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I am currently living with my second reactive Saint Bernard. My first, Monte, was the dog that inspired me to become a dog trainer. My second, Cuba, was supposed to be my wonder-pup: well-bred, well-socialized, well-trained, and still we noticed disturbing reactivity patterns coinciding with the onset of adolescence. While it's often a bumpy road, both of these boys have taught me so many things that have made me a better person and a better and more empathetic coach to my clients struggling through similar issues.
It's hard living with a reactive dog. It often means saying "no" to some of the things you originally thought might be fun activities to share with your dog, be it participating in agility, therapy work, sitting outside of Starbucks while you work on a paper and an iced Caramel Macchiato, or setting up doggy play dates with friends. Reactive dogs can be hard to find pet-sitters, dog-walkers, veterinarians, and other animal caretakers for (including trainers!).
For me, this weekend, it means the dogs won't get to join us on a family camping trip where there will likely be many kids, dogs, and much chaos. Lucky for me, I have a friend that both I and my dogs love and trust, a friend that has done a lot of training with both of them so I can enjoy visiting with the family sans panic attack. But still, there is a big part of me that is sad that I can't bring my dogs – I wish they would enjoy the trip but know they'll enjoy their slumber party, replete with Kongs and fun with their best doggy and human friends, much better.
However, there are some things that I took for granted before living with a reactive dog, and once you adjust to the "lifestyle," you learn to appreciate beauty in so many small things you overlooked previously. Thanks to living with reactive dogs, I have learned…
- To appreciate a midnight walk. Just me, the dogs, a full moon, and the sounds of peepers. I'm a late-nighter by nature anyway, so this is a really special, almost magical time for me and the dogs to share together.
- To find the best, most secluded hiking trails, ponds, and forests to hike through. Inevitably, these places are so much more beautiful and relaxing for my dogs and myself to walk than our cute but often hectic East side neighborhood, and provide us with environments rich with new smells, sights, and sounds.
- To revel in the peaceful solitude of a quiet winter walk – many dogs, either because their owners are averse to cold (I get it), because the dogs are averse to cold (Mokie and Cuba do not "get it"), or because their dogs have poor leash walking skills which make maneuvering on icy streets or sidewalks a challenge, don't get walks all winter. Me and my dogs are also much less likely to encounter unsupervised children or off-leash dogs in the winter season. While I'm not much of one for the cold, I've come to enjoy the soft quiet of a hike through the snow, then coming home for a hot shower and a good snuggle in front of the fireplace with happy, sleepy dogs. We do a lot more neighborhood walks in the winter, especially since travel to some of our favorite trails can be a bit treacherous during winter.
- The fun of a walk in the rain – I never understood why, when a cool rain hits on a 90 degree day, people bolt for cover as quickly as possible. The feeling of rain on my skin, the freshness in the air outside (though not, necessarily, inside when we get home!). I love going out for a walk in the rain – again, just a time for the dogs to go out and enjoy the world together, relatively free of interruption or distraction.
- Don't forget to check out the sunrise! Many reactive dog owners watch the sunrise every morning as they get out for their pre-dawn walks, trodding through newly settled dew before heading home to a hot cup of coffee and a new day.
- Take your time! One thing my reactive dogs have taught me is the importance of keeping a flexible agenda. While I may think we will take a certain path, the environment may dictate another path. I always schedule more time than I think I'll need for a walk so I never feel rushed in getting home. Because reactive dogs can have smaller worlds than their non-reactive counterparts, it's important that we allow them to fully immerse themselves in the new environments they are able to enjoy – allowing lots of opportunity for sniffing, rolling in the grass, or treeing squirrels.
With the progress that Cuba's been making in his training, I think it's very possible we may be able to enjoy a camping trip together as a family one day. Right now, such a trip would be pushing my luck and may in fact undo so much of the progress we've made together. Cuba's world is already expanding in direct proportion with his training skills and our relationship as a training team. Working him through these behavioral issues has required creativity, patience, and a lot of support from my wonderful husband, colleagues, and training friends. I find that many of the techniques that worked well with Monte may not be the best or may require tweaking and modification to work optimally for Cuba. It's all part of the learning experience, and the path I am traveling on my never-ending path to know dogs better.
What lessons have you learned from your reactive dog? What activities have you sacrificed to the Gods of Reactivity, and what new activities have you found to replace them with to keep both you and your dog happy, active, and enjoying life together?


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I've been busy getting out there amongst the madness that is the dry season in the Top End. For the past four weeks I've had a stall at Parap Village Markets on a Saturday. It's a crazy-early morning – a 4.30am start for me – and I've been managing the stall on my own although my super salesman 11-year-old is primed to become my right hand man at this market if I stay with it – which at this point I'm thinking I will. Last weekend was the Dragonfly Craft Fair run by Tactile Arts – always a joy – and this Sunday is Territory Made in the Botanic Gardens. Just in case two markets in one weekend isn't enough, I'm also taking my 'ear emporium' to the Animale Carnivale at the Territory Wildlife Park on Saturday evening – fun for all the family (and if you don't have a sufficiently silly pair of ears already attached, come on down and pick some up!).
All of this market activity has prompted a facelift for my stall. This is in part because being a 'weekly' (read: casual) stallholder at Parap means I can be in a different spot each week and most of them won't accommodate my marquee. What this means is that I needed to reimagine my stall as something that I can set up in any size or shape, usually smaller than the space I have become accustomed to – quite a challenge when I'm already bursting my 3x3m marquee at the seams!
This facelift had already been unwittingly sparked because we changed market vehicles: O pulled the back seats, cage and false floor out of my old Defender and it's now become my marketmobile. First market out with the 'new' rig and we forgot to load the roof rack with my unwieldy cushion rack. A little bit of hair pulling at the other end followed by a wonderful 'Aha!' moment not only solved the problem for the day, but solved the whole issue of lack of display space in a small area: I piled one table on top of another and made a little cushion enclave in the space between them and tossed a few more on top. The result? I sold more cushions at that market than I had ever sold in a single day before.
Looks like we're on to something there.
This was followed by a spot of perfect timing where the thing you suddenly want/need is on uber special: in this case, hessian. Ten custom-made table cloths and a few accessories later and a new-look stall is born and I'm able to maximise my tiny bit of real estate by going up up up…
Next up was some new, simplified displays (bearing in mind I now have to be able to manage all this gear on my own). More hessian (by this time Nigel and I are choking on hessian fluff and my sewing machine and overlocker are complaining loudly and needing cleaning out every few seams), a few experiments and I have a bunch of handy little baskets:
So now I'm good to go. Anywhere. Getting out there, on my own, in the Defender. With a grin a mile wide (about the same size as the Defender's turning circle) and a thermos for the 'chilly' dry season mornings, as well as a huge water container with mega-sized iceblocks to get me through the hot day.
And just as I'm primed to go anywhere, the media came to me! All the way to Darwin River, for a chat and a wonderful unexpected opportunity for getting out there to an entirely different audience.

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Questioner: Why is it that sometimes although we do not want to harbor abhorrence towards others, we still end up doing it?
Dadashri: Whom are you referring to?
Questioner: Sometimes I feel that way about my husband.
Dadashri: That is not called abhorrence. The love of infatuation and attraction is always reactionary. When couples fight, they will avoid each other. After a few days of maintaining a distance, their love grows again. That same love will then cause conflicts and the whole cycle will begin again. Whenever the love becomes excessive, there will be conflicts. When there are conflicts, internally there is love. Conflicts only take place when there is love. Conflicts are the result of worldly love from the previous life, and this love is excessive. Otherwise there will not be any conflict whatsoever! That is the nature of all conflicts.
What do people say? 'Conflict sustains our love.' There is some truth in this. It is not real love that increases but it is infatuation and attraction that increases as a result of these conflicts. Wherever there is less conflict, there is less infatuation and attraction. Any household where conflicts between husband and wife is reduced, consider that there is less infatuation and attraction between them. Is this something that can be understood?
Questioner: Yes and wherever there is excessive infatuation and attraction, there is also a lot of jealousy.
Dadashri: All these problems, including jealousy arise only from infatuation and attraction. When two people fight a lot with each other, realize that there is excessive infatuation and attraction between them. I do not refer to these conflicts as fighting even if they slap each other. I call it parrot-play. It is like when parrots nudge at each other with their beaks but in the end there is no bloodshed. Such is the play of parrots!
When we hear such truth, we laugh at our mistakes and foolishness. It is when one hears such truth that one feels a sense of detachment towards the worldly life, and one begins to question his past mistakes. Alas! Not only has one made mistakes but one has also suffered tremendously.


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Fill a large bowl halfway with ice and water. Pour 4 qt. water into a Dutch oven; squeeze juice from lemon into Dutch oven. Stir in lemon halves, black peppercorns, bay leaves, and salt; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Remove from heat; add shrimp. Cover and let stand 5 minutes or just until shrimp turn pink. Stir shrimp into ice water; let stand 10 minutes. Peel and devein shrimp.


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Russian MPs vote overwhelmingly to outlaw gay 'propaganda'Comments
The Russian parliament has voted almost unanimously to pass a law to punish the promotion of homosexuality with fines and jail terms.
436 deputies voted in favour and none against. There was one abstention.
The law – condemned by gay rights campaigners – bans what it calls the "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations" to minors. The word "homosexual" was removed from the text but in parliament one of the law's backers said "traditional" relations were between a man and a woman.
"It outlaws the spreading of information aimed at forming non-traditional sexual attitudes among children," said Duma deputy Elena Mizulina.
She also confirmed that it would become an offence to say that gay and straight relationships were equal. "A distorted perception", she added.
Under the law people can be fined up to a maximum of over 2,000 euros if the offence is committed via the media. Foreigners who promote homosexuality can be fined, detained for 15 days and deported.
Outside the Duma, gay activists were heavily outnumbered by the law's supporters.
"Of course I will never support this law, because it outlaws a certain group. It divides people into equal and unequal, so same-sex couples automatically fall into the wrong category," said Marta, one of the bill's opponents.
In clashes between the rival groups, about 20 gay activists were arrested. One was photographed nearby being kicked by a schoolboy.
Human Rights Watch has condemned the law for discrimination and a violation of rights.
Activists claim anti-gay violence has increased; Russian authorities say two recent murders could be linked to homophobia.
The bill now goes to the Senate before being signed into law by President Vladimir Putin – steps considered to be a formality.


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- Understanding of the financial markets.
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Matchmaking In The Digital Age
Globally, 75 million youth are unemployed and another 536 million underemployed, hindered by a lack of formal full-time jobs and a mismatch between skills and employer needs.
Thoughtfully designed digital sharing connects youth in emerging markets with employers that need immediate short-term work. Employers find freelancers through an online platform that aligns availability, pay, and skills with the task needed. The platform matches and verifies the identity of both parties, and facilitates the digital transfer of payments, IP, and confidentiality agreements as necessary. The freelancer provides high-quality work, and the employer pays, provides feedback, and rates their experience.
In an ideal scenario, over time, the young freelancer builds skills, a portfolio of work, and a credible personal brand. Experienced freelancers on Upwork based in India and the Philippines earn hourly rates comparable to those in the United States and Western Europe.
These platforms already exist. Sites such as Babajob (India) mJobs (Ethiopia) , GetNinjas (Brazil) Samasource and MobileWorks are up and running, connecting a small percentage of youth in developing markets with employers that need immediate short-term work. Can these be scaled nationally and internationally to help ease the global youth unemployment crisis?
Many of these on-the-spot work opportunities are low-earning on a per-job basis, and competition between job seekers often drives down rates. However, in an economy like South Africa's where 56% of young people are looking for work, these new platforms create another, very welcome, option for employment.
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NIGHTCLUB Heaven and Hell will host a live band for the first time tonight.
Bosses at the Huddersfield club have given in to the massive demand for a large live music venue in the town, even though the venue is known for dance beat and chart music.
Huddersfield Heaven and Hell manager Jim McIntyre said: "There is a thriving and vibrant music scene in Huddersfield and I thought it would be really exciting for us to get involved.
"There was clearly a niche in the market."
Hannah Quarmby, a music promoter, approached Heaven and Hell with the idea.
She said: "I do think a venue like this could make its mark this way.
"Everyone has said it has been a long time coming so let's hope they get behind it now."
Heaven and Hell is putting on two live gig nights each week, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays featuring local indie, rock and metal bands.
Tonight is Barnsley group Lycasleep and tomorrow is Calderdale band Serotonin.


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- Jordan Spieth rents two houses at The Masters, one for relaxing with family and friends and one for when he needs to focus or sleep.
- It appears that most other golfers only rent one house.
- Spieth followed this strategy in 2015 when he went on to win The Masters.
Jordan Spieth has a unique competitive advantage at The Masters – two houses.
Speaking on The Buffet Podcast, golf writer for The Action Network Jason Sobel said, "Jordan Spieth and his team get two houses. They're right down the street from each other, there's a party house, and friends and family are there . . . it's a great place for Jordan to go after a round and decompress and get away from the golf and not even have to think about The Masters.
"But he also has this other house. Which is just his . . . he's able to go there, and focus, whether it's before the round or after the round, he can at least be alone, he can get away from all those other people."
According to Brian Wacker of PGATour.com, the quiet house is also for sleeping, and the "party house" is for fun and is a golf-free zone.
"The other is for fun, Wacker wrote. "The place he can hang out in and enjoy time with his parents, brother, friends and anyone else in town from Dallas this week. If he walks into the latter and golf is on television, someone immediately changes the channel. It doesn't matter if it's turned to lawn darts or HGTV. Anything but golf."
And in Sobel's view, this setup gives Spieth "a big advantage," one that he says he hasn't heard many other golfers imitate.
"Most guys get one house . . . " he said. "And they will have the wife and kids, and they will have maybe the agent, maybe another player even, and just other people around."
But to Sobel, shelling out an extra twenty or thirty thousand dollars to rent another house is a no-brainer when it could result in a higher finish – and a bigger payday.
"I'm surprised that more haven't figured out the fact that Jordan does it . . . and maybe I should do it too," said Sobel.
Spieth has been following this strategy since 2015 when he won The Masters in dominant fashion and became the second-youngest golfer ever to win the prestigious tournament, so this strategy has apparently paid off for him. Perhaps if he wins again in 2018 more golfers will start following suit.
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Discover books on CD or tapes! With
our busy lives, often spent driving our children to their different
extra-curricular activities, some days it can be hard to find that quiet
time to read together. Books on CD are a great way to discover books
and authors together while you are confined to the car, driving between
activities and errands. The Library is a great resource for these. As
you listen, be sure to share your thoughts and feelings about the
characters, setting and plot and encourage your child (children) to
share theirs as well.
Make books special. Turn
reading into something special. Take your kids to the library, help
them get their own library card, read with them, and buy them books as
gifts. Have a favorite place for books in your home or, even better, put
books everywhere.
Reading Nooks. Help your child
create a special place for reading! It may be a comfy spot in their
bedroom, perhaps a special chair or bean bag. During warmer weather it
may be on a porch, deck or patio. Or perhaps there is a quiet spot
somewhere else in the house that they can claim as their own private
"reading nook".
Get them to read another one. Find ways to encourage your child to pick up another book. Introduce him or her to a series like The Boxcar Children or Harry Potter or to a second book by a favorite author, or ask the librarian for additional suggestions.
Crack open the dictionary. Let your child see you use a dictionary. Say, "Hmm, I'm not sure what that word means… I think I'll look it up."
Talk about what you see and do.
Talk about everyday activities to build your child's background
knowledge, which is crucial to listening and reading comprehension. Keep
up a running patter, for example, while cooking together, visiting
somewhere new, or after watching a TV show.
First drafts are rough. Encourage your
child when writing. Remind him or her that writing involves several
steps. No one does it perfectly the first time.
Different strokes for different folks.
Read different types of books to expose your child to different types
of writing. Some kids, especially boys, prefer nonfiction books.
Teach your child some "mind tricks".
Show your child how to summarize a story in a few sentences or how to
make predictions about what might happen next. Both strategies help a
child comprehend and remember.
"Are we there yet?"
Use the time spent in the car for wordplay. Talk about how jam means
something you put on toast as well as cars stuck in traffic. How many
other homonyms can your child think of? When kids are highly familiar
with the meaning of a word, they have less difficulty reading it.


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text: People boarded up beach homes, schools closed and officials ordered large-scale evacuations along the East Coast on Wednesday as Hurricane Matthew tore through the Bahamas and took aim at Florida, where the governor warned the state could be facing its "biggest evacuation ever." Gov. Rick Scott said he didn't know how many people would be ordered to leave the coastline because it is left up to individual counties. So far, only Brevard and Martin counties have issued mandatory evacuation orders. "When you look at this storm as it goes along the East Coast, we're going to have to prepare every county, so it could be the biggest evacuation ever. Every county is focused on it though. We've been working on it even before today," Scott said. Scott said the state is preparing for the worst and hoping for the best, 1010 WINS' Steve Kastenbaum reported. If your on the Florida Atlantic coast from Miami all the way up to South Carolina, I hope your prepared because you have a killer on it's way to strike. Earlier today hurricane Matthew resembled a Skull even, so one would have to say that this storm has likely been manipulated with weather weapons. This will be the first major Hurricane to hit America in over eleven years, and if this thing resembled a skull earlier in the day...This storm is probably on it's way to kill. The Florida governor Rick Scott must know this is going to become a killer, as he is ordering the biggest evacuation in Florida's state history. So brace for impact Florida, and Americans lets hope for the best for people living in the state of Florida and for people who can't afford to evacuate this killer.


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Skip to 0 minutes and 3 seconds So what type of device is a water pistol? Well it's a pump, isn't it? And if we look it up in the dictionary, we find that a pump is a device that raises, transfers, delivers or compresses fluids. So here's another one. What type of device is a kettle? Well it boils something. It's a boiler. And if we look that up in the dictionary, it describes it as a vessel used for boiling, the part of a steam generator in which water is converted into steam. So if we put these two components together, the kettle and the water pistol, then they represent half of a vapour power cycle.
Skip to 0 minutes and 39 seconds The half in which we have to deliver work via the pump, and heat via the boiler. So they're the first part of a vapour power cycle that we can represent in this sort of manner, where we're going to deliver some heat into the boiler. And we're going to pump water, our working fluid round into the boiler. So we're going to have to do a little bit of work on the pump, and we're going to provide some heat. And the heat normally comes from an external furnace. In the case of the kettle, it comes from the electrical heating element in the bottom of the kettle. But when we build a power station, we're trying to generate electricity.
Skip to 1 minute and 15 seconds And so normally that heat will come from a furnace. It could be a fossil fuel furnace, or it could be a nuclear reactor. Or maybe if you live in the south of France, you could use a big solar generator. So we produce some steam and we push it round into a turbine. So the steam then makes a turbine turn and we get some work out of the turbine. We can pinch a small amount– a small amount of that work, and use it to drive a pump. And the rest of it, we can use to generate electricity.
Skip to 1 minute and 47 seconds Now last week, I talked about the Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics. That heat does not pass from a cold body to a hot one without an accompanying change elsewhere. Around about the same time that Rudolph Clausius made that statement, Lord Kelvin recognised that heat cannot be completely converted into work. And that means that we have to dump some heat into the environment. We can't convert all the heat we put into the steam into work in the turbine. A small amount of it needs to be used as waste, effectively, and dropped into the environment. And so we do that by taking our less energetic steam, putting it into a condenser, and converting it into water.
Skip to 2 minutes and 30 seconds And in the process, dumping heat out into the environment. And then the pump pulls the water around and pushes it back into the boiler, where we add more heat to it and round into the turbine. And so on, round and round in a cycle that's generating electricity by pulling heat out of the furnace, using some of it to generate work, and then dumping some of it into the environment. And thereby satisfying the second law of thermodynamics.
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Most powerstations are giant steam engines. Eann explains their steam cycle using a water pistol and kettle to represent half of the cycle.
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"… normally we start from whatever behavior we want to get, then try to design a system that will produce it. Yet to do this reliable, we have to restrict ourselves to systems whose behavior we can readily understand and predict–for unless we can foresee how a system will behave, we cannot be sure that the system will do what we want.
"But unlike engineering, nature operates under no such constraint. So there is nothing to stop systmes like those at the end of the previous section from showing up. And in fact one of the important conclusions of this book is that such systems are actually very common in nature.
"But because the only situations in which we are routinely aware both of the underlying rules and overall behavior are ones in which we are building things or doing engineering, we never normally get any intuition about systems like the ones at the end of the previous section."
The deeper you dig into math and computer science, the more Hayekian things look. The impossibility of economic calculation under socialism has important counterparts in Godel and Turing/Church.


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The Mayor, Bill de Blasio can get political all he wants to about Walmart not being in New York City but what it boils down to are the City's economy and their greedy hands.
If you live in any of the 5 Burroughs as I do then you know we need a Walmart. It will provide 1000's of jobs, will help boost the economy (like NYC needs it anyway), but the main issue is, the people want it. So why don't we have one?
It's pretty simple.
NYC thrives off their ridiculously high prices for everything, but having a Walmart in the city will destroy what the city is built upon. Can you imagine a Walmart in Manhattan? The amounts of crowds it will draw on a daily average will make your head spin, but it will hurt the economy in Manhattan. Manhattan is a tourist area, and if you give the tourist an option of buying an NY t-shirt off 34th and Broadway for $20 or heading over to Walmart and getting it for $4.99 where do you think that family will do it's shopping? There is not a vendor in the city besides food that will survive a Walmart in Manhattan.
Now shift that focus over to the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island or Brooklyn and it gets a little different. These are non-tourist places, the heart of the city lives here, everyday folk. A Walmart in any Burrough will be great. There are vendors here, family owned stores and restaurants that will still thrive because they don't survive off tourist money to begin with. These are the neighborhood vendors, the ones we know we can go to get what we need when no one else has it. We not only trust them, we know them, hell they are our next door neighbors, our friends, and family. By placing a Walmart in these Burroughs will provide jobs that are hard to come by. But there will be one issue. The cost of living is so high in NYC that a Walmart employee might be on the street within a few months. The average employee at Walmart can earn between $8-$17hr, in some parts of the city you can make it, you may struggle, but it can be done. But if that was the case think about the money we will save with the drop in food and everyday essentials prices. Cabs will see an increase of riders, subways, and buses will profit due to shoppers. The city will boom but in de Blasio eyes it will suffer.
If de Blasio wanted to try it out, put it in one Burrough first and see how it goes, since I live in the Bronx, why not here. But NYC is too greedy to cut corners where the profit margin is concerned; they are too busy putting free WiFi booths on the street or spending millions to put WiFi and cell phone charger ports on trains to think about the people and what this will mean to our city. There is a Walmart West Chester, but that is a 20-30 minute drive and an almost 2-hour bus ride from the Bronx. There is another one across the bridge in New Jersey but if driving, there are tolls to pay and the George Washington Bridge now costs $13 to cross, and that money goes where again? NYC has a great plan to money rape you, so why should they give in to the cries of their tenants and Walmart and give us what we want when they get nothing in return?
Walmart will never hit NYC because there is nothing to gain for the city. And that's the truth.


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Research on sewage treatment systems
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Research on sewage treatment systems
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Development and practical application of ultra-low cost energy-saving sewage treatment systems
Professor Ohashi belongs to the Environmental Protection Engineering research lab, and his area of expertise is environmental engineering, which investigates solutions to environmental issues and looks for methods to preserve and regenerate the environment.
Professor Ohashi's research is centered on the development of ultra-low cost energy-saving sewage treatment systems that can be used in developing nations.
The mainstream method used in sewage treatment systems in advanced nations is the activated sludge process, which uses the functions of aerobic microorganisms to create extremely high-quality water. However, even when introduced to developing nations, this method is not widely used, as the costs and energy needs are high and maintenance is essential. For these reasons, developing nations require low-cost, energy-saving sewage treatment systems that suit those countries.
From this viewpoint, for the past twenty years, Professor Ohashi has been devoted to research on the development of sewage treatment systems that are closely aligned with the various regions in developing nations.
Currently, Professor Ohashi has succeeded in developing a sewage treatment system that links the UASB process (anaerobic treatment technology) with the aerobic DHS reactor as the after-treatment process (DHS refers to the new aerobic treatment method that uses a sponge as the organism hold-back carrier). The UASB process is low-cost, creates energy and has easy maintenance, and by combining it with an after-treatment process that makes up for its shortfalls and improves treated water quality, it has been proven that this system produces no excess sludge, and creates treated water of the same level as the activated sludge process.
"This system has been highly evaluated by the government of India. We built a large-scale plant in Karnal City and continued testing for its practical application for around ten years, and as a result the world's first actual plant using the UASB-DHS sewage treatment system is being built in Agra", says Professor Ohashi.
Since that time, aiming for further quality improvements to the system, he has continued with research aiming to establish new environmental technology, such as technology that would prevent the diffusion of greenhouse gases from treated water, and the recycling of effluent and cultivation of new microorganisms.
Lectures and practical exercises centered on thermodynamics, the foundation for environmental protection engineering
In the Taoyaka Program, Professor Ohashi teaches a subject called Advanced Environmental Protection Engineering. This is a class for civil engineers, where the students can learn about thermodynamics, which is essential for understanding environmental and energy problems, as well as the relationship between thermodynamics and the environment.
"In this subject I use lectures and practical exercises, and I want the students to learn the basics of environmental issues and energy problems that they will be dealing with in the Taoyaka Program. There may be some areas that are difficult for the humanities students, but I think that it is important to know the basics in order to be able to see things. You can approach an issue if you know the basics" he says.
Professor Ohashi also says that in the on-campus educational program, as part of learning those basics, the students will need to know about the situation in the respective countries they will visit.
"As is the case with my own research, when thinking about technology development for developing nations, it must be technology that will be accepted by such nations. I need to go about my research based on knowledge of what such people are thinking, what they want. In the same way, those are the things that I want the students to know as preparation for their onsite work", he says.
Professor Ohashi says that based on his experience to date, he has keenly felt that people in any country have many demands, and that he wants his students to listen to what they have to say.
Students ground themselves in the basics for a meaningful onsite experience
Professor Ohashi also has the position of sub supervisor in the Taoyaka Program, and says that he is focusing his efforts on ensuring that the program runs smoothly and effectively.
"I actually have around twenty years of onsite experience in developing nations, so I want to make use of that experience to provide guidance and support. Currently I don't have any students who I am directly supervising, but at some stage I would like to have some students researching and surveying developing nations such as India or Indonesia".
In actual fact, although Professor Ohashi says that he has not fully formulated his thoughts about the Taoyaka Program, he did provide the following words of encouragement for the students.
"I really want to tell them to 'just go!' Rather than it coming from me, there are things that they will realize and perceive by going to a place where the environment is bad. I think that they can gain a lot from that".
According to Professor Ohashi, the starting point for thinking about environmental issues is 'realization'.
"You can't put countermeasures in place if you don't know what the problem is, can you? Actually when I ask during the lectures on campus, I find that there are quite a few students who do not know. So it is important to perceive things. And to do so, basic knowledge is required. I want the students to get a solid grounding in the basics that will lead to realizations during their time onsite".
Another important thing is having aspirations, he adds.
"The students should have a clear idea of what kind of society they want to build in the future. If they don't have that then they will probably fail. Ways of seeing and thinking about things change from that point. I urge the students to make sure they prepare well for their time onsite!"
Akiyoshi OHASHI
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Program, Division of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
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April 1, 1995-August 31, 2006 Associate Professor, Nagaoka University of Technology Department of civil and Environmental Engineering
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As we continue to count down to this year's Blenheim Music and Camping Festival, we're thinking about what it's going to be like to spend the Easter long weekend out in the Clare Valley – one of South Australia's glorious territories. It's more than just wine country, it's one of the most gorgeous areas of SA; definitely a sojourn for many who want a weekend away and out of the city. Plus, the good part is is that you're not travelling far out to get there!
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Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria – We attract talented individuals. Not only can they give you the benefit of their experience, they also reveal a closer, more personal look at the wide range of global opportunities we offer. At the core of the Group's people strategy is our focus on employee engagement. Engagement is a key driver of productivity and performance, which creates the foundation of our performance culture.
Standard Chartered Bank is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Client Manager
Job ID: 544703
Location: Victoria Island, Nigeria – SCB
Job Function: C & I Banking
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Job Description
- Fully understand the Financial Institution(FI) business strategy and expectations and ensure client account maintenance activities are managed in accordance with the Bank and FI strategic focus
Business Partnership:
- Provide direct support to the Senior Banker/Banker through proactive client account management of the following activities:
- Documentation: Credit (existing deals – Renewals/Amendments) & Other (Excluding credit approvals)
- Engagement and coordination with Legal & Compliance, Credit, CRC, CDU and Clients on standard documentation requirements such as standard terms, country supplements, banking facility letter, master credit terms, supplementary letters etc
- Obtain necessary approvals for T&C deviations on standard documentation from the relevant authoriser as necessary
- Follow through to ensure documentation completion and validate limits are correctly loaded/reflected in TP systems
- Act as escalation points for Unsettled (FX) Past Due Trades reports & Failed trades reports, working closely with Operations where relevant. Support Loan Drawdown, Cash Management, LTP Trades (FI), Trade Offerings & Audit Confirmations
- Manage any client related data queries and remediation efforts, including first level escalations on account maintenance activities
- Seek transactional approvals as necessary (ie trade, cash) and release trade offerings on time to ensure faster TAT on trade transactions.
- Attend ASTAR Review meetings as appropriate and participate in relevant business meetings, forums or committees as required
- Ensure document deficiencies are minimised (as reflected in DDW etc) and are rectified in a timely manner
- Engage and follow up with COBAM if required with respect to any outstanding CDD related items e.g Update known changes, respond to case queries, CDD overdues, approval/review of CDD cases, etc.
- Account Management & Portfolio Quality (Excluding credit approvals)
- Manage flow maintenance on client portfolio as assigned.
- As a secondary qualitative measure, in the event that key client data hasn't been accurately captured by COBAM or any other data capture owners, ensure general portfiolio hygiene of client data ie correct client tagging, limit information, segment classification etc in SCI, WorkBench.
- Ensure the highest level of client service and risk mitigation through proactive client account management support with client on-boarding (liaising with COBAM), credit monitoring (liaising with CA COE) and flow maintenance
- Actively engage and collaborate with Clients, Senior Bankers/Bankers and Product Partners to understand and respond to any issues/concerns relating to the ongoing account maintenance including highlighting any unusual utilization patterns to coverage teams.
- Provide proactive support on account maintenance activities like documentation, reporting etc by engaging and collaborating with the client, COBAM, CA, CRC, LDU, MDU, Legal and Compliance and relevant ops teams as required to ensure the clients expectations are met or exceeded
- Escalate issues/concerns relating to account maintenance activities to the CM Team Lead for follow up as relevant
- Annotate on past dues and excesses daily in the portfolio. i.e. Ensure excesses/past dues are regularized on time and cash/cheques are released on time. Any exceptions to be highlighted to Banker and CA.
- Provide support on other projects as assigned
- Ensure adherence to all internal/regulatory policies & regulations eg. Policies and procedures in RiskPod (FATCA, Credit, BCA overdue, etc)
- Identify and escalate any operational risks relating to the client portfolio account management and escalate to the CM Team Lead
- Co-ordinate with Ops/GSSC to rectify any ops related issues which can be resolved locally and issue Standard Instruction Forms (SIFs) wherever required within authority
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- Ensure data quality of all AML and Credit documents/files meets CIB standards to facilitate Banker decisions on risk acceptance
- Escalate any identified Operational Risk issues to the CM Team Lead (or BORM in the absence of the CM Team Lead)
- Be proactive in ensuring compliance with Bank policies and procedures and lead preparation of client files for audit purposes
- Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group's arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the business and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas
- Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
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Some people swing rapidly from one emotional extreme to the other, just like the liquid metal, mercury, used in thermometers which shifts dramatically with the temperature. In the human form, it's not the temperature that sets them off, and you will never know what does. They can be fun, loving, upbeat one day or even one moment and without warning, switch to the polar opposite—angry, rejecting, a real downer.
Those that experience such swings to a pathological degree might be diagnosed as bi-polar or what used to be called manic-depressive. Their emotional lives are a constant roller coaster. There are psychiatric medications that help with their mood swings. Sometimes they work; sometimes they don't. I've often thought how difficult life must be for the bearer of such a personality.
But, what about the rest of us who must interact with someone like that? It might be a spouse or significant other, a relative, a co-worker, a teacher, or the cashier at the market. We are sucked in by how charming and exciting they can be in their up times and bitterly disappointed and hurt when we are attacked or shunned in their down times. We ruminate, wondering what we might have done to offend them, not realizing that the problem lies within them, not due to anything we did. We were simply the nearest human available to dump on. If it is someone we're close to and see regularly, we ride right along on their roller coaster albeit not of our choosing.
I have had such an experience with someone significant in my life. I grew to always be on the defensive when dealing with him, never knowing when I'd get it right over the head. Even when we seemed to be having a happy time, I was anxious, wondering when it would turn. Our interactions became more and more stressful, and I came to dread them. I once asked if he were bi-polar. He said his psychiatrist told him he wasn't. Well, if that's the case, in my opinion he's as close to being bi-polar that one can get without being bi-polar.
In looking back at my history of friends, I realize I've had several of a capricious nature to one degree or another. They can be fascinating, stimulating people, and that's the hook for me. However, I've learned that being victimized by interaction with a mercurial character is miserable, causing me nothing but tension and angst.
I frequently write in my blog that we must protect ourselves from victimization. Yes, we must take the strain out of being on the receiving end of a personality that switches with lightning speed, always catching us off-guard, always creating anxiety.
If the person is so significant in our lives that we choose not to cut them loose such as a parent or a child, what can we do? We can refuse to engage when they get into attack mode. We can leave the room. We can exit the location and take a walk or a drive. If this type of thing has happened to you when you're out together socially, always take your own car so you can make a quick get-away if necessary or be prepared to hail a taxi or ride sharing service. Protect yourself. Mr./Ms. Mercurial won't.
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(Reuters) – Jude Law, Judi Dench and Daniel Radcliffe will be among the stars of screen and stage appearing in the upcoming theatrical season led by acclaimed British director Michael Grandage, it was announced on Friday.
Grandage, artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse in London from 2002-2012, has launched a new company to produce theatre, film and television mainly in London and New York.
The Michael Grandage Company's stated aim is to reach out to new audiences through lower ticket prices.
"This unique West End season brings together writers, actors and other artists in a single venture over 15 months dedicated to presenting work of the highest quality at affordable prices," Grandage said in a joint statement with his partner in the venture, executive producer James Bierman.
The season will comprise five plays including a new work by John Logan, "Peter and Alice", starring Dench and Ben Whishaw.
Logan's first new play since "Red", which won six Tony Awards on Broadway in 2010, is set in the 1930s and brings together the "original" Alice In Wonderland and Peter Pan.
Simon Russell Beale will take on the role of cross-dressing Captain Dennis in World War Two drama "Privates on Parade", and "Harry Potter" actor Radcliffe performs the title role in the comedy "The Cripple of Inishmaan".
Two works by Shakespeare round off the season — "A Midsummer Night's Dream" featuring comedian David Walliams in the part of Bottom and "Henry V" with Law in the title role.
More than 100,000 tickets have been set aside at the price of 10 pounds ($15.50) over the course of the season, or more than 200 per performance.
Every production will also have at least one free performance for schools and colleges from London focusing on first-time theatergoers. This will launch MGC Futures, a scheme designed to introduce young people to the theatre.
The season opens at the Noel Coward Theatre with Privates on Parade on December 1.
(Reporting by Mike Collett-White; editing by Steve Addison)
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On Friday Harmony of the Seas, currently under construction at the STX France shipyard in St Nazaire, France, was floated out of the dry-dock and moved over to the outfitting dock.
This was the first time the 362 metre-long passenger cruise ship had taken to the water. Shortly before 7am local time the ship travelled approximately 1.25 miles to the outfitting dock where further work will be carried out internally and externally.
When she enters service in May 2016 she will be the world's passenger cruise ship at approximately 227,000 gross tonnes – the current title holders, sister ships Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas, each total 225,282 gross tonnes. Harmony of the Seas is expected to have a capacity of 5,479 passengers based on double occupancy and 6,360 passengers at maximum capacity.
In March the Harmony of the Seas 2016 itineraries were announced. She will be home-ported in both Barcelona (Spain) and Civitavecchia (for Rome; Italy) and calling in to the ports of Palma (Majorca), Marseilles (France), La Spezia (for Florence and Pisa; Italy), and Naples (Italy). Allure of the Seas is operating an identical itinerary this year.
The first passenger sailing on-board Harmony of the Seas from Barcelona is not scheduled until 7 June 2016 however a one-off sailing from Southampton to Barcelona will depart on 29 May 2016. Following the summer season she will reposition to her new home-port of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on 23 October 2016.
Earlier this month photos were released showing the latest build progress at the dry-dock. Back in April World of Cruising editor John Honeywell visited the STX shipyard in St Nazaire, France, and saw the build progress for himself.
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7 percent of women in the U.S. have suffered intimate partner violence at some point, along with 12 percent of men, the CDC has reported. There are many physical and psychological effects of domestic violence on victims – physical injuries and disabilities and bodily effects of stress, but also anxiety, depression, and trust issues. Children witnessing violence in the home may grow up with emotional problems like anger, or may even become abusers themselves when they are adults.Share
In his apostolic exhortation on the family, Amoris laetitia, Pope Francis wrote of the problem of domestic abuse: "Unacceptable customs still need to be eliminated. I think particularly of the shameful ill-treatment to which women are sometimes subjected, domestic violence and various forms of enslavement which, rather than a show of masculine power, are craven acts of cowardice. The verbal, physical, and sexual violence that women endure in some marriages contradicts the very nature of the conjugal union."
He also insisted upon the need for parishes and priests to be ready to deal properly with these problems: "Good pastoral training is important 'especially in light of particular emergency situations arising from cases of domestic violence and sexual abuse'," he added, citing the final document from the 2015 Synod on the Family. Catholics are responding to this dire need, organizing a prayer campaign for domestic abuse victims while trying to spread awareness of the problem and educate clergy on how to properly deal with instances of abuse.
A symposium on domestic abuse took place in July at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., hosted by the university's School of Social Service. (Read more.)
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I just need a sanity check as I wire up my new Meanwells to create an 84V 13A charger.
- VAC comes in on the right.
- Meanwell SP-320-48 Qty-2 in parallel
- Meanwell S-350-27 in series, taking the +V from the 320s and routing it to the –V of the 350
- Use the +V from the 350 and the GND to charge the battery array via the BMS.
- The –V from the 350 would essentially not be used.
- 320-48s are trimmed to +54V, and the 350-27 is trimmed to +30V.
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Roswell, Ga. – It was a rainy day in Georgia. As the skies released a downpour on Georgia's sixth congressional district today, voters in Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties braved the congested roads and difficult conditions to support their chosen candidate to replace Republican representative Tom Price. For now at least, their efforts have yielded only a delay.
Because no candidate reached 50 percent, 30-year-old Jon Ossoff, a former Democratic staffer on Capitol Hill, will face off in June against Karen Handel, a Republican who has served as Georgia's secretary of state and on several local commissions. Though Ossoff dominated early voting, election-day votes pulled his total down over the course of the evening and kept him shy of an outright win. The headlines will have to wait.
For months, this race has been cast by activists and pundits as indicative of the road ahead for the current presidential administration, perhaps illustrating whether Donald Trump's abrasive personality and controversial agenda have already turned off voters. But as the results rolled in on Tuesday evening, it became clear that the GA-06 special election has been perhaps the best example of the national media making nothing into something.
Early in the race, the Democratic party chose Ossoff as the most promising frontrunner, enabling him to amass over $8.3 million, over 90 percent of which came from outside the region. Journalists, activists, and celebrities insisted that Ossoff had an excellent chance to take over 50 percent of the vote — even in a packed field of 18 candidates — and pull off a shocking outright victory in the traditionally Republican district.
A look at the district's history should have been enough to talk progressives out of placing their hopes on Ossoff's slim shoulders. The sixth district has been consistently represented by a Republican since 1979, and both John McCain and Mitt Romney won it by over 20 percentage points in their presidential runs.
Indeed, the only thing that gave election analysts pause was Trump's poor performance in the district last November, when he eked out a victory over Hillary Clinton by just one percentage point. This led some to believe that the demographics of the area were shifting, or at least that Trump himself had caused the shift, leaving in his wake a slew of disenchanted voters ready to flee to the Democratic party.
Tuesday's results don't fully clarify the role that the president has played in the fluctuating dynamics of GA-06. But they do prove that Trump hasn't enraged so many Americans that a nearly unknown Democrat — even one with significant national funding and attention — could turn a solid GOP district blue overnight.
Tuesday's results don't fully clarify the role that the president has played in the fluctuating dynamics of GA-06.
On the ground, voters seemed divided over whether the president had played any role in their decisions. Some Ossoff supporters mentioned Trump right away. "I'm horrified at the current federal administration," one woman told me after saying she cast her vote for the young Democrat. "He's not my favorite candidate I've ever voted for, but the Democratic establishment got behind him and John Lewis got behind him, and that's good enough for me." (Lewis has represented Georgia's fifth district since 1987.)
Another woman — who has lived in Dunwoody area for 20 years and yet has never voted in special elections or even in midterms — went to vote today only because of how intensely she dislikes Trump and his agenda. "People deserve to have everything they need: health care, education," she explained to me. In particular, she said, she has been appalled by Trump's desire to remove federal funding from Meals on Wheels and Planned Parenthood, adding that Ossoff will be the exact opposite of Trump and will go to Washington to fight the GOP on every issue, not ignoring anyone in need.
But other Democrats seemed less incensed about Trump. Ossoff's is "the only name I could remember," one such voter told me, illustrating just how effective the candidate's $6 million in campaign spending was in driving up his name recognition in the district. "I believe in his principles," she added. Though this young woman didn't feel strongly either way about Trump, she didn't vote for him, and she said Ossoff makes her feel "like we can get it right this time."
Another Ossoff voter came to the U.S. from Tanzania when he was young and has spent the rest of his life in this region of Georgia, where he attended Georgia Tech and is now raising a family. Though he appreciates conservatism, he fears that the GOP isn't realistic about the challenges facing the country.
"I believe in the Republican values of working hard and being able to make something of yourself," he tells me. But, after having worked in international business, he says he has seen too many promising young people leave the U.S. to work elsewhere because of a lack of opportunity or policies that enable their success, problems that he believes the GOP refuses to recognize.
Several GOP voters, when asked about Ossoff, wrinkled their noses at the fact that the candidate doesn't live in the sixth district. Though this information has been available before today, an election-day CNN interview brought attention to the fact that he lives a few miles outside the district with his girlfriend. Though this is permissible by constitutional rules, to GA-06 Republicans it just seems foolish. As one man asked me rhetorically, "What voter would like that?"
As for the Republicans, in the end the choice was clear. Across the district, fans of Karen Handel told me time and again that they chose her as the most experienced Republican who was most likely to succeed. At her election-night party, one man repeated to me the oft-quoted Bill Buckley line, that he wanted to choose the most conservative candidate who was electorally viable. For him, that was Karen Handel, and, judging by the results tonight, he seems to have shared that estimation with a plurality.
Longtime supporter Laura Strange told me at the event that Handel was the only GOP candidate who has both business knowledge and political acumen. "There are a lot of very impressive candidates in this race," she said, "but none can combine those two pieces like she can."
Just a few miles down the road, at GOP candidate Bob Gray's results party, voters seemed much more passionate about Trump and his agenda. In fact, Marissa Hardwick and Jerry Ramsey, both of whom live in the part of Cobb County that is outside the confines of GA-06, volunteered constantly for Gray during the election, even though neither of them had ever participated in political campaigns, or paid much attention to them at all before Donald Trump. Their enthusiasm for the president transferred to Gray when he positioned himself as the closest to Trump of the many GOP candidates.
Other attendees insisted that Gray's business experience made him a more attractive candidate than "career politicians," a veiled slam against Handel. "We want less spending and taxes, as well as job growth. Those are the things a businessman understands," one supporter told me.
Tonight's results seem to indicate, though, that Gray's alignment with Trump — to the point of donning camouflage waders and literally draining a swamp in a television ad — might have done more harm than good, or at the very least didn't give him the edge he needed.
Much remains unclear about the political dynamics of the sixth district; this, evidently, was not a normal election. But the unnecessary national frenzy surrounding this race should teach us a few crucial lessons: Among them, that polling in special elections is largely unhelpful and often misleading, and that early voting doesn't determine the fate of the race. It should teach us, too, that Democrats shouldn't expect to flip decades-long Republican strongholds overnight — not even with the help of a scapegoat like Donald Trump. Politics moves slowly in America, and it doesn't take much heed of those constructing narratives.
— Alexandra DeSanctis is a William F. Buckley Fellow in Political Journalism at the National Review Institute.
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With open enrollment in full swing, benefit advisers and employers may be missing an opportunity to provide low income employees with appropriate healthcare benefits, according to data collected by healthcare compliance and reporting software provider, Health e(fx).
According to Health e(fx)'s 2017 Insights report, the firm's first collection of monthly data from compliance requirements mandated by the Affordable Care Act that are audited by the IRS, employers are providing greater benefits to employees than are mandated by the ACA, but lower-paid workers are less likely to be enrolled in such employer healthcare coverage.
In collating data from ACA plan information, payroll data and data from HRIS sources, Health e(fx) found that while "bronze" medical plans are the most popular among employees with income less than 138% of the federal poverty level (an individual worker who earns less than $16,642 a year), only 65% of employees earning this salary choose this health plan option.
The actuarial value for a plan to qualify in the bronze category is 60%, which means the insurance plan will pay for 60% of the medical costs. Bronze plans are also the most popular plan for the hospitality and entertainment industries, according to the data.
"There is a connection between lower pay and low health plan enrollment. Therefore, employers and benefit advisers may be missing opportunities to improve health, productivity, engagement and retention among lower-paid workers," he says.
The study also found that overall ACA-defined eligibility increased from 2015 to 2016 — from 69% ACA eligible to 74% ACA eligible, respectively — but 88% of employers offer benefits to more employees than required by the ACA.
Bottom-line impact
By looking at ACA figures compared to payroll figures, Health e(fx) found that lower-paid workers are less likely to be eligible and enrolled in employer healthcare coverage, while the inverse is true for higher-paid workers. For example, for those workers who are under 100% FPL, only 13% were eligible and 7% were enrolled; meanwhile those that were over 400% FPL, 95% are eligible and 80% enrolled.
The report found that the 2016 annual employer premium per enrolled employee who is not ACA eligible is $6,883. The study looked at industries ranging from education, food services and restaurants, hospitality and entertainment, retail, medical services and manufacturing. The annual cost of per enrolled retail employee who is not ACA eligible is $6,016 while the cost of health and medical services employees is $8,025.
According to Showalter, this data could have a true impact on their bottom line.
"In a lot of businesses, the lower-paid worker tends to interact with your customer more. They are your face to the customer and you want to use your benefit programs to motivate to individuals helping to keep them healthy, productive and engaged so they can represent your company well," he says.
He adds, "It's an interesting finding today that we're spending all of this money on health and welfare benefits, but are you serving the people who work with your customers well and how do [executives] think of that in terms of total rewards?"
Showalter says that by combining HRIS, benefits and income data, new insights emerge for benefit advisers and employers.
"The combination of payroll and benefits data provides advisers and employers with insights on how to structure their benefit plan for the open enrollment season. For example, the data help employers answer questions such as, 'Are my total rewards and operational strategies working as intended?' or 'How is income and tenure impacting eligibility and enrollment?' And, 'Is it time to consider a pay-based contribution strategy for my workforce?'" he says.


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We seek, as part of the body of Christ, to reach out with the Good News of God's love and truth - locally, nationally and worldwide. "Love your neighbour as you love yourself" is an instruction from Jesus which applies to every Priory member.
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Well done new hampshire juggalos someone with any knowledge call the police and lets get this criminal taken off the streets .
An apparent juggalo serial graffiti artist — or maybe more than one — has vandalized several downtown buildings of late, and Keene police have no leads on who's responsible.
The letters "JRB," sometimes accompanied by "WW" have popped up all over the downtown area recently, spray painted on the sides of several buildings.
"I'm saddened by the fact that they feel the need to deface private property, or any property for that matter," said Roberta Mastrogiovanni, owner of the Corner News on Main Street, one of the businesses tagged by the unknown offender or offenders. "It's (graffiti) not easy to clean, it has to be steam-cleaned."
Along with Mastrogiovanni's store, other locations tagged recently with the letters "JRB" include Margaritas restaurant, the rear portion of the Tilden's Hallmark Store, the rear portion of the Colonial Theatre, and the side of the building that houses Amicci's, all along Main Street.
The letters could be a reference to the hard-core rap group Insane Clown Posse, which refers to its followers as "juggalo rydas (expletive)."
"ICP (Insane Clown Posse), 'hatchetmen (another reference to the Insane Clown Posse),' I know this stuff is popular with the younger crowd," said Keene police Sgt. Christopher L. Simonds. The department has ramped up its presence over the past couple of years, Simonds said, including more foot patrols at all hours of the day and night.
But so far, police haven't been able to catch anyone in the act, Simonds said.
In the past, graffiti vandals have been identified by police through Facebook posts, Simonds said.
"We've had situations where someone talks about it at school, and the (school resource officer) hears something and lets us know," he added.
Graffiti is classified as misdemeanor criminal mischief, and can result in hefty fines or jail time, depending on the value of the damaged property, Simonds said.
Mastrogiovanni said she'd like to see the police making inroads with the younger crowd.
"I feel if they get to know these kids, learn a bit about what they're into, then I think it can be OK," she said. "The kids are a big part of the population down here.
"I let the kids hang out there (at the side of the building) in the rain sometimes," she said. "I have no idea who it is. Usually most of the kids are pretty respectful, so if it is one of them, it's disappointing."
If she has to put up with graffiti at all, Mastrogiovanni would prefer something more creative, she said.
"When someone just spray-paints their initials, it's ugly," she said. "Now if they wanted to paint a flower or something, that's one thing."