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Anaerobic energy expenditure and mechanical efficiency during exhaustive leg press exercise
Anaerobic energy expenditure and mechanical efficiency during exhaustive leg press exercise. / Gorostiaga, Esteban M.; Navarro-Amézqueta, Ion; Cusso, Roser; Hellsten, Ylva; Calbet, Jose A. L.; Guerrero, Mario; Granados, Cristina; González-Izal, Miriam; Ibáñez, Javier; Izquierdo, Mikel.
I: P L o S One, Bind 5, Nr. 10, 2010, s. e13486.
Gorostiaga, EM, Navarro-Amézqueta, I, Cusso, R, Hellsten, Y, Calbet, JAL, Guerrero, M, Granados, C, González-Izal, M, Ibáñez, J & Izquierdo, M 2010, 'Anaerobic energy expenditure and mechanical efficiency during exhaustive leg press exercise', P L o S One, bind 5, nr. 10, s. e13486. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013486
Gorostiaga, E. M., Navarro-Amézqueta, I., Cusso, R., Hellsten, Y., Calbet, J. A. L., Guerrero, M., Granados, C., González-Izal, M., Ibáñez, J., & Izquierdo, M. (2010). Anaerobic energy expenditure and mechanical efficiency during exhaustive leg press exercise. P L o S One, 5(10), e13486. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013486
Gorostiaga EM, Navarro-Amézqueta I, Cusso R, Hellsten Y, Calbet JAL, Guerrero M o.a. Anaerobic energy expenditure and mechanical efficiency during exhaustive leg press exercise. P L o S One. 2010;5(10):e13486. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013486
Gorostiaga, Esteban M. ; Navarro-Amézqueta, Ion ; Cusso, Roser ; Hellsten, Ylva ; Calbet, Jose A. L. ; Guerrero, Mario ; Granados, Cristina ; González-Izal, Miriam ; Ibáñez, Javier ; Izquierdo, Mikel. / Anaerobic energy expenditure and mechanical efficiency during exhaustive leg press exercise. I: P L o S One. 2010 ; Bind 5, Nr. 10. s. e13486.
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BDCC's Amy Turner, along with Debora Kerr, Emily Lewis and Hannah Brown had a very successful weekend at the ICF Sprint World Cup 1 in Szeged, finishing 7th in the A final – a great result this early in their season.
Elsewhere, club members were racing at Basingstoke, in the first Southern Region Hasler of 2018. BDCC came third overall in their first outing in the Southern Region Hasler season for 2018 at Basingstoke Canal Canoe Club near Farnborough. The top performance came from Rob Jefferies in Division 3 K1 with a commanding performance, sprinting from an unfavourable position at the start, to lead the race in a breakaway of two boats. At the finish he used his international wild water skills to convincingly out sprint his opponent to claim victory. Robin Flack led the chasing pack to see his hard work evaporate when he had difficulty emptying his boat at the portage. He then fought back to claim third place. Will Pepper turned his hard training over the winter into second place in Division 5 K1 paddling for much of the race on his own and gaining promotion to Division 4. Noah Moxon put in a gritty performance to cling on behind Pepper to get third place, also gaining promotion to Division 4.
In K2 Max Davison and Andy Flack won an uncompetitive Division 4 race, while Debbie Hunt and Shirley Waterhouse came second in Division 8 in their first race together. They were followed by Kim Davison and Tamsen Flack also in their first race together. Chris and Simon Petersen continued their string of strong performances from last year to come third in Division 7. In Division 3 Robin Avery and Jerry Haycock came third in a very competitive race even though their combined age was greater than the combined age of all the rest of the competitors in their race proving the benefits of kayaking!
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BERNIE SANDERS AND ISRAEL'S HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE
Another annual day of remembering the Holocaust has come and gone in Israel. As always, it was marked by a deeply moving ceremony on Jerusalem's Mount Herzl near the Holocaust Memorial Museum. Six survivors - three elderly women and men in their 80's and 90's bore witness to their harrowing experiences and recalled their family members who went up in smoke in the crematoria of Auschwitz and the other death camps or were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators during WWII in Europe. And again, the incredible tales, seen through the eyes of the then very young children, some of them no more than toddlers.
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Of the 6 million Jews who perished, an estimated one and a half million were children, torn from the arms of their parents and beaten, shot and starved to death. And in the memories of these survivors, their experiences have been branded into their souls as if they happened yesterday. This was not a "banality of evil," the term coined by philosopher Chanah Arendt in her description of the Eichman Trial in Jerusalem. But here and now, in Israel's capital, an honor guard of young, IDF paratroopers stand proudly by the survivors, a symbol of the modern Jewish state that did not exist or could not protect them in their hour of persecution.
Although the tales are recounted year after year here in Israel, there are also astounding surprises. One elderly man described how he, as little more than a toddler, was separated from his mother in a German roundup of Jews in his town in Poland. He was arrested and taken to a mass grave were Jews, children, women and, men were lined up on the edge of an open pit dug in advance. Row after row they were machine-gunned, with their bodies then falling into it. But in this boy's case, the German machine gun was mounted on a fixed tripod, and therefore the trajectory of the bullets was just a bit higher than his height. Fortunately for him, a bullet grazed his should. But he also tumbled down into the mass grave to be covered by other bodies. He lost, but later in the night, he heard a woman calling his name from above. He realized it was his mother who had come looking for him in the open pit. He called out to her, and she was able to move a dead body on top of him and dig him out of the pit.
There was also another maybe little known example of German efficiency at the mass grave. Jewish mothers with infants were ordered to hold their babies on their left breast when they were lined up to be shot. The idea was that the bullet would pass easily through the body of the baby and then penetrate the heart of the mother. Both would then topple together into the mass grave.
Is it any wonder that the memories of these survivors have been branded into their souls, like the numbers tattooed on their arms, as if they happened only yesterday. And although you have heard this testimony of horror and sorrow year after year, you are mesmerized once again. The piercing eyes, solemn faces, and penetrating words transport you back to those horrific times and remind you how Nazi Germany perpetrated the systematic annihilation of your fellow Jews and in many cases your own relatives. And then the question for which there is no answer. How could such a thing have happened?
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Over 70 Years later President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu tell the somber audience and the nation watching the live broadcast something most Israelis know and believe. Although every other day the extremist regime of Ayatollahs in Tehran promise to finish what the Nazis started, this will never happen. And although Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza are engaged in daily vocal provocations, the Jewish people of today are not defenseless. Nor will Jewish refugees in peril be turned away even by countries like the US and Canada. Yet, it is a fact that on this Holocaust Day, Jews of the world are witness to a rising tide of antisemitism. Not only against the Jewish state but also the Jews in Europe and in the United States itself. The two deadly attacks on synagogues in Pittsburg and more recently in San Diego, with possibly more on the way, is a warning. This is not some half-baked speculation by some nut in Jerusalem who recently heard a Jewish official in America tell a TV interviewer in American: "Although Jews in America comprise only two percent of the population, 60% of hate crimes target Jews!"
And then, the chilling chant by the antisemites marching in Charlottesville: "Jews will not replace us!" Those readers who have a little knowledge of how Hitler and his cohorts toppled the Weimar Republic will recognize this chant. Hopefully, these recent manifestations are only a passing phenomenon and the result of other maladies in American society today. Indeed, the antisemitic caricature in New York Time International has triggered a sharp rejection and wave of condemnation, hopefully not just from Jewish readers. But the fact remains that this idea may not be so far fetched as many people would have thought beforehand.
Against this backdrop, we now have Bernie Sanders, an assimilated American Jew, and a prominent politician who even dreams of becoming president and finds it politically prudent to denigrate Israel as being racist. In a recent appearance, Bernie referred to the Israeli government as "a right-wing — dare I say — racist government."
"Dare I say" is a ploy to imply that he knows he may be putting his head on the block with most Jewish voters. But hey, Bernie needs a far broader base, and he wants to show he's got guts, and the hell with Israel and Jewish voters. None the less, Sanders was born in the US after his parents emigrated from Poland. If they hadn't, who knows. Even Bernie might have been one of those Holocaust survivors recounting what happened to him and his family in Europe, and how Israel proves to his only safe haven.
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The name of Godiva is world famous in the chocolate business. Godiva's sugar-free assortment of chocolates brings the high end chocolate flavor to the world of sugar-free eating.
So it's fair to say ALL of these have nuts in them and anyone with nut allergies should stay away from this mix.
All of them are "hard" chocolate - they are like a candy bar in consistency, perhaps a little crunchier than that. They are certainly very good tasting! Godiva lives up to its high quality name, as usual.
The sweetener here is maltitol, a sugar alcohol. Anyone with sugar alcohol sensitivities - or who has not eaten sugar alcohols recently to acclimate their digestive system to them - should start SMALL. Maybe just one chocolate. Let your system get used to them before eating the full three-chocolate serving.
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You get 35% of your daily calcium by eating these, and 10% of your iron! Chocolate is good for you!
On the down side, there are very limited options in the box. It's not much of an assortment. There are almonds and pecans. I'm not a big fan of milk chocolate so for me I only eat half of the box and foist the rest on my boyfriend. He doesn't mind helping me out with this.
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Confession: I promised my kids I'd put my phone down and I'm failing miserably
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I decided to kick my smartphone addiction for the sake of my kids. But as it turns out, that's a lot easier said than done.
By Bryan Borzykowski | Sep 28, 2019
Bryan Borzykowski with his family. Photo courtesy of the author.
I learned long ago that it's almost impossible to keep a New Year's resolution. Yet, in late December I made one. And not just to myself, but to my family. The promise? To put my smartphone away as soon as I get home from work, and only pick it up again the next morning.
Will Ferrell is all of us in this PSA about device-addicted parents The decision is a long time coming. Ever since I gave up my BlackBerry for an iPhone a few years ago, I've found it nearly impossible to put it down. The endless Twitter conversations, the constant stream of Instagram posts, the incessant checking of sports scores—my brain is always telling me to pick up my cell and give each app another scroll through. If it's anywhere near me, it soon ends up in my hands.
I know I'm not the only one who struggles with this. A 2016 survey from research firm Dscout found that people touch their phones 2,617 times a day. Another report revealed that we check our phones, on average, once every 12 minutes. As parents, it's easy to see these studies in action: Go to the park, an indoor play place and even the tobogganing hill and without fail, you'll see moms and dads pulling out their phones every few minutes.
Just because everyone's doing it, though, doesn't mean it's right—especially when our kids are around, watching our every move. I knew my own cellphone use was becoming a problem when I couldn't focus on putting my kids to bed without having my device in my hand. There was a time when I could just lie next to my children, sing them a song and wait until they fell asleep. Now, I mumble through a tune while scrolling through Twitter, wondering why I even look at an app that I can't stand anyway.
Shae, my six-year old middle child, wasn't shy about calling me on my excessive phone use. "You're looking at your phone again," she'd say, with more than a hint of frustration in her voice. "When are you putting it away?" I felt guilty, but I would justify it—if I didn't look at my phone, I'd fall asleep putting her to bed, and my whole night would be wasted.
A few months ago, I knew I needed to make a real effort to stop using my phone, especially around my children. My nine-year-old and six-year-old had gotten their own iPods, which meant setting limits on their device time. My wife and I agreed on giving them an hour after school or a couple hours on weekends. But as we were discussing their screen time, I started feeling guilty about my own. If I wanted them to use screens in moderation, I should be doing so myself.
That's when I thought about the resolution. If I give myself a date—January 1—and tell my kids that was going to put it away after 5 p.m., then I'd have to stick to it, right?
As it turns out, kicking a cellphone addiction is easier said than done. Academic studies have found that mobile usage is as addictive as hard drugs, and even high-ranking technology executives have started sounding the alarm over our growing digital dependence (like the former Facebook executive who recently said that social media is a "dopamine-driven feedback loop.")
I broke my promise about three days into the new year, after the holidays were over and the e-mails began arriving in my inbox again. It started with answering messages, but once the phone was in my hand, I found it impossible to resist other apps. (I once tried to delete the Twitter app from my phone, but I reinstalled it a few days later after some important news broke.)
"You said you were going to use your phone less this year," Shae says. But I have not used my phone less this year. I often use it after dinner when I should be focused on getting the kids to do their homework—calling my name three times before I look up is not unusual—and I've still got it in my hand when I'm putting them to bed. Fortunately, my bad habits haven't transferred to the kids (yet). Molly, my nine-year-old, is good about sticking to her hour, but she does give me digs about how I make her get off her iPod yet I still use mine. Shae puts up more of a fight, but she also knows when to quit.
Despite my failure, I haven't given up trying to kick the habit. And I have taken some new measures to disconnect. When I go out with my wife on date night, I keep my phone at home. (She brings hers so the babysitters can call if necessary.) In the evening, at dinner and especially on the weekends when our family is together at home, I put it as far away from me as I can. When it dies, I sometimes force myself to wait a while before plugging it back in. I'm always reminding myself that I'm not missing anything by not checking.
While these tactics are often effective for an hour or two at a time—and I do feel much less of a desire to check when the phone is inaccessible—they're not perfect. At some point, my phone starts calling to me again. I still haven't quite worked up the courage to delete the most addictive apps.
My next move is to make my phone unusable at night. I've thought about getting a "dumb" phone that can only make calls and receive texts to use after work hours, or buy a safe for which only my wife has the key. In any case, I need to make another attempt at my resolution and drop the phone addiction, or else my kids could soon get hooked, too.
4 parent-tested systems you can use to limit screen time
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Looks great! Thanks as always for the work. I do have one question (below).
There are two cases where I still define PACKAGESITE in the environment, specifically when building new jails or VM images. Can you suggest alternatives?
2. Installing a package that includes a repo file for my local custom repo. This is a chicken-and-egg problem for which PACKAGESITE was a nice solution since there's no risk of a stale repo file being left behind--either the package is installed (with the correct/current repo file) or it isn't.


Mortgage credit availability remained unchanged in September, according to the Mortgage Credit Availability Index, a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
The MCAI remained unchanged at 116.1 in September.
A decline in the MCAI indicates that lending standards are tightening, while increases in the index are indicative of a loosening of credit.
The index was benchmarked to 100 in March 2012.


Operable with your smartphone & Tablet. Wifi/App Controll.
We deliver Livolo without Livolo logo on the front plate. That looks much nicer.
Only the touch switch with the cherry wood front is exclusively with the Livolo Logo.
The elegant Touch Switch Eclipse (light / wall switch) features a capacitive touch (touch screen) in beautiful glass and nice sleek design. A slight touch is sufficient to operate the Touch switch / switch because it operates on the basis of capacitive sensor technology. In the Touch Switch Eclipse, a blue LED lights up for orientation in the dark, when you touch the touch switch display, the blue LED will jump to red so you can see that the Touch switch is turned on. The switch is easy to install in the place of the old switch. The size of the switch's base is exactly the same.
The touch switches feature a glass touch panel in combination with the touch module. The touch module is securely hidden in a polycarbonate holder together with a metal plate that has 2 screw fittings so that it is easy to install on an existing built-in box.


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The year I finished school 1983. Wrapped up my HSC and had the "world was my oyster".
Now a new adventure is on the horizon, and I really feel like I am walking on the moon. As time draws closer I find my self in slow motion.
I apologise for my lack of visiting my bloggy friends but will try and go around the world to say hello this week.
Big hugs and sweet little kisses to you all.
ps. I had a huge crush on Stuart Copeland.
That's such a great connection - the feeling of graduating from school, the anticipation of what is next! Sounds like wonderful things are in store, good luck with it all!
Hi Jill..don't worry about us..when you've got things to do..you've just got to do them! We'll wait and if we're very good you will come back and tell us all about your grand adventure.
Was just stopping by to apologies for my lack of visiting. Sometimes life gets in the way. Enjoy your adventure!


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Commentary by William H. Goldstein
A Significant Achievement on the Path to Ignition
Particle Detection Technology with a New National Security Mission
Tangled Nanotubes Ease Identification of Trace Chemicals
Discerning Humanity's Imprint on Rainfall Patterns
It's the perfect storm. At a time when global demand for water is rising rapidly due to population growth, urbanization, industrial activities, and expanded use of crop irrigation systems, climate change may be altering the timing, location, and amount of rain and snow that fall on large swaths of the planet. Computational models indicate that increases in global surface temperatures will redistribute rainfall in two ways. First, warmer air, which holds more water vapor, will intensify existing precipitation and drought conditions. That is, more rain will fall in wet areas, and evaporation will increase in drier areas. Second, shifts in atmospheric circulation patterns will push storm paths and subtropical dry zones toward the poles.
Satellite records for the past few decades show that rainfall patterns worldwide are changing. If the observed trends continue, they could magnify existing problems with water scarcity, food shortage, and possibly even political instabilities, thereby transforming an environmental concern into a global security issue. Are these changes indicative of global warming, as predicted by models? Are the pattern shifts caused by naturally occurring fluctuations or human-induced (anthropogenic) forces, such as greenhouse-gas emissions and ozone depletion? Determining the answers to these questions may help policy makers develop strategies for mitigating or adapting to the changes. However, extracting this information from global precipitation data can be challenging.
The models that scientists use for climate predictions are generally poor at simulating the exact location and magnitude of Earth's major precipitation features. Because of these inaccuracies, the changes that individual models project in rainfall intensity and atmospheric patterns may be canceled out when results from several models are averaged together. In addition, "noise" from short-term climate fluctuations can drown out potential evidence of more permanent changes.
Livermore physicist Kate Marvel and climate scientist Céline Bonfils have developed a straightforward method for detecting trends in both the location and intensity of global precipitation and ascribing causes to these trends. Their study was funded by Livermore's Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program and an Early Career Research Grant awarded to Bonfils by the Department of Energy. Results from their research show for the first time that certain changes displayed in the observational record of global precipitation patterns most likely result from human activities rather than from natural climate variability.
A Global Focus
Marvel and Bonfils, who work in Livermore's Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, began by examining monthly rainfall data compiled from rain gauges and satellite observations as part of the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP). Because Earth's major circulation patterns undergo a seasonal north–south migration, the researchers focused on a single season—winter in the northern hemisphere—to prevent the cyclical behavior from muddying evidence of longer term trends. They compiled rainfall data for the winters of 1979 through 2012 and applied a smoothing technique to filter out the noise from small-scale precipitation patterns. They then averaged precipitation results at a given latitude over all longitudes and identified the wettest and driest regions.
Data from each winter displayed three peaks and two troughs in precipitation. The peaks represent the rainfall in the equatorial tropics and a band of storms at the midlattitudes in both hemispheres. The troughs correspond to subtropical latitudes where many of the world's deserts are located. Bonfils and Marvel used the inflection points for these five features to gauge the approximate width of the rainy and dry zones. In reducing 32 winters of rainfall data to 32 sets of peaks, troughs, and inflection points, they defined two indicators: a dynamic indicator measuring changes in the location of wet and dry regions, and a thermodynamic indicator measuring the amount of precipitation in those regions.
(left) Wind circulation patterns in each hemisphere help transport moist equatorial air toward the poles. These loops are driven by such properties as Earth's size, rotation rate, atmospheric depth, and heating. (right) A smoothed map of satellite data reveals distinct zones of wet and dry land produced by the circulation patterns. Livermore researchers used this information to detect changes in the location and intensity of global precipitation over the past three decades. (Rendering by Kwei-Yu Chu.)
Spotting location and intensity trends in the satellite data was merely the first step. "Climate science is somewhat like detective work," says Bonfils. "It's not enough just to find the crime—we also want to identify the culprit. We want to know what is causing the observed changes." Establishing a unique response pattern, or fingerprint, for precipitation changes would help researchers compare model results with GPCP data and determine causes for the observed trends. (See S&TR, June 2012, Seeking Clues to Climate Change.)
To formulate a climate change fingerprint, Marvel and Bonfils worked with results from 26 computational models run by climate research groups worldwide for the World Climate Research Programme's Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). (See S&TR, January/February 2013, Dealing with Data Overload in the Scientific Realm.) The 26 models examined the same scenario, one that accounted for human influence as well as naturally occurring internal and external factors.
While performing the smoothing and peak detection procedure on the data sets, the researchers noted significant differences in where individual models located precipitation extremes. Bonfils says, "We decided to focus on the patterns—peaks, troughs, and inflection points—and the relative changes to those patterns, rather than on the exact latitude of the events." Tracking location shifts in these features rather than the latitude identified in the satellite observations allowed the researchers to bypass model location inaccuracies. Then they used a statistical technique called principal component analysis to examine correlations between the different data sets and formulate a characteristic spatial pattern that explained most of the similarities. This pattern served as the precipitation fingerprint for climate change.
To contrast the fingerprint of anthropogenic climate change with natural climate fluctuations, Marvel and Bonfils examined CMIP5 preindustrial control simulations. Control simulations are run without external influences from human activities (greenhouse gas emissions, for example) and naturally occurring events such as large volcanic eruptions and solar radiation fluctuations. (See S&TR, July/August 2002, The Outlook Is for Warming, with Measurable Local Effects.) The control simulations represent scientists' best understanding of how internal mechanisms affect climate patterns.
Of primary interest was the simulated behavior of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). One of the largest natural contributors to climate variability, ENSO is characterized by sporadic and prolonged alterations in surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean—fluctuations that can affect atmospheric circulation and rainfall patterns over much of the globe.
The team's modeling results indicate that during El Niño events, the wet tropical region becomes wetter, and atmospheric features shift toward the equator. El Niño's counterpart, La Niña, pushes circulation patterns toward the poles but does not intensify existing rainfall patterns. These findings verified the utility of the precipitation fingerprint. Individually, rainfall intensification and poleward circulation movement are consistent with natural variability. Taken together, those trends allowed the researchers to distinguish human-induced global warming from natural climate behavior.
Matching Fingerprints
Next, the researchers established that, per the observational data, the wettest latitudes were becoming wetter and the driest latitudes drier, while the storm tracks and subtropical dry zones had shifted toward the polar regions—findings that were consistent with theoretical and model predictions. The fingerprint is present in the observational data, and the two are increasingly correlated over time. As anticipated, ENSO patterns did not match the fingerprint. These results indicate that the changes in the GPCP data for precipitation intensity and location were likely caused by external factors rather than internal climate variability.
Further confirmation was needed to ensure that the upward trend was not a coincidence and that GPCP data patterns were not simply a product of natural variability. Using more than 25,000 years of data from the preindustrial control simulations, Marvel and Bonfils established that the observed trend was very unlikely to result from internal climate variability alone.
Although they had eliminated a potential explanation for the observed trends, other possibilities remained. Human activities, natural events, or a mix of natural and human factors could be responsible for the precipitation changes. Results from a CMIP5 model incorporating only natural external influences did not match the fingerprint nearly as well as results from models with human influence included, suggesting that the observed trends result from human activities.
"This finding makes sense, based on our understanding of physics and atmospheric science," says Marvel. "Volcanic eruptions and solar fluctuations certainly affect precipitation patterns, but only anthropogenic factors are likely to result in a pattern that matches the fingerprint." She notes that the natural external influence scenario simulated only 26 years of climate behavior, a briefer span than other scenarios considered. "With the shorter period, we can't entirely rule out natural effects," she says, "but the evidence is strong that the pattern change is due to human activities."
As a final step, the researchers used the fingerprint to investigate the roles of specific human activities in precipitation changes. They found that the release of chlorofluorocarbons and other gases that deplete the ozone layer helps explain some of the observed poleward shift in atmospheric circulation features. However, greenhouse gases are likely the largest contributor to recent precipitation trends.
This graph shows the probability distributions of signals (that is, the similarity to the fingerprint) arising from various sets of climate simulations. The preindustrial control and natural forcing distributions are centered around zero because climate noise (from internal and natural variability) is not expected to resemble the human fingerprint, except by chance. The observed signal (black line) is outside and incompatible with those distributions at the 95-percent confidence level. The observed signal is, however, located near the mean (pink bar) of the forced distributions that include both natural and human-caused external influences, indicating that human activities are likely contributing to the two effects incorporated into the Livermore-defined fingerprint. CMIP3 and CMIP5 refer to the third and fifth phase of the Climate Model Intercomparison Project.
From Rainfall to Clouds
By narrowing their study to two climate mechanisms for precipitation changes and widening their outlook to the global scale—where confidence in model accuracy is higher than it is at the local level—Marvel and Bonfils showed that the changes observed over the past few decades of satellite data are external in origin and most likely a result of human influences. Their study builds on the work of Livermore scientists Benjamin Santer and Karl Taylor, who pioneered techniques for studying and comparing climate models and using fingerprints to evaluate the relative importance of various climate change drivers. The CMIP5 archive has served as an important resource for this project and others. In fact, the CMIP5 results used by Marvel and Bonfils formed the scientific backbone for the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which planners and policy makers will use to help prepare for and respond to climate change.
Marvel is now applying the same methods to study cloud patterns, the leading source of model uncertainty. Clouds are a vital part of the climate change equation because they can either mitigate or accelerate warming, depending on their height. Bonfils is incorporating findings from the precipitation project into her broader effort to understand the precursors to drought. "The precipitation study has helped me develop a more complete picture of what will happen in the future," says Bonfils. "I find that being able to highlight simple patterns in a complex ensemble, as we did here, is the most interesting part of a project."
Key Words: atmospheric circulation, climate change, Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5), drought, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP), La Niña, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, World Climate Research Programme.
For further information contact Kate Marvel (925) 422-2697 (marvel1@llnl.gov) or Céline Bonfils (925) 423-9923 (bonfils2@llnl.gov).


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Q: ColorConversionStrategy CMYK adds a white background i have a strange problem with the behaviour of the option ColorConversionStrategy CMYK in GS 9.16.
Attached are two pdfs one that uses /ColorConversionStrategy /CMYK and one that uses LeaveColorUnchanged.
Broken file that uses CMYK Conversion :https://traffiq.synology.me/owncloud/index.php/s/193xmAAl2RFYaWn
Okay file that uses the Default value ( but uses RGB which is not what i want )
https://traffiq.synology.me/owncloud/index.php/s/roisvD2sp0W3Wsv
The funny thing is that /ColorConversionStrategy /CMYK seems to add a white background so it blocks out the right part of the page.
I wasted an entire day on that issue and can't for the life of me figure out what the problem seems to be.
Can someone have a look please and give me hint ?
Thanks

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Leaked Spreadsheet Exposes Details Of UK Special Forces Soldiers
A leaked spreadsheet circulating around WhatsApp has exposed the personal details of more than one thousand UK Special Forces soldiers, which are meant to remain secret.
The Register, which has seen the leaked spreadsheet, says it contains details of 1,182 British soldiers who were recently promoted from corporal to sergeant. Some included soldiers posted in sensitive units, such as the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, Special Boat Service and Special Air Service.
Rohit Hajela
Vendor Management Office
Today it happened with UK Special forces, but it could happen with any organization that doesn't have enough safeguards at place to protect internal and confidential information. The world is talking about privacy, Apple is promoting "Stop Apps from Tracking You", there is no better time to enhance to security of your employee and customer information.
Leaked information can lead to various issues, starting from spamming, phishing and smishing. The impact could be lethal when information
Leaked information can lead to various issues, starting from spamming, phishing and smishing. The impact could be lethal when information includes soldier information and what mission they are working on. It is putting the soldiers, their family, the mission and the countries at risk.
Not much information is available on how the data was leaked, but I can't imagine if it were due to lack of a message classification system that many technology vendors provide as a very useful tool for classifying the files. With that system, it is possible to classify each file that is created as Confidential, Internal, Public, Restricted etc. So when an attempt is made to send a file with higher classification to an external email recipient, the system alerts you and stops you from sending it. It is a must have for every organization to protect sensitive information. I am however suspecting involvement of APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats) in this case.
This is not the first time however that defense data has been leaked. Clearly more needs to be done for people who put their lives at danger to that we can spend peaceful lives.
@Rohit Hajela, Co-Founder, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"More needs to be done for people who put their lives at danger..."
https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/expert-comments/leaked-spreadsheet-exposes-details-of-uk-special-forces-soldiers
Tim Sadler
Tessian
Once again, employees accidentally leaking crucial documents has resulted in a major security incident for the Ministry of Defence. Many organisations think about protecting their networks and devices, but don't always consider how best to protect sensitive data from people's mistakes. That's why, today, the majority of data breaches are due to human error.
Security awareness training plays an extremely important role in improving people's security behaviours, and reminding them about safe
Security awareness training plays an extremely important role in improving people's security behaviours, and reminding them about safe data practice. However, it needs to delivered more frequently than just a compulsory, one-off session, and it needs context, for the information to stick. With people being in control of more data than ever before, companies must ensure their security strategies have people at the heart, investing time and resources into helping employees think twice before making a mistake that turns into a breach.
@Tim Sadler, CEO, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Many organisations think about protecting their networks and devices...."


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Erica McKenzie had her near-death experience in 2002. She was 31 years old. Ridiculed as a pre-teen for her appearance, Erica turned to bulimia and became addicted to diet pills. After nine years of compromising her health, she finally collapsed on the floor unconscious. Erica left her body and floated up to the ceiling where she watched paramedics take her body to the ambulance. Then she went through a tunnel of light, met God, experienced two life reviews, and was shown that everyone has special gifts and purposes.
The video that this chapter is based on is located here. The original 18 minute video is available here.
In 2002, thirty-one year old Erica McKenzie's lifelong battle with addiction and body image ended one day when she collapsed to the floor unconscious. Within moments, she was pulled through a tunnel at exhilarating speed and delivered into the hands of God. In Heaven, God revealed the importance of free will and the destiny of mankind. Dying to Fit In is the true story of one woman's extraordinary near-death experience with God and her journey to Heaven, Hell, and back. Erica discovered God's Divine plan — a blueprint — unique gifts he bestows on each of us, and the key to unlock their power. She returned with a new mission, to share these messages with the world. But first she would endure many challenges that would test her faith and connection with God and which began with learning to love herself. Her God-given wisdom is a gift beyond price, a gift she shares with readers in this book.


Swimming with your baby: how to start?
As practice shows it is best to start swimming with your child as early as 2 weeks old. Basically, when the umbilical cord stump falls off, you are good to start.
The reason is that you need to start diving with your baby before she turns 2 months to keep the reflex of holding breath. It is an inborn reflex all infants have. After 2 months old it starts to fade and it is almost impossible to get it back. Then you will need to teach your baby hold her breath again.
Why should I consider swimming for my infant?
Swimming is a great way of bonding between mother and a baby. It also makes us go out to the pool and fight postpartum depression if any. You, as a mom, can also lose some weight while having fun with your child. Most importantly, you will promote a healthy lifestyle for your infant from the very beginning. A lot of bonuses!
Also, while swimming you are teaching your infant basic commands, some discipline - a great way to develop their attention and understanding skills. It is prooved that infants are very good learners if we are clear with our commands and instructions. They learn to trust you in a water and in life.
How do I start swimming with my child?
Do it in a bathtub, every day or every other day. 5 minutes for a swimming class and you are done. Do one dive at the end.
- swimming on baby's back. Her ears should be in water. Hold baby's head only and move her head first one under her chin, one on the head's back). Do 8-like circles.
- swimming on baby's belly. Hold baby's head only (one under her chin, one on the head's back). Do 8-like circles.
- then say "Attention [baby's name], diving" and pour some water on baby's head. If all went good, next time dive the baby.
Note: this can be done only if the baby is holding her breath already. To check, try to blow into baby's face and see if she closes her eyes. If yes, you are good to go.
Keep doing that for a while until your baby is comfortable. Then you can start doing other exercises to make your experience more fun.
You can go to a real pool to swim or keep swimming in a bathtub until your baby can reach the bottom of the tub. Then you have to go to the pool.
Note: no floating devices are allowed.
Then you can get a professional swimming instructor or continue teaching your child yourself. Both ways will do great. The trick is that noone takes infants into group swim classes. I mean those that will teach them anything. Most of the classes are 30 minutes long and all you do is moving baby's legs and hands in a water... useless. For you anyways, because your baby will be able to dive and move her legs and hands in a water by herself by the age of 3-4 months old.
Alongside your baby's physical development you will see her mental development too: picking up small objects, making specific sounds, understanding commands, learning colors, parts of a body, left-right directions, gravity and patience. So swimming is well worth doing. I would say it is the best gift you can give to your baby in her infancy!


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Cryptowisser: 51 Crypto Exchanges Dead in 2022 – Exchange Deaths Down 40% Despite Crypto Winter
By admin On Dec 12, 2022
PRESS RELEASE. Cryptowisser, a leading Crypto service comparison website, announces the launch of its annual Crypto exchange graveyard for 2022. This list is the only comprehensive database of "dead" cryptocurrency exchanges currently available.
In 2022, 51 exchanges were reported dead, with the vast majority seemingly dying out due to business reasons and there were small percentages of scams, rebranding and regulatory deaths.
FTX – Star of the Show
Out of all the exchange casualties of 2022, FTX received the most attention, namely due to its sheer size and perceived strength (previously the third-largest exchange by trading volume). Unlike most crypto exchange deaths, this incident shook the crypto community to its core, whereas the majority of crypto exchange deaths occur in smaller, lesser known exchanges.
Hacking and Scams on the Decline
In the course of the crypto winter, fewer and fewer new crypto platforms were able to start up shop, resulting in only the strongest crypto platforms living to tell the tale. Less than 3% of crypto exchange deaths were caused by hacking or scams, the most notable being the Hoo exchange, which was reported to have frozen withdrawals, before disappearing, leaving an angry alliance of former Hoo traders behind. Cryptowisser also saw a significant decrease in the number of new exchanges registered.
Big Exchanges Continue to Take Market Share
Although the market has declined, household names have held onto their market shares, making it difficult for smaller exchanges to establish themselves. The FTX debacle drew even more attention to trust issues in the crypto market, making people less likely to choose a lesser known exchange. Not only that, large exchanges such as Bitget have begun to advertise their "protection funds" to reassure traders that their funds are safe with them.
Majority of Dead Exchanges reported to be "Missing in Action"
Over 50% of the exchange deaths in 2022 were reported "M.I.A". Just disappeared into the ether, occasionally leaving clues of their death in a trail of confusing tweets, trading volume crashes, homepage 404s and dodgy site redirections. A clear indication of the crypto winter weeding out the weak, but unsettling nonetheless for affected traders.
Centralized Exchanges Losing Favor Among the Masses
In the centralized exchange world, FTX demonstrated how quickly things can change. Within the following weeks, traders began withdrawing large amounts of BTC from exchanges and placing them in cold storage. Additionally, there are a number of new investors attracted to decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges because they are able to maintain greater control over their funds.
Although the deaths of exchanges were lower than previous years, FTX has had more of an impact on the market than the hundreds of dead exchanges in the previous years. The bigger exchanges like Binance continue to cement their market share. Until the market recovers, exchanges will continue to die, especially if they cannot rebuild trust with their traders.
Cryptowisser is a cryptocurrency services comparison site that provides the largest, most frequently updated, and most trusted list of cryptocurrency exchanges, wallets, debit cards, and merchants anywhere. The platform provides more than 1,000 reviews of the various exchanges, debit cards, wallets, and merchants in the crypto space, designed to assist in making the most informed purchasing and service decisions.
In order to obtain more information, please contact press@cryptowisser.com.
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Many parents who home school their children have been questioned concerning socialization. A lack of socialization can be viewed as a deterrent to proper education. In most cases, we think of "socialization" as children being with other children so they can learn how to get along with others in society and be able to relate and cope with the "real world period". Is this what most socialization brings?
Our society has become more concerned about socialization than education. What we should desire from an education for our children is an individual who can think for himself, making decisions from values which are based on respect for authority and his or her fellow man. An educated person should have convictions for life-based on character, right conduct, proper communication in his speech, and whose appearance is a blessing instead of an obstacle to overcome.
Home school socialization is second to Social Skills. Socialization must take a "back seat" to learning basic academic skills and social skills which reflect respectful manners and appearance with a good positive attitude. Home schooling is strong in promoting these basics and provides the child with a true understanding of proper socialization.
Education vs. Socialization Education should be the main focus of educating the child. Instead of asking a parent if their children will miss out on socialization when home schooling, the person should focus on whether the child is receiving a proper education, producing character and academic mastery.


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Jane, Unlimited – Kristin Cashore
Title: Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore
Publishing Info: September 19, 2017 by Penguin, Listening Library
Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alternate Reality, Parallel Universe
Find it on the web: Buy from Amazon // GoodreadsDate Completed: September 6, 2017
Related Posts: Graceling (Graceling Realm #1)
Jane has lived an ordinary life, raised by her aunt Magnolia—an adjunct professor and deep sea photographer. Jane counted on Magnolia to make the world feel expansive and to turn life into an adventure. But Aunt Magnolia was lost a few months ago in Antarctica on one of her expeditions.
Now, with no direction, a year out of high school, and obsessed with making umbrellas that look like her own dreams (but mostly just mourning her aunt), she is easily swept away by Kiran Thrash—a glamorous, capricious acquaintance who shows up and asks Jane to accompany her to a gala at her family's island mansion called Tu Reviens.
Jane remembers her aunt telling her: "If anyone ever invites to you to Tu Reviens, promise me that you'll go." With nothing but a trunkful of umbrella parts to her name, Jane ventures out to the Thrash estate. Then her story takes a turn, or rather, five turns. What Jane doesn't know is that Tu Reviens will offer her choices that can ultimately determine the course of her untethered life. But at Tu Reviens, every choice comes with a reward, or a price.
JANE, UNLIMITED is literally the most unique book I've ever read. It's unlike anything else, with a unique concept, characters, plot, and structure, and this both enhanced my reading experience and left me utterly confused.
I need to go into books blindly so I don't ruin the twists and the overall experience for myself so I did some reading up on the book immediately after finishing to help ground me a little bit, and I found (which I actually had heard before and completely forgot) that the concept originally started as a sort of Choose-Your-Own-Adventure novel and developed into what it is. It's quite impossible to really discuss the book without mentioning specific spoilers so for spoiler-free thoughts, I'll say that it was quite a wild ride and listening to an audiobook may have made it even more complicated, not able to SEE what was going on with the print on the pages, but I also thoroughly enjoyed the audio performance (one of Rebecca Soler's best, in my opinion).
Without knowing the CYOA concept, the book seemed unmoored — flowing from story to story not really knowing where one ended and the next began. Once I understood that these were actually telling different parts and weren't following a chronological timeline, it made a lot more sense to me and I was able to appreciate it more. I thought at first that things were just non-sequential and I kept trying to put each part back into the first to follow through with the same timeline and it was just so confusing, but again, that probably would have been more easily deduced if I was reading a print copy and not the audio version. It also made a LOT more sense once I figured out that these were being told in different parts because I was thinking as I was listening that this story feels like it's wrapping up but holy cow, I have a LONG way to go to finish this book haha!
That being said, I enjoyed most of the adventures. The first few parts were more enjoyable than the last few because things really started to go off the deep end towards the end of the book. It sort of starts in the more probable and drifts towards the more fantastical with each story and it was hard to grasp so many different genres within the same book as possibilities all at once, but I will say that it was incredibly interesting and I found them all fascinating, even if I didn't particularly love each one. I DID love that each part revealed a little something and tied back to a point that was made in the beginning of the book or a part of another story. There were so many things going on in this peculiar house and Jane ended up discovering them all… just not all in the same version. I'm really glad the readers get to see why the characters are doing peculiar things, why the house feels a little bit emotional, and why the art plays such a big part of everything. Though I still don't know why umbrellas are such a big deal.
One of my disappointments with the book was just that I needed a little something more from the ending. I would have been really impressed if the book had wrapped up with a singular ending that sort of put all of the stories at peace because none of them really ended and I would have been SUPER impressed if Kristin Cashore somehow tied them all up, sort of how the beginning set them all up. Instead they all kind of just taper off and there's not a solid conclusion for any of them. I don't mind open endings but I think this was a little TOO open and I would have been super impressed with something closing all of those open doors.
Usually when I'm confused about a book, the more I write about it, the more I realize how disappointed I was but I'm actually finding the opposite with JANE. The more I talk about it, the more fascinated I am and I wouldn't be opposed to another collection of JANE stories somewhere down the road with even more possibilities. It's a story with infinite worlds to explore and I'm sure even more things could be touched upon that I haven't even thought of. I don't think it'snecessary to know the structure of the book before starting but it did help me understand it more after finishing and helped me appreciate it more. I still would love that one last thing to tie it all together though.
AUDIOBOOK IMPRESSIONS
Listening Library has basically been my reading savior this year. With so many candle things to do, I just don't have time to sit and read anymore and they are so kind as to keep me on their reviewer list for audiobooks. I've been listening to one right after the other this year and I was so excited to see JANE, UNLIMITED as one of the options!
I knew I was in good hands with Rebecca Soler as the narrator. If the name sounds familiar, it's probably because she narrated The Lunar Chronicles audiobooks but personally, I feel like this is her best audiobook performance yet. I think her voices were more distinct in this book than in previous books and her voice and tone just really fit the overall feel of JANE, UNLIMITED.
The audio was probably a little bit harder to follow than the print copy due to the nature of the book but it still totally works and probably isn't confusing if you don't go into reads blind like I do!
Kept Me Hooked On: Extremely unique formatting. I love seeing new and unique things not only in YA but anywhere in the literary world. This book cobbled together the different decisions that Jane could have made and it was interesting to see each one of them play out!
Left Me Wanting More: Closure. I didn't really feel like the ending of the book really closed it off. I guess the point is kind of that the choices really are unlimited… I'd totally be up for another book full of possible endings though!
This was so clever and so unique. The tone was also a LOT of fun with a neat cast of characters, including a house that was a character in itself.
BOOKS LIKE JANE, UNLIMITED
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No single mechanism can account for the full amplitude of past atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration variability over glacial–interglacial cycles. A build-up of carbon in the deep ocean has been shown to have occurred during the Last Glacial Maximum. However, the mechanisms responsible for the release of the deeply sequestered carbon to the atmosphere at deglaciation, and the relative importance of deep ocean sequestration in regulating millennial-timescale variations in atmospheric CO2 concentration before the Last Glacial Maximum, have remained unclear. Here we present sedimentary redox-sensitive trace metal records from the Antarctic Zone of the Southern Ocean that provide a reconstruction of transient changes in deep ocean oxygenation and, by inference, respired carbon storage throughout the last glacial cycle. Our data suggest that respired carbon was removed from the abyssal Southern Ocean during the Northern Hemisphere cold phases of the deglaciation, when atmospheric CO2 concentration increased rapidly, reflecting—at least in part— a combination of dwindling iron fertilization by dust and enhanced deep ocean ventilation. Furthermore, our records show that the observed covariation between atmospheric CO2 concentration and abyssal Southern Ocean oxygenation was maintained throughout most of the past 80,000 years. This suggests that on millennial timescales deep ocean circulation and iron fertilization in the Southern Ocean played a consistent role in modifying atmospheric CO2 concentration.


This is also a time when people tend to indulge themselves with heady drinks and get sloshed by the end. One beverage popularly called as Thandai, a spiced nut milk is consumed in copious amounts during this day. There are two versions of it - one is mixed with an intoxicating bhang and other without it. Today's recipe is the latter version. Not just for Holi, this delicious beverage can be prepared anytime, any day and for any occasion. It doesn't need much effort except for the nut mix which can be made way ahead of time. Kids will love it! Enjoy.
Important: Due to severe drought conditions in few parts of India, many are pledging to celebrate water-less Holi this year. Please be mindful of the amount of water you use and avoid any wastage.
To all you readers out there, Wishing you all a very Happy Holi. Play safe and think about our environment too.
1. Grind - almonds, poppy seeds and whole cardamom pods into a fine powder. Store in an air tight container. This nut mix can be prepared way ahead and will stay fresh when refrigerated.
2. Boil milk. Add saffron and sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves. Cool it down a bit. Then add the nut mix and pepper powder. Refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours so that flavors blend well into the milk. Strain the mixture through a sieve or a colander. Top with chopped nuts/raising if you wish to. This tastes fabulous when served super chilled.
This is Recipe 22 added to my The 100 Recipe Challenge for Year 2013. Check out the rest of the recipes too!
nice thandai made me thirsty looks awesome.


Welcome to the Unreal Developer Network getting started page for the Unreal Development Kit (UDK). This page is designed to introduce UDK developers to Unreal Engine 3 and provide the resources for getting started.
The UDK is no longer supported by Epic Games, and the information displayed below may be out of date. For current UDK information, click here.
To develop with the latest Unreal Engine technology, please click here.
The Unreal Development Kit provides all the tools needed to make a huge variety of custom 3D applications and games using a combination of custom art, levels, and code.
UDK comes with the Unreal Editor used for importing and creating content and levels, the UnrealFrontend, used for cooking, launching, and packaging your applications, and ActorX, used for importing meshes and animation from 3DS Max, Maya and other content creation applications. Please note that the UDK is no longer receiving updates, and is no longer support by Epic Games.
UDK has very reasonable system requirements.
Code development in the Unreal Development Kit uses the UnrealScript programming language, a powerful object oriented programming language with special features for game development. For more information on getting started programming with the UDK, check out the UDK Programming page.
Visit the UDK Technical and Programming Home for more in depth information.
Level designers use the Unreal Editor to create new worlds using existing content as well as custom content created by artists and imported into Unreal.
Artists and animators will also use the Unreal Editor for much of their work. Custom textures can be imported using the editor, and custom materials can be created using the material editing tools included in UnrealEd. Custom meshes and animations are imported using ActorX.
For more information on getting started making and importing custom art and audio, as well as creating levels with the UDK, check out the UDK Content Creation page.
Visit the UDK Content Creation Home and the UDK Level Creation Home for more in depth information.
For the latest UDK version information, see the UDK build notes.
Watch out for the Mastering Unreal Technology book series and VTMs!
Need help moving stuff to a new build try the New Build Workflow page!
From time to time, our developers post workflow tips and technquies that have helped them squeeze the most out of the Unreal Engine, as well as previews of upcoming features.
Epic and 3D Buzz are putting together new video tutorials focusing on using UDK. Check out the Video Tutorials page to see what's available.
Portions of the Mastering Unreal Technology books by 3D Buzz are available to licensees.


Medicare Advantage (also referred to as Part C) is a coverage plan that is a reasonable alternative to Original Medicare (Part A and Part B) for seniors who want to extend their coverage options. There are certainly pros and cons to choosing one type of Medicare over another; however, a better understanding of each plan can help you to make a more informed decision.
More than 20 million people opted for Medicare Advantage over Original Medicare in 2018. This number is expected to increase to more than 23 million in 2019 due to legislative changes made in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. Are these changes enough to entice you to choose a Medicare Advantage plan?
Whether or not you choose a Medicare Advantage plan or Original Medicare, you are responsible for paying Part A and Part B premiums. If you or your spouse worked 40 quarters (10 years) in Medicare-taxed employment, you get Part A premiums for free.
However, everyone pays Part B premiums—the amount depends on your income. The government will look at your tax return from two years prior and put you into one of six income brackets. In 2019, you will pay $135.50 per month ($1,810 per year) in the lowest income bracket up to $460.50 per month ($5,711 per year) in the highest income bracket.
If you want to sign up for a Medicare Advantage plan, you may need to pay a premium for that plan as well.
In certain cases, there may be no premium at all. This depends on the specific plan, the size of the annual deductible, and how extensive the coverage.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that monthly premiums for Medicare Advantage plans will go down by 6 percent in 2019. In reality, this is a minor change that is unlikely to significantly affect beneficiaries. A decrease in the average premium from $29.18 to $28 per month will only save you $21.72 per year.
Original Medicare does not cover everything, which is the most common reason that people turn to Medicare Advantage plans.
The federal government allows Medicare Advantage plans to cover certain supplemental benefits. These benefits have generally been restricted to items or services that relate directly to primary health care. For example, these plans may add corrective lenses (contacts and eyeglasses), hearing aids, and preventive dental care to their benefits packages.
The goal is to decrease the complications from chronic conditions, to decrease the risk of injury, and to reduce the need for emergency services and otherwise preventable health care.
By adding benefits that keep people healthier longer, insurers can expect to save money as well.
Whether or not a Medicare Advantage plan covers these services and to what extent will be determined by the individual plan. It's important to remember that Original Medicare is run by the federal government but Medicare Advantage plans are run by private insurance companies.
Traditionally, signing up for (or canceling) your Medicare Advantage plan is limited to three enrollment periods and one disenrollment period.
You can sign up for Medicare when you turn 65 years old. The enrollment period starts three months before and ends three months after your birth month. If you miss your IEP, you will face late penalties when you finally do sign up.
People who have employer-sponsored health plans can wait to sign up for Medicare until they leave their jobs or lose their health insurance, whichever comes first. They have eight months to enroll in Medicare.
To qualify for SEP, your employer has to hire the equivalent of at least 20 full-time employees. Otherwise, you will face late penalties if you missed your IEP.
People can change their Medicare plans every year during the OEP, which happens from October 15 to December 7 every year. You can switch back and forth from Medicare Advantage to Original Medicare or change to a new Medicare Advantage plan.
You could cancel your Medicare Advantage plan and go back to Original Medicare during the MADP from January 1 to February 14 every year.
Starting in 2019, there will be a new enrollment window specifically for people who have Medicare Advantage plans.
The MADP will disappear. In its place, there will be a Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period that runs from January 1 to March 31. During this time, you can change to a different Medicare Advantage plan, sign up for (or cancel) a Part D drug plan, or change to Original Medicare.
Think of this as a "test drive" of a Medicare Advantage plan before you actually commit to the plan for the year.
Recent legislative changes have made Medicare Advantage plans more enticing for consumers. Before you make any decisions about your health care, however, it's good practice to first find out the specifics of what a 2019 Medicare Advantage plan has to offer. From there, you can make a more informed decision on your coverage.
What Is the Medicare Enrollment Calendar?
Bell A. LTC Benefits Creep Into 2019 Medicare Advantage Plans. Think Advisor.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Announcement of Calendar Year (CY) 2019 Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates and Medicare Advantage and Part D Payment Policies and Final Call Letter.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Medicare Advantage Quality Improvement Program.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Medicare Fact Sheets by State.
Pope C. Supplemental Benefits Under Medicare Advantage. Health Affairs.