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How Extreme Is the Business Roundtable? Check Out Its Attack On the Elderly
Jan 17, 2013: 6:49 pm
Here's a thought experiment: What if a group of Social Security and Medicare recipients wanted to increase their benefits by, say, 1,000 percent, and proposed seizing rich people's assets — houses, cars, boats, whatever — to pay for it? And whenever anybody suggested that was extreme, they rolled their eyes and said, "We're pragmatists." Gary Loveman, chairman, CEO and president of Caesar's Entertainment, speaks in Boston. An influential group of business CEOs chaired by Loveman is pushing a plan to gradually increase the full retirement age to 70 for both Social Security and Medicare and to partially privatize the health insurance program for older Americans. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
But isn't it unfair to to just take other people's stuff? "Ideologues like you are the reason Washington lacks the political will to adopt our practical solutions."
Now imagine the reverse: Rich CEOs have used every tax loophole in the book to add to their own wealth, have been bailed out directly or indirectly by the American taxpayer, and have rigged corporate governance so that they make far more than they're worth.
Now, to make sure the milk and honey keeps flowing their way, they want to cut Medicare and Social Security benefits for the beleaguered American majority. Sounds crazy, right?
Meet the CEOs of the Business Roundtable.
They hate our freedoms benefits.
Matt Yglesias is right: There's a special hatred for Social Security out there — and for Medicare, too. They're hated because, as Yglesias says, some people don't consider them "economically valuable."
That's an extremist right-wing point of view by any objective measure.
It's also well outside the mainstream of public opinion for Americans of all political leanings, including Tea Party members, according to polling. When it's espoused by rich corporate CEOs, it's also exceptionally greedy.
Which gets us to the business at hand …
It's easy if you have the will.
Yesterday Gary Loveman, CEO of Caesars Entertainment Corporation and head of the Roundtable's "health and retirement committee," told Politico, "Any effort to address the country's fiscal problems has to have as a centerpiece reform of its principal entitlement programs."
Added Loveman: "None of us [CEOs] — very few of us — are ideologically driven. We're pragmatists …"
"I am encouraged by how relatively easy these remedies really are," said Loveman. "… (and) they have a tremendously sanguine effect on the government's fiscal health."
"The Business Roundtable was founded specifically to win political favors from the largest and most ruthless companies in America."
That's true. It is pretty easy. Just kick in a few rich people's doors, seize their belongings … oh, wait. That's the other extremist scenario. Loveman's is the one where people who have paid for Social Security and Medicare coverage throughout their working lives must give some of their benefits up — for him and his friends.
Problem identified: There are just too many old people.
Loveman repeats the often-disproven canard that these programs are fiscally unsound because they "were put in place in a very different demographic reality."
Social Security's finances were successfully balanced in 1983, when the last Baby Boomer had already reached maturity. And longevity hasn't changed significantly or unexpectedly for people who reach retirement age.
Social Security's in much better fiscal shape than most corporate benefit plans, and any long-term problems it may have are driven by a) greater wealth inequity than even the most conservative economists could have imagined in 1983; and b) massive unemployment brought on by Wall Street greed.
Medicare's Most Wanted
As for Medicare, its cost problems are caused by for-profit health companies inflating medical costs. Think the Business Roundtable will mention that? Its members include the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, Abbott Laboratories, the Tenet hospital system, Cardinal Health, ExpressScripts, CVS/Caremark and WellPoint.
Like hell it will.
Our long-term deficits are driven by America's runaway health care costs, which in turn are driven by our profit-driven system. It's barely an exaggeration to say that if some of these companies and their competitors didn't exist the Federal government might not have a deficit problem at all.
The poor you will always have with you …
Like the other anti-Social Security and anti-Medicare "pragmatists," Loveman insists that cuts would be designed to protect people from falling into poverty. But 8.9 percent of American seniors already live in poverty, while 5.4 percent live in near poverty.
The average Social Security recipient collects $1,164 per month.
Anyone who claims they can cut those benefits by 3 percent — and use those meager benefits to end elder poverty — is selling snake oil.
But think of the children …
Loveman also said of the Roundtable's proposed benefit cuts: "These don't affect current beneficiaries much, if at all. They have a long time to take effect …"
Okay, let's modify our hypothetical situation a little: The extremists don't want to confiscate rich people's property. They want to confiscate their kids'' property. If that sounds a little Stalinist to you, that's because it is.
And by "not affecting current beneficiaries much," he means it would affect current beneficiaries — starting next year.
A tune from the Peterson songbook …
Loveman expanded on the Roundtable's anti-elderly agenda in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Not coincidentally, that agenda corresponds exactly with that of right-wing billionaire ideologue Pete Peterson, who has funded many such anti-"entitlement" initiatives. They include:
Raise the Social Security age even more than currently scheduled — presumably from 67 to 70;
Raise the Medicare eligibility age;
Partially (or totally) privatize Medicare;
Implement the "chained CPI," which cuts Social Security benefits by 3 percent and raises taxes on the middle class (but not on Loveman or other members of the Business Roundtable)
Each of these measures would be financially devastating to most Americans.
… and the irresistible song stylings of Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.
We interrupt this presentation for a special announcement: Remember, Gary Loveman runs Caesars.
If you're planning a trip to Las Vegas, may I suggest the Palazzo? Caesars may have Celine Dion, but the Palazzo's got Tim McGraw and Faith Hill — two entertainers for the price of one.
And you won't be subsidizing your own future financial misery.
Unindicted co-conspirators.
Loveman's just one member of the gang, of course — Mr. Pink to Jamie Dimon's Mr. White. (I know, I know: Why do I gotta be Mr. Pink?) There's also:
Dimon: Under his leadership JPMorgan Chase has repeatedly violated the law, paying billions in fines; lost billions in the London Whale catastrophe from a unit under his direct supervision; been sanctioned for laundering drug money; has been fined for bribery, and … well, Dimon deserves an article of his own.
Jim McInerney: He runs Boeing, a major defense contractor. Ever wonder why these "pragmatists" don't recommend cuts to defense spending, since it's one-fifth of our government budget?
David Cote: His company's Honeywll, another major defense contractor (and leading advocate of Social Security and Medicare cuts).
Jeff Immelt: He leads serial corporate criminal GE.
The Roundtable has more such "leaders," but you get the idea.
A rap sheet as long as your arm.
The Business Roundtable was founded specifically to win political favors from the largest and most ruthless companies in America, often at the expense of smaller business, and its accomplishments read like a rap sheet: it defeated an anti-trust bill in 1975, help kill a labor rights bill and a consumer protection agency in 1977, lobbied successfully for lower corporate taxes in 1985, blocked meaningful shareholder reform in 1986 (which is why these CEOs make so much more than they're worth), and lobbied for NAFTA.
The lost jobs and lost wages the Roundtable help create have devastated the middle class — and increased the deficit.
But they're not finished yet. Right now the Roundtable's fighting for more air pollution; more bank crimes, fiscal crises, and BP oil spills: and more Americans without health insurance.
Seniors are the kulaks of the CEO revolution.
If the CEOs of the Business Roundtable are corporate America's Stalinists, to them the elderly are kulaks, those peasants who saved enough to buy a farm — and whose existence became an ideological offense. When working Americans approach retirement age, they see them as Enemies of the People.
The CEOs of the Business Roundtable claim the government can't afford to redeem its Medicare and Social Security pledges. The government owes more than a trillion dollars to banks and mutual funds, and much of that debt is held by people like the CEOs of the Business Roundtable.
If they don't think the U.S. can afford to keep its commitments anymore — if they want a United States of America that welshes on its debts — that would be a good place to start. But for the wealthy, pampered, and narcissistic CEOs of the Business Roundtable, sacrifice is always for someone else. They have luxurious lives to maintain — and a revolution to lead.
© 2012 Campaign for America's Future
Richard (RJ) Eskow is a well-known blogger and writer, a former Wall Street executive, an experienced consultant, and a former musician. He has experience in health insurance and economics, occupational health, benefits, risk management, finance, and information technology. Richard has consulting experience in the US and over 20 countries.


The ski hill is a community affair. Every aspect of it—from giving ski lessons to running the single rope tow to organizing ski and snowboarding film nights at the movie theater to raise funds—is carried out by volunteers. But it's got everything you need: a simple lodge with a wall of windows through which you can watch the action on the hill, a large woodstove that gets the place toasty, a deck out front that's a perfect place for sunning on clear spring days, and an outhouse out back. The operation's claim to fame is that it's the westernmost ski area in the U.S. Its 260 vertical feet will keep you occupied for a couple of minutes each run.
A snowmachine had packed down the quarter-mile trail to the hill. My girls walked awkwardly in the jerky heel-toe steps their minute ski boots required. All of their gear found its way to us as hand-me-downs. As soon as we got to the part of the trail that slopes down to the lodge, we clicked the girls into their skis and took off in cautious snowplows.
Bob was on the board of directors of the rope tow for a while. During that time, when Sarah Palin was governor, the group secured a $44,000 grant from the state. It's hard to imagine her not crossing that one out of the budget. And it's hard to imagine that she was a reasonable—if only half-time—governor. She stayed away from contentious social issues and worked to reform Alaska's tax code to give state residents a bigger piece of the public oil wealth. It's insane to imagine what she's become: incomprehensible, petty, vapid. But I digress.
Fishermen put up the rope tow about 50 years ago using a boat engine for propulsion. The state grant gave the group funds to install new poles, renovate the lodge, replace the rope, and build a new outhouse—all with volunteer labor. You can get a lot done with a little money when people roll up their sleeves. That's called leveraging, but there's nothing to leverage now. Alaska is in a hole that's about $3 billion deep. Oil and gas revenues provide nearly all the general fund income for our state budget, which zeros out when the price of oil is about $100 per barrel. Today you can buy a barrel for less than $35.
When Palin was governor, oil prices were high and the state was so flush with cash, she sent us all a $1,200 "rebate"—ostensibly to help defray high fuel and heating costs—on top of our annual Permanent Fund Dividend, an annual check usually between $1,000 and $2,000 every Alaskan receives just for living here. That year, each state resident received more than $3,000. We didn't have kids yet, but you can imagine what that meant for people with two, three, or four kids.
But now, there's no money for community projects like this. And the bigger questions remain: Should Alaskans continue to receive a check every year just for living here? Who is brave enough to push for a much-needed income tax—Alaska's political third rail? Who will be bold enough to argue that the state shouldn't reimburse oil companies some 60 cents for every dollar they spend here while prospecting?
Because of Alaska's dependence on oil, community projects like this are linked to the whims of global markets and the decisions multinational corporations make that have only their bottom lines in mind. It is strange to think of such a shoestring, local entity like this in that way, but it's true.
After we'd done enough runs to make our arms and sides sore for a couple of days, we hung out in the lodge. Doug, one of the ski hill volunteers and a handy guy who is fabricating a groomer to tow behind a snowmachine, had left a pot of moose stew—made from an animal he'd taken earlier in the year—on the woodstove with a sign nearby written on the back of a paper plate that said, "Help yourself." The salmon salad sandwiches we brought seemed suddenly unappetizing. We all ended up tucking in.


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The prevalence of postpartum depression: the relative significance of three social status indices
Lisa S. Segre, University of IowaFollow
Michael W. O'Hara
Stephan Arndt
Scott Stuart, University of Iowa
NLM Title Abbreviation
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the prevalence of clinically significant postpartum depression in women of varying social status. The purpose of the present study was to examine the prevalence of postpartum depression as a function of three indices of social status: income, education and occupational prestige. METHOD: A sample of 4,332 postpartum women completed a demographic interview and the Inventory to Diagnose Depression, a self-report scale developed to identify a major depressive episode in accordance with DSM diagnostic criteria. Logistic regression was used to assess the relative significance of the three social status variables as risk factors for postpartum depression controlling for the effects of correlated demographic variables. RESULTS: In the logistic regression, income, occupational prestige, marital status, and number of children were significant predictors of postpartum depression controlling for the effects of other related demographic characteristics. The Wald Chi Square value for each of these significant predictors indicates that income was the strongest predictor. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of postpartum depression was significantly higher in financially poor relative to financially affluent women. Maternal depression screening programs targeting women who are financially poor are well placed. Future research is needed to replicate the present findings in a more ethnically diverse sample that includes the full age range of teenage mothers.
Adolescent, Adult, Depression, Postpartum/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology, Female, Humans, Prevalence, Psychometrics, Questionnaires, Social Class
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 42:4 (2007) pp.316-321. DOI:10.1007/s00127-007-0168-1.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Heliot Ramos' sacrifice fly was the difference as the Augusta GreenJackets beat the West Virginia Power 2-1 on Thursday.
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Gov. Brown seeks 'permanent' funding for Medi-Cal, infrastructure
18 Jun, 2015 by Joel Fox
In announcing the budget deal with the Legislature, Governor Jerry Brown announced two special sessions to deal with transportation and Medi-Cal funding. Call them the "special tax sessions."
In the press release announcing the sessions, the governor stated that the sessions were to "find more adequate funding for our roads and health care programs."
The governor asked for "permanent and sustainable funding to maintain and repair the state's transportation and critical infrastructure." He also wants "permanent and sustainable funding to provide at least $1.1 billion annually to stabilize the state's General Fund costs for Medi-Cal," some of which would be used to meet the demands of programs Democratic legislators sought funds for in the current budget such as In-Home Supportive Services.
At the governor's press conference announcing the budget deal, reporters asked Gov. Brown about his first term (third term?) campaign pledge to only seek tax increases with approval of voters. Gov. Brown's answer indicated the pledge only applied to his first term.
Add it all up and there will be a push for tax or fee increases to support the governor's call for "permanent and sustainable funding." Discussions will revolve around gas taxes and a higher car tax or maybe a mileage fee for transportation; perhaps an increased cigarette tax and other health care taxes for Medi-Cal.
Brown might hope for support from the business community for the transportation and infrastructure fix. Those issues have been of on-going concern to business.
Still, the large influx of dollars in the current budget and the talk of tax proposals that may end up on next year's ballot will only increase the anxiety of businesses and taxpayers alike, and could result in stalemated special sessions.
Bruce 18 June, 2015, 08:30
Voters will respond…with their feet as they continually leave Ca., the state taking from one and giving to another.
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Ulysses Uhaul 18 June, 2015, 08:57
Uly feels your pain……since we cannot get along together……and help the kids….at least move with us. Pack and Ship!
SkippingDog 18 June, 2015, 11:13
That must be why the population of California is now approaching a record 40 million people. I'd be happy if we could get about half of those to leave.
bob 19 June, 2015, 09:54
Yeah, it grew by 40 million illegal aliens.
An argument that illegals have paid taxes and deserve free Medi-Cal. is flawed. An illegal alien enters the U.S. via the California border Monday morning at 7:00 am and at 7:01 am receives free Medi-Cal while having paid no taxes. Since the illegal alien is given a free pass breaking laws, every American should also be given a "freebie"…and thus anarchy. Socialism is not healthy and very expensive and the rule of law has no exceptions.
SeeSaw 18 June, 2015, 11:51
Well, it has to be an emergency–has he been shot? stabbed? run-over? What would you do–let him die?
An illegal immirgrant cannot just enter CA and walk into the SS Office and get Medi-Cal coverage. One must be a legal citizen to be covered by Medi-Cal.
Whoever is living in our grand state, should be educated, healthy, and legally employed. We want it no other way!
Let Bruce go and enjoy his new state–I guarantee he will be back, as soon as he realizes there is no such thing as a state of milk and honey.
Dork 18 June, 2015, 15:54
Well, it has to be an emergency"
Wrong, It only has to be an "Emergency ROOM" regardless of the ailment.
Furthermore California has a Special Program just for ILLEGAL ALIENS. Now back to the main point of the article, Permanent Funding. I propose the following:
All Public Services and Public Benefits, All Losses or Damages to any person that can demonstrate a Legal Presence in the State, and Any and ALL COSTS associated with a person in the US Illegally shall be paid for by an assessment on EVERY PUBLIC EMPLOYEE in the State, All Public Servants and Public Officials shall be responsible for 50% and the rest by ordinary Public Employees, All funds shall be deducted from their paycheck at whatever percentage necessary to cover 100% of ALL COSTS.
See we don't need more taxes.
There is a call for funding Medi-Cal for illegal aliens under the age of 19. If you think this is great, pay my share please…I'm out of money!
Source/link?
http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-california-budget-deal-jerry-brown-legislature-20150616-story.html
Thanks. I will need to give this more attention/study. I hardly believe people from Mexico would be trucking their children here for the purpose of getting Medical.
Yeah, you do that while poor Desmond is worked to death to pay your pension! After you're done "studying" go on over and dance on Desmond's grave.
There is a money machine and that machine is illegals sending money back to Mexico. I write and comment only on the system or lack of enforcing current laws. We cannot afford to have the whole world in Ca. or the U.S. At some point we will (or already have) become over saturated. Dennis Michael Lynch has a documentary "They Come To America" that is, to me, worthwhile to view. Not only a porous border for Mexicans, also Chinese literature (espionage) and prayer rugs (Middle East).
Ted "Doc VanNostrum " Steele 18 June, 2015, 17:00
ATTENTION— American tea baggy Tumpites!
NEVER ask, What would Jesus do? You will never like the answer!!
I believe Jesus would say to obey all laws(that includes illegals before they enter the U.S.) while showing compassion. How many illegals do you think the country can handle financially? A billion, two, the whole world? Common sense needs to enter at some point.
desmond 19 June, 2015, 04:37
Compassion. Common sense. Expect Mexico and other countries South to bring their under 19 mental and physically disabled to Calfornia by the trailer truck. Why wouldn't t they? The governor wants open borders and says we can take care of them. It is compassionate to get them good care, and why should their citizens pay for it, when another guy wants to pay for it?
Ronald Stein 19 June, 2015, 06:25
Governor Brown is a great politician, but he is killing his huge budget and support for infrastructure with his crusade to support Senate Bill 350, the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015. That will mandate a 50 percent reduction in oil usage by vehicles by 2030.
The reality is that Honda has opted to kill its Civic hybrid and CNG models. The death of the Civic hybrid and CNG are an acknowledgment of public disinterest in the alternative technologies. According to Karl Brauer of Kelley Blue Book, this is a "reflection of zero interest from American consumers in small, fuel-efficient cars — especially more expensive hybrid versions of small, fuel-efficient cars," "This is in keeping with where the market is going, away from hybrids and toward smaller, more efficient internal combustion engines."
Moms will continue to drive their kids to school and soccer, workers still need to drive back and forth from work, hospitality workers still need to drive to work, fast food workers still need to drive to work, truckers still need to deliver the huge amount of containers that arrive in our ports to serve the needs of CA and the entire USA.
California's 100,000 electric vehicles are the most electric vehicles in any state, however, the other 97% of California's 30 million vehicles that DO NOT run on electricity or other alternative fuels are consuming more than 40 million gallons of transportation fuels, gasoline and diesel, excluding jet fuel, EVERY DAY. Sounds like a lot of fuel, but it equates to just more than 1 gallon per day per vehicle.
Even though there is a both projected growth in population from our current 38 million citizens, AND an increase in vehicle registrations from our current 30 million to more than 40 million vehicles, the fuel demand is projected to decline slightly from the current 40 million gallons per DAY of gasoline and diesel, mostly as a result of continuous improvements in fuel efficiencies, and a slight impact by the 3% of vehicles that run on electricity or other alternative fuels.
We already have AB32 and the LCFS in effect to control GHG emissions. REQUIRING California's 38 million citizens to change their lifestyle appears to be bad public policy and possibly unenforceable on abusers that do not reduce their usage by 50%.
It appears that a reduction from the current 40 million gallons of transportation fuels down to 20 million a day in just 15 years would be a drastic lifestyle change to demobilize one of the world's largest that is funding the huge California budget.
Man-made climate change or solar-induced? If man can affect climate then we are in good shape as warm is best desired. However I'm in the solar-induced having a greater impact on earth as science points out. A predicted solar hibernation that occurs every 206 yrs. is upon us and to ruin an economy chasing windmills is deadly. See for yourself…RC Theory
http://www.spaceandscience.net/
As for Brown being a good governor, not my vote, nor was Arnold.
Queeg 20 June, 2015, 01:39
Solar companies tend to BK every few years…….then who services warranty calls?
Also, parts on solar systems are crap. Replacements in stock in a few years unlikely.
Also, ever heard of a solar repairman? Maybe your crazy Uncle Louie!
No parts, no training, no professional maintenance staff, no warranties, you heard your smileeee solar sales person was working at Woolworths, Western Auto or Radio Shack….poof!
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January 09, 2023 10:41 AM Eastern Standard Time The European Compounding Pharmacies Market is projected to display significant growth represented by a CAGR of 8.25% during 2023-2028. The European Compounding Pharmacies Market was valued at USD 3314.80 Million in the year 2021 with Italy holding the largest market share. In terms of segments, the availability of a diverse range of compounded formulas for dermatological purposes will drive segment expansion. Patients who are allergic to commercial pharmaceuticals might benefit from dermatology customised treatments. The European Compounding Pharmacies market is a consolidated market. The major players in the market like Athenex, Baxter International, Fagron, Grifols, Capsa Healthcare, Nephron Pharmaceuticals, B. Braun, Fresenius, McKesson and Omnicell have a large geographical presence and a highly diversified product portfolio. These players focus on R&D, a large product portfolio, a wide geographical presence and an aggressive acquisition strategy. Italy is holding the largest market share and is growing at the fastest rate during the forecast period, owing to the rising prevalence of therapeutic areas as well as the widespread use of pain management in developed countries like the United Kingdom and Germany. The United Kingdom Compounding Pharmacies market has witnessed growth in recent years due to increased investments and offtake agreements among new companies to cope with new market strategies. France is a lucrative market because of the presence of several compounding pharmacies, high adoption among people, and scarcity of many drugs, which are key factors for market growth. Scope of the Report The report analyses the Europe Compounding Pharmacies Market by Value (USD Million). The report analyses the Europe Compounding Pharmacies by Therapeutic Area (Hormone Replacement, Pain Management, Dermatology, and Other Sources). The report analyses the Europe Compounding Pharmacies Market), by End Users (Adult, Pediatric, Others, Geriatric, Veterinary). The report analyses the Europe Compounding Pharmacies Market by Type (Oral, Topical, Ophthalmic, Injecs, and Others Types). The Europe Compounding Pharmacies Market has been analysed by Country (United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Turkey, Benelux, Nordic, and Rest of Europe). The key insights of the report have been presented through the leading company shares. Also, the attractiveness of the market has been presented by country, by Therapeutic Area, by End Users, by Type. Also, the major opportunities, trends, drivers and challenges of the industry has been analysed in the report. The report tracks competitive developments, strategies, and recent developments. The companies analysed in the report include Athenex, Baxter International, Fagron, Grifols, Capsa Healthcare, Nephron Pharmaceuticals, B. Braun, Fresenius, McKesson and Omnicell. The report presents the analysis of the European Compounding Pharmacies Market for the historical period of 2018-2021, the estimated year 2022 and the forecast period of 2023-2028. Key Target Audience Government Bodies & Regulating Authorities 7. Macro Economic Indicator Outlook 8. Europe compounding Pharmacies Market 9. Europe Compounding Pharmacies Market Trend And Forecast Analysis, 2018-2028, By Therapeutic Area 10. Europe Compounding Pharmacies Market Trend And Forecast Analysis, 2018-2028, By End Users 11. Europe Compounding Pharmacies Market Trend And Forecast Analysis, 2018-2028, By Type 12. Europe Compounding Pharmacies Market Trend And Forecast Analysis, 2018-2028, By Country 13. Competitive Positioning About ResearchAndMarkets.com ResearchAndMarkets.com is the world's leading source for international market research reports and market data. We provide you with the latest data on international and regional markets, key industries, the top companies, new products and the latest trends. Contacts
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Enrico Mario Santí (born 1 July 1950) is a Cuban-American writer, poet, and scholar of Spanish American Literature known for his critical essays and annotated editions of Latin American classics, including works by Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, and Guillermo Cabrera Infante. A frequent political commentator and art critic, he is also a sculptor and voice actor. As a child, Santí emigrated from Cuba to the United States, where he has had an extensive career as a professor in several universities. Currently, he is research professor at Claremont Graduate University, in Claremont, California.

Career
Born to a middle-class family from the eastern end of Cuba, Santí emigrated to the United States in October 1962, shortly after the Cuban Revolution. Raised in Miami, educated at Vanderbilt and Yale, he obtained his PhD at the latter institution, where he studied alongside scholars José Juan Arrom and Emir Rodríguez Monegal. Santí went on to teach at Duke University, Cornell, Georgetown, and the University of Kentucky. In 1983, while an associate professor at Cornell, Santí was made Clark Distinguished Teacher of the Year. In 1996, he became the youngest holder of the Emilio Bacardí Visiting Chair in Cuban Studies at the University of Miami, and in 2000, he became the first William T. Bryan Endowed Chair in Hispanic Studies at the University of Kentucky,. Four years later, in 2004, he was also awarded a University Research Professorship for his outstanding research contributions.

Santí has authored fourteen books, edited eighteen volumes (including three with Cuban-American professor and author Nivia Montenegro) and published over one hundred articles, essays, and interviews. His six critical and annotated editions of classics of Latin American literature–Pablo Neruda's , Octavio Paz's  and , Fernando Ortiz's , Guillermo Cabrera Infante's , and Reinaldo Arenas's –are used widely in college and university courses around the world.

A significant part of Santí's research has been dedicated to the study of Octavio Paz's life and work. Since 1984, he has labored on collecting and organizing Paz's literary production. Throughout the years, the relationship between the Mexican poet and Santí grew to be a close one: of Santí's "Introduction″ to , Octavio Paz himself wrote: "Yours is the first essay in which I feel really understood and read."

A published poet himself, in 2014 Santí began translating poetry from American English into Cuban Spanish, including works by Wallace Stevens and Hart Crane (in addition to several Cuban-American poets). His translations have appeared in many journals and, recently, in a book of poems by Ricardo Pau-Llosa, titled Intruder Between Rivers / . As a voice actor, Santí has recorded three voice narratives of works by Guillermo Cabrera Infante, published in 2016 and 2017 as Audible audiobooks. In 2019, the Pomona Latino Art Museum featured his wooden sculptures as part of a group exhibition titled "".

Between 1990 and 1999, Santí served as one of four rotating editors of the journal Cuban Studies. After his service as editor, he remained a member of the journal's advisory board and, in 2015, he was appointed one of five Senior Honorary Members. Throughout his career, he has received Guggenheim, Woodrow Wilson, ACLS, NEH, and Fulbright fellowships. Santí has also been the recipient of life-achievement awards from the Southern California Cuban-American Cultural Institute (1999), Patronato José Martí (2000), Mexico's CONACULTA (2005) and Sigma Delta Pi, Hispanic Honor Society (2010).

Notable works

Books
 Pablo Neruda: The Poetics of Prophecy (1982)
  (1988)
  (1995)
  (1997)
  (1998)
  (2002)
  (2002)
 Ciphers of History: Latin American Readings for a "Cultural" Age (2005)
  (2012)
  (2014)
 Intruder Between Rivers /  (2018). With Ricardo Pau-Llosa. Text includes Pau-Llosa's original poems in English and Santí's translations to Cuban-Spanish.
  (2021)
  / The Other Time:  // Aurelio de la Vega and Music (2021). Text in Spanish and English.
 Enduring Cuba: Thirty Essays (2022). Text in Spanish and English.

Poems

  (1995)

Edited publications

 Pablo Neruda. Edited with Emir Rodríguez Monegal. Madrid: Taurus, 1980.
 "The Emergence of Cuban National Identity". Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1986. Collection of essays published in Cuban Studies, vol. 16.
 . By Octavio Paz, introduction and annotations by Enrico Mario Santí. Madrid: Cátedra, 1988. Latest (revised and expanded) edition: Cátedra, 2014; .
 . By Octavio Paz, introduction and annotations by Enrico Mario Santí. Mexico City: Editorial Vuelta, 1988.
 . By Pablo Neruda, introduction and annotations by Enrico Mario Santí. Madrid: Cátedra, 1990. Latest (revised) edition: Cátedra, 2005; .
 . By Octavio Paz, introduction and annotations by Enrico Mario Santí. Madrid: Cátedra, 1993. Latest (revised and expanded) edition: Cátedra, 2015; .
 . By Octavio Paz, epilogue and annotations by Enrico Mario Santí. Madrid: Ediciones Turner, 1995. Alongside , this edition includes another volume titled  that contains a facsimile of Paz's poem, transcriptions of draft versions, and correspondence between Paz and the poem's various translators.
 . By Guillermo Cabrera Infante, edited with Nivia Montenegro. , 2000.
 . By Octavio Paz. , 2000. Special two-volume edition commemorating the 50th anniversary of its first publication; .
 . By Fernando Ortiz. Madrid: Cátedra, 2002.
 . By Reinaldo Arenas, introduction and annotations by Enrico Mario Santí. Madrid: Cátedra, 2008.
 . Mexico City: Ediciones Era, 2009.
 . By Guillermo Cabrera Infante, edited with Nivia Montenegro. Madrid: Cátedra, 2010.
 . By Octavio Paz. , 2010.
 . By Reinaldo Arenas, edited with Nivia Montenegro. Mexico City: DGE Equilibrista, 2013. Latest (revised and expanded) edition: Casa Vacía, 2022; .
  By Octavio Paz. Mexico City: DGE Equilibrista, 2014.
 . By Severo Sarduy and Clara Niggemann. Santiago de Querétaro: Rialta Ediciones, 2021.
 . By Severo Sarduy. Madrid: Huerga y Fierro Editores, 2022.

Voice acting
 Three Trapped Tigers. By Guillermo Cabrera Infante. Audible, 2016. Audiobook in English.
 . By Guillermo Cabrera Infante. Audible, 2017. Audiobook in Cuban Spanish.
 . By Guillermo Cabrera Infante. Audible, 2017. Audiobook in Cuban Spanish.

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Living people
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ELISABETH MOSS in The Children's Hour
As the world goes Mad Men mad, Elisabeth Moss is to make her West End debut
AMC's 60's-set drama Mad Men has proved nothing short of a TV phenomenon. And at its heart is the compelling relationship between ad man Don Draper and his protegee Peggy Olson.
Peggy is played by Elisabeth Moss, who will make her London theatre debut next year alongside Keira Knightley in a starry revival of Lillian Hellman's controversial classic The Children's Hour.
Lillian Hellman's 1934 play The Children's Hour, will see Moss and Knightley play two schoolmistresses who run a girl's boarding school in the 1930s. When a disgruntled student accuses the teachers of having a lesbian affair, a series of dramatic events unfold that destroys both their lives.
Elisabeth Moss, 28, is no stranger to theatre having appeared in the 2008 Broadway revival of David Mamet's Speed The Plow. However, like Knightley, it is for her movie and TV work that she is best known. She played President Bartlett's daughter in The West Wing, and won plaudits in 2003 for her lead role in Virgin about a young girl who believes that she is carrying the child of God. She has also been nominated twice for Emmy awards for her role as Peggy in Mad Men.
Forthcoming projects include a big screen adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On The Road alongside Amy Adams, Kirsten Dunst and Garrett Hedlund.
The last London production of The Children's Hour was at the National Theatre in 1994 starring Clare Higgins and Harriet Walter. Movie director William Wyler produced two films based on the play, the first in 1936 which had to adapt the story into a heterosexual love triangle, and again in 1961 starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine and James Garner.
The Children's Hour will open at the end of January in the West End, produced by Sonia Friedman and Scott Landis and directed by ex-Royal Court artistic director Ian Rickson (Jerusalem).
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Principal Investigator: Dr James Wilson
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Tags: 19655, ageing, Association, cardiovascular, genetics, quantitative trait
Lead Collaborators: 1) Dr Tonu Esko
Collaborating Institutions and Addresses: 1) University of Tartu, Estonian Genome Center, Riia 23b, Tartu 51010, Estonia
1a: The relationship between the manifestations of our genes, such as our risk of common diseases, and the genetic variants within our genes is fundamental to health research. Better knowledge of how genetic variants influence disease risk, health behaviours and ageing is the key to the development of new ways of diagnosing, preventing and treating disease, as well predicting the outcomes. We shall apply an array of modern genomic techniques to investigate both which genes and variants within them influence complex disease risk, and understand more about the general features of these variants, the genetic architecture of common complex disease.
1b: UK Biobank aims to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of serious and life-threatening illnesses. The proposed research will help to fulfil these aims by revealing the genetic risk factors for a very wide range of risk factors for such diseases, as well as the disease end points themselves. Finding the genes influencing disease risk is the first step to a better understanding of the basic biology of disease, enabling a rational approach to designing novel treatments, or preventative measures.
1c: All analyses will be performed on dedicated, secure compute servers located at the University of Edinburgh. A number of different "pipelines" will be set up to perform particular analyses – each of which compares genetic data to an aspect of health or disease such as a risk factor like cholesterol levels. These pipelines are computer programmes which carry out all the steps of the statistical analysis in an identical manner, and can be used to run through the many different measurements taken in UK Biobank. Significant findings will be written up for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
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The relationship between the manifestations of our genes, such as our risk of common diseases, and the genetic variants within our genes is fundamental to health research. Better knowledge of how genetic variants influence disease risk, health behaviours and ageing is the key to the development of new ways of diagnosing, preventing and treating disease, as well a predicting the outcomes. We shall apply an array of modern genomic techniques to investigate both which genes and variants within them influence complex disease risk, and understand more about the general features of these variants, the genetic architecture of common complex disease.
We shall also include measures of symmetry, such as those derived from bone lengths in the above analyses.


The Committee on Corporate Reporting ("CCR") of Financial Executives International ("FEI") appreciates the opportunity to comment on Proposed Accounting Standards Update – Leases (Topic 842) Narrow-Scope Improvements for Lessors.
FEI is a leading international organization representing more than 10,000 members, including Chief Financial Officers, Controllers, Treasurers, Tax Executives and other senior-level financial executives. CCR is a technical committee of FEI, and reviews and responds to research studies, statements, pronouncements, pending legislation, proposals and other documents issued by domestic and international agencies and organizations. CCR member companies represent approximately $8.6 trillion in market capitalization and actively monitor the standard setting activities of the SEC, FASB, and PCAOB.
We appreciate the FASB staff and Board's response to industry feedback with this Proposed Accounting Standards Update. We are supportive of the amendments which would permit lessors to exclude sales (and other similar taxes) collected from lessees from the transaction price. However, we are concerned that the proposed amendments addressing property taxes do not sufficiently consider stakeholder feedback, as outlined in greater detail below.
We are supportive of the proposed amendment permitting lessors to make an accounting policy election to not evaluate whether certain sales taxes and other similar taxes are costs of the lessor or costs of the lessee. We appreciate the consistency of the proposed election with the policy election allowed in Topic 606, as amended in Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients. This proposed amendment is well founded in the basis that leasing is, fundamentally, a revenue-generating activity for lessors. Further, these proposed changes are consistent with the current accounting for these taxes under ASC 840, which allows preparers to avoid the onerous process of evaluating the obligation of the sales tax on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis and ultimately does not result in a reduction of decision-useful information to users of lessor financial statements.
There is currently diversity in practice as to how to account for lease revenues from property taxes. Many lessors in our membership do not gross up lease revenues for property taxes on the premise that these are not viewed as lessor revenues/costs. Both sales taxes and property taxes are government mechanisms used to raise revenue. Multiple taxing authorities such as counties, towns, school districts, and others will often independently assess property tax on the same property based on the current location of the leased asset. The proposed amendments assume that the lessor is the primary obligor of property taxes, thereby making it the lessor's responsibility to present these costs. However, different taxing jurisdictions hold different parties accountable as the primary obligor or "deemed owner" for property taxes, sometimes lessor, sometimes lessee, depending on the facts and circumstances. This determination can be formed based on rules, regulations, case law or other bases. Thus there are complexities in determining whether the property tax is a lessor cost, similar to those experienced in assessing whether sales tax is a lessor cost.
Determination of readily determinable: Preparers would need to prepare a documented evaluation of whether property tax amounts are readily determinable and obtain concurrence of their auditors. For property taxes, separate analyses may be required by jurisdiction, asset class, lease type, and other factors that may be unique to that lessor or the jurisdictions in which they are subject to tax.
Systems requirements: If an entity determines property tax amounts are determinable, companies would be required to build the appropriate systems and processes to capture or estimate these costs, and maintain this process. These systems are not yet developed and would introduce significant cost and effort to implement on time with ASC 842.
Further defining "readily determinable" and extending its application to Lessee-Reimbursed costs (e.g. adding language that separating reimbursed amounts based upon a determination of primary obligor or determining lessee direct paid amounts do not need to be researched or obtained if it would require undue cost and effort or providing examples in the literature to clarify these concepts).
Considering the timing of these proposed amendments, and the reality that lessors may be required to implement new systems and processes to track and account for these costs on existing leases, we request that lessor application to existing lease contracts be optional. Requiring these be applied to all existing lease contracts could require a significant effort which would prove to be impracticable. Permitting optionality will allow for the flexibility for those who are less impacted by these changes and wish to incorporate into their existing lease contracts.
We appreciate the FASB's attention to these areas that are proving to be problematic for lessors as they transition to ASC 842. We are supportive of the conclusions reached by the FASB as it relates to sales (and other similar) taxes. However, we urge the FASB to reconsider the conclusions reached for property taxes; the operational hurdles in conjunction with the limited financial reporting benefits would result in significant implementation challenges.


On Monday, 21st of Jan, the boards of both Optimus (mobile operator) and Zon Multimedia gave the go-ahead for a merger of the two companies, with the aim of creating one of the largest multimedia business in Portugal. Current projections estimate that immediately, the company will become the second largest mobile telephone network in the market.
The resultant company will be a merger of the two businesses names, called Zon Optimus. It is fully expected that with the specialisms of both businesses, mobile entertainment will be a number one priority in attracting more customers to the network. Zon Multimedia currently offer paid TV, which could easily become intertwined with Optimus's offerings, making it possible to stream or download based on your existing TV subscription package right to your mobile devices.
In a joint statement, the companies laid out their vision, and also explained some of the thinking behind the move. They highlighted that "the sharing of experience and expertise between the teams will play a decisive role", immediately signalling sharing the competencies and resources of both businesses. For shareholders and stakeholders this is also of course good news, as the companies stated that "the merger will result in a group capable of investing and promoting its own and the sector's competitiveness, of creating greater shareholder value and new opportunities for employees, clients and suppliers".
This change is expected to be a large one if the Portuguese market, and one we're not quite sure how it will impact on consumers. The signs are looking good, with more options being made available, but as far as pricing goes, this is yet to be determined.