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"Love him or hate him, there is no one who had a career like this", writes Mirror showbiz editor and friend Mark Jefferies.
He thinks the first signs were at Glastonbury Festival last Summer.
Mark writes: "Sir Bruce had the audience in the palm of his hand as he performed on the Sunday in a tent with ten rows of people outside trying to get in to watch him.
"But afterwards, as he sipped on a protein drink and spoke to me, he looked exhausted.
"He could still turn it on when he went on stage or in front of the cameras but performing was starting to take its toll and his recovery time was longer."
Past contestants are sharing their sadness at the news, and singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor has joined the voices now too.
She wrote: "I'm glad I got to do Strictly when Bruce was presenting. He was very kind and will be missed."
I'm glad I got to do Strictly when Bruce was presenting. He was very kind and will be missed.— Sophie Ellis-Bextor (@SophieEB) April 4, 2014
Tess Daly says working alongside Bruce has been an "absolute pleasure".
The presenter wrote on Twitter: "It's been an absolute pleasure and a privilege working alongside Bruce for the last decade. He's a TV legend, a total gentleman and someone my family and I are honoured to call a true friend.
"We've spoken about it, and he knows how much I love him and how much he'll be missed - but he's not going to escape me that easily, as we'll be keeping him dancing when we're reunited for the Children in Need and Christmas specials!"
Well phew.
It's been an absolute pleasure and a privilege working alongside Bruce for the last decade. He's a TV (cont) http://t.co/UYfdXFKzy2— Tess Daly (@TessDaly) April 4, 2014
It seems everyone is pondering who might take over from Brucie - and what a tough job it will be!
Presenters Dick and Dom have tweeted: "So then team....who're your suggestions for the Bruce Forsyth successor?
Read who WE think is in with a shot here.
Some of you aren't quite as fussed though.
"I just find Bruce Forsyth a little embarrassing really. I can't watch him on telly," says one Twitter user.
Rugby player Ben Cohen has called brucie a "true gent".
He tweeted: "I hear that Bruce Forsyth has retired. What a true gent he was. Sad to see him go. Wonder who will replace him."
Meanwhile, Kevin Clifton is getting in on the Brucie pose pictures too...
Brucie pose by the world champion my sister pic.twitter.com/m9RyRNCZIc— Kevin Clifton (@keviclifton) April 4, 2014
More Strictly stars are posting messages saying they can't believe Brucie is resigning!
2013 contestant Nayalie Gumede has tweeted: "So privileged to have been part of the 'Brucie era' of @bbcstrictly.
"I look forward to what he entertains us with next xx"
Susanna Reid simply said: "Oh Bruce ... #Strictly"
Oh Bruce ... #Strictly— Susanna Reid (@susannareid100) April 4, 2014
Bruce will be surely missed.... What a legend x pic.twitter.com/deC1ZeOC1j— Robin Windsor (@Robinwindsor) April 4, 2014
Professional dancers on the show Kevin Clifton and Karen Hauer are encouraging everyone to tweet their Brucie pose pics.
He tweeted: "Just heard the news about Sir Bruce. What a legend. Gonna miss him. He even gave me my nickname."
Clifton, who partnered Susanna Reid in last year's show, added: "Good luck to him :) #Strictly #scd"
Tweet us your best Brucie pose pics @MirrorTVNews
Just read about sir Bruce Forsyth stepping down from strictly. @keviclifton from Grimsby and I are going to miss him pic.twitter.com/IfxoW29crc— Karen Hauer (@karen_hauer) April 4, 2014
Graham Norton is currently the clear favourite to replace Sir Bruce Forsyth on Strictly Come Dancing according to Ladbrokes.
Claudia Winkleman is second at 3/1, with Zoe Ball, Anton Du Bec and John Barrowman all share odds of 6/1.
It's an 8/1 shot Vernon Kay gets the nod.
Jessica Bridge of Ladbrokes said: "Brucie's retirement has been on the cards for a while, but the odds firmly suggest that Graham Norton will waltz his way into presenting Strictly Come Dancing."
Professional dancer Robin Windsor has also posted a message about his time working with Brucie.
But the Strictly star is already asking who will replace him: "So..... Who will be SIR Bruce's replacement?"
He adds: "However there will never be anyone who can "replace" him but someone who can live up to him x"
It's a question many of you are asking and we may just have the answer...
However there will never be anyone who can "replace" him but someone who can live up to him x— Robin Windsor (@Robinwindsor) April 4, 2014
Stars from the show are already saying how much Brucie will be missed.
Professional dancer and 2013 winner Aljaz Skorjanec says: "Sir Bruce Forsyth leaves Strictly after 10 years. We will definitely miss hearing 'Nice to see you to…'"
Broadcaster Andrew Castle added: "Sir Bruce Forsyth quitting #Strictly Come Dancing. A great entertainer on a great show.
"The golf courses of Surrey will be a little busier."
Charlotte Moore, Controller, BBC One, added that Brucie will still be popping up a lot on the channel, despite not appearing on Strictly.
"Sir Bruce Forsyth is one of the great showbiz legends of our time and Strictly's success is due in vast amounts to him.
"I am so pleased he will continue to be part of the Strictly family and promise viewers that we haven't seen the last of him on BBC One."
Mark Linsey, Controller, Entertainment Commissioning, says the BBC One ballroom show owes a lot of its success to Brucie, but he understands he wants to slow down a bit.
"One of the joys of my job is working with Sir Bruce Forsyth and long may that continue.
"He is the all-time master and commander when it comes to Great British entertainers and Strictly owes him such a great deal.
"This is not a farewell, but you can't blame him for wanting to take things a little bit easier."
Sir Bruce admitted last year: "The constant week-after-week can drag you down, especially when you are getting older."
BBC One Controller Charlotte Moore had also hinted that Bruce was getting tired out by the live shows, saying: "He is not young and has missed a couple of programmes.
"So it is really important to have that conversation."
But Brucie has insisted that he is not quitting showbiz just yet, despite his age.
"In addition, I am looking forward to the specials planned with the BBC as well as some live theatre shows.
"So, before anyone asks.... I am not retiring quite yet!"
Looking back at his time on the show, Sire Bruce says he is very proud of what the series has achieved and says he is sure it will continue for many years yet.
"I am very proud of what the show has achieved and confident it will entertain the nation for many years to come."
Despite stepping down form the live shows, Forsyth WILL still host some of the smaller specials and insists he will still be involved.
"I am also delighted that by presenting the Christmas and Children in Need shows I will continue to have a strong association with Strictly."
Sir Bruce Forsyth has announced that he is stepping down from presenting the Strictly Come Dancing live shows.
86-year-old Brucie has hosted the ballroom dancing show on BBC One for ten years, along with co-star Tess Daly.
"After 10 wonderful years and 11 series, I believe it is now the right time to step down from the rigours of presenting the Strictly live shows," says Bruce.
It was recently revealed that the small screen legend had met with BBC bosses to discuss his future on the show.
He explained last week: "I've got a meeting booked in with her and we'll talk about it."


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DES MOINES, IA - After winning a battle with Mother Nature, the Hawkeyes and Gophers were able to finish their suspended game from Saturday. The Gophers offense continued its hot streak and added eight runs in the final four innings to pound Iowa 19-7 at the I-Cubs/Hawkeye Classic.
Minnesota's offense exploded right from the opening pitch as they scored eight runs in the first three innings. Iowa starter Nathan Johnson lasted only two innings in the contest.
In the first inning, Minnesota catcher Jake Elder hit a three RBI double to put the Gophers on top 3-0. After plating a run in the second, Minnesota added four runs on three extra base hits in the third, including an RBI triple by center fielder Tony Leseman.
After a one-hour rain delay in the fourth inning, the Hawkeyes resumed play with one out and the bases loaded. Iowa scored four runs in the inning off Minnesota reliever Josh Krogman to cut the Gopher lead to 8-5.
First baseman Cole Grandfield scored the first run on a Krogman wild pitch and the righthander walked in Nate Yoho. Freshman Jason White notched the Hawkeyes first hit of the game on a bunt single that plated two runs.
Minnesota answered Iowa's rally with three runs in the fifth inning off Iowa reliever Brent Jackson to put Minnesota on top 11-5.
Jesse Brownell blasted a long ball off the Wells Fargo sign above the left field skyboxes to lead off the bottom of the fifth. L.J. Mims plated Iowa's second run on a sacrifice that knocked in Granfield.
After suspending play for the night, the game resumed on Sunday afternoon. Minnesota's bats started right where they left off. The Gophers added eight runs in the final four frames. Shortstop Matt Fornasiere hit a grand slam in the eighth inning to put an exclamation point on the win.

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Change has been a constant for Utah since joining the Pac-12 in 2011, and the Utes can only hope for a change in luck at quarterback this season.
If the Utes are to make any inroads in the Pac-12 South, junior Travis Wilson will have to stay healthy. Not since 2008 has a Utah quarterback made it through a season unscathed.
"Without a doubt. It's a quarterback-driven game," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. "If you have a guy that pulls the trigger and can make plays for you at a high level, you can have a chance every week. This conference is loaded with them."
Wilson was named Monday the Utes' starting quarterback, winning the job ahead of Oklahoma transfer Kendal Thompson. Late last year, it appeared that Wilson's career might be over after he suffered a concussion against Arizona State, after which further tests revealed a pre-existing head-trauma condition.
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He was cleared to play before the start of spring practices and impressed teammates over the summer.
"He looks like Hercules right now," senior receiver Dres Anderson said. "He's very good, he's strong, he's confident. He's coming back and trying to prove he's a leader on our team."
Wilson threw for 1,827 yards, 16 touchdowns and 16 interceptions last season, and led the Utes to their biggest upset ever at home — a 27-21 victory over No. 5 Stanford.
At that point, Utah was 4-2 and appeared to finally find its footing in the Pac-12. The Utes, though, lost five in a row after that (and lost their quarterback) before closing out the season with a victory over Colorado.
At 5-7 overall (and 2-7 in the Pac-12), Utah missed out on a bowl game for the second straight season.
"We're determined to get ourselves back on track this year and get things headed back in the right direction," Whittingham said.
To end that, more change was in the thin air there for the coaching staff.
Whittingham replaced co-offensive coordinators Dennis Erickson and Brian Johnson with former Washington walk-on Dave Christensen, a longtime coordinator under Gary Pinkel at Missouri who compiled a 27-35 record the past five seasons as the Wyoming head coach. Christensen is Utah's seventh offensive coordinator in Whittingham's 10th season.
Christensen is tasked with improving an offense that ranked among the worst in the Pac-12 last season in total offense (11th), scoring (10th) and turnover margin (11th).
"Dave's come in and done a great job transitioning," Whittingham said. "His philosophy is very much in line. That's going to be the biggest difference for our players."
Meanwhile, Erickson, the former Seahawks coach, was demoted to running backs coach. At 67, he enters his 44th season as a coach.
"I don't care about titles," Erickson told The Deseret News. "I just want to contribute, help us win, move the football and be around the players. That's fun for me. That's entertainment."
The schedule doesn't do the Utes any favors. They travel to Michigan on Sept. 2 and have Pac-12 games at UCLA, Oregon State, Arizona State and Stanford (plus Colorado). That trip to Stanford comes a week after a Nov. 8 home date against Oregon, the toughest back-to-back there is in the conference (and perhaps the country).
"We were close last year. Nobody cares about being close," Whittingham said. "You've got to get over that hump. … It's very important for us to get back on track and play ourselves into a bowl game."
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Hate to say it, but your accessory really doesn't go with your outfit. [Laughs] I just came up here to do some work so that I could be outside.
By "work" do you mean "sunbathing"? No, work! I just started at a medical technology start-up: My mom is a doctor and she created a device for muscle-pain rehab. I'm helping my brother commercialize it.
Capitalizing on people's pain—great strategy. [Laughs] Yeah. But it's good—being injured is horrible. We take it for granted how much we actually need our bodies.
You must have distractions up here on the High Line. The one thing that happens is that people are really interested in the lounge chair I'm sitting on—it's attached to the train rail. I keep finding myself interrupting my work to demonstrate how the chair moves.
You're like the Vanna White of the High Line. Ha, yeah. I'm here so much that I learn little details about the design from overhearing conversations. Then I'll tell other people. I've found that everyone becomes really friendly up here. Maybe that's just because I keep offering information. [Laughs]
Have you seen the Renegade Cabaret yet? No, but I really want to. It's someone from an adjacent apartment, right?
Yeah, on the fire escape. This place adds a whole new dimension to the city. Someone doing cabaret from their apartment—only in New York would that happen.
More from Jasmine
"I've been to every country in Southeast Asia and north and central Europe. I really enjoy being able to see what exists in the world and trying to mold my viewpoint from as many perspectives as possible. I've chosen to do that over other things."
"I've always had an interest in doing things that are beneficial to a larger set of people. At one point, it was trying to understand development economics, which is why I first went into finance."
"My mom is incredible. She's better to do an interview with than I am: She's from Burma and moved here when she was 25. She was on faculty at UPenn School of Medicine and has worked on trying to understand how the body moves, and how to treat pain. My brother and I both worked in finance, and when she'd taken it all the way sciencewise, we started working with her to make it available to people."
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Several key pieces of legislation affecting the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Program were passed during the 2011 Maryland General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Martin O'Malley.
The MBE Program operates on a 5-year sunset, expiring on July 1, 2011. After receiving the February 17, 2011 Disparity Study, the general assembly enacted House Bill 456/Senate Bill 120, introduced by Delegate Dan Morhaim (D-Baltimore County) and Senator Joan Carter Conway (D-Baltimore City), to reauthorize the Program and provide for the following changes:
Senate Bill 558, introduced as emergency legislation by Senator Catherine E. Pugh (D-Baltimore City), adds statutory provisions for amending the MBE participation schedule prior to and after contract award.
Senate Bill 638, introduced by Senator Joanne C. Benson (D-Prince George's County), specifies a termination date of July 1, 2018, for certain provisions of law relating to minority participation in video lottery facility operations, and provides a termination date for specified duties of the State Lottery Commission and the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs relating to the monitoring, reporting, and taking action on specified activities.
Changes to the MBE Program as a result of House Bill 456/Senate Bill 120 and Senate Bill 638 are effective July 1, 2011. Senate Bill 558, which was approved as emergency legislation, became effective May 10, 2011. To view more details about these and other actions taken during the 2011 General Assembly, visit the Maryland General Assembly website at www.mlis.state.md.us.
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Over the course of the last year and a half, WSU Tri-Cities has been engaged in a reflective and collaborative process to establish a clear plan to guide our campus in growth, innovation and quality service to our community and WSU family.
Community members, industry, k-12 education and commerce have all contributed to this plan through various focus groups, consultation and public forums. Faculty and staff have been involved in the development of programmatic plans for the next fifteen years. Input and guidance from our WSU family have been used to help shape this plan as well.
Below you will find a link to the WSU Tri-Cities Academic Master Plan PDF. You are encouraged to download and review the plan. While the document is large, most of it is reference materials used to support the plan. The first 28 pages holds most of the information.
After reviewing the plan, we would greatly appreciate feedback by taking our short survey linked below. We will be taking public input until May 29th, 2015.
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Manager, Integrated Academic Technologies
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Interim Director, College of Nursing program
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences
- Thomas Henick-Kling
Director, Viticulture and Enology program, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences
- Akram Hossain
Director, College of Engineering and Computer Science program
- Lindsay Lightner
Academic advisor, College of Education
- Kate McAteer
Clinical Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Judy Morrison
Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, College of Education
- Paul Strand
Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Coordinator: Cindy Mackay-Neorr
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You should always do careful research and analysis before investing in any instrument. This holds good for investing in mutual funds as well. Check third-party websites, such as valueresearchonline.com or Morningstar.in, to compare fund rankings and performance. Although past performance does not guarantee future performance, you should check the long-term performance of the fund. Also, check other factors like the fund house background, details of fund manager, risk profile of the fund, etc.
Invest systematically: You can invest through Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) to beat the volatility in the stock market. Although your returns may be a bit compromised when markets are rising, the SIP route can be very beneficial in falling markets or volatile situations. Invest for the long term to get the benefits of equities. Similarly, you can consider withdrawing systematically as well, using Systematic Withdrawal Plans, which can again reduce risks.
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PHILADELPHIA -- A new Website created by the Cartographic Modeling Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania is being launched to document the beauty and diversity of Philadelphia's 2,500 murals.
In partnership with the Philadelphia Department of Recreations Mural Arts Program, the project is part of Penns Neighborhood Information System that focuses on vacant properties and neighborhood change in Philadelphia. Community development efforts to reclaim vacant land and buildings can be easily traced by studying the growth of murals.
A trash-filled vacant lot may a liability, but it also represents an opportunity for redevelopment, said Marilou ML Wernecke, managing director of the Cartographic Modeling Laboratory. Groups like the Mural Arts Program turn blank walls adjacent to vacant lots into canvases and transform the lots from eyesores to community assets in the process.
The database contains project descriptions, photos and artists profiles and is accessible to the general public. With the query and mapping tools, visitors to the Website can search for murals by theme, artists name, ZIP code or year of completion. Additional information such as background data, photographs, artists biographies and links to other works by the same artists can be retrieved by clicking on a thumbnail of each individual mural.
The Cartographic Modeling Lab is a joint venture of Penns Graduate School of Fine Arts and School of Social Work and specializes in spatial analysis to better understand urban and social problems. The Neighborhood Information System is funded by the William Penn Foundation and the City of Philadelphia. The Website is at http://www.cml.upenn.edu/murals.


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Genomic Medicine: The Human Genome Project from a Healthcare Provider's Perspective
I'm delighted to be here today, and I want to thank Professors Davis and Engel for inviting me. The other thing is, I want to apologize for my voice. I'm hoping that my laryngitis that I developed yesterday will allow me to complete my talk and my comments.
I also just wanted to parenthetically say, whenever Dr. Zahka was mentioning something that I might have an opinion on earlier this morning, it wasn't that I was being too shy to mention and make any comments, it was that my voice wouldn't have carried, and if you all know me, you know how frustrating it was to sit back and not be able to have this discussion.
Anyway, I wanted to begin today by telling you what my role is, and what I thought my role would be, because we've begun with a clinician and we've ended this morning with another clinician, and it's really to give you another viewpoint about how genetics actually works within healthcare, but with a specific goal of talking about what those consequences might be, and how those consequences really affect both the patients, their family and society as a whole.
So I thought it would be best to frame my comments back on some scientific information and frame it against the Human Genome Project that we've actually discussed several times this morning, but to put it within context as to what this genetic information actually tells us and how we actually then can use this information to move forward.
The Human Genome Project really began a number of years ago as an international consortium where the goal was to sequence and identify all of the genes in the human genome. (2) So that was the major goal, and as a matter of fact, this year, they were able to publish the first draft sequence, so all of the genes within the human genome at least have been published in what we think will be a preliminary fashion. But there have been some surprising events of this particular endeavor, and some of the surprises have been just in our number of genes, where the estimates of genes had been between 60 and 100,000 genes that made humans "human," and we now estimate that it may be about 35 to 40,000, and as my slide shows, these estimates change almost on a daily basis, so it depends on which study comes out at the latest time to actually see how many genes do we have.
The other important point is that all human groups really have a great deal of similarity in our genomes. So as you can see, I use the phrase "human groups" rather than "racial groups," because the concept of race is now under a lot of discussion, because of the Human Genome Project and our understanding of what makes people people is one of the most exciting things that we've been able to do at the end of this century and going into the next century.
But the Human Genome Project from my point of view as a healthcare provider has really been on what advantages and what advances can we be able to provide from that. So we really learned a lot about how genes work, how they talk together and how we actually have both health and disease as a consequence of the Human Genome Project. So really understanding this complex interaction is one of the most exciting things as well.
What this really has done for healthcare is allowed us to individualize our healthcare. To be able to say for one person against another that their genes might, in fact, give them a basis to be healthier or actually, might have more problems with illness. So this individualization is what's really new and what's been important.
So I want to introduce another concept, and that concept is one of genomic medicine, so it may not be something that you've heard before, but it's been used as a way to try to describe, how do we use this genetic information that we get from the human genome, and then actually translate that into patient care.
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Black Swan focuses its lens on Nina (Natalie Portman), a New York City ballerina vying for the lead role in a postmodern interpretation of Swan Lake helmed by demanding artistic director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel). Having dismissed his previous prima ballerina, Beth MacIntyre (Winona Ryder), Leroy seeks a lead dancer who can embody the innocence and grace of the White Swan and the eroticism and cunning of the Black Swan. Though impressed with Nina's moves as the White Swan, Leroy feels she is too guileless and repressed to capture the nuances of the darker part, and his eye falls on a new dancer, Lily (Mila Kunis), whose overt sensuality makes her Nina's main competition. Strangely drawn to her rival, Nina forms a risky friendship that agitates her neurotic mother (Barbara Hershey), a former ballerina. Nina's stress causes her to experience terrifying hallucinations that send her into a psychological tailspin.
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To realize this dark story, director/writer Darren Aronofsky reteamed with Matthew Libatique, ASC, his collaborator on Pi (AC April '98), Requiem for a Dream (AC Oct. '00) and The Fountain (AC Nov. '06). Libatique recently met with AC in Los Angeles to discuss Black Swan.
• American Cinematographer: When did you and Darren begin discussing this project, and how did it evolve?
Matthew Libatique, ASC: This property was around for a while. It was originally called The Understudy, and it was set in the theater world. Someone approached Darren about it after Requiem for a Dream, but at the time, it didn't seem as exciting to me as some of the other projects he was being offered. It wound up on the back burner, but it stayed in his mind, and when he started to get interested in ballet, he thought he could resuscitate the project and set it in that world.
• How has your relationship with Darren progressed?
Libatique: I think we respect each other a lot more now. We used to abuse each other a little bit because we knew each other from film school. When we're shooting, our relationship is a professional one, not a friendship, and it should be. Luckily we've always been able to draw on similar references, which helps to focus us in the same place.
• Did it feel strange to move from big Hollywood projects like the Iron Man films back to an indie?
Libatique: That was probably the best part of the process. I liked that I could come off something as big and chaotic as Iron Man 2 to do something like Black Swan, which was a 40-day shoot. You can take some of the techniques you'd apply on a bigger film and simplify them. On Black Swan, I knew we'd be dealing with small spaces, and that I'd probably have to provide 360 degrees of coverage. A beautiful thing about working with Darren is that he has a visual style in mind, and he's very clear about what he's trying to do — there's no coverage ambiguity. In fact, I wouldn't even call what he does coverage. His style is more like the European style: you only have a few bites of the apple, so you make them all count.
• What were some of the influences on the film's look?
Libatique: One of our early reference images came from our collaboration with Rodarte, the fashion designers who created the movie's costumes. The image was a cube that was pristine on the outside, but had all of these spikes within it. That provided the central metaphor for the movie: a beautiful ballerina who's holding this pain inside her. There was a yin-yang to the concept that's reflected in the movie's black-white chiaroscuro.
Polanski's Repulsion was also a reference, but Darren and I have talked about that film many times, so it's always been an influence. We talked about The Red Shoes, of course. I looked at a lot of Kieslowski in terms of the atmosphere and tone, mostly the Three Colors trilogy [Blue, White and Red]. We also looked at a lot of dance films. Darren sent me a foreign documentary by director Donya Feuer called Dansaren (The Dancer), which has a lot of the long-lens, 'camera in the corner'-style camerawork we wanted to employ. At the beginning of Black Swan, there's a scene that shows Nina scuffing up her shoes, and that image came straight out of The Dancer.
• What was your primary focus during prep?
Libatique: The most substantial work I did in prep was to spend time planning out the dance sequences with [choreographer] Benjamin Millepied, Natalie and some other dancers. I shot all of that rehearsal footage with the Canon 5D Mark II, which gave me references for the shots we wanted to make. I also figured out a lot of the mirror shots during prep, because we were rehearsing in a room with a three-sided mirror. We worked out how to transition from Vincent to Natalie, or how to do a Texas switch with Natalie — we'd shoot her double from far away and then come around Vincent's face to reveal Natalie, or we'd have Vincent in focus in the foreground watching Natalie's double, who was in soft focus dancing in the distance, and then we'd transition over to a closer reflection of Natalie dancing. It's called a Texas switch because in old Westerns, they'd have a stuntman do a stunt and then pop John Wayne into the frame.
• Where did you shoot the dance sequences?
Libatique: All of the ballet performances were done at State University of New York Purchase College, which had everything we needed, including dressing rooms, cinderblock corridors and the large rehearsal space. We didn't have the ability to use moving lights there, so we basically used what they had: spotlights, cyc strips, Source Fours [Lekos] and Par cans. Mo Flam was the first gaffer on the show, but he had to leave to do another movie, so John Velez took over.
• How did Super 16mm fit your creative agenda?
Libatique: Darren likes 16mm because it's small, he can do handheld, and he doesn't have to wait around for camera setups. We were using real locations, so it helped in that regard, too. The apartment Nina shares with her mother was right next to Prospect Park, and we moved the camera in as though we were documenting real people's lives. We made it a point to travel from kitchen to hallway to foyer to bedroom to bathroom, but the space really dictated the kinds of moves we could make. I think 16mm creates interesting texture, especially if you expose it correctly. Harris Savides [ASC] is probably the master of it; he's always pushing the negative so you can see it in a perfect way. One of my goals was to show the grain in a way that was craftsmanlike. I didn't want it to look underexposed; I wanted it to look like it was a choice, and I think that comes across.
I considered shooting on Kodak [Vision2 200T] 7217 with a rating of 400, but after tests I opted to go with Fuji Eterna Vivid 500 [8647] and 160 [8643]. I liked how both stocks looked at their box rating in terms of grain and color separation. I had used Fuji on My Own Love Song, and I liked its color properties, so it was really my first choice, but I just had to find out what it would look like in 16mm. Every movie is different, and Fuji just worked better for this one because of the costume colors and our overall palette, which included green, pink, white and black.
Libatique holding Litepanels to illuminate
a subway reflection captured with the Canon 7D
It was a single-camera shoot except for maybe one day, and our main camera was an Arri 416, which we used with Arri Ultra Prime 16 lenses. We used a Canon 7D or 1D Mark IV for all the subway scenes; I could just carry a 7D and shoot on the subway all day with a very small crew. I did some tests with my wife beforehand to figure out my ASA, my stop, and how I was going to deal with the focus. I didn't use any rigs with it because I wasn't trying to shoot in the traditional way. I tested a bunch of different exposures and then brought the footage to Charlie Hertzfeld at Technicolor, who put it in the system so I could look at the highlights, the moiré and the resolution. Then I went back to the drawing board to do more tests. The 7D has more depth of field than the 5D, but I needed that because I didn't have a follow-focus unit and needed to work really fast. I shot everything documentary-style. I did all the focus pulls by hand, and we'd just look at it on the camera's monitor. I ended up shooting on a Canon 24mm lens at 1,600 ASA to get as much depth of field as possible at a stop of T81⁄2.
• What was your lens range on the show?
Libatique: Darren wanted to shoot everything on a 12mm lens, like he did on The Wrestler [AC Jan. '09], but I didn't think we could do everything on that lens. When we started testing, we looked at a 12mm, a 16mm and a 25mm. We wound up using all three, but mostly the 16mm. We used the 12mm for some of our traveling shots to take the bumpiness out and show more of the surroundings.
• How did your lighting philosophy take shape?
Libatique: The beautiful thing about Black Swan was that I could apply what I'd learned on independent films and what I'd learned on studio films. From a craft perspective, this is probably the most satisfying movie I've ever done, because it had some big-movie situations, like the ballet, but in real settings. Before we started the movie, Darren and I went to some stage plays in New York to see how theatrical-lighting designers dealt with live performance. In one off-Broadway play starring Scott Glenn, there was a scene where he walked up to a doorway and this fluorescent glow came on; I was struck by how simple and effective the lighting was, and I tried to apply that kind of approach to this movie. The main lesson I took away was that it doesn't really matter whether you see the source — the audience will get an idea of where the light's coming from. Because this movie had a theatrical edge, I decided I could take more liberty with the lighting. I took a naturalistic approach, but didn't try to justify every source. Most of our fixtures were practical globes, China balls and covered wagons [batten strips with diffusion wrapped around them]. The units we used contained 75-watt EDTs and sometimes clear globes. Practical globes have become really prevalent in cinematography. You can work in a small space and let the light play practically without using Fresnels. I hardly ever use Fresnels any more.
• How much interaction did you have with the production designer, Thérèse DePrez?
Libatique: In prep, our offices were right next to each other, so we had a lot of conversations, and she'd always show me samples of what she had in mind. Darren likes a designer to pitch an idea for a limited palette, and then we all agree on different colors. We assigned some symbolism to the various colors: black represents the darker side of Nina's character, white is her innocent side, pink represents her childhood, and green conveys envy and ambition. For example, the pink bedroom with all the stuffed animals shows that her mother never let her grow up, and the apartment's green walls underscore the competitive nature of their relationship. Darren makes bold choices, and I ask myself if it's too much sometimes, but I trust his instincts.
• The film's first scene is very striking, with Nina dancing in a limbo-like space that's illuminated by a single spotlight.
Libatique: The goal was to make it look like one spotlight, but we actually had four operators choreographing four spotlights. We would switch from a backlight to a frontlight, and so on. It was a square room, all black — it's the space they used for Joe Gideon's death scenes in All That Jazz. Luckily, it had balconies, so we just put four spots on four corners. We rehearsed the dance with the spot operators, and I would cue them on the walkie. The direct reference for that scene was a 1957 Soviet film version of Swan Lake. For a long time, I thought it was too simple an approach to the scene, but we actually shot that toward the end of production, and I'd already exhausted all kinds of options in the other dance scenes. I had nowhere else to go!
• Mirrors are a big visual motif. Did you avoid camera reflections practically or digitally?
Libatique: We did as much as we could practically, but we knew there would be moments when we wanted to create seemingly unachievable shots, and for those we just removed the reflections digitally with the help of Dan Schrecker, our visual-effects supervisor at Look Effects. A good example of Look's work is the scene where Nina is rehearsing in front of a mirror, the lights go out, and her reflection starts moving independently; the camera was right where you see the reflection, but Darren wanted to get tight eyelines, so we had to paint ourselves out in post. For other scenes, it was easier to just hide the camera or shoot from angles where you couldn't see it. We also used one-way mirrors to get a shot where we created an 'infinity reflection' of Nina sitting in front of a dressing-room mirror. We positioned Natalie between two one-way mirrors and just shot from behind them. We wanted the film's horror beats to be a bit more stylistic.
• Did you depart from the documentary approach and relight for close-ups?
Libatique: Not that much. If we were doing a wide shot in Nina's bedroom, we might have a practical light hitting the bed, and when it was time to do Natalie's close-up, the light would be motivated by the practical in the wide shot, but I'd just add a bit of diffusion. It was usually that simple. I wanted the film to have a balletic quality but still be as naturalistic as possible. That's why I kept looking at Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy. In those movies, everything's lit, but things still look naturalistic. It's sort of a stylized reality.
• The restaurant & nightclub scenes involving Nina and Lily were a bit more glamorous-looking.
Libatique: In working within a color palette, I naturally play a lot of color contrast. I might combine white light with a background color from our overall palette. In the restaurant, I lit the actresses with a table lamp and carefully positioned China balls, but there's a lot of green/cyan in the background provided by compact fluorescent tubes that Mo Flam hid here and there. In any space, if I know I'm going to neutralize the actors' faces, I'm going to put a color in the background. I didn't do a lot of filtration, so it was all based on color temperature. That's harder to do these days, because a lot of the film stocks are designed to balance everything out for the digital intermediate.
The nightclub scene was shot in Santos Party House in Chinatown. It was a big space, and inside we basically set up three walls made of Mylar mirror and then crammed in all of our dancing extras. I surrounded the set with green Kinos and four Paparazzis with magenta gels on them, and we just mixed up the rhythm. I would keep the green really down and we'd add flashes of magenta, or turn the green off altogether. It was fun. Technicolor's Sam Daley pre-pared DVD dailies for us, but digital dailies don't really tell me where I am with my exposures. To check the exposures, Joey Violante, the head timer at Technicolor New York, would put the footage up on an analyzer for me.
• Did you bring in any outside experts to help with the ballet sequences?
Libatique: We didn't have any consultants for our theatrical lighting because I didn't really have enough lights to justify it! I also didn't have enough time to collaborate with somebody else; I didn't want to get into a situation that would involve a lot of back-and-forth. When we got to those scenes, I'd literally be shooting something in the dressing rooms with the actors, and then, between takes, I'd run up to the stage area, look at what the crew had put together, and start changing a few of the colors and cues.
For the dancing, in addition to our choreographer, Benjamin Millepied, we had the Pennsylvania Ballet come in to work with us — they were between seasons at the time, and we were fortunate that their hiatus worked for our time frame. They did all the choreography for us onstage while I was playing around with the lighting. While we were shooting all the scenes surrounding the Swan Lake performances in the third act, Benjamin and the Penn Ballet were rehearsing the performances in detail with the idea that Natalie would be inserted into the performance. As our crew pre-rigged around rehearsals, we kept a constant eye on the ballet they were creating so that we'd have a place to begin when I was ready to start setting lighting cues. I wish I could say we did that efficiently, but we did not; in typical fashion, the lighting was created and finalized on the day of [shooting], but a great deal of preparation was done to lay the groundwork for me to be able to work with the guys creatively. Because I was shooting and there was no money for prelighting, I decided I wasn't going to chase what the ballet company was doing; instead, I listened to the music for cues.
The main lighting source was the cyc strips above the dancers' heads; we had about eight rows of 1K cinema globes running 60 feet across the stage. We just used different gels and put the lights on different channels; we'd go from a green gel to white to magenta, and we also started to mix them, which was nice. It was less complicated than using moving lights. For one sequence, we combined a moon backdrop with a rain effect that we created by filling a pool of water with broken glass and placing it at the base of the background. We just powered Source Fours into the pool and modulated the water movement with fans.
In the climactic dance routine with the black swan, we had a big sun piece as our backdrop, and we used 2K nook lights in the footlights on the stage. Those came in handy for an earlier scene that shows the dancers rehearsing the number; we didn't have the set completely built at that point, so I used the nook lights to create nice, hard shadows of the dancers on the back wall. I knew we'd lose those shadows in the full-costume performance of that routine, so I decided to backlight Natalie to make her a silhouette in the middle of the sun, and let all the other dancers have the frontlight. I kept her in the shadow of two light sources to create that symbolic element of light and darkness.
The work of the artist Olafur Eliasson also influenced the look of our ballet scenes. He did an installation at the Tate Modern in London called The Weather Project that was a great inspiration in terms of our stage design; we were impressed by his use of reflection and scale.
• The handheld camerawork really takes the viewer inside the dancing onstage.
Libatique: Every performance was covered in long master shots, which we just augmented with other moves as necessary. To Natalie's credit, we rarely did more takes for her; if we required additional takes, it was usually for us. She trained for three or four months beforehand, and she did a phenomenal job. We knew we'd be shooting her from the chest up most of the time, but we knew we'd be in great shape, performance-wise, as long as we could see her face and arms. For wider shots, we could just use her dance double. Darren wanted Natalie doing as much of the performance as possible, so he would often stay on her face or torso instead of going to those wider shots. It was important to him to capture Nina's internal struggle, and Natalie definitely nails those emotions. We did almost everything handheld. The only Steadicam shot is at the climax of the final dance number.
• Who were your camera operators?
Libatique: At the beginning of the film, I had Joey Cicio, whom I'd met on the Iron Man movies. We were looking for somebody who was close to my height and Natalie's height, because we knew we wanted to be subjective with the camera without looking down at her. Steve Constantino, whom I'd worked with on Spike Lee projects, finished the more dramatic sections of the film — the apartment scenes and so forth. I did some of the operating myself, but very little. Sometimes I'd shoot the rehearsals just to show everyone how we wanted the shots to play.
• What were your goals in the DI?
Libatique: I worked with Tim Stipan at Technicolor New York, and we spent most of our time finessing specific colors. It was hard to get some of the colors just right. For example, we really worked on the red for the sequence in Act 2 when Nina is onstage by herself with the moon behind her. We also did a lot of cosmetic fixes here and there. One of my main goals was to get on the same page with Tim to determine the contrast levels for the entire film. I didn't want the image to be too contrasty, and if the cinematographer doesn't sit in on those sessions, most colorists will give the images more contrast because it looks sharper. I was actually in L.A. during that process, but I did two sessions with Tim at Technicolor's facility in L.A. while he and Darren were in a Technicolor New York suite. They were able to patch the image into the L.A. suite so we could all look at the same image in real time, and I was able to give Tim my corrections over the phone. It was probably the best DI experience I've ever had.
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The Learning Management System is an integral part of the educational experience at any institution of higher education. Often this system is the first place where the interaction between students and faculty happens in any given semester. If the system is robust enough, it can foster a deeper understanding of the material and help to assess student comprehension across the term. With these systems filling such an important role, it is necessary to evaluate the options every few years in order to make sure we are providing the best tools to our community. To this end over the fall 2015 semester Technology Services conducted a limited pilot of the Canvas Learning Management System in approximately 20 courses across the university. The results from this pilot were very encouraging with a majority of both student and faculty users preferring the new tool to our current LMS, Blackboard. For spring of 2016 we are expanding our pilot to invite anyone on campus to participate. This invite includes faculty wishing to offer classes, students looking for a new place to host campus organizations, or any staff who currently operate resources in Blackboard.
Posted: 05 Jan 2016
Tulane's Jabber (a.k.a. Movi) Video for Telepresence desktop videoconferencing service is being retired. Cisco, the originator of this service, has discontinued the software, so Tulane support for this service will end on Friday, January 29 at 5pm. After this date, customers will need to utilize an alternate Tulane supported videoconferencing tool such as Skype for Business, Blackboard Collaborate, BlueJeans, or ViewMe (a.k.a. SeeVogh).
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- The return of Second Half Luke highlighted a strong series by the rotation. I wasn't shocked by Bruce Chen's start as he is capable of those types of outings. Sure they'll be the exception rather than the rule but if he can keep his ERA+ around 100 all year I'll be happy. Luke Hochevar was just plain nasty at times while pitching into the 7th inning. He allowed just 2 runs but those were scored when Yost strangely and unsurprisingly brought in Tim Collins to face Bobby Abreu instead of Jose Mijares, the guy who was signed to be the bullpen's LOOGY. Jonathan Sanchez was serviceable but always seemed to be on the brink of giving up a big inning. 3 walks and 2 wild pitches, man, this guy is not going to be boring.
- I'm fully convinced Eric Hosmer is going to make a run at Steve Balboni's home run record. Hosmer homered on Saturday and Sunday and appears to be locked in early. This, of course, will only make him more expensive if he should decide to sign a long term deal.
- Getzancourt looked good but let's not get carried away. The two headed offensive force at second base combined to hit .455/.455/.545 in the series and played decent defense. There was something wonderfully pleasing about Chris Getz hitting a double in his first at bat of the season, but look, last year the guy hit .342/.400/.368 in his first 47 plate appearances, and that was with his old batting stance. I'm not rooting against him and Betancourt, I mean if they can produce at even a league average pace I think a lot of us will be thrilled, but their track record is what it is, so I remain doubtful either one will hit enough to justify their roster spot.
- Alex Gordon, Mike Moustakas and Lorenzo Cain all struggled. I'm not worried about A1, he'll hit, but Moose and Cain are still question marks so I was hoping they would both get off to strong starts. Cain is a defensive wiz and I'm not sure how much he'll have to hit to keep his starting job but he may want to get it going sooner rather than later.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Nice Start To The Season
Just like last year the Royals won the their first series of the season despite an opening day loss to Jered Weaver. A strong start is absolutely vital if KC wants to contend for a few months. Detroit looks like they are who we thought they are and seem capable of running away with the division. I don't know about you but I'd like to see the Royals within 5 games at the break. Anyway, here are my takeaways from the season's opening weekend.
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For the third weekend in a row, Massachusetts residents are preparing for more snow.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon and running until midnight on Sunday night.
"This is going to be a two-part storm with one part coming through Saturday night and potentially a much more potent part coming through Sunday afternoon and the first half of Sunday night," meteorologist Mark Rosenthal said.
He predicts it'll be mostly rain Saturday night, which will change to snow after dawn on Sunday.
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In total, Rosenthal expects 3 to 6 inches of snow in Boston, with the most snowfall expected late Sunday afternoon to midnight. Four to 8 inches are expected north and west of Interstate 495.
On the Cape, the National Weather Service said there could be minor coastal flooding during mid-morning high tide on Sunday.
Rosenthal did, however, offer a caveat.
"I just looked at one of the computer models, and they're forecasting up to a foot of snow late Sunday and Sunday night, very close to Boston," he said. "So we're going to have to watch that potential very carefully."
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Home » Elder Care » End of Life & Hospice » Articles » Honoring Father's Day After Dad Has Passed…
Father's Day can be a hard holiday to handle when you've lost your dad.
If it's a recent loss, the omnipresent messages of Father's Day may feel like too much to bear. If more time has passed, Father's Day may inspire you to do something special to honor the memory of the man who taught you so much.
Regardless of the amount of time that has passed, there are several ways you can manage your grief while remembering Dad this Father's day. The Dignity Memorial network of funeral providers offers five suggestions for ways you can manage your grief:
It's especially difficult to deal with grief during the holidays is especially difficult, and missing Dad on Father's Day is natural. And how you choose to spend Father's Day when he is gone may vary from year to year.
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After a year of effort by the military coalition the House and Senate finally agreed to a one-year fix for the 25% cut in Medicare and TRICARE payments to doctors that had been set to take effect on Jan. 1. The legislation also extends important relief from the Medicare cap on payments for physical, speech, and occupational therapy. While this is miles better than having to deal with another year of multiple month-to-month stopgap measures we saw throughout 2010, it's far from a permanent fix to the underlying statutory payment formula that causes the problem. And that means Congress will have to act again before the end of 2011 to stop an even bigger cut - in the range of 30% - from taking effect on Jan. 1, 2012.
Meanwhile, Congress is still wrangling over the proposal to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for two years, and competing initiatives to fund the government for fiscal year 2011 - which actually started more than two months ago on Oct 1.
The House passed a $1.1 trillion continuing resolution to address the latter need, which also included a two-year pay freeze for federal civilians. As this was being prepared, it was unclear whether the Senate would accept the House proposal or build its own plan and consume even more of the few remaining legislative days.
The way it looks now, the 111th Congress will adjourn for the year on December 17. We are having trouble figuring out how they are going to complete all of the critical business they have on their plate in 11 days!
Here are some of the items on Congress' to do list:
§ Pass the fiscal 2011 defense authorization bill
The proposed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal continues to complicate action on the fiscal 2011 defense authorization bill. Army Chief of Staff GEN George W. Casey Jr., told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday that he would not recommend the immediate repeal of the 17-year-old law banning gays and lesbians from serving openly in the armed forces because it would increase stress on deployed combat units. He added that, "Implementation of the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell would be a major cultural and policy change in the middle of a war. It would be implemented by a force and leaders that are already stretched by the cumulative effects of almost a decade of war."
Other controversial provisions in the bill that are preventing passage include abortion in military hospitals, the alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the deployment of National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Congress must do whatever it takes to pass this critical bill. Failure to pass it before the end of the year will force the services to terminate all recruiting and retention bonuses, deny the Army a needed manpower increase, and impose a $110-per-day increase in retiree co-pays for inpatient hospital stays. These are just a few of the consequences if the bill is not passed.
Please help AUSA get the message to Congress that time is up! Go to the AUSA website, www.ausa.org, click on "Legislative Agenda'" then click on "Contact Congress", and type in your zip code beside "Elected Officials". Send your members the AUSA-suggested letter "Pass the FY 2011 Defense Authorization Bill Now!"
§ Stop the steep cuts in Medicare/TRICARE payments to doctors
The Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act of 2010 was signed by President Obama on Nov. 30. The legislation averts a 23 percent cut in Medicare/TRICARE physician payment rates and is the fifth time in the past year a short-term patch was needed to avoid a cut in physician payment rates. While the legislation gives Congress more time to hammer out a longer-term agreement, it expires at the end of the year. An even steeper 25 percent cut takes effect on Jan. 1.
Senate Finance Committee leaders said they are confident that a solution will be reached before year's end. Committee Chairman Max Baucus said, "We now need to work together to pass a long-term extension so we can ensure seniors and military families can continue to have access to their doctors, treatments and medicines."
Please add your voice to ours. Send your members the AUSA-suggested letter "Stop the 25 percent cut in Medicare/TRICARE payments." It can be found on AUSA's website, www.ausa.org. Click on "Legislative Agenda' then click on "Contact Congress", and type in your zip code beside "Elected Officials".
§ Fund the government
The recently-passed stop-gap spending measure keeps the government running until Dec. 18. The House is expected to pass a yearlong continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government until October 2011. This plan will give the Senate an opportunity to substitute a full, 12-bill omnibus for the yearlong CR — with the CR to be cleared by the Senate if it can't generate the 60 votes needed for the omnibus. Democrats are still hoping to enact a full omnibus where they could specify modified spending levels for every agency and program and provide detailed guidance for federal agencies, as well as to possibly provide congressional earmarks.
Here again, time is up.
Congress must work together in these remaining days to get critical legislation passed and to the President for signature. AUSA hopes that the 112th Congress will go back to completing its business in a timely and orderly manner and stop of this end of the year nonsense.
Tax Statement Release Schedule
Servicemembers, retirees and annuitants, and federal civilian employees paid by the Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS) can obtain their 2010 tax statements up to two weeks earlier by using myPay. DFAS has released its schedule for posting and mailing 2010 tax statements such as W-2s, 1099Rs and 1099INTs that customers will need to file their annual tax returns. DFAS customers who have forgotten their user name and password, or who wish to open a myPay account, may do so on the myPay website. View the DFAS 2010 Tax statement release schedule.
Best Military Retirement Spots
USAA and Military.com announced today that Waco, Texas heads the first-ever "Best Places for Military Retirement" list. USAA and Military.com commissioned a study to create the list to pinpoint places in the U.S. that offer a high quality of life and help maximize military retiree benefits as servicemembers manage their "first retirement" from the armed forces, and begin planning their "second retirement" from civilian life. for more details, see this article.
GI Bill Moves Past Early Hiccups
A year after Veterans Affairs implemented the Post-9/11 GI Bill, the American Council on Education has released a study showing that most veterans are pleased with the new benefit, but there is room for improvement. The majority of veterans using the new GI Bill benefit said they were glad for the increase in tuition support and monthly housing and book stipend, yet many reported that payments were often several months late. A summary and the full study can be found on the American Council on Education website. Answers to many routine questions about Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits are available on the Military.com Education Center, as well as more information about the study.
Electronic Records System Debuts at Two Texas MTFs
Health care providers at two San Antonio-area military treatment facilities now have instant access to their patients' medical histories, thanks to a new electronic records management system. In time, the new system – called Essentris – will be a mainstay at all Defense Department hospitals and clinics.
"Essentris allows us to have an inpatient medical records system that can be accessed from either Wilford Hall Medical Center [at Lackland Air Force Base] and Brook Army Medical Center [at Fort Sam Houston], improving real-time access to inpatient information and patient safety," says Maj. Jay Ludescher, the chief information officer for the 59th Medical Wing at Wilford Hall. With the advent of the automated records system, care providers can follow x-ray studies, lab-test results, x-rays, and other relevant information as patients move through the facilities' system.
Proposed $250 One-Time Social Security and Veterans Payment Fails in Both the House and Senate
On Wednesday the Democrats in both the House and Senate failed to pass bills that would grant a onetime $250 payment to Social Security recipients and other federal beneficiaries (including veterans.) For the second straight year the automatic method of calculating inflation was too low to provide a Cost-of-Living increase for Social Security and other federal beneficiaries. The Democratic Congressional leadership then proposed a onetime $250 payment to be paid directly from the U.S. Treasury.
The Democrats said we have a faulty calculator and that many of the costs for seniors are rising. The bill's sponsor, Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT) said: "We have a very flawed methodology in terms of how we determine COLAs for Social Security. While [the price of] laptop computers and iPads and other communications technology may, in fact, have gone down, lowering the cost of inflation, the needs of seniors, and what they spend money on, have not gone down."
Opponents said that it would increase the National deficit and is not necessary. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) was opposed to the bill and said:"While many seniors are hurting, so too are American working families. Doing an end run around the current bipartisan COLA formula without even one hearing to examine whether it's working or the many options for change our colleagues have offered is wrong."
On Wednesday the House leadership brought it up, under suspension of the rules which requires a 2/3 vote. It failed 254-153. Then later in the evening the Senate vote to end debate was 53-45; failing to reach the required 60 votes.
Senate Designates December 18 "Gold Star Wives Day"
This week the Senate passed a resolution designating December 18 "as a day to honor and recognize the contributions of the members of the Gold Star Wives of America, Inc."
The VSO, founded in World War II with approximately 10,000 members, provides service, support and friendship to the widows and widowers of military personnel who died on active duty or as the result of a service-connected cause.
GSW's is a member of both The Military Coalition (TMC) and the National Military Veterans Alliance (NMVA). TREA works closely with them on a wide range of issues focused on military survivors. We wish to congratulate them on this well deserved recognition.
2010 tax form, pay statement availability schedule
CLEVELAND (AFRNS) – Air Force retirees with a Defense Finance and Accounting Service online myPay account can now download their annual account statements. Annuitant statements will be available online Dec. 15. There is no cost-of-living adjustment increase for military retirees or annuitants in 2011. COLA increases are determined each year based on the rise in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers. The Department of Labor calculates the change in the CPI for goods and services from the third quarter average of the previous year to the third quarter average for the current year. Although Congress and the Administration decide how much to increase federal pay, because military retirees and annuitants do not receive pay increases but cost-of-living adjustments, they rely on the final CPI results.
Internal Revenue Service 1099R forms for retirees and annuitants will be posted online Dec. 14 and Dec. 15, respectively. Retirees who rely on the U.S. Postal Service for DFAS correspondence should begin receiving their account statements and 1099R forms Dec. 16. Mailing will continue through Dec. 31.For annuitants, account statements and 1099R forms begin mailing Dec. 19 through the end of the month. Statements and forms are mailed to the address on file with DFAS. Retirees and annuitants with questions about account statements or tax forms should call the DFAS Contact Center at 800-321-1080. (Courtesy of DFAS)Related Link: DFAS tax information
TRICARE Benefits for Students
With winter break fast approaching for many college students, making sure their TRICARE benefits follow them during holiday travel is a simple process. Students with TRICARE Prime can easily transfer their enrollment while on winter break. Their sponsor simply submits a "TRICARE Prime Enrollment and PCM Change Form." Students can also visit the Beneficiary Web Enrollment website to transfer enrollment. The sponsor must also update the student's address in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS). For more information, visit the TRICARE website.Military.com surveys have found that most servicemembers and their families are confused by TRICARE. Get the facts and latest news on TRICARE.
The blue ribbon debt reduction commission proposed the government could save $70 billion over the next ten years by deferring Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) for retirees until age 62 and forcing older military retirees, those using TRICARE for Life, to pay the first $500 of costs not paid by Medicare, and half of the next $5000, out of pocket.
Treatment Coverage for Depression
TRICARE beneficiaries suffering from Major Depression, also known as clinical depression, can receive extra help through the TriWest Healthcare Alliance, which manages the TRICARE military healthcare entitlement on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD) for 21 western states. The program has a number of services to help beneficiaries including a health coach who works with the beneficiary and the primary care manager to tailor an action plan. TriWest also works alongside the Military Health System to offer additional behavioral health resources to support those in need, including the TRICARE Assistance Program (TRIAP). For more information, visit the TriWest Online Care webpage and the TRICARE website.
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Gates Seeking to Contain Military Health Costs
Of nearly 4.5 million military retirees and their families, about three-quarters are estimated to have access to health insurance through a civilian employer or group. But more than two million of them stay on TRICARE. As the costs of private health care continue to climb, their numbers are only expected to grow. The battle over TRICARE pits the efforts of the Pentagon to contain the exploding cost of health care for nearly 10 million eligible beneficiaries against the pain and emotion of those who say they have already "paid up front" with service in uniform, particularly those who deployed to America's two current wars. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, is seriously considering whether to ask for TRICARE fee increases in next year's budget and perhaps start one of the last fights of his public career. To read this article in its entirety, please go to; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/us/29tricare.html?_r=1
VA Testing Quicker Ways to Access Medical Records
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is working to significantly reduce the average time needed to obtain health-care records from private physicians with the help of a private contractor and the Internet to speed claims decisions. VA officials emphasize that in all cases veterans must sign documents approving the release of their medical records to the department from private health-care providers. Exploring economical contract support for time savings is one of more than three dozen initiatives supporting VA's claims transformation plan, which aims to ensure that by 2015, Veterans' claims are decided within 125 days. To learn more, please go to; http://www.va.gov
AMVET Scholarships
University of Atlanta (UofA) and AMVETS have partnered to offer active duty members, veterans, and their families from all branches of service and their respective reserve components, university scholarships through the new "AMVETS – University of Atlanta Scholarship" Program. The program will award up to $300,000.00 in scholarships for the period of November 1, 2010 thru October 31, 2011. Interested applicants can visit the university's website at http://www.UofA.edu. Select the "Apply Online" tab and complete the basic information form. An Admissions Specialist will establish contact within 24 hours.
TRICARE Benefits Follow Students on Winter Break
With winter break fast approaching, many college students are looking forward to visiting family or friends over the holidays. Making sure their TRICARE benefits follow them during the holiday season is a simple process. Students using either TRICARE Standard or Prime can use TRICARE's pharmacy benefit anywhere as long as their Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) information is current and they have a valid ID card. For information about updating DEERS, go to http://www.tricare.mil/DEERS. To read this article in full, please go to; http://www.tricare.mil/Pressroom/news_print.aspx?fid=673
Humana Military Healthcare Services Announces New Disease Management Program for Depression
Humana Military Healthcare Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Humana Inc. announced its new Depression Disease Management Program for the TRICARE South Region beneficiaries. The Depression Disease Management Program offers guidance, via telephone, by one of their staffed clinicians in understanding, diagnosing, and managing Depression. To learn more, please go to; http://www.tricare.mil/mediacenter/contractornews.aspx?fid=120USAA Warns of Phishing Scam
Military banking and insurance company USAA is warning customers of a phishing scam: an authentic-looking email that asks for members' sensitive information because of the supposed release of a new "confirmation form." USAA members have reported receiving an email informing them of the release of a new USAA confirmation form to include personal information such as online ID, password, name, USAA card number, expiration date, security code, pin, and/or email address. These emails are not authentic, even though there may be a USAA logo showing. For suspicious emails, notify mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com. For more tips about phishing, visit the Federal Trade Commission's OnGuard Online website.
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