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Tesla's choice on Xinjiang: Will the benefits be enough to offset the costs?
By Chen Jing
Shanghai Correspondent, Lianhe Zaobao
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People walk past a showroom outside Tesla China headquarters at China Central Mall in Beijing, China, 11 July 2018. (Jason Lee/File Photo/Reuters)
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Translated by Candice Chan on 6 January 2022
At a gathering last week, a friend appeared with some Sam's Club bags, and was immediately bombarded: "Other people are rushing to cancel their membership, why are you still shopping there?"
My friend sheepishly chuckled: "Sam's cakes are pretty good, and not expensive."
Someone else immediately cut in: "Hema's cakes are similar, you don't have to buy Sam's any more."
Sam's Club, under retail giant Walmart, is among the latest group of foreign companies boycotted by Chinese consumers over the Xinjiang issue. Recently, when Sam's Club removed all Xinjiang products from its stores, tens of thousands of China's netizens responded by cancelling their membership, while China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said Sam's Club was "stupid and short-sighted".
A customer tastes the fried beef steak at a Sam's Club store of Wal-Mart in Beijing, China, 29 June 2017. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
This boycott occurred when US President Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which disallows items containing Xinjiang-produced materials or components from being exported to the US, unless there is evidence that no "forced labour" was involved in their production.
"We couldn't boycott Intel, but you think we can't boycott you? Cancelling my membership tomorrow!" - Chinese netizen
Just before Biden signed the Act, US chip-making giant Intel released a letter to global suppliers asking them to avoid using labour, products and services from Xinjiang. When this letter went online, Intel immediately put out a statement of apology on Weibo, clarifying that the intention of the letter was an expression of compliance with US law, rather than a statement of its position on the issue.
The apology did not quell the anger of the Chinese, with a netizen slamming Intel for "wanting to earn China's money but only obeying US laws". However, few netizens called for a boycott. But the attack on Sam's Club was more scathing: "We couldn't boycott Intel, but you think we can't boycott you? Cancelling my membership tomorrow!"
The experience of Walmart and Intel is nothing new. Early last year, international fashion brands like Adidas, Nike, and Uniqlo came under fire because the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) that they belong to was reported to boycott Xinjiang cotton. Now, the ban by the US has put US companies in China in a dilemma — not enforcing the ban would lead to punishment by the US government, while enforcing it would lead to a boycott by Chinese consumers.
People walk past an Adidas store in a shopping district following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Beijing, China, 5 April 2021. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)
Bucking the trend
Surprisingly, some US companies are going against the flow and expanding into Xinjiang, like electric vehicle brand Tesla.
On 31 December 2021, Tesla announced on Weibo the official opening of its Tesla showroom in the Xinjiang capital Urumqi, with the line: "In 2022 let us together launch Xinjiang on its electric journey!" The post also included photos of the opening of the showroom, including a lion dance and people holding placards which read "Tesla [heart] Xinjiang".
...In fact this shows that Tesla is more tenacious than Walmart. It is also a reminder that the Chinese market is more important to Tesla than it is to Walmart.
While Tesla's move won praises from Chinese netizens, it drew the ire of the American public. The Council on American–Islamic Relations accused Tesla of giving "economic support for genocide", while White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said at a press briefing on 4 January, "So, I can't speak to the specific situation of one company, but as a general matter, we believe the private sector should oppose the PRC's human rights abuses and genocide in Xinjiang. The international community, including the public and private sectors, cannot look the other way when it comes to what is taking place in Xinjiang."
Putting aside the controversy and just going by American laws, it is not illegal for Tesla to open a showroom in Xinjiang. In fact this shows that Tesla is more tenacious than Walmart. It is also a reminder that the Chinese market is more important to Tesla than it is to Walmart.
Visitors check a Tesla Model Y sport utility vehicle (SUV) at the company's showroom in Beijing, China, 5 January 2021. (Tingshu Wang/Reuters)
In the first nine months of 2021, a quarter of Tesla's total revenue came from the Chinese market and over half of its electric vehicles are produced in China. In future, the company is expected to continue benefiting from its electric vehicle-friendly policies. In comparison, in the first nine months of 2021, the Chinese market only accounted for 2.16% of Walmart's overall sales. The rise of new shopping modes like e-commerce and community group buying have clearly weakened the competitive advantage of this traditional retail giant.
But the huge Chinese market is still indispensable to the company, putting Intel in an extremely awkward position — while it does not want to offend both China and the US, it is difficult to please both sides as well.
Will the benefits be enough to offset the cost?
Intel's situation is somewhere between that of Tesla's and Walmart's. In 2020, 26% of Intel's revenue came from the mainland Chinese and Hong Kong markets. Intel is not as reliant on the Chinese market as Tesla is, and its products and services are not as easily overtaken by competitors. But the huge Chinese market is still indispensable to the company, putting Intel in an extremely awkward position — while it does not want to offend both China and the US, it is difficult to please both sides as well.
With the US legislation, human rights issues have spilled over into the arena of supply and industrial chains, and the onus is now on American enterprises to prove their integrity. As a result, the additional costs incurred are partly passed on to consumers. When more enterprises are forced to choose sides, they need to be even more pragmatic: will the benefits of staying in the Chinese market be enough to offset the cost?
But the latest economic data released last month showed that China's consumption reported weaker-than-expected figures, with the Central Economic Work Conference even predicting that the Chinese economy would be hit by the "triple pressures"...
12th-generation core chips are debuted during an Intel live-streamed event at the CES 2022 trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on 4 January 2022. (Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg)
According to a survey conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai in mid 2021, nearly 60% of respondents reported increased investment in 2021, giving a vote of confidence to the Chinese market. But the latest economic data released last month showed that China's consumption reported weaker-than-expected figures, with the Central Economic Work Conference even predicting that the Chinese economy would be hit by the "triple pressures" of demand contraction, supply shocks and weakening expectations this year. It is also expected that the continuing zero-Covid policy would impede the recovery of domestic consumption in China.
When the attractiveness of the Chinese market is called into question and the costs increase day by day, it is not just the consumers but also the multinational corporations who would start looking for alternatives.
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July 9, 2012 by James Jay Edwards
Synopsis: Linda White, a barren Christian housewife, leads a sheltered existence in suburban Texas. Her world is turned upside-down when she discovers that her dying husband, Abe, has a 23-year old illegitimate son named Raymond living in Florida. Somewhere on the edge of guilt and loneliness, Linda grants Abe's final wish and sets off on a quixotic journey to find Raymond and bring him back before her husband passes away. Along the way, Linda's wonderfully bizarre relationship with Raymond will teach her more about herself than she ever imagined possible and force her to come to terms with her troubled past.
Release Date: March 16, 2012 MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genre(s): Comedy,
Natural Selection tells the story of Linda (Rachael Harris from The Hangover), a devout Christian woman in Texas who is unable to conceive children. Because he believes sex is for procreation only, her husband, Abe (John Diehl, better known as Detective Zito on "Miami Vice") will not have sex with her. Abe is such a firm believer in reproduction that he, unbeknownst to Linda, is a regular contributor to a sperm bank. His latest trip to the depository results in his having a near-fatal stroke and he is sent to the hospital where Linda not only finds out about his secret donations, but is also told that he has a slim chance for recovery. Linda, justifiably shocked by her husband's spreading of his seed, nonetheless honors what she believes to be Abe's dying wish and tracks down a son that was born from one of his donations. Her detective work leads her to Florida where she meets Raymond (Live Free or Die Hard's Matt O'Leary), a drug-dealing ex-con who, initially, is unwilling to return to Texas to meet his biological father. Raymond only agrees to accompany Linda when he narrowly escapes a police raid and needs to skip town, and the two embark on their crazy road trip back to Texas. Along the way, Linda learns that Raymond may not be the person that she and Abe believe he is, while Raymond finds out that Linda has a few secrets of her own that she has been keeping.
Natural Selection is the first feature film from writer/director Robbie Pickering (whose The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea will be out later this year), and it falls somewhere between a road movie and a buddy comedy. For a debut effort, it's surprisingly smart, unpretentiously funny and more than a little quirky. Pickering's ear for dialogue and his remarkable insight into character make for an entertaining and interesting ride. The film has both a strong story arc and character arc, as the audience gets to see Linda and Raymond's relationship develop while they tackle the trials and tribulations of their journey. There are plenty of clever twists and turns along the way, including the kinds of developments that leave the audience wondering why they didn't see them coming sooner. Natural Selection takes the viewer on a fun adventure with Linda and Raymond, and no one knows where it will end up until it gets there.
The chemistry displayed between Rachael Harris and Matt O'Leary during their expansive shared screen time is wonderful. Harris plays the sheltered, oppressed Linda in a way that holds her in stark contrast to O'Leary's fly-by-night criminal Raymond, and the juxtaposition of the two polar opposites that find common ground and common enemies is a lot of fun to watch. There are two scenes in particular in which the pair really shine. In the initial meeting of the two, Linda and Raymond sit uncomfortably in his living room, her trying to explain to him that his father is not who he thinks it is, and him thinking that she is just a religious freak trying to sell him on God. In a later scene, the two are opening up to each other in a closed diner, both sharing their darkest secrets while trying to decide if what they're hearing is true. Harris and O'Leary have a great interplay, constantly pulling at each other so that each gives a little, Raymond finding his own conscience and Linda realizing her wild side. Natural Selection is completely about the two characters, and Harris and O'Leary prove that they are both up to the task.
Comedy Factor
Robbie Pickering's sense of humor in Natural Selection leans towards the dry side, but it is an intelligent humor that is born out of the characters more than the situations. There is very little slap-stick, leaving most of the comedy to come out of the character's lines and ideas. Of course, the dichotomy of Linda and Raymond is good for plenty of laughs, but the hard-core Christians in Abe and Linda's congregation are ripe for the comedic plucking as well. For instance, the minister for their church, a zealot named Peter (played by John Gries, better known as Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite), decides that Linda has been abducted by Raymond and sets off to rescue her with predictably incompetent results. Natural Selection pokes more fun at religious fanatics than it does at religion itself; the humor is not particularly offensive, and anyone who finds insult in it probably sees a little too much of themselves in the film when they watch.
Director(s): Robbie Pickering
Producer(s): Brion HambelPaul Jensen
Screenwriter(s): Robbie Pickering
Cast: Rachael Harris (Linda)Jon Gries (Peter)Matt O'Leary (Raymond) John Diehl (Abe)
Cinematographer: Steve Calitri
Music Score: iZLER
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Something had triggered the memory of Donna Blair's rolls in the kitchen in hers and Wooten's house on the big hill. We would go up to visit and Donna Blair would always be making fresh rolls. They were sweet, a little floury and delicious! When this memory triggered, I knew I wanted to make some sweet dinner rolls. This was obviously a mistake because a) I've never made rolls from scratch before and b) I don't bake very well. But I was bound and determined to give it a shot, which let to my comedy of errors.First off all, let me start out by saying you should never …NEVER bakes stuff in the oven when the daytime temps are over 100 degrees every day. It will heat up the house to unbearable levels and will basically make you melt. That being said, I pulled out the water, milk and yeast and mixed it up in the kitchen aide mixer. I was then supposed to add softened butter. Here is my first problem. I didn't let the butter soften long enough so I basically had little butter chunks floating in the liquid. This was disturbing, but I figured I might as well press on.I added the egg, sugar, salt and such. Then I slowly added the flour. As I got to the end, I switched to a dough hook because the stuff was just to thick. I let it mix with the dough hook for a couple of minutes, then I removed the bowl from the mixer and covered it to let it rise. I set the timer for 45 minutes.When the timer went off, I went to punch the dough but oddly enough, it hadn't risen and was kind of cold to the touch. But never one to stop a task for such trivial problems, I pressed on. I broke the dough apart and rolled it into little balls and put them in a pan. I was going to let them rise another hour, but since everything had seemed cold I moved the pan on top of the stove and covered it. I had preheated the oven to 400 but since these were going to rise for an hour, I turned the oven down to about 250.When I came back after the second rising cycle, I was pleased to see some progress. The rolls seemed to have risen nicely and it was time to put them in the oven. Following the directions, I popped them in the oven and set the timer for 10 minutes. When the timer went off, I went and checked and they hadn't even thought of turning brown yet.
"Hmmm…", I thought. "Lets give them another 5 minutes." So I reset the timer and went back to the chair. When the timer went off I checked them again and still they weren't even close to brown. I decided to give them yet another 5 minutes. I set the timer and sat down and then it dawned on me. I had reduced the oven temperature to 200 when the rolls were rising. They were never going to cook at this rate!
I raced into the kitchen and turned the temp up to 400, wondering what I was going to finally end up with out of this fiasco. I gave them about 8 minutes and they were browning on top so I pulled them out. I pulled out my wooden cutting board to place them on, turned the pan upside down and shook, waiting for the rolls to pop out. Oddly, the rolls gave no response. I shook again. Still no response. I banged the edge of the pan on the cutting board. Still nothing. Then it dawns on me. I didn't grease the pan! I grabbed a spatula and tried to scrape the rolls out of the pan but ended up just ripping things apart.
I looked down at my failure with scorn, but decided I might as well see what the taste and texture is like. I gathered some of the mush up on a plate, grabbed some jelly and sat down at the table. They were not the best rolls I've had, but they were definitely edible. I discovered from the taste that to attempt to recreate Donna Blair's rolls, I would need to add some more sugar (hers were definitely sweeter) and a bit more flour and salt.
All in all it was a worthwhile experiment and I will definitely try again, but probably not until the weather cools in October time frame.
Day 7 of the 31 Day Personal Photo Challenge – + BONUS!
I got up this morning and wasn't feeling so well. I took some meds and before they took effect decided to whip up a little breakfast treat. So today, in addition to the photo, I'm gonna give you the recipe for my "Reeses In A Blanket". This is real bachelor cooking. Unfortunately, my food photography skills need a little work. I'm ordering Nicole S. Young's great new book "Food Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots" and hopefully mine will improve.
Chef Paul Prudhomme's "Sweetie" seasoning (You can substitute a mixture of sugar and cinnamon if you don't have any.
Brush with melted butter then sprinkle with a little more "Sweetie".
Allow to cool then chow down!
Although this is cool anytime for anyone, I'm mainly throwing it out here for the men since tomorrow is Valentine's day. There are expectations, gentlemen. Expectations, I say! You're gonna need a nice, romantic dinner and if you don't want to go out, I'll throw out a little bit of home cooking that should do the trick.
Let's do a Fondue!! But what is Fondue? Fondue is a Swiss and French dish of melted cheese served in a communal pot (caquelon) over a small burner (rechaud), and eaten by dipping long-stemmed forks with bread into the cheese.
Now, at first reading, this may sound complicated, but trust me, if I can do it, anyone can do it. Just remember the main mantra, KEEP STIRRING!
We're going to do two fondue dishes here. The first is our main course which will be a sharp cheddar fondue with a little cajun kick served with apples, celery, carrots and toast. Then for desert, we'll do a very simple chocolate fondue with apples and toasted cake. So if you happen to have or can get hold of two fondue pots, cool! If not, you can serve it in regular bowls, but if you are going for that romantic edge, the fondue pots are the way to go.
Next lets make a little grocery list. You're gonna need some stuff, but don't get intimidated. This really is pretty easy.
Now the key to a good fondue is timing and the key to good timing is preparation, so you want to get everything set up and ready to go before you start heating anything up. Start by washing and cutting the veggies into bite size pieces. Place the veggies in individual bowls cover with plastic wrap and put in the fridge until serving time.
Next, toast the bread and cut into bite size pieces. Crisp is good here. Next cut the cake into slices, toast, and then cut it down into bite size pieces.
Wash the strawberries and cut the tops off, if you like. Put in a bowl and refrigerate.
Finally, wash and cut the apples up into bite size pieces. Put half the results in each of two bowls and add just a little lemon juice to keep them from browning. Cover with plastic wrap and toss in the fridge.
Now lets lay out the ingredients. In a couple of measuring cups, put 3/4 cup of heavy whipping cream in one and a cup of heavy whipping cream in the other. In a small bowl, lightly beat the egg. Get your cheese package open and ready to go because you don't want to have to run around trying to open the package while you have cream burning on the stove. Have the rest of your ingredients sitting close and ready to go.
If you are brave, you can try to cook these simultaneously, but if this is your first rodeo, you can make one then the other or even make one, eat, make the other and eat again. Whatever you feel comfortable with.
Put the cup of heavy cream into a pot and and slowly bring to a gentle simmer, STIRRING CONSTANTLY. When the cream is simmering add the cheese, still stirring constantly. Keep stirring until cheese is melted and smooth. Add a couple shakes of Wouschester sauce and KEEP STIRRING. Next, add the egg and continue stirring. Add a couple of shakes of the cajun seasoning, a shake of tabasco and a pinch of salt and pepper and KEEP STIRRING (noticing a pattern here?) Now the hard part. First, take a little taste of your fondue. Need more salt, pepper, cajun seasoning? Add what you think it needs gently until it's right. Next, look at the consistency. Does it look too thick? Add a little more cream or part of another egg to thin it out. Does it look to thin? Add some more cheese. When it's good, remove from the heat, put it into your fondue pot and light 'er up.
Now just serve it up with half the apples, the toast, the celery and carrots.
Now this one is super easy! Just like with the cheese, put 3/4 cup of heavy whipping cream into a pot and slowly bring to a gentle simmer STIRRING CONSTANTLY. When you get that nice simmer, pour in your package of chocolate. Keep stirring until it's smooth. Remove from heat and put in your fondue bowl. Serve with apples, strawberries and toasted cake.
Serve the whole thing by candlelight and you have a winning, simple romantic dinner!
I've tried to stay on my back a bit today, but did get a little bit of cooking done. Here's a couple of shots from my cooking escapades today.
I've got a simple little recipe for ya today that I've been making for over 20 years. Welsh Rarebit (Rabbit) is a wonderful cheese dish similar to a fondue sauce. Traditionally, it's served over toast, but you can dip in it like a fondue but I love to use it over grilled fish.
Let's get to the recipe. The key to this particular dish is to have everything you need ready to go right by the pot before you start. It's easy but requires constant (and I mean constant) attention. Here's what you're gonna need.
Whatever you are going to serve this on/with (toast, fish, as a fondue, etc..), ensure it is ready BEFORE you begin making the welsh rarebit. It should be served immediately.
Stir constantly throughout the following process. In a pot over medium heat bring the cream to a boil. Slowly stir in about 1 1/2 packets of the cheese. (add a little bit, let it melt, add a little bit, let it melt, etc…) When the sauce is smooth, add the egg. Again, when the sauce is smooth, add the worcestershire. A couple of dashes of the tabasco and a couple of shakes of the cayenne. Stir until it's smooth. If you want it a little thicker, stir in some more of the cheese. Remove the pot from the heat and immediately serve.
As long as you are prepared and keep stirring, this recipe is as easy as it gets. If you stop stirring and the cream/milk or cheese burns, throw it out and start over.
I maintain that Cabo Wabo tequila is the best I have ever had. It's great for cooking, shooting and, apparently, photographing. If you've never tried it, do yourself a favor and get a bottle. It's worth it!
I got my birthday present a day early!
I think I'm gonna cook up some chili first!
I think this reciepe would be even better if a cold snap just hit. I wish that would happen. I am sick of the heat!
See…every now and again you can show up here and I will actually talk about something that you can use!
A while back, I made treats and they were EXTRA GOOD so thought I would share the recipe.
This is so simple. Wash and peel the pear and cut it into fairly small pieces. Take a wonton wrapper and place a piece of pear, a few milk chocolate chips and a few white chocolate chips in the center. Moisten you finger tips with a little water and then run them along the 4 edges of the wonton wrapper. Lift each corner and connect them in the center. Give them a good pinch to make sure they stick.
Heat the peanut oil in a pot over medium high heat. Carefully drop each wonton into the oil and leave until golden brown. The wontons will begin to float so you will need to carefully flip them to brown the tops. Remove and place on paper towel. When they have cooled a bit, sprinkle with confectioners sugar.


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The Cross Contamination between Workers' Compensation and OSHA: Considerations for Handling Blood-Borne Pathogen Claims in Colorado and Arizona.
Posted by Joseph Gren on Sep 18, 2018 in Medical
Exposure to blood-borne pathogens presents unique risks in the work place. Workers in health care or in-resident home care are, on a daily basis, subject to the potential of disease transmitted by bodily fluids. These diseases range from methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), spinal meningitis, tuberculosis, hepatitis, to HIV. Given the ubiquitous daily potential for exposures to workers across the board, including direct patient care workers to maintenance workers to transport personnel, risk managers and adjusters need to understand the overlap with workers compensation and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's ("OSHA") rules. Understanding exposure and needlestick law is critical to containing risks as well as protecting employees from life-altering danger. [1]
The OSHA rules pertaining to disease transmitted though bodily fluids are found on the public domain at: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/bloodbornepathogens/gen_guidance.html. The federal regulations governing OSHA's rules and role is found at 29 CFR 1910.1030. OSHA laws, since 2002, also conform to the federal Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (NSPA) of 2000.[2] Congress in large part delegated the enforcement of the NSPA to OSHA. In turn, OSHA rules require employers evaluate controlled safety programs to keep employees safe from potential exposures and to implement engineering controls to effectuate any respective safety plan. The NSPA requires that "Requires certain employers to: (1) review and update exposure control plans to reflect changes in technology that eliminate or reduce such exposure, and document their consideration and implementation of appropriate commercially available and effective safer medical devices for such purpose; (2) maintain a sharps injury log, noting the type and brand of device used, where the injury occurred, and an explanation of the incident (exempting employers who are not required to maintain specified OSHA logs); and (3) seek input on such engineering and work practice controls from the affected health care workers (exempting employers who are not required to establish exposure control plans)."[3] The federal NSPA and OSHA law do not alter the scope of workers compensation liability insurance coverage or impose additional coverage requirements upon employers. However, OSHA regulations do require the employer of an exposed employee set up an immediate confidential medical evaluation. Under OSHA standards, the evaluation: "This evaluation and follow-up must be: made available at no cost to the worker and at a reasonable time and place; performed by or under the supervision of a licensed physician or other licensed healthcare professional; and provided according to the recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) current at the time the procedures take place. In addition, laboratory tests must be conducted by an accredited laboratory and also must be at no cost to the worker. A worker who participates in post-exposure evaluation and follow-up may consent to have his or her blood drawn for determination of a baseline infection status but has the option to withhold consent for HIV testing at that time. In this instance, the employer must ensure that the worker's blood sample is preserved for at least 90 days in case the worker changes his or her mind about HIV testing."[4] The employee has recourse under OSHA regardless of state workers compensation laws and coverage to have the employer pay for lab tests and blood analysis to determine the presence of blood-borne illnesses.
One interesting aspect of the OSHA regulations deals with the employer-employment relationship of a physician using a health care facility under a contract for staff privileges. Surgeons, for example, may have staff privileges at a hospital to perform surgeries they otherwise could not do in their office. According to OSHA's interpretation of its own rules, "Under OSHA's blood-borne pathogens compliance directive (OSHA Instruction CPL 02-02-069 [formerly CPL 2-2.69]) the status of the physician as an employer or employee is important to establish in order to determine the application of OSHA standards. According to the paragraph XI.D. in the directive, physicians "… may be cited if they create or control blood-borne pathogens hazards that expose employees at hospitals or other sites where they have staff privileges in accordance with the multi-employer worksite guidelines of CPL 02-00-124 [formerly CPL 2-0.124], Multi-Employer Citation Policy."[5] In terms of needlestick or exposure cases in both Colorado and Arizona, an employer/carrier should always assess the corresponding contracts (or independent contractor status) to determine whether a what (or whose) particular workers compensation insurance policy applies in these situations.
Arizona has passed specific legislation pertaining to exposure risks. Section 23-1043.04, A.R.S., specifically deals with MRSA, spinal meningitis, and tuberculous exposures. Mere exposure to a needlestick is not an automatic claim for compensation. The workers must first file a claim with the ICA. The statute then requires, to sustain a claim: (1) The employee's regular course of employment involves handling of or exposure to methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, spinal meningitis or tuberculosis; (2) Within thirty calendar days after a possible significant exposure that arises out of and in the course of employment, the employee reports in writing to the employer the details of the exposure. The employer shall notify its insurance carrier or claims processor of the report. Failure of the employer to notify the insurance carrier is not a defense to a claim by the employee; (3) For a claim involving methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, the employee must be diagnosed with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus within fifteen days after the employee reports pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection. (4) For a claim involving spinal meningitis, the employee is diagnosed with spinal meningitis within two to eighteen days of the possible significant exposure; (5) For a claim involving tuberculosis, the employee is diagnosed with tuberculosis within twelve weeks of the possible significant exposure.
What is also of interest for employers is that the respective Arizona statue contains protects the medical information of third parties. In the course of an exposure case, an employer may allege that a sexual partner or perhaps drug use caused the alleged condition. Under A.R.S. 23-1043.04(D) "a person alleged to be a source of a significant exposure shall not be compelled by subpoena or other court order to release confidential information relating to methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, spinal meningitis or tuberculosis either by document or by oral testimony. Evidence of the alleged source's methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, spinal meningitis or tuberculosis status may be introduced by either party if the alleged source knowingly and willingly consents to the release of that information." Proving an alternative source of the exposure may be challenging without court intervention.
The statutory provisions pertaining to HIV is found in section 23-1043.2, and the provisions pertaining to Hepatitis C is found in 23-1043.3. Each respective section has reporting requirements similar to 23-1043.3, and contain the same provision barring compelled blood tests of third parties. Additionally, an employee may file a notice with the Industrial Commission reporting a significant exposure to blood-borne illness.[6] The worker must also file a separate claim, for which the employer/carrier may then respond by operation of a Notice of Claim Status.
Colorado does not have specific statutory provisions concerning blood-borne illness exposures. The Colorado exposure analysis is traditionally done in the general rubric of whether an event caused an injury in the course of employment, and that the injury arose out of employment.[7] It is the claimant's legal burden to prove a causal nexus with work.[8] In other words, whether a needlestick caused an injury requiring medical treatment to cure or relieve the effects of the respective industrial injury. If you have a needle stick or blood-borne illness exposure issue, please contact us for help with specific guidance on these complex issues.
[1] For example, see the story of one health care worker exposed to a needle stick. https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment/health-safety/safe-needles/safe-needles-law/
[2] https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-106publ430/html/PLAW-106publ430.htm
[3] https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/5178
[4] https://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_BloodborneFacts/bbfact04.pdf
[5] https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/2003-02-20
[6] https://www.azica.gov/claims-significant-work-exposure
[7] C.R.S. section 8-41-301
[8] See. e.g., Manzanares v. Quality Uniform Linen Supply & Liberty Mutual WC #4-268-197 (ICAO 1999)
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High direct estimate of the mutation rate in the mitochondrial genome of Caenorhabditis elegans.
Mutations in the mitochondrial genome have been implicated in numerous human genetic disorders and offer important data for phylogenetic, forensic, and population genetic studies. Using a long-term series of Caenorhabditis elegans mutation accumulation lines, we performed a wide-scale screen for mutations in the mitochondrial genome that revealed a mutation rate that is two orders of magnitude higher than previous indirect estimates, a highly biased mutational spectrum, multiple mutations affecting coding function, as well as mutational hotspots at homopolymeric nucleotide stretches.


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If you've exercised recently (even if inconsistently) it's pretty easy to figure out where you should start with your workouts. Pick a recent workout that felt somewhat challenging but comfortable. Figure out how long and how hard you worked out. This is your starting point. But what if you haven't worked out in a while (or ever)? How do you know where to start?


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Key, the talkative Husky, is at it again. This time he won't come clean about who ripped up his bean bag and made a mess!
Clearly, the bean bag exploded by magic and he's completely innocent. He would never purposely damage property, especially his own bed.
When his mom insists it couldn't be magic, he blames everything from werewolves to bears … stuffed bears. I mean, they can't be ruled out as a possibility just yet. Just because you've never seen a werewolf or a stuffed bear come to life and destroy a bean bag, it doesn't mean that it's impossible that they exist, right?
Key's mom had to drain the beans out of the bag to repair it and he looked awfully depressed about it. Maybe he learned his lesson. But not long after we discover what really happened. As Key's mom is talking to him, he decides the bean bag looks like a great thing to play with. His remorse for destroying his favorite place to lay didn't last very long.
If you ask me, things don't look good for the future of that bean bag! Go easy, Key!


Today is Christmas Eve and the first day of Hanukkah. Around the country, many people are celebrating with their families and exercising their right to perform their religious ceremonies in comfort and dignity.
Meanwhile, I'm learning how to make armbands.
You see, I live in Montana. The same Montana where neo-Nazis have vowed to hold an armed march against Jewish people and stores in the town of Whitefish. They will be carrying armed rifles. I will not. Instead, I want to carry a symbol. An idea. A reminder.
So tonight I'm learning to make armbands. Black armbands with a gold star in the middle. And I will wear one openly on the day those Nazis march into Whitefish. I will stand in that street and I will remind them– and the world– why this is not okay. I will remind them why our First Amendment proudly declares that we are free to practice any religion we choose– without fear. Without discrimination. Without armbands or Nazis or hatred. I will remind them why our fathers and grandfathers fought and died against the terrors of oppression that carried rifles and wore swastikas. I will not be afraid.
This is an open call for aide. I am not asking you to stand with me and my husband in Whitefish when they march next month. But I need help reminding the world why this fight is important. A gold star on a black background. An armband for each person that chooses to face the swastikas and assault rifles. A symbol. A reminder.
Help us. Make one, two, a thousand–whatever you can– and send them to those who are willing to stand against an evil that should have been stamped out 70 years ago. Let them hear us.
Good people far outnumber evil in the world. We are here. We see and hear you.
And we will not stand for this.


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So, for those who asked, , Sayori is still here.
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Carole Dagher, née à Beyrouth en , est une journaliste et écrivaine libanaise de langue française.

Biographie
Née en 1963 à Beyrouth, au Liban, Carole Dagher est diplômée en droit de l'Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth puis de l'Université de Nice. Elle suit ensuite une formation en journalisme aux États-Unis, à l'Université Brown.

Elle collabore avec les principaux quotidiens libanais, notamment L'Orient-Le Jour et As-Safir.

Sa carrière de journaliste la pousse vers un travail de chercheuse, notamment à l'Université de Georgetown à Washington en 1998.

Elle est attachée culturelle de l'ambassade du Liban en France de 2012 à 2017.

Elle est l'auteur d'ouvrages politiques sur le Liban et le Moyen-Orient et de romans historiques couronnés par différents prix, notamment une trilogie (Le Couvent de la Lune, Le Seigneur de la Soie, La Princesse des Batignolles) racontant la naissance du Liban moderne.

Œuvres

Romans
 Le Couvent de la Lune, Paris, Plon, 2002.
 Le Seigneur de la Soie, Paris, Plon, 2004.
 La Princesse des Batignolles, Paris, Éditions du Rocher, 2007.
 Le Testament secret de Moïse, Calmann-Lévy, 2011.
 L'invité des Médicis, Paris, Éditions Philippe Rey, 2020.

Essais
 Les Paris du Général, Beyrouth, Fiches du Monde Arabe, 1992.
 Ces hommes qui font la paix, Paris, L'Harmattan, 1995.
 Bring Down the Walls: Lebanon's Postwar Challenge, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2000.
 Le Défi du Liban d'après-guerre, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2002.
 Réflexions libanaises, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2013.
 Passion pour une terre délaissée : Nicolas Kluiters, jésuite au Liban, Paris, Lessius, 2013.

En collaboration et/ou direction d'ouvrage
 De la Grande guerre au Grand-Liban (1914-1920), Paris, Geuthner, 2015.
 Des liens et des lieux : mémoires libano-françaises, Paris, Geuthner, 2020.

Prix et distinctions
 2021 : prix Michel Tournier pour L'invité des Médicis.
 2021 : médaille d'or du rayonnement culturel de l'ONG « La Renaissance Française ».

Notes et références

Liens externes

Écrivain libanais francophone
Naissance en 1963
Naissance à Beyrouth

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This years Hot Heels final day was not only the culmination of the season and the highlight of the South African race calendar but a IGSA world title was still up for grabs with 16 points separating the top 4 riders in the mens open Skateboarding division.
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President Discusses Medical Liability Reform and Health Care in Ohio
Canton Palace Theater
THE PRESIDENT: Go ahead and be seated, please. We've got some work to do. Thank you all for coming today. First of all, George, thank you for that strong endorsement. I am proud to have George in my corner, just like I'm proud to have thousands of Democrats all across the state of Ohio who understand if they want a safer America, a stronger America, and a better America to put me and Dick Cheney back in office. (Applause.)
Thank you, sir.
I'm keeping mighty good company today. So I don't know if you know this or not, but Laura and I were in the 7th grade together at San Jacinto Junior High in Midland, Texas. And then we became reacquainted when she was a public school librarian in Texas. I asked her to marry me. She said, fine, I will marry you, but make me one promise. I said, what is it. She said, never make me give a speech. (Laughter.) I said, okay. You've got a deal. Fortunately, she didn't hold me to that promise. Laura is a great speaker, and when she does, the American people see a compassionate, warm, wonderful First Lady. (Applause.)
So I have been telling the girls, one of these days, we'll take the family camping trip. (Laughter.) They envisioned the Grand Canyon, the wilds of Alaska. Girls, this is it, the 2004 campaign. (Laughter.) We love them dearly. I'm proud of Barbara and Jenna. Thank you all for campaigning so hard. (Applause.)
Thanks for coming today. I'm back in the great city of Canton because I'm here asking for the vote. I'm here to describe to you what I intend to do over the next four years to make this country a better place. I believe you have to get out amongst the people and ask for the vote. We've got a very unusual way of making some points today. As you can see, I've been joined by some citizens from Ohio here on the stage. We will listen to their stories. I think it'll help the people of Ohio understand why I have made some of the decisions I have made.
Before I begin, though, I want to thank your Governor Bob Taft for joining us today. Governor, great to see you. (Applause.) I want to thank Jennette Bradley, the Lieutenant Governor. Thanks for coming, Governor. You look great. (Applause.) Congressman Ralph Regula -- appreciate you being here, Congressman. (Applause.) Laura and I were looking forward to seeing the wife, but, no, of course. She's probably out mowing the lawn like you should be doing. (Laughter.)
Listen, you've got a great United States Senator in George Voinovich. He doesn't need a poll or a focus group to tell him what to think. He stands on principle. You know where he's coming from. He doesn't shift in the wind like some other United States senators I know. (Laughter.) Put him back in office. (Applause.) And I'm proud -- I'm proud of Mike DeWine. A fine United States Senator, as well. We're -- Laura and I are proud to call both George and Mike, friends.
Today, when I landed at the airport, I met Dan Yeric who's sitting right there. Dan, why don't you wave your hand. Thanks for coming. Dan has been a volunteer at the Akron Children's Hospital for 12 years. The reason I bring him up is the strength of this country lies in the hearts and souls of our fellow citizens. The true strength of America is not our military might, it's not the size of our pocketbook. The true strength of America is in the hearts and souls of citizens who are working to change this country one person at a time, those who've heard the call to love a neighbor just like they'd like to be loved themselves. Dan is a soldier in the army of compassion. Thank you for your example. Thank you for your care. (Applause.)
We're getting close to voting time. Who's counting the days? (Laughter.) And I'm here to ask for your help. I believe, with your help, we will carry Ohio again and win a great victory in November. (Applause.)
So Laura and I and the girls are here to thank you for what you are going to do over the next less than two weeks: call the phone, get on the phone and call the voters, put up the signs, find those discerning Democrats like the mayor, independents, Republicans. Get people to do their duty and vote.
And when you do, as you get them out to vote, remind them what this economy has been through. I know there's tough times here in Ohio. Remind everybody what we have been through. You might remind them, starting with this point. The stock market was in a serious decline six months prior to my arrival in Washington, D.C. And then we had a recession. In other words, that stock market decline was an indicator that the economy was heading south, and it did.
And then we had some corporate scandals. We passed tough law to make it abundantly clear we're not going to tolerate dishonesty in the boardrooms of America.
And then we got attacked. And those attacks cost us nearly a million jobs in the three months after September the 11th, 2001. Our economy has been through a lot. But we acted. We cut the taxes to spur consumption and investment and our economy is growing. (Applause.)
We raised the child credit to help people with kids. We lowered the marriage penalty. Listen, we don't want a tax code that penalizes marriage. We want a tax code that encourages marriage. (Applause.)
We reduced rates on everybody who pays taxes. I don't think you ought to be trying to pick and choose winners when it comes to tax relief. If you pay taxes, you ought to get relief. We helped our small businesses. We encouraged investment. Our economy has been growing at rates as fast as any in nearly 20 years. We've added 1.9 million new jobs since August of 2003. This month of September, in the last month, that being September, the state of Ohio added 5,500 new jobs. Your unemployment rate dropped from 6.3 to 6 percent. We're moving forward. (Applause.)
I signed a bill that's going to help our manufacturers. It will save $77 billion over the next ten years for the manufacturing sector of America. That will help keep jobs here. It's a bill that extended the $100,000 expensing deduction, expensing allowance for small businesses. That will help keep jobs here in Ohio. It closes corporate loopholes. It repeals the 4.3 -- 4.3 percent tax on railroad diesel and barge fuel. That will help keep jobs here in Ohio.
To keep jobs here, we've got to have less regulations on our job creators. To keep jobs growing in Ohio, we need to do something about the junk lawsuits that plague the job creators in the state of Ohio. (Applause.)
It's important for us to open up markets for U.S. products, for markets, for crops grown right here in the state of Ohio. Listen, we've opened up our market, and it's good for consumers. Here's the way the market works. If you have more products to choose from, you're like to get that which you want at a better price and higher quality. So rather than hurting our consumers, what I'm saying to places like China, you treat us the way we treat you. You open up your markets, because we can compete with anybody, anytime, anywhere, so long as the rules are fair. (Applause.)
To keep jobs here, we need an energy plan. I proposed one to the United States Congress over two years ago. It's a plan that encourages conservation, a plan that encourages the use of renewables. It's a plan that recognizes we can use technologies to protect our environment and at the same time, burn coal and find natural gas. It is a plan that recognizes in order to keep jobs in Ohio, in order to expand the job base here in this state and other states, we must be less dependent on foreign sources of energy. (Applause.)
In order to make sure jobs are here, we've got to do a good job of educating our people. I told the people when I ran I was going to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations, you know, the system that just shuffled kids through the schools grade after grade, year after year, without teaching the basics. I kept my word. We passed the No Child Left Behind Act. It raises standards. It spends more money. But in return for more money, we're now measuring. You cannot solve a problem unless you diagnose the problem. We're diagnosing problems early now, and more and more of our children are learning to read and write and add and subtract, and we're not going to go back to the days of mediocrity in our classrooms. (Applause.)
Education is more than just elementary school. We'll extend high standards to our high schools. We'll emphasize math and science. We'll continue to expand Pell grants so low- and middle-income Americans can start their career with a college diploma. We're going to continue to expand access to community -- community colleges so that people actually have the skills necessary to fill the jobs of the 21st century.
I'm going to also remind you that to make sure our economy grows, we've got to keep your taxes low. And taxes are an issue in this campaign. They are a significant issue, and I'll tell you why. My opponent has proposed $2.2 trillion of new spending thus far. That's trillion with a "T." (Laughter.) That's a heck of a lot, even for a Senator from Massachusetts. (Laughter and applause.)
So they asked him, how are you going to pay for it? And he pulled out that same old line, that class warfare line: Don't worry, we'll pay for it by taxing the rich. You can't raise enough money to pay for $2.2 trillion of new spending by taxing the rich. He says he's going to raise the to two brackets. I'll tell you three things about that. One, most small businesses are subchapter-S corporations or limited partnerships, which mean they pay tax at the individual income tax level. And when you're running up the top two brackets, you're taxing about 900,000 to a million small businesses all across America. Guess what. Seventy percent of new jobs in America are created by small businesses. It makes no sense to tax job creators. (Applause.)
Secondly, there is a tax gap. There is a difference between what he has promised, $2.2 trillion, and what he can raise. Now, guess who usually gets to fill that gap? Yes, you do.
Thirdly, the so-called rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason when it comes to tax time, to slip the bill and pass it onto you. The good news is, we're not going to let him tax you. Taxes would be bad for our economy. If you want to make sure you keep jobs here in Ohio, you keep the taxes low. We're not going to let him tax the American people because we're going to win in November. (Applause.) He can run -- he can run, he can even run in camo -- (laughter) -- but he cannot hide. (Applause.)
A couple of other things I want to share with you, and then we're going to talk about health care, as you can see. I want to talk about promoting an ownership society in America. You know, it's said that no one ever washes a rental car. (Laughter.) There's some wisdom in that. (Laughter.) When you own something, you care about it. If you own your own small business, you care about the future of America. Do you realize that the home ownership rate under my administration is at an all-time high in America? (Applause.) We're going to talk about health savings accounts in a minute, but this is a way for people to own their own health care and manage their own health care in a way that makes sense for American families and American small businesses.
I want to talk about Social Security and ownership. The 2000 campaign, I remember it clearly. During that campaign, people ran advertisements that said if George W. gets elected, our seniors will not get their Social Security checks. You might remember those ads. It's kind of the old typical political scare tactic. Well, as you're out gathering up the vote, remind our senior citizens, I did get elected, and you got your checks. And I'm going to get elected again, and you're still going to get your checks. (Applause.)
The reason I bring that up is because I'm willing -- I'm willing to talk about how to make sure the Social Security system is available for our children and our grandchildren. It is necessary to do so. See, we're in good shape as a baby boomer. The money in the trust; there's enough people paying in that we'll be taken care of. We need to worry about the children and grandchildren. We need to worry about whether or not Social Security will be available for them. In order to make sure Social Security is available for our young, I believe younger workers ought to be allowed to take some of their payroll taxes and set up a personal savings account that will earn a greater rate of interest -- rate of return on their money than it does in the current Social Security trust, a personal account they can call their own, a personal account they can pass on to whomever they want, and a personal account the government will never take away. (Applause.)
And here we have -- here we have another difference in this campaign. See, I believe a President ought to confront problems and not pass them on to future Presidents and future generations. And we have a problem in Social Security. You might remember one of our debates when my opponent said, well, the status quo was fine. Let me remind you of two things about that. One, he is the only person on that stage during the debate that voted to tax Social Security benefits, not once, but eight times. And secondly, the status quo is not fine when it comes to our children. A President must be willing to confront problems. And in a new term, I'll bring Republicans and Democrats together to make sure Social Security is available for the younger generation. (Applause.)
Now, let me talk about health care. We have a clear choice when it comes to health care in this campaign. I have a common-sense approach to make sure health care is available and affordable. Available through places like community health centers, where the poor and the indigent can get health care and relieve pressure off of the emergency rooms of the hospitals all across the country. Available by making sure our children of low-income families are fully subscribed in the government program for them. Affordable by recognizing that most of the uninsured in America work for small businesses and, therefore, small businesses ought to be allowed to pool risk across jurisdictional boundaries so they can buy insurance at the same discounts that big companies are able to do. (Applause.)
Affordable through health savings accounts, which we'll discuss. Health care more affordable by moving generic drugs quicker to the market so our seniors are able to better afford prescription drugs. Affordable because I'm the first President to have taken on Medicare -- I shouldn't say that, other Presidents have talked about Medicare. It used to be called, "Mediscare," because anytime you talked about it, somebody would club you over the head with it as an issue, political issue. But I went to Washington to solve problems. And we had a problem in Medicare. Medicine was changing, medicine was modernizing; Medicare wasn't. We pay tens of thousands of dollars for a heart surgery for a Medicare patient, but not a dime for the prescription drugs that could prevent the heart surgery from being needed in the first place. That didn't make any sense. So I brought Republicans and Democrats together; I signed a good Medicare bill that says, in 2006, our seniors will get prescription drug coverage. (Applause.)
To make sure health care is available and affordable, we have got to do something about these frivolous and junk lawsuits that are running up the cost of medicine and running good doctors out of practice. (Applause.) We're going to talk about that issue in a minute. We're going to talk about that issue in a minute, but I do want to make it very clear there is a difference of opinion between me and my opponent on health care. In one of the debates he said -- he looked right in the camera, he said, the government doesn't have anything to do with it -- referring to his health care program. Stared right in the camera and said it -- I could barely contain myself. (Laughter.)
Government has got a lot to do with it. Eight out of ten people that would be signed up for health insurance on his program would end up on a government program. When you raise the limits of Medicaid, it provides an incentive for small business owners to provide no insurance for their employees because the government will pick it up. And therefore, millions of people will go from private insurance to the government rolls. His is a plan that creates 225 new mandates for small businesses. Government-run health care does not work. We have got a great health care system in the world because it's innovative, because it's -- private medicine is at the center of our health care system. And my opponent's plan would increase the scope and the size of the federal government when it comes to your health care decisions.
In all we do to make sure health care works, we'll make sure the decisions are between patients and doctors, not by officials in Washington, D.C. (Applause.)
Up here with me is Michael Gordon. No, not Michael Gordon. He didn't make it. Michael Gordon was supposed to be here -- he's a small business owner. Let me talk about Michael Gordon right quick. He's stuck out there. Probably behind a barricade chanting, "Four more years." (Laughter.)
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, Michael, you made it! (Laughter.)
Anyway, he's from Tendon Manufacturing. He's a small business. He's adding employees. He's optimistic -- a small manufacturing company here in Ohio. He is a sub-chapter S corporation. I wish Michael were sitting up here so you could see him. He's a sub-chapter S. He's expanding his business. When you run up the top two brackets of the tax code, you're taxing Michael. You're taxing his company. It makes no sense to tax the small business job creators, which is precisely what Senator Kerry will do.
Now, let me talk to you about Bruce, Bruce McDonnell. That's you.
MR. McDONNELL: That's me.
THE PRESIDENT: Okay. (Laughter.) What do you do, Bruce?
MR. McDONNELL: I'm a CPA.
THE PRESIDENT: You are? Good. And he is here to discuss with us health savings accounts. Some of you have heard of health savings accounts, some of you haven't heard of health savings accounts. But it is an innovative way to make sure the health care costs are reasonable.
Describe to us, if you don't mind, for this great crowd how it works.
THE PRESIDENT: Let me stop you. So that's to pay for major medical bills. So anything above $1,000 for individual will be taken care of by the insurance company. Go ahead.
THE PRESIDENT: Right. So here's the way it works. He says -- what he just said is, a health savings account, one, is a combination of a tax-free saving account, plus a high deductible insurance policy. So say you've got a $1,000 deductible, from zero to $1,000, you're responsible for paying, or in his case, his company contributes from the zero to $1,000 a portion of that. And then above $1,000, the insurance company pays for it.
But think about the benefits of that kind of plan. First of all, if you don't use all $1,000, it's rolled over to the next year tax-free, so that you begin to accumulate savings for your own health care. Secondly, if he were to start a new firm -- which I'm not suggesting you're going to do -- but if you were, and you moved, the health care account would go with you. It's yours. You own the health care account. You make the decisions. Decision-making between patient and doctor is a part of how we introduce market forces into a health care industry. One way to control cost is to let consumers have more decision-making, which is precisely what a health savings account does.
Isn't that right?
MR. McDONNELL: Absolutely right.
THE PRESIDENT: Did we get it right?
MR. McDONNELL: You got it right.
THE PRESIDENT: This is a very interesting way to help small businesses hold down -- (applause.)
Guess who else is a health savings account owner? Doc, you're a health savings account owner -- Dr. Schwieterman. Where are you from, doc?
DR. SCHWIETERMAN: I'm from Mercer County, which is on the other side of the state, Mr. President.
THE PRESIDENT: Welcome. Glad you're here. You are a doctor of?
DR. SCHWIETERMAN: Family practice, and I provided up until a month ago.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes. We've got a problem. Provided up until a month ago, helps define what we're here to talk about, which is good health care for people.
Doc, tell me, you have been -- you've told me something really interesting. I don't know if you know this, but my grandfather was raised in Columbus, Ohio. He ended up being a senator from Connecticut -- Connecticut, yeah. My dad, as you know, was in politics. I'm in politics. Anybody in your family ever been a doctor before?
DR. SCHWIETERMAN: I am the fourth generation family physician in the same town, and actually in the same building in rural Mercer county. (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: YeS. Nothing wrong with following the old family footsteps. (Laughter.)
DR. SCHWIETERMAN: Little easier, though.
THE PRESIDENT: Right. (Laughter.) Oops.
So, we were backstage talking. I mean, this is, obviously, not the first time I met Tom, or the doc, I call him. We have a -- he's a rural doc. Rural health care is really important for the quality of life in a state like Ohio. And so tell me, describe your problem.
DR. SCHWIETERMAN: We have a family practice that has a very long heritage, of course, 113 years of providing general medical care and obstetrics. Over those 113 years, we have delivered over or near 10,000 children. (Applause.) Thank you. See, my dad's right there. He delivered 5,000.
THE PRESIDENT: Is that Dad?
DR. SCHWIETERMAN: That's my dad.
THE PRESIDENT: Hey, Dad! You raised a good boy.
DR. SCHWIETERMAN: And during those 110, 13 years, we have never had a claims made against our practice. We have retained a majority of those births within the practice. And unfortunately, last month, we were forced to do our last delivery, and this was a fourth generation patient. And she unfortunately ended the legacy that we have enjoyed for so long.
THE PRESIDENT: And why? Tell people why. They need to know the truth. The people of Ohio need to understand what's taking place as a result of all these lawsuits. (Applause.)
DR. SCHWIETERMAN: For the past three years, we've pretty much done OB at cost. What we took in is what we paid out in malpractice, and this year, we -- our premiums went up 40 percent, and it became a point where we could not afford to maintain a small business with our employees, take care of our patients, with the premiums going from $25,000 to $80,000 in 48 months.
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah. Let me tell -- people need to hear this. This is an issue in this campaign. The quality of life in the state of Ohio depends on whether or not you've got good docs and good strong hospitals and people being able to find health care in cities and in rural America. (Applause.)
Let me talk to you about these lawsuits. First of all, docs practice what's called defensive medicine. If you've got a lawyer looming right behind you all the time, if you're worried about what happens in the court -- in the -- okay, fine. Everybody needs a good lawyer. I've got too many myself. Anyway -- (laughter.) It's the difference between some lawyers and personal injury trial lawyers that are constantly out there trying to convert this legal system into what looks like a lottery. And guess who ends up paying for the ticket? The taxpayers and the people, because the quality of health care is going down.
If you've got a lawsuit, if you think you're going to get sued, you're going to practice more medicine that is needed so you can defend yourself in a court of law. That's what happens. And guess what that does to the federal budget, for example. The defensive practice of medicine costs our budget about $28 billion a year. I say our budget, because when I talk about the government budget, you pay for it. It's your money, $28 billion a year in excess costs in Medicaid, and Medicare, and veteran's health benefits. This is a national issue.
Secondly, because of the lawsuits, because many people just settle whether the suit has merit or not, premiums go up. And guess who pays the premiums? You do.
And thirdly, as a result of a lot of these lawsuits, people just can't simply practice medicine anymore. And you just talk -- you just heard the story that unfortunately is being repeated over, and over, and over again in America. This country needs medical liability reform now. (Applause.)
And this is an issue in this campaign. This is an issue in campaign -- this campaign. Oh, I heard him in the debates, my opponent. I heard him talking about medical liability reform. But let me tell you something. We had a bill on the floor of the United States Senate to provide liability protection to OB/GYNs, and my opponent voted "no." He's voted against medical liability reform 10 times in the United States Senate. He can run, but he cannot hide from that record. (Applause.)
Barb Coen is with us. Doc, thanks. Where do you work?
DR. COEN: I work in Norton, Ohio at a practice called Generations Women's Health Care, which my partner is Dr. Susan Clark who's here.
THE PRESIDENT: Where's the doc? Oh, there you go. Thanks for coming. I appreciate you. Very good. Dr. Clark?
DR. COEN: Dr. Clark.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, Dr. Clark. Good to see you, doc. You must have drawn the short straw, so you're the one who had to actually get up here and talk in front of all the cameras. (Laughter.) Tell us about your practice. Just give -- tell people exactly what's happening.
DR. COEN: And, as all of you know who've had a baby, the relationship between an OB/GYN and a pregnant patient is pretty special. They trust you with not only their life, but the life of their unborn child. I can't tell you what an honor it is to be the first person to touch a new life when it comes into the world. There is absolutely nothing like it. (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Listen, it was pretty cool to be the second person when I touched Barbara and Jenna. (Laughter.) Go ahead. They'll be happy to hear I let the doc go first. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: I appreciate you. Thank you. Okay, thanks, hold on. We've got more work to do here. Thank you. Thank you all. And not only do we need legislation, we need something that works. Legislation that doesn't work is not a good deal. We're not going to do that. We need to make sure that there is a real cap on non-economic damages. If you want docs to be in practice, we need to make sure that the reform of the medical liability law works. That's why I believe in firm caps to keep docs in business.
Andy Kazar is with us. Andy, tell us your story. This is -- just, again, I want people listening, to understand the consequences of not getting a good medical liability law out of the United States Senate, a law that my opponent has consistently opposed. Please.
THE PRESIDENT: See, this is -- the story is being repeated all across the country. I was -- in Pennsylvania yesterday, OB/GYNs can't practice. Women have to drive miles in order to find a doc. This is not the quality of life that we expect here in America. And it's caused by frivolous lawsuits. Make no mistake about it, it is a legal culture. (Applause.)
When you're out rounding up the vote, or if you're listening and trying to determine who you're for, remember the stories up here, remember the stories of good-hearted docs who are worried about practicing their -- their skill. And remember the story about moms who are deeply concerned about their child. This is a big issue in this campaign.
Now, I want to talk about a couple of other issues, and then we'll all go home and start working. Actually, I'm going down to Florida, you're going to go home and start working. (Laughter.) The -- and I'm not going down there to sit on the beach, either. (Laughter.) I'm going down there to campaign.
Two other -- a couple of other things. I talk about time of change, and these are changing times. Some things don't change, the values we try to live by don't change: courage and compassion, reverence and integrity. And we stand for a culture of life in which every person matters and every being counts. We stand for institutions like family and marriage, which are the foundations of our societies. (Applause.) And we stand for judges, federal judges who know the difference between personal opinion and the strict interpretation of the law. (Applause.)
Talking about education and health care, these are very important issues. But let me say to you that it all goes to naught if we don't secure this country, that the security of the American people is the most important responsibility of the President. If we show any uncertainty or weakness in this decade, this world of ours will drift toward tragedy. This isn't going to happen so long as I'm your President. (Applause.)
Let me talk to you -- I want to talk to you about some of the lessons that I've learned as your President after September the 11th. First of all, we face an enemy which has no conscience. They are cold-blooded. Therefore, you can never hope for the best with them. You cannot negotiate with them. You can't say, oh, well, maybe we'll sign a peace treaty, and therefore, they'll change their ways. The only way to secure America, to keep us safe, is to find them and bring them to justice before they hurt us again. And therefore, any strategy has got to be one that is consistent, firm, and resolve and never relenting. (Applause.)
Hold on a second. Hold on for a -- I've got some more I've got to tell you.
Secondly, this is a different kind of war. You've got to understand, I wish I wasn't talking about war. No President ever wants to be the President of a country -- of our country during war. War is horrible. But it's necessary to be realistic during these times. Our most solemn duty is to protect you. And it's a different kind of war than we're used to. It's a kind of war when you say something, you need to speak clearly and mean what you say.
And so when I said, if you harbor a terrorist, you're just as guilty as the terrorist, I meant what I said. I was speaking to the Taliban in Afghanistan. (Applause.) And see, I was talking to the Taliban because they were providing safe haven for al Qaeda. Al Qaeda was training there. And we said, listen, get rid of al Qaeda. They didn't believe the United
States of America. But because of a great military and because I meant what I said, al Qaeda -- and the Taliban is no longer in control of Afghanistan, and al Qaeda is on the run.
We're making progress. Three-quarters of al Qaeda and their associates have been brought to justice. I assure you, we're after the rest of them. And the Taliban no longer is in power. And as a result of our action, America and the world are safer.
But I want -- I want you to tell your sons and daughters about what has taken place in an incredibly brief period of time. It wasn't all that long ago in Afghanistan that young girls were not allowed to go to school. Think about a society that was run by such barbarians that girls were not allowed to be educated. These ideologues of hate had a dark vision about the future. As a matter of fact, if their moms didn't toe the line, they'd be whipped in the public square and, sometimes, executed in a sports stadium. In defending ourselves and upholding doctrine, we liberated the people of Afghanistan. Twenty-five million people now live in freedom. Millions went to the polls to vote for their President, and the first voter was a 19-year-old woman. (Applause.)
Three-and-a-half years ago, if you would have asked anybody whether or not women would be voting in Afghanistan for President, they would have said, you're crazy, you're wrong. And freedom is on the march. Darkness has turned to light in Afghanistan, and America is better off for it. We're better off to have an example of freedom in that part of the world. We're better off to have an ally in Afghanistan, an ally in the war on terror. And we're making progress in Iraq.
The third lesson of September the 11th, by the way, is we've got to take threats seriously before they fully materialize. You can't hope -- you cannot hope for the best. It used to be, prior to September the 11th that if we saw a threat, we could deal with it or not deal with it because we didn't ever think it could come home to hurt us. That's what we thought. That all changed on September the 11th. You better have a President who fully understands that. (Applause.)
My opponent in his -- my opponent in his convention speech said, oh, we'll respond if attacked. That is a pre-September the 11th mind set, that is dangerous in the world in which we live. We've got to take threats seriously before they come to hurt us. And I saw a threat in Saddam Hussein. The world is better off with Saddam Hussein sitting in a prison cell. (Applause.)
There will be presidential elections there in January. Think how far that society has come from the days of mass graves and torture chambers.
You know, I told the story one time about the seven -- there's a lot of docs here and healers here. One of the most poignant stories of my presidency was when the Oval Office door opened and in came seven men from Iraq, all of whom had had their right hand cut off by Saddam Hussein because the currency of that country had devalued and he needed scapegoats. It's a true story, I'm telling you. And I asked one of the men there. I said, why you? He said he was a small merchant who needed gold to make jewelry, and he sold dinars to buy another currency so he could buy the gold, and it just happened to be on the day that Saddam was looking for a scapegoat. He found seven small merchants, seven individuals, hauled in, Xs carved in their foreheads, and their right hands cut off.
They had come to see me in the Oval Office because, guess what happened? Great compassion existed for them when their stories were known. They had been to Houston, Texas to get new hands put on. And the guy who did it is a guy I know, and he said, would you mind welcoming these citizens of the world into the Oval Office, which I was more than happy to do. They came in, they were in awe of the Oval Office, of course. You know, I'm kind of a weeper at times, and they were weeping, I was semi-weeping. The guy grabs a Sharpie with his new hand and folds it and writes a prayer in Arabic blessing the United States of America. I told the guy, I told him, I said, freedom is on the march in your country. There will be institutions greater than the people there. One of the great things about the American presidency is the office is always greater than the person. And someday in your country, the institutions will be bigger than the individuals, so that no leader will ever be able to pluck you out of society and cut off your right hand again.
People want to be free in this world. There will be election in Iraq. Listen, these enemies are trying to stop us. This guy Zarqawi, he's trying to stop the march of freedom. Freedom frightens these ideologues of hate. It is the worst thing that can happen to them. They can't stand the thought of free societies.
I love to tell the story about our friend Koizumi. I'm getting kind of wound up here, yeah. (Laughter.) She wants me to -- all right, hold on a second. I kind of felt the invisible hook, you know. (Laughter.)
I want to share this with you, though, because it's important for you to know my thinking about how to make this world a better place. I have a deep desire for your children to grow up in a peaceful world. I understand my duty to protect this country. I believe that liberty can transform societies. I believe that. And living proof of that is the fact that Prime Minister Koizumi is a good friend of Laura and mine. That probably doesn't seem much to some, but remember, it wasn't all that long ago, 60 years ago, that we were at war with the Japanese. The Japanese were the sworn enemy of the United States of America. My dad fought against the Japanese. I'm confident many of your relatives fought against the Japanese.
And after we won the war in World War II, Harry S Truman, President of the United States, and others in our country, believed in the power of liberty to transform an enemy into an ally. There was a lot of skeptics then. You can understand why. An enemy couldn't conceivably become a democracy, some would say. Why do we even care about working with a country that had conflicted so much harm on the citizens of this country?
But there was great faith in this view. And as a result of that, and as a result of helping Japan become a democracy, I sit down at the table with the Prime Minister of a former enemy, talking about how to keep the peace in a troubled world, talking about doing what we all want, and that is to extend the peace.
Someday, an American President will be sitting down with the duly elected leader of Iraq talking about the peace in the Middle East, and our children and our grandchildren will be better off for it. (Applause.)
Hold on a second. I have a -- I believe that people want to be free. Freedom is not America's gift to the world. Freedom is the Almighty God's gift to each man and woman in this world. (Applause.)
In the closing days of this campaign, it's very important for you to remind your friends and neighbors we have -- my opponent and I have a different vision about how to keep America secure. He talks in terms of a global test before we commit troops. I didn't make that up. The man was standing right there when he said it -- well, right here to my right during the debate. He wasn't there physically right now. I saw a lot of heads turn. (Laughter.)
Listen, I work with our friends and allies. We'll continue to build alliances. But I will never turn over America's national security decisions to leaders of other countries. (Applause.)
I want to thank you all for coming to greet us. I want to thank you for your help. I know where I want to lead this country. I know what it takes to continue to expand this economy so people can find work. I've got a vision for a health care plan that empowers patients and docs. I believe in high standards in our schools, and we'll continue to press for educational excellence for every child. And I understand that the President of the United States must be consistent and firm and resolved in these troubling times.
You know, when I campaigned across your state, I said if you gave me -- in 2000 -- if you gave me a chance to serve, I would uphold the honor and the dignity of the office to which I had been elected. With your hard work, with your help, I will do so for four more years.
God bless. And thank you all for coming. (Applause.)
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Virghost Drops "Pac In '95" Video, Explains Song
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A rap career was the furthest thing from talented lyricist Virghost's mind when he attended the University of Memphis back in 2005. But something on his mind were the rumors swirling around about him and a lady he was dating.
He revisits the frustrations he felt nearly a decade ago on the track "Pac In '95." Inspired by the adversity legendary rapper 2pac encountered and channeled through his 1995 classic Me Against The World, Virghost explains his own stressful circumstances on "Pac In '95."
The song, which will appear on Virghost's forthcoming album, #GHOSTS, takes place in 2005, a period when Virghost was enrolled at the U of M and staying in the school's Richardson Towers dormitory.
"I messed off with the wrong person, and there were a bunch of rumors being spread around that weren't true about me and the girl I was dating at the time," Virghost said. "Her ex-boyfriend was going around starting stuff and all that."
The hearsay (which will be addressed on the track "Rumors" off #GHOSTS) was that the girl Virghost was dating had promiscuous tendencies; she allegedly had HIV and was passing the disease on to guys she slept with.
Despite the rumors, which Virghost said turned out to be untrue, he continued his relationship with the girl. However, the gossip didn't cease, and people started to claim that Virghost also had the disease. He was subsequently ostracized by the same people he viewed as friends.
"I had a group of friends that I was hanging around in college, and when the rumor started going around, mostly all the people that were supposedly cool with me were not cool with me," Virghost said. "At that particular time, I felt like it was me against the world. It was stressful; people making you an outcast over a rumor that's not even true."
Virghost's album #GHOSTS will be a theme-driven installment based between the years of 2005 and 2008, which he considers a tumultuous period in his life. "Pac In '95" is just one of the many audio testimonies the album will encompass from Virghost over that three-year period. Check out the visual to the track below.
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only live throwing stones. I was sick with pneumonia so i hardly remember this show.
It was definitely not the only live Throwing Stones, they played it a lot during the late 80s and 90s.
FIrst Corrina, I wish it was the 0th.
1st corrina, which is a latter years song i always enjoyed. great for dancing. its got a nice groove and i never understood why it wasnt more popular.
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Britain's Got Talent 2021 auditions to film with socially distanced audience - get tickets
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The Britain's Got Talent 2021 auditions are set to film in January with a socially distanced audience.
Britain's Got Talent 2021 will see Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden all returning for the show's 15th series.
And Ant and Dec will be back as hosts fresh from their spell in Wales for I'm A Celebrity.
Britain's Got Talent 2021 applications recently took place online with the usual wide variety of acts putting themselves forward for the competition where a prize of £250,000 and spot on the bill of the Royal Variety Performance is up for grabs.
Auditions in front of the judges are currently scheduled to film in London at the London Coliseum between January 28 and February 1.
Joining the judges will be a socially distanced audience with tickets available online here.
Say ticket vendor Applause Store: "You are officially invited to become the 5th judge and join Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, David Walliams and Ant & Dec at the glittering 2021 auditions taking place in London.
"'Britain's Got Talent' is open to anyone of any age with absolutely any talent; from fire eaters to acrobats, dancers to divas, aerial performers to animal acts you can expect to see them all live on stage.
"So if you fancy being right in the heart of these fantastic auditions and watch the judges and acts LIVE, then this is the show for you!"
The minimum age to attend filming is 12 with those under 18 needing to accompanied by an adult 18+.
Filming of the show will be following all of the latest government guidelines and safety protocols.
Meanwhile if you want to audition there is STILL TIME (as we write this!), visit the BGT application website HERE on how to try out. Britain's Got Talent 2020 auditions will close on the 15 February 2021 at 23:59 GMT.
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Q: How do I make sure customers don't skip paywall with stripe? I am building a marketplace with a model similar to fiverr. You pay for a service, and after you pay you can fill out the preferences that you want from the seller. The problem I am facing is that the successlink after payment can be just copy and pasted to progress to the preferences page without payment. How do I ensure this doesn't happen with stripe. Here is my server code:
//checkout stripe session code:
 app.post('/create-checkout-session', async (req, res) => {
 const {request} = req;
 const account_id = req.body.account_id;
 const user_id = req.body.user_id;
 var successLink = 'http://localhost:3000/dashboard/userreq/'+user_id;
 console.log('request: ' + req.body.account_id);
 const session = await stripe.checkout.sessions.create({
  payment_method_types: ['card'],
  line_items: [
    {
    price_data: {
      currency: 'usd',
      product_data: {
        name: 'Story',
      },
      unit_amount: 1300,
    },
    quantity: 1,
  },
],
payment_intent_data: {
application_fee_amount: 123,
transfer_data: {
  destination: account_id,
 },
},
mode: 'payment',
success_url: successLink,
cancel_url: 'http://localhost:3000/cancel.html',
});
 res.send({
sessionId: session.id,
 });});

//webhook to see if payment was successful
app.post('/webhook', bodyParser.raw({type: 'application/json'}), (request, response) => {
  const sig = request.headers['stripe-signature'];

  let event;

  // Verify webhook signature and extract the event.
  // See https://stripe.com/docs/webhooks/signatures for more information.
  try {
    event = stripe.webhooks.constructEvent(request.body, sig, endpointSecret);
  } catch (err) {
    return response.status(400).send(`Webhook Error: ${err.message}`);
  }

  if (event.type === 'checkout.session.completed') {
    const session = event.data.object;
    handleCompletedCheckoutSession(session);
  }

  response.json({received: true});
});

const handleCompletedCheckoutSession = (session) => {
  // Fulfill the purchase.
  console.log(JSON.stringify(session));
}

app.listen(process.env.PORT || 8080, () => {
  console.log("Server started...");
});

A: You'd want to encode the Checkout Session ID within your success URL: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/checkout/custom-success-page#modify-success-url
Then when your success page is hit, you'd check to see if the session ID is valid by retrieving the Checkout Session from the backend and checking its payment_status: https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/object#checkout_session_object-payment_status
If there's no session ID or the payment_status is not paid, then you wouldn't grant access to whatever it is that you're selling.

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