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We pride ourselves on being a tertiary care hospital located in the city outskirts & successfully tackling & overcoming all the complex issues that such hospitals have to face. We are aiming to achieve more success in the days to come, and our constant endeavour to serve the population will ensure that we strive to accomplish whatever is necessary, to reach our goals.
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Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble Co. on Thursday reported better-than-expected fiscal fourth quarter profit and sales, but if you think this means things are turning up for the struggling US consumer packaged goods sector, think again.
In the latest sign of the overall malaise in the sector, US unit sales of CPG items dipped 0.4% in the year ended Feb. 19, following a flat annual average growth rate between 2013 and 2016, according to a study of actual purchases from a consumer panel of 110 million US households by market research firm IRI. While sales, helped by price inflation, rose slightly by 0.5% to nearly $760 billion, that's slower from an annual average of 1.8% increase in the three years through 2016, according to the IRI data released this week.
In fact, annual industrywide CPG unit sales have been flat to negative since 2008, with total dollar sales gains since that time typically driven by factors such as price inflation, she said.
The industry's struggle has been evident with major CPG giants from Procter & Gamble to Coca-Cola cutting costs to drive profit as they redesign products or acquire startup and other higher-growth labels to stoke sales. P&G, for instance, has cut its portfolio of about 170 brands to about 65 labels, which include Tide detergent, Pampers diapers, Gillette shaving products and high-end SK-II skincare line. Coca-Cola, which said in April it would cut 1,200 jobs, on Wednesday said it will rebrand its Coke Zero diet soda as Coke Zero Sugar to speak to consumers' increased demand for what they perceive as healthier choices.
P&G CFO Jon Moeller said on the earnings call Thursday that the company's US market growth slowed from over 2% last year to just above 1% this year and barely above flat in Q4. To gain share, the company has cut prices including on Gillette products in the US.
While Amazon's $13.7 billion deal to buy Whole Foods is another sure sign of online's growing share of the CPG pie, IRI data showed that the industry is still primarily a brick-and-mortar story despite what it described as "fast and furious" online sales growth: ecommerce represents only 8% of total industry sales, according to IRI.
Among the various shopping channels, there's no one standout winner for the latest 12 months data. Supermarkets is the only format that showed an increase, and that was a bare 0.1%. And that increase came in spite of the fact that the number of CPG units bought in that channel dipped 0.3%. Among other channels, both CPG unit and dollar sales at retail segments from warehouse clubs and mass merchants to dollar stores and drugstores all dropped, IRI data showed.
However, by visits, grocery stores, warehouse clubs and dollar stores have seen some increases in trips while consumers have cut back on visits to mass merchandisers and drugstores, IRI data showed. To respond to consumers' "just-in-time shopping," or quick "I need it now" trips that represent nearly two-thirds of CPG shopping trips, retailers have also been investing more in smaller store formats, click and collect service, and subscription-based online sales, according to IRI.
Still, despite the overall sluggish performance, there are some bright spots. Among retailers that have seen a pickup in sales the past year, German grocer Aldi, which said in June it's expanding its US footprint to 2,500 locations in five years from more than 1,600 currently, is the one retailer that's seen sales pickup the past year across all generations, from millennials to boomers, IRI data showed.
Indeed, the expansion of Aldi and the recent entry of its German rival Lidl in the US market has kept US grocers on their toes. The two German grocers, along with Trader Joe's, are part of the so-called deep discount sector that uses mostly store brands to keep prices low and win price-conscious shoppers. Nielsen data released in June showed such deep discounters have seen the biggest increase in consumer grocery shopping visits the past year.
In a potential sign that Walmart's "price-investment" promise to have the lowest price on key items may have gained some traction, IRI data showed the retail giant has gained sales in the past year with price-conscious millennials as well as Gen Xers and younger boomers. Meanwhile, Dollar Tree, which has been adding more refrigerated and frozen food, has won favor with boomers and seniors, according to IRI.
Among the product categories, the beverage segment is one standout winner, outpacing the industry average with 1.9% dollar sales and 1.6% unit sales gains. That's on top of the segment seeing an annual average of 2.4% increase the past three years, according to IRI.
"There's a lot of innovation in beverage," Viamari said, pointing to examples including enhanced water and juice and dairy milk alternative such as almond milk.
The study also pointed to bright spots in the type of categories that provide answers to support consumers' on-the-go lifestyles. In the "edible" sector, for instance, refrigerated side dishes surged 11%, followed by an 8.9% jump in bottled water. Grocery stores' increased trips also have partly been driven by their increased grab-and-go food offerings including pizza counter, soup bar and sushi section.


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Well do I remember the way that Jean Plourde helped my husband Neil solve various computer related problems.
Often I would see Jean sitting cross-legged on the floor, totally absorbed in the task and the conversation. Jean wrote 'it's amazing how two people like myself and Neil – who came from very different backgrounds – french/english – young man/someone Neil's age – could come together and have discussions and debates about any and every subject.
'When I met Neil I didn't make the connection with the man I saw on his TV show. But only a few months after that I realised his was the face I used to see in my living room when I was a young teenager (Neil had grown a beard). One day he said 'I have a blog'. I was so impressed that he continued to reach people with his great pen.
I feel blessed and privileged to have spent time to get to know Neil and of course Catharine. Love you guys!!


Hi John, Nice to hear from you, I'm sure you are both well in that lovely B and B of yours, more like a hotel really. Yes John, I've just about recovered thanks, what can I say,It was for me my final long haul and what a trip it was, all that I hoped and more, you were a great host John , larger than life in all aspects, entertaining,funny, and able to deal with any situation that arose, and of course I loved the banter. Hazel was brilliant, again able to cope with every whim and demand put upon her by all of us. Knowledgeable about her art and the animals we saw. Great demo's and inspirational with her palette and paintings. The lodge was extremely comfortable,clean,in a lovely situation, oh yes ,the food was fabulous.! As a group I thought we all got on very well indeed, quite a diverse bunch really, I will remember with fondness those lovely meals on the terrace , everyone chatting, sun shining, a truly lovely place you both have there. Thanks once again for a superb trip both, all your hard work paid off. One to remember for sure and Augrabies Falls were spectacular as well.
An experience of a life-time I'd have no hesitation recommending this trip to anybody.
Myself and my partner Cynthia attended a 11 day excursion with the charismatic John Goatley, owner of the Ocean Golf Guesthouse located at Chapmans Peak, a five minute walk from Longbeach. The main part of the excursion was a 7 day trip to the Kalahari, which proved to be an experience which far exceeded my expectations.
Finally it was time for my 3rd visit in Cape Town at the Ocean Golf Guest House at Hazel and John came true. Also this time we started for a painting trip to the Kalahari, but now from the Botswana side. Full of joy we drove off with 2 vehicles in Cape Town to our 1st stop with overnight stay in the Ou Skool Guesthouse. For me a new accommodation in the middle of the vineyards with a very nice room and excellent food.
Thank you so much for a marvellous trip. It was great being able to paint in the Kalarhari. Thanks Hazel for you informative demos. I picked up a lot of extra information. I was sorry to have missed the finishing off of your lion's head demo.
The Rooiputs thatched chalets were amazing and the food was very good indeed.
Thanks again for a terrific time.
Thank you for the opportunity to travel with you up to the Kgalagadi. It was an amazing experience. We loved all the animals and the scenary both there and at Addo. We look forward to going through our photos and doing some painting.
Once again thank you for inspiring us to go on such a memorable trip.
I just wanted to say how wonderful you both are. You were SO patient and kind to such an irreverent and diverse bunch! Thank you for looking after us so well.
It was a privilege to travel with you and share in such a personal and wonderful experience. I really feel I have learnt a great deal.
Not only about pigments, colour and painting technique, but I have also learnt to love the animals and nature of the desert. You are truly an inspiration Hazel.
John, your logistics for the trip were impressive! What a guy!
I am looking forward to catching up with you and the group at your exhibition.
PS. Thank you to all your helpers as well!
I cannot thank you enough for a trip of a lifetime... all thanks to your brilliant organisation... what a fantastic time we all had and SO much laughter... just the best. I am in the taxi home now and it felt like walking into a fridge coming out of Heathrow.. what a shock to the system!! I went through the red area and declared the skin and there was no problem at all.. phew!!!
Loads of love and what a treat to have those extra days, thanks so much John for organising everything for those days.... The wonderful Simba, the restaurants, my room and stunning stay at Ocean golf etc etc and of course a zillion thanks to you Hazel for all the fantastic workshops and advice on painting in the desert. Huge thanks also to you both for getting us all there and back safely.
I would not afford the cost of this holiday. That is why I can barely put into words the wonders of our holiday, plus, my skills and confidence as a water-colour artist have received a wonderful boost. Thank you.
Thank you both so much for the very warm welcome (freezing temperatures and snow here in London) to your lovely home before setting off on our unique journey.
Hazel, thank you for your tolerance when sharing your knowledge and love of watercolours. John, for your amazing cuisine at no.9 and all the organisation and efforts to and from the Kalahari. Please also pass on my thanks to Louise, Ulene and her team and Simba.
I will definitely recommend Ocean Golf in the future.
Looking forward to seeing you Hazel, in London, in March.
Thank you both for the amazing experience, and your generosity at oceangolf and the trip to the Kalahari. We are all now safely home, ahead of thick snow, but with freezing temperatures.
I had the misfortune to be downgraded... by B A , it was a very over booked flight which was why it was not allowing Lou to check me in.
Hoping to work on an African collage today... the washing and ironing can wait.
Back in freezing London, I would like to thank you for your warm and kind welcome at oceangolf and all the care you took to make our stay unique and so wonderful.
I enjoyed every minute of it and my memory is full of beautiful souvenirs. Thank you Hazel for sharing your knowledge and love of watercolour with such patient advise. Many many thanks to your great staff Ulene and her team, Louise of course and Simba.I shall certainly recommend Oceangolf in the future.
We want to thank you for the Very Best Time Ever!!
It has been a wonderful magical time. The experiences we had in the Kalahari were beyond imagination, We just loved everything about the journey and places. The wild animal sightings were a joy. I must mention that I loved the tented part especially, it was lovely, exciting and fun.
Our wonderful trip in the Kalahari feels like a dream now that I am back into the swing of work and PGCE studies. Have missed you all. Hope everyone is keeping well. I have been enjoying looking through the wonderful photographs that we took in the Kalahari and a special thank you to you John re the great food and the wonderful driving experiences you gave me.
Thank you once again for making my first time out of Europe such a great trip. I loved Africa!
Life is too short to have missed this trip! Yet again i've had a brilliant time with you guys. Fantastic sightings, great food, brilliant drive in the new vehicles.
Thank you for organising everything so well, yet again. Please don't forget to let me know when you are organising the next trip.
Yes I am unpacking in cold old Washington State!! What a far cry this is from the wonderful trip to the Kalahari!
Wow, how large those Kalahari Lions are and boy how quick they can move. This trip was one of the highlights of my life. The company of the other people, the food that you managed to cook in the tented camp was fantastic. The wines were amazing too.
What a brilliant trip! You have exceeded yourself this time - a stunning stay at Oceangolf to begin with and to end with.
The Kalahari was just amazing and it was so comfortable travelling up there in your new vehicles and the places you booked en-route were fantastic and once we got into the Kalahari the wildlife we saw was amazing from start to finish. The Lions, all the different type of buck and even the birdlife considering this is a desert......wow what a privilege! The tented campsite near Mata Mata was one of the highlights of our trip.
The food that you guys provided was just incredible - what can be done whilst on a safari!
I can tell you now that we have some friends that will certainly be booking with your for your next trip in 2018 and we will certainly be going with you again in 2019.
Wow what an honour it was to do this Kalahari trip with you guys. You were right when you said it would be an amazing experience for me to drive some short periods off road. It was the perfect thing for me to do to get my confidence in driving a 4X4. Also, it was so nice to see Roger & Trish again in Africa. As always the food was delicious & the wildlife was always there for us to photograph.
I have now returned to Canada. I must just thank you for opening the world of Africa to me!


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Q: Split string on basis of "/" I have a string:
string s = "1/09/2017 12:00:00 AM";

Output I want to show is 1/09/17   (basically short date).
And if
string s ="30/09/2017 12:00:00 AM"

Output I want to show is 30/09/17   (basically short date).
What I have tried is:
string[] values = s.Split('/');
string a = values[0]+"/"+values[1]+"/"+values[2].

I am confused how to get the 3rd part need help.

A: Use .NET built-in DateTime parsing.
For example:
string s = "1/09/2017 12:00:00 AM";
string format = "d/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt";
DateTime parsedDateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(s, format, null);
string output = parsedDateTime.ToString("d/MM/yy"); //output = 1/09/17

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A: My suggestion would be to use the inbuilt date datatype.
If that doesn't go with your requirement then I would suggest you to split the string based on the delimiter " "(blank space). Then pick the first part and proceed with your code.

A: You could use a substring like this
string s = "30/09/2017 12:00:00 AM";

        string[] values = s.Split('/');
        string a = values[0] + "/" + values[1] + "/" + values[2].Substring(2,2);

A: DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact("1/09/2017 12:00:00 AM", "d/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt", null);
Console.WriteLine(date.ToString("d/MM/yy"));

Convert your date string to DateTime and then use ToString overloaded method method with parameter Format Please find Fiddle

A: Adding to Paolo's anwer
            string s = "1/09/2017 12:00:00 AM";
            string format = "d/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt";
            DateTime parsedDateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(s, format, null);
            string output = parsedDateTime.ToString("d/MM/yy");
            string ss = output.Replace("-","/");
            Console.Write(ss); //output is 1/09/17

This will exactly return the exact expected output

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New Delhi: In a significant development, India and influential East Asian nation Vietnam on Saturday signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that it will further strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
The four pacts, aimed at boosting the relations, were signed here in presence of Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and visiting President of Vietnam's National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan after their talks on enhancing the ties.
Modi recalled his earlier meeting with Ngan in Hanoi during his visit to Vietnam in September. He said that Ngan, as the first woman to head the National Assembly of Vietnam, is a source of inspiration to women across the world. Modi welcomed increased Parliamentary interactions between India and Vietnam, and called for instituting an exchange programme for young parliamentarians of the two countries.
Cooperation Agreement between the Lok Sabha of the Republic of India and the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The civil nuclear agreement with Vietnam, an influential East Asian nation, comes close on the heels of India signing a similar pact with Japan.


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However, an opposing faction of American progressives, led by former President Theodore Roosevelt, ridiculed conciliation as a stupid idealism and insisted on the realism of war as the only solution to serious quarrels. Taft`s contracts with France and Britain were killed by Roosevelt, who had broken with his protégé Taft in 1910. They got bogged down to take control of the Republican Party. Roosevelt collaborated with his close friend Senator Henry Cabot Lodge to impose the changes that ruined the goals of the contracts. Lodge felt that the treaties were too much in the prerogatives of senators. [29] However, Roosevelt acted to sabotage Taft`s campaign promises. [30] At a deeper level, Roosevelt truly believed that arbitration was a naïve solution and that the major issues had to be resolved by war. Roosevelt`s approach had an almost mystical faith in the nature of war. It supported Jingoist nationalism as opposed to the calculation of profit and national interests by businessmen. [31] Arbitration in its form of common law developed in England; In the Middle Ages, courts such as the Courts of the Boroughs, the Fair and the Staple were established because the royal courts were not intended for commercial litigation and trade with foreigners was otherwise unenforceable. [51] In the mid-16th century, common law courts developed contract law and the Admiralty Court became accessible to litigation with foreign traders and expanded the premises for commercial disputes.
[51] Courts have become suspicious of arbitration; z.B. in Kill v. Hollister (1746), an English court ruled that the arbitration agreement "supersede" the courts of law and justice of the court. [52] However, merchants have retained provisions to resolve disputes between themselves, but tensions between arbitration proceedings and the courts eventually led to the Common Law Procedure Act 1854, which provided for the appointment of arbitrators and arbitrators, allowing the courts to "interpret proceedings" when an arbitrator brought a legal action despite a conciliation agreement and to make a procedure available to arbitrators to ask questions of a court. [51] Subsequently, the Arbitration Act of 1889 was passed, followed by other arbitration statutes in 1950, 1975, 1979 and 1996. Arbitration Act 1979, in particular, limited judicial review of arbitration awards. [51] "Any dispute, controversy or claim related to the creation of a corporation [the name of a corporation as used in the Charter or other constitutive document] must be indicated, its management or participation, including disputes between the participants [shareholders, partners, members – the term must be chosen on the basis of the organisational-legal form of a corporation] and the corporation itself] , disputes involving persons who are or have been members of the corporate governing and supervisory bodies, as well as disputes relating to the rights of participants concerning the legal relationship with third parties, are settled by arbitration before the International Commercial Arbitration Tribunal with the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry , in accordance with its applicable rules. According to Michael Hay, a lawyer specializing in North Korean law, North Korea has an advanced arbitration system, which is even available compared to industrialized countries, and foreign companies face a balance in dispute resolution. Arbitration could be concluded in just six months. Hay said North Korea has an advanced dispute resolution system to facilitate foreign investment. [25] They are often only a few sentences long and often end up at the end of a larger contract under a title such as "arbitration tribunal" or "dispute resolution." Work-conciliatory agreements can be buried in an employment contract or a staff manual.
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This philosophy of throwing is more about the timing of the footwork to the pop of the mitt, than it is about how quick a catcher's feet replace after the pop of the mitt. You see many catchers that we coach and scout may have quick feet, but they are tardy to foot-action in relation to the pop of the mitt (or the arrival of the pitch). Think of how much quicker a catchers release will be if his foot-speed to replace were on time with the incoming pitch? This is what we seek to teach our catchers and this is the philosophy that gives all other catchers -who may not have lightning quick feet- the opportunity to still throw a sub 2.10 or 2.00 pop-time. Yes, arm strength matters….but if a catcher has an average arm with good timing in his feet, 2.00-2.10 is possible, which makes this concept much more important when the catcher has average carry. A varsity level high school catcher who is late with foot replacement timing and who has average carry, will hang out in the 2.24 pop-time range and will labor to reach second base with accuracy. In most competitive programs, this will not cut it and opportunities may be slim. This concept allows all catchers, even those who have average feet and an average arm to still effective in slowing down the opponent running game. And as some of our catchers have proven, when this training method is applied with a catcher that has good feet and good arm strength….the opponent running game will have serious limitations.
Other aspects of footwork that are taught at our clinics lead catchers to be on track with pitches left, right or middle (important for balance and power), which we instructed on in our previous clinic (Feb. 9th). The nuances of having good-to-great "step to catch" must be practiced consistently and is rather easy to rep. All that is needed is an incoming throw and a catcher in a half squat, to a full squat.
Other areas of work for this clinic included Tag-plays at the plate (Foot-work, communication, body positioning and glove-skills) and Pop-ups.
Join us next clinic for more detailed instruction, a great learning environment and high volume reps that lead to a developing catcher.


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Amazon wants to be near a downtown university
Series: Innovation Districts
Metropolitan Revolution
Scott Andes Wednesday, October 18, 2017
No shortage of ink has been spilled over what exactly Amazon is looking for in HQ2. Urban planners think the company wants an amenity-rich downtown location; for environmentalists it's an eco-nirvana campus; and traditional economic developers believe Amazon wants what every company demands: tax incentives and talent.
Scott Andes
Former Fellow - Brookings Centennial Scholar Initiative
Twitter scott_andes
One element of Amazon's RFP has received less attention—its desire to be near an urban university. Of course, the most obvious reason to locate near a university is to attract a steady flow of talent. But Amazon is seeking a headquarters location, not simply a technology or engineering center—and that means it will need lawyers, accountants, and marketing and design reps in addition to coders and engineers. Not only will the region need a sizeable existing labor pool, it will also a steady flow of new blood.
However, talent is not the only reason why a downtown university should be desirable to the "everything" company. In a recent Brookings paper, I explain how research universities located in the midtowns and downtowns of cities punch above their weight in terms of translating academic research into market-ready ideas.
Hidden in plain sight: The oversized impact of downtown universities
Five reasons why "downtown universities" matter for economic growth
How Firms Learn
For example, compared to their suburban and rural peers, these downtown universities produce 123 percent more patents and 71 percent more startups from their research. They also sign 80 percent more licensing deals with companies (where a company pays a university to use the school's inventions) and receive significantly more income from those licenses. The average downtown school receives $1,200 per student in licensing income, compared to $300 at other research universities.
The ability to translate academic science into commercial applications should be essential to Amazon. Not only is the company already at the technological frontiers of its own industry (logistics and online commerce), it is aggressively moving into new domains ranging from health care to transportation. Few companies rely as heavily on technological advances as Amazon, and being close to the "secret sauce" will be critical to Amazon's success in these new sectors.
Firms are already moving to locate closer to research universities in their areas of interest. One reason for this is that companies are relying on external R&D more than in the past. In a prior Brookings paper, I discuss how 47 percent of new firm innovation comes from external sources and partnerships.
Amazon has cultivated partnership with the University of Washington by endowing computer science professors in areas of mutual interest. If capturing a large swath of the new economy is part of Amazon's motivation for opening a second headquarters, proximity to and partnerships with a downtown university should be at the top of the list.
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Two years after taking a chance on and rescuing Michael Vick fromthe scrap heap, the Eagles coach had found his new franchisequarterback.
You could see the immense pride in Andy Reid's face as he sat there.
Two years after taking a chance on and rescuing Michael Vick from the scrap heap, the Eagles coach had found his new franchise quarterback.
"We'd like to start this off by introducing Michael Vick, and he just signed a beautiful contract with the Philadelphia Eagles and the city of Philadelphia for the next few years," Reid said.
Vick, who inked a six-year, $100 million deal, will be an Eagle through the 2016 season. If there was ever any doubt about him being the face of the franchise, erase it.
Reid and Vick were all smiles yesterday as they casually strolled into the NovaCare Complex. Vick was dressed in a black Eagles polo shirt, with mesh shorts and white sneakers. The quarterback joked about dressing for the occasion, then thanked Reid, Jeff Lurie, Joe Banner, Howie Roseman, Tony Dungy, his agent, his family and Roger Goodell.
between the two deals, yet the desire to win a Super Bowl — for this city, for this coach — is something that motivates him.
But, as Biggie Smalls famously told us, the more money we come across, the more problems we see. Vick doesn't believe that.
"I think, if anything, [the contract] will make me want to work harder, and just to continue to show that I'm worthy of everything that I've gotten," Vick said.


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The identity of the Osservatorio Permanente sui Giovani e l'Alcool: in favour of a social alcohology
The identity of the Osservatorio…
The need for an Osservatorio
The Osservatorio Permanente sui Giovani e l'Alcool was created at the beginning of the Nineties due to a need to acquire and consolidate, with scientifically reliable means, knowledge of the alcoholism phenomenon in all its complexity and multi-dimensionality.
From the very start, the objectives that characterised the Osservatorio's mission were research in the field, accompanied by a detailed identification of methodologies available, focusing on various consumption models, the choice to favour the observation of the universe of the young, using an integrated multidisciplinary system and the anthropological-cultural analysis of the alcohol/society relationship.
The Osservatorio's philosophy
Notwithstanding that the Osservatorio's main objective is the study of the relationship between the young and alcohol, one must emphasise that this is based on the assumption that the consumption of alcoholic drinks follows rules that vary, according to their cultural and social nature, depending on time and place. These variations are the consequence of an ongoing evolution of the values and meanings that are in turn attributed to the consumption of alcoholic drinks.
Changes in consumption of alcoholic drinks, and the values and meanings attributed to this, create difficulties in the interpretation of the relationship with drink due to the currently prevailing dichotomic categories, such as those that oppose use to abuse. To understand these phenomena, it is considered a priority to comprehend the manners in which use and abuse occur.
Consequently, the central nucleus of the theoretical and methodological references the Osservatorio has assumed consists of human sciences, broadly speaking, and social sciences, while considering one-sided the mainly medical-health approach.
Methodological rigour is the fundamental basis through which the Osservatorio distinguishes between facts and figures, between what really exists, regardless of the observer, and the value judgements that various kinds of behaviour can elicit.
Having acknowledged complexity of the "alcohol universe," the Osservatorio believes that the interpretation of such complexities requires a synergy of various disciplines, competences and knowledge. The predominant "public health" approach, albeit important when considering problems linked to the consequences of alcohol abuse, provides a partial perspective of these phenomena and is incapable of considering the profound nature of individual and/or collective behaviour, running the risk of proposing solutions that are not very incisive in solving the problems.
The medical approach and consequent legal proposals do not take into account that behind the relationship between individuals and alcoholic drinks is a millenary-old "history."
This history tells us of a very profound bond between alcohol, in its various uses and values, and human life. It is a history that tells us above all that this bond has resisted, and continues to resist, whatever intervention may have been implemented by society. The failure of various kinds of prohibition provides the best evidence of this.
Naturally, it is one thing to acknowledge that practices so filled with human experiences and meanings cannot (and perhaps should not) be up-rooted, and another to remain cynically indifferent when faced with the suffering that these practices can cause.
From this point of view, albeit reasserting a total readiness to integrate with other disciplines, the alcohological research carried out by the Osservatorio favours an anthropological-cultural and psycho-sociological interpretation of alcohol-related behaviour. Through this research, the Observatory intends to promote, at both a national and international level, a "social alcohology" capable of integrating bio-medical knowledge to propose to policy makers juridical intervention based on interpretations that take into account the "globality" of the problems and their various aspects.
A "global" vision of alcohol-related behaviour must necessarily take into account all the "players on the stage." Within this framework, the Osservatorio's philosophy is to consider and dialogue with all the realities involved, without prejudice and preconceived exclusions. It must implement research activities to maintain as a priority its own independence in formulating working hypotheses, in choosing methodologies, in the presentation and criticism of the results obtained. All this regardless of the nature of the commission.
The international context
Europe is the place where alcohol quantity and quality maintains a significant supremacy in consumption models, the tastes of consumers and their symbolic portrayal. There is often a tripartite subdivision into Latin-Mediterranean drinking, Anglo-Saxon and Germanic drinking and Nordic-Scandinavian drinking. Such references have, over time, resulted in a very cultural characterisation of the alcohol system, both in its accepted forms and in links with abuse, deviancy and social, religious or penal condemnation. Faced with a generalised trend to reduce consumption, one effectively sees a greater convergence in consumer behaviour, in the lifestyle linked to alcohol and in a shared search for quality rather than quantity. The cultural barriers that seemed to have been established due to a sort of geographical determinism have given way to a European consumer present with similar features at the continents' various latitudes.
However, in spite of this trend towards standardisation, in Italy one still sees the characteristics of a "Mediterranean" consumption of alcohol, linked to conviviality, food, as well as rituality and family drinking traditions. This means that within the European scenario, Italy is one of the countries in which, in spite of an extremely high number of more or less regular drinkers (70-80%), the percentage of abuse and alcoholism is relatively low.
The Osservatorio believes that "Mediterranean drinking" is a model to be defended since it contains "protective" values as far as excessive consumption is concerned. It is within the family circle that the younger generations can physiologically learn and develop a responsible style in consuming alcohol. This viewpoint is not in line with the state-controlled vision of European health policies proposed by the World Health Organisation's European Offices. The Osservatorio instead prefers a negotiating approach based on the mutual acknowledgement of the need for freedom and that of protecting collective interests.
The Osservatorio's fields of research and commitment
The Osservatorio's priority choice in developing its mission was to devote itself to the world of the young. The young not only represent society's future, but are also the more immediate expression of the changes society will experience, as well as the heralds of social unease.
In approaching the world of the young, the Osservatorio's position is one of extreme respect for them, avoiding all moralistic and judgemental attitudes. The problems deriving from excessive consumption of alcohol by the young should be addressed through a process that bears in mind the following elements:
a) Awareness and understanding of the phenomenon:
With its bio-psycho-social approach, the Observatory is committed to monitoring the behaviour, habits and lifestyles of the young, bearing in mind the fast evolution of cultural models, drinking styles and the meaning and values attributed to these by the social players. The observation of these phenomena – rejecting alarmist exploitations – is oriented at understanding the dynamics that lead a minority of young people to consider alcoholic drinks as a means of transgression and/or evasion and/or self-medication. This minority requires particular attention since it represents the weak and the vulnerable in the universe of the young, for whom early identification and specific intervention is needed. Considering this minority as representative of all the young is not only a misrepresentation of reality (since the majority of young people drink in a responsible and moderate manner), but, paradoxically, means emphasising a life and consumption style that in the collective imagination is considered "winning," since it provides privileged access to fame through the mass media.
b) Promotion of wellbeing and abuse prevention:
One of the Osservatorio's main objectives is to promote education among the young and adults to drink responsibly. This means promoting a lifestyle model and a social context addressed at people's psycho-physical wellbeing. It is within such a model that a person can freely make a choice on how to behave in relation to individual and collective health, also on the basis of an awareness of the effects of alcohol and the damage linked to abuse. This requires a presence and a continuity of action that, using research-intervention methods, leads to the identification of effective educational initiatives, strictly linked to relational and social contexts.
c) Acceptance and responsibility for establishing a dialogue:
Acknowledging the existence of a vulnerable group in the world of the young, for whom alcoholic excess is only one of the risk factors, the Osservatorio also addresses the problem of how adults deal with this unease and what answers are provided to help them overcome it.
d) Juridical aspects:
The Osservatorio's fundamental philosophy believes that effective prevention policies for abuse risk should be implemented through capillary and widespread education encouraging responsible drinking and self-regulation. However, the Osservatorio acknowledges the need, and at times the urgency, for society to adopt measures inducing a responsible use of alcoholic drinks, above all so as to guarantee the security and rights of everyone. At the same time the Osservatorio is committed to monitor and verify to what extent the measures adopted to modify behaviour and life styles are effective.
In favour of an orientation of policies
Orienting policies primarily means learning from past mistakes. When speaking of mistakes, prohibition in the United States, with its well-known costs in terms of organised crime, is a perfect example. The lesson is a simple and clear one. The law does not have the power to repress a need with millenary roots in almost all the cultures of the globe. The law can and must regulate at-risk situations that alcohol, due to its ambivalence, is capable of creating, but it cannot ignore by denying them the pleasure and wellbeing that alcohol consumption involves.
The accent placed exclusively on the substance's negative aspects expresses a scientifically incorrect position since it is unilateral. Wishing to reasonably change certain behaviours, because they are considered damaging, requires not only great prudence (the risk of undesirable of even opposite results is quite high especially when dealing with the young), but also rigorous attention paid to the material and cultural context referred to.
This means involving those interested, their social networks, and last but not least all the institutions that, with differing responsibilities, deal with the young.
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New Guidelines Tell Parents When To Introduce Babies To Peanut Products
By Rebecca Hersher
After multiple recent studies showing that feeding peanut-containing foods to infants can reduce the risk of peanut allergies, there are new federal guidelines for parents about when to start feeding their infants such foods.
The National Institutes of Health announced Thursday that a panel of allergy experts recommends that parents introduce peanut-containing foods into the diets of babies as young as 4 to 6 months.
As the NIH summary for parents and caregivers states, introducing babies with severe eczema or egg allergy — conditions that increase the risk of peanut allergy — to foods containing peanuts at that age can reduce the risk of developing peanut allergy. However, the guidelines spell out that these infants should be evaluated by an allergy specialist before their parents or caregivers introduce them to peanuts.
For infants without the risk factors of eczema or known food allergies, parents can stick to whatever age-appropriate diet they prefer.
As NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, "parents of infants used to be told to hold off on introducing peanut-containing foods, sometimes until the toddler years, especially if there was a family history of allergies."
Experts thought this could reduce the chances of developing an allergy.
But over the past few years, Allison says, several large studies such as this one and this one "have found that babies at high risk for becoming allergic to peanuts are less likely to develop the allergy if they are regularly fed peanut-containing foods in the first year of life."
As NPR's Patti Neighmond has reported:
"The guidelines are largely based on dramatic findings from a large study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2015. Researchers found that babies at high risk of developing a peanut allergy who were fed the equivalent of about 4 heaping teaspoons of peanut butter each week, starting at the age of 4 to 11 months, were about 80 percent less likely to develop an allergy to the legume by age 5 than similar kids who avoided peanuts. The benefit held up even after the children stopped getting the puree, a follow-up study found.
"Allergic reactions to peanuts can range from hives or rashes to, in the most extreme cases, trouble breathing and even death."
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has published the full text of the guidelines for the prevention of peanut allergies, as well as summaries for doctors and parents, on its website.
Infants and small children should never be given whole peanuts due to the risk of choking, the NIH cautions. A video aimed at parents warns that even undiluted peanut butter can be dangerous for infants because it is thick and sticky.
The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology video, which features Northwestern University pediatrician Ruchi S. Gupta, recommends adding hot water to 2 teaspoons of peanut butter to make a warm puree. Feed a little bit of the puree to the child, and then monitor for about 10 minutes to make sure there is no reaction such as hives, rash or trouble breathing before continuing to feed the child peanut-containing foods.
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Rebecca Hersher (she/her) is a reporter on NPR's Science Desk, where she reports on outbreaks, natural disasters, and environmental and health research. Since coming to NPR in 2011, she has covered the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, embedded with the Afghan army after the American combat mission ended, and reported on floods and hurricanes in the U.S. She's also reported on research about puppies. Before her work on the Science Desk, she was a producer for NPR's Weekend All Things Considered in Los Angeles.
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FRISCO – FC Dallas' 2017 MLS SuperDraft selection (2nd Round, 40thoverall) Adonijah Reid has been ranked No. 8 in the USL's third installment of 20 Under 20.
Reid, 19, is on loan with Ottawa Fury FC for a second season. He has scored four goals in 28 appearances for the club, including Fury FC's first hat trick in team history in a 3-0 win against the New York Red Bulls II on June 24, 2018. Reid's first professional hat trick also earned him USL Player of the Week honors and a place on USL's Team of the Week for Week 15.
He first joined Ottawa in 2017, where he made 12 appearances. The Canadian Generation adidas player scored one goal in 582 minutes of action.
He was the first Canadian Generation adidas player selected in an MLS SuperDraft.
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Founded in 1889, originally named Wimbledon Old Centrals before later becoming Wimbledon FC, the club played in Plough Lane until 1991. Now, following a relocation and a new club rising from the ashes, the 'spiritual successor' AFC Wimbledon is set to return to their original stomping ground, after nearly 30 years away.
The Journey to League One
Wimbledon FC played at Plough Lane for 102 years, until finances ran short and a move to Milton Keynes was approved in 2001 by an independent commission of the Football Association, despite heavy opposition from fans. The Dons Trust formed from a body of dedicated and devoted fans who sought to represent the community of supporters for Wimbledon FC. Despite their best efforts against the relocation, the club moved to Buckinghamshire and in 2004 were renamed Milton Keynes Dons. From this, AFC Wimbledon arose in 2002; a fan-founded, democratically-run club firmly devoted to Wimbledon and believing that community contribution was as important as football itself.
Despite their humble beginnings, AFC Wimbledon has risen remarkably within the football world. Entering at the ninth tier in 2002, they have since been promoted six times in 13 seasons; currently sat in the third tier of professional football as a League One team and the first club to have made it into the Football League this century. They went on to achieve the record for the longest run of successive unbeaten games, with the figure standing at 78 matches from February 2003-December 2004.
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As can be expected from a team founded on the very basis of community and the importance of public support and investment, the club puts great social focus on the local community. Amongst the professional training, AFC Wimbledon and the Dons Trust offer 19 youth and female teams including London's first all-female Down Syndrome team, walking football for over 50s, holiday and weekend football courses, apprenticeship schemes, sports and health projects in schools and a stadium school which aims to help children with maths through football. The community outreach work covers 30 schools providing over 25,000 people with more than 6,000 hours of activity each year. In March 2012, their impact upon the Wimbledon community was officially recognised and they became the first football club to be presented with the Prime Minister's Big Society Award by the Chairman of the British Olympic Association, Hugh Robertson, for outstanding contributions to the local community.
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Wimbledon Grounds will be an all-new development featuring a mix of residential and commercial spaces, centred by a purpose-built football stadium for AFC Wimbledon, which will sit on the site of the very first stadium Wimbledon FC played at from 1889-1912. The joint venture by Galliard Homes and Catalyst Housing will see 18,000 sq. ft. of commercial space and facilities within this new landmark; whilst Galliard Homes' Stadia Three will comprise 114 apartments and Stadia One will offer 364 residential apartments surrounding the stadium.
The stadium is expected to be ready by the start of the 2019/2020 season and will house up to 11,000 spectators. The stadium will allow AFC Wimbledon to expand even further, accommodating their loyal fan base and ensuring a match day experience equal to the expectations of a League One club. The Chief Executive, Erik Samuelson, said of the stadium: 'Relocating finally back to the area we are proud to represent will enable us to extend the range of activities we run, support and encourage.'
The move back to Plough Lane will represent a huge victory for AFC Wimbledon who have always had allegiance to the hometown and the fans who live there. The club currently play at Kingsmeadow in Kingston upon Thames.
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US President Donald Trump salutes the nation alongside former US Senator and Apollo 17 Astronaut Jack Schmitt (3rd R), and NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson (2nd R) after a signing ceremony for Space Policy Directive 1, with the aim of returning Americans to the Moon. Image credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images.
Last week, President Trump signed Space Policy Directive 1, designed to refocus NASA's mission on human exploration and spaceflight. Proclaiming, "This time, we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint, we will establish a foundation for an eventual mission to Mars and, perhaps someday, to many worlds beyond," Trump made a promise that should sound familiar to American citizens, as many incoming presidents (including Obama and both Bushes) have made similar plans and proclamations. Like all plans, to bring this one to fruition will require a tremendous investment of resources: in people, in equipment and facilities, in research and development, and in terms of money as well. With no plans for adequate, additional funding to support these ambitions, these dreams will simply evaporate, as they have so many times before.
If you look at the percent of the federal budget currently being invested in NASA, you'll find that you have to go all the way back to 1959, the first full year of NASA's existence, to encounter a time where we invested less in the agency than we do today. When we chose to go to the Moon, it was accompanied by a tremendous increase in the resources we devoted to the endeavor: up to nearly 5% of the federal budget. Today, that figure sits at just 0.4% of the budget (0.11% of our GDP), or less than one-tenth of what we invested in NASA the last time we sent humans to the Moon.
and provide potential partnership opportunities with Russia on an orbiter and Europe/Japan on the habitation modules.
It's a proposal that should make you furious. If you want to go to the Moon, you design a system to put humans on the Moon. If you want to go to a different world, you design a system to put human beings on that world. If you want to go to deep space, you figure out what you need to go to deep space — and you go. Instead, the plan will spend a great deal of money without yielding appreciable results. If you want to accomplish something great, you don't look at the technology you've already developed and ask, "what can we do with it?" Instead, you must look at the goal you want to achieve and ask, "what will it take to accomplish this?" You also have to provide funding for it, and plan it on a realistically short timescale.
If the goal is to go to Mars, we've already done extensive research into how much it would cost and what type of technological development it would require. To do it safely and responsibly, it would take a sustained investment totaling somewhere in the ballpark of $50-$150 billion, spread out over the course of approximately 10 years. The plan would involve landing a slew of equipment on the Martian surface, along with robots and rovers designed to self-assemble stations and habitats, and then a crew of human beings, who would stay for anywhere from 6 to 18 months before returning home. The largest and heaviest things ever landed on the Martian surface are far lighter than what a crewed mission would require, and the only way you ensure the safety of the crew on such an endeavor is through practice.
The spinoff technologies alone have benefitted American society in far more ways than giving us teflon and a space pen; advances in cooling suits, kidney dialysis, physical therapy, athletic shoes, home insulation, water filtration, freeze drying, pipeline protection, gear for firefighters, and so much more have come about directly from the Apollo program on its own. No one can promise what the returns will look like on a mission to Mars, but there are two things we can be certain about.
Going back to the Moon won't get us any closer to Mars. If we want to go to Mars, we should make that our goal and invest in it; if we want to go to the Moon, we should make that our goal and invest in it. Pretending that one has anything to do with the other is a delusion.
Concept art of the Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle, originally conceived as a design capable of taking humans to Mars. Rather than repurposing these designs for other, smaller goals, why not simply strive to accomplish our true dreams? Why not go to Mars?
America is home to some of the greatest scientists, engineers, astronauts, administrators, and organizations in the entire world. With the people and facilities we have today, we could put a human on the Moon or even on Mars within the next 10 years, if only we invest in it. But grandstanding, lofty promises, and a dearth of funding will yield the same results they always have: a nation whose greatest dreams go unfulfilled. What we can accomplish as a species is limited only by what's physically possible and what we invest in it. Our ambitions to venture beyond low-Earth orbit are achievable, but only if we make it so. Unless there's a plan to increase NASA's funding to sufficient levels to send humans to worlds beyond our own, America is never going to get there.


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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is addressing a problem that single cruisers have been dealing with for years. The cost for a person traveling alone on a cruise can be as much as 200% more then a person sharing a room, often making a trip too costly for some travelers.
The Epic, a new NCL ship, will offer 128 studio cabins for the single traveler, eliminating the single supplement. The 100-sq ft studios are a bit smaller then standard. If you are staying in one of the suites you have exclusive use of common space – with a lounge, private bar and two large-screen TVs, they call this the Living Room. Prices start at $799.00.
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I just read that there are 100 million single adults in the US and that 35 million adults take solo trips.


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Photo: This one is definitely more speed needle, less barge.
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An Interview with Edward Fella
By Michael Dooley
This interview was first published in 1994 in Emigre #30.
Michael Dooley: How did you feel about being referred to - as you were in Steve's article - as one of the "new young Turks"?
Ed Fella: [laughs] I'm 56 years old, I'm hardly a young Turk. So it was kind of funny that somebody can call you a young Turk when you're an old man, or almost. I'm not as old as Paul Rand, though.
I've been around since the late '50s. I spent 30 years as a "hack" in the Detroit commercial artist business. I was an advertising designer, illustrator, I did lettering, all sorts of things. But I also did a body of work outside the professional work in the studio system, which was the more experimental stuff, either self-published or published to promote artists and photographers; what's now called "personal" or "cultural" graphics.
MD: Are you giving your students at CalArts a model for professional practice?
EF: I don't see how anyone can say I'm not a model for professional practice when Template Gothic - one of the typefaces Barry Deck did under my auspices - has become the face of the '90s. You see it everywhere. But Barry couldn't say "I did this because my teacher showed it to me," so he uses this story - which was kind of funny when it first appeared in Emigre - about how Template Gothic is based on a laundromat sign he saw. Now it's become a whole myth in graphic design history. His I.D. 40 piece even starts out with this story. But this poster (left) is the piece that was the inspiration for Template Gothic. I'd shown it to him and said, "To design a typeface using templates, the trick is to fill in the breaks." But really, it was part of a whole project of font design using the vernacular and ideas of irregularity and disintegration, as well as an ideology of anti-mastery. These were exercises that yielded lots of typefaces from both students and faculty. The important thing is that this work came out of a particular environment. I practice and preach!
On the other hand, some of my work isn't meant as a model for all professional practice. It's an aside to professional practice. Sometimes it could be a critique of professional practice, a parody of professional practice. It could also give one an understanding of professional practice by bringing certain art practices into design work.
The Focus Gallery posters were specialty design, a very small end of design. A thousand, fifteen hundred, of them were printed and sent out each month; that was the extent of the alternative space "market share" in Detroit, and it wasn't going to get any bigger than that. And these things looked like the kind of art that was shown at the gallery, which wasn't popular art or boutique art or art for the masses. It was art that couldn't make it in commercial galleries. Nobody wanted to buy it. It was too far out or too ephemeral or too critical. But it was intelligent art, complex and hip. It was about what was going on in the art world, it was part of it, even if it was done by so-called entry-level artists. So the flyers were perfectly suited to the message and the audience.
MD: But isn't there a danger that other designers will misuse these forms?
EF: A danger that somebody would look at that Focus Gallery stuff and do what with it? Make car catalogs that look like that? Or stop signs?
That actually did happen in Detroit, which I thought was hilarious. In the early '80s, they did car catalogs for the California market that looked like April Greiman's New Wave graphics. And I'm sure that, at first, somebody said, "Look at these New Wave graphics: they're no model for professional practice," and a few years later, they were used to sell Chevrolets in L.A. [laughs] Of course, New Wave graphics are everywhere now. They're so assimilated into the mainstream, you don't even notice them. So what'll happen when a car catalog has disintegrating type in it? Probably nothing. It'll all be so watered down.
MD: Isn't there a sameness to the look of a lot of student work?
EF: Obviously there is, but you see that similarity happening with what you call the "avant-garde" or "graphic edge" or any of those terms used to define the Zeitgeist. But I don't see our students as a bunch of clones. Our whole program is against this idea of "do as I do." We don't offer the work we do as any kind of a model to emulate or copy. We don't say "This is the way to work" the way the Modernists like Paul Rand offered their own practice and their own philosophy and ideology as "the truth." He still does, right? That's what he's railing about in his latest book, Design, Form, and Chaos. You can understand Paul Rand's context, since he's a Modernist. And he can be forgiven for that, since he was one of the greats of that particular tradition. But he's history.
MD: [laughs]
EF: I mean he's wonderful history. I wish I would be such history. I hope to be history, too, but I won't be as big a history as Paul Rand. Hopefully I'll be a tiny little footnote, whereas Paul Rand will have volumes.
There's a whole other kind of history that has nothing to do with esthetics or design history. If you're writing a history of the automobile industry and American economics, I'm sure some commercial, totally anonymous car catalog I did in 1976 for Camaro had a bigger impact on the American system as a whole than some flyer I did for the Detroit Focus Gallery that's in the design history books, that's had a big influence on a whole generation of students, blah blah blah, or that's made me a young Turk standing "sheepishly at the center of a debate over the future of graphic design in the U.S.," as Peter Hall put it in Design Week magazine. [laughs]
MD: If not "do as I do," what sort of guidelines do you impart to the students in your classes?
EF: We offer students a way to work through what they themselves want to express, a kind of authenticity that comes from their own experiences, likes, dislikes, tastes, abilities, politics.
MD: What if, in finding their own voice, the students become loud to the point of self-indulgence?
EF: I always joke about that with my students. I say, "You poor guys, you've got to go out and work and do all the stuff. When you're my age you can retire and then you can indulge yourself." I worked hard for thirty years, and now I'm not going to do any more commercial work. All I want to do in my "repose" is wallow in esthetic self-indulgence!
MD: What was your early education like?
EF: I went to a very good trade school in Detroit in the mid-'50s, and learned my "trade," which at that time was called "Commercial Art." We studied twentieth century Modernism, especially the Bauhaus idea and ideal - just as Paul Rand did. In the 1930s, he was already on to the European art movements - the Bauhaus, Cubism - that had been taking place in Europe. And he used them brilliantly in American business. That was his great genius.
Now it's just a little more formal. We have academic programs that allow people to connect directly into art and art movements and art practices and art politics and art ideologies and art discourses. Generally, design programs are situated in art schools. CalArts, especially. Cranbrook. Yale.
MD: What about design movements? Do you feel that a lot of what's coming out of the hothouses is lacking in a sense of design history?
EF: Not really. I have to admit that it's not work like the eclectic or the historicist work that was done in the late '50s and '60s - which I went through myself - when the Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles came back, or the early Post-Modernism that had a lot of rehashing of traditional styles in a referential way. The work being done currently is not quite so easily connected to design history.
We just happen to be in a freer period, which has a lot to do with the technological revolution that the computer has allowed. It also has a lot to do with the kind of philosophical revolution that critical theories like Deconstruction have brought about. So there's a purer form of work going on right now, I think.
The Focus Gallery piece that Heller singled out in his article for Eye was actually commenting on the endless selection offered by design history, but I don't think he looked at that. I don't know how much of my work he's actually seen.
MD: Do you think he'd have a better understanding of what you're doing if he saw a broader spectrum of your work?
EF: Yeah. Heller's a very sharp guy. If I met him, the first thing I'd say is "Hey, Steve, I'm one of these guys from the Milton Glaser generation." He should do a book on me. I'd be a perfect candidate. An old commercial artist!
One of the things I've always liked about Heller is that he's continuously seeking out these old anonymous, forgotten commercial artists. So much of what he writes is historical. And he does wonderful books, which I think are a great service. I just bought one on Italian Art Deco, the one he did with his wife, Louise Fili. Beautiful little book.
MD: Is it possible, with all the new design work being done, that certain classical forms might go away?
EF: I don't believe that at all. Those forms have to do with rationality and pragmatism and legibility. I don't see how they can ever go away. I don't see that people are going to make traffic signage or brain surgeon manuals that can't be read, to use the most ridiculous examples.
The form of graphic design has to function to carry the content. Look at Gran Fury's AIDS activist graphics: it looks like advertising. And rightly so, in order to reach people in a language they can understand. If you wanted to do pamphlets about access to government programs for the homeless and the indigent, you wouldn't do it in the Ray Gun style. I don't know if that's what Heller's afraid people would do, that they would somehow mix up these styles, that a Stop sign would appear in a disintegrated typeface you can't read. I always tell students to "stabilize the referent" when necessary.
We have courses in information design at CalArts. We want our students to understand typography as being appropriate to its content, and it has to be structured to further the message. But Heller's looking at a lot of cultural graphics, which don't necessarily have to do that.
One problem with Heller is, for example, he never quite figured out what Output was all about. He was looking at it in this naive Modernist context of a simple dichotomy between beautiful and ugly, good and bad, instead of seeing it in the context of the whole discourse that surrounds art practices and cultural practices.
Output was a free play of endless printed stuff, signifiers that deliberately signified nothing. It's like Greenbergian formalism; it isn't about narrative or content, it's about paint-on-canvas. On the other hand, there's plenty of other precedents in art and literature for not being able to say anything, because the world is just too awful. You know: "How can there be poetry after the Holocaust?" And the Cranbrook students, whether they did this deliberately or not, were in that kind of tradition, that whole twentieth century Nihilism that says, "It's all hopeless, everything's inevitable, nothing can be done or even said."
So if Heller had understood that, then I could see how he could have attacked it. Then he could have said, "These silly students!" From a leftist or a socially conscious and activist position he could say, as I would, "That's a ridiculous statement to make: of course there's plenty to say. You've got to keep fighting all the time. And communicating. And no one more so than artists and designers."
MD: Steve also identifies himself as a leftist.
EF: I would assume he does. In his columns, he always talks about the '60s, like the time he got raided when he was the editor of Screw magazine. And he's done books on activist and protest graphics.
MD: Why do you imagine Steve's having trouble with the new work?
EF: I don't know why, to tell you the truth. It's possibly because it's easy to like all this old commercial art stuff - who wouldn't like Italian Art Deco graphics? - and it's difficult to understand the new stuff.
I also wonder if he feels a personal loyalty to Paul Rand, who's going down in his last hurrah. It's understandable, as pathetic as it is, for the poor old guy to make a last ditch effort to deny and denigrate everything that's going on now. All the reviews of Paul Rand's book basically say that. Even though everyone admires Paul Rand as a great designer of the past, they feel sad for his lack of understanding. But it's not understandable for someone like Steven Heller, who's got nothing at stake. In fact, it's just the opposite. He's the critic and the historian and the commentator. He should really understand the contemporary dynamic.
MD: Even if he feels a loyalty to Rand . . .
EF: I don't know that. I really shouldn't speculate on it . . .
MD: Well, wouldn't you think it's possible for critics to realize that Rand's work has been assimilated into the culture of design to the point that this new work is part of a continuum?
EF: I certainly feel that, yes. I would agree with you one hundred percent. That's why I don't understand why Paul Rand and Massimo Vignelli are so upset by this new work. That's why I'm not upset by it. That's why I love it, because it's the next generation. I don't think there's such a big break. Good solid work is always good solid work. That's why I don't see myself as a young Turk. I think my work is as carefully done and as "beautiful" as anybody's work from any previous time.
I don't like to use terms like "good," "bad," "beautiful," "ugly," because they continually take on different meanings. The eighteenth century thought that beauty was in the eye of the beholder, but it's in the culture of the beholder. Every culture has its own standards of beauty. Design has opened up to accept the high culture and the low culture, the vernacular, amateur art, outsider art, so-called primitive art and just about everything else you can identify or catalog: it's all part of the mix.


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Book Review: Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Natalie Xenos May 21, 2018
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Frank, hard-hitting and powerful are just three words that come to mind when talking about Nic Stone's debut, Dear Martin. It might be just 210 pages in length, but Stone makes every one of those pages count – shining a harsh spotlight on modern racism, prejudice and intolerance in America.
Black scholarship student Justyce McAllister goes to an elite private school in Atlanta. He's top of his class, captain of the debate team and has a place at Yale in his sights. Yet Justyce is constantly reminded of the fact that he doesn't entirely fit in. His white, middle class peers mask their ignorant discrimination with seemingly harmless jokes and throwaway comments, whilst his mother would rather Justyce died alone than fall for a girl who's not black. He's stuck in the middle of two cultures, pulled in both directions, without feeling like he fits into either.
The first time he has a run-in with the police, it's because he was trying to stop his ex-girlfriend drinking and driving. All the police saw was a black male 'manhandling' a girl in the dark. The second time he encounters the police, he's in a car with his best friend and shots are fired. In the tragic fallout, Justyce starts a journal to Martin Luther King Jr. in an attempt to understand why his skin colour still seems to matter and how he can rise above the racism that continues to plague contemporary America.
Jus is a good kid – he's respectful to his elders, he tries to ignore his classmates' blatantly prejudicial behaviour, and he works hard to give himself the best education so that he doesn't end up in a gang, or worse, dead on the streets. However, the more he's exposed to police brutality and the scorn of his classmates, the more he wonders whether being good and doing good actually makes a difference.
"You can't change how other people think and act, but you're in full control of you. When it comes down to it, the only question that matters is this: If nothing in the world ever changes, what type of man are you gonna be?"
'What would Martin Luther King do?' is a fascinating angle from which to explore what it means to be a young black man in America today. By looking at how King's teachings hold up over half a century later, Stone confronts the country's deeply embedded race problem head on, highlighting just how essential the Black Lives Matter movement is. Racism stems from ignorance and through Jus' demoralising experiences, we see how educating children is one of the keys to ending it.
Racism, gang violence and police brutality are the main themes in this book but Stone's story speaks to anyone who's ever been discriminated against because of their skin colour, their religion, the clothes that they wear, or the music they listen to. It champions acceptance, tolerance, patience and kindness. Hopefully, in time, these qualities will win out over hate. In the meantime, books like Dear Martin are the ones we should be giving to young adults, because they're the people who will help to change the world.
Dear Martin was published by Simon & Schuster on 3 May 2018
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by	Leslye Laderman, JD, LLM and Richard Stover, FSA, MAAA	 Tags: Compliance, Health
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The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has proposed 2020 out-of-pocket maximums for non-grandfathered plans of $8,200 for self-only coverage and $16,400 for other than self-only coverage. These proposed amounts reflect a change in how HHS determines the amount of the adjustment — a change that, if finalized, would also affect the employer shared responsibility assessment amounts for 2020. In addition, HHS has also proposed rules that would change how amounts paid for brand-name drugs are applied towards the out-of-pocket maximums.
Each year, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) releases the HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters that provides important guidance related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces and various ACA provisions. On January 24, 2019, HHS published the proposed rule for 2020 and a Fact Sheet that summarizes its most significant elements. While primarily focused on the ACA marketplaces and insurers offering programs, the proposed rule also includes guidance affecting large employer and self-insured group health plans.
Out-of-pocket maximums
The ACA imposes annual out-of-pocket (OOP) maximums on the amount that an enrollee in a non-grandfathered health plan, including self-insured and large group health plans, must pay for essential health benefits (EHB) through cost-sharing. (See our February 27, 2013 For Your Information.) These limits are subject to adjustment annually based on a "premium adjustment percentage" determined each year by HHS.
What's the "premium adjustment percentage"?
The "premium adjustment percentage" is the percentage (if any) by which the average per capita premium for health insurance coverage for the preceding calendar year exceeds such average per capita premium for health insurance for 2013.
The "premium adjustment percentage" is used to determine changes to:
Annual OOP maximum
Employer shared responsibility assessment amounts
Premium tax credit affordability thresholds
HHS proposes to change its method for determining the premium adjustment percentage by using the average per enrollee premium for private individual and group health insurance (other than Medigap and property and casualty insurance) instead of the average per enrollee premium for employer-sponsored coverage as it had in previous years. Based on its proposed premium adjustment percentage for 2020, the 2020 OOP maximums would be $8,200 for self-only coverage and $16,400 for other than self-only coverage. This represents an approximately 3.8 % increase over 2019 OOP limits, which are $7,900 for self-only coverage and $15,800 for other than self-only coverage.
Treatment of brand-name drugs
Generally, all prescription drugs covered by a plan are considered to be EHBs. This means that not only does an individual's cost-sharing for those drugs count toward the applicable out-of-pocket maximum, but the plan cannot impose any annual or lifetime dollar maximum on the drugs.
Citing the need to disincentivize the use of brand-name drugs, HHS set out two proposals that would be effective for plan years beginning on and after January 1, 2020. The first proposal would permit a plan that covers both a brand prescription drug and its generic equivalent to consider the brand-name drug to not be an EHB. Treatment as a non-EHB would be permitted only if the generic drug is available and medically appropriate for the enrollee and the plan provides a method for enrollees to request and obtain an exception.
Are prescription drugs EHBs?
Although self-insured group health plans do not have to cover all EHBs, they cannot apply lifetime or annual dollar limits on the EHBs they do cover. Generally, all prescription drugs covered by a plan are considered to be EHBs.
If the conditions are met, the plan would only be required to attribute the cost-sharing that would have been paid for the generic equivalent toward the annual OOP maximum and could disregard the difference in cost-sharing between the brand-name drug and the generic equivalent drug. In addition, the plan would be permitted to impose lifetime and annual dollar limits on those brand-name drugs because they would no longer be considered EHBs subject to the prohibition on such limits.
Under the second proposal. the entire amount paid by a patient for a brand-name drug for which there is a medically appropriate generic equivalent could be excluded from the OOP maximum.
Buck comment. HHS has asked for comments about both these proposals, including comments on any limitations a plan's or issuer's information technology systems would have on administering cost-sharing consistent with the proposed policies.
Applicable large employers (ALEs) are potentially subject to one of two nondeductible "shared responsibility" assessments if they have at least one full-time employee who enrolls in public marketplace coverage and receives a premium tax credit.
"Play or pay" assessment. This assessment may be imposed when an ALE fails to offer minimum essential coverage to at least 95% of its full-time employees and their dependent children during a month and at least one of its full-time employees receives a premium tax credit through a public marketplace. For 2019, the maximum annual assessment per full-time employee is estimated to be $2,500. Based on the proposed premium adjustment percentage for 2020, the maximum assessment for 2020 is estimated to be $2,590.
"Play and pay" assessment. This assessment may be imposed when an ALE offers minimum essential coverage to at least 95% of its full-time employees but a full-time employee receives a premium tax credit because: (1) the employer-offered coverage is unaffordable or fails to provide minimum value, or (2) the employee was not offered employer-sponsored coverage. For 2019, the estimated maximum annual assessment for each full-time employee receiving a premium tax credit is $3,750. Based on the proposed premium adjustment percentage for 2020, the maximum assessment for 2020 is estimated to be $3,890.
Buck comment. The proposed premium adjustment percentage will also increase the income threshold for determining eligibility for the premium tax credit. A higher threshold would mean that fewer individuals would qualify for a premium tax credit and thus potentially reduce an employer's exposure to the "play and pay" assessment.
For an in-depth discussion about the shared responsibility assessments, see our April 17, 2014 FYI In-Depth.
ACA indexed dollar amounts
The table below summarizes the ACA indexed dollar limits for 2020 and prior years.
Out-of-Pocket Maximums (1,9) PCORI
Fee (2,5) Transitional Reinsurance Fee (6) Health FSA Salary Reduction Cap (3,9) Employer Shared Responsibility Annual Assessments (1,4,6,7,8)
Self-Only Other Than
Self-Only 4980H(a) – Failure to Offer Coverage 4980H(b) – Failure to Offer Affordable, Minimum Value Coverage Affordability Threshold Under 4980H(b)
2020 $8,200 $16,400 N/A N/A Not available $2,590 (Est.) $3,890 (Est.) Not available
2019 $7,900 $15,800 N/A N/A $2,700 $2,500 (Est.) $3,750 (Est.) 9.86%
2018 $7,350 $14,700 $2.45 N/A $2,650 $2,320 $3,480 9.56%
2016 $6,850 $13,700 $2.26 $27 $2,550 $2,160 $3,240 9.66%
2013 N/A N/A $2.00 N/A $2,500 N/A N/A N/A
2012 N/A N/A $1.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Indexed to increase in average per capita premium for U.S. health insurance coverage in prior calendar year. Out-of-pocket maximum does not apply to grandfathered plans or retiree-only plans
Indexed to increases in national health expenditures
Indexed for CPI-U
One-twelfth of annual amount assessed on monthly basis. No assessments for 2014
Applicable dollar amount affected by when plan year ends. No assessment for plan years ending on and after October 1, 2019
Applies on a calendar year basis
2019 and 2020 assessment amounts have not been released. Estimates based on increase in average per capita premium for U.S. health insurance coverage as determined by HHS
Affordability threshold adjusted consistent with Code Section 36B(b)(3)(A)(i)
Applies on a plan year basis
N/A Not applicable
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Koho dnes ještě skutečně zajímá 47.výročí okupace z roku 1968 a 70.výročí návratu pilotů RAF do vlasti?
Who today is really interested in the 47th anniversary of the 1968 occupation and the 70th Anniversary of the RAF airmen return to their homeland ?
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I am unsure of the motive behind the posting of this "who today…?" comment.