Funeral services for Charles "Charlie" Nelson, age 78 of Sulphur Springs, were Wednesday, March 28, at Piney Grove Baptist Church with Darrell Brown and Rev. Al Davis officiation.
Burial followed at Piney Grove Cemetery with Kyle Presley, Cameron Geautreaux, David Nelson, Donald Bullard, Cody Burks and Dillon Burks serving as pallbearers and the Texas Roadrunners serving as honorary pallbearers.
Mr. Nelson was born Nov. 26, 1939 in Upshur County to James and Nellie Nelson. He married Kathryn Lee Howard, who preceded him in death, then married Vonda Chester on Feb. 19, 2000, in Sulphur Springs. He was a commercial painter, worked for 17 years at Western Union and owned and operated Mercury Painting for 28 years. He was a member of Family Motorcoach Association, Texas Roadrunners and Piney Grove Baptist Church..He died Sunday, March 25.
He was also preceded in death by his parents; son, Randy Wayne Nelson; son-in-law, Russell Presley; sisters, Juanita (Nelson) Bullard and Bertha Mae Ramey; brothers, Cleo Nelson, J.D Nelson and Lee Nelson.
Mr. Nelson is survived by his wife, Vonda Nelson; daughter, Karen Presley of Corpus Christi; sons, Roger Burks and wife, LeAnn of Mount Vernon, Gary Burks and wife, Sharri of Gladewater; 11 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren; brother, Mark Nelson and wife Peggy; sisters, Jaunice Wilehem, Vida Taylor and husband, Robert.


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Midtown Architecture Institute Flowering as a Student Mecca
By PAUL GOLDBERGER OCT. 30, 1975
October 30, 1975, Page 41Buy Reprints The New York Times Archives
In one room, a group of high‐school students was discussing how symbols of home, like chairs and books, relate to the making of architecture. In another room, college students were grappling with the problem of evolving a house design from three abstract planes. And down the hall, page proofs were being read for a new issue of a scholarly journal on architecture.
These things were happening at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, an eight‐year‐old organization that until recently was thought of by most architects—if they thought of it at all—as the private preserve of a few‐of their rather academic, theoretically minded colleagues.
It was founded originally as a research organization affiliated with the Museum of Modern Art, and in spite of a number of planning contracts it received from government agencies, it gained the reputation as an organization far removed from the day‐to‐day concerns of architectural practice.
Operates in a Loft
But in the last year or so the institute, which operates out of a casual loft space atop an office building at 8 West 40th Street, has suddenly moved into the mainstream of the city's architectural life. It has become largely a teaching organization that, rather than attempt to duplicate the programs existing architectural schools, has decided instead to fill in the gaps in architectural education.
Thus the institute now runs an undergraduate program in architecture for 24 students from schools without architecture departments, like Oberlin, Sarah Lawrence and Wesleyan, who spend their junior year "abroad" on West 40th Street; an evening program of adult education courses in architecture that has attracted some of the nation's leading scholars and architects as lecturers; student and interne work‐study programs in planning and reuse of old buildings and an experimental program in architectural education for 31 high‐school students from Collegiate, Brearley, Chapin, Spence and other private day schools in the city.
Small Circulation
The institute also puts out a magazine, Oppositions, which, for the moment at least, is the nation's only actively publishing academic journal of achitccture. Its circulation is small‐2,500—and it better read in Europe than America, but it is growing steadily.
Most importantly, the institute has become the closest thing New York has to an ongoing architectural forum. It is where most overseas visitors, both scholars and practicing architects, seem to congregate when they arrive in New York, and it the only center of architectural education anywhere where the student body ranges from the ninth grade through postdoctoral scholars.
The institute is an odd combination of the theoretical and the pragmatic, and this reflects the differing approaches of its two administrators. Peter Eisenman, the architect who has been director since the institute's founding—and whose devotion to architecture as a pure art and love for ideological debate are legendary in the profession—tends toward the abstract.
A Shaky Budget
Peter Wolf, a city planner and the institute's chairman, thinks more in concrete terms, and runs the programs in city planning and urban development—when he is not trying to balance the institute's $350,000 budget, which, like those of so many cultural organizations now. is shaky because of large deficits in its early years. Thanks to help from the New York State Council on the Arts and several foundations, the institute is expected to break even this
The abstract side of the institute's identity seems to come out most in its teaching of architecture. Much of the undergraduate program revolves around Mr. Eisenman, who believes that the mission of the institute is "to promote architecture as a humanistic discipline and not just as a profession —to make it as necessary as art and music."
"I think yo uhave to learn the nature of the bird before you learn to fly," he said the other day to students and faculty members gathered for the semester's first design tutorial, in which student work was criticized publicly. "Keep reality out of it. It's more important to design something that has an essential idea to it than it is to put in a bathroom."
Different Problems
The students' design problems tend, obviously, to be a long way from the onefamily house of garden apartments that students in many architectural schools begin with. At the institute, the first problem is also a house —but it may be to analyze the relationship between living functions and an abstract volume of space, or to design a house within a given set of planes or volumes, or to contrast designs evolved "from the inside out" with designs evolved "from the outside in."
The abstract exercises put some students oft at first. "The moment: I got here I felt guilty about designing by intuition," said Pat Sapinsley, who as an institute interne is a student spending the year on her own, without a formal college affiliation. "Everything here is based around understanding the thought process of design, and I was floundering without theory."
But while the emphasis in architectural design is on the theoretical, there is no single philosophy pervading the institute. It is difficult not to feel that the organization's teaching policy is still evolving. "It is an introspective place — there is constant wondering along with the faculty about what the direction should be," said David Woods, another student.
At the design tutorial the other day, opinions were sharp, and some work was the cause of anguished debate among the faculty members, who made no attempt to hide their own disagreements from the students. Diana Agrest, a faculty member, challenged Mr. Eisenman on his criticism of one student's work as "decorative" by defending decoration, and a number of faculty members clashed over the work of one student whose sophisticated design was thought to indicate a style too well formed for a young, beginning designer.
"He should have all his architectural magazines taken away so he can develop on his own," said Mr. Eisenman.
Feeling of Ivory Tower
But if the architectural‐design program has a certain ivory‐tower quality, a number of the other programs are more eager to combine theory with more pragmatic aspects. William Ellis and Stuart Wrede of the institute faculty are running a program this year in historic preservation, which is using adaptive reuse of buildings as a means of exploring "the problems of architecture in a no‐growth society, which reverses all of the basic assumptions of the modern movement," according to Mr. Ellis. And Mr. Wolf's planning program deals with the basics of urban politics and economics as well as with theory.
But probably the farthest from the ivory tower is the institute's evening program, a New School‐like potpourri of courses designed to bring the gospel of architecture to the average man on the street.
This term, the program's third, enrollment has reached a high of 400, and offerings include a series of lectures by Colin Rowe evaluating modern architecture's ultimate success; a series of encounters, like William F. Buckley Jr.'s "Firing Line" program, between Peter Eisenman and noted architects; a lecture series on the American house from Frank Lloyd Wright to Robert Venturi, and a series on "Alternative Architecture," which includes such lectures as "Prototypical Plastic Buildings: Cartoons and the Future." and "Freud Unlimited: Buildings and Bodies.''
Another series on the architecture of the Beaux Arts, which begins Nov. 13. is designed to tie in with the Museum of Modern Art's current Beaux‐Arts exhibition.
Some Criticism
All of this success at the institute has come at a price, however, at least according to some critics. The institute was originally conceived to combine research, design and teaching functions as a means of creating a new kind of educational environment for the teaching of architecture, typing studio exercises with practical experience in urban research.
but while a number of the institute programs are work‐ study combinations, the organization has become chiefly a teaching center, and the idea of a place in which students would do their own learning in the midst of research institution seems never to have worked out.
"As a focus of intelligent exchange of ideas in architecture it's been superb—the Museum of Modern Art, which originally saw itself in that role, hasn't been doing it," said one museum executive who has been watching the institute for a while. "But there isn't nough real direction to the place — it seems to have put aside its original purpose in favor of a lot of talking."
Armand Banos, the architect who serves as chairman of the institute's board of trustees, says that the drift away from the original research emphasis, which yielded such work as the Urban Development Corporation's low‐rise, high‐density housing prototype and a study on urban streets for the Housing and Urban Development Administration, is a result of the fact that the work simply isn't there.
"We're aware of the fact that we should be doing more, but the projects, the research grants that were so plentiful a few years ago have dried up," he said.
"It's true that we've become more of a service organization, and that's not what was originally intended," says Mr. Eisenman. "But think that's what's most needed today, in a time of such economic difficulty for architects. In the Depression, Frank Lloyd Wright's academy at Taliesin boomed. People still want education."
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Last week, President Drew G. Faust circulated a statement in which she referred to a new strategic direction and set of overarching goals for the Harvard Library, including an outline for an organizational design to support a more unified University-wide library system. As the Harvard community confronts this transition, the New Harvard Library Working Group of Occupy Harvard has acted autonomously to open a persistent community space for critical thought, engaged learning, and insistent action in the Lamont Library Café. In doing so, we strive to fulfill the promise of this library space as an open and participatory forum for learning.
Over more than three centuries, Harvard has developed the nation's, and indeed the world's, preeminent university library. It is a global treasure and one of Harvard's greatest assets. The work of transforming a collection of books into a thriving space for cultivating knowledge rests on the shoulders of the communities that work behind the scenes, at the carrels, and in the classrooms, often without due recognition. To move into the technological future, this exemplary institution deserves a radical re-imagining of the future of education, libraries, and thought—not just digitally enhanced card catalogues.
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Secularism, Modernity, Religion
Charles Taylor, McGill University
Harvard Univ. Press 2007
Book Review By Economist, 9/6/2007
Human Society: A land where God is absent
IN MEDIEVAL Christendom it was almost impossible not to believe in a transcendent power that determined human destiny. In the modern West there are contexts where the absence of any such power is so deeply assumed that religious belief becomes almost impossible to articulate. When people from theistic cultures meet those who think in a "modern" way, it can be difficult for the two sides to communicate at all. Something even more impenetrable than a language barrier is at work.
The possibility of understanding reality without reference to God is often seen as one of the defining features of the modern era. It follows that an abiding theme of Western history is a weakening of religion's power, even in countries where people remain relatively pious. That, of course, is a huge over-simplification and Charles Taylor, a Canadian philosopher, has devoted more than 800 pages to picking it apart—without completely denying it. The Western world's gradual movement towards something he calls "secularity" is what gives shape and meaning to his book.
Objections to the view that secularism has been Western history's driving force come easily enough. By some measures, the power of religion (including its power to inspire fanaticism and hatred) is rising again in the early years of the 21st century. Moreover, there have been periods (including most of America's modern history) when the formal practice of religion has been on the increase.
Understandably, then, one of Mr Taylor's keenest concerns is to show that man has not progressed down a simple, linear path from one mode of consciousness to another. Modernity, he argues, implies a huge range of possible ways of thinking, including many variations of theism and atheism.
It is also significant that theocracy is not monolithic either. Societies can be brutally theocratic in either or both of two senses. Sometimes worldly rulers draw on religious symbolism to enforce their authority, impress their subjects or legitimise war. Alternatively, "pure" clerical power can use its prerogatives (over sacraments like baptism or marriage or absolution) to exercise authority over everybody else, including worldly rulers. Neither kind of theocratic power can guarantee that its subjects are deeply religious in their personal consciousness; indeed the opposite is very often the case.
Working through Mr Taylor's careful but idiosyncratic prose (a mixture of colloquialisms, technical jargon and terms that he has invented or redefined), one finds big nuggets of insight, useful to almost anybody with an interest in the progress of human society. His book is not exactly a history of secularism; he is a philosopher, not a historian. The account does have a chronological element, but it is more a vast ideological anatomy of possible ways of thinking about the gradual onset of secularism as experienced in fields ranging from art to poetry to psychoanalysis.
Intricate as it is, there are certain threads that run through Mr Taylor's argument. The Enlightenment and the scientific revolution made it possible to think about the material world without reference to any transcendent power. He calls this way of thinking the "immanent frame". But this frame is not hermetically sealed. People's yearning for, or intuition of, some ultimate meaning continues to break through in many different ways. One sign of divinity "breaking in" is the transcendental experience which can still be undergone by rational, modern people; he cites several descriptions of such moments, including one by Vaclav Havel, the Czech dissident-turned-president.
Mr Taylor accepts that the "liberation" from clerical power (over thought and society) that occurred during the Enlightenment amounted to something real and legitimate. But he picks apart some crude versions of post-Enlightenment secularism. In some secularist accounts, he notes, religion is presented as an odd, temporary delusion into which mankind was unfortunate enough to fall for a brief moment. Once science had proved the falsehood of religious statements about the origins of the world, man could "revert" to a more "natural" way of thinking. Mr Taylor argues that a secular, scientific way of thinking is also a sort of existential choice, a particular moment in human development rather than a "natural" state of affairs.
Mr Taylor also lays bare the inconsistencies of some secular critiques of religion. Many modern thinkers have criticised Christianity as a faith of repressive, life-denying killjoys; they say that by holding up asceticism as the ultimate ideal, Christianity denies the value of existence as it is enjoyed by most ordinary people, including erotic love and family life. At the same time, a more Nietzschean critique is advanced, finding that Christianity rejects humanity's most extreme passions, including those that drive people to accomplish heroic deeds. Mr Taylor argues that the task of holding together the ideal, the passionate and everyday life is as much a difficulty for post-Enlightenment secularists as it is for Christians.
Mr Taylor's field of study is the Christian West, broadly speaking Europe and North America—and that is more than enough to fill his pages. But he would not have to look very far outside that world to find new answers to the religious problems that he so meticulously describes. How, for instance, can the pious affirm the sanctity of the human body while urging people to discipline their bodily desires? Eastern Christianity, which takes a less pessimistic view of human nature than Augustine or Aquinas did, has answers to such dilemmas; so has Buddhism. But to go down those routes would, at Mr Taylor's careful pace, require thousands more pages of intricately woven argument.
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As I mentioned in that previous post, submissions will be judged in part by a panel of celebrity judges. Today I'd like to profile each of them, and then let you in on a unique opportunity. Read on to find out more!
If you're a regular CollegeHumor visitor, you'll instantly recognize this pair; Jake and Amir are two of the most prominent faces over there, and they've been making hilarious sketch comedy videos since 2007. Their promo video was interesting to me because, at one point, Jake mentions that he used to use Photoshop to create blog post graphics when he couldn't find any on the internet. Well, I do that too! (see above) Obviously that means I should be on CollegeHumor as well. They'll call, just you wait.
Deadmau5 is pretty well-known by now, I'd think; even if you haven't heard his music (which we featured on this list), you've probably had your Minecraft server griefed by him (seriously, Minecraft griefing is one of his pastimes). It's cool to know that he developed his entire image on his own using stuff like Photoshop and Flash. Even though the mouse head is pretty simplistic, it's become somewhat of an icon.
Don't know who Rivers Cuomo is? That's ok, neither did I. Google him, though, and you'll get a much more familiar name – Weezer. Yup, Cuomo is indeed the lead singer and guitarist of Weezer. Interestingly, he notes Elements as his favorite Adobe product because he uses it to capture all his photos and notes. Personally, I'd use Evernote for that, but to each his own I suppose!
Perhaps the least recognizable name on the list, Scott Dadich still a well-known name in the print design world. Currently the creative director for design firm Condé Nast, Dadich has been referred to as "some sort of combination between Jesus and Pele" by others in the design area. It's safe to say he's qualified to judge a contest like this.
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The Cigar Box Story
I actually didn't write this story, but I wanted to share it anyway. My aunt Margie wrote it, and it's from the perspective of my cousin Danielle, the other person who shares my grandpa's name. The Cigar Box Story is sort of a family legend: I wrote a poem about it here.
Cigar Box Story
Sometimes, on dark nights when I can't sleep, I crawl out of bed and sneak into Mom and Dad's room. They usually aren't sleeping, and it doesn't take too much to convince Mama to tell me one more story. Mama crawls out of bed, draping her faded patchwork quilt over my shoulders. Hand in hand we walk back to my room, carefully side-stepping the oak floor boards that we know will creak and wake my brother.
"Tell me the Cigar Box Story, Mama," I plead.
Mama opens up my cedar chest where she keeps all of my special memories. The smell of the wood fills my nose. It is a comforting aroma, an aroma that carries with it a story from Mama's heart. A story that I ask for over and over again; a story that is a part of me. Mama picks up an old, ragged cigar box, its corners dented and its paper peeling, yellowed with age.
I know what Mama will say when she opens the box; she says the same thing each time, yet I swell with the same anticipation I felt the first time I heard the story.
We settle into Grandma's rocker, pulling the faded quilt tightly around us. The rhythmic roll of the chair and the soothing sound of Mama's voice comfort me.
"In this box," Mama begins, "was born the story of a loving, courageous man. It began in the fall of 1935. As the pumpkins turned a harvest orange and the golden leaves fell, a baby was born. He was so frail and tiny, weighing just over a pound. His head was no bigger than a golf ball, and his body was the size of a sardine can. No one thought this tiny baby would survive, but he did. The baby's parents wrapped him in warm blankets and placed him in this box. They had to keep him warm, so they kept the cigar box near the stove. Still, the family feared that they would lose their tiny baby."
"But they didn't, did they," I ask, already knowing the answer.
"No, they didn't," Mama answers. "There was something very special about that baby. He survived and grew to be a strong, healthy boy."
I watch Mama reach into the shallow box and select a faded picture of a bright-eyed boy wearing a Cub Scout uniform. He was holding a medal in his hand and wore a smile as wide as Texas. "The baby grew quite normally through the years," Mama said. "You'd never know by looking at him that he almost didn't make it."
"The baby became a Cub Scout," I say as I hold the photograph.
"The baby became a lot of things: a student, a husband, a father, and a teacher," Mama answers.
Carefully replacing the precious photo, Mama lifts a brittle envelope out of the cigar box. "He was a wonderful teacher, one of the few that students remembered long after they graduated high school." Mama reaches in the envelope and pulls out a letter written in a deliberate, thoughtful script. After a moment's silence, she reads: "Mr. K. had a way of showing respect for all of us. No matter who we were, or what we'd done, Mr. K. taught us in a way that showed us how much he cared. There were days when things got pretty rough for me at home. I'd come to school angry, not caring about anyone, especially myself. But through it all, I knew that I was important to Mr. K. He was the one person who truly cared about me. That made school a better place for me."
Mama folds the letter and places it back in its envelope. She looks at some of the treasures left in the box: pictures, newspaper clippings, and awards. I know what she is looking for; I'm holding it in my hand.
"Tell me about the forget-me-nots," I whisper as I hand her the pressed flower.
"He loved forget-me-nots. His favorite family place was a river bank just west of an island we called Osceola. Hanging on the summer breeze, just before the island materialized, a drifting, heavenly scent would pass over our old pontoon cruiser. As we rounded the bend, the river bank took shape, scattered with fragrant forget-me-nots, covering the earth like a soft blue blanket. He always said the river bank was the closest thing to Heaven on Earth."
"And he loved that river, too," I add.
"Oh, yes, he loved that river. It was as much a part of him as you are a part of me. No matter where he went, he never strayed far from the river. He lived at the beach during the summer. He'd dig for clams or roll down the sandy slopes, but mostly he swam. He swam from the bright summer dawn until the sun set behind the rolling hills. His need to swim was as instinctive as a baby's need to cry."
Mama unfolds a newspaper clipping. The paper crinkles in her hands. I smile at the picture of a goggled man treading water and smiling up at his local fan club.
"The famous eight mile swim," I say. "Can I tell this part?"
"It would make me proud."
I take a deep breath, and begin the story that I've heard so many times. "On a muggy morning in late July, a man, dressed in nothing more than swimming trunks and goggles stood on the old lift bridge over the St. Croix River. The sky was still a hazy pink, and a faint mist floated like a puffy cloud over the river. A crowd had gathered around the bridge. Friends and family held banners and shouted words of encouragement to the man, who waved at them before easing himself into the river." I look up at Mama and ask, "Why did he want to swim eight miles in the river?"
Mama looks back at the picture. "Maybe to make local history, or to be remembered for something phenomenal, but mostly for a sense of accomplishment." I look at the picture again, amazed that someone would swim eight miles in a river for nothing more than a sense of accomplishment.
"He had a little trouble getting started," I go on. "His goggles got fogged up and he started swimming in the wrong direction. But once he got back on course, he never stopped. Is it true that he had a battle with a carp?"
Mama laughed. "Not exactly a battle, but definitely a run-in. He got to a spot in the river that was thick with warmth from the local power plant. It seemed to be a popular place for carp, and I don't think they appreciated this strange, goggled man swimming through their territory. Nevertheless, he swam on, his strong arms propelling him to personal victory."
I reach in the cigar box and pull out another photograph. Off in the distance I can see the shore and the tiny silhouettes of people, but mostly I see water and a man with muscular arms and a look of determination gliding through the water like he truly belonged there. "It was a good day for a swim," I say, as if an eight mile swim is something people attempt on a regular basis. "The river was as smooth as a plate glass window. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, and the meadow larks and chickadees seemed to be singing a song of sweet success. The man made tiny ripples in the calm water as he swam, stroke after grueling stroke in the river that he loved. Six hours and 28,000 arm pulls later, he reached his destination: The Hudson Bridge. You were there, right Mama?"
"Yes, love, I was there. And so was your grandma, your aunt and uncles, and many other people. We were all cheering for him. We were so proud. A piece of history had been made."
Mama picks up a folded piece of white paper with golden hands clasped together in prayer. Under the hands are the words "H. Daniel Kilkelly: 1935-1980". A silent tear rolls down her face.
"You miss him, don't you?" I ask, brushing away Mama's tear.
"Yes," Mama whispers. "I miss him. He wasn't all that old when he died. His heart never fully recovered from his premature birth, and he suffered a heart attack during a morning swim. He died before he saw any of his children graduate from high school, and later, college. He died before he met you or your brother or your cousins." Soft tears slowly roll down Mama's face as she continues on. "Your grandfather's life touched many people. He lived a full life in only forty years because he lived every day to the fullest. Love and laughter filled his life and the lives of people he touched."
Twin tears roll down my cheeks. I wish that I could have known my Grandpa Dan. "Do you think that he knows that I'm named after him?" I wonder aloud.
"I'm sure he does, Danielle. And I'm positive that he smiles down from Heaven on you every day."
Mama and I rock in Grandma's old rocker for a long time. My eyes begin to grow heavy with sleep. "Someday," I promise Mama in a drowsy voice, "I will tell my children the Cigar Box Story."
Mama smiles and whispers, "And maybe your children will tell their children, and the story will live on forever."
As I climb into bed, Mama opens my cedar chest and gently tucks away the cigar box. I drift off to sleep with the smell of cedar lingering in my nose and the story of the grandpa I never met lingering in my heart. As Mama tucks the patchwork quite around me and gently kisses my forehead, I realize that I do know my Grandpa Dan. I know him from the stories Mama tells me. I know that I have his name and his love of life. And most importantly, I have the Cigar Box Story, a story I'll tell again and again.
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PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATES, SAMIR MULLICK, MD, SC AND DR. SAMIR MULLICK AGREE TO PAY OVER $700,000 TO RESOLVE FALSE CLAIMS ACT ALLEGATIONS
Acting United States Attorney Richard. G. Frohling announced on October 27, 2021 that Samir Mullick, MD, SC, which does business as Pediatric Associates, and its owner Dr. Samir Mullick, agreed to pay $706,599 to resolve allegations that Pediatric Associates submitted false claims to Medicaid for unnecessary treatment and visits.
According to court records, Pediatric Associates operates three pediatric clinics in the Milwaukee area. The United States alleged that Pediatric Associates, under the direction of Dr. Mullick, submitted claims to Medicaid that relied on falsified diagnosis codes to justify unnecessary and otherwise non-reimbursable office visits. The United States further alleged that Pediatric Associates submitted claims for medically unnecessary testing and treatment, with disparate and more aggressive testing protocols for patients with Medicaid coverage as opposed to privately-insured patients.
"The U.S. Attorney's Office prioritizes efforts to stop healthcare fraud and is committed to working with our federal, state, and local partners to protect health care program beneficiaries and the American taxpayers," said Acting United States Frohling. "This settlement demonstrates our continuing efforts to combat violations of the False Claims Act."
"Medical providers must ensure that the services they provide and bill for are medically necessary," said Mario Pinto, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General – Chicago Region. "The OIG will continue to identify and investigate allegations of potential fraudulent billing to the Medicaid program in order to protect the health and safety of patients and vital taxpayer dollars."
The government's investigation resulted from a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. Accordingly, the whistleblower will receive a share of the settlement amount. As part of the settlement, the government and the whistleblower will ask the district court to dismiss the whistleblower's qui tam complaint.
Assistant United States Attorney Maura Flaherty represented the government in this matter. The investigation was assisted by HHS-OIG and the Wisconsin Department of Justice Medicaid Fraud Control & Elder Abuse Unit. The settlement agreement states allegations only; the defendants do not admit liability for the allegations.
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A directive is a legal act provided for in the EU Treaty. It is binding in its entirety and obliges Member States to transpose it into national law within a set deadline.
Article 153 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union gives the EU the authority to adopt directives in the field of safety and health at work. The Framework Directive, with its wide scope of application, and further directives focusing on specific aspects of safety and health at work are the fundamentals of European safety and health legislation.
Member States are free to adopt stricter rules for the protection of workers when transposing EU directives into national law. Therefore, legislative requirements in the field of safety and health at work can vary across EU Member States.
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Directive summaries are available only in English, but links at the end of each summary lead to the full text of the directive in all EU languages.
In addition to the Framework Directive, a series of individual directives focusing on specific aspects of safety and health at work were adopted. Nevertheless, the Framework Directive continues to apply to all areas covered by the individual directives. Where individual directives contain more stringent and specific provisions, these special provisions prevail. Individual directives tailor the principles of the Framework Directive to:
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The individual directives define how to assess these risks and, in some instances, set limit values for certain substances or agents.
The European Commission has announced its top three occupational safety and health actions in its Communication Safer and Healthier Work for All - Modernisation of the EU Occupational Safety and Health Legislation and Policy, which is based on the ex-post evaluation of the European Union occupational safety and health directives (REFIT evaluation).
In addition, some EU directives based on Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union relate to safety and health aspects. On that legal basis, a series of technical directives under the so-called 'New Approach' were adopted whereby the European standardisation organisations — European Committee for Standardization (CEN), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) — set and update European standards on a regular basis.
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The EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014–2020 sets out the political framework for European safety and health policy. The starting point for legislative initiatives at European level is a legislative proposal drafted by the European Commission. Under the 'ordinary legislative procedure', it is the European Council and the European Parliament that adopt EU directives. In some cases, they delegate the legislative power to adapt directives to technical progress to the European Commission.
The European Social Partners play a vital role in the European decision-making process in the field of safety and health at work, as they have to be consulted at various stages. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union also foresees the possibility of concluding autonomous agreements. So far, European social dialogue has resulted in the adoption of several autonomous agreements.
Historical background on safety and health legislation
The first European directives on safety and health at work were adopted on the basis of the general market harmonisation provisions. This was due to a lack of an explicit legislative competence in the Treaty in the field of safety and health at work until the mid-1980s. Before this, occupational safety and health was seen as an annex to market harmonisation and the economic policies of the European Economic Community. For example, Directive 77/576/ EEC on the harmonisation of national laws on safety signs in the workplace and Directive 78/610/ EEC on the harmonisation of occupational exposure limits to vinyl chloride monomers were adopted on this basis.
The Single European Act 1987 was a major step forward in that it introduced a new legal provision on social policy to the Treaty aiming for 'improvements, especially in the working environment, as regards the health and safety of workers'. By inserting this provision into the Treaty, the importance of safe working conditions was made evident. Moreover, the new Social Chapter authorised the European Commission to promote social dialogue between employers and labour representatives at European level.
With the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997, the legislative competence in the field of European social policies was further strengthened by the incorporation of the social agreement into the Treaty. The Treaty of Lisbon — apart from the renumbering of the Articles on social policy — kept the substance of the provisions of ex Articles 136 ff TEC (now Articles 151 ff of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union).
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The European Union sets legislation in the form of directives, based on the legal foundation established in Article 153 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. EU legislature has established a system of basic principles of safety and health management, which must be transposed into national law by the Member States. Thus the principles are applicable in all Member States of the European Union.
The most important legal act is the European Framework Directive (1989/391/EEC), which establishes general principles for managing safety and health, such as responsibility of the employer, rights/duties of workers, using risk assessments to continuously improve company processes, and workplace health and safety representation. All subsequent Directives within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of the Framework Directive follow these common principles.
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The European Union sets legislation in the form of Directives, based on the legal foundation established in Article 153 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. EU legislature has established a system of basic principles of safety management, which must be transposed into national law by the Member States. Thus the principles are applicable in all establishments in the European Union.
General basic requirements for safety and health at workplaces are laid down in Directive 1989/654/EEC concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace (in the following referred to as WPD). The aim of this Directive is to introduce minimum measures designed to improve the working environment, in order to guarantee a better standard of safety and health protection. Dir 1989/654/EEC is the first individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of the Framework Directive (1989/391/EEC), which establishes general principles for managing safety and health. Further provisions are established in specific Directives for workplaces in sectors of elevated risk.
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An administrator or organizer may manually invite contacts to review an existing project from the project catalog and encourage them to signup for the available needs. They can invite both registered contacts as well as add a comma-separated list of outside email addresses back to view the project.
Log into your VolunteerMatters system with the proper security access roles and then click on Projects.
On the Project you wish to copy, click the "Dashboard" button ( ).
This will open the "Project Dashboard" page. The Project Dashboard provides a high level view of project analytics and data for administrators and organizers. An organizer must be assigned to a project to be able to manage it. On the "Project Dashboard" click the "Manage" drop-down button and select "Invite".
Click on "Choose Volunteers" to open the contact chooser to select contacts already in the system. You can use the contact chooser to select any number of volunteers**.
Then click the "Choose" button to return to the Project Invitation page where they will be added to the "Volunteer Contacts" list.
Then in the "Additional Invitees Email Addresses" box you can enter email addresses for any potential volunteers not already in your VolunteerMatters system.
If you would like to add an additional custom message to the default text, you can enter it in the "Special Invitation Message" box and click "Update Preview" button ( ). This will update the "Project Invitation Email Preview" on the right with your custom message.
When you are satisfied with your Project invitation you can click the "Send" button ( ).
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Every Mother Counts, founded by Christy Turlington Burns, and CHI & Partners are launching an innovative campaign this Mother's Day to bring attention to the importance of maternal health care.
"The cornerstone of the campaign is a short social issue film that features moms encouraging other moms to join in solidarity by disappearing May 13th, Mother's Day, because 'our silence can speak the loudest for all mothers.' Click here to watch the video.
"Our goal is to leverage Mother's Day—the day when people are thinking about their mothers most—as a moment to bring the facts about maternal mortality to a wider audience. We believe that once people know the facts, they will want to do what they can to engage. Our hope is that the No Mothers Day campaign will spark energy into Every Mother Counts' overarching goal of driving 5 million individual actions on maternal health by 2015.
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Live! by Loews sits in the exciting, one-of-a-kind entertainment district in downtown St. Louis: Ballpark Village. Located across the street from Busch Stadium and next to our hotel, we're separated only by an outdoor "mock" baseball diamond for events. The first phase of Ballpark Village, which opened before the start of the 2014 baseball season, injected unmatched excitement into the city with its $100 million, 150,000-square-foot facility that includes bars, restaurants — several with a view onto the field! — and the Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum. Our 2020 debut helped to kickoff the second development phase, which includes an outdoor courtyard, fitness center, apartments and more exciting opportunities for entertainment.
Ballpark Village is an exciting destination for sports fans, families, visitors and business travelers alike, featuring lively outdoor events almost every night of the week, and a great line-up of bars and restaurants to explore.
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With tour options including the Washington DC City Segway Tour you'll find a unique way to travel through our nation's capital as you take a load off your feet and let the segway do all the work!
Seeing the nation's capitol with a Washington DC Segway tour provides a new way to explore the city; highlights of the tour include a number of popular landmarks that draw visitors from around the world each year.
Tours are a fantastic way to learn about an unfamiliar city, but you don't always get to see what you want on a walking tour. Take the Sites by Segway tour next time you visit our Nation's Capitol and enjoy seeing more of the spots you love.
Tired of wasting precious time on your vacation on those long walking tours? See much more of the city in far less time by taking a Segway tour. This two-hour Segway tour of the DC area will give you an ample look at the city while operating a Segway.
See all the sites that tourists flock to DC to witness for themselves when you take the See The City Segway tour of Washington D.C. Listen as your energetic guide tells you all the juicy details of the history of the area.
Next time you take a trip to the Washington D.C area, make sure you sign up for a Segway tour that will guide you to all the hottest tourist locations in the area, including several monuments and memorials in the D.C area.
If you are lucky enough to find yourself in the Washington D.C area during the Holiday season, you have to take the DC Christmas on Wheels Segway tour. The tour offers several locations lit beautifully with Christmas decorations and twinkling lights.
Washington D.C is a sight to see when the sun goes down! See the city come to life as National Treasures light up and illuminate the city with their historical glow. Zoom around with your small group and guide on an effortlessly gliding Segway.
Meet your guide in Foggy Bottom, and start with an orientation session to get familiar with your two-wheeled, electric, self-balancing Segway.


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Chances are, you work hard Monday through Friday and look forward to weekend reprieve. No hustle. No bustle. No pressure to "dress the part." Rest and relaxation, though, can still be done with style.
I call this my "Sucka Free Sunday" look. The outfit is sporty, yet fashionable.
The floral, silk bomber jacket and ripped jeans are on trend and the shell toe Adidas pay tribute to the classics. Since comfort and functionality are keys to remaining "sucka free," I opted for my large Gucci hobo bag that can hold any items I may acquire while out and about. I topped off the look with a pair of oversized Gucci sunnies.
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Q: Connecting a Driver File to its Corresponding File and Using Methods within that file that connect to the Driver File This project has had me stuck for 3 days now and I am needing personal help. To give some background, I am very much the epitome of a beginner so try to explain it to me in the simplest way possible. Below is the driver file and the UML Diagram of methods I am supposed to use within the other file that connects to the driver. It is a simple calculator project, and help is much appreciated =). The param and return methods I don't need to know so don't feel the need to explain those. Really I just need to know how to set up my file to work with this driver and use the methods in the UML diagram. I hope this provides all the information needed to give a good answer.
import java.util.Scanner;

public class DriverMyCalculator{

   static Scanner keyboard = null;

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      int num1, num2;
      int max, min;

      keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
      System.out.println("Plesae Enter an integer: ");
      num1 = readInt();

      System.out.println("Please enter another integer: ");
      num2 = readInt();

      min = MyCalculator.getMin(num1, num2);
      max = MyCalculator.getMax(num1, num2);

      System.out.println("min = " + min);
      System.out.println("max = " + max);

      MyCalculator.displayRange(min, max);
      MyCalculator.displayAllEven(min, max);
      MyCalculator.displayAllOdd(min, max);
      MyCalculator.display5Multiples(min, max);

      System.out.println("rangeSum = " + MyCalculator.rangeSum(min, max) );
      System.out.println("rangeAvg = " + MyCalculator.rangeAvg(min, max) );
      System.out.println("rangeProduct = " + MyCalculator.rangeProduct(min, max) );
      System.out.println("rangePower = " + MyCalculator.power(min, max) );

      System.out.println();
      System.out.println(min + " isPrime = " + MyCalculator.isPrime(min) );
      System.out.println(min + " smallestFactor = " + MyCalculator.smallestFactor(min) );
      System.out.println(min + " factorial = " + MyCalculator.factorial(min) );

      System.out.println();
      System.out.println(max + " isPrime = " + MyCalculator.isPrime(max) );
      System.out.println(max + " smallestFactor = " + MyCalculator.smallestFactor(max) );
      System.out.println(max + " factorial = " + MyCalculator.factorial(max) );

   } // end main

   /**
   *  Do NOT change! Thank you!
   *
   *  @return int
   */
   public static int readInt(){
      String temp = "";
      int number = -999;

      temp = keyboard.nextLine();
      try {
         number = Integer.parseInt(temp);
      }catch(NumberFormatException e) {
         System.out.println("ERROR: " + e.getMessage());
      }
      return number;
   } // end method

} // end class

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Frank Sinatra Net Worth
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Frank Sinatra was an American singer and film actor who's net worth is estimated at around $100 million. He began his career in the swing era with Tom Dorsey and Harry James, and eventually found his success in mid 1940s after signing a contract with Columbia Records.
His biggest success was in 1950s and 1960s when he was one of the most famous and most popular people on planet. His most famous songs are Strangers in The Night, My Way and New York, New York. He was also a member of famously called group of actors and singers called the Rat Pack. He was also highly successful as movie actor and personality. He even got one Oscar nomination for best actor. But his most famous and critically acclaimed role is the one in The Manchurian Candidate. He is one of the best selling solo male artists with over 150 million sold albums. Frank Sinatra died in 1998, aged 82.
The below financial data is gathered and compiled by TheRichest analysts team to give you a better understanding of Frank Sinatra Net Worth by breaking down the most relevant financial events such as yearly salaries, contracts, earn outs, endorsements, stock ownership and much more.
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Pjotr Ionowitsch Gubonin (; * 1825 im Dorf Borisowo bei Kolomna; †  in Moskau) war ein russischer Kaufmann der 1. Gilde, Unternehmer und Mäzen.

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Gubonin, Sohn des leibeigenen Maurers Jonah Michailowitsch Gubonin und seiner Frau Irina, ging 1842 nach Moskau und begann als Maurer zu arbeiten. Noch als Leibeigener wurde er 1856 mit einer Silbermedaille Zar Alexanders für seine Arbeit bei der Sanierung des Bolschoi-Theaters ausgezeichnet. 1858 kaufte er sich frei und übernahm Aufträge über Maurerarbeiten.

Gubonin beteiligte sich an der 1857 von Nicolaus von Tornauw, Wassili Alexandrowitsch Kokorew, Nikolai Alexandrowitsch Nowoselski und den Kaufleuten I. F. Mamontow und P. A. Medynzew gegründeten Transkaukasischen Handelsgesellschaft, der späteren Baku-Naphtha-Gesellschaft, der es gelang, nach den Plänen von Justus von Liebig 1860 eine Erdölraffinerie in Betrieb gehen zu lassen. Mit Kokorew gründete Gubonin auch die Nord-Versicherungsgesellschaft.

Gubonin finanzierte den Bau des Komissarow-Technikums, das 1865 von dem Ingenieur Christian Christianowitsch Meyen gegründet und nach Osip Iwanowitsch Komissarow benannt wurde, der 1866 ein Attentat auf Alexander II. vereitelt hatte. Aus diesem Technikum wurde das Moskauer Automechanische Institut und schließlich die heutige Moskauer Staatliche Maschinenbau-Universität (MAMI). 1872 finanzierte Gubonin auch den Bau des Polytechnischen Museums.

In der Folge erhielt Gubonin zusammen mit dem Ingenieur Sadowski den Auftrag für den Bau der Steinbrücken für die neue Eisenbahnlinie von Moskau nach Kursk (1866). Darauf beteiligte er sich am Bau weiterer Eisenbahnlinien: von Orlow nach Witebsk, von Grjasi nach Zarizyn (1868), von Losowa nach Sewastopol (1871), von Perm nach Tjumen (1874), von Perm nach Jekaterinburg. Ebenso war er an der Baltischen Eisenbahn beteiligt sowie am Straßenbahnbau in St. Petersburg und seit 1872 in Moskau.

1870 wurde in St. Petersburg von Bankiers und Kaufleuten, unter ihnen auch Gubonin, der Privatbankier Abram Moisejewitsch Warschawski und auch die Russische Staatsbank, die Gesellschaft der mechanischen und Bergbau-Fabriken gegründet, die sogleich in St. Petersburg das Newski-Werk kaufte und dann noch weitere Bergwerke und Hüttenwerke. In der Folge wurde das Newski-Werk eine der größten russischen Lokomotivfabriken.

1871 gründete Gubonin, der Steinbrüche bei Podolsk erworben hatte, zusammen mit dem Architekten Alexander Alexandrowitsch Porochowstschikow das Unternehmen Gubonin, Porochowstschikow & Co. zum Bau einer Zementfabrik und einer Ziegelei, die 1875 in Betrieb gingen.

Gubonin kaufte 1881 auf der Krim das Landgut Gursuf und begann dort extensiven Weinanbau. Er baute in seinem Park Hotels und legte Brunnen an, um den Ort zu einem europäischen Seebad zu entwickeln. Auch baute er dort die Mariä-Himmelfahrt-Kirche.

1889 gründete Gubonin die Société d'Industrie Minière de Goloubovka-Bérestovo-Bogodoukhovo, die im Gouvernement Jekaterinoslaw das Bergwerk Golubowka mit vier Kohleschächten und die Kohlegrube Berestowo-Bogoduchowo betrieb.

Gubonin beteiligte sich sehr am Bau der Christ-Erlöser-Kathedrale in Moskau und an vielen anderen Wohltätigkeitsprojekten. In Twer finanzierte er den Bau des Priesterseminars.

Für seine Verdienste um die Entwicklung der vaterländischen Industrie und seine reichen Stiftungen erhielt Gubonin den Geheimratstitel. Für seine Arbeit in der Russischen Technischen Gesellschaft wurde er zum Kommerzienrat ernannt. Er förderte wesentlich die Polytechnische Ausstellung 1872 in Moskau, auf der er die Eisenbahnabteilung leitete.

In Würdigung seiner gesellschaftlichen Aktivitäten wurde Gubonin 1870 in den Adelsstand erhoben. 1875 nach dem Bau der Sewastopol-Eisenbahn wurde er Wirklicher Staatsrat, verbunden mit dem erblichen Adel. 1878 erhielt er das Adelswappen mit dem Wahlspruch Nicht für sich, sondern fürs Vaterland!. Er war Ehrenmitglied des Pädagogischen Rates der Kaiserlichen Technischen Hochschule in Moskau, und er war Mitglied der Gesellschaft der Freunde der Naturwissenschaften, der Anthropologie und der Ethnographie.

Gubonin starb in Moskau und fand sein Grab seinem Wunsch gemäß in Gursuf in der Mariä-Himmelfahrt-Kirche, die allerdings 1932 abgerissen wurde. Er war verheiratet mit Marina Sewostjanowna und hatte zwei Söhne, den Kaufmann 1. Gilde und Weinhändler Sergei (* 1851) und den Hofrat und Mitglied des Kuratoriums des Komissarow-Technikums Nikolai (1861–1918), dessen Sohn Pjotr (* 1884) in der Kriegsmarine diente und dessen Tochter Olga (1885–1975) Mathematikerin wurde.

Ehrungen
 Sankt-Stanislaus-Orden 3. Klasse für den Bau der Moskau-Kursker Eisenbahn
Sankt-Stanislaus-Orden 1. Klasse
 Sankt-Anna-Orden 3. Klasse für den Bau der Orlow-Witebsk-Bahn
 Sankt-Anna-Orden 1. Klasse
 Sankt-Wladimir-Orden 2. Klasse
 Orden des Weißen Adlers (Serbien)
 Fürst Danilo-Orden 2. Klasse (Montenegro)
 Franz-Joseph-Orden, Komturkreuz (Österreich-Ungarn)
 Sonnen- und Löwenorden 2. Klasse (Persien)
 erster Ehrenbürger Zarizyns

Literatur
 Discover Moscow: P. I. Gubonin (russisch, abgerufen am 14. Dezember 2015)
 S. D. Mingeresch: P. I. Gubonin und sein Aufstieg in das russische Unternehmertum des 19. Jahrhunderts. Zeitschrift Gramota 2011, Nr. 2 (8), S. 107–112 (russisch), .
 Sergei R. Grinevetsky, Igor S. Zonn, Sergei S. Zhiltsov, Aleksey N. Kosarev, Andrey G. Kostianoy: Gubonin Petr Ionovich. In: The Black Sea Encyclopedia. Springer 2014, S. 334.
 Museum der Unternehmer, Mäzene und Wohltäter: Pjotr Gubonin (russisch, abgerufen am 12. Dezember 2015)
 Rechtgläubige und die Welt: Pjotr Ionowitsch Gubonin, der Kirchenbauer (russisch, abgerufen am 13. Dezember 2015)
 Krim.Biz.Ua: Pjotr Gubonin, der Gründer des Urlaubsortes Gursuf (russisch, abgerufen am 13. Dezember 2015)

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Unternehmer (Russisches Kaiserreich)
Mäzen
Träger des Ordens der Heiligen Anna
Träger des Ordens des Heiligen Wladimir
Träger des Franz-Joseph-Ordens (Komtur)
Träger des Ordens Danilos I. für die Unabhängigkeit
Träger des Sonnen- und Löwenordens
Russe
Geboren 1825
Gestorben 1894
Mann

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Growth hormone deficiency was first described in children with growth retardation, and for three decades, the therapeutic use of growth hormone was restricted to promoting linear growth. Two developments—the appearance of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and the availability of recombinant human growth hormone—ended the use of human pituitary-derived growth hormone therapy and opened the possibility of using growth hormone in growth hormone–deficient adults. For the past 13 years, such use has been a reality. As with many other areas of medicine, the introduction of a new therapy is associated with initial excitement, followed by a period of careful analysis of the results of therapy and, not infrequently, a degree of controversy about its benefits. Growth hormone is no exception to this paradigm, and the salient points of growth hormone replacement in adults have been reviewed by several authors (1-3). In addition, the specificity of the manifestations of the disorder to which therapy is directed—adult growth hormone deficiency—has been questioned.
Published: Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(3):202-204.
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Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda just gave investors a glimpse of what to expect when the world's boldest experiment with ultra-loose monetary policy comes to an end.
Toru Fujioka, Ruth Carson and Sumio Ito
Masayoshi Amamiya Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) — Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda just gave investors a glimpse of what to expect when the world's boldest experiment with ultra-loose monetary policy comes to an end.
In the face of sustained market pressure, Kuroda shocked markets Tuesday by saying he'll now allow Japan's 10-year bond yields to rise to around 0.5%, double the previous upper limit of 0.25%.
Whether this is a strategic tweak to buy time for his yield-curve control settings until his decade-long term ends in April or the start of the end for his unprecedented monetary easing remains to be seen.
But one thing is clear: a crack has opened that markets around the world will keep prising in the weeks and months ahead.
"This is a step toward an exit, whatever the BOJ calls it," said Masamichi Adachi, chief Japan economist at UBS Securities and a former BOJ official. "This opens the door to a chance of a rate hike in 2023 under a new governorship."
The yen strengthened sharply against the dollar after the decision and continued gains, briefly touching 132.00 from 137.16 immediately before the decision. The yield on 10-year Japanese government debt jumped to 0.46% from the previously capped level of 0.25% following the BOJ's move.
Japanese bank stocks surged in afternoon trading as investors expected improved earnings for financial institutions, but overall Tokyo stocks ended down.
The ripple effects also spread far outside Japan, with the fallout touching everything from US stock-index futures to the Australian dollar and gold.
The market moves suggested investors interpreted the move as a tightening measure.
But another way to view the latest surprise from the 78-year-old governor is as a step to make the yield curve control program more, not less, sustainable.
"This confirms our view that the BOJ is determined to stick to the YCC policy even after a change in leadership in April next year," said Shigeto Nagai, a former BOJ official and head of Japan research at Oxford Economics. "It appears that the BOJ decided to accept the effective tightening as a cost to make YCC policy more sustainable."
That was the message peddled by Kuroda in his post-decision press conference, where he said the tweak is designed to boost the effectiveness of his signature program. Kuroda has two more policy meetings to oversee before his term is up, meaning it will fall on his successor to complete the path toward policy normalization.
And Tuesday's market gyrations highlight just how tricky it will be to reverse policy given the combination of unorthodox moves supporting the BOJ's stimulus: keeping negative short-term interest rates, pinning 10-year yields near zero, making massive asset purchases and government interventions in currency markets to counter the yen's fall.
Any misstep by the new governor could trigger market turmoil on a global scale.
"The BOJ has created so much tension in markets this year with its policy stance — the spring has been so tightly wound — the impact could be massive when they finally decide to let it go," Vishnu Varathan, head of economics and strategy at Mizuho Bank in Singapore, said ahead of Tuesday's meeting. "It will rip through every aspect of markets."
Higher bond yields would mean unrealized losses on Japanese government bond holdings, including those held by the BOJ. A sustained policy change could also hammer Japanese equities, including shares in Uniqlo-operator Fast Retailing Co. and communications giant SoftBank Group, which number among the many that benefited from the central bank's asset-buying spree.
The bigger concern for the rest of the world is that it could cut loose the last remaining tether on global bond yields and trigger a sell-off in dollar assets in favor of the yen. Tuesday's tweak capped a year where virtually every major central bank has tightened, with China being the notable exception.
If a sustained tightening sees Japanese investors such as banks and pension funds dispose of overseas investments including global equities, that could even fuel contagion across assets including those in emerging markets.
Japanese investors have more than $3 trillion invested in overseas stocks and bonds, with over half of that stashed in the US. Other countries such as the Netherlands, Australia and France are also vulnerable to possible Japanese fund repatriation, according to Bloomberg data.
"Allowing rates to rise could see a tsunami of offshore Japan money flooding back home," Amir Anvarzadeh, strategist at Asymmetric Advisors Pte, who has tracked Japanese markets closely for three decades, said before Tuesday's meeting. "That is the big 'reset' move."
Front Runners
To handle the delicate task, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to appoint someone who already has the trust of financial markets. Most economists surveyed by Bloomberg News see BOJ veterans as the best choices for the position, with current Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya and former Deputy Governor Hiroshi Nakaso leading the list.
Both were named as candidates by Kishida's right-hand man, Seiji Kihara, in a recent interview with Bloomberg.
Amamiya is widely considered the frontrunner, and a choice that would signal Kishida's desire for continuity.
A fan of classical music, in particular the recordings of conductor Herbert von Karajan, he is known for orchestrating Kuroda's early "shock and awe" campaign of massive bond purchases as well as the BOJ's more recent yield curve control policy. His nickname in financial markets, "Mr. BOJ," indicates how essential he's been to the bank's battle against deflation.
Nakaso, currently the chair of private think-tank Daiwa Institute of Research, is another favorite. Like Amamiya, he joined the BOJ straight out of university and eventually served as Kuroda's deputy. He was involved in winding down the BOJ's previous quantitative easing program in 2006, and is also known for leading the central bank's fight against a home-grown banking crisis in the late 1990s.
One key difference with the dovish Amamiya is that Nakaso has spoken of the limits of prolonging the BOJ's ultra-loose policy. In a book published earlier this year, he described what an exit could look like, saying it might be similar to the Fed's moves and involve an intermediate step of buying bonds to cover those that mature until it can start withdrawing liquidity.
By choosing Nakaso, then, Kishida would signal a shift away from so-called Abenomics, the expansionist policies launched by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who tapped Kuroda for the job back in 2013.
Not everyone believes it's a two-horse race, though.
"I still think it's not a done deal that Amamiya or Nakaso will take the helm," said Hiromichi Shirakawa, chief Japan economist at Credit Suisse Group AG. "Both were heavily involved with Kuroda's easing, so it's a bit strange for them to be the one tasked with reflecting on Kuroda's BOJ and then moving on."
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The prime minister typically announces the government's pick for central bank chief in February, based on a shortlist put together by advisers. The candidate is then expected to be questioned in parliament before lawmakers vote on the appointment around March. Parliamentary approval is expected to be easy, given the ruling coalition's majorities in both houses of parliament.
Hooked on Stimulus
While the end of the Kuroda era could give Kishida a chance to break away from the legacy of Abenomics, it also puts greater pressure on him to wean the government off its heavy borrowing habit. Japan's public debt load has ballooned to more than 260% of gross domestic product.
A low-interest comfort zone has allowed the government to fund seemingly endless stimulus efforts, including a recent package aimed at offsetting the impact of soaring energy prices — one of the few areas of the economy experiencing rapid inflation.
After two extra budgets this year, the government is now struggling to find a consistent source to pay for an additional 43 trillion yen ($325 billion) of security spending. The suspicion is that much of it will come from a familiar source: the bond market.
And Japan's banks, which have often complained about the prolongation of ultra-low rates at the expense of their profit margins, aren't sure they're ready for a policy switch either. While they want higher rates, they're also seriously concerned about market disruptions and potential losses on their Japanese government bond holdings in an abrupt policy shift, said two senior executives at Japan's biggest banks who asked not to be identified as they aren't allowed to speak publicly.
Kuroda has been grappling with market tests to the sustainability of his yield curve control settings for months now. In June, the yield curve cap came under the fiercest attacks since it was launched, after aggressive tightening by overseas central banks and the yen's plunge to a multi-decade low prompted speculation of policy change.
The BOJ scooped up record amounts of debt in its daily fixed-rate buying operations to bat away the speculation. That triggered deterioration in an already distorted bond market as the central bank sucked away liquidity and effectively wiped out trading for days.
The yen was another casualty, weakening beyond 150 against the dollar in October as the yield gap with the US widened, forcing Japan to prop up the yen.
Kuroda has now acted to stem some of those pressures. Question is, will that move alleviate or exacerbate market bets against his policy framework?
"Yield curve control is approaching an effective end if a wider trading band is the BOJ's way of normalizing policy," said Naka Matsuzawa, chief strategist at Nomura Securities Co. in Tokyo. "Market volatility will only rise further."
—With assistance from Taiga Uranaka, Isabel Reynolds, Yoshiaki Nohara, Yuko Takeo and Paul Jackson.
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Study: Atheists Face Global Discrimination
'The overwhelming majority of countries fail to respect the rights of atheists and freethinkers'
By Kharunya Paramaguru @KharunyaDec. 10, 2013
Atheists around the world face discrimination, and even death in some countries, according to a new study.
The study Tuesday from the International Humanist and Ethical Union, a global atheist organization, surveyed 192 nations and found that "the overwhelming majority of countries fail to respect the rights of atheists and freethinkers although they have signed UN agreements to treat all citizens equally," IHEU President Sonja Eggerickx said.
In 13 countries, many of which are Muslim, such as Iran and Qatar, individuals who openly hold atheist views or reject the official religion of Islam face the penalty of death, according to the report.
The report also said that atheists faced systematic or severe discrimination across the 27-nation European Union, where blasphemy laws in countries such as Germany and Greece mean individuals could face up to three years in prison for offending religious believers.
The United States was "mostly satisfactory" in maintaining legal respect for atheists' rights, according to the study, while countries including Jamaica, Uruguay and the Netherlands were described as "free and equal" in their treatment of atheists.


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