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Whitographs
The car as a star
Creating Robert Whitaker's Z4 Whitograph.
Star quality is a difficult thing to capture in a photograph; when once captured it is a reflection of the internal forces that make people stand out from the ordinary. As a photographer,Robert Whitaker possesses the ability to coax this star quality to the surface, so that each of his remarkable images make one feel the power of the famous page captured on film.
Robert's ability to connect with his subjects, many of whom are famous pop musicians and visual artists, has resulted in firm friendships spanning his 40-year career. This connection makes these people who have shaped our culture, from the Beatles to Mirka Mora seem vibrant, friendly, disarmed, yet undeniably star-like.
Robert and I first met through a fundraising dinner for the Neuroscience Foundation at Royal Melbourne Hospital featuring his iconic images of Mick Jagger as Ned Kelly. When Robert returned to Melbourne to stage his remarkable 40 Year retrospective, Yesterday and Today, he gave me a 'Cook's Tour' of the exhibition.
One of the most striking portraits in the show taken in 1972 of artist Salvador Dali, uses all 36 exposures of the surrealist artist's face to create a single image.
"At that time I was used to playing around with things called extension tubes on lenses, where you could get very close to something", Whitaker recalls. "When I met Dali I told him that I wanted to get inside his head. I said I'll photograph inside every hole I can find. I started by photographing his ears, then inside his mouth and up his nose."
Whitaker revisited the concept almost 30 year's later, creating Whitographs of a number of prominent artists, including Judith Durham, Robert Besanko and Howard Arkley.
As we walked among Robert's photographs, the subject of the coming BMW Z4 roadster prompted the idea of creating a Whitograph of a car. The candidate was perfect: intriguing forms, sweeping interior surfaces and the promise of a powerful, mechanical 'soul'.
In creating a Whitograph of a person, Robert captures the emotions, expressions and spirit as he moves around the subject. "Everybody's face is utterly fascinating and I can never make a Whitograph the same, because facial movements are always different", Whitaker states.
The car, Robert decided, needed a more mechanical approach. The challenge was the size of the subject with the resultant number
of exposures. Robert broke down brochure photographs into grids, and we briefly flirted with using conventional photographs. The more we discussed it, the obvious solution kept emerging — use digital photography and a computer-generated grid.
Canon Australia supplied us with their sensational EOS1DS digital camera body. Robert used the lenses that have been used on hundreds of famous faces. Add computer
expertise and youth combined in the form of three Swinburne students — Frank Chang, Simon Finn and Jacqui Warburton, and two very powerful Macs. Throw in a very big light, a white studio, lots of coffee and the stage was set for Robert to create the largest, and a rguably most technically challenging Whitograph ever. The result is a technical tour de force, as Whitaker explains, "It would be possible to output an image almost the
size of Victoria, without losing any definition of any image…"
"I enjoyed this challenge very much and could not have completed the image in the time constraints we had, if it had not been for the very able assistance of all concerned," says Whitaker. "Discussing technical requirements, which I knew were possible, with people who had not a clue what I was after or how to achieve my desires in direction was very nerve-racking. However I must have explained myself well, because I think the result is amazing."
The result is a striking portrait of a motorcar. Each 9" by 6" frame is a piece of automotive portraiture in its own right. The full
image is a remarkably in-depth vision of a complex machine, complete as the designers intended, yet exposed in the detail that makes the car a more complex and emotional creation than just steel, aluminium and rubber would ever suggest.
BMW Z4, 2003 by Robert Whitaker will be displayed at the Bib Stillwell launch of the BMW Z4 roadster at the Monash Gallery of Art on Thursday 20th July 2003. The photograph will then be displayed in the Bib Stillwell Showroom, 145 Williams Road, South Yarra.
In creating a 'Whitograph' of a person, Robert captures the emotions, expressions and spirit as he moves around the subject…
The car, Robert decided, needed a more mechanical approach. The challenge was the size of the subject with the resultant number of exposures.
Copyright © 2022 Robert Whitaker Photography. All Rights reserved.


The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 31st May 2002. Entries supply name, date of death, and age.
The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 31st May 2002 (as above). Entries supply name, date of death, and age.
B22. Josephine Mary, daughter of Joseph & Ann WILLSHAW.
The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 24th June 2002. Entries supply name, date of death, and age.
The following MI was kindly contributed by Lela, 5th February 2004.
Note: This Grave Stone is next to Inscription B11 above, of Ellen CHELL d. 1909. Lela reports that its inscribed side is hidden inside a large holly bush! George was her great grandfather, so she is very interested in this CHELL family. They were farmers, and George was the grandson of a John CHELL who died 1828, aged 81.


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Clexa Con: Queer celebration or exploitation?
Heather D Uncategorized May 21, 2019 November 3, 2022 11 Minutes
UPDATED 10-28-2022
Clexa Con tried to be many things: a fan convention where people can watch entertainment based panels and interact with their faves, a film festival where projects by and for queer women are highlighted, an academic convention with workshops and networking. It tries (or more skeptically, it wants to look like it tries) to give a platform to the most marginalized of our community by offering panels led by QPOC, Trans and non-binary folks, people with disabilities and so on. Also there's an Artist Alley thrown in there because an event with the success of Clexa Con should definitely want to share some of that success with queer artists by propping them up, right?
In trying to be all of these things, Clexa Con 2019 seemed to fall short of getting any of them right. Clexa Con started in 2017 as a response to the harmful Bury Your Gays trope. It was meant to be a queer oasis where we could mourn the characters we'd lost, celebrate the ones who provided representation when it was needed most, and brainstorm a way forward. So why after the third iteration were many left with the impression that everything Clexa Con did was with one real goal in mind: to make a profit. There's nothing inherently wrong with making money, this is a full time job for the people who run it, of course they should make money from all the work they put in. Why are there so many people venting their frustration in the #clexapocalypse tag? A hashtag started by vendors as a way to shed light on how they were treated by the Con, but became a catch-all for people who felt Clexa Con didn't deliver the product it advertised.
Why did one of the founders "step away" from her position a few months before the Con?
Why did a large portion of the core staff announce they were leaving their positions days after the Convention concluded?
The most innocent conclusion is that they stumbled, that a still young convention bit off more than they could chew and a lot of innocent mistakes added up.
But the more I thought about the whole thing the less innocent it all seemed. After looking into the Visibility Fund, the charity that would benefit from Cocktails for Change this year, things felt less messy and more shady. By the time the Con was over, things felt messy and shady and frankly exploitative. That probably sounds like a harsh conclusion, but after taking everything in this post into account, is it accurate?
Disabled Attendees
For me the first Red Flag this year came when Annie shared the response they had received from Clexa Con regarding accessibility for disabled Con goers. As a disabled person I found their original policy disgusting. As a someone who relies on proper accessibility to attend Cons I felt completely unwelcome. The policy stated that they would not be issuing stickers to ID people with accessibility needs (something that is common practice at most public events), used language like "we allow" wheelchairs, and their solution to people who are not able to stand for long periods of time was to BRING THEIR OWN CHAIR. There was an immediate response from people with disabilities and allies.
A day later they made an attempt to clarify their policy. They continued to use condescending language and suggested having "someone from your party" wait in line for you. I guess if you go to Cons alone like I do, you're just screwed.
Their implication that disabled people were just trying to get special treatment did not go over well, here are some examples of how people were feeling after this clarification.
On February 11th they issued another statement saying that they were working to see where they could do better. I naively assumed there would be an apology and decent policy in a matter of days. Instead we waited weeks without any kind of acknowledgement of the people tweeting them with concerns and anxiety about if they would be able to attend the Con not knowing if their accessibility needs would be met. During the wait an oblivious tweet from Clexa Con's account raised some eye-brows.
In the end it took them until March 4th to announce that they had updated their policy. I can't speak for other people with disabilities, but even though the policy was a huge improvement, for me this was too little, too late. The language they had used did real harm, as did the amount of time they left us waiting for answers and they never seemed to truly understand that. The final policy still left much to be desired. It's amazing how complicated they made something so simple just because they didn't want disabled people to feel special.
By the time I was heading home from Vegas a new hashtag was in full swing: #clexapocalypse. Like I mentioned earlier, this tag was started in response to the treatment of vendors by the convention. I highly encourage you to read the two threads I linked below written by Clexa Con vendors, detailing much of what went wrong in the this year's Artist Alley.
Open Letter from the Vendors and Official verdict on ClexaCon: Yikes.
These threads include emails between vendors and Clexa Con Staff showing that what was promised to the vendor is far from what was delivered as well as discrepancies in pricing and other issues. They highlight errors in and a complete lack of communication, issues in how vendors were treated in what should have been a safe space, physical safety concerns, and lack of promotion on the website and visibility at the con.
No selfies and sub-par Photo-Ops
Prior to the convention an attendee posted this screen shot of an email they received from Clexa Con:
This is the second time important information had only come to light because someone shared an email on twitter, Clexa Con made no official announcement regarding selfies. The most obvious implication of this was that people would be forced to purchase photo-ops for significantly more money if they wanted a photo with a guest. Why this year were they suddenly so interested in selling more photo-ops? Hint: The people who own Clexa Con also own the company that was doing the photos this year. I'll have a lot more to say on that further down.
I love selfies so I was pretty disappointed by this news. I buy plenty of Photo-Ops too, I just usually save those for groups. The email itself is annoying because of the wording "unfortunately guests will not be doing selfies" as if it were the guests' decision (it wasn't). To add to the confusion many guests were doing selfies at the Convention. Why were some allowed and some weren't? Did they lie about it being a blanket policy just to boost photo-op sales?
Now to the photo-ops themselves. One attendee had this to say:
Another attendee talked to me about many issues they noticed with the overall impression: "The poor quality of the photo ops and their lack of flexibility in making it right, were totally unprofessional." Once people started posting their photos the quality was so bad that other photographers were tweeting out offers to fix photos free of charge.
Clexa Con=Dash Productions = Visibility Fund
When all is said and done, this convention was about making money for three businesses and a "charity". A convention that aims to "celebrate positive representation for LGBTQ women in the media", a network that hosts and produces content for and by queer women, an event production company, and an organization "to promote positive representation of underrepresented communities in media".
The Visibility Fund uses donations (like all of the tickets sold to Cocktails for Change) to "promote" LGBTQ media, Tello sells subscriptions to it's network to enjoy LGBTQ media, Clexa Con celebrates LGBTQ women in media, and Dash gets paid to put on the convention and take the photos. At first glance it seems like a great way to spread the love, to use this unique partnership to benefit as many LGBTQ women as possible. So how many queer women are benefiting from it? The original version of this post implied equal responsibility among three people:
– Ashley Arnold: Visibility Fund, ClexaCon, DASH Productions, and Tello Films.
– Danielle Jablonski: Visibility Fund, ClexaCon, DASH Productions, and Tello Films.
– Christin Baker: Formally DASH Productions and Tello Films.
2022 Update and Clarification on Christin Baker's involvement.
Near the end of 2021 Christin became aware of this post and invited me to meet with her and discuss the reality of her involvement with Ashley Arnold and Danielle Joblonski. She listened to and addressed my concerns and it became clear that the scope of her involvement with the actual Con was limited almost entirely to the Filmmaker Panels. I don't believe Christin shares any blame for the problems with the Con as whole. Below is a statement from Christin Baker detailing her business partnership with Danielle and Ashley, her attempts to take back full control of a company she founded in 2009, Tello Films, with Danielle and Ashley becoming partial owners of in 2018, and other ways she was cut ties with them. It's worth really thinking about the fact that a huge portion of of the Clexa Con staff, including a founder, left the organization in 2019 then after a brief partnership Christin Baker was left fighting for a company she founded.
A Statement From Christin Baker , Jan 5th 2022
"I was hoping to bring in the New Year with an announcement that I had bought back the majority of my company, Tello Films. Unfortunately, I write this statement unable to share that news and I am uncertain if I will ever be able to. For reasons I will explain below, I have not been able to speak publicly regarding things that I have wanted to address for some time. However, I feel that now is the time to do that as I move forward in 2022.
I consider myself a very loyal friend, almost to a fault – which has been to my detriment at times. This loyalty allows me to blindly trust people, so much so that I sometimes fail to see the full picture And now, as a result of that, my name is being incorrectly connected to an event in which I was nowhere nearly involved to the degree that may have been perceived by others. Worst of all, this connection has also hurt my reputation in the LGBTQ community.
I want to share my truth about my involvement with ClexaCon and its organizers, Danielle Jablonski and Ashley Arnold, as well as clear up any misconceptions or rumors.
In 2017, I was a sponsor through Tello Films and participated on panels as an industry guest/sponsor.
During ClexaCon London, I was in charge of the photo booth area and participated on panels as a guest
In 2019, I was responsible for organizing the panels for the Thursday Filmmaker panel, and I was responsible for the photo op area as I was one of the owners of DASH Photos. I was not in charge of the quality control of the photos but rather the operations and logistics of the photo ops.
I was not involved in the 2020 virtual convention or the in-person 2021 convention.
One thing I would like to be very clear about is that I was not and have never been involved in any decision-making processes for ClexaCon. I was not involved in acquiring guests, making convention policies, or communicating with anyone as a representative of ClexaCon except in my discussions with the other filmmakers involved in the Thursday Filmmaker Convention in 2019.
With regards to my involvement with Danielle and Ashley and Tello Films: In 2018 they became partial owners of Tello Films, a company I founded in 2009. While they own the majority shares in the company, I have remained President and CEO and I continue to be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company. Together, the three of us produced Season of Love and I Hate New Year's.
In the fall of 2020, it became clear that our business goals were not aligned and I began the process of severing ties with them. Around this time, I launched A Baker Production and produced Christmas at the Ranch with different producers. In April of 2021, the production property that was jointly owned was sold and I started the process of trying to buy back Danielle and Ashley's shares of Tello Films. It was my hope to have this completed by the end of the year, but after 10 months of negotiations, unfortunately we were not able to come to a resolution. As of this moment, I am unsure about my future with the Tello Films organization due to them still owning the majority of the company's shares.
I would like to emphasize that my professional future does not include a partnership with them or being part of ClexaCon. I have divested my involvement with DASH Productions and Dash Photography as well.
There have been incorrect and defamatory statements made about me due to my previous associations with ClexaCon and DASH Productions. While I understand these assumptions were made because of my prior professional involvement, I hope that in finally being able to speak my truth people will stop negatively associating me with the decisions made at ClexaCon. I have worked hard to be a collaborative person who sets high standards for myself and my honest dealings. My involvement with the aforementioned individuals and entities has tarnished my reputation and I want to get it back. Most of all, I want to continue making films to further LGBTQ representation for our community in healthy, positive ways and I hope this statement is the start of that.
Hoping for a creative 2022,
Treatment of POC
I am not a POC, and I have no intention of speaking for a community I'm not part of, but for three years I've seen people share concerns over how POC are treated. I encourage to read this piece written by a WOC who was there: CLEXACON: WHY LGBTQIA+ WOMEN CAN'T CLAIM SAFE SPACES JUST YET
Treatment of guests
All weekend during the Con and in the days that followed there was lots of talk about certain guests being treated badly by the people in charge and even put in uncomfortable and unsafe situations. There are a lot of questions on this subject that we probably won't get the answer to due to contracts and NDAs. However, the wife of one of the guests, Dot Marie Jones, did speak out and confirm a lot of what people were worried about.
Security, or lack there of.
Clexa Con cut a lot of corners to save money this year, one place this was especially obvious was at the entrances. There was no Security, volunteer or hired. There may have been a few bag checks and a volunteer sporadically checking badges, but for the most part there was no accountability of who was entering the convention or what they had with them.
Clexa Con was a beautiful idea and for three years has given queer women and our allies a place to come together an celebrate our stories. Unfortunately, in the end it felt more like using celebrities as bait, intersectionality as a smoke screen, and an under-served community as an easy target.
I'm far from the only person who feels this way. Here are two wonderfully written threads by other attendees:
– Attendee @EGBridges thread : "It has turned into a profit-centered media industry con instead of a fan-run, fan-centric con, as it began."
– Attendee @divinagpena thread: "everything seemed to be a money grab and greed had somehow contaminated what once seemed to be a celebration of diversity"
I should note that Clexa Con issued a statement following the criticism: Dear ClexaCon attendees and the larger LGBTQ+ community:
They mention the vendor floor, they say they are addressing issues around transphobia and members of the LGBTQ+ community not feeling welcomed, and they mention that they "re-worked" their accessibility policy.
I'll be interested to see what steps are taken to improve on the issues they addressed, but I'm also concerned about several issues they didn't mention.
Will they take an honest look at the ways they fell short? Will they put in the work required to do better? Will it be enough? Will people buy tickets to the already announced Clexa Con 2020?
I can't answer any of that yet, but I do know that the queer community will soon have options when it comes to this type of event. There are a few groups who've already started planning similar events and seem committed to making everyone feel safe and welcome.
Update: ClexaCon addresses some of these issues on their website. https://clexacon.com/about/team-blog/
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Costars and pals, Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi are spinning not one, but two television series off their hilarious collaboration, What We Do in the Shadows — Wellington Paranormal ("about cops") will air in New Zealand, and What We Do in the Shadows ("about vampires in America") hits FX, stateside. The NZ series features WWDitS's Karen O'Leary and Mike Minogue reprising their police roles, as well as Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, who played Nick, and Jemaine Clement kinda sorta teased that viewers might spy a familiar vampire or two.
Harvey Guillen (The Magicians, iZombie, Eye Candy) is on board, too.
and Feldstein's Lady Bird costar, Jake McDorman.
That's a heck of a cast and hey, maybe if we cross our fingers, the boys will pop in for a cameo on this show, too.
What We Do in the Shadows will air on FX, date TBA.
FX has ordered up a 10 episode season, expected to air next spring (2019).
Here's the amusing first full trailer, with a start date of March 27, 2019 announced.
I'm happy to say the tone is just right (as expected, with Clement writing and Waititi directing), and I've already got a soft spot for Kayvan Novak's Nandor (reminds of Vlad), and Harvey Guillen's Guillermo. Let the vampire games begin!
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How exciting to be celebrating your son's 8th birthday at Walt Disney World! No matter what you do, I am sure that it will be magical just because you will be at Walt Disney World. We celebrated my daughter's 7th birthday at Walt Disney World; let me share with you some of what we did to make it extra special.
First, be sure to get the birthday button for your son to wear on his birthday. This is available free of charge at Guest Relations at any Walt Disney World theme park. Walking around with the button, you will hear wishes of "happy birthday!" from cast members and other guests alike. You also might find that wearing the birthday button gets him a little extra magic, like a cupcake or birthday song at a restaurant. Speaking of restaurants, be sure to indicate on any reservations that you make - dining or resort - that you are celebrating his birthday. Again, you may experience a little extra magic. Extra magic is not guaranteed, so do not expect it, and then when it happens it is extra special.
You also could consider working with a Dream Maker at Disney Floral and Gifts to create a special gift for your son. We had a plush Minnie Mouse holding colorful balloons delivered to our villa at Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort for our daughter on her birthday. I suggest that once you browse the website, call Disney Floral and Gifts at 407-WDW-GIFT (407-939-4438) to work with a Dream Maker to customize a gift for your son. Also, consider calling the Disney Cake Hotline at 407-827-2253 to order a custom-made cake for your son. We had a beautiful Minnie Mouse cake made for our daughter on her birthday.
I hope this gives you some ideas for celebration, Reynaldo! Have a wonderful time planning your vacation, and please do not hesitate to ask if you have any further questions.


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1. What Is a Ratbag?
We think that 'Anxious to Know' must be a very selfish kind of person to think that any girl should endure dancing with him all night. He must think he's a swell dancer. He wants to know what a ratbag is. He should know as Perth is full of them, and he's probably one himself. After all, the people of Western Australia have no existence. They are people who have come to make a fortune, then return to the eastern colonies. They have no interest in the land except as an instrument of their material welfare. They are robbers and fleers. For them, secession is not just a ratbag's dream. It is still taken seriously. Ratbag – meaning an eccentric or 'queer' person – most likely originated in Western Australia's Hutt River Province.
Edna Rose Palmer, 19, was cycling past Constable Charles James Upston – on point duty at the intersection of Lennox Crossing Road and Commonwealth Avenue – when she called the Constable a 'ratbag'. Palmer appeared in the Canberra Court yesterday on a charge of using insulting words to an officer of the law.
Constable Upston said Palmer used the term and other cyclists nearby laughed. She did not apologise when he said the term was offensive. When asked by the magistrate, Constable Upston said he had been called a 'ratbag' on occasions before, but not while he was a member of the police force. In response, Palmer said she had used the term in a friendly, joking fashion. She did not know it had any meaning.
'Well Wisher' says that we have Mr Menzies' word that Russia is threatening us, and seems to indicate sarcastically that we should therefore discount it. This kind of fanatical ratbag Communist talk has nothing to do with reason. If 'Well Wisher' wants to know about the real threats to this country, he should go and visit Germaine Greer and Pauline Hanson in their Earl's Court retirement home. They will be more than happy to brainwash him with their ratbag oration.
Bob Brown was another fanatical ratbag. As if a Mohawk of the days when George the Third was king had got into a ballroom of today, it is no use trying to talk reason with such people. Automatic Politburo parrots like Bob Brown and Paul Keating all have the insolence to preach about people 'thinking for themselves' by substituting partisan nonsense for reason. It's a pity they can't be packed off to Nauru and live there under CIA supervision.
A native-born poet with convict origins, Harpur continued ranting as he approached Neilson menacingly with a billy-can. Intense and bespectacled, Neilson said in a fearful tone, 'You wouldn't hit a fella with glasses would yer?' After Harpur was dragged from the bar by local patrons, Neilson, though visibly shaken, continued his reading, apologising to the audience for the disturbance caused by he referred to as 'a big-city ratbag'.
Hello, my name is Tom Eliot and I'm pleased to be given this opportunity to share the secrets that have made my modernism so successful over the years. Firstly, you don't need a lot of brains in this business. I've always said that if you've got an IQ of 160, give away 30 points to somebody else, because you don't need it in modernist poetry. What you need is emotional stability. You have to be able to think independently, and when you come to a conclusion you have to really not care what other people say.
More importantly, you need a robust strategy. The successful literary strategy I've adopted precludes standard diversification dogma. Many pundits would therefore say my strategy must be riskier than that employed by more conventional, traditional poets. I disagree. I believe that a policy of concentration – imagery, rhythm, musical texture, aphoristic phrasing, mastery of form and an original tone of voice – may well decrease risk if it raises, as it should, both the intensity with which a reader thinks about poetry and the comfort-level he must feel with its aesthetic characteristics before investing into it. Beyond fashionable causes, this concentrated literary strategy is sure to grow your stature and secure long-term investment in your literary art for generations to come.
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Former East Bay youth soccer coach found not guilty of molestation
By Bayareanewsgroup Com and Sam Richards |
LIVERMORE — A 28-year-old former youth soccer coach from Livermore has been found not guilty of child molestation, stemming from a July 2014 arrest alleging he had inappropriately touched a 10-year-old girl in a lunch area of a Livermore indoor sports business.
It took an Alameda County jury in Hayward about 90 minutes to return the verdict for Jesse Schlicker after a four-day trial, said Patrick Clancy, Schlicker's attorney. The felony conviction could have meant a prison sentence of up to eight years.
The 2006 Livermore High School graduate was working as a speed and strength coach with the soccer camp program at Cabernet Indoor Sports when he was arrested. He had been free on $100,000 bail when his trial started Monday.
On Friday, Clancy criticized the Livermore Police Department's handling of the case, calling it a "complete lack of investigation."
"They just didn't do a very good job," Clancy said.
The Livermore Police Department did not return a phone call Friday seeking comment.
Schlicker said Friday he had a lot of support in the Livermore community, and that "I would not have been able to get through this year of my life without that support."
He said he will now continue his pursuit of a master's degree in audio engineering, and has no intention of ever again being involved with youth soccer.
Contact Sam Richards at 925-943-8241. Follow him at Twitter.com/samrichardsWC.
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David G. Anderson, PhD and Michael Blaszyk, MHA
Of the various health reform proposals espoused by the leading Democratic presidential candidates, the "public option" plans of Biden, Buttigieg, and Klobuchar sound considerably milder than the Warren / Sanders "Medicare for All" plan. But how mild are they really?
The intent of the "public option" plans is to extend government-paid, taxpayer-supported health insurance to more segments of the commercial population. (The ACA already extended it to the "working poor" who made too much money to qualify for Medicaid.) When Medicare was enacted in January, 1966, three quarters of seniors 65 or older were uninsured.1 Medicare crowded out private insurance quickly: no private insurer could compete with a taxpayer-supported public program that covered 100% of the senior population. The situation in the commercial market today is very different. Most of this population is already covered by private health insurance, and the insurance market is crowded and competitive. How would a public option plan fare in this market?
Marketplace success for any health plan depends mainly on access to doctors, hospitals, and drugs, pricing, plan design (deductibles and co-pays), and member services. A plan's financial performance depends on the underlying risk (sickness) of its members and its ability to manage medical and administrative costs. If a public option plan were operated like a private health plan, it would be unlikely to run away with the market. After five years of experience, and despite unparalleled market awareness, the Obama health insurance exchanges, which utilize private companies, have attracted only 1.5 million unsubsidized members nationwide.2
But there is no reason to think a "public option" plan would be run like a private health plan. A "public option" plan administered and funded by the government would deviate from a private health plan in at least two ways:
A government plan would leverage other government programs, principally Medicare, to cut provider reimbursement; and
A government plan would not have to operate in an actuarily sound fashion because it would be backstopped by federal general funds, which would almost certainly be used within a few years to subsidize premiums.
David G. Anderson, PhD is a Senior Advisor at BDC Advisors, LLC and Executive Director of the Institute for Affordable Health Care (IAHC). He has been a strategy consultant to health systems, academic medical centers, health plans, and medical groups for over thirty years. Michael Blaszyk is Senior Executive Advisor for Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company, a health care private equity firm. He was formerly Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dignity Health (now CommonSpirit Health).
Each of these points is discussed below.
1. Cutting Prover Reimbursement
As the world's largest payers, Medicare and Medicaid have already demonstrated their ability to control the prices they pay for services by forcing private plans to cross-subsidize their costs.
Figure 1. National Health Expenditures per Enrollee by Coverage Type (Indexed: 1987 = 100)
Figure 1 shows that since 1997, when the Balanced Budget Act was passed, the cost of health care for people with private insurance has grown 148% faster than inflation, while the cost of health care for Medicare and Medicaid enrollees has grown only 25% faster than inflation.3 Why? Because government programs have underpaid providers, and providers have shifted their costs onto private payers. [See sidebar on why employers have been willing to pay inflated prices and why providers are still willing to treat government patients.] For over two decades, Medicare and Medicaid have been "free riding" on private commercial health care. If the cost of health care for public and private patients had grown at the same rate since 1998, private health insurance would cost 15% less, and Medicare and Medicaid would cost 45% more today than they do. Over 20 years, private payers have cross-subsidized government programs by almost $1½ trillion.
Provider rates paid by private insurers are now substantially higher than the rates Medicare pays. A 2016 study commissioned by Employers' Forum of Indiana and conducted by the Rand Corporation found that on average employers paid hospitals 2.7 times the amount Medicare would have paid for similar services. In our experience, this level of cross-subsidy is common, and the differential for Medicaid patients is even greater. (Differentials for organized physician practices are lower, but still significant.)
It would be politically difficult for a new "public option" to cut provider reimbursement immediately to Medicare levels. Initially, "public option" payments would probably recognize the difference between Medicare and private payment rates. Buttigieg, for one, has talked about paying providers 200% of Medicare. Over time, however, it is hard to believe that the administrator of the "public option" plan (likely CMS, the Medicare administrator) would keep paying providers twice as much as Medicare pays them. Budgetary pressures would force the administrator to cut provider reimbursement to reduce this differential, which would cause financial dislocations, short-run shortages of products and services, and long-run decapitalization of the industry.
Subsidizing Premiums
Faced with political pressure from members (beneficiaries) to keep their costs down, "public option" plan administrators would soon set premiums at levels that were politically acceptable and cover their costs through a combination of additional employer taxes and federal subsidies. As Lanhee Chen has pointed out, Medicare required unanticipated premium subsidies as early as 1968, two years after the program was enacted.4 In 2018, Medicare cost $750 billion, of which only 56% was covered by receipts (payroll taxes, premiums, and payments from states). The $330 billion hole that remained was filled by drawdowns from the rapidly shrinking Medicare trust fund and contributions from the federal government's general fund.5 In addition to requiring new taxes, subsidizing the "public option" plan would be another huge blow to the federal budget deficit, which is already facing runaway costs from Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and other entitlement programs.
A Super-Highway to Single Payer
A "public option" would create a super-highway to single-payer health care. Once the plan established itself as a new entitlement, gained significant enrollment, and opened government coffers, it would be relatively simple to replace private health insurance entirely, just as Medicare did in 1966. Plan administrators could simply set premiums at a level that underpriced private insurers and pass larger losses onto the federal government. Few employers enjoy administering health benefits, and they couldn't justify paying higher premiums to private health insurers when government was offering cheaper insurance with similar benefits.6
The Future of Private Health Care
From the end of World War II through most of the last century, private employer-funded health care, augmented with Medicare, has provided superior access, quality, and service for 80% of the U.S. population. 7 This "80/20" system gives 80% of the population better access to diagnostics, treatments, and new drugs and higher quality of care than other countries' government-funded health systems. This is presumably why 70-80% of Americans report being satisfied or very satisfied with their own health care on national surveys. In addition, the quality of care provided to the 80% has important spin-off benefits for the 20%, since the safety net system uses many doctors and hospitals funded by the private system (e.g., academic medical centers in urban centers).
Private employer-funded health care, however, does not guarantee health care as a "right" for all citizens. The 20% of the population who are unemployed and uninsured must rely their own resources and/or subsidized safety net institutions like public hospitals and federal, state, or community clinics. As a result, these patients may get less care than their peers in countries with single-payer systems, especially if they live in rural areas without ready access to doctors or hospitals. 8 They may also have to pay more out-of-pocket for their health care than in other countries.
Perhaps more important politically, the employer-based system, as currently implemented, does not work well for people who transition between employers, a growing group in our mobile culture. People who spend time out of the workforce must purchase health insurance on the individual market, triggering repricing of their coverage, which can result in substantial increases in premiums where they have pre-existing conditions. As John Goodman and others have pointed out, there is nothing inherent in our employer-based system that precludes portability of insurance between employers except government laws and regulations. 9 In particular, if Congress offered the same tax deductibility of health insurance premiums to individuals that it offers to employers, portability and pre-existing condition issues would be quickly solved.
The alternative to private employer-funded health care, taxpayer-funded "single-payer" health care, has been the dream of progressives in the U.S. since the turn of the last century.10 Wherever it is implemented, however, taxpayer-funded health care inevitably produces 20/80 health care. The bottom 80% of the population have to put up with longer wait times, less choice of providers, and less access to state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment, and the 20% of the population who can afford it purchase private health insurance on top of their taxes to go around the public system and improve their access to care.
The reason for this is simple: No government can raise taxes enough to pay for all the health care that its entire population wants to consume. Taxpayer-funded single-payer systems, therefore, inevitably impose price controls on the health care their populations can access at government expense. These price controls can be implemented directly by government delivery systems, as in the UK's NHS, or indirectly by regulating insurance premiums, as in Germany and Switzerland. In either case, the results are similar: lower costs, yes, but also longer wait times, lower compensation for doctors, nurses, and other providers, less capital investment, and inevitably lower quality of care. National price controls also force global suppliers (e.g., pharmaceutical manufacturers and device manufacturers) to sell their products in these countries at a discount, shifting the burden for supporting R&D to private U.S. purchasers. 11
Since enactment of the Great Society programs in the 1960s, we have been on a steady slope to more and more taxpayer-funded health care, as Figure 2 clearly shows.
Figure 2. Payer Mix of National Health Expenditures, 1960 – 2029(P)12
Going forward, as Figure 1 shows, CMS projects that taxpayers will fund more than half of total national health expenditures within a couple of years.13 If this trend continues – or accelerates, as it would under all the Democratic candidates' proposals – our private employer-funded health care system will soon hit a tipping point, employers will decide to cut their labor costs and flip to supporting government health care, the system of cross-subsidization will collapse, and we will be left with one very expensive taxpayer-supported system.
We are approaching this tipping point.
Sidebar: Why Do Cross-Subsidies Work?
• Why are employers willing to pay inflated prices for employee and dependent health care? The answer is a complex combination of economic, cultural, and political factors. Providing health benefits is an efficient form of compensation. Himmelstein & Woolhandler estimated the value of tax savings to employers in 2015 was $326 billion, or about $2,700 per worker. Employers must also deal with the lack of an efficient market for individual health insurance. Given the tax deductibility of group health premiums and the dominance of group health plans, the individual health insurance market is thin and relatively expensive, which makes employer group health coverage even more valuable to employees and dependents. Beyond these economic factors, many employers finance employee health care because they truly care about protecting the health and welfare of employees and their families.
Why are providers willing to treat government patients whose reimbursement doesn't cover their fixed costs? As with employers, both economic and cultural factors play a role. Medicare and Medicaid are large books of business for hospitals and they are loath to eliminate a major revenue source, even if they don't cover full costs. Beyond the economics, most hospitals are not-for-profit institutions that have legal and moral obligations to provide charity care that benefits their communities. Hospitals treat their losses on government-paid and uninsured patients as contributions to their communities, and they report them on community benefit surveys. Physicians have been less willing to subsidize government patients than hospitals: many doctors limit the number of government patients they treat, a growing number refuse to treat Medicaid patients, and some have dropped out of the Medicare program entirely. As a result, physician access for government-funded patients is shrinking.
1 Finkelstein, A., "The aggregate effects of health insurance: Evidence from the introduction of Medicare," Quarterly Journal of Economics, v. 122 (1), February, 2007.
2 CMS, "Health insurance exchanges 2019 open enrollment report," March 25, 2019, https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/health-insurance-exchanges-2019-open-enrollment-report .
3 IAHC analysis based on CMS, National Health Expenditure Accounts, Table 17, https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NationalHealthAccountsHistorical. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), passed by a Republican congress, was intended to rein in government health care spending by cutting government payment rates to hospitals and medical groups. While private payers had subsidized public patients to some degree before the BBA, because the Act's cuts were so substantial, providers significantly increased their "asks" to private insurers and employers in order to maintain their historic service levels and incomes
4 Chen, L., "The myth of the 'moderate' public option," Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2020.
5 Medicaid, which cost $597 billion in 2018 and is projected to grow 5-6% per year over the next decade, has minimal receipts and is almost completely dependent on state and federal general funds. CMS, National Health Expenditure Accounts, Table 05-5 Medicare Spending by Sponsor, https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NationalHealthAccountsHistorical .
6 Health insurance is complex and expensive, requiring deep expertise in areas foreign to most employers' core businesses. Health benefits can generate dissatisfaction among employees and cause labor unrest and strikes in unionized companies. If employers believe a subsidized "public option" plan will provide adequate health care at lower cost, many will be tempted to sign on, even if they have to pay additional taxes to cover some of the costs.
7 Atlas, SW, In Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight on America's Health Care. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 2011.
8 Safety net care is very different than no care. The U.S. has had a robust network of safety net institutions since at least the mid-1800s, and the EMTALA law passed in 1986 requires all acute-care hospitals to provide emergency care to any patients who come to their emergency rooms, whether they have health insurance or not. Of course, this doesn't help in rural areas where there are no nearby hospitals. On the other hand, it is not clear that government-run health systems do any better. Studies of health care in Great Britain under the National Health Service have repeatedly shown substantial disparities between the care available to well-off people in desirable geographies and poor people who live in poorer areas. See, for example, Mitchell, R and Shaw, M, "Reducing Health Inequalities in Britain," Joseph Rowntree Foundation, September, 2000.
9 Goodman, J., Priceless: Curing the healthcare crisis. Oakland, CA: The Independent Institute, 2012.
10 Cogan J, The High Cost of Good Intentions, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2017.
11 Interestingly, the gap in national health expenditures between the U.S. and other advanced economies has grown as government funding has increased. In 1960, before Medicare and Medicaid were enacted, U.S. health care expenditures were 5.1% of GDP, while Canada's were 5.4%, Switzerland's 4.9%, and Austria's 4.3%. In 1970, U.S. drug costs per capita were comparable to drug costs in Belgium, France, Germany, and Greece. As late as 1975, when the U.S. spent 7.9% of GDP on health care, Germany and Denmark both outspent us at 8.4% and 8.7% of GDP, respectively (OECD Health Division's HealthData, 2013).
12 Source: http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-
Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NationalHealthAccountsProjected.html
13 This does not take into account the cross-subsidization discussed above. Taxpayer-funded health care already generates more than half the costs.
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Ananya Birla feels there are a stigma and fear surrounding mental illness which often isolates people. The singer says people in India are scared to reach out for help because they don't want to be judged.
Ananya Birla feels there are a stigma and fear surrounding mental illness which often isolates people. The singer says people in India are scared to reach out for help because they don't want to be judged.
The singer, daughter of businessman Kumar Mangalam Birla, has in the past opened up about her own struggle with mental health and asserts that it is very important for public figures to talk about it.
"The first step in addressing the issues around mental health around the world is to try to stamp out the stigma and normalise discussions about it by talking openly and shamelessly," Ananya, 24, told IANS over an email.
"People, especially in India, are scared to reach out for help because they don't want to be judged. The taboo that exists is our biggest challenge at the moment. Mental health is a topic that is rarely discussed and when it is, it is often trivialised. It's important that people like me, and those in the media, speak out to challenge this," she added.
Be it Chris Cornell, Dolores O'Riordan, Chester Bennington, Lil Peep or Avicii — the world has lost some music icons due to mental stress.
Ananya, who has been musically inclined since childhood, continued: "The music industry has a dark history with the tragic loss of too many amazing people to suicide. But it is not just musicians. Depression and suicide rates are on the rise globally.
"At the mental health initiative MPower, which I set up with my mother, we want to show people that it is okay to not be okay sometimes. And to let them know that there is help available should they need it," added the singer, who will soon be seen in an episode of TV show "Twinning" on Sunday.
Looking back, she said: "I'm definitely someone who learns by trial and error. I've experimented and figured things out for myself, failed a lot, but always moved forward with more knowledge and a better understanding of myself. I'm a passionate person so I dive-in headfirst.


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Antibody testing is central to find out people who have been infected by the virus, especially those who do not display symptoms. The detection of these antibodies could help indicate if a person has gained immunity against the virus and inform treatment decisions.
The company expects the test could support priority screening of high risk groups, such as healthcare workers and food supply workers who might already have developed a certain level of immunity and can continue serving and/or return to work.
The test uses human serum and plasma drawn from a blood sample, to detect antibodies and determine the body's immune reaction to SARS-CoV-2. Hospitals and reference laboratories can run the test.
Roche said the test will be available by early May in countries accepting the CE mark. The company is also working with the US Food and Drug Administration for an Emergency Use Authorization.
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I had never intended to write an AK-47 buyer's guide. Plans, however, are always subject to change. As I shopped around for an AK, I became acutely aware of how different an animal it was from other rifles. Finding good advice on this iconic weapon was hard to come by, which made the task of choosing the right one downright confusing.
Even Amazon.com didn't help my research at all. There were some books on AKs listed, but they were either highly technical or devoted to the history of the rifle. There was no real AK-47 buyer's guide out there. The forums were too esoteric and while there were a few websites with good data, they were few and far between.
The purpose of this little book is to provide buyers with answers to these queries and much more. In short, my objective is to de-mystify the process of purchasing an AK.
In addition to the basic questions that revolve around choosing the right gun, How to Buy an AK-47 also offers ideas on customizing your AK with aftermarket parts such as stocks, folders, grips, rails, etc. Some of these suggestions come from my own product reviews but most advice is garnered from professional gunsmiths and trainers—people who design, build and operate Kalashnikov-style rifles for a living.
I sincerely hope that my efforts help you find the rifle you want and that you spend many safe hours at the range or in the field, enjoying it.


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Nabal and Abigail
Maon and Carmel
Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel (25:2).
Nabal apparently lived in Maon, but his sheep were located in the vicinity of Carmel. Carmel is located one mile (1.6 km) north of Maon, and both cities are visible in this south-facing photo. Carmel has been mentioned previously in Samuel as the place where Saul erected a victory stele after defeating the Amalekites (1 Sam 15:12). Saul's victories, and the presence of this monument, may have affected the opinion of Nabal who worked in Carmel. This photograph was taken by David Dorsey in the 1970s.
A Walled Sheepfold
They were a wall to us by night and by day, all the while we kept sheep (25:16).
It was not uncommon for shepherds to build a wall around a natural cave to protect the sheep at night, as seen in this sheepfold at Michmash. The young man describes the protection afforded by David's men as similar to having a wall of protection all day as well.
She also took five sheep already dressed, and five seahs of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys (25:18).
Figs ripen from August to early October. When fresh they do not keep well or transport well, so they are often dried to preserve them. This photo includes a bowl of fresh figs and a small plate of dried figs. The term "fig-cake" is usually taken to be a number of dried figs pressed together into a round or brick-shaped lump. Why they might have been kept in this form is uncertain.
Abigail fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground (25:23).
Abigail's action of bowing herself to the ground before David was a well-recognized way to show deference. The relief shown here depicts a woman with the same posture, likely in the presence of a high dignitary or even royalty, as evidenced by the large size of the foot of that individual in front of her. This relief was photographed at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
The Fool
As his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him (25:25).
Abigail links the name Nabal (Heb. nabal) with the Hebrew word for foolishness, folly, or stupidity (Heb. nebalah), a word that sometimes carries an even stronger sense of willful sin, even sacrilege (cf. Gen 34:7; Josh 7:15; Judg 20:6). The idea is portrayed here by a later Greek theater mask that portrays the ridiculous visage of a foolish slave, one of the standard characters in Greek comedy. This photograph was taken at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
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A new month means a new batch of social stuffs to read about. Ready? Ok!
LIVE AUDIO BROADCASTING. Wait what?
The social giant also had some bad news, losing $500 million for VR.
Suggestions, because it has to be like FB right?
Photo Albums. No, just no.
But we still can't get desktop posting…pero why Insta, pero why? On a positive note, it was used to drop a new album via lens, so snaps for you lil ghosty!
Twitter came out and told us what it is, so that's a thing.
Snapchat has been getting some intense heat from Insta lately…no news there, but it's fighting back with some interesting stuffs. They filed for IPO and introduced us to Clickable snapcodes, we'll see how they do. If you're still on the fence of Snaps V. Insta, here are some fun Snap facts you should check up on.
Russia got salty with LinkedIn…now is not the time Vlad ok? For the rest of us…check out the new design and share yo thoughts. Google Maps is a roller coaster some days, but now it can help you have your cake and eat it too. Pinterest is getting all kinds of fancy with this new feature. And Vine STILL wants a piece of the photo-sharing pie so hello Vine Camera? Speaking of apps competing…YouTube is saying 'Cash me ousside how bow dah' to FB. And if your small children want to Like, share, and post here's where they can do it (too soon?). Your move FB, lolz, your move.
Ed Hardy is apparently a thing again, not cool. But Reese wants come back again, which is cool. I think we can all agree this is exactly the kind of time that Reese should save the day, #amirite? It's finally out, the hanger is real, so don't let anyone tell you otherwise. #science And if you're on a 'new year, new me' health kick still, good luck getting in on that goat-yoga class. All health related jokes aside, consider unplugging and trying some new stuffs for health in 2017.
In case you missed it, someone dropped 100G's on a flamin' hot cheeto, that looked like Haramabe. WAT. Don't get me wrong, you KNOW I'm all about cheese flavored snacks but like really? Sir, no.
Fried chicken machine magic—>the bots are taking over.
More fried chicken in taco shell form—>isn't that already a thing?
SBUX lovers said 'No' to wine. Rude.
The medical tech world is growing and giving us some pretty cray concepts, like this skin type. Say goodbye to your iPhone, Android pocket monster, and even those Windows phones we never hear about. This is coming. (maybe). While you're at it, get ready for hand chargers, like what?! And maybe even Self driving cars…maybe not next year but like soon?
I'm going to leave you with some wine themed readings. As much as it pains me to relate to a small child, this baby is my spirt animal on this glorious #WineWednesday. Enjoy, but not like this cat….


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Recently, in Howard v. Benson Group, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice determined that a termination clause was ambiguous and therefore unenforceable. Consequently the Employer had an obligation to provide reasonable notice at common law as opposed to the minimum statutory requirements under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 as amended ("ESA").
The Employee was a Truck Shop Manager for the Employer's business of automotive parts and service repair. The Employer terminated the Employee's employment by providing him with two weeks' working notice and two weeks' severance pay. At the time of dismissal, he had completed two years of service with the Employer.
The provision of reasonable notice by an employer to an employee who was dismissed will only be rebutted if the employer achieves the degree of clarity required.
The Tribunal will hear the parties' submission on the reasonable notice and mitigation issues in October of this year. We will keep you informed on the amount of notice awarded to the Employee.
Termination clauses are a key tool to protect employers at the outset of the employment relationship. Employers must ensure that these clauses comply with the minimum standards under the ESA and that they clearly outline what will be provided to the employee in the event of a termination without cause.
Employers should also consider a periodical review of their employment contracts to ensure their compliance with the most recent court decisions.
In Drummond v. Community Living Ajax Pickering Whitby, ("Drummond"), the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the "Tribunal") barred the Employee from filing any future applications against the Employer and declared the Application unsubstantiated.
In Drummond, an Employee filed an Application alleging discrimination with respect to employment because of disability and reprisal contrary to the Human Rights Code ("Code"). On the morning of the first scheduled day of hearing, the Employee's counsel (the Employee was not in attendance) advised the Tribunal that she was withdrawing her Application.
The Tribunal's Rules of Procedure state that an Application may be withdrawn only under the terms determined by the Tribunal and with its permission.
The Tribunal indicated in its reasons that an Applicant should not be permitted to withdraw an application "in the course of a hearing or on the proverbial courtroom steps after having put the respondent and the Tribunal to considerable expense and inconvenience, without having some type of sanction imposed." Such a conduct should at the very least warrant an order preventing the Applicant from filing any future Application against the Employer.
The Tribunal disagreed with the Employer's argument that the Employee's conduct met the high threshold for a vexatious litigant declaration but agreed nonetheless that her conduct warranted some sanction.
This decision demonstrates openness from the Tribunal to sanction Applicants who waste both the Tribunal and the employer's valuable resources. The Tribunal does not have the power to award costs against either party. Although the employer did not receive compensation in this case for its legal costs, if the application had been substantiated by the Tribunal, the employer would not have been required to pay the legal costs of the employee.
In the case of Keenan v. Canac Kitchens, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice reminds employers of the factors to be considered in discerning whether an independent contractor agreement or relationship is actually not an employee relationship… or something else.
Lawrence Keenan worked for Canac from 1976 to 2009. Mr. Keenan's wife worked for Canac from 1983 to 2009, prior to which time she helped her husband on an informal basis to install kitchen cabinets and subsequently to supervise the installation, delivery and repair of kitchen cabinets. In 1987 Canac informed the Keenans that they would no longer be employees and would instead carry on their work for Canac as independent contractors. They were informed that going-forward, Canac would set the rates to pay the installers but the Keenans would be responsible for paying installers who would provide their own trucks.
The Keenans signed an agreement with Canac stipulating this new structure without seeking legal advice. Canac issued a Record of Employment indicating the reason for issuance as "quit" and the Keenans registered a business name and obtained insurance as required by the agreement. They also registered with the former Workplace Compensation Board but not with the Canada Revenue Agency. The Keenans worked exclusively for Canac until 2007 and were under the impression that the agreement prohibited them from working for other employers. In 2008, 66% of their work was from Canac and in 2009 that number increased to 73%. Furthermore, they enjoyed Canac employee discounts, wore the company logo and appeared to third parties to be Canac representatives.
In 2009, Canac informed the Keenans that it was closing its doors. It also informed them that they were not required to provide any notice of termination. At issue in this case is whether the plaintiffs were dependent contractors or independent contractors of Canac.
Whether or not the agent was limited exclusively to the service of the principal.
Whether or not the agent is subject to the control of the principal not only as to the product sold, but also as to when, where, and how it is sold.
Whether or not the agent has ownership of the tools.
Whether or not the agent has undertaken any risks in the business sense, or, alternatively, has any expectation of profit associated with the delivery of his service as distinct from a fixed commission.
The terms of the 1987 agreement could reasonably be interpreted as requiring exclusivity and Mr. Keenan believed that they were not at liberty to work for other kitchen cabinet companies.
Canac maintained effective control of the business by setting the rates for both the installers and the Keenans, establishing the service standards, dictating work flow, setting deadlines, providing a lawyer to advocate at a workers' compensation hearing for an outcome favouring Canac's interests.
While the Keenans supplied their own manual tools, Canac supplied a pager, car phone, and mobile phone and office space at Canac's business premises.
Due to the piecework arrangement for payment and the fact that the plaintiffs were as fully engaged as they could be in working for Canac, there was no genuine opportunity to generate additional profits.
Finally, it was Canac's business given the representation made to third parties by the requirement to display Canac's logo on vehicles used to transport Canac's product to the job site.
The Court recognized Mr. and Ms. Keenan, respectively, 32 and 25 years of service and awarded 26 months' wages in lieu of reasonable notice of termination.
Employers should be cautious when attempting to create an independent contractor relationship as courts will go beyond the written agreement to determine whether the contractor is a true business and is independent from the employer. The more control that employer has over the work process, hours of work and rate of pay, the greater the likelihood that the contractor will be deemed an employee or a dependent contractor.


Fashion is cyclical. What's old is new, and the 50's style, retro beach look of swimsuit is apparent in this one-piece as well as the many high-waisted two-pieces seen this season (like this one). I was immediately drawn to this retro vibe of this color-blocked one-piece with sweetheart neckline. The seaming at the chest and the sweetheart style will add shape and the white band at the waist will add an hour-glass effect.
As I am sure many women will relate, my tummy area is something I'd always like to tone-down. Since this suit is color-blocked with black on the bottom, your eye will be drawn to the vibrant teal and the sweetheart detail. I love the retro cat-eye glasses, also having their fashion moment, but Stella McCarthy's version feel more modern than retro with the sleek metallic sides.
The wedges, also with a subtle color-blocking, go without being too matchy-match and play up the more subtle blue color in the dress. I love the versatility of this cover-up, which could easily be mistaken for a day or evening dress with the right accessories. The three-layer necklace is simple but not boring, while adding a thoughtful addition to this outfit. Finally, a wide-brimmed sunhat is a must for any beach outing.


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Algeria Architecture
Like all its ex-colonies it is important to remember how also for the Algeria France played a decisive role in imposing its own cultural characteristics: for example, in 1933, in Algeria, the first exhibition of the Cité Moderne was held, directly inspired by the examples of Le Corbusier.
1933 was also the year of Le Corbusier's unrealized plans for both the city of Algiers and the new city of Nemours, on the Mediterranean coast. In 1938 Le Corbusier produced other unrealized designs for buildings and homes in Algiers. Poésies sur Algiers, published in 1950, are the only tangible result of all this, although the master's legacy was collected by L. Claro in his Foyer Civique (1935), by C. Montaland in his Maison des étudiants (1933)) and by X. Salvador in his Group Scolaire (1933).
With regard to architecture and urban planning in its most autonomous expressions, it is worth mentioning some architects who have contributed to giving shape to Algerian architecture: Emery, Miquel and Breuillot, who, in addition to the construction of homes, industrial plants, hotels (such as the Boudoin hotel in Orléansville and the Protestant church in Hussein Dey), have also made a decisive contribution to the town's urban planning; JM Geiser with the church of Santa Teresa in Kouba, P. Herbé and J. Le Couteur with the cathedral of Algiers in 1959; Bize and Ducollet, who worked on the reorganization of the Michelet neighborhood in Algiers, finding a happy solution both for the arrangement of traffic and for the separation between the administrative area and the residential districts. They are also responsible for the construction of the residential area of Eukaliptus II in Hussein Dey and the group of houses called 'degli Uliveti' in Blida. The latter represents a remarkable planning work for the happy architectural articulation, obtained with the use of different building types. Daure and Beri, in collaboration with R. Simounet, have created the project of the residential district 'della Montagna' in Hussein Dey, in which there is a desire to reconnect with the local residential building tradition, reintroducing the vault as a structure to cover the various environments . obtained with the use of different building types. Daure and Beri, in collaboration with R. Simounet, have created the project of the residential district 'della Montagna' in Hussein Dey, in which there is a desire to reconnect with the local residential building tradition, reintroducing the vault as a structure to cover the various environments . obtained with the use of different building types. Daure and Beri, in collaboration with R. Simounet, have created the project of the residential district 'della Montagna' in Hussein Dey, in which there is a desire to reconnect with the local residential building tradition, reintroducing the vault as a structure to cover the various environments .
Simounet has also created similar residential areas for the fishermen's houses in Berard, for the paired houses in El Biar and for the terraced towns of Ǧinān al-Ḥasan, the latter of great importance as a setting experience. The project de la Cité de Recasement in Ǧinān al-Ḥasan deserves a particular mention, based as it is on the idea of a city with cells arranged in a honeycomb, in the terraced landscape. The whole thus creates an intimate fusion between the habitat and the surrounding environment, while ensuring continuity with local tradition. Di Mauri e Pons is the project in Oran of residential quarters for Muslims, with great care in the study of the plan, in the use of balconies, courtyards, internal paths, which have given rise to new spaces of community life, inspired by the Arab-North African tradition. Again Simounet and Miquel managed to create in the Albert Camus center, in Orléansville, an autonomous school district with swimming pool, open-air theater, various classrooms connected to each other by ramped paths and raised walkways. These guarantee separation between pupils of different sexes, religious observance with the mosque and the school of Islamic doctrine. For Algeria 2010, please check programingplease.com.
Always to remember in the sixties the work of the urban architects Algeria Kopp and P. Chazanoff, for the districts of Oued Ouchaya in Algiers and of the 'Planteurs' in Oran, where urban development and renewal criteria have been happily applied to' districts of spontaneous construction '.
Again by Algeria Kopp and P. Chazanoff, in collaboration with Algeria Roche, is the project of rural schools in Kabilya, also from the same period.
It should also be remembered the work of the Groupe d'Etude de l'Habitat which was able to highlight the use of materials, language and local workers for the construction of the houses and the Civic Center in M'sila (1975-80) and the school in El Oued. In the last ten years in Algeria there has been a reinterpretation of traditional forms, in order to make it a source of inspiration for contemporary architecture. This is the case of Algeria Ravereau, who having studied Ibadi architecture for a long time, as director of historical monuments in Algiers, made the best possible use of this language for his residence in Gardaia (1971), as well as for the Hotel des Postes (1960), also in Gardaia. Algerian architecture and urban planning have notable merits, having absorbed, but without repetitiveness, the Modern Movement and in particular the work of Le Corbusier and achieved a formal and figurative synthesis between local tradition and international influence.
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Holding your loved ones is one of the most intimate ways of expressing affection. With increasing globalisation, distance can sometimes make this impossible. This led House of Haptics and VanBerlo to co-design the Hey bracelet, a wearable device that Connects lovers the world over.
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The Hey bracelet provides the real sensation of someone holding you, saying 'I love you and I am thinking about you'. After exploring various haptic technologies - ranging from vibrations, pulses, electrical stimulation to pressure - we went for an actual mechanical squeezing bracelet. This provides the most authentic and realistic feeling of affection through touch.
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Pictures move people. Hairdo inspiration? Pin it. Goal body? Pin it. House of your dreams? Pin…pin…pin. Online picture boards have burst in popularity, and while I think Pinterest boards are incredible, I'm still old fashioned when it comes to goal boards.
If there's something I want to do, achieve or be, I visualize it. I write it out. I cut out pictures of it to post throughout my house. And I don't wait for the new year; it's something I think about year round (not just the new year).
2. Write your goal down on paper in the present tense as if you have already fulfilled your goal.
4. Make a list of everything you could possibly think of that you will have to do to achieve your goal.
5. Take your list and organize it into a plan.
7. Do something EVERY DAY to move you toward your major goal!
Jackie coaches her clients in-person and remotely to reach their fitness and health goals. Whatever you want to make happen in 2016, put it in front of you! My husband and I just redid a room in our house, and we included a chalkboard wall. This nook is the perfect spot to jot down motivating quotes, inspirational messages and goals.
Since the wall is in one of our guest rooms*, I included goals appropriate for us, and anyone staying over. Just like you feed your body with healthy food, feed your brain with healthy thoughts to become your best YOU.
*To see our guest room transformation, see "This old home: bedroom facelift before and after".


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