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Q: How to debug Java agents (two headed beast approach) Since Notes/Domino version 7 I have used the principles in Bob Balaban's "Two headed beast" (http://bobzblog.com/tuxedoguy.nsf/dx/the-2-headed-beast-debugging-domino-java-agents-with-eclipse) for writing Java agents in Eclipse that can be debugged! This works like a charm - the only thing is that I have had to copy/paste the code from Eclipse to the standard Notes agent.
With the current Eclipse version (8.5.3 FP2) of Domino Designer I tried to see if I could use the same setup to debug agents directly (as Java programs) in Domino Designer. It seems that I can make the code run, however, I cannot make it stop at any breakpoints. The message I get is:

Unable to install breakpoint in dk.domain.AgentTemplate due to missing line number attributes. Modify the compiler options to generate line number attributes.

I have tried to set the debug configuration to "Stop in main". And it does seem to stop. However, if I step over, it runs all of the code - and I cannot see where in the code I am, and of course I cannot see the variables nor their values.
The option in Preferences - Java - Compiler to "Add line number attributes to generated class files" has been selected. I have not found other compiler option to generate line numbers.
I am using Java 1.5 compliance in Designer.
Has anyone been able to set this up??
/John

A: Well, sometimes you just have to explain your problem to find the solution.
In thoroughly describing the problem, I ended up trying to use a JDK 1.6 compiler compliance level (under preferences - Java compiler). And that actually worked!!!
So building an agent with a structure like this you can debug Java agents directly in Domino Designer:
package dk.dalsgaarddata;

import lotus.domino.AgentBase;
import lotus.domino.AgentContext;
import lotus.domino.Database;
import lotus.domino.DocumentCollection;
import lotus.domino.NotesException;
import lotus.domino.NotesFactory;
import lotus.domino.NotesThread;
import lotus.domino.Session;
import dk.dalsgaarddata.debug.DebugAgentContext;

/*  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Created: 2009.04.21/Jda
    Revised: 2009.04.29/Jda - v.1.1

    Agent template....
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ */

public class AgentTemplate extends AgentBase {
    // DEBUG: For Eclipse debugging - see main method at the end of this class.

    // Beginning of "ordinary" Lotus Notes/Domino Agent....
    private Session mySession = null;
    private AgentContext myContext = null;
    private DD_BackendLog myLog = null;

    private void cleanUp() {
        try {
            if (null != myLog)
                myLog.end();
            if (null != mySession)
                mySession.recycle();
        } catch (NotesException ne) {
            System.err.println("Error cleaning up log and Session.");
        }
    }

    // Lotus Notes/Domino entry point...
    public void NotesMain() {
        try {
            if (mySession == null) {
                mySession = getSession();
                myContext = mySession.getAgentContext();
            }
            SessionContext.getInstance(mySession, myContext);
            myLog = SessionContext.getLog();

            System.out.println("NotesMain Started....");
            // Your code goes here....

            myLog.information(".... completed!");
        } catch (NotesException ne) {
            myLog.error("Agent ERROR: NotesException = " + ne.text);
            myLog.writeStackTrace(ne);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            myLog.error("Agent ERROR: Exception = " + e.getMessage());
            myLog.writeStackTrace(e);
        } finally {
            cleanUp();
        }
    }

    /*  Instructions for debugging!!
    // TODO - adjust run configuration
        You need to add VM arguments, e.g.:

            -Dsun.boot.library.path="c:\\Lotus\\Notes;c:\\Lotus\\Notes\\jvm\\bin"

     ... and you need to add a PATH environment variable, e.g.:

            PATH    c:\Lotus\Notes
    */

    // Remember to rename these constructors when duplicating this code to a new agent!!!
    // ... if not handled by Eclipse when pasting a copy ;-)
    public AgentTemplate() {
    }

    public AgentTemplate(Session s, AgentContext c) {
        this.mySession = s;
        this.myContext = c;
    }

    // Entry point for Java program (when running from Eclipse)
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // By example from Bob Balaban "The two-headed beast". See more at:
        // http://www.bobzblog.com/tuxedoguy.nsf/dx/DominoAgents-Eclipse_v2.pdf/$file/DominoAgents-Eclipse_v2.pdf
        System.out.println("main Starting....");
        Session s = null;
        Database d = null;
        DocumentCollection dc = null;
        AgentContext ctx = null;

        System.out.println("NotesThread.sinitThread()....");
        NotesThread.sinitThread();
        try {
            System.out.println("createSession....");
            s = NotesFactory.createSession();
            System.out.println("set database....");
            d = s.getDatabase(DebugAgentContext.ECLIPSE_SERVER, DebugAgentContext.ECLIPSE_DATABASE);
            System.out.println("Database: " + d.getFileName() + " on " + d.getServer());
            System.out.println("set debug context....");
            ctx = new DebugAgentContext(s, d, dc);
            // Create the agent object, invoke it on NotesMain(), the way Domino does
            System.out.println("create agent object....");
            AgentTemplate agent = new AgentTemplate(s, ctx);
            System.out.println("call agent....");
            agent.NotesMain();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            try {
                if (s != null)
                    s.recycle();
            } catch (Exception x) {
            }
            NotesThread.stermThread();
        }
    } // end main - and Eclipse entry point

}

I have left my "print" commands in the code for easier testing. Obviously, you would remove them from your real template.
Another thing that may have contributed to getting this to work is that I changed the case of the configuration parameters to match exactly the same upper/lower case as the directories are on the disk.
/John


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New Brunswick trying to stop population drop – But effort already under fire
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />By Chris Morris, The Canadian Press
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FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government is setting up an agency to put the brakes on the province's steep population decline, but experts warn it will take more than glossy brochures to reverse the trend.
The recently elected government of Premier Shawn Graham announced Friday the establishment of a Population Growth Secretariat to retain and repatriate New Brunswickers and recruit immigrants to the Maritime province.
Business New Brunswick Minister Greg Byrne said the secretariat, which will be under his department, will co-ordinate efforts to create more outreach programs and public dialogue on population issues.
He did not have specifics in terms of programs and targets, and he dismissed the immediate possibility of such incentives as baby bonuses to encourage population growth.
"I can tell you we have no immediate plans to pursue initiatives of that nature," he said, acknowledging that such measures have worked in other jurisdictions, notably <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Quebec.
Byrne and Graham made it clear they understand the serious consequences of depopulation.
"With fewer people, our revenues decrease," Graham said. "Employers find it harder and harder to find skilled workers . . . and it becomes increasingly difficult to attract new industries.
"It is having a very profound and very personal impact on our people."
Thousands of Atlantic Canadians have left the region in recent years for better opportunities and bigger paycheques in other parts of the country.
The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council reports that close to 13,000 Atlantic Canadians moved to Alberta over a one-year period ending July 1, 2006. New Brunswick lost 3,115.
Charles Cirtwill of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, a private think-tank based in Halifax, said the province is sending conflicting signals.
While Graham is promoting the province as a great place to live, Finance Minister Victor Boudreau is warning that a potential $400-million deficit could mean possible tax increases and program cuts.
The province's already-high taxes on income, sales and property, combined with generally lower wages, are a major disincentive for workers.
"If you start raising taxes in your province, you're wasting your money marketing it," Cirtwill said bluntly.
"The reality is people will make their decisions based on whether it's good or bad for them to move back to New Brunswick, not on whether a shiny brochure makes them feel warm and fuzzy."
Cirtwill said Graham should tie the population program to such plans as his election promise to make New Brunswick tax competitive within 10 years.
As well, he said the Liberal government should look more closely at programs that encourage larger families.
By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2007-02-19T00:00:00+00:00	February 19th, 2007|In the Media|Comments Off on New Brunswick trying to stop population drop – But effort already under fire

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Published in Blog on 20th October 2020
Category: Community Services	Tags: COVID-19, seniors, seniors programs, covid-19 recovery, ruby princess, good news story
If you were 84, had just gotten off THAT Ruby Princess cruise, and tested positive to coronavirus, you'd probably have serious alarm bells ringing. Not so for Canberra couple Frank and Christine Wybenga, 84 and 77. They were among 2,700 passengers on board the Ruby Princess in March this year for a 13 day cruise to New Zealand.
Photo: Frank and Christine Wybenga, passengers on the Ruby Princess, want to reassure other seniors who test positive to coronavirus (COVID-19).
Little did they know that their cruise ship would become the single largest source of coronavirus in the country, responsible for around 10% of all COVID-19 infections in Australia. The ship has been linked to at least 22 deaths, and more than 600 passengers (including themselves) and 171 crew have contracted the virus.
With so many negative stories circulating about COVID-19, Frank and Christine wanted to share a positive story about their own experience to show that not all is doom and gloom for seniors who become infected.
"We thought people might be interested in hearing something positive for a change because they're always hearing the bad side," said Frank. "Every time you turn on the radio or TV, what do you hear? How many people have died? How many people are sick or in the hospital. Well, we got the virus and sure, we didn't feel the best. But you know, we're okay again. So we just wanted to share our story to reassure people – particularly seniors – that not everybody who gets it will be in a bad way."
Statistically, Frank and Christine were virtually in the highest risk category for catching the coronavirus: they were over 70 and right in the middle of Australia's most infectious hotspot – the Ruby Princess ship.
"But when we were told we tested positive, we didn't panic or get very anxious about it," said Frank. "There wasn't a vaccine yet, so there was nothing we could take for it. We just had to put up with it and hope for the best."
"We've heard that a lot of people don't even have the symptoms when they get infected," said Christine. "But most people feel like we did – really tired and not feeling like eating or doing anything. We were lucky that we didn't have any respiratory problems or have to go to the hospital."
The Ruby Princess cruise in March 2020 became the source for around 10% of all COVID-19 infections in Australia. Image: 9News
Experiencing the COVID-19 Symptoms
Frank and Christine had been thoroughly enjoying their cruise, with no idea of the unfolding health crisis around them, until they received a note four nights before they were due to return to Sydney to inform them the ship had to come back early because of COVID.
"We later found out 128 passengers were sick on board the Ruby Princess," explained Christine. "But we never saw anyone being sick. Everything was normal.
"When it was time to leave the ship we were expecting hold-ups but there were no health checks, or the usual queuing or passport control. We were just given a form and told to go into isolation for two weeks when we got home. That was it."
Frank and Christine disembarked, took a taxi to the railway station and caught a train to Canberra. Other Ruby Princess passengers boarded at least 10 different flights home, unaware they could be unwittingly transmitting the virus around the country.
The day after they got home, Frank and Christine began to feel ill. "I was aching and could hardly move," recalled Christine. "I was so tired and exhausted for nearly two weeks. I didn't want to eat. Everything was too much for me. It was even too much to have a shower."
Frank agreed. "I had the same thing. I didn't feel like eating. Even a cup of coffee tasted awful! And you virtually couldn't move, you know. You didn't feel like doing anything. And that's not me, because I'm always on the go."
Classic symptoms of COVID-19 (coronavirus) include a fever, cough, sore throat and shortness of breath, which usually develop 5-6 days after you are exposed to the virus (but can even appear 2-14 days after). Less common symptoms include loss of smell and taste, loss of appetite, muscle and joint pain, diarrhoea and nausea.
When the drive-through testing clinic opened at the EPIC Showground in Mitchell, Frank and Christine decided to get tested. The results came back two days later. Positive.
"We weren't surprised, considering how we'd been feeling for two weeks," said Christine. "So we just stayed inside the house. We didn't want to go out anyway. Our granddaughter used to bring our groceries and leave them in the garage. She couldn't come into the house.
"Towards the end of those two weeks, I got really bad headaches for a few days. When that stopped and we had three days of no symptoms, the doctor from the health department said we were finally in the clear. He also suggested that we could give blood so they can work on trying to find a cure."
All's Well That Ends Well
Frank had nothing but praise for ACT Health. "The ACT Health Department rang us every morning for two weeks to see how we were and if we were getting worse," he said. "They told us to stay inside, take it easy and don't go out. They kept an eye on us. They were very good I thought and sent us lots of information.
"I think we're all fairly lucky in this country the way they look after us," Frank reflected. "You look at almost all other countries. They have more cases and more deaths than we do."
Christine agreed, saying that overseas many people live in cities, often close together, making it much easier to get infected. "We come from Holland which has 40 million people in a country which is half the size of Tasmania."
Frank nods. "In most countries, you can't get away from people. That's the beauty of this place. We have a lot of free space in Australia and Canberra, so you can get away."
"Yes, we were lucky that things weren't worse for us," said Frank, "but I think having a positive mental attitude and relatively good health overall made a big difference to how we got through it.
"We make sure we exercise regularly, and that's very important, especially as you get older. Christine and I go for regular walks and I also ride my bike. We stay as fit as we can. I feel good – like I used to years ago. When you keep physically healthy it means your body is stronger at fighting off illnesses."
Frank and Christine also credit their positive mental wellbeing to an active social life. "A lot of seniors just stay at home and become very lonely," said Christine. "We try to do something every day because we think that's really important to stay connected to others.
Keeping socially connected through regular online hobby and chat sessions help seniors maintain mental wellbeing when isolated at home.
"Communities@Work has a great seniors program. We love going to their Tuesday group, catching up with friends, playing games and having a cuppa.
"We don't go to all of the lunches and activities they organise because we've still got each other. But it's great for a lot of seniors who are by themselves and could get lonely," said Christine.
Due to Canberra's COVID-free status, Communities@Work's in-centre seniors program have recently resumed, but in a modified form and with reduced numbers to ensure a safe environment for clients. The seniors' program is also running online group activities including gardening, cooking, exercise, bingo and craft, as well as assisted shopping trips and deliveries of activities to do at home to help their senior clients stay in touch with each other, engaged, and avoid feelings of social isolation.
Communities@Work's variety of services and activities for seniors across Canberra focus on capacity building, wellness, inclusion, maintaining independence and social participation.
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breakthroughs in machine learning, using neural networks, which mimic the processes of real neurons. While much of this technology is still fairly rudimentary at the moment, we can expect sophisticated AI to one day significantly impact our everyday lives. Here are 5 ways AI might affect us in the future.
For many seniors, everyday life is a struggle, and many have to hire outside help to manage their care, or rely on family members. AI is at a stage where replacing this need isn't too far off, says Matthew Taylor, computer scientist at Washington State University. Home robots could help seniors with everyday tasks and allow them to stay independent and in their homes for as long as possible, which improves their overall well-being.
One of the main limitations of being human is simply our own bodies—and brains. Researcher Shimon White son thinks that in the future, we will be able to augment ourselves with computers and enhance many of our own natural abilities. Though many of these possible cyborg enhancements would be added for convenience, others might serve a more practical purpose. Yolky Matura of Nest believes that AI will become useful for people with amputated limbs, as the brain will be able to communicate with a robotic limb to give the patient more control.
We're already seeing the beginnings of self-driving cars, though the vehicles are currently required to have a driver present at the wheel for safety. Despite these exciting developments, the technology isn't perfect yet, and it will take a while for public acceptance to bring automated cars into widespread use. Google began testing a self-driving car in 2012, and since then, the U.S. Department of Transportation has released definitions of different levels of automation, with Google's car classified as the first level down from full automation.
Who wouldn't want a friend like C-3PO? At this stage, most robots are still emotionless and it's hard to picture a robot you could relate to. However, a company in Japan has made the first big steps toward a robot companion—one that can understand and feel emotions. Introduced in 2014, "Pepper" the companion robot went on sale in 2015, with all 1,000 initial units selling out within a minute. The robot was programmed to read human emotions, develop its own emotions, and help its human friends stay happy.
Robots are already taking over some of the most hazardous jobs available, including bomb defusing. These robots aren't quite robots yet, according to the BBC. They are technically drones, being used as the physical counterpart for defusing bombs, but requiring a human to control them, rather than using AI. Whatever their classification, they have saved thousands of lives by taking over one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. As technology improves, we will likely see more AI integration to help these machines function.
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Milwaukee, Madison among costliest for care in U.S., report finds
By Guy Boulton of the Journal Sentinel
Feb. 20, 2015 0
A total hip replacement costs $9,000 to $11,000 more on average in the Milwaukee area than in Minneapolis, Boston, Cleveland or St. Louis.
Placing a coronary stent in a patient costs $10,000 to $13,000 more than in Minneapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland or Columbus, Ohio. And a laparoscopic appendectomy costs $7,000 to $9,000 more than in Denver, Knoxville, Tenn., or Albany, N.Y. — and twice as much as in St. Louis.
For all three episodes of care, Milwaukee is among the seven most expensive metropolitan areas in the country. So, too, is Madison.
That is among the findings in a recent report from the Government Accountability Office that looked at the average cost of three episodes of care — after adjusting for differences in the cost of living and demographics — for private health insurance in 78 metropolitan markets.
The GAO report, which analyzed commercial insurance claims for 2009 and 2010, shows one of the quirks in health care: The wide variation in costs throughout the country for the same procedure.
Imagine if people paid 50% more — or even double — for a Buick or Camry in one part of the country than in another? That's what happens in health care.
Most of the difference in prices stemmed from hospital costs, and the study suggests the leverage that health systems in the Milwaukee area have in negotiating prices with health plans.
The GAO study, however, conflicts with a 2013 study by BSG Analytics, part of Benefit Services Group Inc., a benefits consultant and insurance broker in Pewaukee, that found overall health care costs and quality in the Milwaukee area were in line with the averages for 24 cities throughout the country.
Also, several recent studies by Milliman Inc., an actuarial and benefits consulting firm, have shown health care costs in the Milwaukee area rising at a slower rate than the national average.
The conflicting studies show another quirk in health care: Getting information on prices can be exceedingly difficult.
Consistently more costly
The GAO report has its limitations, but it suggests that prices for hospital-based procedures remain much higher in the Milwaukee area than other parts of the country.
"It absolutely points out a problem," said Dianne Kiehl, executive director of the Business Health Care Group, an employer coalition that more than a decade ago first drew attention to health care costs in southeastern Wisconsin.
The report found that in the Milwaukee area:
■ A total hip replacement costs on average $35,963 compared with $26,628 in the Minneapolis metro area and $23,816 in St. Louis metro area. In the metro area of Youngstown, Ohio, the cost averaged $19,164.
■ Placing a coronary stent costs on average $38,596 compared with $28,698 in the Denver metro area and $24,914 in the Cleveland metro area. In the metro area of Birmingham, Ala., the cost averaged $17,768.
■ A laparoscopic appendectomy costs on average $18,096 compared with $12,571 in the Cincinnati metro area and $9,887 in the Knoxville metro area. In the metro area of Fresno, Calif., the cost averaged $7,096.
In Madison, the average costs were higher than Milwaukee for a total hip replacement and appendectomy. They were slightly lower for placing a coronary stent.
The GAO study is based on 2009 and 2010 claims data, and Milwaukee and Madison now may rank lower among the 78 metropolitan areas.
The study also looks at only three procedures. But those procedures were among the 20 most common hospital-based procedures in 2009 and were selected because they generally are provided by different specialties.
For all three procedures, Milwaukee and Madison consistently were among the seven most expensive metro areas. That lessens the chances that other common procedures are more in line with other markets.
David Vanness, a health economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, calculated that if the average payments for the procedures were purely random across metro areas, the odds of one metro area's being among the seven most expensive for all three were about one in 1,400.
None of the health systems in the Milwaukee area said the figures in the GAO report were inaccurate or not representative of their prices, although Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare said its prices generally were below the average for the Milwaukee metropolitan area.
UnitedHealthcare's data also supports the GAO findings, said Bruce Weiss, a physician and regional medical director for the health insurance company.
Pricing secrecy
The GAO report, and the work that went into determining the prices for just three procedures, calls attention to the secrecy that surrounds health care pricing.
The contracts negotiated by private health insurers and health systems and physician groups require prices to be kept confidential. Some metro areas were not identified in the GAO report to protect the confidentiality of the entities that provided private data.
Prices for private health insurance are set "in one of the most senseless ways I can think of, in which every health system and insurer hash out prices in deep secrecy," said Uwe Reinhardt, a health economist at Princeton University.
The result is a mess — and huge variation in prices, Reinhardt said.
A 2013 study by the Institute of Medicine also found substantial variation in private spending on health care and concluded that a large amount of the variation remained unexplained.
But researchers estimated that the difference in prices accounted for 70% of the variation in private spending. They also attributed the variation to how much bargaining power health systems have when negotiating with health plans.
"They are trying to do what's best for their systems, and getting more money from the insurer is best for the system," said Robert Town, a health economist at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Milwaukee area has five health systems that provide care for adults, and theoretically competition should drive prices closer to costs. But that will happen only if certain conditions are met, such as easy entry into a business and freely available information on prices.
"Those things aren't present in the health care market," Town said.
Other factors also may come into play in the variation in prices.
In Wisconsin, what Medicaid programs like BadgerCare Plus pay hospitals and doctors typically doesn't cover the cost of providing care. Health systems make up the shortfall by raising prices for private health insurers when they have the market power to do so.
Whether a metro area has an academic medical center also can influence prices, and both Milwaukee and Madison are home to medical schools.
Academic medical centers can have higher expenses because of the cost of training physicians and subsidizing research. They also can command higher prices because of the perception that they offer the latest advances in medicine.
Both can be used to justify raising prices when possible.
Every health system also wants to grow, and Reinhardt noted that what is a dollar of revenue to a health system is a dollar of health care spending for everyone else.
Historically, nonprofit hospitals have invested their profits into expanding existing hospitals or building new ones and adding new services. Those new facilities and services then require additional revenue to support.
"In a nonprofit institution, this year's profits become next year's cost," Reinhardt said.
Expensive procedures
Studies have shown that one of the main reasons the United States spends more money on health care than other developed countries is because of higher prices.
People in the United States don't use more health care services. They just pay more for the services they use.
Hospitals account for about one-third of all health care spending, and the percentage is higher for health insurance provided by employers. Physicians account for more than one-fourth of health care spending.
Physician and other professional services were higher in Milwaukee than other metro areas, according to the GAO study. But the difference accounted for only a small percentage of the difference in total costs.
That, however, wasn't true in Madison.
The metropolitan area had the highest costs for physicians and other professional services of any metro area in the study, and often by a wide margin.
For example, physician and other professional services for a total hip replacement average $9,794 in Madison compared with $6,774 in Milwaukee — and $3,804 in St. Louis.
The high prices in Madison didn't surprise Cheryl DeMars, president and chief executive officer of The Alliance, an employer coalition in south-central Wisconsin. But she said that getting good information on other metropolitan areas is difficult because prices are confidential.
"This report raises a lot of questions," DeMars said. "Why are we paying so much more than rest of country?"
At the same time, Madison has been thought to have lower overall costs than Milwaukee.
That, too, shows how difficult it is to get a good gauge on prices. The GAO study looks at average costs in a metropolitan area. It doesn't get into the differences in prices that exist within a metropolitan area.
UnitedHealthcare and other insurers now are making that information available to people in their health plans. For people in a UnitedHealthcare plan, the cost of the three procedures in the GAO report can vary by tens of thousands of dollars — and that is just within the Milwaukee area.
Depending on the health system, the cost of the three procedures are:
■ Coronary angioplasty with drug-eluting stent: $30,255 to $53,575.
■ Laparoscopic appendectomy: $13,993 to $19,678.
■ Total hip replacement: $29,637 to $57,592.
"One of the things we think is important is greater price transparency," said Weiss, regional medical director for UnitedHealthcare.
But people have little incentive to care about costs once they reach their deductible and other out-of-pocket expenses. They may even equate higher costs with better quality — though studies have shown that higher-priced hospitals don't necessary provide better quality care.
Controlling costs
Some employers in Wisconsin and throughout the country have begun experimenting with health plans that give employees and their family members a financial incentive to get care from health systems that provide quality care at a lower cost.
Health insurers also are experimenting with new ways of paying hospitals and doctors.
Those experiments are expected to spread and, perhaps for that reason, health systems are working harder to control costs.
Payment to hospitals in southeastern Wisconsin from private health insurers and employers increased at roughly half the national rate from 2003 though 2012, according to the Milliman study done last year for the Greater Milwaukee Business Foundation on Health Inc.
Payments to Aurora Health Care, the largest health system in Wisconsin, decreased by 7% from 2009 through 2012.
Health systems in southeastern Wisconsin have done good job in controlling costs, said Kiehl of the Business Health Care Group. "There definitely was improvement," she said.
But she also said price competition remains limited, and she partly blames employers.
Every hospital in the Milwaukee area has a cardiac and an orthopedic unit. The area also has two orthopedic hospitals. That should result in greater competition and lower prices. Instead, health insurers offer health plans with broad networks that include every health system.
"And, being honest, that is what employers want," Kiehl said.
She doesn't see competition taking hold until employers become more aggressive and offer health plans that give incentives to employees and family members to shop for the hospitals and doctors that provide quality care at the lowest prices.
That is slowly beginning to happen. One outcome could be less variation in prices in the Milwaukee area, and maybe even throughout the country.
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The College Football Weekend That Was
On Saturday afternoon around 4:00 p.m., my family and I began the drive home from my in-laws' house in Cincinnati. We had breezed in to town for 24 hours or so for my sister-in-law's wedding shower. It's about a 3 1/2-hour drive, and given that Michigan and Notre Dame began playing at 3:30, I knew that I would miss the entire thing.
My brother and I call each other a couple times every fall Saturday afternoon to issue quick thoughts on Michigan's performance. Last Saturday during the first half of the Western Michigan game, it mostly consisted of comments like, "Hey, isn't it nice to watch a football team really play football again?" This past Saturday, I would need to rely on him for every update, every score and, hopefully, eventual news of a Wolverine win.
Leading up to the game, that last part was not a sure thing by any means. Even though Michigan had begun the season in strong fashion, they're still young with questionable depth at some spots. On the other hand, as much crap as Charlie Weis gets, he'd be returning a veteran team with some excellent playmakers. This wouldn't be an easy afternoon either way.
But the statement that Michigan could make with a win would go a long way in getting the huge monkey off their collective backs. It was one thing to beat up on a MAC team, though even that was not an easy, surefire thing last year. It would be another to beat Notre Dame. So I drove, my ears listening for my cell's ringtone amidst the sounds of Elmo's World on the DVD player. Back and forth, back and forth...with each score, with each new lead, I wondered...would a moral victory be enough? If Michigan merely kept it close, would I be able to feel good about that? After all, this was still a rebuilding time, and even a close game would signal an ability to at least hang with tougher teams. They'd probably still be able to get out of September 3-1.
No. I wasn't going to let myself settle for that. Under Carr, I would've settled for that. His impact on the Michigan culture in his latter years apparently was such that moral victories and close losses would be okay. And I'd bought into it, even after 2008, even this early in the new season. Yeah, sure, a close game with Notre Dame. We would've all been happy with that. It'd be a sign of progress. Except I didn't really believe it any more. Michigan had to win this game. Not only that, but they were GOING TO WIN. Yes, I'm telling you, I thought that. I was waiting for the phone call from my brother that would bring news of a new Michigan lead, the final lead of the game. And then my phone rang...
"Forcier threw to Mathews for a touchdown with 11 seconds to go."
I laughed an ecstatic, maniacal laugh. My faith had held up. This was truly a statement win, the first big win for the RichRod era, bigger than last year's Wisconsin game. It had featured a young quarterback cool under pressure and a coach whose regime was starting to produce wonderful, exciting results. The ghosts of the late Carr era were being continually exorcised, and the burdens put upon the program the entire off-season, all the lingering questions after 2008 and ridiculous accusations about practice hours, were beginning to give way.
There was another football game that was played on Saturday night. It was the marquee game of the day, the rematch between Ohio State and USC. The Buckeyes had plenty of their own questions and burdens and ghosts heading into this game, and the atmosphere that I witnessed in the Horseshoe was evidence enough that they were determined to answer them all. The fans were ridiculously loud, the Trojans seemed off during the first half. Perhaps Matt Barkley was rattled more than his pre-game interviews had suggested. By the end of the first half, USC had mustered a measly field goal to tie the game, and I was getting too sleepy to watch much more.
During the halftime report, I was able to see the Forcier-Mathews play for the first time. It was the very first thing that they talked about. I smiled contently as I further rode the joy of the day. And even though it looked like Ohio State was going to finally answer their critics, it didn't matter to me nearly as much as the celebration at the Big House.
I woke up on Sunday morning and turned on Sportscenter. It was a few minutes in, but once again all I saw were winged helmets, Mathews again catching Forcier's pass, 108,000 Michigan fans going crazy. The commentators talked about the amazing comeback, in particular praising the level-headedness of a freshman quarterback in such a situation. And they used that as the segway to USC/OSU, where it was shown that Barkley had eventually calmed down enough to lead the Trojans to a 18-15 win. This after a high snap to the USC kicker for a safety, among other boneheaded miscues. No, the Buckeyes had still lost.
After last year's OSU/USC game, I posed a question to my Buckeye readership: "Do you think that Jim Tressel's days as head coach are numbered?" At that time, there didn't seem to be much worry. But now, it seems as if that worm is turning:
When I watched the game live, I was struck by what I considered poor playcalling and mediocre execution. But after watching the game again in detail, going over replays and studying all the players, I'm convinced the situation in Columbus is nearly hopeless. For all the talk of Tressel's buttoned-down, conservative approach, and how his teams don't make mistakes, the most basic and fundamental errors permeated throughout Ohio State's offensive plan like cancer in its late stages, and the only conclusion I could draw from this game is that Tressel -- whatever he may be as a motivator, a recruiter, a teacher of technique or as a disciplinarian -- is not up to the challenge of leading his team past others that equal his in talent. He is not good enough of a tactician to win against the national elite who, unlike practically everyone he schemes against in his conference, have the talent to match Ohio State's, and those are the only games where coaching really matters. With his facilities, talent, and resources, winning the Big Ten is not the test.
Look at the numbers. Ohio State's failure to beat a quality opponent since defeating Michigan to punch a ticket to the national championship game in 2006, Tressel's teams have been outclassed, outsmarted, outplayed and outprepared in every big game they've played.
This article was not written by a Buckeye fan. But I found it through a Buckeye fan friend on Facebook who declared himself "off the Tressel bandwagon." I truly wonder what lies in store for that program in the next few years, especially due to the so-called Team Up North finding a new swagger. Things are changing, and there seem to be some doubts rising about whether the Buckeyes in their current incarnation will be able to keep up.
Regardless, I wore my Michigan tie to church that morning. Nobody said a word.


How can you move forward and continue to work with someone who has a differing point of view, when you were thoughtful and reasonable in reaching your (correct) conclusion?
I've learned some lessons while interviewing underdog elected officials from around America for my podcast.
During my visit to New Hampshire, I chatted with the youngest state senator there, Democrat Dan Feltes. When I asked him how he works with those he disagrees with, he pointed out how important it is to keep an open mind when dealing with colleagues.
As an example, Dan pointed out the stark difference in accusing someone of supporting a food stamp bill because they hate low-income communities, as opposed to pointing out that a bill they support might adversely impact low-income communities.
Dan goes on to speak about how important it is to keep an open mind when working with people, and how he is consistently surprised by who he is working with to pass legislation.
While different political parties and many states away, Colin Bonini, a Republican Delaware state senator, echoed Dan's comments. Colin emphasized that it's OK to disagree, and thinking someone is wrong doesn't mean they are a bad person.
Colin pointed out attempts to rein in health care spending are often met with "you're evil, you want to hurt people" as opposed to a discussion around health care costs.
Congressman Tom MacArthur, a Republican who represents New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District, mistakenly sat on the Democratic side in the House of Representatives on his first day. Since then though, he is believed to be the only legislator that now purposefully enters the Democratic side every session to greet and get to know his Democratic colleagues as people, and not just policymakers.
Countless officials have echoed similar sentiments to me, and say how relationships in politics are more important than policy in getting things done. If we attack and castigate short-term opponents for opposing our ideas, it might forever damage whatever relationship existed and prevent a partnership working together on an issue of mutual interest in the future.


Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Senseable City Lab, in collaboration with global insurance firm Allianz and ride-sharing platform Uber, have discovered an innovative method to monitor bridge vibrations using data collected from smartphones. Results of the project, called Good Vibrations, have been published in leading journal Proceedings of the IEEE.
This innovative methodology yields a more comprehensive understanding of bridge health and opportunities for earlier intervention, while also ushering in new possibilities for governments to forge crowdsourcing partnerships with citizens.
These partnerships would encourage the collection of low-cost bridge vibration data, which can contribute to a more effective management and informed decision-making regarding urban infrastructure. In the United States there are 55,707 bridges that are classified as"structurally deficient", according to to a 2017 report conducted by the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 2016 alone, Americans took 75 million trips over bridges that are more than 50 years old. Today, cities across the country are encountering extensive deficits in infrastructure service, in tandem with rapid technological advancements and overhauls in transportation systems. While U.S. Federal laws require biennial bridge condition evaluations, the backlog in bridge rehabilitation is estimated at $123 billion dollars.Inspections to bridges are infrequent and costly, as they rely on visual evaluation on the deployment of sensor networks.
Complicating matters further, modern bridge inspection protocols are infrequent and outdated. Even when a bridge displays signs of aging in plain sight, early signs of damage, such as local yielding or micro-cracking, can be undetectable to the human eye. As a result, visual inspections can miss damage indicators and lead to improper diagnosis, ultimately affecting the structural assessments on which maintenance plans are based. To ensure the safety of motorists and pedestrians and for tragedy prevention, the operational behavior of bridges must be observed more regularly and over an extended period. Apart from visual inspections, traditional fixed sensor networks empower regular monitoring and provide an ability to view structural performance metrics in real time. However, the high costs associated with equipment and maintenance means that often it is only new bridges or those in critical condition that receive the care and attention required for upkeep, with those in the middle being less monitored.
"Good Vibrations"attempts to tackle this issues by using smartphone data gathered by humans in moving vehicles to measure bridge vibrations and create a large-scale mobile sensor network. This method taps into the hundreds of millions of daily trajectories humans make. With this method, citizens can contribute valuable information about bridges, especially when supplying data via crowdsourcing.
To conduct the study, researchers traveled 102 times over the Golden Gate bridge,in San Francisco, and compared data collected using smartphones with data from fixed monitoring stations. In a separate study, researchers distributed a network of 11 accelerometers across seven spans of Boston's Harvard Bridge, and compared with accelerometer data from two smartphones and a reference sensor while inside a moving vehicle.
If deployed on apps such as Uber, this study yields potential to gain unprecedented insight into bridge health using data collected from the millions of rides daily. In the coming months, researchers hope to build upon the results of the study and establish a crowdsensing program in which commuters can submit their data. This data can then be used to build a database of bridge usage, dynamic properties, and health metrics. A database of this kind can then aid the development of collaborative programs with local municipalities to facilitate data collection and improve bridge management.


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Fans Launch #VoteVita Campaign To Bring Adventures of Mana And Other Games To Vita
PlayStation Vita might have not received much support from Sony and other third party developers but it has an active community of passionate fans that are still supporting the hardware after all these years.
If you have an interest in getting more Vita games and want to get your voice heard, you can fill out this survey asking developers/publishers to bring 4 different games to the Vita. The games included in this survey are Adventures of Mana, Gal Volt, Freedom Planet and Yakuza 0 Companion App.
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The fans have also launched a Twitter campaign for this purpose and you can follow their account on Twitter to get up-to-date information on the state of the campaign. It has already surpassed 500 votes but still has a long way to go before the publishers are convinced to bring their games.
According to the people behind this campaign, these four games are not the only one that are in consideration and they plan to extend the games lineup once the campaign receives more support. If you want to see this campaign succeed, it is best to vote in the survey and get your voices heard by the developers and publishers.
Let us know what you think about this new campaign in the comments below.
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