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Which Hospitals Overcharge the Most?
by Kaiser Health News | June 10, 2015 AT 2:35 PM
By Jenny Gold
Talk about sticker shock: Some U.S. hospitals charge patients more than 10 times the rates paid by Medicare.
Of the 50 U.S. hospitals with the highest charges, 49 are for-profit institutions, 20 operate in Florida, and half are owned by a single chain, according to a study published in the journal Health Affairs Monday.
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That doesn't mean all or even most patients end up paying those charges. Private insurers are able to negotiate the sticker price down significantly. Patients paying out of pocket can often negotiate discounts or get charity care if they are low-income.
The average U.S. hospital charges a somewhat less staggering sum: 3.4 times the rates paid by Medicare, the federal health care plan for the elderly and disabled which pays fixed rates for procedures.
But for uninsured patients asked to pay full charges, insured patients who end up at an out-of-network hospital and patients whose treatment is covered by casualty or workers compensation insurance, these charges can matter a lot.
"Hopefully this is a wake-up call for people to recognize there's a problem," said Gerard Anderson, a professor of health policy at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and one of the authors of the study, which analyzed 2012 Medicare cost reports.
"There is no justification for these outrageous rates but no one tells hospitals they can't charge them," Anderson said. "For the most part, there is no regulation of hospital rates and there are no market forces that force hospitals to lower their rates. They charge these prices simply because they can."
Even after full expansion of coverage under the Affordable Care Act, 30 million Americans will remain uninsured and may face particularly high charges, the study said. The law requires nonprofit hospitals to offer reduced-cost or charity care to eligible patients, but the provision does not apply to for-profit hospitals.
"Hospitals' high markups, therefore, subject many vulnerable patients to exceptionally high medical bills, which often leads to personal bankruptcy or the avoidance of needed medical services," the study said.
Of the 50 highest chargers, half are owned by Community Health Systems, a for-profit chain with 199 hospitals. The company made $18 billion in profits in 2014 — 45 percent more than in 2013. The researchers looked at charges at nearly 4,500 Medicare-certified hospitals nationwide.
Florida most likely had the most high-charging hospitals because it has an exceptionally high proportion of for-profit hospitals, consumer advocates said. North Okaloosa Medical Center, a CHA hospital in the Florida panhandle, had the highest charges of all: 12.6 times Medicare's rate.
In a written statement, CHA spokesperson Tomi Galin said CHA provided more than $3.3 billion in charity care, discounts and other uncompensated care for patients in 2014, as well as "millions of dollars in taxes that help fund critically important services in every community where we operate."
The charges examined by the study, Galin said, "are not relevant measures of what consumers, insurers or the government pay for services."
Chip Kahn, president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals, a trade group representing for-profit hospitals, also argued that the charges examined by the study were not a fair assessment of hospital prices. If the study had instead examined the actual payments by patients, they would have found that hospitals on the list charge just 1.3 times what Medicare pays, compared to a national average of 1.2, he said.
A hospital's charges can matter even for patients with private insurance, said Ge Bai, a co-author on the study and a professor at Washington and Lee University. Hospitals use those charges as leverage during negotiations with insurers, and starting from a higher price point can drive up even discounted prices.
"Except for patients with government insurance, few consumers are immune from negative financial impacts caused by hospitals' high markups," Bai said.
"We as consumers are paying for this when hospitals charge 10 times what they should," added Anderson. "What other industry can you think of that marks up the price of their product by 1,000 percent and remains in business?"
The highest charging hospitals were in 13 states, mostly in the South. Besides Florida, the states included Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Kentucky, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
The markups charged by the 50 hospitals on the list varied dramatically by procedure. Anesthesiology had the highest charges: an average of 112 times more than Medicare rates. The markup for nursery services, on the other hand, was three times the Medicare rate.
The authors recommended that state and federal lawmakers enact policies to limit these charges. In Maryland and West Virginia, for example, state agencies set the rates that hospitals are allowed to charge for services. Requiring hospitals to disclose their charges for individual procedures could also help patients shop for the lowest-cost option, they said.
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The Chevrolet Suburban has been around for nearly 80 years. While it has played the role of both a commercial and a military vehicle, it is now a consumer-focused 4-door SUV. It's one of the largest SUVs available today. Let's take a look at the evolution of the legendary Chevrolet Suburban through the years.
In 1936, Chevrolet combined a station wagon body with a truck base, and the Chevrolet Suburban was born.
Early Suburbans had seating for up to 8, with a body that resembled "Woodie" wagons of the time.
Between 1943 and 1945, no civilian Chevy Suburbans were created because of World War II.
The 2nd generation Suburban was equipped with a 216 cu. in. straight 6-cylinder engine.
This vehicle received an updated body style, featuring a broad stance, wider grille, and wider passenger compartment.
In 1954, Chevy added the Hyrda-Matic 4-speed automatic transmission to the Suburban.
The 4th generation brought a flatter hood, trapezoidal grille, wrap-around windshield, and front fenders that were flush with the body.
Both inline 6-cylinder and V8 engines were available.
In 1957, Chevrolet offered 4WD.
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In 1962, Chevy cleaned up the frontal styling, replacing oval ports with dual headlights.
This generation offered front independent suspension.
Later in the 5th generation, Chevrolet offered air conditioning and larger V8 and inline 6 engines.
The Suburban now featured a sleek, updated design with 2 passenger-side doors, and 1 driver-side door.
Buyers could choose between a tailgate or panel-style doors for rear cargo access.
In 1970, Chevy offered an eight-track player and stereo radio.
Now with 4-doors, the 1973 Chevy Suburban came standard with a 305 cu. in. V8.
Mid-generation, GM switched from carburetors to electronic fuel injection, using a system called throttle body injection.
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High degree of conservation of the enzymes synthesizing the laminin-binding glycoepitope of α-dystroglycan
Maria Giulia Bigotti*, Andrea Brancaccio*
Bristol Medical School (THS)
School of Biochemistry
The dystroglycan (DG) complex plays a pivotal role for the stabilization of muscles in Metazoa. It is formed by two subunits, extracellular α-DG and transmembrane β-DG, originating from a unique precursor via a complex post-translational maturation process. The α-DG subunit is extensively glycosylated in sequential steps by several specific enzymes and employs such glycan scaffold to tightly bind basement membrane molecules. Mutations of several of these enzymes cause an alteration of the carbohydrate structure of α-DG, resulting in severe neuromuscular disorders collectively named dystroglycanopathies. Given the fundamental role played by DG in muscle stability, it is biochemically and clinically relevant to investigate these post-translational modifying enzymes from an evolutionary perspective. A first phylogenetic history of the thirteen enzymes involved in the fabrication of the so-called 'M3 core' laminin-binding epitope has been traced by an overall sequence comparison approach, and interesting details on the primordial enzyme set have emerged, as well as substantial conservation in Metazoa. The optimization along with the evolution of a well-conserved enzymatic set responsible for the glycosylation of α-DG indicate the importance of the glycosylation shell in modulating the connection between sarcolemma and surrounding basement membranes to increase skeletal muscle stability, and eventually support movement and locomotion.
Open Biology
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.210104
M.G.B. is funded by the British Heart Foundation (grant no. CH/1/32804).
© 2021 The Authors.
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post-translational glycosylation
M3 core structure
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protein evolution
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Q: Numpy can_cast on array returns False even when casting is safe Python 3 test:
import numpy as np
print(np.can_cast(np.arange(100), np.uint32, casting='safe'))

This prints False although all values between 0 and 100 can be safely represented by unsigned 32bit integers.
From the documentation of numpy.can_cast:

Returns True if cast between data types can occur according to the
  casting rule. If from is a scalar or array scalar, also returns True
  if the scalar value can be cast without overflow or truncation to an
  integer.

Why does it return False in this case?
If I should not use can_cast, what should I use?
The numpy version is 1.12.1 (as returned by np.version.version).

A: np.arange(100) is an array (and not a scalar array), so only the data types are checked, not the individual values.
For example,
In [1]: import numpy as np

In [2]: x = np.arange(100)

In [3]: np.can_cast(x, np.uint32, casting='safe')
Out[3]: False

In [4]: all(np.can_cast(v, np.uint32, casting='safe') for v in x)
Out[4]: True

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A Discovery of Witches Season 2 Recap: Blood Rage, Time-Spinning and the Book of Life
Ahead of Season 3 arriving on Sky One and Sundance, here's a rundown of what happened in Season 2. Spoilers.
By Louisa Mellor | January 4, 2022 |
Photo: Bad Wolf Productions
Warning: contains spoilers for A Discovery of Witches seasons one and two.
A Discovery of Witches began as a Romeo and Juliet-ish romance about the forbidden love between a witch and a vampire in a world where magical creatures were segregated by a centuries-old covenant. It was the story of Diana, a scientist and witch whose extraordinary magic had been hidden from her by parents trying to protect her from the power-hungry Peter Knox, who sought to make it his own. In season one, Diana learned who she was and whom she loved – Matthew de Clermont, the son of a powerful vampire family with a historical prejudice against witches.
In season two, the pair time-walked back to Matthew's old life in Elizabethan England where Diana completed her witch training and learned of her prophesied role in the future of magical creatures. In the 16th century, Matthew battled past demons (literally, in the case of Kit Marlowe) and the secret of his vampire mother's Ysabeau's diseased bloodline was revealed.
As season three approaches, the story has outgrown Diana and Matthew's transgressive love. The fantasy now stages a wider fight between bigotry and acceptance, between division and unity. On one side are the traditionalists like Knox, who wants to eliminate the vampires and needs the Book of Life (or Ashmole 782, a magical text containing the secret of vampire creation, which Matthew and Diana travelled back in time to find, hoping to find a reason for and fix the present day dwindling power of magical creatures) to do it. On the other side are reformers like Marcus, Sophie and Nathaniel, a vampire and two daemons whose infant daughter Margaret is a witch. Now too, that Matthew and Diana are finally married and mated, there's Diana's pregnancy as another symbol of union between the species.
Let's revisit season two's major developments in preparation for the third and final season, which starts on Friday the 7th of January 2022 on Sky Max in the UK, and on Saturday the 8th of January on Sundance Now in the US.
Matthew the Shadow
Matthew's return to his life as Master Roydon in Elizabethan England was emotionally complicated. While Diana was essentially a tourist in the past, and retained her own mind and modern values while there, Matthew struggled to reconcile with the man he once was – a violent tool of the state who tortured Catholics and witches in the Tower of London as Queen Elizabeth's "Shadow". He bucked against the obeisance he was supposed to pay vampire priest Father Hubbard – the ruler of London's magical underground – and was frustrated by the murderous jealousy his besotted friend Kit Marlowe showed for Mistress Roydon.
Most difficult of all for Matthew was being back in a time where his father Philippe was still alive. On a visit to Sept-Tours, Matthew met with his father and confronted his pain, confessing to Diana that he had been forced to mercy-kill Philippe after rescuing him from Nazi torture in the 1940s. Philippe was initially suspicious of Diana, but welcomed her as a de Clermont with a blood vow at her and Matthew's wedding after he realised that Ysabeau had accepted her in the future. Matthew also reunited with his trusty Scottish nephew Gallowglass, a loyal friend who readily accepted Diana as family and helped the pair on their journey.
De Clermont Blood Rage
Philippe's mercy-killing wasn't Matthew's only confession to Diana in the 16th century. There, she learned the reason that he hadn't allowed them to fully 'mate'. Matthew suffered from vampire disease Blood Rage (inherited from Ysabeau and popularly believed to have died out), which caused him to violently lose control. If mated to Diana, his protective instincts would turn him into a dangerous animal around any perceived threat to her. Diana used her characteristic wisdom and powerful magic to calm Matthew and reach the man inside the monster.
The Blood Rage plot continued to modern day Oxford, where a vampire serial killer infected with Blood Rage was on a murderous rampage. Domenico realised that the killer must be a descendant of the de Clermont family, and plotted to use the information to dethrone Ysabeau and remove the de Clermonts from vampiric power, making Gerbert the new leader in exchange for control of Venice. At the end of season two, the identity of Oxford's Blood Rage serial killer was yet to be revealed, but we know that he broke into an auction house and stole Elizabethan miniature portraits of Diana and Matthew.
Matthew's descendant Marcus – who also carried the Blood Rage disease but did not suffer from its symptoms – finally learned of his condition, which had been kept secret from him. Centuries ago, Matthew had acted as an assassin to protect his family's reputation and stop Blood Rage from re-emerging, and secretly culled Marcus' 'children'. Marcus was granted control of the Knights of Lazarus (an organisation started by Philippe), and fell in love with a human named Phoebe, who knows he is a vampire and travelled with him to his ancestral home of Sept-Tours.
Weaving the Ten Knots
After Diana broke her parents' protective spellbinding in season one, she discovered her prodigious but untamed elemental powers. Like Satu – thought to be Diana's dark counterpart in an ancient prophecy about a powerful witch who will change the destiny of magical creatures – Diana sought to learn more about her powers, and found a teacher in Goody Alsop, the most powerful witch in Elizabethan England. With the help of the Goody Alsop and the Gathering (which included Susanne, the witch ancestor of modern-day daemon Sophie), Diana mastered the ten knots and learned that she, like her father before her, was a weaver – a rare witch not only able to perform existing spells, but also to conjure new ones.
Diana's magic came into its own on her journey through Europe to find the Book of Life. At Sept-Tours, she used it to murder a witch that Matthew's father Philippe had sicced on her to forcibly invade her memories. Then she conjured fire to contain Matthew, who was suffering the effects of Blood Rage. In Bohemia, she conjured spells to repel the odious occultist Rudolf II and retrieve Ashmole 782, which she learned was an evil object made from the skin and hair of magical creatures. In London, Diana used magic to protect herself from Kit Marlowe and Matthew's hedonist vampire sister Louisa, who planned to kill her (and would die soon themselves). In so doing, she revealed her familiar, a firedrake named Corra who protects Diana in times of great need. Before she returned to the modern day, Diana had a terrible vision of a Rowan tree – a portal between worlds – twisted with death and torment.
In Elizabethan London, Matthew and Diana took in a homeless orphan child named Jack who'd tried to pick their pockets in the street. They gave him a home and treated him as a son, giving custody of him to the noble Percy household to raise when they returned to modern day. They gave Jack miniature portraits of themselves, to remember them by. Fearing for Jack's safety, Diana made a secret bargain with vampire Father Hubbard to protect the boy, without telling Matthew what she'd done.
Matthew and Diana's journey eventually led them to Bohemia, where they discovered Edward Kelley imprisoned in the court of Rudolf II and driven mad by the Book of Life. Kelley had taken the book from Queen Elizabeth's astronomer Dr Dee, and wanted to use it to find the secret of longevity. Kelley was later greeted by a mysterious vampire known as Benjamin Fuchs, who introduced himself to Diana in Bohemia, and who was later revealed to have sired Father Hubbard.
When Diana and Matthew discovered Kelley and took the book, Kelley tore out three pages, and one of each was then given to each magical species for safe-keeping. Diana's father Stephen received the witch page in the modern day, and used his time-spinning power to travel back to the Elizabethan era to find the rest of the book. That's where Diana met him, having not seen him since she was seven years old, when her parents were killed. Even in possession of the book, Diana couldn't read it, and decided to return it to Dr Dee so that she would be able to find it again in the 21st century.
Peter Knox, High Magic and the Tragedy of Aunt Em
Peter Knox learned of the existence of baby Margaret – the witch born to daemon parents Nathaniel and Sophie – and promised her grandmother Agatha that the child would soon be taken away to be raised by her own species. He then went to Sept-Tours, where Diana's aunts and the others were staying for protection against him, in search of the witch page of the Book of Life.
At Sept-Tours, Aunt Emily feared for Diana's safety, and so broke a solemn promise to Sarah to try to protect their niece. Em experimented with dangerous high magic to communicate with Diana's dead mother Rebecca. It left her vulnerable to attack by Knox, who killed Emily in the grounds outside Sept-Tours and attacked Marcus. Before she died, Em magically hid the page of the Book he sought, and promised that Diana would unite all creatures against his bigotry and avenge her. The season ended as Diana and Matthew travelled back to Sept-Tours to face the devastation wrought by Knox, now married, and bringing with them new life.
A Discovery of Witches season 3 starts on Friday January 7th on Sky Max, and Saturday January 8th on Sundance Now.
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You have the right to anything you can defend, e.g. your person, your real property, your car, the things you carry around with you. You don't have a right to control something I own, e.g. a CD with music on it. You have to bargain with me to get that right. In exchange for being allowed to control copying for a limited time (that's what the Constitution says, "limited time"), I allow you to control certain uses of my property (a CD or book that I own).
Mark would revise that bargain. He would give up nothing, and I would give up control over those certain uses for an unlimited length of time. Why would he ever, even on a good day, think I would agree to that bargain? I propose a different bargain: until copyright starts expiring again (and nothing copyrighted since World War II has gone into the public domain so I don't understand why Mark is asking for what he's already getting) Mark gives up everything, and I can do anything I want with a CD or book, including rip it and post it to the Internet.


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Pierre Charles Bouvier (ur. 9 maja 1979 w Montrealu) – kanadyjski wokalista grupy rockowej Simple Plan. Karierę muzyczną rozpoczął w wieku 13 lat w zespole Reset łącząc funkcje wokalisty i basisty. W zespole tym grał także Chuck Comeau – obecnie perkusista Simple Plan.

Przed i po części w trakcie jego kariery muzycznej, Bouvier pracował jako kucharz w restauracji barbecue o nazwie St-Hubert rodzinnym Montrealu. W wieku 13 lat założył punkowo-rockowy zespół Reset ze szkolnym kolegą Chuckiem Comeau. Niezadowolony z kierunku artystycznego zespołu, Bouvier przyczynił się do powstania Simple Plan, w którym jest liderem. Wraz z Comeau, pisze teksty. Dodatkowo, Bouvier był oryginalnym basistą zespołu, dopóki stanowisko nie zostało uzyskane przez Davida Desrosiers, kiedy później dołączył do zespołu.

Występując na żywo, Pierre gra czasem na gitarze (elektrycznej i akustycznej) w odniesieniu do niektórych piosenek. Podczas trasy koncertowej z zespołem Zebrahead, Pierre zastąpił także ich perkusistę i zagrał z nimi kawałek "Wasted" (jedną ze swoich ulubionych piosenek). Pierre prowadził także na MTV program 'Damage control'. Pierre wraz z Chuckiem i Patrickiem założył własną firmę odzieżową Role Model Clothing produkującą punkowe ciuchy. Chłopcy często noszą je na teledyskach i koncertach. Uczęszczał do Kolegium Beaubois, wyższej szkoły w Montrealu wraz z innymi członkami zespołu: Sébastienem Lefebvre, Jeffem Stinco i Chuckiem Comeau (David Desrosiers nie uczęszczał do tej szkoły). Bouvier aktualnie zaręczony jest z Lachelle Farrar.

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Kanadyjscy aktorzy głosowi
Kanadyjscy gitarzyści rockowi
Kanadyjscy wokaliści rockowi
Urodzeni w 1979
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Con nonnismo vengono comunemente indicate un insieme di atti e/o pratiche, destinate a simboleggiare l'integrazione di un individuo in un particolare gruppo sociale, messi in atto da individui di maggiore anzianità.

Il fenomeno riguarderebbe quindi i gruppi sociali organizzati, tuttavia viene spesso utilizzato per indicare comportamenti vessatori nell'ambito delle forze armate e può manifestarsi anche in altri contesti e può essere conseguenza o espressione di mobbing.

Origine e caratteristiche
Il termine "nonnismo" si rifà alla parola "nonno", che gergalmente identifica il membro anziano del gruppo analogo alla figura del bullo, in contrapposizione al "nipote", cioè al novizio che ne rappresenta la vittima.

Nella fenomenologia del nonnismo si parte dai semplici atti di superiorità (scherno, insulti pesanti, scherzi balordi e insensati) fino ad atti di gravità maggiore: furto, lesioni, disturbo costante psicofisico della vittima, atti di persecuzione, denigratori, discriminatori e di devastazione, ed anche di tipo razzista. Spesso si risolve in veri e propri atti persecutori fini a sé stessi, con vessazioni di ogni sorta, fino a sfociare, in casi non rarissimi, persino nel suicidio o nell'omicidio.

Nei vari contesti

Forze armate

Nelle forze armate il nonnismo è generalmente vietato e scoraggiato. Soprattutto in passato, si è tradotto in uno strumento di pressione e di ricatto per sottomettere un soggetto, o per fargli compiere diverse azioni contro la propria volontà, oppure anche per eliminare un soggetto da un determinato contesto.

A volte è stato - più o meno consapevolmente - un mezzo per la regolazione delle gerarchie all'interno della truppa, soprattutto nei confronti dei soldati più giovani (generalmente reclute) o anche inesperti, prefigurandosi come un'alternativa ufficiosa alla gerarchia militare di comando formale, per mantenere certi equilibri all'interno di unità e reparti.

Luoghi di lavoro

Il fenomeno è molto diffuso anche nei luoghi di lavoro, come mezzo utilizzato per costringere un soggetto a lasciare il proprio posto e terminare un rapporto di lavoro, anche se in questo caso si parla più genericamente di mobbing, poiché il fenomeno può non essere legato all'anzianità dei soggetti coinvolti.

Nel mondo

Italia
A partire dagli anni '80, gli episodi di nonnismo legati al servizio militare di leva in Italia cominciarono ad emergere con più frequenza e a diventare di dominio pubblico; tra i più famosi ci furono la scomparsa di Pietro Camedda, l'uccisione dell'agente dei NOCS Samuele Donatoni durante le operazioni del sequestro Soffiantini nel 1997, avvenuta in circostanze mai del tutto chiarite, e la morte di Emanuele Scieri, paracadutista di leva di 26 anni che prestava servizio a Pisa, presso la Caserma "GAMERRA", sede del C.A.PAR. - Centro Addestramento Paracadutisti della Brigata paracadutisti "Folgore" , improvvisamente scomparso la sera dell'arrivo in caserma, e poi rinvenuto morto in un cortile periferico della caserma stessa il 16 agosto 1999. In particolare tale ultimo caso scosse l'opinione pubblica, al punto da indurre la classe politica a progettare il superamento del servizio militare di leva in Italia. Riguardo alla diffusione del fenomeno, dopo un calo all'inizio degli anni 2000, a partire dal 2012 si è avuta una recrudescenza.

Dal punto di vista giuridico, pur non esistendo una autonoma fattispecie di reato, nel 2000 per contrastare il fenomeno vennero introdotti nel codice penale militare nuovi reati come quelli di violenza privata, maltrattamenti ed estorsione. Per quanto riguarda la giurisprudenza, la terza sezione civile della Corte di Cassazione, con la sentenza 26 febbraio 2013, n. 4809 ha stabilito che qualora gli episodi di "nonnismo" patiti durante un solo mese di servizio di leva aggravino i problemi psichici dell'individuo, sussiste l'obbligo a carico del Ministero della difesa di risarcimento del danno.

Russia
Il concetto è espresso in lingua russa col termine dedovščina che indica quella serie di comportamenti tipici del nonnismo che si concretizzano in vessazioni fisiche e psicologiche contro i giovani soldati delle forze armate russe. Un impulso viene attribuito alla legge del 12 ottobre 1967 che ha portato alla creazione di gruppi di coscritti con differente anzianità di servizio.

Dedovshchina comprende una varietà di attività subordinate o umilianti svolte dai ranghi inferiori: dallo svolgere i compiti dei ranghi superiori agli abusi fisici e psicologici violenti e talvolta letali, simili a una forma estremamente crudele di intimidazione o persino di tortura. è spesso citato come una delle principali fonti di morale basso nei ranghi.

Il fenomeno ha assunto spesso connotati molto violenti con diversi casi di omicidio e di suicidio, a causa del fenomeno nel 2007 sono state accertate all'interno delle forze armate 341 casi di suicidio.

Abitualmente, con la giustificazione del mantenimento dell'autorità, la violenza fisica o l'abuso psicologico possono essere utilizzate per costringere i "giovani" a svolgere determinati compiti faticosi. In molte situazioni, infatti, il nonnismo non è l'obiettivo. Le reclute anziane sfruttano i loro giovani per procurarsi un'esistenza più confortevole e gli aspetti violenti emergono quando i giovani si rifiutano di "seguire le tradizioni". Ci sono state occasioni in cui i soldati sono stati gravemente feriti o, in situazioni straordinarie, uccisi.

Stati Uniti d'America
Si stima che nel 2012, a causa di tali atti, nell'esercito statunitense si sono suicidati 177 soldati.

Note

Bibliografia
 Isaia E. Bedeschi G., Noi Alpini, Igis, Milano 1969.
 Fabrizio Battistelli, Anatomia del nonnismo. Cause e misure di contrasto del mobbing militare, Franco Angeli editore, 2000.
 Francesco Luigi Bovi, Minima militaria, Viterbo, Stampa Alternativa, 1992
 Michele Mari, Filologia dell'anfibio, Bompiani, Milano, 1995.
 Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Pao Pao, Feltrinelli, Milano, 1982.

Voci correlate
 Mobbing
 Forze armate
 Ijime
 Servizio militare
 Violenza
 Bullismo

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Association contre le bizutage (associazione francese contro il nonnismo)

Pratiche illegali
Sociologia della devianza
Terminologia militare
Violenza
Comportamento umano


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G.S.R. 917(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3A of the Government Savings Promotion Act, 1873 (5 of 1873), the Central Government hereby makes the following Scheme, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.-
(1) This Scheme may be called the National Savings (Monthly Income Account) Scheme, 2019.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions.-
(1) In this Scheme, unless the context otherwise requires,-
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(2) Words and expressions used herein but not defined shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act and in the General Rules.
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(i) a single adult;
(ii) upto a maximum of three adults in joint names;
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(1) The account shall be opened with a minimum deposit of one thousand rupees or any sum in multiple of one thousand rupees and there shall be only one deposit in an account.
(2) A maximum of rupees four lakh fifty thousand rupees can be deposited in a single account, account opened under clause (iii) and (iv) of paragraph 3 and nine lakhs rupees in a joint account.
(3) Deposits in all the accounts taken together for an individual shall not exceed four lakh fifty thousand rupees in a single account and nine lakh rupees in a joint account.
5. Interest on deposit.-
(1) The deposit made under this Scheme shall bear interest at the rate of 7.6 per cent. per annum.
(2) Interest shall be payable to the account holder on completion of a month from the date of deposit.
(3) If the interest payable every month is not claimed by the account holder such interest shall not earn any additional interest.
(4) Interest shall be rounded off to nearest multiple of one rupee and for this purpose any amount of fifty paisa or more shall be treated as one rupee and any amount less than fifty paisa shall be ignored.
(5) Where a deposit in excess to the ceiling specified under sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 4 has been made, the accounts office shall refund the excess deposit to the account holder immediately
(6) The excess amount referred to in sub-paragraph (5), shall carry an interest at the rate applicable from time to time to the Post Office Savings Account and shall be payable to such depositor on such amount.
(7) The interest referred to in sub-paragraph (6) shall be admissible from the date of deposit of the excess amount till the end of the month preceding the month in which the deposit has been refunded.
(8) If the date of payment of monthly interest falls on Sunday or a holiday, the payment shall be deemed to be due on the business day immediately preceding that Sunday or a holiday.
(9) If the deposit is made on 29th, 30th and 31st of a month and if these dates do not come in the following month, the payment of monthly interest shall be made on the last date of the following month and if such last day is a holiday, monthly interest shall be paid on the preceeding day.
6. Premature closure of account.-
The account holder may be permitted to withdraw the deposit and close the account at any time after expiry of a period of one year from the date of opening of such account by making an application in Form-2, subject to the conditions that,-
(i) if the account is closed on or before the expiry of three years from the date of opening of such account, an amount equal to two per cent. of the deposit shall be deducted and the remainder shall be paid to him; and
(ii) If the account is closed after the expiry of three years from the date of opening of such account, an amount equal to one per cent. of the deposit shall be deducted and the remainder shall be paid to him.
7. Closure of account.-(1) The deposit made at the time of opening of the account and the interest accrued thereupon, shall be paid by the accounts office after completion of five years from the date of the opening the account to the account holder on an application in Form-3.
(2) In case the account holder dies before the maturity of the account, the account may be closed and the deposit shall be refunded as per provisions of the General Rules, along with interest upto the month preceeding the month in which refund is made.
8. Application of General Rules.-
The provisions of the General Rules shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to the matters for which no provision have been made in this Scheme.
9. Power to relax.-
Where the Central Government is satisfied that the operation of any of the provisions of this Scheme causes undue hardship to the depositor, it may by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax the requirements of that provision in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act.
[F. No. 2/2/2018-NS (Pt. I)]
RAJAT KUMAR MISHRA, Jt. Secy.
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Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said Monday that he expects the company to do nothing less than "encourage new ways of looking at the world" with a new subscription television offering called Apple TV+ that was the highlight of a company event dedicated to Apple's services business.
Cook and other Apple officials took the stage at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple's "Spaceship" headquarters in Cupertino to say Apple TV+ will go live in the fall, but didn't disclose how much the service will cost. And unlike other internet-based subscription TV service like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon, which offer a mix of original programs and content from other outlets, none of the Apple officials mentioned anything about Apple TV+ carrying anything other than content produced exclusively for Apple.
As such, Apple didn't waste any time in bringing out some star power to throw some serious Hollywood weight behind Apple TV+.
Legendary director Steven Spielberg appeared on stage to announce a revival of the "Amazing Stories" anthology series, while actors Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and Steve Carrell described "The Morning Show," a new drama series set largely behind the scenes of a broadcast network's morning TV show. Big Bird, from "Sesame Street," appeared to promote "Helpsters," a new show aimed at preschoolers in which computer coding will be used to solve problems presented during the program.
By launching Apple TV+, Apple is betting like it never has before that it believes its services business will follow the iPod, iPhone and iPad and become the next big thing to drive the company's revenue growth. In Apple's fiscal first quarter, which ended in December 2018, services–including sales from the App Store, Apple Music, payments processed through Apple Pay, and iCloud subscriptions–totaled $10.9 billion, a 19-percent increase from the prior year, and trailed only the iPhone as a source of revenue for Apple.
But in getting into the streaming TV market, Apple also faces competitors unlike any it has seen in other industries. Netflix, alone, has 12 years of streaming TV experience under its belt, and more than 139 million paying subscribers around the world. And while questions remain about how Netflix can continue to grow its market share, along with implementing price increases that are palatable to its subscribers, the company is on track to surpass 150 million worldwide subscribers within the next few months.
However, Apple does have something that would be the envy of Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and any other streaming TV company: 1.4 billion iPhones, iPads and Macs in use around the world that give it a huge base of potential customers to which it can easily distribute its streaming video platform.
And in order to be more attractive to that base of customers, Apple introduced an update to its Apple TV app that includes Apple TV Channels, which will give individuals the ability to subscribe to premium TV networks such as HBO and Showtime, as well as search for, purchase or rent TV programs and movies via the iTunes store.
Streaming TV wasn't the only service Apple highlighted at Monday's event.
The company showed off a new subscription-based news and magazine service, Apple News+, which includes access to more than 300 magazines and newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. Apple News+ will cost $9.99 a month and can be shared by all members of a subscriber's family. The service is available as of Monday.
Apple also introduced a new digital credit card called Apple Card via a partnership with investment bank Goldman Sachs and using MasterCard for payments processing. Apple Card is designed to be used with iPhones and retailers that accept Apple Pay as a payment method. To entice users to sign up for Apple Card when it becomes available this summer, Apple is setting up a service called Daily Cash, which will give an Apple Card users 3 percent cash back on any purchases made in Apple retail stores, on the App Store and for Apple services, and 2 percent cash back on other purchases.
Apple Card will also deposit a person's cash-back rewards into their account on the day a purchase is made. That money can then be used for paying an Apple Card bill, or making other purchases.
Apple is also offering a new gaming subscription service called Apple Arcade that will include access to more than 100 games specifically made for the service. Apple Arcade games will be able to be download and played offline when the service launches this fall. The company didn't disclose any pricing for Apple Arcade.


Discover the man who became a legend! The Stonewall Jackson House in historic downtown Lexington, Virginia is the only home that the famous Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson ever owned.
Jackson and his second wife, Mary Anna Morrison, lived in the brick and stone house before the Civil War. Tours of the house focus on Jackson's civilian life as a professor, church leader, businessman, and husband.
Since 1954, Jackson's Lexington, Virginia home, located a block east of Main Street, has been a museum and historic site. In 1979, the house was carefully restored to its appearance at the time of the Jacksons' occupancy. The house, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is furnished with period pieces, including many of Jackson's personal possessions, and is open to the public for guided tours of the period rooms. The house is owned and operated by Virginia Military Institute.
The museum's mission is to preserve Jackson's former home and its collections and educate the public by interpreting the life, character, and times of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. Special emphasis is placed upon Jackson's life as a professor, church leader, businessman, husband, and community leader during the decade that he lived in Lexington and taught at Virginia Military Institute before the American Civil War.
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text:
"""
birthday.py
Author: Nils Kingston
Credit: Roger
Assignment:

Your program will ask the user the following questions, in this order:

1. Their name.
2. The name of the month they were born in (e.g. "September").
3. The year they were born in (e.g. "1962").
4. The day they were born on (e.g. "11").

If the user's birthday fell on October 31, then respond with:

  You were born on Halloween!

If the user's birthday fell on today's date, then respond with:

  Happy birthday!

Otherwise respond with a statement like this:

  Peter, you are a winter baby of the nineties.

Example Session

  Hello, what is your name? Eric
  Hi Eric, what was the name of the month you were born in? September
  And what year were you born in, Eric? 1972
  And the day? 11
  Eric, you are a fall baby of the stone age.
"""
from datetime import datetime
from calendar import month_name
todaymonth = datetime.today().month
todaydate = datetime.today().day
month1 = month_name[todaymonth]

name = input("Hello, what is your name? ")
month = input("Hi " + name + ", what was the name of the month you were born in? ")
year = int(input("And what year were you born in, " + name + "? "))
day = int(input("And the day? "))

if year < 1980:
    age = "stone age"
elif 1980 <= year < 1990:
    age = "eighties"
elif 1990 <= year < 2000:
    age = "nineties"
elif year >= 2000:
    age = "two thousands"

if month == "December" or month == "January" or month == "Febuary":
    season = "winter"
elif month == "March" or month == "April" or month == "May":
    season = "spring"
elif month == "June" or month == "July" or month == "August":
    season = "summer"
elif month == "September" or month == "October" or month == "November":
    season = "fall"

if month == "October" and day == 31:
    print("You were born on Halloween!")
elif month == month1 and day == int(todaydate):
    print("Happy Birthday!")
else:
    print(name + ", you are a " + season + " baby of the " + age + ".")

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


I started on botox injections in May of this year, with my second one being in August. I was a few days late in getting my second injection due to switching to a new neurologist. My next botox injection will be in November. I'm still struggling with some headaches, which I have my rescue meds for. Those include Naratriptan (by itself) and if that doesn't help I have Fioricet/Tylenol-3, which I take together. What has been other's experiences with botox?
Thank you for sharing your Botox journey with us. It's not uncommon to have three even four rounds of Botox before we see a noticeable difference in our migraine attack frequency and severity. I noticed a difference after my third round. Any my abortives seem to work a bit better.
It's important to keep on top of our migraine attack triggers as well. Botox isn't a "cure" but used for migraine prevention, so staying away from our triggers (the ones we can avoid) is helpful.
I was on a Botox like treatment plan for a while which had a lot of benefit, but then switched to Botox, which was better. It definitely takes a few weeks to kick in, and wears off before the three months are up, so getting the regular appointments are key. My neurologist has told me that the longer you do it, the better it goes, and that was true until my last does where we experimented with using less. That was an error.
I have had to go through a lot of trial and error working out exactly what quantities to put where. It makes a big difference in my ability to keep my head upright properly for a few weeks (my injections are neck and shoulder), and it can be frustrating having to wait a few months to finesse the results. That said, my quality of life improves dramatically when it works, although I have muscle issues causing the migraines so I am getting double relief.


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CTA Delivers West Bridgewater Middle/Senior High School for Start of Classes
WEST BRIDGEWATER – CTA Construction Co. Inc. joined West Bridgewater school officials and families in celebrating the new middle-senior high school that opened to students and teachers with the start of the new school year.
The 141,000-square-foot school is for grades 7-12. The first floor houses the middle school grades with the senior high students on the second floor.
Its completion makes way for relocating the athletic fields. The 20-acre site will also contain a new synthetic playing field for football and soccer with a six-lane running track, new baseball field and a field hockey overlay field. Other site improvements include new roadways, parking, walkways, landscaping and utilities.
"We are pleased to join the West Bridgewater community in celebrating the completion of this new school, which is a testament to their commitment to the education of children. At CTA, we take pride in building facilities that help teachers and staff deliver a world-class education to students," said Jeff Hazelwood, Project Executive of CTA Construction Co., Inc., based in Waltham and online at www.ctaconstruction.com.
Designed by Flansburgh Architects, the project construction budget totaled $49.6 million. Colliers International is the Owner's Project Manager for both the Assabet and West Bridgewater projects.
The West Bridgewater Middle/Senior High School is the latest in the portfolio of environmentally friendly projects by CTA Construction, which ranks among the greenest contractors in a national survey.
In addition to West Bridgewater, CTA Construction completed schools in Marlborough, Webster and Revere in time for the start of school. CTA is a leading construction manager on public school projects in Massachusetts, with a high customer-satisfaction rating, as compiled by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
CTA's construction professionals are experienced in completing even the most complicated school projects, with a focus on environmental sustainability and minimizing disruption to ongoing classes in existing schools, while construction is ongoing at adjacent locations.


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Bishopstown's Egan the hero for Sheffield with late dramatic winner
Sheffield United's John Egan scores his side's first goal of the game during the Premier League match at Bramall Lane, Sheffield. PA Photo. Issue date: Wednesday July 8, 2020.
BISHOPSTOWN'S John Egan struck deep into injury time as Sheffield United defeated fellow European hopefuls Wolves 1-0 at a rain-sodden Bramall Lane.
It looked like the game would finish goalless but Egan headed home Oliver Norwood's corner following a sustained period of Blades pressure to give Chris Wilder's side a crucial victory.
The win moved the hosts above Arsenal into seventh place and just a point behind their opponents in the Premier League table, keeping their dreams of Europa League football next season alive and kicking.
It was Egan's second Premier League goal in three days having equalised against Burnley in the 80th minute with a sweet strike inside the box on Sunday.
Tonight's goal was more dramatic and brave as the Corkman risked crashing into the back of Mendy's head when he headed home the winner just 60 seconds before the end of injury time in the 92nd minute.
Sheffield United's John Egan celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the game during the Premier League match at Bramall Lane, Sheffield. PA Photo.
Meanwhile, successive defeats for Wolves have likely ended their hopes of making the Champions League, although Nuno Espirio Santo's side could still qualify for the competition should they win the Europa League next month.
Blades boss Wilder made two changes. The fit-again Jack O'Connell replaced Jack Robinson in defence while club captain Billy Sharp started up front as David McGoldrick missed out with a foot injury.
Wolves made one change after the home defeat to Arsenal with Diogo Jota coming in for Leander Dendoncker.
Both sides got their passing games going early on in what was a competitive opening, but equally the organisation of the two teams often meant that free-flowing football lacked a cutting edge around the penalty areas.
When Wolves worked their way through the Blades defence after 14 minutes, Raul Jimenez's touch on his chest was heavy as he tried to control Adama Traore's cross and what would have been a clear shot on goal eight yards out was lost.
Shortly afterwards, Oliver McBurnie got across the front of Conor Coady at the near post to meet O'Connell's cross but his glancing header was straight at Rui Patricio.
O'Connell cynically halted Jota's drive towards goal after half an hour and received a yellow card for the foul. Ruben Neves fired the resulting free-kick goalwards but his effort clipped the top of the crossbar on its way over.
Wolves had a couple of let-offs either side of half time when Willy Boly's pass-back to Patricio was pounced upon by Sharp but his shot was blocked by the goalkeeper.
Sharp was involved again early in the second half when he put the ball in the net, only to see his celebrations curtailed by an offside flag.
It was the beginning of a sustained period of pressure for the Blades but Wolves, marshalled at the back by Coady, largely kept the hosts at arm's length until Jonny switched off 12 minutes from time but, thankfully for him, George Baldock's header went wide.
Wolves endured a late barrage of pressure as the Blades went in search of a winning goal and their endeavour was rewarded in injury time when defender Egan, who scored a superb goal in the draw at Burnley at the weekend, rose highest to head home Norwood's corner, sending Wilder leaping in joy down the touchline.


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Kyle Shanahan is 'excited' about opportunity with 49ers
Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Kyle Shanahan is 'excited' about opportunity with 49ers
Jan 19, 2017 at 2:52 PM • --
Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan addressed the media on Thursday and discussed the reports of him becoming the next head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. While he acknowledged that there was mutual interest, Shanahan reminded everyone that nothing is official.
Nothing can become official until the Falcons are done with their playoff run. That could be as early as this Sunday or as late as February 5 after the Super Bowl. Regardless of Sunday's outcome, Shanahan will meet with the 49ers next week. If the Falcons win on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, they will enjoy a bye week leading up to the Super Bowl. If they lose, the 49ers can hire Shanahan immediately.
"With my situation outside of this week, I'm definitely excited about that," Shanahan said on Thursday. "But it's not really something that I know what the situation is right now. The way the NFL makes these rules and the way it is – this is my first time going through it – now seeing how the rules are, I see why it is this way. It makes it pretty easy for us. You know, you're only allowed to talk to teams when you do have a bye week. I got that opportunity a couple of weeks ago.
"Regardless of what happens in this game, win or lose, you can talk to them again when your season's over or if you get another bye week. So I think I'll get that opportunity next week. But whatever happens, I plan on doing that. But besides that, the NFL keeps it pretty simple for you because you're not really allowed to talk. You can't really go there one way or another. So I'm looking forward to having those conversations next week. But really until then, I really don't have much else for you guys. It makes it very easy to focus on the thing that's most important and that's Sunday."
Shanahan: Coaching Opportunity Not a Distraction
Is there an offer on the table between the 49ers and Shanahan? The coordinator denied that there is. "I think there is some interest, obviously," Shanahan said. "I thought that in my interview a couple of weeks ago. Looking forward to the chance where you can speak to people again but it's a pretty good situation to be in as far as where our team is at right now. This is the coolest moment I've had in my career, being in a game like this. I used to think that the rules weren't that cool. I love the rules because it makes it very simple for me. It's cut and dry. You don't have an option."
Friends and family have been asking Shanahan about the job with the 49ers. "I'm in my office looking at film all day and there's nothing I'm allowed to do about it," he said. "I think I'll have an idea of that after the game. I don't know what day that will be, whether it's Monday or the following week. I'm not sure. And right now, I truly don't care."
Are all of these reports a distraction for Shanahan, who is trying to stay focused on winning a Super Bowl? "There's nothing to be distracted about," Shanahan responded. "You can put that aside, totally focus on right here and right now. That's not tough to do. This is an opportunity that I personally, as a coach, I've wanted to win a playoff game my entire career and got to do that last week. Right now, that we have a chance to play for a Super Bowl is pretty much what's consuming my mind. It's something we're enjoying and not going to miss this opportunity."
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On Saturday my son and I went to take in a puppet show at the New Victory's New 42nd St. Studios. The show was called Potato Needs A Bath, and it was devised by Scottish storyteller and puppeteer Shonna Reppe, who last appeared at the New Victory in 2009 with her version of Cinderella. I wrote a preview article about it on my dad blog, http://www.dadapalooza.com, and you can read that article here.
I call this a puppet show, because Shonna Reppe bills herself as a puppeteer, but one could well call it a clown show. A slightly eccentric and dotty woman throws a birthday party for a potato, and invites all sorts of other vegetables and fruits. Some of the other characters includ the twin cherries, who double as earrings; Madame Aubergina, who is quite haughty and wears all sorts of jewels, the pear family, Mr., Mrs. and their son William, a plum that goes potty, as well as a host of others. The star of the show, Potato, loves mud, and in fact manages to get it nearly everywhere he goes. Before his party, he needs to get his first ever bath, which Shonna (playing a character called Rudie Bayga) gives him, much to his dismay.
In a word, the show is delightful, and as I predicted in my preview, both I and my son were entranced by the work. You should definitely see this show if you can, even if you don't have a 2 year old.
Puppet show is good for kids. I had brought my niece once in a live puppet show. She had enjoyed so much and she begs me to bring her again for the next show.


Celebrate the Easter season with some fun and creative workshops! With a variety of workshops to choose from all using a range of materials all provided.
Tuesday 16th April - Eggstraordinary Creatures: Transform a plain egg into a little creature - an Easter chick, a frog or make your own Easter creature or even a little monster!