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Kevin Brennan (Cardiff, West): Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Adam Price: I may give way to the hon. Gentleman later in this Parliament, and I think that he understands the reasons for that. In any case, I am about to wind up my speech.
I hope that we will be able to table more detailed amendments when the Bill is before us. Obviously, our natural enthusiasm got the better of us in the amendment that we drafted to the resolution, but there is a legitimate argument for providing an additional cushion and additional stimulus for the public sector by exempting it from the national insurance increases. We look forward to having that debate.
There has been much talk about the rebirth of old Labour, but I have not been convinced by that talk. We can look back to the past, and the right hon. Member for Llanelli will know the figures because, to quote Max Boyce, "He was there." Between 1974 and 1976, there was a 5 per cent. increase in public expenditure as a proportion of GDP, and that was in the first two years of that Labour Government. We are now in the second term of this Labour Government, and even with the changes announced by the Chancellor, we shall see only a 1 per cent. increase in public expenditure as a proportion of GDP over a five-year term. The figure is even lower than that for the last year of the Government of whom the right hon. Member for Charnwood was a member. Suggestions of the rebirth of old Labour are possibly overstated.
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I hope that these proposals are not the final word but the beginning of a new debate, a new dispensation and a new honesty about the relative balance in the United Kingdom and in the countries of the United Kingdom between private affluence and public welfare.
Mr. Mark Hoban (Fareham): The ways and means resolution before us illustrates the way in which the Government have sold the Budget. They have said that the increase in national insurance contributions will pay for the cost of increased spending in the NHS. However, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Charnwood (Mr. Dorrell) pointed out so clearly, in the first fiscal year in which the increase in national insurance contributions will affect businesses, the cost of £8 billion will far exceed the amount that will actually be spent on the NHS. It is not surprising that the Chancellor has decided to sell the Budget as a Budget for the health service, because that is a good way of avoiding the message that describes the pain that will be inflicted on public services as well as businesses next year.
In my borough of Fareham, it is estimated that the cost of the increased national insurance contributions will be £91,000. That is a relatively small figure because it is a small local authority, but it will translate into a 1 or 2 per cent. increase in council tax this time next year. I talked to representatives of the charitable sector earlier this week, and they estimate that the increase in employers' national insurance will cost the sector more than £50 million a year. The cost of more than £200 million has already been cited for the health service and, in an answer given earlier this week, the Department for Education and Skills identified that the additional costs for teachers' salaries will be about £140 million.
Once those increases are taken into account, it is not surprising that a total cost to the public sector of £1.2 billion will arise from the increase in national insurance contributions. That demonstrates the sheer scale of the increases and the impact that they will have on the provision of public services—about which the Government speak so proudly—and on the improvements in delivery that the Government expect to see.
One sector that will be particularly affected by the increase in national insurance—it is relevant given the rationale that has been given for the increase—is the care home sector. It has already lost 50,000 beds since 1996–97, and it has been interesting to note reactions to the Budget from people in the sector. Frank Ursell, chief executive officer of the Registered Nursing Home Association, said:
"For those care home owners who are already teetering on the brink, this tax increase on wages could be the final straw. Many care home owners could say 'I've had enough'".
Sheila Scott of the National Care Homes Association said:
"Stealth taxes are killing my members. This tax increase may push some care home owners over the edge".
Philip Scott, chief executive of Southern Cross, one of Britain's largest nursing home owners, said:
"We've very quickly done a calculation of what this will do to our payroll costs, and it seems to increase them by about £600,000."
Many nursing homes are small and have thin margins. Their wage costs account for about 80 per cent. of their total costs, so a 1 per cent. increase in national insurance
will reduce their margins by about a fifth. That will push many of them over the edge. We cannot simply accept a decline in the number of nursing home beds.
Mr. Hendrick: Will the hon. Gentleman tell us how we can improve and increase expenditure on the health service if not through an increase in national insurance contributions? The right hon. Member for Charnwood (Mr. Dorrell) said that business should not have to pay more tax and the hon. Gentleman suggests that the public sector will also be heavily hit by the proposal. If the public and private sectors are not willing through their national insurance contributions to pay more tax, where will the money come from? Furthermore—
Mr. Deputy Speaker: Order. The hon. Gentleman is making an intervention, and he has already done well enough.
Mr. Hoban: The hon. Gentleman asks how we are going to fund the increased expenditure. My contention is that the increases in national insurance contributions will make the situation worse, not better. The closure of nursing home beds as a consequence of the increases will lead to more bed blocking and longer waiting lists. The health care changes that the Government suggest will come through will not materialise. This tax increase will be counterproductive. Over the past five years, the increases in health care spending that the Government have announced have not translated into better standards of care.
A number of my constituents have written to me about podiatry services. In Portsmouth, 10,500—
Mr. Hendrick: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. When the House is holding a debate on national insurance increases and the Government have put forward their proposals, is it in order for the Opposition not to put forward any proposals? Is that a proper debate?
Mr. Deputy Speaker: That is not a point of order; it is a matter of debate.
Mr. Hoban: As I was saying, increases in health service spending over the past five years have not been translated into improvements in the quality of service offered to people in my constituency. Some 10,500 pensioners in the Portsmouth area now no longer receive podiatry services despite all the Government's promises of better standards and more care. The case is yet to be demonstrated.
John Mann: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Mr. Hoban: I will not give way, because I am conscious that other colleagues wish to speak.
Previous promises of increased expenditure have not led to improved services. Without fundamental change in the NHS, the tax increases in the Budget and the increases in national insurance contributions will not translate into better health care. The Government have shown an unwillingness to adopt fully a programme of change and reform in the NHS that would lead to improvements in the delivery of health care. I fear that businesses, the public sector and care homes—indeed, a host of affected interests
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across the country—will suffer pains as a consequence of increased national insurance contributions. I cannot envisage the NHS gaining from that unless there is real change in the provision of health care.
Dr. Andrew Murrison (Westbury): We have heard that the increase in national insurance levied in the Budget will be used to fund the national health service, so it is on that that I shall focus. Although I am mindful of the comment that only a proportion of that take will be spent on the NHS, it is important to explain that the NHS is not just about cash. I regret the remarks made by the hon. Member for Truro and St. Austell (Matthew Taylor), who seemed to suggest that the NHS started in 1997, so nullifying everything that went before. I trained in the NHS in the early 1980s and have worked in it. I regret such remarks, which will reflect poorly on the hon. Gentleman when they appear in Hansard tomorrow.
The Chancellor should not fall into the trap that because he has turned on the taps, the NHS is going to blossom like the desert after the rains have come. Recent experience suggests that that will not be the case. The Science and Technology Committee, of which I am a member, found that the £570 million that was pledged as part of the NHS cancer plan ran into the sand. Professor Gordon McVie, director general of the Cancer Research Fund, told us:
"I think there is still some mystery about where some of the money is and whether the cheque got lost in the post or whether it has been absorbed like creosote into the fence post of the administration of the health service."
That is quite damning. Notwithstanding the Government's commission to audit and check that money is being spent as it should be, we need structural change to ensure that that is not required. We do not want Parliament to get another damning report suggesting that money has run into the post like creosote. However, as there is no evidence of structural change, we are concerned that the money will not be well spent and will not be focused on what really matters. It is not just a case of spending money on the NHS or health services broadly defined. I believe that our constituents want to see the outcomes of health care policy.
The Government's stance on alternative funding has hardened in recent months since the Chancellor asked Mr. Wanless to craft his report. The Wanless report cannot be seen as independent or even objective, but even it admits:
"The degree of individual choice tends to be relatively limited under tax financing . . . in a world where patient expectations are rising rapidly and people are increasingly looking for health services which offer greater personal choice in non-clinical services, it may not be acceptable or equitable to meet all of these additional demands through public financing."
Acceptable and equitable are important terms indeed.
I do not know whether our system, funded overwhelmingly through general taxation, can sustain us, and I am prepared to examine other models. We have to accept that our system is unique and we have got it either very right or very wrong. Either way, we have to be prepared to countenance other models of health service funding. We should compare a system based on rationing that will always be driven by available resources— the United Kingdom is the exemplar of that—with
demand-led systems elsewhere that focus on cost containment. It is a great shame that the Chancellor has put his faith exclusively in the former.


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Deaf Lifeguard to Receive Jury Trial on Whether Employer Reasonably Accommodated His Disability
People realize that not everyone is alike; some people are tall, some people have blue eyes, some people are deaf. Nicholas Keith just happened to be deaf since birth. But what most people don't realize is that that disability laws--namely, the Americans Disabilities Act (ADA) and usually equivalent state law--protect people like Nicholas who have handicaps or disabilities from employment discrimination. The ADA also requires employers to enter into an "interactive process" and make certain "reasonable accommodations" so that people like Nicholas have an opportunity to work. This point is illustrated by his lawsuit against his potential employer in Keith v. Oakland County, 2013 WL 115647 (6th Cir., Jan. 10, 2013); where the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court's dismissal of the case and found that there existed an issue of fact (to be decided by a jury) as to whether Oakland County engaged in an "individual inquiry" for Nicholas.
In the Keith case, the Plaintiff Nicholas Keith filed suit under the ADA and Rehabilitation Act and claimed that by the County not hiring him as a lifeguard, it violated the law. The District Court disagreed with Nicholas and granted summary judgment for the County. Nicholas timely appealed.
In 2006, Nicholas enrolled in Oakland Country's junior lifeguard training course. A year later, he enrolled in the County's lifeguard training program. He successfully passed the training and received his lifeguard certification. He then applied for a lifeguard position at Oakland County's wave pool and was initially offered a position, which was conditioned upon a pre-employment physical by a County-appointed physician.
The County's physician examined Nicholas and in his report stated that he was "physically sound except for his deafness." However, the physician approved his lifeguard employment so long as his deafness was "constantly accommodated."
After the County learned of the report, Nicholas's employment was put on hold. The County then contacted Ellis & Associates, an aquatic safety and risk management consulting group for guidance. Ellis & Associates expressed concerns, and suggested that a job-task analysis be done to determine whether Nicholas could perform the job with or without accommodation.
After the discussions, a six-page outline setting forth accommodations the County believed could successfully integrate Nicholas as a lifeguard was sent to consulting group. The consulting group questioned several of the accommodations in the outline and remained skeptical about Nicholas's ability to function properly as a lifeguard. After that, the County revoked the offer of employment.
In 2008, Nicholas applied again for a lifeguard opening, as well as a park attendant opening and was not hired for either position. According to the County, he was disqualified from the lifeguard position due to his 2007 pre-employment physical. Nicholas then filed the ADA lawsuit alleging that he is "otherwise qualified" for the position and that Oakland County revoked the offer of employment based on unfounded fear and speculation. Expert witnesses testified in Nicholas's favor to and stated that he was qualified for the position.
However, the District Court dismissed the case based on its determination that the County had made an individualized inquiry about Nicholas's abilities, and that Nicholas failed to show that he could perform the essential communication functions of a lifeguard with or without reasonable accommodation.
Nicholas appealed are argued that the District Court erred when it concluded as a matter of law that: (1) Oakland County made an individualized inquiry regarding Keith's abilities; (2) he is unqualified to be a lifeguard at Oakland County's wave pool; (3) accommodating Keith would be unreasonable; and (4) any failure to engage in the interactive process was inconsequential because no reasonable accommodation was possible.
Ultimately, on appeal, the Sixth Circuit agreed with Nicholas and held that: (1) the County's doctor failed to make individualized inquiry as to whether applicant was disqualified from the position due to his disability; (2) a genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether County made individualized inquiry; (3) a genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether applicant was otherwise qualified for the position; and (4) a genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether modification's to County's policies regarding lifeguards proposed by applicant were reasonable accommodations. It is important to note that this decision does not necessarily means Nicholas wins his case, but rather that his case will go in front of a jury, which will decide the issues of fact set forth above.
The lesson to be learned from this case is that employees with an ADA disability are afforded certain rights to be given to them by their employers and potential employers. Employers cannot discriminate against employees based on disability. Here, the County is alleged to have unlawfully discriminated against Nicholas because he was deaf. The County also used the consulting firm's generalized analysis for all deaf people, and used it in Nicholas's situation. The consulting firm never actually met Nicholas, and as the Sixth Circuit ruled, there was an issue of fact as to whether there was ever an individualized interactive process for Nicholas. Also, this case shows that employers must make reasonable accommodations for disabled employees.
If you are an employee with a disability, it is important to remember that the ADA (and usually equivalent state law) protects you and requires potential employers to enter into an interactive process and to make reasonable accommodations for you if you are otherwise qualified for the job. If you believe your employer has discriminated against you because of a medical condition or disability, or if you want to know more about your rights, you should contact a St. Louis employment lawyer.
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TORONTO - Entries are now being accepted for an expanded version of the Corporate Reporting Awards, presented annually by the Chartered Accountants of Canada.
The awards have recognized excellence in financial and corporate reporting in Canada for almost 60 years. The program reflects the CA profession's commitment to enhancing the quality of reporting.
"Organizations serious about communicating with investors or stakeholders can benefit by submitting an entry," said Kevin Dancey, FCA, president and CEO, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA). "In addition to showcasing the best reporting models in the country, the program also provides an excellent platform from which to learn. Review of the winning models combined with feedback on its own entry from the judges can help an organization make a strong reporting effort even better."
For the first time ever, provincial Crown corporations can enter the awards. Previously, just corporate Canada and federal Crown corporations participated.
"We are looking forward to having provincial Crown corporations participate," said Dancey. "Many organizations, whether within corporate Canada or a government setting, prepare excellent and easy to understand reports. It is important that these efforts be recognized on behalf of investors or stakeholders."
Judging for federal and provincial Crown corporations will be based on similar criteria used to determine the corporate winners. Judging information and instructions on the simple two-step entry process can be found on-line (www.cica.ca/cra).
Large and small Crown winners will be chosen in both the federal and provincial categories. Several awards also will be handed out recognizing reporting excellence by publicly traded companies in Canada.
Awards of Excellence for various industry sectors will be presented. In addition, separate awards and honourable mentions will be given to companies for financial reporting, corporate governance disclosure, electronic disclosure and sustainable development reporting.
The deadline for entries is Friday, July 9, 2010. This year's awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, November 24, 2010, in Toronto.


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Visual Arts in Roscommon
Cultural History, Castlestrange Stone, Famous Artists (like Roderic O'Conor) and Art Museums.
County Roscommon, Connacht Province,
Republic of Ireland.
ROSCOMMON: CULTURAL PREHISTORY
Note: For the history of Celtic culture
and examples of ancient metalwork
created by the first Celts, see:
Celtic Art. For a guide to the earliest
styles, which influenced so many
Irish draughtsmen and metalworkers
during the renaissance of the early
Christian era, see: Hallstatt (800-450)
and La Tene (c.450-50 BCE).
Visual Arts in County Roscommon
Located in central Ireland east of Mayo and Galway in the province of Connacht, County Roscommon has a population of 53,774, and its county town is Athone. The name Roscommon stems from Ros Comáin, the name given to woods next to St. Coman's fifth century monastery.
Early Visual Art
County Roscommon's earliest artifact from the history of Irish art is the egg-shaped Castlestrange Stone. This example of pagan sculpture was carved during the late Iron Age in the final century or so before the birth of Christ, and is similar to the more famous Turoe Stone in County Galway. Like the latter, the Castlestrange Stone is decorated in the La Tène Celtic art style, which itself was influenced by Greek and Etruscan culture. Roscommon is also the location of the discovery of the Tully Lough Cross, as well as the possible county of manufacture of the famous Cross of Cong, the finest processional cross ever found in Western Europe.
Breton Girl, by Roscommon artist
Roderic O'Conor. One of the most
iconic images in Irish art.
Reflections, West of Ireland, by
Roscommon artist Percy French.
MONUMENTS OF IRISH CULTURE
For a list of national sites of
noted historical, architectural or
artistic significance, see:
Architectural Monuments Ireland and
Archeological Monuments Ireland.
Celebrated Irish artists born in County Roscommon include the internationally acclaimed Impressionist/Expressionist Roderic O'Conor (Landscape and Interiors), as well as Percy (William) French, (Watercolourist, Musician and Illustrator) and Patrick Ireland, born Brian O'Doherty, (Sculptor, Conceptual and Installation Artist).
Roscommon Arts Centre
This Centre is County Roscommon's only purpose-built art venue. Situated in Roscommon Town, the Arts Centre encompasses a 194-seat performance area along with exhibition and workshop spaces. It stages a multi disciplinary arts program throughout the year, including visual art shows with fine art painting, sculpture along with more modern art forms. For example, a recent show entitled "Skywatcher" featured Martin Healy, a video and installation artist. The Arts Centre is now developing a new program of arts based workshops, to enhance its current art calendar. They are seeking to establish a permanent panel of artists working in all art media who can provide arts workshops in the county. Extensive workshop facilitation training will be given to all panel members, upon completion of which only panel members will be recommended by Roscommon Arts Office to other groups and educational institutions within the county.
Cruachan Aí Visitor Centre
County Roscommon has established a new award-winning Interpretative and Heritage Centre in the medieval village of Tulsk. The Cruachan Aí Visitor Centre aims to present and explain the outstanding Stone Age and Iron Age archaeological remains uncovered nearby, including one of the best surviving Celtic Royal Sites in Western Europe.
Clonalis House Museum
Castlerea in the west of County Roscommon is the ancestral seat of the Clan Ó Conchúir Dun, a connection which endures to this day through the Clonalis House and Museum, situated on the edge of Castlerea. The Museum contains one exhibit of special significance to the culture of Roscommon - the Ó Conchúir Dun inauguration stone.
Other arts venues include: King House, Boyle (Una Bhan Tourism Co-operative), the annual venue for the Boyle Christmas Crafts Fair (071-9663033); Purple Onion Fine Art Gallery, Tarmonbarry (043-59919); and Mantua Project Gallery, Ballaghadereen.
The Roscommon Arts Office already runs numerous workshop programs for young people, featuring an Artists-in-School Scheme, Youth Theatre, Youth Orchestra, together with several activities in all arts disciplines.
• For more about Irish culture, see: Ireland Visual Arts.
• For more about the historical heritage of the province of Connacht, see: Homepage.
• For a list of the top living painters in Ireland, see: Best Irish Artists/Painters.
• For details of fine arts venues in Ireland, see: Irish Art Galleries.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF IRISH ART


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Q: Core Data model - entities and inverses I'm new to Core Data and I'm trying to implement it into my existing project. Here is my model:

Now, there's some things that don't make sense to me, likely because I haven't modelled it correctly.
CMAJournal is my top level object with an ordered set of CMAEntry objects and an ordered set of CMAUserDefine objects.
Here's my problem:
Each CMAUserDefine object has an ordered set of objects. For example, the "Baits" CMAUserDefine will have an ordered set of CMABait objects, the "Species" CMAUserDefine will have an ordered set of CMASpecies objects, etc.
Each CMAEntry object has attributes like baitUsed, fishSpecies, etc. that point to an object in the respective CMAUserDefine object. This is so if changes are made, each CMAEntry that references that object is also changed.
Now, from what I've read I should have inverses for each of my relationships.  This doesn't make sense in my model.  For example, I could have 5 CMAEntry objects whose baitUsed property points to the same CMABait object.  Which CMAEntry does the CMABait's entry property point to if there are 5 CMAEntry objects that reference that CMABait? I don't think it should point to anything.
What I want is for all CMAUserDefine objects (i.e. all CMABait, CMASpecies, CMALocation, etc. objects) to be stored in the CMAJournal userDefines set, and have those objects be referenced in each CMAEntry.
I originally had this working great with NSArchiving, but the archive file size was MASSIVE. I mean, 18+ MB for 16 or so entries (which included about 20 images).  And from what I've read, Core Data is something I should learn anyway.
So I'm wondering, is my model wrong? Did I take the wrong approach? Is there a more efficient way of using NSArchiver that will better fit my needs?
I hope that makes sense. Please let me know if I need to explain it better.
Thanks!
E: What lead me to this question is getting a bunch of "Dangling reference to an invalid object." = "" errors when trying to save.

A: A. Some Basics
Core Data needs a inverse relationship to model the relationship. To make a long story short:
In an object graph as modeled by Core Data a reference semantically points from the source object to a destination object. Therefore you use a single reference as CMASpecies's fishSpecies to model a to-one relationship and a collection as NSSet to model a to-many relationship. You do not care about the type of the inverse relationship. In many cases you do not have one at all.
In a relational data base relationships are modeled differently: If you have a 1:N (one-to-many) relationship the relationship is stored on the destination side. The reason for this is, that in a rDB every entity has a fixed size and therefore cannot reference a variable number of destinations. If you have a many-to-many relationship (N:M), a additional table is needed.
As you can see, in an object graph the types of relationships are to-one and to-many only depending on the source, while in rDB the types of relationships are one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many depending on both source and destination.
To select the right kind of rDB modeling Core Data wants to know the type of the inverse relationship.
Type Object graph Inverse    | rDB
1:1  to-one id    to-one id  | source or destination attribute
1:N  collection   to-one id  | destination attribute
N:M  collection   collection | additional table with two attributes

B. To your Q
In your case, if a CMAEntry object refers exactly one CMASpecies object, but a CMASpecies object can be referred by many CMAEntry objects, this simply means that the inverse relationship is a to-many relationship.
Yes, it is strange for a OOP developer to have such inverse relationships. For a SQL developer, it is the usual case. Developing an ORM (object relational mapper) this is one of the problems. (I know that, because I'm doing that for Objective-Cloud right now. But I did if different, more the OOP's point of view.) Every solution is a kind of unusual for one side. Somebody called ORM the "vietnam of software development".
To have a more simple example: Modeling a sports league you will find yourself having a entity Match with the properties homeTeam and guestTeam. You want to have an inverse relationship, no not homeMatches and guestMatches, but simply matches. This is obviously no inverse. Simply add inverse relationship, if Core Data wants and don't care about it.

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Sadhguru Spot: The Year in Review
Here's a look back at the "Most Viewed" Spots of 2011.
Since Sadhguru Spot launched in April 2010, meditators and newcomers alike from around the world have been hooked on Sadhguru's weekly logs of adventures, reflections on life, and poetry. Here's a look back at the "Most Viewed" Spots of 2011. Enjoy!
Most Viewed Spots of 2011
Life on Fast Forward – 14 Dec 2011.
On Video. Sadhguru handles a gigantic king cobra at the Isha Yoga Center, showing ashram residents and students how one can be in such close contact with something so deadly. "Energetically, it is so addictive and intoxicating to be in intimacy with this wonderful creature."
Guru Sangamam: A Confluence of Gurus – 12 Jan 2011.
Sadhguru meets with top spiritual leaders in India to see how the spiritual process can be protected and nurtured. Sadhguru writes, "This is a very momentous event, the significance of which people will realize only over a period of time."
Obama to Bin Laden to Bhairavi – 4 May 2011.
Sadhguru's words about the assassination of Osama Bin Laden sparked a wave of views from meditators all around the world. "Generally, the world has known him as the 'most wanted man'. But he has quite a following that claim he is saintly. Those who stand away from these two stances debate endlessly whether this man was good or bad. But one thing is for sure – his deeds are ugly."
Racecar Driving – 2 Feb 2011.
On Video. Sadhguru speed races in Los Angeles. "I got to drive the fastest machine ever in my life — a Toyota Scion that has been peppered to kick up over 1000 bhps and touch 210 mph or 350 kms per hour… Hmm, if I had the time I could get into an official race on an American track…"
Helicopter Flying – 11 May 2011.
Sadhguru writes about his latest adventure – helicopter flying. But this is not just a hobby. Via helicopter, Sadhguru will be able to reach more cities and towns in less time than ever. He closes the Spot with "Chuk Chuk Chuk… Next time you hear it, maybe I'm landing on your rooftop." This ignited a whirlwind of comments from readers – most hoping that Sadhguru would land on their own roof. One meditator writes, "Then I am making a helipad on my rooftop! Welcome Sadhguru!!"
You can receive an email alert each Wednesday, when Sadhguru posts. Just go to any Sadhguru Spot page and fill in your email address at the top-right corner.
wonderful posts and wonderful thinking to collect the all yogis in a place it make strong the sprite of yogies a their followers too.
What an amazing being we have in our midst! From Cobras to Helicopters to Race cars to Consecrations of spaces and Gods, he can do it all!! Amazing!
Nice to see fast forward of 2011. Thanks....
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namespace MK.Ext
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Set mark on exception
	/// </summary>
	public static class ExceptionDataExt
	{
		#region Mark Helper
		public const string Mark = "own-exc-flag";

		public static bool GetMark(this Exception e)
		{
			if (!HasData(e, Mark))
				return false;

			var b = GetData(e, Mark);
			if (b is bool)
				return (bool)b;

			return false;
		}

		public static Exception SetMark(this Exception e)
		{
			return SetData(e, Mark, true);
		}
		#endregion

		#region Data Helper
		public static bool HasData(this Exception e, string key)
		{
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40 Million Square Feet. That's Who.
To serve as the preferred liaison for BOMA Greater Cleveland members in government, regulatory, and community affairs that impact the commercial real estate industry in the Greater Cleveland market.
BOMA Greater Cleveland's success greatly depends on the Northeast Ohio region itself. The relationship is simple: buildings need tenants and the Greater Cleveland area benefits tremendously from high occupancy levels in commercial office buildings.
BOMA Greater Cleveland has a long history of reigning in overly burdensome building code and regulatory proposals.
In 2010, BOMA Greater Cleveland joined a years-long legal effort that delayed implementation of the new Stormwater Management Program. During the legal proceedings our members paid no fees, amounting to over $1 million in savings.
In 2012, BOMA Greater Cleveland was an invited guest of State Representative Nan Baker and attended the ceremonial bill signing of HB 18, which created the Ohio Vacant Facilities Fund. The legislation creates a $500-per-employee tax credit for businesses that expand into existing vacant commercial space. We even got one of the pens that Governor Kasich used to sign HB 18 into law.
In 2013, a proposal at the state level called for an expansion of the sales tax. The sales tax would have applied to virtually every business service – including commercial rent, real estate management fees, and parking lots and garages.
Setting aside the plethora of services that BOMA Greater Cleveland members utilize on a daily basis, this was a direct threat to the commercial real estate industry. Organizations like BOMA Greater Cleveland banded together to convince the legislature to kill the legislation.
Infrastructure – Dedication to improving our region's infrastructure is vital to the future of BOMA Greater Cleveland and the commercial real estate industry.
Public Safety – Unfortunately, our local governments continue to see major funding streams decreased or even completely erased. Many times safety forces are the first to be cut. This is a significant concern to our members as they strive to protect tenants, guests, and real property.
Regional Collaboration – Throughout Northeast Ohio local governments are dealing with declining revenues and loss of outside funding. One way they are saving money is by finding ways to share services with neighboring cities and counties. Cutting costs and streamlining services is beneficial to tax payers and we will monitor potential ways in which our membership might be affected.
Traffic/Parking Conditions – Movie shoots, resurfacing, and the ongoing Innerbelt Bridge project. These ventures all have the potential to limit downtown and regional access. Follow us for the latest updates.
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The Vitamin Shoppe On Offering Subscriptions At The POS
By PYMNTS
The subscription commerce market has grown by more than 100 percent each year for the past five years. While many businesses are wholly built on subscriptions, some are offshoots of existing brick-and-mortar retail chains or traditional eCommerce enterprises. Bloomingdale's, Google and Nike are just some of the established companies branching out into the subscription space, along with retail businesses like nutritional supplement vendor The Vitamin Shoppe, boasting two subscription plans.
The industry faces its share of challenges, however, including the increasing trend of subscriber churn. While customer retention affects every business, it is especially impactful for subscription-based firms, as each customer represents a long-term revenue stream. Understanding why customers cancel is key, so many businesses use exit surveys to gather feedback and work toward countering this churn.
In the November Subscription Commerce Tracker, PYMNTS explores the latest in the world of subscriptions, including a new subscription option from Lyft, The Vitamin Shoppe's latest foray into supplement subscriptions and how churn is keeping industry players up at night.
Developments From Around The World Of Subscriptions
One of the companies feeling the squeeze is Sony, which recently announced that its PlayStation Vue subscription television streaming service is set to close in January 2020. Expensive content deals, paired with a highly competitive market, are driving the company to shutter the service, which had reportedly been searching for a buyer in recent months. Originally launched in 2015, the service only managed to obtain a subscriber peak of half a million.
Blue Apron is also facing struggles, announcing that it had just $99.5 million in revenue as of Q3 2019, a decline of 17 percent quarter over quarter and 33 percent year over year. This is the latest development in a series of bad news for the meal-kit pioneer, with its share price plummeting from $140 to less than $10 since its 2017 IPO.
Other businesses are fine-tuning their subscription offerings. Lyft recently unveiled plans to replace its $299-per-month All-Access Pass with a simplified $20-per-month plan, Lyft Pink, which gives users a 15 percent discount on rideshares. The move is in response to complaints surrounding its previous program's complexity — it offered free rides with a multitude of qualifiers and exceptions. Lyft Pink is expected to roll out later this year.
For more on these and other subscription news items, download this month's Tracker.
How The Vitamin Shoppe Supplements Its Storefronts With Subscriptions
The Vitamin Shoppe is one of the heavy hitters in its field, with more than 700 retail locations around the country. The nutritional supplement retailer made strides in the subscription space with the launch of a replenishment-by-mail program in 2017, and the recent debut of a personalized daily vitamin pack program.
For this month's feature story, PYMNTS spoke with Stacey Renfro, The Vitamin Shoppe's chief digital and customer experience officer, about the unique challenges of combining retail commerce and online subscriptions, as well as how the cha in plans to develop its programs going forward.
Deep Dive: Subscription Businesses Face Cancellation Woes
As subscription-based businesses grow more popular, customers can choose to be pickier about which services they utilize. While this development is good for consumers, it's leading many companies to face unprecedented levels of cancellation and churn.
This month's Deep Dive explores why subscribers cancel, and how businesses can leverage customer feedback to convince them to stay.
About The Tracker
The Subscription Commerce Tracker, done in collaboration with Recurly, is the go-to monthly resource for updates on trends and changes in the subscription industry.
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Capacity building of university libraries in Rwanda with Swedish university partners: Why not a Rwanda Library Association?
Why not a Rwanda Library Association?
As library and information professionals, librarians and library assistants at the University of Rwanda are not the only ones working within the field. And you are not the only ones with questions regarding your profession, your fields of work, or that at times are in need of advice. You most certainly have experience that is of interest for others and worth sharing.
With a nation wide library association, you would have a forum for comunication and cooperation, you would have the possibility to talk with stakeholders and decision makers, share information and promote the development of your profession as well as of information and communication within the country.
In Kenya, the Kenya Association of Library and Information Professionals (former KLA, Kenya Library Association), has been supported by the Swedish Library Association in buildning it up and making it a stronger actor. If you are intested in developing joint initiatives in Rwanda, it might be a good idea to contact them.
Please check the KLA website and explore the association's activities, objectives and services.
There is an information sheet on the cooperation to download as well, found here. And a presentation from the Swedish Library Association Annual Meeting 2012 here.
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Health Impacts on Prep Plant Workers From Coal Cleaning Chemicals
May. 10, 2014 09:00AM EST Energy
Route 3 cuts through the heart of southern West Virginia coal country, but from the road, you might not even know it. Much of the surface mining is above your head, along the ridges of the Appalachian mountains that flank the road. You're not likely to spot the entrance to an underground mine, either, though there's one sure way to tell a mine is nearby: the towering metal structures of coal preparation plants punctuate the landscape. Stilted conveyer belts pass over the road, carrying coal from the mines. Once the coal arrives at these plants, it's treated with chemicals to remove impurities and prepared for sale.
Part of a coal preparation plant, seen from West Virginia's Route 3. Photo credit: Erin L. McCoy.
The dangers faced by coal miners have been well-documented—black lung disease, for example, was identified decades ago. But about 15.3 percent of workers in the mining industry—an estimated 10,500 people—are employed not in mines but in preparation plants, mill operations or breakers nationwide, and evidence suggests that these prep plants pose their own dangers for those working inside.
A variety of chemicals are used in these prep plants on a daily basis, many of them to purify coal. MCHM (4-methyl-cyclohexanemethanol), the chemical that left almost 300,000 West Virginians without safe drinking water after a spill in January, is one of these chemicals. Hundreds of people sought hospital treatment after MCHM exposure during that crisis, and at least 20 were admitted. But what are the dangers for coal preparation plant workers who are exposed to higher concentrations of these chemicals on a regular basis for the span of a career?
As with MCHM, the answer proves to be nebulous. For many of these chemicals, complete information on their potential health effects isn't available, and long-term effects are even more difficult to establish. One workers' rights organization, the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), has been seeking updated regulations regarding chemical safety standards and reporting for years.
Alfred Ray Price is one of many former preparation plant workers who believe their health problems can be directly linked to their time spent around chemicals. Price worked in the coal industry for 28 years, including 19 at the Montcoal #7 Prep Plant in Raleigh County, WV. He remembers spraying coal cars with antifreeze in the wintertime to keep the coal from sticking—32 gallons per car—while standing on a catwalk above.
"Have you ever sprayed a water hose in a bucket, and get all the mist up from it?" Price asked. "By the time I would get through spraying the cars, I would be soaking wet with it. Actually, it would be running down my throat. It was a real sweet taste."
Price had to stop working because of health problems at age 47. He said PET scans of his brain pointed to cognitive disorders, including short-term memory loss. He later became involved in one of two class-action lawsuits in Marshall County, WV, in which about two dozen plaintiffs claimed similar chemical exposure and health problems. Many of those plaintiffs also claimed they spent years working around chemicals without being warned they could be dangerous.
One suit was settled last year, and the other was dismissed. The settlement provides for a one-time health exam for prep plant workers—but specifies that these exams aren't intended to determine whether any health problems may have been caused by the chemicals in question. Thomas F. Basile, attorney to several of the plaintiffs, is attempting to reinstate some of the claims in these cases, and says he's considering an appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Price and some other plaintiffs aren't satisfied with the results, but the lawsuits did achieve one thing: they placed on public record a great deal of evidence, and some testimony, regarding chemicals at coal prep plants.
One plaintiff, Franklin Stump, told a judge that inhalation of and skin contact with chemicals was a regular occurrence at the Montcoal #7 plant, where he worked for 27 years. Much of this exposure happened during the "frothing" process, in which fuel oil and a variety of chemicals are mixed with water to create a bubbling liquid that separates fine coal particles from other materials.
"I've unloaded the trucks with the bags [of chemicals] in it over my shoulder, carried them up the steps, dumped them in the funnels, and it all come[s] back in your face," Stump said, according to a court transcript. "And I've seen pipes bust and the stuff go all over the walls and all over your face, and I've waded, like I said, up to my knees."
Price and other workers mostly spoke from their experiences in the 1990s and earlier. Phil Smith, director of communications at the UMWA, points out that at today's newer prep plants, many processes are automated to prevent workers from mixing chemicals directly into vats of frother, thereby reducing their exposure. But workers are still exposed to these chemicals sometimes, Smith added.
So the question is, how dangerous are these chemicals, and do workers need better protection against them?
Chemicals You Can Find at a Coal Prep Plant
Most chemicals used in coal preparation don't appear too dangerous to human health, according to the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) provided in the Marshall County cases. In case you've never heard of MSDSs, these information sheets list chemical product contents, potential hazards, and potential health risks. They are prepared by chemical producers and are supposed to accompany any chemicals used in a workplace. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires that MSDSs be made "readily accessible" to employees.
But companies often withhold the exact contents or proportions of chemical mixtures as trade secrets. And that's not the only information that's missing; in the case of the MCHM spill, public health specialists have had a hard time proving just how dangerous (or safe) MCHM is, since not enough testing has been done to know for sure.
The coal prep facility where the Elk River spill occurred is owned by Freedom Industries in West Virginia. Photo credit: Democracy Now!
The Elk River spill makes the evidence presented in the two Marshall County lawsuits all the more immediate. Documents presented as evidence in the cases reveal that exposure to these chemicals—especially without the proper safety gear—can cause serious health problems ranging from pulmonary edema to central nervous system problems, birth defects and heart problems.
In a response to a request for evidence in one of the lawsuits—Denver and Debra Pettry, et al. v. Peabody Holding Company, et al.—chemical company Cytec Industries Inc. provided MSDSs for the chemicals it had sold since Dec. 1993 to defendants Massey Coal Services Inc., Goals Coal Company, Performance Coal Company, Bandytown Coal Company, and Elk Run Coal Company Inc.
While these documents do not constitute a complete list of the chemicals used in coal prep plants, they do offer a snapshot of the potential health hazards that prep plant workers like Price faced and still face.
The UMWA believes updates to U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration standards regarding these chemicals are long overdue.
"We continue to see cases of cancer and other health issues due to chemical exposures," said Dennis O'Dell, director of the UMWA's Department of Occupational Health and Safety. "The PELs or Personal Exposure Limits have not been adjusted since the 1980s. We believe that MSHA (and OSHA) should reexamine PELs and further a study to see what occurs when workers become exposed to multiple chemical[s] at once. Right now we have MSDS material on each individual chemical, but what happens when those are all used at the same time?"
The Mine Safety and Health Administration acknowledged this point. "There are no permissible exposure limits for many of the chemicals used in coal processing," MSHA's Technical Support division said in response to inquiries for this article. "However, these chemicals are considered hazardous and are covered by MSHA's Hazard Communication standards."
On April 9, MSHA issued a health hazard alert in response to the coal processing chemical spills earlier this year. The alert reminded operators that miners and plant employees must be provided information on the chemicals they're using.
Alpha Natural Resources (which acquired defendant Massey Coal Services Inc.) and the American Chemistry Council did not respond to interview requests. Representatives of Peabody Holding Company, BASF Corporation (which acquired defendant Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation), and the American Chemistry Council had no comment. OSHA did not comment on the record.
Safety Precautions Were Ignored, Workers Say
During Jackie Browning's 14 years working in coal mines, he always wore a respirator. But when the Naoma, WV, resident started operating a bulldozer at a coal prep plant in 1991, he didn't think he needed one any more.
Browning worked outside around the coal piles, not indoors with the frother, and he says that for the first seven years, the job didn't seem to affect his health.
While it's difficult to assess exactly how dangerous many prep plant chemicals are, that's especially true of a substance called polyacrylamide.
But things changed in late 1998, when by Browning's account, the prep plant where he worked started making more frother—and consequently, using more chemicals. He'd be bulldozing the piles of treated coal, and the fumes would come in through the heater. Browning contends that these fumes started affecting his health almost immediately; his mouth would hurt and he got the shakes. Three weeks in, Browning said he complained to his supervisor, but nothing changed.
Finally, about six weeks after his symptoms started, Browning and a coworker were rushed to the emergency room. That was his last day of work, after 29 years in the coal industry.
"The last day I worked, at noon, they brought me a respirator. It was too late for me," he said.
Browning isn't the only worker who claims he wasn't told the whole story about how to be safe around chemicals in the workplace. Price and other plaintiffs in the Marshall County lawsuits say they weren't provided with appropriate protective gear, and didn't know for years what chemicals they were using.
"They never mentioned toxins down there, chemicals. That was never, never, never mentioned. Never had a safety meeting on that," Browning said.
Price agrees. "We never did have no idea what [it] was," he said, referring to many of the frothing chemicals. "We was never told or never shown any safety data sheets on it, so we could look ourselves and see what it contained."
Failing to provide this information would be illegal. But industry representatives dispute these claims.
Nancy Gravatt, senior vice president of communications for the National Mining Association, countered that prep plant employees are properly informed about the chemicals they're using, and that MSDSs "are posted both for reading at any time and available in the event of an emergency." She added that employees "are trained on the substances brought onto property" at these plants.
However, Phil Smith of the United Mine Workers said he's not surprised that workers may not have had access to the data sheets.
"We keep our members informed about all the chemicals that are used in coal preparation plants, and if worked with properly, they're safe," Smith said. But, he said, he believes nonunion operations are less likely to inform their employees regarding chemicals and their safety hazards. (Employees are never required to wear safety equipment, Smith pointed out.)
Employee access to data sheets isn't the only point of contention between workers and the industry. Another question that's difficult to answer is just how high workers' chemical exposure really is. Gravatt said that MCHM is used at safe concentrations.
"Typical dosage rates for frothers like MCHM are less than 12 parts per million. In other words, a few hundred cubic centimeters per minute enter into 8 to 10 thousand gallons per minute of coal slurry," Gravatt wrote in an email. This is higher than the CDC's recommendation of no more than 1 part per million of MCHM in drinking water. But Gravatt said there's a difference.
"Coal prep plant employees clearly are not drinking the frothing agent. These are two very different standards. It is inaccurate to mix the two," Gravatt wrote.
Yet workers like Price claim they did inhale and ingest the chemicals they used in the frothing process.
"We ingested it, inhaled it, got it on our skin, even digested it," Price said. "You'd be inside of a closed area and you'd stay wet with it, and we didn't think much about it at the time until we started getting sick one by one."
Today, Browning suffers from multiple chemical sensitivity and burning mouth syndrome. But relatively speaking, he's doing better. For two months after his hospitalization, Browning said, his lungs burned. (He's not a smoker.) It took almost two years for his bloodshot eyes to clear. In a stress test not long after the emergency, Browning said, "I couldn't even stand up on a treadmill."
Detoxification treatments (not covered by insurance) have cost Browning thousands of dollars, and his worker's compensation claim was denied.
More Information for Better Solutions
Given how little we know about the toxicity and health impacts of chemicals, mapping out a clear alternative is difficult.
Dr. Alan M. Ducatman of the West Virginia University School of Public Health has been fielding health questions from prep plant workers for more than two decades. He said it's hard to determine the cause of an ailment when you don't know what chemicals workers are exposed to in the first place.
As a result, few symptoms explicitly point to prep plant chemicals as their cause, Ducatman explained—and there's no single test that can determine whether these chemicals are at the root of workers' health problems.
The solution, Ducatman believes, is more toxicity testing for the chemicals workers are using: "People talk about how much it costs [but] the industry is making a tremendous amount of money."
Yet the challenge of this testing isn't just financial—it's also a problem of logistics.
"It's a simple case that there are millions of chemicals available … It takes time to do these toxicity studies," explained Dr. Timothy C. Eisele, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Michigan Tech. So the focus has been on chemicals that have already proven themselves dangerous.
But until these logistical problems have been solved, transparency and caution are essential, insisted Vernon Haltom, executive director of the nonprofit anti-mining organization Coal River Mountain Watch.
"We should be assuming it's deadly toxic until shown otherwise, and even then not rely on one or two tests on rats 20 years ago," Haltom said.
Dr. James G. Speight, who has worked as a chemist and consultant in the coal and oil industries for more than 45 years, agrees that caution is key.
In referencing one coal prep chemical, polyacrylamide, Speight said: "I tend to err on the side of caution and say that chemicals of that type are dangerous. They can be poisonous."
Today, Browning has to be cautious about every chemical he uses, down to his detergent, but it's not by choice. He's highly sensitive to a lot of household chemicals, which can irritate his burning mouth and other symptoms.
"I was a five- and six-day worker every week. … I was an everyday man, and I worked hard," Browning said. "If people knew what I went through—they don't have enough money to compensate you for this stuff."
The Dangers of Polyacrylamide
While it's difficult to assess exactly how dangerous many prep plant chemicals are, that's especially true of a substance called polyacrylamide. At first glance, polyacrylamide doesn't look that bad. It's even used in cosmetics and water treatment. But polyacrylamide poses two greater dangers: first, commercial polyacrylamide often contains traces of acrylamide, the essential building block for polyacrylamide. And second, polyacrylamide also tends to break down into acrylamide.
What's wrong with acrylamide? It may cause cancer and birth defects. One potential health impact, neurotoxicity, was first observed in laboratory animals more than 56 years ago.
A report prepared for the California Public Health Foundation in 1988 confirmed that traces of the more dangerous acrylamide are "usually present in the various bulk commercial formulations" of polyacrylamide. A representative of the American Cyanamid Company (of which Cytec is a spinoff) is on the distribution list of this report—meaning that by the time the company produced the MSDSs, all dated after 1989, it should have known that there was some acrylamide in its polyacrylamide products.
Data sheets for polyacrylamide provided in the Pettry case list minor health risks such as eye and skin irritation, but don't mention acrylamide as a potential danger. Cytec did not respond to repeated interview requests for this article, and its attorney in the lawsuit offered no comment.
But should Cytec and other companies have to report whether acrylamide is part of its chemical mixtures? According to a the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration's Technical Support division, "For mixtures, operators must list non-carcinogenic hazardous chemicals that make up 1 percent or more of the mixture by weight or volume and must list carcinogenic hazardous chemicals that make up 0.1 percent or more of the mixture by weight or volume."
It's unclear how high concentrations of acrylamide may have been in polyacrylamide products around the time of the Cytec MSDSs in question. But according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), residual acrylamide concentrations have been as high as 5 percent in the past—although improvements in the treatment process through the years have reduced levels to around 0.3 percent. A 1994 EPA requirement helped spur that change.
Many more recent MSDSs for polyacrylamide, presented as evidence in the Pettry case, also do not list the presence of acrylamide. Yet at least one polyacrylamide product that Cytec sold to coal companies contained "(a) chemical(s) known in the State of California to cause cancer," according to the MSDS. Polyacrylamide isn't known as a carcinogen under California law, but acrylamide is. By the EPA's standards, acrylamide remains a "probable human carcinogen," and has been defined as such since at least 1994.
But the dangers of chemical exposure depend on how much of the chemical you're exposed to, cautioned Dr. James G. Speight, who has worked as a chemist and consultant in the coal and oil industries for more than 45 years.
"Most people sprinkle a little salt on their food. If you eat a pound of salt, you're going to die. It's a question of degree," Speight said.
Nancy Gravatt of the National Mining Association said she was not aware of the use of polyacrylamide or acrylamide at coal prep plants, and said she could not provide a list of chemicals used at such plants.
Alfred Ray Price, who worked for 28 years in the coal industry, shown with his wife Willa. Price believes that his health problems are directly linked to the years he spent working with chemicals used to clean coal. Photo courtesy of Alfred Ray Price.
A Battle in the Courts Over Coal Chemical Transparency
Over the last decade, two class-action lawsuits in West Virginia have given a voice to coal preparation plant workers who attribute their health problems to chemical exposure in the workplace.
One case, Denver and Debra Pettry, et al. v. Peabody Holding Company, et al., was filed in 2002 and sought medical monitoring for prep plant and water plant workers, along with punitive damages. A similar case, William K. Stern, et al. v. Chemtall Inc., et al., was filed in 2003 and sought medical monitoring only. Both cases zeroed in on a particular chemical, polyacrylamide, whose monomer form, acrylamide, may cause cancer. The Pettry case also sought more information on other chemicals used in the prep plants.
The Pettry case claimed that the defendant chemical companies intentionally failed to warn workers of the dangers of the chemicals they were using, and that the defendant coal companies created unsafe working conditions.
Polyacrylamide is used in the "frothing" process, in which coal is separated from other minerals in order to purify it for sale.
In 2013, the Pettry case was dismissed because in most cases, plaintiffs hadn't filed their case within the two-year statute of limitations, and because the plaintiffs' attorney, Thomas F. Basile, had reportedly missed court dates and didn't provide requested evidence on time. Basile, who represents some plaintiffs in both of the cases, has been fighting the decision ever since, but in January, his appeals to overturn the settlement in the Stern case and the Pettry case dismissal were turned down by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
Basile argues this dismissal ignored the arguments and issues raised in the appeals, including a request to unseal 230 pages of documents related to ethical hearings in the Pettry case.
"It's been a long, hard, drawn-out fight and we lost," said Alfred Ray Price, one of the plaintiffs in the Pettry suit, in response to January's ruling.
The Stern lawsuit appeared to have a happier ending, but many of the plaintiffs, including Price, walked away unsatisfied.
Stern reached a settlement of almost $14 million in 2013, with about half of this money allocated toward one-time medical examinations for prep plant workers, and the other half going toward attorneys' fees and costs. Any money not used for medical testing will be donated to two West Virginia universities.
"The only 'benefit' provided to class members by the proposed settlement is a one-time medical examination that resembles little more than an annual medical examination that most of the class members have likely already had on more than one occasion," Basile wrote in an email. "[And] there is no follow-up testing provided in the settlement should a medical examiner diagnose any disorder that needs further examination or consultation."
The Stern suit sought funds for medical monitoring—but Basile, Price, and other plaintiffs insist that a one-time exam does not constitute "monitoring." The settlement also specifies that these exams are not designed "as a research vehicle." In other words, they're not intended to determine whether any health conditions discovered during these exams were caused by polyacrylamide or acrylamide.
In objecting to the settlement, Basile wrote that it "assur[es] that nothing will be learned about the types of ailments or occupational diseases suffered by those in the class who have been exposed to toxic chemicals in their work environment."
Today, Basile is fighting to reinstate claims in the Pettry case against Patriot Coal Corporation; those claims were dismissed despite the fact that those claims were stayed while Patriot underwent bankruptcy proceedings. Basile said he is also considering an appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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financial security of america's rorking families? lawmakers heard kaiser permanente ceo at the retreat. his message -- >> stay focused on theaf rdability issue and remember it's not just one or the other, it's both. it's thea, fordabilit of coverage and the aford ability of care and that's what thepl american p are suffering from. onhe fielded questions community health and how it compares to the rest of the world. as for big, newroposals like medicare for all. tyson says congress d to go that far. >> we have commercial, we have medicare medicaid and aca and other programs. i would argue that we have enough in the tool k already to get to universal coverage. >> replicans have rallied against the idea criticizing it as government-run health care and 17 senate republica introduced a bill this week to protect pre-existing conditions. these are, of course, better campaign slogans than serious lutions to the problems facing americans on the personal level, i have found that most people would rather have control over their own health car rather than have the government make those decisions f
financial security of america's rorking families? lawmakers heard kaiser permanente ceo at the retreat. his message -- >> stay focused on theaf rdability issue and remember it's not just one or the other, it's both. it's thea, fordabilit of coverage and the aford ability of care and that's what thepl american p are suffering from. onhe fielded questions community health and how it compares to the rest of the world. as for big, newroposals like medicare for all. tyson says congress d to...
KPIX 5 Noon News : KPIX : April 8, 2019 12:00pm-12:29pm PDT
another day at work no naemplee jes ropes kaiser permanente's humid resource office in san francisco. >> i learned that sort of the way you portray yourself in front of other people is very important and even the smallest things you do, little details really matter. >> navigating difficult adult situations is not new to jes. at 13 years old, her family lost their home. >> the bay area is not a very cheap place to live in. we weren't able to pay for the rent fully and on time. that kind of led up to us moving into a homeless shelter. >> jes, her mom, and five sibl for ly a ye. >> it was a little scary. >> getting to school was tough. >> waking up and not knowing whether or not you're going to go to school wasmade education priority. >> it was really important for me. it was kind of just my way to escape, i guess. >> through a work study program at ica, the high school senior is adding hr pro to her resume. >> managers and teachers are impressed. >> she's a breath of fresh air. she comes with the utmost professionalism. >> jes is poised. particularly around adults. that's what this job
another day at work no naemplee jes ropes kaiser permanente's humid resource office in san francisco. >> i learned that sort of the way you portray yourself in front of other people is very important and even the smallest things you do, little details really matter. >> navigating difficult adult situations is not new to jes. at 13 years old, her family lost their home. >> the bay area is not a very cheap place to live in. we weren't able to pay for the rent fully and on time....
KPIX 5 News at 5:30PM : KPIX : April 9, 2019 5:30pm-6:00pm PDT
1718. >> reporter: she is just 17 and is already learning the ropes at kaiser permanente human resources office in san francisco. >> i have learned that the way you portray yourself in front of other people is very important and, even the smallest things you do, like little details really matter. >> navigating difficult adult situations is not new to just. i just 13 years old, her family lost their home. >> the bay area is not a cheap place to live. and, we were not able to pay for the rent fully and on time, so, that led up to us to moving into a homeless shelter. >> her and her sisters will be homeless for nearly a year. getting to school was tough. >> waking up and not knowing whether or not you go to school was a very big thing for me at the time. >> but she made education a priority >>it was really important for me. it was my way to escape i guess. >> work-study program at ica crystal ray academy, the high school senior is adding hr pro >> any clic. . >> managers and teachers are impressed. >> she comes with the utmost professionalism. >> she is very poised, you can tell t
1718. >> reporter: she is just 17 and is already learning the ropes at kaiser permanente human resources office in san francisco. >> i have learned that the way you portray yourself in front of other people is very important and, even the smallest things you do, like little details really matter. >> navigating difficult adult situations is not new to just. i just 13 years old, her family lost their home. >> the bay area is not a cheap place to live. and, we were not...
kaiser permanente has been on the path to be the best provider in the nation. we don't think there is any provider do not more than we are to advance mental health services in the united states. we have hired over 500 therapists, increasing our staff by 30%. we are the highest paid mental health providers in california with our psychologists earning 138,000 and the majority of our social workers earning 111. we are offering age increases. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm here again. as you guys -- everybody knows about our businesses, it's totally lost -- i mean uber and lyft has taken our business. and i swear to god, honestly, i'm tortured. i -- my god issaicing because i don't have any release. i work in a row seven days to build some money to pay my gait and pay my companies. so why we are stuck with this? we pay the mortgage. we -- as you guys know, we -- we're just like our family, we don't have time with our family. we're losing relationships with our families, our kids, and plus our friends. we just like coming into the work, go home, sleep, co
kaiser permanente has been on the path to be the best provider in the nation. we don't think there is any provider do not more than we are to advance mental health services in the united states. we have hired over 500 therapists, increasing our staff by 30%. we are the highest paid mental health providers in california with our psychologists earning 138,000 and the majority of our social workers earning 111. we are offering age increases. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker....
KTVU Fox 2 News at 6pm : KTVU : April 18, 2019 6:00pm-6:59pm PDT
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clara's kaiser permanente location donated $15,000 toward the pantry's open. >>> the emergency alert was tested today as the bay area marks 113 years since the great 1906 earthquake. >>> we're live in san jose were vegas fans are making themselves seen and hard. the sharks are trying to save face and extend the series. we will talk playoff pucks and clichis in a moment. [phone ringing] remember the way we used to do things? hey man... like connect with friends? dig it! or get in shape? or sell a house and pay a real estate agent a big commission. [crash] at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. >>> it is do or die time for the san jose sharks tonight as they fight to stay alive in the first round of the playoffs. scott reese is behind the glass at sap arena tonight in san jose. they have to do it tonight, scott. >> reporter: they do or else the season is over a frank. it is a team that p
clara's kaiser permanente location donated $15,000 toward the pantry's open. >>> the emergency alert was tested today as the bay area marks 113 years since the great 1906 earthquake. >>> we're live in san jose were vegas fans are making themselves seen and hard. the sharks are trying to save face and extend the series. we will talk playoff pucks and clichis in a moment. [phone ringing] remember the way we used to do things? hey man... like connect with friends? dig it! or get...
The Ten O'Clock News on KTVU Fox 2 : KTVU : April 18, 2019 10:00pm-10:59pm PDT
is free to qualifying students. santa clara's kaiser permanente donated $10,000 for the pantry's opening. >>> pope francis is leading millions of catholics around the world in celebrating holy week leading up to easter sunday. the pope marked holy thursday with a catholic ritual that dates back to the time of jesus christ. he travelled to wash the feet of 12 prisoners, reenacting the biblical story of jesus washing the feed of his 12 disciples. >>> tracking the weather now, setting up for the weekend. it's gonna cool off a couple degrees. still gonna be a great day. you'll notice some significant cooling right along the coast where the fog is. and high pressure is the story, but weakens by that low to the north. the high weakens a little bit. and on saturday, a weak system drives by to the north. and cools temperatures down. 60s. mid-60s. maybe even some right now, a bunch of it. toward market street, pacifica. it's gonna be right around the bay, inside the bay late tonight, early tomorrow morning. kind of warm out there, 50s. tomorrow's temperatures are coming down as you start.
is free to qualifying students. santa clara's kaiser permanente donated $10,000 for the pantry's opening. >>> pope francis is leading millions of catholics around the world in celebrating holy week leading up to easter sunday. the pope marked holy thursday with a catholic ritual that dates back to the time of jesus christ. he travelled to wash the feet of 12 prisoners, reenacting the biblical story of jesus washing the feed of his 12 disciples. >>> tracking the weather now,...
Washington Journal 04/30/2019 : CSPAN : April 30, 2019 6:59am-10:00am EDT
. lte, istion for mr. shu was a member of kaiser permanente for probably 30 years , and they would not let me see my emergency doctor in the circumstance that took place. they denied me medical services for seven days straight. i have tried for 40 years, mr. schulte, to get my medical records. kaiser permanente refuses. the two culprits who tried to murder me are still they are running the show at panorama city in california. they refused to turn over the records. your attorneys. twice, in two and a letters, $250,000. i refused -- i refuse both of them. i have never seen a kangaroo court in my time until april of 1987. pointtom, what is your question. caller: might point is that they will not give me my had a medical records. . i have epilepsy because i was in a coma. host: it is a law that you can get access to your medical records? guest: he should be able to get access to them. kaiser permanente was one of the earliest adopters of this technology. this is the first i have heard of a situation like he is describing. host: james, from whitesboro, texas. caller: yes. host: mr. schulte
. lte, istion for mr. shu was a member of kaiser permanente for probably 30 years , and they would not let me see my emergency doctor in the circumstance that took place. they denied me medical services for seven days straight. i have tried for 40 years, mr. schulte, to get my medical records. kaiser permanente refuses. the two culprits who tried to murder me are still they are running the show at panorama city in california. they refused to turn over the records. your attorneys. twice, in two...
Reliable Sources : CNNW : April 7, 2019 8:00am-9:00am PDT
like associated black charities, like kaiser permanente, the health provider which was negotiating with the city for a $48 million contract to cover its employees as they paid this to the mayor. this is really civic watchdog journalism at its best. and i'll tell you what, almost every day, brian, "the sun" is breaking a story. if you remember when "the post" and "the times" were going at it on stories on the trump administration, you got whiplash going from one website to the other. >> right. >> that's the way "the sun" is breaking stories. and this story, brian, is far, far from over. and here's the thing that's really great about it. on the floor of the general assembly in annapolis, they are debating a package which i'd be stunned if they don't get it together in these final days and pass it, for reform. a newspaper reported a story. the legislature is now trying to reform the issue, and they're quoting "the sun" on the floor of the maryland assembly. this is the way it works. and when you lose your local paper, or when they shut down a statehouse bureau or cut back on reporters at c
like associated black charities, like kaiser permanente, the health provider which was negotiating with the city for a $48 million contract to cover its employees as they paid this to the mayor. this is really civic watchdog journalism at its best. and i'll tell you what, almost every day, brian, "the sun" is breaking a story. if you remember when "the post" and "the times" were going at it on stories on the trump administration, you got whiplash going from one...
All In With Chris Hayes : MSNBCW : April 5, 2019 5:00pm-6:00pm PDT
tell, this book, the general pocket could never buy this book, but kaiser permanente and the medical system did. they paid hundreds of thousands for her books. both have connections with her or business before the city. since they first broke the story, the associated black charities purchased the book as well as a businessman. she apologized for the initial deal with the medical system, but not an isolated pace of the above board market transaction. the boston globe had a story about a guy who happened to buy the houses for almost twice the assessed price. and lo and behold, the deep buyer's kid gets into harvard on the fencing team. the buyer has told "the globe" it was an investment and favor for the coach who he said had become his close friend. so again a facially legitimate market transaction, just buying a home, one purchasing one legally from another, but with massive side benefits. wow, it sure is hard to think of places where that might apply to our current political leadership. if a mayor's self-published children's book or fencing coach's home can be a vector for what loo
tell, this book, the general pocket could never buy this book, but kaiser permanente and the medical system did. they paid hundreds of thousands for her books. both have connections with her or business before the city. since they first broke the story, the associated black charities purchased the book as well as a businessman. she apologized for the initial deal with the medical system, but not an isolated pace of the above board market transaction. the boston globe had a story about a guy...
general public could never actually buy this book. but kaiser permanente paying catherine pugh hundreds of thousands of dollars for her books. both businesses had connections with pugh or business before the city. and it's been uncovered that the associated black charity purchased books as well as a wealthy businessman. pugh apologized with her initial deal with the university calling it a mistake. being used as a cover for some shadiness. yesterday the boston globe had a story about a guy who just had happened to buy the harvard fencing coach's houses for almost twice the asked price. lo and behold wouldn't you know it, the deep pocketed buyers kid gets into harvard on the fencing team. the buyer has told the globe it was an investment and favor for brand the coach who had become his close friend. one person purchasing one legally from another but with massive side benefits. and wow, sure is hard to think of places where that might apply to our current political leadership, right? i mean if a mayor self-published childrens book or a fencing coach's home can be a vector for what looks like
general public could never actually buy this book. but kaiser permanente paying catherine pugh hundreds of thousands of dollars for her books. both businesses had connections with pugh or business before the city. and it's been uncovered that the associated black charity purchased books as well as a wealthy businessman. pugh apologized with her initial deal with the university calling it a mistake. being used as a cover for some shadiness. yesterday the boston globe had a story about a guy who...
Johns Hopkins Discussion on Wildfires and Public Health Concerns : CSPAN : April 17, 2019 6:28pm-7:31pm EDT
santa rosa, california. this was kaiser permanente hospital in santa rosa, california. they were evacuating patients as the fire came. running through the smoke, this happened at nursing homes. there was a hospital that burned down in the most recent fire and it's healthcare workers, recovery afterwards. there so many questions in this area and i think the people that do the suppression planning, design, resilience and health all need to collaborate on this because it's the most vulnerable population that are being the most severely affected. we want to prevent this. this is that community i mentioned, copy part in santa rosa, california, in 20 something that completely burned down after embers jumped over a freeway and a lot of other areas to get here. what if we could have prevented that? have public health improve? i think prevention is the key. we need to plan, innovate and engineer new materials and things and we need to think about how to equip our first responders so that they can respond to dispense as safely and as effectively as possible. thank you. [applause] >> good a
santa rosa, california. this was kaiser permanente hospital in santa rosa, california. they were evacuating patients as the fire came. running through the smoke, this happened at nursing homes. there was a hospital that burned down in the most recent fire and it's healthcare workers, recovery afterwards. there so many questions in this area and i think the people that do the suppression planning, design, resilience and health all need to collaborate on this because it's the most vulnerable...
KPIX 5 News Sun Morn Edition : KPIX : April 21, 2019 6:00am-7:01am PDT
: she is 18 and she is learning the ropes at kaiser permanente human resources office in san francisco. >> i've learned the way that you portray yourself in front of other people is very important and, even like the smallest things you do like little details matter.>> reporter: navigating adult situations is not new to jess castaneda, and 13, her family lost their home. >> the bay area is not very cheap ways to live in. we were not able to pay for the rent fully and on time. so that kind of let up to is moving into a homeless shelter. >> she, her mom and five siblings would be homeless for nearly a year. >> it was scary . >> reporter: it into school was tough. >> waking up and not knowing if you're going to school was a big thing for me at the time. >> reporter: she made education her priority. >> it was really important for me, it was kind of just my way to escape i guess.>> reporter: through a work-study program at the academy, the high school senior is adding hr pro to her resume. >> any clinical managers. >> reporter: they are impressed. >> she's a breath of fresh air. sh
: she is 18 and she is learning the ropes at kaiser permanente human resources office in san francisco. >> i've learned the way that you portray yourself in front of other people is very important and, even like the smallest things you do like little details matter.>> reporter: navigating adult situations is not new to jess castaneda, and 13, her family lost their home. >> the bay area is not very cheap ways to live in. we were not able to pay for the rent fully and on time....
The Lead With Jake Tapper : CNNW : April 25, 2019 1:00pm-2:00pm PDT
thread of this investigation. as for kaiser permanente, they say it distributed the books it bought to schools and child care centers. >> jessica, thank you. >>> evangelical preacher franklin graham defends president trump and attacks a democratic presidential candidate for being gay. stay with us. so, jardiance asks... when it comes to type 2 diabetes, are you thinking about your heart? well, i'm managing my a1c, so i should be all set. right. actually, you're still at risk for a fatal heart attack or stroke. even if i'm taking heart medicine, like statins or blood thinners? yep! that's why i asked my doctor what else i could do... she told me about jardiance. that's right. jardiance significantly reduces the risk of dying from a cardiovascular event for adults who have type 2 diabetes and known heart disease. that's why the american diabetes association recommends the active ingredient in jardiance. and it lowers a1c? yeah- with diet and exercise. jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration, genital yeast or urinary tract infections, and sudden kidney problems. ket
thread of this investigation. as for kaiser permanente, they say it distributed the books it bought to schools and child care centers. >> jessica, thank you. >>> evangelical preacher franklin graham defends president trump and attacks a democratic presidential candidate for being gay. stay with us. so, jardiance asks... when it comes to type 2 diabetes, are you thinking about your heart? well, i'm managing my a1c, so i should be all set. right. actually, you're still at risk for...
KTVU Mornings on 2 at 7am : KTVU : April 10, 2019 7:00am-9:01am PDT
mode is the theme this year, sponsored by kaiser permanente. we get so excited and every fan will get a towel and a wristband which is tied to the game presentation. if you have a ticket be here at 715 and see the game pregame show and cheered the sharks that hit the ice at 730. that towel will help, everyone will be waving. >> before the presentation indoors have something outside the shark tank. >> absolutely, outside is what is free. anyone who wants to come down to have a fan rally beginning at 5:00, music, face painting, food and drinks. we have a march that starts at the square, are fans coming to the arena beginning at 530. >> who is leading the march? >> i will be at the fan rally already. our marching team will lead the march of the fans very successful in popular last year. at the arena at as the doors will open. >> i will run - - i ride my bike every day and can i ride over and participate. >> free of charge open to the public you don't need a ticket to the rally. >> round one and who will be the hero question >> whoever scores the clinching goal. >> we have many player
mode is the theme this year, sponsored by kaiser permanente. we get so excited and every fan will get a towel and a wristband which is tied to the game presentation. if you have a ticket be here at 715 and see the game pregame show and cheered the sharks that hit the ice at 730. that towel will help, everyone will be waving. >> before the presentation indoors have something outside the shark tank. >> absolutely, outside is what is free. anyone who wants to come down to have a fan...
Today : KNTV : April 26, 2019 7:00am-9:01am PDT
kaiser permanente while it was seeking multimillion-dollar contracts with the city. maryland's republican govern larry hogan now calling for the democratic mayor to step down, writing in a statement, mayor pugh has lost the public trust. she is clearly not fit to lead. for the good of the city, mayor pugh must resign. the entire city council also urging her to quit. >> this has gone on far too long. it is entirely unfair to the citizens of baltimore. >> reporter: now, pugh has been battling pneumonia. she has been out of public view since early last month. her attorney told reporters yesterday that pugh is still in poor health. he says she is not lucid enough to figure out whether she should resign. >> all right. geoff bennett in baltimore. thank you. >>> time for the "morning boost." a young girl took the stage at her school in new jersey. she is about to get an award. the real reward was standing behind her, hidden by the curtain. i don't know. are we going to show it? there we go. it was a big sister. her big sister home from japan. she had been deployed and away nearly two years. it t
kaiser permanente while it was seeking multimillion-dollar contracts with the city. maryland's republican govern larry hogan now calling for the democratic mayor to step down, writing in a statement, mayor pugh has lost the public trust. she is clearly not fit to lead. for the good of the city, mayor pugh must resign. the entire city council also urging her to quit. >> this has gone on far too long. it is entirely unfair to the citizens of baltimore. >> reporter: now, pugh has been...


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Ло Хуэйнин (род. в октябре , пров. Аньхой) — китайский политик, член ЦК КПК в 2012—2022 годах (кандидат с 2007 года). Заведующий Канцелярией Госсовета КНР по связям Центрального народного правительства в Специальном административном районе Сянган в 2020—2023 гг.

В 2016—2019 гг. глава парткома КПК пров. Шаньси, в 2013—2016 гг. глава парткома КПК пров. Цинхай, в 2010—2013 гг. её губернатор.

Доктор экономических наук.

Член КПК с 1982 года, член ЦК КПК 18 и 19-го созывов (кандидат 17-го созыва).

Биография
По национальности ханец.

В годы культурной революции послан на низовую работу, в 1970-х — сталевар.

Окончил Аньхойский университет (1982) по специальности политэкономия.

В 1999—2003 гг. завотделом пропаганды и член посткома парткома пров. Аньхой.

В 1999—2002 гг. получал последипломное образование в бизнес-школе пров. Аньхой Китайского научно-технологического университета.
В 2000—2003 гг. получал докторат по экономике в Пекинском экономическом колледже Китайского народного университета.

С 2003 г. замглавы парткома и парторг провинциального правительства пров. Цинхай, в 2004—2009 гг. ректор провинциальной партшколы.

В 2010—2013 гг. губернатор пров. Цинхай (Северо-Западный Китай).

С марта 2013 года глава парткома пров. Цинхай (по 2016).

Женат.

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Выпускники Аньхойского университета
Доктора экономических наук
Губернаторы провинций Китая
Члены ЦК КПК 18-го созыва
Члены ЦК КПК 19-го созыва
Главы провинции Цинхай
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