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Flashy scandals frequently rock the City of Richmond’s government sector. From bad investments, to bad investments, to a lack of financial accounting or accountability, the administration routinely fails to make good choices about how the money it collects from all of us is spent.
And there is a percentage of citizens who routinely spend their time, energy, and money pushing back against the choices being jammed down the throats of us ordinary folks. Locals seem to lose out when local government decides how to spend money. This seems to be a consistent theme.
For the record, I will mention a few of these recent follies – the Redskins Training Camp, the Shockoe Baseball proposal, the Stone Brewery deal, and the UCI Bike Races. All four of these involved large amounts of money, big financial promises, flashy promotion, and stepping all over the wants and the needs of local citizens, their businesses, and their projects and passions.
This is all frustrating, complicated, disheartening, at times even maddening. But what is missed, too much, is that this is quite frankly leading us to an incredibly scary situation. A situation where kids are getting shot on a semi-regular basis and there is no reason to think things will get better.
Mayor Jones will have you believe that these long term investments of his will pay off and help the City. I want you to understand that we do not have time to wait for these schemes to possibly pay off. As of the 2010 census, 40% of the youth in Richmond lived in poverty. This is a scary high number. Combined with our failing, falling apart, and floundering public school systems we are setting ourselves up for a generation with too few skills, too little education, and not nearly enough hope.
This was an article I wrote on Dec. 24, 2014, and submitted to a local paper. Not hearing back from them since the holidays, I figured I might as well get it out here. This is a response to an article written by Mark Holmberg which you can look up if you want to read it, I don’t want to give it the clicks.
Mark Holmberg is a staple of the Richmond journalism scene. I remember being a kid and reading his columns in the Richmond Times Dispatch. As an adult I have been interviewed by Mark for his new gig at WTVR CBS 6, and seen him at numerous protests and events around town. He’s been in my home on several occasions. Mark is a human, you know, like the rest of us, and a perfectly nice guy in person. Sometimes, Mark’s perspective which he infuses his reports with is sympathetic or similar to my position on an issue. But there are other times where Mark’s reporting makes a strong case for the old concept that if you don’t have nuthin nice to say don’t say nuthin at all.
Unfortunately, the views Mark has chosen to broadcast regarding the Eric Garner and Mike Brown protests fall into this category. His December 21st article, starts off badly and doesn’t get any better. He seems to draw ties from the world wide protests against police brutality, murder of people of color, institutional racism and impunity from accountability for the police to the mentally ill man who killed his partner, a woman of color, and then two NYPD officers. There is no connection between #blacklivesmatter protests and Ismaaiyl Brinsley, the man who shot the two cops, and there is no reason to try to delegitimize organizing and protest efforts by people of color and their allies around these issues based on faulty logic.
Mark draws rapid, trite conclusions, about both the Eric Garner and Mike Brown decisions. I have been patient with white people who do not understand or sympathize with the Mike Brown murder and Ferguson situation. I know it is hard for folks to see past their white privilege, especially without video evidence (sigh). But white people need to learn to listen to people of color and believe what is being said. White privilege protects white folks from certain experiences and blinds us to certain realities. (more…)


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June 11, 2004
Former president Reagan died this week. Many people have fond memories of him and I respect that. He is being treated as a great hero. But my experience of his presidency was horribly sad and people deserve to know that side as well.
I was 17 at the time Reagan won the 1980 presidential election in part by courting the virulent anti-gay vote. For those who may not remember how public this anti-gay rhetoric was, find some background on The (im)Moral Majority. For a young gay guy, the tenor of the election’s anti-gay hatred was deeply spooky.
The First Report of what became to be known as AIDS was
June 5, 1981.
Reagan's AIDS policy was to do nothing. It was then seen as a disease of gay men and therefore, to his anti-gay supporters, it was killing the right people. White House director of communications Patrick Buchanan asserted that AIDS was nature’s revenge on gay men. (I wonder if Pat’s ever seen the study affirming that homophobia is associated with sexual arousal?) The anti-gay propaganda that churned through the eight years of Reagan’s presidency had resonance into the next decade, as you can see by this exchange – featured in USA Today and The Advocate -- within my own family.
I tested HIV-positive when I took my first test at age 24. The year was 1987. In the seven preceding years, with Reagan at the helm, our government had done nothing to fight AIDS. I was seeing friends die and I was scared.
Reagan only finally took some action at all on AIDS -- in 1987, SIX YEARS INTO THE EPIDEMIC -- in response to massive bad publicity being generated by the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (“ACT-UP”) protests at Wall Street, the FDA and the White House. Check out the photos and graphics from these 1987 and 1988 ACT-UP recaps.
In 1988 the Reagan presidency drew to a close. By that time the CDC reports that 81,418 cases of AIDS were reported (find the column for cumulative totals through December 1988, page 5), most of them gay men, with about 70,000 dead. To put that figure into perspective, 58,000
soldiers died in US . Vietnam
The AIDS mortality figure above was from The Truth About Reagan and AIDS, an interesting piece by Michael Bronski. He was a prolific Village Voice columnist and gay studies professor.
Reagan’s vice-president had been George Bush, Sr. In 1988 he was running for election as president. Reagan stumped for him. Bush came to
to raise funds. I started protesting with ACT-UP. Bush won election. He ran for re-election in 1992 and the Republican National Convention was held in Houston, where I lived, in 1992. The openly anti-gay rhetoric continued. My protesting with ACT-UP continued. (For a tender understanding of what that is like, listen to Acting Up on the Evening News.) Houston
When Bush Sr. was defeated for re-election as president, I wept with joy that the reign of horrific indifference to AIDS and the vilification of gays was ending.
I’ll touch briefly on another personal recollection from the Reagan years on a topic that every
taxpayer is still paying dearly for. Reagan deregulated savings and loans. At the time, I was a CPA auditor working with a firm that had an S&L as a client. I came to understand that the deregulation was allowing developers to create or use S&Ls to raise money from depositors and invest that money in their real estate projects without any personal guarantees. This was done nationwide on a huge scale, creating a building boom that eventually resulted in, well, a whole lot of excess capacity. This in turn led to project failures. Those failures mounted and mounted and mounted, which then caused a huge portion of S&L loans – almost 50% nationwide -- to go bad. My firm worked as a consultant to the vastly understaffed Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) to help shutter these now insolvent savings and loans –- 974 of them. The government then had to make good on its promise of guaranteed deposits. Ultimately the bailout cost to taxpayers was $124 billion (see Summary on what Adobe labels page 8, but which shows “33” as the page number in the bottom right). Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and Loans is but one book on the subject. U.S.
Reagan is not a man I remember fondly. I wish his spirit peace. And I also take a stand for remembering the entirety of his legacy.
Other people are also writing about Reagan…
by Matt Foreman, Executive Director National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Reprinted with permission.
June 6, 2004
I so much wish you were here today to tell me what to do. You would know if it's right to comment on the death of former President Reagan, or if I should just let pass the endless paeans to his greatness. But you're not here. The policies of the Reagan administration saw to that.
Yes, Steven, I do feel for the family and friends of the former President. The death of a loved one is always a profoundly sad occasion, and Mr. Reagan was loved by many. I have tremendous empathy and respect for Mrs. Reagan, who lovingly cared for him through excruciating years of Alzheimer's.
Sorry, Steven, but even on this day I'm not able to set aside the shaking anger I feel over Reagan's non-response to the AIDS epidemic or for the continuing anti-gay legacy of his administration. Is it personal? Of course. AIDS was first reported in 1981, but President Reagan could not bring himself to address the plague until
March 31, 1987, at which time there were 60,000 reported cases of full-blown AIDS and 30,000 deaths. I remember that day, Steven - you were staying round-the-clock in caring for your dying partner of over 15 years, Bruce Cooper. It was another 41 days of utter agony for both of you before Bruce died. During those years of White House silence and inaction, how many other dear friends did we see sicken and die hideous deaths? Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital
Is it personal? Yes, Steven. I know for a fact that you would be alive today if the Reagan administration had mounted even a tepid response to the epidemic. If protease inhibitors had been available in July of 1995 instead of December, you'd still be here.
I wouldn't feel so angry if the Reagan administration's failing was due to ignorance or bureaucratic ineptitude. No, Steven, we knew then it was deliberate. The government's response was dictated by the grip of evangelical Christian conservatives who saw gay people as sinners and AIDS as God's well-deserved punishment. Remember? The White House Director of Communications, Patrick Buchanan, once argued in print that AIDS is nature's revenge on gay men. Reagan's Secretary of Education, William Bennett, and his domestic policy adviser, Gary Bauer, made sure that science (and basic tenets of Christianity, for that matter) never got in the way of politics or what they saw as "God's" work.
Even so, I think I could let go of this anger if this was just another overwhelmingly sad chapter in our nation's past. It is not. Steven, can you believe that the unholy pact President Reagan and the Republican Party entered with the forces of religious intolerance have not weakened, but grown exponentially stronger? Can you believe that the
government is still bowing to right wing extremists and fighting condom distribution and explicit HIV education, even while AIDS is killing millions across the world? Or that "devout" Christians have forced the scrapping of AIDS prevention programs targeted at HIV-negative gay and bisexual men in favor of bullshit "abstinence only until marriage" initiatives? Or the shameless duplicity of these same forces seeking to forever outlaw even the hope of marriage for gay people? Or that Reagan stalwarts like Buchanan, Bennett and Bauer are still grinding their homophobic axes? U.S.
No, Steven, I do not presume to judge Ronald Reagan's soul or heart. He may very well have been a nice guy. In fact, I don't think that Reagan hated gay people -- I'm sure some of his and
's best friends were gay. But I do know that the Reagan administration's policies on AIDS and anything gay-related resulted - and continue to result - in despair and death. Nancy
Oh, Steven, I wish so much you were here.
November 20, 1995, Steven Powsner, died of complications from AIDS at age 40. He had been President of the New York City Lesbian and from 1992-1994.) Gay Community Services Center
It is easy for some to see the few sensible voices refusing to jump on the bandwagon that is dramatically rewriting the Reagan years as cantankerous malcontents raining on our nation’s patriotic parade honoring this “national hero,” “great leader” and “greatest president.”
Call it a grudge steadfastly maintained by old timers who never learned know how to forgive and forget. Criticize it as a lack of respect for the dead. Condemn it as simply more Reagan-bashing from the Left.
Or identify it for what it really is: bold truth-telling amidst a nation wrapping itself in the worst kind of denial masquerading as ultra-patriotic zeal. Finger it as an attempt to puncture the Bush administration opportunistic efforts to utilize Reagan’s death to revive a failing campaign for re-election.
For the surviving victims of the conservative social and economic policies of the Reagan-Bush era, the past few days of all-Reagan-all-the-time television coverage by Stepford journalists have seemed oddly and horribly familiar. They remind us of the stark cultural divide that emerged ever more powerfully during the Reagan years between the privileged classes holding power and those who were marginalized, oppressed, and silenced.
For queers, they hearken back to the first seven years of the Reagan administration, when the tidal waves of AIDS began washing over the shores of the
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Those of us who were out and involved in queer community life during the 1980s, watched as our friends and lovers dropped dead around us while U.S. looked the other way. Reagan’s disgraceful and willful failure to speak out on AIDS and take action for those seven years mirrored much of the nation’s failure to acknowledge the terror visited on our communities. America
Like many gay men during these years, I felt a profound disconnect between the world I inhabited and mainstream
. I was working as director of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Community Center during these years as terrified gay men poured into our clinics, support groups, and counseling center. As our small and under-resourced communities struggled to educate the public, initiate the first prevention campaigns, care for our friends, and bury our dead, Reagan said nothing and did nothing. His medical and health leaders did nothing. His budget directors, attorney generals, and legal experts did nothing. While gay men wiped drool and shit off our lovers, read mounting obituaries in gay papers, and funneled into the ranks of volunteer caregiver organizations, mainstream America marched forward to the Reagan priorities of making money, protecting privilege, and creating a culture of greed. America
Am I the only one who is experiencing the current media love-fest of Reagan as a revisiting of the trauma of those early AIDS years? Am I the only one raging at the television screen, ripping the newspaper to shreds, cursing at my car radio? Am I the only one hungering for community leaders to create activism and rituals to disrupt and puncture this outrageous and insulting cultural amnesia?
Just as our queer community was abandoned and left on our own to create the early responses to AIDS, I encourage us to immediately initiate community-based opportunities to express our outrage at the dishonest reinvention of the Reagan legacy and to link up with all the other communities that are experiencing similar fury. In particular I suggest we:
- Urge our community centers to immediately organize speak-out and teach-in sessions that will take place on the same days as Reagan lies in state in
or very soon after. These community forums can serve as a place to vent our rage, expose the truth about Reagan, educate younger activists, and commemorate those who died due to Reagan’s failure of leadership. Washington, D.C.
- Create public “shrines” in queer neighborhoods that colorfully and creatively expose what Reagan and his conservative movement did to people with AIDS, queers, people of color, women, poor people, and children. If we use campy neighborhood shrines to honor queer icons and community leaders, let’s also use them to vilify our greatest enemies, especially when the rest of the nation is honoring them as heroes.
- Yank our Silence = Death tee-shirts out of storage, put them on, and explain what the slogan owes to Ronald Reagan…or be sure to wear colorful bright and gay clothing on the national days of morning for Reagan. We should all interrupt and speak out when friends, work associates, and family members mimic the media’s mindless commemoration of the Reagan years.
Reagan could only bring his lips to form the word “AIDS” when hundreds of queer community leaders converged on
on Washington D.C. June 1st, 1987, sat in the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue, and got arrested and taken off to jail. I remember that day well. We organized this national direct action event at the moment our terror and exhaustion morphed into outrage and fury. Today, after just a few days of hearing repeated voices in the media discuss Reagan as “the best president we ever had,” “a man who loved all Americans,” and “the man who brought the nation together and restored unity and pride,” my outrage and fury are back. I’m ready to take action.
Eric Rofes is a professor of education at
in northern Humboldt State University and a long-time activist based in California . San Francisco

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Application of constellation constellations in data transmission systems
The article discusses one of the possible methods for forming constellation maps, based on the transformation of the original bitstream into an analog signal with the subsequent assignment to each level of the values of the corresponding coordinates of the in-phase and quadrature components of the complex signal, which are used to form the signal spectrum using the OFDM technology.
Журнал «Научный лидер» выпуск # 5 (7), март ‘21
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Spectrum efficiency in wireless communication systems is becoming increasingly important as a result of the rapidly growing demand for frequency resources, which is associated with an increase in the number of radio facilities and an increase in the volume of information transmitted. The modulation methods used until now have long ceased to satisfy in terms of information transmission rate and spectrum width, since the signal shaping is carried out according to the principle that one signal equals one bit. Currently, there is an active transition to spectrally efficient methods of information transmission using OFDM modulation, the spectrum of which is shown in Picture 1. OFDM modulation has a number of advantages:
- ability to withstand difficult channel conditions;
- channel equalization is simplified;
- low symbol rate.
The disadvantages of OFDM are:
- high-precision synchronization in time and frequency is required;
- the use of guard intervals reduces the spectral efficiency of the method;
- sensitivity to Doppler frequency shift.
Picture 1. OFDM signal spectrum
An OFDM data link is used in many modern high bandwidth, high data rate wireless systems, including Wi-Fi, LTE data transmission systems, LDACS-1, and many others.
With OFDM modulation, each subcarrier is modulated with its own constellation map; the amount of information transmitted over the radio channel depends on the position of these maps. Accordingly, the higher the positioning of the card, the more information can be transmitted over such a channel. But with an increase in positionality, there is a deterioration in noise immunity. You cannot endlessly increase the positioning of constellation maps. From a technical point of view, positioning is limited by the capabilities of radio communication equipment and the level of noise and interference in the channel.
At the moment, the constellations of QPSK, 16 QAM maps and their modifications in the form of an offset are widely used in radio communications. Examples of such cards are shown in Picture 2 and 3.
Picture 2. QPSK
Picture 3. 16 QAM
Picture 4 shows the structure of the quadrature components of the signal constellations. It includes:
ФИС - information signal generator;
ППКП - serial-to-parallel code converter;
ЦАП - digital-to-analog converter;
ПАК - analog-to-code converter;
РС - shift register;
ОПФ - inverse Fourier transform.
Picture 4. Quadrature component generator
The input bit sequence is modeled by the FIS block, the output of which is fed to the converter, where the code is converted from serial to parallel. The signal from the control panel is fed to the DAC, which forms the voltage levels for the PAK unit. This block generates the quadrature components of the constellation using the voltage levels coming from the DAC. The components of the quadrature signal are fed to the PC, which is designed to shift the components of the generated synthetic spectrum. The level of the offset will determine the number of harmonics used in the inverse Fourier transform. The signal Re and Im formed in this way is fed to the quadrature modulator of the transmitter.
Thus, the virtual instrument is versatile and allows you to generate most of the constellation maps used. By providing a bit change for each of the constellations, it is possible to organize a covert transmission of information.
- Федосов, В.П. Нестеренко, А.К. Цифровая обработка сигналов в LabVIEW. – ДМК Пресс, 2007. – 456 с.
- Куликов, Г.В., Нгуен, В.З. Влияние фазоманипулированной помехи на помехоустойчивость корреляционного демодулятора сигналов с многопозиционной фазовой манипуляцией. – Российский технологический журнал, 2019. – 7(2), – С. 18-28. – URL: https://doi.org/10.32362/2500-316X-2019-7-2-18-28.


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Today I created a Clean and Simple (CAS) Thank You card inspired by the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge (MOJO305) designed by Julee Tilman. I love using sketches to inspire me. This card was super easy – and could easily be created using DSP paper scraps.
The sketch shows stitching around the edges of the card to create a border. I used the Framed Tulips embossing folder to create the border on my card. Then I pulled out Gingham Garden DSP to use for the three rectangles. This DSP has a lot of flowery patterns. I like the more subtle prints much more so I chose two of those subtle prints to pair up with one small piece of the floral print. I think the little blue flowers on the floral print coordinate really well with the tulip border. Do you agree?
Now for the finishing touches…I added Island Indigo ribbon and tied it around the front of the card. This is done by adding a small slit along the seem of the card for the ribbon to "thread" through. This also helps to keep the ribbon in place!
Now to finally stamp! I used the sentiment from the Lots of Thanks stamp set and stamped it using Island Indigo ink. I punched it out using the large oval punch and then layered it on an Extra Large Oval punched from coordinating DSP. The ovals are mounted to the card with stampin dimensionals.
While this card was super easy I think it looks clean and fresh. Did you see the envelope liner matches the card? The Envelope Liner Framelits makes lining the envelopes a snap.
Stampin' Up supplies used:
Paper: Whisper White cardstock (100730), Gingham Garden DSP (129310)
Ink: Island Indigo (126986)
Stamp set: Lots of Thanks (W: 129687, C: 129690)
Accessories: Island Indigo ribbon (retired)
Tools: Snail adhesive (104332), Stampin' dimensionals(104430), Extra-Large Oval punch (119859) , Large Oval punch (119855), Envelope Liners framelits (132172), Big shot (113439)

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I can't get any display output from the graphics card (HD5450-SL-2GD3-L). It is installed in the primary GPU slot, with a 5700 XT in the secondary. It seems like the current Adrenaline 2020 software doesn't support this card, however I can't get any drivers to work for it at all. Even after removing all AMD graphics software, I tried using the Old Catalyst software from the AMD site that is supposed to work for this card, as well as Windows legacy driver installation. In all cases the GPU was marked as having no drivers installed in the device manager. When installing Adrenaline 2020, it changed it's appearance to a more basic one, which is a sign it recognized the old HD 5450, however it was not listed in Adrenaline 2020, only the 5700 XT was. There was also no option for me to change the design to the standard one, is just reverted to the standard design after removing the old graphics card. I am confused to why I can not get this old card to work, this type of setup has worked for me with the even older Nvidia Geforce 8400 GS in the same slot as the HD 5450, also besides the 5700 XT. It seems the HD 5450 gets the wrong drivers assigned automatically. Besides that, only for the HD 5450 I had to disable CSM mode in the BIOS or it would not POST at all. I would appreciate if I could get some help on how to get these drivers installed in Windows 10.


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Due to all kinds of activities I have not been able to start working on my office. But I will start working on my office really soon now. I really need to start with it since I am out of a computer room now. The missus has started clearing it out and turning it into her hobby room. Lucky enough I was able to put up a fight and get some kind of agreement so I can still leave my A1SE in the room for now. As you can see from the picture there is not much male spirit left in that room.
I started a new section on the site called The Bucket List. A list of things a really really want to have. I will keep adding things to it since there is so much I still want to have. First to make the list is a PCMCIA network card for my A1200. I found one on AmigaKit which I might order. I just need to butter up Mrs W a bit so I can place the order. Seeing what happened to my computer room I believe I might get permission.
Also A-EON confirmed this week that the AmigaOne X1000 betatesters have been supplied with the latest version (update 3) of AmigaOS4.1 with their Nemo 2.1 motherboards. I am really considering to purchase Amiga OS4.1. I might do it together with the PCMCIA network card for my A1200. Lately I see a lot of software released that will only run on OS4.1. I think it is time I upgrade.
Something I am really looking forward to is beta testing AmiSystemRestore from Chris Handley. I already have access to it but I was not able to give it a try earlier this week. It will have to happen this weekend. I will write about it in my next column.
September 10, 2011 at 9:17 pm
I see that your computer room is under occupation! Not an unknown phenomenon.. 😉
Good to hear that you can keep your A1 there until the office in your garage is ready.
I can highly recommend a PCMCIA network-card from AmigaKit. I’ve got the wireless one myself. Is that the one you’re going to get?
September 10, 2011 at 9:37 pm
It is all girly now. 🙂
I was going for the ethernet one but the wireless one is about 10 euro more. I think I will order the card and OS4.1 at the same time.
I can’t remember but do you know if there is a tool that will allow you to mount adf files on the Amiga 1200?
September 10, 2011 at 9:51 pm
You can use the diskimage device. This one supports, .DMS, .ADF and so on. 🙂 Check out the readme here: http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/diskimage.m68k-aos
There’s also a ADF Device, which is just for .ADF: http://bfugl.dk/Download.asp
Good luck on your purchases!
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January 02, 2024
PINC AI recognizes HCA Healthcare’s Mountain Division, with care sites in Utah, Idaho and Alaska
Salt Lake City, UT — Utah’s eight MountainStar Healthcare hospitals are part of one of the nation’s Top 15 Health Systems™, according to an independent analysis based on a scorecard provided by PINC AI™, the technology and services brand of Premier, Inc., and reported by Fortune.
HCA Healthcare’s Mountain Division, which encompasses the 80 MountainStar care sites in Utah as well as sister facilities in Alaska and Idaho, shared the top ranking in the Medium Health Systems category. The ranking is based on an objective, quantitative analysis of publicly available data to identify the top health systems in the U.S.
“This is an exceptional accomplishment that speaks to the skill and passion of our nearly 10,000 colleagues in the Mountain Division, as well as the physicians and providers who choose to practice with us,” said Greg Angle, president of HCA Healthcare’s Mountain Division. “In 1.5 million annual patient interactions, our extraordinary team shows their commitment to our shared mission of caring for people and improving lives.”
Seven of the division’s 11 hospitals were previously named to PINC AI’s list of the Top 100 Hospitals™, including six MountainStar facilities. MountainStar Healthcare was also named a Top 15 Health System in 2021.
The Mountain Division is one of 15 divisions of HCA Healthcare, one of the nation’s leading providers of health services. The knowledge, data and best practices from HCA Healthcare’s 37 million annual patient interactions enhances the care delivered in Utah, Idaho and Alaska, division leaders say.
“It’s an honor to be part of this network of caregivers. The insights from across our HCA Healthcare team have a positive impact on the quality of care in the communities we serve from Anchorage to Payson,” Angle added.
The PINC AI study aims to inspire hospital and health system leaders to pursue higher performance and deliver added value to their patients and communities. The quantitative study is based on a balanced scorecard which consists of a variety of measurements distributed across four pillars: clinical, financial, operational and patient experience.

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We're pleased to announce that Stone Soup contributor Sabrina Guo has won a number of medals from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards—and two for work that has (or will) appear in the magazine. Congratulations, Sabrina!
Here are the awards Sabrina won:
- Gold Medal, Civic Expression Award for Poetry ("Sacrifice")
- Gold Medal for Poetry (a collection of three poems, one of which is forthcoming in Stone Soup)
- Gold Medal for Journalism ("Amplifying Voices with Another Kind of Girl Collective" - blog post on Stone Soup!)
Well done, Sabrina: all of us at Stone Soup are so pleased that you have won this recognition for your writing, and very proud of your achievements.
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Stronger-than-expected employment numbers took the market by surprise.
Nonfarm payroll jobs added 467K versus expectations of around 150K after the ADP employment change had fallen to -303,000 a couple of days earlier. Some Fed officials had also warned that the employment report was also likely to be weaker, something that did not happen.
In addition to the higher-than-expected numbers for January, the previous month was revised higher by 700K. Although the unemployment rate rose to 4.0% from 3.9%, the good news is that more people joined the labor force - the participation rate rose to 62.2% from 61.9%, higher than the pre-pandemic level of 62.8%. And perhaps most importantly for inflation was the average hourly wage, which increased 0.7% per month, and 5.7% year-over-year.
Even though omicron impacted, employers kept their Christmas workers and did not have the seasonal layoffs after the holiday season.
After all this news hit the wires, the North American stock indices experienced general falls, although they recovered part of the lost ground at the end of the session. The fear of more forceful action by the Federal Reserve once again dominated the market, mainly due to the worrying rebound in salary costs.
Thursday could be critical for the financial markets in the next few days. The year-on-year inflation figure for January is expected to rise to 7.3%.
But the most shocking effect was experienced in the fixed income market. The Tnote price fell to levels not seen since mid-2019, reaching a yield of 1.93%. This movement dragged down European bonds, with the German Bund yield rising to 0.20% after the ECB announced by surprise that it was leaving its next meetings open and showed greater concern about the behavior of inflation.
This piece of news impacted the European stock indices more than the North American ones. Investors were more concerned about a potential sharp change in the European Central Bank's monetary policy than about inflation itself, which in Europe has not risen as much as in the United States, with core inflation only slightly above 2%.
The DAX index lost 1.5% on Friday and was again approaching the important support level of around 14,900. Should it go lower, this could lead to larger losses.
Sources: Bloomberg, Reuters.
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Atletico Madrid transfer news suggests that this season the former Atletico Madrid striker could join them.
There were rumors lurking in the air that this season the Chelsea man could join the Atletico Madrid side, the Atletico Madrid club president Enrique Cerezo is very much optimistic that Costa will join them in this season but also he says that pricing Costa from Chelsea this season will be difficult.
Chelsea transfer news claims Right now the Spanish international Diego Costa is still in his native Brazil after having been told that he has no future with the Blues this season by the Chelsea manager Antonio Conte,
This season he has been heavily linked with the Atlecito Madrid side with whom he has won the La Liga crown in 2014.
But Atletico Madrid signing of Diego Costa is muddied by the truth they cannot make any signing until January 1, 2018, Due to a transfer ban.
The Atletico Madrid chief is still hopeful and remains undaunted about the deal.
He voiced: He has a contract with another club, it’s a complicated matter.
"We are taking things calmly. But as long as Chelsea do not agree to his transfer, Costa will be a Chelsea player."


The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected Guy Lafleur's request to reverse a lower court decision denying him financial compensation for his arrest in 2008.
Guy Lafleur might have been a prolific goal scorer with the Montreal Canadiens, but he was shut out on Friday by the Quebec Court of Appeal, which rejected his request to reverse a lower court decision denying him financial compensation for his arrest by the Montreal police several years ago.
In 2008, Lafleur filed the lawsuit, in Quebec Superior Court, seeking $2 million from a prosecutor, who decided to charge him with having lied while testifying under oath, and a Montreal police officer who worked on the case. He claimed his Jan. 31, 2008 arrest, covered by many media, harmed his reputation and affected his ability to make corporate endorsements. He also claimed the arrest was intended to intimidate him while the offence he was accused of could have been handled through a summons.
Lafleur, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame who scored 560 goals during his NHL career, was alleged to have lied, in September 2007, while testifying at a bail hearing for his son Mark, who was charged with 21 Criminal Code offences including assault, forcible confinement and dangerous driving. The former Hab was convicted of having provided contradictory testimony but that decision was reversed but the Quebec Court of Appeal in 2010.
The $2 million civil suit continued until Sept. 29, 2015, when a Superior Court judge ruled that Lafleur’s arguments had no merits and that his claims that the prosecutor and police officer were “on power trips” had no foundation. The judge in that case set a limit of the damages Lafleur could claim at $750,000. The retired hockey player was also seeking compensation for punitive and moral damages.
In the six-page decision released on Friday, the Quebec Court of Appeal determined that “the conclusions on the facts by the judge in the first trial contested by (Lafleur) are amply supported by the evidence presented during the trial.”


Rory McIlroy pocketed a cool $18 million for winning the FedEx Cup for a record third time, and then immediately turned his attention to his next tournament on the schedule where he will face a number of LIV Golf players at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
Fresh off launching a new Monday Night Golf league with Tiger Woods and playing a large part in the PGA Tour's latest huge plans, McIlroy was asked if sticking his neck out in opposition of the LIV Golf Tour had worn him down at all.
"No, I don't think so, because if you believe in something I think you have to speak up, and I believe very strongly about this. I really do," said McIlroy after winning the Tour Championship on Sunday night.
"I hate what it's doing to the game of golf. I hate it. I really do. Like it's going to be hard for me to stomach going to Wentworth in a couple of weeks' time and seeing 18 of them there. That just doesn't sit right with me.
"So yeah, I feel strongly. I believe what I'm saying are the right things, and I think when you believe that what you're saying is the right things, you're happy to stick your neck out on the line."
England's Matt Fitzpatrick echoed similar comments to McIlroy earlier in the week by claiming "it will be weird" to be playing alongside a number of LIV Golf players at Wentworth.
LIV Golf players such as Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Talor Gooch and Patrick Reed will be competing in the BMW PGA Championship in the second week of September.
You can check out the full BMW PGA field list here.
McIlroy also threw shade at LIV Golf in his immediate victory speech at East Lake.
The Northern Irishman overcame a six-shot deficit over World No.1 Scottie Scheffler heading into the final round to win a record third FedEx Cup title at the Tour Championship.
McIlroy carded a steady 66 to see out a narrow one-shot victory over Scheffler and Sungjae Im.


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This comprehensive plan was developed to chart the community's future growth through the year 2022. It anticipates the community's future needs and concerns and presents actions to deal with them. Many studies, deliberations, and conclusions are reflected in this plan....This is Volume I of a two-volume document, which comprises the Comprehensive Plan. Volume I consists of the Comprehensive Plan. Volume II consists of the background and supporting documents including the Map Appendix. It contains all the information maps done as part of the inventory of the City and the study area. In addition to these documents, the City has adopted a Public Facility Plan. [From the Plan]
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PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — In September, Canadian artist Brad Copping paddled his special glass-covered canoe for five days along scenic waterways in northern Europe.
A video documentary of his 150-kilometre journey shows him gliding down narrow grassy-banked channels, under low bridges and past sandy beaches that, to Copping, seemed almost tropical.
The documentary, with background music by Moby, is currently being shown at the Leerdam museum, along with Copping’s “mirrored canoe.”
Copping, artist-in-residence at the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ont., said the idea for the craft grew out of his experience of paddling a canoe at night under the stars, when he feels like he is “not simply a creature living in this world but a part of its very nature.”
He covered the exterior of a cedar-strip canoe with a mosaic of glass pieces depicting a map of rivers and lakes near his home in the Kawarthas region of central Ontario.
Inside the canoe, he inserted mirrored glass between the ribs. “The effect, when paddling, is of floating in the skeleton of the small vessel, sky and water joined,” he wrote in the canoe museum’s blog.
Text from his European trip journal has been etched into the mirrored interior.
Copping’s exhibit at the Dutch museum runs until March 6.
In June 2016, the artist plans a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough where the mirrored canoe will be displayed.


Our View: Money and politics
Friday's story regarding questions over Congressman Aaron Schock's spending of campaign dollars was the talker of the day, judging by the back and forth online.
The report released Thursday by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, D.C. (CREW) detailing the Schock organization's previous spending on reimbursement to his mother for campaign purchases and travel and lodging for the GOP congressman himself does raise some eyebrows.
Predictably many Democrats who think Schock can do nothing right were beside themselves in indignation, while many Republicans for whom he can do nothing wrong rushed to his defense, wondering among other things why Schock was chosen for scrutiny by Peoria's newspaper. Well, because he's Peoria's congressman, that's why. Would they prefer coverage of a representative from another state?
First, it's important to note that this is not taxpayer money in dispute. Schock's present and potential campaign contributors may have a few questions for him, but taxpayers can rest easy.
Second, whether Schock "crossed the line," in CREW Director Melanie Sloan's words, or these "were "all reasonable expenses directly related to either campaign expenditures or fundraising costs" or innocent clerical "mistakes," in Schock Chief of Staff Steve Shearer's words, well, before rushing to judgment, let's wait for some more reporting and what the Federal Election Commission might have to say about that.
Money and politics. It's the gift that keeps on giving, isn't it?


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Sencha triples its space, will hire 50 employees at new site
- David Goll
Rapid growth at Sencha Inc., a provider of open-source Web application framework and tools, means a move into larger quarters.
The company has just completed moving into 10,000 square feet at 1700 Seaport Blvd. in Redwood City, more than tripling the size of its former offices in downtown Palo Alto.
Founded in 2007 in Florida, the company moved to Palo Alto in December 2009. It initially occupied 1,900 square feet of space at 525 University Ave., and quickly added another 1,300 square feet on nearby Lytton Avenue.
Tim Cox, Sencha spokesman, said the company increased the size of its staff from 20 to 45 during 2010. The move to Redwood City will allow Sencha to hire another 50 people during 2011, mostly in engineering.
Steve Lico, senior vice president of CresaPartners Corporate Real Estate Service Advisors in Palo Alto, represented Sencha in the lease transaction, along with colleague David Tipton, CresaPartners principal. Lico said Sencha signed a three-year lease. Asking lease rates for office space in Pacific Shores Center, where Sencha is now located, are $1.85 per square foot, including taxes, insurance and maintenance, according to Lico.
Representing the landlord in the deal were Mike Courson, Ben Paul and Mike Connor, all partners at Cassidy Turley BT Commercial, and Mike Moran, managing partner at Cassidy Turley.
Cox said Sencha’s need for more space reflects its doubling of annual revenue each year during its four-year history. He said company officials decline to make public a specific annual revenue figure.
Sencha’s investors include Sequoia Capital, which provides seed stage, early stage and growth stage venture capital; and Radar Partners, a firm focused on both private and public equity investing.
Sencha’s new home is part of the Pacific Shores Center, which includes more than 1.7 million square feet of Class A office space in five buildings with such amenities as a 38,000-square-foot fitness center.
Pruneyard hooks Pacific Catch
A regional seafood restaurant chain is casting its line into Silicon Valley, further diversifying the dining options at The Pruneyard shopping center in Campbell.
Pacific Catch, which already operates two restaurants in San Francisco and one in Corte Madera, plans to open its Campbell location in early June. Tom Hanson, Pacific Catch’s chief operating officer, said the company is leasing 5,200 square feet of space at the former site of Left of Albuquerque. The new restaurant will be able to accommodate 176 diners inside and on an outside patio.
“San Jose was always in our original plan,” Hanson said, adding other restaurant locations in Palo Alto and Burlingame are planned. “We wanted to move down the peninsula. (The Pruneyard) has been in our sights all along and an opportunity was presented. We feel that this area is underserved by seafood restaurants.”
Hanson described Pacific Catch as a “fresh fish grill that features recipes, plate presentations and ingredients that represent the Pacific Rim.”
The opening of Pacific Catch will bring The Pruneyard’s food-related offerings to 19. The complex, owned by Equity Office Properties Trust of Chicago, features 355,000 square feet of office space, 250,000 square feet of retail and the 172-room Pruneyard Plaza Hotel.
David Taxin, partner at Meacham Oppenheimer Inc., a San Jose commercial brokerage, said average asking lease rates in the retail center for smaller restaurants are $4 per square foot.
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We are Australia, op. 288 : for treble and alto voices with piano accompaniment / poem by Maggie May Gordon ; music arranged by Eric Gross.
by Eric Gross (2005)
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (6p. -- A4 (portrait))
Duration: 3 min.
Copyright held by Eric Gross.
Arrangement of the melody of Waltzing Matilda, suitable for performance by school, youth or other choirs at appropriate occasions -- Composer's note.
Commissioned by Maggie May Gordon -- Composer's note.
Notation program: Encore 4.1.2.
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