Judging when it is safe to drive into traffic to make a turn or deciding if you have enough time to pass another driver are crucial skills that come only with experience.
If new drivers are preparing to execute one of the maneuvers mentioned above, they need to signal their intentions to other drivers. But as you know, just because you tell someone you are going to do something, that doesn't necessarily make it safe.
Remind your teen if they aren't 100 percent sure they are safe to make a turn or pass another car, it is better to wait. Taking a few extra seconds could save lives. Tell them not to feel pressured into turning because another driver is in a rush.
In this lesson, practice turning right or left out of a parking lot where there isn't a signal. Let teens know when it is safe to turn the first few times, and then have teens tell you when they think it is safe to turn. Keep doing this until you feel they have improved.


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Many women are faced with the task of shedding excess weight after childbearing, and they often seek medical guidance for weight loss. Some were overweight prior to pregnancy, while others gained excessive weight while "eating for two." Regardless of the specific nature of the weight gain, the weeks and months following delivery involve attempts at weight loss for most women. Questions often arise as to how to safely accomplish weight loss after pregnancy, and whether or not special considerations are indicated when a new mother is breast-feeding.
It is widely thought that breast-feeding accelerates the process of weight loss after delivery. An informational pamphlet from La Leche League states that breast-feeding will help mothers lose the extra fat deposited during pregnancy as an energy reserve to support lactation, whereas mothers who bottle-feed must rely on diet and exercise to lose weight postpartum. However, a 2001 study of postpartum women in Montreal confirmed findings of prior studies that showed infant breast-feeding was not associated with statistically significant differences in the rate of weight loss during the first 9 postpartum months. The Montreal study highlighted several factors that did appear to be important predictors of postpartum weight loss. Women who gained more weight during pregnancy lost weight more quickly after delivery. Women who smoked postpartum lost weight more quickly than non-smokers, and those born in Canada or the U.S. lost weight more slowly than those born elsewhere. Many other studies and reviews have shown similar results. Since the scientific evidence does not support a definite association between breast-feeding and postpartum weight loss, new mothers should be advised that breast-feeding in and of itself should not be relied upon to compensate for excessive pregnancy weight gain or to increase postpartum weight loss.
How, then, do we counsel new mothers in their quest to lose pregnancy-related weight? Appetite suppressants such as phentermine are not recommended if a mother is breast-feeding. Although there are no reports describing the use of phentermine during lactation, it has a low molecular weight and therefore excretion into breast milk would be expected. The safest approach is a calorie restriction of 500-1000 calories per day. Although it has been documented that postpartum dieting to achieve moderate weight loss does not impair lactation, at least one study has shown a reduction in milk production with even short-term calorie restriction to less than 1500 calories per day.
Therefore, as with all patients, individualizing the calorie restriction and providing close follow up is paramount to achieving optimal results. I base the patient's plan for calorie restriction on estimated energy expenditure, which varies depending on initial weight, body composition and activity level. Lactation utilizes approximately 600 calories per day for production of 850 ml milk, but as discussed above, does not seem to result in increased weight loss. A calorie plan should provide 500-1000 calories less than the patient's calculated requirements and include 75-90 g protein for satiety and preservation of lean mass. This level of calorie restriction is safely accomplished without appetite suppressants, and generally results in weight (fat) loss of about 1-2 lbs per week for most women whether breast- or bottle-feeding.
Regarding exercise, a return to a regular exercise routine will enhance a patient's weight loss. It may be challenging for a new mother to find the time and energy to exercise; however, exercise is known to elevate mood and relieve stress. Most new mothers may safely return to moderate cardiovascular activity and light resistance training following their 6-week postpartum visit. Combined with healthy dietary habits, regular exercise plays an important role in weight loss and maintenance; the key is to balance caloric intake and activity level to achieve a calorie deficit for weight loss, and equilibrium for weight maintenance.
epidemiologic profile of the U.S. population. The new guidelines are based on maternal pre-pregnant BMI, and are available on the IOM website. Of note in the introduction to the guidelines is data from the 2003-2004 round of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) showing that 28.9 percent of women of reproductive age (20-39 years old) were obese (BMI ≥ 30) and 8.0 percent were extremely obese (BMI ≥ 40). The revised guidelines recommend that all obese women restrict their gestational weight gain to no more than 20 lbs. The growing number of obese reproductive-age women (currently 30%) constitutes a large population of women needing counseling and guidance for weight loss prior to pregnancy, careful monitoring of pregnancy weight gain, and support in postpartum weight loss/maintenance. As bariatricians, it is our role to assess caloric and nutritional needs, and formulate a plan for safe and effective weight loss at all stages of the reproductive years.
Ligue Internationale La Leche. Nutrition et allaitement. Publication #159FRC 1986. Quebec, Canada: Blessings Corporation, 1990.
Haiek Laura N, MD, MSc, et al. Postpartum weight loss and infant feeding, J Am Board Fam Med. 2001;14(2).
Lederman SA. The effect of pregnancy weight gain on later obesity. Obstet Gynecol 1993; 82:148-55.
Briggs Gerald G, Freeman Roger K, Yaffe Sumner J, Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: a reference guide to fetal and neonatal risk, 8th Edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008, p1470.
Dusdieker LB, Hemingway DL, Stumbo PJ. Is milk production impaired by dieting during lactation? Am J Clin Nutr 1994;59:833-40.
Thomson AM, Hytten FE, Billewicz WZ. The energy cost of human lactation. Br J Nutr. 1970 Jun;24(2):565–572.
IOM (Institute of Medicine). Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Posted online May 28, 2009.
All rights of Article "Weight Loss After Pregnancy" belongs to Michele CAVENEE MD and it is published at SuggestADoctor.com (http://www.suggestadoctor.com) Health Articles Library.


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Did you know that children who read frequently develop stronger reading skills? Although there is plenty of reading durin gthe school day, it's just as important to read at home! Here are a few tips for reading at home.
Boulevard Elementary is a Common Sense Media (CSM) Certified School. Parents and students are encouraged to check out the CSM to learn more about how to be safe and informed users of digital media.
Ms. Roope teaches classes about books and authors. She also teaches students to become good inquirers. All students learn how to find and use information in the library and on the internet. She also knows how to find exactly the right book for each student to read. She works with teachers to make sure the library has resources to help students achieve. When she is not at Boulevard, Ms. Roope is teaching at the Fernway Library.
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Inclusion of tribal villages in 5th Schedule sought
2021-12-26 India
'Three MLAs are trying to sacrifice the rights of tribal people'
The AP Girijan Sangham 5th Schedule Sadhana Committee has adopted a resolution seeking inclusion of non-scheduled villages in the 5th Schedule and their exclusion from the purview of Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) at the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) Governing Body meeting to be held on December 29.
At the district-level meeting of the sadhana committee, held under the auspices of the district president Ch. Raju at Madugula in the district on Sunday, district general secretary E. Narasimha Murthy and honorary president K. Govinda Rao said that the State government was focussing on the problems of adivasis in non-Scheduled areas. It had directed the Tahsildar to hold gram sabhas in the 113 revenue villages in nine mandals of Visakhapatnam Agency and send a report to the ITDA.
The sangham leaders alleged that when the ITDA was preparing to send its report to the government, the MLAs of Chodavaram, Narsipatnam and Madugula intervened forcing the ITDA officials to send the names of only five panchayats in Anantagiri mandal while deleting the names of other non-scheduled tribal villages from the list. They alleged that the MLAs were trying to sacrifice the rights of the tribal people by including the non-scheduled tribal villages under Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority and hand them over to mining and real estate agents for their vested interests. Condemning the attitude of the MLAs, the sangham leaders said there was no rule, as per the guidelines of the Central Government, that the consent of the local MLA should be taken for inclusion of a village in the scheduled area.
'Don't succumb to pressure'
They appealed to the Integrated Tribal Development Agency Project Officer not to succumb to pressures from the MLAs and send the complete list to the State government apart from including them in the 5th Schedule, failing which they would be forced to launch an agitation.
Meanwhile, E.A.S. Sarma, former Secretary to the Government of India and the former Commissioner (Tribal Welfare) in undivided Andhra Pradesh has written to the Chief Ministers of both the Telugu States, on Saturday, saying that the basis adopted in 1986 for villages to be notified for inclusion in Scheduled Areas, should not be altered against the interests of the adivasis.
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Its incorporation was initiated following the recommendation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, which conducted a comprehensive forest inventory in the state from 1968 to 1972.
The function would be to stimulate by all possible means the planned expansion of wood-based industries throughout Sarawak at a role consistent with the overall interest of the economy, the availability of capital and the technical expertise and effective management of the forest resources.


So far only dependencies have been updated.
I don't see a 2.13 job in the CI matrix?
This is far from building at all. There are several classes that implement collection-like behaviour, and I'm not 100% sure on how to convert those.
Do we add a separate source tree for 2.13, stop extending collections, or something completely different?
I haven't looked at http4s's custom collections in particular, but I can offer some general advice in this area.
It is not usually necessary to copy-and-paste sources wholesale; it's usually possible to get by with just a few aliases and forwarders in version-specific source files.
Alright. Thanks for the pointers. I'll take another look, when I have some free time.
I haven't looked, but someone said fs2 has scala-collection-compat as a dependency already, so we may already have it.
Broke down and made source directories. Core compiles.
@SethTisue I'll open a stub ticket now and try to minimize it after the conference.
👍 to Ross's work. Need some eyes on the build stages / release step changes.
Should we add this and then suppress in the ci step?
I am desperately behind on my talk, so may be releasing this from the plane, but many thanks for jumping in. I'll review the parts I didn't do ASAP.
Does this need a @deprecated or should it be removed?
I see no reason we can't keep this, though it suggests random access in the implementation. I'm ambivalent about deprecating it or not.


A man who was walking in and out of traffic on the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway during Tuesday's morning rush hour has been taken into custody.
About 5:50 a.m., several callers informed police that a pedestrian was walking in and out of traffic on the westbound Dan Ryan near 47th Street, according to Illinois State Police.
Troopers responded and the pedestrian resisted being taken into custody and was behaving erractically, police said.
He was eventually taken into custody and taken to St. Bernard Hospital for an evaluation, police said. No one was injured.


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Q: How to call plugin in cakephp **- How to call plugin in cakephp please answer me asap.and how to use it
   i am using code in my app controller   so its giving me error **
public function admin_edit_comment() {
            $this->layout = 'ajax';
            $this->autoRender = false;
            if ($this->request->is('ajax')) {
                if ($this->FaComment->save($this->request->data, false)) {
                    $response['status'] = 'success';
                    $response['action'] = 'edit_comment';
                    $response['data'] = $this->request->data['FaComment'];
                    $response['message'] = __d('vanderdeals', 'Comment saved successfully');
                } else {
                    $response['status'] = 'error';
                    $response['model'] = 'FaComment';
                    $response['message'] = __d('vanderdeals', 'Internal server error occurred. Please try again later.');
                }

                echo json_encode($response);
            }
        }

A: Use this Goto app/config/bootstrap.php
CakePlugin::loadAll(); // Loads all plugins at once
CakePlugin::load('ContactManager'); // Loads a single plugin

A: You can follow the wiki on http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/plugins/how-to-use-plugins.html

Plugin Configuration :There is a lot you can do with the load and
  loadAll methods to help with plugin configuration and routing. Perhaps
  you want to load all plugins automatically, while specifying custom
  routes and bootstrap files for certain plugins.
No problem:

CakePlugin::loadAll(array(
    'Blog' => array('routes' => true),
    'ContactManager' => array('bootstrap' => true),
    'WebmasterTools' => array('bootstrap' => true, 'routes' => true),
));

With this style of configuration, you no longer need to manually
  include() or require() a plugin's configuration or routes file–It
  happens automatically at the right time and place. The exact same
  parameters could have also been supplied to the load() method, which
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28th April 2001- New Division One, Watford 1 Tranmere Rovers 1
GT's last home game in charge.
Allan Nielsen, Graham Taylor's most expensive signing at £2.3m, spared the former England manager's blushes at his Vicarage Road farewell. The Danish international popped up in the last minute to head an equaliser but the point salvaged is not enough to keep Watford's play-off hopes alive.
Long ago, the script was written for Graham Taylor's last match at Vicarage Road. One final wave of galloping attacks to see off already-relegated opponents. One last thumping victory, in the thrilling style of so many before it. Hat-tricks for Tommys Mooney and Smith to celebrate their end-of-season awards for best player and young player respectively. And, in the final minute of injury time, the seventh goal to crown it all, an astonishing, crashing-off-the-crossbar blast from thirty yards by the returning Richard Johnson.
He was more what we came to see than a relegated bunch of fighters, and an unquantifiable bunch of mid- to upper-table wanderers who represent what, if not why, he's leaving behind by retiring. His direction was where we were looking, as a game that barely registers in the mind even this soon after its conclusion played itself into oblivion. When he showed up in the dugout, we asked for a wave, since chanting something along the lines of "Graham, give us a year or two more, we're worthy, and by the way, thanks for making us all stand apart from whatever crowd we've found ourselves in from the age of [your age in 1977] to now" is just unfeasible.
English Division One Table »
Barnsley 0-1 Bolton Wanderers
Birmingham City 1-0 Grimsby Town
Crewe Alexandra 1-3 Preston North End
Crystal Palace 0-2 Wolverhampton Wndrs
Fulham 1-1 Wimbledon
Norwich City 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Gillingham
Queens Park Rangers 0-3 Stockport County
Sheffield United 2-0 Burnley
Watford 1-1 Tranmere Rovers
West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Huddersfield Town
More games from 28th April at https://oldwatford.com/tag/apr28
7th April 2001- New Division One, Watford 2 Crystal Palace 2
BSAD report: As you'll know, there's only one channel worth watching on Saturday morning. It's ITV, where Ant and Dec's wonderfully entertaining "SM:TV" manages to be clever, childish and amusing, without slipping into the irritating smugness that spoils the vast majority of yoof TV. That said, anyone who didn't do a bit of channel-flicking during the cartoons yesterday would've missed a classic Graham Taylor moment on the BBC's (irritatingly smug) "Live & Kicking"….
A football quiz. Two youngsters – one, a fan of Arsenal; the other, a fan of Watford. It being the semi-final of whatever this thing is, there are messages for the contestants. For the Arsenal fan, David Seaman drones his way through a couple of sentences, looking as if someone's holding a gun to his back. For the Watford fan, GT appears, animated and full of encouragement, with fist clenched and pumping – "Go on, Andrew! You can do it! Go on!". He gives it some welly, in short.
Why? Because you know that he understands what the message will mean to its recipient. Because it might've taken five minutes from his busy schedule…but it'll be remembered forever by that young lad and, therefore, it should be something that's worth remembering. Because he's Graham Taylor. And, more than anything else, you wonder how anyone ever found it in their heart to abuse and be so bloody rude to such a wonderful man.
Inevitably, the Watford fan wins by a country mile. Unfortunately, this isn't an omen.
Fulham 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
Gillingham 4-3 Norwich City
Grimsby Town 3-1 Tranmere Rovers
Portsmouth 0-2 Nottingham Forest
Queens Park Rangers 1-3 Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield United 1-2 Barnsley
Stockport County 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Watford 2-2 Crystal Palace
Wimbledon 3-1 Birmingham City
Wolverhampton Wndrs 0-1 Huddersfield Town
3rd April 2001-New Division One, Watford 3 Nottingham Forest 0
BSAD report: When you win, you're fantastic. The manager is a tactical genius – he knows exactly what to do in every situation, bringing the best from his assortment of astute bargain buys and trusting ex-youth teamers. The players themselves are athletic, finely honed demi-gods, each heroic in the pursuit of the victory. The fans are united, re-affirming their identity and confirming their support from cradle to grave.
BSAD report: Let's not forget that it was on the very same day (April 3rd) two years ago that we started our memorable unbeaten run which kept going for the remaining eight games of the season.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Examples
{
    class Program
    {
        [STAThread]
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SolidEdgeFramework.Application application = null;
            SolidEdgeFramework.Documents documents = null;
            SolidEdgePart.PartDocument partDocument = null;
            SolidEdgePart.RefPlanes refplanes = null;
            SolidEdgePart.RefPlane refplane = null;
            SolidEdgePart.Models models = null;
            SolidEdgePart.Model model = null;
            SolidEdgePart.HoleDataCollection holeDataCollection = null;
            SolidEdgePart.ProfileSets profileSets = null;
            SolidEdgePart.ProfileSet profileSet = null;
            SolidEdgePart.Profiles profiles = null;
            SolidEdgePart.Profile profile = null;
            SolidEdgePart.Holes2d holes2d = null;
            SolidEdgePart.Hole2d hole2d = null;
            SolidEdgePart.Holes holes = null;
            SolidEdgePart.Hole hole = null;
            long profileStatus = 0;
            List<SolidEdgePart.Profile> profileList = new List<SolidEdgePart.Profile>();
            SolidEdgePart.UserDefinedPatterns userDefinedPatterns = null;
            SolidEdgePart.UserDefinedPattern userDefinedPattern = null;

            try
            {
                // See "Handling 'Application is Busy' and 'Call was Rejected By Callee' errors" topic.
                OleMessageFilter.Register();

                // Attempt to connect to a running instance of Solid Edge.
                application = (SolidEdgeFramework.Application)Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application");

                // Get a reference to the documents collection.
                documents = application.Documents;

                // Create a new part document.
                partDocument = (SolidEdgePart.PartDocument)documents.Add("SolidEdge.PartDocument");

                // Always a good idea to give SE a chance to breathe.
                application.DoIdle();

                // Get a reference to the RefPlanes collection.
                refplanes = partDocument.RefPlanes;

                // Get a reference to front RefPlane.
                refplane = refplanes.Item(3);

                List<double[]> linesArray = new List<double[]>();
                linesArray.Add(new double[] { 0, 0, 0.08, 0 });
                linesArray.Add(new double[] { 0.08, 0, 0.08, 0.06 });
                linesArray.Add(new double[] { 0.08, 0.06, 0.064, 0.06 });
                linesArray.Add(new double[] { 0.064, 0.06, 0.064, 0.02 });
                linesArray.Add(new double[] { 0.064, 0.02, 0.048, 0.02 });
                linesArray.Add(new double[] { 0.048, 0.02, 0.048, 0.06 });
                linesArray.Add(new double[] { 0.048, 0.06, 0.032, 0.06 });
                linesArray.Add(new double[] { 0.032, 0.06, 0.032, 0.02 });
                linesArray.Add(new double[] { 0.032, 0.02, 0.016, 0.02 });
                linesArray.Add(new double[] { 0.016, 0.02, 0.016, 0.06 });
                linesArray.Add(new double[] { 0.016, 0.06, 0, 0.06 });
                linesArray.Add(new double[] { 0, 0.06, 0, 0 });

                // Call helper method to create the actual geometry.
                CreateFiniteExtrudedProtrusion(partDocument, refplane, linesArray.ToArray(), SolidEdgePart.FeaturePropertyConstants.igRight, 0.005);

                // Get a reference to the Models collection.
                models = partDocument.Models;

                // Get a reference to Model.
                model = models.Item(1);

                // Get a reference to the ProfileSets collection.
                profileSets = partDocument.ProfileSets;

                // Add new ProfileSet.
                profileSet = profileSets.Add();

                // Get a reference to the Profiles collection.
                profiles = profileSet.Profiles;

                // Add new Profile.
                profile = profiles.Add(refplane);

                // Get a reference to the Holes2d collection.
                holes2d = profile.Holes2d;

                double[,] holeMatrix = new double[,]
                {
                    //{x, y}
                    {0.01, 0.01},
                    {0.02, 0.01},
                    {0.03, 0.01},
                    {0.04, 0.01},
                    {0.05, 0.01},
                    {0.06, 0.01},
                    {0.07, 0.01}
                };

                // Draw the Base Profile.
                for (int i = 0; i <= holeMatrix.GetUpperBound(0); i++)
                {
                    // Add new Hole2d.
                    hole2d = holes2d.Add(
                        XCenter: holeMatrix[i, 0],
                        YCenter: holeMatrix[i, 1]);
                }

                // Hide the profile.
                profile.Visible = false;

                // Close profile.
                profileStatus = profile.End(SolidEdgePart.ProfileValidationType.igProfileClosed);

                // Get a reference to the ProfileSet.
                profileSet = (SolidEdgePart.ProfileSet)profile.Parent;

                // Get a reference to the Profiles collection.
                profiles = profileSet.Profiles;

                // Add profiles to list for AddByProfiles().
                for (int i = 1; i <= profiles.Count; i++)
                {
                    profileList.Add(profiles.Item(i));
                }

                // Get a reference to the HoleDataCollection collection.
                holeDataCollection = partDocument.HoleDataCollection;

                // Add new HoleData.
                var holeData = holeDataCollection.Add(
                    HoleType: SolidEdgePart.FeaturePropertyConstants.igRegularHole,
                    HoleDiameter: 0.005,
                    BottomAngle: 90);

                // Get a reference to the Holes collection.
                holes = model.Holes;

                // Add hole.
                hole = holes.AddFinite(
                    Profile: profile,
                    ProfilePlaneSide: SolidEdgePart.FeaturePropertyConstants.igRight,
                    FiniteDepth: 0.005,
                    Data: holeData);

                // Get a reference to the UserDefinedPatterns collection.
                userDefinedPatterns = model.UserDefinedPatterns;

                // Create the user defined pattern.
                userDefinedPattern = userDefinedPatterns.AddByProfiles(
                    NumberOfProfiles: profileList.Count,
                    ProfilesArray: profileList.ToArray(),
                    SeedFeature: hole);
            }
            catch (System.Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex);
            }
            finally
            {
                OleMessageFilter.Unregister();
            }
        }

        static SolidEdgePart.Model CreateFiniteExtrudedProtrusion(SolidEdgePart.PartDocument partDocument, SolidEdgePart.RefPlane refPlane, double[][] linesArray, SolidEdgePart.FeaturePropertyConstants profilePlaneSide, double extrusionDistance)
        {
            SolidEdgePart.ProfileSets profileSets = null;
            SolidEdgePart.ProfileSet profileSet = null;
            SolidEdgePart.Profiles profiles = null;
            SolidEdgePart.Profile profile = null;
            SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.Relations2d relations2d = null;
            SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.Relation2d relation2d = null;
            SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.Lines2d lines2d = null;
            SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.Line2d line2d = null;
            SolidEdgePart.Models models = null;
            SolidEdgePart.Model model = null;
            System.Array aProfiles = null;

            // Get a reference to the profile sets collection.
            profileSets = partDocument.ProfileSets;

            // Add a new profile set.
            profileSet = profileSets.Add();

            // Get a reference to the profiles collection.
            profiles = profileSet.Profiles;

            // Add a new profile.
            profile = profiles.Add(refPlane);

            // Get a reference to the lines2d collection.
            lines2d = profile.Lines2d;

            // Draw the Base Profile.
            for (int i = 0; i <= linesArray.GetUpperBound(0); i++)
            {
                line2d = lines2d.AddBy2Points(
                    x1: linesArray[i][0],
                    y1: linesArray[i][1],
                    x2: linesArray[i][2],
                    y2: linesArray[i][3]);
            }

            // Define Relations among the Line objects to make the Profile closed.
            relations2d = (SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.Relations2d)profile.Relations2d;

            // Connect all of the lines.
            for (int i = 1; i <= lines2d.Count; i++)
            {
                int j = i + 1;

                // When we reach the last line, wrap around and connect it to the first line.
                if (j > lines2d.Count)
                {
                    j = 1;
                }

                relation2d = relations2d.AddKeypoint(
                    Object1: lines2d.Item(i),
                    Index1: (int)SolidEdgeConstants.KeypointIndexConstants.igLineEnd,
                    Object2: lines2d.Item(j),
                    Index2: (int)SolidEdgeConstants.KeypointIndexConstants.igLineStart,
                    guaranteed_ok: true);
            }

            // Close the profile.
            profile.End(SolidEdgePart.ProfileValidationType.igProfileClosed);

            // Hide the profile.
            profile.Visible = false;

            // Create a new array of profile objects.
            aProfiles = Array.CreateInstance(typeof(SolidEdgePart.Profile), 1);
            aProfiles.SetValue(profile, 0);

            // Get a reference to the models collection.
            models = partDocument.Models;

            // Create the extended protrusion.
            model = models.AddFiniteExtrudedProtrusion(
                NumberOfProfiles: aProfiles.Length,
                ProfileArray: ref aProfiles,
                ProfilePlaneSide: profilePlaneSide,
                ExtrusionDistance: extrusionDistance);

            return model;
        }
    }
}

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Practicing & Parenting, Part III
By Franklyn Kimball • September 27, 2010 •Writers in Residence
This final collection of parables covers the waterfront from road trips to youth sports to dealing with uber-parents and other strange creatures you'll meet along the highway of life. After twenty four years of being a parent I know that I learn more from those who I admire than I learn on my own. Feel free to pass along your lessons learned whether they're profound, light- hearted, or provocative.Do things with kids when they are ready to do them. Parents who take children to Disney World when they are two years old are hereby warned - the kids will go…
Running from the Law: Sink or Swim
By Vado Porro • September 23, 2010 •Writers in Residence
"I took the bar exam. I can do this." I said to myself quietly as I stared out at the inky black water, with two foot swells crashing into shore. The buoys seemed impossibly far away, and I had to swim around two of them. The sun had just barely come up over the horizon and the water looked cold. I stood with a group of a hundred other women on the beach, waiting for the starting gun to sound. For a lot of us, it was our first triathlon. The swim was a lot like the multi-state section of the…
Practicing & Parenting, Part II
This second column on practicing and parenting compiles some practical advice on the process interspersed with some anecdotes which are intentionally informal and irreverent. I'll leave it to the reader to decide which parables fall into which categories. At Some Point Kids Are Old Enough to Walk to the corner market. We live in the DePaul area of Lincoln Park about 2 miles north of downtown Chicago. It's an urban brownstone-filled neighborhood with a fair amount of traffic. The over protective dad in me resisted letting our daughter walk the 2 blocks to the local grocery store until she was 7…
The End Is Only The Beginning: Who You Know
By Keisha Stanford • September 16, 2010 •Writers in Residence, Law School
Growing up, I remember hearing people say, "It's not what you know, but who you know." Since my parents had always stressed the importance of education and working hard to get what you wanted out of life, I gave this saying little credence. I was convinced that, in the end, those who studied and worked hard would prevail in the end. I haven't come to doubt this belief; however, I have come to realize that sometimes it takes both factors working together to accomplish the goals that you set for yourself.Nowadays, people talk a lot about networking. But what does…
Practicing & Parenting, Part I
Being a parent is the most challenging, important, difficult, and enjoyable task in the world. Building your professional career is complex, draining, and rewarding. Doing both at the same time often seems downright impossible. Of all the things you'll be called in life - law student, law review editor, associate, partner, judge, Senator, or even President I think the best title you can ever have is Mom or Dad. This post and two which follow grow out of a 1992 presentation to Harvard Law School students about the transition from school to practice and a note written last year to…
Couture-At-Law: Working The Fall Trends
By Mikki Collier • September 12, 2010 •Writers in Residence
With the fall season looming just ahead of us, it's a great time to reconsider your autumn/winter wardrobe for the office. The office dress-code prevailed during the fashion shows 2010. So, luckily, this season offers many trends which suit women who love to show off their powerful business woman character but still maintain that level of femininity which every woman needs. Here are five of my favorite fall trends to take to work this season:CamelCamel is one of those colors which suits the season perfectly because it's versatile and exudes warmth and understated sophistication. Key pieces worth investing in include…
Mommy Law: The Gift
By Jennifer Ward • September 09, 2010 •Writers in Residence
I am currently enjoying one of the greatest gifts I have ever received. I have 10 weeks off from my career. No school. No work. The only commitments I have are family and "catch up" time. I took the California Bar Exam at the end of July. Then I spent August traveling and hosting out-of-town guests, and the entire month flew by in what felt like seconds. Now I have September to focus on getting life up and running for myself, my daughter, and the rest of my family. You might be wondering what I could possibly be doing with…
Forget the Linen Closet: Me and the Boys are Playin' with the Big Trucks
By Katrina Richards • September 09, 2010 •Writers in Residence
My boss had me meet opposing counsel and our experts today at a truck stop on the edge of town so that our expert engineer could take measurements of a diesel "tractor" truck involved in an accident. Both attorneys from the other side are older men, and both the experts are older men. I stick out like sore thumb in my deep red oxford shirt, gray plaid slacks and black Tommy Hilfiger shoes. Everyone else had the sense to wear jeans and workboots or sneakers. I will be 27 tomorrow; easily 10 years younger than each of the gentlemen meeting me.The…
Fall Recruiting-What Every Law Student Should Know (A Special Installment from the Desk of a Working Mom)
By Jennifer Guenther • September 08, 2010 •Writers in Residence, Choosing a Career and Landing a Job
I have done recruiting for my law firm for seven years now, first doing the call-back interviews, then OCI (on campus interviews), and now as the co-chair of the committee for final summer hires. There are always those students who stand out, who have top grades and an engaging personality that make them hot commodities for any law firm. But good grades or a good personality alone do not make a great candidate. There are other ways to make you stand out in an interview and be memorable for all the right reasons. As a law student, I remember the frustration…
From the Desk of the working Mom: Who Are Your "Friends"?
By Jennifer Guenther • September 08, 2010 •Writers in Residence, Mentoring and Networking
We all like to think that it is one big happy family at work: that when we go to lunch with a co-worker, we are really having a conversation with a friend. And why not? As lawyers, we spend more time with our co-workers than we do with our families, let alone our BFF or old college buddies. Who else are we going to share a laugh with about the case we just won?But what happens when we "friend" a co-worker on-line? Or a boss? Or a client? While it may initially seem like good business sense to respond positively…


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Country Liberals election funding furore claims scalp
Posted May 09, 2014 20:52:00
The Northern Territory Government has spent all week batting away accusations that it has benefiited from donations to a private organisation, Foundation 51. But there will be an investigation by the new Country Liberals Treasurer. And the furore has now claimed a scalp.
Jane Bardon
Source: 7.30 NT | Duration: 8min 42sec
Topics: government-and-politics, darwin-0800
ALYSSA BETTS, PRESENTER: The Northern Territory Government has spent all week batting away accusations that it has benefited from donations to a private organisation - Foundation 51. But there will be an investigation by the new Country Liberals Treasurer. And, as Jane Bardon reports, the furore has now claimed a scalp.
JANE BARDON, REPORTER: The problem with cutting your political colleagues loose is that once they re-enter parliament on the other side, they can use the information they've gained against you. In their first parliamentary week as Palmer United Party Members, the former Country Liberals let rip.
ALISON ANDERSON, PALMER UNITED PARTY: Have you or any other elected members of the Country Liberals, their families, de facto or otherwise ever received any funds, favours or inducements either directly or indirectly from a company called Foundation 51?
JANE BARDON: The Opposition joined in the allegations that the Country Liberals have used a private organisation to collect donations that haven't been declared on electoral returns.
KEN VOWLES, NT OPPOSITION: Will you now disclose the full extent of your involvement in and knowledge of Foundation 51, which is clearly a CLP slush fund?
JANE BARDON: In 2009, Foundation 51 invited business people to join for between five and 22-thousand dollars.
DAVE TOLLNER, NT TREASURER: It was set up in order to provide valuable services to its members who are predominantly business people, those services around providing a forum for networking, a organisation to develop research. It is not associated with the Country Liberal Party, although the Country Liberal Party members are very much involved in it.
JANE BARDON: Questions in Parliament have been prompted by Eli Melky who resigned as Country Liberals Deputy Treasurer after trying to investigate Foundation 51.
ELI MELKY, ALICE SPRINGS COUNCILLOR: I understand that people can donate to Foundation 51 to be an anonymous donor, apparently, and their privacy is, their privacy would be protected if you donate so it could be perhaps of benefit in some way to a political party.
DAVE TOLLNER, NT TREASURER: Quite rightly, Mr Lewis couldn't show someone who wasn't involved in Foundation 51 the records of that organisation - it would have been quite wrong and it would've been a breach, I imagine, of some law somewhere.
ALISON ANDERSON, PALMER UNITED PARTY: We would be calling on the Prime Minister to make sure that there's an investigation of some kind by ICAC into the Northern Territory.
JANE BARDON: As a result of his investigation, Eli Melky was sent emails by the Country Liberals former Treasurer and Foundation 51 Director, Graeme Lewis, which have now been tabled in Parliament. They warn of danger now at hand that the wall between the Party and the Foundation will be torn down. Graeme Lewis points to old website links between Foundation 51 and the Country Liberals, and considers closing the organisation.
GERRY MCCARTHY, NT OPPOSITION: Mr Lewis goes on in his email and I quote - I have to question how many garage sales and golf days will be needed to produce the many millions of dollars that will be required before the end of the year 2016.
ADAM GILES, NT CHIEF MINISTER: There is no connection between Foundation 51 and the Country Liberal Party as a legal body.
KEN VOWLES, NT OPPOSITION: But your denials have been discredited by an e-mail from Graeme Lewis in which he states and I quote - I have made the Chief Minister aware of this probability, much to his concern. He and I have on many occasions discussed the matter of the Foundation.
JANE BARDON: In 1987, then Country Liberals President Graeme Lewis was found in the Darwin Magistrates Court to have failed to have supplied documents. The documents related to a 30-thousand dollar federal election donation to the Country Liberals in 1984 from a non-trading company, Carpentaria Proprietary Limited, of which Mr Lewis was a director. The court put Graeme Lewis on a three-month good behaviour bond and recorded no conviction.
GRAEME LEWIS, FMR COUNTRY LIBERALS PRESIDENT: And the Carpentaria Trust is a body set up for the members of the Country Liberals in order to simply fund our election campaigns.
JANE BARDON: Graeme Lewis has responded to the tabling of his emails, to the ABC, by saying - Foundation 51 is simply a supporter of the CLP in political terms, and has no financial relationship with the CLP.
The Chief Minister has refused Opposition calls for an inquiry.
ADAM GILES, NT CHIEF MINISTER: Foundation 51 is a private company - I have no association with that, neither do any of my members of my Country Liberal Party.
KEN VOWLES, NT OPPOSITION: But an email from slush fund Director, Graeme Lewis states and I quote - the foundation has already contributed significantly towards the activities of the Blain by-election, in retrospect, not clever in the view of this current interrogation.
JANE BARDON: In the week the Member for Blain, Nathan Barrett, made his maiden speech, his campaign managers have been forced to defend it - saying the campaign received no Foundation 51 donations.
Graeme Lewis has told the ABC says the contribution was market research into electorate demographics and not financial. Another Director of Foundation 51, Magistrate Peter Maley, is being accused of helping to electioneer in Blain.
MICHAEL GUNNER, NT OPPOSITION: What message does this send Territorians about the administration of justice in the Northern Territory? Are you comfortable with the actions of your Attorney-General and Magistrate Maley?
ADAM GILES, NT CHIEF MINISTER: A magistrate in the Northern Territory is allowed to have a political opinion. I mean what sort of a society are we living in?
JANE BARDON: Peter Maley has responded to 7.30's requests with a statement saying he has now resigned from the Country Liberals and will no longer be involved with Foundation 51. He says after careful consideration I now recognise it is not appropriate for judicial officers to be a continuing part of the political process.
JANE BARDON: The Treasurer has dared the Opposition to take its accusations outside Parliament.
DAVE TOLLNER, NT TREASURER: You are accusing us ah of, of racism, of corruption, of improper dealings - all of that sort of stuff. You make the accusation, you say now you get up and prove it. Well let me tell you, you step outside, make the accusation.
JANE BARDON: The Northern Territory and Australian Electoral Commissions investigated complaints from Labor about Foundation 51 in 2009. Both determined no action was warranted, and neither planned to investigate again. But the new Country Liberals Party Treasurer, Tony Schelling, will investigate - as part of an audit he's conducting into the party's finances.
TONY SCHELLING, COUNTRY LIBERALS TREASURER: As far as I've seen, I've not been able to see any direct relationship between the two where funds have transferred.
JANE BARDON: The former banker has a business reputation to uphold, and is auditing both cash, and donations in kind.
TONY SCHELLING, COUNTRY LIBERALS TREASURER: If we find, you know, that Foundation 51 or, or BHP or, or my company contributes and it hasn't been properly accounted for then we will have to account for it - both to the party and to, you know, the reporting lines that are required by a political party like the Country Liberals.
JANE BARDON: The Foundation 51 interrogations have starved oxygen from the Government's promotion of its Northern development plans. It's also diverted attention from the spectre of more Territory assets up for sale and Budget cuts next week. The Country Liberals Party Treasurer will finish his Budget accounting by July.
JANE BARDON: Are you really giving an assurance that if you do find any links between the Country Liberals Party and Foundation 51 that you will report that to the electoral commissions?
TONY SCHELLING, COUNTRY LIBERALS TREASURER: Absolutely. That is my job in this, is this if I find that there is something that is reportable under the laws of the NTEC or the AEC those things will be accounted and reported as they should be.


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Whiskey, beer and guns: How business decisions are made at the 'West Texas Investors Club'
By Jonnelle Marte Washington Post
Published 5:30 pm CDT, Saturday, August 6, 2016
A retired teacher, Ginger Flesher-Sonier (right) introduces Wayne "Butch" Gilliam (left) and Michael "Rooster" McConaughey to the world of "escape rooms," as advisor and friend Gil Prather looks on.
Photo: Courtesy Of CBNC
At the "West Texas Investors Club," revenue projections are drawn out on paper plates, character assessments are made during camping trips and final investment decisions are made over beer -- lots of beer.
Michael "Rooster" McConaughey and Wayne "Butch" Gilliam, business partners and hosts of the CNBC reality TV show, say entrepreneurs' personalities matter just as much as their business ideas. So in between conversations about sales and marketing strategies, contestants seeking investments on the show have been asked to shoot guns, host barbecues and go camping. One man pitching a beverage that he claimed could cure hangovers spent the night drinking with the show's third star, cowboy and singer Gil Prather -- while the two were handcuffed to each other.
McConaughey (actor Matthew's older brother) got his start working with his father in the oil fields at age 12 and made his first million dollars by age 30. Gilliam dropped out of high school to work at his father's business, Curley's Machine Shop, which he later ran and sold for a significant profit.
McConaughey and Gilliam say they are looking for plain-folk entrepreneurs who would benefit from a business partnership. MBA grads are also welcome, but only if they're not too snooty to discuss the numbers over Miller Lite.
The two recently spoke with The Washington Post about the show, which aired its Season 2 finale on Aug. 3. They also shared some of the lessons they learned when they were building their own wealth, what they look for in entrepreneurs and whether Prather is really the one calling the shots.
Q: You both have pretty unconventional success stories. Tell me a little about how you built your own wealth.
Gilliam: I started working full time in the shop after school and then I quit school right around the 10th grade. I wasn't smart. I made bad grades in school, and I really couldn't keep my mind on anything. I started in the shop. My dad let me run the machine. I punched a timecard up until my 30s. One day my dad walked up to me and said: "I'm leaving. It's yours. It's up to you to run it or ruin it."
I started taking it in a different direction. I called a friend of mine and asked about getting an exclusive license to the technology they had. He looks me straight in the eye and said, "Butch, no we won't do that." I was afraid I was going to ruin my daddy's company. It was like a poker game, and if you lost it would've been death. He said: "No. Butch, we won't do that. But if you're interested in buying it, we'll sell it."
I wound up buying the technology for next to nothing. Our business took off after I took possession of that technology. The reason I sold it (for more than $100 million) is I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to handle that much business.
I'm glad I worked for my money. I'm glad I didn't just win the lottery. Because when you learn how to work for your money, then you learn what the value of it is.
McConaughey: I was very, very knowledgeable about pipe because I'd worked it all of my life. I'd been out there since I was a kid, so I knew more than the next salesman. I got into this making money. Never really had any of it to speak of before, and I just had a hell of a time.
But I looked up one day and there I am broke, and I thought to myself, "Who am I?"
I went Chapter 7 before I was 30 years old. I just got caught up in the whirlwind. Not that I was doing anything wrong. I never had much money growing up. I kind of got slapped down, and that was probably the biggest lesson I ever learned. I lost it all. I put on my Red Wing boots and had to start over.
Q: Where did the money go? Nice cars and vacations?
McConaughey: I was just living it up. I went to Vegas 22 times in one year. I was just a young, fun kid with a bunch of money and still making it.
Gilliam: Rooster had a lot of ambition, competence, a pretty big ego. I think he started off not afraid to make a big giant swing at it. I was pretty much the opposite. I had a pretty low self-esteem. I took a lowly job at the shop, sweeping the floor. I never expected to get much further than that, to tell you the truth.
Q: What do you look for in the people who come on the show?
Gilliam: I don't think there is a generalized set of parameters. We've encountered people who we thought were good people turned out not to be. Their motivation turned out to be different than what we thought. The biggest lesson I've learned is to invest in yourself as much as you can. The person that's going to be your best companion in any business is yourself.
Rooster and I have a really good relationship. We know how each other think. That took time. Having partners is hard, and that's what we try to tell folks on this show. They come in here and first thing they want to do is create a partnership. Rooster and I try to figure out if there is a way they can avoid that and just put more stock and faith into themselves.
Q: You've said on the show that the person is sometimes more important than the product. How do you assess someone's character?
Gilliam: The only thing Rooster and I go by is we spend time with people, talk to them and try to get to know them. Basically, if they remind us of us. You can pick up on that pretty quickly.
Rooster just told you he's kind of a big gambler and willing to take chances, but he's learned that if he wants to be successful for the long run he's just going to have to knuckle down. Like he said, he took off his ostrich boots and put on his Red Wing boots and went to work. He dedicated himself. He was willing to invest the time and effort. If these people are willing to do that, we've got something to offer. If they want to get rich overnight, we don't have anything to offer.
McConaughey: We make that statement all the time. If you want to get rich overnight, don't come on this show.
Gilliam: We know people get rich quickly all the time. Especially in this day with these apps and the tech world that we're living in. We know that happens, but we just don't know how to do it. We're kind of old-fashioned.
Q: So far on the show you've handcuffed people, taken them camping and pretended to be a blind pilot. Is it important to test a candidate in such unorthodox ways? Why?
McConaughey: It's very important because this is a condensed version of how Butch and I do business. We've only got so much time to be with them. You're not only testing their product, you're testing to see what kind of glitches they have. Their confidence. Can they laugh at themselves?
Gilliam: If someone comes to you in an office setting that wants to throw their résumé out there and have a 30-minute discussion about who they're going to be, you can nearly word for word recite that. If anybody's prepared themselves, you know what they're going to say. You know how they're going to act. They know they're being auditioned, but Rooster and I like to kind of catch them off guard, get them in an unconventional setting and see if we can pull anything out of them adversely without them being aware of it.
Q: Let's talk about how much you decide to invest and how you choose the companies. What markers do you use?
McConaughey: First of all, we want to make sure they need a partner. You may not need us. So sometimes we may go into it and when it gets triggered it may not take as much as we thought or we may find problems. We'll start digging. If I knew everything there was to know about them, how much fun would that be on the show? How spontaneous? So there's some vetting that goes on afterward.
Some deals don't work out, but we have four or five that we're still involved in.
Q: Now that you've been doing this for a little while, how are your investments doing? Any unexpected big hits?
McConaughey: We're patient people. SpeedETab is moving right along. He's having more success in coffee shops. People in the bar are getting too drunk to go pick it up, I guess. And we're working with the guy with the iQue Repair, trying to get him some more business. Nothing has just taken off. I mean, we're not going public with any of them yet.
Gilliam: We're not looking for the get-rich-quick deal. We're truly listening to each person who comes into the clubhouse. Trying to find out what it is that they want to get out of it. Some of these people are just trying to figure out how to get a successful business, no matter how much money they make. We're talking about just getting to make a decent living.
The show's not about showing people how to get rich. If we can help someone or get them on the right path to success and they look up one day and they've made a bunch of money, great.
Q: Do you have a particular mix of businesses overall that you want on the show, or are you just looking for good ideas?
Gilliam: We don't want people in here who are just looking to get rich or Ivy League people who come in here and talk over our head. We want plain old everyday people to come in and talk to us about their businesses or inventions. People we can relate to.
McConaughey: We didn't have to do this thing. They came to us and we didn't want to do it. We put some stipulations on it. The format is just based on our lives more than anything. It's so neat when you find out that we're sending a message out there to wake up with a clean conscience, try to do business better.
Q: What should the entrepreneur's ultimate goal be if not to get rich? To be financially independent?
Gilliam: I think Rooster and I agree on this more than anything else. We're not young people anymore. When you're young, it's easy to get caught up in the race of business and the fast pace of living. What we try to tell everybody is one day you'll look up and be kind of at the end of the road and find out that if you put too much on the destination or where you're trying to arrive, you'll find out that you've wasted the journey. And that's the real goal of your life. [It] is what have you done day-to-day throughout your life. That's what's most valuable to you in the end, more than a pot of gold. [To] look back on your days with fond memories and a big wealth of friends and family that respect you because you've done well by them along the way and helped people, that is the treasure. That's the big reward. I know a lot of rich miserable people.
McConaughey: I'd rather have fun losing money than I would be miserable making it. Success is not just having money.
Q: So tell the truth. Is Gil the secret sauce to your entire operation?
McConaughey: Here's the deal with Gil now on the show. This year, Gil doesn't have a clue who he's picking up when he goes to that airport. Not one clue. And yet, he has not only tenderized, I think he's shredded a few of them. There's been some instances that I think we've had to give them a break before they come in. He's shocking the hell out of them.
Q: One thing some people may not know about the two of you is that you're competitors. How do you make that work?
McConaughey: Butch and I do the same thing. We compete. We always have. I guess what we're trying to tell people is we fight fair. It's gotten to the point we're just happy if either one of us gets the business.
We're friendly competition and I think Butch would tell you that's something people need to know. You can get along with your competitors and sometimes you can work hand in hand.
Gilliam: It's pretty simple if you think about it. When you're breeding negativity between competitors and it's all negative, all you're trying to do is hurt each other. How can you expect any good to come of that?
Q: Anything I didn't ask you about?
Gilliam: Tell your readers that the biggest crooks in the world wear nice suits and ties and very pretty dresses. Be careful. Tell them that as hard as it is to make money, it's ...
McConaughey: ... even harder to hold on to it.


OK, after discussing the Medicaid/CHIP situation with Caroline Pearson of Avalere Health some more (see her more detailed response to our discussion below), I've concluded there's just too damned much uncertainty and too many variables on the Medicaid side of things to try and pin it down to a solid number. This is why Avalere's own estimates ranged greatly from 1.1 million to 1.8 million people. In my case, both the low and high ranges are higher because I'm including more types and more recent data than they are.
I was thinking of 4 different types of Medicaid/CHIP enrollments: "ACA Expansion Only", "Out of the Woodwork", "Bulk Transfers" and "Renewals/Redeterminations". I've prided myself on successfully eliminating the fourth category, which has no business being included under any definition.
However, as Ms. Pearson points out, I forgot about a fifth category: "Baseline Churn"...that is, people who just happened to become eligible for Medicaid without expansion after October 1st and did enroll. These are not "woodworkers" since they weren't previously eligible; they just happened to fall on hard times after the exchanges launched. Avalere has concluded that the bare-bones, absolute low-end number remaining may be as low as 1.1 million people through the end of December.
Some additional scattered data which has come in from January, which isn't included by Avalere at all since their study only ran through the end of December.
In other words, I did include a couple million "Baseline Churn" enrollees who I shouldn't have, while Avalere didn't include about 1.3 million people who they should have.
2.40 million: Absolute bare minimum using the strictest definition of "Enrolled in Medicaid/CHIP due to the Affordable Care Act". Doesn't include the 25 non-expansion states at all, nor does this include the "woodworkers" or "normal churn" enrollees for the other 25 states. Includes Bulk Transfers, Household Individuals and another 90K to cover post-12/31 additions.
5.50 million: Doesn't include the 25 non-expansion states, but does include "woodworkers" and "normal churn" for the remaining 25 states.
7.60 million: Most generous definition. Includes all 50 states (+DC), including "churn" & "woodworkers".
Using this modified "range" system, the Grand Total for both Private and Public enrollments is now listed as anywhere between 8.85 Million - 14.06 Million.
Ironically, I'm doing this just before the January HHS report comes out, which will most likely cause me to have to recalibrate the whole thing yet again to keep up. Sigh.
I appreciate your continued engagement on this important issue. I have had several days of client meetings out of the office, so I haven't been able to get back to you sooner.
"Baseline churn" – These are the people who regularly come on and off of the Medicaid rolls absent ACA. They account for the fact that total annual enrollment (people enrolled at any time of the year) is much higher than average monthly enrollment in Medicaid.
Our analysis sought estimate the number of beneficiaries in 1 and 2. We believe this most directly approximates the CBO estimates of the number of people who will newly enroll in Medicaid as a result of ACA (both woodwork and new eligibles).
In Medicaid, it's hard to extrapolate one states' experience to another. So, it is difficult to know whether WA's percentages would be representative in other states. However, more importantly, I think the WA numbers conflate #2 and #4 above. They are separating out redeterminations, but any new enrollees who are previously eligible are lumped into a single bucket. Whereas, we believe that a significant number of those new eligibles likely would have enrolled in Medicaid without ACA. We felt it was important to compare new application/determination rates to baseline application rates, and I believe this is the most important difference in our methods.
Since the July-Sept baseline was all that is available as a 50-state comparator, that is what we had to use. You correctly point out that there may be seasonal variation in application rates, which could impact our results. I am not aware of any 50-state data that would enable us to adjust seasonally, and I hypothesize that the seasonal variation may be inconsistent across states based on characteristics of the labor market (e.g., agricultural) and the program administration. However, any seasonal variation certainly could impact the results one way or the other.
On your other notes, the households point is a very good one, and I will certainly look into adjusting that in the future. I am going to explore using Current Population Survey data to make state-specific adjustments on household size among Medicaid eligible populations in the relevant states. Our current methodology would underestimate enrollment as a result of that issue. On the 984k and new updates, we chose to consistently rely on the HHS data and are not using any state-specific reporting post-January 1. Certainly, we expect that enrollment will accelerate in Q1, so all states will presumably gain significant enrollment once we have January data. Like you, we are tracking state reporting real time and can see the numbers increasing as more states report.
Hope this helps clarify. We look forward to refining the numbers as the data becomes more complete and consistent across states.


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Johannes Ertl (ur. 13 listopada 1982 w Wiedniu) - austriacki piłkarz, grający na pozycji obrońcy.

Kariera klubowa
Ertl rozpoczął karierę w Sturmie Graz i w młodym wieku podpisał profesjonalny kontrakt z tą drużyną. Sezon 2003/2004 spędził na wypożyczeniu w SC Kalsdorf. Kiedy powrócił do klubu szybko wywalczył sobie miejsce w pierwszym składzie. Pod koniec przygody ze Sturmem został powołany do reprezentacji Austrii i zadebiutował w meczu przeciwko Węgrom, kiedy to w 87 minucie spotkania zmienił Paula Scharnera.

Latem 2006 przeszedł do Austrii Wiedeń. Spędził tam jednak tylko dwa lata, gdyż postanowił odejść do Crystal Palace F.C.

Wraz z wygaśnięciem kontraktu w czerwcu 2010 stał się wolnym zawodnikiem i przeszedł za darmo do
Sheffield United.

31 sierpnia 2012 roku podpisał jednomiesięczny kontrakt z Portsmouth, gdzie 1 września zadebiutował w przegranym 0-1 meczu z Oldham Athletic.

Sukcesy
 2006 Mistrzostwo Austrii
 2006 Puchar Austrii

Linki zewnętrzne
 Oficjalna strona piłkarza

Reprezentanci Austrii w piłce nożnej
Piłkarze Sturmu Graz
Piłkarze Austrii Wiedeń
Piłkarze Crystal Palace F.C.
Urodzeni w 1982
Piłkarze Sheffield United F.C.
Piłkarze Portsmouth F.C.
Ludzie urodzeni w Grazu

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Except at one point waking up and thinking I should tell Linda, our Boston Mudder Team Captain, that I registered for another Tough Mudder ... through Oliver.
Finding the Why. Part II.
You just have to jump.
Doing when you think you simply cannot.
Fingers of steel and stone crossed.
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." ― Confucius I grind my teeth when I sleep. The dentist gave me a mouth guard. It helps, but I don't always wear it. It's not very comfortable. I would say I put a lot of pressure on myself, but I'm not … Continue reading No Pressure.
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On Television NPR features regular reviews and coverage of television offerings by Andrew Wallenstein of "Day to Day" and David Bianculli of "Fresh Air."
Logo Network Unveils 'Big Gay Sketch Show'
April 24, 2007 • A new comedy program — The Big Gay Sketch Show — debuts Tuesday night on the gay-themed cable network Logo. The show adds a gay subtext to TV classics such The Honeymooners and The Facts of Life.
'The Sopranos' Takes One Last Hit
April 6, 2007 • HBO's long-running hit The Sopranos returns this Sunday, with the first of nine episodes that will wrap up the mob drama. David Bianculli weighs in on the final act of this widely acclaimed series.
'The Shield,' Back in Action
April 3, 2007 • The gritty cop drama The Shield, starring Michael Chiklis, begins its sixth season tonight on the FX cable network. It's intense from the start — and it keeps building from there.
'The Tudors': Showtime's Update of a Monarchy
March 30, 2007 • Showtime's new series The Tudors offers what could be seen as parallels between the reign of Henry VIII and the current Bush administration. At heart, however, the show is a steamy, violent soap opera.
VH1 Asks Viewers to OK Videos
March 23, 2007 • Instead of depending on ratings to determine what programs to cut or keep, VH1's Acceptable.TV is submitting user-generated content for popular approval.
'Halfway Home': A Cast of Characters
March 14, 2007 • Comedy Central's new series Halfway Home, which debuts Wednesday night, is an improvised comedy about five ex-cons in a live-in rehab center.
Corddry's Career Suicide Move: 'The Winner'
March 2, 2007 • The Winner, a new comedy starring Rob Corddry of The Daily Show fame, debuts on Fox on Sunday. But Corddry's Daily Show pedigree is no guarantee of success, as this atrocious sitcom proves.
'Black Donnellys' Brings 'Crash' Team to TV
February 26, 2007 • The Black Donnellys is a new television show created by Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, the team who wrote the Oscar-winning movie Crash.
Two Shows from Britain for the U.S. Telly
February 16, 2007 • Two new British shows premiere on American cable television: Longford and The State Within.
Nickelodeon's Appealing New Band Show
January 26, 2007 • Reality blends with fiction on The Naked Brothers Band, a new series airing Saturday on Nickelodeon. The rock 'n' roll mockumentary stars real-life brothers Nat and Alex Wolfe. It's equal parts cute and clever that works on both kid- and adult-levels.
Previewing 'Extras,' 'Rome' and '24'
January 12, 2007 • TV critic David Bianculli previews three shows with season openers this Sunday: Extras and Rome on HBO, and the popular Fox TV series 24.
'Dirt' Bombs, Despite Having All the Right Pieces
January 2, 2007 • Despite the firestorm of hype over the new FX drama Dirt, the show could use some spiffing up. The show, which stars Courteney Cox Arquette and is executive-produced by her husband, David Arquette, demonstrates how the sum of many great parts can still add up to a not-so-great TV show.
'Tsunami' Docudrama Set to Debut on HBO
December 8, 2006 • The disastrous tsunami that struck Indian Ocean coastlines in South Asia in December 2004 has inspired a new television mini-series. Tsunami is about to make its first of many appearances on the cable-channel HBO.
'Daybreak' Aims for Viewers Through Deja Vu
November 15, 2006 • The ABC drama series Daybreak is a whodunnit with a twist right out of Groundhog Day. As a fugitive framed for murder tries to clear his name he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
Three New Shows for November Sweeps
November 14, 2006 • Three new prime-time TV series premiere this week: scripted dramas on ABC and CBS, and a new quiz show on ABC. This week also brings the season finale of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, and lots of other activity involving first-run weekly television shows. Our TV critic says that all this action is related -- and little of it is cause for celebration.
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It is 75 years since Joseph Stalin instituted the notorious "NKVD Troikas" – trios of judges who would mete out swift sentences to those accused of political crimes – which led to the needless suffering of many.
The Troikas were a commission of three members of the NKVD secret police, created by Joseph Stalin to quickly sentence those accused of political crimes.
A lack of a fair trial may be shocking to most today – but even worse was the lack of evidence.
"So far, we have a list of around three million people who fell victim to Stalin's Purges. But that list is far from complete. We think the actual number is going to be around 12 million people," says Alyona Kozlova from the non-governmental organization Memorial.
The figure is twice as many people as the Red Army lost during the Second World War. As such, virtually every single family in Russia lost someone in the repression.
Dmitry Kantaev is one of the few lucky ones to have survived the labor camps.
For people like Dmitry, recent attempts to present Joseph Stalin in a positive light are an outrage.
"Think about it. Maybe he did something good for someone – but he is a murderer nonetheless. A murderer and a criminal, who brought so much evil to our people that it will take decades to overcome it," Dmitry Kantaev says.
Preserving the memory of those who perished in the Stalinist repressions has led to some Muscovites literally wearing their hearts on their sleeves.
Tags with names of people killed in the Great Purge are available for sale. It is a throwback to the days of the repressions, when tags similar to those would be sewn onto prisoners' clothes.
Those behind the tribute hope the tags will remind people they should not become prisoners of a falsified image – and should never forget the millions of those who perished for nothing.


Ulta Double Duty Primer & Foundation: Yes, you need it.
So I'm shopping at Ulta and I find this concealer and primer all-in-one, so what do I do?
And it's pretty amazing. It's got a silicone base so it's very full coverage, in my opinion. I have lots of freckles and small blemishes, (let's be real here) so it works great on my skin. And it's super non-allergenic, so it's not like my face is going to explode into a hot mess.
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The Battle of the Bulge Released
HomeOur BlogThe Battle of the Bulge Released
We're pleased to announce that The Battle of the Bulge is now officially available to the public. The book was produced in collaboration with The Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, Inc., a membership organization that works to preserve World War II veterans' memories, as well as historical sites and records relating to the Battle of the Bulge.
From the book jacket:
On December 16, 1944, their lives changed forever… The Battle of the Bulge is a compilation of firsthand accounts narrated by the men and women who endured one of the bloodiest conflicts in American history. Drawn from the official archive of the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, Inc., these stories describe in riveting detail the experiences of ordinary people-from brutal combat and facing one's own mortality to glimpses of human kindness and introspection in desperate times. Readers of all ages will find great meaning in this unique collection of memories. It is both educational and entertaining. This book seeks to preserve the legacy of those brave men and women who served the United States of America during the largest land battle ever fought by the U.S. Army, the Battle of the Bulge: December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945.
For more details, please see the book's info page here, or visit the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, Inc. at their official website here. The Battle of the Bulge is available in hardcover from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other retailers.
If you'd like to learn more about the Battle of the Bulge, the United States Army Center of Military History has an excellent overview of the conflict, including photos and links to further reading, here.


Threading is a centuries-old technique of hair removal practiced in India, and rapidly growing in popularity across the globe. Being a 100% natural procedure, it is especially recommended for sensitive skin. The beautician removes individual or rows of unwanted hair by using string or thread, and pulling out the hairs by the follicle. Threading is better than other methods of facial hair removal including waxing, tweezing, and razors.
The benefit of threading that most sets it apart from other hair removal techniques is its precision. While waxing and plucking can often leave unwanted stray hairs around your eyebrows, a threading artist goes through your hair row by row, giving eyebrows a clean and defined shape. Threading only removes hair, not skin, and because it is so exact, it can remove hairs that are finer than those that can be removed by waxing or plucking.


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We want to personally thank Maureen for the support, assistance, briefings and information updates, I could go on. You and your team have been frank and amazing with the briefings, advice and timely dealings of our Estate. I am proud of you and the consistency in executing the sale. Whilst
Mrs I Malcolm & Mrs J Wright, Luton ( June 2019),
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A brand new clip arrived on-line today for the eagerly anticipated 23rd Bond movie, Skyfall, and its pretty damned thrilling. Poor old Bond is having a bit of a scuffle on the roof of a train, while Eve (Naomie Harris) attempts to help out from a distance by taking out the man Bond is fighting with her sniper rifle. The end of the clip, I must say, is very good.
Skyfall had its première earlier tonight here in the UK, so expect reviews for the film to begin arriving over the next few days.
Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes, arrives in UK cinemas 26th October. The 23rd Bond film stars Daniel Craig as Bond, joining him will be Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Helen McCrory, Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Smith, Ben Whishaw, Albert Finney, Naomie Harris and Berenice Marlohe.
New James Bond film 'Skyfall' see's the return of Q in a new, young form!
Skyfall director Sam Mendes close to returning to direct Bond 24?


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Alpha Company Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit board an MV-22 Osprey on board the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3).
U.S. Marine Corps (Tawanya Norwood)
EABO Needs a New Naval Command and Control Structure
To effectively execute expeditionary advanced base operations, a Navy–Marine Corps littoral warfare commander role should be added to the Navy's longstanding composite warfare commander structure.
By Captain Nick Oltman, U.S. Marine Corps
The expeditionary advanced basing operations (EABO) concept centers around the Marine Corps and Navy providing an "inside" force to the naval and joint fight at littoral choke points. Marines would use various land bases and platforms across key maritime terrain to establish a persistent and agile posture to emplace and extend weapons, networks, sensors, and unmanned systems inside an antiaccess/area-denial (A2/AD) environment.1
EABO enables the force "outside" the A2/AD envelope, comprising the brunt of U.S. warfighting capability and capacity in a great power maritime conflict, to unleash its firepower at the right time and place.2 But for EABO to work well, a heightened level of Navy and Marine Corps command-and-control (C2) interoperability and integration is required. To realize this, the Marine Corps should embed its Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) in the Navy's composite warfare construct (CWC), adding a littoral warfare commander (LWC) alongside the other naval warfare commanders.
1. Department of the Navy, "Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment," 13.
2. "Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment," 13.
3. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Operational Maneuver from the Sea, Washington, D.C. January 1996.
4. "Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment,"11.
5. David M Cayce, "Composite Warfare Commander," Marine Corps Gazette, 79, Issue 3 (March 1995).
6. Burton C Quist, "Naval Expeditionary Warfare Update," Marine Corps Gazette 80, Issue 3 (March 1996).
7. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Corps Operating Concept.
8. Brian P Cyr, Thomas C Gillespie, Steven M Lesher, and Patrick D Minor, "Composite Warfare and the Amphibians," Marine Corps Gazette 76, Issue 11 (November 1992).
9. U.S. Department of Defense, Joint publication 3-32: Command and Control of Joint Maritime Operations, (Washington, D.C.: 8 June 2018), 11–15.
10. Cyr, et al., "Composite Warfare and the Amphibians;" Wallace C Gregson, "Keeping Up with Navy Doctrine," Marine Corps Gazette 74, Issue 2 (December 1990); Kevin J. Stepp, "Naval Command and Control," Marine Corps Gazette 76, Issue 11 (December 2016).
Captain Nick Oltman, U.S. Marine Corps
Captain Oltman is stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, with Marine Wing Communication Squadron (MCWS) 38. He is a 2019 graduate of the Expeditionary Warfare School in Quantico, Virginia.