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Home Money, Politics and Power Memo to Next V.A. Chief: How Technology Allowed Corruption to Flourish, Hurting Veterans
Memo to Next V.A. Chief: How Technology Allowed Corruption to Flourish, Hurting Veterans
President Obama has tapped Robert A. McDonald to run the embattled Department of Veterans Affairs. Here's what he'll need to understand about the limits of the V.A.'s vaunted electronic records program.
by Virginia Eubanks
AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File
This April 28, 2014 file photo show the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix. Fake appointments, unofficial logs kept on the sly and appointments made without telling the patient are among tricks used to disguise delays in seeing and treating veterans at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics. They're not a new phenomenon. VA officials, veteran service organizations and members of Congress have known about them for years.
Corruption has been a part of American government since its inception. In principle, computers and electronic record-keeping promise greater transparency and honesty. E-government tools are now part of the most central tasks of citizenship, including voting, registering births and deaths, and paying taxes.
Successful examples range from the utterly mundane: E-ZPass provides more effective traffic control, simpler toll payment for drivers, and collects real-time data about the use of public infrastructure-to the absolutely extraordinary: a telecenter in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park protects mountain gorillas, monitors human-to-gorilla disease transmission, and creates local economic growth. If well-designed and implemented, these tools can increase government efficiency, transparency, and accountability, facilitate agency communication, improve service quality, and promote public participation.
Yet digital government is only as honest as the people who design, implement, and operate it. A vivid example of the use of computers to promote dishonesty is the still-unfolding Phoenix Health Care Services scandal in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
On May 28, V.A. Acting Inspector General Richard J. Griffin released an interim report chronicling "gross mismanagement of V.A. resources" and criminal misconduct at the Phoenix Health Care System (HCS). The report focuses on irregularities in the electronic wait list that resulted in significant delays in care-veterans waited on average 115 days for their first primary care appointment-while allowing the Phoenix HCS to report wait times of only 14 days and qualify for performance bonuses. When the inspector general's investigation began, only 1,400 of the 3,100 veterans seeking care at Phoenix HCS were entered into the electronic scheduling system; many of the rest were languishing on "alternative" wait lists used to falsely suppress wait time data.
As early as 2005, a report from the V.A. Office of the Inspector General showed that inaccurate recording of veterans' wait times, multiple waiting lists, and irregular outpatient scheduling procedures were a problem nationwide. In one of the most egregious examples, a veteran visited a primary care clinic at the Atlanta V.A. Medical Clinic on August 3, 2003, and received a referral to an eye clinic. The patient requested an immediate appointment, but instead of entering "next available," a scheduler looked forward in the system to find the next opening in the calendar-not until June 21, 2004-and entered that the patient wanted an appointment on June 15, 2004. The wait time was logged as only 6 days (June 15-21), rather than the 321 days that actually elapsed between August 3 and June 21 appointments.
By 2010, a memo from William Schoenhard, the agency's deputy under secretary for health operations and management, was circulating internally and had been leaked to a watchdog website. It catalogued seventeen common "scheduling practices to avoid," and called for immediate action to eliminate misuses of the electronic wait lists. In the memo, Schoenhard wrote, "Workarounds have the potential to compromise the reliability of the data as well as the integrity and honesty of our work. Workarounds may mask the symptoms of poor access and, although they may aid in meeting performance measures, they do not serve our veterans."
In the Phoenix case, schedulers bowed to pressure from supervisors to "fix" records exceeding the 14-day wait-time goal.
They kept alternate wait lists, set desired appointment dates within a few days of the next available appointment, deleted or canceled consults, and overwrote old appointments with new ones to "reset the clock." According to Griffin, a direct consequence of these practices was that the Phoenix HCS leadership significantly understated wait times in their performance reports, "one of the factors considered for awards and salary increases."
The usual understanding of corruption involves the use of political office for personal gain: selling government assets, getting your brother-in-law a cushy job, or taking a bribe in exchange for delivering a sweetheart contract. Malfeasance in e-government may look different, but the objective is the same: Public servants exploit the shortcomings of political systems for advancement and financial rewards. Is intentional fudging of government statistics-what we might call "gaming the state"- the new face of government corruption in the 21st century?
Emily Shaw, policy manager at the Sunlight Foundation, which uses technology to create more open, accountable governments, is quick to point out that we shouldn't blame computerized record keeping for such finagling. "The [Phoenix HCS] system may have been gamed by people who misclassified things intentionally, but any system can be gamed if there's no oversight," she says. Similarly, Sharon Dawes, a senior fellow at the Center for Technology in Government, a public-private research partnership based at the University at Albany, SUNY, points out that e-government systems are influenced by policy, management, and quality of data. The Phoenix V.A. case was a perfect storm of management failures, bad data, and policy that linked single performance indicators-like appointment wait times-directly to rewards.
But technology did play an enabling role. When you get out a paper appointment book in front of a suffering veteran and flip through more than three hundred pages to the next available appointment, it makes problems in the system tangible, insistent. When you deliberately enter data in a scheduling program, it's easier to obscure the human cost of inaction.
Phoenix is hardly a unique case, nor is the problem limited to any single domain of government. In New York City in the mid-1990s, law enforcement moved to a computerized statistics system (CompStat), which evaluated precinct performance by two major indicators: whether "quality of life" arrests were increasing, and whether violent crime was dropping. ("Quality of life crimes" is a term that refers to "relatively minor, nonviolent, illegal behaviors that collectively undermine people's sense of well-being and public safety in an area," according to a brief by the Minnesota House of Representatives Research Department.) In a case now made famous by a Village Voice exposé, police officers in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn used stop-and-frisk tactics to increase their quality-of-life citations, while miscategorizing violent and major crimes like rape as lesser crimes like trespassing. This made their performance indicators look good at precinct accountability meetings, but it didn't make Bed-Stuy safer. But the fact that the system was computerized gave it credibility, even if the reality was GIGO – garbage in. garbage out.
In Indiana a decade later, a changing food-assistance policy, a nationwide recession, and natural disasters overwhelmed a new $1.4 billion automated welfare-eligibility system. To meet contract targets for timely decisions, call center workers used a catchall reason, "failure to cooperate," to deny benefits to thousands of Hoosiers. In the most shocking case, a woman was kicked of Medicaid for missing an appointment with a caseworker-because she was in the hospital with congestive heart failure. The "failure to cooperate" workaround made the public-private partnership running the new system (IBM was the private contractor) look like it was meeting performance targets, but deprived citizens of access to needed medical care, food, and childcare.
In all three cases, public employees and private companies reaped rewards-police officers and precinct commanders were promoted, IBM received half a billion dollars on its contract, and Veterans Administration administrators got raises-while citizens were denied safety, justice, and lifesaving social support. All with the click of a button.
Analog corruption requires face-to-face contact, linking action and consequence, and a certain amount of moral clarity. Folding a bill around your drivers' license to get out of a speeding ticket is a clear ethical choice and an explicit bribe. Under digital government, the moral choices are murkier, the impacts muted by distance and abstraction.
So, how do we make government technology less corruptible? Sharon Dawes and Emily Shaw offer a few lessons for maximizing efficiency and accountability while minimizing the likelihood of finagling:
Beware single, quantitative indicators for performance. Campbell's Law holds that the more narrow the indicator used for social decision-making, "the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor." Judging a policy's success by wait times, test scores, or increasing quality of life crime arrest rates will leave it open to attempts to game the system: multiple wait lists, cheating scandals, stop and frisks.
Openness of e-government information should be proportional to power. Emily Shaw argues that "the more power you have, the more we need to make your decision-making transparent. Conversely, the less power you have, the more attention we need to pay to whether your privacy rights are being protected." Sharon Dawes points out that, ironically, giving patients or families access to the wait time data on a site like data.gov might have identified the problem in Phoenix earlier. People closest to the problem would have seen that the wait times they were experiencing were far out of line with wait times that were being reported. This life-saving information was instead uncovered by an old-fashioned audits, hotlines, and whistleblowers.
Don't try to use technology to solve problems that aren't primarily technical. The real problem in the Phoenix case is that the Veterans Administration has too few doctors and too many patients to meet two-week wait-time targets. In a May 30 national access audit, the Veterans Health Administration wrote: "Meeting a 14 day wait-time performance target for new appointments was simply not attainable given the ongoing challenge of finding sufficient provider slots to accommodate a growing demand for services."
In the New York Times, Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Abby Goodnough wrote, "At the heart of the falsified data in Phoenix, and possibly many other veterans hospitals, is an acute shortage of doctors, particularly primary care ones, to handle a patient population swelled both by aging veterans from the Vietnam War and younger ones who served in Iraq and Afghanistan." Political decisions, not scheduling problems, rob veterans of the care they deserve.
Politics Health & Social Policy The Obama Administration Executive Branch


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Detroit, MI – September 19, 2017 – Paramount WorkPlace, a leading provider of web-based and mobile spend management and procurement software solutions, today announced the release of a new Procure-to-Pay Calculator, an easy-to-use tool that enables companies to quickly quantify the return on investment (ROI) resulting from automating the procure-to-pay (P2P) process. The calculator was created in conjunction with PayStream Advisors, a research and advisory firm focused on business process automation in sourcing, supply chain management, procurement, accounts payable, payments, and expense management.
"The first step in any initiative is to measure the current state and determine future goals," said Khensa Bangert, VP of Marketing and Business Development for Paramount WorkPlace. "When we researched what's available for procurement professionals, we determined a need for an effective tool that measures current state as well as future cost saving opportunities. Based on this finding, we collaborated with and engaged PayStream Advisors to create this first procure-to-pay calculator for companies in the mid-market. A tool like this will ultimately help organizations increase efficiency, drive innovation and build a robust Procure-to-Pay platform to support growth."
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Q: How to move each value in a row one position by a position in the array? How to move the values in the field by scrolling by one position a position in sequence? Then replace unnecessary values with the number zero?
Example:
My array
np.array([[51 52 53 54 55 56 57]
 [41 42 43 44 45 46 47]
 [31 32 33 34 35 36 37]
 [21 22 23 24 25 26 27]
 [11 12 13 14 15 16 17]])

I need:
[[0 0 0 0 51 52 53]
 [0 0 0 41 42 43 0]
 [0 0 31 32 33 0 0]
 [0 21 22 23 0 0 0]
 [11 12 13 0 0 0 0]]

Here we see that the last line does not shift and unnecessary values are zero. In the next line, the first three numbers are shifted to the right and the others are reset. I would need such a sequence. It is possible?
array's shape is not fixed

A: I assume that the number of elements shifted to the right is also arbitrary (elements_shifted > 0). Here is my first attempt:
import numpy as np

a = np.array([[51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57],
             [41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47],
             [31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37],
             [21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27],
             [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]])

elements_shifted = 3 # You can change this number to another desired one > 0

b = [row[:elements_shifted] for row in a]
a_shifted = np.zeros(a.shape)

start_idx = -elements_shifted

a_shifted[0][start_idx:] = b[0]
for i in range(1, len(a)):
    start_idx -= 1
    if -start_idx > a.shape[1]:
        a_shifted[i][:elements_shifted] = b[i]
    else:
        a_shifted[i][start_idx:start_idx + elements_shifted] = b[i]

print(a_shifted)

Output:
[[ 0.  0.  0.  0. 51. 52. 53.]
 [ 0.  0.  0. 41. 42. 43.  0.]
 [ 0.  0. 31. 32. 33.  0.  0.]
 [ 0. 21. 22. 23.  0.  0.  0.]
 [11. 12. 13.  0.  0.  0.  0.]]

A: Another way to do this is to create a row by concatenating left side, array row item,  and right side.
This will take the number of rows and columns in the array and set zeros to all values based on the number of rows in the array.
import numpy as np
my_array = np.array([[51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57],
 [41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47],
 [31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37],
 [21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27],
 [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]])

my_new_array = np.zeros(my_array.shape)
x = np.shape(my_array)[1]
y = np.shape(my_array)[0]-1
for i,item in enumerate(my_array):
    left_side = [0] * (y-i)
    right_side = [0] * i
    row_item = np.concatenate((left_side,item[:(x-y)],right_side),axis = 0)
    my_new_array[i] = row_item
print (my_new_array)

The output of this will be:
[[ 0.  0.  0.  0. 51. 52. 53.]
 [ 0.  0.  0. 41. 42. 43.  0.]
 [ 0.  0. 31. 32. 33.  0.  0.]
 [ 0. 21. 22. 23.  0.  0.  0.]
 [11. 12. 13.  0.  0.  0.  0.]]

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Sword Master VR brings intense sword fighting to you in a game experience that will have you breathing hard as you fight your way out of hell. You'll be slashing and slicing in every direction to defeat the waves of gigantic sword wielding beasts as skeletons cheer from the sideline.
We put it it to the test in our offices so you can decide to add it to your calorie torching fitness routine or skip it for something less ghastly.
Available on Steam and works on Oculus and Vive with tracked motion controllers. We tested it on the Vive.
In my 20 minute workout test, I wore a Wahoo heart rate monitor strapped around my chest, connected to my an iPhone app. I started the app and started the game, so you can ignore about a minute of tracking in the screenshot.
You can see from the graph that the intensity increased throughout the experience and peaked right before I took the headset off (after two extra monstrous soldiers sliced me to pieces).
This was a very intense experience and other than a few seconds to restart a level after winning or losing, the intensity was very steady.
Whenever there is a lull in the action (which is rare), jog in place to keep your heart rate up.
No little poking and arm waving allowed. Slice and jab as hard and as fast as you can! You're fighting in hell. Act like it! But make sure nobody is around and your area is clear. You can seriously break yourself, your furniture, or the neighbor kid if he got in your way.
Don't use the shield or don't rely on it. Duck to avoid blows or jump out of the way. Holding your shield up is pretty lazy, even if it is more effective for staying alive.
Your arms will be getting the bulk of the workout, obviously, since you are waving them around like a mad man to save your neck. After 20 minutes, I sat down to start write this review and I had to take a break because just holding my arms up to the keyboard was difficult.
Holding up the shield with your other arm does start to tire you out, but I recommend switching the sword between hands (just change controllers) every few minutes to even it out. Nobody likes a lopsided body.
If you follow my tip above and duck and jump to avoid getting slashed, your legs will definitely be tired by the end of your session.
Ducking, jumping, and turning around in every direction will definitely test your balance and agility. Ducking to avoid blows will help activate your core muscles.
Nobody wants a workout to feel like it lasts forever. In Sword Master VR, the time went by very quickly. It's hard to think about the clock when two ten foot sword fighters are trying to decapitate you. The pace of the game is very quick and my 20 minutes felt like 12 – 15 minutes at the most.
Another great thing about an immersive VR workout is that you focus on the task at hand instead of the burning sensation in your arms or lungs. I definitely felt like I was giving a lot of effort, but I enjoyed it. I was giving 9/10 effort but felt like it was 7/10. Awesome. The more immersive an experience and the more focused you are on winning or surviving, the less you will notice any pain or exertion. I was definitely lost in the game world.
I didn't make it through all of the levels, but this is the type game you can just jump in and play any time. I imagine that after an hour or so of straight play, you'd start to get bored. But if you want to jump in for 10-20 minutes a few times a week as part of your fitness routine (along with a few other games each day), it will always be exciting. Hopefully they open up more game modes, levels, and bad guys to defeat to mix it up.
Once you become very fit, will this game still challenge you? I think so. There are a lot of ways to increase the intensity, as I mentioned above, like jogging in place instead of standing, and moving your arms more quickly and slashing with more effort. If you aren't burning enough calories, jog faster or do high knees while fighting, and add some squat jumps as you are doing all you can to save your internal organs from a sword puncture.
How often do you have to fiddle with menus for starting and stopping each experience? How much downtime is there? Luckily, the menus are very quick and straightforward. Once you end a round, you can literally be back in the action in 15 – 30 seconds. Jog in place during that period to keep your heart rate up and you won't be staring into the abyss and wasting your time.
How can you not love sword fighting in VR? It's a very natural thing to do and as you get better you start to feel like a real badass. Yes, you just stabbed the guy in front of you and did a 180 turn to slash the one that appeared behind you. You should be a film action star!
Since there is literally no locomotion in this game (you are on a platform the size of your play area), you shouldn't feel sick at all. The game performed well and I didn't notice any lag at any time. Zero nausea or dizziness for me.
Unless I'm missing it, I didn't see any ability to see your performance on a leaderboard or compete/co-op with friends. Of course, you could take turns and see who can pass a difficult level, but that's about it.
For a cardio blasting, arm burning workout, you can't ask for much more than Sword Master VR offers! You'll burn calories while the time quickly passes, helping you to get fit faster than you can on any boring treadmill… unless that treadmill comes to life, grows arms, grabs a sword, takes you to hell and then tries to remove all of your extremities.
Buy it, play it, and then look and feel better in real life.


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Wilson Center Africa Program
Africa Program Team
Stafford Capacity Building Internship Program
The goal of the internship is to develop and build the professional capacities of the next generation of Africanists and international public policy analysts. The program accomplishes this by bringing in a diverse pool of interns from colleges and universities across the United States to support the mission and work of the Africa Program, while exposing them to careers in international public policy and research, boosting their practical experience and professional skills, and providing them with mentorship opportunities. This project has been generously funded by Mr. Earl W. Stafford and the Wentworth Group since its establishment in 2019.
Application Form: Africa Program Capacity Building Internship ProgramDownload
TypeInternship
SemesterSummer 2022
OpenDecember 27, 2022 — April 16, 2023
DeadlineMarch 17, 2023
Africa Program: Stafford Capacity Building Internship
Due to COVID-19, this internship will be offered as a remote position until further notice. Interns will need regular computer and internet access during Wilson Center's working hours.
The Wilson Center Africa Program is now accepting Summer internship applications until April 16, 2023.
Please read the instructions below for all deadlines and closing dates.
Wilson Center Description
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars was established in 1968 by an act of Congress as a living memorial whose work and scholarship commemorate the ideals and concerns of President Woodrow Wilson. To this end, the Center provides a nonpartisan forum where the worlds of policy and scholarship interact through public events as well as timely and relevant research to address key issues and developments, as well as critical current and emerging challenges confronting the United States and the world.
Africa Program Description
Within the broader Wilson Center mission, the Africa Program works to address the most critical issues confronting Africa, enhance knowledge and understanding about Africa, and build stronger, more mutually beneficial U.S.-Africa policy and relations. The Africa Program centers its work on four programmatic pillars:
Good Governance and Leadership
Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding, and Security
Trade, Investment, and Sustainable Development
Africa's Evolving Role in the Global Arena
Underlying these pillars is a cross-cutting focus on the roles of women, youth, and technology.
Internship Description
The Africa Program Capacity Building Internship Program targets the development and professional skills of emerging Africanists. It does so by bringing a diverse group of qualified students with an interest in, coursework related to, or experience working on Africa-related issues and policy to support the mission and work of the Africa Program while exposing them to practical experience and professional development opportunities in an environment that mixes public policy and research. This 12-week paid internship is generously funded by Mr. Earl W. Stafford and is funded at 20 hours per week.
Interns will work directly with the Africa Program staff for 20 hours per week and assist with all aspects of the Africa program's day-to-day operations and programming. Duties will include but are not limited to:
Administrative and Logistical Support:
Helping Africa Program staff with the preparations for public and private events, including drafting event materials such as event invitations, speaker talking points, event agendas, assembling participant folders and handouts, compiling publications, and preparing tent cards and name tags. Interns will also assist with logistical support for events including event set-up, guest check-in, and note-taking.
Researching and identifying speakers and other subject matter experts for Africa Program events and activities, and locating, drafting, and compiling speaker bios and contact information.
Writing event and meeting summaries for the Africa Program website.
Updating and maintaining the African Program contact database.
Drafting various Wilson Center quarterly reports.
Research and Writing Support:
Providing background research and producing memos on a variety of topics and issues related to Africa and to U.S.-Africa relations in support of Program-related presentations, publications, meetings, and media interviews.
Copy-editing and proofing documents including reports, blogs (for the Africa Program's blog, Africa Up Close), event and meeting summaries, presentations, etc.
Social Media and Communications Support:
Drafting posts to promote events and publications on the Africa Program social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook.
Conducting web and social media analytics using Google Analytics, social media analytics, and tracking tools, along with tracking the Program's media coverage.
Assisting with formatting, configuring, and proofing email campaigns to the Africa Program's mailing list.
Assisting with formatting of Africa Program publications using established InDesign templates.
Written Intern Deliverables:
As part of their professional growth experience, each intern will also be required to:
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation on an Africa-related topic of their choice for delivery to an internal Wilson Center audience.
Attend at least three Africa-focused events in the Washington area.
Prepare a one-page evaluation on the impact of their internship experience.
Produce a resume-ready section capturing their internship experience for review and discussion with the Program Director at the conclusion of their internship.
Interns also have the option of writing a blog on an Africa-related topic for publication on Africa Up Close.
The Wilson Center comprises 14 programs thus offering many opportunities for professional growth in a number of different areas. Internships also provide opportunities to attend events within the Wilson Center and around Washington. All interns also receive access to the Wilson Center's substantial research resources.
Eligibility Requirements:
Successful candidates should have:
An academic background in Africa and Africa-related issues. Other experience related to Africa would be a plus.
Strong administrative, organizational, and research skills.
Excellent writing skills. Copyediting and proofreading experience is a plus.
Teamwork, attention to detail, initiative, good problem-solving skills, and an enthusiastic and responsible approach to unsupervised work.
Ability to multi-task and adapt to changing tasks and schedules is desirable.
Software skills including Adobe Creative Suite (particularly Adobe InDesign and Lightroom), WordPress, Drupal, Google Analytics, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are desirable.
Media production skills, including photography; photo, video, and audio editing; or graphic or page design are a plus.
Students who are currently enrolled in B.A. and M.A. programs are eligible to apply. However, preference will be given to students enrolled in B.A. programs.
Availability: Interns must be available to work a total of 20 hours per week. Interns must be available to be in the office atleast three days per week, and this should include at least 4 hours on Tuesday mornings. Preference will be given to interns who are able to work within the Wilson Center operating hours of 9:00am and 5:30pm, Monday through Thursday. Applicants who are unable to work within the Wilson Center's operational hours will not be considered.
Please Note: International students studying in the U.S. are eligible, but they must hold a valid F-1 or J-1 visa and appropriate work authorization. All international students must obtain written permission from their Designated School Official or Responsible Officer for visas at their university stating that they are in valid immigration status and eligible to do an internship at the Center.
The Center is NOT able to sponsor visas for interns. If you are an international student not already studying in the U.S. on an F-1 or J-1 visa, then you have to go through a university exchange program or an outside organization (internship placement agency) that will sponsor your visa. You MUST have the appropriate visa to apply for this internship. The Wilson Center is an equal opportunity employer and follows equal opportunity employment guidelines in the selection of its interns.
The Wilson Center is an equal opportunity employer and follows equal opportunity employment guidelines in the selection of its interns.
Internship Dates:
Spring internships from January/February to May
Summer internships from May/June to August
Fall internships from September to December
*Open/Close dates are subject to change
Application Deadlines and Procedures:
Applications are due no later than 23:59 Eastern Time on the following for Summer internships: April 16, 2023.
Applications should contain a resume, cover letter, and completed application form (see above to download). The cover letter should address three points: what you hope to gain from your internship experience, what you would bring to the Africa Program, and what you hope to achieve during your time at the Africa Program. All materials should be sent by email to africa@wilsoncenter.org.
Save your files as pdfs with file names that correspond to your last name and the specific term for which you are applying, using the formula: Your Last Name Summer Application Form
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Berlin es una ciudad ubicada en los condados de Green Lake y Waushara, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos. Según el censo de 2020, tiene una población de 5571 habitantes.

La ciudad está situada principalmente en el municipio de Berlin, condado de Green Lake, pero abarca también una parte muy pequeña en el municipio de Aurora, condado de Waushara.

Geografía
La localidad está ubicada en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Berlin tiene una superficie total de 16.55 km², de la cual 14.97 km² corresponden a tierra firme y 1.58 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2020, hay 5571 personas residiendo en Berlín. La densidad de población es de 372.14 hab./km². El 86.20% de los habitantes son blancos, el 0.84% son afroamericanos, el 0.86% son amerindios, el 0.81% son asiáticos, el 0.20% son isleños del Pacífico, el 4.43% son de otras razas y el 6.66% son de una mezcla de razas. Del total de la población, el 10.82% son hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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The easy access to night skies and fresh air is appealing.
Our total miles traveling in an RV (that's a recreational vehicle, camper, travel trailer, motor home, caravan, or what-have-you) equal zero, and it's the same for nights spent in an RV. That's not to say it will never happen. I think of RVing much the same way I consider being a National Park ranger. Gee, that sounds like fun.
Recently, we've seen friends purchase or rent an RV and hit the road, as if they'd been planning this for ages. Even young worldly travelers we know are happy to take a year or two back in North America with a rolling home base. Maybe the people who've looked at us as if we're crazy, for traveling the way we do, just want to sleep in the same bed every night while getting a change of scenery. Or maybe they can't part with their dog or certain stuff. Maybe there's something to the RV lifestyle.
So we asked some people who know about the pros and cons of the RV lifestyle. Here's their story to jump start our research into RV rental, RV and camper styles, and notes on owning a motor home. Follow a couple of the links and you'll also be able to review RV rental costs and companies, what makes a motor home easy to drive, and other great hints for caravan or camper rentals.
One of the best ways to travel, especially if you have pets or love having your possessions around you, is staying in an RV.
RVs allow you to go wherever you want, whenever you want. You don't have to worry about being stuck in one location (particularly a cold one, if you're from the north).
Case in point: my grandpa, who's over 70, lives in his RV and travels south for the winter (and fall and spring) every year by himself. This allows him to stay warm and active.
He's been living and traveling in an RV full-time for over 2 years. He and my grandma owned several RVs over the years and lived in them part-time during the summer for more than three years before he went full-time. After hunting for the best long-term campground deals in the south, he now stays several months in one campground.
He's inspired us to start RVing full-time, and has helped us sort through the many choices to be made when entering the RV lifestyle. Here are the basic options of RV travel.
The choice of parking spots is never ending.
Let's talk about the pros and cons of renting an RV versus buying one.
Renting an RV is an excellent way to test different RV types and experience the RV lifestyle without committing tens of thousands of dollars on a rig.
In fact, depending on what you plan on using the RV for, you could just rent every time you want to go on an RV vacation. It's cheaper and doesn't require storing or maintaining a big RV. We have some tips on renting an RV if you're interested.
However, if you plan on living in your RV (which we'll talk about in the next section), then you'll need to buy one unless you hop around multiple long-term rentals.
Save money compared to buying.
No need to find a place to store the RV when it's not in use.
You don't have to pay owner's tax.
You aren't responsible for maintaining the RV.
You'll have to rent a new RV every time you want to go on vacation.
You're sleeping in a rig many others have stayed in before you.
There are rules you have to abide by.
It's yours to do whatever you please.
You can just pick up and go at a moment's notice—no need to book anything ahead of time or deal with other people.
You can customize your rig to exactly what you want it to look and feel like.
If you use it often enough, it can be cheaper than renting.
You can rent out your RV when you're not using it, to make some extra money.
You have to maintain the RV or camper, including the appliances, engine (if it's a motorhome), battery, plumbing and electrical. Electric or hydraulic slides (those space-enhancing protrusions) need care. And the exterior requires washing and waxing.
You have to find a way to store the RV when not in use.
Before you make the decision to buy an RV, read the next section to figure out what you plan on doing with it!
Living space is enhanced by the pop-out and by some creative outdoor living arrangements.
Which type would you like to be? To help you decide, let's look at the pros and cons of each.
You're not tied to one place. Don't like where you're staying? Pick up and move.
You can live in some incredible places. On the beach? Check. On a mountainside? Check. Next to a lake? Check. Driving the Southern California desert? Check. You name it, you can probably live there.
Things break. Your home is subject to a mini earthquake every time you go on the highway, and that causes things to wear down much quicker than a regular house.
There is a bit of a learning curve. You have to learn how everything in an RV works, how to set it up and take it down, where to dump your tanks or refill propane, etc.
Limited space and limited hot water. In an RV, the only space you have is your rig, so you're pretty limited. And you have a small hot water heater.
Get out of the cold weather. In fact, you can chase the best weather year-round.
Being able to stay near your family for part of the year.
Less commitment than full time RVing.
Just rent an RV rather than buying one to save money.
You may be away from friends and family for a portion of the year.
If you don't have friends doing the same thing or who live near where you're staying, it can be lonely.
Unless you store your RV down south or rent an RV, you have to drive it a far distance, which is both costly in fuel as well as taxing on your rig.
My grandpa lives in his RV full-time, but he combines his lifestyle with the snowbird thing in that he heads down to South Carolina for most of fall, winter, and spring, then comes north for a few months in the summer. Of course, he drives the rig back and forth, so it is a bit taxing and fuel-intensive.
Whichever method of RVing you decide is right for you, renting an RV can help. If you want to live in an RV, renting an RV can help you decide whether it's right for you and which model you like best. If you're snowbirding, a long-term RV rental can save you money and headache from moving or storing your rig. If you're just taking a few vacations every year, renting can save you money and keep you from needing to store and maintain your rig. You get the idea!
Have any questions about RVing, like which type of RV you should buy or whether RV living might be right for you? Ask me in the comments below and I'll be happy to answer.
Eager to get started? Click here to start planning your trip now!
Guest contributor Kayla Widmer is a former full-time RVer and blogs about RV travels with her fiancé Bill at The Wandering RV.
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We lived full-time in an RV fir 8 years visiting 49 American states, 9 Canadian provinces, and 6 Mexican states…until my husband got tired of hooking and unhooking. It was an experience I am glad we had. Even published a book about it!
Wow, that's awesome!! What's the book?
I promised myself I will rent an RV once for a short holiday. It seems like a great experience.
I love the idea of an RV (a sort of comfortable camping…) but unfortunately I'm not so keen on the idea of actually driving it around!
Very interesting! My sister-in-law and her wife bought a small RV; really just a large van, but it has a full-size bed, a dining area and kitchen and a small bathroom. The advantage of a vehicle that small is that it fits in a regular parking space, so when they're not using it, they don't have to pay to store it elsewhere. They use it to take road trips: usually about 6 weeks at a time. It really makes me want to try one out too!
I've always had a fantasy about refurbishing an Airstream and taking it on the road. Sadly, I think the time has passed for the refurbish part, but i would still love to spend a few months driving across the US in one. It's the driving piece that's the obstacle now.How many hours/day do you usually spend behind the wheel?
Hey, Alison! That's awesome – we love Airstreams!
We both are not big fans of long drives behind an RV. We usually don't drive more than ~6 hours per day unless we absolutely have to rush to get somewhere. The number of days depends on the math, really, but we like to take our time and spend a few days in a location at a minimum before heading out. Usually no more than 3-4 days of driving in a row, max. But those days are a bit rough!
You can even rent for a few months from some people, it's pretty cool! Hope this helps!!


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Duke's Golf Course
Prince Andrew, Duke of York hit the first tee shot at the inaugural match here in 1995, giving the course its name. Duke's is the only non-links course at St Andrews and is the course built by the Old Course Hotel. Despite its location next to the 17th hole of the Old Course at St Andrews, the hotel could not guarantee its guests tee times there. Hence a new inland course was built for their use.
Designed by five times Open champion Peter Thompson to complement the five classic links courses along the coast, the Duke's course is a tough challenge in many ways. It was opened for limited play in 1995 and for general play by 1996. Thus St. Andrews is one of the few places in the world where you can play at an outstanding links course and an inland course within a couple of miles of each other. The Duke's Clubhouse overlooks the spectacular closing holes and enjoys panoramic views of the town of St Andrews and the sea beyond.
The championship course has a spectacular setting above St Andrews, with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside all the way to the sea. One can see over the coastline to Arbroath and along the countryside to the Highlands. Even though Duke's is an inland course it has the layout, bunkering and feel of a links course. The beautifully designed holes take advantage of the natural features of the stunning parkland setting. The fairways show many small undulations and groups of bunkers. It is one of the finest heathland championship courses in Scotland that demands accuracy, skill as well as power golf.
This long and difficult course is not to be underestimated. Measuring 7271 yards the par 72 course begins with a gentle par 5 opening. The 2nd hole presents a serious challenge and is a tough par four flanked by trees and leading to narrow greens. The 14th hole has burn running through along the fairway to the green that adds to the difficulty while the 18th hole provides a fantastic climax to the game with its extraordinary green.
Skibo Castle in the Scottish Highlands is one of the most exclusive hotel resorts in Scotland and is home to the prestigious Carnegie Club. It was originally a 13th century stone tower house with a courtyard, built as a residence fortress of Gilbert de Moravia, Bishop of Caithness, and Skibo Castle continued as a residence for Bishops till 1545. Its Gaelic name is Schytherbolle, which means ...
Loch Leven National Nature Reserve
The Loch Leven is a loch which is located within the Loch Leven National Nature Reserve. Being as shallow as what it is, and being a freshwater loch, makes this area extremely attractive to swans, ducks and geese. The Loch Leven also has two islands that are situated in its waters and the Loch Leven Castle stands mystically and proudly on one of these islands. These ...


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Sloane Crosley's 'The Clasp' gets paperback makeover -- exclusive
By Isabella Biedenharn Updated January 27, 2016 at 03:49 PM EST
Credit: Caitlin Mitchell
Sloane Crosley's first novel, The Clasp, follows a group of former college friends on a madcap romp across Paris, as they search for a necklace believed to be the inspiration for Guy Maupassant's famous tale, "The Necklace." For the novel's paperback publication in June, it's gotten a bit of a makeover: Gone is the serifed text dripping with chains, and in its place, a colorful embroidered tapestry with falling yellow letters — which actually resembles the cover for Crosley's first essay collection, I Was Told There'd Be Cake, quite beautifully. EW is thrilled to reveal this new cover, exclusively, below:
Under the art direction of Picador Creative Director Henry Sene Yee, this new cover was designed by Kelly Blair with art created by Richard Saja. Yee says that when the designers presented Crosley with some cover ideas, she "liked our falling type solution, but not our images, and mentioned that her Dutch publisher was using toile on their cover. Maybe we should try that." Yee was unconvinced, but Blair was sold, and serendipitously had a friend Saja, who works in toile. While this final cover isn't quite toile, Saja says it's actually "an embroidered Aubusson Tapestry, but close enough to toile and a natural progression for my work."
Pick up your paperback copy of The Clasp on June 7.


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Wild storms and flooding from the sea. The news of all this interrupted for the announcement that the bright light of Nelson Mandela has gone out. And around our little lake the rampant vegetation shrinks and cracks and flares as it shades into winter.


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The complexity of human behavior is determined by billions of synapses – the point-to-point contacts of information transfer between neurons. Within synapses are thousands of molecules that can be thought of as tiny nano-machines. These tiny machines are required to regulate the precise and sustained release of neurotransmitters, chemicals which are essential for all brain function. Based on his research using cutting-edge technology, Dr. Young's lecture will focus on deciphering how these numerous molecules within synapses regulate the initial stages of hearing. As many brain disorders and disabilities are due to the inability of synapses to properly release neurotransmitters, outcomes of Dr. Young's work will have tremendous potential to identify novel targets for new therapies for neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders or brain injury.


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Legendary Surf/Funk/Psych soundtrack! Created by an incredible aggregation of California Music royalty–Rick Henn, Dennis and Daryl Dragon, plus other friends - this ultra-scarce, in-demand soundtrack for Hal Jepsen's 1972 film A Sea For Yourself features an astounding journey of styles from funky, freeform workouts to homegrown, backporch rock to breezy, bossa-tinged instrumentals. A fine blend of surfing and music, the film put together the world's best surfers practicing their art in France,...
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Atkins, Chester - Guitar Blues / Brown Eyes A'Cryin' In The Rain - 7" Single
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Celebrate the birth of a major recording career- with Chester "Chet" Atkins' debut single! Chet (then Chester) recorded "Guitar Blues" in 1946, at the young age of 22. Here, Chester tells us a story of through 2 minutes and 53 seconds of rhythmic thumb-picking melodies, a playful chorus by Dutch McMillin on clarinet, and harmonized twin-guitar leads with Roy Lanham. Chester also delivers a solo worthy of his idol, Les Paul. "Brown Eyes A'Cryin' in the Rain" was penned by Bullet Records'...
Atkins, Chet - Hi-Fi In Focus - LP
Heralded hip hi-fi from '57! Chet's 1957 masterpiece! A stunning collection showing his virtuosity and diverse repertoire aimed to satisfy both his core country fans and a pop audience--including the rendition of "Walk, Don't Run" that inspired a Washington quartet's iconic hit cover. Hi-Fi in Focus, from the original masters, pressed on premium RTI vinyl! The distinctive cover of Hi-Fi in Focus set it apart from the usual Chet Atkins LP. The modern abstract photo, meant to depict high...
Atkins, Chet - Workshop - LP
Chet at home - In Living Stereo! The best-selling album of Chet's lengthy career! Having set up a home studio in the '50s, he would lay down backing tracks at RCA with session musicians, then work at home on his own with unlimited freedom to refine the genesis of Chet Atkins' Workshop! Pressed on premium RTI vinyl, from the original masters!The album reflected the continued diversity of his repertoire and ongoing flair for experimentation. Jazz standards like George Shearing's "Lullabye of...
Barnes, George - Country Jazz - LP
A lifetime of lessons in six-string-guitar-swing! Jazz-meets-country in an impossibly hot session, ca. 1959! A platter of lightning-fast picking and impeccable taste from the legendary George Barnes! The description on the back of the original album reads: "A wonderful collection of Western favorites that everyone will love--and played in the traditional Western style." The front cover features a more accurate explanation: "Great guitar solos in modern country jazz style -- as if "modern...
Beaver And The Trappers - Happiness Is Havin' / In Misery - 7" Single
"Happiness is… goin' about a hundred-and-ten… blowing your mind, and coming, coming back down again…"Who'da thunk it?!? A tough-as-nails 60's garage ultra-rarity - from the Beav! This is the first ever reissue of a blistering garage cut with lead vocals by the Beaver himself! Jerry Mathers circa 1966! It's got the grit of Eddie Haskell, but it's the voice of the Beave! Gold vinyl packaged in a space age envelope style sleeve with liner notes penned by Jerry himself. ...
Blue Cheer - The '67 Demos - LP
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THE '67 PROCREATION THAT BIRTHED HEAVY METAL! THE '67 PROCREATION THAT BIRTHED HEAVY METAL! Traded in dark circles for decades, these raw and rambunctious demos finally got the studio restoration they deserved! Blue Cheer's primordial recordings display the thunderous power that conceived a genre. Pressed on colored vinyl as a single-sided LP to give you the unadulterated uninterrupted '67 "in the moment" experience! Blue Cheer poster included! San Francisco was ground zero for the Summer of...
Cage, John Meets Sun Ra - The Complete Concert - CD
If you were going to envision the ultimate avant-garde meeting-of-the-minds jam session, who would you pick? Even the most hopeful fan of strange and innovative music couldn't have seen this one coming: on one afternoon in 1986, at Coney Island's dilapidated freak show, space-age avant-jazz genius Sun Ra met avant-garde "serious music" composer John Cage in an unforgettable performance. You couldn't imagine two figures more opposite. Cage was known for his unusual approach to composition,...
Cage, John Meets Sun Ra - The Complete Concert - Clear Vinyl 2-LP
Double LP on clear vinyl!!If you were going to envision the ultimate avant-garde meeting-of-the-minds jam session, who would you pick? Even the most hopeful fan of strange and innovative music couldn't have seen this one coming: on one afternoon in 1986, at Coney Island's dilapidated freak show, space-age avant-jazz genius Sun Ra met avant-garde "serious music" composer John Cage in an unforgettable performance. You couldn't imagine two figures more opposite. Cage was known for his unusual...
Cage, John With David Tudor - Variations IV - LP
Anything can happen and often does. This is John Cage. A seminal example of indeterminate music from an icon on experimental sounds. It could be argued that there is no more controversial figure in music history as avant-garde electronic composer John Cage. Perhaps best known for his composition "4'33,"" which consisted of Cage sitting at a piano for four-plus minutes of total silence, Cage was both loved and loathed in the 60s and 70s as a leading light in avant-garde music and as an...
Cohn, Al - Cohn On The Saxophone - LP
A swingin' beat-gen jazz classic back in print! Sax-man Al Cohn, best known for his work with fellow Lester Young tenor-sax disciple Zoot Sims, has all the pots bubbling on this classic 1956 LP. Five stars in DownBeat? You bet! Al Cohn first sprung on the national scene as one of the saxophonists on the Woody Herman hit "Four Brothers," a crazy arrangement of "Jeepers Creepers" featuring each "brother" on a wild-and-crazy swingin' sax solo. Along with fellow "brother" Zoot Sims, Cohn became...
Debutantes, The - The Debutantes - CD
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Gutsy, Girly, Glam , Garage... The Debutantes!Jan McClellan and a rotating cast of Motor City kitties shattered hearts and glass ceilings from '64 to '69, busting out three sought after 45s and quietly putting to tape nine more recordings! The tapes have been found and those nine unreleased cuts combine with the coveted six to form the first-ever Debutantes LP! A cohesive raucous bundle of raw joy, including a blistering take on the Andre Williams penned "Shake A Tail Feather," a gender...
Drake, Pete - The Fabulous Steel Guitar Sound Of Pete Drake - LP
The sound of Nashville nightlife, circa 1962! Steel guitar pioneer Pete Drake slides and glides through a glimpse of what Music City instro sounds were like mid-century—the kinds you might hear at any neon-draped honky tonk—including everything from sexy-swing to country-cool on a dozen original tunes, ranging from the playful swing of "For Pete's Sake" to the honky tonk shuffle of "Loves I've Known" to the hip jazz menace of "The Spook," and on through the hillbilly cosmic in the album...
Fifty Foot Hose - Bad Trips - LP
ELECTRO-PSYCH ORIGINS FEATURES RARE EARLY FFH, MANY MAKING THEIR OFFICIAL VINYL DEBUT! FEATURES NOTES FROM JIM ALLEN OF PLEASEKILLME.COM FROM THE ORIGINAL REELS, CUT BY KEVIN GRAY, AND PRESSED AT THIRD MAN IN DETROIT ON GOLD VINYL! Nobody went full-on electro- rock before Fifty Foot Hose. Before their brief-but-groundbreaking run in the late '60s, Bad Trips collects the Cauldron demos, outtakes, and other rarities that complete the story of a band too far ahead of its time to last....
Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron - LP
1967 ELECTRO-PSYCH OPUS INCLUDES ZINE STYLE BOOKLET WITH NOTES FROM HOSE'S CORK MARCHESCHI! A TRAILBLAZING FUSION OF PSYCHEDELICS AND ELECTRONICS FROM THE ORIGINAL REELS, MASTERED BY BOB IRWIN, CUT BY KEVIN GRAY, AND PRESSED AT THIRD MAN IN DETROIT ON A CUSTOM COLOR OF VINYL! An electronic rock band wasn't even an idea when Fifty Foot Hose released their landmark debut album at the end of 1967. Their fusion of psychedelia and electronics resulted in a truly trailblazing sound. Cauldron stands...
Garcia, Dick - Message From Garcia - LP
Jazz guitar autodidact and 1956 Downbeat Critics Poll winner Dick Garcia struts his stuff while the likes of Bill Evans, Gene Quill, and John Drew try to keep up! The combination of Bird, Christian and his own personality meld here in Dick's own swinging style, delivering repertoire so diverse it required three different backing bands! Message From Garcia presents Dick in various contexts so as to give the listener an idea of his scope - the material is diversified in order to give Garcia and...
Glazer, Tom & Dottie Evans - Space Songs - LP
The first ever vinyl reissue of an extraordinarily-unique space-age educational LP. Includes the oft-covered "A Shooting Star Is Not A Star" and "Why Does The Sun Shine?" Featuring Leo Leonni cover art and taken from the original atomic-era 1959 master tapes. Written by Hy Zaret and sung by Tom Glazer & Dottie Evans. Zaret (co-author of "Unchained Melody") turned his attention to educational children's music in the late 1950s, collaborating with Lou Singer on a six-album series called "Ballads...
Gundella - The Hour Of The Witch - CD
Obscure LP of spells reappears! Make someone love you, discourage an unwanted suitor, and more - with the power of witchcraft! Finally, this obscure LP of spells reappears! A descendant of the green witches of Scotland, part of a Detroit area coven, and author of multiple books and a newspaper column helping solve everyday problems from the Wiccan perspective, Gundella helps you test your psychic powers, make ritualistic candles, and mold wax dolls. She'll define witchcraft & magic, and teach...
Gundella - The Hour Of The Witch - LP
Guryan, Margo - 29 Demos - Colored Vinyl 2-LP
On red and blue vinyl!!Margo Guryan's honeyed voice and gorgeously sweet songwriting has become a favorite of the soft-pop set. As a successful songwriter, her compositions have been recorded by the likes of Jackie DeShannon, Spanky & Our Gang, Astrid Gilberto, Claudine Longet, Oliver, Cass Elliot, Glen Campbell, Saint Etienne and Harry Belafonte. Her only solo album, the magnificent Take A Picture (featuring the hit "Sunday Morning"), has become a cult classic since its release in 1968, and...
Henke, Mel - Sunset Strip-per - LP
A 60's advertising innovator behind blending music & strategically placed sound effects! Featuring 12 sexed-up double entendre laced gems from 1962's La Dolce Henke and bonus romp "77 Sunset Strip-per!" From the original 1962 tapes to your space age bachelor pad! Mel Henke was a guerrilla in the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Think Ward Cleaver meets Hugh Hefner: an upstanding, tax-paying, white collar, tie-and-sports coat-wearing middle class, middle aged guy with the heart and mind of a...
Hopkins, Lightnin' - California Mudslide (And Earthquake) - LP
SEISMIC SPECIMENS OF 1969 COUNTRY BLUES HOPKINS IN PRIME '69 CALL ON MY BABY FORM ON MUDSLIDE VINYL! BLAZING ELECTRIC DELTA BLUES AUGMENTED WITH ORGAN. CUT BY KEVIN GRAY, AND PRESSED AT THIRD MAN IN DETROIT ON A CUSTOM MUDSLIDE VINYL! California Mudslide (And Earthquake) was Lightnin' Hopkins' last LP in his original run of long play releases...a strong slab of electric delta blues replete with sparse, signature acoustic guitar backing, augmented with organ and other surprises! The legend at...
Iceberg Slim - Reflections - LP
The 1976 beat poetry that inspired the music and namesake of Ice-T and Ice Cube! Reflections is the very explicit beat-jazz birth of gangsta rap. A former pimp turned author, Iceberg Slim wrote Pimp: The Story of My Life, believed by some to be the highest selling book by a black author ever! On Reflections, the Red Holloway Quartet makes the bed, then Slim rhythmically speaks his prose like a bass note beat poet in what became the birth of the bad, dark, none-too-taboo tales of the street...
Ingman, Nick - Big Beat - LP
Beats of mammoth stature and unusual orchestration combine in a holy grail of library music! A paragon of crate digger gold for lovers of both library music, and thick grooves, Nick Ingman's percussion- laden Big Beat stays true to its name, with beats of mammoth stature and unusual orchestration. A soundtrack in search of a film,the tracks herein add funky grooves to post-big band soundscapes, with the spotlight fixed on the big, bold drums throughout the album. Reissued for the first time,...
Kessel, Barney - Live at the Jazz Mill - CD
Unearthed tape from a jazz icon. Thanks to a 21-year-old with a tape machine, we can all experience the majesty of guitar legend Barney Kessel at his 1954 best! Even if you don't know Barney Kessel, you know Barney Kessel -- as a first-string member of the group of LA session musicians nicknamed "The Wrecking Crew," Kessel's guitar is heard on just about every LA-based hit you'd care to name from the 60s, including songs by the Monkees and The Beach Boys' legendary Smile LP. And that's...
Kessel, Barney - Live at the Jazz Mill - LP
On translucent red vinyl! Unearthed tape from a jazz icon. Thanks to a 21-year-old with a tape machine, we can all experience the majesty of guitar legend Barney Kessel at his 1954 best! Even if you don't know Barney Kessel, you know Barney Kessel -- as a first-string member of the group of LA session musicians nicknamed "The Wrecking Crew," Kessel's guitar is heard on just about every LA-based hit you'd care to name from the 60s, including songs by the Monkees and The Beach Boys' legendary...
Kessel, Barney - Live At The Jazz Mill, Vol. 2 - LP
More unearthed tape from a jazz icon! This second volume of Jazz Mill recordings shows Barney firmly at the top of his game. Once again, Kessel and the Jazz Millers (pianist Pete Jolly, drummer Art Kile, and bassist Gene Stoffell) interpret a variety of standards from The Great American Songbook and each arrangement serves to demonstrate the group's superb chops and collective creativity. In "Mean to Me," a vintage standard from 1929, a high velocity rendition of Harold Arlen's "Let's Fall in...
Little Willie John - Fever - LP
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British Columbia Law
Limitation Periods applicable to the Environmental Management Act
June 18, 2018 June 18, 2018 by Velletta Company
British Columbia's Environmental Management Act sets out a comprehensive scheme with respect to the remediation of contaminated sites. Central to that scheme is section 47 of the Act, which permits a party who has incurred the cost of remediating a site to bring a court action to recover the costs of remediation. In a typical Environmental Management Act action, the party who has incurred the cost will seek contribution from the property's previous owners and operators. Even though the mechanisms in the Act are designed around the principle of "polluter pays", the provisions of the Act make it difficult for parties who have owned or operated a site to escape liability, as the burden of proof is on those parties to show that they fall within one of the Act's limited exceptions found in section 46 of the Act. As a result, actions under the Act can often involve parties that have had no involvement with the property for decades. As a result, a frequent question asked by parties finding themselves in such a dispute is whether or not the BC Limitation Act applies, or whether there are any time limits associated with bringing such a claim.
Although the Act does apply retroactively in the sense that all previous owners and operators the property can be found liable for the cleanup, a plaintiff does not have an indefinite time in which to bring their action. In First National Properties Ltd. v. Northland Road Services Ltd., 2008 BCSC 569, the court confirmed that the BC Limitation Act does apply to remediation claims pursuant to the Environmental Management Act. In that case, the court found that the limitation clock started running once the Plaintiff was aware of the cost to remediate. In J.I. Properties Inc. v. PPG Architectural Coatings Canada Inc., 2014 BCSC 1619, the court confirmed that the six year limitation pursuant to the 1996 Limitation Act was applicable.
Prior to the passage of the 2012 Limitation Act, it appeared that an amendment would be made to the Environmental Management Act to the effect that an action could be brought at any time. However, when that legislation was passed, no consequential amendments were made to the Environmental Management Act, so it remains at this time that the Limitation Act applies. Thus, a plaintiff who incurs remediation costs ought to bring their cost recovery action swiftly, as the Act's two year limit will likely come into play. Further, it remains to be considered in a future case what effect, if any, the discoverability provisions of the new Limitation Act have in respect of a cost recovery claim.
W. Eric Pedersen is a lawyer practicing in the civil litigation department at Velletta & Company. Mr. Pedersen has worked with the civil litigation department to achieve successful outcomes for individuals and businesses, appearing in Provincial Court, Supreme Court, and the British Columbia Court of Appeal. Find out more about Eric by clicking HERE.
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The British Columbia Franchises Act
September 28, 2017 September 21, 2017 by Velletta & Company
For the first time in British Columbia franchises are now subject to legislation with the enactment of the new Franchises Act (the "Act") which took effect as of February 1, 2017.
With the enactment of the Act, British Columbia is the sixth Canadian province with franchise legislation, joining Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
The B.C. Government recognizes that franchise purchasers are making a significant investment, however they can sometimes be at a disadvantage when solely relying on the information provided by the company offering the franchise, due to a lack of knowledge, experience, and access to expert advice. The Act helps to rectify this imbalance and support the expansion of franchises by standardizing regulatory requirements, while at the same time encouraging investment in B.C. Franchisors selling franchises in B.C. must now deliver a compliant disclosure document to prospective franchisees at least 14 days before the execution of a franchise agreement or the payment of any consideration in relation to the franchise. This disclosure includes (but in not limited to) a description of the business opportunity itself, a list of all fees and costs a franchisee must pay to acquire and operate the franchised business, details of any litigation involving the franchisor or its affiliates, a description of any territory granted, and a list of existing and former franchisees for prospects to contact for more information. Audited or reviewed financial statements must also be a part of the disclosure package, together with copies of all contracts the prospective franchisee is required to execute.
In addition, the Act imposes retroactive application for certain claims, including damage claims relating to breaches of the duty of fair dealing and the right to associate. This means, as of February 1, 2017, franchisees and franchisors are able to make claims for breaches of the duty of good faith and fair dealing in the performance and enforcement of franchise agreements entered into prior to February 1, 2017.
Below is a brief summary of the main provisions of the Act.
The Act:
Application – the Act applies to any franchise agreement entered into and to any renewal or extension of a franchise agreement that was entered into before, on or after the Act comes into force.
Fair Dealing – a duty of fair dealing, which includes acting in good faith and with reasonable commercial standards, is imposed on both the franchisor and the franchisee in the performance and enactment of a franchise agreement.
Right to Associate – a franchisee may associate with other franchisees and may form or join an organization of franchisees.
A franchisor and a franchisor's associate must not, directly or indirectly, penalize, attempt to penalize or threaten to penalize a franchisee for associating with other franchisees, or for forming or joining an organization of franchisees.
Disclosure – a franchisor must provide a prospective franchisee with a disclosure document including financial and other relevant information about the franchise at least 14 days before the signing of the franchise agreement and the payment of any consideration.
Right of Rescission – conditions are set for the franchisee to rescind a franchise agreement upon a franchisor's failure to provide satisfactory disclosure.
Damages – if the franchisee suffers a loss because of a misrepresentation in a disclosure document or in a statement of a material change, or as a result of a franchisor's failure to comply with the provisions of the Act dealing with disclosure requirements in respect of material change, then the franchisee has a right of action against the franchisor, the franchisor's broker, the franchisor's associate and everyone who signed the disclosure document.
Attempt to Affect Jurisdiction Void – provides that a provision in the franchise agreement to restrict the application of the law of the province is void with respect to claims arising under a franchise document to which this Act will apply, including in respect of arbitration.
In conclusion, the Act is intended to benefit franchisors by continuing to establish uniform regulatory regimes across Canada and standardize franchise practices already followed by more sophisticated franchisors. Likewise, the Act will provide appropriate and needed legal protection to B.C. franchisees who are typically small business operators.
View the full text of the British Columbia Franch1ises Act.
Natalia M. Velletta is an Articled Student at Velletta & Company. Before pursuing her passion for law, Natalia attended the University of Victoria where she obtained her undergraduate degree in Education. Natalia also worked for the Government of British Columbia under the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles.
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Cerus Corporation's (NASDAQ:CERS) Distribution Partner Companhia Energetica Intergrade Awarded Contract To Supply INTERCEPT Blood System For Platelets
Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) has announced the award of a 3-year contract to its distribution partner Companhia Energetica Intergrade by Brazil's HemoMinas Foundation for the platelets INTERCEPT Blood System.
Cerus picked to Supply INTERCEPT Blood Systems for platelets in Minas Gerais
HemoMinas is a provider of blood products and services in the Minas Gerais state with Homecentro of Belo Horizonte its largest blood service distributing around 25,000 platelet doses to hospitals yearly. Cerus' commercial operations senior director in Latin American, Hans Vermeij said that they are delighted that HemoMinas picked the company to supply the INTERCEPT Blood System for platelets in the state of Minas Gerais. Vermeij said that the award of the contract is a massive endorsement for the company and CEI's products and services and the significance of pathogen reduced blood components in the South American country.
HemoMinas' medical director, Dr. Maisa Aparecida Ribero said that the pathogen reduced blood components introduction is a massive part of the company's blood safety strategy in the state. Ribero said that INTERCEPT will offer a foundational blood safety strategy that will protect patients from pathogens such as Dengue, Zika virus, and Chikungunya virus. Most importantly it is a timely and forward-looking step in preparation for the inevitable subsequent emerging pathogens.
CEI delighted to advance INTERCEPT Blood System in Brazil
Commenting on the award, CEI President, Paulo Pacheco said that they are delighted to advance INTERCEPT Blood System adoption in Brazil through the partnership with Cerus. He said that the collaboration will help in establishing a new safety level and blood transfusions availability.
So far, the INTERCEPT Blood System for plasma and platelets is the only pathogen reduction system that Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitari has approved for commercial use in the country. Currently, more than 3.7 million apheresis and whole blood components are collected each year in Brazil. The INTERCEPT Blood System has FDA approval for plasma and platelets and it is currently under regulatory review for red blood cells in EE and late-stage clinical trials in the US.
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Leonard: Plenty to build on from last season
Midfielder believes there's plenty to build on both on a personal and collective level
Ryan Leonard says there is plenty to build on from last season, both on a personal and collective level, ahead of the 2014-15 campaign.
Leonard's form was a huge plus in Blues' campaign, as he picked up the Supporters' Player of the Year award, playing in a central midfield role.
With a pre-season to come to learn the position and the role even more, Leonard believes there's a lot more to come from him, and the team next season.
He said: "It was disappointing how the season ended, but we're all having a bit of time off now and we'll come back in for pre-season with the clear objective of promotion.
"We fell short last season, and we were all gutted about it, but we've got to regroup and go again. We'll take the positives from the previous campaign and look to build on those.
"Personally I think there's a lot more to come from me because I've only played in that position for one season, and I'm sure another full pre-season will help me.
"I moved into the position for a few games at the end of the 2012-13 season and then had the pre-season to work on it, but I've now got some experience too.
"We will all be looking to kick on individually and on a personal note, so I think there's a lot more to come from this team in the new season."
Leonard looks back on last year with happiness and frustration.
He added: "I was pleased to play so many games, pleased to play in central midfield and play a big part in helping the team, but of course it all ended with disappointment.
"Winning the fans' Player of the Year award was great, but of course, it's the team award of promotion that we all want and will be hoping for this time around."
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Is 'Tanning Mom' Another Setback for Sunbed Industry?
Dinah Wisenberg Brin
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The U.S. indoor tanning industry, already chapped over a 10 percent tax imposed by the federal health-reform law, now faces renewed calls for tighter regulation amid publicity surrounding New Jersey's so-called tanning mom.
The case of tanning customer Patricia Krentcil of Nutley, N.J., a leather-toned woman charged with taking her 5-year-old daughter inside a tanning bed, might even lift the efforts of a Canadian lawmaker to seek a ban on indoor tanning for children and youths.
Krentcil, now the subject of late-night comedy sketches (that's Saturday Night Live's Kristen Wiig in photo above), a parody action figure and a reported ban from local salons, has denied the accusation and pleaded not guilty to child endangerment.
While the story may be fitting given that May has been dubbed National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention month, it must be wince-inducing in an industry already on the defensive over the health and safety of its services. The industry includes franchises such as Hollywood Tans, Executive Tans, Palm Beach Tan and numerous others.
The case also might do little to help tanning salons garner support for a repeal of the U.S. tanning tax.
As the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes (and reminded via Twitter about "Melanoma Monday" this week), indoor tanning has been linked with skin and eye cancers.
The tanning-mom story has given health advocates a new opportunity to discourage indoor tanning – especially for young people -- and push for youth bans.
In New Jersey's state capital, lawmakers and health advocates this week tried to rouse support for a stalled bill to ban minors from using tanning salons, according to news reports. The state currently requires those aged 14 to 17 to obtain parental approval to use a salon, and prohibits indoor tanning for those younger than 14.
Among those quoted by the Star-Ledger was Alyson Dougherty, who used tanning salons regularly as a teen and was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma at 21.
Chicago would ban tanning-salon use for those younger than 18 under a proposed ordinance introduced Wednesday, a local ABC affiliate reports.
Meanwhile, The Canadian Press reports that MP James Bezan wants to ban tanning beds and booths for Canadians younger than 18 years. Bezan says he and his wife, a melanoma survivor, used tanning beds in their youth, and that he is disturbed by the numbers of young people being diagnosed with the disease.
Smart Tan, which describes itself as an education association for the professional indoor tanning community, sent Executive Director Joseph Levy to New York last week for a Today Show appearance in the wake of the Krentcil story. On its website, Smart Tan detailed the story behind the appearance, including its plan "to compare sunbeds with natural sunlight, point out how sunlight is a key element to life on this planet, illustrate that our equipment is just like what dermatologists use but not as intense, show how exposure times are based on formulations from FDA and administered after a careful screening from a certified technician."
The industry trade group Indoor Tanning Association was fighting ban proposals even before the Krentcil story. In March, the group released a statement saying that "the decision regarding whether or not a teen is allowed to suntan is a decision for parents, not government."
The group said, "Right now in the state of New Jersey, a teenage girl can secure an abortion without her parent's consent but if [new ban] legislation passes, cannot get a suntan with her parent's consent. Sixteen- or 17-year-olds can drive cars, get married, own guns, hunt, and secure birth control and abortion services yet if these laws pass, they would not be allowed to suntan, even if their parents approved."
The ITA said proponents of ban laws "always exaggerate the risks of exposure to ultraviolet light in order to get the attention of the public, the media and the government."
Readers, what side do you fall on - should bans against youth tanning be imposed, or does the tanning industry have a point?


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Lens options include anti-reflective coatings, light-changing tints, digital singal vision & progressive lenses combined with the availability of new high-tech, light weight materials such as Trivex(TM) give you so many options! You can select a pair of eyeglasses that enhances your vision, no matter what you like to do.
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