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Drug-price negotiation proposals could clear Senate rules
Originally written by Erin Durkin and posted on National Journal on April 1, 2021.
Policy experts say measures allowing government negotiation of drug prices for Medicare could get past Senate restrictions.
Democrats may be teeing up provisions to let the U.S. government negotiate prices for prescription drugs in one of their next major legislative packages.
But with Republicans staunchly against measures to allow the Health and Human Services secretary negotiate drug prices, Democrats will likely have to turn to a legislative vehicle that can circumvent Republican opposition.
If Democrats take this route, the proposal would have to clear arcane and strict Senate rules first or risk being knocked out of the bill.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has floated including drug-pricing provisions as part of the forthcoming infrastructure package, while Sen. Bernie Sanders has reportedly pressed for their inclusion in a reconciliation bill.
A reconciliation bill would allow Senate Democrats to pass these provisions with just a simple majority–effectively, along party lines. In order to accomplish this, their proposals need to meet strict parameters for budget reconciliation legislation.
The restrictions, also known as the Byrd Rule, dictate that legislation must have a budget impact that isn't considered merely incidental to the provisions and doesn't increase the deficit beyond the "budget window."
Policy experts told National Journal that depending on the details, Democrats could have a decent chance of getting a proposal through the process that would allow Medicare to negotiate high drug prices. The proposals would likely need to provide other tools along with negotiating power in order to have an actual budgetary impact and make it past the Byrd Rule.
When the drug benefit was established under Medicare in 2003, known as Part D, lawmakers included a clause barring the government from negotiating drug prices for the program.
The Congressional Budget Office in 2019 said that negotiating drug prices alone would not yield substantial savings. "Negotiation is likely to be effective only if it is accompanied by some source of pressure on drug manufacturers to secure price concessions," the report said.
Edwin Park, a research professor at Georgetown University, said both the House Democratic proposal, known as H.R. 3, and a separate plan from Sanders setting up a negotiation process for Medicare include tools that would help result in potential savings.
"The secretary could negotiate, but without either fallbacks or minimum discounts or rebates, or the ability to impose a preferred drug list, or other types of formulary requirements, then it wouldn't produce savings," said Park.
"Just striking those words might not have a budgetary impact and therefore might not survive the Byrd Rule," he added.
The drug price negotiation program proposed in H.R. 3 could potentially clear the Byrd Rule, according to Rachel Sachs, an associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis.
Under the proposal, the HHS secretary would be required to negotiate the prices for certain drugs so that they do not exceed 120 percent of the average price from selected countries. Medicare Part D would be required to use this price and it would be available to insurers in the commercial market. It does not repeal the non-interference clause but amends the law to allow for the price-negotiation process.
"Since we're talking about governmental expenditures and federal payers, then I think the budgetary effect is clear," said Sachs. "The question is whether we would be able to expand the reach of that negotiation provision far beyond federal payers, and that would be a Byrd question, but I think as it relates to Medicare and Medicaid, there's no question that we're talking about federal government spending and expenditures."
Pelosi said during a March 23 event celebrating the anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act that lawmakers are contemplating including parts of the H.R. 3 legislation in an infrastructure package. The Congressional Budget Office estimated the drug-price-negotiation piece of H.R. 3 would save $448 billion for Medicare.
"One of the considerations that members are discussing is whether we have aspects of H.R. 3 … If we were able to do that, we could save almost half a trillion dollars, almost $450 billion," said Pelosi during the event hosted by advocacy group Protect Our Care.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America is concerned that their industry will end up funding Democratic projects.
"Threatening hundreds of thousands of jobs, jeopardizing access to medicines, and upending an innovative biopharmaceutical industry to pay for unrelated government programs is the wrong approach," said PhRMA spokesperson Brian Newell. "This is an irresponsible scheme—particularly as we continue to combat a deadly pandemic—and we hope policy makers reject it and work together with us on real solutions."
The Sanders bill would strike the language from statute that bars the government from negotiating drug prices and would direct the secretary to negotiate the prices of drugs for Medicare Part D that are considered high-cost. If negotiations fail, fallback prices would be based on what other federal agencies and certain foreign countries pay.
But the popularity of H.R. 3 and the massive CBO score may make the House bill attractive to leadership, said Phil Waters, staff attorney for the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School.
"I think Pelosi and [Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer] would be looking to that giant CBO number right now as they're trying to put together the next budget resolution and reconciliation instructions," he said.
"They need to find some way to pay for what they want to spend," he said. "One of the things that you saw in the last reconciliation packages is that a lot of the health things were temporary, because if you want to make changes to an entitlement program permanent, you have to find a permanent offset for it or some way to pay for it."
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Q: iphonesdk searchbar on nsmutable array is there anyway i can use search bar on the nsmutable array . i have data like this :
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i m displaying Pakistan on a table view and when click on it i went on the other view with in info about it.
i seen search-bar with array and dictionary but couldn't found on mutable array please help.
thanks in advance

A: There is delegate method in searchbar that can help you like:
-(void) searchBar:(UISearchBar *)searchBar textDidChange:(NSString *)searchText
Then you can use predicate to filter data
NSPredicate * predicate =  [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"(title CONTAINS[cd] %@), searchText];
self.displayedData = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:[self.allData filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate]];

A: NSMutableArray inherits from NSArray, so it's the same.

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Жан де Гоксем, или Ян ван Гоксем (, , , или Johannes Hoxsemius; февраль  — ) — нидерландский хронист, правовед и дипломат, каноник  в Льеже, автор хроники «Деяния Леодийских [Льежских] епископов» ().

Биография

Родился в середине февраля 1278 года в рыцарской семье в Гоксеме, близ , в эксклаве Льежcкого княжества-епископства в герцогстве Брабант (совр. провинция Фламандский Брабант). Его предок мэтр Рене де Гоксем упоминается под 1214 годом в качестве нотариуса брабантского герцога Генриха I Смелого.

В 1289 году учился в колледже Лувена, в 1296 году в Парижском университете, а в 1305—1308 годах — в Орлеане, где изучал теологию, каноническое право и свободные искусства. В 1315 году получил место каноника, в 1317 году официала, а в 1318 году пробста кафедрального льежского . Исполняя также должность схоластика местной епархии, совмещал её с постом декана местной коллегиальной . С 1324 по 1329 год проживал в Юи вместе с изгнанным льежской коммуной князем-епископом Адольфом де Ла Марком (1313—1344).

Неоднократно исполнял дипломатические поручения последнего, а затем его племянника и преемника Энгельберта III (1345—1364), подписывая и составляя важные государственные документы, участвуя в посольствах к французским королям Филиппу V и Карлу IV Капетингам, Филиппу VI Валуа, герцогу Брабанта Жану III Победителю, а также авиньонским папам Иоанну XXII, Бенедикту XII, кардиналам и князьям Священной Римской империи. В 1345 году был удостоен звания «профессора законоведения» (). Составленное им заключение об исторической принадлежности Льежу графства Лоон послужило документальным основанием для фактической аннексии последнего епископом Энгельбертом в 1361 году.

Умер 2 октября 1348 года в Льеже и был похоронен в соборе Св. Ламберта, снесённом в годы Великой французской революции (1794). Утверждение бельгийского церковного историка XVIII века  о том, что Жан де Гоксем был жив ещё в 1403 году и, таким образом, прожил 125 лет, в настоящее время признано ошибочным, так как согласно документам, в 1378 году в соборе Св. Ламберта в Льеже служил уже некий Виллем Бойлеанус.

Сочинения
Автор хроники «Деяния Леодийских [Льежских] епископов» (, или Gesta Pontificum Leodiensum), истории епископов Льежа с 1247 по 1348 год, являющейся продолжением одноимённого труда монаха-цистерцианца Жиля Орвальского из аббатства Нотр-Дам д'Орваль (совр. провинция Люксембург).

Основными источниками для этого сочинения, составлявшегося на латыни с февраля 1334 по июнь 1348 года, послужили документы епископской канцелярии, соборный архив и картулярий, а также свидетельства очевидцев и собственные воспоминания автора. Помимо подробного освещения событий в Льежском княжестве-епископстве в правление Адольфа II де Ла Марка (1313—1344), в том числе борьбы его с периодически восстававшими против него фламандскими городами, хроника является одним из основных источников о кровопролитной  () 1275—1278 годов между князем-епископом Льежа Жаном III д'Энгиеном, и маркграфом Намюра и графом Фландрии Ги де Дампьером, вспыхнувшей из-за судебной тяжбы поселян. Сообщается также о городских беспорядках в Синт-Трёйдене, последствиях «великого голода» 1315—1317 годов, фламандских восстаниях 1302 и 1323—1328 годов, «Льежской резне» 1312 года и др.

Большую ценность представляют включённые в хронику тексты исторических документов, как известных, вроде Фекского мира (1316) или Воттемского мира (1331), так и несохранившихся, как, например, заключённого в 1343 году соглашения между союзом фламандских городов и епископом Адольфом де Ла Марком, согласно которому при дворе последнего создавался совет из 22 пожизненных членов, четырёх каноников и 18 мирян, которым поручалось разбирать жалобы на епископских чиновников и способствовать лучшему управлению страной.

В своём сочинении начитанный де Гоксем цитирует «Политику» Аристотеля, а также труды Саллюстия, Вергилия, Флавия Вегеция, Макробия и др. классиков. Будучи изначально приверженцем сильной епископской власти, он на примере рассматриваемых событий взвешивает все достоинства и недостатки олигархии и демократии, в конечном итоге, решительно высказываясь в пользу последней.

Оригинальная рукопись «Деяний Льежских епископов»  хранится в Королевской библиотеке Бельгии в Брюсселе. Второй известный манускрипт находится в библиотеке аббатства премонстрантов .

Впервые хроника была издана в 1613 году в Льеже богословом и издателем Жаном Шаповиллем в подготовленном им к печати втором томе собрания «Деяний епископов Тонгерена, Маастрихта и Льежа» (). Научно-академическая публикация её выпущена была в 1927 году бельгийским историком Годфруа Куртом под заглавием «Хроника Жана де Хоксема» ().

Перу Жана де Гоксема принадлежат также два сочинения, упомянутых в его хронике под 1341 годом: богословский трактат «Flores auctorum et philosophorum» и труд по каноническому праву «Digitus florum utriusque iuris» (1341), рукопись которого из Национального архива Маастрихта частично является автографической.

Примечания

Издания
 Ioannis Hocsemii Canonici Gesta pontificum Leodiensium // Qui Gesta pontificum Tungrensium, Traiectensium, et Leodiensium scripserunt, auctores praecipui, ad seriem rerum temporum collocati. Edidit Joannes Chapeauville. — Tomus II. — Leodii, 1613. — 272–514.
 La Chronique de Jean de Hocsem, publiée par Godefroid Kurth. — Bruxelles: Kiessling, 1927. — lxxv, 445 p. — (Commission royale d'histoire. Recueil de textes pour servir à l'étude de l'histoire de Belgique).

Библиография
 Пиренн Анри. Средневековые города Бельгии. — СПб.: Евразия, 2001. — 512 c. — (Clio). — ISBN 5-8071-0093-X.

 Stanonik Franz. Hocsemius, Johann // Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. — Band 12. —  Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1880. — S. 536–537.
 Molinier Auguste. Jean de Hocsem, historien liégeois // Les Sources de l'Histoire de France: des origines aux guerres d'Italie, 1494. — Volume 3. Les Capétiens, 1180—1328. — Paris: Alphonse Picard & Fils, 1903. — pp. 203–204.
 Leujeune Jean. Note sur un manuscrit de la Chronique de Jean de Hocsem, appartenant au Baron de Schaetzen de Schaetzenhof // Bulletin de la Commission royale d'histoire. Académie royale de Belgique. — Tome 119. — Bruxelles, 1954. — pp. 71–72.
 Lützelschwab Ralf. John of Hocsem // Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, ed. by Graeme Dunphy and Cristian Bratu. — Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016.

Ссылки
 Ioannis Hocsemii Canonici Gesta pontificum Leodiensium (льежское издание 1613 г.)
 La chronique de Jean de Hocsem (брюссельское издание 1927 г.)

Историки Бельгии
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Хронисты XIV века
Латинские писатели Средневековья
Родившиеся в 1278 году
Умершие в 1348 году
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GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 31, 2018 — A silicon chip that distributes optical signals precisely across a miniature grid could lead to a novel design for neural networks.
A research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes to use light, rather than conventional electronics, as a signaling medium for artificial neural networks. The use of light would eliminate interference due to electrical charge, and the light signals would travel faster and farther.
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Using two vertically integrated planes of silicon nitride waveguides, the NIST team designed, fabricated, and characterized integrated photonic routing manifolds. By vertically stacking two layers of waveguides, the team created a 3D design that could enable complex routing schemes. Moreover, the design can be extended to incorporate additional waveguiding layers for even more complex networks. The 3D grid has 10 inputs or "upstream" neurons, each connecting to 10 outputs or "downstream" neurons, for a total of 100 receivers.
Fabricated on a silicon wafer, the waveguides are made of silicon nitride and are each 800 nm wide and 400 nm thick. Researchers created software to automatically generate signal routing, with adjustable levels of connectivity between the neurons.
Laser light was directed into the chip through an optical fiber. The goal was to route each input to every output group, following a selected distribution pattern for light intensity. Researchers demonstrated two schemes for controlling output intensity: uniform, where each output receives the same power; and a "bell curve" distribution, where middle neurons receive the most power, while peripheral neurons receive less.
Researchers analyzed the output signals via top-view camera imaging. All signals were focused through a microscope lens onto a semiconductor sensor and processed into image frames. This technique allowed the rapid acquisition of hundreds of precise transmission measurements.
The team demonstrated signals with uniform and Gaussian power distribution patterns with mean power output errors (averaged over 10 sets of 10 inputs) of 0.7 and 0.9 dB, respectively, establishing its 3D grid as a viable architecture for precision light distribution on-chip.
Researchers also assessed the performance of the passive photonic elements that constitute the system using self-referenced test structures, including high-dynamic-range beam taps, waveguide cutback structures, and waveguide crossing arrays.
"We've really done two things here," researcher Jeff Chiles said. "We've begun to use the third dimension to enable more optical connectivity, and we've developed a new measurement technique to rapidly characterize many devices in a photonic system. Both advances are crucial as we begin to scale up to massive optoelectronic neural systems."
The team believes that these routing and measurement techniques could offer new opportunities for complex integrated photonic systems in computing, telecommunications, and other applications.
"Light's advantages could improve the performance of neural nets for scientific data analysis such as searches for Earth-like planets and quantum information science, and accelerate the development of highly intuitive control systems for autonomous vehicles," Chiles said.
The research was published in APL Photonics (doi: 10.1063/1.5039641).
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Citing COVID-19 restrictions, public health worries and the uncertainty of what the summer could bring, governing directors have pulled the plug on this year's Ventura County Fair.
Directors on the Ventura County Fairgrounds Board voted 8-0 in a virtual meeting Monday to cancel the 12-day fair that had been scheduled to open Aug. 5 at its seaside venue in Ventura.
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A year ago, the fair drew nearly 303,000 people in the kind of crowds that led one board director to speculate on nightmare scenarios that could happen if the fair went on as scheduled and the coronavirus surged.
"It would be catastrophic," said Armando Lopez. "For me, the issue of health has been uppermost in my mind."
Other directors and administrators said that while there wasn't a mandate from the state to cancel the event, measures prohibiting mass gatherings would likely be among the last pandemic restrictions to be eased.
"I just think it's not wise or feasible to plan any large gatherings of any type at the fair until we get an all clear, and we don't know when that's going to be," said Board Director Dan Long.
The fair has been part of Ventura County since 1875, according to the fairground's website, and has held annually, except during World War II. Then, the fairgrounds were taken over by the military to protect the West Coast.
According to budget estimates on the fair board's January agenda, the 2019 fair generated more than $5 million in gross revenue, compared to more than $4 million in costs. It turned a profit of a little less than $1 million, said Leslie Cornejo, fair board president.
The event is the fairground's biggest money maker.
"We really depend on that to survive," said Cornejo in a phone interview after the meeting. "This is why it's a terrible decision to have to make."
The pulled plug follows similar decisions made to cancel the California State Fair in Sacramento as well as fairs in Orange, San Bernardino and San Diego counties.
Cornejo supported the cancellation but also focused on the physical, financial and emotional ripple effects that will hit fair employees who need jobs, vendors who support families on fair revenue, youths who show everything from steers to bunnies and a distressingly long list of others.
"It is heartbreaking, and it is also frustrating," she said. "And I'm also angry that such a thing would have to happen, but I also support this motion."
Some ripples have already begun. Fairgrounds CEO Barbara Quaid, who now works part-time in a cost-saving measure, noted layoffs have started and will likely continue.
She painted the fairground's economic picture as "very grim."
"Our biggest money maker, which is gathering on the fairgrounds, has been cut to zero," she said, noting the ability to rent out buildings has also been devastated.
"Nobody is calling and asking about building rentals," she said.
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Monday's meeting was originally set for 9:30 a.m. but was changed when the number of participants on a teleconference call reached the maximum, meaning some board directors couldn't access the call. It was moved to the online platform Zoom and pushed back to 11 a.m.
In public comments, suggestions were made on ways to hold certain fair events despite the cancellation like the livestock show and the popular junior livestock auction. Recommendations included ways to spread out people and animals, allow different groups to show on different days and to move events online.
"I believe we owe it to our kids," said one speaker of trying to salvage something.
Derrek Smalley, large livestock superintendent at last year's fair, said options are being explored.
"We will make sure something does happen," he said, adding it could be virtual.
Fair officials noted discussions of the livestock events and auction were not on Monday's agenda and would come to the board later though Long expressed health concerns about any fair events that would trigger large gatherings.
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Quaid noted the financial factors could also affect future decisions, noting it could be hard to even staff an auction.
As far as the fair's cancellation, Board Director Michael Bradbury asked about the possibility of pushing back the dates. Quaid said she didn't know that delaying the fair a month or two would help because restrictions on mass gatherings would still likely be in place.
Quaid also noted some of the fair ride operators and other vendors include the Ventura County Fair on a circuit that also features fairs in Del Mar and Orange County. But those two events have been canceled.
"It would be questionable if they would be able to come just for Ventura," she said, also noting the fair would have had to pay an inordinate amount of money to enforce restrictions created by the pandemic.
Travis Smith, 16-year-old president of the Camarillo FFA, has participated in the fair since age 9. He listened to the meeting remotely.
"It's devastating having the fair canceled," he said in a phone interview. "So many people look forward to it each year."
But he also called the cancellation the right thing to do, commending the board for making the decision some three months before the fair.
"They would be doing a disservice to the community by giving us false hope when the reality is that large events like the fair will be canceled anyway," he said.
Tom Kisken covers health care and other news for the Ventura County Star. Reach him at tom.kisken@vcstar.com or 805-437-0255.
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The new year, 2018, is starting very well for Mark Twain Elementary School music students. The Carson City School District is pleased to announce a $16,000 grant awarded to Mark Twain Elementary for music education. The monies will be used to purchase new musical instruments including a 50-piece world drumming set, steel drums, hand chimes and various other percussion instruments.
Christina Bourne, Mark Twain Elementary's music educator, applied for an $8,000 grant, which was later doubled through the Mockingbird Foundation, an all-volunteer nonprofit founded and run entirely by Phish fans. The foundation recently announced 16 grants totaling $137,400 in support of music education for children at schools, centers and non-profit organizations in 15 states.
The grants came from Mockingbird's 22 round of competitive grant-making and were enhanced by funds from the band's own WaterWheel Foundation, which allowed the board to double three of the grant requests. Mark Twain Elementary School was one of the three grant requests where funds were doubled.
The 16 grantees were selected from 643 initial applicants who requested more than $4.4 million, far beyond the foundation's resources. Due to the high demand, Mockingbird's two-tiered online application process remains one of the most competitive in the nation. Each year, they are able to fund a slightly higher percentage of inquiries, making grants slightly less competitive, thanks to the generosity of fans supporting the foundation.
The Mockingbird Foundation is the leading provider of historical information about the band Phish and its music, having cultivated intellectual property through phish.net since 1994. A leading grant-maker in music education for children, the foundation has now made 364 grants, in all 50 states, totaling $1,271,640. Proceeds are generated by celebrating the music of Phish through comprehensive books, innovative recordings, special art prints, creative donation premiums and special events for the Phish fan community.


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We here at Well TO Do have been big fans of Ashley McEachern, Toronto yoga teacher extraordinaire, for ages. In fact, to quote WTD Co-Founder Erin: "Going to Ashley's Yin class often feels like my version of going to church." So, we couldn't have been more thrilled when WTD Contributor Christine Noonan had the chance to catch-up with Ashley to talk Yin Yoga, aromatherapy, inspiration and so much more!
Well T0 D0: Please introduce yourself to the Well TO Do readers.
Ashley McEachern: My name is Ashley Holly McEachern. I am a small town girl raised on a big family farm in Nottawa, Ontario. I am now based in Toronto, but have lived, worked, studied and travelled to over 20 countries as both a freelance writer, an academic and a student (eventually a teacher) of yin yoga.
WTD: What inspired you to start yoga?
AM: My first yoga class was at my university gym. I struggled a lot in university. I was 17, quiet and very anti-social. I worked a full time job while being enrolled in full time studies. I was totally broke. I was lonely. I knew something had to give. I remember I didn't even own workout clothes. One day, perhaps out of desperation, I threw on some baggy shorts and a t-shirt and went to the free yoga class at the school gym. It calmed me. It felt right. At that time, I was not sure what it could really do for me, but that was the beginning of my lifelong yoga journey. That was over ten years ago!
WTD: How long ago did you start teaching? Why?
AM: I started teaching six years ago. Throughout university, yoga was my quiet time; it was my time to forget about theories and just be. After completing my MA in International Relations, travelling internationally and hustling through three years in the permanent rush hour that is Toronto, I packed up my things and moved west, all the way to Vancouver Island. Upon my arrival, I wanted to build community, to surround myself with likeminded people and this was not too hard to do in Victoria.
WTD: You have an evident passion for Yin Yoga. Can you tell explain how Yin Yoga differs from other types of yoga?
AM: Yin yoga was (is!) a game changer in my yoga practice. Despite living a stressful life, I was still drawn to really challenging, intense, muscle-building practices. Eventually, my body broke down. Rushing to and from yoga was causing me and my body more harm than good. This is when my personal practice shifted to yin yoga with Toronto teachers Ali Alexander and Lana Sugarman. They infused their classes with meditation, wisdom, anatomy and energy. Then I studied with Thomas Myers, the "king of fascia", and was determined to learn more and more about connective tissues. I felt my physical self and my emotional self-transforming, and have done over 100 hours of yin yoga trainings since!
In a nutshell, yin yoga is a meditative, slow paced practice designed to hold long, deep stretches in stillness, flowing to your edges for a prolonged period of time (anywhere from 3-20 minutes). The benefits are dynamic and powerful – yin yoga targets the connective tissues – the bones, ligaments, tendons and joints, and thus can improve joint mobility and flexibility. Cathy Keenan, a TCM doctor, taught me about how yin yoga poses stimulate the our bodies' meridian lines: liver, gall bladder, kidney, urinary bladder, spleen, stomach, often times also addressing the heart, lung, Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Lung, Pericardium, and San Jiao meridian lines. Energy flows through these meridian lines. When energy is blocked, clogged or restricted, yin yoga asanas can help to release tension, emotional and physical.
WTD: You offer an online Yin series of classes. What inspired you to develop this on-the-go series?
AM: I built this program for my students. I am often travelling to teach or write with wellness retreats and spas, and some of my students have been coming to my classes for 3-5 years consistently. I wanted to continue offering yin yoga classes despite my physical location, so I created, filmed and edited the classes while travelling across Central America. At that time, there were limited yin yoga courses available online without some kind of yearlong membership. My online in yoga classes are available forever for just $40.00 here.
WTD: The Saje Aromatherapy Yin Classes at YYoga that you lead are extremely popular. What are some of the benefits you see in combining Yin Yoga and aromatherapy?
AM: Saje Aromatherapy Yin classes are transformative to say the least. Each week, 40 + students land on their mats to really connect with their bodies and lives. The predominant feedback I receive from my aromatherapy yin yoga students is that the oils create an incredibly relaxing and enhanced experience in each of the poses and in final meditation. However, I believe that the use of these oils can do far more than simple relaxation. Since yin yoga is very much rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine and each pose can stimulate a different energy line in the body, I most often apply the aromatherapy remedies based on what energy line I am theming the yin practice towards. For example, if I am teaching a yin yoga class focused on the stomach energy line, with the intention to aid digestion and ease stomach and gastrointestinal pain, I would apply the Eater's Digest remedy to certain points on my students during the poses. In this way, we are inclusively using the yin yoga asana, the essential oil and the class intention to resolve underlying issues of gut discomfort.
WTD: You write a lot and cover a variety of topics. How do you feel yoga and writing complement each other? Why is this creative expression important to you?
AM: I always heard from my female entrepreneurial mentors that you have to build your own dream job or you will spend your life working away at someone else's' dream. I love yoga and I love writing. I struggled for years as a freelance political journalist, freelance wellness writer and occasional yoga teacher. Alas, through determination, ruthlessness, hard work, study and SO MUCH HUSTLE, I can finally say what they told me is true – you can build your dream job. My writing clients often laugh and ask me "How do you jump from teaching yoga to writing completely unrelated blogs so quickly" and I always reply "because I practice yoga". Yoga enables me to clear my mind for writing, and writing inspires the stories, intentions and sequences I present in yoga. I live in my full creative expression because of the marriage of these two.
WTD: Can you share a memorable place you have practiced yoga and why this specific place means so much to you?
AM: The Sacred Valley of Peru. This is where I first studied yoga, where I learned how to cook, where I learned how to garden, how to be fearless, how to build homes with adobe, how to chant, how to talk to strangers, how to be discipline and ultimately how to live fully. My community and teachers at Inbound Yoga still inspire me with their travels and teachings and I am forever indebted. AND… Vancouver Island, BC. My family lives here now and I visit regularly – life on the island continually reminds me that we don't have to live in the hustle, we can forage our own food, harvest our own seaweed, live on the ocean, hike mountains each week and live our truths.
WTD: What's next for Ashley Holly Yoga?
WTD: What's exciting you most about the Toronto wellness scene right now?
AM: WELLNESS IS TRENDING. Seriously! I used to get teased for doing yoga, mocked for eating organic and ridiculed for shopping locally… now it is 'cool'. The community around wellness in this city continually amazes me and I am so honoured to be a part of that tribe.
WTD: Anything else you would like to share with our readers?
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With long-established concert clubs despairing on all sides, the sheer bullishness of the Sutton Coldfield Philharmonic Society is an inspiration.
With long-established concert clubs despairing on all sides, the sheer bullishness of the Sutton Coldfield Philharmonic Society is an inspiration. This 83-year old society hasn't scaled back its activities; in fact, its ambitions seem to have grown. With next season promising appearances by both Steven Osborne and Stephen Hough, now would be a good time to join up.
Meanwhile, the society promotes consistently imaginative concerts. The young British pianist Alasdair Beatson comes with impressive credentials, and on the strength of this recital, he certainly doesn't lack ideas. The programme was fascinating: Mozart's Sonata K.332, miniatures by Fauré, Poulenc and Ravel, and Schubert's 'Wanderer' Fantasy – with three of Earl Wild's flamboyant Gershwin transcriptions as a sort of semi-official encore.
"Objective" might be one way to characterise Beatson's playing. Lines are clearly, sometimes percussively, picked out. A controlled sensuality seemed to lie beneath the brilliant surface. In the Schubert, Beatson would voice a chord with sudden sonorous warmth, before chopping the phrase abruptly to a halt. In the Mozart, he played up the music's quirks – accelerating to the ends of phrases before pulling up with a start.
It could be off-putting, (and it wasn't helped by Beatson's habit of tapping his foot). Yet in the Ravel 'Sonatine', and (above all) three Fauré preludes, he let the music breathe, and the results were genuinely beautiful. Better a performance with real individuality than yet another CD-ready read-through; and an enthusiastic audience seemed to agree. It was anything but routine.


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Being in the middle of New York winter, I should be rocking heavier scents like Agent Provocateur and Hanae Mori.
Instead, I find myself wearing this summer-appropriate scent most often lately.
Like the other CLEAN scents, this is also described as "fine milled French soap".
However, unlike the other CLEAN scents which I never really liked (maybe the exception of CLEAN ultimate which is pleasant smelling and almost identical to Philosophy Amazing Grace), CLEAN provence is a stand-out to me.
The soft, fresh beautiful scent captured for centuries by the fine milled soaps of France is now a very special perfume by Clean.
Reminiscent of pure soap and wather, freshly laundered linen, and open blue skies, Clean Provence will pamper you with its inviting, just-lathered, delicate fragrance.
Provencal Lemom, Cotton Blossom, Rose Geranium, Sweet Lime, Violet Musk.
To me, this interprets as a delicate light scent that is so feminine and complex.
There is a light and even sharp citrus top note and it warms up with rather round florals and musk, then disappears without leaving any unpleasant aftertaste!
Although this is Eau de Parfum, the staying power is not that great, and it is not meant to be.
I personally think it stays better than other CLEAN scents, though.
What I love most about this scent is that it is still a head-turner while being a quiet (almost prim) scent!
I recommend this to anyone since it is a very easy-to-wear and never offensive.
5 more days to enter my first giveaway..
You are amazing at reviewing fragrances! It's something that you can't show with pictures and people tend to visualize things better but you have a way with words, missy!
i love fragrance and all things smelling pretty! i am a recovered scent junky..
writing in english is still hard for me sometimes and i am sure i make tons of mistakes, but thanks so much for the encouragement!
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i am a huge fan of "clean" scents. nothing that screams "i'm wearing perfume" kind of smell.l glad you recommend this--sounds lights and very wearable.
this one is more of a "fresh out of shower" kind of scent. i think it's universally flattering.
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§9833. Financial assistance for Head Start programs
The Secretary may, upon application by an agency which is eligible for designation as a Head Start agency pursuant to section 9836 of this title, provide financial assistance to such agency for a period of 5 years for the planning, conduct, administration, and evaluation of a Head Start program focused primarily upon children from low-income families who have not reached the age of compulsory school attendance which (1) will provide such comprehensive health, education, parental involvement, nutritional, social, and other services as will enable the children to attain their full potential and attain school readiness; and (2) will provide for direct participation of the parents of such children in the development, conduct, and overall program direction at the local level.
( Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, §638, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 499 ; Pub. L. 100–297, title II, §2504, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 330 ; Pub. L. 103–252, title I, §§103, 112(c), May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 625 , 641; Pub. L. 105–285, title I, §104, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2705 ; Pub. L. 110–134, §4, Dec. 12, 2007, 121 Stat. 1367 .)
2007-Pub. L. 110–134 inserted "for a period of 5 years" after "provide financial assistance to such agency".
1998-Cl. (1). Pub. L. 105–285 substituted "enable the children" for "aid the children" and inserted "and attain school readiness" before the semicolon.
1994-Pub. L. 103–252 struck out subsec. (a) designation, in cl. (1), substituted "health, education, parental involvement, nutritional, social, and other services" for "health, nutritional, educational, social, and other services", and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: "For purposes of providing financial assistance under subsection (a) of this section to agencies, the Secretary may not take into consideration whether such agency applies for or receives funds under subchapter V of this chapter."
1988-Pub. L. 100–297 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–252 effective May 18, 1994, but not applicable to Head Start agencies and other recipients of financial assistance under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) until Oct. 1, 1994, see section 127 of Pub. L. 103–252, set out as a note under section 9832 of this title.
For effective date and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 100–297, see section 6303 of Pub. L. 100–297, set out as a note under section 1071 of Title 20, Education.


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U.S. colleges struggle to salvage fall semester amid surging coronavirus infections
Fans in the student section wait for the start of the Missouri State vs. Oklahoma NCAA college football game on Sept. 12, 2020 in Norman, Okla. Due to coronavirus (COVID-19) restriction, no fans are allowed in the first rows, only cut-outs. (Sue Ogrocki-Pool/Getty Images)
Colleges across the country are struggling to salvage the fall semester amid skyrocketing coronavirus cases, entire dorm complexes and frat houses under quarantine, and flaring tensions with local community leaders over the spread of the disease.
Many major universities are determined to forge ahead despite warning signs, as evidenced by the expanding slate of college football games occurring Saturday. The football-obsessed SEC begins its season with fans in stadiums. Several teams in other leagues have had to postpone games because of outbreaks among players and staff.
Institutions across the nation saw spikes of thousands of cases days after opening their doors in the last month, driven by students socializing with little or no social distancing. School and community leaders have tried to rein in the virus by closing bars, suspending students, adding mask requirements, and toggling between in-person and online instruction as case numbers rise and fall.
Tension over the outbreaks is starting to boil over in college towns.
Faculty members from at least two universities have held no-confidence votes in recent weeks against their top leaders, in part over reopening decisions. Government leaders want the University of Wisconsin-Madison to send its students home. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, alarmed by what he sees as draconian rules on college campuses, said he is drawing up a "bill of rights" for college students.
In Rhode Island, Gov. Gina Raimondo, a Democrat, this week blamed outbreaks at two colleges for a surge of virus cases that boosted the state's infection rate high enough to put it on the list of places whose residents are required to quarantine when traveling to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison had seen more than 2,800 confirmed cases in students as of Friday. The school shut down in-person instruction for two weeks, locked down two of its largest dorms, and imposed quarantines on more than a dozen sorority and fraternity houses. The school lifted the dorm lockdown just this week.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi has demanded the university sent all its students home for the rest of the academic year.
"(The virus) was under control until the university came back," Parisi said.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank has fired back, saying tens of thousands of students with off-campus housing would still come to the city. She accused Parisi of failing to enforce capacity restrictions in bars and off-campus parties.
"You can't simply wish (students) away, nor should you," Blank said in a statement directed at Parisi.
Amid the fighting, thousands of students around the country have been quarantined in dorm rooms.
At Kansas State University, more than 2,200 students have been placed in quarantine or isolation since class began. Student Emily Howard was isolated in what students have dubbed "COVID jail" after she and her dorm roommate tested positive for the virus on Sept. 4, just three weeks after arriving on campus.
"Now you walk around campus (and) pretty much everyone says they've had it," Howard said. "Now we don't really care as much because we know we had the antibodies."
Bryan Fisher, a UW-Madison freshman quarantined in the dorms, said students were allowed to leave only to get food from the dining hall, and they were given only 30 minutes to make each trip. He said he spent his time studying and watching movies.
"We were pretty much stuck in here," Fisher said. "It's been pretty hard to meet new people. Everyone's expectations of college aren't what they were."
The University of Connecticut on Friday placed a third dormitory under medical quarantine. More than 150 students have tested positive.
The University of Missouri has had more than 1,500 confirmed cases among students since classes began. The school plans to limit the crowd at Saturday's home football opener against Alabama to no more than 11,700 fans, leaving the stands about 80% empty.
Florida State on Friday decided to require that students test negative for the virus a week before a football game before being allowed to attend and must wear masks in the stands. Seminoles coach Mike Norvell tested positive for the virus last week.
Despite the attempts at mitigation, student cases have sent local county infection numbers soaring. Schools' decisions to push on with the semester have frustrated some faculty and local community leaders.
Faculty members at Appalachian State in August approved a no-confidence vote against Chancellor Sheri Everts over university finances, morale and reopening plans. Everts has said she has received support from the school's Board of Trustees.
The University of Michigan faculty took a no-confidence vote against President Mark Schlissel earlier this month. Faculty felt Schlissel's administration hasn't been transparent about reopening decisions and hasn't released any modeling gauging the health risks. Graduate students went on strike Sept. 8 to protest reopening. Schlissel has acknowledged that trust in his leadership had slipped, but the university's governing board expressed support him this week.
"Colleges and universities are … under immense pressure to remain open," said Chris Mariscano, director of the College Crisis Initiative, a research project at Davidson College tracking the effects of the virus on higher education. "When the president of the United States starts tweeting (about staying open), you understand just how much politics is playing a role here and institutional survival is playing a role here."
University officials across the country say they hope to bolster testing and contact tracing as the semester continues. But Mariscano said universities should expect college students to act like college students.
At Kansas State, Howard was not especially concerned about the virus and didn't mind the "COVID Jail," where students got free laundry service and their own bedrooms.
"I personally am not too worried about it, and everyone I have talked to is not that worried about it," she said. "I think it is more like, you are going to get it. It's just a matter of when."
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They launched their assault on the U.S. Capitol with impunity, livestreaming their crimes and posing for photos as they breached the building's perimeter and threatened the democratic process. Now members of the pro-Trump mob are arguing they shouldn't be held to account.
Speaking through defense lawyers or in interviews, the alleged rioters argued they did nothing illegal. They couldn't have been trespassing, they say, because they entered the Capitol at the "invitation" of President Trump, following his direct orders. Capitol police also held the doors open for them, they assert, basically ushering them into the building's hallowed halls. Even so, knowing that time is running out on Trump's presidency, they are also making a last-minute case for clemency to avert prosecution, appealing to the man who allegedly incited them to act.


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Up The Garden Path Autumn 2018 - Covent Garden Guide
11-18-2018 / Only in London
As a neighbourhood that combines rich culture and history with fantastic shopping, Covent Garden is home to all sorts of unusual stories and characters. In our new quarterly guide to Covent Garden Jeannine Saba, founder of The Covent Gardener magazine speaks about some of her highlights as a resident and neighbour.
Hello and welcome to Up The Garden Path, a quarterly guide to the surrounding area of this stunning hotel. As a resident of Covent Garden I feel fortunate to call myself a local and I take pride in being up to date on all the latest events and performances around town. Each article I will endeavour to send you on paths less trodden, shining a light on the hidden gems that might otherwise pass you by.
For example, I'm sure many of you were already looking forward to discovering The Royal Opera House and the sweeping Piazza. But have you ventured through the Queen Jubilee Coin Maze, a haven of calm nestled in the St Paul's Church Courtyard? Likewise, keep an eye out for the Donkey Plaque on Southampton Street, a nod to the thousands of costermonger's donkeys who worked the market tirelessly in the 19th century. And standing inconspicuously on Garrick Street you will find Anne Frank's Tree, donated by Sir Ben Kingsley in 2001 as a touching dedication to the horse-chestnut tree she admired from her window in Amsterdam.
Coming up this season I must recommend the Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair on 25th November at The Freemason's Hall. Over 50 stands will be selling pieces from the last 100 years of design. With such highlights as the 1970s Moonglow Lucite bracelets from Viva Vintage Jewels and the luxurious faux fur coats from Crystal Vintage, it's the perfect opportunity to steal a march on your Christmas shopping.
Over at the London Coliseum, the English National Opera will be staging Benjamin Britten's timeless War Requiem. Playing from 16th November – 7th December and created especially to mark the centenary of the First World War, Director Daniel Kramer's contemporary production promises to do more than justice to one of the great choral works of the 20th century.
As Editor of The Covent Gardener – a magazine which peeks behind the curtain of our storied surroundings – it has been my privilege to explore one of London's, and indeed the world's, most visited addresses. The Savoy has been a treasured friend since our very first issue in 2016 and it is my great pleasure to help illuminate these cobbled streets for you.
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Telecom Providers
Follow-up to Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-37: 8638-C12-65/02
Aliant, MTS, TCI and SaskTel to show cause as to why they should not be subject to the winback rules provided for Bell Canada
2003/01/17 - Telecom Decision CRTC 2003-1 - In this decision, the Commission directs Aliant Telecom Inc., MTS Communications Inc., TELUS Communications Inc., and Saskatchewan Telecommunications to apply, in their respective operating territories, the winback rules prescribed for Bell Canada in Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-37, 27 June 2002. Reference: 8638-C12-65/02.
2002/08/19 - Independent Members of CAIP ("IMCAIP")
Description: Further to our letter of July 30, 2002, this constitutes the reply of the Independent Members of the Canadian Association of Internet Providers ("IMCAIP") to the submissions of Aliant Telecom Inc. ("Aliant"), MTS Communications Inc. ("MTS"), TELUS Communications Inc. ("TELUS"), and Saskatchewan Telecommunications ("SaskTel") regarding the application to them of the high-speed Internet winback rules set forth in the above-noted Decision ("the Decision").
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2002/08/09 - Saskatchewan Telecommunications
Description: SaskTel has received a copy of the letter from the Canadian Association of Internet Providers dated 30 July 2002 ("the letter").
Description: In paragraph 65 of the above-noted Decision ("the Decision"), the Commission provided Aliant Telecom Inc., MTS Communications Inc., TELUS Communications Inc., and Saskatchewan Telecommunications 30 days to show cause as to why the application of the high-speed Internet winback rules set forth in the Decision should not apply to each of them.
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2002/07/29 - TELUS Communications Inc.
Description: TELUS Communications Inc. ("TELUS" or the "Company") is in receipt of Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-37 ("Decision 2002-37" or the "Decision") and hereby responds to the Commission's request to show cause why the application of the high-speed Internet winback restrictions set forth in the Decision should not apply to TELUS.
2002/07/29 - Aliant Telecom Inc.
Description: This submission is made by Aliant Telecom Inc. (Aliant Telecom) pursuant to the Commission's directive in Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-37, issued June 27, 2002, to show cause within 30 days why Aliant Telecom Inc. should not be subject to the winback rules provided for Bell Canada in this decision.
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2002/07/23 - Saskatchewan Telecommunications ("SaskTel")
Description: Saskatchewan Telecommunications ("SaskTel") has received Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-37 ("the Decision"), and responds to the Commission's request to show cause why the application of the high-speed Internet winback restrictions set forth in the Decision should not apply to it.
2002/07/04 - MTS Communications Inc.
Description: Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-37, Independent Members of the Canadian Association of Internet Providers - Digital Subscriber Line Internet Services, issued June 27, 2002, directed Aliant Telecom Inc., MTS Communications Inc. ("MTS or "the Company"), Telus Communications Inc., and Saskatchewan Telecommunications to show cause within 30 days of the decision as to why they should not be subject to the winback rules provided for Bell Canada in the decision.


Argued and Submitted July 8, 1992.
Arlen D. Woffinden and Dominic T. Holzhaus, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee and for the real-party-in-interest-appellee.
Ann Belanger Durney, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellant.
Before: FLETCHER, O'SCANNLAIN, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.
This case involves estate tax deductibility of a charitable remainder pursuant to 26 U.S.C. Sec. 2055. The testatrix, Anita Wand, provided in her will for a life interest for her employee James Fuller, and a remainder for Occidental College. The trustee under the will, Wells Fargo, seeks a tax refund of approximately $1.4 million. The issues are whether Wand's will was executed before 1979 despite a 1982 codicil, and whether Occidental College's remainder was "presently ascertainable." The district court determined that both conditions were met. We affirm.
and medical expenses and payment from the Wand Estate of his personal income taxes.
Mrs. Wand executed codicils to her will in 1972, 1977, and 1982, each changing Mr. Fuller's life interest. Mrs. Wand died September 4, 1985. Mr. Fuller, an 83 year old man with an independent annual income of $82,920, frugal, healthy and with modest needs, began receiving his benefits under the will. The estate obtained a reformation of the will in state court on January 25, 1988, changing Mr. Fuller's interest to a flat $122,000 per year and nothing else. This reformation eliminated payment of medical expenses, taxes and maintenance and improvements to the residence, in order to qualify for the estate tax charitable deduction under Internal Revenue Code Sec. 2055. The estate then applied for a refund of the taxes paid on the remainder interest.
The IRS denied the claim because it determined that the remainder interest was not a "reformable interest" under the Tax Code, so the conversion of the interest to a remainder annuity trust by the state court reformation could not qualify the remainder for a charitable deduction. The district court concluded on summary judgment that the remainder interest was a reformable interest, that the will was executed prior to 1979, and that the charitable remainder's interest was "presently ascertainable" at the time of Wand's death.
The government argues, first, that the will was republished by a 1982 codicil, so it cannot be treated as executed before 1979. Execution has to have been before 1979 to qualify. Second, the government argues that the value of the remainder was not ascertainable at the time of Mrs. Wand's death, so it cannot qualify for the charitable deduction. We review the summary judgment de novo. Johnson v. Moore, 948 F.2d 517, 519 (9th Cir.1991). We review the district court's interpretation of state law de novo. Matter of McLinn, 739 F.2d 1395, 1397 (9th Cir.1984) (en banc).
(iv) SPECIAL RULE FOR WILL EXECUTED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1979, ETC.--In the case of any interest passing under a will executed before January 1, 1979, or under a trust created before such date, clause (ii) [requiring that beneficiary's interest be fixed] shall not apply.
26 U.S.C. Sec. 2055(e)(3)(C)(iv). Mrs. Wand's will was executed in 1971, but her third codicil was executed in 1982. Does the third codicil prevent the estate from relying on the special rule quoted above, thus depriving the will of reformability?
The 1982 codicil leaves the will substantially as it was before, and does not change the identity of the person holding the life interest, or of the charitable remainderman, so we need not reach the question of whether a more extensive 1982 change in the substance of the will would affect the deduction. All the 1982 codicil does is increase Mr. Fuller's monthly cash amount by $250. The codicil recites that "I confirm and republish" the 1971 will and the earlier codicils.


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Clarissa Patricia Josephine Hurley
Service Date: Thursday, April 5, 2018 Service Time: 12:00 Noon Service Location: Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 21 Canon Street, Saint John, NB
Visitation: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 Visitation Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm Visitation Location: Brenan's Funeral Home, 111 Paradise Row, Saint John
Obituary of Clarissa Patricia Josephine Hurley
The family of Clarissa Patricia Josephine Hurley, R.N. is deeply saddened to announce her death, on March 27th, at Rocmaura Nursing Home in Saint John. Born on March 15th, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Clara (née Maher) Hurley of Barnaby River, New Brunswick. Clarissa devoted her long, remarkable life to her faith, family, friends, and work. In 1938, she left the family farm at Semiwagon Ridge near Barnaby River to train at the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Chatham, where she graduated as a Registered Nurse. At the Civic Hospital in Ottawa she developed her specialty in obstetric and pediatric nursing. In the late 1940's, she traveled to New York to join the order of religious sisters, Filiarum Mariae, Salutem Infirmorum (Daughters of Mary, Health of the Sick). As Sister Mary Carmel, she provided care to disadvantaged women and children in New York City's most troubled areas, and spent several years at the order's foreign mission in Okinawa, Japan. In the mid-1970's, she returned to her native New Brunswick, where she continued nursing, cared for her aging parents, and turned her formidable work ethic to a second career as a data processor at Saint John's Scotiabank Centre. Clarissa was a steadfast, loving friend, always on hand with perceptive and practical advice. A woman of strong convictions, she was nonetheless tolerant and non-judgmental. Loquacious and articulate, she was a natural storyteller with an infectious laugh. She lived simply, unconcerned with the acquisition of material belongings. Her only indulgence was a daily trip to Tim Horton's for a ham and cheese biscuit; her only extravagance was her boundless capacity for love, empathy, and compassion. Survived by her sisters, Alice (Cliff, dec.) and Stella (Ray Renneburg); brother, Anthony (Louise); 25 nieces and nephews, and their many children. Predeceased by her parents as well as her siblings Martin, John (Joyce), James (Anne), Joe, Daniel (Kathleen), Peter (Marie), Raymond (Frances), Mary, and Phoebe, as well as her nephew, Michael. Clarissa's family extends heartfelt thanks to the devoted nurses and caregivers at Rocmaura Nursing Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Brenan's Funeral Home, 111 Paradise Row, Saint John (634-7424), with visitation on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated from Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 21 Canon Street, Saint John, NB, on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 12:00 Noon, with Father Peter Melanson presiding. Remembrances made to Rocmaura Nursing Home or a charity of the donor's choice would be appreciated by the family.


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Why does Northern Ireland pronunciation sound similar to American?
Recently, I started watching a TV show The Fall, which takes place in Northern Ireland. Their intonations and accents are unique, but their pronunciation sounds a lot like North American English to me.
Here are some similarities I have found:
The 't' gets softened like in Americans English. For example, 'Peter' sounded like [pi:rɚ], not [pi:tɚ].
The 'r' which is not followed by a vowel is pronounced. For example, 'Peter' sounded like [pi:rɚ], not [pi:rə]
The diphthong 'o' sounds like [ou], as in American English, not [əu], as in British English.
Did I hear correctly? If so, why are there such similarities? Did the Northern Ireland pronunciation affect North American pronunciation 2~3 hundreds years ago?
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Everybody speaking English pronounced things like (2) and (3) three and four hundred years ago, when America was first settled. The Irish and the Americans simply haven't changed their pronunciation. If you listen closely, you'll find that the actual vowels used before 'r's are quite different in the U.S. than in Ireland. – Peter Shor Nov 30 '14 at 11:51
The question actually should be - the hegemony of American culture affecting the English language and culture of the world, including the British Isles. bbc.com/news/business-30260103. youtube.com/watch?v=ynDF4N054XM !!! It is so funny. – Blessed Geek Nov 30 '14 at 12:00
I don't necessarily agree with the premise. To me (a GenAmE speaker), all the accents in the U.K. sound crazy different from those in the US. Has there been a qualitative study of the objective distances among the accents? Also I just heard someone NI speaking and they say 'now' considerably different from the US, something like 'knee-ah' – Mitch Oct 15 '17 at 17:06
To me, a southern English RP speaker, the various Northern Irish accents (there are more than one) sound wildly and, yes, crazily different from any US accents. So they do. – Michael Harvey Jun 15 '18 at 17:46
During the Irish potato famine 1845-1852 more than a million Irish emigrated to America.
This influx probably affected pronunciation in the areas of America where immigrants were concentrated.
JoAnneJoAnne
True. I was born and raised in such a place, and my mother's family is of Irish descent on both sides. There are many points of similarity between our local way of speaking and the English spoken in Ireland: intonation patterns, pronunciation, etc. The influence comes not only from northern Ireland. – TRomano Nov 30 '14 at 13:55
You are correct the Northern Irish also know as Scots Irish arrived on the America frontier from lt 1690s through to 1770s. So in a large part the Northern Irish accent is more dominant in American English than Southern Irish accent.
Johnny Johnny
250,000 Scotch Irish/Northern Irish left Northern part of Ireland in 18th century which is an large proportion of the US population at that time. – Johnny Oct 15 '17 at 16:21
@Johny The northern Irish are not also known as the Scots-Irish. There are nearly two million northern Irish. Less than half of the population of northern Ireland are Scots-Irish. – Seán Paul Robert Quinn Jun 15 '18 at 14:15
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Led by passionate choreographers bursting with vision, Ballet Kelowna promises to deliver an artistically rich performance Friday, February 25 at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre.
Feb. 21, 2011 8:00 a.m.
Ballet Kelowna will be performing in Chilliwack on Feb. 25 at the Cultural Centre.
Action Consequences is the name of the show slated to be both uplifting and powerful, graceful and athletic.
Ballet Kelowna dancers are lean, toned and move with fluid strength, poise and beauty. The sheer sinewy power of the dancers can be intimidating, but audiences are put at ease with the enthusiasm and genuine warmth.
They light up when pushed to express themselves, and capturing audiences with their movement and art form.
Action Consequences includes a wide range of ballet forms that explores the physical relationship of movement to music and sight to sound, encompassing the "inno-classical" objective of the season.
Starting the program, Dvorak Dances (2006) takes the stage as a simple evocation of Czech composer, Antonin Dvorak's lovely music. Next, the world premiere of Gioconda Barbuto's Capture, where the action and reaction of the dancers with each other will determine the beginning, middle and end of this intimate exploration of space.
Returning from intermission, patrons will be charmed by Auguste Bournonville's The Flower Festival Pas de Deux (1858), which tells the delightful story of young lovers from the Ballet Blomsterfesteni Genzano.
Ballet Kelowna continues to impress with Simone Orlando's within (2010), which premiered last Fall and the company is proud to include it again in the Spring program. With this ballet, a dancer must face the emotionally shattering reality of the end of a career as she embraces the spotlight and her audience one last time.
Closing the evening, Glenn Branca's pulsating music will set the stage for In Stride (1999), a direct consequence of challenging the classically trained ballet dancer to throw out all the stringent rules of ballet and explore linear and angular movement.
Capturing the interest of any and all, Ballet Kelowna performs to sold out audiences and enhances the image of ballet, making the art form more accessible, inviting, fun and always personally meaningful.
Ballet Kelowna, Feb. 25, 8 p.m., Tickets at the Cultural Centre, 604.391.SHOW(7469) or www.chilliwackculturalcentre.ca.


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Q: Dynamically update transform-origin of a CSS3 rotated element when modifying width or height Following on from Changing width/height to a CSS rotated div triggers top/left reposition I need some help to solve a CSS rotation and dynamic width/height.
I understand transform-origin and think I need to dynamically update it at the same time the width or height of the element is updated. I'm only interested in the technical solution, rather than any cross-browser cleverness and hence the demo only uses the -webkit prefix.
HTML

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

    Width: <input id="width" type="range" min="20" max="400" step="1" value="200">
    Height: <input id="height" type="range" min="20" max="400" step="1" value="100">
    Angle: <input id="angle" type="range" min="0" max="360" step="1" value="0">

CSS
#rotated {
    background:lightblue;
    border:1px dotted #000;
    height:100px;
    width:200px;
    position:absolute;
    top:300px;
    left:100px;
    overflow:hidden;
}

#width, #height, #angle {
    display:block;
    margin-bottom:10px;
    width:200px;
}

JavaScript
$('#width').change(function() {
    $('#rotated').css({width:this.value + 'px'});
});

$('#height').change(function() {
    $('#rotated').css({height:this.value + 'px'});
});

$('#angle').change(function() {
    $('#rotated').css({'-webkit-transform': 'rotate(' + this.value + 'deg)'});
});

In the second demo, adding the CSS
#rotated {
    -webkit-transform-origin: 100px 50px;
    -webkit-transform: rotate(60deg);
}

and updating the value of the angle slider to 60
Angle: <input id="angle" type="range" min="0" max="360" step="1" value="60">

produces the correct result when modifying the width/height via the sliders, in that the element grows and shrinks in the x, y dimensions without moving position. However, rotating the element now no longer around the desired (centre point) origin.
I have tried some variations (mousedown, mousemove, change) on this which I thought would set the origin before the width/height is modified but the
 is still shifting position.
$('#width, #height, #angle').change(function() {
    $('#rotated').css({'-webkit-transform-origin': $('#width').val()/2 + 'px' + $('#height').val()/2 + 'px'});
});

I assume jQuery is applying the CSS changes at the same time, whereas I think that the origin needs updating before the width/height change.
Basically I want the shape to always rotate about the center point and to not move when modifying the width/height if the shape is already rotated.

A: FIDDLE DEMO!!!
I'm first ganna tell you WHY this is happening. As you can see when your div isn't rotated there is no problem. So why is this strange behaviour happening when it is?
Answer: Because you're asking it to... As you change the height or width, the div's 50%, or middle point is changing. and thus, the browser places your div in a way where the new 50% of the unrotated DIV would be, and then rotates it.
The solution is to wrap the rotated div in another div (lets say "#wrapper") with a fixed width and height and overflow:visible.
Then you place the #rotated inside the #wrapper and on width or height change, calculate the change and translate the #rotated div in a way where it is always in the center of #wrapper ( for example, for width,the translation is -(wrapWidth-newWidth)/2  ).
Then you rotate the wrapper and voila.
here's the code based on your setup:
HTML:

    Width: <input id="width" type="range" min="20" max="400" step="1" value="200">
    Height: <input id="height" type="range" min="20" max="400" step="1" value="100">
    Angle: <input id="angle" type="range" min="0" max="360" step="1" value="60">

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CSS:
#width, #height, #angle {
    position:relative;
    display:block;
    margin-bottom:10px;
    width:200px;
}

#rotateWrap{
    position:absolute;
    overflow:visible;
    height:100px;
    width:200px;
    top:200px;
    left:100px;
    outline:2px solid red;
    -webkit-transform-origin: 50% 50%;

}

#rotated {
    background:lightblue;
    position:relative;
    overflow:hidden;
    height:100px;
}

#wrap{
    position:absolute;
}

JAVASCRIPT
wPrev=$("#rotateWrap").width();
hPrev=$("#rotateWrap").height();

$('#width').mousedown(function(){
}).change(function() {
    $("#rotated").width(newW=$(this).val())
        .css({left: -(newW-wPrev)/2 + "px"});
});

$('#height').mousedown(function(){
}).change(function() {
    $("#rotated").height(newH=$(this).val())
        .css({top: -(newH-hPrev)/2 + "px"});
});

$('#angle').change(function() {
    $("#rotateWrap").css({"-webkit-transform":"rotate("+$(this).val()+"deg)"});
});