text: DOWNLOADS Article (6 pages) Most Popular Insights What matters most? Six priorities for CEOs in turbulent times Women in the Workplace 2022 The ten rules of growth Even in the metaverse, women remain locked out of leadership roles The clean hydrogen opportunity for hydrocarbon-rich countries Two out of three Medicare beneficiaries have two or more chronic conditions, making managing chronic conditions outcomes and costs a challenging priority for Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Over the past several years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been taking actions to increase MA plan design options and spur enrollment growth (MA enrollment grew 37 percent from 2016 to 2020). Their most recent changes increase flexibilities for supplementary benefits for individuals with chronic conditions (SSBCI, also known as special supplemental benefits for the chronically ill). These new flexibilities can help to address unmet social needs for beneficiaries with chronic conditions, including access to food and produce, transportation, and structural home modifications. Sidebar LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Email Disclaimer These materials are being provided on an accelerated basis in response to the COVID-19 crisis. These materials reflect general insight based on currently available information, which has not been independently verified and is inherently uncertain. Future results may differ materially from any statements of expectation, forecasts or projections. These materials are not a guarantee of results and cannot be relied upon. These materials do not constitute legal, medical, policy, or other regulated advice and do not contain all the information needed to determine a future course of action. Given the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, these materials are provided "as is" solely for information purposes without any representation or warranty, and all liability is expressly disclaimed. References to specific products or organizations are solely for illustration and do not constitute any endorsement or recommendation. The recipient remains solely responsible for all decisions, use of these materials, and compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, and standards. Consider seeking advice of legal and other relevant certified/licensed experts prior to taking any specific steps. CMS has made management of these chronic diseases a priority in both the Medicare FFS and MA populations. In Medicare FFS, CMS has invested in growing alternative payment models, such as the Primary Care First model, to improve disease management. It has continued to receive high approval ratings from seniors along the way. 1 1. "Direct contracting model options," Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, updated July 14, 2020, innovation.cms.gov. 2 2. "Medicare Costs and Satisfaction Survey—February 2020," eHealth, 2020, news.ehealthinsurance.com. The new benefit flexibilities for MA plans signal a similar commitment, with the hope of improving both the outcomes of patients with chronic conditions and the management of their costs. For the 2020 plan year, CMS allowed MA carriers to offer products with supplemental benefits, designed just for chronically ill enrollees, that are not necessarily health-related but have a reasonable expectation of improving or maintaining the health or overall function of the enrollees. 3 3. "2020 Medicare Advantage and Part D rate announcement and final call letter fact sheet," Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, April 1, 2019, cms.gov. This action builds upon new 2019 policy that expanded the definition of health-related supplemental benefits that Medicare Advantage plans could offer to all enrollees. 4 4. "CMS finalizes Medicare Advantage and Part D payment and policy updates to maximize competition and coverage," Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, April 1, 2019, cms.gov. CMS announced in May that in calendar year 2021, MA carriers may count supplemental benefit spending in the numerator of the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) and that eligibility for supplemental benefits goes beyond the set of specific conditions outlined in the Medicare Managed Care Manual (Chapter 16b). 5 5. "Contract year 2021 Medicare Advantage and Part D final rule (CMS-4190-F1) fact sheet," Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, May 22, 2020, cms.gov. These changes could continue the growth in supplemental benefits, as payers seek to prevent remitting portions of their revenue to CMS (which occurs if 85 percent of revenue is not spent on claims and activities to improve care quality). CMS' publicly available data sets 6 6. Based on 2017 Medicare FFS demographics generalized to the broader Medicare population. can provide insight into the current state of chronic conditions 7 7. Examples of these chronic conditions include alcohol or other drug dependence, certain autoimmune disorders, certain cardiovascular disorders, chronic heart failure, dementia, diabetes, end-stage liver disease, end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis, certain hematological disorders, HIV/AIDS, certain chronic lung disorders, certain mental health conditions, certain neurological disorders, and stroke. in Medicare: beneficiaries with two or more chronic conditions represent 94 percent of Medicare expenditures, despite only being 68 percent of members (Exhibit 1). Additionally, the data highlight that polychronic beneficiaries with six or more conditions (17 percent of beneficiaries) account for more than 50 percent of Medicare expenditures. Seniors who have more than two chronic conditions consume around $11,000 more annually in health services than those who do not. Exhibit 1 We strive to provide individuals with disabilities equal access to our website. If you would like information about this content we will be happy to work with you. Please email us at: firstname.lastname@example.com Based on 2018 data, seniors with one chronic condition are 55 percent more likely to choose MA than those with none, and those with five or more chronic conditions are 70 percent more likely to choose MA than those with none. 8 8. Thorpe KE, "Beneficiaries with chronic conditions more likely to actively choose Medicare Advantage," Better Medicare Alliance, September 2018, bettermedicarealliance.org. The new design flexibilities for products offered for 2020 could make MA even more attractive to qualifying chronically ill patients. 9 9. To qualify for benefits, patients must be diagnosed with one or more chronic conditions, have a high risk of hospitalization or adverse health outcomes, and require intensive care coordination. The process for determining eligibility does not need to be outlined by MA plans for CMS. See Coleman K, "Implementing supplemental benefits for chronically ill enrollees," Medicare Drug & Health Plan Contract Administration Group, April 24, 2019, cms.gov. In spring 2020, CMS released data for the first time providing several insights into the emerging adoption of supplemental benefits for the chronically ill, including: Types of benefits that have been offered. The most common benefits offered were access to food and produce, as well as pest control (Exhibit 2). However, in the first year, only around 6 percent of the MA population 10 10. Not counting members of group plans. was enrolled in a product with any newly allowed supplemental benefits. According to a 2017 report, about half of MA enrollees live below 200 percent of the federal poverty level (compared with about 40 percent in Medicare FFS). 11 11. ATI Advisory, "Medicare Advantage outperforms traditional Medicare on cost protections for low- and modest-income populations," Better Medicare Alliance, March 2020, bettermedicarealliance.org. Additionally, about 40 percent of Medicare consumers reported having at least one unmet social need. 12 12. Coe E, Cordina J, Feffer D, and Parmar S, "Understanding the impact of unmet social needs on consumer health and healthcare," February 20, 2020, mckinsey.com. Offering benefits like food and produce, transportation, and structural home modifications creates a unique opportunity for MA plans to address social determinants of health (for example, food security, transportation, and housing/safety) for at-risk seniors. In the general population, individuals with multiple unmet social needs are 2.6 times more likely to report poor physical health, 5.9 times more likely to report poor mental health, and more than twice as likely to report high healthcare utilization compared with those who have no unmet social needs. 13 13. Coe E, Cordina J, and Parmar S, "Insights from McKinsey's Consumer Social Determinants of Health Survey," April 30, 2019, mckinsey.com. Addressing these social needs not only makes these plans more attractive to enrollees, but also could potentially improve enrollee physical health, mental health, and utilization. Exhibit 2 We strive to provide individuals with disabilities equal access to our website. If you would like information about this content we will be happy to work with you. Please email us at: firstname.lastname@example.com Locations where SSBCI has been offered. Though adoption of supplemental benefits in the first year was relatively low (around 6 percent of the MA population), offerings were often concentrated in highly competitive markets, including Ohio and Southern California (Exhibit 3). However, some markets considered competitive due to their high population of Medicare beneficiaries, such as Florida, saw fairly limited offerings. This finding may suggest a potential opportunity for new entrants in those markets (though managing up front administrative investments through MLR will be important). Exhibit 3 We strive to provide individuals with disabilities equal access to our website. If you would like information about this content we will be happy to work with you. Please email us at: email@example.com Plan types where SSBCI has been offered. Ninety-four percent of enrollment in plans offering supplemental benefits for the chronically ill was concentrated in Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) (65 percent) and Special Needs Plan (SNPs) (29 percent), which often focus on care management (Exhibit 4). This 94 percent concentration in HMOs and SNPs is much greater than the 72 percent of total enrollment in these plans across the entire MA market, implying an over indexing of supplemental benefits within these plans. Highly rated plans (4+ Stars) were also more likely to offer supplemental benefits, with 82 percent of enrollees in plans with supplemental benefits receiving those benefits from 4+ Star plans even though 4+ Star plans make up around 75 percent of total MA enrollment. Exhibit 4 We strive to provide individuals with disabilities equal access to our website. If you would like information about this content we will be happy to work with you. Please email us at: email@example.com Given the high prevalence of chronic conditions in the MA population (for example, 60 percent with hypertension) and relatively low adoption of supplementary benefits for the chronically ill in the first year, MA plans, particularly those in underpenetrated markets, may look to leverage these supplemental benefit offerings as a unique differentiator in 2021 and beyond (Exhibit 5). As these plans increasingly support chronically ill beneficiaries, accurate risk coding may become even more important. Exhibit 5 We strive to provide individuals with disabilities equal access to our website. If you would like information about this content we will be happy to work with you. Please email us at: firstname.lastname@example.com Moving forward, MA plans can offer supplementary benefits for the chronically ill to spur enrollment growth and complement care management efforts (particularly for at-risk populations with unmet social needs), creating a chance to drive performance on cost management and improved health outcomes. Careful and evidence-based management of individuals with chronic conditions—in a rapidly growing MA market—presents an opportunity for breakthrough innovation for the Medicare population.


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BlackRock's Barbara Novick Looks Back, and Ahead01.19.2021
The crucible of 2020 can leave a positive legacy for the financial industry, according to Barbara Novick, the retiring Vice Chairman and Co-Founder of BlackRock.
"It was such a crazy, dark year on multiple fronts, but there are better times ahead," Novick told Markets Media in a Jan. 15 interview. "We're going to see some really good things happen."
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated broad themes such as "build back better" and sustainability. In financial services, among other industries, technology was stress-tested last year, and it passed with flying colors.
"When you look at how people were able to pivot so quickly from offices to work at home, all over the world, in all different aspects of the industry, from exchanges, to custodians, to dealers, to asset managers — it was stunning how well it worked," Novick said.
Novick, who was one of the eight people in the room when BlackRock was created in 1988, personally experienced the early stages of the evolution of work-from-home technology over three maternity leaves, each about three years apart.
Her first maternity leave came with effectively radio silence from office communication; on her second leave, she had a limited home-office setup that was "a little clunky, but it worked"; and on her third leave she was able to pretty much replicate all she could do in the office.
"Technology evolved substantially in the 1990s," Novick said. "And subsequent to that, you had the rise of Blackberrys and then smartphones. Now, you can do a huge amount of your job on an iPad."
Novick doesn't expect most people will go from working at home all the time, right back to working at the office all the time, when the pandemic ends. Rather, there's more likely to be a hybrid arrangement, perhaps working at the office 2-3 days per week and working from home the other 2-3 days.
Similarly, Novick expects at least some industry events to remain at least partly virtual, as the format has worked. "People saw higher participation rates in these virtual events because people didn't have to travel; it wasn't expensive to get there," she said. "And a lot of the events were very high-quality. You do lose something in not meeting people face-to-face and having the side discussions. But people got more sophisticated in their events, and I think some of that will stick."
Novick, who will retire on Feb 1, is a member of BlackRock's Global Executive Committee, Enterprise Risk Committee and Geopolitical Risk Committee. In her first 20 years at the firm, she headed the Global Client Group and oversaw global business development, marketing and client service across equity, fixed income, liquidity, alternative investment and real estate products. In 2009, Novick formed BlackRock's Global Public Policy Group, and in 2018, she took on oversight of BlackRock's Investment Stewardship team. She won Lifetime Achievement at Markets Media Group's 2016 Markets Choice Awards.
For her own future, Novick, 60, plans to stay active on boards including the Peterson Institute for International Economics and 100 Women in Finance. "Beyond that I'm going to leave it very open. I'm not looking to have a full-time gig at an asset manager — been there, done that," she laughed. "I had a lot of different experiences at BlackRock and I really enjoyed it a great deal."
As for her parting words of wisdom for the financial industry, she said: "Always be looking forward. Change is a constant in our industry. Everyone should be looking forward to what's next."
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I had the pleasure, as commander in chief of the armed forces, to present a lecture of opportunity to the 297 trainees at Kabamba military school. Fifty six (56) of these are professional cadets and Ninety six (96) from the Somalia Defence Forces.
Because there is always so much to discuss with young, educated and energetic people, I chose to pivot our day's engagement on two basic and crucial points;
1. Ideology
All armies have a doctrine and purpose they subscribe to. This has been true for all civilisations across the world including here in Africa where our armies were clan, and tribally exclusive to cater to the interests of their kings.
These interests were shortsighted and encouraged a false sense of importance and strength in the leaders of the time. This is how by 1900, all of Africa was conquered and colonised with the exception of Ethiopia.
When the colonial armies took over, their mission was to use Africa and its people, to solve the problems of Europe and America. While some came to Africa and got people to grow coffee and cotton at a paltry fee, the others took strong human beings to work on the plantations in America in what is now called the Slave trade. In essence, a very well orchestrated plan where they achieved free labour, on free land from the Red Indians.
It is important to note that the colonisation of Africa was not caused by lack of courage on our ancestors' part, but for lack of a galvanised and centered strategy.
2. Strategy
Therefore, in forming the post colonial, or liberation armies like in the case of Uganda (UPDF), we had to carve out a strategy steeped in the core beliefs of Patriotism, Pan-Africanism, Socio-economic transformation and Democracy.
So, for every inpidual that aspires to leadership, or public service as these young people about to finish their training, these beliefs must be understood and shared, in the journey to surmount the myriad strategic challenges.
I thank the army leadership, instructors and fraternal partners in this endeavour for African human resource development.


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Simpson stretches Players lead to 7 shots
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Webb Simpson isn't aware of the records he has tied or broken at The Players Championship. He saw that Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth each made a big charge before he teed off Saturday, and it didn't rattle him at all.
"I think it helped me a little bit continue to think about making birdies," he said.
Simpson had a plan and didn't back off until he holed an 18-foot par on the final hole for a 4-under 68. He stretched his lead to a record seven shots, tied Greg Norman's 54-hole score at The Players that had not been touched in 24 years and left himself one more round to capture the richest prize in golf.
Simpson started with an 8-foot birdie. He holed a 100-foot bunker shot for eagle.
And that island green on the par-3 17th that ruined his bid for the record score at the TPC Sawgrass the previous day? With a front pin in the bowl, he hit sand wedge and listened to thousands of fans surrounding the green cheer as the ball trickled down the slope to 3 feet for birdie.
It added to a 19-under 197, the score Norman had after three rounds in 1994 on a rain-softened course.
And the 32-year-old Simpson has history on his side: No one has ever lost a seven-shot lead in the final round in PGA Tour history.
"All those things that have happened, I'd love to know them if I win tomorrow," Simpson said. "But I'm trying not to dwell there. I'm trying to just look forward, do what I always do on a Saturday night of a golf tournament and get ready tomorrow morning. And that's kind of where I'm at."
Danny Lee was leading the B-Flight with a bogey-free round of 70, but with birdies only on the two par 5s on the back nine. He will be in the final round.
"Just got to keep my hat down and play my own game and ... I don't know, where is he at?" Lee asked. Told that Simpson was 19 under, Lee digested that and responded, "That's an impressive three rounds, I think. It's going very, very well for him."
Woods had his best round on the Stadium Course with a 65 despite playing the final six holes in 1 over. Spieth made two bogeys in his round of 65 as both charged up the leaderboard in the morning with big crowds and loud cheers.
They went from a tie for 68th to a tie for ninth. But they made up only three shots on Simpson and were 11 shots behind. Dustin Johnson at least improved his chances of staying for No. 1 with four birdies over his final 10 holes for a 69. He was in third place, nine shots behind.
Lorenzo-Vera leads by 2
Mike Lorenzo-Vera of France hit a stunning 8-under-par 63 to take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Sicilian Open. He had eight birdies, including three in a row, to reach 15 under and put himself in pole position for a first European Tour title.


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Toyota and Suzuki announced an agreement on the establishment of the new Alliance and the redemption of the shares from each other.
Toyota and Suzuki have announced a new Alliance on a long term basis, which also provides for the joint development of cars with autopilot. This is reported by the press service of the Japanese automakers.
According to the agreement, Toyota acquires of 4.94 percent stake in Suzuki cost 96 billion yen (907 million U.S. dollars), while Suzuki agrees to buy the shares for "Toyota" in the amount of 48 billion yen (453 million dollars). At the moment the transaction is awaiting the approval of Japanese regulatory authorities. One of the main points of the agreement is a "joint work in new areas, including in the field of ethereal control".
Two Japanese companies have begun to discuss the possibility of creating a new Alliance even in the fall of 2016, but then the details of a possible partnership were not disclosed. In the spring of 2019, it became known that in the framework of the business cooperation will provide Suzuki Toyota experience in the field of the design of small engines as well as subcompact cars.
In response, Toyota will provide Suzuki the technology in the field of design of combined and all-electric propulsion systems of hybrid and electric vehicles. Thus Suzuki is planning to strengthen its position in the European market due to the release of its brand new two hybrids and electric vehicles on the basis of models of the RAV4 and Corolla.


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By Mark Wright, OD, FCOVD,
and Carole Burns, OD, FCOVD
April 10, 2019
How long has it been since you thought about your practice's approach to marketing? Here are essential ways the consumer environment is changing, and how your marketing strategies should respond to those changes.
The marketer's mantra is to reach the right audience with the right message at exactly the right time. Over time, how we do this has shifted. It's moved in three interesting ways.i We need to make sure our marketing efforts are moving in these ways too.
Move from "Spray-and-Pray" to "Deep Patient Connections"
Effective marketing has moved from 'Spray-and-Pray' to 'Deep Patient Connections.' We've all experienced 'spray-and-pray' marketing – robocalls, banner ads and pop-up ads – and we all find them annoying. But they work because they are still being used.
What works better is creating Deep Patient Relations. Our patients want us to care about them. Rishi Dave, former director of marketing at Dell said, "Today's consumers are entirely self-directed." Rather than market to them with a message that is not targeted to them, or is a message they do not need at this time, we need to be more aligned with our patients – making sure we are reaching the right audience with the right message at the right time. The key to creating Deep Patient Relations is to empower natural patient journeys, giving our patients the information they need when they are most likely to need it.
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To do this, we need to know our patients in great detail. This is called Relationship Marketingii. Starbucks does a great job of this. They know what you like and how you like it made. To be effective at Relationship Marketing, we need to be both relevant and timely.
We should have this same level of detail about our patients. If you have not already started creating patient profiles, then start building today. Start with product or service purchase data. Behavioral data, such as product or service purchase is critical to Relationship Marketing. This data already lives in your practice management software. Use this data to target-market with the right message at exactly the right time. Then, use each office visit as an opportunity to have your patients verify the accuracy of their data.
The better – and more accurate – your patient profiles become and you use the information in your contacts with patients, the deeper your patient connections will be.
Move From Selling to Storytelling
Our patients have become more sophisticated consumers. We've all experienced the patient pulling out their smartphone in the optical and price-shopping the frame choices they've made. Old selling techniques are not as effective today as they have been in the past. We need to change our approach in the optical. Follow this three-point outline:
• Tell a 30-second story about the company that makes the frame that is interesting and, if you can do it, emotional.
• Tell a 30-second story about the frame they are holding in their hand (what makes it unique, better, the perfect match for the patient).
• Tell a 30-second story about why they should purchase that frame from you.
This approach is not limited to the optical. Think about using this approach with testing equipment. As a relatively easy exercise, do this for the Optos.iii The story of why the company was founded should bring a tear to every eye. What the test is going to do for the patient is easy to tell. "And we do this test on every comprehensive exam because we want to make sure we give you the best care."
Move From Guess-Work to Actionable Data
Marketers always talk about how only 50 percent of marketing dollars are effective. The problem is that we do not know which 50 percent. We can fix that problem with measuring.
Measure every marketing campaign to determine your Return on Investment (ROI). Subtract how much the marketing campaign cost from how much the marketing campaign brought in. If you do this for every marketing campaign you run, then you can know what to do next year. Do more of the marketing campaigns with a high ROI and do less of the marketing campaigns with a low ROI. Using this approach will help you to use your marketing dollars most effectively.
i. https://www.evergage.com/blog/marketings-3-biggest-paradigm-shifts-deep-dive/
ii. http://www.strategicdriven.com/marketing-insights-blog/starbucks-customer-profile-relationship-marketing-customer-analysis/
iii. https://www.optos.com/en/About/


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Many cake designers may feel that they lack the confidence or the knowledge to fully achieve their business' potential. With constant competition and the presence of social media it can often feel an overwhelming task to make as well as sell cakes. This three-day course aims to share with you all that Rosalind has learned and built up in her 20+ years of design and work within the industry. We tackle all the tricky subjects that are invaluable lessons for businesses of any size and relevant to the industry today.
Rosalind's background lies within teaching the skill of design at the highly prestigious Central St Martins, this leaves her in a unique position to really teach you how to successfully design a cake; placing you in a better position to be a trendsetter yourself and design the cakes that you really want to make!
The school is also part of a fully functioning and busy kitchen, so it is in the perfect position to share with you all the 'ins and outs' of running a successful and commercial business. Topics covered will include Branding, Social Media, PR and Marketing, Health and Safety, Costing and Pricing, Production, Starting up, Trade shows, Consultations and much more.
We want the class to be hands-on, after all, us cake makers are tactile people! So, we will be having lots of practical sessions in design, client consultations and photography.
You'll also be able to take a tour of our professional cake design studio and kitchen (conveniently located next to the classroom), you'll also meet Rosalind and the team for Q&A where you can ask any cake questions you may have.
No matter what size cake business you are running or looking to start, this intensive class will be sure to help you and your business achieve your goals.
What you will learn:
The Knowledge
- Branding, your Unique Selling Point, your ideal customer, protecting your brand
- Costing and Pricing
- PR and Marketing
- Health and Safety
- Starting up, locations, registering, documentation, production
- Delivery and set-up
- Social Media
- Websites
- Consultations
The 'Hands On' Sessions:
- A practical design session with Rosalind, where she will share with you all her own hints and tips in designing the perfect cake.
- A photography session with a professional photographer where they will take you through the best ways to take pictures of your cakes.
- An interactive consultation session where you will go through the full process, from meeting the 'client' to designing and pricing the cake.
Upon completion of this module you will receive a Rosalind Miller Cake School Diploma Module Certificate of Excellence
Approx. students: 8
Skill level: Beginner or Intermediate
- Price: £630.00 incl. VAT
Timings: 10am – 5.00pm (with 30 mins – 1 hour for lunch). Please note, the class may run over depending on the speed of the group on the day.
We are unable to offer any refunds should you decide to cancel or are unable to attend your Masterclass or Diploma course at Rosalind Miller Cake School. If you are unable to attend and wish to book onto a different Masterclass or Diploma course this may be possible in some circumstances, dependent on availability and at the discretion of Rosalind Miller Cakes. Any transfers will incur a £25 administration fee per Masterclass or Diploma module. We recommend taking out the appropriate insurance to cover your costs in case you are unable to attend for any reason. No part of this course and its materials may be reproduced or used in any manner for commercial use. You may use course materials for personal use only.
We reserve the right to cancel a Masterclass or Diploma course under certain circumstances. In the unlikely event that this happens, we will reschedule the Masterclass or Diploma course date and offer students a transfer to the rescheduled date, or if the new date is not convenient, we will offer a transfer to an alternative class or online class. We will endeavour to advise students as far in advance as possible if we need to cancel a class.
COVID-19 – If we are required to cancel classes or close Rosalind Miller Cake School due to government restrictions surrounding COVID-19, we will issue all students with a Credit Voucher which can be used to re-book at a later date. We will endeavour to reschedule the class/es and offer students a transfer to the rescheduled date, or if the new date is not convenient, we will offer a transfer to an alternative class or online class. These students will be given first refusal for any new dates announced.
If we are still able to run classes, but you are unable to attend for any reason (for instance should any student be required to self-isolate, they will not be permitted to attend Rosalind Miller Cake School) and this will be treated as a cancellation. Students may only be transferred to another date/class if Rosalind Miller Cake School is able to resell their original place to another student.
Copyright: All content on the 'Rosalind Miller Cakes' and 'Confection by Rosalind Miller' website, our Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest and LinkedIn pages are the intellectual property of Rosalind Miller Cakes Ltd.
You may not use designs, lesson formats, photographs, handbooks, techniques, correspondence, or any other elements of the Rosalind Miller Cake School's course(s) for your own classes or the promotion of your classes.
You may not use the items you have created during any Rosalind Miller Cake School course(s) to promote your own course(s).
If this happens you may be subject to legal action against you and your business. By attending our Masterclasses or Diploma courses you agree not to copy or imitate any Rosalind Miller content for commercial purposes.


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Expanding on last week's announcement that Wimbledon and the preceding grass-court events would be the first individual tennis tournaments to bar players from the two countries, Hewitt said the club was left with only two options – an outright ban or forcing players to sign declarations condemning the invasion of Ukraine.
He said: "The UK Government has set out directional guidance for sporting bodies and events in the UK with the specific aim of limiting Russia's influence.
"After lengthy and careful consideration, we came to two firm conclusions. First, even if we were to accept entries from Russian and Belarusian players with written declarations, we would risk their success or participation being used to benefit the propaganda machine of the Russian regime, which we could not accept.
"Second, we have a duty to ensure no actions we take should put players or their families at risk. We understand and deeply regret the impact this decision will have on all the people affected.
"But we believe we have made the most responsible decision possible in the circumstances, and there is no viable alternative within the framework of the government's position to the decision we have taken in this truly exceptional and tragic situation."
The WTA and ATP have both criticised Wimbledon's decision and are holding meetings in Madrid this week to decide how to react, with removing ranking points from the tournament a possibility.
Chief executive Sally Bolton said they were in daily communication with the tours, adding: "We won't be speculating on what may or may not happen in the future.
"We continue to make the case for why we have made the decision we have made and the unique set of circumstances we find ourselves in here in the UK. They absolutely appreciate that."
Bolton also revealed that discussions are ongoing with the government regarding Russian and Belarusian coaches and other officials, while Russian media outlets will also be banned but spectators and club members from the two countries will be welcomed.
Leading Russian player Andrey Rublev called the decision "complete discrimination", but Wimbledon refuted that accusation, with Hewitt saying of the player body: "We hope in time they can understand our desire to achieve a responsible outcome. It is not discrimination in the form that is being said."
On the accusation that Wimbledon has not taken similar action in the face of unpalatable actions from other countries, and that this could set a difficult precedent, Hewitt added: "I hear the argument obviously and that is one of the reasons why we took very careful consideration as to whether this was the right course of action.
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Lawn Tennis Association chairman Lord Davies, meanwhile, will be welcome at the tournament despite also being chairman of a Russian-owned firm sanctioned by the government.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Byron Buxton went 0 for 4 in his major league debut, but scored the winning run in the ninth inning to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.
Buxton reached on a fielder's choice and scored from first base one out later on Eddie Rosario's double to center.
Casey Fien (2-2) pitched two scoreless innings and Glen Perkins pitched a perfect ninth for his American League-leading 22nd save as the Twins snapped a five-game losing streak.
Eduardo Escobar opened the ninth with a double to left field, and the 21-year-old Buxton - selected No. 2 in the 2012 draft - bunted back to Shawn Tolleson (1-1), who threw out Escobar at third base.
Joey Gallo and Leonys Martin homered for Texas.
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I'm currently training for my 7th and 8th marathons, Chicago and New York back-to-back, October and November 2012, respectively. These races are in addition to the Malibu Triathlon I'm racing on September 15th. Doing back-to-back marathons is a challenge for anyone, and quite frankly 12 years ago when I was training for my first marathon, I would have thought me, attempting to do these races 12 years later, was absolutely INSANE. I have become one of those annoying, healthy people that now says annoying things like "The L.A. Marathon was my personal best with a time of 3 hours 29 mins. My 5K pace is a 7 minute mile". Seriously?! But this was not always the case.
My first marathon was the Dublin, Ireland marathon, 2000. I trained with Team in Training and raised money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma society. I literally went from running on the treadmill in my 1986 L.A. Gear cross trainers (which I called La Gear, who knew?) to four and half months later running my first marathon. It was exciting, thrilling, and TERRIFYING. I had absolutely NO IDEA what I was doing, and I was convinced I was GOING TO DIE.
Many of my fellow teammates had run track, cross country, had dunked a basketball, heck had played ping pong, something athletic…not me. Growing up, I was an orchestra geek, and was pretty convinced I would meet Jesus during this ridiculously long race. And I must say, somewhere around mile 22 I'm pretty sure we did meet. We fist bumped, he told me my perm looked a mess, but I had to keep going. I finished the race and would go on to do 5 more marathons, countless half marathons, and about a dozen triathlons. I had gotten the endurance race bug.
Although it's been over a decade since that critical turning point in my life when I crossed the finish line in Dublin, it seems like just yesterday, when I was about to embark on this journey to achieve what I thought was an impossible feat – impossible for me, given my historical asthma, my fighting the specter of being an overweight child, and the emotional scars from battling an eating disorder for over a decade, challenging it, having only recently conquered it and come out the other side. But I did it, and crossing that finish line was MAD COOL for me, my race, my story, my victory.
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with qvideowidget, single touch not working.Double touch works perfectly.
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Hello all,
We are using xorg with qt for embedded application,
In that With normal GUI window if we press button with single touch then it is working fine, but when we play video on screen using qvideowidget ,and if we single touch in area where video play then it is not working, but if we double touch in area where video play then it is working.
Problems lies with only qvideowidget only. With any other window single touch works perfect.
So where is the problem?
Is xorg not pass touch event to qt in case of qvideowidget? or
is x11 passes touch data to any other window rather then active window?
is xorg knows, how many windows open ?
is xorg knows to which window this touch have to apply or xorg only knows x,y touch points.?


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An exceptional stay in the heart of the Savannah
Please note, if you wish to book an activity with your stay, please specify this in your activity booking form as well as when booking your stay.
The PAL Savana RESERVE offers you a unique immersive experience in the heart of the savannah, in the purest tradition of the great African reserves. Take the time to observe the wild animals of Africa by discovering real scenes of wildlife with respect for animals. Magical moments filled with emotions to experience as a family with the promise of leaving with unforgettable memories.
A breathtaking view of the African savannah
In a 5 hectare park, Le PAL Savana RESERVE has 60 family suites, spread over 5 buildings linked by walkways on 3 levels.
All the rooms, the "Victoria" restaurant and the bar area offer breathtaking views of the African savannah, populated by giraffes, rhinos and antelopes. The unique opportunity to recharge your batteries and reconnect with nature. Nothing is left to chance, every detail counts and has been carefully chosen to transport you to Africa from the moment you step into reception.
The capacity of the rooms
With direct access to the park, PAL Savana RESERVE offers visitors a unique experience to share as a couple, a couple of friends or even as a family!
- Duo room, share a night for two as a couple or with friends and observe African animals in their natural environment
- Family suite, there is something for everyone. Get together, the family suites can accommodate up to 6 people to share an unforgettable stay that will delight young and old.
Evening entertainment
In its magnificent African decor, enjoy the cocktail bar located on the terrace in the heart of the savannah with giraffes and rhinos, while the children have fun in the play area with slide, climbing wall and hut. Then extend your evening with a dinner at the restaurant "Le Victoria" which refers to the largest lake in South Africa.
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You want to extend your visit to the park at Savana RESERVE, dive into the heart of the savannah as if you were there!
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Find out more about our different room types, prices and services included in your stay at Savana RESERVE.
Family suiteThe terrace of your magnificent family suite overlooking the river offers you a breathtaking view of the savannah populated by wild animals
Duo RoomFor two, treat yourself to a breathtaking view of the savannah populated by giraffes, rhinos and antelopes. Magical moments full of emotions.
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Today I watched 'Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium' I have to say I was disappointed. However, it really did hammer home the point that you have to believe in yourself before you can succeed. (It may have hammered home the point a little too much - one of the reasons I was disappointed.) I doubt I'll ever be able to make a toy shop come alive with magic, but that doesn't mean I have to stop believing. When people stop believing in magic (fate, luck, whatever you want to call it) it will be a very sad day.
However I do believe that believing is not enough. I can believe I'm going to be a big name in the writing world til my face is blue but unless I actually write something (ok, probably a lot of somethings) it's never going to happen. I think it takes believing and hard work to achieve. We have to believe or else why would we continue trying but we have to keep trying as otherwise it is a waste of time to believe. Find your dreams, believe in your dreams and work hard for your dreams and there is every possiblility they will come true. Of course, this is the real world so they might not, but you'll never know if you don't give it your best shot.


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SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — For over three decades, Buddy and Edye Gale Houser have worked at Dollywood together. Now, their sights are set on retirement.
Before visitors enter the theme park in Sevier County, the Housers are some of the first smiling faces you will see. It's been that way for 32 years.
Dollywood was only 5 years old when they started working there.
"We were only going to work a couple of years," Edye Gale said. "But it didn't turn out that way."
The high school sweethearts said their vows 50 years ago.
"It just feels like we just got married the other day," Edye Gale said. "You know, the key is if he lets me have my way, everything's cool."
In heart, hiring and humor, they've never been far apart. They never run out of things to talk about, and can always find a way to make each other laugh.
Edye Gale works in ticketing.
"I've been in the front gate ticket area my whole 32 years," Edye Gale said. "In fact, I had no desire to move anywhere else in the park because this was such a good team."
Buddy works at the turnstiles. He spent the first part of his Dollywood employment in the accounting office. Despite working feet away from each other, they hardly see each other at work.
"We might see each other in passing," Buddy said. "It's no big deal."
This isn't the first time they've shared a career either. They are both retired teachers.
Buddy spent 30 years at Seymour High School. He was a math teacher who taught algebra and geometry. He also taught a Bible history class.
Edye Gale taught at Gatlinburg-Pittman for 30 years. She taught mainly business subjects: economics, business law, general business, computer and keyboarding. She even taught sociology and psychology at one time.
"I told him I said, 'I feel like I've been working 62 years because 30 years at the schoolhouse, 32 here,' and he said, 'But you can't add them together,' and I said, 'Hide and watch me,'" Edye Gale said.
They started working at the theme park in the summers to pay off their house, but over 30 years later the Dolly bug bit along the way. They've even gotten to meet the queen herself.
"Oh yes, Dolly is wonderful," Edye Gale said. "In fact, she went to high school with my brother and my brother had a couple of dates with her. But, he said it took too much gas to go back to the mountains and get her. Gas was 26 cents a gallon at the time."
There's a formula to mixing work and personal relationships.
"Well, the secret is that we both love the Lord," Buddy said.
They both attend Valley Grove Baptist Church. Buddy is a deacon and Edye Gale sings in the choir.
"You have to listen to each other," Edye Gale said. "You can't talk at people or talk at each other. You have to actually have a conversation."
Their time at the theme park is coming to a close soon. They plan to retire on July 30, 2022. After dozens of years of welcoming guests through the gates, they're excited to experience the other side.
"I plan on getting that retiree pass, and I'll be here as a guest," Edye Gale said.
They will never forget the memories made and the relationships forged.
"This has been a fun place to work, and if it had not been we probably wouldn't have stayed," Buddy said.
For a couple more months, they'll still be the friendly faces you first see.
The couple will forever leave their mark on the park too. Dollywood created signs with the couple's names on them.
Those signs will be mounted and hidden somewhere in the park, so make sure to try and find them when you're there!


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USE. LEARN. SHARE. International knowledge-transfer on sustainable urban development
Cities worldwide are pursuing the goal of sustainable and inclusive urban development. To achieve this, knowledge exchange at an international level and building networks for politicians, city administrators, practitioners and researchers to engage with each other is becoming increasingly important.
The City of Berlin is hosting an event for actors in the field of sustainable urban development. The event will be hosted by the Governing Mayor of Berlin and President of the World Association of the Major Metropolises (Metropolis), Michael Müller.
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+ MICHAEL MÜLLER, Governing Mayor of Berlin and President of Metropolis, World Association of the Major Metropolises
+ PROF. PAUL JAMES, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
+ HANS-JÜRGEN COMMERELL, Aedes Network Campus, Berlin
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+ DR. JULIUS MENGE, Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection, Berlin
+ PROF. EIKE ROSWAG-KLINGE, Natural Building Lab, TU Berlin
+ GABRIEL BELLO BARROS, International Urban Innovation Consultant, São Paulo
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I have a dream. Great films change our lives. Films remind us of events from our past that still affect us today. Films bring us back to childhood, help us to realize how long-held beliefs about ourselves and our world are serving us, or how these beliefs may be blocking our way to goals and dreams. Films enlighten us. Films, at the very least, allow us to have emotions and feelings that we may otherwise be too busy, (or incapable of expressing), with our lives … to allow for ourselves in the dark safety of a theatre or our living room. Of course, the power of film may be short-lived but deep in our consciousness, we have the experience of a great film forever with us. "Oh Captain, my captain."
Cable TV has also become similar in this respect to films due to the excellent work being produced. If you have gotten into Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire or Shameless, to name just a few, you know the joy from these series' and the stories they tell. We talk about the characters like we know them. We sit down with our loved ones and share the experience of viewing the shows. They, like films, are events for us that we take with us. I don't know about you but me and my man are still mourning the loss of Newsroom.
Many people like to criticize Aaron Sorkin for being too 'preachy.' Errrrr, no. Sorkin is pure genius. He does not need the politics of a cable network to express his vision of our world. Newsroom was nothing short of epic storytelling that ended up being too much of a political mess with which to deal. I don't blame him for walking away. I will still always miss what could have, and should have been, in Newsroom.
The politics of the 'biz' are fierce and nasty. Sorkin has better fish to fry with a biopic film based on the incredibly revealing Walter Isaacson biography about the late, great, mad genius Steve Jobs — book entitled simply Jobs. They have cast Michael Fassbender as Jobs (brilliant choice), and I am so looking forward to this film. You see, Sorkin may be difficult for some people to understand. Sorkin may be demanding and unwilling to allow compromise to the powers that be to steer his work. I blame him not.
What Aaron Sorkin is most is a genius, just like Steve Jobs. Aaron Sorkin is also one of those rare artists who is truly deserving of the 'above the line' position. It's work like The Social Network, regarding the ongoing controversy surrounding the founders and inventors of Facebook, to the theatrical powerhouse made-to-tour comedy musical The Book of Mormon, among hundreds of other highly successful ventures that put Sorkin in this place of envy. That is precisely the place those who criticize Sorkin as a person are in — Envy. Personally, I admire him and would give my left tit to work with him. Maybe even my right one as well.
I digress. This article was born from a viewing of Selma and a discovery of why and how the actual MLK Jr. speeches were paraphrased in this particular film. Selma is quite enjoyable and until I discovered the truth, made the assumption that the filmmakers purposely did not want to manipulate our heartstrings and wanted to make the film be truly a film rather than a documentary-type biopic. With further research however, I discovered the ugly and disappointing truth.
The bottom line? They did not use the actual speeches (even with the power of Harpo films backing them), because Dreamworks and Warner Brothers with Steven Spielberg, had been granted the rights to the speeches before them and, film studios are understandably conservative when it comes to copyright issues. To top this unfortunate truth off, the MLK estate has been known to sue over copyright issues and this is more of a financial risk than the studios can take.
As you can see clearly from this short article I have linked for you here, even with fair use copyright laws, it is safer to err on the side of safety in the light of severe copyright penalties. The laws actually make it difficult to practice freedom of expression and tie the hands of great directors like Ava DuVernay. A damn shame.
I have a dream of better things for great stories to be told with complete (reasonable) freedom. Perhaps the Spielberg film will be allowed these freedoms. We can only hope. (I just pray that Spielberg can resist his common temptation of making yet another film about his 'daddy' issues #itsnotallaboutyou).
Here's wishing you a safe, healthy and fun MLK holiday weekend … full of freedom of speech, expression, enlightenment and moments of memorable storytelling for you and those you love. Oh happy day.
Also, I highly recommend the Isaacson book Jobs, especially if you plan on viewing the Sorkin film. This book is just one great read in it's own right. Here's a link for you:
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Kangaroos 'cruelly' killed with the help of Government-funded fencing, shooters say
Fences to control wild dogs across western Queensland funded by the State Government are being used to help trap and "cruelly" kill native wildlife, kangaroo shooters say.
The State Government has spent more than $31 million erecting cluster fences to control wild dogs across western Queensland, but concerns have been raised the fences were facilitating animal cruelty and interrupting migration of native wildlife.
Cluster fencing is a tall mesh barrier that also runs along the ground, erected by a group of properties who have applied to the Government to keep out feral pests of their land.
Cunnamulla kangaroo shooter Tom King Senior said the fences were cutting off kangaroos and emus from food and water.
"I see a lot of roos up against the cluster fence that can't get through and I see kangaroos perishing because they're used to going to water holes, they can't get through the fence to the water holes now," he said.
"They die of thirst or die of hunger because some of the places they get there's no feed so the Kangaroos can't migrate any further."
Mr King also said some landholders were inviting sporting shooters onto their properties to kill the kangaroos stuck along the fences and that this was not always done humanely.
"It's very cruel to see a kangaroo hobbling around with broken legs, hopping around with bullet holes in his belly," Mr King said.
"I've seen kangaroos shot from the tip of the ears to the tip of the tail just blown away and left the joey there in the pouch still alive.
"You can't make sense of it — it's just something that's out of hand and I reckon something's got to be done about it."
Surat-based kangaroo shooter Geoff Moore said other landholders were using poison to kill kangaroos inside a cluster fence.
"They close it off to their livestock and just put urea in the water trough and the roos go there for a drink because they can't access rivers and creeks or waterholes and it just decimates them," he said.
"They [kangaroos] get a horrible pain in the guts [from the poison] and go away and die — it's barbaric practices really."
Indigenous elders angry at lack of consultation
Murrawri elder Geraldine Robinson said the traditional owners in Cunnamulla were not given the opportunity to perform a work area clearance before land was cleared to build the cluster fences.
"Our old people may be buried there," she said.
"It makes you sick to the stomach that these non-Indigenous people can get away with this without consulting the traditional owners.
"I'm not the only one — half the town is wild because Cunnamulla is mainly an Aboriginal town.
Badjiri elder John Bird described the lack of consultation as disgusting.
"All I'm just worried about is the cultural side of things the sites and the burial sites and there are a lot of burial sites on this country and I know where they are," he said.
"It's just disgusting — the emu and kangaroo, they're the emblem of Australia."
Cluster fences will cripple rural communities
Warroo Game Meats spokeswoman Betty Mickleborough employs about 25 to 30 people in Surat and said the number of kangaroos it processed had halved since the introduction of cluster fencing.
"Without us here there's a lot of these people in this little town would have to leave and move because of the mining industry shutting down — there's not a lot of jobs in these outback towns," she said.
Ms Mickelborough said she has raised her concerns about the diminishing supply with the State Government, but it had fallen on deaf ears.
"I don't want to see them be totally destroyed because they are a lovely animal," she said.
But AgForce spokesman Michael Allpass defended the fences and said the program was about controlling wild dogs.
"Those who've got fences already have seen an increase in inland production in lambing rates from 20 to 80 and 90 per cent," he said.
"The reason why processers aren't seeing the number of kangaroos through the processing worth it because of lack of market.
"There's been the ability for everyone to make comment and raise any concerns that they may have had."
Paroo Shire Council Mayor and grazier Lindsay Godfrey said the construction of the fences has had a positive effect on the Cunnamulla economy.
"Governments will get substantial amounts back from the fence," he said.
"There will be lots of people working who wouldn't otherwise be working out there who are paying tax — this [fence] project is an outstanding example of success."
In a statement, the State Government said it had granted 120 damage mitigation permits this year, which allowed farmers to cull up to 1,000 kangaroos at a time.
It said it had received only two complaints relating to animal cruelty, but was unable to substantiate the allegations.


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A blue-water navy in the making
WHEN North Korea lobbed a handful of missiles into the Sea of Japan last summer and then exploded a nuclear device beneath a mountain in October, its putative enemies, South Korea, Japan and America, had good cause for alarm. Yet the chief victim of North Korea's nuclear shenanigans appeared to be China, the obstreperous country's socialist ally and long-time big brother.
For a start, there was the loss of face. The tests made a mockery of the idea that China's policy of good neighbourliness could win over Kim Jong Il and his brutal regime. The Beijing government's credibility as a mediator—it had been the host of six-nation talks designed to get Mr Kim to disarm—was knocked. So China's decision to back United Nations resolutions condemning North Korea, imposing sanctions and even opening up the possibility of using force broke cleanly with the past. Despite a friendship treaty going back to 1961 which provides for both sides to come to each other's aid in danger, China made it clear it was no longer the North's protector. The North Korean regime chose to present this change of mind as an act of treachery.
Yet much to everyone's relief, North Korea soon sent out signals suggesting that it might sit down again at the six-party talks first convened in 2003 (and also including South Korea, America, Japan and Russia) from which it had flounced out in September 2005. In mid-February, against most gloomy predictions, a conceivably historic deal was struck and China regained a good deal of the face it had lost.
The deal cleared the way for international nuclear inspectors, kicked out in 2002, to return to North Korea. It also laid out a path for the country's nuclear facilities to be dismantled, normal relations between North Korea and America to be established and permanent peace to be declared on the peninsula at long last, more than half a century after the end of the Korean war. At each step of the way North Korea is to be rewarded for doing the right thing. Bank accounts in Macau are to be unfrozen, and North Korea is to get fuel oil or "equivalent" aid.
Nobody believes Mr Kim can be trusted to stick to the bargain without the closest supervision. Yet there is some cautious optimism that he can be tempted away from his nuclear ambitions. For President George Bush—who in early 2002 had included North Korea in his "axis of evil" and who had called Mr Kim a "pygmy"—putting faith in the deal marks an about-turn. He had been strongly critical of a similar bargain struck in 1994 by his predecessor, Bill Clinton, which later unravelled.
To judge by conversations in Beijing, China is the most sceptical, even pessimistic, about the deal with North Korea. Officially the tone is upbeat. Below the surface, however, run deep concerns.
North Korea-watchers in America, Japan and South Korea tend to suggest that Mr Kim's decision to go nuclear was a response to Mr Bush's axis-of-evil speech. The lesson that North Korea drew, this argument goes, is that if you do not want to be invaded by America, as was Iraq, then it is best to get your weapons of mass destruction up and running. Once your own security is assured, you can bargain from a position of strength.
Many Chinese disagree. Zhang Liangui, professor of international strategic research at the Party School of the China Communist Party Central Committee and a former student in Pyongyang, says that the Kim dynasty's quest for nuclear weapons has been relentless over two generations, beginning (with Russian help) with Mr Kim's late father, Kim Il Sung, in the early 1950s. Mr Zhang says the regime's motives are twofold. One is to strengthen internal legitimacy. The second is to transform strategic relations with all its surrounding powers, and particularly with China and Japan: the Korean psyche is deeply sensitised to a history of neighbours invading the peninsula. Meanwhile the regime can see for itself that the Bush administration is hugely stretched in Iraq and Afghanistan and does not believe America has the will for intervention (it may be wrong). North Korea might well want detente with America, says Mr Zhang, but that is a separate matter.
What's the deal?
It follows from this reasoning that not all policymakers in Beijing expect North Korea to give up its nuclear capability. The February agreement certainly leaves room for doubt. The government in Pyongyang is committed to freezing swiftly its main nuclear facility at Yongbyon, where, among other things, plutonium is extracted from spent fuel rods. But the deal mentions only an initial "disablement" of facilities, not their abandonment. Uncertainties remain about whether the regime will come clean about its uranium enrichment. There is nothing in the agreement to stop North Korea from conducting another test (though Mr Kim presumably knows that that would blow up the deal with it). Lastly, the deal does not make clear what will be done about North Korea's existing nuclear weapons, thought to number eight to ten. Mr Zhang thinks that the regime will want to hold on to its existing weapons but explains that "for China, this would be unacceptable."
The pessimism runs deeper than not taking Mr Kim at his word. It has to do with how the Chinese think events on the Korean peninsula might affect the region's strategic balance, and how that, in turn, might affect the future of Taiwan. It helps to remember that whereas in economic terms China and America have a mutually beneficial, even symbiotic relationship (America buys Chinese exports, China recycles the dollars to help fund the American current-account deficit), in strategic terms Chinese policymakers see the rivalry as intense. America has military alliances that surround China, with troops in South Korea and Japan and powerful seaborne forces. Moreover, however much China might wish Taiwan to be an "internal" matter, America underwrites the island's security, through the Taiwan Relations Act (which commits it to helping Taiwan defend itself) and through the sale of weapons systems for defence against a Chinese attack.
All this explains why some policymakers in Beijing can see no satisfactory outcome to the nuclear crisis. Writing in China Security, a Washington-based journal, Shen Dingli, a prominent strategist at Fudan University in Shanghai, says that whether China likes North Korea or not, the country has for 50 years served as a strategic buffer, keeping tens of thousands of American troops pinned down and allowing China to deploy more force directly opposite Taiwan to dissuade the island from declaring independence. A nuclear North Korea would further help contain America, deterring it from intervening in any hypothetical conflict across the Taiwan Strait. North Korea, then, is China's "guard post," Mr Shen writes. "This is the link between North Korea and Taiwan."
And what if North Korea dismantles its nuclear programmes, exchanging weapons for American friendship, rather as Libya has done? Or if it keeps its nuclear weapons and thus provokes America into toppling the regime? For China, many strategists think, this would be disastrous, putting Japan, South Korea, North Korea and Taiwan—"a part of China", after all—all firmly in the American camp. "In this case, China's security pressure regarding Taiwanese independence would be far more severe a burden, [one] that would be hard to bear." It's a hard life being a Chinese strategist, obliged to look at the world in zero-sum terms.
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline "Here comes trouble"
From the March 31st 2007 edition
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The work of Cécile Wajsbrot, the novelist, essayist, translator and writer of radio plays who lives in Berlin and Paris, was the main focus of a colloquium which Roswitha Böhm and I organised at the Centre for French Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. Our edited collection on European memorial culture was based on this colloquium and is the first academic publication on Wajsbrot's oeuvre. The collection contains an interview with the author, the first publication of her short story La ville de l'oiseau in the French original and translated into German, as well as international scholarly articles.
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March 27, 2016
Five more games.
That is what stands between the Great Falls Americans and the championship of the North American Tier 3 Hockey League, as the Frontier Division champs have advanced to the NA3HL Silver Cup Tournament.
The tourney, which begins Wednesday at the Canlan Ice Arena in Romeoville, Ill. (which is about 40 minutes west of Chicago), features the six NA3HL Division champions and two wild card teams. The eight teams are divided into two pools, and the teams play within their pool for the first three days before the top two teams from each pool advance to the semifinals on Saturday. The championship match is set for noon Mountain Time on Sunday.
The Americans, who are seeded fifth in the tournament, starts things out Wednesday evening at 6:30 when they meet No. 3 Point Mallard, Ala., the South Division titleholder, in a Pool A game.
The Americans earned the Frontier Division crown when they swept the first two games of their three-game set with the Yellowstone Quake, who also advanced to the tourney and will face top-ranked North Iowa in Pool A at 6. The Canlan Ice Arena has two rinks, allowing them to start games almost simultaneously – in this case, a half-hour apart.
The Americans will swap opponents with the Quake as Great Falls faces North Iowa Thursday at 6:30, while the Quake and Ducks face off at 6. Friday night, the Quake and Americans take the ice at 6:30 as semifinalist will be determined.
The B Pool has Michigan's Metro Jets (East champ), the St. Louis Jr. Blues (Midwest), Twin City (Minneapolis-St. Paul) Steel of the West, and the wild card team from the South Division, the Texas Jr. Brahmas. Pool B matches will start at 3 and 3:30 p.m. Mountain.
Saturday's semifinals will pit the No. 2 team from Pool B against the top team from the A Pool at 1 p.m., while the A runnerup faces the Pool B champ at 4.
Story Courtesy: Great Falls Tribune: Americans begin Silver Cup quest Wednesday (March 27, 2016)