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Government Misses Deadline for Rules Forcing Disclosure of Industry Payments to Doctors
The Obama administration has yet to draft rules on the disclosure of industry payments to doctors, missing a deadline set out in last year's health-care law. Drug and device companies, which are required to begin collecting payment data starting next year, are still awaiting such guidance.
Count it as a health-care deadline missed. The federal government has yet to write rules — mandated as part of last year's health-care law — that would force drug and medical-device companies to disclose their gifts, fees and payments to doctors.
Last year's Affordable Care Act required that disclosure rules be drafted "not later than October 1, 2011," a deadline that came and went quietly and without any explanation from the Obama administration.
Since October 2010, ProPublica has been reporting on the ethical issues that can arise when doctors have substantial financial ties to the drug companies that aim to influence their prescribing habits. We put together a database of payments from 12 companies that have already begun disclosing such data — some as result of legal settlements with the federal government. But as we've also noted, physician payments from potentially hundreds of drug and device companies operating in the United States are still secret for the time being.
The payment-disclosure rules, once finally implemented, will offer the first complete picture of what's likely to be billions of industry dollars flowing to doctors each year.
While the health-care law gives the government until the end of September 2013 to make the payments from all companies public and searchable, the companies are supposed to begin collecting the data at the start of next year. But the delay in drafting the rules means companies may have to wait for further instructions about what exactly to collect.
The agency in charge of drafting the rules, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, recently received a stern letter [PDF] from the two lawmakers who had proposed the specific provision in the health-care law known as the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.
"We write today to express our severe disappointment in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services," wrote Sens. Charles Grassley and Herb Kohl. "... We are concerned that CMS's failure to implement the statutory provisions on time with clear guidance, standards and definitions will create confusion among both manufacturers and consumers, potentially placing taxpayer dollars at risk."
Asked about the rules, CMS declined to explain the delay. "We have received Congressional correspondence on this issue and will respond directly to Senators Grassley and Kohl," said agency spokeswoman Ellen Griffith. "We will not have anything to say to the press until we have responded to the Senators."
At the moment, the agency is charged with implementing a number of provisions from the health-care law, acknowledged Allan Coukell, director of the Pew Prescription Project, a consumer safety campaign that advocated the disclosure law.
"I have sympathy for the agency in terms of all the things they have to implement right now. But this is an area that there's bipartisan consensus, where both industry and consumer groups are saying, 'Yes, this is a priority,'" Coukell said. "A lot of work went into this provision, and they need to get it done."
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The sword cuts both ways in terms of conflicts of interest. I would appreciate it if Propublica presented both sides of the issue. For example, government employees are likewise conflicted when they present data that can result in promotions and pay increases.
"The payment-disclosure rules, once finally implemented, will offer the first complete picture of what's likely to be billions of industry dollars flowing to doctors each year."
Awww, it's so cute that you think the rules won't be riddled with loopholes and stymied by drug companies sucking up the piddly fines.
Plus, I imagine any hearings on non-compliance run something like, "gosh, Mr. Senator, those are some mighty fine prescription pharmaceuticals you rely on for your survival. I'd be a shame if something…happened to them."
I find it interesting that, outside of the bill itself, this is the first I've heard anybody mention the disclosure aspect. Heck of a coincidence that a provision nobody's implementing goes unmentioned in the wider media, ain't it?
In response to John's message (2nd comment posted) - the federal government and its myriad regulatory bodies routinely and regularly miss Congressionally mandated deadlines by which to issue regulations; missing deadlines is much more likely than meeting deadlines. No conspiracy here - just inefficient government doing what it does best. Disclosure and transparency are very important, and hopefully these regulations will provide our citizens with useful information about their doctors… but other than a few Congresspersons and the liberal media, no one really seems to care about this. Several large pharma companies have been releasing this data for awhile, yet, very little has changed, nor has any scandal emerged. Certainly there must be a better (and cheaper, and less regulatory) way to hold pharma's feet to the fire over inappropriate marketing and over-the-top financial arrangements with doctors. Are you going to second guess your doctor if he/she has been treated to lunch by 12 different pharma companies over the last year? I doubt it.
Why would anyone want to remain or become a Physician? It will not be long before seeing a Doctor will be a thing of the past. The reality of fewer Doctors will be meet by injecting layers of other health care professionals separating yourself from the Doctor
Here's one doctor's take on the topic: http://m.circ.ahajournals.org/content/111/20/2552.full.
David, I assume it's not what you meant, but I read your comments as suggesting that, even though transparency is important, we're too stupid to take advantage of it, so we should just trust the drug companies and doctors.
And yes, I do second-guess every doctor, after too many friends falling ill due to trivial drug interactions prescribed by the same doctor. Always new, name-brand drugs, too, which to me points to a pattern.
Is it possible that the government is merely chronically late? Sure, but that doesn't mean the regulation is somehow wasteful as you imply.
And keep in mind that the drug companies live by regulation. Patent law prevents (rightly, within reason) people from copying their drug and controlling pricing and distribution. Due to treaty, this is sometimes worldwide, allowing them to—picking an example from a few years back—sieze AIDS drugs being shipped to Africa from India where royalty rates were negotiated down.
Granted power by the government over lives like that on an international scale, they really need to stop whining every time a regulation demands they shoulder a burden.
I really think that we are missing the elephant in the room. Our country CANNOT sustain the mass poisoning of the patient population any longer. With their toxic treatments, scans and drugs they create more disease and symptoms and then more drugs and treatments to combat their toxic treatments, scans and drugs. It's a Ponzi scheme just like the banks with derivatives. Whether Joe the Plumber, you or I realize what is going on doesn't matter. We cannot sustain this level of poisoning any longer. For Pete's sake one in one-hundred and ten kids are autistic and PhRMA controlled medicine can't figure it out? How about increased rates of MS, Lupus, FM, CIDS, RA and many more where medicine says we don't know what causes these diseases but we'll create and profit from experimental corporate welfare controlled patent protection treatments and drugs. Well medical industrial complex, perhaps it's the toxic heavy -metal you are injecting us with for your revenue streams from the multi-million dollar scanning machines to obtain pretty pictures? Or perhaps it's the GMO foods we are eating that are sprayed with herbicide at a rate that would kill the healthiest among us? Or perhaps it's the drugs or the medical devices that are causing this? Or the mercury laced vaccinations and recommended ridiculous vaccination schedule. Or perhaps it's poisoning from toxic water bottles we use filled with tap water that are not only destroying our environment but poisoning us from within.
And then we blame the health insurance companies that shouldn't have to pay for the mass poisoning of the population and now because they can't kick the sick and dying off their roles will have to take care of the sick poisoned population. I have no great love for the insurance industry but they shouldn't be forced to pay for poisonous treatments just because PhRMA is more powerful. Now I'm no rocket scientist but doesn't this seem unsustainable to you?
Sharon. I agree in entirety with your last sentence.
In response to Sharon's comment about increased diagnosis of this, that, and the other. Maybe these increases are false and intended to place more of the population on medications? It really doesn't matter too much, when people feel like every behavior or "sx" can be treated with medication what sort of outcomes would you expect? I don't mean to be critical or imply conspiracy, it just simply seems like people have become more and more dependent on some professional to make it all better. So who can blame drug companies, doctors and government officials for succoming to the society supported "take what you can get" mentality rather than simply "what you need". Just my opinion, your's are valid as well as others.
wsg, I went to the website and will likely buy his book. He has the right idea. re: Dr. Jerome Kassirer's Book On The Take: How Medicine's Complicity With Big Business Can Endanger Your Health.
However the reviewer on the website shows an appalling lack of depth and substance when he states that academia will need to be weaned off the teats of PhRMA. He seems willing to believe what the crony capitalists feed him and generally so does the public. And we believe the crony capitalists from the banking industry and look where we are; occupying Wall Street.
No worthwhile research or patented drugs will result from the rigged clinical trials that exist between PhRMA and academia; crony capitalism will prevail and rig the outcome to what's in their best interest and of course with PhRMA it's their profits, first, second and last not patient safety. Academia simply has to go cold turkey if it wants to restore any credibility and they must do so soon before the bubble bursts and the public starts to grasp their Ponzi scheme. We'll likely see a similar demise with medical doctors as we are seeing with economists. Economists have lied to the point of no return and there is even talk of doing away with that profession, at least the freshwater economists anyway. Why they are clueless and detrimental to our economy and may go down in history as the biggest joke ever. Of course medical doctors that continue to lie to us and tell us things like injecting 70+ vaccines mostly laced with mercury is good for us and we need this protection why. Right doc let me out the room please. I can honestly say that I have no confidence in MDs anymore. I do trust a few of them but as a profession they have become so distorted and contorted that they believe the crony creationism they are spoon fed and will even recommend poison to their families. It goes without saying that this is my opinion and should not be construed as medical advice.
Jason, I totally agree that the patient population has become brainwashed into thinking they need drugs and surgery to survive. But know that the medical profession is booming because of it. It is part of their Ponzi scheme business model and the principle of on-going concern drives the treatment choices and drugs they prescribe. Your point about it's the "patient's fault" for wanting a "quick fix" is misconstrued and this is why. When PhRMA spends billions trying to convince us we need these drugs or those surgeries and treatments and the average American is working two and three jobs they take the quickest solution possible to get well quickly so that they can continue working at their low paying jobs. The bourgeoisie in our country has become so hostile towards Americans that they have ensured their demise. Their decisions (the ruling class) to treat Americans as commodities have put them in an unsustainable position. They have impoverished the American proletariat and those that are still treading water are doing so at a high cost. The average Joe simply can't afford their products anymore (medical treatments and drugs). They have priced themselves out of the market. What I don't understand is why they didn't see this coming. They still have blinders on.
Take as an example the cable, telecom and satellite industries. They rely totally on Americans for their revenue streams and 99% of their revenues come from average Americans. The 99%, if you will, so you would think that they would want to keep wages high and jobs in this country. But instead many of them outsourced their technical and call center jobs to other countries. And they chipped away at the wages of US workers year after year. Now the industry is scrambling and doesn't know what to do. The first thing to go in a recession is entertainment so they are bleeding subscribers. But do they get it? No, it's not even on their radar. This is the same for the medical industrial complex. Looking forward they have sealed their demise. I really don't hold out hope that they can recover, like all bubbles this one must burst. Perhaps then the arrogant doctors will look in the mirror and realize how they have contributed to the detrimental situation they find themselves in. Nah!
In the majority of cases the relationship between doctors and drug companies is ethically questionable. However, it has caused some unintended consequences for patient's with limited resources. I worked at a large medical center that banned visits by drug reps and also the contribution of drug samples from these same companies. Often these free samples were the only source of a drug for low income patients who could not afford the expense of a non-generic drug. It seems a shame that this must happen. Pharmaceutical, dental, and eye problems have very poor coverage even for people with health insurance. How is the land of the ipod, Starbucks, and consumer crap a third world country when it comes to these kinds of services?
I hope the payment-disclosure rules that your thorough reporting show are needed will cast a net large enough to include expensive gifts. Such items could be used as an indirect payment in exchange for promoting a drug or device.
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Dollars for Doctors: How Industry Money Reaches Physicians
ProPublica is tracking the financial ties between doctors and medical companies.
The Story So Far
ProPublica is investigating the financial ties between the medical community and the drug and device industry. In October 2010, ProPublica compiled the list of payments that drug companies make to physicians and built a publicly searchable database so that patients could look up their doctors.
Latest Stories in this Project
- With Drug Reps Kept At Bay, Doctors Prescribe More Judiciously
- Pharma Money Reaches Guideline Writers, Patient Groups, Even Doctors on Twitter
- We've Updated Dollars for Docs. Here's What's New.
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RE: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; Proposed Rule 68 Fed. Reg. 69441 (December 12, 2003) Dear Director Moatz:
In the Federal Register Notice dated December 12, 2003, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") requested public comments regarding the above identified Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. As a member of the State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Section, I am expressing my concern with some of the proposed PTO rules, including 11.104(a)(2), 11.106 through 11.110, 11.802-804, 11.8(d), and 11.13(g)(4). See Federal Register, Vol. 68, No. 239 dated Friday December 12, 2003.
First, proposed Rules 11.106 through 11.110 regarding Confidentiality of Client Information and Conflict of Interest are more onerous and will require a practitioner before the PTO to comply with a higher standard than that imposed by the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. In particular, unlike the Model Rules and Texas Rules which require consent of a client following consultation, proposed rules 11.106(a)(1) and 11.107 require a client to give "informed consent in writing after full disclosure." The proposed definition of "full disclosure," requires the practitioner to give an explanation of the differing interests involved in a transaction, the advantages of seeking independent legal advice, and a detailed explanation of the risks and disadvantages to the client entailed in any agreement or arrangement, including not only any financial losses that will or may foreseeably occur to the client, but also any liabilities that will or may foreseeably accrue to the client. This proposed PTO rule appears to codify potential business conflicts into ethical conflicts.
The PTO states that this departure from the Model Rules is intended to provide both the client and practitioner with certainty regarding communication and a stronger record (Id. at 69464). However, no justification is provided as to why practitioners before the PTO need a stronger record or greater certainty regarding communication. The extra burden and increased cost of client representation such proposed rules would have on the practitioner on a daily basis far outweigh the benefit of adopting rules stricter than the Model Rules.
It is respectfully recommended that the more stringent requirement of the "written consent after full disclosure" provision be reevaluated and that the PTO adopt the ABA Model Rules relating thereto.
Also, Proposed Rule 11.104(a)(2) regarding communications with intermediaries of foreign clients is impractical, unnecessary and should be deleted from the proposed rules. This Proposed Rule appears to require practitioners representing a foreign client through a foreign patent agent or associate to obtain written consent from the client to conduct communications through the foreign firm. While the ultimate client is not the foreign patent agent or associate, in most cases the ultimate client relies on the foreign patent agent or associate to choose a practitioner who is registered to practice before the PTO. Communications from the PTO practitioner to the ultimate client should flow through the foreign agent or associate as a matter of course. This Proposed Rule is impractical and unnecessary.
In addition, Proposed Rule 11.803(d)(1) contains a requirement for mandatory self-reporting within ten days by a practitioner who is found guilty or pleads no contest to apparently any criminal charge other than traffic violations that do not involve alcohol. Although the word "Crime" is defined in Proposed Rule 11.1 to include only felonies, Rule 11.802(d)(a) on its face contains an enigmatic exception for certain misdemeanor crimes, indicating that the self-reporting rule would encompass crimes less serious than felonies. It may be a laudatory goal for the PTO to eliminate from the practice persons convicted of serious thefts or crimes of violence, but it is difficult to see the need for the PTO to gather information about matters such as pleas of no contest or convictions for such "crimes" as fishing without a license or even driving while intoxicated, or to make it a rule violation if one fails to self-report such matters to the PTO. Moreover, this proposed rule has no analog in the current PTO rules, the Model Rules or the Texas Rules. Instead, it is apparently an overzealous attempt to monitor all moral infractions by practitioners, no matter how tenuous the relationship to patent office practice, and to create a trap for the unwary practitioner who likely would not realize the need to report these matters to the PTO because state bar rules do not require it. Such a draconian rule is not justified.
Further, Proposed Rule 11.804(h)(9) is unnecessarily harsh and should be modified or deleted. This Rule provides that the failure to report a change of address within 30 days is professional misconduct. This is simply unfair and unnecessary.
Equally unjustified is the proposed rule requiring a $100 annual fee. See Proposed Rule 11.8(d). This is in effect yet another tax that does not tie the source of the funds with the expenditures for which the fee is purportedly gathered. The PTO has attempted to justify this proposed fee by claiming it would cover the costs of the disciplinary system and be used to maintain the roster of practitioners. However, it is well known that the PTO does not have control over the use of funds it receives and the assurances to the contrary in the Federal Register are not binding. This proposed fee would simply add more money to that which can be diverted elsewhere. Consequently, there is no justification for the proposed fee.
The proposed rule regarding continuing education (CLE) requirements is unnecessary for attorneys. Every state bar association has CLE requirements. The reports and reporting can be onerous if you are a member of 2 state bars, and now you are proposing a third bar group for my reporting of CLE. Second, the rule should at least be modified to permit a law firm or corporate law department to become an approved sponsor of continuing education programs to satisfy the CLE requirement. See Proposed Rule 11.13(g)(4). There is no justification for preventing a law firm or a corporate law department from seeking approval and delivering CLE programs to their employees to satisfy the proposed CLE requirement. The State Bar of Texas and many other bars around the country allow and even encourage such "in-house" CLE programs, subject to bar approval for content. Such a modification of the proposed rule to allow in house programs is warranted for the convenience of practitioners and their employers.
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On my mother's side, my family is entirely Italian-American, and each year on Christmas Eve we would observe the Feast of the Seven Fishes. No fewer than seven fish dishes would be prepared, in groaningly large quantities, and laid out on a large table for dinner. Among the dishes there was always baccalà, salt cod reconstituted and baked with tomatoes and raisins; a tremendous bowl of cooked and chilled shrimp, popular with the kids; and spaghetti all'aglio e olio ai alici, spaghetti tossed in a simple sauce of olive oil with browned garlic and anchovies.
Such expansive feasts only made sense while we were all together as a large group. Over the years, interests and economics took us in different directions. I moved to San Francisco, my mother and aunt and uncle to Southern California, another aunt and uncle to Florida, and so on.
Consequently, when we do convene for Christmas Eve, it's in smaller numbers. It doesn't make sense to invest in such a spread. So we economize, making dishes that combine multiple forms of seafood, like a nice cioppino.
If we're feeling especially lazy about it, there's the ultimate cheat: Just hit up your local sushi joint, grab a combo platter and boom, you're done. As many fishes as you like, no fuss, no muss.
Proper sushi requires little to enhance its delicate flavors. To drown it in a murky paste of soy sauce and wasabi from the tube is nothing short of criminal. Rather, I prefer yuzu kosho, a zippy condiment of yuzu zest, chili peppers and salt, to wake up the fish's flavors, rather than bludgeoning them.
Yuzu, for the uninitiated, are a Japanese variety of citrus. They look like the love child of a lemon and a satsuma tangerine, but aromatically they exist in a class unto their own. When you zest the exterior, at first you get notes of lemon and orange, but then it gives way to more savory, herbaceous notes like thyme and rosemary.
Yuzu kosho combines the zest with chili pepper and salt. It should be made at least an hour ahead, but an overnight fermentation allows its flavors to bloom.
It's become something of a darling in the San Francisco restaurant scene, so you can wow your friends by making your own. A little dab'll do ya; a small dollop is sufficient to tingle the tongue, whether on sushi, fresh oysters … or in a holiday bloody mary.
Yuzu kosho
Commercial yuzu kosho is typically a paste, but homemade versions can be a little chunkier. You can control the texture by grinding or pureeing to your taste. Traditionally, green, unripe yuzu are matched with green chilis, whereas yellow, ripe yuzu go with red chilis for two different kinds of yuzu kosho. Where I live, red chilis are hard to come by this time of year, so I made mine with ripe yuzu and green jalapeños.
6 Tbsp minced chili pepper
3 Tbsp yuzu zest
1 Tbsp kosher salt
Place the chili pepper in a mortar and pestle. Add salt, and grind to the desired texture. Add yuzu zest and grind to combine. (Alternatively, place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and puree to a fine paste.) Put in a clean jar, pack down, and allow to rest at room temperature for at least an hour; overnight is better.
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NEAR TOMBALL, Texas - A car slammed into the back of a Waller Independent School District bus Wednesday, killing one person.
The accident happened in the 23700 block of FM 2920, near Tomball, shortly before 6 a.m.
Waller ISD officials said school bus No. 12 was on its morning route and stopped at its first stop on FM 2920 to load three students when a car rear-ended the bus.
"There's no indication at all that the driver braked before striking the back of the bus," Deputy David Pearson said. "There shouldn't be any reason not to be looking ahead and not to have seen this bus stopped in the roadway with the lights activated. Somebody's not paying attention."
Gerry Gueldner's three grandchildren had just gotten on the bus when the impact rattled them. Gueldner said her daughter was watching her kids from the driveway.
"She saw it coming up and it was coming at a pretty good speed, but she said, 'I thought it was going to slow down,'" Gueldner said.
The students and bus driver on board were not injured.
Authorities said the bus was flashing red lights and a stop sign was deployed.
The Honda Accord was pinned under the bus. The driver, a 25- to 35-year-old man, died on impact, officials said. The victim's name was not released.
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SANTA ANA – A state appeals court has upheld the conviction of a repeat drunken driver convicted in the 2009 high-speed crash at a Fullerton intersection that killed three people, including Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart.
Andrew Thomas Gallo of San Gabriel was sentenced by Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard Toohey in 2010 to 51 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of three counts of second-degree murder, felony drunken driving and felony hit and run.
Gallo appealed, contending Toohey violated his rights to due process and a fair trial by "demonstrating a bias against the defense," according to a ruling made Monday by the 4th District Court of Appeal that was made public Tuesday. Gallo also argued that he did not get effective assistance from his own attorney and claimed the judge made errors in instructing the jury.
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Adenhart, 22, a right-hander who made his major league debut with the Angels in 2008, had just pitched six shutout innings at Anaheim Stadium on April 8, 2009, when he got in a car with three of his friends and headed to a nightclub in Fullerton.
They never made it.
Instead, Gallo barreled through an intersection in his parents' Toyota Sienna minivan and slammed into a Mitsubishi Eclipse carrying Adenhart and his friends.
Gallo was driving on a suspended license because of a 2006 drunken-driving conviction, and forensic tests revealed he had nearly three times the legal limit of alcohol for driving in his system before the 1 a.m. collision.
Adenhart was rushed to a hospital but died from massive internal injuries. The two others were:
Courtney Frances Stewart, 20, a former cheerleader at Cal State Fullerton, where she was a journalism major who wanted to pursue a career as a sports broadcaster, and Henry Nigel Pearson, 25, a journalism graduate from Arizona State University – where he met Adenhart in a pickup basketball game. Pierson was attending law school while running his own professional sports management company.
Jon Wilhite, the fourth passenger in the Mitsubishi, suffered serious and permanent injuries but survived. Wilhite played baseball for four years for the Cal State Fullerton Titans. Wilhite suffered what is known as an "internal decapitation."
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Gazza54 from Bristol Comedy garden Another masterclass from Milton Jones with his use of one liners and his unique delivery. He was well supported by Danny Bhoy and the event was brought together by Richard Herring as compare who I had never seen before but really enjoyed. The one down side for me was Shappi Korsandi who seemed to be a bit disjointed and kept to referring to the Brexit vote to pad out her act. Not sure if she was due on stage later than she appeared as Danny Bhoy apologised for being held up.
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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College presents a panel discussion on the Quest for Equity and Opportunity at the R.S.V.P. (Resources, Strategies and Valued Partnerships) Luncheon at The Woods on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in the Le Fer Hall Ballroom from noon to 1:30 p.m.
On this date across the country, thousands of women will join in Equal Pay Day, a national day of public awareness to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages. The date symbolizes how far into 2011 women must work to earn what men earned in 2010. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women are paid only 77 cents for every dollar a man is paid.
With Equal Pay Day as the foundation, the panel will share professional experiences and encouragement regarding equity and opportunities for women. Discussion points include effecting positive change, leveraging networks and adopting proactive practices. Sharon Ammen, Ph.D. and theatre major Danielle O'Connor will deliver a dramatic reading titled Voices of Women at Work.
Panelists include:
- Barbara Brugnaux, J.D., '70, Senior Judge, State of Indiana;
- Tiffany Macke '08G, Program Manager, Community & Economic Development Program, University of Illinois Extension;
- Glenna Simons, J.D., Chair of the SMWC Social and Behavioral Science Department; and
- Tuesday Norris Strong, MBA, '03, Director of Planning Studies, Office of Outreach, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Christine Wilkey, LSW, ACSW, assistant professor of human and in the Master of Leadership Development program services at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College will moderate. Wilkey also teaches an interdisciplinary course in women's leadership in the Woods External Degree program.
The R.S.V.P. Luncheon at The Woods series seeks to strengthen and develop valued partnerships between the regional community and the students, faculty and staff of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College by sharing resources and strategies.
Previous presentations have included Lecia Barker, Ph.D., senior research scientist, National Center for Women and Information Technology; Tony Bennett, Ph.D., Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction; and Brian Stemme, project director, BioCrossroads;
The Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Career Development Center hosts the event in partnership with the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department. Funding is provided by a grant from the Lilly Endowment. To register at $15 per person (includes lunch), please contact the Career Development Center at (812) 535-5188 or email .
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(Reuters) - Jim O'Neill, a Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) executive who coined the term "BRIC" to refer to four fast-growing emerging markets, will retire later this year, according to an internal memo sent out on Tuesday.
O'Neill, chairman of Goldman's asset management division, is an economist by training who joined the company in 1995 as a partner in the roles of co-head of Global Economics Research and chief currency economist, said the memo, which was signed by Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein.
He is perhaps best known for coming up with the BRIC acronym in 2001, which identified Brazil, Russia, India and China as top emerging markets where investors could put their money for high returns. O'Neill, known as Mr. BRIC on Wall Street, proclaimed that those emerging economies, China's in particular, would help drive markets and world economic growth for the next decade.
O'Neill, 55, once described as the world's first rock star economist for his talent on predicting movements in the $1 trillion-a-day foreign exchange markets, continues to be bullish on China.
In a 2012 year-end report, O'Neill said China "has, for now, reached a soft landing." He added that the economy appeared to have bottomed mid-way through the third quarter, and real gross domestic product growth in the 7.5 percent to 8.5 percent vicinity seems like a reasonable starting basis for thinking about 2013.
O'Neill's calls have been broadly accurate, except for his belief that the world economy was not in trouble during the financial crisis.
In the memo, Blankfein said: "Jim is an influential economist and thought leader, and is regarded as an expert in the world's foreign exchange and bond markets."
The role of chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management was created for O'Neill when he joined the division in 2010 and there are no plans to replace him, a spokeswoman said. Tim O'Neill, no relation, and Eric Lane will continue to co-head the business.
O'Neill is not only known for his BRIC thesis.
In 2010, a group of wealthy Manchester United fans known as the Red Knights, which included O'Neill, tried to buy the soccer team for 1 billion pounds, arguing that the team's value was in decline.
Manchester United, whose shares have surged after a poor start when they were offered on the New York Stock Exchange last year, is now valued at $3.3 billion, a report on Forbes's website said in January.
What's more, Manchester United, which is controlled by the Glazers, a family better known in the United States as owner of the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is in first place in the English Premier League.
When asked if his retirement would free him up to go to more Man U matches, O'Neill, a lifelong United fan who grew up in Gatley, responded via email.
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Published: Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 5:37 p.m.
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Florida received a verbal commitment Saturday from U.S. Army All-American defensive tackle Khairi Clark of Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School in Hollywood.
"Just committed to the University of Florida," Clark wrote on his Twitter account Saturday.
Clark is a 6-foot-2, 325-pounder and on ESPN's top 150 list. He is also listed as a four-star recruit on Rivals.com.
He is the 11th verbal commitment, which are non-binding until a player signs a national letter of intent, in Florida's 2014 class.
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For more than three decades, the Florida Track Club has ensured the distance of its annual three-mile Melon Run remains as much a Fourth of July staple as parades, cookouts and fireworks.
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While 5K races are the most popular running competitions in the country, Gainesville-area runners have ditched the metric system each year since 1978 and joined together at Westside Park to keep the road race's use of customary units alive on Independence Day.
"I guess 35 years ago, the big thing was three miles, and so we haven't wanted to change history," said race director Stephen Crawford. "The FTC does not support the metric system. We don't want a 5K; we want a three-mile run. This is America. This is July 4."
With a field of 440 runners on hand Thursday morning, the Melon Run saw no break in tradition with its rolling, 4.8K course but did offer surprises at the finish line.
In a duel between former University of Florida long distance runners, Mike Hensley snapped Michael Anderson's streak of four straight Melon Run titles with a winning time of 14:57.69. Hensley, who finished second at last year's race, was able to find separation from Anderson (15:10.84) in the last 500 meters.
"Coming right down to the finish this year, I didn't let him have as much," Hensley said. "We got to the top of the hill, and I figured I would go for it at that point. I was thinking it was last year all over again."
Also making the podium was Michael Rosato, 24, who clocked a personal-record of 15:34.15. The former UF marching band member lost touch with Hensley, 27, and Anderson, 24, midway through the three-mile race, before seeing their final ascent on the backstretch.
Brandon Scott ran to a fourth-place result in 15:43.56 and was followed by P.K. Yonge's Garrett Westlake (16:17.72), who was the top finisher in the 15- to- 19-year-old division.
Dan Monteau, 49, placed eighth overall and claimed the men's Masters division for the third consecutive year with a time of 16:39.19.
"On this course it's kind of hilly," Rosato said. "Downhill can kill you too, especially towards the end of the race. But there's not enough downhill to offset the last big climb, so that's what makes it tough."
Along with a new men's champion, the Melon Run also crowned Danielle Kolb, 26, as a first-time women's winner.
After placing 27th overall with a time of 19:59.98, Kolb was followed across the line by 21-year-old Kacy Seynders (20:11.55). Claudia Smith, 56, claimed the women's Masters division in 22:19.05.
A music education graduate from UF, Kolb began training for 5Ks and half marathons last August after giving birth to her second child, Titus, whose first birthday is Sunday.
Knowing she had a chance to win her son's favorite fruit, Kolb gave her son an early birthday surprise when she took home one of the 150 watermelons supplied by Trenton's Douberly Farms for the race finishers.
"I was a clarinet player, not a runner," said Kolb. "I would do it every now and again for fitness, but I never liked it until I started getting into it after I had my second baby. … Once I did my first race, I was addicted."
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Willemijn Verkaik's Green Journey to Broadway
In June 2012, she celebrated her 1000th performance as Elphaba in three subsequent productions of WICKED: in Stuttgart and Oberhausen (Germany) and in Scheveningen (The Netherlands). On February 12th Willemijn Verkaik will make her Broadway debut and play the green witch for 15 weeks at the Gershwin Theatre.
Verkaik is setting records: she is the only actress who has played Elphaba in three different languages as well as the longest-playing Elphaba worldwide. She isn't the first Dutchman to secure a leading part in a Broadway production: before her, Pia Douwes headlined CHICAGO in 2004 and Bill Van Dijk (currently co-starring as "Wizard" in the Dutch WICKED led by Verkaik) played the title character of the ill-fated CYRANO in 1993.
Verkaik is not completely new to Broadway audiences: she made her American cabaret debut in 2011 at the Birdland, performing with Scott Alan, Jason Robert Brown, and the composer-lyricist of WICKED, Stephen Schwartz. She can be heard on the latest album of Scott Alan, LIVE, performing the song "Say Goodbye".
Now this self-described "little Dutch girl" will be starring in the Broadway production of WICKED for 15 weeks, joining Alli Mauzey as Glinda, Kyle Dean Massey as Fiyero, Randy Danson as Madame Morrible, Adam Grupper as The Wizard, Catherine Charlebois as Nessarose, Tom Flynn as Dr. Dillamond and F. Michael Haynie as Boq.
Verkaik: "I am incredibly happy and proud to be asked by the Broadway producers. I've been playing this role for about five years and every day there are [still] plenty of challenges. In New York the production has been playing to sold out houses for nine years. To be part of that is truly the icing on the cake for me."
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I don't know if it's the time of year or what's going on in my life, but I've been thinking about death lately.
No, not from a gloomy, morbid perspective, but from a more practical viewpoint.
Part of the issue is the recent death of a friend. He was only 53 years old and in apparently wonderful health, so his death is being taken very hard by everyone who knew him.
It just makes you think.
How many of us in these golden middle years of life are thinking about death?
We're all working hard to recover from the financial challenges of raising children. We're trying to pay our bills and sock some money away for retirement — some far off day in the future.
The brighter ones among us are working on leaping past middle age in bright, shiny and healthy bodies, and not someday dragging our sorry carcasses to the early bird dinner specials.
We're looking to the future, but what if today is all we have left?
One of the best country songs in recent years asked us to live as if we were dying. To do all the things today that we would do if there wasn't going to be a tomorrow.
I liked the song when I first heard it, and I still do — although going two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu is not one of my particular goals.
But what are my regrets about the life I'm living?
I saw an interesting article in the AARP magazine the other day — not that I'm old enough to belong to that fine organization, don't you know.
Anyway, the article was about regrets people most commonly have before they die.
The most common regret was they wished they had led a life more true to who they really are, not the life expected of them.
Wow. I'm not too sure about this one.
Certainly I have regrets about some of the choices I've made — particularly about grabbing just any job out of college rather than backpacking across Europe.
But I didn't know who I was or what I wanted at 22, and it's only hindsight to say I should have done this or that instead.
One quote I've always liked is the one about life is what happens while you're planning something else. Is there anyone out there who plans their life, and then has it work out according to that plan? That actually sounds kind of boring.
Another regret is that people wish they haven't worked so hard.
Sometimes my regrets run the other direction. I was home for about 10 years while my children were little, and my annual Social Security earnings statement reflects that. My lifelong earnings are small, and my personal retirement savings would match that.
But wish that I had worked and missed that time with my babies? Not going to happen.
Other people regret they didn't have the courage to express their feelings.
Well, no, nope, not a particular shortcoming of mine. Other than a certain boy or two I might have had a crush on back in my younger days, I've never had trouble expressing my feelings. If I love you, I'll tell you. Sometimes that love hasn't been reciprocated, but that's OK. You don't love someone just to get them to love you back.
A final regret for many people is that they have lost touch with their friends.
I have regrets like that, too, but it's not that simple. People get busy; people move away; and nearby friends can fill needs distant friends can no longer fill. Another favorite saying of mine is you meet people, some for a reason, some for a season, and some for a lifetime.
I'll be bonded to one woman forever who shared a medical crisis with me, although I haven't seen her is 20 years.
There are more people who were amazing friends when we lived nearby, who are now fond memories and Facebook friends.
And as for that lifetime friend, well, my sister and I are still hanging in there.
Looking back on all this, maybe I have lived like there's no tomorrow.
I've made plans ... and lived with the reality of what's happened instead.
I've made choices ... and I'm content to accept the consequences.
And if I love you ... you know it.
Not such a bad life after all.
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U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force members on Thursday in New Orleans captured the third man indicted in the 2010 "murder for hire" of Corey Kitts in West Baton Rouge Parish.
West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman Col. Richie Johnson confirmed Thursday the arrest of Corey Knox, 28, 7829 E. Poinsettia St., Baton Rouge.
Johnson said that members of the task force apprehended Knox about 3 p.m. as he walked along a street in New Orleans.
Investigators have not disclosed Knox's alleged role in the slaying, nor did Johnson release any other details of the fugitive's arrest.
An 18th Judicial District grand jury on March 14 charged Knox, along with Karl Michael Howard, 29, 918 Wood Creek Drive, Roswell, Ga.; and Monique O. Kitts, 43, 17701 Suma Drive, Livingston, with first-degree murder and criminal conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
Howard surrendered to West Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies and was booked Wednesday evening into the West Baton Rouge Parish Jail just hours after District Judge Robin Free denied bond for co-defendant Monique Kitts, who already was in custody.
Sheriff's deputies arrested Monique Kitts shortly after the indictments were handed down March 14.
Investigators found Corey Kitts' body on July 9, 2010, in the bedroom of his residence in the River Landing subdivision in Addis, shot in the head three times at point-blank range.
Prosecutors at Monique Kitts' bond hearing said she hired Howard to kill her husband so she could cash in his life insurance policy.
After District Judge Robin Free judge refused Monique Kitts' request for bond, Assistant District Attorney Tony Clayton asked the court to amend her first-degree murder charge to a lesser count of second-degree murder.
Clayton said he moved to modify the charge against her because the state no longer seeks the death penalty in her case.


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It's always a challenge to stay motivated at work the week after the holidays. The cure: mid-week happy hour! To help me through my hump-day blues, I joined a friend at Bobby's Restaurant and Jazz Lounge at Kierland Commons for a drink and a few appetizers.
At first thought, the perception of Bobby's would be that it would be a bit pricey for a quick drink after work. However, its happy hour menu offers a great variety of food with even better pricing.
Available only in the lounge, the appetizers range from $3.50 to $8, and cocktails start at $4. In addition to the food and spirits, there is also live entertainment every night of the week.
When I entered into the restaurant and headed up the ornate staircase, I was slightly concerned that I was underdressed, but I was wrong. Once I entered the lounge, I immediately felt like I was in a local jazz bar — but with much better décor. The service was friendly and prompt; the lounge was almost full, and the live jazz music was about to start.
We surveyed the menu and decided on the following:
Kalamata Olive Hummus
Served with cucumbers and gluten-free rice and seed crackers, the portion was large, and the hummus had just the right amount of kalamata to make it unique. However, the rice and seed crackers had such a strong flavor that it almost overpowered the taste of the hummus. When we received the bread served with the dinner, I was able to enjoy the hummus with the more mild bread. I would order it again but ask for a different choice of cracker.
Butternut Squash Ravioli
Served with a light tomato sauce, tomatoes, butter, parmesan and sage, this appetizer is amazing. The mix of the squash and sage was more unique than any butternut squash recipe I have tasted. I would order this dish over and over.
Bobby's version is served with a large portion of diced tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic and Italian bread. Like all of the other dishes, the bruschetta portion was large enough to share with more than two people. The tomatoes were full of flavor, and the basil was fresh. The bread was drizzled with just enough balsamic to compliment the rest of the ingredients. Although it was a simple dish, it was done well.
Mac and Cheese
I wanted to sample something more traditional and ordered mac and cheese — my trusty comfort food of choice. It was what you would expect in a mac and cheese dish. It had a great, sharp cheese flavor and was served with spiral pasta. It was a great accompaniment to the rest of our order.
From start to finish, Bobby's was a great choice for happy hour. It is a perfect location to start off a date or meet your significant other after work. The elegant décor and live music gave it a classy feel without going overboard. The bartenders are friendly, and the service was great. Aside from their weekly happy hour, they also do a Ladies Night every Tuesday in the lounge offering discounted cocktails.
If you need a little mid-week fun, Bobby's could be the right spot for your next outing.
Bobby's rating:
Food: 5 out of 5
Service: 5 out of 5
Atmosphere: 5 out of 5
If You Go: Bobby's Restaurant and Jazz Lounge
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|Queen of the Oceans
Part 2: Destination Mombasa
By Capt. Ian van der Watt—February 2002
Our destination was Mombasa, and the voyage down the coast was calm and uneventful until a raw-water pump on the main engine blew the seals and flooded the engine with salt water. And thus it was that we ended up "enjoying" a much longer than scheduled stay in Mombasa, having [to do] a total rebuild of the engine concerned.
Although you will hopefully choose to stay there for other reasons, Mombasa actually has a great harbor. However, you must hire 24-hour security, as the abject poverty has forced people to be very brazen in their attempts to steal anything possible. Mombasa is a very convenient place to go on safari and a good location for owners to join their vessel for a cruise of the Indian Ocean islands.
The weather was so hot that we had to build ourselves a shaded lapa using thatch and local poles, and a 55-gallon drum cut in half to use as a barbeque to cook the tiger prawns or Thompson gazelle for dinner. We had some other interesting experiences, including meeting a U.S. Air Force crew who were flying aid into Rwanda. We had Thanksgiving dinner with them on the boat, and they showed us `round their enormous Globemaster III aircraft....
After continuing on in early 1997 to Zanzibar, Madagascar, and the Seychelles, QOD went island-hopping in Southeast Asia in the spring and summer. A short leg of the overall journey, it provided some fantastic experiences:
Our expectations of the first port of call, the Maldives, were not that high. We'd done our homework but, in our experience, most travel writers who visit these exotic areas cater to a different crowd, and their comments are rarely a good basis for setting a yachting agenda. Yet the Maldives turned out to offer an altogether different challenge--finding the right superlatives to do justice to the wonder of these islands.
I'll have a go, though, for the Maldives are nothing short of magnificent. There are 1,192 atolls, fringed with coral reefs. The atolls themselves are covered in palms and the most beautiful white, sandy beaches lapped by the clearest water you can imagine. No one seeing this scene for the first time could fail to be taken aback by the splendor of the most idyllic beach environment in the world.
The experiences of the first few hours set the tone. We found an atoll near Male' to anchor in. The water approaching the atoll was so clear that we felt obliged to put a crew member over the side in a PWC to sound the entrance. Although it was in fact 14 feet deep, the bottom looked as if it was only inches below the surface, with the water magnifying the fish to make it seem as if we were in a shallow pond.
Anchored off a spectacular beach resort, we spent the weekend snorkeling. The stunning tropical fish seemed delighted to see us, and the giant clams and spectacular coral formations were a wonderful distraction. The water was so calm that after anchoring and looking down on the anchor and chain, we observed that QOD had barely moved.
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This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Well, the music department of Gothenburg High School did it again!
The most wonderful production of Meredith Wilson's, "The Music Man." So well performed—He would be proud.
Our thanks to the four directors and especially Ernest Blecha. We are truly blessed to have him for an instructor.
Keep up the good work, Gothenburg High School.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Due to Community Day festivities on Friday, January 6, the Lions home swim meet originally scheduled for noon has been pushed ahead an hour and a half to 10:30 a.m.
The Lions will welcome Pfeiffer University, Lake Erie College, and Wheeling Jesuit University to the Bowman Center Pool. The meet will conclude the Lions' winter training regimen, which included participating in the OB Invitational, and will kick off the second half of the Green and Gold's Sunshine State Conference slate.
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Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel-Part 3
Liptak Discusses Pipelining Safety and How Automation Processes Can Prevent Pipelining Accidents
By Béla Lipták, PE, Columnist
In the previous article, I have described the fracking process and its safety concerns. In the coming articles of this series, I will describe the automatic controls that can improve the safety of fracking, oilshale and pipelining processes. In this article, I will concentrate on pipelining safety and on how automation could have prevented such accidents as the rupturing of the ExxonMobil pipeline running under the Yellowstone River in Montana last summer.
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, gas-transmission-line accidents increased 72% from the 1990s to the 2000s, and are still rising because the distribution network is old. Roughly 60% of gas-transmission lines in the United States were installed before 1970, and some date back to the Great Depression in the 1930s.
As we will see—like the Deepwater Horizon or Fukushima practices—the main cause of pipelining accidents is not the lack of availability of the sensors needed to detect unsafe conditions, nor is it the inability to know what needs to be done when unsafe conditions occur. No, it is the manual nature of all of these operations. In other words, the pipelining operations are also manually controlled, meaning that the detection of an unsafe condition does not shut down the pumping or compressor stations automatically (Figure 1).
The main concerns in pipelining safety are mechanical damage, construction flaws, cracking and corrosion of large pipelines. Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and top-of-the-line corrosion (TLC), which is caused by droplets of condensed natural gas, are the most likely natural causes of accidents in gas pipelines. The progress of these forms of corrosion and the condition of oil and gas pipelines must be checked continuously through the use of in-line inspection (ILI) instruments. These instruments can test pipe thickness, roundness, check for corrosion, detect minute leaks and any other defects along the interior of the pipeline that may either impede the flow of oil or gas, or pose a potential safety risk to the operation.
Smart Pipeline Inspection Gauges (PIGs)
Smart PIGs are intelligent robotic devices that are propelled down pipelines by the flowing gas or liquid to evaluate the condition of the pipe's interior to find locations of rust, weak seams, coating, thinning walls, etc. They go where people can't, but controlling them can be challenging because most depend solely on the pressurized fluid in the pipe for propulsion, and it's very difficult to stop a PIG in specific locations. Most PIGs use magnetic flux leakage methods of inspection, but some also depend on ultrasound or the combination of the two to perform inspections. Figure 2 illustrates the magnetic flux leakage type design.
In this design, a strong magnetic field is established in the pipe wall using either magnets, or by injecting electrical current into the steel (the flux loop in Figure 2). Because the damaged areas of the pipe can't support as much magnetic flux as undamaged areas, the magnetic flux leaks out of the pipe wall at the damaged areas, thereby identifying their locations. An array of sensors is provided around the circumference of the PIG to detect the magnetic flux leaks and identify their locations.
PIGs can also operate with ultrasound sensors. These PIG designs are provided with an array of transducers that emit high-frequency sound pulses perpendicular to the pipe wall and receive echo signals from both the inner and outer surface of the pipe. The tool measures the time interval between the arrival of the reflected echo from the inner surface and outer surface to calculate the wall thickness. The electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) is a combination of the above two designs and represents a major advance in crack detection in both oil and gas pipelines.
A third of the 1.3 million miles of natural-gas pipeline in the United States are "unpiggable" because their diameters vary, or the pipe has sharp bends. Yet as these pipes age and corrode, the need to inspect them becomes more urgent.
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I'd have to give the nod to thomas pit bbq.
It's located in Madison AL on hwy 72. It's a family owned business now run by the ?third generation. They raise their own cattle and possibly hogs. Known as great bbq, but service can be slooow. Ribs, pulled pork, beef, chicken, or turkey, They have 3 bbq sauces for meat. Hot thin sauce, a mild tomato based sauce, and a white sauce for poultry. Order a large plate and I promise-you won't go hungry!


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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from tkFileDialog import asksaveasfilename
except ImportError:
from tkinter.filedialog import asksaveasfilename
if pathname:
print('Wörterbuch:'+pathname) # This is Line X
print('Alte Version gesichert auf:'+pathname_bak)
However, running it on Windows XP using Python 2.7 crashes in Line X with the error message 'ascii' codec can't decode byte ..., the culprit being shown as the German umlaut ö in the string 'Wörterbuch:'. My understanding is that asksaveasfilename() returns an unicode string on the Mac, but some different encoding on Windows, and in order to perform the catenation, Python somehow tries to convert the strings to ASCII, which fails, because ö is not representable in ASCII.
Based on this guess, I enhanced the program by placing the following line just before line X:
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Indeed, the program now runs on XP with Python 2.7, and with Python 2.3 and 2.6 on Mac OS.
However, it now ceased to work with Python 3.4 on Mac OS. This time, it crashes in line X with the following error message: Can't convert 'bytes' object to str implicitly.
This confuses me. The right operand is UTF-8 encoded Unicode (because it results from a encode('utf-8')), and the left operand is the same (because it is a string literal, and I have placed a coding: utf-8 in my program).
Now my question: How do I write this piece of program, so that it works on Python 2.3 up to 3.4, on OSX and Windows?
Additional question: At what point(s) did I misunderstand the workings of unicode here?


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This is a premier concert event in central Ohio. It is themed around a hippy rock fest to promote peace, love and rock and roll. What started as a birthday party is now one of the largest outdoor parties of it's kind. Some of the past headliners at Woodshock have included: MUSHROOMHEAD, NONPOINT, THE ACCIDENTAL EXPERIMENT, DOPE, MANNTIS, BLEED THE SKY, ANEW REVOLUTION, MAKESHIFT ROMEO, TWELVE TRIBES, STATIC X, MASTODON, ALL THAT REMAINS, FEAR FACTORY, FILTER, CHIMAIRA, SIX FEET UNDER, 3INCHES OF BLOOD, IN THIS MOMENT, PRO-PAIN, HedPE, Ot3p and ANKLA. This event typically last 2 days and includes 40+ bands.
We went to rock out at the greatest rock festival in Ohio, Woodshock!
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