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1. Always look past the "price at the pump", especially with an incumbent vendor.
In a recent contract review of an imaging software agreement for a large healthcare system, the highly visible price appeared favorable for the buyer. It seemingly met the budget requirements and was the most competitive bid. It's our job to put that kind of preliminary conclusion to the test. So we did. Unfortunately upon further discovery, the pricing language buried deep within exposed the visible price as an illusion. The real price required a bit of math gymnastics based on a matrix triggered by increased utilization. When the historical trend was used to project future utilization, the price increased to the tune of nearly $1 million. And that was just in year one of a three year deal. The software vendor in this case already knew their utilization because they were the incumbent provider. It's hard to argue that this pricing strategy, in any way, benefited the buyer.
The lesson here is to look past the "price at the pump", especially with an incumbent vendor. It's true, we hurt the ones we love the most. Look, I get it. We're all busy and want to trust that people will price things honorably. But you will discover a whole new kind of busy if you interpret price as pricing and have to explain a seven digit oops to your peers and/or the board. Take the time to fully review your pricing language and do the math based on your business demands…before you agree to the pricING.
2. Expose and eliminate two key price-impacting terms.
So, after working through the pricing language, all was well with our friends from the aforementioned healthcare system. Right?! Not yet. As we continued to pull back the covers on other parts of the language, we discovered two additional unfavorable terms impacting the pricing. First, is the "trigger". Many vendors use annual dates within a multi-year agreement as triggers for escalating pricing. Such was the case here. These price-impacting terms don't always jump off the page. So hunt for them carefully.
Another often overlooked 'gotcha' is whether the term is auto-renewal or evergreen, or a set term of years, and how this impacts pricing. Vendors often use auto-renewal to obliterate buyer leverage at renewal time. By the time the vendor provides the increased renewal pricing, the buyer is already committed to the new term (because they missed their window to cancel the auto-renewal…or there was no window in the first place). In other words, auto-renewal is often used as a price escalator and/or as leverage in negotiations. The kicker is that, if you oppose auto-renewal to the Vendor, then they'll counter with a set term of years, which often isn't any better, because, at renewal, the vendor knows you don't want to replace a system you only bought 3 years ago. So your leverage is, once again, gone. The right approach is to choose whichever term makes the most sense based on your needs, but to, in each case, ensure your deal includes year-over-year price protection. This ensures that you're not on the receiving end of a bait-and-switch, where good prices turn bad at renewal, and the vendor makes back all the savings they 'gave' you during negotiations. Remember, no one knows what will be happening in your business, or in the vendor's industry in two and half years (when you start looking at the contract again). Make sure you have ongoing price protection, which, combined with an option to terminate (if you choose), gives you optimal flexibility and a hungry vendor. Hungry vendors are more aggressive with price and pricing.
3. Buying is emotional. Seek objectivity to protect your priorities.
We likely can agree that evaluating a contract is critical part of the buying process. Here's where things get interesting. Buying is an emotional decision… especially in business. Buying is an action (a behavior) demonstrating trust; a willingness to part with money we own or control in exchange for a product, service, and/or person we don't control. Trust is an emotional thing and a huge part of the community in which we spend the most time…work. Consider this: a recent market study performed and published by global consulting firm CEB concluded "71% of buyers who see a personal value in a B2B purchase will end up buying the product or service. Personal value had two times the influence on the buyer over the business value". The fact is, most people aren't as objective as they need to be in evaluating contract language for a purchase that will directly impact their work world. It's healthy to get fresh eyes from someone whose only stake in your contract is to ensure your priorities are protected.
A few final words on our friends from the healthcare system. They saved more than $2 million on the imaging agreement. Additionally, they protected their priorities by avoiding a path leading to a mountain of stress and challenges that would have unnecessarily compromised their future focus and ability to serve patients (customers) with excellence.
Please comment, like or share with colleagues if you are so inclined. If you have a need for fresh eyes, give us a call or shoot over a note. Thanks for reading! More to come next month!
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20 Question Tuesday: Ella Eastin
By Bob Schaller//Contributor | Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Giving up never crossed National Teamer Ella Eastin's mind. The native of Orange Country and junior to be at NCAA Champ Stanford brought her "A" game back to campus after Olympic Trials and two silver medals at Short Course Worlds in Windsor, Ontario. She talks about life at Stanford, and moving on from adversity in life, in this week's 20 Question Tuesday.
1. Have you been able to enjoy your two individual and team NCAA Championship yet?
Ella: Yes and no. We've had occasions here and there to stop and celebrate and enjoy the time with your team. But we went right back into the swing of things right when we got back to school with spring quarter, training at the Olympic Training Center, and everything.
2. Breaking teammate Katie Ledecky's record in the 400 IM, did you see that coming on your way to that NCAA title?
Ella: Definitely not. Not that I doubted my abilities, but just based on how things went the night before, and how I generally felt at the meet were not the way I hoped and dreamed of. The only goal was to win it for my team -- that was the only thing that was getting me through it. Though I did know (during the race) that the time would be pretty good.
3. And though Cal Olympian Kathleen Baker edged you for the 200 IM title, you had it in you to repeat as champion in the 200 fly -- how cool is that?
Ella: I think a lot of that is from a good mixture of endurance and strength training. The 200 fly is interesting because you can't go out too slow, but you can't go out too fast. So it's a tricky balance of finding the sweet spot in how fast you go for how long. The 200 IM and 400 IM helped me because I have more of a base compared to if I was swimming the 100 and 200 fly (and not the IMs). For the 200 fly, I just have to stay in my lane; people go out faster than I do. Underwaters are important in the 200 fly so you have to make sure you stay smooth and strong and build as you go.
4. You looked relaxed in winning the 200 fly -- is that accurate, or possible?
Ella: I think that's one thing that I do pretty well when I am swimming. I never rush. If I were to do that I'd feel even more on edge, so I try to stay as relaxed as possible. It stresses people out (laughs) when they are watching me because I usually build my speed throughout the race. You can't tell because my tempo is pretty consistent the whole time. Trying to stay relaxed is important because it's not just a couple of laps -- it's eight -- so you don't want to get worn out.
5. That was a pretty full plate for you this year at NCAAs, wasn't it?
Ella: I swam the same events last year. So going into this year I was a little bit more aware of what was coming. I actually swam one or two more races last year than this time around, so that helped mentally going into the last day. But as far as volume of races, that is pretty standard for my list of events. Those tend to be my events I do my best in short course and long course. I'm definitely still getting used to that but as I get more experience it gets easier to handle.
6. Everyone seemed so happy for the wonderful Lia Neal at Stanford -- I bet you felt that too for her?
Ella: Oh, absolutely. She would tell you this too but a lot of that team effort was for her. (Stanford coach) Greg (Meehan) really emphasized the importance of appreciating what Lia's meant to the program. He recruited her when he was just starting at Stanford. So she had to trust and have faith in what he told her he was going to do. He built the program up with her. Seeing the evolution of that I am sure makes it even more special for Lia.
7. How about Simone's 100 free at NCAAs?
Ella: Honestly, I was shocked! I knew she was going fast because she was incredibly far ahead in terms of the length of the race. To see someone move that fast in the water -- and to have seen her do it on a daily basis -- makes you really appreciate that kind of speed and ability she has. And that was one of the fastest heats ever. And yet she ran away with it. It was a best time for Lia, and I think for Olivia Smoliga, too. So it's a pretty cool way for her to win that, especially coming back off the Olympics with so much attention and being so busy, but still having it in her to succeed and reach a new level.
8. Your wonderful Sports Information Director, Eric Dolan, always has to balance out media requests with your academics -- it really is incredible what you all put into the entire program, isn't it?
Ella: Absolutely. And I don't know of one person here who lets one area of their life kind of dwindle in terms of effort they give for one or the other. You don't see an athlete who lets their academic commitments sit on the back burner. Having a good balance of those goals is important. Yet having that kind of challenge in school is the best distraction you can have because you have two goals to work for. Your mind is here when you are in the pool and when you step off deck there is another goal to work hard for. So you are working toward two incredible things. And your degree is more than something just to "fall back on," because while swimming can be a career for a few people, it's still going to end for all of us, and that degree is going to help you work toward what you are doing the rest of your life.
9. Have you declared a major now that your sophomore year is ending?
Ella: I am in the process of declaring Human Biology in the next week. I have taken several of the human biology core classes -- cell biology, human evolution, psychology, health and environmental. I hope to go to nursing school or be a nurse practitioner and go into delivery.
10. So feeling pressure from swimming might help with that, won't it?
Ella: I definitely want to continue to be challenged and be put in stressful situations. My Grandma has been a nurse for over 50 years and still teaching at a school in Los Angeles, and is my role model in that sense -- actually, in every sense, and a person I have looked up to my entire life. And my mother is in health sciences so I have had that inspiration from a young age. I do want to continue to work hard and be challenged. So I think the pressure I've experienced can help me continue to grow.
11. Is this the Grandma who was a pioneer in professional golf and how cool is it that your lineage includes such overachievers in work, and in sports?
Ella: No, this is actually my Grandma on my Mom's side of the family. The achievement is something to be proud of but I don't think my parents ever put pressure on my sister (Emily) and I to do anything other than what we wanted to do. They wanted it to come from our own motivation. But we could use them as examples to see what direction we wanted to take that would lead us to success. That definitely set us up to embrace challenges, and to learn from them if there is adversity and not give up.
12. You and Emily are only 11 months apart, so you're pretty close then?
Ella: We are less than a year apart but we're actually very different. And I think more so what we don't have in common is what has helped us become closer and grow to appreciate each other more. We were together every single day, going to swim practices and having a similar group of friends. Of course we butted heads like siblings do but now that we're apart -- she swims for Michigan -- we appreciate each other more, and talk more frequently than we probably even did at home. It's great to support each other even though we're in different places of the country now.
13. Katie Ledecky joining Stanford this year and her amazing Olympic and NCAA performances -- what do you see in her that makes her so successful.
Ella: She and Maya (DiRado) and Lia and Simone are so similar in how hard they work and how they are great leaders, but they are all different individually which is really neat to see and experience. In terms of Katie, you are constantly amazed at her ability to show up every day. Honestly, she swims faster than anyone in the world every single day. That's a crazy thing to wrap my mind around as you watch her. But you see how she's immersed herself in the team and how she doesn't look at herself any differently. Sometimes, (laughs) we'll be like, "Katie, you can brag a little bit and at least say you did a good job!" She is so wonderfully humble and genuine. She's never satisfied and always driven to be better, which makes us better in practice. She made everyone on our team better.
14. How did you rebound so strongly from Olympic Trials?
Ella: Honestly, I don't think that I ever was thinking of it as a rebound. I had my experience at Trials -- I had my summer that I did -- and then right when I got back into training, it was time to move on and not look back. I had so much good training behind me that it hadn't gone away. I knew I would be capable of having good times no matter what happened. Even when we went to (short course) Worlds, I had been at home for a few days not training hard and was preparing for finals at school when I got word I was going, and it was a whirlwind of a trip. I went to our practices, competed, and in between I did my school work, got my rest, and got prepared for the next swim. It was busy, but a great experience.
15. What did you think of beautiful Canada?
Ella: It was very beautiful. And it was freezing! I'm not (laughs) used to that. We stayed in this very pretty casino resort type place and got to interact with the different countries. It was great to have meals together. And it was cool see Detroit across the water; bizarre to be in a different country but see America just across the water. So I've been to Vancouver and Windsor so I guess I have another (laughs) of my Canadian cities off my bucket list!
16. Your Junior Team coaches talked about what a great leader you were and how hard you prepared, how much did that Junior Team experience prep you for the past year?
Ella: Thank you. That's nice to hear. I grew a lot in the course of the three years I was on the Junior Team and with the coaches and staff at the camps, traveling to Singapore, Tokyo, China -- all the places we went on those trips and for World Cups. The Junior Team coaches got to see my growth every few summers. I stepped up to try to make the National Team but did not -- and the time I did have a qualifying time it wasn't at the right time, so I was on the Junior Team again. But I think going through that process and not being 100 percent satisfied with the performances -- and having so much fun with it -- made how everything happened okay. I made so many friends and people I look at as mentors from the Junior Team. I experienced so much more as a 15- and 16-year-old on the Junior Team than I might have on the National Team. I was kind of young at the time so I would justify not making it as maybe it didn't happen because I just wasn't ready yet, or maybe wasn't mature enough. So I knew that it would come when I was ready for it and I'd be prepared correctly. Looking back now, those National Junior Team trips were some of the most fun, and I'll be forever grateful to the people who made them happen.
17. You mentioned growing on the Junior Team trips, did that help you with not just swimming, but maybe even for becoming a college student?
Ella: Oh, absolutely. You learn so much being with a new group of people for a week doing things you've never done before. Leaving the country without your parents. Walking around foreign cities. Learning to communicate with people you just met. Navigating new things, understanding people who don't speak English. Building relationships quickly. Finding comfort in teammates in hard and good times. Those experiences are invaluable and something I'm so lucky to have had at that age to prepare me to come to college. And it also helps you know what you have to do when you are missing school at times and keeping up on your work and your professors up to date on what's happening.
18. Swimming for Greg and Associate Head Coach Tracy Slusser -- what's that been like in terms of what's expected?
Ella: I think Greg and Tracy were very upfront and honest when recruiting us. They would never tell someone something that wasn't the case. They are very frank about the program and the challenges, so the interactions with the recruits are very honest. They tell you, you have to want to be here for the school, the team -- the program -- and for yourself, so you see things very clearly before you make the decision. And it's been great since I've been here. I will tell Greg and Tracy everything; I am pretty much an open book. Yet I never expected such fruitful conversations with coaches; yes, they are my coaches and mentors, but I am also competing and giving my best back to them in terms of the program they're running. So it has been even more comfortable than I thought it would be. They encourage reflection, and I have learned things about myself that they have helped teach me that I wouldn't have recognized without them. That has helped me gain confidence, perspective and direction.
19. How did you end up in swimming with such strong family ties to basketball, baseball, golf and other sports?
Ella: I definitely think (laughs) it picked me. I am not the most coordinated on land. My parents put me in the water before I was a year old and I was very comfortable. That's not normal for an infant to adapt that fast. And my sister was the same way. There were pools everywhere around where we lived in southern California and the worst thing ever would be for someone not to be water safe -- that's all our parents wanted when they introduced us to swimming. But we ended up never wanting to leave the water. We'd go out and have lunch and then we'd be swimming again. So our parents let us get on a swim team after that.
20. Your club coach Todd Larson, who passed away from Leukemia, is still a source of inspiration to you, isn't he?
Ella: He's the reason I am still swimming and I started to swim. I actually also lost my Grandpa on my Dad's side of the family a couple of weeks ago. And it's okay because I know he's in a better place. He had a really good life, and it was time for him to be called home and be out of pain. He had cancer. But I got to see him in Arizona (where he lived) when we went to a dual meet in Phoenix before he passed away. So he and Todd, plus my Great Grandma who I was really close to, and actually named after, inspire me to continue to work in their memory and pass on the legacy they built into me in so many ways. I think I owe that to them all, to on a daily basis at Stanford to do all my work in their name and in God's name. I have been so blessed by people who paved the way for me to be able to do what I love. I hope to continue their work and pass it along like they did for me. They continue to inspire me and always remember what's most important in life.

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Q: Add body in Post Request with Authentication Header android I want to send data to server with Authentication header with some data in body.
i tried with this code
HttpPost request;
HttpParams httpParameters;

httpParameters = new BasicHttpParams();

request = new HttpPost(url);

String auth = android.util.Base64.encodeToString((mUserSession.getUserEmail() + ":" + mUserSession.getUserPassword()).getBytes("UTF-8"),android.util.Base64.DEFAULT);

request.addHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + auth);

httpParameters.setParameter("nombre",String.valueOf(params.get("nombre")));
httpParameters.setParameter("annee",String.valueOf(params.get("annee")));
httpParameters.setParameter("photo",String.valueOf(params.get("photo")));
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParameters, 1000);
DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(httpParameters);
HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
String userAuth = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
request = new HttpPost(url);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
if (entity != null) {
        entity.consumeContent();
}
String cookiesString = null;
List<Cookie> cookies = client.getCookieStore().getCookies();
if (!cookies.isEmpty()) {
Log.e("cookies Length ", "cookies Length = " + cookies.size());
for (int i = 0; i < cookies.size(); i++) {
        cookiesString = cookies.get(i).getValue();
     }
}
Log.e("userAuth", "user auth= " + userAuth);

and i am getting this Exception
10-31 10:36:39.272: D/dalvikvm(6354): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 4K, 46% free 35542K/65172K, paused 21ms, total 21ms
10-31 10:43:08.222: E/cookies Length(6590): cookies Length = 1
10-31 10:43:08.222: E/userAuth(6590): user auth= <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
10-31 10:43:08.222: E/userAuth(6590): <title>400 Bad Request</title>
10-31 10:43:08.222: E/userAuth(6590):
Bad Request

10-31 10:43:08.222: E/userAuth(6590):
The browser (or proxy) sent a request that this server could not understand.

10-31 10:43:08.222: E/statusCode(6590): statusCode = 400
10-31 10:43:08.222: E/cookiesString(6590): cookies String = eyJfaWQiOiJmNmJhZGJhNTk2ODM4ODJjMDczMWE5ZTZhNWU0M2EyMyJ9.CRXmqA.yJ67mWRqEPQ-aYk7l-7yP_0Gzxg

And i need to send Data like this

And in return i will get the following response

Please help if anyone of you know how i can achieve this. Thanks

A: Because your response is a JSONObject, you can refer to my following sample code:
        // HTTP POST
        String url = "http://...";
        RequestQueue requestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
        try {
            jsonObject.put("key1", "value1");
            jsonObject.put("key2", "value2");
            JsonObjectRequest jsonObjectRequest = new JsonObjectRequest(Request.Method.POST, url, jsonObject, new Response.Listener<JSONObject>() {
                @Override
                public void onResponse(JSONObject response) {
                    // do something...
                }
            }, new Response.ErrorListener() {
                @Override
                public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                    // do something...
                }
            }) {
                @Override
                public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
                    final Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<>();
                    headers.put("Authorization", "Basic 5OoZd9uHbC9nNmIXqJTN_thbQc54kygD3FEqViMclaj8E1FfDKv8p...");
                    return headers;
                }
            };
            requestQueue.add(jsonObjectRequest);
        } catch (JSONException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

About Volley, you can read more from the following

Transmitting Network Data Using Volley

Hope this helps!

A: If you want to pass the data, then you need to use name value pair concept of httppost available for android.
Try following code, it may help your
// Create a new HttpClient and Post Header
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("http://www.yoursite.com/script.php");

try {
    // Add your data
    List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(2);
    nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("id", "12345"));
    nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("stringdata", "Hi"));
    httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));

    // Execute HTTP Post Request
    HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);

} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
} catch (IOException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
}

A: Try adopting the following code..
   HttpUriRequest request = new HttpGet(YOUR_URL); // Or HttpPost(), depends on your needs
    String credentials = YOUR_USERNAME + ":" + YOUR_PASSWORD;
    String auth = Base64.encodeToString(credentials.getBytes(), Base64.NO_WRAP);
    request.addHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + auth);

    HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
    httpclient.execute(request);
    //Handle Exceptions

See to that you are adding Base64.NO_WRAP param. Without it, the code may not  work.Using HTTP basic authentication is unsafe hence you might try oAuth as well..

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BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginia University-Tech completed a regular season sweep of the University of Rio Grande, cruising to a 3-0 win over the visiting RedStorm, Tuesday night, in River States Conference volleyball action at Van Meter Gymnasium.
The Golden Bears needed just 57 minutes to record their 25-13, 25-9, 25-20 victory.
WVU-Tech improved to 21-6 overall and 5-3 in the RSC with the win.
Rio Grande slipped to 6-15 overall and 2-6 in league place as a result of the loss.
The RedStorm finished with 20 attack errors and just 17 kills in 85 swings as a team, recording a -.035 attack percentage.
Two of Rio's three lowest attack percentages this season have come against WVU-Tech.
The Golden Bears, on the other hand, finished strong at the net with a .284 attack percentage (39 kills, 14 errors, 88 attempts) and 11 blocks as a team.
Tech also had nine service aces in the victory.
Ana Monterio and Konstantina Pateli finished with a match-high 13 kills and 32 assists, respectively, for the Bears, while Valentina Abondano added a match-best 12 digs to the winning effort.
Sawyer Hawgood accounted for three of Tech's nine aces and Carolina Bologna had four blocks (3 solos, 2 assists).
Sophomore Baylee Pursifull (New Carlisle, OH) had five kills to pace Rio Grande, while sophomore Ryanne Stoffel (Englewood, OH) had six assists and sophomore Macy Roell (Farmersville, OH) finished with 11 digs.
Freshmen Jess Youse (Pettisville, OH) and Rachel Collins (Chillicothe, OH) had two blocks each in a losing cause for the RedStorm.
Rio Grande returns to action on Friday night when Midway University visits the Newt Oliver Arena for a 7 p.m. first serve.


It doesn't hurt to be educated on the potential return.
A college education is a big investment of both time and money. All you can do is choose the right program, work hard, and hope it pays off.
"College is one of the biggest investments a person will make in their lifetime, so it's important to think of its financial implication," Aubrey Bach, PayScale's head of alumni analytics, tells Business Insider. "PayScale's College ROI Report gives students and their families access to this exact information so that they can decide which school is the best fit for their career goals and their financial situation. We want to help keep students from taking out loans they won't be able to pay back."
With average student-loan debt hovering around $35,000, students and parents can't afford not to consider earning potential postgraduation, she says.
PayScale says, however, that this doesn't mean students should pursue only majors with the highest earning potential or make decisions about where to attend school based solely off college ROI rankings. They need to do what will make them happy — but it doesn't hurt to be educated on their potential return.
As it turns out, some schools are doing a much better job of setting their students up for success in the job market than others.
The top schools for college return on investment (not taking into account financial aid) this year are the California Institute of Technology, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvey Mudd College.
PayScale's list can be sorted by the best value colleges for various majors and career paths, as well as ROI at a school overall. You can see which colleges are providing the best monetary return for their alumni via low cost of attendance, high earning potential, or a combination of the two.
See the full interactive list here, and keep scrolling for the top 22 colleges for your money. The "total cost" and "20 year ROI" figures are for students who live on campus.


Scotmid Co-operative has awarded a community grant of more than £1,000 to Action on Hearing Loss Scotland, to fund essential equipment for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
The charity will use the grant to loan flashing doorbells, vibrating alarm clocks and other devices to help people manage their hearing loss at home and in the community.
It is estimated that over 850,000 people have some form of hearing loss in Scotland, 541,500 of which are over the age of 65. Research from Action on Hearing Loss has found that hearing loss can make it difficult for people to access health services as well as employment and education opportunities.


Is there a way to bold or highlight the specific search terms in a search result ?
how can i search the data in the data list by column?
How can I link a search result to a page?
Create a condition for that event to occur only when the user has ticked a specific checkbox, e.g. "Active" (vs. Inactive). So this means only results with "Active" attribute will be shown.
These steps have to be repeated for every possible condition. i.e.
Then I have to also consider other search input... including other checkboxes for other attributes.
Is there a better way to do this? I am having trouble putting this together in the query builder since the results are dependant on which boxes the user ticks (if any), so I found using the conditions on the events worked best, but it is also tedious.
That sounds like the best way to accomplish what you're looking for. You could also attach your .vp file here (compressed to .zip/.rar) and we could take a look and see if there's a way to consolidate the conditions.


An Australian insurance giant has predicted there will be double-digit rises in insurance premiums in the next year, but what is causing this huge surge in rates?
Insurance Australia Group has made the prediction as it passes on a upwelling in global reinsurance costs.
IAG chief Mike Wilkins told BusinessDay that reinsurance price increases were only now working their way through the system, but further measures were needed to protect margins.
Wilkins plans to release an ongoing review of IAG's British car insurer at the end of the year, amid speculation that it could be eyeing an exit from the tough market.Reinsurers are still trying to claw back bumper losses from the various natural disasters that have hit the world, and in particular Australia and New Zealand.
"We've had a tough few years, mainly driven by external market factors, particularly perils and higher reinsurance costs, but we've started to come through the back end of that," said Wilkins.
It is worth noting that earnings from IAG's results this week that its broker-focused commercial insurance business, CGU, nearly doubled to $258 million.
This mirrors how Suncorp's results, also announced this week, were dramatically boosted by its broker-led commercial insurance business too.
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I have done some analysis of the paper on "Economic sanctions against Myanmar" issued by National League for Democracy on 8 February by writing the article titled "Sanctions, Daw Suu Kyi and NLD".
change should be lifted as Myanmar has put an end to the military rule and a new democratic government elected by the people in accord with the 2008 constitution has emerged. The interesting fact is that the political parties which demanded the lifting of sanctions are found to have no close contact with the large political party with the majority of Hluttaw seats or the government. Besides, it cannot be said that they and the government always have everything in common. Some of the parties are those of national races.
Those who have the stance on the lifting of the sanctions against Myanmar are not only the Myanmar government but also the regional neighbouring countries that know the Myanmar political situation very well and the people's representatives representing the various regions and the various national races of Myanmar and various political views. Therefore, it is indeed a broad based stance.
The US, the leading country of imposing sanctions against Myanmar, disclosed that it will maintain sanctions against Myanmar. To make matters worse, the NLD, which no longer has the right to operate legally, supported the continued sanctions by issuing the said paper.
I am writing this article with a view to enabling the public to make a careful consideration and study regarding the argument as to whether the sanctions should remain or not.
Here, there is no point in arguing about whether sanctions are a good deed or not. Even a child understands that it is not a good habit to prevent a single person or persons from having their own honest way of earning a living.
Nonetheless, a country imposes an economic sanction against another. Although economic sanction is used as a tool in military, economic and international relations fields, I will present the use of this tool only in the field of international relations or foreign affairs.
Economic sanction is deployed as an instrument of foreign policy. The use of instrument of foreign policy has been more common from the period of the Cold War in the aftermath of WWII. It is mostly used by the US.
Generally, a powerful nation imposes economic sanctions against a small nation with the aim of ensuring that a certain policy of the latter falls into the hands of the former or causing a regime change in the target country after its government that is unfriendly with and opposed to and never looks up to that powerful nation has stepped down.
In so doing, coercion is used. Frankly speaking, coercion means making the people of the target country poor and instigating public unrest and violence against the ruling government. It is the basic concept that the government of the target country may stand down or it may have to dance to the tune of the sanction imposer after being tired of the unrest and violence. In a way, it is the means of controlling and overthrowing the government only after getting the people into great trouble. In other words, it is a political blackmail like putting parents under duress after pointing the knife at the neck of their child. Sanction therefore is effective only if it can do harm to the people.
Although the basic concept is very clear, sanction-imposing countries have never uncovered the concept in public. Instead, they shout that their sanctions have no impact on the people of the target country and that there are very few people who are affected by the sanctions. When humanitarian activists strongly prove and claim that sanctions can adversely affect the innocent people and children (after the Iraq war), the imposers come to change their voice and say that their sanctions cash in on the target ones and that they try to do least harm to the innocent. As mentioned above, the basic concept of sanctions cannot be effective if the ordinary people are not affected. So, the target sanctions are like an iron bar covered with a silk cloth, designed to harm the people in a certain way. Analysts make a comment like this. To what extent can sanction do harm to Myanmar people? To what extent can it benefit the imposer?
Studying some questions in the first paragraph of the NLD's paper, they can be divided into two categories – Can sanction affect the Myanmar people and can it help accomplish the aim of the imposer or be effective?
Regarding those two categories, the paper covers itself by saying that the sanctions do no harm or little harm to the Myanmar people. Yet, the fact that how effective the sanctions are is not included in the paper.
that the stance of the expert group to be presented will be understood.
attitude towards the Myanmar government.
The report titled "The impact of economic sanctions" is systematically complied and it has conducted thorough study of negative impact of economic sanctions against Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar and Cuba imposed by the West Bloc.
The complier of the report is House of Lords, Select Committee on Economic Affairs and its chairman was Lord Wakeham. He had performed his duties as Leader of the House of Commons and Finance Minister since the time of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. He was also assigned duties as a leader in the issue of reforming the organizational setup of the House of Lords. The committee was formed with 16 widely respected members of the House of Lords. Moreover, the paper lacks no expertise as it was also complied with the assistance of special adviser Prof Dr Eric Herring of Bristol University.
The committee compiled the report after making interviews with professors from universities, famous international researchers, retired diplomats, officers of the United Nations, entrepreneurs, bankers, members of the Parliaments, experts in humanitarian, and responsible persons from non-Governmental philanthropic organizations totaling about 30 as human witnesses with the use of documents, e-mails and telephone connections on a wider scale, so it is a reliable reference.
Those wishing to know the detailed information may browse the Internet.
It is easy for a person to find the proof that the sanctions imposed against Myanmar affected the Myanmar people. Officials concerned of the foreign affairs departments from Western countries admitted the effects of imposing sanctions against Myanmar.
Experts, credible persons and officials of State Department revealed the hardships of Myanmar citizens caused by the sanctions against Myanmar. Those who put their reliance too much on West Bloc may find it hard to swallow these excuses but I believe they cannot deny it.
you have some good point there. may i suggest you break these long posts into many shorter ones?
Although I understand your frustration, this post makes up only the first half of this piece. Those interested will read it anyways.


Lyn I would like to thank you personally for sharing all you have with everyone. I hope you keep crafting and that we can all catch up from time to time somewhere some how.
This breaks my heart.You guys are such a huge part of what my time as a Fiskateer so memorable.I hope I can keep up with you guys.


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Oil slips on trade fears but soars in week after Saudi production attacked
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Oil prices eased on Friday on renewed concern over the U.S.-China trade war, but futures still posted weekly gains, with Brent marking its biggest weekly increase since January, after an attack on Saudi Arabia's energy industry last weekend, reports AzVision.az referring to Reuters.
Brent crude LCOc1 futures fell 12 cents to settle at $64.28 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 futures ended 4 cents lower at $58.09 a barrel.
Prices pared gains along with the stock and grains markets after Chinese agriculture officials that were due to visit U.S. farm states next week cancelled their trip to Montana and Nebraska to return to China sooner than originally scheduled.
The cancellation came as trade talks were held in Washington and U.S. President Donald Trump said he wanted a complete trade deal with the Asian nation, not just an agreement for China to buy more U.S. agricultural goods.
For the week, however, Brent rose 6.7%, its biggest gain since January, while WTI gained 5.9%, the most since June.
The oil market jumped nearly 20% on Monday in reaction to the Sept. 14 attack, which halved Saudi production and cut global supplies by about 5%. But prices have since pared most of those gains on assurances from the kingdom that it would restore lost production by the end of this month.
Prices, however, have kept a risk premium as geopolitical tensions in the region have escalated with the United States and Saudi Arabia blaming the attack on Iran. Tehran denies any involvement.
The attack has intensified a years-long struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran, who are locked in a sometimes violent contest for influence in several flashpoints around the Middle East.
A Saudi-led coalition on Friday launched a military operation north of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah while the United States worked with the Middle East and European nations to build a coalition to deter Iranian threats.
State-owned Saudi Aramco has switched crude grades and delayed crude and oil product deliveries to customers by days after the attack severely reduced its light oil production and led to output cuts at its refineries, market sources said.
Whilst showing reporters the damaged the Khurais field and the Abqaiq oil processing facility, Aramco said it was shipping equipment from the United States and Europe to rebuild the damaged facilities. It also said that Abqaiq is expected to have full capacity restored by the end of the month.
"The question is can they convince the market that they can keep their oil fields safe," said Phil Flynn, an analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago, in a note.
In the United States, meanwhile, flooding from Tropical Storm Imelda forced a major refinery to cut production, while a key oil pipeline, terminals and a ship channel in Texas were shut, according to sources familiar with operations.
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) shut some units at its 369,024 barrel per day (BPD) Beaumont refinery while Valero Energy Corp (VLO.N) reduced production at its 335,000 BPD Port Arthur refinery.
U.S. energy firms this week reduced the number of oil rigs operating for a fifth week in a row to the lowest since May 2017. Drillers cut 14 oil rigs in the week to Sept. 20, bringing the total count down to 719, General Electric Co's (GE.N) Baker Hughes energy services firm said. RIG-OL-USA-BHI
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Звенцово — деревня в Юрьев-Польском районе Владимирской области России, входит в состав Небыловского сельского поселения.

География
Деревня расположена в 5 км на север от центра поселения села Небылое и в 25 км на юго-восток от райцентра города Юрьев-Польский.

История
В XIX — начале XX века деревня входила в состав Никульской волости Юрьевского уезда, с 1925 года — в составе Лучинской волости Юрьев-Польского уезда Иваново-Вознесенской губернии. В 1859 году в деревне числилось 40 дворов, в 1905 году — 67 дворов.

С 1929 года деревня являлась центром Звенцовского сельсовета Юрьев-Польского района, с 1935 года — в составе Небыловского сельсовета Небыловского района, с 1963 года в составе — Юрьев-Польского района, с 2005 года — в составе Небыловского сельского поселения.

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Населённые пункты Юрьев-Польского района

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51 Jesus went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. His mother cherished every word in her heart. 52 Jesus matured in wisdom and years, and in favor with God and with people. (Luke 2:41-52 Common English Bible).
Jesus is an enigma. Although Matthew and Luke offer us visions of Jesus' birth, the gospels tell us little about his upbringing. Life starts in Bethlehem, but before long moves to Nazareth. There have been many attempts to fill in the gap between the day of the return to Nazareth and the beginning of Jesus' ministry at his baptism by John decades later. There are a number of infancy gospels that seem to come from Gnostic sources that offer us a miracle working adolescent such as forming a clay bird and then breathing life into it -- a story that is picked up by the Qur'an.
The one story that finds its way in the Gospels is that of a twelve year old boy visiting Jerusalem during Passover with his family. Luke suggests that the family made this pilgrimage annually, and on this occasion, Jesus gets separated from his family. They even head home, apparently assuming that Jesus is with the caravan heading north. It's not until later that they discover his absence, and they return to Jerusalem to look for him. It's hard for us, as moderns, to think that parents might leave behind their child, but Luke doesn't seem to think this is far-fetched. After three days of searching, they find him in the Temple -- engaging in conversation with the religious leaders and scholars, who seem amazed at his wisdom and understanding. In essence this twelve-years-old boy becomes the teacher and they the learners.
The key to the passage is Jesus' response to his parents. Taken strictly -- according to Jewish law -- Jesus' response didn't show respect or honor for his parents. After all, why wouldn't they be looking for him. He sounds almost arrogant in his response to their statements of concern for his welfare. But Luke is making a statement. His youthful Jesus doesn't make clay pigeons fly, but he is engaging in prophetic work. Jesus says to his parents -- "Didn't you know that it was necessary for me to be in my Father's house?" He wasn't talking of Joseph, but of God. He had heard the call -- God had put in a claim, and Jesus answered in the affirmative.
He does return home, takes up where he left off, and continues to mature -- in wisdom and stature (CEB -- years). He finds favor with both God and neighbor. We're left wondering -- what kind of child was he? What was his own sense of awareness. Did he, as Luke suggests, seem to understand, even if his parents struggled with it, that his was a unique calling and gift? Did he see himself less as the son of Joseph and more the son of God? Although we don't know what kind of education he received, can we not imagine his grades? As someone who has struggled with math -- I wonder, did Jesus have to study, or did he already know it all?
Such are the questions posed to us by this lection!


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The Tulsa Club at East Fifth Street and South Cincinnati Avenue was originally constructed in 1927 to serve as the social epicenter for Tulsa. Not only was the building an urban escape for high society, it also accommodated the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce on floors two through five for approximately 25 years.
Designed by renowned Art Deco architect Bruce Goff, the 11-floor, 92,000-square-foot high-rise featured unique and intricate designs. Club members enjoyed ornate, mosaic fireplaces, and indoor recreation alongside architectural oddities like Goff's famous echoing corridor. The crown jewel of the club was decidedly the Grand Ballroom on the ninth floor. With its two-story ceilings, velvet drape curtains, and endless imbibing—this was the epitome of Tulsa highlife.
Through the years, extravagant architectural elements fell out of fashion and after World War II, many of the building's Art Deco details were renovated in favor of midcentury design elements. The atrium's statuesque two-story ceilings were lowered and filled in. The original marble edifice was covered with simple stone. And the once popular fireplaces were walled over with wood paneling.
With the wax and wane of the economy, the Club struggled with membership until it was finally dissolved in 1994. After that, The Tulsa Club Building changed hands numerous times, ultimately being repossessed by the City of Tulsa in 2010. For many years, good-intentioned owners struggled to keep the building from falling into disrepair.
Under new ownership, this former beacon of Tulsa social life has successfully been reincarnated into a 96-room boutique hotel as part of the Curio Collection of Hilton. It's an anchor for the city's Art Deco District and grand example of the revitalization of downtown Tulsa.
Find Your Tulsa
Explore this Art Deco marvel city. Just outside your door is Gathering Place, a 66-acre oasis on the Arkansas River named one of the best parks in the world by National Geographic, TIME, and USA Today. Down the road you'll find charming shops and restaurants along with the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, home to children's performances, the symphony, opera, and Broadway Shows.
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The Aspire One is a netbook from Acer, very similar to the Asus Eee PC. It's sold at about EUR 200 in Italy, and it offers an 8.9″ display (1024×600), a 1.6Ghz Intel Atom CPU, a 8Gb SSD drive, with integrated Wifi, Mic and webcam.
It's a nice product, but the Linux operating system with it is shipped is not so good (it's a personalized and branded version of Linpus – a Taiwanese distribution for low-resources PCs).
I tried a couple of alternative OS (for example Ubuntu Netbook Remix), but none of them fully fit on it: too weight, drivers problems, etc.
Finally, I found an italian project: "Linux4One", a modified Ubuntu distro, optimized for the Aspire One. It includes drivers for this notebook, with a good interface, derived from the Netbook Remix version.
It's very easy to install it: just download the ISO, "burn" it on a USB key (I suggest using usb-creator, a simple application for Ubuntu), plug it into one of USB connection on the Aspire One, reboot it and press F12 at the first boot screen, then choose the USB key as boot device and install it. After the installation process (and a first reboot, that is necessary to make wi-fi work), you'll get a full Ubuntu system on your Aspire One.
It supports all the onboard devices (also standby mode!) and it runs quite fast (not fast as Linpus, but anyway it's acceptable to have a "real" operating system!).
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SEAN HAGAN has been painting and illustrating professionally for over 15 years. Jazz musicians and wine are central themes in his work. Currently he is exploring abstract art combined with jazz elements, as seen in 'Club de Jazz, 2011'. Also new this year are some pieces that are purely digital, such as 'The Jazz Trio', which was created with Photoshop and Flash. He works out of his home studio on the North Shore.
TONY PILLA is an exhibiting artist and printmaker whose medium is woodcut. Over the years his award-winning work has been selected for group exhibitions at area institutions such as the Art Complex Museum, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Evos Gallery in Lowell, and Concord Art Association. In addition to receiving First Place in several art competitions in the area, his awards include the George Lockwood Prize for Excellence in Printmaking from the Pembroke Art Festival and the 1990/1991 Esther Conant Prize for Best Show at the Helen Bumpus Gallery.


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package at.ac.tuwien.dsg.queue;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

/**
 * Author: Daniel Moldovan E-Mail: d.moldovan@dsg.tuwien.ac.at *
 */
public class Main {

    static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Main.class);

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        log.info("Starting up Queue. Initializing application context.");
//        new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext("/config/mela-data-service-context.xml");

        new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("queue-context.xml");
        log.info("Initialized application context. Startup complete");

    }
}

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Options for time-based window tests and customized sequences (mini PLC).
It is a complete system with multi-signal acquisition and signal processing programs with integrated outputs.
Viewing and programming by 3 lines LCD and two programming buttons, dropdown menu tree.
4 digital PNP inputs (shared with analog or PNP outputs).
Integrated Multi-task Sequencers (max. 4).
Realtime processing of signals: low-pass filtering, derivative, phase advance.
PID or Hysteresis regulation based on available signals. Internal, Digital or Analog outputs.
Industrial communication protocol with compatible software or systems (RS-485).
Same functionnalities than aDDa-R+S, without advanced sequence programming nor screen. Ideal for data acquisition system or functionnal regulation or detection purposes (flow front, exotherm peak, end of cure detection.
Like aDDa-MM (aDvanced Data acquisition-Measure), aDDa-M uses 24bits A/D device and embed a C-programmed microcontroler.
Allow direct measurement of heat flux and temperature (J,K or T kind with integrated cold junction compensation).
Share the same RS 485 bus.
Version +O has one opto-coupled digital output for alarm or regulation purposes.


Windows is a popular operating software from the house of Microsoft. It is popular for its user-friendliness and various features. However, being a popular OS, it is not free from technical errors. Users are struggling to resolve it's frequent errors. Windows Error Code 0x803f7001 is one of those errors which can trouble you in the middle of your important work. If you don't know the troubleshooting process, don't fret. Follow this article carefully to get rid this glitch with your Windows. In order to resolve the matter at first, you have to know more about the error code in detail. it will help you to troubleshoot the error easily.
What Is Windows Error Code 0x803f7001?
Windows error code 0x803f7001 is an activation error which can arise at the time of installation of Windows or after changing the motherboard or immediate later of BIOS/UEFI update.
However, once you gather some important information about this error then at first focus on the solution to troubleshoot the error.
In this article, experts have provided remarkable guidance to troubleshoot Windows error 0x803f7001. Try to follow the methods carefully.
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If you have encountered this error after the first time activation, then you'll need to provide a valid 25-character Windows 10 product key to activate. To buy a digital license online, select the Start button> Settings > Update & Security > Activation. After that purchase the license key.
If you have encountered this kind of error codes due to the wrong version of Windows then you should try to remove the old one and try to reinstall the new version of this OS. After this process, your work will be done. If not then try another method given below.
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Tag: Safety Net
Senate's Conrad Cashes Out
By AmericanRiverCanyon
North Dakota "Democratic" Senator Kent Conrad, 62, has announced he is not going to run for re election in 2012. He is the current majority Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. He is also on Agriculture Nutrition Forestry, Finance, and Indian Affairs committees.
Conrad said he would serve out his term.
"Although I will not seek re-election, my work is not done," Conrad said in his statement. "I will continue to do my level best for both North Dakota and the nation."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…
He says he's going to spend his remaining time and energy trying to reduce the national debt and dependence on foreign oil. And working on a Farm Bill. http://www.valleynewslive.com/…
Senator Kent Conrad's legacy will include recommending former OMB head Peter Orszag for his White House position early in the Obama administration (Orszag sharing Conrad's curious blind spot on what drives the deficit, see more of that here: https://www.docudharma.com/diar… ) , being a phony "deficit hawk," who couldn't see anything wrong with increased military budgets and decreasing domestic needs being met, and opposing the Public Option during the Health Care reform legislative battle. Voting for reducing the payroll tax that funds Social Security, and for continuing the Bush Tax Cuts for the wealthiest in Dec of 2010 during the Lame Duck Session. http://www.thestate.com/2010/1… Oh, and being part of that Democratic Senate Supermajority of 2009 That Didn't Do Any Energy Policy, Global Climate Change, or Tax Code Changes. Other than a lot of stimulus money got earmarked for "research."
Kent Conrad was also on the President Obama Deficit ("Catfood Commision") Committee of 2010, which called for cuts in Medicare and Social Security.
"You know, a certain amount of this is shock therapy," Conrad said. "There are different options and, of course, what everybody has fastened on is the most extreme of the options. But, look, the important thing for people to know is that we are borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend. That's utterly unsustainable. It can't continue much longer, so it's got to be dealt with."
"Fundamentally, if we're going to raise revenue, I don't think the way to do it is to raise rates. I think the way to do it is to eliminate some of the loopholes that exist in the system," the senator said.
November 14, 2010. Kent Conrad in an interview with Christiane Amanpour on "This Week" about the Deficit Commission
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The 'Elephant of Debt' in Alan Simpson's Entitlement Room
By jamess in Barack Obama, Congress, Economy
Bipartisan Elephants, Endless Debt and Entitlements, Cats without Food … Oh My!
What IS all this fuss about?
Sometimes a picture is worth a 1000 rants.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE – CBO
The Long-Term Budget Outlook
JUNE 2010 – (Revised August 2010)
Image: Federal Debt Held by the Public as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product
Under Two Budget Scenarios
CBO — The Long-Term Budget Outlook (pdf)
OK sometimes not … What does that Picture mean to me?
2035, Haah! that's like a quarter century from now … you got to be kidding me …
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Health Care Reform Starts with Those Who Are Willing to Change Existing Policies
By cabaretic in Health Care
I again write today about what has become a completely inadvertent, but nonetheless growing series of personal anecdotes which reveal both the depths of our broken medical system and the shocking limitations and abuses of a system of social services designed to care for the poor and disabled. In so doing, I have uncovered a tremendous number of objectionable practices that would never be considered acceptable among the more fortunate. Established policies designed to assist and give comfort instead punish the genuinely needy. For example, in the process of applying for a variety of safety net programs, I have been threatened with complete termination of coverage if I didn't follow every step exactly as requested and in a supremely timely, if not obsessively punctual fashion. In some states and municipalities this sort of conduct would be not just be bad form, it would also be against regulations. Not here.
In the District of Columbia, no one apparently sees the problem in treating low-income and disabled residents like criminals. To make my case once more, let me provide a bit of backdrop. The District is a very unusual place in lots of ways. Though technically it is merely the physical location for the seat of national government, it is governed as a kind of odd mix between a state and a city. Like most American cities, its population consists of an often uncomfortable combination of the affluent and educated, most of whom are relatively financially secure whites, and a core of heavily impoverished and undereducated residents who are usually black. If DC were a state, and much larger based on surface area alone, there would be more of a middle ground between the have-everythings and the have-nothings, but this is simply not the case here.
The District contains its own particular system of distributing food stamps, low-income medical insurance, prescription drug coverage, and providing disability benefits to those unable to work. In roughly six months of trying to work a system that is both ridiculously ineffective and unnecessarily complex, what I have come to realize is that it is also a system based on punitive retribution, which is neither fair to applicants nor particularly effective to everyone. With every step of the process, regardless of what it might be this time, the necessary paperwork I was provided screamed out in bold, block letters, often capitalized lest I overlook it, that I better fill this latest form out perfectly and as soon as possible, else I'd find myself without anything at all.
The existing system itself is so unwieldy that I have often been provided incorrect, or at best inexact information. I don't fault those who gave me wrong information because learning all the particulars takes months, if not years, and turnover in social service agencies is often quite constant based on the fact that the job promises low pay and high stress. I was, for instance, told that I would only need to re-apply for food stamps once every six months. However, within two months I received a letter in the mail, one printed so cheaply and faintly that often reading the words was a challenge, specifying that I needed to re-certify how much income I was currently making, else I be denied next month's allotment. The return envelope was just as difficult to read and after affixing a stamp to cover the cost of postage, I took the time to write out by hand the return address, else some postal carrier not be able to discern its destination.
The implication of this was quite clear. The instant I could be have my monthly allocation reduced, or even trimmed from the rolls altogether, the better. I do certainly recognize that we've all been hurting and will continue to suffer so long as this recession, or at least the lingering effects of it doggedly persist, but I hardly think the solution is in weeding out those who depend on these services, particularly since so many of them are the very definition of working poor with their own children and families to support. When I had the benefit of an increased income and decent benefits, no one ever made me certify that I still needed them. I was trusted, for the most part, to not abuse the system. Now, I am automatically suspect.
The low-income health care coverage I use via the District's own program is sufficient, but hardly convenient. After filing for disability, I assumed once granted it that I would also receive Medicaid. Medicaid, while it certainly contains its own limitations, still provides a greater sphere of coverage than the DC program. Medicaid would allow me to have my prescriptions filled at a conventional pharmacy like a CVS, Rite Aid, or Walgreens, whereas the only way to get my medications via the other coverage plan is to visit the sole pharmacy in the District that stocks the drugs I require on a daily basis to maintain my health. It is located in a tremendously inconvenient part of town to get to, based on where I live, and it takes thirty to forty-five minutes via public transportation to arrive. Often I end up expending the better part of a morning from start to finish once one factors in sitting in a waiting room, trying to be patient while the drugs are filled. As it turns out, no one told me that according to District-only procedure I needed to apply for Medicaid separately and go through another time-consuming process. Of course, this is a means of saving money and reducing cost on their part, but in my opinion, it is silly to assume that someone who is DISABLED and has to subsist on a minimal monthly allowance wouldn't need basic health insurance as well.
To chalk this up to something as relatively straightforward as racism, classism, abelism, or the like would only be confronting a small sliver of a larger problem. I fault those who set policy in the first place, whomever that might be. To return to my own struggles once more, I believed originally (and even wrote in an earlier entry) that one of my medications was available to be filled at the low-income on-site pharmacy, though there was often a substantial delay in getting it in stock. As it turns out, I was once again told wrongly. The drug is not stocked at all because with it comes the threat of a hypertensive crisis if very specific dietary restrictions are not adhered to exactingly. Obviously, no one wants the bad press or potential lawsuits that might transpire if a patient had one of these (or if, God forbid, he or she died as a result), and this goes for doctor and District government alike. But to be deathly afraid of litigation, regardless of how baseless it might be doesn't so much reflect upon a problematic legal system as a complete lack of basic trust and compassion for our fellow beings. We could make sure that frivolous malpractice lawsuits were minimal, but unless we get to the reason why people file them in the first place, any legislation passed into law will not achieve its purpose.
Returning again to my medical situation, the particular medication I take is absolutely essential to assure my continued basic functionality and it works so well that the difference between not being on it and being on it is like night and day. That I am able to manage the restrictions competently speaks partially to my willful desire to stay healthy, but also that I am educated enough to recognize what foods I need to avoid and to do my research accordingly. The assumption in not stocking the med, regardless of whether or not it could really help someone in need, is that a person with barely a high school diploma, having grown up in utter squalor and with all the problems that result from it might not have the same capacity and level of personal responsibility as me. Yet again, here we have a punitive, blanket response when basic compassion and an examination of people on a case-by-case basis would be much more effective. Once more, we opt for the quick fix instead of really examining the full picture.
As for whether Congress will pass health care legislation, I'll leave that never-ending speculation to someone else for today, at least. What I do know is that whatever reform measures we pass will need to take into account whether we treat fellow human beings as numbers, money drains, or as only waiting for the next opportunity to take a mile once we grant them an inch. We certainly don't seem to wish to grant anyone who we perceive as other than us the most basic of trust, nor do we take into account that all humans make mistakes, are fallible, and aren't perfect. We read about drive-by-shootings, petty crime, and drug deals and think that anyone born into such circumstances must be guilty by association. Fifty-two years after the film Twelve Angry Men was released, we're still stuck in that same way of thinking.
Juror #8: Look, this kid's been kicked around all of his life. You know, born in a slum. Mother dead since he was nine. He lived for a year and a half in an orphanage when his father was serving a jail term for forgery. That's not a very happy beginning. He's a wild, angry kid, and that's all he's ever been. And you know why, because he's been hit on the head by somebody once a day, every day. He's had a pretty miserable eighteen years. I just think we owe him a few words, that's all.
Juror #10: I don't mind telling you this, mister. We don't owe him a thing. He got a fair trial, didn't he? What do you think that trial cost? He's lucky he got it. You know what I mean? Now look, we're all grown-ups in here. We heard the facts, didn't we? You're not gonna tell me that we're supposed to believe this kid, knowing what he is. Listen, I've lived among them all my life. You can't believe a word they say. You know that. I mean, they're born liars.
Juror #9: Only an ignorant man can believe that… Do you think you were born with a monopoly on the truth?
cabaretic, DC, Disability, Food Stamps, health care reform, health insurance, Medicaid, Poverty, Safety Net, social service agency, Washington
Doctor tells Congress all, about Health Care Denials
By jamess in Barack Obama, Congress, Health Care
Doctor Linda Peeno, a renown expert in the field of "Managed Care", explains to Congress the dirty little secrets behind the Business of Health Care Denial:
THE REAL DEATH PANELS: Insurance Companies That Deny Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
Linda Peeno, M.D.
In the spring of 1987, as a Physician, I denied a man a necessary operation, that would have saved his life. And thus caused his death. And I'm haunted by the thousands of pieces of paper, on which I have written that deadly word: Denied.
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We did NOT Vote for Triggers — We DID Vote for …
By jamess in Barack Obama, Health Care
Barack Obama , Feb 19, 2008
Well, The System's Broken […] Certainly I don't accept, in the richest county on Earth, that we should have 47 Million people without Health Insurance, and Millions of more people being bankrupted because of a Medical Bill.
As President of the United States, what I've proposed to do, is to make sure that we got a plan that covers ALL Americans.
The key to making this happen, is to overcome the resistance we're going to see from Drug Companies, Insurance Companies, HMO's. Over the last 10 years alone, Drug and Insurance Companies spent over $1 Billion, in preventing Health Care Reform from happening. That's going to require then, a mobilization of energy among the American People, to insist on a Congress and a White House, that are actually going to deliver this time.
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WWJD about Health Care? aka. Where are the Good Samaritans?
By jamess in Health Care, Religion
What would Jesus Do about Health Care?
Well it sounds, like he understood how Sick People need Doctors:
Mark 2:17 GWT
When Jesus heard that, he said to them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor; those who are sick do. I've come to call sinners, not people who think they have God's approval."
GOP Health Care Obstructionists, are you Listening???
The Pharisees, thought they were doing God's work too.
Imagine their surprise when this upstart Carpenter, from the old neighborhood, dared to stand up to their blatant self-righteousness … and dish back to them some cold, hard truth …
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They're only numbers … the Unemployed, the Uninsured, the Unnecessary Deaths
By jamess in Barack Obama, Economy, Health Care
Medical bills prompt more than 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies
By Theresa Tamkins — CNN, June 5, 2009
This year, an estimated 1.5 million Americans will declare bankruptcy. Many people may chalk up that misfortune to overspending or a lavish lifestyle, but a new study suggests that more than 60 percent of people who go bankrupt are actually capsized by medical bills.
Bankruptcies due to medical bills increased by nearly 50 percent in a six-year period, from 46 percent in 2001 to 62 percent in 2007, and most of those who filed for bankruptcy were middle-class, well-educated homeowners, according to a report that will be published in the August issue of The American Journal of Medicine.
1.5 million Americans x 60% = 900,000 Americans
that's about 2500 more people per day
… going bankrupt from medical bills, which were NOT covered by our broken Health Insurance system
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Q: 80s sci-fi short story: soldier finds tiny cylindrical alien craft; aliens use a force field to shield him from artillery Just wondered if anybody would be able to identify an old sci-fi short story roughly from the 80s, in which there was a soldier on a battlefield who dived into a bomb crater for protection, where he found 5 or 6 silver cylinders which turned out to be tiny alien craft.
He eventually realises they are aliens and tries to save them using notes held up to the ships. In the end it turns out he is about to be blown to bits and the alien ships use a force field to protect him from the advancing artillery.
That's roughly the way I remember it from back then. It was part of a collection of short stories I had in hard cover format, of which I can't remember the title anymore.

A: This is "Crossfire" (1953) by James White, first published in New Worlds Science Fiction, June 1953, anthologized in Science Fiction Stories (1979).

The objects were found by a patrol, and they are near a crater (which is where the investigators shelter), but otherwise this is very close.

Cotrell bad no difficulty in finding the upturned enemy truck with the silver torpedoes scattered on the ground beside it, and the deep bomb-crater nearby that from which the previous investigators had worked. It was an old crater, with grass growing in patches on its walls and floors. As craters go, it was fairly comfortable.
[...]
The enemy truck had been shot up from the air. It was lying on its side, burned out, a total wreck. The seven silvery objects lay close together about ten yards from the truck.

After determining that they are mostly hollow, with very thin shells and various metallic bits inside, he inspects one and can see the beings inside.

"... Tiny, complex mechanisms linked by hair-thin wires, but so small. Our micro techniques can't touch this at all. It seems to be divided into thin-walled compartments of different sizes ... Oh, why can't I have a decent lens, everything blurs and jiggles around ... The inside is filled with a yellowish gas, and in the nose ... Wait! Something moved. It's a snail, no, two snails. But they're going too fast for snails. Maybe..."
[...]
"That's right," he affirmed. His voice was exultant, almost exalted. "Spaceships." Seven of them. That's all they could be. It explains everything. The sudden transparency of the nose. The tiny machines, controls, wiring, little creatures working at things. They're spaceships, I tell you. An extraterrestrial life-form, and intelligent."

The enemy is counter-attacking over this ground, and the ships are in danger from artillery, so they show the aliens pictures to convince them to fly to safety.

"That's it! Don't you see. We draw them pictures — before and after pictures. First show ships lying peacefully, then shells falling, show ships in little pieces. Also show them taking off safely. Make the sketches simple, with clear, black lines. Stick those in front of their eyes, that should scare them away all right."

They are successful in communicating, and six of the ships fly away.  They are trying to signal the last one, when it puts up the force field.

With desperate haste Cotrell propped his sketch up before it and dived for cover. The area was taking an awful pasting from the guns now. It was one continuous eruption. [...] They knew without a shadow of a doubt that they could have only minutes left to live, then suddenly — just like that — it stopped.
It wasn't just quiet — it was utterly, deathly silent.
[...]
They found the force-field to be hemispherical in shape, perfectly transparent, and impenetrable to everything, including sound. It was approximately fifteen yards in diameter, and felt like warm glass. At its geometrical centre was the alien ship.

The alien ship hangs around long enough to save them from destruction, then flies off to join the rest.


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If you are currently a member with the pastor's congregation, then the hours the pastor puts to on your wedding are above the regular time the pastor will ordinarily work. It may seem as if pastors don't need to get paid for this type of ceremony, but just like us, they need to pay for a ton of things and raise a family of their own as well. This is the pastors way of living and their only source of income so don't be frugal when compensating the pastor. The pastor fees you pay basically just accommodates the time they spend at your wedding and their traveling expenses to get to the venue. Most pastors don't exactly obligate you to pay them, but for consideration, don't wait for them to ask you to pay them.
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I think the moon and stars have finally aligned!
You see, I NEVER win anything!
But hopefully my luck has changed.
MAIJA LEPORE had a giveaway and I WON!!
I think she said... WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER!
I needed to pinch myself!!
The right pen is really important to get a really crisp look.
Yep, I believe she found it... Did I tell you, I won it???
Maybe you would want to take the e-course too!
I'm over the moon with excitement!!
You should really go over to her blog and check her out.
Isn't he just precious?? So I have to pass this award onto 15 other deserving bloggers.
Trust me, it was so hard to pick just 15!!
You should ALL be getting an award if it was up to me!!
and has a lot of things to share with you!
Maybe you're on a lucky streak too!!
Thank you for the lovely award Gail!! I am thrilled!!!
Awwww what a wonderful surprise and so sweet of you. Thank you so much!!!
I am so delighted that you would think of me!
I am excited for your wins and the great honor given to you from also my dear friend Kim at White Whispers to you... I was given one by Kim as well when I first started blogging and it was a great feeling.
Now to be honored by you, well I am even more grateful that out of the blue someone with a great blog site would look at mine as something to be inspired by.
Thank you for adding me to your blog award of great inspiring bloggers.
First,congratulation for the lovely gift you won and for the award which is highly deserved!How great is that?then, Thank you so much for your visit to my blog, for following me and for your so kind words! You made my day!and last but no least, thanks a million for the award, I'm so honored and so glad to have met you! Your blog is adorable ! I'm your newest follower..
Hello Gail.....congratulations with your won give away ...and with your award !!!
You deserve it your blog is so beautiful!
Have a happy evening hugs from Ria..
Wow...that is a good run of luck! Congrats to it all! Thanks for including me...made my day!
I was totally going to host the exact same giveaway. I am taking Hope's class, and I adore it. Adore her too. She is so creative and a totally wonderful teacher. You will love the class, so get started quickly! And, your daughter is going to love your new doodling book, I am always have to fight my girls to get mine back. I should have ordered two copies.
Enjoy your journal, the class and the book. And Maija is so right, you must have the right pen! Sometimes if I don't like what I am doing, I just switch pens and then all is good!
YEAH! I am so glad you won such an awesome prize! Kate will have green eyes with envy. She is actually in that online class & I know she LOVES those goodies. But I am sure she will be glad YOU won! Take care! I know you will create even beautiful doodles!


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On behalf of Leah Martin Law posted in Business Law on Friday, June 3, 2016.
Before deciding on a legal structure for your business, you need to consider how you will perform management functions and keep financial records. Also, become familiar with the primary advantage of the four types of legal structures. Once you determine how you want things done, an attorney may will be able to advise you on local laws and procedures, and file your business formation documents.