Yesterday, I went to the march. The march that felt like, to some, was the march to end all marches. To many others like me, it really felt only like a beginning. We marched for ourselves. But even more, we marched for everyone. All of the hundreds of thousands of people marching with us ... and the millions that weren't. We were mostly quiet, because that was the plan, to make way for the tsunami of sound waves that would erupt of empowerment, anger, and hope. We had signs. They made me laugh. They made my heart hurt. And some really made me think. My favorite sign that I saw wasn't even at the same march I was at. My friend in NYC walked with a sign held proudly that read, "This is an expression of hope". My second favorite sign was held by my best friend, marching alongside me. Her small pink poster rang out, "You belong". I wasn't at a protest yesterday. I was at a hopefest yesterday.
I saw little girls with fire, boys with their dads experiencing h(er)story, older women who have been doing this kind of thing for far too long, and marginalized communities reaching out for more. Moms profoundly shaking their heads with a statement of "YAS" in their eyes. Couples holding each other with love and anxiety. And I also saw a lot of ladies taking selfies, wandering in and out from the crowd, laughing, and wearing pink hats. I saw people protesting NODAPL, climate change, BLM, you name it ... people were mad about it. The march was not just about women yesterday. It was about being aware and responsible for all of the hurt and anger inflicting our country. It became confusing to try to process it all at once.
So while I reflect about everything today, I sat with my mom trying to describe to her my experience. It wasn't as exciting or profound I was expecting. But it was a manifestation of everything we need to do in the next four years. And like my mom said to me today, even if every person (republican or democrat) takes on just one thing that they are individually passionate about, WE will make a difference. The president is not America. WE are America. So yesterday we did not just march for ourselves. We marched for everyone.


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Kiwis fire back over mum's call for Kmart to make clothing labels non-gendered
Photo / Facebook, India Springle
Kiwis have hit out at a Wellington mother who started a petition calling for Kmart to make clothing labels non-gendered.
India Springle shared her dismay with the retail store on Facebook and Change.org after coming across a "boys" label when buying a dinosaur shirt for her daughter Lola at the Petone store.
"Hey, Kmart ... get with the programme already would you?!", she wrote on Facebook.
"Even my nearly 3-year-old thinks your gender labels are bull ... why the hell are all the cool T-shirt's labelled 'boys', what makes this T-shirt a boys T-shirt anyway?!?
"Girls can only wear a dinosaur T-shirt if it's pink and full of sequins?! Honestly, it is beyond ridiculous, get in the modern world you archaic bunch of fossils."
Writing in her online petition, Springle said that children's clothing doesn't need to have gendered labels.
But Kiwis have since hit out at Springle's petition saying the request is "genderless madness" and that we're encouraging "outrage culture".
"Kmart please don't listen to Springle. I too have a 3-year-old and he can choose whatever t-shirt he likes. And you know what, if he likes a t-shirt in the "girl" section it's no big deal. He cant fricken read the label anyway," one person wrote.
Another said: "Stop this 'genderless madness'. Cut the damn tag off if it's that much of an issue. The kids will see what they like, whether it be in the boys or girls section. They don't read labels anyway."
One Kmart regular said he believes Springle's request is an example of how "outrage culture" has grown over the last few years.
"Out of all the things we need to be addressing like domestic violence, racism, climate change, homelessness and living wages, someone spends the energy setting up a petition to change a franchise's whole way of operating because someone doesn't want to cut a label off or is worried they have to buy a boy's shirt for a girl," he wrote.
"Children don't see labels. We're encouraging an outrage culture if we make a song and dance about every little thing that doesn't suit us in the world. Buy the item, cut the tag, and get on with our lives."
One shopper added: "I buy 'boys' shorts for my daughter at Kmart cause they're longer in the leg, we choose to ignore the label, not get offended about it. Chill out."
Others said Springle should instead lead the way and teach her children it's okay to wear whatever clothing they like no matter which section they're from.
Yesterday, a Kmart spokesperson responded to Springle's petition, telling the Herald the Kmart stores are designed to "assist customers with a convenient shopping experience based on their shopping behaviour".
A current retail worker weighed in on Springle's idea, saying changing the labels would be a logistical nightmare and customers would have a hard time finding the appropriate clothing for their child.
"I work in retail and do you know how bloody confusing that would be for companies? The stock would get so messed up."
Another responded to the retail worker's view, saying it would be a nightmare for parents to select the right fit since boys and girls' clothing cuts are different.
"Let's stop labelling boys and girls underwear. Do you also want to explain why the boys may suddenly feel 'restricted' or why the girls feel 'saggy' when they buy the wrong underwear since it's not gender-specific?
"Or, shall we explain why the size 8 men's shoes a lad just bought suddenly don't fit because they're a lasses size 8?
"Shall we simply bend to your will and demands because you're a mother with an opinion and we shall all listen to you?"
However, some parents supported Springle's views based on their own experiences.
One father said he doesn't want his daughter falling into the marketing stereotyping trap and having her believe she shouldn't be wearing something that's not in the girl's sections.
"As the dad of a 3-year-old girl I understand what she is getting at. We actively avoid gender-specific clothes and toys. Not that we want to bring her up without a gender, that's at a bit over the top, but we don't want her to be limited in what she wants to like or do based on marketing stereotypes.
"We don't fill her world with pink sand sparkles, pink is one of many colours and sparkles have their place but that's not everywhere. She loves dinosaurs, sharks, pirates, unicorns, blue and bright colours. We let her pick what she wants to wear at shops from either the boys or girls section."
Another added: "I think gendered clothing is more for the body shapes of more developed humans, not children. Maybe gender-neutral clothing for kids would be a good thing.
"For example, if girls like clothes that are the colour blue with trucks and dinosaurs on them, etc, they might think they are misfits because they aren't 'boys' like the label says."
One person who signed the petition said: "gender is a construct we need to leave behind".
"Children, in particular, need the freedom to explore themselves without pressure to conform. Oh, and girls like more than just pink, damn."
Springle has since hit back at criticism admitting there are "bigger things going on in the world" but sticks by her petition.
Taking to social media, she said it's "important to allow our children to wear whichever clothes they choose and not feel shame or stigma because that piece of clothing has been assigned a specific gender."
She says she has received hate messages online following her post but it won't deter her from spreading the importance of gender-neutral labels.
Springle's petition, which aims to secure at least 200 signatures, currently has 112 backers.
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require 'raingrams/trigram_model'

require 'spec_helper'
require 'model_examples'

describe TrigramModel do
  before(:all) do
    @model = TrigramModel.build do |model|
      model.train_with_text(Training.text_for(:snowcrash))
    end
  end

  it_should_behave_like "Model"

  it "should return ngrams from specified words" do
    words = %w{Why is the Deliverator so equipped}
    ngrams = [
      Ngram[:Why, :is, :the],
      Ngram[:is, :the, :Deliverator],
      Ngram[:the, :Deliverator, :so],
      Ngram[:Deliverator, :so, :equipped]
    ]

    expect(@model.ngrams_from_words(words)).to eq(ngrams)
  end

  it "should return common ngrams from words" do
    words = %w{The Deliverator is a future Archetype}
    ngrams = [
      Ngram[:The, :Deliverator, :is],
      Ngram[:Deliverator, :is, :a]
    ]

    expect(@model.common_ngrams_from_words(words)).to eq(ngrams)
  end

  it "should return common ngrams from a specified fragment of text" do
    fragment = %{The Deliverator is a future Archetype}
    ngrams = [
      Ngram[:The, :Deliverator, :is],
      Ngram[:Deliverator, :is, :a]
    ]

    expect(@model.common_ngrams_from_fragment(fragment)).to eq(ngrams)
  end

  it "should return common ngrams from a specified sentence" do
    sentence = %{The Deliverator is a future Archetype.}
    ngrams = [
      Ngram[Tokens.start, Tokens.start, Tokens.start],
      Ngram[Tokens.start, Tokens.start, :The],
      Ngram[Tokens.start, :The, :Deliverator],
      Ngram[:The, :Deliverator, :is],
      Ngram[:Deliverator, :is, :a],
      Ngram[Tokens.stop, Tokens.stop, Tokens.stop]
    ]

    expect(@model.common_ngrams_from_sentence(sentence)).to eq(ngrams)
  end

  it "should have a frequency for a specified ngram" do
    ngram = Ngram[:fires, :teensy, :darts]

    expect(@model.frequency_of_ngram(ngram)).to eq(1)
  end

  it "should have a probability for a specified ngram" do
    ngram = Ngram[:fires, :teensy, :darts]

    expect(@model.probability_of_ngram(ngram)).to eq(1.0)
  end

  it "should have a frequency for specified ngrams" do
    ngrams = NgramSet[
      Ngram[:but, :excess, :perspiration],
      Ngram[:freshly, :napalmed, :forest],
      Ngram[:has, :sintered, :armorgel]
    ]

    expect(@model.frequency_of_ngrams(ngrams)).to eq(3)
  end

  it "should have a probability of specified ngrams" do
    ngrams = NgramSet[
      Ngram[:The, :Deliverator, :belongs],
      Ngram[:Deliverator, :belongs, :to]
    ]
    expected = '0.0526315789473684'.to_f

    expect(@model.probability_of_ngrams(ngrams)).to be_within(0.0000000000000001).of(expected)
  end

  it "should have a probability for a specified fragment of text" do
    fragment = %{The Deliverator belongs to}
    expected = '0.0526315789473684'.to_f

    expect(@model.fragment_probability(fragment)).to be_within(0.0000000000000001).of(expected)
  end

  it "should have a probability for a specified sentence" do
    sentence = %{The Deliverator used to make software.}
    expected = '0.000262540153199901'.to_f

    expect(@model.sentence_probability(sentence)).to be_within(0.0000000000000001).of(expected)
  end

  it "should have a probability for specified text" do
    text = %{The Deliverator used to make software. Still does, sometimes.}
    expected = '6.16291439436388e-07'.to_f
    expect(@model.text_probability(text)).to be_within(0.0000000000000001).of(expected)
  end
end

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Newsmaker Interview Part Two of Two Parts
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XIX No. 3 - February 20, 2012 Issue
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CEO Summary: In the second installment of our exclusive two- part interview, the executive directors of two regional laboratory networks formed in the 1990s (one in Michigan and one in Washington State) share their assessment of why their respective lab networks have performed strongly over the past two decades. They also identify the reasons why it is more challenging for anatomic pathology groups to form regional networks. The executive directors discussed how hospital administrators often lack a true understanding of the powerful economics of laboratory out-reach programs and why it is essential to educate these administrators about those benefits.
Second of Two Parts
INTRODUCTION TO INTERVIEW: Since their founding in the 1990s, two regional laboratory networks have had sustained success. Each regional lab network has grown to become a major player in its respective service area.
Joint Venture Hospital Laboratories (JVHL) was founded in 1992 in Detroit, Michigan. Today it has 128 hospital labs in a network that covers all of Michigan and parts of Ohio and Indiana. It has 23 managed care agreements covering 2.8 million members for outpatient and physician office laboratory services.
PACLAB Network Laboratories became operational in 1996. It is based in Seattle, Washington. Today it has 13 hospital members.
To identify the reasons behind the success of these two networks, THE DARK REPORT interviewed their executive directors: Jack Shaw of JVHL and Stu Adelman of PACLAB. Last summer, Adelman resigned from PACLAB to take an executive position at Puget Sound Institute of Pathology.
Part one of this interview was published by THE DARK REPORT in its January 30, 2012, issue. In part two of this interview, Shaw and Adelman each speak further about the factors that contributed to the success of their respective regional laboratory networks.
They also address an interesting phenomenon that occurred in parallel between Detroit and Seattle. In both metro areas, the anatomic pathology groups based in the hospitals and health systems that were members of the JVHL and PACLAB networks neither joined these networks nor formed their own anatomic pathology networks to piggyback on the activities of their region's existing clinical laboratory network.
Shaw and Adelman next describe the challenges of having to educate incoming administrators at the hospitals and health systems which are members of these two networks about the powerful economics that result from a professional laboratory outreach program. Shaw and Adelman both agree that it is essential that administrators fully understand how a laboratory outreach program can advance clinical care and generate substantial revenue to the member hospitals. —Editor
EDITOR: For nearly two decades, JVHL and PACLAB have been successful at increasing specimen volume and revenue from clinical laboratory testing services in ways that have clear benefit to the networks' member hospitals and health systems. So why is it that the anatomic pathology component of these member institutions never organized themselves into networks in Detroit and Seattle? It would seem to make sense to have a common sales and marketing effort that offered office-based physicians both clinical lab testing and anatomic pathology services.
ADELMAN: That's a good question and let me discuss what unfolded in Seattle concerning the pathology groups in that region. In its second or third year, PACLAB helped the pathology groups at the member hospitals come together and create a limited liability corporation (LLC). The strategy was that the LLC could contract for anatomic pathology if this option became available as future opportunities presented themselves.
EDITOR: What was the outcome to this effort?
ADELMAN: Unfortunately, after forming the LLC, no contracts came up. Another year or two later, the LLC dis- banded, mostly because pathology groups across Seattle began to compete more aggressively against each other.
EDITOR: Did that come about because of the consolidation of several pathology groups in the area?
ADELMAN: In part yes. That was one factor that changed the long-standing "gentleman's agreement" about the territory around each hospital. It was understood that the pathology group at each hospital basically "owned" that local outreach business. It was as if there were invisible barriers around each group's territory.
EDITOR: Would you say that, when it comes to anatomic pathology, local groups are much more competitive against each other today than, say, back in 2000?
ADELMAN: Most definitely. In Seattle, there were some pathology groups that never stepped across those barriers. But now—after a decade of increased competitiveness—those barriers have dropped in the past three or four years.
EDITOR: Your point is that it is competition among pathology groups across Seattle which has been one reason why they could not come together and work collaboratively with PACLAB in some sort of regional sales or business development arrangement, correct?
ADELMAN: Certainly that is a factor. It is interesting to listen to them. They are great pathologists who know the pathology part of their operations very well and they are confident that they know how to run a business. But no single leader emerged who could foster the trust and collaboration needed that would bring their different groups together in their own network or collaboration with PACLAB. That's how it's turned out in Seattle.
SHAW: We have some of those same dynamics in Detroit, but with important differences. Until recent years, in our market, the pathologists working within each of the JVHL member hospitals and health systems could make a very comfortable living just by being affiliated with a health system.
EDITOR: Has there been any structural shifts in anatomic pathology in Detroit during these past two decades?
SHAW: There has been one big shift. In the 1990s, the market for pathology services generally saw pathologists employed by hospitals. Today, most pathologists in Detroit have incorporated their own professional corporations and then contracted with their hospitals to provide anatomic pathology (AP) services.
EDITOR: Does the "gentleman's agreement" about not competing in another AP group's neighborhood exist in Detroit?
SHAW: Recall that Stu said, in Seattle, there was not much crossover by pathology groups in that region. Each pathology group affiliated with one hospital and each one stayed in its own little cocoon. That has largely been the case in Detroit, at least until recent years.
EDITOR: What changed?
SHAW: Competition for anatomic pathology specimens in Detroit is intensifying. We now see independent dermatopathology groups and national pathology companies, such as Aurora Diagnostics, marketing in our metro area. Until recently, there had not been much pressure from physician in-office histology labs in this market—even though Michigan's largest urology practice has an in-office pathology laboratory. There was a day when the Michigan market was not fertile ground for national pathology groups. That is changing at a swift pace.
EDITOR: It seems that competition for anatomic pathology specimens is intensifying in Detroit, just as it has in Seattle. What is the history at JVHL in trying to collaborate or incorporate anatomic pathology testing within its managed care contracting program?
SHAW: In 2000, JVHL acquired its first statewide lab services contract—after tough negotiations with the managed care plan to rip it away from the national lab company that held it. This statewide contract covered both outpatient and outreach services. It also included professional pathology services at the plan's insistence. With that contract and with one other that followed shortly afterward, we had to find a way to persuade the pathology groups to participate in the JVHL network model. That proved to be a very difficult process.
"In its second or third year, PACLAB helped the pathology groups at the member hospitals come together and create a limited liability corporation (LLC)."
–Stu Adelman
EDITOR: Why were the pathologists so resistant to these contracts, assuming that it would help them market their services to office-based physicians and win new clients that refer more volume of AP specimens?
SHAW: The major hurdle was that— although the hospitals were willing to take discounts in order to get the contract and the opportunity to win more business—the pathology groups absolutely would not accept discounts to service beneficiaries covered by these managed care contracts. Over the past two decades, they rarely embraced the opportunity to gain market share. In fact, several pathology groups were against having to perform the additional outreach work.
EDITOR: Please explain how you handled these developments.
SHAW: It became a real economic challenge for those two contracts. In order to meet the reimbursement requirements, JVHL had to take capitation risk for the professional pathology services. But because the pathologists were almost universally unwilling to take a discount on reimbursement, their affiliated hospitals ended up taking a loss on many anatomic pathology claims. Fortunately, the hospitals saw the long term benefit of the contracts and continued to work with JVHL. That helped give us control over this situation and we eventually addressed it through increases in the capitated rate.
EDITOR: What was the final resolution to this situation?
SHAW: To better balance the economics and manage this situation required much effort to work with the pathologists to collaborate with JVHL and their affiliated hospitals. As many as 40 different pathology groups were involved in these discussions. Strategically, after we acquired that second contract in 2002, JVHL refused to include professional pathology services in any future contracts. JVHL has also worked to remove these services from the existing two contracts. Finally, in 2011, we were able to remove the professional pathology services from one of the two contracts.
EDITOR: Am I correct in suspecting that pathologists were unhappy to see any aspect of professional pathology services discounted as part of a managed care contract?
SHAW: Almost universally, that is true. Very few of the pathology groups recognized the positive market share opportunity that came with these managed care contracts, in exchange for dis- counting fees. Although it opened the door for them to develop more client relationships with office-based physicians in their service area, it was rarely seen as an even trade.
EDITOR: It doesn't sound like the pathology groups in Detroit were willing to develop a professional sales and marketing program to expand their group's share of the market in their target service area.
SHAW: That turned out to be true. Coincidently, JVLH found, as PACLAB did, Stu, that the pathologists tend to think they are good business people, but with a few notable exceptions they seemed satisfied with the volume of work that the hospitals brought to them.
EDITOR: The two of you have identified common themes in Seattle and Detroit in regards to a reluctance by anatomic pathology groups to collaborate in some form of regional network. In both markets, the pathologists sought to protect their in-patient professional services work and their outpatient professional business. Perhaps the experiences in Detroit and Seattle demonstrate that it is difficult for pathology groups within a community to band together and contract for outreach services because— when they do—payers recognize that it may open the door for them to seek discounts in inpatient fees as well.
SHAW: That is a reasonable conclusion. However, there is another element to consider as well. In Michigan, the commercial labs will bill globally for outreach services—including anatomic pathology. But when JVHL started to service these managed care contracts with national payers in 1997, we explained that the hospital would bill for the technical component (TC) and the professional component (PC) bills would come from the professional pathology groups. At that point, the heath plan administrators looked surprised, and they said, "We never had that with Quest Diagnostics Incorporated or Laboratory Corporation of America; from them we get a global bill." The health plans thought separating the TC and PC added a degree of difficulty and they did not want to deal with this added complexity and additional paperwork.
ADELMAN: This is another useful insight. Many community hospital-based pathology groups use the technical laboratory of the hospital. So having the TC billed by the hospital and the PC billed by the pathology group is quite common in Seattle. Here is where the "one stop shop" approach of the national lab companies is considered to be an advantage by the national health insurance companies.
EDITOR: It was fascinating to hear each of you explain why JVHL and PACLAB—successful in many ways— were each unable to engage local pathologists in collaborative ways. Now it is time to switch the conversation. Can we conclude with each of you offering three points about what value you believe your networks delivered to your member hospital labs and their parent organizations?
"For JVHL, first, it delivered additional revenue by creating an organization that competed successfully with commercial lab companies."
–Jack Shaw
SHAW: That certainly cuts to the essential point. For JVHL, first, it delivered additional revenue by creating an organization that competed successfully with commercial lab companies. One way JVHL achieved this is that it welcomed all hospitals—even if they didn't always recognize that value.
EDITOR: What is your next point?
SHAW: Second, JVHL gave its member hospitals a way to support their fixed costs in the laboratory that would not have existed without JVHL. We continue to deal with many hospitals where administrators do not understand that we deliver that value. They don't consider the additional tests brought in to their institution though JVHL contracts as an incremental activity. They should really view these specimens based on their marginal or incremental cost, instead of carrying a fully allocated cost burden.
EDITOR: Your third point?
SHAW: Third is the value of information transferred and stored within JVHL by its member hospitals. There is substantial value inherent in the information. It is comprised of the millions of lab test results on millions of patients, stretching back for many years. As healthcare advances toward the information age, JVHL is now starting to deliver data—not just to health plans, which we have done for a long time—but also to physicians and to physician organizations. These providers are using this data for pay-for-performance programs or for value-based reimbursement.
EDITOR: Does JVHL give a community hospital capabilities in this regard that it would not have on its own?
SHAW: Most definitely! The transfer of lab test data I just described would, in many cases, require additional cost and resources that hospitals often don't have for this type of program. And, because JVHL collects results and other data from all its member hospitals, its cumulative value is even greater. In addition, JVHL is embarking on a program to improve the economics and logistics of connecting hospitals to multiple physician EMRs. We hope this will provide substantial value to our hospitals in the data arena.
EDITOR: Please explain.
SHAW: As EMRs becoming increasingly common in physician offices, we hear from our hospitals—especially small or mid-sized facilities—that the financial and support costs may become too burdensome to compete effectively in the outreach market. We need to address that on behalf of our network hospitals and for the network as a whole.
EDITOR: Stu, what are your three points about PACLAB's value?
ADELMAN: Jack, my thoughts are similar. First, PACLAB provides enhanced revenue back to the hospitals and that revenue has been very substantial. If the hospitals had to develop these systems on their own in support of their own laboratory outreach programs, they would never have generated that revenue.
EDITOR: What is the second point?
ADELMAN: PACLAB helps hospitals achieve a much-reduced unit cost for laboratory tests compared with that of an individual stand-alone hospital.
EDITOR: Is this based on some "before PACLAB" and "after PACLAB" examples?
ADELMAN: It is. In fact, that data is compelling. PACLAB worked with several hospitals that had laboratory joint venture or lab management agreements with a national laboratory immediately before they became PACLAB members. When the unit-cost-per-test was compared 18 months after they joined PACLAB, in most cases the hospitals had a 50% reduction in unit costs! That is tremendous because it translates to the inpatient side of lab testing as well.
EDITOR: What is your third point?
ADELMAN: Point three is a great illustration of the value PACLAB delivers as a regional laboratory network. About three or four years ago, PACLAB conducted a meeting with the chief information officers (CIO) of each of our hospitals. The CIOs said their physicians were asking for EMR connections between the hospital labs and the physicians' offices. But at the time, they had no money, no funds budgeted for such a program, and they had no idea how to do EMR connections. But PACLAB already had several hundred connections with physicians' EMRs and so we were able to step in and show them how to get it done quickly and easily. That's three examples of how PACLAB delivers value to the hospitals: increased revenue, lower unit costs, and the ability to provide physician EMR connectivity when they didn't have a clue about how to begin that project.
EDITOR: There's one more point we need to address before we conclude and that's the market power that results from having a regional laboratory network. This is an organized, unified presence from a number of hospitals working together in one market. Put simply, it's strength in numbers, isn't it?
SHAW: Yes, I believe that's correct. People have observed that JVHL's regional laboratory network model is interesting because we have hospitals working together and yet they are often in fierce competition with each other. In this one clinical service area, JVHL's founding members have come together and stayed together for almost 20 years because of the ongoing value JVHL delivers. To be honest, the organization has not been without tensions because some of the hospital administrators believe they could do what we do without the network framework.
ADELMAN: Jack, I couldn't agree more. The one challenge PACLAB always had was the need to constantly make presentations to the new players who were hired at each of the hospitals. It was necessary to explain to each one why PACLAB was important to them and why they had to be an active member. It is essential to regularly remind the hospital administrators of all the benefits they get from participating in a regional laboratory network.
SHAW: That sounds familiar because I regularly do the same thing here in Michigan with any new hospital administrator. I always say that JVHL is like a chain in that it is only as strong as its weakest link. In other words, JVHL is only as good as all its members who are willing to participate. Each laboratory needs to understand the importance of participating.
EDITOR: It appears you both consider it important to educate new hospital administrators about the value of the regional laboratory network.
SHAW: That's true. New CFOs ask similar questions. "Why am I taking this work at a discount?" they ask. "Why am I giving away 80% of my charges?" The difference between outpatient and non- patient/outreach work is still a mystery to many finance people. As you said, Stu, it requires constant education and reeducation because hospital leaders change regularly.
ADELMAN: Yes, they do, and hospitals change administrators much more frequently than you would think. In addition, there's the new wrinkle of accountable care organizations (ACO) being formed. Just in the past six months PACLAB saw hospitals that had been arch competitors for years now in negotiations about an affiliation. It will be very interesting to see how these partnerships develop and what they will mean for the future of PACLAB.
EDITOR: Jack and Stu, thank you for sharing your thoughts about the history and success of your regional laboratory networks. At a time when healthcare is moving toward new models of integrated clinical care, it would be smart for hospital laboratory leaders in many cities to revisit the benefits and value of organizing their own regional laboratory networks.
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Volume XIX No. 3 - February 20, 2012
Commentary & Opinion by R. Lewis Dark
Another Whistleblower Lawsuit: Why Care?
'Pull Through' Is Key Issue in Lab Whistleblower Suit
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Budget 2018: High hopes for Limerick-Cork motorway plan boost
The long-awaited Limerick to Cork motorway is set for a budget boost this week as Paschal Donohoe prepares his first estimates
THE long-awaited Limerick to Cork motorway is set for a budget boost next week as Paschal Donohoe prepares his first estimates.
Up to €20m could be included in Budget 2018, which will be announced in Dail Eireann on Tuesday.
This would allow the project to progress further along the planning stage, with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar – who originally scrapped the scheme in 2011 – now strongly behind the link.
He has said the link could be finished as early as 2022, a year before Ireland potentially hosts the Rugby World Cup.
Meanwhile, Kieran O'Donnell, Fine Gael's Seanad spokesperson on finance, will be holding talks in the coming days with Arts Minister Heather Humphreys in an effort to see funding to redevelop Limerick's Georgian quarter – and in particular develop the Living Cities initiative, which provides tax incentives to developers seeking to transform vacant properties.
So far the scheme – announced in 2015 by former Finance Minister Michael Noonan – has not seen a big uptake.
"There have only been eight private rentals in Limerick and one owner-occupied moving in," Mr O'Donnell said, "We need to see more of an uptake as the footprint of the city is Georgian. The two aspects of this is a ringfence of funding on the heritage grant side, specific to the City initiative for Georgian buildings. The second aspect is current provisions on the tax side of the Georgian quarter. Can we make it more attractive for owner occupiers, investors and private renters to take up more of these buildings?"
Mr O'Donnell anticipates an increase in the old-age pension, plus a widening of the bands in terms of income tax. Tuesday's budget will be the first not delivered by Mr Noonan since 2010.


In its new whitepaper, Deloitte zooms in on the financial sector in Luxembourg, its sub-sectors, and their performance over the last 10 years, and tops it off with 11 clear and pragmatic proposals for the decade to come.
The year 2017 marks the 10-year anniversary of the beginning of the financial crisis, and most global economies are back on track. Deloitte Luxembourg recently released a new report, which analyzes the different industries that make up the financial sector in Luxembourg and looks at the profit evolution per sector over the last ten years. The report analyzes facts and figures from different sources, illustrates Luxembourg's main strengths, and looks at the financial sector's role in the wider Luxembourg economy.
Over the last decade, the Luxembourg financial sector grew 10 times faster than its European peers in terms of gross value added, thanks to a compound average growth rate of nearly 4 percent per year. The Luxembourg financial sector remains a key pillar of the overall Luxembourg economy, and contributed 27 percent of the total gross value added in Luxembourg in this period.
Net assets in Luxembourg investment funds have now reached €3.9 trillion, of which €0.6 trillion represents regulated alternative assets.
"We believe Luxembourg should continue to build on its financial infrastructure and opt for a business model whereby Luxembourg acts as a center of excellence serving the rest of Europe. The backbone of this process would be risk management, KYC/AML and compliance. We also believe Luxembourg has the potential to become a global center for Private Equity," explains Benjamin Collette, Partner and Financial Services Industry Consulting Leader at Deloitte Luxembourg.
In terms of profit, the report suggests a positive trend in the fund industry and the insurance sector, while other sectors have seen a decrease in their profits over the last decade. As a result of the general pressure on fees, financial players have made their cost structures more efficient. Costs have decreased, but nevertheless, the report indicates that net profit margins have seen a drop from 30 percent to 25 percent over the last 10 years.
In terms of jobs, the financial sector has seen 7,500 additional job creations in Luxembourg since 2007, which is equivalent to 9 percent of total Luxembourg employment growth in the period.
"There is a discrepancy between the contribution of the financial sector in terms of gross value creation and the number of jobs created. This is in part due to automation and digitalization; financial players have managed to eliminate low added-value jobs to increase their efficiency, and created new positions in other fields, such as compliance functions," explains Benjamin Collette.
Benjamin Collette is also Deloitte Luxembourg's Talent Leader and stresses the importance of investing in talent.


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No. 5 OLB King Mwikuta says his top 3 has changed, with one contender leapfrogging another
Former Auburn QB suspended by the NFL for PEDs
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OXFORD, MS - NOVEMBER 01: Quarterback Nick Marshall #14 of the Auburn Tigers carries the ball against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on November 1, 2014 in Oxford, Mississippi. Auburn defeated Mississippi 35-31. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
Former Auburn star quarterback Nick Marshall was hoping to catch on with the New York Jets as a cornerback this year, but it seems he's got four less games to do that now. The NFL suspended him for using performance enhancing drugs.
The NFL released the following statement in regards to Marshall's suspension Friday:
Nick Marshall of the New York Jets has been suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2017 regular season for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances.
Marshall is eligible to participate in all offseason and preseason practices and games.
RELATED: Nick Marshall moving to CB
Marshall started out with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2015 where he saw action in 13 games and recorded 10 total tackles and a fumble recovery. He then signed with the Jets in 2016 where he played in eight games and also recorded fumble recovery.
In two years as the QB starter at Auburn, Marshall recorded 4,508 passing yards, 34 touchdowns, 13 interceptions and also rushed for 23 touchdowns as well as caught another three.
[h/t Saturday Down South]
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Pavilion REIT to acquire 3 malls
KUALA LUMPUR: En route to a listing, Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) plans to buy three shopping malls, namely the Fahrenheit88, the extension to Pavilion Kuala Lumpur Mall (Pavilion Mall) and a soon-to-be-developed mall in USJ Subang Jaya, within the next two years.
Pavilion REIT Management Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Philip Ho said this is part of Pavilion's growth strategy as outlined in its prospectus.
"We believe our listing will serve to enhance the growth of our retail and corporate property business. We hope to provide a platform for investors to invest in a REIT that provides a stable distribution income, capital appreciation as well as opportunities to benefit from its future acquisitions of yield-enhancing assets," he said at the launch of Pavilion REIT's prospectus here yesterday.
Speaking to reporters later, Ho said Pavilion plans to acquire Fahrenheit88 by 2013, Pavilion Mall's extension by 2014 and a retail mall in USJ Subang Jaya by 2015.
Currently, Pavilion has secured the right of first refusal (ROFR) for the acquisitions of Fahrenheit88, and the Pavilion Mall extension, both of which are close proximity to Pavilion Mall.
It has also obtained the ROFR for a six-storey retail mall to be developed in Subang Jaya.
With an appraised value of RM3.54 billion, Pavilion REIT is currently made up of two assets - Pavilion Mall and Pavilion Tower.
The mall, which contributes 96.4 per cent to the appraised value, has 1.3 million sq ft of net lettable area, with about 450 retail tenants, making it the largest premium retail fashion mall in Malaysia.
The award-winning mall, which was completed in 2007, is strategically located in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.
Meanwhile, Ho said, the Pavilion Tower offers a premium corporate and business address and spans over a net leaseable area of about 167,000 sq ft.
Based on the indicative initial public offering (IPO) price of 88 sen per unit, Pavilion REIT expects to raise some RM695 million, making it one of Malaysia's biggest IPOs for the year.
With an appraised value of RM3.4 billion for Pavilion Mall, Pavilion REIT will also bear the distinction of being the Malaysian REIT with the largest portfolio of retail assets upon listing, slated for December 7.
For its IPO, Pavilion is offering 790 million shares, of which 755 million units will be offered to Malaysian and foreign institutional investors and selected investors at the institutional price, while 265 million units have been earmarked for allocation to six identified investors at an offer price of 90 sen per unit or the institutional price, whichever is lower.
The balance 35 million units will be offered to the general Malaysian public and eligible tenants of Pavilion Mall and Pavilion Tower, among others.
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Executives from Marfrig's North America Operation tour company's organic beef unit in Uruguay
The tour marks the progress being made in the integration of Marfrig's North America and South America operations
The Tacuarembó Unit in Uruguay is a reference in organic beef production
São Paulo, September 20, 2018 - Last Tuesday, a delegation of four executives from National Beef, led by Tim Klein, CEO of National Beef and of Marfrig's North America operation, toured Marfrig's Tacuarembó Unit located in Uruguay. One of the main purposes of the tour was to exchange experiences in organic beef production, which is one of the market segments with the strongest growth potential in the world. During the tour of the Tacuarembó Unit, which produces organic beef (i.e., beef free of hormones and antibiotics from animals raised on pastures), Klein and his team were accompanied by Marcos Molina, chairman of the board of Marfrig, Eduardo Miron, CEO of Marfrig Global Foods, and Miguel Gularte, CEO of the South America Operation, which includes the Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile divisions.
The visit to South America by the executives from the North America Operation, which is formed by the National Beef, marks the progress being made in integrating Marfrig's two operations through the sharing of best practices.
Marfrig's units in Uruguay have programs for producing higher-value beef of superior quality. The portfolio includes organic beef and certified Angus beef, the latter launched in 2011 under the product lines Tacuarembó Angus Beef and Tacuarembó Angus Premium Beef, both of which are recognized internationally and approved by the United States and European Union. The beef processed in Uruguay, including at the Tacuarembó Unit, is supplied by farms that participate in the club of certified producers, where animals are grass-fed and free of hormones and antibiotics.
Marfrig's certified organic beef program began 18 years ago to meet the demand from European clients. Since its launch, the efforts in this market were supported by a partnership of cattle producers interested in exploring the organic market. In 2001, the Tacuarembó Unit received authorization to export to the European Community and, in 2003, was authorized by the National Organic Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (NOP-USDA).


Sa bhliain 1981 chuaigh príosúnaigh Phoblachtánaigh ar stailc ocrais i dTuaisceart Éireann.
Ó theip ar rialtas i ndiaidh rialtais cúrsaí an Tuaiscirt a shocrú go polaitiúil, d'fhéach siad le Tuaisceart Éireann a thabhairt chun "normáltachta". Cuid de seo ab ea gur éirigh siad as an imtheorannú agus gur bhain siad stádas an chime pholaitiúil de na príosúnaigh pharaimíleata. Ón mbliain 1976 ar aghaidh, b'iad "cúirteanna Diplock", ar chúirteanna gan choiste iad, a thriaileadh na príosúnaigh pharaimíleata. Níor mhaith leis na húdaráis na cásanna seo a fhágáil faoi ghnáthchoisteanna cúirte, ó bhí an baol ann go n-imeaglófaí na giúróirí. I ndiaidh na trialach, chaití leo mar nach mbeadh iontu ach gnáthchiontóirí.
Le cur in aghaidh an pholasaí seo, chuaigh príosúnaigh Phoblachtánacha na Ceise Fada ag agóidíocht: bhí siad ar an mblaincéad, mar a thugtaí air, nó ag glacadh páirte san Agóid Shalach.
Shroich an agóidíocht a buaic sna blianta 1980 agus 1981, nuair a chuaigh na príosúnaigh ar stailc ocrais leis an stádas polaitiúil a fháil ar ais.
I Stailc Ocrais na bliana 1980, chuaigh seachtar príosúnach Poblachtánach, seisear acu ina Sealadaigh agus ceann amháin ina mbaill d'Arm Fuascailte Náisiúnta na hÉireann, ar céalacan. Thosaigh an chéad stailc ocrais ar an 27 Deireadh Fómhair 1980. Stop an stailc ar an 18 Nollaig den bhliain sin nuair a sheol an rialtas litir chuig na príosúnaigh.
I Stailc Ocrais na bliana 1981, chuaigh deichniúr príosúnach Poblachtánach, seachtar acu ina Sealadaigh agus triúr eile ina mbaill d'Arm Fuascailte Náisiúnta na hÉireann, ar céalacan go dtí gur stiúg siad le hocras. B'é Roibeard Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh, nó Bobby Sands, an chéad duine acu a cailleadh. Roimh a bhás, vótáladh isteach sa Pharlaimint (Teach na dTeachtaí) é, agus d'éirigh an t-éacht céanna lena ghníomhaire toghchánaíochta, Owen Carron, i ndiaidh bhás an tSeachnasaigh féin. Chuaigh na stailceanna ocrais go mór i gcion ar an bpobal Náisiúnaíoch. Tháinig breis is céad míle duine ar aifreann adhlactha an tSeachnasaigh in Eaglais Naomh Lúcás i gCill Uaighe, Iarthar Bhéal Feirste, agus bhí sluaite móra de dhaoine i láthair ag na sochraidí freisin.
Mar a thuig na Poblachtánaigh an scéal, is é an rud a tháinig chun solais le linn na n-imeachtaí seo ná an poitéinseal polaitiúil a bhí ar fáil don té a mbeadh an straitéis ann le leas a bhaint as. I ndiaidh na stailceanna ocrais, thosaigh Sinn Féin ag glacadh páirte sna toghcháin ar an dá thaobh den Teorainn an chéad uair riamh. Sa bhliain 1986, d'fhógair Sinn Féin gur ghlac siad le Dáil Éireann mar pharlaimint dhlisteanach, rud a thug ar dhornán de Phoblachtánaigh dhobhogtha scoilteadh ón bpáirtí le Sinn Féin Poblachtach a bhunú.
Is é an chiall a bhain na hAontachtóirí as an scéal, áfach, go raibh na Caitlicigh, mar phobal, i bhfabhar leis an bhforéigean agus leis an sceimhlitheoireacht, rud a mhéadaigh ar an meon seicteach i measc na bProtastúnach.
Tugadh an leathanach seo cothrom le dáta an 20 Meitheamh 2017 ag 18:08.


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Alain J. Picard- 2-Day Workshop- The Painterly Landscape
Cornwell Center, 2001 Selwyn Ave., Charlotte, NC 28207
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Alain J Picard 2-day Workshop- The Painterly Landscape
Alain J. Picard
The Painterly Landscape
May 11-12, 2020, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Cornwell Center, Charlotte NC
Loosen up your landscapes using the painterly approach! This workshop will empower you with successful strategies for loosening up your work with bold marks and fresh color. Learn to simplify complex scenes into clear shapes, values, and edges. Organize these shapes into strong design and color combinations using bold, expressive marks to interpret your environment for that lush painterly look. Learn innovative approaches to color through the use of underpainting techniques and interpretive color strategies that will break you out of your routine.
Every morning, Alain will demonstrate a painterly approach to the landscape from start to finish, focusing on a unique subject and approach. This can be done in the studio from photo references, or outside en plein air. Students will then respond to the lesson, beginning with morning exercises to loosen up their work and learn techniques to simplify the subject. Students will progress to loosely finished landscape paintings by end of day. A constructive and encouraging group critique will wrap up our workshop together.
How to work in a painterly style
How to clarify your vision for each painting
How breakthrough creative barriers and paint more confidently
How to design dynamic compositions
How to simplify complex scenes into a pattern of clear shapes
How to loosen up your strokes and make bold marks of color
How to simplify and see value and interpret color choices
How to use underpainting techniques that will activate your scene
How to take risks that will lead to new discoveries in your work
Supply List http://picardstudio.com/supplies
Members -$260.00
Non-Members- $285.00
Alain J. Picard is an award-winning artist, instructor, author and speaker. His acclaimed pastel and oil paintings have been exhibited throughout the US, Europe, China and the UK. Alain travels internationally as an art instructor, demonstrator, speaker and artistic advocate for the vulnerable. Alain's work and writing have been featured on numerous occasions in such publications as The Artist's Magazine, The Pastel Journal, and Practique des Arts. In an effort to share his passion for art, Alain has written three instructional books, including "Mastering Pastel" and "Beginning Drawing," and stars in a growing collection of instructional art videos. Alain has lectured and demonstrated for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Arts Club in New York City, Vose Galleries in Boston, MA, the IAPS Convention in Albuquerque, NM, and the Biennial International Pastel Art Exhibition at Ming Gallery in Suzhou, China. Alain has garnered top awards in esteemed exhibitions, including the Pastel Society of America, The American Artists Professional League, Hudson Valley Art Association, the Portrait Society of America, and the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS). He is a judge and juror of international exhibitions, and a sought-after portrait artist and landscape painter. He makes his home in Connecticut with his wife and two sons.
Visit his website: www.picardstudio.com


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Take the N2 from Cape Town towards George. Pass over Sir Lowry`s Pass. Drive straight pass Grabouw towards Botrivier whitch is about 30.7km Sir Lowry's pass . After passing over the Houw Hoek Pass turn off to Hermanus R43 to your left. When entering Hermanus via the Main Road, at the Total Petrol garage (Gateway Centre) turn into Mountain Drive and follow the road all along the mountain. At the T-junction turn left into Jose Burman Drive. Continue on this road to the next T-junction. Turn left into Fernkloof drive and continue on this road for at least 1km. Turn left at 75 Fernkloof Drive, you are now facing Von Abercron Residence.
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Ex-Hillel House director found guilty of sex abuse will have sentencing hearing by phone on Friday
Hillary Ojeda
The sentencing hearing for a man found guilty of sex abuse in March will be held by phone and video conference Friday afternoon.
Due to COVID-19 social distancing measures, David M. Weltman, 29, of Skokie, Illinois, will be sentenced during a conference call instead of an in-person hearing at 2 p.m. Friday. He was convicted of second-degree sex abuse March 5.
Weltman is the former director of Hillel House, which is a student Jewish organization located at 122 E Market St.
Between Feb. 1 and March 31 of last year, Weltman sexually abused a child at Hillel House while he was giving the child a Hebrew lesson, according to a police report and testimony during the trial.
After his conviction, Weltman's attorney, Christopher Foster, filed a motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial.
Foster said the court was in error by allowing prosecutors to include evidence about the events leading up to a trip to Israel with the child and his family members. The motion was denied.
On May 22, he requested that Weltman be granted in-home detention until the sentencing hearing. Because he was immediately incarcerated after his conviction, Foster argued that Weltman didn't have time to take care of financial and family matters before facing the prison sentence.
Judge Chad Kepros denied the request for several reasons, he said in an order on the sentencing hearing. He said the court didn't receive a certified notification of an in-home detention program from the Johnson County Sheriff's Office.
Additionally, Kepros said in the order that Weltman was "convicted of an extraordinarily serious offense with a child victim which requires a lengthy mandatory sentence."
"There are obvious concerns for the protection of the community and for securing Defendant's appearance at sentencing which would be undercut with in-home detention," Kepros wrote.
On May 28, in order to reduce the number of people in the Johnson County Courthouse during the COVID-19 pandemic, the court ordered to hold the sentencing hearing by phone.
The order says that Weltman, the attorneys and anyone giving a victim impact statement can appear by telephone and video conference. In addition, anyone else from the public can attend the call but will mute their phone line and not have their phone on speakerphone.
Iowa Judicial Branch Communications Director Steve Davis said it's not known how many cases have had sentencing hearings carried out by phone as there is currently no way to track which cases were done by phone.


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Answer the following Questinos: Which of the following freed all slaves in the U
Answer the following Questinos: Which of the following freed all slaves in the U. S.? the 13th Amendment to the Constitution the Emancipation Proclamation The Declaration of the Rights of Man none of these As business tycoons like the Carnegies and Rockefellers took capitalism in the U. S. to new heights, what radical ideals began to gain traction in the U. S. among some groups? Marxism Syndicalism Anarchism all of these Which of the following was not a self-made man? J. P. Morgan John D. Rockefeller J. P. Morgan none of these Which of the following is associated with John D. Rockefeller? Vertical integration The Gospel of Wealth Socialism The Homestead Strike Despite the mixed results of the Railroad Strike of 1877, it did demonstrate the potential for organized labor to be effective. What new labor movements were inspired by the strike? Workingmen's Party of California Knights of Labor American Federation of Labor all of the above Which of the following hurt public support for unions during the late 19th century? the Homestead Strike the Pullman Strike the Haymarket Bombing all of these Which of the following is true? The South's economy would never recover after the Civil War. The South was occupied by Union soldiers until 1900. The South lost more than 40% of its wealth as a result of the war. Most people in the South shunned Confederate leaders and embraced the Republican party following the war. The basis for the belief that former slaves would be given 40 acres and a mule was the Freedmen's Act Dunmore's Proclamation Sherman's Special Field Order 15 the 14th Amendment to the Constitution The roles of Freedmen's Bureau agents included providing provisions, clothing, and fuel to alleviate the suffering of white and black southerners after the war. negotiating labor contracts with land owners on behalf of former slaves. creating courts to deal with labor and land disputes. all of these What did former slaves need to sustain their families and gain influence after they gained freedom? land money voting rights all of these One of the more lasting benefits of the Freedmen's Bureau was the land redistribution that gave many former slaves a chance to live independently. schools for African Americans. voting rights for former Confederate leaders. none of these Which of the following were constitutional issues that concerned the nation following the Civil War? If slaves were free, then were they also citizens? If former slaves were citizens, could they vote? When the Confederate slates seceded from the Union, did they actually leave the Union and forfeit their rights as states? all of these When Congress passed the Wade-Davis Bill it was a response to Lincoln's lenient policy regarding the reentry of the former Confederate states into the Union. the conviction of Confederate leaders. land redistribution after the war. all of these Which of the following was true of President Andrew Johnson? He wanted to punish the South for treason. He believed in black inferiority. He hated the planter class but still ended up granting them amnesty on a case by case basis. all of these African Americans gained more rights during Presidential Reconstruction as Johnson guided policies. Congressional Reconstruction as Congress assumed the reins and divided the former Confederate states into military districts. No answer text provided. No answer text provided. Which group was willing to treat African Americans as equals? Democrats Radical Republicans the majority of Republicans none of these Which of the following was not an African-American politician during Reconstruction? Pinckney Pinchback Joseph Rainey Samuel Tilden Hiram Revels Which of the following was a goal of the KKK? to drive out the Union troops to regain control of the South for the Democratic party to intimidate supporters of the Republican governments all of these As a result of Reconstruction, most southern whites became supporters of the Whig party Republican party Democratic party none of these Which president ended Reconstruction? Lincoln Johnson Hayes Grant
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Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) commonly known as Styrofoam TM (trademark of Dow Chemical) is found almost everywhere in our daily lives. It is used for everything from coffee cups to home insulation because of its light weight and high insulation value. EPS often gets a bad rap from environmentalists, but did you know that it is a high value recyclable material?
Recycled EPS is used to make a host of items from DVD cases to park benches. So why does so much EPS still go to the landfill? It is precisely because the material is light and bulky. A whole semi full of the lose material may weigh as little as 3,000 lbs. Let's be conservative and say it is worth $.25 per pound and that would make the whole load worth $750. Unfortunately, you can't ship it very far for $750. However, if the EPS is run through a Bright Technologies EPS Densifier before shipment it can be stacked on pallets and load weights can be over 40,000 pounds! A 38,000 pound load @ $.25/pound is worth $9,500.00!!
Turn Loose EPS Foam truckload weights of approximately 2,000 lbs. into Baled EPS Foam truckload weight of approximately 6,000 lbs.
Bright Technologies EPS Densifiers are heavy duty "Professional Grade" machines. Our equipment is designed and manufactured in the United States. Factory direct service and installation are available in North America. The original EPS Densifiers we produced in 1995 & 1996 are still in service today.
Our PLC monitors & maintains both the compression ram and the discharge restrictor plate pressures. Proprietary control logic (ADCS) automatically controls the restrictor plate hydraulic pressure to allow EPS discharge after compression parameters are attained. This allows a wide range of EPS material to be processed without operator intervention. Many competing Densifiers have only a manual restrictor plate pressure adjustment which does not compensate for changing foam properties and differences in friction. This results in either low block density or densifier jamming issues unless frequently monitored.
Bright Technologies EPS Densifiers can operate unattended and are only limited by the amount of EPS available in the bag hopper and the amount of length for the discharge log of material until it must be stacked. The large feed opening on both the D30 and the D120 Densifier help keep the foam moving and minimize bridging in the bag hopper. The Auto Shear option scores the "log" of EPS block at predetermined lengths allowing less labor and more uniform pallets of material.
**Production rates vary by coming EPS properties and grind size. Ranges listed are typical on medium – high density EPS incoming feed stock Low Density EPS will result in lower production rates.
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The PBX2 EPS pre-breaker features a wide 54 inch removable hopper to accept large pieces of EPS. Dual direct drive 7.5 HP gear motors drive our unique spiral pattern chipping rolls which can process EPS at up to 2000 cubic feet per hour. The powerful 7.5 HP output blower efficiently moves the EPS up to a bag hopper. An auxiliary 3HP blower is provided to insure material movement in the lower collection bin. The whole unit is prewired and skid mounted, with integral fork pockets built into the skid for quick installation.
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Our pre-breaker feed conveyor is ideal for use on smaller EPS materials. With your sorting table (32 inch or higher) at the feed end of the conveyor employees can push or pull the clean product onto the conveyor and push the foreign materials into a bin off to the side. The 46 inch wide belt has one inch cleats to move smaller items up the belt and a safety rope pull extends around three side of the conveyor.
A Bright Technologies EPS Densifier system can reduce the storage space needed on loose EPS products by 50-1 and can increase the density of the raw material by as much as 30 times. If your business generates large amounts of EPS scrap talk to us about turning that disposal expense into revenue. We can help you with equipment and financing options as well as potential outlets for the EPS. Even if your volume does not justify equipment, we may be able to help you by putting you into contact with a recycler in your area.


The prestigious Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme supports outstanding Australian and international researchers and research leaders to build Australia's research capacity, undertake innovative research programs and mentor early career researchers.
In 2010, the ARC introduced the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship—awarded to a highly-ranked female candidate from the humanities, arts and social science disciplines—and the Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship—awarded to a highly-ranked female candidate from the science and technology disciplines.
These Fellowships include additional funding for recipients ($20,000 per year over five years) to undertake an ambassadorial role to promote and support women in research.
To date, fourteen of these named Australian Laureate Fellows from universities across Australia have been supported. Their achievements, or planned achievements, range from activities at the university level to those at the national level. The ARC has recently published details about each Fellow and the important initiatives they are undertaking on the ARC's Australian Laureate Fellowships webpages.
Professor Nalini Joshi, The University of Sydney—Georgina Sweet Fellow (2012)—Creating new mathematical methods to describe critical solutions of nonlinear systems which are ubiquitous in modern science. Through her ambassadorial and mentoring role, Professor Joshi has organised and funded regular events at annual conferences of the Australian Mathematical Society, and Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics, to feature female plenary speakers. In 2015 she initiated and led Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE), an initiative to encourage and retain women in STEMM in Australia.
Professor Leann Tilley, The University of Melbourne—Georgina Sweet Fellow (2015)—Developing a cross-disciplinary program to measure, model and manipulate a complex cellular system—sexual differentiation of the human malaria parasite. Through her ambassadorial and mentoring role, Professor Tilley has been creating a program of activities that will support the promotion of STEM education in Australia at high schools and universities.
Professor Sharon Parker, The University of Western Australia—Kathleen Fitzpatrick Fellow (2016)—Studying how transformative work design promotes meaningful, healthy, and productive work. Through her ambassadorial and mentoring role, Professor Parker will undertake a literature review on women academics' careers, including influencing factors; the design, pilot, and evaluation of an evidence-based program to provide early career academic women with support, mentoring, skill development and networking to enhance their research effectiveness.
If you're interested in the Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme, or finding out more about the Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Georgina Sweet Laureate Fellows, visit the ARC website.
Image: 2012 Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow, Professor Nalini Joshi, from The University of Sydney.


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István Agh (1709, Sepsiszentkirály, Hungary (now Ilieni, Romania) – 22 January 1786, Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania)) was a Hungarian Unitarian bishop in Transylvania.

Life
Agh descended from nobility. Born to Mihály Agh and a woman with the surname of Szabo, all three of his sisters had married Unitarian ministers. He attended primary school in his hometown, and then the Unitarians main school in Kolozsvár. In 1734, he was sent to multiple academies throughout Europe, in places such as Amsterdam, Halle, and the universities of Leiden and Rotterdam, and returned home in 1737. In Kolozsvár, from 1738 onwards, he taught physics, geometry, logic, metaphysics, theology and Hebrew and Greek languages at the local Unitarian college. His textbooks for particular subjects were self-written and have survived in manuscript form and were in use for several generations. His theological works on the Old Testaments concept of God and his faithful followers influence by 18th-century deism shows, but the works also had Cartesian influences.

In 1754, he became a notary in the Unitarian Church, and after the death of Mihály Lombard de Szentábrahám on 30 March 1758, chose him to be the synod bishop of Kissáros on 21 May. As a bishop, with the main church council, he was forced to endure strong secular issues, which formerly had a church canon. In order to remedy the situation, Joseph II, the Holy Roman Emperor, presented the church grievances, and each point with respect to the results achieved; He obtained permission to print two volumes written by Mihály's Unitarian Church of Transylvania. At the time of his episcopate in 1784, they merged into the Polish Transylvanian Unitarian communities into the Hungarian Church.

Married three times, his first wife was Zsuzsanna Szentábrahámi. His second wife was Anna Szentkirályi, and his third and final wife was the third Zsuzsa Almasi. He had four children altogether.

Works
 Institutiones Metaphysicae
 Institutiones Physicae
 Conpendium Phisicae usum Auditorum incipientum (1764)
 Institutio geographica
 Notae  quaedam in Logicam (1740)
 Grammatica Hebraica
 Loca Veteris Foederis, ex quibus ... Trinitatis Dogma probari solet (1746)
 Loca Novis Foederis eplicata
 Notae in Theologiam Szent-Abrahanianam, vel: Notae in Systhema Universae Theologiae Christianae
 Commentarius in Epistolam ad Romanes caeteras Paulinas. Inchoavit. (1858)
 Ünnepi, vasárnapi és halotti prédikációk, magyarul és latinul
 Halotti szónoklatok - Orationes
 Historia Regis Borusciorum, Friderici II-di, franciából latinra fordítva 1764.  júliusban
 Theologia Christiana I.-V.

Sources
 József Benkő, György Szabó
 Dr. Boros György: Agh Istvan püspök élete főtekintettel külföldi tanulására, tanári és irodalmi munkásságára
 Jakab Elek: Agh István püspök élete és kora

1709 births
1786 deaths
People from Covasna County
Unitarian Church of Transylvania

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You wake up to the blare of your alarm, rush through or skip breakfast, and get into your car to head to work. On your commute, you might deal with traffic jams, only hit red lights, and struggle to find a place to park near your office.
Once you finally make it to work, you're met with a hectic meeting schedule, endless unanswered emails, and the constant notifications from your various social media channels. You're exhausted and feeling frantic — and the day has barely begun.
Using a bell of mindfulness is a great technique for reminding yourself to stay mindful throughout the day. You can use a physical bell, timer, or an alarm on your phone. Set your bell or alarm to ring at regular intervals throughout the day. Every time your bell rings, take a few moments to stop doing and just be. Put down whatever it is that you're working on, close your eyes, and take a few deep, slow breaths.
Each time your bell rings, you have an opportunity to slow down, check in with yourself, and put things in perspective. The bell of mindfulness can be very grounding, especially in an office environment where you can easily get wrapped up in the million things you're trying to do at once and forget to center yourself.
Eating mindfully can be really hard to do, especially when you're feeling stressed out or overwhelmed. Eating too quickly, eating junk food, and eating while doing something else are all examples of unmindful eating.
Many people who practice mindful eating find that they can transform stress when they stop trying to do several things at once and instead focus solely on one activity at a time. So when lunchtime rolls around and you're tempted to just eat at your desk and work through your break — think again. You'll likely be more productive and happier if you take 30 minutes to enjoy your food away from your desk and focus on eating mindfully.
Movement is perhaps one of the most enjoyable and important ways you can incorporate mindfulness into your workday. If you, like many people, sit at a desk in front of a computer for upwards of eight hours a day, your mental and physical health and well-being are at risk. Sitting for a prolonged period of time impacts vein health, including stress levels, back health, and eye health, just to name a few.
You can check off the movement and mindfulness boxes on your to-do list by going outside for a short walk whenever you can. Even if you stand up and take a lap around your building once every few hours, you'll give your body a chance to stretch and your mind a chance to recenter and breathe.
Integrating grounding practices into your daily routines, both when you're at work and when you're at home, can go a long way in making mindfulness a more central part of your day. Spending a portion of each day unplugged from all your devices is a great way to ground yourself and be present.
Another great grounding practice is to work in a garden and get your hands dirty. What could be more grounding than literally working with the ground to create food or beautiful flowers? The value of community gardens is great, showing the benefits of working with others in your grounding and mindful practices.
After all, one of the best parts of mindfulness is getting to share it with others. The world might be a different place if everyone practiced a few of these mindfulness hacks throughout their days. We often don't realize how stressed and overwhelmed we are until we take a minute to stop and slow down.
Mindfulness probably isn't something that is going to just happen to you without any effort. Especially in a world like the one we live in today, mindfulness must be intentionally cultivated and practiced, meaning you have to do it over and over again before you realize you're going through your day in a more mindful way without even thinking about it.
The next time you feel stressed out, overwhelmed, and out of touch, try the bell of mindfulness, mindful eating practices, fresh air and movement, and grounding practices. You'll likely feel better and be on your way to developing habits that will be beneficial in the long run.


It's election time in Belgium and plastic seems to be a hot topic. Next local elections will take place in October 2018 and Flemish (Flanders) minister Joke Schauvliege wants to jump on the plastic wagon by introducing a new deposit system to reduce litter.
The Minister wants the industry to pay for the collection of packaging. Schauvliege wants to create a deposit system for plastic bottles and cans. Retailers will have to make necessary investment to organise the system.
She proposed a 0.5 EUR deposit fee per can and 1.5 EUR per bottle. Initially, she proposed 0.25 EUR per unit.
It's uncertain whether she will have enough support in the government to go through with her decision but because it's election time, nobody dares to stand up to this announcement for the moment.
set up a packaging fund with dual purpose: help finance the litter reduction/collection and increase the use of recyclable packaging.
The ban on single use packaging is already active in Brussels and Wallonia and does probably not lead to a reduction of plastic waste. The only winners seem to be retailers who can charge expensive fees for multiple use bags. In addition, small shop like night shops do not implement the law, only the big retailers do.
The extra obligations on the e-commerce sector will not be very efficient because Belgium missed the e-commerce wave due to following reason: too many government layers leading to an overall business unfriendly climate; highest tax rate around the block and huge red tape. By imposing extra obligations on the few belgian e-commerce players, this will create an extra competitive advantage for the Netherland-based e-commerce players who sell in Belgium.


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TV-Y7 | 23min | Animation, Action, Adventure | TV Series (2008–2009)
12 VIDEOS | 84 IMAGES
After an explosion at the school, the X-Men went their separate ways. But they must unite once again under the leadership of Wolverine to prevent an inevitable war while also dealing with present problems.
Steve Blum, Jim Ward, Nolan North | See full cast & crew »
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Foresight: Part 3
The X-Men, MRD and S.H.I.E.L.D. fight against Magneto's Sentinels.
Magneto sends his Acolytes to break several mutants out of prison.
Emma discovers the Hellfire Club's true motivation for using the Phoenix.
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X-Men: Evolution (2000–2003)
Animation | Action | Drama
This rendition of X-Men features Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat and Spike as teenagers as they fight for a world that fears and hates them.
Stars: Scott McNeil, Meghan Black, Christopher Judge
The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009)
Animation | Action | Adventure
An animated television show that focuses on a sixteen-year-old Peter Parker, and the origins of Spider-Man.
Stars: Josh Keaton, Lacey Chabert, Joshua LeBar
Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006)
Certificate: TV-Y7-FV Animation | Action | Adventure
A continuation of the Justice League animated series finds the original members of the team joined in their battle against crime and evil by dozens of other heroes from the DC comics universe.
Stars: George Newbern, Kevin Conroy, Phil LaMarr
A young man with spider like abilities fights crime as a superhero in New York City while trying to have a normal personal life.
Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Lisa Loeb, Ian Ziering
Iron Man (1994–1996)
Industrialist Tony Stark leads his private team of superheros as Iron Man against the forces of evil.
Stars: Robert Hays, John Reilly, Jim Cummings
X-Men (TV Mini-Series 2011)
Animation | Action | Sci-Fi
X-Men, still grieving over the death of Phoenix (Jean Grey), are investigating a case of a missing mutant girl in Northern Japan. This leads them to a mysterious virus that turns mutants into monsters. U-Men and the Inner Circle want it.
Stars: Steve Blum, Cam Clarke, Aya Hisakawa
The Incredible Hulk (1996–1998)
A nuclear scientist is afflicted with the tendency to change into a powerful green monster under stress.
Stars: Lou Ferrigno, Neal McDonough, John Vernon
Astonishing X-Men (TV Mini-Series 2009)
An alien species attempts to take over earth, but the X-Men are ready for anything.
Stars: Trevor Devall, Brian Drummond, Lara Gilchrist
Ultimate Spider-Man (2012–2017)
Spider-Man battles evil with a new team of teen colleagues and training from S.H.I.E.L.D.
Stars: Drake Bell, Ogie Banks, Chi McBride
Batman Beyond (1999–2001)
Adventure | Animation | Action
Fuelled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis (Will Friedle) revives the role of Batman. Under supervision of an elderly Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy), he fights crime in a harsh futuristic Gotham.
Stars: Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Lauren Tom
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2013–2015)
The Incredible Hulk teams up with Red Hulk, She-Hulk, Skaar, and Rick Jones aka A-Bomb to battle the forces of evil in front of cameras for Rick's web-based series to show the Hulk is more hero than monster.
Stars: Fred Tatasciore, Clancy Brown, Seth Green
Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994–1996)
The adventures of Marvel Comic's greatest superhero team.
Stars: Beau Weaver, Lori Alan, Quinton Flynn
Steve Blum ... Logan / ... 26 episodes, 2008-2009
Jim Ward ... Professor Charles Xavier / ... 20 episodes, 2008-2009
Nolan North ... Cyclops / ... 18 episodes, 2008-2009
Fred Tatasciore ... Beast / ... 18 episodes, 2008-2009
Kari Wahlgren ... Emma Frost / ... 16 episodes, 2008-2009
Danielle Judovits ... Kitty Pryde / ... 14 episodes, 2008-2009
Liam O'Brien ... Kurt Wagner / ... 14 episodes, 2008-2009
Tom Kane ... Erik Lehnsherr / ... 13 episodes, 2008-2009
Gwendoline Yeo ... Domino / ... 11 episodes, 2008-2009
Animated series centering on the X-men after the school was attacked by an unknown force and Professor X vanishes. Wolverine tries to bring the X-Men back together to find out what happened. Eventually they find Professor X in a comatose state. But he contacts them from the future where he has awakened. And they have to deal with new challenges. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
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In the comics, Vindaloo is an Indian mutant with long black hair, dark brown skin and the ability to produce flammable Napalm oils from his fists. He is also a villainous Acolyte. In this series, he has an Indian accent but his long hair is blond, he is a teenager with light brown skin, he secrete "sticky goop" from his palms and is not a Acolyte. He is seen trying to leave for Genosha which may reference his alliegence to the Acolytes. See more »
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Best superhero cartoon in a long time!
31 July 2008 | by jellyneckr – See all my reviews
I caught a screening of the first three episodes of "Wolverine & the X-Men" at this year's Comic Con and although my expectations for the series were quite low, I found myself pleasantly surprised. I shouldn't give away too much, but I will say that despite being aimed primarily at children, "Wolverine & the X-Men" deals with some adult issues that will make the show appeal to an older audience while still being appropriate for the little ones. The violence is kept to a minimum, though the action is still exciting. Despite the numerous action sequences, there are plenty of moments of humor so things never get too overly serious. Thankfully, the the jokes aren't corny. They are actually quite funny as opposed to a lot of the jokes in X-Men: The Last Stand. I have to admit I can't remember if anyone on the Comic Con panel mentioned if "Wolverine & the X-Men" is supposed to exist inside the continuity of any of the live-action films, though there were several references to live-action films being a bit of an influence on the show, especially in terms of how the excellent voice work is done. Like the films, the main story is relatively faithful to the comics. The characters look similar to the way the characters are drawn in the comics with some understandable changes. Those who are fans of the comics or just fans of the movies shouldn't be disappointed. Based on what I've seen...8/10. This is the best superhero cartoon in a long time.