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Why specialty pharmacy is the top driver of health costs right now
University of Michigan School of Natural Resources & Environment
Pharmaceutical pricing controversies create easy headlines. But issues with EpiPen prices and HIV drug availability reflect the conundrums employers face with specialty pharmacy: some employees need these expensive drugs to function…and someone (usually, ultimately, the employer) has to pay for them.
In the NBGH Large Employers' 2017 Health Plan Design Survey, specialty pharmacy was considered the No. 1 driver of medical trend for the first time. Three years ago, it wasn't even in the top five, Brian Marcotte, president and CEO of the NBGH, said.
So why is this concern growing now?
HR Dive spoke to experts in the field to get a sense for what's triggering this anxiety, and what employers are doing – and will soon be able to do – to keep costs under control.
Part of the concern seems tied directly to increased awareness of cost issues in general, Susan Garfield, a principal in EY's Life Sciences Advisory practice, told HR Dive. Several years ago, employers began looking at hospital costs, managing care pathways more aggressively, and the like.
"It's partly the natural profession as the entire healthcare continuum started addressing those other costs," Garfield said.
Both Garfield and John Jaeger of Decision Resources Group provided a few reasons why the concern reached such a heightened level now:
Quite simply, pharmaceutical pricing has garnered strong public attention in the past year thanks to controversies such as the aforementioned EpiPen pricing issue and the Martin Shkreli pricing scandal. It's entered the presidential campaign discussion, Jaeger noted, and for many, creates an "easy story line," Garfield added. But as the media storm continues, the complexity of pricing tends to get lost – meaning patients are angry but not quite sure what can be done.
An "enormous amount" of innovation has also taken place in the biopharma market, Garfield said. With innovation comes the promise of new types of specialty medicine, such as personalized pharma – but such products, as incredible as they may be, are also perceived to have high price points. Employers are beginning to prepare for that reality now.
Employee populations are aging. People are working beyond the traditional retirement timeframe, so "larger populations of employees with expensive issues are increasing," Garfield noted. On top of that, employers play a larger role than ever in arranging employee access to treatments, managing burden of cost and providing quality of life.
CDHPs: Bridging the knowledge gap
One large difference between now and five years ago: More patients are acutely aware of the price of specialty drugs thanks largely to high-deductible health plans. In essence, employers are beginning to see the limits of benefit design changes, especially as employees pay more money out of pocket, Jaeger noted.
"Much of the angst around the EpiPen was driven by the level of cost exposure that many families found themselves within CDHP plans," Jaeger said. "Patients are finally getting a true look at the cost of drugs and the market is pushing back."
Ten years ago, most employees were still on traditional plans that shielded them from the vagaries of expense, Jeff Oldham, Vice President of Consumer Strategy at Benefitfocus told HR Dive. The cost burden is now widely shared between employer and employee, instead of being entirely the area of the employer – good for the employer, but trouble when employees aren't receiving the quality care they need due to expense.
The most popular solutions to solve pharma problems continue to be specialty pharmacies and utilization management – the top two current techniques of employers polled by the NBGH. Specialty pharmacies are specifically set up to take care of patients with expensive, complicated drugs by providing education, 24-hour access, continuous communication and management, and financial assistance. In general, high-touch solutions that keep both employees and employers informed as they deal with new cost burdens seem to top the list of favored management techniques.
Emerging alternatives
Thanks to new pharma technology, some employers are looking toward therapeutic alternatives to cover some rising costs. "Therapeutic alternatives" is a general term that sometimes includes generics – but in the case of specialty pharmaceuticals, there often is no generic option.
Instead, biosimilars have garnered attention from employers. These drug types take up an interesting niche in pharma markets. While generics tend to be seen as the same or exchangeable for a branded product, biosimilars are (as their name suggests) seen as similar, but not 100% equivalent, Garfield said.
Obviously, a biosimilar may not work for every patient – and it may not exist for certain medications yet, making for a potentially "complex road" for employers. But they are already impacting the market in positive ways. When a biosimilar enters the market, it tends to have an "impressive effect" on brand prices, Garfield said.
"It has an aggregate impact on brand price points, which decreases overall cost of care when a biosimilar enters," she added. Essentially: therapeutic alternatives are good for employers because they create pressure in the market to provide cost-effective treatments that generally push prices down.
In the past, employers were presented with coverage options and cost and looked at access in terms of formulary tiers, budget impacts and similar levers. The real future for employers, Garfield said, is the opportunity to be more involved on the other end of the process.
"I think employers in the future will have the opportunity to be participants in the delivery paradigm," she said. Especially around chronic disease, employers could be part of an innovative program that involves them at multiple levels of care to ensure the best outcomes for their employees.
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This analysis is being prepared for a presentation I am going to make at the International Conference on Intercultural Education in Harbin, China on June 22-24. I would be interested in receiving your observations, comments, questions about the differences between Chinese and American educational practices.
Class Size is the first noticeable difference at the middle school and high school level. Teachers typically teach two classes (in an 8 period day) with from 55 to 65 students. American secondary teachers typically teach five or six classes with class sizes ranging from 25 to 30. The Chinese teachers use their non-teaching time to grade papers and to prepare for their classes, except for the head teachers (banzhuren) which will be explained later.
While Americans think the "cohort" concept is innovative, China has been using it for decades. Throughout China, students beginning in a school are put into classes and they stay in those classes with one another for the entire time they are in that school unless higher test scores permit them to move to a more advanced grouping. Understood in the Chinese system is that this group of students will learn each of their subjects together. In America, students are not grouped into such classes. Instead, the 30 students who are together for English class will be randomly split up into any of the other subjects for the next period and the period after that, and so on. The next year, the students are totally mixed up again into different classes. Occasionally, the same class of students will take two courses together, such as English and history, but that is rare. The Chinese carry the cohort concept into the university level as well. My four classes of students stay together for all of their required courses the whole time they are at university.
Chinese students stay in the same classroom for their main classes and their teachers come to them while American students change rooms every period and the room belongs to the teacher. Thus, Chinese students don't have hallway lockers. Students sit in the same seats for each subject and keep their materials in a shelf under their desk top. Many students have cloth covers for their desk and other means of making it "homey".
Chinese education is built on what Americans call "looping". The teachers of the students in the entering class will also follow their same students to the next grade level and the next. In America, it is very unusual for teachers to move with their students from one grade level to the next at the middle school or high school level let alone to loop for the entire period of time the student is in that school. At the primary school level, students begin in grade one with a teacher and stay with that teacher every year they are in primary school. My university students reflect on that teacher as being so very important to them that they really didn't want to leave them when it was time to go to middle school. American teachers, on the other hand, tend to specialize in the curriculum and content for a particular grade level and then stay at that level. Sometimes, teachers who want to teach older students will ask to move to a higher grade, but then that teacher would typically stay at that level until retirement. That practice means that in America, subject matter and teacher preference might be valued more highly than student needs or student learning.
Another significant structural difference between American and Chinese schools is the concept of head teacher or "banzhuren". The banzhuren takes additional responsibility in delivering instruction, supervising their specific class of students, and in knowing their students and the families of the students and in communicating with those families. For less than 200 yuan per month more, the banzhuren will arrive at school prior to 7:00 a.m. to prepare for the day and to work with early arriving students. The student day at the middle school ends at 4:55 and the teachers leave shortly after that. The banzhuren will not only teach her specific class that she is in charge of but will also sit in on many other subjects throughout the day so she can monitor the progress of her students with other teachers, counsel her students, and contact the parents of those students if necessary. The banzhuren will monitor her class during lunch and nap with them after lunch. One banzhuren told me that she is like a mother to those students who don't have the parental support they need. In addition, at Liaoning Normal University Junior Middle School (LNUJMS) the banzhurens are expected to visit the homes and families of half their students sometime during the first term and the other half during the second term. These visitations would take place on Saturdays or Sundays or on holidays. The banzhuren will, after three years, receive a bonus based on the academic improvement of her class. In America, the individual teacher is expected to make parent contact when a student misbehaves or is not performing at a satisfactory level. In American secondary schools there is also a person called a guidance counsellor who will assist with parent contact. However, the guidance counsellor will have a case load of 350 to 500 students and she often must resort to group counselling sessions.
The Chinese believe in merit pay and in using student test scores for teacher evaluation. For example, when the 9th graders leave middle school they are tested to see which high school they are qualified to attend. Since the same teachers have had those students for three years, they compare their entry score to their exit score. The classes that showed the most academic gain resulted in that banzhuren receiving a bonus that might range from 3000 yuan to 6000 yuan (one month or two months pay). The same is true at the high school level. On the other hand, a teacher whose students did not show growth will be evaluated accordingly. At LNUJMS, the math team won first place in the District math contest. As a reward, the four math teachers split a 2000 yuan bonus. The teachers I have talked with like the bonus system. So for years the Chinese have been doing what the American conservatives have been advocating and our teacher unions have been fighting.
Discipline in Chinese schools easier than in American schools. For example, at LNUJMS, I was surprised to find minimal student supervision during lunch and between classes. One administrator and one teacher were in the hallway and no teachers were in their classrooms. The other teachers had gone to their offices to meet with students for academic or disciplinary reasons or for a rest between classes. In America, the time between classes is as short as possible, three, four, or perhaps five, minutes. Students are expected to move from their classroom, go to their lockers to get materials for their next class, and then move to that class. The American teachers are expected to be in the hallways during passing periods because that is when fighting and other misbehaviors occur. It is nearly impossible to even imagine a 10 minute passing period in an American school.
Chinese students are very respectful. When Chinese students recite, they stand; when students hand in a paper, they use both hands as if they were making a presentation of the paper to the teacher; when students refer to their teacher in writing, they often use terminology such as , "Our dear teacher." In interviewing the banzhurens, they commented that is their duty to teach students how to do well in life and how to be a man. University students, when asked to recall their middle school and high school years often speak of their teachers in very exalted ways telling how much their teachers meant to them.
Chinese students play active and important roles (zhirisheng) in sweeping the classrooms, scrubbing the steps, serving meals, being class monitors, and helping teachers. Student monitors can be seen wearing special armbands in the hallway, watching to make certain students are doing their twice-daily eye exercises properly, providing leadership on the marching field, watering plants, empty bins, cleaning windows, helping to distribute the daily lunch, and so on. Students always seemed to be carrying out their tasks very seriously and in good humor. The student monitor system is utilized at the university level as well with these appointed students helping the teacher in making copies, distributing and collecting papers, contacting classmates and so on. Like the concept of banzhuren, the concept of zhirisheng cannot find its English equivalent due to the different Sino-American educational systems. Most Chinese schools are operated on the zhirisheng system for the purpose of maintaining clean classrooms and schools.
Chinese students buy their textbooks each year and the textbooks are soft cover and relatively thin. The textbooks I looked at had a 2006 copyright and I understand that they all have recently undergone revision. The cost is about $1 for a textbook and $2 for a workbook that accompanies the textbook. Students make heavy use of highlighters and annotations in their books. In addition, the textbooks often have moral lessons built into them. For instance, when a particular scientist is highlighted, aspects of his/her life that are exemplary are extolled, such as hard work, protecting the environment, overcoming obstacles, etc. On the other hand, American textbooks are hard cover, updated every six years (at least in Indiana), and are rented to students. Students are not allowed to mark in their textbooks in America.
It almost goes without saying that the curriculum in China is standard nation-wide and that students have few elective choices. National goals, national curriculum, national expectations, national exercises, and even a national class schedule are all built around the Chinese Education Schema that is based on centuries of tradition. In America, education is primarily the responsibility of the state governments. Counting Washington D.C., there are 51 separate governments that give direction to public schools. Further, except for Hawaii, states are divided into school districts that also have certain autonomies. Indiana, for example, has 292 school districts, 292 different teacher contracts, salary schedules, and sets of working conditions.
Deeply embedded in the Chinese culture is the examination system. Since the Song Dynasty (960 AD), the Chinese have relied on the examination process to identify their governmental leaders. Now the examination system is used to determine which university students are able to attend. These national exams were given on June 7 and 8. Local middle schools were used as test sites and those middle school students had a two day holliday. The test is of such great significance that parents rent hotel rooms nearby so their student can have a quiet lunch and take a nap. I saw one hotel with a big banner wishing students luck on the exam. Students will take either the liberal arts test or the science test. For liberal arts students, the first test, Chinese, was from 9:00-11:30. Students were dismissed and came back for the math test from 3:00-5:00. On Friday, the schedule was the same, with the morning session being geography, politics, and history and the afternoon session being English. The parents filled the street in front of the school and anxiously awaited students coming from the test sites and wanted to know how their child did. Taxi cabs even offer free service to these students to help them get home or to the testing site. My friend Kevin's uncle took time off work to drive Kevin to the test site, pick him up at noon to take him home, then bring him back. It is huge deal!
Great observation and insightful comparisons! Additionally, despite the \'cohort\' concept which is universal for Chinese school classes, I think that there is also a striking difference between Chinese curriculum and American curriculum: Chinese education is a very merit/grade based system while American education emphasizes on a comprehensive development. The former often results in students who are very good at testing and obtaining high grades in examinations. The latter leads to (or at least strives to achieeve) a more integrated development in the students who are being educated. For instance, from my experience, PE education is much weaker in China compared to the Western World. Competitive sports in Chinese schools are mainly for students who are specifically selected and trained for inter-school competitions for merit purposes. The majority of students spend the majority of their free time preparing for the most important few exams during their school period. It is very alarming in a way that students are geared towards intellectual excellence without the physical exercise as well as the intellectual explorations they would need to grow into an independently thinking and physically active citizen during their teenage years.I personally think that if we could get the best of two worlds from the Chinese and American educational systems — that will be world class education.
I come from Dalian 48th middle school,class 5 ,grade 1.
I\'ve read your blog carefully.It\'s great.


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Tensile strength is the amount of load or stress that can be handled by a material before it stretches and breaks. As its name implies, tensile strength is the material's resistance to tension that is caused by mechanical loads applied to the material. The ability to resist breaking under tensile stress is one of the most important and widely measured properties of materials used for structural applications.
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The tensile strength of a material is the maximum amount of tensile stress that it can accept before failure (such as breaking or permanent deformation). Tensile strength specifies the point at which a material goes from elastic to plastic deformation. It is expressed as the minimum tensile stress (force per unit area) needed to split the material apart.
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BVG is the city transport company of Berlin, Germany. Since its foundation in 1928 it has operated under several different names. Between 1949 and 1992 BVG was divided into two companies, one for West-Berlin and one for East-Berlin.
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The Berlin Welcome Card was introduced in 1995. It is nowadays available in several versions depending on duration and area.
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THE PUNTER'S EYE: Three horses to consider in the Thyestes Chase
Last year's winner is back to defend his crown
The Thyestes Chase is a high quality handicap chase that often brings top staying chasers to Kilkenny, including recent winners On His Own and Djakadam. Its most famous winners include Arkle, Flyingbolt and Hedgehunter.
The 2018 running of the race takes place on Thursday, January 25, and a host of participants from last year are back, including 2017 shock winner Champagne West. The horses that finished second and fourth, Ucello Conti and Pleasant Company are both returning for Gordon Elliott and Willie Mullins respectably.
These are the three horses that could fill the places this time around:
1. Pleasant Company (12/1)
This horse is undoubtedly being geared up for another tilt at the Aintree Grand National in 2018. He has run once since the day Ruby Walsh steered him to ninth place behind One For Arthur in the 2017 National at the Liverpool track last April. In that subsequent race, he was held up and eventually weakened to 14th spot behind Anibale Fly at Leopardstown in December, finishing 35 lengths off the pace. However, he should strip fitter for that run and is now the first string for Willie Mullins following the withdrawal of Polidam, meaning Paul Townend has been confirmed for the ride. His jumping was exemplary for much of the mammoth trip in last year's Grand National, although it was a bad blunder four from home that cost him a run for ultimate glory on that occasion. However, Grand National fences are a law onto themselves, and for the most part, his jumping is very good over standard National Hunt obstacles, and 3M 1F on heavy ground will be right up his street. This horse has actually never fallen on the racetrack and showed he is up to winning a race like this by landing the Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse last February. He was also fourth in this race last year. At around 12/1, he is certainly one to consider for the front three.
2. Ucello Conti (5/1)
This Gordon Elliott-trained 10-year-old is a worthy favourite for this race having warmed up nicely by finishing second in the Paddy Power Chase won by Anibale Fly in December, coming home just seven lengths in arrears. That run came after a 260-day break after he unseated his rider during the 2017 Aintree Grand National. This horse is an out and out stayer, and looks like one that could win a national before time is called on his career. He was sixth behind Rule the World in the race in 2016, and also showed his ability over the National fences in the 2016 Becher Chase. Heavy ground should be no problem, while the track also poses no problems - Ucello Conti was second in this race last year. Adding further to this horse's undoubted potential in this race is the seven-pound claimer on-board for the Elliott team. The 5/1 offered for him could seem generous at the end of the race.
3. Space Cadet (20/1)
Another Gordon Elliott runner that could sneak a place at a bigger price is Space Cadet from a basement weight. The horse ran with credit last time, also carrying a low weight, when he was 23 lengths behind Anibale Fly at Leopardstown. He was just 16 lengths behind stablemate Ucello Conti and finished ahead of the likes of Out Sam, Polidam and Pleasant Company. He hasn't won a race since October 2016, but in a far from vintage renewal of the Thyestes, he could just sneak into the money.
Elsewhere on the card, a horse worth considering is Presenting Percy in the 13:50 contest on Thursday. It's unusual to see this Cheltenham winner revert to hurdles after impressing over the larger obstacles. He won impressively by 11 lengths over Forever Gold at Fairyhouse in December. His hurdling form is exemplary, highlighted perfectly in his win in last year's Pertemps Hurdle at Cheltenham under a colossal weight. If he captures any of that old sparkle over timber he can certainly account for the likes of Let's Dance and Bacardys here.


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Much has been written about the captaincy of Graeme Smith in the Newlands Test. Questions have been raised about the defensive tactics and if he'd missed a trick by not inserting India at the fag end of the 4th day's play. Smith is still the same impressive man that took over from Pollock following a disastrous world cup at home in 2003. A South African team still in the doldrums post Cronje-gate turned to him. He impressed with his freshness in approach. He impressed with his performance and leadership. He had never met Hansie Cronje and therefore lay to rest any lingering doubts of his influence on him and his leadership. He said he had hoped to be a captain of his country someday and was expecting it. No politically correct answers, but plain straight talking. That showed in his leadership and his batting. South Africa had found the right man to represent it.
Two double-hundreds followed in his first series as captain. His field placings and reading of the game and tactics reflected a shrewd mind. He showcased an ability to inspire a team of elderly statesmen of the caliber of Gary Kirsten, Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher, Makhaya Ntini and Lance Klusener. Just like that, at 22, Smith became the leader.
Some controversy followed when he didn't shy away from calling Klusener overweight and later when he told the media what the Aussies had called him on his first tour there. Inevitably it wasn't received well, and was seen as soft and a tell-tale by the Australians especially. Soft, he had never been. His courage was never in doubt. His start to the innings in the chase of 434 in Johannesburg showed the Australians that he was not merely a man of talk and that he backed it with deed. He was a fighter and he finally won over Australia when he walked out to bat with a broken hand in Sydney. He needn't have and the world would have understood for the series was already won. But he strode out to the middle to support a team that showed admirable courage battling a rapid Mitchell Johnson to save the Test. He didn't want to let down his mates who'd fought so admiringly to save the Test. A nation that saw him as a bully saw him as a fighter and gave him a standing ovation when he walked out to bat.
Along the way he has managed not to fall in the trap of stereotypes and it has showed why his team has been more competitive in India than either Australia or England. He has been shrewd to play two spinners and tie-up Australians in their backyard in one-day games and bombard Asian teams with quick and impact players when playing in Asia. Not that he has never shown ill judgment or never crossed the line. Sportsmen are allowed to lose their cool once in a while – it is inevitable when the tussle is taut and a bad decision here or a bad stroke there can bring efforts carefully structured over sessions to a nought. He has largely been controversy free and has spent less time with the match-referee than most of the captains.
Though South Africa have travelled impressively and often been successful, a major title has eluded it. Agreed that it has briefly claimed the top Test spot and has won an ICC event (inaugural Champions Trophy in Dhaka back in 1998), but is still seen as a unit that can crumble under the weight of expectation. On the back of a historic series win in Australia two summers ago, it was expected to win the return leg at home, but lost tamely to a young but resurgent Australian side. That Australia would go on to lose in England almost straight after would have disappointed Smith and his boys immensely. They were largely seen as the team to take over from Australia post that series, but it wasn't to be.
The last two home seasons have been disappointing in that regard. They were unable to bowl out a determined English lower order twice last summer. Nor was his team able to match words with deed against the visiting Indians over the last three weeks. His tussle with Sreesanth and Zaheer affected him and showed on his captaincy in Newlands when he was defensive and perhaps missed the chance of declaring early and push for a victory.
Also South Africa have been shown to be in slight in the world cups (both T20 and ODI) over the last 4 years. Sometimes, failures can prey more on the minds. Personnel changes have be sought and tried with little success in major tournaments.
Smith has been smart enough to sense this and has called time on his one-day captaincy post this year's one-day world cup. It is a smart move considering that he has been at the helm for eight years and captaincy and ideas last only that long. He might want to give-up captaincy to a younger man and concentrate on his batting alone. He will be 30 shortly and perhaps the next three years will be his best as a batsman.
Smith and team will try its best to win the world cup no doubt. His team stands as good a chance as any of the other leading teams and will enter it as one of the favourites. They might go on to win it. That he has already relinquished captaincy post the tournament shows that he may have recognized that he is coming to the end of the road as a captain. Smith has never been the one to shy away from reality. He will go when he knows that he no longer is the right man for the job.


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Quarterback Kelly Bryant is No. 1 on Clemson depth chart
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — There's no debate at Clemson heading into the fall — Kelly Bryant is the Tigers' starting quarterback.
Bryant, the returning starter, was first on the depth chart released by the Tigers on Wednesday with freshman Trevor Lawrence the backup. Bryant will have the spot heading into fall workouts where he hopes to build on his successful season as a first-time starter in leading Clemson to a 12-2 record including an Atlantic Coast Conference title and a spot in the College Football Playoff.
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Some fans had clamored for the long-haired, strong-armed Lawrence to overtake Bryant, more of a run-first, dual-threat quarterback who did not put up the passing numbers of his predecessor, national championship winning quarterback Deshaun Watson. Lawrence, who was rated the No. 1 quarterback in last season's recruiting class, surpassed several of Watson's Georgia high school records.
Lawrence also had the better showing at last month's spring game as the 6-foot-5 signal-caller from Cartersville High completed 11 of 16 passes for 122 yards — including a 50-yard touchdown to receiver Tee Higgins. Bryant was 8-of-15 passing for 35 yards.
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Still, in Clemson's biggest moments last year — the Tigers defeated five ranked opponents on the way to the CFP — it was Bryant running the show and Swinney has not seen anything yet to change his mind.
"Obviously, Kelly's won a conference (championship) and taken us to the playoffs, and he's got great experience," Swinney said. "The other guys are right there and battling."
Behind Bryant is a paucity of experienced passers. Lawrence enrolled in January while fellow freshman Chase Brice practiced all last season but did not get on the playing field as a redshirt.
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In January, it appeared the Tigers might have a glut of quarterbacks to work into practice until Zerrick Cooper, Tucker Israel and Hunter Johnson transferred.
Despite Lawrence's strong spring, expecting him to step in and be productive immediately should Bryant get hurt is a tall order. Clemson's lone, regular-season loss last year came at Syracuse after Bryant was knocked out of the game in the first half with a concussion. When Bryant returned in the next game, the Tigers began a six-game winning streak that concluded with a 38-3 win over Miami in the ACC title game.
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Bryant ended last season with 2,802 yards passing, 13 touchdowns and eight interceptions. Clemson finished with 3,297 yards passing, its lowest total since 2010.
The Tigers' reliance on the run and Bryant's struggles at times to get the ball downfield on long passes left supporters accustomed to Watson's pass all the time style — he threw for an ACC record 580 yards against Pitt in 2016 — antsy and eager for more deep balls.
Lawrence appears like an answer to those prayers.
"He's a very poised young player," Swinney said. "He's been exposed to a lot. He's a kid that's been starting since the ninth grade."
Swinney has said Bryant and Lawrence will still compete throughout August camp and that No. 1 is always a fluid situation depending on work ethic and how well you play.
"It's a very good situation," he said.
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Yes go ahead and do the update then I would like you to rerun OTL for me and send me the fresh scan for me.
After last Microsoft Security Updates i don't think i had any instance of Windows Security Center acting up about MS SE and/or Firewall.
Also i don't see the Intellitext links anymore, not on this computer and not on the laptop. Though from Firefox Ghostery addon on the laptop i know Intellitext still is used on your website.
I thought it would be better to not yet use the Microsoft solutions concearning not being able to install kb 2833941 (security-update for MS .NET Framework 1.1 sp1 for Windows XP, Vista and Server 2008 x86). The mrFixit i found first did not work, can't open the file. A few days later i had more time to adress this new problem, it seems there's a damaged or missing MSDT (MS Diagnostics Tool) on this computer. MSDT should be able to open the mrFixit. (Glad to not see to many untrustworthy sites offering info & downloads). I could not find good info or download for MSDT.
1st mrFixit is : ?!?What?!?the button on that page (when i write this) now opens the very same page it's on, instead of a Fixit-downloadpage!?! Underneath the button it says "Microsoft Fix it Microsoft Fix it 50123" ("Microsoft Fix it" written twice on English page).
The before mentioned mrFixit was solution nr.1 from kb/976982/en-US about [Error codes "0x80070643" or "0x643" when installing .NET Framework updates].
another mrFixit at kb/971187/en-US [How to fix MSI software update registration corruption issues] . I did not try downloading the 2nd mrFixit for i was not sure whichone to use.
2nd mrFixit is : Diagnose and fix program installing and uninstalling problems automatically, linkid = 9779673.
On both pages kb/976982/en and kb/923100/en-au a 2nd repair-option is given to uninstall all .NET Frameworks v 1.1 up to 3.5 and re-install them. On the 3rd page (kb/971187/en-US) the 2nd repair-option is to modify the Registry. I don't know if that would be needed besides it's something i am not accostumed to.
If i'ld gotten to the 2nd Fixit before, i think i would've wanted to try thatone 1st. Shall i?
And do i need to download a new OTL installer or is the previous-one still up to date?
Edited by Admirgency, 17 July 2013 - 10:22 AM.
19½ hours of work today..... Another of our "responsable" employees suddenly quit. Now i realy have to do most everything here exept for cleaning and making coffee/thee/limonade. Well, that's to be expected in an aid-organisation who draws personel from it's target-group. Luckily i had company from visitors and our Polish employees all night. Besides i'm in a position to buy food and juice with petty cash.
I downloaded more passible needed files then i actually used. I downloaded from this computer Guest-account → Firefox.
There was no option for repairing .NET Framework 1.1 via Configurationscreen. I did not try the repair-tool, thought it was a .cab-file which i can not open with damaged or missing MSDT. I uninstalled .Net FrWs via Configscreen. Starting with languige pack for 4.0 and 3.5, in that order. Then .Net FrW 4 Client Profile, .NET FrW 3.5, 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1 with respective Service Packs. No problems there. I did not use the Uninstall Tool for in all .NET FrW blogs from A. Stebner he warns it's a tool only to use as a last resort.
Installation of the .NET FrW's on itself was no problem either, however after installation of 4 Client profile the Windows Security Center started giving messages again at every reboot, for either MS SE or Firewall not being enabled though not at the same time (reboot). Mostly it was about firewall which enabled a few seconds later.
Vulnerability in Microsoft Active Accessibility Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2623699) Published: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 | Updated: Tuesday, October 25, 2011. I have to explain : When i got to work here a year ago, no computer was updated, exept for Google-services on this computer (as well as Imesh, Isearch and Bearsearch on the public computers). There were various malware-families present at each computer. One public computer was taken hostage and it's acting up again now, can't get to MS Update-site manually but automatic updates do roll in on that public comp.
This work-computer might have been without kb2564958 all this time. I'll check tomorrow or sometime this weekend.
With Optional updates (12 incl. MS SE defenitions), Languigepack for .NET FrW 3.0 didn't want to install, sorry i forgot to check what error-code.
Chekked at laptop (for i needed to copy transcripts from MS11-075 + some more, and OTL-download) with Avast freeware, and on this computer with Mbam and MS SE, this computers back-up files did not show an infection. (I don't think our organisations will be unified under one administration to ask the new boardmembers to finally pay for more elaborate security software, in time for the publication of next years versions).
Computer Name: POWERMATE | User Name: Eigenaar | Logged in as Administrator.
Pity, via WU → update-history i can't see past Febr. 2012 anymore. I'll give the backstory as far as the notes i still have show + a little i can remember.
On this work-comp there was to many AV installed : MS SE, AVG, Avira, Spyware Doctor and Mbam (likewise with different cocktails on the public comp's though only AV and no AM/ASp there). On this comp only all Google-services (Chrome, Aps, Earth and Picassa) and MS SE were up to date. Concerning MS updates this comp was in the best shape between all computers here. It had been badly updated before 18th of jan 2012, with intervals of several months. There-after WU did not get any chance in March an not much in febr..
I got here to update since the 15th of May. Though i was allowed to fight the malware on public computers & installing Guest-accounts instead of unprotected owner-accounts to work from, it wasn't until August that i could do the same for this computer and the offline comp (the latter having illegal installed Windows XP Pro, MS warning at every reboot clearly visible for all employees. The laptop wasn't the 1st with illegal Windows Product Key). All computers were heavily infected. Because all computers had different cocktails of AV installed, i don't think i overlooked any result being False Positive. Lukicsel, Ransom.foreign and exp/java-2012-0507 variants were present on all computers, plus each of them their own blend of different malware.
We were lucky the other employees (incl. the one who'd "taken care of the computers" before i did) did not touch the 2 workcomputers then, and that i had already cleaned the ransomed public comp. The other 2 employees + the computergeek from a sister-organization did not even know how to get into Safe Modus thus they damaged the other public computers. We bought new-ones.
I started with updating Windows. 24 essential updates rolled in, a.w. updates for .NET FrW up to version 3.5. The combination of AVG and Avira hindered kb 890830 (MS Tool for Removal of Malicious Software) with automatic update as well as with manual update, in regular modus that is. In Safe Modus i could mannualy download, install and run kb890830. It found nothing.
Then i uninstalled the excessive AV/AM and I updated Avira,. Present on this comp were : Tr/Lukicsel.I.284, .I.285 and .L.10, Exp/2012-0507.CW, Java/Dldr.Treams.BX, Tr/LockscreenHA.A.1 and Tr/Ransom.foreign.pfy, with a total of 39 detections of them. (The public computers harboured much more, especially variants of exp/2012-0507. But then again, Isearch Imesh and Bearsearch were installed there). All Quarantined.
Furthermore Avira gave 79 warnings of invalid paths, amongst which Aviras own quick-scan and an awful lot of MS drWatson. I could not manage to save the Avira log-file anywhere while i tried on multiple places and copy/pasted into Word and Wordpad (did not experience that with any other document or tekst-file).
I had already bought a (self-burned) XP-disk from a local store (for the public comps) and i used it to repair what it could fid. Then i ran Kaspersky ResQdisk to scan Boot Sectors and Hidden Objects, found nothing. Then Full Scan found 2 instances of a HEUR:Trojan.win32.Generic, both quarantined.
1 essential update (for Visual C++2010 sp1, and after another reboot .Net FrW 4 Client Profile (amongst 12 optional updates) rolled in. And 1 more reboot later 5 security-updates for .Net FrW 4 ClPr. Again 1 more reboot and 2 essential updates, 1 for Windows XP and 1 for Outlook, + 2 optional updates came in. My notes don't show at which point i uninstalled Avira and installed Spybot S&D. Since then, 14 months ago, we did not seem to have any problems.
With the prospect of studying at GeeksToGo University during work-hours i started here, but with the absence of all the responsible (and Dutch-speaking) employees, i did not have the time. And now this.
It started (?again) with Google Mail. Suddenly some-one or -thing had altered the settings on this computer in Chrome, as well as in each and every account from the payed coördinator and his wife, to remember the accounts & passwords. I reset them all to not remember. But then my new account (handled via Gmail) on our own domain would not work. Though each time i closed my account and re-opened imediatly to check the password, the next day it would not work anymore. As our website has not been updated since 2009, i don't use that mail-acc.. And naturally the website on my profile and beneath my posts is not the website from the organization here (WOT site-advisor now shows green for trustworthiness, grey for vendor reliability, privacy and child safety) (i also work for the org. fr the website on my profile, when there's not to much work here, which did not happen a lot last year).
I could not find the (? a) root of the problems on our work-comp until i made the Work-account (limited rights). SnapDo became visible, complemented by the remnants of AVG and Avira protected Search-engines. That's about it, why i need your expertise. I can not handle this myself. Again a Big Thank You, Gringo.
That report looks great - was it done in the account with the problem?
No, Isearch and SnapDo are still present.
in Owner-acc. -> Chrome : only Avira.ask.com, IE and Firefox look clean of them.
In Work-acc. -> Chrome : SnapDo and Ask., IE & Firefoxx look clean of them.
in Guest-acc. -> Chrome : Ask and Isearch (AVG), Isearch in the place where SnapDo is in the follow-order in Work-acc. . Ask in IE, Firefoxx looks clean of them.
,i have nothing against Ask, but it is a remnant of uninstalled Avira freeware. Isearch is remnant of uninstalled AVG freeware, even if not i would want Isearch gone asap.
in chrome where is it at - start page or search provider?
In Owner, Avira.ask is Startpage as well as (non-default) search-engine. Google is standard search-engine.
(Gees, NoScript already shows more on your site then any other. Upon opening this page this afternoon there were 18 entries. Now for this answer i have 2 more on your homepage).
Question : If i'ld remove the Ask, Isearch and SnapDo search-engines (though they are not visible in Configscreen->Software) from Chrome options, then the engines would still be installed on the computer, right? That is what worries me.
Sorry you had to wait another few days for me reporting on such a simple task. It's been a real manic monday , becouse of the last employee who quit coming back being manic, i lost some marbles too. Luckily the weekend before i already ordered myself to not mind about our project or computers (normaly i'ld perform pc-check-ups in the weekends). Besides i could go to a regular AA-meeting and next day to NA-discussion-meeting to grab back those marbles. And next week we'll be temporaly moving our operations to a sister-organisation, which is kind of the planning for next year anyway. Thus next week i can talk Dutch with ppl again instead of hearing mainly Polish, Russian, Romanesc, Romanian and Bulgarian mixed with some broken Dutch, broken English, broken German and broken French. That'll be a releafe i tell ya!
So please have some patience when i do not answer this thread in time. I have to be carefull not to burn-out too, not to mention the risk of loosing the very first year of being clean in my 50 years life.
Ask, Isearch and SnapDo searches are now removed from Google (as well as the double entry for Bing in IE) in the various accounts.
I had to re-read this entire thread, didn't realy know what was going on here anymore. I'll have to check back on that .NET Framework 1.1 security-update that didn't install properly (and on that one public comp where i can go to MS Update-pages again but 3 security-updates kept re-installing every day the week after July MS Security updates incl. one where attackers had a chance to falsify computer-status messages, but that's not this computer).
You mentioned last OTL-log looked good. Is there one more scan to be run or can we begin the clean-up process of used scans now? There are the skipped entries from TDSS Killer (post 40 in this thread), and Spyware S&D as well as Mbam installed on the workcomp now.
When the scan is complete, click OK, If anything is found then click Show Results to view the results.
Go to http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/ to run an online scanner from ESET.


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Cyber Command Is Now Officially Its Own Combat Command
Dariusz August 21, 2017 News, Security
The United States and many other countries often engage in cyber attacks against business entities and geopolitical rivals. These clandestine operations range from barely noticeable to wholly disruptive. The U.S. has been the victim of many such attacks in recent memory, but our responses to them have been somewhat locked up in bureaucracy. President Donald Trump announced recently that the U.S. Cyber Command would be elevated to a Combat Command of its own. Let's take a look at exactly what that means.
Elevating Cyber Command to a combat command status is a big development. Previously, any operation within cyberspace had to go through one of the existing combat commands, all of which are based on geographical region. Any cyber operation in Japan would fall under Pacific Command, any in Germany would be European Command, and so forth. Because of that, many operations would get bogged down when they moved to another part of the world. Different parts of the world meant different combat commands to work with.
The problem with that is fairly obvious. Cyberspace is its own region and it is not necessarily tethered to specific locations outside of their physical servers — and even those can be hidden, moved, or otherwise obfuscated. The new Cyber Command designation will help streamline any operations that are currently running and make future operations more efficient. It should also help the United States's ability to respond to the mounting threats and attacks from foreign and domestic actors. President Trump also stated that the elevation in status should help secure funding for cyberspace operations as well. Prior to now, the budget for cyber operations has been lumped in with whatever budget the command theater had. In theory, having Cyber Command standing on its own should help it secure more money and have greater autonomy over that money for its operations.
Also as a result of the change, Cyber Command may split away from the NSA. Defense Secretary James Mattis will study this possibility over the course of the next 60 days before making an official announcement on the matter.
The Good, The Bad, and the Worrying
Overall, I think that it is a good sign that the United States is not only recognizing Cyberspace as its own region, but finally taking related operations more seriously. With well-evidenced allegations that the recent presidential election was compromised by foreign actors combined with the many cyber attacks carried out by China on the U.S., it is good that the country is working on bolstering its cyber defenses.
An additional issue arises though. Cyberspace often feels a lot like it is in the ether, but it is well-based in the physical realm. Servers, computers, and networks all have to be placed somewhere. While the United States does exercise its power with impunity almost anywhere, drawing the battle lines in cyberspace may be a bit more difficult. Servers move, attacks are masked, and sovereignty is fuzzy. A wrong move could spark previously unknown retaliation.
This also marks the beginning of an acceleration to a cyber-arms race. Many militaries in the world like to look at what the U.S. is doing and either copy it or build up effective countermeasures against it.
The digital age necessitated this inevitable decision. It will be interesting to follow how an independent Cyber Command will operate in the brave new world of clandestine digital operations.
Dariusz
Dariusz has been closely following the world of cryptocurrencies since 2014. He has been somewhat of a crypto-evangelist, trying to educate more people on the exciting realm of cryptocurrency.


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When considering the efficiency of a ventilation system, it is important to include a calculation of the through-life costs associated with the unit. Overall efficiency is not merely defined by electrical costs and treated air lost to the environment. A cheaper system is only cheaper because it will require more maintenance through its life. It may even have a far shorter lifespan than a top-quality system. It is sad to think that many of the features these premium systems have were not included to up the price of the system, as many budget-minded people might assume, but instead to decrease the overall cost of the system through its entire life, and yet those cheap systems are still widely accepted as adequate.
This new technology is widely touted as the future of commercial kitchen ventilation, but it still does have its drawbacks in certain situations. The idea behind a demand-controlled system is to reduce energy consumption by only allowing the system to activate when it detects its own necessity, much like an AC unit for the home. The idea is entirely sound, and it stands to reason that many hide-yield kitchens could take advantage of this type of system with splendid results, but there are other factors to consider.
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It's not hard to see why these systems will be able to reduce costs when one considers that ventilation hood systems and the cooking equipment they service tend to make up about 80 percent of a commercial kitchen's energy consumption. Optimizing these systems with a demand-control feature reduces the activity of the system when it doesn't need to be in use. When combined with proper kitchen organization to optimize airflow through the space, demand-controlled systems could revolutionize energy consumption in commercial kitchens.
One of the most often overlooked factors when considering kitchen exhaust systems is the arrangement and type of cooking equipment that requires ventilation. Canopy systems might be forced to work harder than necessary to pump air through a space if the equipment isn't properly arranged. For instance, pieces of equipment that are sparsely separated in the center of the kitchen will require more ventilation than the same equipment arranged side by side against a wall. This may seem counter-intuituitive, but the tightly positioned equipment inhibits airflow far less than individual pieces left out in the open.
The type of equipment itself must also be considered. Some hood systems are designed to ventilate specific types of equipment. Cooking equipment that uses solid fuel, like oil or gas, requires much more airflow than equipment that only uses electricity, like induction ovens or microwaves. The equipment in a commercial kitchen will be dictated by the menu, and the hood system will be dictated by the equipment. While some pieces of cooking equipment may be essential, they may invariably double or even triple the ventilation requirements for the space, especially if they aren't arranged properly.
Perhaps two of the most promising new technologies in the world of commercial kitchen HVAC are the MARVEL and Capture Jet systems from Halton. These systems are designed first and foremost to reduce energy consumption without reducing quality. The Capture Jet canopy features an air curtain that more efficiently contains captured air, and it also prevents contaminated air from returning to the kitchen before it has been exhausted. This system offers an insight into the future of HVAC, which might revolve around controlling air on a more functional basis.
The MARVEL system, which stands for Model-based Automated Regulation of Ventilation and Exhaust Levels, is possibly the most energy efficient model of its kind. Every feature of the system is fully controllable, down to the individual fans. Each section of the MARVEL canopy is equipped with temperature and infrared sensors to provide a management system that is both active and adaptive. The system reacts to the cooking equipment under its charge, changing air flow rates to deal with cooking as it happens. The MARVEL system is the next logical step in kitchen HVAC, mainly due to extreme energy costs of running a commercial kitchen.
Mansfield Pollard, on the other hand, is taking efficiency in another direction by exchanging standard lighting fixtures on canopy hoods with LED lights. These bulbs are exceptionally more efficient older fluorescent light bulbs, they give off less heat, and they last much longer. Mansfield Pollard also uses their proprietary Eco-Sense fan system to regulate air flow rates. These upgrades are perfect for cutting costs in the short term, and they cost relatively little to implement.
The ultimate goal of commercial kitchen HVAC is to create a system that only recirculates air instead of exhausting it and resupplying the kitchen with new air from the environment. This is an ambitious goal for several reasons, including the development of more advanced filtering technology and heat control. Heat recovery systems are already being built into some newer commercial kitchen ventilation systems, and they will eventually become the norm if they can reach a high enough level of efficiency.
Heat recovery works by taking the heat from the kitchen exhaust before it is either recirculated or sent out into the environment. Heat recovery features obviously raise the initial cost of a canopy exhaust system, but they provide a way to drastically reduce energy consumption. The heat recovery systems work in much the same way as a refrigerator or freezer. They simply use coils that interact with the exhaust, and those coils carry a liquid that circulates heat out of the exhaust and into a usable format.
Kitchen ventilation systems are just as much an investment as the restaurant itself, and making smart investment decisions will save a restaurant loads over the years. Additional features like demand-control, heat recovery, and optimal design are going to up the initial cost of a system, but that cost will quickly be offset by the quality of the system. Premium systems require less maintenance and less energy to operate. The reason most restaurants have such a problem with ventilation systems is that cheaper options are often selected for their low initial cost, which only translates to higher energy costs and maintenances fees as the system ages.
Inefficient commercial kitchen exhaust systems are nothing but a drain on the resources of what is most likely an already delicate operation. Most restaurants can't afford to spend more than they should, so choosing the best kitchen equipment is vital to reducing through-life costs of the restaurant. Even restaurants that started off with an improper exhaust system should consider upgrading since the overall cost of continuing to use an inefficient might be greater than the cost of the upgrade.


Though blind and deaf from the age of two, Helen Keller graduated with honors from Radcliffe College — the first blind and deaf person to earn a college degree. She devoted her life, through lecturing and writing books, to social reform. The play and film The Miracle Worker tells the story of how her teacher, Anne Sullivan, helped her emerge from her world of darkness and silence to become celebrated as one of the greatest women of her time.
Keller published a dozen books and visited 40 countries, gaining international fame as she campaigned for peace, women's rights, workers' rights, and rights for the disabled. She helped found the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920. Her friends included Alexander Graham Bell, Mark Twain, and Charlie Chaplin. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and received honors from around the world.
Helen Keller is describing the experience of a transcendental level of the mind. Relating it to "Infinity," she describes it as "the flame of eternity in my soul." In this deep inward place, she experiences "the splendor that binds all things of earth to all things of heaven." Even though she is blind and deaf, confined by "silence and darkness," she nevertheless experiences an inner light that transcends death.
Helen Keller's beautiful descriptions of her inner experience remind us of the experience of transcending that takes place when we close our eyes and practice the Transcendental Meditation technique. Effortlessly, naturally, and spontaneously, the mind settles inward. It becomes quiet and settled. There may be moments during meditation when we experience consciousness in its pure state — as an ocean of pure wakefulness, the silent, unbounded field from which all thoughts and feelings arise.
Maharishi has described this field of pure consciousness as "the Absolute" — the very word Helen Keller uses. By this he means it's a field that lies beyond time, beyond space, beyond change. Though unchanging in itself, it rests at the foundation of all change in the universe. This is nature's innermost reality, its ultimate truth. This is the Self of everyone.
Over the last several decades, research in quantum physics has revealed the underlying unity of nature from a mathematical perspective. At the basis of our infinitely diverse, ever-changing universe, beyond time, space, and change, is a unified field. This field embodies nature's infinite creativity and intelligence, guiding orderly change at every point in space, at every moment in time.
The American physicist John Hagelin has shown that these two fields — the field of pure consciousness and the unified field — are one and the same. This means that when we transcend during Transcendental Meditation practice, we are experiencing not only the source of thought but the source of natural law. We are aligning ourselves with the flow of natural law.
So when Helen Keller uses the word "Absolute" to describe her inner experience, when she describes it as "Reality" and "Infinity," we see these are not just poetic words. They describe a real human experience.
Helen Keller overcame unimaginable handicaps to become one of the great women of history. No doubt this was because she had access to deeper resources of consciousness, to the field of pure consciousness.
This experience no longer needs to be left to chance. With the Transcendental Meditation technique, we dive into to the inner ocean of pure consciousness every morning and afternoon. This simple experience, as scientific research has shown, increases creativity and intelligence, improves our health, promotes balanced personality growth, improves relationships.
We all face challenges in our lives. But as we develop our full creative potential through regular Transcendental Meditation practice, we can meet challenges with increasing ease, while becoming anchored to the shining Self within.
Helen Keller, My Religion (New York: The Swedenborg Foundation, 1980), 35.
Helen Keller, The World I Live In (New York: Century, 1908), 132-133.


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Last night my family and I were invited to my University for a showcase event of my course's work. The building I studied in also housed other creative courses such as styling, design, advertising, textiles, interior design etc; and last night was a chance for us all to go and have a look at each others work. I was really glad that my family had the opportunity to come and see where I'd spent the last 3 years and I got to say hello/good luck to my friends again before Graduation in July.


The Negev is the cradle of the Hebrew race. After Abraham journeyed south from Shechem he pitched his tent near Bethel just north of Jerusalem. There he built an altar and called upon the name of the Lord. "And Abraham journeyed, going on toward the Negev". (Genesis 12).
It was in this expansive south land that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob reared their families and grazed their flocks and herds.
Four hundred years later their descendants wandered in this wilderness for forty years until Joshua led them over Jordan to possess their promised possessions.
3,500 years later they returned to occupy this wilderness again. In the meantime the Edomites, Nabateans and Bedouin nomads had, in turn, grazed their flocks and built their cities at Petra, Avdat and Shivta.
The Negev is a constant challenge to the modern State of Israel. Its capital is the ancient city of Beersheba, today a bustling metropolis complete with University and nuclear reactor, a far cry from the solitude Abraham once knew here.
A colourful link with a way of life fast disappearing is the Bedouin market every Thursday on the outskirts of Beersheba. Seemingly oblivious to the tourists mingling among camels, sheep and goats, hard bargains are struck. Dust, a babel of sounds and a colourful people are a brief reminder that not everything has changed as the result of Israel's technology and progress in transforming the country described in the Bible as "a howling desolate wilderness".


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The complainants are Ms. I.M. and Mr. V.Z, both Romanian nationals born in 1967 and 1968 respectively. The complainants used to own a private business. In 2001, their business faced serious financial obstacles. As a result, the complainants were sued by their creditors, principally by someone called Mr. M.C. The complainants claimed that they received threats from Mr. M.C., and as a result of the pressure, Mr. V.Z. attempted suicide in February 2002. The complainant's company went bankrupt and due to this, as well as Mr. M.C's threats, the complainants had to leave their home. Ms. I.M. and her son arrived in Canada and were granted asylum. Mr. V.Z remained in Romania as the complainants were not officially married.
The complainants submit that in 2006, they were convicted of fraud by the tribunal of Galati (in Romania) and sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment. The Canadian Embassy in Romania refused to issue Mr. V.Z a visa to enter Canada. The complainants then fled to Denmark. They decided to hide, which lasted for 2 years, after which they were arrested and were informed that as of 11 march 2014, they were staying illegally in Denmark, and therefore deportation to Romania was imminent. The Refugee Board stated that, although they entered Denmark in March 2011, their first asylum application was submitted in Jan 2013, after they had been arrested. The Committee of Torture considers that the complainants have failed to present substantiation of any of their claims of risk of torture under article 3 of CAT, and therefore concludes that the complaint is inadmissible.
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Q: How to programmatically set an AzureDevOps PullRequest to complete Automatically? When creating a pull request as my code below shows, I also would like to set it to complete automatically. Meaning when all the completion conditions on it are met, the pull request completes automatically, so that the author does not have to manually complete it through the vsts interface.
Any suggestions how this can be performed? It seems at the time of pull request creation I do not have any possibility for this. In other words the interface for creating a pull request does not show any options for auto complete.
Here is my sample code:
public static void CreatePullRequestAndSetAutoComplete(GitHttpClient gitHttpClient, string repositoryId, GitPullRequest pullRequest, string mergeCommitMessage)
        {
            pullRequest = gitHttpClient.CreatePullRequestAsync(
                pullRequest,
                repositoryId,
                cancellationToken: CancellationToken.None).Result;
}

A: This is a 2-step process. First you need to create a pull request, and second update it by setting its autocompleter's identity, and optionally some other parameters as the code below illustrates.
using System.Threading;
using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.SourceControl.WebApi;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.WebApi;

namespace CreateVstsPullRequestAndSetAutoComplete
{
    public class PullRequestAutoCompleter
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a pull request, and then sets it to auto complete.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="gitHttpClient">GitHttpClient that is created for accessing vsts repo, and codebase.</param>
        /// <param name="repositoryId">The unique identifier of the repository</param>
        /// <param name="pullRequest">The pull request to be created, and then set autocomplete.</param>
        /// <param name="mergeCommitMessage">Provides text to post, when the pull request is completed and merged.</param>
        public static GitPullRequest CreatePullRequestAndSetAutoComplete(GitHttpClient gitHttpClient, string repositoryId, GitPullRequest pullRequest, string mergeCommitMessage)
        {
            // 1- Create the pull request.
            pullRequest = gitHttpClient.CreatePullRequestAsync(
                pullRequest,
                repositoryId,
                cancellationToken: CancellationToken.None).Result;

            //2- Set autocomplete.
            pullRequest = EnableAutoCompleteOnAnExistingPullRequest(gitHttpClient, pullRequest, mergeCommitMessage);

            return pullRequest;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sets an existing (meaning created earlier) pullrequest to complete automatically,
        /// once all of its completion conditions are resolved.
        /// (i.e., a(many) reviewer(s) has(have) approved the pull request, the author has resolved all the commits, and etc)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="gitHttpClient">GitHttpClient that is created for accessing vsts repo, and codebase.</param>
        /// <param name="pullRequest">Is an existing pull request, meaning it was created before.</param>
        /// <param name="mergeCommitMessage">Provides text to post, when the pull request is completed and merged.</param>
        /// <returns>An updated pull request, where the update is maninly about setting the autocomplete on it. </returns>
        public static GitPullRequest EnableAutoCompleteOnAnExistingPullRequest(GitHttpClient gitHttpClient, GitPullRequest pullRequest, string mergeCommitMessage)
        {
            var pullRequestWithAutoCompleteEnabled = new GitPullRequest
            {
                AutoCompleteSetBy = new IdentityRef { Id = pullRequest.CreatedBy.Id },
                CompletionOptions = new GitPullRequestCompletionOptions
                {
                    SquashMerge = true,
                    DeleteSourceBranch = true, // false if prefered otherwise
                    MergeCommitMessage = mergeCommitMessage
                }
            };

            GitPullRequest updatedPullrequest = gitHttpClient.UpdatePullRequestAsync(
                pullRequestWithAutoCompleteEnabled,
                pullRequest.Repository.Id,
                pullRequest.PullRequestId).Result;

            return updatedPullrequest;
        }
    }
}

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The Weeknd Revamps, Expands After Hours Til Dawn Tour for 2022
The Weeknd is making big renovations to his 2022 After Hours tour -- on Oct. 18, the singer shared the tour has a new name and will go completely global.
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The Weeknd is making big renovations to his 2022 After Hours tour. On Monday (Oct. 18), the "Blinding Lights" singer hopped on Twitter to explain that the After Hours tour — which was previously rescheduled three separate times due to the pandemic — is getting a major update with larger shows and added stadiums across the world.
"The tour dates are moving and will commence in the summer of 2022," the 31-year-old wrote along with new imagery that revealed the updated set of shows will be called the After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour. "Due to the constraints of arenas and the demand for more shows I want to do something bigger and special for you which requires more stadiums."
Tickets purchased to the original After Hours Tour dates will not be honored, the singer shared in his announcement, though previous ticket holders will be given priority access to purchasing tickets for the new dates. "Current tickets will be refunded automatically and all ticket holders will be given priority to buy tickets for the stadium shows when they go on sale. New dates forthcoming," he concluded the announcement.
The Weeknd Says His Next Album Is 'Complete'
The 2022 After Hours Tour was previously postponed in February but saw the three-time Grammy award winner adding dates in North America and across Europe in France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland and more. The new After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour will feature new dates in Asia, Australia, Africa, South America and the Middle East, according to the new tour poster.
Abel Tesfaye accompanied the tour news with a video that features a brief snippet of a song from his forthcoming album, as planet Earth rotates and is illuminated by twinkling lights. "You know I love it when you're angry," the singer croons on the audio, which then morphs into a galactic instrumental by the video's end.
The tour's expansion — and rebranded name — likely serves to incorporate Tesfaye's tentatively titled Dawn album. On the Oct. 5 episode of his Apple Music 1 radio show Memento Mori, he shared major album updates and revealed that working on the project caused him to pause the weekly show.
'The Show' Pulls Back the Curtain on The Weeknd's Super Bowl Halftime Performance
"A lot has been going down, a lot of moving pieces. Been settling in a new home. Been shooting videos. Been working on pre-productions for another world. Working on music for the pre-productions for the other world. Taking time to myself so I don't completely lose my mind. But now we're back." he said, adding, "I hope you had a great summer. Some exciting features coming out in the fall before the album drops. … Some Dawn updates: Album is complete. Only thing that's missing is a couple of characters who are key to the narrative — some people that are near and dear to me, some people that inspired my life as a child and some that inspire me now. More to come in the following months."
See The Weeknd's announcement below.
Tour dates are moving and will commence in the summer 2022 pic.twitter.com/AgeWSy9k4d
— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) October 18, 2021
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