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Today's abolitionists
I skipped the turkey this year at Thanksgiving. It was purely a symbolic gesture; we served turkey at my house, so my decision not to eat it didn't mean much. Still, over the last year or so, I have radically reduced my meat consumption, largely because of the time I've spent with people in the animal welfare movement, in particular while reporting on the Humane Society of the United States.
This week, the Chronicle of Philanthropy published my story [paywall] about the Humane Society and its hard-charging chief executive, Wayne Pacelle. It's a story about how to make social change. The animal welfare movement, led by HSUS and with the cooperation of smaller, nimbler groups like Mercy for Animals and The Humane League, has made great strides in the last decade on behalf of animals who cannot speak for themselves, particularly around the issues of the intensive confinement of hens and pigs.
How have Pacelle and Humane Society succeeded? By deploying every tool at their command: Ballot measures, lobbying, litigation, undercover investigations, cooperative agreements with corporate allies, mergers with smaller groups, even investments in plant-based protein startups like Beyond Meat. Any social-justice organization that wants to succeed in the Trump era would do well to study Pacelle's playbook.
The animal welfare movement is energized these days by the commitment, brainpower and moral fervor of a impressive group of activists in their 20s and 30s, working inside and outside of HSUS. I think of them as today's abolitionists–they are crying out in opposition to what they see as an evil but widely-accepted practice, just as the founders of the abolitionist movement did in 18th century Britain. Those early abolitionists built the world's first social-justice movement, according to Adam Hochschild, author of Bury the Chains, a wonderful history.
Why work on behalf of animals?
When I asked these activists why they got involved with animal welfare, I got a variety of answers. Some, like Lewis Bollard of the Open Philanthropy Project and Ethan Brown of Beyond Meat, grew up on small farms. Several years ago, Brown told me that he
once took a close interest in a Guernsey cow that was put to death after breaking a hip. "We'd never do that to our dog," Brown says. "To me it was a fascinating philosophical question. You're taught at school not to discriminate against people based on the way they look. And yet all the differences between the animals that we love and the animals we destroy are superficial."
Bollard, who grew up in New Zealand, was disturbed by a visit to a live-animal market in Vietnam as a teenager, which led him to research animal rights issues. Bruce Friedrich of the Good Food Institute, a practicing Catholic who ran a Washington, D.C., soup kitchen during the 1990s, has been a vegan since reading Francis Moore Lappe's Diet for a Small Planet nearly 30 years ago. Nick Cooney, who started The Humane League, calls himself as utilitarian and says "this is the area where there's the greatest amount of suffering and where I can do the most good." Josh Balk of the Humane Society, another dog lover, became a vegan after watching a documentary about animals being slaughtered for food. Most, if not all, of these activists were influenced by Animal Liberation, Peter Singer's classic 1975 book.
One answer that has stuck with me came from Paul Shapiro, who is now vice president of policy at The Humane Society. Animal agriculture, he told me, causes suffering. We don't need to eat meat. So why cause needless suffering?
"I grew up with dogs, and really loved them," Shapiro told me. Like the others, he began to look into the way animals are treated. "I was really horrified by it…If I wouldn't want it for my dogs, why would I want it for any animal?" He started Compassion Over Killing at his D.C. high school. "As a kid, I hated seeing bullies. This is bullying. I couldn't stand the idea of the strong taking advantage of the weak," he said.
Progress?
That said, the animal-welfare movement has an uphill climb ahead, as do environmental and health advocates who say Americans should eat less meat. The sad fact is, consumption of meat in the U.S. rose in 2015 as prices came down, as Eliza Barclay reported last summer in Vox. "The campaign to persuade us to cut back on burgers and bacon has been a bust so far," she wrote. Meat consumption is climbing in India and China, too.
While Pacelle and others at the top of the Humane Society are vegans, it's probably too much to ask most Americans to give up meat entirely. I'd like to learn more about humane and environmentally-friendly ways to raise meat and produce milk that would allow those of us who care about animal welfare and the environment to continue to eat meat and enjoy dairy products, albeit in much smaller quantities and, in all likelihood, at higher prices.. The next big battle in the animal welfare movement will be about broiler chickens, i.e., chickens raised for meat. I'm hoping to visit a chicken farm and see first-hand how those chickens are treated. Too often, farmers are left out of conversations about the future of food.
Finally, we can hope that technology will help us find a way to satisfy our taste buds and our conscience. I'm a big fan of the Beyond Burger, and I'm following efforts to develop what's being called "clean meat," that is, animal-cell based meat grown in a lab, not as part of an animal.
Here's a historical perspective from Paul Shapiro, from an interview with Jon Bockman of Animal Charity Evaluators:
My guess is that we're increasingly coming to the realization that technologies will advance animal welfare faster than ethical arguments will. What Mercy For Animals has done by creating New Crop Capital and The Good Food Institute is an extremely smart and strategic thing to do. HSUS' investments in companies like Beyond Meat, Veggie Grill, and Miyoko's Kitchen are also very smart uses of our resources to advance animals' interests. I often use two examples. The first is whaling. There were concerns about whaling in the 19th century; that certain species were going extinct for example, as well as humane concerns. But what ended up freeing whales was the invention of kerosene. It pretty much spelled the doom of the American whaling industry. Similarly, for centuries animal advocates were concerned about the treatment of labor animals. It inspired the humane movement to be formed in the late 1860s. There were campaigns for all types of reforms for horses, such as mandatory resting hours, watering stations, and Sabbath days so they could have one day of rest. But in the end, the invention of the car did what animal advocates didn't even try to do, which was end the use of horses for transportation (for the most part). So, I wonder if there are technologies today that 10 or 20 years from now will make factory farming and slaughter plants seems as antiquated as whaling and horse carriages. I'm not suggesting it's inevitable, but I do think it's possible. Seeing Tyson Foods invest in Beyond Meat recently gave me greater hope than almost anything. If the biggest meat producer in the world is recognizing there's money to be made in plant-based protein, I have great optimism for the future.
Me too. And next year, I'm going to look long and hard for a humanely-raised turkey.
Categories: Animal welfare, Sustainability•Tags: Beyond Meat, Bruce Friedrich, Compassion over Killing, Ethan Brown, Good Food Institute, Humane Society of the United States, Josh Balk, Lewis Bollard, Mercy for Animals, Paul Shapiro, The Humane League, Wayne Pacelle•
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Laura Asiala says:
Dear Marc–I forgot to mention another great book to take a look at: Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle". One of my all-time favorites.
Another great post Marc–and I appreciate the dialogue with Carol. I just ordered both books for my kindle.
Carol J. Adams says:
Where are the white women and people of color who have been doing this work, too? Are today's aboliitionists as white and male as you present? Let me answer my own questions: NO. Hope you do a part 2 and catch up with the reality of this movement.
You are quite right. I just heard about your book, The Sexual Politics of Meat, and hope to read it soon.
Thanks Marc for your reply. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions! Best, Carol
jontywhittleton (@jontywhittleton) says:
Great blog Marc – incredible to have so many people shining a collective light on this issue. 2017 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for chickens. Aramark and Compass Group are already showing that change at scale is possible.
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Following yesterday's (Thursday) Lisbon Superspecial stage, the 44th Vodafone Rally of Portugal off-road action switches to the lower Alentejo and the Algarve.
From 8am today (Friday), the race, which also constitutes the third stage of the World Rally Championship (WRC), takes the action north of the Stadium of the Algarve base for the Santa Clara (22.99km), Ourique (20.27km) and Felizes (21.31km) stages.
By the time Almodôvar (26.23km), Vascão (25.26km) and finally Loulé (22.56km) are reached on Saturday afternoon (live on RTP), spectators should have noticed a couple of this year's exciting novelties.
Portugal's two-time production class world champion Armindo Araújo is in charge of one of two Mini John Cooper S2000 cars (the other is being driven by Brazilian Daniel Oliveira) giving their 21st Century rally debuts. The make was very successful during the 1960s but has not competed off road again until now.
2007 Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen is certain to be another crowd puller. The Finn is competing for the ICE 1 Racing Team and, judged on training sessions in France, his skills behind the wheel should enable his Citroën to make some sort of impact on the WRC stage.
And then there is the unusual sight of a fully-fledged Sheikh racing against the world's best. Khalid Al Qassimi is part of the Abu Dhabi team on merit and already the most successful Arab driver in WRC history. He will be assisted by his usual team mate Ulsterman Michael Orr, who is celebrating his 100th race in Portugal.
Araujo apart, local Portuguese interest should also focus on national champion Bernardo Sousa's Ford. However, come Sunday and the televised closing Silves (21.39km) and Santana da Serra (31.04km) stages current WRC leaders Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) and Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) are more than likely to have established their customary duopoly.

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The blacking process changes the colour of metal items to black, which improves the visual appearance, providing uniformity and consistency. The blacking process is a key part of Hepco Motion's manufacturing process with all products apart from stainless steel or special orders being blackened.
The dipping plant spans across 16 metres with 7 separate dipping tanks (4 tanks with chemicals and 3 clean water rinse tanks). The slides are held in a dipping module which can accommodate up to 16 x 4.32 metre lengths of slide at one time. The dipping module is then picked up by the gantry, moved forwards and then lowered into each of the 7 tanks in turn.
The gantry is constructed from HepcoMotion's HDS2 heavy duty linear guides which has a wide range of V bearings and linear components to handle the heaviest loads. Hepco's HDS2 gantry is ideally suited to this application as it is a high capacity system with low maintenance features.
The X-axis comprises of 2 x HB25 aluminium beams at 16.16m long, each fitted with two single edge HD slides. V slides are used on one beam and flat tracks on the other beam, providing allowances for the variation in parallelism between the two beams. Parallelism of +/- 2.5mm ensures the set up time needed to accurately assemble the system is reduced. Moreover, the tolerance of misalignment ensures the system is able to cope with the offset loads.
The slides are rack cut and fitted with MOD 3 rack option. 6 bearing carriages are used to accommodate the higher load. Moving at a nominal speed of 0.5m/s, the X-axis has been optimised to move at a steady and smooth speed to ensure the slides remain securely on the dipping module. The slides cannot be fastened to the module as this would cause non-blacked areas on the slide. HDS2 can move up to 4 m/s but this speed is not required for this application.
With a payload of 700kg, HDS2 ESR slides (HS24ESRV) are used on the Z-axis, offering up to 4 times the load capacity of the standard HDS2 slide. ESR slides are precision machined from high quality steel and are surface hardened to provide high load capacity and wear resistance. Supplied with a MOD 5 rack, these slides have been designed to mount directly to Hepco's range of HDS2 components, saving on valuable assembly time. The slides are mounted to a beam, housing the motors, gearboxes and drive shafts to provide the vertical and horizontal movement.
The Z-axis moves at 0.5 m/s with a stroke length of 1.5 metres to raise and lower the slides into the dipping tank. Two heads are utilised to provide stability manoeuvring the 4 metre lengths; a challenging shape and size. The time spent in the tank varies from 30 seconds to 240 seconds, depending on the individual tank.
The previous linear system used by HepcoMotion worked by sending the slides on conveyors, with the chemicals sprayed onto the slides as they passed through different spray booths. The biggest problem with this system was the quality and inconsistency, as the surfaces of the finished slides were not consistently covered in the black colour. Moreover, a minimum of three people was required to operate the old system, whereas the new automated system requires only one person, resulting in a significant reduction in labour. Processing 0.9 metres of narrow section slide every minute, the new gantry system has improved both the quality and consistency of the finished product as well as reducing the number of operators needed.


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"Let your voice do the writing ..."? Isn't that what a typewriter is for?
Certainly, one of the main reasons one might buy a Smith-Corona typewriter today would be to write a letter.
So why was SCM shooting itself in the foot in 1967?
I readily confess I'd paid little heed to one of the items being flogged in the 1967 SCM Christmas advertisement I posted a couple of days ago. I just looked at the typewriters (OK - and the ladies in pyjamas).
That is, until comments to the post from Ted Munk and Tina Martin made me go back and take a closer look.
Ted wrote, "Yeah, now I want an SCM 'Mail Call'. I wonder what media it used? Knowing SCM, probably some weird, proprietary tape cassette." Tina added, "That Mail Call gizmo is interesting."
The "gizmo" was the Smith-Corona Letterpack Mail Call - a PlayTape battery-powered audio cassette player on a two-track format. A distant forerunner of voicemail, it allowed users to record messages on small cartridges and mail them to anyone with a matching device. Smith-Corona promoted the system as being "a more personal alternative to writing a letter". The two-unit starter kit cost close to $70.
The PlayTape format was soon superseded by the 4-track and 8-track formats and SCM went back to concentrating on typewriters.
The short-lived SCM Mail Call device was the work of Frank Stanton (1920-1999), who developed a compact 2-track system while in the US Navy during World War II. PlayTape was successfully launched at an MGM Records distributor meeting in New York in mid-1966. Apart from MGM, the players were also sold by Sears.
Stanton then introduced a special dictating device aimed at the business market, which he envisioned as a replacement for written memos and letters. His idea was marketed to SCM. While the music market for his players enjoyed limited success, the business side never took hold.
When Stanton (born November 30, 1920) died at his home in Water Mill, Long Island, on May 9, 1999, aged 78, he was remembered in a New York Times obituary for being an entrepreneur and real estate investor who developed an early videocassette. His company, World Wide Holdings, was established for trading in surplus goods left scattered around the world in the aftermath of World War II. With a foothold in North Africa, the company became the largest importer of sugar into Morocco. It was later involved in importing Volkswagens, Porsches and Audis into the United States. Later, the company engaged in toy manufacturing and movie distribution. In the late 1960s, World Wide Holdings joined forces with the Avco Corporation, a high-technology manufacturer, to found Cartridge Television, a company that produced a videocassette and player (Cartrivision) which anticipated later developments in the field. In the 1970s, World Wide Holdings branched into real estate.
His obituary failed to acknowledge his pioneering work in the field of consumer audio systems. In the US, Volkswagen was the only car manufacturer to offer a PlayTape player as optional equipment. The Volkswagen Sapphire I OEM model was designed for in-dash installation, and included an AM radio. The Sapphire II aftermarket version omitted the radio, and was designed to hang off the dashboard.
That video was very interesting. Reminds me if my childhood fascination with audio cassette players, how we'd make impromptu radio programs.
I remember stumbling across one of these in the thrift store, spotting the familiar SCM logo and hoping that it was... I don't know what, actually. Ribbons? Extra type elements for the change-o-type set?
An interesting idea, to be sure, though it shows how much market forces can control and evolve a media standard. I remember my folks exchanging reel-to-reel taped letters in the mail with my grandparents, and later exchanging cassettes for the same purpose.
Oh, man - I love it! a *looping* tape deck? I bet you could reload those cassettes using tape from a normal cassette.


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GM Reveals 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra
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GM takes a calculated approach to bettering their bread and butter vehicles.
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By: Nick Saporito
Speculation, spy shots and talking points have consistently leaked out details of GM's next generation full-size trucks. Finally, the speculation can subside as the company has formally taken the wraps off the new trucks. The reveal sheds light on a largely evolutionary version of GM's famous nameplates; incremental improvements to almost every aspect, with a few headlines thrown in.
Anchoring the 2014 full-size trucks is largely the same platform that the current GMT-900's reside on. This means that, yes, the side rails of the frame remain fully boxed, and GM has actually increased the amount of the frame that is formed through expensive hydro-forming. Engineers have also taken efforts to isolate the cab from the frame to increase rigidity and quietness, which should translate to the trucks feeling more solid over harsh terrain. GM has also switched to in-laid doors on the cabins, which will also increase structural rigidity.
Resting on the revised frame will be three all-new engines, though their published displacements are very familiar. The base engine will be a 4.3-liter V-6, though it will not be the iron block, three-decade-old version in the 2013 trucks. Instead the new 4.3-liter is all new, borrowing nearly all of its technology from the new Gen V V-8 engines, including Active Fuel Management.
Leveraging the addition of a balance shaft; the 4.3-liter will be capable of operating on four of its six cylinders under specific conditions. It will also utilize direct fuel injection, variable valve timing and the same very advanced combustion system from the Gen V Small Block. With all of that, and an aluminum block, GM expects the new 4.3-liter to rival today's 4.8-liter in terms of power and provide best-in-class V-6 torque. GM is also aiming for best in class towing with the V-6. Of course, both bragging rights are comparing to naturally aspirated V-6's only.
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Andrew L
I wish they differentiated the 2 more. I don't like how they have the same exact fenders and doors etc. It really begs the question what the point of GMC is when its just a different grille.
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joseodiaga4
the silverado looks awful
AddisonHarlemTowing
I heard that these trucks were going to blow away the competition, and that the GMC styling was going to be "cutting edge". Then this is what they had. LOL. LIke betting $50 grand on a pair of 3's. Another 7 years of boredom for GM fans. Glad I bought a 2013 F150.
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These trucks look horrible. No wonder why they weren't shown in Texas.
Ed Welburn along with the other clowns at GM like Dan Akerson need to fired pronto. GM needs to wake up and fully restructure(VAG's model).
Oh, Just wait until the all new F-150 is unwrapped.
The one big let down I think is the interior.
The wood trim in the GMC looks AWFUL
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Andrew L said:
Everything surrounding it does too!
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts."
Yuk. 'Nuff said.
laserwizard
I want you to stop and think about this for a minute.
You are now the CEO of Government Motors. You are going to spend BILLIONS of dollars to bring your full-sized truck lineup into a COMPETITIVE STATUS with FORD and RAM. Currently your Chevrolet full-sized pickup is INCREASINGLY being OUT SOLD by FORD. The month before your product launch your Chevrolet full-sized pickup truck was NEARLY OUTSOLD 2 TO 1 By FORD. The truck you are about to launch will be what you are stuck selling for 6-8 years. That means what you announce today will be selling into 2020.
And what did Government Motors end up doing?
- They merely RESTYLED the exterior. New front end. New tail lights. Same exterior as before with a couple tweaks to enlarge windows and to thin door frames for new seals. And supposedly you added 2 extra inches to the rear seat room.
- Added a corner bumper step for the rear access of box.
- Recycled your old truck engines and tweaked them and then insult Ford for using car engines that have consistently outperformed your current engines in sales and payload.
- Added a trick tailgate that doesn't make a noise when it opens.
- Spent more money on interior materials.
- Then reveal a design that looks as cheap as the old version.
- Instead of differentiating GMC from Chevrolet, they now look even more alike than before except for front end. They even share tail lights. Professional grade? LOL!
- Take NO STEPS to carve out 500 pounds of weight that would have enhanced long term viability in fuel economy. Remember 2020!
- Build a truck that is BARELY COMPETITIVE with the current F-150. In many ways it still remains uncompetitive - especially in the interior.
This is the bed that Chevrolet has made for itself through 2020. By the time the new Ford F-150 hits the market, it will have superior engines, fuel economy, payload, towing, and all creature comforts. What Chevrolet has just done is to surrender. If you were SERIOUS about building a GREAT TRUCK, you'd not even bother with this effort.
Government Motors should be ashamed at this miserable, lazy effort. Once again they rush a half-baked product to market and it is utterly underwhelming and third rate. This truck may not be good enough to even save Chevrolet from selling the WORST pickup truck on the market.
It's going to be quite the poopstorm if Ram overtakes Silverado. Doesn't seem impossible.
Thunderchicken said:
I doubt it will, Silvy buyers are pretty loyal
I don't doubt it. Dodge has been making great strides while GM is content resting on their fanbase. More & more are leaving Gm. I couldn't buy a GM pickup (stale, bland, boring) Looked at Dodge, and decided to stay with tried & true Ford blue! Bought a 2013 F150 STX 5.0.
Extreme4x4
I can say what I didn't say at the sister site.
I think they are awful. They took the ridiculous wheelwell bulges and made them more ridiculous. If the tires and wheels even kinda filled them, it wouldn't be so bad, but with the square cut of the wells, you have to lift the truck a ridiculous amount to just get decent sized wheel/tires on it. Then it looks even more ridiculous.
The interior is awful also. I'm sure that the materials are worlds better than the current ones, but the design of the interior looks like something that would have come out of Pontiac in the early 2000's. That door panel is overstyled for the sake of overstyling, and GM needs to dump their investment in the largest plastiwood farm in existance............... so Buick and GMC don't look so phony inside.
Also, for all of the lamenting that the GM faithful have thrown at Lincoln, calling them rebadged Fords (which is very far from the truth), you have two trucks at GM that are almost identical to each other. As a matter of fact, they are less differentiated than the current versions.
The drivetrains had better be spectacular, or GM truck sales will continue to lag. There is nothing compelling about the new truck, that would make someone just have to have one. Especially considering that a current truck with a JC Whitney catalog thrown at it, would look about the same as the new ones. Of course, the GM faithful will fawn over it, and call it the best thing ever, and buy them in droves.............. just because they are GM trucks.
wingsnut
I think it's safe to say that the growth of RAM sales has been at the expense of GM.
This silverado does not impress much at all visually. The interior, well, I think I have to see this one in person to judge. Looks interesting, but not in a great way because it is not what I associate with a truck look.
I think they will continue to lose sales to Ram.
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Nelson Kyle K
I don't think their that bad.
GM knows the F-150 will be a game changer, and they believe it will appear smaller and more aerodynamic to reduce more weight and gain MPG.
Knowing they could not make the same changes to their trucks, they must have chose the alternate route, making the Chevy/GMC twins will look much bolder and industrial looking, or truck-like.
They must be hoping the F-150 will turn off the customers who want the 'biggest and baddest' trucks, and hope their trucks will hit that target. Unfortunately for them, I doubt they will find many of these types of buyers around anymore.
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At the 2012 Forum the CLWRota team presented a series of benchmark graphs and charts.
For this series of benchmarks we took the data from a very early version of our Rota Management Console which allows to departments to configure the way their data is counted. We introduced some new statistical measures including the use of P-charts and funnel plots.
Each department's name has been replaced with a random two character code to maintain anonymity.
As with previous releases we generated department line graphs showing the levels of different types of activity stacked on top of each other.
The department activity graph is useful for showing how various factors, such as trainee solo sessions or the extra and locum sessions, contribute towards the total DCC session delivery. Variations in leave through the year can also be easily discerned, as can the balance of planned, unplanned and study/professional leave.
This box plot shows Trainee solo sessions (trainee led lists) as a proportion of the full activity of the department. Each box shows the variance in the monthly values across a 12 month period. The mean solo session rate across the departments was 5.2%, with a median of 4.3%.
Departments with more than 6 months but less than 12 months of data are shown with greyed boxplots.
This box plot shows the extras and locums (paid-for additional activity) as a proportion of all department activity. We have excluded any use of extras facility in CLWRota where the session was used as part of normal department activity.
The mean extra session rate was 5.2% and the median 4.0%.
The benchmark shows the proportion of study and professional leave as a proportion of normal activity. Normal activity is defined as consultant and NCCG direct clinical care sessions. The mean study and professional leave rate was 4.8% and the median 4.6%.
The study and professional leave boxplots have a large variance (size of box) due to the spread of study and professional leave. For example there is a very little study and professional leave over the summer months.
An issue with the boxplots is that they don't show the relative sizes of the departments. For example large university teaching hospitals might expect different outcomes to smaller DGHs. The funnel plot shows the annual values for each measure plotted against the total number of sessions for the department.
The outside tram lines show the value at three standard errors from the mean assuming a normal distribution. A significant number of departments fall outside of three standard errors, which is a sign of what is termed 'overdispersion'.
The x-axis shows percentages and the y-axis shows sessions per annum. There is a significant cluster of departments below 10,000 sessions per annum at around the 3% mark.
There is one significant outlier which may distort the results for the other departments.
We have introduced a series of heat maps which show concentration of a particular type of activity within a session across a week. The heat maps are made up of 10 squares corresponding with the sessions of the normal working week in the same format as the rota, the columns are the days of the week, with the top row representing 'am' sessions and the bottom row 'pm' sessions.
The stronger the red colour of each box the greater the proportion of sessions of that type. We have generated heat maps for extra sessions usage, solo session usage, planned leave and unplanned leave. A high use of extras or solos in a particular session might reveal that the department is short at that time.
A P-chart is an attributes control chart used to examine the proportion of non-conforming values within a sample. They reveal how a process changes over time and can be used to determine whether change is predictable and part of normal variation within a system or there is an outstanding value.
The tram lines on each p-chart show values falling within three standard errors of the mean and as such these values can be considered as normal variance within a system. Therefore a value falling outside of the tramlines and highlighted in red or green shows a special case of variation.
For the purposes of these graphs 'normal activity' is defined as sessions provided by a consultant or a middle grade where they are working at normal rate. 'All activity' is defined as normal activity, plus trainee's working on solo sessions, plus extra activity, plus locum activity. Each department box is made from the range of values, one for each month, from the period 1st February 2011 to 31st January 2012.


Registration for students enrolling in, or transferring to, government schools for the 2019/2020 school year will open on Monday, 1 April and will close on Friday, 28 June.
Registration for government Reception is open for qualifying children aged 4 Years 0 months before 1 September 2019. That means a child born between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015 is eligible for Reception, and that he/she must have already turned 4 prior to 1 September 2019.
Registration for Year 1 in government schools is open for qualifying children aged 5 years 0 months before 1 September 2019. That means a child born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014 is eligible for Year 1, and that he/she must have already turned 5 prior to 1 September 2019.
Registration for older students transferring internally, re-entering or entering for the first time into the government school system should be completed by the 28 June 2019 deadline in order for the child to be eligible to attend school at the start of the school year.
Or go to schools.edu.ky, click on "Go to DES homepage", scroll down to "School Registration".
The child's immunisation card. In the case of non-compliance with immunisation due to health or religious reasons, the parent must complete a DES immunisation exempt form (see here).
For non-Caymanian students, documentation of child's immigration residency category, i.e. birth certificate, passport, government contract showing children as dependents, residence certificate, RS 101 form (contact the senior registration officer at 244-1816 or email errol.levy@gov.ky for the form).
For primary schools, the last school year's reports, including latest psychological reports for any students previously assessed as requiring special education needs (SEN).
For high schools, a school transcript, including latest psychological reports for any students previously assessed as requiring special education needs (SEN) from the last high school attended.
Medical examinations with the public health nurse. Parents can also arrange for an examination from a private doctor (contact the senior registration officer at 244-1816 or email errol.levy@gov.ky for the approved list of HSA private doctors). The medical examination must be completed before a child is enrolled.
Mandatory Residency Verification: Proof of address must be demonstrated by two documents, such as a utility, TV or internet provider bill, a CI driver's licence, which must include the name of the parent/guardian and the address of the residence. (See full list of "proof of address" documents here, page 2 'Residency verification'.) In addition, if a parent/guardian is renting a home, or if more than one family shares a living space and there is only one leaseholder or homeowner, they should fill out an "Affidavit of Residency" form. See here.
Residence is determined by a person's physical presence as a resident within the designated geographic boundary of the school catchment with the intent to remain. The address/residence of a student for school purposes depends upon a factual determination of the care, custody and control of the student.
The Department of Education Services registration staff will check the documentation and determine the designated catchment area for the school assignment. Following review/approval by the senior school improvement officer, the assigned school secretary will make an appointment with the public health nurse for medical screening for children who have not completed medicals privately prior to returning their applications to DES for processing.
Out of catchment request: Mandatory clear letter of justification to be reviewed at the end of the registration period. This requires approvals by the director/Registration Committee and is subject to space/services permitting in the year group and school being requested.
Remember to enroll as soon as possible to ensure that your qualifying child has a place at your local school in September. CHILDREN REGISTERING AFTER 28 JUNE CANNOT BE GUARANTEED SPACE at their zoned catchment school. Parents will receive notification from the school of their child's placement for September.
Non-Caymanian children with proof established by birth or marriage certificate that they have a Caymanian parent or guardian who is resident on island, space permitting once the above has been placed. The Caymanian parent shall provide DES proof via form RS101 (contact the senior registration officer at 244-1816 or email errol.levy@gov.ky for the form).
Class sizes are capped for Reception and Year 1 at 24 students and 28 for all other year groups. Where maximum class sizes are exceeded within the school, spaces will be offered for qualifying students at the nearest school with available space. Spaces for categories 3 and 4 and all out of catchment request will be reviewed following the closure of registration.
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The Grand Marriage – Grand-Marriage-Zilla?
Quick Thoughts: The Grand Marriage (2013)
Made by Faisal Al Otaibi, this is the Comoran film of the series.
The Grand Marriage is a Comoran documentary produced by Al Jazeera that follows a former scholar, Yehia Mohamed Elias, as he prepares for a dual grand marriage to his first wife, who he has been married to for 20 years, and his second wife, who he has been married to for just over a year. The grand marriage itself, which is a second ceremony that, either by months, years or decades, follows the initial small wedding, is not very common because it is so expensive, though, it is nonetheless an important tradition that is seen to signify true adulthood and grant higher social standing in Comoros. Yehia Mohamed Elias' wedding is a particular rarity because the ceremony is for both his first and second wife. As hectic as this sounds, the ceremonial process plays out smoothly over the course of this light-hearted and enjoyable narrative. I could't refrain, however, from thinking about weddings and their representation in 'documentary' form from the West – specifically through British and American T.V shows (which my mother and sisters watch) like Don't Tell The Bride and Bridezillas.
A good episode in these shows sees everything slowly fall apart with a big explosion and the bride or groom not showing up and then the two separating, bloodied and teary-eyed. There is then a cynical representation of marriage – which often isn't seen as heavily traditional – in much of Western media. There is, too, the romantic idealistic representation through movies and magazines, but the comparison between the reality T.V show weddings to The Grand Marriage makes this documentary all the more intriguing. What then struck me as I watched this was the degree to which tradition, and in turn social standing, play as significant elements of relationships in Comoran culture. Moreover, there is a transparency in the social structuring of these events which is simultaneously absurd and enlightening. It then goes without saying, but, I really enjoyed this documentary and would recommend it to anyone interested. To watch this film on Al Jazeera's YouTube page, click here, or, watch it here:
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HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBSLA.com) — The Huntington Beach Police Department is using Facebook to help nab a bike theft suspect.
"Help us catch this bike thief!!" they wrote in the post."Please share to catch this thief," they wrote in another.
The bicycle — valued at about $1,800 — was stolen at 7 a.m. Sunday next to Longboard Restaurant and Pub.
They described the suspect as a white male, about 6 feet tall with dark hair and a receding hairline. The suspect is clean shaven with a thin build.
In the photo, the suspect appears to be in a black nylon jacket (possibly with a fur collar). He was wearing dark blue or gray jeans and black boots.
Police said the man had bolt cutters concealed in his jacket.
The suspect fled toward the west alley near Main Street.
Some posters believe that a patch on the suspect's jacket suggests he might be a guard of some kind.


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'Runway battle is not over'
Opponents of Heathrow's third runway had a small but unexpected victory in the House of Commons last week.
Reading West MP Martin Salter was one of 10 sponsors of a successful cross-party Ten Minute Rule Bill which would allow Parliament to vote on any proposed major airport expansion.
The Airport Expansion (Parliamentary Approval) Bill would amend the Planning Act 2008 to require Parliamentary approval before new airports and new runways at existing airports could be built.
Mr Salter acknowledged Ten Minute Rule Bills usually fail to achieve progress in the Commons but said the Government unexpectedly lost a vote on Tuesday by 247 to 203 and the Bill will now proceed to the Second Reading stage.
The bill was tabled by the Liberal Democrat MP for Richmond Park, Susan Kramer.
Mr Salter said: "I've promised my constituents that I will fight tooth and nail against the ill-conceived third Heathrow runway.
"Last year in my Commons speech, I argued that the runway should not go ahead without a vote in Parliament and this Ten Minute Rule Bill is a useful means by which to continue to press the arguments.
"A third runway at Heathrow is unnecessary and will be environmentally damaging.
"I'm delighted that our Bill caught the Government on the hop and will now get another day in the sun later on in the Parliamentary session. It is clear that the Heathrow runway battle is far from over."
Ms Kramer MP, who leads the Liberal Democrats' campaign against the expansion of Heathrow, said: "A third runway at Heathrow will be a climate change catastrophe.
"Politicians on all sides have raised fundamental concerns, but their voices have been stifled by the Government. This is an issue of democracy as much as it is an issue of climate change."


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I was born and raised in Virginia and YES… I do have a southern accent! I am from Blacksburg, Virginia, home of the Virginia Tech Hokies. I have lived in Lancaster County for the past 23 years and feel completely at home here. My husband and I met in Charlottesville, Virginia in the mid 80's, we were married and then moved to the west coast and settled in Southern California for several years. Later, after the birth of our first two children, we decided to relocate back to the east coast to be closer to our families. We have three grown children, two sons and one daughter.
Throughout my career, I have always been drawn to customer service related jobs, mostly because of my love for helping others. I have had a wide range of work experience, all of which have been very meaningful to me and have better prepared me for my role as Membership Development Coordinator to The High Center for Family Business. My love for people makes working in The High Center even more exciting, as I am able to communicate with and assist our members on a regular basis. Great satisfaction has resulted in my life, as a result of, my attention to detail, strong values and hard work ethic.
I studied for two years at Germanna Community College in Fredericksburg, Virginia and then transferred to SouthEastern Academy in Kissimmee, Florida earning my degree in Hotel and Travel Industry Management. In the early 1980's through the 1990's I was active in the travel industry, working for American Airlines in customer service management and as a corporate and group specialty travel agent. I was employed at Hershey Medical Center as an administrative assistant to Orthopedic surgeons and was also a licensed medical transcriptionist for many years, while raising my three children. I then found my way into higher education and obtained a position with Elizabethtown College in 2007. I feel blessed to have worked at Elizabethtown College for the past nine years; and now in my current position in The High Center, I feel completely at home. I thoroughly enjoy helping our members to understand and to navigate our three core services: Ownership Surveys, Leadership Speaker Series and Executive Peer Groups.
It is my hope that you will reach out to me in the future if you have a question or need my assistance with any of the Center's programs and I look forward to getting to know each of you better.
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For the 1st time in 2019, the 49ers not only bent but broke
By Tommy Call 95.7 THE GAME
November 12, 2019 11/12/2019 6:37 am
For the first time since Dec. 3, 2018, the San Francisco 49ers lost a football game. For a team that ended 2018 with a 4-12 record to go 343 days without losing should be taken as an accomplishment — but not on Monday Night Football in Santa Clara.
The primetime tilt was classified as the biggest game in the history of Levi's Stadium and it lived up to that label. The 7-2 Seattle Seahawks vs. the undefeated 49ers on Monday Night Football. Every box was checked.
The crowd.
The game.
The hype.
Except one.
The victory.
Throughout the 2019 season, the 49ers have been able to weather the storm in sloppy games. They've dealt with injuries and they've made their mistakes, but each game they've been victorious.
The bend, not break mentality has been a staple of the 49ers season until — until Monday night.
They finally broke.
"We had too many self-imposed mistakes that hurt us," said Jimmy Garoppolo. "When you put yourself behind like that it's hard to catch up."
The mistake-laced game couldn't come at a worse time for the 49ers. This was the game of the year. The national audience was paying attention. It was against your rival on Monday Night Football. This was the game to earn respect across the league.
One loss is all it takes for the question marks surrounding the 49ers to creep back up.
The 49ers missed more than a moment for a "signature win." This could've been a passing-of-the-torch-type moment in the NFC West.
Yes, they played their toughest opponent of the season. Yes, they were shorthanded. But this game came down to mistakes by the 49ers.
Turnovers, drops and bad offensive line play stifled the flow of what turned into a choppy game.
The 49ers racked up 6-plus drops in the game. Many drops came on devastating drive-ending plays.
Garoppolo called the mistake-laced loss a "reality check" for the 49ers.
The 49ers opened up the game in dominant fashion. After the first quarter, the 49ers had a 10-0 lead. They limited Russell Wilson and the Seahawks to only 3:34 time of possession. Things went downhill from there.
In the second quarter, Jadeveon Clowney picked up a Garoppolo fumble for a scoop-and-score touchdown. Kyle Shanahan brought up this play specifically as a "huge turnover" that "changed momentum."
The Seahawks created four turnovers against the 49ers leading to 21 points.
"I thought our defense played unbelievable," Shanahan said. "I thought our offense played as hard as they could but made way to many mistakes to be able to pull out a win tonight."
Even with a bevy of mistakes, the 49ers were in the game until the final seconds. This felt like the type of game the 49ers have been able to steal all season. Against MVP-favorite, Wilson things are different. Every mistake is worth more.
The 49ers are facing their first taste of defeat in 2019. How they respond will set the tone for the final stretch of the regular season.
Richard Sherman said the silver lining is that they will learn more from this loss than they would in a win.
"I expect it to be a phenomenal bounce back," said Sherman. "The coaching staff will be great about it. They'll correct it and guys will be locked in."
The 49ers have a game in six days against Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals. After that, they face their toughest stretch of the season. In three straight games, the 49ers play three straight Super Bowl contenders — the Green Bay Packers, the Baltimore Ravens and the New Orleans Saints.
This loss gives the 49ers little cushion going forward.
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This is another great bragging point for the Trump administration. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits has dropped to a more than 49-year low last week.
Even though the economy has lost momentum as the stimulus from a $1.5 trillion tax cut package fades, businesses are still short workers.
March's employment report is scheduled for release on Friday.
According to a Reuters survey of economists, nonfarm payrolls likely increased by 180,000 jobs last month after a meager 20,000 in February, which was seen as pay-back after robust gains in the prior two months.


This document provides a step by step guide to renaming a database. This is not valid for databases' prior to version 9.2. Instead, for databases prior to 9.2. use the following guide.
If using this procedure for an Oracle RAC database, the database must be mounted in NOPARALLEL mode.
You must open the database with the RESETLOGS option after changing the DBID. This is not necessary if only changing the database name.
All read-only tablespaces must be writable at the operating system level.
The DBNEWID utility does not change global database names.
1. Ensure there is a complete full backup of OLDDB.
4. Bring up the OLDDB to mount mode.
6. Once NEWDBID has completed successfully, bring up the NEWDB to mount mode.
8. Change the global DB name.
9. Take a full backup of the database.


University of Illinois at Urbana, BFA 1964, MFA 1966.
(established the BFA and MFA degree programs in 1973 and 1974).
Chairperson, Department of Art, Western Michigan University, 1979-80.
Design Manager, Brown Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1970-72 .
Teaching Graphic Design and Photography, Western Michigan University, 1966-70.
2002 Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan.
2001 Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.
1999 Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo.
1993 University of Connecticut at Storrs.
1993 Mott Community College, Flint, MI.
1992 Fermi Gallery, Firmilab, Batavia, Il.
1992 Elsie Munro Gallery, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion College, Albion, MI.
1992 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI.
1989 Gallery II, Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo.
1988 Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI.
1988 Central Michigan University at Mount Pleasant.
1988 Gallery II, Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo.
1988 University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN.
1985 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI.
1984 Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL.
1983 Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.
1982 The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI.
1979 Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, IL.
1978 Port Huron Museum of Art and History, MI.
1976 Gallery II, Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo.
1974 Oxbow Summer School of Art, Douglas, MI.
1969 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI.
1997 Michigan Friends of Photography, traveling group exhibition, multiple locations in Michigan.
1996 Significant Others, Fontana Festival of Music & Art, Shelbyville, MI.
1996 Field of Dreams: Art and Baseball, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI.
1996 The Heavens, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI.
1995 Play Ball, Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.
1993 Select 5 Collect, Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI.
1992 East Meets West, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
1992 Tenth Anniversary Celebration, Urban Park Gallery, Detroit, MI.
1992 Photography from the Permanent Collection, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI.
1992 Select 5 Collect, Detroit Artists Market, MI.
1992 Select 5 Collect, Albion College, Albion , MI.
1990 A Sense of Place, Marygrove College, Detroit, MI.
1989 Kalamazoo Perspectives, 30 yrs of photography at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI.
1989 Urbanology, The Michigan Council for the Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI.
1987 Bettye Clark-Cannon Gallery, Muskegon, Michigan.
1986 Fetzer Center, Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo.
1985 Fetzer Center, Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo.
1984 Carnegie Art Center, Three Rivers, MI.
1984 Photography for Collectors, Lightfantastic, Michigan State University at East Lansing.
1982 Space in South Haven, Citizens Bank, South Haven, MI.
1982 Benefactors Program, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI.
1980 Muskegon Community College, MI.
1979 University of Oklahoma Museum of Art at Norman.
1977 University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign.
2016 High Plains Highways, Amarillo Museum of Art.
2016 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI, exhibition and a permanent collection purchase.
1989 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI.
1997 Ambient Luminosity, all media exhibition, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI.
1993 13th Michigan Biennial, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Twelve artists select to exhibit a body of work.
seven artists selected to exhibit a body of work.
1984 Art Center, South Bend, IN.
1982 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI.
1982 Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY.
1982 Views and Points of View II, Kalamazoo Inst. of Arts, MI.
1981 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI.
1981 Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, KY.
Community College Art Gallery, Minneapolis; The Silver Image Gallery at Ohio State University, Columbus.
1979 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI.
1978 Art Center, South Bend, IN.
1977 Eastern Michigan University at Ypsilanti.
1977 Design Michigan, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
This exhibition traveled throughout the state for one year.
1976 Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI.
1974 American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York City.
1968 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI.
1993 Image Maker Presenter, Society for Photographic Education, Midwest Conference, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
1993 Visiting Artist, Mott Community College, Flint, MI.
1992 Visiting Artist, Albion College, Albion, MI.
1991 Speaker, Oakland Community College, Royal Oak, MI, for MI Friend of Photography.
1989 Visiting Artist, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI.
1987 Juror, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI.
1987 Juror, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI.
1986 Visiting Artist, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant.
1983 Juror, Traverse City Arts Council, Inc., MI.
1982 Juror, Port Huron Museum, MI.
1981 Juror, Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, MI.
1978 Panelist, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI.
1974 Visiting Artist, Oxbow Summer School of Art, Douglas, MI.
2002 Night Vision, The Muskegon Chronicle, January 7. Exhibition review.
exhibition catalogue and exhibition announcement, DePree Art Center, Hope College, Holland, MI.
1993 Passages North, Vol. 14, Num. 14, Winter 1993, Kalamazoo College, a portfolio of eight images reproduced.
1991 Detroit Artists Market, Journal of exhibitions, volume 4 / number 2, January 1991. Exhibition Catalogue.
1991 Night Photos Speak of Spiritual Search, Kalamazoo Gazette, F3, Sunday April 5. Exhibition Review.
October-December, Sequoia Press, Kalamazoo, MI.
1991 Michigan Friends of Photography Newsletter, Issue Number 59, May. Front page article.
1989 Night Light: The Aesthetics of Time by Events in Space, poster from the series, Sequoia Press, Kalamazoo, MI.
1988 Michigan Photography Journal, 2-1988, p.14-15. Publication of the Michigan Friends of Photography, Detroit.
1988 Night Light: The Aesthetics of Time by Events in Space, poster from the series, Sequoia Press, Kalamazoo, MI.
1987 A Prairie Ronde Island by John M. Carney, 1987 limited edition calendar, Sequoia Press, Kalamazoo, MI.
1986 A Prairie Ronde Island by John M. Carney, 1986 limited edition calendar, Sequoia Press, Kalamazoo, MI.
1985 Artists at Work: The Carneys, Images and Ideas: Arts and Humanities in Kalamazoo, 30 minute aired video.
1984 Photography for Collectors, Volume II; The Midwest, East Lansing, MI.
1982 Magic Silver Show, exhibition catalogue, Murray State University, KY.
1981 Magic Silver Show, exhibition catalogue, Murray State University, KY.
1980 Midwest Photo '80, exhibition catalogue, Midwest Museum of American Art, IN.
1977 Esprit, volume II, No. I, Rockford, Il.
1966 Quest, poetry by Mark Hersey II, photographs and design by John M. Carney.
A privately printed limited edition book of 500.
1997/98 Western Michigan University Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fund, Fellowship and Grant.
1991 Collectors Portfolio, Michigan Friends of Photography and MCA.
1990/91 Western Michigan University Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fund, Fellowship and Grant.
1988/87 Michigan Council for the Arts, Artist Grant.
1987/88 Western Michigan University Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fund, Fellowship and Grant.
1985 Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo.
1982/81 Ford Foundation/WMU Faculty Enrichment Grant.
1980/81 Western Michigan University Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fund, Fellowship and Grant.
1981/80 Ford Foundation/WMU Faculty Enrichment Grant.
1980/79 Ford Foundation/WMU Faculty Enrichment Grant.
1979/78 Ford Foundation/WMU Faculty Enrichment Grant.
1978/77 Ford Foundation/WMU Faculty Enrichment Grant.
1977/76 Ford Foundation/WMU Faculty Enrichment Grant.
1976/75 Western Michigan University Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fund, Fellowship and Grant.
Numerous public, corporate and private collections.


One day last summer, after he disputed nursing home bills that had suddenly doubled Mrs. Palermo's co-pays and complained about inexperienced employees who dropped his wife on the floor, Mr. Palermo was shocked to find a six-page legal document waiting on her bed.
Mr. and Mrs. Palermo had planned ahead for the worst possibilities of aging. Mrs. Palermo had given power of attorney and health care proxy to her husband, Dino. But when Mr. Palermo and the nursing home caring for his wife got into a dispute, the nursing home filed a guardianship petition asking the court to give a stranger full legal power over Mrs. Palermo and complete control of her money. Few people are aware that a nursing home can do this, according a recent New York Times article titled "To Collect Debts, Nursing Homes Are Seizing Control Over Patients." Sadly, the article states that the nursing home can do this and the Palermo case is not uncommon.
More than 12 percent of guardianship cases are brought by nursing homes. Many of these may have been brought as a means of bill collection, which was never intended when the New York legislature enacted the guardianship statute. Some courts have ruled that this legal tactic by nursing homes is an abuse of the law, but these petitions—even if unsuccessful—make families spend time and money in costly legal ordeals.
Guardianship transfers a person's legal rights to make some or all decisions to someone appointed by the court, usually an attorney. Guardianship is designed to protect people who cannot manage their affairs because of incapacity and who lack effective help without court action. In effect, it can legally trump a power of attorney and a health care proxy. Although it can be a drastic measure, nursing home lawyers say that using guardianship to secure payment for care is better than suing an incapacitated resident who is unable to respond.
A court evaluator said that Mr. Palermo was the appropriate guardian and wanted to know why the petition had been filed. Mr. Palermo agreed to pay any arrears once Medicaid completed a recalculation of the bill,but his expenses in fighting the issue were more than $10,000. Medicaid's recalculation eventually put his wife's monthly copay at $4,500, about $600 less than the nursing home claimed but more than the $2,600 that Mr. Palermo had been paying under an earlier Medicaid calculation.
The nursing home cashed Mr. Palermo's check for the outstanding balance and withdrew the guardianship petition. The New York Times pointed out that a petition is supposed to be brought only by someone with the person's welfare at heart and tailored to individual needs, taking into account the person's wishes.
Reference: New York Times (January 25, 2015) "To Collect Debts, Nursing Homes Are Seizing Control Over Patients"
One attorney calls it the "Get out of Dodge plan"—the best way to keep your assets intact before applying for Medicaid to cover nursing home costs.
Medicaid is a federal program, but administered differently and with different regulations in each state. Some states, like Florida, have relatively lenient eligibility requirements while other states, like New Jersey, are more restrictive. The "Get out of Dodge" plan referred to above is one attorney's advice in a recent Asbury Park Press article titled "Protecting assets: Three things to know before Medicaid." For those living in restrictive states, he literally suggests moving to a less restrictive one, like Florida.
Of course, not everyone can or wants to use the Get Out of Dodge plan. Thankfully there are other ways to preserve assets. For example, when only one spouse goes to a nursing home the couple's home may be exempt from Medicaid's asset eligibility calculations, meaning it would not have to be sold to pay nursing home expenses before Medicaid. The healthy spouse can still live there. However, if the healthy spouse dies first, things can get complicated: the house could be lost to pay the nursing home costs of the surviving spouse.
Consult with an attorney about trust planning with Medicaid eligibility in mind. Although trusts can be great Medicaid planning tools, they are complex and missteps can be costly.
Despite the complexity, an experienced elder law attorney may be able to help preserve your assets in the face of long-term nursing care.
Reference: Asbury Park Press(January 24, 2015) "Protecting assets: Three things to know before Medicaid"
Retirement brings the freedom to explore a new stage of life. But for many, after years of working for others, it also means assuming responsibility for generating a paycheck for decades.
A Non-Financial Plan: for staying engaged during retirement.
A retirement plan needs a strong foundation. That's the budget, with expenses on one side of the ledger and income from sources such as Social Security, pensions and savings on the other. Look at your spending habits before retirement and take time to see how a planned budget matches actual spending. Make sure to include infrequent expenses like annual insurance premiums that may not show up on your latest bank statement. It might also include a new car, roof repairs, or dental bills.
Even before retirement, experts say you should transition your investment portfolio to one that matches both income needs and the means to withstand unforeseen market declines, as there won't be a paycheck to make up the difference.
It's said that many people spend their working years rarely meeting with an attorney and often do not heed any financial advice. Even for basic estate-planning documents, you should use an attorney who is experienced in drawing up wills, powers of attorney, and other estate planning documents. Updating planning documents is very important. This includes a will, power of attorney, a health-care proxy, and possibly a trust. Beneficiaries on retirement accounts and insurance also should be updated.
Reference: Wall Street Journal (January 25, 2015) "Have the Right Tools for Retirement"
One billion dollars. That is the amount of money state regulators estimate is sitting on life insurers' books and owed as death benefits, some of it languishing there for decades.
To make a broad but warranted generalization, life insurance companies don't like to pay out death benefits. After all, they make their profits betting on people living a long life and paying premiums for a long period of time. Recently, an additional way for insurance companies to make money has come to the attention of state insurance regulators in that a billion dollars in unpaid death benefits are earning interest for the insurance company while the beneficiary unaware of the policy existence. An article in the Wall Street Journal focuses on these unclaimed funds and how beneficiaries might apply for the benefits owed them.
According to state regulators, as much as one billion dollars is languishing in the form of uncollected life insurance death benefits. The insurance companies cannot be blamed for the fact that these benefits have not been claimed as most policies require the beneficiary to proactively file a claim to collect the life insurance proceeds at the death of their loved one.
However, with such a large amount of money effectively owed to beneficiaries, regulators have began to take notice and at their urging some insurance companies have started programs to determine if policy holders have died and whether claims ought to be filed.
This is a difficult proposition at best for an insurance company and one could argue that personal responsibility on the part of policy owners and their beneficiaries is at issue here. If you want to ensure that you (or your loved ones) receive all that is owed, consider doing some sleuthing yourself. The original article has some advice regarding how to find out about an overlooked policy.
More to the point however, is the lesson to be learned by the policy holders themselves. This is why our firm makes such a big deal about helping our estate planning clients organize their assets as we fund their revocable trusts. Life insurance policies, as well as other assets, are identified and documented so that it is less likely for one of our client's loved ones to overlook the required filing for a death benefit.
Simply stated, the most important part of proper planning is communication; making your loved one aware of what you own, what your plan is, and how it is to work. This obviously includes any life insurance you own.
This spring, Florida lawmakers will have a chance to stem abuses in the state's little-understood adult guardianship system by taking up measures that would make it harder for guardians and attorneys to disregard the best interests of the wards they're supposed to protect. Critics say the process of stripping away an elder's rights and taking over that person's assets happens too quickly in Florida, without enough notice to family, friends or even the prospective ward. With more Americans living into their 80s, cases of age-related dementia are increasingly becoming matters for litigation. In most states, anyone can apply to the court to determine that an elder lacks the capacity to make decisions, and place that individual under guardianship.
Florida law has a list of 14 rights that an elder may surrender as a result of the guardianship process. These include the rights to marry, vote, manage finances, determine where to live and accept medical care. A recent article in The Herald Tribune, titled "Legislation aims to curb abuses in guardianship system," reports that two of that state's legislators are addressing the excesses possible within Florida's guardianship system.
describes a guardian's duty to honor a ward's desires and file accurate reports to the court.
The bill's most important provisions are those that create court monitors, and that limit the practice of declaring emergency temporary guardianships. Current Florida statute doesn't call for any emergency guardianships per se—however, in reality this is how most elder wards are stripped of their rights. A petition for emergency guardianship is approved (usually within a few days) and wards are often removed from their homes before a hearing is set on the issue.
The new Florida bill would mandate that an alleged incapacitated person and his or her lawyer be given 24 hours' notice of any hearing on a petition for emergency temporary guardianship. It also removes any financial incentive for professional guardians to have themselves declared temporary guardians and then automatically become permanent.
Elder abuse can happen anywhere. Make sure that your senior loved ones are protected and on guard for abuse. Guardianship is a drastic step, and you should make sure that you've discussed this with an experienced elder law attorney.
The world of 529 College Savings Plans is a complicated one, with many, many alternatives available, each with slight variations and differences. To simplify, there are three basic tax advantaged vehicles to help save for college: 529 plans, Coverdall Education Savings Accounts and Roth IRAs. You contribute to each of these in post-tax dollars and each allows your savings to grow free of Federal taxes on the gains. The Coverdall and Roth IRA's both have both income limits on the contributors and relatively low limits on annual contribution amounts, while the 529 plans generally don't have those restrictions.
President Obama has abandoned his plans to lobby the congres to get rid of 529 plans so it's time a reexamine the benefits of this middle class tax advantaged program. A recent Forbes article, titled "How to Save for College,"reports that each of these plans allows the funds to be used for college tuition and fees, and some also permit the funds to go towards books and room and board expenses. In addition, the Coverdall accounts allow you to use the funds to pay for K-12 schooling. 529 plans have the fewest restrictions and so the broadest appeal.
Tax and economic reforms are on the President's agenda for 2015 as he seeks to close what he terms "unfair loopholes that are only available to the wealthy and big corporations" (perhaps another inappropriate use of the term "loophole").
Developing a financially sustainable plan for retirement can be one of life's most stressful processes. Those considering retirement need time to look at the many factors – some of which are unknown – that affect us when we look into a future that we have not yet experienced firsthand. As retirees, we need to not only consider our income, but also our expenses over a retirement that could last as long as 30 years. Retirement for baby boomers and beyond includes a future where two of the most critical aspects of retirement planning – our health and longevity – remain unknowable.
However, the "health care side" of retirement—costs, need and accessibility to health care for ourselves or loved ones—is said to be one of the most important factors in the planning process.
According to a recent article in cincinnati.com, titled "Consider health care when retirement planning," long-term health care may be a considerable expense, with most of this spent during the last three years of life.
Health care spending has outpaced inflation over the past decade—from a 6% increase to just 2.5% for core inflation. So what do we do about rising long-term care costs?
You should examine your cash flow in retirement: monthly income versus expenditures and line that up with the cost of Medicare Parts A, B and D, which is about $1,700 for an individual. With a supplemental "Medigap" C plan, you add $2,200 per year in premiums. That's close to $4,000 per person or $7,900 per couple.
Generally speaking, your total premiums and health care costs under Medicare can be estimated based on two factors. A study by the Employee Benefits Research Institute in 2013 predicts that a 65-year-old retired couple will need to fund $255,000 to $360,000 in Medicare premiums alone (including Medigap), as Medicare will cover only 62% of medical costs. Also, remember that Medicare doesn't cover long-term health care. When you run out of funds, Medicaid fills the gap, which means costs for in-home health care and nursing homes must be covered by other sources, such as long-term care insurance.
Will you have savings and assets at retirement to cover your projected health care costs?
Are you and/or your spouse in reasonably good health now and does your family have a track record of living into their 80s or 90s?
Will you work during any stage of retirement and earn money?
Do you know when you want to start taking Social Security, and why?
What do you project will be your annual income and expenses during retirement, and have you looked at possibly needing to increase your annual income beyond inflation to address potentially higher health care costs?
If you need long-term care, have you factored in those needs and costs?
Do you have an understanding of various types of long-term care insurance policies?
Discussing your plans with an experienced estate planning or elder law attorney when planning for retirement is critical to enjoying your retirement years without becoming a burden on children or the state.
As a public service, the Foreman family assembled a list of "to dos"; what must be done after a loved one dies.
A New York Times blog (The New Old Age) published a "public service" announcement of sorts titled Death's Companion: Paperwork. The article showcases the experiences of the Foreman family as an object lesson for what one of the family members member termed "administrivia." This in an appropriate one-word description for one family's experience with the trials and tribulations of postmortem paperwork and minutia.
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On June 14, thousands of people protested in San Juan during a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama. People carried signs reading "Yankee, Go Home!" Protestors raised the banner of Puerto Rican independence and demanded the release of Puerto Rican political prisoners held in the U.S.
Swarms of police surrounded the protestors and blocked off streets leading to the government house. At least five arrests were reported.
For 113 years, Puerto Rico has been a colony of the United States.
In 1898, the U.S. invaded Puerto Rico. Ten thousand troops occupied the country and the U.S. imposed a colonial administration on the people. Under the Foraker Act (1900) and the Jones Act (1917), Puerto Rico was made an official "possession of the U.S."
The current Commonwealth status of Puerto Rico created in 1952, is merely a continuation of colonial status. The U.S. has established a number of military bases across Puerto Rico.


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I love crazy people, as long as they're non-violent, especially if they're artist types.
Like Ruth Gordon, for instance.
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Her memory, I mean. I think she's no longer with us.
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Thank you for that. She was a wonderful lady, with a unique talent. Rest in peace.
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Dio was a prince in an ugly world. Prince, hell, he was a fucking king. He was a giant among men, and is a saint in several alternate universes. He had a heart as big as all outdoors. He was often misunderstood, although he was one of the easiest men in this sad world to understand. He lives on, even now, and although I don't believe in an afterlife for me, I believe in one for him. I can see him screaming, swinging a broadsword and sending heads rolling. He was one hell of a guy. I was sad to see Squire, Lake, Emerson & Wetton die, but nothing like what I felt back when Dio left. Notice I didn't say die. Ride on, big guy. Ride on.
I was privileged to see Dio in concert more than a few times. He was a consummate performer, and a true professional. Okay, you can pound me for gettin' gushy, but the guy was just all around perfect. So sue me.
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Congress established the Federal Housing Agency (FHA) – Housing Finance Agency (HFA) Multifamily Risk-Sharing program in 1992 to increase and speed up FHA's multifamily mortgage production. The FHA-HFA Risk-Sharing program allows state HFAs that meet rigorous financial standards to underwrite FHA multifamily loans in return for sharing the risk of losses on those loans.


This month's veggie and vegan round-up from Rachel Cotterill is indulgent, gorgeous desserts that vegans can make and enjoy.
As a vegetarian, finding delicious desserts isn't really a challenge. You have to watch out for sneaky gelatine, but that's almost the only stumbling block. For vegans it's another matter entirely.
They all look and sound so tempting Rachel – vegan or no vegan. Thanks for including one of mine.


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