Dunkin' Brands Reports First Quarter 2017 Results | Dunkin Brands, Inc.
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN), the parent company of Dunkin' Donuts (DD) and Baskin-Robbins (BR), today reported results for the first quarter ended April 1, 2017.
"In the first quarter of 2017, we achieved mid-single digit operating income growth and double-digit earnings per share growth. While our Dunkin' DonutsU.S. comparable stores sales were flat in the quarter, these results, delivered against an increasingly-challenging environment for retail and restaurants, demonstrate the benefits of our asset-light, 100-percent franchised business model," said Nigel Travis, Dunkin' Brands Chairman and CEO. "Going forward, we will continue to execute against our six-part strategy designed to drive growth and long-term competitive differentiation by positioning Dunkin' as a beverage-led, to-go brand. Our goal is to ensure that Dunkin' is a place of positive transition in our guests' lives, the place that energizes them and sends them on their way to make the most of their day."
"We are updating our fiscal year 2017 earnings per share guidance to reflect a new accounting standard for share-based compensation, which requires us to change how we present certain items in our financial statements," said Kate Jaspon, acting Chief Financial Officer, Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. "While our updated guidance reflects the realized benefit to our earnings in the first quarter, it does not reflect any potential future material impact as a result of the new accounting standard."
4 Consolidated global net POD development for the three months ended March 26, 2016 reflects the previously-announced closing of 2 self-serve coffee stations within Speedway locations.
Global systemwide sales growth in the first quarter was primarily attributable to global store development.
Dunkin' DonutsU.S. comparable store sales in the first quarter were flat as an increase in average ticket was offset by a decline in traffic. Breakfast sandwich sales increased driven by value messaging around wake-up wraps and core sandwiches such as egg and cheese. Beverage sales were driven by the iced coffee category as Cold Brew sales continue to grow.
Baskin-Robbins U.S. comparable store sales were negative during the first quarter driven by a decline in traffic offset by increased average ticket. Sales of cups and cones increased due to increased sales of scoops and the Warm Cookie Sandwich platform. Sales of take-home pints also increased during the first quarter. Sales of beverages, soft serve, and sundaes declined during the quarter.
In the first quarter, Dunkin' Brands franchisees and licensees opened 29 net new restaurants around the globe. This included 56 net new Dunkin' DonutsU.S. locations and 1 net new Baskin-Robbins U.S. location, offset by the net closure of 27 Dunkin' Donuts International locations and 1 Baskin-Robbins International location. Additionally, Dunkin' DonutsU.S. franchisees remodeled 81 restaurants and Baskin-Robbins U.S. franchisees remodeled 36 restaurants during the quarter.
Revenues for the first quarter increased $0.9 million, or 0.5%, compared to the prior year period due primarily to increased royalty income as a result of systemwide sales growth, as well as an increase in rental income due to an increase in the number of leases for franchised locations. These increases in revenues were offset by a decrease in sales at company-operated restaurants as there were no company-operated points of distribution during the first quarter of 2017 compared to 41 company-operated points of distribution in the prior year period.
Operating income and adjusted operating income for the first quarter increased $6.0 million, or 7.0%, and $5.4 million, or 5.9%, respectively, from the prior year period primarily as a result of the increase in royalty income. Additionally, the prior year period was unfavorably impacted by the operating results of company-operated restaurants. These increases in operating income and adjusted operating income were offset by a gain recognized in connection with the sale of real estate in the prior year period.
Net income and adjusted net income for the first quarter increased by $10.3 million, or 27.8%, and $10.0 million, or 24.6%, respectively, compared to the prior year period primarily as a result of the increases in operating income and adjusted operating income, as well as a decrease in income tax expense. The decrease in tax expense was driven by $6.1 million of excess tax benefits from share-based compensation, which are now included in the provision for income taxes as a result of the required adoption of a new accounting standard in the current quarter. Previously excess tax benefits were recorded within equity on the balance sheet.
Diluted earnings per share and diluted adjusted earnings per share for the first quarter increased by 27.5% to $0.51 and 22.7% to $0.54, respectively, compared to the prior year period as a result of the increases in net income and adjusted net income, respectively, offset by an increase in shares outstanding. The increase in shares outstanding from the prior year period was due primarily to the exercise of stock options and the new accounting standard adopted in the current quarter, offset by the repurchase of shares since the first quarter of 2016. Excluding the impact of excess tax benefits, diluted earnings per share and diluted adjusted earnings per share would have been $0.06 lower.
2 Net openings for the three months ended March 26, 2016 reflect the previously-announced closing of 2 self-serve coffee stations within Speedway locations.
Dunkin' DonutsU.S. first quarter revenues of $142.0 million represented an increase of 2.3% compared to the prior year period. The increase was primarily a result of increases in royalty income driven by systemwide sales growth, franchise fees due to an increase in renewal income, and rental income driven by an increase in the number of leases for franchised locations. The increases in revenues were offset by a decline in sales at company-operated restaurants as there were no company-operated points of distribution in the first quarter of 2017.
Dunkin' DonutsU.S. segment profit in the first quarter increased to $108.0 million, an increase of $7.5 million over the prior year period, driven primarily by the increases in royalty income and franchise fees. Additionally, the prior year period was unfavorably impacted by the operating results of company-operated restaurants. The increases in segment profit were offset by a gain recognized in connection with the sale of real estate in the prior year period.
Dunkin' Donuts International first quarter systemwide sales increased 4.4% from the prior year period driven primarily by sales growth in Asia, the Middle East, and South America, offset by a decline in South Korea. Sales in South Korea and South America were positively impacted by favorable foreign exchange rates, while sales in Asia were negatively impacted by unfavorable foreign exchange rates. On a constant currency basis, systemwide sales increased by approximately 3%.
Dunkin' Donuts International first quarter revenues of $5.3 million represented a decrease of 27.0% from the prior year period. The decrease in revenues was primarily a result of a decline in franchise fees as the prior year period included a significant market development fee recognized upon entry into a new market.
Segment profit for Dunkin' Donuts International decreased $1.9 million to $1.9 million in the first quarter primarily as a result of the decrease in revenues.
Baskin-Robbins U.S. first quarter revenues and segment profit of $10.5 million and $7.3 million, respectively, remained consistent with the prior year period as decreases in other revenues and franchise fees were offset by an increase in royalty income.
Baskin-Robbins International systemwide sales increased 5.0% in the first quarter compared to the prior year period driven by sales growth in South Korea, Asia, and Canada, offset by declines in the Middle East and Japan. Sales in both South Korea and Japan were positively impacted by favorable foreign exchange rates. On a constant currency basis, systemwide sales increased by approximately 3%.
Baskin-Robbins International first quarter revenues decreased 2.8% from the prior year period to $26.1 million due primarily to a decrease in sales of ice cream products to our licensees in the Middle East. Systemwide sales and sales of ice cream products are not directly correlated within a given period due to the lag between shipment of products to licensees and retail sales at franchised restaurants, as well as the overall timing of deliveries between fiscal quarters.
First quarter segment profit decreased 4.8% from the prior year period to $8.0 million as a result of a decrease in net margin on ice cream driven by the decrease in sales.
The Company today announced that the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.3225 per share, payable on June 14, 2017, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 5, 2017.
The Company continues to expect low single digit comparable store sales growth for Dunkin' DonutsU.S. and Baskin-Robbins U.S.
The Company continues to expect Dunkin' DonutsU.S. franchisees to add approximately 385 net new restaurants. It continues to expect Baskin-Robbins U.S. franchisees to add approximately 10 net new restaurants.
Internationally, the Company continues to expect franchisees and licensees to add approximately 200 net new restaurants across the two brands.
The Company now expects GAAP diluted earnings per share of $2.22 to $2.30 (previously it expected $2.16 to $2.24) and diluted adjusted earnings per share of $2.40 to $2.43 (previously it expected $2.34 to $2.37), which are inclusive of the $0.06 of tax benefits recognized in the first quarter as a result of the adoption of a new accounting standard. This guidance excludes any potential future impact from material excess tax benefits in subsequent quarters of 2017.
The Company expects full-year weighted-average shares outstanding of approximately 93 million and a 36.5 percent effective tax rate, which amounts are inclusive of the impact of the excess tax benefit recognized in the first quarter. The $6.1 million excess tax benefit recognized in the first quarter reduced the expected full-year effective tax rate by approximately 200 basis points.
The Company adopted ASU 2016-09 in the first quarter of 2017, which simplifies several aspects of accounting for share-based payment transactions, including excess tax benefits and classification in the statements of cash flows. The adoption resulted in a $6.1 million reduction to the provision for income taxes for the first quarter of 2017, or a 9.2 percentage point decrease in our effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2017, due to the recognition of excess tax benefits related to share-based compensation. As a result, basic and diluted EPS and diluted adjusted EPS increased by approximately $0.06 in the first quarter of 2017. Prior periods have not been revised to reflect excess tax benefits in earnings, as only prospective application is permitted. Excess tax benefits will vary in future periods, as such amounts are dependent on the number of employee stock options exercised and fluctuations in the Company's stock price. Additionally, the diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the first quarter of 2017 excludes excess tax benefits from the assumed proceeds available to repurchase shares under the treasury stock method, which did not have a material impact in the first quarter of 2017. The adoption of ASU 2016-09 had no impact on cash paid for income taxes.
As previously announced, Dunkin' Brands will be holding a conference call today at 8:00 am ET hosted by Nigel Travis, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, and Kate Jaspon, acting Chief Financial Officer. The dial-in number is (866) 393-1607 or (914) 495-8556, conference number 7269228. Dunkin' Brands will broadcast the conference call live over the Internet at http://investor.dunkinbrands.com. A replay of the conference call will be available on the Company's website at http://investor.dunkinbrands.com .
With more than 20,000 points of distribution in more than 60 countries worldwide, Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) is one of the world's leading franchisors of quick service restaurants (QSR) serving hot and cold coffee and baked goods, as well as hard-serve ice cream. At the end of the first quarter 2017, Dunkin' Brands' 100 percent franchised business model included more than 12,200 Dunkin' Donuts restaurants and more than 7,800 Baskin-Robbins restaurants. Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. is headquartered in Canton, Mass.
(a) In the first quarter of 2017, the Company adopted ASU 2016-09. As required by the update, excess tax benefits or deficiencies are now recorded to the provision for income taxes in the consolidated statements of operations, on a prospective basis, instead of additional paid-in capital in the consolidated balance sheets. As a result, the Company recognized $6.1 million of excess tax benefits from share-based compensation in the consolidated statements of operations during the three months ended April 1, 2017.


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Life After Weight Loss Surgery
Leslie Carr
Bariatric surgery can help some lose enough weight to improve their health, but it is not problem-free.
More people should have weight loss surgery than currently do. And guidelines for who is eligible for the surgery are too restrictive. Those are two of the messages from a series of four articles on bariatric surgery published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology earlier this month.
The studies highlighted in the series detail the benefits to glycemic control and organ health and the potential risks to bone health that weight loss surgery can bring. The studies are based on medical considerations, but implicit is the idea that successful weight loss surgery leads to a better quality of life — and health.
Bariatric surgery offers a real opportunity for preventing…diseases and complications of obesity. If it is only used as a final resort, this opportunity will be missed.
And that is largely — but not entirely — what one earlier Norwegian study, which followed 22 women who actually had weight loss surgery, found.
All the women who had the surgery reported they had "no regrets," and would do it again; but five felt their life had changed for the worse after the surgery. With more people opting for the procedure, these negative experiences could help improve aftercare and give prospective patients a fuller picture of the risks and rewards of bariatric surgery.
No Regrets, Except…
The five women were dissatisfied with their weight loss surgeries primarily for physical reasons. After the surgery, they felt as if they had no energy at all. They also had persistent pain. Both symptoms made performing almost all their everyday activities, from walking to working to playing with the children, more difficult.
After the women's weight loss surgery some things got better, but new problems, both physical and psychological, arose. And how these women experienced these problems varied greatly.
One woman was so sick that she underwent a second operation two and a half years after the original surgery. Surgeons had insisted that her problems were psychological because scans and tests had shown no physical abnormalities. Yet when she finally had a second surgery, her problems were traced to scar tissue and other complications from the initial operation. She now feels much better since her second operation.
Weight loss surgery was not a magic bullet or miraculous transformation even for those women who felt it had had a positive impact on their lives. Karen Synne Groven, the author of the Norwegian study, said that for these women, the operation was neither a success nor a failure but something in between. Some things got better, but new problems, both physical and psychological, arose. And how these women experienced these problems varied greatly.
All the women had BMIs ranging from 43-54 and were between the age of 24 and 54 at the time of their gastric bypass surgeries. Some had struggled with conditions such as diabetes or discomfort during physical activity, but most said that they were not having any particular health problems prior to their surgery. Most of the women in the Norwegian study were interviewed twice, first about a year after the operation and then 2-4 years after surgery.
Taken together, the Norwegian and Lancet studies paint a picture of bariatric surgery that is hopeful, but not without problems.
Weight Loss Surgery Issues, From Those Who Have Been There
People considering weight loss surgery should be encouraged by The Lancet studies' findings and doctors should be more supportive of their patients seeking the surgery. According to the editorial accompanying the Lancet series, "Bariatric surgery has substantial benefits in terms of weight loss, metabolic status, and quality of life. It is safe and effective, and the future savings made through prevention of…diseases could counterbalance its high cost.
"The surgery should…be available as an option to use when appropriate, and not only when all other options have been eliminated. Bariatric surgery offers a real opportunity for preventing comorbid diseases and complications of obesity. If it is only used as a final resort, this opportunity will be missed."
Rapid weight loss often leaves behind loose, sagging skin, and living with it can present quite a challenge.
Despite the health benefits weight loss surgery can bring, the experiences of some of the women in the Norwegian study should help prepare candidates for bariatric surgery for some of the physical and psychological issues that can arise.
Uncomfortable Questions and Food Dumping
All the women in the Norwegian study lost substantial amounts of weight soon after their surgery. Naturally, friends and colleagues asked questions about how they had achieved their success. But many of the women felt uncomfortable answering honestly; they felt ashamed that they had to undergo this type of operation, and simply told people that they had been on a diet.
After weight loss surgery, with a much smaller stomach, food exits the stomach very quickly and is "dumped" into the small intestine. This rapid transfer does not feel right and can lead to many symptoms. Some women had episodes of nausea, tiredness and dizziness, while others experienced intense quivering.
Patients are often told that they can avoid dumping with proper dietary changes, but the causes of dumping can vary from person to person. Eating too much, too little, the wrong food, food that is too hot or too cold or eating at the wrong time of day can all bring on the problems associated with dumping.
Changing the Body, But Not the Mind
Some women relapsed after surgery and began over-eating as they did before surgery. As one woman observed, it was their stomach that had been operated on, not their head. Other women took to grazing: they ate very little at a time but were constantly eating.
So life after surgery can remain just as focused on food as life before it was. The surgery does not automatically reduce appetite.
Fat may melt away but skin doesn't. Rapid weight loss often leaves behind loose, sagging skin, and living with it can present quite a challenge. It's unattractive and it's uncomfortable. Before their operations, patients are generally told that they will likely experience it, but it can usually be fixed afterward. This requires more surgery, and unless you want to pay for it out of your own pocket, you have to lose a certain amount of weight and keep it off for an extended period of time, at which point your health insurance may pay for it.
There are risks to skin surgery, particularly for women who plan to become pregnant. There are also questions as to how effective the surgery will actually be. So it is useful for people considering bariatric surgery to realize that further surgeries may be needed.
No Longer Invisible
For people who have been obese or very overweight for a long time, weight loss can result in a body that invites appreciation in a way they may never have experienced before. This may not sound like a problem (and usually it isn't) but for some of the women it did require considerable adjustment.
Women make up to 70-80% of all weight loss surgery patients, and women who were once practically invisible or the target of derision now draw lots of attention. People want to be around them. Once they had to shout to be heard. No more. It can certainly be a boost to self-esteem. But it also may be a bit too much to handle at first. And some women were bitter that it took an operation to make them visible to men.
Weight loss surgery appears to be the most effective long-term treatment for severe obesity. It can improve overall health and glycemic control, reducing the risks of diabetes and the damage to organs from the pressure of the extra weight. From a distance, the amount of weight that people lose may seem like magic. The experiences of patients, however, clearly suggest that people considering weight loss surgery should be made aware of the physical and emotional complications that are likely to follow a large loss of weight.
It is only in the past decade that bariatric or weight loss surgery has become common. In the early 1990s, only 12,000-16,000 operations were done every year. By 2008, this had increased to about 220,000. Because most surgeries have occurred recently, there hasn't been a chance yet to collect much information on the long-term effects of weight loss surgery, particularly from the patient's perspective.
Karen Groven wonders what such information will ultimately show. "I wonder what happens after five, ten, twenty years. What's the situation with food and eating then? The loose skin? Those who wanted to get pregnant?"
The picture — however mixed it may be — is likely to become clearer as more people undergo weight loss surgery.

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Le Capitaine Fracasse est un film muet français réalisé par Alberto Cavalcanti sorti en 1929, adapté du roman éponyme de Théophile Gautier.

Synopsis
Dans son château délabré, le baron de Sigognac héberge une troupe de comédiens avec laquelle il décide de partir car il est pauvre, seul et qu'il tombe sous le charme d'Isabelle, l'ingénue de la troupe.Après la mort de Matamore lors de l'attaque du gitan (contrairement au livre où il meurt de froid une nuit), il prend sa place, apprend le métier de comédien et se fait appeler sur scène le «Capitaine Fracasse». Mais le duc de Vallombreuse, chez qui la troupe s'arrête pour jouer un jour, tombe sous le charme d'Isabelle et le rival amoureux de Sigognac.

Résumé
Dans la France du , sous le règne de Louis XIII, le baron Philippe de Sigognac, dernier descendant d'une noble famille, vit chichement avec son fidèle domestique, Pierre, se morfondant dans son château délabré et sur ses terres gasconnes.

Un soir, alors que le baron de Sigognac est en train de composer un sonnet, une troupe de comédiens frappe à la porte et réclame l'hospitalité. Sigognac leur offre pour la nuit, le toit de son « château de la Misère », où la troupe qui a quoi manger organise un véritable festin ramenant la joie et les rires dans la solitude du baron. La troupe de neuf comédiens aux caractères bien affirmés, dirigée par Hérode, comprend le poète Matamore, Blazius le pédant, Scapin le valet, le beau et séducteur Léandre, Dame Léonarde la duègne, Zerbine la soubrette, Séraphine la coquette et Isabelle l'ingénue. Tant pour échapper à la solitude que pour faire plaisir à Isabelle, Sigognac accepte la proposition d'Hérode de partir avec eux pour Paris.

Le lendemain, le chariot repart. Mais la route menant à Paris est semée de dangers. La troupe, attaquée par un de ces bandits de grand chemin, est facilement défendue par Sigognac. Agostin et sa complice, la gitane Chiquita, ne sont que de petits brigands et avant qu'ils se sauvent, Isabelle s'acquiert un droit éternel à la reconnaissance de Chiquita, après lui avoir offert son « collier de grains blancs ». La route des comédiens est aussi semée d'embuches. Au cours d'une très froide journée, Matamore, le meilleur acteur de la troupe, meurt. Sigognac se propose, bien que doutant de son talent d'acteur, de prendre la place du poète défunt pour sauver la troupe. Sur les tréteaux, prenant le nom de scène de « Capitaine Fracasse », il accepte, incognito sous son visage masqué, d'être ridiculisé même devant de nobles spectateurs, ses pairs royaux. Une fois monté sur les planches, Philippe devient de plus en plus sensible au charme d'Isabelle se montrant jaloux lorsqu'on s'en approche un peu trop de près. L'attirance étant réciproque, Isabelle se confie à Philippe. Elle est orpheline et sa mère, jadis comédienne comme elle, ne lui a jamais parlé de son père et avant de mourir lui a laissé comme seul indice paternel une bague d'améthyste.

À Poitiers, lors d'une répétition des comédiens dans la salle du jeu de paume, le duc de Vallombreuse, jeune seigneur de la cour, retors et sans scrupules, voulant séduire avec outrecuidance Isabelle, se voit provoqué en duel par Sigognac, alias Fracasse, pour avoir touché à la jeune fille. Vallombreuse se refuse de croiser le fer avec un saltimbanque masqué, préférant stipendier quatre de ses laquais pour le faire rosser mais en vain car c'est l'agressé qui a le dessus. « Le comédien est vengé mais pas le gentilhomme ! » dit Sigognac qui avec l'aide du marquis de Bruyère obtient un duel à visage découvert. Vallombreuse, blessé au bras droit, promet de se venger. Isabelle, qui a craint pour la vie de Philippe se voit demander en mariage mais avouant qu'elle l'aime, se refuse à cette union. En dépit de leur différence sociale, elle ne veut pas qu'un mariage avec une simple comédienne rende définitive la déchéance et la ruine du baron de Sigognac.

Après Tours et Orléans, la troupe, enfin arrivée à Paris, est engagée par le Prince de Moussy, surintendant du roi, pour jouer à l'Hôtel de Bourgogne en alternance avec les comédiens italiens. À l'Hostellerie de la Porte Dauphine, Vallombreuse vient proposer un marché de dupe à Isabelle : « La vie de Sigognac contre une nuit de la vôtre !». Elle refuse. Une nuit, Chiquita, reconnaissante du collier offert par Isabelle, s'introduit dans sa chambre pour la prévenir de se méfier de Vallombreuse, prêt à tout pour la conquérir.

La troupe joue devant le Roi qui, fort content du spectacle, vient féliciter les comédiens. À ses côtés, le Prince de Moussy est attiré par le visage d'Isabelle qui lui en rappelle un autre, mais il doit interrompre cette conversation car il apprend que des voleurs se sont introduits dans ses appartements pour dérober des bijoux. Son plus ancien et fidèle serviteur a été tué. Si Chiquita la gitane a réussi à se sauver, Agostin est arrêté. S'exprimant pour une fois avec franchise, le duc de Vallombreuse, fils du Prince de Moussy, promet à son père de venger ce vieux serviteur qui lui avait servi de tuteur durant son enfance.

À trois reprises les guet-apens pour éliminer Sigognac échouent. Vallombreuse, sous prétexte de faire jouer les comédiens dans son château, leur tend un piège en leur donnant rendez-vous dans la forêt au carrefour des quatre biches. L'opération réussie, Isabelle est enlevée. Séquestrée dans le château de Vallombreuse, Isabelle reçoit la visite nocturne de Chiquita, sa fidèle amie. S'étant faite enrôler dans la bande du duc pour tenter de libérer son Agostin, Chiquita est prête à aider Isabelle. Cette dernière l'envoie prévenir Sigognac, en lui confiant sa bague d'améthyste qu'elle présentera, en signe de reconnaissance, à Philippe pour gagner sa confiance.

Tandis que Sigognac et ses amis comédiens se précipitent, aussitôt prévenus du danger, chez Vallombreuse, Chiquita arrive à temps sur la Place de Grève où Agostin doit subir la torture du supplice de la roue. Afin de lui épargner une mort atroce, elle le poignarde en plein cœur. Arrêtée, elle est présentée par les gardes au Prince de Moussy. Chiquita lui montre la bague d'Isabelle. Le prince aussitôt reconnaît cette bague, identique à la sienne, et sachant à qui la rendre, il se rend chez Vallombreuse.

Dans son château où elle est retenue prisonnière, Vallombreuse croit triompher d'Isabelle et veut abuser d'elle mais Sigognac et ses camarades comédiens, se jettent à l'assaut du château, pour sauver Isabelle. Cette fois Vallombreuse est grièvement blessé lors d'un duel acharné avec Sigognac. Arrivé sur les lieux, le Prince de Moussy, le propre père du duc, révèle qu'Isabelle est sa fille qu'il a reconnu grâce à cette bague, jadis donnée par lui à la mère de celle-ci, Cornélia, une jeune comédienne, qui fut le grand amour de sa vie. Le duc de Vallombreuse courtisait donc sa demi-sœur. La condition sociale d'Isabelle n'étant plus un obstacle puisqu'elle est née de sang noble, la grave blessure de Vallombreuse n'étant pas mortelle, plus rien ne s'oppose désormais à l'union de Philippe de Sigognac alias Fracasse et d'Isabelle. Sous le regard attendri des comédiens Hérode et Scapin, Isabelle et philippe pourront vivre heureux dans le château de la Misère devenu le château du Bonheur.

Fiche technique
 Titre original : Le Capitaine Fracasse
 Réalisation : Alberto Cavalcanti
 Assistant : Henry Wulschleger
 Scénario : Alberto Cavalcanti et Henry Wulschleger d'après le roman éponyme de Théophile Gautier
 Direction artistique : Erik Aaes
 Photographie : Georges Benoît et Paul Portier
 Production : P.J. de Venloo
 Société de production : Lutèce Films
 Société de distribution : Films P.J. de Venloo
 Pays d'origine : France
 Langue originale : français
 Format : Noir et blanc - 35 mm — 1,37:1 — Muet
 Genre : film de cape et d'épée
 Durée : 92 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
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Distribution
 Pierre Blanchar : le baron de Sigognac
 Lien Deyers : Isabelle
 Marguerite Moreno : Dame Léonarde
 Charles Boyer : le Duc de Vallombreuse
 Odette Josylla : Zerbine, la soubrette
 Daniel Mendaille : Agostin
 Marie-Thérèse Vincent : Séraphine
 Armand Numès : Blazius
 Pola Illéry : Chiquita
 Léon Courtois : Hérode
 René Bergeron : Scapin
 Clairette de Savoye : Malartic
 Alexandre Vargas : Jaquemin Lampourde
 Paul Velsa : le Matamore
 Georges Benoît

Liens externes

  Le Capitaine Fracasse sur Silent Era

Film français sorti en 1929
Film d'aventure français
Film réalisé par Alberto Cavalcanti
Film tiré d'une œuvre de Théophile Gautier
Film tourné aux studios Francœur
Film de cape et d'épée
Film muet français
Film français en noir et blanc
Adaptation d'un roman français au cinéma

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A propane gas leak prompted an evacuation on the Colwood side of CFB Esquimalt on Tuesday.
The gas leak was detected through routine maintenance at 3: 30 p.m., said Capt. Jenn Jackson, the base public affairs officer.
Colwood firefighters arrived and called in reinforcements from around the region, Jackson said.
The evacuation covered an area of a kilometre around the gas tank, she said. No residences were affected.
The tank holds 65,000 litres when full, and it was half full when the leak is believed to have started.
The gas is liquid inside the tank but is leaking in vapour form, Jackson said.
Fire crews and regional hazardous-materials experts were on scene Tuesday evening.
The leak was patched and gas trucks were called in to remove the remaining gas.


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An Essay on Comedy
by George Meredith, given as a lecture, 1877; published separately, 1897
George Meredith (1828–1909) first presented what was to be known as the "Essay on Comedy" as a lecture to the London Institution on 1 February 1877. It was his first and only public lecture. In April of that year, the essay was published under the title "On the Idea of Comedy, and of the Uses of the Comic Spirit" in the New Quarterly Magazine. Its first separate publication took place in 1897, in a book titled An Essay on Comedy, and the Uses of the Comic Spirit.
Although Meredith was primarily known as a novelist and poet, he also worked as a journalist, especially in the early years of his career, contributing to the Westminster Review, the Pall Mall Gazette, the Graphic, and the Fortnightly Review, which he also edited for a brief period (November 1867-January 1868). Meredith served as a war correspondent for the Morning Post during the conflict between Italy and Austria in 1866, and, despite his liberal views, he also wrote for the conservative Ipswich Journal from 1858 to 1868. Within this wide range of journalistic prose, the Essay stands out as Meredith's most significant periodical contribution and his best-known nonfiction prose work. However, the Essay is more closely linked, both stylistically and thematically, to Meredith's fiction and poetry. Many of the ideas about comedy that he develops in the Essay are put into practice in his short fiction, also published in the New Quarterly Magazine ("The House on the Beach," 1877; "The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper," 1877; "The Tale of Chloe," 1879), and in his most famous novel, The Egoist (1879).
In the Essay, Meredith defines "comedy" primarily by its rarity in British and continental literature, accounting for this absence in part by explaining that comedy demands a particular sociocultural setting. Meredith's ideal comedy is intellectual; it is "the humour of the mind," and therefore requires a society "wherein ideas are current and the perceptions quick." For him, the "thoughtful laughter" of comedy was to serve as a corrective to the "Unreason and Sentimentalism" that permeated British society; its goal was to create a more rational, balanced, and progressive culture while avoiding the emotionally loaded extremes of satire (which Meredith views as meanspirited) and of conciliatory humor. His emphasis on cultural reform provides a link between the Essay and the similarly inspired writings of Matthew Arnold (whose Culture and Anarchy appeared in 1869) and Walter Pater.
If English society, "possessed of wealth and leisure, with many whims, many strange ailments and strange doctors," was greatly in need of comedy, Meredith believed that the British were likely to be receptive to it, both because Britain's large middle class provided an appropriate audience, and because, in his view, British women enjoyed a relatively high degree of social freedom. Early in the Essay Meredith stipulates that comedy cannot exist in cultures where one finds a "state of marked social inequality of the sexes." Much critical attention has been paid to his attempt to link comedy with the status of women, and to promote comedy as a tool for women's advancement. Meredith's concern for women manifests itself in the Essay's frequent references to the condition of women in various cultures throughout history, in its insistence that women should "recognise that the Comic Muse is one of their best friends," and in various rhetorical strategies, such as his tendency to refer to female comic characters and personifications.
His favorite heroines, Molière's Célimène and Congreve's Millamant, are praised for their wit, intelligence, and verbal agility, traits that also characterize Meredith's own heroines, most notably Diana Warwick of Diana of the Crossways (1885).
Meredith's prose writing is notoriously idiosyncratic, and the Essay, while more readable than many of his novels, is no exception. The difficulty of his sometimes confusing syntax and opaque diction is compounded by the essay's loose overall structure and his wide-ranging references to ancient dramatists as well as to contemporary British and continental writers. The didactic tone of the Essay bears witness to its origin as a lecture, as well as to his primary stylistic influence, Thomas Carlyle, with whom Meredith shared a belief in the value of work and in the healing power of laughter.
Although Meredith's literary influence has lessened considerably in the 20th century, the impact of the Essay can be traced in writers as diverse as Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolf. As the most extensive discussion of the comic genre produced in the 19th century, the Essay remains frequently cited in studies of British comedy and in discussions of the role of women in comedy.
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Carlson, Susan, Women and Comedy: Rewriting the British Theatrical Tradition, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1991
Henkle, Roger B., Comedy and Culture: England, 1820–1900, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1980
McWhirter, David, "Feminism/Gender/Comedy: Meredith, Woolf, and the
Reconfiguration of Comic Distance," in Look Who's Laughing: Gender and Comedy, edited by Gail Finney, Langhorne, Pennsylvania: Gordon and Breach, 1994:189–204
Martin, Robert Bernard, The Triumph of Wit: A Study of Victorian Comic Theory, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974
Moses, Joseph, The Novelist as Comedian: George Meredith and the Ironic Sensibility, New York: Schocken, 1983
Polhemus, Robert, Comic Faith: The Great Tradition from Austen to Joyce, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980
Stevenson, Lionel, The Ordeal of George Meredith, New York: Scribner, 1953; London: Owen, 1954
Stevenson, Lionel, "Carlyle and Meredith," in Carlyle and His Contemporaries, edited by John Clubbe, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1976:257–79
Wilt, Judith, The Readable People of George Meredith, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1975


Wild living Konik horses in the Rhodope mountains, Bulgaria.
Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria, rising to over 2 000 metres, with deep river gorges and steep cliffs, cover close to 15 000 square kilometres, extending into Greece in the south. This is one of the most important breeding sites for the globally endangered Egyptian vultures in the region, and the only one for griffon vultures in the country.
The Rhodopes are one of eight pilot sites for a network with a new vision for nature conservation that's called Rewilding Europe. As people increasingly move into urban areas, Rewilding Europe takes rural areas where the population is diminishing and makes them wild again, restoring self-sustaining ecosystems that are vital for biodiversity and, at the same time, developing new, nature-based economies. And it turns out they have a business case – proven by the fact the European Investment Bank just lent them EUR 6 million. The loan is backed by the Natural Capital Financing Facilityestablished by the European Commission and the EIB.
In Bulgaria, in the Rhodopes, this took the form of working with local entrepreneurs to boost small-scale nature based tourism by repairing wildlife photography hides, training local entrepreneurs and demonstrating the commercial value of wild nature. The ultimate objective is to finance the rewilding of the region, and stop poisoning, poaching and power-line electrocutions that reduced the number of griffon vultures to only 10 pairs at the lowest point.
Rewilding Europe introduced an anti-poisoning dog unit to spot hazards for vultures, is building artificial nests to attract black vultures to start new colonies, and started working with local electricity companies to insulate their power lines. And while the locals were using poison baits to keep the wolf population down, Rewilding Europe actually brought in fallow and red deer so that there would be more natural prey for wolves – a key selling point in attracting vultures, because the birds feed on what's left of the carcass once the wolves finish eating.
The locals also understand that the rewilding efforts help diversify their income by appealing to tourists from the capital Sofia and outside the country. That means business for bed-and-breakfasts, in addition to livestock management.
Griffon vultures in the Rhodope mountains.
The tourism opportunities are not limited to photography hides in the Rhodopes. In fact, Rewilding Europe has even launched European Safari Company. Compared to the African beasts usually associated with safaris, what could be so exciting about European fauna, I hear you ask?
Let me tell you about aurochs. These are the big-horned wild ancestors of domestic cattle, up to 1.80 meters tall and weighing up to more than a ton, which are depicted on cave paintings. In Greek myth, Zeus took the form of an aurochs bull to seduce and kidnap the beautiful princess Europa, thus founding Europe. The aurochs developed during what is called the Pleistocene and went extinct around 400 years ago, but their genes are still alive and well in some ancient cattle breeds.
Part of Rewilding Europe's job is using these ancient cattle to breed the Tauros, a species of auroch-type wild cattle that's able to survive on its own. Besides sounding like a great tourism draw, why do we need these 'supercows', as they've already been branded?
Originally, the aurochs was one of the key species to take care of that. Along with them, and especially for the last millennia, this task has partly been accomplished with the help of farmers and their livestock, which at least in its traditional grass-grazing mode, is quickly coming to an end.
"Most of our young generation does not want to become farmers or shepherds, so in large areas the natural grazers are extinct, and domestic cattle have left as well. So we thought we need to rethink our entire approach and try to bring back the original grazers," Helmer says.
He explains that 99% of the genes of the original grazers are still in the genes of domesticated breeds today, so the Tauros Programme has been using various primitive breeds to create a more resilient cow, one that could fend for itself. There are currently several hundred animals bred, and early results of introducing them to the wild are showing promise, Helmer confirms.
Bull of second generation crossbreeds at the Tauros breeding site in the Netherlands.
The wild horses released in the Rhodopes, as well as the new auroch-like tauroses, and the European bison are all part of another innovation that Rewilding Europe's brought about – the European Wildlife Bank. It is almost like a real bank, Helmer tells me.
If you then show the bank how you've been able to expand the grazing area available for the wild animals, you can keep the additional 150 for a loan for another 5 years – during which the herd will, expectedly, again multiply and the same rule applies after 5 years again.
Minus the ones who get killed by the wolves in the Rhodope mountains, and then picked on by the – hopefully – increasing vulture population. While the tourist takes photographs from the secret hide that Rewilding Europe, with a little help from the EIB, has helped renovate. Now that's the circle of life!
Republished with permission from EIB blog.


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The 11 Biggest Casinos on the Las Vegas Strip
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Andrea Bennett
Andrea Bennett is TripSavvy's Las Vegas expert. She's been writing for the site since 2020.
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One of the Internet's favorite things to do in Las Vegas is to rank casino hotels. (In fact, the resorts do sort themselves into categories, which have much to do with their size, the number of offerings under one roof, and their general level of luxury.) But ranking them would be like comparing apples to oranges—or in the case of Las Vegas, astoundingly wild approximations of Venice (such as in Venetian and Palazzo) to, say, Lake Como (Bellagio) or Rome (as in Caesars Palace).
In other words, there's not a single best place for anyone; there are a lot of best places for many different kinds of travelers. For instance, if you love the idea of checking into a resort and never having to leave, Venetian—with its huge variety of restaurants, great nightlife, tons of shopping, and a serious gaming floor—might be perfect for you. However, if proximity to lots of different experiences and a short walk to the city's events arenas is your thing, ARIA or Cosmopolitan might be your best bet.
That said, the following list is generally organized to spotlight casino resorts whose casino floor square footage is particularly impressive. But if it's size you think you're after, Vegas gaming newbies should keep a couple things in mind:
Some casinos that aren't the largest in size may have some of the features you want, like a fantastic sportsbook, or the most private poker room, or the fanciest high-level slots—look for such features.
If you're planning on gaming, sign up for the casinos' rewards clubs, such as M Life Rewards (MGM), Wynn's Red Card, Venetian's Grazie, and Caesars' Total Rewards program. Each comes with great benefits with easy-to-rack-up rewards.
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3950 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89119, USA
The gold-plated palace at the south end of the Strip is the focal point of a resort complex that also features a sprawling pool playground, aquarium, and events center. Mandalay Bay's massive casino clocks in at an impressive 160,334 square feet, and is packed with more than 1,700 slot machines, from high limit to progressive. Its video poker machines feature more than 200 variations of video poker (starting at a nickel to play). And although the casino has a huge variety that's great for gaming dilettantes, its table games—baccarat, craps, blackjack, and roulette—are often packed with regulars. Its race and sportsbook is among the largest on the Strip.
Bellagio Hotel and Casino
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3600 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA
Bellagio's high-energy casino is a mammoth 156,000 square feet, and its limits can be high, which account for its mostly upscale clientele. Its elegant floor includes more than 200 table games, including blackjack, craps, roulette, Pai Gow Poker, and Pai Gow. Its 2,300-plus slots are a fun diversion, and its sportsbook has plush seats, large screens, and a VIP vibe. The poker room is one of the city's high-rolling favorites.
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In this 153,000-square-foot casino, there are more than 175 table games, including baccarat, Let It Ride, craps, Pai Gow, three-card poker, Texas Hold'em, Casino War, and blackjack. Slot lovers from dabbler to devotee will love the 2,000 slot machines in denominations from one penny to $100, with high-limit jackpots reaching $500,000. Alongside the casino floor, the VR gaming lounge Level Up takes interactive gaming to the next level.
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3730 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89158-4300, USA
ARIA's 150,000-square-foot casino is surrounded by lounges, restaurants, and bars, with great views of CityCenter (a bonus for people who tend to get a little claustrophobic on a gaming floor). Table games run the gamut from baccarat, roulette, and European roulette to all the flavors of blackjack, Pai Gow, and Ultimate Texas Hold'em. In other words, variety is the name of the game. Unlike some other casinos, ARIA has made a concerted effort to minimize or eliminate smoke; it's made its sportsbook non-smoking, and has employed high-tech methods to remove smoke from the floor.
The Venetian Las Vegas
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The casino, 138,684 square feet, is surrounded by restaurants and lounges (you can easily get lost in Venetian's Grand Canal Shoppes). The table games are some of the best and most varied: blackjack, Caribbean Stud poker, craps, progressive Pai Gow Poker, Imperial baccarat, and many more. Venetian's Grazie casino rewards program works at both Venetian and Palazzo and allows players to earn points on slot and video gaming, which you can redeem for food, beverage, entertainment, and accommodations. The sportsbook has independent booths with small monitors for focused sports betting. This is a high-energy room and draws a crowd for pivotal games. The poker room is located right on the main casino floor and features large tournaments and plenty of high-limit games. Plus, Venetian's ideal location makes it an easy walk to lots of other Strip attractions (good if you have a big group with lots of different ideas).
The casino is spread among spaces along the ground floor of this iconic resort, which makes it feel even larger than its 124,181 square feet. Its table games include baccarat, blackjack, craps, and roulette, and the spacious poker room with 16 tables and nonstop poker feels nicely separated from the clutch. The sportsbook is massive, with big screens covering the length of the room, as well as individual betting stations and mobile sports wagering. Caesars' Total Rewards membership allows players to earn credits and rewards at 14 different Caesars Entertainment Properties. It's a tiered program that includes shopping, entertainment, and hotel benefits along with VIP exclusive offers.
Circus Circus Las Vegas
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Most already know Circus Circus for its indoor "Adventuredome" big top with rides and games—but it also has a massive gaming floor, with lots of table games such as blackjack, mini-baccarat, Let it Ride, virtual and live craps, and virtual and live roulette. The sportsbook was recently remodeled, with plenty of lounge-style seats and televisions.
Wynn set a new standard for elegance when it opened in 2005, with its big, open spaces; skylit esplanades; and spaces that seem constantly in bloom. The environment is so gorgeous, even those who normally start feeling claustrophobic on a gaming floor won't.
The casino floor itself is a large-but-walkable 116,187 square feet, with an elegant poker rooms that holds daily tournaments and high-limit games. Table games include blackjack, craps, roulette, and Pai Gow, while the sportsbook has a wraparound LED video screen, VIP booths, and an endless array of viewing options. Even those who usually avoid the sportsbook will get into the action, since Wynn opened Charlie's Bar + Grill, a fun and accessible spot serving American favorites right in the heart of the race and sportsbook. Love high-limit slots? Wynn has the most beautiful room of them all.
The Palazzo at The Venetian Resort
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The very high ceilings and spacious walkways at the Palazzo create a comfortable and elegant gaming space, and of course you're adjoined to Venetian and the Canal Shoppes. Its 105,000-square-foot casino feels large but manageable, and has a great array of table games, with all kinds of blackjack, Caribbean stud poker, craps, progressive Pai Gow poker, and Imperial baccarat. Along with Venetian, Palazzo uses the Grazie casino rewards program. The sportsbook and poker room are both next door at Venetian.
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The Cosmopolitan has seriously ramped up its casino play in recent years, adding lots more choices for high rollers. The 100,000-square-foot space has a great selection of classic table games like blackjack, roulette, craps, and baccarat, as well as Fortune Pai Gow poker, three-card poker, and Ultimate Texas Hold'em. Its sportsbook is seriously state-of-the art, with LED video walls, dozens of high-def screens, mobile wagering, lounge-style seating, and a fun race and sportsbook lounge that serves food and cocktails with perfect views of the LED walls.
Luxor Hotel & Casino
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At 120,000 square feet, Luxor's casino is among the largest, with 62 table games including three-card poker, Let It Ride, craps, and blackjack. Perhaps the biggest recent gaming attraction is its Hyper X Esports Arena Las Vegas, a multilevel, 30,000-square-foot venue with a 50-foot LED video wall—the first dedicated esports arena on the Strip, which opened in 2018.
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Dynasty Handbag will be doing performance-arty-leotardation-comedy-psychic-meltdown-voiceover-stretchpants/antipants-lezbiananationalarmy-recruitment-explosion.
Anna will have heart to hearts with inanimate objects, passionately sing about her feelings and lead people in some psychedelic mind and dance journeys.
Jibz Cameron is a performance/video artist and actor who lives and works in New York City. Her work as alter ego Dynasty Handbag has been seen such institutions as The New Museum NY, The Kitchen, MOMA, Joe's Pub, PS122, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, RedCat, OUTFEST, SXSW Film Festival and Performa '07, '09, '11, as well as many international dives both great and small. She has been heralded by the New York Times as "the funniest and most pitch perfect performance seen in years". In addition to her work as Dynasty Handbag she has also been seen acting in work by The Wooster Group, The Residents, Kalup Linzy, Susan Lori-Parks, among others. She has also been in a lot of web series for some reason lately, including a role as a disgusting supervillian in MOCAtv's Ambiance Man with Fred Armisen and Jack Black (werq). She is an adjunct professor of Performance and Theater studies and Comedy Theory at TISCH NYU. She is currently in development on a television series with Electric Dynamite. dynastyhandbag.com
Anna Huff is a multi-media artist, composer and performer. She has extensively toured Europe and the United States under the name Anna Oxygen, performing dance pop recitals and interactive performance pieces. She has released several albums of electronic and acoustic music and most recently a fantasy metal rock opera soundtrack featuring The Need on Bandcamp. Her performance and video work has been presented at PS1 MOMA Contemporary, The Seattle Art Museum, LACMA (LA),The Hammer (LA) NYU, The Armory Center for the Arts (Pasadena), The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, and the Rohsska Museet in Gothenburg, Sweden among others. Her collaborative work has toured internationally including performances at Festival A MIL (Santiago, Chile), EXIT (Paris) Fusebox (Tx) and REDCAT. She is a founding member of Media performance group Cloud Eye Control and a member of psychedelic noise folk band DAY/MOON with long time collaborator Tamala Poljak.
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Nestlé wants to be like Willy Wonka, but instead of a Golden Ticket, they are using GPS technology. Certain candies like Kit Kats will have GPS in the packaging so that when you open them, the GPS is activated and they can track you down.
Soon after you open a winning candy wrapper, some PR people (presumably not dressed as an armed SWAT team) will come to your door and let you know that you have won a pile of cash. But despite the prize, this whole campaign seems really creepy.
The video is amusing yes, but what about those poor folks who don't know about the promotion, suddenly getting harassed by PR guys? Some of us value our privacy. At the moment, this campaign is only running in the UK right now. What do you guys think? The money is cool, but some folks will find the idea of being tracked down by their candy bar to be unnerving.


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Psychiatry (1)
surrogate decision making
Palliative & Supportive Care (2)
International Psychogeriatrics (1)
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (3)
213 - ECT-AD: Ethics and informed consent issues
Louis Nykamp, Brent P. Forester, Adriana P. Hermida, Martina Mueller, Georgios Petrides, Hannah Heintz, Maria I. Lapid
Journal: International Psychogeriatrics / Volume 33 / Issue S1 / October 2021
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 November 2021, pp. 14-15
Agitation is experienced by over 90% of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) which increases morbidity and mortality and contribute to caregiver burden. There are no FDA-approved treatments for severe agitation in people with advanced dementia. Behavioral interventions are first-line management strategies but are not effective in the most severely agitated patients. Off-label use of psychotropic medications have limited efficacy and risk for adverse effects. New management strategies for severe agitation in AD refractory to psychopharmacologic and behavioral interventions are timely and warranted. Preliminary studies provide evidence for the safety and efficacy of acute electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in reducing agitation in this population.
The ECT-AD study is a multi-site NIH-funded randomized single-blind randomized controlled trial to investigate the safety and efficacy of ECT in severe and treatment refractory agitation and aggression in AD. In a vulnerable population with advanced dementia and lack of capacity to provide informed consent, there are ethical and consent issues that need to be considered. In this presentation, we will describe the human research subject aspects of working with this population, the process of informed consent and variation of state laws, and efforts to ensure participant safety and minimize undue influence or coercion.
What would people think? Perceived social norms, willingness to serve as a surrogate, and end-of-life treatment decisions
Rachael Spalding, JoNell Strough, Barry Edelstein
Journal: Palliative & Supportive Care / Volume 19 / Issue 1 / February 2021
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2020, pp. 46-54
Population aging has increased the prevalence of surrogate decision making in healthcare settings. However, little is known about factors contributing to the decision to become a surrogate and the surrogate medical decision-making process in general. We investigated how intrapersonal and social-contextual factors predicted two components of the surrogate decision-making process: individuals' willingness to serve as a surrogate and their tendency to select various end-of-life treatments, including mechanical ventilation and palliative care options.
An online sample (N = 172) of adults made hypothetical surrogate decisions about end-of-life treatments on behalf of an imagined person of their choice, such as a parent or spouse. Using self-report measures, we investigated key correlates of willingness to serve as surrogate (e.g., decision-making confidence, willingness to collaborate with healthcare providers) and choice of end-of-life treatments.
Viewing service as a surrogate as a more typical practice in healthcare was associated with greater willingness to serve. Greater decision-making confidence, greater willingness to collaborate with patients' physicians, and viewing intensive, life-sustaining end-of-life treatments (e.g., mechanical ventilation) as more widely accepted were associated with choosing more intensive end-of-life treatments.
Significance of results
The current study's consideration of both intrapersonal and social-contextual factors advances knowledge of two key aspects of surrogate decision making — the initial decision to serve as surrogate, and the surrogate's selection of various end-of-life treatment interventions. Providers can use information about the role of these factors to engage with surrogates in a manner that better facilitates their decision making. For instance, providers can be sensitive to potential cultural differences in surrogate decision-making tendencies or employing decision aids that bolster surrogates' confidence in their decisions.
Patients' priorities for treatment decision making during periods of incapacity: quantitative survey
Annette Rid, Robert Wesley, Mark Pavlick, Sharon Maynard, Katalin Roth, David Wendler
Journal: Palliative & Supportive Care / Volume 13 / Issue 5 / October 2015
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 October 2014, pp. 1165-1183
Clinical practice aims to respect patient autonomy by basing treatment decisions for incapacitated patients on their own preferences. Yet many patients do not complete an advance directive, and those who do frequently just designate a family member to make decisions for them. This finding raises the concern that clinical practice may be based on a mistaken understanding of patient priorities. The present study aimed to collect systematic data on how patients prioritize the goals of treatment decision making.
We employed a self-administered, quantitative survey of patients in a tertiary care center.
Some 80% or more of the 1169 respondents (response rate = 59.8%) ranked six of eight listed goals for treatment decision making as important. When asked which goal was most important, 38.8% identified obtaining desired or avoiding unwanted treatments, 20.0% identified minimizing stress or financial burden on their family, and 14.6% identified having their family help to make treatment decisions. No single goal was designated as most important by 25.0% of participants.
Significance of Results:
Patients endorsed three primary goals with respect to decision making during periods of incapacity: being treated consistent with their own preferences; minimizing the burden on their family; and involving their family in the decision-making process. However, no single goal was prioritized by a clear majority of patients. These findings suggest that advance care planning should not be limited to documenting patients' treatment preferences. Clinicians should also discuss and document patients' priorities for how decisions are to be made. Moreover, future research should evaluate ways to modify current practice to promote all three of patients primary goals for treatment decision making.
14 - When the Patient Is a Child
By Timothy S. Yeh
Edited by Thomasine Kushner
Book: Surviving Health Care
Published online: 05 June 2012
Print publication: 29 March 2010, pp 191-205
Patient's competence is one of the most important factors in making informed decisions. It represents the ability to understand the situation and possible outcomes and to consider the consequences of choices he or she makes. Patients who are legally deemed to be minors cannot independently make decisions about their health care, with certain exceptions. Health care decisions for minors are made by their parents or guardians. This is known as surrogate or proxy decision making. It is known that knowledge of the illness and treatment options increases child's feeling of control and ability to cope with the illness. Potential problems arise when an adolescent and his or her parents or health care team disagree on how to proceed with treatment. When children are patients, their parents may be approached by the health care team to ask their permission for their children to participate in a research study.


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DH and i are thinking of moving to Norfolk with dd5 and ds2 and i was hoping for some advise... we are looking at a house just outside Hingham and i was wondering what your opinions on that area are? I lived for a while as a child in East Runton but this area is new to me.
we moved here 17 years ago from London and I think it is significantly less cliquey now than then. Certainly Norwich has changed a lot.
Re Hingham...it is pretty, Georgian pretty rural and as you suspect very different form the coastal towns and villages. Lots of history (was a Saxon town with royal connections) My impression is that the involvement of the local community has decreased in the last decade, but that may be changing. It reflects the employment and move of Lotus further away.
School: Hingham primary is ok but people will be driving in from all over. For secondary I guess you would be looking at Wymondham where the school are excellent.
People...will depend on who you are...there is a "rich" circle in Norfolk and not rich but still posh (I don't fit with either of these) and then rural commuters (still London/Cambridge based with just toes in Norfolk) or the rest of us living and working where rural communities can be a bit harder to break into .
In short it depends who you fit with and what you want as to whether it works.
We moved to Hingham a year ago. My husband works abroad so I am on my own with our 3 girls quite a lot. Our 2 eldest go to Hingham Primary and love it! I have found everyone very friendly and there is plenty to do with my toddler. Let me know if you do move here, would be more than happy to meet up!
Hi we moved to Norfolk (Attleborough) from Cambridgeshire two years ago. I think people are very cautious at getting to know you as an outsider!
We both commute out of Norfolk myself to Herts and my husband to Suffolk, it may contribute to why I've struggled as I'm not always in the area.
Norfolk is a beautiful area and feels a very safe place it's great for getting to the coast. The A11 development has improved getting out of the county dramatically!!


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WCHR-Wolayta letter to Ethiopia Prime Minister
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According to local media, the Ethiopian Government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has asked Wolayta scholars, activists and groups to submit papers or present a solution for the ongoing deadlock regarding the Wolayta statehood request vis-a-vis the SNNP region's ongoing breakup into smaller multiethnic region.
In this regard, the Wolayta Committee for Human Rights (WCHR) would like to present a two-tier solution to address the human rights and the corresponding sociopolitical & economic issues to protect the rights of Wolayta nation.
A. HUMAN RIGHTS
WCHR, with the help of the Wolayta Diaspora, has been outspoken against systematic and widespread abuses on innocent Wolayta civilians through out the country.
In recent years, two periods of mass killings have signified the misery of Wolayta people. The first was between June and August of 2018, when Wolayta businesses were burned down and civilians massacred in Hawassa, Ziway and other towns inside Sidama & Oromia regions. The second was following the arrival of the OLF group in September 2018 as many Wolaytas (and our Gamo brothers) were massacred in the central region famously known as "Oromia Special region surrounding Finfinnee," particularly Burayu.
In both cases, the investigations have been marred with controversy and there has been no full accountability. WCHR recommends that the Abiy government
Remove and prosecute officials involved in the mass killings, Instead of reshuffling them to new posts
Give long sentences to activists who instigated or led the burning of Wolayta businesses
Fully Prosecute individuals who incited or were engaged in the mass killings of Wolayta
Establish a zero tolerance policy to individuals who publicly call for violence against Wolayta and other southern minorities living in Sidama and Oromia regions
Like natural, fire and weather-related disasters, the government should create a disaster preparation and response team or call center, with an emergency dispatch brigade in every town dedicated solely to responding to the ethnic violence targeting minorities like Wolayta people.
In addition to these legal and administrative actions, the Ethiopian government should discourage politicians and activists from using inflammatory terms like "shanqela," "baria," "mete," "dikala" and "neftegna." Many Wolayta people living outside Wolayta zone have been called "Baria" and "neftegna" by youths in Oromia as well as told to "go back."
(NOTE: WCHR would like to remind that our Wolayta ancestors and other Omotic peoples are indigenous to the southern and central Shewa regions of present-day Oromia, long before the migration of Cushitic and Semitic peoples)
B. SOCIOPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES
At this point, the WCHR recommends that the Ethiopian government promptly process the referendum for statehood of Wolayta in order to avoid further bloodshed. The overwhelming majority of Wolayta people in the zone support statehood and there is no constitutional basis to deny Wolayta people its own state. However, all stakeholders must acknowledge that Wolayta people have requested for statehood as all other big nationalities have done similarly and in accordance with the current constitution of the country. Wolayta people did not demand and did not need our own separate state 40 or 50 years ago because the government system and constitution at the time did not divide states by ethnicity. The rise in human rights abuses facing Wolayta people corresponds to the rise in nativism or the neighborly nationalities' attempt to enforce the post-1995 constitution. Therefore, if the Ethiopian government seeks a reason to prevent Wolayta statehood; both the protection of our human rights and the decision on statehood can be properly addressed by constitutional amendments that guarantees equality and citizenship to the "other" ethnicities living inside the ethnic states or the restoration of geographic federalism. In other words, the Ethiopian government presently has zero justification to delay the Wolayta statehood demands; without a drastic change in the Ethiopian constitution that reverses the post-1995 status-quo of multinational (ethnic) federalism. Any more delay will be perceived as a direct disrespect of Wolayta culture and people.
Accordingly, the only two solutions that can be accepted as logical reasons for delaying Wolayta statehood are:
A constitutional amendment for the reversal of statehood of other nationalities in Ethiopia; in the foreseeable future.
The change in the status of urban centers nationwide (I.e. where Wolayta citizens reside) from ethnic towns/capitals to federal charter cities (for example, Hawassa, Burayu and all major towns in Ethiopia becoming self-governing federal entities where all ethnicities are treated equally, so no one ethnicity is awarded a special "native" status)
If the Ethiopian government can present a blueprint for one or both of the two above alternatives to become a reality; the people of Wolayta can find fairness, hope and justice in the system; particularly since over a million Wolaytas live outside Wolayta Zone. Otherwise, it is unjustified that only Wolayta people are denied statehood while all other major ethnic groups enjoy statehood (including Harari, one of the smallest ethnic groups in the Horn of Africa. )
No more debates are necessary in the Prime Minister's office to delay Wolayta statehood — the Ethiopian government has only two choices: either show Wolayta people a new roadmap where all ethnic-based states will be redrawn into multiethnic states (like Gambella) or implement Wolayta statehood referendum as soon as possible.
The above two-tiered issues must be sincerely addressed by the Ethiopian government, if the Abiy administrations hopes to delay the procedures. Otherwise we urge Addis Ababa to process the Wolayta Statehood quickly to avoid any more bloodshed.
Wolayta Committee for Human Rights (WCHR)
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The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung is one of the six political foundations in the Federal Republic of Germany associated with political parties. The Foundation's main task is to provide political education. It is closely connected to the Left Party.
Since 1990, the work of the Foundation has been in keeping with its eponym, Rosa Luxemburg, and represents the main current of democratic socialism with an unwavering international focus. The Foundation considers itself committed to a radical perspective of enlightenment and social criticism. It stands within the tradition of the workers' and women's movements, as well as anti-fascism and anti-racism.
The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung is a registered non-profit organization, whose most important body is the General Assembly. Its work is supported by the dedication and commitment of a large number of volunteers throughout Germany.
With its work, the Foundation promotes a critical analysis of society and fosters networks of emancipatory, political, social and cultural initiatives. It is active internationally in development co operation and advocates an equal dialogue between the North and the South. At the same time, with the help of the Archive of Democratic Socialism, it documents important events and the results of left-wing politics. Within the framework of its Scholarship Depart ment, the Foundation also provides grants to young academics. Like other political foundations, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung seeks to further develop the classical concept of political education. However, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung here emphasizes a critical analysis of society as its central task, a claim further under lined by its name.
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On May 7, 2010, the Internet Security Alliance (ISA) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) will brief members of Congress and their staff on the new publication, The Financial Management of Cyber Risk: An Implementation Framework for CFOs.
According to the White House Cyberspace Policy Review, between 2008 and 2009, American business losses due to cyber attacks had grown to more than $1 trillion of intellectual property. In this report, the President asked for a program that would help assign monetary value to cyber risks and consequences, giving organizations greater ability and incentive to address cybersecurity.
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Featured speakers include: Larry Clinton, ISA president; S. Joe Bhatia, ANSI president and CEO; Ty Sagalow, Zurich North America chief innovation officer; Mark Bregman, Ph.D., Symantec Corp executive vice president and chief technology officer; Tom Jackson, partner at Phillips Nizer LLP; and Harry Oellrich, Guy & Carpenter Co. vice president.
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President's address will be on the eve of Republic Day, know when, how and where to watch
President Droupadi Murmu: President Draupadi Murmu will address the nation on January 25, the eve of the 74th Republic Day. President Murmu, the second woman President of India, delivered an elaborate speech on the eve of Independence Day last year. During this, he praised India's fight against the Kovid epidemic along with the tricolor campaign of the central government. Apart from this, President Murmu also spoke on gender inequality in India.
The President's address is meant to inspire the citizens of India and to throw light on the progress of the nation. It is believed that President Draupadi Murmu in his speech on the eve of Republic Day Narendra Modi will mention some of the creditable achievements of the NDA Government.
When, where and how can you watch the President's address?
According to the statement issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President's address to the nation is likely to start at 7:00 pm Indian time. Along with this, the President's address to the nation will be broadcast on all Doordarshan channels in Hindi and English and on All India Radio. Along with this, the address will also be streamed live on Doordarshan's YouTube channel. All India Radio will broadcast the President's address in regional languages from 9.30 pm on its regional networks.
Security beefed up in Delhi
Delhi Police has intensified anti-sabotage checks, verification drives and patrolling in the national capital ahead of Republic Day, to prevent any untoward incident. Police said that around 6,000 security personnel would be deployed in New Delhi district for those participating in the Republic Day celebrations and a total of 24 'help desks' would be set up. Will be made. The police said that the bomb disposal squad along with the dog squad are checking markets, crowded areas and other prominent places.
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Tools to Solve the Engagement Problem
Prior to joining the startup world at Luxer One, Josh Middlebrooks spent time in the consulting and retail worlds — and before that in more blue-collar work like washing cars, painting houses and retrieving shopping carts from the parking lot. "The consistent theme was I always had really good managers and role models in every job I had. I was really lucky in that way," Middlebrooks said.
"I learned the value of hard work and not making excuses when times get tough, because in blue-collar work everyone has a job to do and no one cares about excuses, they care about whether the job gets done. That's what shaped my career path the most." Middlebrooks currently serves as Luxer One's President.
Luxer One is a sponsor of Simpler Media Group's Digital Workplace Experience Fall Event, taking place online on Oct. 14 and Oct. 15. Middlebrooks will present a session on "Making Connections in a Contactless World." We spoke with Middlebrooks to gain some insight on his session topic.
Learning Through Experience
SMG: What is some advice or wisdom you frequently share?
Josh Middlebrooks: Advice I frequently share is, do the thing that scares you the most. When you're faced with two different options, choose the one where you will have the best chance to grow and where you will have the higher return on investment.
When I joined Luxer One six years ago, I was one of 25 people at this new startup, and that was scary! But making that jump really rounded me out. In the startup world I found that I didn't know as much as I thought I knew about business in general and meeting business objectives and goals. But I learned from some incredible people. Now I'm the president of the company, and the rest is history.
SMG: Tell us a little about your session topic.
Middlebrooks: I'm going to talk about software solutions, physical collaboration, handoffs and bringing fun to the environment.
Now, the backstory here is that in March 2020 we opened up our brand new office, having spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the investment. We were founded six years ago as a company, and were running scrappy. Two years ago we decided we needed to operate like grownups and get an office … and then we opened the first week of March 2020 — everyone knows the story after that. This is my first time running a company, and this was a lot to have happened.
We needed to figure out what were the tools we needed to solve our problems? We needed a better way to collaborate, communicate, and get work done (the in-person meeting is over!) — but that was the easy day-to-day stuff. Peel this back a layer and it gets harder. We were hiring through the pandemic and needed to get laptops, key fobs and other physical things to our new employees, and they needed to be able to return them in a contactless way.
Now remember, we're the biggest player in the industry for smart lockers. We have about 7,000 multi-family locations. About 5 million people each year use our services to pick up online orders at our lockers in big box retail and elsewhere. So, the solution we had to this problem was to use our own tools. We converted our locker management into the mechanism for IT repair and asynchronous handoff. Our lockers became the contactless delivery vehicle for our business. We also used the lockers for bag drop for hybrid workers. With hybrid you go into the office and there are no assigned seats. You go into your hot desk, drop off your bag in the locker, and get it at the end of the day.
The third and most important thing we needed to figure out was how to create a fun remote environment. And now that people are coming back in a hybrid way, we have to figure this out again. Does our physical environment line up with our digital environment? Does it line up with our core value of fun?
Forget the Pizza, It's All About Team-Building Experiences
SMG: Do you think the Great Resignation has exposed any particular truths about the office environment?
Middlebrooks: We were calling it The Great Resignation in July of 2020. We all knew this was coming, and our first (terrible!) reaction was, we need to throw a pizza party. That is the thing many companies go to, but no, office pizza parties are done. That is over, and what you really need are tools that actually solve the engagement problem. Your mission will be to wrangle up everyone's pizza party budget to get these tools at your company. Let me say it again: the GenZ/Zoomers do NOT want your pizza party! The pizza party was a safety net, and I want to coach you away from that. Use your money on other, better engagement tools instead!
SMG: What will the office look like a year from now?
Middlebrooks: I really think that we will never get away from having great team-building experiences. The people that are going to survive and build environments that people flock to are the people who will figure out how to decentralize the workplace.
At Luxer One, we went through this whole cost benefit analysis of having an office and flying out sales people to talk to customers and decided the money would be better spent on digital tools and doing collaborative, team building activities together inside and outside the office.
Almost all team meetings will happen outside of the office or be digital. All the meetings and emails and the remaining 80% of your tasklist will be remote and you'll be doing it over the tools I'm going to talk about. The physical office will just become a place where you have the option to sometimes do your work, build face-to-face trust, and pass things back and forth, like that broken laptop and swag for new employees.
Claim your free pass to the Digital Workplace Experience here and be sure to listen to the Luxer One Session, "Making Connections in a Contactless World," for Josh Middlebrook's punchline solution for keeping people engaged.
The events staff at Simpler Media Group, publisher of CMSWire and Reworked, work to inform our readers and community on our two conferences, the DX Summit and the Digital Workplace Experience. Find out everything you need to gear up for two of tech's premiere events.
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Even after a micro-outbreak of tuberculosis in the homeless population in the early 2000s that saw deaths, the city still doesn't get it.
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Federal government offers armouries for shelter. Toronto Mayor Tory says no.
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Todd Park Of HHS Speaks At WashingtonExec Breakfast: The Mindset Of A "Lean Startup"
By Brynn Koeppen	 February 1, 2012 1 Comment
Michele Kang (Cognosante CEO), Todd Park (HHS CTO), JD Kathuria (WashingtonExec), Greg Baroni (Attain CEO), John DeVoe (salesforce.com Regional VP)
Yesterday, WashingtonExec hosted a breakfast roundtable at The Tower Club with Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer and "entrepreneur in residence" of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Over 40 executives attended.
The event's gold sponsor was Cognosante, a leading healthcare solutions provider and silver sponsor was Salesforce.com, a leading provider of cloud computing solutions.
Park, a three-time entrepreneur in his own right, spoke to the c-level executive group about the similarities between running a lean government and an innovative start-up company. "If you get the best people (in the private sector), you win. The same thing is true in the public sector. You have to find those people and put them into a virtual start-up."
Similar to his interview with WashingtonExec last month, Park discussed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' efforts to code and organize massive amounts of healthcare data in a safe and efficient way. Noting the accomplishments of the first "Health Datapalooza" held in June of last year, Park announced that HHS will be repeating the open-call initiative June 5th and 6th of this year.
Internally, HHS is rigorously pursuing the "smart sharing" of information technology. To Park, preventing the "hyper fragmented, hyper duplicated" information technology process found in the public sector requires a "new way of culture" and the same mindset as a "lean start-up." Park believes that smart sharing will make HHS programs more lean and more efficient.
During the Q&A portion of the roundtable, Park emphasized the benefits of smart-sharing initiatives as well as the relationship that he wants his department to have with the private sector. "The work is not going away, there is actually more work now, you (the private sector) have to be more efficient," said Park. He went on to say that the HHS team is working towards updating contractor incentive programs that encourage innovation, not just meeting requirements.
Park continues to be a public servant with an entrepreneur mentality, there are rumors that he may replace former Federal CTO, Aneesh Chopra, who stepped down on Friday.
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