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Scoring Chances: CBJ @ MON 12/6/11
By Jaymie Wagner@bzarcher Updated Dec 7, 2011, 12:01pm EST
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Carey Price is pretty much the sole reason this game even looked competitive. (Photo by Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images)
Watching last night's game, it seemed that the Jackets had control for 63 of 65 minutes (not counting the shootout), while Montreal was able to snatch a couple of bad plays and exploit them in hopes of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.
When you look at the scoring chances, it's remarkable - even incredible - that this game went to OT, much less a shootout. Perhaps the game was not as insanely offensively dominant as some performances this season, but the Jackets were certainly in the driver's seat all night, and Carey Price was huge for the Canadiens.
Best E/S Forward: Jeff Carter (+8)
Worst E/S Forward: Mark Letestu (-2)
Best E/S D-man: Nikita Nikitn / Fedor Tyutin (+9)
Worst E/S D-man: Marc Methot (-5)
CBJ 1 17:59 Johnson 5 14 19 22 30 50 31 32 46 61 75 81 5v5
CBJ 1 17:57 Prospal - GOAL 5 14 19 22 30 50 31 32 46 61 75 81 5v5
CBJ 1 15:51 Vermette 6 19 21 22 30 50 31 32 46 68 75 81 5v5
MTL 1 12:43 Cole 3 19 21 22 30 50 13 31 51 68 72 75 5v5
MTL 1 9:01 Kostitsyn 6 20 26 30 51 61 26 31 32 46 76 81 5v5
MTL 1 4:41 Moen 3 15 18 21 26 30 31 32 46 61 74 81 5v5
CBJ 1 3:36 Huselius 6 7 20 21 30 61 14 31 32 61 75
CBJ 1 3:05 Nash 6 7 20 21 30 61 15 21 31 74 76
CBJ 1 2:31 Johansen 17 18 19 22 30 51 13 31 74 76 81
CBJ 1 0:48 Carter 6 7 15 20 30 51 31 51 61 67 72 74 5v5
MTL 1 0:02 Kostitsyn - GOAL 3 19 21 22 30 50 13 26 31 46 76 81 5v5
CBJ 2 15:37 Carter 3 7 15 20 21 30 14 21 31 46 61 68 5v5
CBJ 2 15:16 Huselius 5 7 14 20 30 61 31 32 61 67 74 81 5v5
CBJ 2 8:46 Umberger - GOAL 6 15 18 26 30 51 14 31 46 67 68 75 5v5
CBJ 2 8:30 Nash 6 7 20 30 51 61 13 31 51 61 72 74 5v5
MTL 2 6:51 Darche 3 5 17 24 30 40 26 31 52 72 76 81 5v5
MTL 2 2:12 Eller 3 7 20 21 30 61 31 32 61 71 75 81 5v5
CBJ 2 0:54 Umberger 6 15 18 26 30 51 13 26 31 51 72 76 5v5
CBJ 3 18:54 Nash 6 7 21 22 30 61 13 31 75 76 81
CBJ 3 12:00 Umberger 3 7 15 18 21 30 31 51 67 72 74 76 5v5
MTL 3 10:09 Pacioretty 3 17 21 30 40 50 31 51 61 67 72 74 5v5
MTL 3 1:21 Gionta - GOAL 3 7 21 30 50 61 13 14 21 31 61 74 5v5
CBJ 4 4:36 Umberger 6 18 26 30 51
MTL 4 1:51 Cole 6 7 30 51 61
CBJ 4 1:17 Nash 7 21 30 51 61
5 A. JOHNSON 7:54 3 1 0:00 0 0 0:00 0 0
6 N. NIKITIN 23:09 11 2 4:08 3 0 2:40 0 0
7 J. CARTER 19:12 11 3 3:53 3 0 0:16 0 0
14 G. CLITSOME 9:31 3 0 0:04 0 0 0:00 0 0
15 D. DORSETT 16:14 5 1 0:00 0 0 1:07 0 0
17 M. LETESTU 7:32 0 2 1:36 1 0 0:00 0 0
19 R. JOHANSEN 8:59 3 2 2:01 1 0 0:00 0 0
20 K. HUSELIUS 10:08 5 2 2:49 2 0 0:00 0 0
30 C. SANFORD 54:20 17 9 6:08 4 0 4:14 0 0
51 F. TYUTIN 22:21 11 2 2:22 1 0 2:40 0 0
Totals 21 9 17 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
If you read the numbers, Kristian Huselius, Rick Nash, and Jeff Carter were a major force in this game, while R.J. Umberger seems to have gotten a serious jump-start down on the fourth line. Derek Dorsett continued some surprisingly good lay, and Nikita Nikitin was insane last night. Simply out of his mind. If he can keep this up, expect to see him factoring in more scoring very soon.
Head To Head:
It's really a damned shame that Juice got hurt (again). It seemed like the chemistry was finally coming together for them. Now we're back to the line roulette, and it will be interesting to see where the Jackets go from here. Will Brass be given a look at the wing in the top six, do you re-elevate Prospal or Umberger, or a wildcard from Springfield?
Thursday's lineup will be a very interesting question...


Private equity firm Blackstone has pulled out of the race to buy PNB Housing Finance, leaving the contest to Varde Capital, Genera Atlantic and Carlyle where each one is vying to have a share of the safest pie in the domestic financial market.
The buyout firm paid Rs 2,700 crore for the firm.
"Blackstone has pulled out of the race, leaving behind three bidders for the housing finance business," said a source close to the development. "The sale process is likely to conclude by end of the financial year," the source added. Amit Dixit, head of Blackstone India, confirmed pulling out of the race.
State-run Punjab National Bank, reeling under bad loans, has put its 33 per cent stake in the mortgage unit to improve its capital position.
In a market where housing shortage is enormous, mortgage business is among the most secure where individuals ensure they don't default.
Blackstone, with investments in real estate, sees synergies in the housing finance space and has been eager to expand into retail segment by buying a housing-finance company.
General Atlantic may have an advantage in buying the stake since it already owns around 9 per cent in the housing finance company. Punjab National Bank is looking to raise Rs 5,300 crore in the stake sale.
PNB Housing finance reported a 32 per cent increase in net profit in the December on better margins and stable asset quality. The company has maintained asset-liability management position.
The lender's short-term borrowing has reduced from 17.5 per cent in March 2018 to 11.7 per cent in Sept 2018. For long term, it has started raising funds from overseas markets and public deposits.
The PSU bank has disbursed loans worth Rs 9,300 crore in the third quarter and Rs 27,500 crores during the nine months period of the financial year 2018-19.


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REVIEW: CODA, breaking silence on deaf stories
Anna Houston, Arts and Entertainment Reporter|April 7, 2022
Photo by Lily Werner ([email protected])
"CODA" won the Oscar for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
The film CODA created many firsts this Oscar season. It was the first movie to screen at the Sundance Film Festival before winning an Oscar, the first movie from a streaming service to win the award. Also, actor Troy Kotsur, who plays the father in the film, was the first deaf male actor to win an Oscar. When watching the film, you understand why this film was able to not only make all of these milestones, but lead many Americans to sign up for sign-language classes after the films release.
The film revolves around the family of a high school girl, Ruby – the only person in her family of four who can hear. This leads her to take on a large familial role, helping her parents with their fishing business before school every morning. When she signs up for choir class on a whim, she has to try and decide between her role in her family and her passion for music.
This movie switched between silence and music and talking, with the majority of the family scenes being done in silence as soft whispers of water or crickets could be heard. It was truly unlike anything I had ever seen. They really played into this during one of Ruby's vocal recitals in the film. The camera pans to the father and mother, Frank and Jackie, in the audience and the sound completely cuts out. You can see as Frank looks around the audience to look at their reactions to his daughter in order to tell how well she is performing. The irony of a deaf family having a daughter who loves to sing truly tugs at the heartstrings as they can never truly know how talented their daughter is.
Where the film lacked was the clichés that came along with it. Though there were struggles, many unrealistic elements came into play that made it seem too much like a perfect high-school story and took away from the struggles of the deaf family members and the importance of their story. For example,Ruby just so happens to be a great vocalist, gets into the dream school after her audition where her music teacher comes to the rescue at the last minute, gets her dream guy and is able to go to college. Though the happy ending does give the film a hopeful tone, it leaves many questions unanswered about how the family will survive without their Ruby as an interpreter to help them.
Other than this, I think that the movie deserved the best picture Oscar entirely. It tells a story that so often is left untold in all the right ways. This began with hiring deaf actors to play the roles of the deaf family members. This is the kind of representation that is so often forgotten about in Hollywood. This made the performance not only more real, but also more inspiring for young aspiring artists who are deaf. Furthermore, the actress that played Ruby, Emilia Jones, was able to act perfectly as she signed, something she learned for the role. Watching her interact with the family just felt so natural, you never questioned the fact that she had never signed before this film.
The film overall is definitely one that everyone should watch, not just because it's entertaining, but because it truly puts you into the shoes of someone else in such an authentic way. If you have a chance, give the film a watch and a listen. Reading the subtitles is worth it.
I would give the film a three out of five stars.
This story was written by Anna Houston. She can be reached at [email protected]
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Green met Portland center Noah Vonleh at the rim in transition for a block on what had the makings of a thunderous dunk in the third quarter. Then in the fourth quarter, Portland star and Oakland native Damian Lillard tested Green at the basket and was denied.
Both plays sent the home crowd into a frenzy and Green into a series of muscle poses which made sense, considering he'd essentially bullied the Blazers.
"When you block it at the rim, it's a little different," Green said. "Because that's one of those plays where you're within a half-inch to a centimeter of being dunked on. So when you actually come up with the block, you know, it's a bit more exciting."
The Warriors needed every bit of energy and excitement Green could conjure to fend off Portland, which played the Warriors tough until a 15-2 fourth-quarter run put the game away.
CJ McCollum (41 points) and Lillard (34 points) were superb, but while the Warriors could turn to their bench for a spark in the fourth, it was a struggle for anyone off Portland's bench to make an impact.
Draymond was amazing. ... He played a game that I'm not sure anybody else in the league is capable of, honestly. Who else can do what Draymond just did? He's so unique and so important to us. He was phenomenal.
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, on forward Draymond Green
The Blazers' reserves accounted for just nine points.
Green finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds, nine assists, five blocks and three steals. Kevin Durant (32 points) and Stephen Curry (29 points) carried the scoring load for Green, who did a little bit of everything on Sunday.
"Draymond was amazing," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. " ... He played a game that I'm not sure anybody else in the league is capable of, honestly. Who else can do what Draymond just did (Sunday)? He's so unique and so important to us. He was phenomenal."
Green's emotions are infectious, even for the opposition.
Lillard said he's not a trash talker, but having to go against Green got him talking on Sunday.
"I think the league has softened up a lot, and it's not like that," Lillard said. "So you've got to have a rough guy like him out there. I think it's necessary. I think their team depends on him to be that dog out there and to be that person."
Even with all that, the game was tied at 88 after three quarters. The Warriors' defense cranked up in the fourth, led by Green and reserves like David West and Ian Clark, who helped get Golden State out to a 103-90 lead with 7:19 to play.
Looking ahead, the Blazers know they can't rely on Lillard and McCollum to score 75 each game for any chance of upsetting the Warriors.
And they know that means dealing with Green. Blazers coach Terry Stotts said Green's "strength" is his help defense.
"He's quick reacting and the thing with him is that if you beat somebody off the dribble, he's going to be there," Stotts said. "And that's where whoever the penetrator is. Damian, CJ, whoever it is, has to recognize that and the other guys have to be ready to make shots if it's kicked out."
If not, the series will not work out for Portland.
"Damian and CJ, if they get 80 between them, we still need to score 40 or 50 somewhere."
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This is one of many very nice South Warwickshire village with a nice church. Originally a complete ring of 6 by Bagley, the bells are hung anti-clockwise and rung from the ground floor, but nevertheless go well. The tenor cracked in 1844 and was recast in Loughborough. The Bagley bells are "listed". The wooden frame in contemporary with the bells (1721 - at which time the tower was partially rebuilt) but strengthened and underpinned when the bells were rehung by Mears & Stainbank in 1939. The treble's headstock was replaced, along with other minor works, by Taylors in 2017. All bells retain their canons and have been quarter turned.
A peal of Minor in seven methods was rung here in 3 hours & 11 minutes on Shrove Tuesday 1778 - one of the few recorded early change-ringing performances in the county.
Enter through the tower door on the south side.


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Remember Ann Love
Published 11:53 pm Friday, September 3, 2021
By Jaine Treadwell
Alice Phillips portrays Ann Love, one of the most colorful and important people in the history of Pike County.
Alice Phillips settled back in a soft-cushioned chair in the history room of First Methodist Church in Troy. She closed her eyes and "awoke" with thoughts of Ann Love, Pike County pioneer.
"I remember Ann Love's inn in Monticello. I was a child back then but I remember her old, weather-beaten inn," Phillips said. "Ann Love was one of the most important people in Troy, ever. But, many people don't recognize the name, Ann Love, and don't realize the place that she holds in the history of Pike County and the City of Troy.
In Margaret Pace Farmer's "One Hundred and Fifty Years in Pike County 1821-1971," she wrote, "Occasionally, history produces a person whose life defies any logical explanation."
Such a person was Ann Love, said Phillips who portrays Love at historical events and recognizes and applauds her pioneering spirit.
"Ann Love, or Granny Love, as she was affectionately called, was not a business tycoon or politician or soldier but an illiterate widow and a mother of 10 living in difficult frontier conditions," Phillips said.
That woman, Ann Love, has been labeled by writers of history as the greatest character in Pike County history.
Phillips said it would be difficult, and almost fool-hearted, to argue that point.
Around 1830, Ann Love came to Alabama from South Carolina with her husband and young children.
"Ann Love's husband, Robert Love, was a tanner and hunted the frontier for hides," Phillips said. "When the family came to Alabama, they lived first in Wetumpka and then moved to Monticello in 1838, where Ann Love opened an inn at age 60. Monticello was the county seat of Pike County at that time and the location of the courthouse where all the lawyers came to do their 'lawyering.' The men, who had to attend court came to Monticello for their cases to be tried. They all overnighted at Ann Love's inn."
Phillips said because of the dangers of the wild frontier, the lawyers and those summed to court would bring their families with them to stay at the inn. So Ann Love's inn was a lively, busy place, and also safe and respectable.
"The ladies would bring their knitting and quilting and they enjoyed the company of other women, because they all lived in rather isolated conditions," Phillips said. "Ann Love did not permit any rowdiness from anyone and ruled the inn with a butcher knife.
As the settlement of Pike County became more widespread, there was the need for a more centrally located county seat. In December 1838, the Alabama Legislature declared the seat of justice for Pike County would be Deer Stand Hill.
Phillips said Ann Love realized that moving the county seat would be a blow to her business. So, when the courthouse at Monticello was sold at public auction, Ann Love purchased the public square and the building for $200 and signed with her mark. She had the courthouse torn down and moved to Deer Stand Hill (now Troy) by wagon. The lumber from the inn was used to build an inn, Ann Love's Tavern, on the southwest corner of the square. She ruled the "tavern" just as she had her Monticello inn, with a whip and a long-bladed knife.
"Ann Love was a member of the Presbyterian church, but, because there were more Methodists in the Dear Stand Hill area, she became Methodist," Phillips said. "She used her own money to build the first Methodist house of worship in Troy. Ann Love believed in people being in church, so she ministered to inmates at the jail and used a whip to get drunkards out of the bushes and off the streets and into church. She used a butcher knife to direct drunken men home and would leave them on the doorsteps.
And not many men opposed Ann Love.
"If there was a fight, she would go right up in the middle of it," Phillips said. "She was loved and respected by most everyone. With her caring spirit and strong religious beliefs, Ann Love brought civility to a wild town and made it a community."
Ann Love, "fell asleep with Jesus" on October 4, 1858. She had lived on earth three score and ten months and was a Mother of Israel. She is buried in historic Beulah Cemetery in Troy.
"Ann Love could not read or write, but her "mark" helped transform the pioneer, frontier town of Deer Stand Hill into a place of civility and respectability," Phillips said. "Troy owes Granny Love a debt of heartfelt gratitude."
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Six Sigma Special Interest Group "SIG" Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month. Attendees are welcome to brown bag their dinner. Attendance is FREE!
Questions? Contact Six Sigma Chair Fang Zhou at sixsigma@asqraleigh.org.
Presentation Summary: A value stream transformation is a complex application of Six Sigma Lean tools to align and increase efficiencies in upstream and downstream sub-processes. The cumulative effect of the multiple improvements transforms the value stream into a new desired future state. This presentation will exemplify one such transformation. One of our departments at Gregory Poole is our Hydraulic Cylinder shop. We will have a short presentation explaining the project followed by a tour of this high production service shop.
Location: Please notice this April meeting is held at a different location of Gregory Poole, within a short distance from the previous location.
Share your Six Sigma experiences with ASQ SIG. Tell us about your Six Sigma and Lean project success or get help with issues. Presenters receive 0.5 RU credit towards ASQ certification renewal.
Please save the following dates for upcoming Six Sigma SIG meeting for 2019. Meeting details will be posted as they become available.


This GPS Tracker was specially made for vehicles. It's a new product based on the GSM/GPRS (850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz) network and satellite positioning system. It sets multiple functions such as real time positioning,security, monitoring surveillance, emergency alarms and tracking in its entirety.
It fully support the functions of SMS / GPRS / Internet data transmission,to make it more widely used in large-scale monitoring, emergency scheduling, location-based services, traffic safety and many other areas of management.


J. from Encino had a cracked tooth and wanted it replaced with porcelain onlay same day. After 1 hour, a minimally invasive onlay was placed and J. was extremely happy. He had bad experiences with temporaries and was so relived that he would not have to come back a second time to have the tooth fixed.


Deeply rooted inside who you really are is a being with an unstoppable ability to create the life that will bring not only what you desire but will also emerge you into the life that brings the fulfillment in what you do.
Learn that your ability to desire is probably your greatest gift although you may not have used it with a clear conscious. You will be able to see that it is the very essence of your Godly existence.
Learn the gates from desire to manifestation and how not to overcome the gateway where most give up and abort there desires.


Our date with Patricia made itself known last night with strong and severe storms rolling through. The net result of 1 to 3 inches and left over fog this morning now give way to a decent day. There is an old adage that the best weather is after a tropical system and this might be the case. The remnants of that epic Category 5 hurricane brought a warm environment with it, but we only get one day of it. The winds will be strong today, from the west with gusts well over 30 mph, so you might want to keep your aerostat balloons tied down tightly . We don't need another blimp chase. Check out the first slider showing the wind shift that will bring us from near 70F today to the 50s tomorrow.
Halloween: At this point it looks dry and cool. Evening temps on Saturday will be falling from the mid 50s to the upper 40s. Fleece under the costumes recommended.
Fall Back 1 Hour: Saturday night the clocks will change back 1 hour to Standard Time. Reminder to change the batteries in your smoke detectors as well.
Hope For Winter Pattern: I've talked often about atmospheric memory and the last western, warm storm track does not bode well for winter snow lovers. The system at the end of the weekend is more what you would want to see in colder weather. It will start from Louisiana like the the remnant of Patricia, but track south of Maryland. I think the showers will hold off until after dark, but it will could up and stay chilly until it tracks off the coast Monday. See more, along with the temperature roller coaster below.


Tanzania has grown rapidly in recent years but there are concerns about the quality and longevity of this growth. Unless there is an upgrading of productivity in the agricultural sector and a move towards industrialization and productive services, growth may not be sustained. This risks future job generation and poverty reduction.
In February 2015, the DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme (DEGRP) and REPOA convened a high-level workshop to explore the challenges and potential solutions for economic transformation in Tanzania. The event brought together nearly 200 participants, comprising local and international economic and research experts; national policy-makers, including members of parliament; civil society; and media representatives, to discuss the role of agriculture, the financial sector, and manufacturing in the country. Professor Benno Ndulu, Governor of the Central Bank of Tanzania gave the keynote speech.


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2 Big Back-Alley Brawls Break Out in Washington Over Policy
By Todd Campbell and Kristine HarjesFool.com
This week, Aetna (NYSE: AET) reported plans to cut its presence in Obamacare exchanges by 70%, joining UnitedHealthcare (NYSE: UNH)and several other insurers in the growing pool of healthcare companies that are exiting the Obamacare exchanges.
On this episode of Industry Focus: Healthcare, Kristine Harjes and Todd Campbell explain why companies like Aetna, United, and others are fleeing the exchanges, how they could make the exchanges profitable (or at least manageably unprofitable), and what opting out will mean for these commercial insurance companies and the Obamacare program.
Also, the hosts take a look at the recent DEA announcement on the scheduling of marijuana and how investors should look at investing in this still-incredibly-volatile nascent industry.
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Kristine Harjes:Welcome to Industry Focus, the podcast that dives into a different sector of the stock market every day. Today, we'll bedigging into some healthcare sector trends,specifically insurers fleeing the Obamacare exchanges,and some issues around the federal scheduling of marijuana. I'm your host, Kristine Harjes, and joining me via phone is Motley Fool healthcare contributor, Todd Campbell. It'sAugust 17th, which, Todd, did you realize that it isPortoladay?
Todd Campbell:I did, actually. I've been watching all day long, the news feed.
Harjes:So, one of my favorite biotech stocks is called Portola Pharmaceuticals. If you've been listening to the show for a while, you've heard us do a deep dive on it. Even though that's not what we're going to talk about today, there's a very important decision coming out about one of Portola's lead drugs today, whether or not it gets approved by the FDA. So I've just been refreshing my internet feed all day long, looking for this announcement.
Campbell:Me, too. It's going to be a big deal for Portola one way or another, and, obviously, for shareholders. If you've been following us here on the show, this is definitely a day to punch it up and see whether or not it's good news or bad news day for them.
Harjes:Yeah. I'm excited. But like I said, that's actually not what we're going to be talking about today, particularly because we don't have the decision yet. Our first topic of the day is Obamacare.Aetna, which is one of the major health insurers, announced yesterday that it plans to cut its Obamacare exchange presence by about 70% ish. It was present in 778 counties, and now it's cutting back to just 242 counties. What does that mean for Aetna and for Obamacare?
Campbell:We have a good old fashion back alley brawl here between insurance companies and Washington. And there's a lot of backstory, Kristine, that you and I are going to talk about for our listeners that I think is pretty fascinating. The nuts and bolts of this is that you've got insurers participating on the exchanges through Obamacare that are losing money. And, obviously, that's not what companies are in the business to do. So, as a response to that, Aetna is the latest company of these insurers to say, "You know what? We're going to reign in significantly our participation." -- as you noted before -- "significantly reducing the number of counties that we participate in, and significantly reducing the number of states that we're going to be doing business in." Aetna's taking their exposure to the exchanges down to four states from, I think, 15.
Harjes:Right. And that's because they reported ... Well, there are kind of two reasons here. The first that you touched on is because they just haven't been profitable, these exchanges. Aetna reported a loss of $230 million on Obamacare in the second quarter. They cite rising utilization, which, really, what that gets at is, Obamacare patients are justmore expensive than anybody was anticipating. None of these health insurers realized just how difficult it would be to price these plans properly in order to actually make money on the exchanges. So, what you're seeing now is this mass exodus from them, where they're throwing their hands up and saying, "We don't want to keep losing money on this."
When you look at a company that's losing money,it boils down to two options: you can either cut your costs or bring in more money. If you're going to bring in more money, you need to actually raise the prices of your plans. But the other option there, with the other issue at heart here, is what happens ifthese companies decide to try to team up and maybe lower their costs via some synergies, via some mergers? And that is the other really interesting side of this story.
Campbell:Right. You have Aetna, specifically, looking to combine withHumana (NYSE: HUM). Humana is another insurer, they have a huge Medicare business, but they were also participating in 19 states' exchanges for Obamacare. And the thinking was, "OK, if we leverage all of this size against fixed costs, get rid of overlapping positions and the like, then we're able to turn more easily a profit." Aetna had said previously earlier this year that it expected to break even on its Obamacare of business. It even actually indicated that it could expand into more states, going from 15 states -- I think it was -- to 20. So, this is a fairly rapid deterioration in their risk pool.
You talked about, how do you price these plans and charge the premiums so that you can turn a profit if you don't really know how healthy your members are going to be? And it's been very much struggle trying to get healthier younger patients to sign up for Obamacare. Obviously, people who signed up originally were those who were the sickest, because, you know, they needed insurance. And that's great. And I don't think that's what these companies are saying, that these people don't deserve to have access to care. I think what they're trying to say is, "Listen, we need to find a way to be able to make this profitable for ourselves and our investors." No one's going to cry any tears, though, Kristine, for these companies over their lack of profitability in the bigger picture, right?
Harjes:Shareholders might.
Campbell:Yeah. Investors will always look at it from the perspective of -- or they have a tendency, sometimes, to look at it from the perspective of -- "What have you done for me lately?" And they look at the profitability of each of these companies ona quarter-to-quarter basis.I think an argument could be made for long-term investors to look at it and say, "Isn't it better for you to continue to participate in these exchanges, even if they're operating at manageable losses, as long as the end game suggests that you'll reach that scale where you've got the right premium for whatever care those patients are going to need."
So, there's two ways of looking at that: the short-term view of saying, "OK, yeah, but if we stop participating in these programs, right away, I can add $300 million to my bottom line in 2017," versus, "OK, well, now I'm no longer getting the experience of operating in these markets, experience that could be beneficial if these turn out to be very profitable markets -- say, five years from now -- because of policy changes or anything else."
Harjes:I mean, I think Aetna did have that kind of long-term view. They wouldn't have continued to be in these markets, and they wouldn't have planned on expanding theirpresenceon the exchanges, if they didn't have that sort of long-term mentality.
Campbell:Which begs the question, right, Kristine -- what's changed?
Harjes:Exactly. That's your big "but ... " here. So, the Department of Justice sued recently to block Aetna's proposed merger with Humana, which was a key part of Aetna's strategy. I'm quoting right from Aetna's CEO here. He says -- and before, he had been talking about how they had been on the public exchanges since the beginning of 2014, they had been losing money, blah blah blah -- and he goes on to say: "Our ability to withstand these losses is dependent on our achieving anticipated synergies in the Humana acquisition." And then, he goes on to say, essentially, if the DOJ blocks this transaction, their hands are tied, they're going to be forced to reduce their exchange footprint. Which might be true, but, I think the even more interesting reason behind this is, that's them playing this strategic game with the Department of Justice, saying, "You know,you don't really want to block this merger."
Campbell:Yeah, it's throwing the gauntlet down, almost, and saying, "Listen, we actually will consider expanding into more markets, if you OK this deal, because we think we can better afford to operate within the exchanges as a combined entity. But if you block it, then who knows how this is all going to play out?I think there's a little bit of gamesmanship going on here. Youhave to remember that, even despite the drag on earnings from the exchanges last quarter, Aetna remainsnicely profitable. I thinktheir net income was about $800 million. Actually, if you look atUnited, Humana, and Aetna, andcombined their net income overthe course of the second quarter,it comes out to about $2.8 billion, despite the ACA headwinds.
There could also be, not only this undercurrent ofquid pro quo, you passed my deal and I'llexpand my exchanges,but it could also have something to do with the fact thatpart of the risk corridorsand the reinsurance provisionsof the ACA that have been smoothing theprofitability across the industry,those are expiring at the end of this year. So,they're looking at 2017 and they're saying, "OK, we'renot going to get the benefit ofreinsurance risk corridors," which,again, have been smoothing profitability across the industry, "andthat means there's a lot of uncertaintyregarding how we should be pricing our plans for next year. Why take on thatuncertainty if the DOJ isn't going to work with us onleveraging a bigger foot print?"
Todd,can you remind our listeners what exactly the risk corridor was?
Campbell: Sure. Riskcorridor, basically, what they do is theycollect money from plans that are profitable,those plants that have had extraordinary,unexpectedly high gains, and then they redistribute those to the plans that have hadunexpectedly high losses. It was a way of helping to reign in the need to price these plans atsuch a high level to guarantee profitability. It was the way for Washington to say, "Listen, wewant you to participate,and we're going to provide a little bit of insurance to the insurers to make sure you don't lose your shirt bybeing part of the exchanges."
Harjes: Exactly. So,before we move on to the second part of our show,I want to bring back to you our investing take away. That's what we're doing this show for. Todd, what do you think,looking at this recent news and everything going on with the Department of Justice and these proposed mergers? How should an investor be looking at this?
Campbell: I think thatUnited Healthcare,of the companies that have said they're going to walk away, is probably the one with the least question marks,only because it doesn't have the Department of Justice overhang. If these deals get scuttled by the DOJ, Aetna's going to have to pay a breakup fee. So,that's a drag on earnings. Then, there's the uncertainty of, how will all these changes shake out? I don't know, I think it's best for most investors toavoid these names until we get a little bit more clarity. If you're reallyinterested in insurance, maybe focus instead onsome of the Medicaid players,or some of the other stuff, rather than the commercial insurers.
Harjes: Sounds good. OK, so, as promised, moving on to the second half of our show today, wewant to talk a little bit about marijuana and itsfederal scheduling, meaning how the federal government classifies the drug. Last Thursday,there was some news that came out that the Drug Enforcement Agency will keep marijuana as a Schedule I substance, meaning that there are no accepted medical uses and a high potential for abuse. This comes on the heels of a push to get marijuana rescheduled to Schedule II, which would mean thatit still has a high potential for abuse, but it does have accepted medical uses. In the press release, the DEA cited that the drug's chemistryis not necessarily known,it's not reproducible,there aren't enough studies out there on its safety, there aren't enoughstudies proving its efficacy, and essentially, theevidence just isn't there to support reclassification. What do you think, Todd?
Campbell: This issomething that you and I have talked about a lot. People who listen to our showunderstand the value of highly controlled scientific trials. I mean, the ability to provebeyond a shadow of a doubt that the reason someone is getting animproved outcome is because of whatever they're taking. Absent that kind of proof -- and unfortunately, the FDA'sreview of the information that they have available to it,was unable to find that proof -- absent that proof, the HHS could not go to the DEA and say, "Yeah, we think there's truly a medicalbenefit associated with takingmarijuana that's scientifically provable."
That really put the DEA in a box, because marijuana is listed in theSingle Convention on Narcotic Drugs, an international treaty. It has to be either Schedule I or Schedule II and the only difference between Schedule I and Schedule II is having a medical use component of it. So, the DEA kept it at Schedule I, and unfortunately, that dealsa little bit of a blow to marijuana policy advocates who really have been doing a very good job of moving forwardas far as decriminalizing marijuana and increasing the ability to use it nationwide.
Harjes: And I'd like to point out a bit of a catch-22 going on here, which actually wasmade clear to me by one of our other Motley Fool healthcare writers, Cory Renauer. He noted that the DEA based this decision ona recommendation from the HHS, which based itsrecommendation on an FDA review that cited the lack of available evidence to determine that marijuana, in its natural state, has an accepted medical use. And this lack of available evidence cited by the FDA is a direct result of marijuana's Schedule I status, which is enforced by the DEA.
It's like, you have this cycle here where, until you can getbetter evidence on marijuana, you can't loosen the restrictions on it, butit's really, really hard to study it, particularly in its natural form,because of its scheduling.
Campbell: Right. It's Schedule I, which means that you have to get it from one grow facility, a grow facility down,I think it's in Mississippi. You have to comply withall sorts of regulations on the storage of it, you get recording of it, how you use it, everything -- all of these road blocks that are put upagainst the scientific research into its benefit. That means that nonprofit researchers -- those atuniversities and such -- areless likely to embrace that kind of research than, say, for-profit companies that maybe have deeper pockets and access to capital via stock offerings and the like.
Harjes: Right. Andinteresting like, they are actually expanding the number of DEA-registeredmarijuana manufacturers. Previously, there was just one, as you had mentioned. But now, hopefully,there should be a couple more coming on board. That is a slight relaxing of the restrictions, but ...
Campbell: Right. It's like the DEA said, "Look,we can't give you what you want,but maybe we can meet you halfway,and if we can provide more supply, then maybe that tears down or breaks downsome of these barriers to research." Although,looking around and talking to people who are doing the research,it doesn't necessarily seem to be that the supply is the biggest issue that's preventing that. So,I don't know, we'll see how that plays out.
We also haveanotherentirely different dynamic at play here, becauseafter the announcement came out of the DEA,spokespeople for Hillary Clinton -- who, as everyone knows, is running for president --have come out and said that if she's elected, she would make it a Schedule II drug. So, thatopens a whole other can of worms.
Harjes: Right. Clinton has also referred to thelaboratories of democracy states rights argument, saying basically, "We should let states figure it out for themselves, the states where it's currently legal. And after we have a little bit more evidence onwhat actually happens within a state when you have eithermedical, recreational or both, legalized, then, where do we go from there?"
Campbell: Right. And the other thing the FDA did on this --I don't want to forget about this -- the other thing the DEA did is,when they were talking to the FDA, the FDA came out and said, "OK, well,we can't show you that there's proof that marijuana is helpful, but what we can do isprovide a little bit of guidance toward researchers and how they should design their future studies." And they offered up some different insight, including making sure thatany studies that get down from hereare not dosing marijuana via smoking, they're using either tinctures orsome other way of being able to evaluate it. It seems like the ball moved slightly forward, but you certainly didn't get a first down.
Harjes:I think it's also important to go back and say, "Alright,why are we talking about this to begin with on Industry Focus,which is primarily an investing focused show?" Themarijuana industry sounds like it would be really lucrative for investors. There'sresearch out there that estimates 30% annual growth in thecannabis industry for the rest of the decade. Legalmarijuana sales hit an estimated $5.4 billion in 2015. This trend lookspoised to continue with58% of respondents to aGallupPoll supportingnationwide legalization. So,I totally understand why you have investors out theresalivating at the prospects of getting in on this industry.
Campbell: Right, this would be like us talking about alcohol during the Prohibition. What will happen if they repealed Prohibition? And, of course, we ended up with huge companies,CoorsandBudweiserand the like, that were investment-worthy, if you will.
Harjes: Exactly. And we do currently have a couple of companies that areoperating legally and are in this industry. But, of course, it is also very much a speculative industry at this point.
Campbell: It'sa wild west. I wouldn't recommendthat any investor goes out for all marijuana stock, per say. There are two drug makers that are doing FDA-qualityresearch and conducting programs, and those are:GW Pharma (NASDAQ: GWPH) is one of them, andInsys Therapeutics (NASDAQ: INSY) is the other. Those are two companies that investors can consider. They have pros and cons to them. But those are, at least, two real companies with real potential chances to get FDA productapproved that are based on marijuana,and be able to generate revenue and profitability someday down the road.
Harjes: And Insys, I'll point out,is not primarily focused on marijuana. GW Pharmaceuticals is pretty much your only bet if you want a pure playmarijuana stock that's not trading on the pink sheets for pennies.
Campbell: Right. They'redoing research into the use of CBD, which is achemical compounds found within the marijuana plant. CBD has beendemonstrated in early -- and now in some late stage trials --to be very helpful in the use of controllingepilepsy, epileptic seizures inepilepsy patients. There could be a filing for FDA approval for this drug as early as 2017. We'llhave to continue to keep an eye on them. But you're right, they are the only pure play company of substance thatI think investors ought to consider. But, of course, there's other risks there. They're not profitable yet, they'respending money on this researchand they have nothing to show for it yet.
Harjes: Of course. Interestingly, I think this DEA ruling could actually benefit GW Pharmaceuticals. When you think about a Epidiolex, it is made from this liquid form ofsomething that you extract from marijuana. It's not just, "Here, take themarijuana leaves and smoke them." It's completely other side of the ballpark from that. So, if the DEA had announced that all of the sudden, everybody can start studying marijuana in its natural form, in a smoked form, something like that,then you could potentially get these studies coming outsaying that marijuana, in its natural state, is just as good as Epidiolex. And that woulddestroy its pricing power. So this is actually kind of good news.
Campbell: Buy fromCharlotte's Web Dispensary, rather than having to get prescribed Epidiolex from your doctor.
Harjes: Exactly. Yeah,I thought that was interesting element of this story. So,that's pretty much going to do it for today's episode of Industry Focus. Remember that we have our investing in pet healthcare show coming up,and we're looking to feature your voice on the show. Leave a message at 866-677-3665, which is 866-MRS-FOOL, and tell us your best "WhyI had to take my pet to the vet" story, or leave us a tip about saving money on pet healthcare.
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1965 (printed 2006)
Jozef Vissel
gelatin silver photograph on paper (sheet: 30.3 cm x 40.3 cm, image: 27.3 cm x 34.3 cm)
Jørn Utzon AC (1918-2008), architect, designed the Sydney Opera House. Utzon designed his first building of note, his own home in Copenhagen, in 1952. Just four years later he won the international competition to build the Opera House. He arrived in Australia with the plans in 1963. Construction got off to a premature start, and Utzon's brief changed at Stage 1. By 1964 he was in dispute with the government over his choice of subcontractors for Stage 3. In 1965 a newly elected government, having promised to 'do something' about rising costs on the project, demanded detailed plans and firm timelines; Utzon was also battling his engineering firm, Ove Arup. He resigned in 1966, after the Minister for Public Works stopped paying him. The Opera House was completed in 1973, with interiors totally different from Utzon's models. Utzon was named an Honorary AC in 1985, and in 1999 he and his architect son Jan were appointed 'consultants' to ensure that any future changes to the building would accord with his design principles. In 2003 he was awarded architecture's outstanding honour, the Pritzker Prize.
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Architecture | 13 May 2015 | By Sam Rogers
Chipperfield set to redefine London's Royal Academy by 2018
The Royal Academy of Arts will be redefined by British architect David Chipperfield in a £50m redevelopement. Pictured here: the north-facing entrance
'A series of subtle interventions.' That is how Sir David Chipperfield has described the £50m redevelopment of The Royal Academy.
'You would think it's quite easy to connect two buildings separated by 15 meter gap,' started the world-renowned architect, 'but as we know, the bricks and mortar of this building are quite simple compared to the complexity of what goes on inside.'
He was of course referring to the wide range of activities the RA carries out that often go unseen by the public - the lectures and teachings, the forums and its impressive collection. Uniting the two buildings is only half the battle; opening up the site is a greater challenge still.
Charles Saumarez Smith, secretary and chief executive of The Royal Academy of Arts also sees the redevelopment beyond an architectural project, but more as an ideological and psychological shift, 'the idea is to make people aware that the Royal Academy is a richer, more interesting, more complex institution than just a gallery that puts on exhibitions - and somewhere to come not just for the exhibitions.'
A bridge will physically join the two buildings, linking the former University of London building at Burlington Gardens to Burlington House; joining Mayfair and Piccadilly through the world of art.
Exhibition space will be effectively doubled allowing more work to go on show, including that of the Royal Academy School students, the Royal Academicians as well as the rarely seen treasures from its private collection and library. New learning spaces and a 260-seat lecture theatre will ensure its legacy as a centre for the training of emerging artist and practitioners remains at its heart.
Chipperfield is the third architect to draw up plans for the RA's redevelopment, following the 1998 funding failure of Michael Hopkins & Partners' and the 2006 passing of Colin St John Wilson. Costing £50m, this redevelopment has been heavily funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund - to the tune of £12.7m. The rest of the money (although still £5m short) raised through a number of private individuals and foundations.
Speaking about the project as a whole, Chipperfield remarks that it is 'a small amount of architecture with profound result.' An admirable, if not humble, summary. More admirable still is the RA's aim to stay open throughout the building work, due to begin later this year and finish in time for the RA's 250th anniversary in 2018. An ambitious ask, but if the most inspiring institutions in the country can't do it, then who can?
Chipperfield plans to create a bridge that will physically join the two buildings, linking the former University of London building at Burlington Gardens to Burlington House
A long section plan showing the link between the two buildings of the RA, as well as the mediation of levels
The bridge will connect Mayfair and Piccadilly through the world of art and open up the inner workings of the RA to the general public
Keeping education at the heart of the legendary institution, new learning spaces for Royal Academy School are also included in the development
A 260-seat lecture theatre will occupy the ground and first floors of the East Wing of Burlington Gardens. A continuous programme of events - lectures, debates, film screenings and concerts - will bring it to life
The amount of exhibition space available within the RA will effectively double, allowing for more exhibitions and showcases to take place simultanously
In full view, the expansion plan for the RA. Construction work is due to begin at the end of 2015 and finish in time for the Royal Academy's 250th anniversary in 2018
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Q: c++ - arbitrary void* chunk to bitset Suppose I have a method that receives a buffer of fixed lenght, like this:
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And this approach could only work when SIGN_SIZE is 64, if it is 96 it does not work.
How can I construct the bitset with all the bits in chunk but respecting the limit SIGN_SIZE? Preferably not setting bit per bit.
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Glass Animals – How To Be A Human Being
Published: 23 Aug 201611:52 Updated: 11 Aug 202014:31
With album number two under their belt, Oxonian four piece Glass Animals will prove whether or not they can move past their buzz band status.
Their 2014 debut ZABA saw them hit the charts and tour the world. On their new record, How To Be A Human Being, they present a scrapbook of life and times of people they met on the road from musings recorded on vocalist and main songwriter David Bayley's phone.
With previously released singles Life Itself and Youth, Glass Animals sophomore effort is off to an excellent start. Funky R&B inspired rhythms and singer Bayley's falsetto quickly make you tip your toes to the beat.
Like all songs on the album, the tracks are conceptualised around time spent on the road, gathering stories and perceptions of different types of people from all around the world. Life Itself, for instance, is a about a guy who lives with his Mom and can't get a job – quite a sad story for such a funky beat.
Video: Glass Animals – Life Itself
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The excellent Season 2 Episode 3 utilises retro video game sounds as it tells the story of a binge watcher. The retro sound and topic of the tracks is surely something anyone with a Netflix subscription can relate to, particularly since the release of Stranger Things.
Mama's Gun hits a darker tone an builds up to an eery crescendo. Cane Shuga, which is dominated by a recurring synths pattern, drum computers and vocal effects, could very well be mistaken for an Alt-J song.
Video: Glass Animals – Youth
[Premade Sandwhiches], an unintelligible rant about people queuing for ready meals, may be a nod to fellow Oxonians Radiohead but ultimately is a track that listeners are likely going to skip.
How To Be A Human Being delivers some of its strongest tracks near the end. The straight to the point Take A Slice ("I'm gonna fuck my way through college"), Poplar St. and above all, Agnes, the closest Glass Animals offer to a ballad.
While How To Be A Human Being adheres to the same style as its predecessor, the beats have become heavier, the sound has become grittier. It all feels like the effect have been turned up a notch and it does the album well. While How To Be A Human Being has everything that was so likeable on its predecessor, whimsy lyrics, tropical beats and groove, it's also accessible enough for mainstream radio appeal – at least on the surface.
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How To Be A Human Being will be released on August 26th via Caroline / Wolf Tone
Glass Animals have announced a headline tour across the UK and Europe this October and November. The tour will include a show at London's Roundhouse on October 25th, the band's biggest UK headline gig to date. Tour dates can be found below.
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Big & Rich -- the duo comprised of "Big" Kenny Alphin and John Rich -- released their first album, Horse of a Different Color, in 2004, and more than a decade later, they remain a steady (if perhaps slightly more subdued) presence in country music.
Throughout their career, Big & Rich have released five major-label studio albums, and taken a three-year hiatus to focus on solo projects. They've released reflective story-focused songs and rowdy barroom romps, and made their mark on the country charts and at country radio. Below, The Boot counts down the duo's five best tunes.
"Run Away With You"
From: 'Gravity' (2014)
This 2015 song -- the second single off of Gravity -- is the most current song on this list. It's a straightforward, feel-good ballad about trying to regain an old love's initial spark: "I just wanna run, I just wanna run away with you / And live wide open / Set 'em on fire, crazy like we used to do," Big & Rich sing. "... 'Til we find the love that we fell into / Hey, I just wanna run, I just wanna run away with you."
"Run Away With You" peaked at No. 11 on the charts before the duo's next single was released.
"Holy Water"
From: 'Horse of a Different Color' (2004)
The opening to this song's music video makes it clear just how personal a tune it is for Big & Rich: Rich and a woman stand facing the camera, and he says, "This is Charlene, Big Kenny's sister. And we wrote this song for her, and all the people out there like her." "Holy Water" -- which reads like a prayer -- deals with domestic abuse; Rich, too, has a sister who is a victim of domestic violence.
"Lost in This Moment"
From: 'Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace' (2007)
There's clearly something about this song -- written by Rich, Keith Anderson and Rodney Clawson -- that connected with listeners because, thus far, the 2007 release is Big & Rich's only No. 1 hit. Maybe it's because everybody loves a sappy groom, and "Lost in This Moment" is written entirely from the perspective of a weepy one on his wedding day.
"8th of November"
From: 'Comin' to Your City' (2005)
Kris Kristofferson, a country legend and a veteran himself, introduces "8th of November" in the song's music video. He explains that the tune is the story of Army medic Lawrence Joel, the first African-American to receive the Medal of Honor since 1898, and of one of the many he saved: Niles Harris, "the man who gave Big Kenny his tophat."
"8th of November" is a perfect melding of patriotic pride and country music's classic storytelling lyrics: "On the 8th of November / The angels were crying / As they carried his brothers away / With the fire raining down / And the hell all around / There were few men left standing that day ..."
"Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)"
This song is big, rowdy ... and, let's be honest, slightly ridiculous. While it didn't result in Big & Rich's best chart performance (it peaked at No. 11), "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" is easily the duo's best-known song. Its lyrics simply ask to be sung loudly, and it shows up everywhere: There's a parody version called "Save a Wookie, Ride a Jedi" (by a duo billing themselves as Skinny & Broke, naturally), and the original version has made appearances in everything from Chevy commercials to Magic Mike.
What's Your Favorite Big & Rich Song?
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We mourn the loss of a wonderful friend & mentor, Jane C. Freeman, who passed away last month at the age of 96. Last Saturday witnessed an incredible gathering of her family, friends, and colleagues at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. They came across the decades and across political parties to honor Mrs. Freeman and celebrate her life.
Mrs. Freeman knew me since I was born; my Dad was press secretary to Jane's husband, Minnesota Governor Orville Freeman, and we followed the Freemans out to Washington when Governor Freeman became U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Kennedy & Johnson.
And to that end: Minnesotans, Your State Needs Your Passion, Presence & Pragmatism, too! Help out today and in future planning by….
Take the just out Digital Readiness Survey: This research will measure Minnesotans' online access and skills to inform economic development strategy.
The Blueprint creation is a key part of the MN Rural Equity Project, an ambitious effort funded by Blandin Foundation and organized by the non-profit group, Growth & Justice and several other partners in early 2017 to shine a light on persistent socioeconomic and public investment gaps throughout rural and Greater Minnesota.
Starting in June 2018, Growth & Justice, along with co-host OneMN.org, is kicking off a six-month community engagement process with Minnesotans to create a comprehensive policy agenda for decision-makers — the One Minnesota Equity Blueprint — for achieving rural-urban and racial economic equity and inclusive growth. The blueprint is meant to serve as a roadmap for policy makers and community members in Minnesota going forward – together – over the next several years.
The delegation and other participants in Granite Falls will learn about the issues before us as a state and begin to build the outlines of the Equity Blueprint, using the Shared Sustainable Prosperity (SSP) model and Community Capitals Framework (CCF) as a way to both comprehensively organize the policy framework and measure subsequent outcomes over time.
In the six months following the June gathering in Granite Falls, delegates will host further community input on the draft blueprint through regional meetings and network of networks dissemination. At a concluding statewide gathering in December 2018, delegates will finalize the One Minnesota Equity Blueprint to present it to the new Governor, Legislature, and back out to the wider One Minnesota Equity Blueprint network of networks.
—Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Grants and Guaranteed Loans Financing and grant funding for agriculture producers and rural small businesses to purchase, install, and construct renewable energy systems or complete energy efficiency improvements. An example of a potential funded project may be the installation of solar panels for hospitals or clinics to improve energy costs.
—Department of Veterans Affairs is offering grants to nonprofit and other organizations for programs to support adaptive sports activities for veterans within their home communities, as well as more advanced Paralympic and adaptive sports programs at the regional and national levels. Deadline: 5/2/2018. Click here to review funding guidelines.
The maximum grant award is $24,000 with a 50% required match. The most cost-effective projects will score highest. Special consideration will be given for innovative projects from targeted applicants in environmental justice and highly urbanized areas. Apply now! Deadline May 18, 2018. To review grant materials, frequently asked questions, and the short two-page application, visit www.pca.state.mn.us/voc. Send RFP or application questions to grants.pca@state.mn.us If you need help developing a VOC-reducing project or calculating the cost-effectiveness or impact of your project, contact Matt Domski, Minnesota Technical Assistance Program, 612-624-5119 or domsk004@umn.edu.
—SEARCH – Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households provides funding to financially distressed rural communities of less than 2,500 people to assist with feasibility studies, design assistance, and technical assistance on proposed water and waste disposal projects.
—Attend the Northwest Minnesota Tourism Conference The Northwest Minnesota Tourism Conference, presented by Riverland Association, will be held on Tuesday, April 24, at the University of Minnesota in Crookston.
— The 2018 Midwest Solar Expo returns to Minneapolis for its 5th annual conference, exhibition and Smart Energy Symposium on April 30-May 2 at DoubleTree by Hilton Minneapolis Hotel, Park Place. Attendees will gain insights about the Midwest solar industry, hear from solar experts, receive hands-on product training, and enjoy networking with over 400 solar professionals from across the solar industry. The Expo combines with the Smart Energy Symposium, a one-day speaker series dedicated to the smart, connected grid ecosystem, exploring how emerging smart energy technologies will interact with city infrastructure. For information and to register, read more.
–The 2018 Minnesota Rural Health Conference – Community: The heart of health – is dedicated to our rural community citizens, advocates, organizations and rural health systems. The theme is inspired by rural communities working together to ensure healthy communities. This year's conference will be held June 25–26 in Duluth. Conference registration has opened! Early bird rates are available until May 4. Make sure you sign up for email conference updates when you register so that you receive continual information about the conference.
—National Native American Youth Initiative (NNAYI) A summer program designed to prepare American Indian and Alaska Native high school students to pursue careers in healthcare or biomedical research. Application Deadline: April 30, 2018.
–The MDH Rural Health Awards. It's time to nominate an individual or a group of people you feel deserves to be honored for their work in rural health. The Minnesota Department of Health's Office of Rural Health and Primary Care bestows three rural health awards annually: the Minnesota Rural Health Hero Award, the Rural Health Team Award, and the Rural Health Lifetime Achievement Award. The Lifetime Achievement Awards is distinguished from the other two awards in terms of length of service and breadth of impact. It is meant for individuals who, over the span of their career, have made a lasting or significant contribution to improving rural health. Nominees for all the awards will have made positive or innovative contributions in the areas of rural health policy, education, legislation, patient care, services, or health care systems within their communities or at a state level. Nominations are due May 1. All the awards recognize outstanding contributions to rural health in our state. They will be presented during the 2018 Minnesota Rural Health Conference Awards Breakfast on June 26 in Duluth.
–MRHA Emerging Rural Health Leader Award. This award, bestowed by the Minnesota Rural Health Association, recognizes a health profession student who demonstrates outstanding desire and effort in rural health leadership (i.e., a student willing to "lead the charge" for improving rural health and health care on a regional and/or statewide basis; seen as an emerging leader on rural health issues). The MRHA Emerging Rural Health Leader Award Nomination is due May 1.This award will be presented during the 2018 Minnesota Rural Health Conference Awards Breakfast on June 26 in Duluth.
–The Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) recently launched "Solar Possible," a cooperative purchasing effort to facilitate more state agencies, local governments, and schools to acquire solar for their facilities. Collaborative procurement is an effective approach to reduce barriers, learn together, and drive projects to successful completion. This initial effort is geared toward jurisdictions in Xcel Energy territory. Read more.
Communities across Minnesota rely on high-speed Internet access to compete in today's economy, yet critical gaps exist. Rural Minnesotans have an opportunity to help identify those gaps through the Digital Readiness Survey, offered by the Purdue Center for Regional Development.
—Farm Bill Portal The Farm Bill affects all Americans, whether they work in agriculture or not. IATP created a new resource full of information on the history and impact of this critical legislation.
—2018 Compass Points now available The annual indicator report includes data and analysis about notable trends, key demographics, and a dashboard that highlights how Minnesota is doing in key topic areas. The information is useful for policymakers, business and community leaders, and others working to ensure the health and well-being of all Minnesota residents and communities. Download the pdf here.
—Little or no growth expected in Minnesota's working-age population Statewide, we expect no growth in our working-age population (age 18-64) over the next two decades. By region, the working-age population is only expected to grow in the Twin Cities. All other regions of the state expect to see declines through 2030. Check out this and other featured trends.
—Rural Public Health Agencies This topic guide has been updated with new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on challenges and opportunities, workforce, and how rural providers and public health workers can collaborate on population health. We also have a new FAQ on accreditation, including research related to costs and barriers in rural areas, and an updated FAQ on public health infrastructure and governance.
—HHS Strategic Plan FY 2018 – 2022 Identifies the strategic goals and objectives of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Strategic Goals 1 and 2 discuss healthcare access and health workforce in rural and tribal communities, including access to mental health and substance abuse care.
–The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published a policy brief focused on preventing rural opioid overdoses and reducing overdose deaths in rural areas. The brief identifies policy options and includes three brief case studies. Get the brief here.
—Leading a Faith-Based Charge Against Opioid Abuse: How a Minnesota Rural Health Organization Became a National Leader Describes prescription drug abuse treatment efforts of CHI St. Gabriel's Health, a multi-facility rural health organization in Little Falls, Minnesota.
–The Minnesota Department of Health has released county tobacco profiles for each of Minnesota's counties. These profiles show commercial tobacco's toll in each county in one year. They also include local and statewide data on products stores sell, youth tobacco use, and tobacco use during pregnancy. These profiles are an excellent tool for public health professionals to talk about the burden of tobacco use to stakeholders in the community. Contact: Parker Smith at (651) 201–5496 or parker.smith@state.mn.us.
—Healthy Children, Healthy Nations: Charting Pathways on Early Childhood Development and Nutrition for Minnesota's Native Children Report discusses the health of Native American children in Minnesota. Features state and national data about Native American children's health, as well as interventions in children's nutrition, early childhood development, and childhood trauma.
Presents a report on rural travel training programs. Discusses the challenges and opportunities rural elderly and disabled people face in navigating their communities. Features several examples of programs exhibiting best practices.
—Rural Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Toolkit Provides information and resources to address rural transportation safety issues. Discusses crash countermeasures, traffic management, operations and maintenance, emergency services, surface transportation and weather, rural transit and mobility, and tourism and travel information.
—Guide helps schools achieve zero energy. A new publication is now available to empower owners, contractors, consulting engineers, architects, designers and administrators of K-12 school buildings to cost effectively achieve advanced levels of energy savings. The resource, "Advanced Energy Design Guide for K-12 School Buildings – Achieving Zero Energy," is the first in a series of guides that is tailored to the design and creation of zero energy buildings. Zero energy is defined as a building that, on an annual basis, draws from outside resources equal or less energy than it provides using on-site renewable energy sources. The guide is available as a free download at www.ashrae.org/freeaedg.
—Resource Guide for Explore Minnesota Programs Now Available The Explore Minnesota Resource Guide is a free publication designed to inform the Minnesota tourism industry about all the ways to get involved with Explore Minnesota programs and promotions.
—2018 Tourism Fact Sheet Provides Summary of Industry's Importance The 2018 edition of Explore Minnesota's Tourism and Economy Fact Sheet provides the latest available data that points to the importance of Minnesota's travel and tourism industry.
—"Design, innovation, and rural creative places: Are the arts the cherry on top, or the secret sauce?" was published in PLOS One. This article was produced by a partnership between the Economic Research Services, USDA, and the NEA's Office of Research & Analysis. The study identifies the local factors associated with a strong design orientation, and estimates the impact that a strong design orientation has on the local economy. Get the report here.
–National Endowment for the Arts has published a data profile on rural arts, a research report and a series of research briefs based on a collaboration with the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Although the focus is on "rural arts, design, and innovation," some of the findings pertain to performing arts organizations in rural communities. Get the report here.


School Counselor Blog: Hello 2014!
Happy 2014 everyone! It is hard to believe it is 2014 already! I am spending the day planning and getting organized for the year ahead!
How are you spending the first day of 2014?


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Parents plead no contest after trying to sell sons for drugs, cash in Lancaster: authorities
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Vincent Calogero, 38, and Sarah Nilson, 32
By Kristina Bravo, KTLA
LANCASTER, Calif. -- (KTLA) -- A father and a mother who tried to give their two sons away in exchange for drugs or cash in Lancaster pleaded no contest on Friday to a felony count of attempted child abandonment, officials said.
Vincent Calogero, 38, and Sarah Nilson, 32, were arrested in a residential area of Lancaster after they attempted to sell their children for money or drugs on Dec. 14, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The boys, ages 1 and 2, were put into the custody of the county Department of Children and Family Services, officials said.
Calogero and Nilson had kept their children in unsafe conditions and offered them to several strangers, according to a prosecutor.
The circumstances that led to the call alerting authorities about the parents were unclear, but a sheriff's news release said detectives "would like to commend the residents of Lancaster who intervened in response to the danger the children were in."
The parents, who initially pleaded not guilty, have been ordered to complete a yearlong program for drug abuse and parenting, according to a statement from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
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