morning. pic.twitter.com/XsNIPmhvis— pat o connell (@pattheenglishm1) October 30, 2019
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IT'S BEEN a warm October but today it feels more like autumn; bright with a cold wind that piles up dry sycamore leaves into drifts on the pavement. The Ash tree at the edge of the wood is already stripped of its leaves.
The ponies in the meadow are wearing new matching horse blankets. With an electric fence around the perimeter of the field perhaps this year they won't snag them on the blackthorn, hawthorn and barbed wire.
Although Himalayan Balsam has mainly died back there are still some magenta flowers on it where it grows on a sheltered bank by the stream.
Groundsel is in flower, and in fluffy seed, at the pavement edge. In fact it stays in flower for most of the year, ready to spread to freshly disturbed ground. I've never included it in this diary, so here it is.


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Royal Oak police are investigating a bank robbery on Tuesday and seeking to identify a suspect.
Police got a 911 call after the 4:41 p.m. robbery from an employee at the Huntington Bank, 4609 Crooks Road, south of 14 Mile Road.
Royal Oak police Lt. Albert Carter said the face-masked man entered the north entrance of the bank off the parking lot and approached a teller.
“He went right up to the teller and demanded the money,” he said. “He implied he had a weapon in his jacket, which she believed was a weapon.”
When the female teller opened her drawer, the man reached over the counter and grabbed an unknown amount of cash from it.
Carter said the man put the cash in the pocket of his jacket.
“We’re just happy the employee complied and no one was hurt,” Carter said. “That’s our biggest concern.”
Several police cars responded to the robbery report, including a Royal Oak K-9 unit.
“Our K-9 dog was able to track from the bank’s exit and west from the parking lot to a nearby side street,” Carter said. “The track ended about a block-and-a-half up the street. We believe that’s where he entered an unknown vehicle and fled.”
The man is described as black, about 5-foot-10, about 130 pounds, and was wearing a black jacket with the hood up, a black face mask, olive green sweatpants, white gym shoes, and possibly had tattoos on his wrists.
Police were in the area for several hours, canvassing neighborhoods and businesses. They were also checking for any surveillance or Ring cameras that may have recorded the robber’s movements.
The face mask he wore covered all but his eyes and part of his nose, police said.
“We’re still gathering video cameras from nearby businesses and piecing that together,” Carter said Wednesday.
Anyone with any additional information is asked to contact Lt. Carter at 248-246-3456.


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Pia Padukone was born in New York City. A graduate of Stuyvesant High School and the London School of Economics, Pia has worked as a copywriter in healthcare advertising. In their spare time, Pia and her husband write Two Admirable Pleasures, a blog that combines their shared passions for books and the culinary dishes that are inspired by them. Where Earth Meets Water is Pia’s debit novel.
NAW- Tell us about your book, Where Earth Meets Water. How did you get the idea for it? How did you come up with the title?
Where Earth Meets Water is the story of Karom, a young man who is coming to grips with his own form of survivor guilt. In a strange twist of fate – or luck – he has managed to narrow avoid a number of tragedies during which he has lost friends and loved ones while seemingly emerging unscathed. But his grief doesn’t end with him; the novel is also about three people who are inextricably tangled in his life, from his girlfriend Gita, who is determined to help him overcome his grief, his best friend Lloyd, who realizes demons of his own through Karom’s suffering, and Gita’s grandmother Kamini, a wise woman who is searching for a catharsis of her own.
The story came about after I realized that I had narrowly escaped multiple tragedies myself – from having finished a summer job in Tower One of the World Trade Center just four days before 9/11, to standing on the eastern coastline of India as the 2004 tsunami crashed a few hundred miles south of me, to walking past the backpack bombs positioned at the finish line to meet my husband who had just finished running the 2013 Boston Marathon. These occurrences made me curious about someone who might find him or herself haunted by multiple catastrophes and how someone might deal with them.
My phenomenal editor, Erika Imranyi, spotted the phrase “where earth meets water” within the prose of the novel, and suggested it as a title. At first, I thought it was just a beautiful title, but realized how much symbolic weight it carried: water plays a large role in the story, and the moment upon which waves crash onto the shore – that split second – can be the difference between survival and disaster.
NAW- Tell us about the character of Karom? How did you develop the character?
While the inspiration for the circumstances that create the conflict swirling with Karom were very much autobiographical, he is an imagined, fictional character. Subconciously, I think I wrote Karom as a man to distance myself from his situation. I didn’t do a lot of research on grief or survival while I was conjuring him; in fact, I read a lot about survival guilt only after I finished the novel. I suppose the way he came to life was just imagining what multiple brushes with death might do to a person’s psyche over time – losing family, losing friends, feeling invincible, but also like the unluckiest person alive because these tragedies result in leaving someone feeling completely alone.
NAW- You have chosen an interesting narrative scheme for the book, using multiple narratives rather than a single point of view? How difficult is it to write a novel this way?
I adore stories with multiple narratives, because I feel they are the most realistic. No one lives in a vacuum; everyone’s lives, the simplest actions and slightest emotions impact those around them. Writing the book this way was very organic to me; I didn’t even think twice about my process, because it was the only way that made sense to the telling of this story. Because of that, it wasn’t difficult to write the story this way at all. Karom’s story isn’t only his story; it’s the way he is changed by Kamini’s metamorphosis, it’s the way Lloyd is changed and discovers something about himself through Karom’s grief.
NAW- How difficult (or easy) was it getting published? Tell us about your publishing journey.
I initially wrote the first chapter of Where Earth Meets Water as a standalone short story. But I soon realized there was more to the narrative than just those twelve pages. I wanted to see where the story might go, so I struck out, not even knowing the destination myself. I trained myself to wake up early before my job as a copywriter at an ad agency began, writing without an outline or direction, letting my fingers do the traveling, imagining conflicts and journeys for each of the characters. After about a year, I realized that I was in possession of a novel. So I began sending out query letters to various agents.
In order to be even remotely involved in the publishing world, one has to have a very thick skin. I can’t count the number of initial rejections that I received, the number of times I read some variation of the words, “I like your story, but not enough to represent it.” While getting published certainly requires skill, I also believe it requires luck and being in the right place at the right time.
I sent my novel to Indian publishing house that accepted unsolicited submissions and received a response from a fiction editor, who wanted to purchase the novel. I was thrilled! However, this is where an agent is key: you’re never sure whether the offer they are making you is fair…should you concede world rights? I needed an agent to help me translate all the jargon, and I found one who loved the story and wanted to represent me. So I had a rather unorthodox process, finding an agent after I received a publishing offer.
She suggested that since I am an American-based writer, that we try to sell it to a US publishing house. I was ecstatic about that plan, and eventually, Where Earth Meets Water found a very good home with Harlequin Mira.
NAW- What can a reader expect to take away from Where Earth Meets Water?
I hope that readers take away the sense of how powerful other peoples’ stories and lives can be on their own narratives. That it’s never too late to rewrite your life. That the person who inevitably ends up saving you might be the last person you ever expected to do so.
NAW- Tell us about yourself. What do you do when you are not writing?
Until recently, I was working fulltime as a copywriter at an advertising agency. I took some time off to finish writing my second novel before we welcome our first child.
I’m a voracious reader; I average a book a week. I realized that upon completing a book, I would crave certain foods, whether a specific dish was mentioned in the story or I read a sad story that made me want comfort foods. My husband, Rohit is an incredibly talented cook; he can whip up a beautiful multi-coursed meal from the recesses of his mind. So we started a blog called Two Admirable Pleasures, which is part book review, part food writing and part cookbook, as we provide Rohit’s original recipe that was inspired by the book.
I love taking advantage of New York City: walking the streets – sometimes aimlessly – browsing in bookstores, admiring the artwork of the buildings and within the halls of our many museums, discovering the hole-in-the-wall restaurants that boast some of the best food in the world. But I also love traveling and getting to know other parts of the world: some of my favorite trips in the last few years have been hiking the challenging Inca Trail in Peru, browsing the best bookstores in the world in the Emerald Isle and sampling its unparalleled Guiness, and swimming with wild dolphins off Big Island, Hawaii.
NAW- Please name your favourite writers. Are there any who you’d like to name as an inspiration?
I have so very many, and they change with my mood and season. But some of my all time favorites have been Chang-Rae Lee, Rohinton Mistry, Vendela Vida, John Updike, Ann Patchett, Lionel Shriver, Ha Jin, Dinaw Mengestu, Dave Eggers, Louise Erdrich, Manil Suri…I would have to say that each and every book I read inspires me in some way, shape or form. I can’t read without reflecting upon my own writing as a result, and it’s only by reading beautiful writing that my own can become stronger.
NAW-What are you currently reading?
I just finished reading Euphoria by Lily King, a gorgeous, intricately written novel bringing to life the fictionalized version of Margaret Mead’s time in Papua New Guinea. I just guested at a book club that was so charming that I left as their newest member, and they allowed me to choose the next book for discussion: Michelle Huneven’s Off Course. In anticipation of our first child, I just read Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman, and now I’m intent upon raising our child the “French” way.
NAW- What will you be working on next?
I’m working furiously on finishing the manuscript of my second novel before I give birth! The story is about two families based in New York City and Tallinn, Estonia respectively, who meet through a high school student exchange program. The novel explores the relationship of the family members and how the one year they spend together has a lifelong impact on each of them.


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Miles Olson came to Blayne's attention a few month back with the release of his book "Unlearn, Rewild" in 2012.
"UNLEARN, REWILD: Earth skills, Ideas and Inspiration for the Future PrimitivePicture a world where humans exist, like all other living things, in balance. Where there is no separation between “human” and “wild.” Step out of your comfort zone and into a healthy, sane and truly sustainable life that is integrated with nature.Part meditation, part ethical investigation, part hard-core survival guide, Unlearn, Rewild blends philosophy with a detailed introduction to a rich assortment of endangered traditional living skills.Lyrical, humorous, surprising, enlightening and thought-provoking by turns, this unique and thoroughly unconventional manual will make you question what it means to be civilized."
The book is highly recommended and written over a long winter as Miles lived alone in his squatter cabin on the outskirts of the Comox Valley. A true feralist who hunts and gathers most of his food, has learned traditional skills, and a connection with the earth in the ten years he has been living off the system. Thanks Miles, it was great to meet you and hear your story.
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Mumbai, May 25 - Extending gains for the second day in a row, the Indian rupee today appreciated by another 27 paise to close at 55.38 against the Greenback on sustained dollar selling by exporters on fears intrusion by the central bank amid stable local stocks.
Weak dollar overseas amid sustained capital outflows also helped the rupee rally, a forex dealer said.
At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the domestic unit opened lower at 56.00 as against previous close of 55.65 on dollar buying by importers, mainly oil refiners, to meet their month-end requirements.
However, dollar selling by exporters on hopes of further fall in dollar value overseas aftEr data showed stabilizing consumer confidence data in Germany, the euro zone's biggest economy. The dollar inded, a gauge of six major currencies, was down by nearly 0.23 per cent in European market today.
The rupee, later moved in a range of 56.08 and 55.24 before concluding at 55.38, showing a rise of 0.49 pct.
The Indian benchmark sensex today ended nearly flat after gaining over 274 points or 1.72 per cent yesterday.
The Reserve Bank's intervention and its indication yesterday that it may sell dollars directly to oil companies have aided the rupee rise.
Mr. Pramit Brahmbhatt, CEO, Alpari Financial Services (India) said," the INR started on a weak note only for short while, tracking advances in dollar index which rose it its highest levels since sep 2010. The pair then started gaining strengthening improved risk appetite in global markets over better than expected German consumer confidence numbers and short covering in equity markets". PTI


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The trail from the Lupine Meadows Trailhead in Grand Teton National Park forks to two wonderful alpine destinations. The north fork heads to a pair of beautiful alpine lakes tucked beneath the rugged, rocky summits, Amphitheater Lake and Surprise Lake, while the south fork wraps around and up into Garnet Canyon. This canyon is a…

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Pilot Induced Oscillation Mitigation for Unmanned Aircraft Systems: An Adaptive Control Allocation Approach
2018 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)
This paper proposes an adaptive control allocation method that can make unmanned aircraft systems recover from pilot induced oscillations. Pilot induced oscillations are undesired oscillations due to an unintentional and detrimental coupling between the aircraft and the pilot. These oscillations may be instigated due to disturbances, aggressive maneuvers and actuator saturation. Different from manned aircraft, pilot induced oscillations in unmanned aircraft systems are harder to handle due to
... to handle due to communication time delays between the operator and the aircraft. The task of a conventional control allocator is to distribute the control effort among redundant actuators to realize a desired virtual control input. When actuators rate saturate, the difference between the desired and the achieved virtual control input introduces an effective time delay to the system dynamics which causes oscillations. In the proposed approach, instead of minimizing the error between the desired and achieved virtual control inputs, the derivative of this error is minimized which eliminates the introduced time delay effect and damps undesired oscillations. Differently from earlier works conducted by the authors, in this work, the proposed pilot induced oscillation mitigation methodology is developed for systems with parametric uncertainty. In the simulations, it is demonstrated that the proposed approach successfully damps pilot induced oscillations that are instigated by a high gain pilot command.


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Pace Law Review, edited by students at Pace University School of Law, is devoted to the study and publication of scholarly materials of professional legal interest. Each issue contains articles by professors, practitioners, and judges, as well as student notes and comments, on specific issues in law, recent decisions, and current legislation.
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Tipping the Scales in Favor of Charitable Bequests: A Critique
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Bigger Isn’t Always Better: An Analysis of Court Efficiency Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling
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What is FTP?
Those who build and maintain websites need no or little explanation of what FTP is – most probably they’ve been using the protocol ever since. However others can avail of advantages offered by FTP tools too, read on to know more.
The File Transfer Protocol, as its name suggests, is meant for exchanging files over network. Web-site developers usually use it for sending large data to the servers that host their websites. Having an FTP server is common in universities so their students can download course materials and upload their assignments. An FTP file server in a company serves as a secure storage place for employees’ documents and data. For lay users an FTP utility is a great way to exchange massive files that cannot be attached to emails, share music and videos and browse a software archive.
FTP application is based on a client-server architecture: there is a computer that shares resources with others, it is called server, while those who request the contents of a server are clients. FTP tool requires two separate channels – for commands and data. To protect data being transferred the protocol typically asks users to identify themselves – they need to enter their login credentials in FTP program order to access data. However the protocol might allow anonymous users to connect, if configured in that way.
This is how it works – first, a client establishes a connection to the server. Then it either lets the server know on which port it is listening for incoming connections (active mode) or requests the server for its IP address and port number and then connects to it (passive mode). The latter works better for clients behind firewalls.
Four data representations used by FTP are ASCII, Image, EBCDIC and Local. Text files would have a different format control and record structure options. The protocol supports three modes of data transfer – Stream, Block and Compressed.
There are different variations of FTP protocols. FTP secured with SSL/TLS encryption is called FTPS. SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) uses the Secure Shell Protocol to transfer files and it does not work with simple FTP software. Trivial FTP (TFTP) is simple to implement, and the functionality it offers is rather basic. Simple File Transfer Protocol is a little more complex than TFTP but inferior to FTP in terms of security.
To use the protocol on your Mac you need a Mac FTP client installed on your machine. FTP software looks like file management application that allow FTP upload and download between computers. Nowadays the software market offers a lot of FTP software Mac owners could make use of, the solutions widely vary in terms of their ease-of-use and efficiency. To simplify things for you, here is a list of top options we’d go for if we were to search for an FTP client.
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This FTP client Mac users would certainly appreciate - the system utility can be seamlessly integrated into Finder and it is capable of mounting (S)FTP servers and cloud storage accounts on Mac as if they were additional hard drives.
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This dual-panel file manager for Mac can also be a number one choice FTP client. With its help you can connect to and work with remote servers via FTP, SFTP or FTPS.
Works with FTP and SFTP servers and cloud storage services such as Amazon S3 and WebDAV.
This FTP browser easily connects you to FTP and SFTP servers. Supports hotkeys – you can either go for preset ones or create your own.
Works as an FTP client across platforms and as an FTP server for Windows, enables using drag-and-drop operation for moving files.
This (S)FTP file manager has a user-friendly interface and allows editing files. Works with a number of cloud storage services – WebDAV, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage and others.
Check what FTP Mac OS solutions works best for you and go ahead – FTP will certainly make it easier for you to work with large amounts of data.
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3D representation of the scattering of a Gaussian beam by a homogeneous spherical particle based on the far-field version of GLMT to visualize the scattering of a Gaussian beam by a homogeneous, isotropic and spherical particle arbitrarily located in the beam. Supplementary resources with the book:
Gérard Gouesbet and Gérard Gréhan. Generalized Lorenz-Mie Theories. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-17193-2.
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Irritability, fine lines, and dark circles are not the only haunting reminders of a terrible night’s sleep. Not sleeping well can affect your cardiovascular, endocrine, immune, digestive, and your respiratory systems—so, basically, your entire body. Sleeping is when your body takes time to heal and repair itself. Lack of sleep can make that difficult. Losing sleep is known to deter our cognitive thinking process. Doing this causes a decrease in things such as our attention span, mental alertness, concentration, communication, etc.
With the entire mental health aspect involving sleep deprivation aside, it has also harmed people on the roads. Statistics have shown that approximately 100,000 auto collisions a year have been caused due to a lack of sleep. The majority of people, a large percentage being college students, believe that trying to make up for lack of sleep by using stimulants such as caffeine is enough to override the need for sleep, and that is not true. For people in the age group of 18 to 25, the recommended number of hours of sleep per night is a total of 7 to 9 hours. Though this is recommended, most young adults try to only go on about 4 to 6 hours of sleep per night. Statistics have shown that 50-70 million U.S. adults are suffering from some sort of sleeping disorder. About 90% of people who suffer from a sleeping disorder called insomnia end up developing a health condition and risk worsening their overall well-being. Sleep deprivation has proven to affect people mentally, physically and emotionally. The seriousness of this subject often goes unnoticed, which in turn, often sneaks up on people and shock them. Getting the recommended amount of sleep for your age group can improve your mood, your awareness, and your overall being as a whole. Sleep in every once in a while, it will do you some good.

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Pendulum is a unique platformer that allows players to try a different version of the present. Use “foresee” skill to create a different version of yourself to check what is ahead. Use it to unlock doors and solve puzzles.
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Play Pendulum Online Game. One of many Puzzle Games to play online on your web browser for free at KBH Games. Pendulum is made using Unity technology. Tagged as Adventure Games, Platformer Games, Puzzle Games, and Steampunk Games. Upvoted by 14 players. Other games you might like are Pixepal and Skating Hero. No download or installation needed to play this free game. Hope this game brings a little joy into your daily life.

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Town of Newburgh lawyers perusing sewer line proposal
NEWBURGH: The city spells out its terms for bringing a sewer line to a neighborhood in dire need of one.
City Manager Harry Porr thinks the city got the short end of the stick when it agreed to treat sewage from the Town of Newburgh back in the 1980s.
But Porr said while he still plans to push to renegotiate that pact, those discussions won't hold up work to extend sewer service to a neighborhood in the town where several septic systems are failing.
The city did, however, send a letter to the town detailing several issues that must be resolved before it will take sewage from North Carpenter Avenue, which lies just north of the city line.
Town Supervisor George Bucci confirmed the letter was received but said he couldn't comment on it because town lawyers are still studying it.
Porr said the primary issue is exactly how many homes are to be served. Porr said town officials said six in a face-to-face meeting between the City Council and Town Board three weeks ago, but a subsequent letter from the town said 10. The city then received engineering plans from the town showing 24 connections.
Some of the confusion might be only a language or math problem. Town officials previously said several of the houses with failing systems are multifamily homes. And the town hopes to eventually get other neighborhood homes tied in.
The city also is asking that the homeowners on North Carpenter Avenue pay the same rate city owners pay for sewer service: $4.16 per 1,000 gallons. Porr said the overall rate the town pays now, based on total gallons, works out to 79 cents per 1,000 gallons.
Richard Drake, the town's lawyer, said previously that was an unfair comparison because city residents also pay for upkeep of the infrastructure for the entire system, while the town only pays for treatment and the pipes it uses.
The city also wants to see copies of bid documents before they are advertised. The town has a $250,000 grant from Orange County to help pay for the construction.
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Alankode Leelakrishnan is a famous Indian poet, writer, and orator from Changaramkulam. Alankode was born on 1 February, 1960. He completed his graduation in Economics from EMS college, Ponnani. Alankode has written a book titled, Nilayude Theerangalilude, and his work was considered important for the country, so a documentary was made, and telecasted on Doordarshan to widen its reach. Alankodes' work was recognized by many.
He was offered to write a story, songs, and screenplay for Malayalam movies. He accepted the offer. Alankodes' other self-written books include Poorakazchakal, P.yude Pranaya Papangal, and Thathrikkuttiyude Smarthavijaram. Alankode Leelakrishnan has a fan base on face Facebook because people not only just love his writings, but they connect with the same. We hope to see Alankodes' poems soon.


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Barite Market Overview
The major trend being witnessed in the global barite market is increased investments by companies to boost the exploration and production of the mineral (barite). Owing to the large-scale application of the mineral in various industries, a large number of market players engaged in the processing of the mineral are focusing on expanding their production capacity. Thus, investments by these companies are resulting in the exploration of new mines, upgradation of existing mines, development and expansion of production facilities, and geographical expansion in new markets.
Based on grade, the market has been categorized into barite of specific gravity (Sp. Gr.) up to 3.9, 4.0–4.3, and above 4.3. Different grades of the mineral have different applications. The 4.0–4.3 Sp. Gr. category held a significant share in the barite market during the historical period. This category of the mineral is considered suitable for use as a weighting agent for different chemicals in the oil and gas industry. Other grades of barite are used in paints and coatings, and plastic and rubber formulations.
On the basis of application, the barite market has been categorized into drilling mud, pharmaceuticals, and rubber and plastics. The mineral is essentially used as a weighting agent in drilling fluids during oil and gas exploration activities. This can be mainly ascribed to the mineral’s higher density in addition to lower tendency to absorb oil. Moreover, the mineral is used as key filler agent in the formulation of paints, coatings, and rubber due to its high specific density.
On the basis of region, the barite market has been classified into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa. Among all the regions, the market demand for the mineral was the highest in North America during the historical period. This can be mainly attributed to the fact that oil and gas exploration activities (primarily, shale gas discovery) are on the rise in the U.S. Barite, which is mainly used as a weighting agent in the drilling of oil and gas wells, is thus expected to continue witnessing increased demand from the regional oil and gas industry in the coming years.
Barite Market Dynamics
The major factor driving the growth of the barite market is the rising demand for oil and gas across the world. Due to the increasing energy demand, conventional oil and gas resources are being used up and, therefore, depleting at a fast pace. Thus, in order to meet the ever-increasing demand for energy, major oil companies are shifting their focus toward the exploration of unconventional sources of energy, such as shale oil, shale gas, tight oil, tight gas, and coal bed methane, which involves the use of barite-based weighting agents.
This shift toward unconventional resources has primarily been witnessed in the U.S., in recent years, with the shale gas boom. Thus, the increasing exploration and production activities for the recovery of unconventional hydrocarbon sources are expected to result in increased demand for weighting agents made up of barite in the near future.
Major restraints identified in the barite market are the fluctuation in oil prices and the requirement for high capital for the exploration of oil wells. Over the past few years, the prices of oil have declined sharply, thereby eroding the profitability of oil companies. Moreover, political uncertainty in major oil-producing countries, such as Russia, Venezuela, and Iran, is adding to the woes of oil and gas companies, which are now wary of inducing fresh capital to expand their production capacity. The growing uncertainty is resulting in the reduced demand for barite-based weighting agents in the industry, which, in turn, is hindering the market growth.
The barite market is expected to witness significant growth in emerging oil-producing regions, particularly Africa and the Pacific Ocean. These regions have vast unexplored reserves of oil and gas, which are sufficient to meet the growing energy demand. The untapped oil reserves in these regions, therefore, offer lucrative opportunities to the players manufacturing barite-based weighting agents used in the oil and gas industry.
Barite Market Competitive Landscape
The barite industry is highly consolidated in nature, as few players control the production of the mineral. Some of the major companies operating in the global barite market are Mil-Spec Industries Corporation, Milwhite Inc., International Earth Products LLC, Seaforth Mineral & Ore Co. Inc., Ashapura Minechem Ltd., and Kaomin Industries.
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I've just got back from Genoa, Italy, where I've been competing in the Classe Mini, 540 mile double handed race with Romain Mouchel on his proto Follow Me (759).
Bruno Peyron's former Jules Verne Trophy, transatlantic and 24 hour record holder, Orange II, has been sold to François Bich of the famous disposable pen, lighter and razor dynasty.
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Spindrift 2 has had her first sail after her winter optimisation, spending a successful night in the Bay of Biscay.
At 1738hrs UTC (1938hrs CET) today, the IDEC maxi-trimaran crossed the finishing line in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
After 57h 31m 18s of racing, Syd Fischer finally steered his 90ft Maxi, Ragamuffin 90, over the line to claim line honours for the 2014 Rolex China Sea Race.
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Common names: Blue stars, blousterre
Derived from Latin word arista, meaning ‘spike’ or ‘point ‘and refers to the rigid points of the leaves.
There are 32 species occurring in the Western Cape, and some can be found all the way up to Senegal and Ethiopia. Species are most frequent in moist highlands, in grasslands, on rocky outcrops or in marshes. They are pollinated by monkey beetles as well as bees foraging for pollen. One species, A.spiralis, produces nectar and is pollinated by long-proboscid flies. In nature they germinate after fire, and plants flowers profusely the year after the fire. The seeds are dispersed by wind and water.
Aristeas are barely known in cultivation, despite their handsome blue flowers and, in many cases, elegant foliage. The reason is probably that they don’t transplant well, or that it takes about 3 years for plants to reach flowering size, which makes them not economical for growers. Another reason may be the fact that the flowers last only one day; they open early in the morning, and fade in the early afternoon. However, there is a succession of flowers up the flower stalk, with the lower flowers opening first, slowly working up to the apex.
Despite these short-comings, these starry blue flowers create a soft mist of blue in a semi-shade position, or in a sunny but not hot area in the garden. A. capitata appeared in nurseries last year and is worth cultivating. These plants are sturdy and have dense clusters of large, deep blue flowers. Each plant produces hundreds of blooms throughout its 4 to 6 week flowering season. The foliage is handsome and makes a statement in any flower border.
This year Aristeas have been particularly prolific. Travelling on the Brenton road, passing Belvidere, the road side on the right is covered in profusion of A. ecklonii. In the Gouna forest you will find A. ecklonii and Dietes iridioides growing amongst ferns flanking the gravel road; they light up the scene with a mix of bright blue and white, all very beautiful. On the Outeniqua mountains A. capitata graces the folding landscape of the mountains. Near the Knysna Elephant Park, in a marshy area, A. Schizolaena’s bright blue spikes tower over the lower vegetation, and at Westford Bridge the tiny A. pusilla provides a splash of blue along the pathways. Aristea ensifolia appeared in my garden a few years back, and this year for the first time I’m rewarded with lovely spikes of blue ‘stars’.


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The Faery Chronicles series contains three novels, although there will be more forthcoming in 2018, and quite a lot of short stories. The stories chronicle the characters’ adventures in between the novels.
Each story or novel can be read as a standalone, so it’s not necessary to have read everything to enjoy any particular one. But the experience is richer if you’ve had the chance to savor it all.
Because readers have asked, I wanted to include a list of the Faery Chronicles series, in order.
The Faery Chronicles in Chronological Order
(novels in all caps; unless otherwise noted, short stories are collected in Faery Tales Volumes 1 and 2)
Under the Skin (available right now only in Fiction River Volume 17: Sparks)
Blood to Blood
Girl in Black
When Gods Hunger
Lightning in a Bottle
Taste of Ashes
All the Words in All the Worlds
Peculiar Magic (Available as part of The Uncollected Anthology Issue 8: Out of the Woods)
Sanctuary (a novelette, available as a single)
Street Song (available as part of The Uncollected Anthology Issue 13: Mystical Melodies)
You Can’t Take What I Won’t Give (forthcoming in Fiction River Volume 34: Doorways to Enchantment – November 2018)


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If U.S. healthcare costs were the GDP of a country in 2019, it could have ranked 5th in the world, behind Germany with a GDP of $3.8 trillion and ahead of India with a GDP of $2.9 trillion. In 2017, the U.S. spent 18% of the country’s GDP on health care. Expenditures totaled 3.5 trillion, more than any other developed comparable country.
Soaring expenses in healthcare have been caused by ongoing misaligned incentives in the industry. An examination of waste in health care, hospital billing, insurance companies, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) showed how the U.S. got on track to spend an annual sum of $6 trillion on health care by 2027.
Waste in Health Care
Despite having less office visits and shorter average hospital stays, the U.S. spent twice as much per person on health care than the average of comparable wealthy countries. The 2019 meta-analysis, “Waste in the US Health Care System,” took a look at estimated costs due to “failure of care delivery, failure of care coordination, overtreatment or low-value care, pricing failure, fraud and abuse, and administrative complexity.” An annual waste of $760 billion to $935 billion was reported, tantamount to the 2019 GDP of Saudi Arabia ($779 billion) or the Netherlands ($902 billion). According to the meta-analysis published in JAMA, interventions to address the waste could have saved up to $286 billion, about 25% of the total waste, which was a smidge above the GDP of Pakistan ($284 billion).
When hospitals have accepted network payments from insurance companies, they have lacked incentives to produce quality outcomes because they have not been held financially responsible for outcomes. The JAMA study found that up to $101.2 billion of waste was due to overtreatment or low quality care. Health plans that held hospitals financially accountable for quality outcomes were in a better position to mitigate stratospheric billing.
Insurance companies have been caught in a warped impetus aggravated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the pressure to maintain large provider networks.
Since the ACA was enacted on March 23rd, 2010, insurance companies have been required to spend at least 80 percent of premiums on claims. This was denominated as the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR). The remaining 20 percent was left for insurance companies’ administration and profit.
However, insurance companies were expected to meet their fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders regardless of the MLR. Reducing premiums would have made it difficult to meet that expectation. To compensate for the MLR, insurance companies raised premiums, thereby increasing their own portion and ensuring they could meet their fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders.
Under the ACA’s 80/20 rule, insurance companies have been required to rebate excess premiums charged if they did not spend 80 percent on claims, so accepting higher prices from providers helped insurance companies reap their 20 percent.
In contrast, the Humana healthcare for Medicare model has operated for nearly three decades off of a fixed amount of money from the government. With this set amount, Humana was tasked to pay out claims for its members and retain a profit. For Humana, it has been in their best interest to contain health care costs because, by lowering healthcare costs, their profits increased. In 2018, Humana’s profits amounted to $1.6 billion.
Patients and employers have been funding the cost of healthcare, paying for everything, while they have been left in the dark, unable to see for what they have been paying. The current healthcare system has not had a built-in structure that incentivises insurance companies to decrease spending. Instead, insurance companies have benefited when projecting higher claims. Higher claims allowed insurance companies to charge higher premiums, so the 20 percent portion they were allotted for profit and administration was greater when the premiums were higher.
Additionally, it has been in the best interest of insurance companies to maintain large provider networks that appeal to employers, a task that could have become difficult if they had rejected high price tags from providers. When hospitals and physicians named their price, insurance companies greenlit their pricing in order to keep them in their networks. Insurance companies wanted to attract more membership, regardless of cost and provider quality outcomes.
In essence, the 80/20 rule and the pressure to build large provider networks have served as disincentives for insurance companies to reduce premiums. The healthcare industry’s misaligned incentives have been causing healthcare costs to rise at a flagrant rate.
Health insurance brokers have been receiving a flat percent commission on health plans, so as the costs have risen, they have been paid more. Most brokers and consultants have not been disclosing their total compensation amount to customers, and few brokers have been paid based on quality outcomes (i.e. the health of the population).
Moreover, the majority of brokers have received bonuses from insurance companies, often based on premiums. The higher the premium, the higher the broker bonus. There have not been incentives for brokers to manage premiums.
Pharmacy Benefit Managers
PBMs, infamous for their spread pricing, have garnered more scrutiny as their spread has widened even when drug manufacturing costs have lowered. New drugs have often been more expensive, but as production and demand of new drugs has increased, the manufacturing process has become more efficient, allowing for generic drugs to become available with a lower cost of manufacture. After a closer look, it has become clear that only the middlemen, PBMs, have been benefiting from increased demand and production efficiencies of generic drugs, and they have also been pocketing rebates from drug manufacturers.
In 2018, Bloomberg analyzed prices of 90 of the top-selling pharmaceutical generic drugs in Medicaid managed-care plans based on public data from a government survey of pharmacy purchase prices. Of the $4.2 billion Medicaid insurers spent on generic drugs in 2017, PBMs and pharmacies took in $1.3 billion.
Bloomberg reported a case where the PBM, CVS Health Corp, billed the client, Wapello County, a whopping 3,400 percent of what they had paid the pharmacy for a bottle of antipsychotic pills. The oversized profit has been a result of unrestrained spread pricing—the markup of a drug by the PBM, i.e. the difference between the amount they reimburse pharmacies and the amount they charge their employer clients.
In their analysis, Bloomberg encountered evidence indicating that the spreads on pharmaceuticals have been increasing. A Leukemia drug with a spread of $482 in 2016 had a spread of $3,342 in 2017.
Not only have PBMs been marking up pharmaceuticals in a gross and arbitrary fashion, they have also withheld rebates from insurers and self-funded employers—further increasing the spread. Pharmaceutical manufacturers have been offering rebates to PBMs in exchange for having their drug listed on the health plan formularies with a lower copay.
PBMs have been billing their clients based on the list price and have clung to the steep discounts drug manufacturers have provided via mysterious rebates. Though PBMs have passed along a small cut of the drug manufacturer rebates to pharmacies and insurers, they have held onto the majority of rebates instead of ceding rebates to the pharmacy, which would lower costs for the insurer or self-funded employer.
In 2019, the Trump administration proposed a rule for Medicare Part D that would have prohibited rebates and passed the discount directly to the customer. While drug companies applauded the proposed rule in favor of reining in the exorbitant profits PBMs made off of their deals, PBMs claimed that it would increase premiums. In July of 2019, the Trump administration retracted the proposed rule amid concerns drug costs would rise for the elderly.
Ultimately, the business practices of PBMs have reverberated throughout multiple sectors of the healthcare system. Rebate arrangements with drugmakers have resulted in excessive profits for PBMs, pharmacies have been receiving inadequate reimbursements from PBMs, and insurance companies have raised premiums in part due to high costs for pharmaceuticals. Employers and patients have been left to cover the majority of costs.
Powered by employers who have sought solutions to the healthcare problem, Health Rosetta is composed of benefits consultants with an upgraded approach to healthcare focused on quality care transparency, open networks, and transparent broker payments tied to health plan savings.
Adjusting health plan policies to hold hospitals financially accountable for quality care may not be possible for all health plans. However, utilizing resources like Hospital Compare or the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade report can direct patients toward the best quality care.
Instead of the old fee-for-service payment model, transparent open networks offer employers the opportunity to negotiate a fixed amount for a bundled set of services. This amount is paid upfront, allowing for providers to offer steep discounts and still benefit, since they are receiving payment in advance.
Another healthcare pricing variable that can be contained through vetting are broker payments. Brokers who are motivated by higher premiums can be avoided by seeking transparent brokers who disclose their compensation and are monetarily incentivized by the amount of savings they can offer their client.
Lawmakers are alarmed by the rate of inflation in healthcare and are working on initiatives to hold back prices. The towering costs from pharmaceuticals is an issue that can be mitigated by lawmakers. The drug costs from other comparable countries can be used as a touchstone, or supporting the production of more generic drugs can potentially lower drug costs.
In addition to lowering the healthcare costs of acute care, forward-leaning companies have been focussing on wellness and preventive care. For over a century, the focus of the healthcare industry has been to treat the sick while maintaining wellness has taken a back seat. A prevention model addresses overall well-being through lifestyle, accessible primary care, and health education.
A Health Rosetta case study of Rosen Hotels & Resorts (RH&R) showed how this employer saved $240 million on health care over 24 years. RH&R offered employees onsite health screenings, vaccines, nutritional services, and family planning. By focussing on preventive care, RH&R increased the well-being of their employee population and reappropriated the savings toward community philanthropy, such as providing scholarships for youth in nearby underserved neighborhoods.
The 20th century acute care model was an important stepping stone in human history, but it was incomplete. Marginalizing preventive care has tethered public health. A well-rounded health plan includes a prevention model that improves quality of life for employees.
Though the rising costs in healthcare have seemed relentless, there are ways to combat the surge. It is paramount to address misaligned incentives in healthcare and mitigate costs wherever possible by seeking decent healthcare plans with transparency of the quality of care, open networks, and forthright brokers whose compensation hinges on the savings they can provide their client. Adding a prevention model completes the effort to maximize savings.
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Justice Minister David Lametti did not rule out contesting Quebec’s new secularism law prohibiting public servants in authority positions from wearing religious symbols on the job.
“I did not say yes or no. We will look—we will study the law and we will look,” Lametti told reporters today in Ottawa of next steps for his government regarding Bill 21.
“We’ve been clear from the outset that we don’t believe it’s up to a government to tell people what they should wear or what they shouldn’t wear…We’re the Party of the Charter and we’re going to defend it.”
But the Justice minister would not say how possible involvement might unfold; as a standalone constitutional challenge or as intervenor in lawsuit filed by the National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
“We will look carefully at the arguments that have been put forward,” he said of the group’s joint legal challenge filed Monday, less than 24 hours after Québec’s National Assembly passed the law over the weekend.
At around 10:30pm Sunday evening, Premier Francois Legault’s majority government forced closure on Bill 21 debate and with Parti Québecois support, the legislation passed in 73 to 35 vote. Québec Solitaire and provincial Liberals voted against the new law.
The most senior Quebec MP in the federal Conservatives’ camp to comment on this contentious new provincial legislation was Gérard Deltell, who expressed a “hands off” view and said the province could use the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause.
“(Bill 21)’s not a point of view we share. That said, we are in a democracy. People oppose it, they can say it clearly and that’s the beauty of it,” Deltell said.
“In our view, it concerns the exclusive jurisdiction of Quebec. In the charter, in the constitution, it is marked and enshrined that (provinces) can use the notwithstanding clause.”