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Obama Loses Major Battle as His Jobs Bill Splits Senate Democrats
The president could barely muster a majority on his top priority. Patricia Murphy on why his own party is divided.
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Nothing quite illustrates the depth of Barack Obama's weakness in Washington better than the painfully public defeat the Senate handed him Tuesday by blocking his signature American Jobs Act.
The cleverly named bill was sold as a paid-for, bipartisan package of cures for the country's anemic job market. But the Senate soundly defeated the measure, leaving it eight votes shy of the 60 that Obama needed just to get the Senate to consider it. Worst of all for Obama were the defections of two of his fellow Democrats, which limited the bill to getting more than a bare majority, as well as the declarations from several more that they would vote against the package if the Senate ever did consider it for an up-or down vote.
The defeat was a sharp rebuke for Obama that amounted to a vote of no confidence on the economic policies of recovery spending that he's championed for years, namely his idea that flooding the economy with public money will jump-start the private sector. But even Obama's fellow Democrats seem to have developed sufficient spending fatigue to put the brakes on new outlays, while the most moderate Democrats say the economy will never recover as long as the deficit continues to spiral out of control.
Another handful of incumbents up for reelection in red states have the added incentive of distancing themselves from their unpopular president at every chance, with a high-priced jobs bill providing just the right opportunity. The combination of real policy differences and raw political calculations combined to sow Obama's defeat within his own party before he ever saw a fight with the Republicans.
The latest Obama plan would have spent $447 billion on infrastructure projects, teacher salaries, and an extension of a payroll tax cut that is set to expire. To pay for it, Senate Democrats last week protected a series of popular tax loopholes in favor of slapping a 5.6 percent surtax on households making more than $1 million a year. Privately, Democrats say they think the tax is a "silver bullet" that could help them heading into the 2012 elections.
Hours before Tuesday's vote, Obama went to Pittsburgh to deliver yet another public pitch for the bill. "This is gut-check time," he said. "Any senator that votes no will have to look you in the eye and tell you what they're opposed to."
But at the very moment that Obama was warning about Republicans blocking his legislation, Jim Webb, the Democratic senator from Virginia, was explaining from the floor why he opposed the measure.
"I do not believe we should raise taxes on ordinary earned income," Webb said. "There are other ways to get there."
Although Webb voted with the Democrats to end the filibuster, Sens. Ben Nelson and Jon Tester, two moderate Democrats up for reelection, joined the GOP to block the bill. Tester said he wanted more infrastructure spending and fewer tax breaks in the package. Nelson said the half-trillion-dollar price tag was too rich for his blood.
Other Democrats voted with the White House on Tuesday, but said they'd oppose the bill if the Senate ever voted on it.
"The bottom line is, I don't believe the potential to create jobs with the Act justifies adding another half trillion to our almost $15 trillion national debt," said independent Sen. Joe Lieberman. Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, told a group of local reporters that the $447 cost of the package "put the ugly" in the good, bad, and ugly of the bill.
Beyond the Democratic complaints, Republicans slammed the bill as political gamesmanship.
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the legislation "a charade" and blamed Obama for making the bill less likely to pass when he agreed to the millionaires' surtax, which congressional Republicans called a "nonstarter."
"Democrats have designed this bill to fail," McConnell said. "They have designed their own bill to fail in the hopes that anyone who votes against it will look bad for opposing" it.
"We're really not here to solve problems. Neither side is, candidly. We're here for some political stunt to take place," said Sen. Bob Corker, a freshman from Tennessee.
The White House scrambled to come up with a Plan B for the measure even before the Senate voted Tuesday night, as it became increasingly clear that it would fail, and fail badly.
Dan Pfeiffer, the White House communications director, told MSNBC that the president would take the bill back to Congress for another vote, even if he had to chop it up into pieces and do it one portion at a time. But Pfeiffer took the chance to blame the GOP for the impasse.
"If the Republicans decide to block passage of the American Jobs Act tonight, the next step is to bring each individual piece forward and make them account for why they now oppose provisions that they used to support."


Cybersecurity regulation is coming. Whether regulations intended to enhance critical infrastructure protection will be based on existing statutory authority, new legislation, an Executive Order or a combination of legal authorities, however, is still unknown.
Other aspects of the coming federal oversight of critical infrastructure cybersecurity that remain undetermined include the extent to which governance system will include voluntary characteristics and the time frame for initiation of new cybersecurity regulation. More specifically, whether critical infrastructure protection regulation will come before or after a major destructive cyberattack on the United States has yet to be decided.
Nonetheless, it's not too soon to explore an attribute that needs to be integral to any new cybersecurity regulation — cost-effectiveness. Cost effectiveness needs to be designed into any plans for critical infrastructure cyberdefense for two reasons. First, if regulations affecting much of the economy are not cost-effective, the regulatory structure will not have lasting viability and will not boost industrial security irrespective of legal requirements. Second, a discussion of cost effectiveness inherently encompasses a review of several issues that are fundamental to any rational regulatory scheme starting which, what is meant by effective cybersecurity?
It makes no more sense to refer to making any critical infrastructure sector "secure" than it does to trying to ensure that air, water, a consumer product or anything else is "safe." After all, even unplugging all the computers would still leave them vulnerable to physical theft or destruction. Moreover, unrealistic safety/security goals are not idealistic, but wasteful, undermining achievable gains. As with all regulation, safety/security should be understood as managing — not eliminating — risk.
To assist in the risk management process, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a Risk Management Framework (RMF). The RMF is applicable to private and government enterprises. The Framework provides a life cycle approach for systematically analyzing and making risk decisions, including the selection of security controls, evaluating how well the controls are working, and changing/updating the controls.
NIST has also developed an extensive set of information security publications providing standards and guidance, applicable to all types of organizations working on cybersecurity risk management.
A working definition of cost-effectiveness is found in a Circular published by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The document explains that a "program is cost-effective if, on the basis of life cycle cost analysis of competing alternatives, it is determined to have the lowest costs expressed in present value terms for a given amount of benefits."
There are two principles that can be drawn from OMB's definition of cost-effectiveness, particularly when considered in context of the RMF. First, prospective cybersecurity costs should be analyzed on a life cycle basis. Second, cybersecurity regulations should be designed to achieve a selected risk profile at the lowest present value cost. The lowest practical cost approach is in keeping with the regulatory principle in Executive Order 13563 requiring agencies to tailor "regulations to impose the least burden on society, consistent with obtaining regulatory objectives...."
Moreover, just as information security needs to be integrated throughout an enterprise, the regulatory costs of critical infrastructure protection need to be analyzed within the context of all regulatory costs on an industry.
The need to analyze cumulative regulatory costs is specifically cited in the regulatory principles discussion in the Executive Order on Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review. Additional specific implementing directives on cumulative cost analysis are provided by OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). A May 2012 OIRA Memorandum on the Cumulative Effects of Regulations provides a series of specific steps that agencies are to engage in to "promote consideration of cumulative effects, and to reduce redundant, overlapping, and inconsistent requirements" when developing regulations.
The question remains, however, of how to develop cost-effective cybersecurity regulation. The answer has two parts each of which will each be discussed below in greater detail. First, agencies and OMB need to scrupulously adhere to the "good government" laws that regulate the regulatory process. Second, regulatory development and implementation decisions should be informed by cost-benefit metrics and best practice case studies.
There are a series of laws that provide processes and standards that govern the regulatory state. These laws include the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Data Quality Act (DQA, also known as the Information Quality Act), the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act Regulatory Flexibility Act (SBREFA, originally the Regulatory Flexibility Act prior to amendment) and the Executive Order on regulatory review along with various implementing guidance documents.
Although an in-depth discussion of each good government law is well beyond the scope of this article, a brief description of how the major legal authorities can help protect the regulated community from unduly burdensome regulation is provided.
The APA is the most basic of the good government laws; it creates due process rights through the notice-and-comment process and protects against arbitrary and capricious regulatory actions.
The PRA creates a participatory process agencies are required to undertake prior to any collection of information from ten or more persons. The law requires that information which agencies seek to collect have "practical utility" and not be duplicative of other collections. The PRA creates a process in which agencies are to engage the regulated community in formal and informal discussions as to how best to achieve an agency's information collection needs. The PRA applies to voluntary as well as mandatory information collections. No agency is permitted to undertake an information collection without OIRA's authorization.
The DQA sets quality standards for virtually all information disseminated publicly by Executive Branch agencies. Quality is defined as including objectivity, utility and integrity. OMB set binding government-wide requirements for these criteria and has also issued additional implementing documents. Of particular note, the DQA creates an administrative process allowing affected persons to "seek and obtain" correction of federal data not meeting quality standards, such as analyses relied on by agencies in developing regulations.
As I've previously discussed, the integrity of component of the DQA has private sector cybersecurity implications. Since the DQA applies to third-party data that agencies use or rely on in their public disseminations, agencies need to be able to attest to the integrity of data they collect from third-party information systems prior to being able to use the data in a public information dissemination. I have also discussed the possibility that the DQA provides statutory authority OMB could use to enact critical infrastructure cybersecurity regulations.
SBREFA has provisions to ensure that agencies give consideration to the regulatory burdens that would be imposed on small businesses and other small entities, such as small local governments. A key goal of the SBREFA process is for agencies to create, where possible, lower burden compliance requirements for small entities.
EO 13563 is the most recent statement of White House regulatory review authority, a power that has been exercised for more than 40 years by eight Presidents. The centralized regulatory review process administered by OMB under Presidential direction can be tremendously influential in determining the federal regulatory policies.
Regulatory mechanics provide the processes by which cost-effectiveness should be taken into account in developing federally-managed cyberdefenses for critical infrastructure. What industry and government still need to know are how to identify which implementation steps, measurement techniques, and practices work best from a security and cost perspective.
Best Practice case studies can provide organizations with useful guidance irrespective of whether there any regulatory mandates. Ideally, the studies should be equally applicable to private and government networks.
A case in point is FISMA's requirement for continuous monitoring of networks. Based on the experience of a federal network in using their continuous monitoring tools in defending against cyberattacks, Best Practices for information security continuous monitoring were identified. These Federal Cybersecurity Best Practices are equally applicable to private sector networks and are beneficial even in the absence of a regulatory mandate. It is important to recognize, of course, that any regulations need to flexible enough to allow not only the identified best practices but also alternative compliance approaches.
The need exists for best practice analyses of aspects of critical infrastructure cyberdefense in addition to continuous monitoring. Moreover, there is the need for IT cost-benefit analytic techniques to assist in evaluating cybersecurity projects. It would be a mistake, however, to view these methodologies and metrics as applicable only to the security aspects of IT. Just the opposite.
There have been countless promises associated with Big Data. Some of them may even be true. But it's hard to tell. Investments in Big Data projects have been slowed by the lack of tools and techniques for objectively evaluating project proposals — and comparing them against alternative investment opportunities. In short, the situation for Big Data project proposals is the same as for security-centric proposals, they need to make demonstrable sense from a cost-benefit standpoint.
Two points were made at the top of this article, cybersecurity regulation is coming and the security has to make business sense irrespective of any regulatory mandate. Big Data proposals and cyberdefense proposals share a common need to make a business case in order to get funded. Another commonality is that neither Big Data nor cybersecurity is limited to any given organizational function.
The Big Data paradigm is about integration of datasets, potentially across many networks and time periods. It is this expansive perspective that is also essential to information security.
Where does this leave us? Two conclusions. One, there needs to be additional work on developing broadly applicable business case analyses evaluating various types of cybersecurity and Big Data projects. Two, cybersecurity regulation needs to be cost effective. Improving critical infrastructure cyberdefenses will require a balance of security and economic effectiveness.
Balance can be misunderstood as a compromise that achieves no goal except, perhaps, the substitution of activity for accomplishment. This need not be the case, to wit, consider the exemplar of balance without compromise, a ballerina en pointe.
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is off to an aggressive start in 2019, revealing an ambitious agenda in his recent State of the State address. Among the long list of initiatives and objectives he intends to accomplish in his new term are plans to reinstate New York City's speed camera program, and double the number of cameras used to catch drivers who travel above the speed limit.
From a press release issued last week, Governor Cuomo notes speed cameras have been a proven deterrent in the City, and have been particularly effective in reducing car accidents and increasing survival rates in wrecks which occur in school zones.
Despite the "indisputable evidence" that speed cameras help save lives, Cuomo notes, the Senate blocked key legislation in 2018 that would have allowed NYC's program to continue operating. As part of his new budget proposal, Governor Cuomo is not only reinstating the program though use of his emergency powers, but will also expand statutory guidelines to include 290 school zones, which is double the 140 cameras used under the old program, and the same number of cameras in the bill rejected by the Senate last year.
The City Council also passed a bill last year allowing New York City to deploy an unlimited number of speeding cameras, and it remains to be seen if lawmakers will object to the 290-camera cap.
Since the program was fully launched in 2014, its 140-school zone cameras issued tickets to over 4.5 million motorists – about 10 times the number of tickets issued by all the City's NYPD officers combined.
Just 17% of drivers ticketed through the automated system go on to reoffend and be issued a second speeding ticket, something Cuomo and others say is a testament to their effectiveness.
When activated, speed cameras reduce speeding in the monitored area by over 60%.
Under his proposed budget, Cuomo also included plans for creating signs that alert drivers about speed cameras in place, which would serve as an additional means to deter speeding.
The expanded speed camera program is slated to be a vital enforcement tool in the City's "Vision Zero" initiative, and will hopefully contribute to the declining number of auto fatalities the City has seen over the past five consecutive years. Governor Cuomo's proposed budget also includes a number of other initiatives intended to benefit public safety, the environment, and individual rights, including new laws to protect New Yorkers from toxic chemical exposure, ban the use of plastic bags, prohibit the release of mugshots and arrest booking information, and the refine the state's "Adult-Use Cannabis Program," among others.
Speeding & Auto Accidents: What Are Your Rights as an Injured Victim?
Though speed cameras have helped reduce collisions in areas where they are deployed, they are no substitute for being vigilant on the road, whether as a motorist, a pedestrian, or a bicyclist, and they don't prevent careless drivers from continuing to speed and put others' lives on the line. Many motorists across the city and the state continue to drive at unsafe speeds.
While traffic citations or the occasional misdemeanor or felony may hold reckless and speeding drivers accountable for their actions, it's important to mention those cases don't provide a meaningful source of compensation for the victims and families who've been harmed. In order to recover their damages and hold negligent drivers civilly accountable, victims will need to pursue personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits in civil court.
The Perecman Law Firm, P.L.L.C. is a firm comprised of award-winning civil trial lawyers who are available to help clients across all five boroughs and beyond after they've suffered harm in preventable auto accidents involving speeding drivers and other negligent acts. To discuss your rights and potential claim, contact us 24/7 for a free case review.


It has already been proven by age related statistics that in the next 18 years or so, nearly 10,000 persons per day will be celebrating their 65th birthday.This is big news for America, and while it is joyful to celebrate our elderly loved ones lives, it could possibly be looked at as frightening news for healthcare. With age, the chance for acquiring a serious illness and or disease increases. Dealing with disease and illness on a daily basis can cause a person to be less independent and often is one of the main reasons why many elderly citizens in the U.S. turn to long-term care facilities. Because of the vast amount of persons who are expected to live longer, nursing homes are expected to reach a shortage. Today, beds are already filled in many nursing homes and staff is short. There has even been word of "endangered homecare workers." Experts are now suggesting that as many U.S. citizens near elderly age, that they plan efficiently ahead of time and become early nursing home shoppers.
Fortunately, there are many ways today to go about becoming a smart long-term care shopper. From online tools such as online reviews, nursing home ratings and websites that allow you to compare nursing homes side-by-side, you can be reassured that the nursing home or care facility that you are looking into will care for you with the highest standards. Some online tools that are recommended are on the Medicare site for nursing home comparison. Another care site that is becoming more popular among care shoppers is caregiverlist.com. This site offers shoppers a chance to learn about their array of options. It also gives useful information about paying for care and offers research that allows for shoppers to have a better understanding of elderly healthcare.
Sites such as these are only a guide to help in the nursing home shopping process. In addition to using these helpful sites, shoppers should also make sure to visit homes, ask lots of questions, and pay attention to the overall atmosphere of a home.
Despite smart shopping, nursing home abuse and neglect still occurs. Call an Illinois nursing home abuse and neglect attorney today if you feel that you or a loved one suffered a serious injury while under the care of a facility. Malman Law is available 24/7 for a free consultation and legal advice.


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Dairy Industry Criticizes Canada TRQ Allocations, Urges Good Faith Implementation of USMCA
The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) sharply criticized Canada's allocation of its tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) under USMCA, released Tuesday, June 15. USDEC and NMPF call attention to the fact that these TRQ allocations undermine the intent of USCMA's dairy provisions by thwarting the ability of the U.S. dairy industry to make full use of the trade agreement's market access opportunities.
USDEC and NMPF have repeatedly warned that the full benefits of this carefully negotiated trade agreement will not materialize without careful monitoring and stringent enforcement of Canada's USMCA commitments. The U.S. dairy industry urges the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to immediately raise this issue with Canada and insist that Canada adheres faithfully not just to the letter of its commitments under USMCA, but to its spirit as well. "Canada's administration of previous TRQs under existing free trade agreements gave the U.S. dairy industry ample cause for concern, which has unfortunately been confirmed by the announced TRQ allocations," said Tom Vilsack, president and CEO of USDEC.
"Canada's actions place the U.S. dairy industry at a disadvantage by discouraging utilization of the full use of the TRQs and limiting the market access granted by USMCA. We urge the U.S. government to act immediately to ensure that these provisions are implemented in good faith so that the U.S. dairy industry is able to reap the full range of benefits negotiated by USTR and its interagency partners at U.S. Department of Agriculture."
USMCA will enter into force July 1, 2020 and contains important provisions to the U.S. dairy industry that will facilitate the smooth flow of U.S. dairy products throughout North America at a time of critical need and economic uncertainty. However, Canada has announced the distribution of the TRQs in such a way as to discourage high value food service or retail products from entering the market. Most of the TRQs are given to competitors who have no incentive to import products.
"U.S. dairy farmers and cooperatives are ready to help increase deliveries of high-quality U.S. dairy products to the Canadian market, but Canada's TRQ allocations fall far short of the full potential of its commitments under USMCA," said Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of NMPF. "Canada has chosen once again to manipulate its access commitments in order to protect its tightly controlled dairy market and U.S. farmers will bear much of the brunt of this biased interpretation of USMCA's dairy provisions. USTR should act quickly to ensure Canada is held strictly responsible for abiding by the intent of USMCA to promote fairer trade between our nations."
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While NYS/Pearson refuse to recognize the legitimate claims of the public to view and thus evaluate tests used to evaluate public school students and educators, there is little NYSED can do at the moment to stop efforts to gather and publish first-hand experiences of educators and parents (albeit within the undemocratic confines that I believe are illegally being imposed; note that most other states are at least sharing a portion of actual test items following test administration). Here's the introduction to the website. I encourage everyone to participate.
Since New York State's high stakes test (a Pearson test) was given, this site has served as a place for teachers and principals to respond to that test. As of May 2, we have created a page for others to react to the postings made by teachers and principals who observed the test in action.
The entire site was developed in recognition that New York State students have just taken a test that represents a whole new generation of high-stakes CCSS aligned test. These tests will affect curriculum, shape how reading and writing are taught, determine students' futures and their views of themselves, and will influence who is hired and fired. If we are to continually improve testing and teaching, learning from data in the fullest sense of the word, it is important that people who care about education hear from those who have observed the test in action. Although granted, it is not permissable to cite specific test items and passages, it is important that observations, ideas, insights, lessons, and suggestions for future teaching and testing are heard. How can we do better at teaching and at testing another year?
We invite you to share observations and ideas, and to respond to those that others make here on this site. Although the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project has launched ths site for you, the views expressed will not necessarily represent those of the faculty, trustees or administrators of Teachers College, nor of the team at the TCRWP.
We reserve the right to edit or delete entries that quote a specific test item or passage in detail that is not permissible by NYS or that contains offensive content. If you see that your entry had been deleted, a bit of it may have crossed the boundary of what is approved by the state. Please check your entry, delete that bit, and then resubmit it.


Until the late 16th century sharks were called Sea-dogs. The name shark first came into use around the late 1560s to refer to the large Sharks of the Carribean Sea, and later to Sharks in general. The name Shark is derived from the Mayan word for shark pronounced shock or shawk.
Sharks never run out of teeth. If one is lost, another spins forward from the rows and rows of backup teeth. A shark may grow and use over 20,000 teeth in its lifetime!
Sharks can smell a drop of blood even ¼ mile away from it and its sense of vibrations is even acute. A little bit of splashing in water can invite the shark to join the group.
Baby sharks are called pups and sharks can have from 1 to 100 babies at a time, depending on the type of shark.
A shark if inverted enters a natural state of paralysis. This state is called 'tonic' and the shark usually becomes dull and unresponsive for a while. Researchers use this condition for handling sharks safely. The condition is termed tonic immobility.
The shark has the greatest electricity sensitivity known in all animals. This sense is used to find prey hidden in sand in bottom feeding sharks, by detecting the nerve impulses. It is this sense that sometimes confuses a shark into attacking a boat, when the metal interacts with the salt water.
Some sharks must swim constantly to "breathe" oxygen from water passing through their gills. Other species can achieve this while stationary.
Sharks do not sleep. Rather, they experience alternating periods of activity and rest.
Sharks are diverse reproducers, and their mating has been observed only on rare occasions. Some species are egg-laying (oviparous), while others bear live young (viviparous). Adult sharks do not care for their newborn pups, which are born or hatched as smaller, juvenile versions of their parents.
Sharks have skeletons that are made of cartilage.
A remora is a kind of fish that hitches a ride on the back of the shark.
Tiger sharks are the only ones on this earth to practice cannibalism before birth.
A shark is neither fish nor a mammal. It is something in between having some traits of both.
Sharks are considered to be prehistoric animals.
Shark bite can leave you bleeding profusely underwater, but you won't know it until you see the blood-most shark bites are painless.
Young men in the Polynesian Islands used to prove their manhood by wrestling sharks in shallow lagoons. The victor pulled the shark ashore, slice of a fin and present it to his favorite girl.
Many sharks need to keep moving or drown. So their specimens anesthetized for shipment to aquariums had to be "walked" around by men in their tanks while carefully looking for signs that they are about to wake up.
A truly effective shark repellent has been found in the glands of harmless-looking Flounder called "Moses Sole". No fish can eat it as one drop of its milky poison paralyzes the predator, however nothing beats humans! Israeli fishermen eat it regularly!
The carpet shark looks like cactus of the ocean. It lies motionless in the bottom of the sea until small animals in search of food "attempt to nibble on its leaf like projections!"


In April I went to my very first Fashion Show with my two friends and it was a really good day out, it has really inspired me and my new fashion choices.
I thought you lovely people would want to know about my very first fashion show experience, so I have dedicated this blog post for that.
As you can see I have added my love for photography into this fashion show.. I took my big DSLR camera and I was constantly snapping away to try and get the perfect shot.
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Pakistan may be not much think-able for many travellers due to the severe image created by local and international media, but there is a lot of interest to Visit Pakistan. Pakistan is the real India where everything began, the Indus civilisation, the scripts of Ragveda, The Buddhism and the language Sanskrit were all started here. We are also a land of the highest mountains of the world including the worlds second tallest peak Mount K – 2. Pakistan is safe in the Northwest Hunza Gilgit and Skardu Areas, in fact, one does not even need to travel to the troubled areas, one can easily have enjoyable travel experience in the Karakorums and Himalayas. Or just visit Bhurban, Murree, Ayubia, and Patriata. Lahore is the Moghul dose of history whereas Karachi is the economic and dynamic hub of Pakistan.
On the whole, if I see the picture is not that bad either, Tourism in Pakistan has been stated by the Lonely Planet magazine as being the tourism industry's "next big thing". Pakistan with its diverse cultures, people and landscapes have attracted 0.7 million tourists to the country, almost double to that of a decade ago. Pakistan's tourism industry was in its heyday during the 1970s when the state received unprecedented amounts of foreign tourists, thanks to the Hippie trail. The primary destinations of choice for these tourists were the Khyber Pass, Peshawar, Karachi, Lahore, Swat and Rawalpindi.
Although primarily a Muslim country, Pakistan is such a diverse region, it is the centre of various religions and settlements long before the creation of the nation that exists today. Today, Pakistan is formed of five large provinces Sindh, Punjab, Bahawalpur Janoobi Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan and four territories – Islamabad Capital Territory, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. The cultural and physical diversity of Pakistan has developed the country into a tourist hot spot for foreign travellers as well as adventurers. Buddhism has an ancient history in Pakistan, although there is no evidence that any Buddhists live in Pakistan today. The country is dotted with numerous old and disused Buddhist stupas along the entire breadth of the Indus River that courses through the heart of the country. Many Buddhists empires and city-states existed, notably in Gandhara but also elsewhere in Taxila, Punjab and Sindh. It is believed that Tantric Buddhism was developed in Pakistan's Swat valley. Pakistan and much of Afghanistan were one of the first regions to adopt Buddhism and which saw a large number of adherents to the faith. It is believed that through the Silk Road of northern Pakistan, that Buddhism spread later to Central Asia, China and beyond. Then some people do not profess any faith best described as the atheists or the agnostics in Pakistan. A 2012 study by Gallup Pakistan found that people are not adhering to any religion account for 1% of the population. In September 2010 a Facebook group surfaced for Pakistani Atheists and Agnostics (PAA). On August 2011, they launched their website http://www.e-paa.org which received more than 17,000 hits in just 48 hours after its launch from 95 countries. The PAA wants a non-theist box to be added on the passport and to be more comfortable for Pakistanis to change their religion legally if they want.
Adherence to it further in Pakistan there is much music and dance performance arts that make Pakistani art performance unique from other culture. Music and dance performance are in both folk and classical form. Usually, the production wears a customs that show ethnic design. Even the tradition of the performer also identified the particular tribe or province and their art of performance. All regions in Pakistan have their type of art performance. The basic format of folk dance of Pakistan is dancing in a circle, the other and unique dance form of the folk dance is Pathani Khattak dance. This dance is also performed with drum and pipes. The other famous dance form in Pakistan is "Jhoomer", and it is the special dance form of Baluchistan. This dance involves moving around at a breakneck speed. They did this dance in the night with the light of torches. Jhoomer dance is also done by the women in Punjab province and is referred as romantic fashion dance. In Punjab the other form of dance performed by girls is "Juddi" which starts by girls with singing to the drum beat then they form a circle and begin to dance. "Bhangra" is another famous dance form in Punjab, and this dance is always performed at the start of the harvest season. One of the most famous dance forms in Pakistan is "Luddi Ho Jamalo" which started off in Sindh but now is famous all over Pakistan. This dance form is performed at some celebration or victory. There are almost more than six hundred musical instruments in Pakistan, and the most famous one are Rabab, Veena, Sitar, Tanpura, and Mandal.
In 2009, The World Economic Forum's Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report ranked Pakistan as one of the top 25% tourist destinations for its World Heritage sites. Ranging from mangroves in the South to the 5,000-year-old cities of the Civilization which included Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa.


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Melanie Martinez K-12 Review
by Liliana Hogan '23
In "K12", her sophomore album, Melanie Martinez offers her commentary on the society we live in. Her visuals are airy, interspersed with pleasing pastel color schemes, but her lyrics and music resonate darker, rejecting certain accepted norms of our world that she finds unacceptable and creeping ever towards the sinister.
"Strawberry Shortcake", the seventh track on the album, is an absolute triumph — it's blunt representation of an ideology that has long upheld misogyny and objectification and the consequences of such behavior on young women, coupled with Martinez's decision to throw it back in society's face make the song the highlight of the album. "Got sent home to change 'cause my skirt is too short" describes an experience that nearly every school-age girl has had at least once, and the shame that comes with that? It's damaging; a fact which the artist does an excellent job of expressing. "It's my fault, it's my fault 'cause I put icing on top", she sings in the chorus, linking the metaphor to the true criticism at hand. Quickly though, she calls attention to the hypocrisy resting in that line with "That's my bad, that's my bad, no one taught them not to grab".
Martinez's debut album, titled "Crybaby", was released in 2015. Her use of a childlike aesthetic and a fictionalized persona that screamed innocence, while singing about topics that strayed far from the latter was unique to Martinez herself, and "Crybaby" was named platinum in 2017. The duration of time that passed between her debut's release and "K12" raised some questions about her career, but when Martinez returned, she returned not only with several new songs, but a feature-length film based off of her second album, too.
The film, which shares its name with the album, paints the complete picture of Martinez paints in "K12". Besides the equally dreamlike and terrifying setting, the film adds a visual component to every song, one that adds to the songs that don't necessarily need it, and completes those that do. The ninety-six minute movie offers commentary on the socio-political climate of today and on long-standing problems. Examples in the film include a scene in which an African-American student who chooses not to recite the pledge of allegiance and is dragged from the room by large figures with masks, a transgender teacher woman who is fired for transitioning, and the use of pink outfits for girls and blue for boys in an exploration of our society's often-strict gender expectations.
The songs in K12 are often explicit, but this shouldn't detract from the listener's experience. Society is offensive, Martinez seems to suggest, and her lyrics don't shy away from using offensive language right back in a successful attempt to shine a glaring spotlight on our cracks and flaws.
"You always hide behind your Wizard of Oz disguise" Martinez sings in "Drama Club". She refuses to stick to a prescribed role and get tangled up in the drama that school – and life beyond that – often brings to us, resulting in a satirical song with a tone chock full of disdain. Beneath the more obvious metaphor at play in this track, though, is a message about authenticity that is so precious in a world where it can be hard to show ourselves to others as we are.
"Lunchbox Friends" tackles fake friends and the distressing difficulty of making genuine relationships and finding people that you can rely on to stand by your side, while "Orange Juice" leads us back towards the effects of beauty standards on young adults, resulting in a twisted sense of body image and eating disorders. One particularly striking line in the slow, melancholy track has Martinez wishing that "I could give you my set of eyes, 'cause I know your eyes ain't working" and reminding the listener that "Your body is imperfectly perfect". In "Detention", Melanie likens the pretense of "being alright" to "detention".
The artist's messages can sometimes be hard to decipher or get lost in the anecdotes she provides. "Class Fight" is a good example of this, as, without the film, it is difficult to separate the narration at play from the message Martinez is attempting to provide. Similarly, "Nurse's Office" feels harder to pin down as well, but in the end, broader stories like these may make for an even more universal takeaway.
The album is as wild of a ride as the school system (and society) can be, but it would be hard to find a single person who could not find some inkling of personal truth in Martinez's lyrics. The upbeat electronic music behind her vocals, the versatility of her voice, and the juxtaposition of such innocence with such potential darkness all serve to cement "K12" as a truly great album.
Liliana Hogan '23
Hi! My name is Liliana Hogan, and I'm a member of the class of 2023. This year, I'm the JJ's Features Editor. I enjoy writing, having fun with friends, and coffee.
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Vasily  Ivanovich Shandybin () (July 25, 1941 in Tyomnoye village, Trubchevsky District (now in Bryansk Oblast) – December 30, 2009 in Moscow) was a Russian politician. He was a member of State Duma representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation until 2003.  He failed to get re-elected and subsequently joined the Agrarian Party of Russia, intending to run at the next elections.

Shandybin was a former metalworker and was well known for his bald head and his frank manners. Shandybin was involved in many charitable activities in favour of orphans asylum, poor people, schools and pensioners.

Biography

Early life and career
Vasily Ivanovich Shandybin was born on 25 July 1941 in large suburban Tyomnoye village (now Krasnoye village, Trubchevsky District, Bryansk Oblast. He received secondary general and secondary special technical education. Vasily Shandybin started his work life on the oldest industrial enterprise in Bryansk - Bryansk Road Building Machinery Plant ("Dormash", now CJSC "Bryansk Arsenal"). Shandybin worked as locksmith for 34 years up until his election to State Duma.

Vasily Shandybin actively participated in plant's community life. For his successful and skilled work Shandybin received numerous governmental and ministerial honors.

State Duma Member
In 1994 Vasily Shandybin was elected to the Bryansk Oblast Duma. In 1995 Shandybin was nominated by CPRF to run in an open-seat contest in Bryansk constituency No.64. Vasily Shandybin won the election with 32.26% of the vote trouncing his nearest opponent by 22 points. In State Duma Shandybin was appointed to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, but since April 1996 he served in Committee on Labour and Social Policy.

In 1999 Vasily Shandybin won re-election to State Duma with 36.59%, easily defeating his opponents - "Snezhka" poultry factory director Nikolay Denin (Independent, 17.73%) and fellow State Duma member Lyudmila Narusova (Independent, 5.90%), wife of former Saint Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak. In State Duma Shandybin was first appointed to the Committee on Energy, Transport, and Communications, and later to the Committee on Property Issues.

In 2000 Vasily Shandybin was rumoured to run for Governor of Bryansk Oblast, but he ultimately declined endorsing incumbent Communist Governor Yury Lodkin.

In 2003 election Vasily Shandybin lost his seat in a rematch against Nikolay Denin (United Russia) by a 32-25 margin. Much to the Shandybin defeat contributed Russian-wide popularity of United Russia and Governor Lodkin's support of Ivan Fedotkin (URF) and Gennady Seleznyov's Party of Russia's Rebirth. Soon after the election Vasily Shandybin announced he was planning to return to State Duma running in 2004 Ulyanovsk by-election. However, he ran in Verkh-Isetsky constituency №162 but lost to former State Duma member Yevgeny Zyablitsev, winning only 8.80%. After his departure from State Duma Vasily Shandybin was appointed as Central Committee of CPRF consultant for labour movement and union activity.

Later Political Career
In upcoming 2004 Bryansk Oblast Duma elections CPRF and APR decided to form a single electoral bloc - "CPRF-APR-For the Victory!". Vasily Shandybin was invited to join the bloc list and also to run in a single-mandate constituency, but he declined to join the bloc list if it was going to be headed by Governor Yury Lodkin accusing the latter of mismanagement and Bryansk Machine-Building Plant forced bankruptcy. Governor Lodkin accused Shandybin of preparing to run against him in upcoming gubernatorial election (Vasily Shandybin considered running for Governor in 2004 but later endorsed Yury Lodkin). Nevertheless, Vasily Shandybin ran for Bryansk Oblast Duma in one of metropolitan Bryansk single-mandate constituencies but lost in an upset. Yury Lodkin also lost the governorship after being disqualified from the ballot by Bryansk Oblast Court.

Vassily Shandybin twice tried to reclaim his old seat in State Duma by running in both 2005 and 2006 by-elections after Nikolay Denin was elected as Governor of Bryansk Oblast. In 2005 Shandybin ran as Independent but he was disqualified by the Supreme Court for residency controversy. The results of the 2005 by-election, which was won by Vice-Governor Viktor Malashenko (United Russia), were annulled due to low turnout, so another by-election was scheduled for 12 March 2006. Vasily Shandybin for the second time ran as an Independent in 2006 by-election but 5 days before the by-election Shandybin and 2 other candidates withdrew from the race leaving Viktor Malashenko the sole candidate in an attempt to postpone the by-election for the second time. However, LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky personally visited Bryansk to convince party candidate Valery Khramchenkov return to the race which he did. Vasily Shandybin accused Zhirinovsky and local militsiya of severe beating of Khramchenkov to force him to cancel his withdrawal. Viktor Malashenko defeated Valery Khramchenkov on 12 March retaining the seat for United Russia.

Vasily Shandybin left CPRF in 2007. Shandybin took part in 2007 State Duma election as No.3 in Agrarian Party of Russia federal party list (he was placed behind party leader Vladimir Plotnikov and milkmaid Nina Brusnikova). APR took only 2.30% in the general election and failed to win any seats in State Duma.

In 2008 Vasily Shandybin unsuccessfully tried to take his old job as a locksmith. He also was planning to run for Head of Selizharovsky District (Tver Oblast) as A Just Russia candidate.

Death
On 18 December 2009 Vasily Shandybin was hospitalised at Central Clinical Hospital for stomach polyp removal.

12 days later, on 30 December 2009 at 2:30 am Vasily Shandybin died at the age of 68. The preliminary cause of death was thrombosis. Shandybin was buried in Mitinskoe Cemetery on 3 January 2010.

Incidents in State Duma
Vasily Shandybin is well known for his frank manners and impulsive behaviour. There were several incidents in State Duma when Shandybin physically or verbally abused fellow State Duma members.
31 March 1999. Independent liberal MP Sergey Yushenkov during his speech called Communist MP Vladimir Semago a "political prostitute". The latter MP got to the rostrum and tried to drag down Yushenkov. Vasily Shandybin rushed to help Semago. The fighting MPs had to be physically separated by Speaker Gennady Seleznyov.
31 March 2000. Vasily Shandybin verbally attacked Vice-Speaker Lyubov Sliska alleging her election to State Duma as a favour from Saratov Oblast Governor Dmitry Ayatskov for intimate relations between them. Shandybin was censured for a month.
28 January 2001. Vasily Shandybin proposed sending MPs who boycotted parliamentary sessions to remove snow from the streets.
7 February 2003. Independent MP Aleksandr Fedulov called CPRF leader Gennady Zyuganov a "political prostitute". Shandybin approached Fedulov and pushed him.

Personal life
Vasily Shandybin was married and had two children. He was into playing pool (some report he "maniacally" loved the game). Shandybin called himself "Doctor of Work Sciences".

Vasily Shandybin had a cameo in fantasy film Day Watch.

See also
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Agrarian Party of Russia
History of post-Soviet Russia
Politics of post-Soviet Russia

References

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1941 births
2009 deaths
People from Trubchevsky District
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Communist Party of the Russian Federation members
Second convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
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What is a theory of discourse and why is it needed?
By Temur Kadirov Posted on 2022-11-30 Category :
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These are, in general, all approaches to the study of discourse. A discourse is an integral sequence of utterances and signs that determines the worldview, practices, and behavior of a particular social group.
The modern understanding of discourse owes its origin to Ferdinand de Saussure's theory of language. He distinguished between a synchronic sign system with a structure (langue) and direct diachronic communication, speech (parole), and also distinguished "langage" – a phenomenon of human communication that depends on the socio-cultural context. Saussure was primarily interested in analyzing the synchronic structure of language, but the idea of langage also significantly influenced the further development of the concept of discourse. Kristeva, Barth et al., continuing their research of language and semiotics based on structuralism, paid special attention to socio-cultural and intertextual aspects. For example, Barth distinguished two levels of signification, denotative and connotative. Denotation is the referential connection of the signifier with the signified described by Saussure, first-order signification. Connotation, on the other hand, is a second – order signification-something more vague, metaphorical, and dependent on cultural usage, social practices, and attitudes. Privileged groups can impose connotative meanings under the guise of denotative ones, creating "myths".
The most influential theorist in this field was Foucault. Unlike Barth and others, who were primarily interested in semiotics, he was interested in the relationship of discourses with power. In his works "The Birth of the Clinic", "Madness and Civilization", "The Order of Things", etc., he used the archaeological method to study "epistems" – discursive systems of knowledge that constitute a particular historical era, the rules of speaking, the conceivability and unthinkability of various discourses. According to Foucault, a discursive formation-a network of meanings-is automatically also a network of power relations. Discourse is a material and constitutive part of the world, not a representation of it.
In the 1970s, discourse theory became very popular in cultural studies and literary theory, and also significantly influenced feminist (Butler et al.) and postcolonial (Said) theorists.
It has also had a certain influence on Anglo-American analytical philosophy – in particular, some ideas can be traced back to the social theory of John Searle.
In my opinion, the theory of discourse is important because it draws attention to issues that have long been stigmatized in science. Words, meanings, and society exist only in people's minds. Nevertheless, their causal and constitutive power cannot be denied. The study of these phenomena can help to find new approaches to various sciences, and not only to social ones.


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The introduction of real-time co-authoring in the Microsoft Office 2016 (Word) desktop client removes some barriers to the end user adoption of real-time co-authoring. However, it does not directly address the cultural aspects that hinder adoption. Even so, organisations should expect the use of real-time co-authoring to rise, but in a fragmented, infectious manner.
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Enterprise Mobility is opening up new approaches to performing business activities. Early adopters of mobility technologies report significant improvements in process quality, as well as dramatically reduced latency for work activities. However, to achieve the expected results of mobility, organisations need to balance tactical mobility projects against longer term architectural approaches. For this reason, it is vital to have an enterprise mobility strategy in place, which can both prioritise mobility initiatives as well as link such initiatives back to business objectives.
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How will you deal with Microsoft's Pester Power strategy for Windows 10?
Conclusion: Microsoft's consumer-led strategy for Windows 10 will create 'pester power' for the new OS within the enterprise. However, simply upgrading to Windows 10 will re-entrench old assumptions, and continue an out-dated SOE model, yet with no additional business value. An alternative approach is to delay the introduction of Window 10 while a new digital workspaces strategy is developed to transform the business environment. A digital workspace strategy will take time to define and execute, so the CIO must prepare activities to avoid the negative impact of pester-power, while engaging the business in a re-envisioning of the work environment.
Conclusion: The Workspace of the Future is a vision statement on how staff and stakeholders will perform tasks related to their work in the next decade. It includes technological innovation (e. g. mobility, Cloud, data analytics), organisation transformation (e. g. activity-based working) and cultural change (e. g. social, collaboration). To realise this vision, especially given its all-encompassing and potentially transformational impact, requires a strategy that is specifically crafted to fit with an organisation's long-term objectives. Part of this strategy is a complete rethink of end user computing, by challenging desktop era assumptions.
However, challenging assumptions is difficult. To gain clarity, IBRS recommends mapping assumptions to principles and business impacts. By conducting an assumption mapping exercise, organisations may begin to not only communicate the need for change within both IT and business groups but, also, uncover potential for fundamental business transformation.


As part of our ongoing commitment to deliver better broadband to Australians, we're excited to announce our partnership with Netflix, and the launch of Vodafone TV™, our first ever media streaming device.
The way that Australians use their internet is constantly evolving, and streaming services have absolutely taken off in the last couple of years. In fact, according to recent Netflix research1, on average Netflix users watched more than two hours per day of drama series and mystery thrillers like Riverdale and The OA.
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From today, Vodafone will offer customers a 12-month standard Netflix subscription on selected 24-month nbn™ plans, on us. This is available to both existing and new Netflix customers. But grab it fast, because the offer2 ends 30.06.18, and you must redeem your subscription by 31.08.18.
We are also making it easy for customers to access and enjoy their favourite content with the launch of our own streaming device: Vodafone TV™. The Android TV powered device puts people within easy reach of popular content and services such as Netflix, YouTube and Google Play Movies, and can be added to their post-paid account for just $6 per month over 24-months3 or $144 outright or online. Total min cost $144. (Accessory payment plan not available online. Available on 12 month, 24 month and 36 month accessory payment plans). Content subscription and data charges may apply. Broadband connection required and Fair Use Policy applies.
The device is 4K Ultra HD capable and can access Netflix and YouTube with a single click of the dedicated buttons on the remote control, as well as featuring Google VoiceSearchTM.
Following the successful launch of Vodafone nbn™ in December last year, we're now close to doubling our nbn™ footprint and expanding to 444 retail stores across the country.
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– Vodafone Essential Plus (nbn™ 50 tier): $79 including 12 month Netflix subscription on a 24 month plan. Total min cost $1896.
– Vodafone Premium (nbn™ 100 tier): $99 including 12 month Netflix subscription on a 24 month plan. Total min cost $2376.
You can find out more information and sign up to our Vodafone nbn™ plans here.
Our nbn™ 50 plan is in hot demand because people recognise that their broadband service needs to support the introduction of more and more connected devices in the household. The 12-month Netflix subscription on selected 24 month plans can be applied to new and existing Netflix accounts so our plans deliver terrific value.
By almost doubling our Vodafone nbn™ footprint, more people around the country will be able to experience the Vodafone nbn™ difference.
Last year we changed the game with the introduction of Vodafone Instant Connect™4, giving people peace of mind that they'll stay online while their nbn™ is being connected. Instant ConnectTM allows customers to connect to the internet right away, via our mobile network. (Subject to mobile coverage availability – see vodafone.com.au/coverage. Speeds limited to a max of 12Mbps (down) and 1Mbps (up)).
Our great partnership with Netflix, coupled with the Vodafone TV™ device which provides easy access to the Google Play Store, is an exciting new offering for our customers.
Vodafone TV™ will is now available for just $6 per month over 24 months, or can be purchased outright for $144 in-store or online.
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Can-Am League
#36 Maxx Tissenbaum - Profile
- Team - CAN-AM D.R. Hollywood New Jersey Ottawa Quebec Rockland Salina Sussex County Trois-Rivieres
Position: C
Birthday: Jul 25, 1991
Hometown: Toronto, ON
College: Stony Brook University
2018 Playoffs Season Quebec Capitales 8 33 4 7 2 0 0 5 0 4 0 .212
Regular 2018 Quebec Capitales 79 278 28 71 19 0 4 36 34 30 1 .255
Playoffs 2017 Quebec Capitales 6 22 5 3 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 .136
Regular 2017 Quebec Capitales 81 302 69 104 25 1 13 59 30 31 0 .344
Regular 2016 Quebec Capitales 76 277 45 89 9 0 7 49 27 21 1 .321
Total 255 931 156 281 59 1 25 158 94 90 2 .302
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Once, professional sports teams paid the best physicians they could find to treat their players, but that practice could soon be as old-fashioned as the house call.
These days, groups of doctors or hospitals are paying the teams.
In an upside-down scenario spawned by an increasingly competitive health-care market, hospitals and medical practices -- eager for any promotional advantage -- have begun bidding to pay pro teams as much as $1.5 million annually for the right to treat their high-salaried players. In addition to the revenue, sports franchises get the services of the provider's physicians either without charge or at severely discounted rates.
In return, the medical groups and the hospitals are granted the exclusive right to market themselves as the team's official hospital, H.M.O. or orthopedic group. In a nation of aging baby boomers and weekend warriors with aching, tattered joints and ligaments, being designated the place where sports stars are nursed back to playing shape has precious value.
Despite concerns among many doctors and the players' unions over the ethics of putting health care out to bid, about half the teams in the four major North American professional sports are now tied contractually to a medical institution. Industry analysts expect that number to grow significantly.
The business model comes in various forms.
The Mets, for example, are paid more than $1 million a year by the New York University-Hospital for Joint Diseases, with the hospital providing the services of its doctors at no cost. In return, the hospital advertises at Shea Stadium and receives free tickets and periodic visits from players at hospital events. When the Mets signed their seven-year deal in 2001, their longtime team doctor, Dr. David Altchek, was let go.
The Yankees previously had a contract with Continuum Health Partners, but they currently do not have an arrangement with anyone.
In Houston, Methodist Hospital pays the Astros and the Texans a combined $2 million a year. Team doctors come from Methodist Hospital. The teams pay the doctors, although at a discount rate. The hospital receives free stadium signage, tickets, and radio and TV advertising, in addition to the right to put the team logos and the official hospital designation on its Web site.
In Boston, doctors from New England Baptist Hospital had treated Boston Celtics players for a dozen years without any formal business relationship until 1999, when the hospital decided to establish one. The team and the hospital agreed on a 12-year contract; New England Baptist built a $32.5 million training center, which the Celtics have been using, and in exchange the hospital receives advertising, tickets and the cachet of having its physicians recognized as the team doctors. The key element in every case is the team's endorsement of the health-care provider. Sports industry experts say that teams for years have had official soft drinks, official beers and official pickup trucks, so why not official health-care providers?
Dr. Dan Brock, director of Harvard Medical School's Division of Medical Ethics, called the marketing arrangements unseemly.
Dr. Andrew Bishop, the Atlanta Falcons' team doctor for 11 years, said he would resign if the team wanted to enter into a sponsorship deal with a hospital group.
Criticism is generally not directed at the quality of medical care dispensed, because it is difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain how these marketing arrangements directly affect player treatment. Almost everyone agrees that the pool of sophisticated sports medicine practitioners is so deep that the level of care is likely to be excellent.
But the manner in which the doctors and the hospitals are selected and the potential for conflicts of interest bother many people in sports.
''These arrangements suggest the medical care is not based on a person's expertise but on the depth of his pockets,'' said Gene Orza, the chief operating officer of the Major League Baseball Players Association.
Troy Vincent, president of the N.F.L. Players Association and a cornerback for the Buffalo Bills, said players, coaches and physicians had been put at a disadvantage.
''To suggest that we would place the health and well-being of our most valuable asset at risk for the sake of a sponsorship agreement is absolutely ludicrous,'' Dave Howard, the Mets' executive vice president, said.
Dr. Joseph Zuckerman, the head of orthopedic surgery at the hospital, agreed, saying the relationship with the Mets was beneficial for all involved, the players included.
The origin of the agreements between pro teams and medical providers is widely traced to the Jacksonville Jaguars, an expansion franchise that began play in the N.F.L. in 1995.
''We were the first pro franchise to come to Jacksonville, and the doctors, medical groups and hospitals were looking at us and licking their chops,'' said Paul Vance, the Jaguars' general counsel and vice president for administration. ''They all made it very clear they wanted that official designation from us very much.
Other teams in the major sports followed Jacksonville's lead, a trend that has accelerated in the last five years as many teams sought additional revenue streams to pay for new stadiums.
Trying to alleviate any perceptions of conflict of interest, several teams that had entered into sponsorship agreements subtly amended them. Generally, the amount of money paid to the teams did not change. The teams were still paid $500,000 to $1.5 million by the medical providers; but instead of accepting physicians' care without charge, the teams began to pay the doctors, though at a significantly discounted rate.
Many of the newer sponsorship contracts have similar arrangements. It has not stopped the price tag for an official hospital designation from going up, nor has it curbed the enthusiasm of hospitals for recruiting teams.
When the Houston Texans played their first N.F.L. game in 2002, they did so with the help of the city's Methodist Hospital.
In pro locker rooms, where the relationship between team doctors and players had been thorny for years because the doctors were employed by the team, the addition of a weighty new financial pact between the team and a hospital or medical practice has frequently created more tension.
And while athletes in the major sports have the right to seek a second medical opinion that is paid for by the team -- as long as the player consults the team physician first -- many players say they believe there is pressure to keep all medical treatment under the team umbrella.
This is especially true in the N.F.L., where careers are the shortest and injuries are more likely to be career-threatening. Dr. Huizenga said he always suspected that the Raiders he treated believed it would be held against them if they sought a second opinion. ''Some of them were afraid to even admit to being injured at all,'' Dr. Huizenga said.
Dr. Elliott Pellman, who is in charge of handling medical issues for Major League Baseball and the N.F.L., said teams were working hard to gain the players' confidence in their medical care. ''It starts with picking the highest quality doctors, doctors of great integrity,'' Dr. Pellman said.
Some doctors wondered if team doctors who were intertwined in sponsorship agreements with a team could be objective about the care of players. Dr. Matheson, the Stanford team doctor, questioned whether team physicians were ceding control of the players' care to the teams.
Dean Bonham, whose Denver-based Bonham Group has been negotiating and evaluating sports sponsorship deals for 16 years, said medical providers were just getting warmed up when it comes to sports marketing.
But Troy Vincent, the president of the N.F.L. players union, is not giving up the fight.
''Our medical care is the only part of our game that isn't regulated,'' he said. ''There are uniform rules on everything else, including how to wear your uniform socks. Shouldn't there be some rules about who gets to treat the players when they're injured?