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Sir Bernard Katz who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1970 with Ulf von Euler and Julius Axelrod participated eight times in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. "He was always a star on these occasions - many students embarked on careers in neuroscience after hearing him speak."[1] Katz was brought up in Leipzig where he completed his state exams in medicine before he escaped from Nazi Germany to England in 1935. He always remained fond of his Saxonian German accent, however. When listening to this second talk he gave in Lindau, one understands why Katz had a special ability to attract the attention of his audience and to spark their interest for neuroscience: He combines the profound knowledge of a successful research pioneer with an enormous educational skill, and holds a both rigorous, humorous and inspiring lecture.
Whether neural signalling was purely electrical or involved chemical mediators had long been debated – until Henry Dale and Otto Loewi demonstrated the hybrid electrochemical nature of nervous transmission in the 1920s, a fundamental discovery for which they were awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936. In the year before, as a young scientist in London, Bernard Katz had begun to study neuromuscular transmission. In the 1940s, working in John Eccles' lab in Sydney, he showed that the endplate potential in muscle is indeed generated by the action of acetylcholine. Subsequently, he concentrated on the first stage of the neuromuscular transmission process, "namely the mechanism by which arrival of an impulse enables the motor nerve ending to release the transmitter substance"[2]. Using intracellular microelectrodes, Katz and his co-workers discovered miniature endplate potentials (MEPPs) and explained their origin by the quantal hypothesis of transmitter release: "Transmission at a nerve–muscle junction takes place in all-or-none 'quanta' whose sizes are indicated by the spontaneously occurring miniature discharges."[3]
In this lecture, Katz first describes the scientific background and history of these discoveries that earned him a Nobel Prize. Then he moves on to outline the problem that challenges him since eight years: "What happens when acetylcholine reacts with single receptor molecules in the muscular endplate? Is it possible to record the individual synaptic molecular effect as a discrete event and to measure its characteristic time response and intensity?" When he started working on this problem with Ricardo Miledi, Katz says, such a possibility did not exist. Therefore they had chosen an indirect approach by measuring statistical fluctuations during continuous application of acetylcholine. The latter produces not only a measurable depolarization, he explains, but also a measurable excess of voltage noise in the endplate zone and thus allows meaningful insights into the properties and the behavior of acetylcholine ion channels. The results of this fluctuation analysis are remarkable, as Katz shows in many examples, but must be regarded as unproven predictions as long as the statistical deductions cannot be verified in direct observations. Fortunately, Katz finally says, two scientists at the Max-Planck-Institut in Göttingen recently have succeeded in elegantly overcoming this problem. With an introduction of Erwin Neher's and Bert Sakman's patch-clamp-technique and its possibilities, Bernard Katz concludes his lecture, as if he already wanted to introduce the next Nobel Laureates in his field of research. 13 years later, Neher and Sakman were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Joachim Pietzsch
[1] Bert Sakmann. Bernard Katz. Biogrophical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2007: 53, p. 199.
[2] Bernard Katz. On the quantal mechanism of neural transmitter release, p. 485. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1970/katz-lecture.pdf
[3] Del Castillo J and Katz B. Quantal components of the end-plate potential. J Physiol. 1954; 124(3): 560 – 573, p. 571.


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By Mark N. Petersen, CPA, CFP®, CP, Affluent Wealth Planning
The holidays are upon us! That must mean it's time to roll up my sleeves and get to work on year-end financial planning – with an emphasis on 2023 income tax. One consideration this year is that we're two years from the expiration of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TJCA). This will mean:
· Elimination of the state and local tax cap of $10,000
· The return of other itemized deductions in 2026
· Reversion of individual income tax rates to the 2017 tax bracket amounts (maximum individual tax rate of 39.6%)
· A reduction in the lifetime gift and estate tax exemption amounts
· Elimination of the qualified business income deduction for flow-through entities such as partnerships, S-corporations and LLCs
With taxes in mind, here are nine things my wife and I look at when we do our year-end planning.
1. Complete the Current Year Tax Estimate
Because there are no major changes in tax legislation for 2023, tax software was out on November 15th, just before Thanksgiving. As has become an annual ritual, I used the holiday weekend to review any year-end actions which may be necessary or desired to impact my 2023 income tax liability. This includes a review of traditional IRA contributions, which may lower adjusted gross income (AGI). AGI impacts multiple other tax considerations.
2. Estimate Next Year's Taxable Income and Sources
Interest rates have increased significantly in the last two years. The benefit: more interest income on cash and money market accounts. The downside: increased interest income is ordinary, taxable income taxed at potentially the highest individual income tax rate (37% in 2023).
Additionally, there's no income tax withholding on interest income. United States Treasury Bills (1-year maturity or less) offer competitive interest rates and in many states are not taxable income for state income tax. Many states also exempt retirement income, which may include Social Security. However, retirement income is generally included for income related monthly adjustment amount (IRMAA) computations to determine if supplemental payments are due for Medicare Part B and Medicare Part D premiums.
3. Plan for the Expiration of TJCA 2017
The biggest change to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 is that the gift and state tax exemption amounts will revert to the 2017 level of $5 million plus inflation adjustments for 10 years. The potential supplemental estate tax liability for a married couple may be in the $5.6 million range for not utilizing the current exemption amount before it reverts to the 2017 inflation adjusted amount.
Attorneys are telling us that 2024 is the time to review and change your estate plan as the lines may be out the door in 2025 for taxpayers wanting to make last minute changes to take advantage of the higher exemption amount.
4. Review Retirement Plan Contributions
I review retirement plan contributions for increased December contributions that may allow me to squeeze a few more dollars into the plan. I also review next year's contribution limits and adjust payroll contribution amounts to set my target retirement plan goal and HSA contribution goal for next year.
Lastly, I allocate the retirement plan contributions between Roth and Traditional 401(k) accounts. This has a direct impact on next year's taxable income and projected income tax liability.
5. Plan for Big Expenditures
My wife and I discuss any needed or discretionary home improvements or automobile replacements for the next 12 to 24 months, including estimated cost and timing. We also review the asset levels allocated toward funding anticipated improvements with allowances for cost overruns and funding for any major purchases or home improvement projects.
6. Tally Up the Equity
We tally the change in our cash accounts, retirement plan contributions and mortgage principal reduction to see how much equity we "saved" toward retirement. This excludes financial market changes in the value of our investments, which we track separately. We control the saving amount, but we have less control over investment performance.
7. Review Life Insurance
We review our life insurance policies for cash-value accumulation, looming term policy expiration dates, long-term care premium increases and adequacy of coverage. We also take steps to implement any changes which may be necessary to take advantage of age and health (insurance tends to get more expensive as you get older, and your health rarely gets better with time).
8. Review Health Insurance
After we've looked over our life insurance, we review our health insurance during open enrollment periods for adequacy of coverage and appropriate changes in coverage. This is a good idea for all company benefits which are offered during open enrollment periods.
9. Answer the Big Question
From a big picture standpoint, we answer the question, "Are we on track toward our retirement goal?"
I have one advantage in going through the year-end planning process: When I have the conversation, I am having it with myself and my wife, so I don't have to schedule an appointment.
The advantage to our clients is that we think about these things every day and are prepared to have the conversation with you whenever you are ready.
Call your wealth advisor today to schedule your year-end planning conversation and start 2024 with your 2023 year-end planning complete.
Mark Petersen is not affiliated with Cetera Advisor Networks, LLC. For a comprehensive review of your personal situation, always consult with a tax or legal advisor. Neither Cetera Advisor Networks LLC nor any of its representatives may give legal or tax advice.The opinions contained in this material are those of the author, and not a recommendation or solicitation to buy or sell investment products. This information is from sources believed to be reliable, but Cetera Advisor Networks LLC cannot guarantee or represent that it is accurate or complete.

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In retrospect, Peggy Dula said, she shouldn't have taken the ambulance.
She was the least injured of the three siblings who were in a car when it was struck by a pickup truck last September. Her daughter had even offered to come to the crash site and pick her up.
Jim Martens, 62, and Cynthia Martens, 63, Peggy's brother and sister, were more seriously hurt and on their way to the hospital in separate ambulances.
Peggy, 55, was told it would be a good idea for her to get checked out, too. So she accepted a ride with a third ambulance crew.
When the wreck happened, the siblings were going to see the horses that Peggy's daughter trains at a barn west of Peggy's home in St. Charles, Illinois, about 45 miles outside Chicago. Peggy, who was driving on unfamiliar country roads, pulled into an intersection, mistakenly thinking it was a four-way stop.
The truck slammed into the car's side, spinning it into an electrical box.
Cynthia, who wasn't wearing a seat belt in the back seat, spent five days in the hospital with a brain bleed, a cracked rib, and a bruised lung. Jim also had fractured ribs, which he learned days later — only after he was back home in Tampa, Florida.
Peggy was "a little stunned" but mostly unhurt as three ambulances descended on the crash site, alerted by 911. She was seen briefly in an emergency room and went home with just a bruised sternum, grateful she had dodged major injury.
Then the bill came.
The patient: Peggy Dula, 55, who works in a fine jewelry store in Geneva, Illinois.
Total bill: $3,606 for an ambulance ride to the hospital.
Service provider: Pingree Grove and Countryside Fire Protection District, a fire district serving more than 50 square miles near Elgin, Illinois.
Medical services: An ambulance ride to a nearby hospital and brief medical evaluation.
What gives: All three siblings were charged for the same service: "Advanced Life Support Emergency Level 1." It's code for transportation by a ground ambulance in response to a 911 call, and it can include medical services as simple as an assessment. All three were also charged a mileage fee. Jim and Cynthia were billed for 15 miles; Peggy was billed for 14 miles. But because they rode in separate ambulances, each from a different nearby fire protection district, they were billed three separate amounts:
And although private, for-profit ambulance companies have become notorious for pricey bills, Peggy and her siblings were being billed by taxpayer-funded fire departments.
How could charges for the exact same services vary so widely?
"The simple answer is that these bills are all made up," said Dr. Karan Chhabra, a surgical resident at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston and a former research fellow at the University of Michigan.
In a 2020 paper published in the journal Health Affairs, Chhabra and his colleagues looked into surprise ambulance bills by analyzing a large national insurer's claims data from 2013 to 2017. They found that 71% of ambulance rides were out of network, meaning the ambulance companies were not bound by a rate that was negotiated in advance with the insurer and could basically charge whatever they want. Even local fire departments can decline to join local insurance networks.
"It often is the municipalities that are sending some of the most staggering bills and often pursuing them in really aggressive ways," Chhabra said.
The Pingree Grove and Countryside Fire Protection District's chief, Kieran Stout, said their charges are in keeping with the federal Ground Emergency Medical Transportation program, which allows some public emergency services to receive supplemental payments for transporting patients on Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes. Ambulance services fill out a cost report, and if their average cost per ride is higher than the set rate Medicaid pays, they get paid the difference.
Hampshire Fire Protection District uses the same program to determine the rates they bill, and the Burlington Community Fire Protection District recently began the cost report process as well.
But ambulance services can get their full supplemental amount even if they charge non-Medicaid patients less than that average, said Jim Parker of the University of Illinois Office of Medicaid Innovation. The program is relatively new, though, and some services mistakenly think they need to raise their charges for every patient in order to participate, Parker said.
So for Medicaid patients, the program will pay the difference between the ambulance company's costs and the standard Medicaid payment.
But for patients with private insurance, like Peggy, the fire protection district bills patients directly for the balance not covered by their insurance, Stout said, a practice known as balance billing. He added that the district only balance-bills patients who live outside the district. In the case of Peggy's accident, all three siblings lived outside all three districts. (Jim and Cynthia both eventually received settlements from Peggy's car insurance.)
Congress took aim at balance billing with the No Surprises Act, which went into effect Jan. 1. The law limits the patient's responsibility for most surprise bills, such as those from an out-of-network anesthesiologist who puts a patient to sleep for surgery at an in-network hospital or for a ride in an air ambulance, almost all of which are privately owned.
But ground ambulances were, controversially, exempt from the law — even though ground ambulance rides are far more common. Of the 1,498,600 ambulance rides in Chhabra's study, nearly 98% were by ground ambulances.
Chhabra suspects ground ambulances got special treatment because federal lawmakers felt a need to "tread lightly" around their relationships with local governments. Many ambulance services are run by municipalities and may need to bring in enough revenue to pay their expenses.
"This might be what they need to do in order to cover their own budget," Chhabra said.
Resolution: Peggy said her insurer, BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois, deemed the "reasonable and customary rate" for the services Peggy received to be $1,892. It applied $400.23 to her deductible and then paid $895.06 — 60%, according to the cost-sharing requirement of Peggy's plan. Pingree Grove and Countryside then billed Peggy for the balance of their charge, $2,710.94.
Peggy challenged the balance with Paramedic Billing Services, the company that handles the district's billing, citing her siblings' much lower charges. "Needless to say, I am speechless at the outrageously high bill I received," Peggy wrote. "I am willing to pay $354.94, which (with my insurance payments) equals the amount my sister is being charged for the exact same ride."
Paramedic Billing Services Vice President Michael Tillman said patients must dispute charges directly with the ambulance service. Peggy said her subsequent calls to Pingree Grove and Countryside have gone unanswered.
To demonstrate her good faith in the absence of an answer, Peggy said, she sent $20 to Paramedic Billing Services. She received a letter back with a coupon saying she needed to set up a payment plan for the full amount, so she sent another $20. In June, she received a letter from a collection agency saying she owed $2,670.94.
"They really weren't working with me, were they?" she said.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Peggy's insurer, John Simley, said the insurer pays for ambulance services according to the terms of a member's plan. "Certain ambulance companies may charge amounts far in excess of the benefits" a member's plan provides, Simley said. "This sometimes subjects members to pay the balance of ambulance services not covered by their benefit coverage."
The takeaway: Getting into an ambulance involves financial risk. Your health may demand it. But your wallet may suffer. So understand your options.
Obviously, if you're seriously hurt in an accident, you have no way to figure out whether the ambulance that turns up is in your network.
However, if you feel well — just a bit banged up or with a laceration from a car crash or a fall from a bike — remember this: You do not have to get in just because an ambulance rolls up. They arrive because they've been informed of an accident by police or because a bystander has called 911.
Calling a friend or car service like Uber or Lyft to drive you to a doctor, urgent care, or a hospital emergency room could save you thousands of dollars. (And please do seek timely follow-up care on any possible head injury.)
It's also worth knowing whether your local fire department's ambulance service is in your insurance network, information that might influence your decision.
Of course, this all raises the larger question of whether ambulance operations should be revenue generators at all.
"Or should it just be something that's a public good that we pay for out of our taxes like the fire department or police department," Chhabra said, "none of whom I've ever heard of anybody getting a bill from?"
KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. It is a major operating program of KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation).
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To Save Tourism Leading Ministers Urge Public and Private Sector to Work Together
Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, April 27, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / The world's leading Tourism Ministers joined together to urge the public and private sectors to work together in partnership to save Travel and Tourism at the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).
The plea came at the Global Leaders Dialogue session at WTTC's annual Global Summit 2021, which is being held in Cancun Mexico this week.
• Read all the latest WTTC News and Updates here.
Key ministers and business leaders participated in the event, which enabled those taking part in the forum to discuss how the Travel & Tourism sector could safely revive international travel and help generate the global economic recovery.
Facilitated by prominent US travel journalist Peter Greenberg, the ministers looked back over the last year and shared how devastating the pandemic had been for the sector and how vital it was that action be taken now to arrest the collapse of businesses and the loss of tens of thousands of jobs.
However, the ministers attending the event with senior Travel & Tourism business leaders agreed that the need for close public and private collaboration would be key to the sector reviving the global economy.
This was the second major meeting this year between the two sectors, since the private sector was invited to attend an historic meeting of G20 tourism ministers for the first time.
Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: "The seriousness of the impact of COVID-19 cannot be overestimated. WTTC research shows this crisis has been 18 times worse than the 2008 financial crash.
"But WTTC has worked tirelessly with its Members to find solutions to revive the sector and save millions of jobs globally which have been lost and the terrible social impact of their disappearance.
"The debate today enabled leading Ministers to share their thoughts about how the sector can tackle the pressing issues of how to save jobs, save businesses and save the global economy by safely reviving international travel.
"It was hugely encouraging to see there was common agreement by all those attending that collaboration and cooperation between the public and private sector, would lead the way for revival of international travel.
"This will be critical to powering the world's recovery, so we are indebted to those ministers who joined us today to be part of this amazing event and help kickstart our Global Summit and energise the sector to unite and make a difference."
Among those participating in WTTC's Global Leaders Dialogue were Harry Theocharis, Minister of Tourism, Greece who championed the public sector's lead to provide a roadmap out of the COVID-19 Crisis.
Kevin McAleenan, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, said it was vital the international community laid down parameters and followed through at the governmental level, advocating a pragmatic risk-management approach to resuscitate international travel.
Portuguese Secretary of State for Tourism, Rita Marques, said the sector must avoid taking short-term decisions and instead advocated the development of a long-term strategy by government and private companies.
Colombian Vice Minister of Tourism, Julián Guerrero Orozco, warned against the prolonged use of 'health passports', which create a danger of first and second class travellers and become a real barrier to travel.
Also participating were Spanish Secretary of State for Tourism, Fernando Valdés Verelst, Nicole Marrder, Minister of Tourism of Honduras and Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism for Jamaica.
Mexico was represented by Carlos Joaquin Gonzalez, Governor of Quintana Roo and Federal Secretary of Tourism, Miguel Torruco Marqués.
The private sector was represented by some of the world's top Travel & Tourism companies, including Andrea Grisdale, Chief Executive Officer and Sole Founder of IC Bellagio and Dan Richards, Chief Executive Officer of Global Rescue.
• Read all the latest WTTC News and Updates here.
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Under the theme "Uniting the World for Recovery", the Global Summit made history by becoming the first global Travel & Tourism event where leaders gathered in person since the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the sector and brought most major events around the world to a grinding halt in March 2020.


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How Track Mode Works
Electric powertrains have numerous advantages over internal combustion engines. In addition to low cost of ownership, energy efficiency, and near silence, they also offer unparalleled responsiveness. Since the introduction of Tesla Roadster in 2008, we've exploited the immediate availability of motor power and torque to achieve unprecedented straight-line performance, making the car's forward acceleration a pure extension of the driver. With Track Mode, which is designed specifically for use on closed autocross circuits and racetracks, our goal was simple: use that same motor power and torque to make cornering on the track feel just as natural as forward acceleration.
The fundamentals
How does motor power help you corner? If you've ever pulled a car's handbrake in an icy parking lot, you know that you can make a car turn with more than just the steering wheel. That's because torque – whether accelerating or decelerating a vehicle – reduces a tire's ability to hold the car in a turn. Apply torque to the rear wheels, and the car will rotate more in the turn (if you see a car drifting, that's drive torque; or think about pulling that handbrake, that's brake torque). Conversely, if you apply either kind of torque to the front wheels, this reduces a car's ability to turn.
By precisely controlling whether torque goes to the front or the rear wheels, Model 3's dual motors can immediately and silently increase or decrease the car's rotation in a corner at your request. This requires lightning fast torque control and the ability for the car to precisely regulate traction on each tire – both of which are standard features in every Tesla, but that we've expanded upon with Track Mode to make highly technical driving effortless.
More than just stability
The most exciting aspect of Track Mode is how we can change the balance of the car using just the motors – a technique that would typically be interrupted by a system known as stability control.
Stability control is an important safety feature found in all modern passenger vehicles that applies brakes to certain tires in order to prevent your car from spinning out of control during dynamic maneuvers. The feature is designed to make a car's behavior more predictable in emergency situations, but it also constrains a driver to a limited range of capabilities at the expense of driver authority and fast lap times. As a result, many cars have "sport" modes that reduce or even disable these safety systems in order to allow a professional driver to maximize the capability of what a car can offer.
Instead of taking away features to enhance the experience of professionals, Track Mode adds features to make any track driver, amateur or professional, feel superhuman on a track. This is possible because with Model 3 Performance, we replaced the stability control system with our own in-house Vehicle Dynamics Controller – software developed specifically for Tesla vehicles that acts both as a stability control system and also as a performance enhancement on the track.
More features, not fewer
Here is a summary of many of the features we employ with Track Mode while you're on the track:
Motor Torque for Rotation
Our Vehicle Dynamics Controller constantly monitors the state of the vehicle and all of the inputs from the driver to determine the driver's intention and affect the rotation of the car in a matter of milliseconds. Track Mode relies heavily on the front and rear motors to control the car's rotation, and we have the ability to command a 100% torque bias. When cornering, if rotation is insufficient to the driver's request, the system commands a rear biased torque. Conversely, when rotation is excessive, we command a front biased torque. -
Increased Regenerative Braking
Heavy regenerative braking may not be comfortable for day-to-day driving, but on a track, it has several key advantages. It gives the driver more authority with a single pedal, improves the endurance of the braking system, and sends more energy back into the battery, maximizing the battery's ability to deliver large amounts of power. It also gives the Vehicle Dynamics Controller more authority to create or arrest rotation with the motors when your foot is lifted off of the accelerator pedal. -
Track Focused Powertrain Cooling
The high output power required for track driving generates a lot of heat, so endurance on the track requires more aggressive cooling of the powertrain. We proactively drop the temperatures of the battery and the drive units in preparation for the track and continue to cool them down in between drive sessions. We can also allow operation of the powertrain beyond typical thermal limits and increase our refrigerant system capacity by overclocking the AC compressor into higher speed ranges. -
Enhanced Cornering Power
We typically think of using brakes to slow down a car, but you can actually use them to make the car faster out of a corner. All Model 3s are equipped with open differentials, which send an equal amount of torque from the motors to both the left and right wheels. When cornering, the wheels on the inside of the corner have less load on them, which means they can provide less tractive force than the outside wheels. To prevent excess slip on this inside tire, we have to limit the torque for both wheels, leaving power on the table. In Track Mode, we simultaneously apply brake and motor torque to produce a net increase in tractive force while cornering. This is similar to how a limited slip differential works, except when using the brakes, the differential can be optimized for various driving conditions.
Model 3 Performance with Track Mode integrates active controls with the vehicle's already planted chassis and nimble, responsive steering by maximizing the driver's authority under any condition. We do this with the same secret weapon used for 0-60 mph launches: the two motors that sit on each axle. And like most aspects of a Tesla, we'll continue to improve and enhance Track Mode over time with future over-the-air updates.


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Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is ordering a mandatory cut in oil production to deal with a price crisis that she says is costing Canada an estimated $80 million a day.
Notley says as of January there will be an 8.7 per cent reduction ordered in oil production.
Output of raw crude oil and bitumen will be reduced by 325,000 barrels per day. That figure is expected to shrink as a glut of oil in storage is reduced.
The mandated cut ends on Dec. 31, 2019 and will be spread among all producers in an effort to stave off massive job losses.
READ MORE: Alberta buying its own rail cars to move oil
Notley says the action is necessary to reverse the widening price differential that she said could cause further harm to Alberta's economy if not addressed immediately.
Alberta's oil is selling at markedly lower rates compared with the North American benchmark, due in part to oil pipeline bottlenecks.
"In the last few weeks, this price gap has reached historic highs because we are producing considerably more product than there is transport capacity," Notley said in a speech timed to run live on supper-hour newscasts in Alberta.
"This is creating a huge backlog and forcing the price of our oil to ridiculously low levels…. We are essentially giving our oil away for free."
Roughly speaking, Notley said, while the rest of the world sells its oil at about $50 per barrel, Alberta fetches only $10.
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The announcement is expected to narrow the differential by at least $4 per barrel and add an estimated $1.1 billion to government revenues in 2019-2020.
The premier has already said the province will buy as many as 80 locomotives and 7,000 rail tankers — expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars — to move the province's excess oil to markets, with the first shipments expected in late 2019.
But she has said that rail cars, along with eventually increasing domestic refining capacity and building new pipelines, won't bring relief soon enough.
"We must act immediately," Notley said Sunday.
The Opposition United Conservatives and the centrist Alberta Party had already called for the production cut. Notley thanked them both in her speech.
Industry feelings prior to the announcement had been mixed.
Cenovus Energy proposed the idea of a production cut last month. However, Imperial and Husky said Friday they remain opposed to involuntary production cuts.
The move is not unprecedented — in 1980, Tory premier Peter Lougheed forced oil production cuts to protest the federal Liberals' national energy program.
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Stop Saying Innovation – Here's Why
[Update: an edited version of this post was published at The Economist]
I'm confident in this advice: Stop using the word innovation. Einstein, Ford, Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso, Jobs and Edison rarely said the word and neither should you. Every business audience I've said this to has laughed and agreed: we all know other people use it as empty verbiage, but what about ourselves?
The word has little meaning, used as a vague substitute for "cool", another problematic and highly subjective term. The people who use the word innovation most often have the least idea what the word even means. Next time you hear the word, ask and see.
People with good ideas and who do good work solve problems. They let their ideas be defined by the importance of the problems their ideas solve. It's the solving of the problem that gives ideas power, not an adjective slapped onto Powerpoint slides or into job titles.
Great teams know this and drop pretense in favor of simple words like prototype, experiment, problem, solution, user, customer, lesson and design. Simpler language accelerates progress. Inflated language slows it down and confuses people. Calling yourself tall doesn't make you tall. A word is just a word. It's your actions that matter, not the labels you use.
There are four things you can do:
- Ask people who use the word what they mean. If ever anyone says innovation in a meeting, ask "Can you give an example of what you mean by innovative?" If they can't, you've just saved the room significant time. Often they don't know: they're using the i-word as a cop-out for clear thinking. Point them at a good definition.
- Use better words instead. Often people mean one of 1) we want new ideas, 2) we want better ideas, 3) we want big changes, 4) we need to place big bets on new ideas and be more tolerant of taking risks 5) We want to make a lot more money. Great. Any of those short phrases are more powerful and specific than the i-word. Use them instead.
- The best definition of innovation is: significant positive change. It forces the attention on what kind of positive change you want (better sales? higher quality? more customers?) and how large an improvement you desire (10%? 40%?). To say you innovate every day is hubris and belittles the history of true inventions that changed the world. Staying humble helps you focus and increases the odds you'll do excellent work.
- Avoid using the i-word in presentations, emails and internal documents. It's one thing for marketers to use innovation in press releases. It's another to let that word cloud up how people making things think about what they're making. Force your team to be precise and give up the crutch of the innovation word. Ask: what problem are you trying to solve? what benefit are you trying to create? Reward people who use the word sparingly and find better ways to communicate.
- Just be good – That's hard enough. Most things made in the world suck. If your company struggles to make a half-decent product, with the morale of a prison, why are you talking about innovation? You have to get the training wheels off before entering the Daytona 500. If you can making something good, that solves real problems, works reliably, is affordable, and is built by a happy, motivated and well rewarded staff, you'll kick your competitor's asses. Focus on solving those real problems. If you succeed on those, innovation, in all its forms, will likely take care of itself.
You can't have innovation by any definition without being willing to take risks. But there is nothing less risky than merely repeating a word while taking no action.
Breakthroughs are a matter of perspective and if you take a wide view it's being good that beats innovation nearly every time.
If you like this advice, you'll love the paperback edition of The Myths of Innovation. Read the excellent summary of the ten myths from the book.


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Federal judges have just hit parents with a triple-whammy. Two appellate courts held that parents have no right to stop offensive, privacy-invading interrogation of their own children in public schools, and in a third case the Supreme Court indicated that it is not going to do anything to protect parents' rights concerning schools.
It has become painfully clear that many courts have adopted the notion that the "village" (i.e., in these cases, the schools) should raise children. Judges prefer to side with schools and against parents.
When a New Jersey mother was horrified to learn that her daughter and classmates had been asked how many times they tried to kill themselves, she filed suit to protect the rights of parents and pupils. She won on the first appeal to the Third Circuit in C.N. v. Ridgewood Board of Education, but the school was relentless in litigation to assert its primary authority and the court finally ruled in favor of the school.
At issue was a 156-question survey called "Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors," which probed students about their personal lives and activities. The survey included questions about sex, drugs, suicide, incriminating behavior, spirituality, tolerance, and other personal matters.
Questions 92-93 in this survey given to Ridgewood children demanded to know "how many times" they "had used cocaine" in their lives, or during the last 12 months, and the answer choices were 0, 1, 2, 3-5, 6-9, 10-19, 20-39, and 40+. This gave students the false impression that casual use of cocaine is common and acceptable.
Misleading questions can have a powerful effect. Our legal system recognizes this by providing dozens of reasons for lawyers to object to questions in court in order to protect their witnesses from having to answer improper questions.
Children lack the maturity to tell the difference between questions they should or should not answer. Children are trained in school that they must answer the teacher's questions or face discipline or a poor grade.
Ask an adult when he stopped beating his wife and expect to be told to get lost. Ask a child in the classroom how often he takes drugs or has sex, and the child will think he ought to answer.
But judges who routinely uphold lawyers' objections to improper questions in court think it is okay to ask offensive questions of children in school. In the Ridgewood decision, the court agreed with the parents that the students' participation in the survey may have been mandatory, and conceded that the leading questions could be suggestive to students, but nevertheless ruled that parents' and pupils' rights were not violated.
The Ninth Circuit went even further, marking the school door as the line where parents' rights end and the "village" takes over. In Fields v. Palmdale School District in November, the judges ruled that the right of parents "does not extend beyond the threshold of the school door."
Just last Term, the Supreme Court devoted time and energy to a silly lawsuit over the replacement of a male teacher as coach of a girls' basketball team. When a teacher has a complaint, the Supreme Court springs to attention; but when a parent has a complaint about indoctrination of her child, the Court doesn't even want to hear about it.
In the same 30 days as the Ridgewood and Palmdale cases, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review another parental rights case in Crowley v. McKinney. The High Court is spending its time this Term on a slew of cases about prisoners' rights (even about the alleged right of prisoners to read pornographic magazines) rather than hear a single case about parents' rights to raise their children.
In Crowley v. McKinney, the Seventh Circuit ruled against the parent, saying that the school has a constitutional right of "the autonomy of educational institutions." The parent had appealed to the Supreme Court to recognize the "settled law" of Pierce v. Society of Sisters, which in 1925 recognized the constitutional right of parents to control the education of their own children.
Even though recognizing the Supreme Court's holding in Pierce that "Oregon's project of forcing all children to attend public schools implied a hostility to private education that had no footing in American traditions or educational policy," the Seventh Circuit ignored its application to the current case. Does forcing children to answer questions about sex, drugs and suicide have a "footing in American traditions"? Of course not.
It hasn't grabbed the attention of the Supreme Court that the Third, Seventh and Ninth Circuits have ignored the settled law of Pierce. You can bet the High Court would take a case that requires testing schoolchildren for use of illegal drugs, yet the Court refuses to face the issue of requiring schoolchildren to participate in a classroom survey that suggests doing drugs is normal behavior.
Teachers are not required to answer these intrusive questions, so why are our children? Evidently parents are the only ones who do not benefit from equal protection of the law.


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"Thick as a Brick" is perhaps Jethro Tull's definitive progressive rock album.
Born from a desire to really produce a concept album after the rock critics so dubbed the previous year's "Aqualung," the record features a rock first: one continuous song on both sides. The music, and the lyrics, are challenging to the listener and reflect complex influences of folk, jazz, and rock. With "Thick," Anderson and company broaden rock beyond the limitations of the short song format.
Understanding "Thick" requires recognition of the popularity of Monthy Python in the early 1970's. Anderson meant for the album to be a send up of rock pretentiousness, critics, and the band itself. The album cover claimed, outrageously enough, that the lyrics had been written by an eight year-old boy, Gerald Bostock, and set to music by the band. Even today, Anderson still gets the occasional person asking about Bostock or commenting about the prodigy's advancing age.
While the "Aqualung's" lyrics are fairly straightforward, "Thick's" metaphorical tendencies " are intentionally intricate, obscure, and bewildering as part of the running joke. If there is any true central theme, perhaps it is the sociological experiences of gifted youngsters in the modern world with a touch of paternal relations again.
The lyrical incohesiveness, far greater than "Aqualung," leads Craig Thomas, who penned Tull's 25th Anniversary Set booklet, to seriously question whether it is properly deemed a concept album. Rather, he views it more of an adaptation of the "kind of free-jazz…improvisations of the 1960." Indeed, several segments were recorded in just one improvisional take.
No discussion of "Thick"" is complete without noting the legendary 12-page newspaper, "The St. Cleve Chronicle" original cover packaging. Written by Ian, Jeffrey Hammond, and John Evan, the paper actually took longer to produce than the music. There are a lot of inside puns, cleverly hidden continuing jokes (such as the experimental non-rabbit), a surprisingly frank review of the album itself, and even a little naughty connect-the-dots children's activity.
The 1972 tour featured the entire album (with a brief break featuring comedy skits between sides). The tour established the band's reputation for often outlandish theatrical-type performances. By today's standards, the concerts were hardly major productions. But for the time, Tull was rather unique.


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Commissioners Claire Corcoran, David Painter and Bonnie Batchler welcome you to vibrant and historic Clermont County, Ohio. We are committed to ensuring that our county of more than 200,000 continues to be a great place to live, work, and raise a family.
The Board of County Commissioners prepares and administers the overall county budget, is the county's contracting authority, and develops and adopts policies for the administration of county services. The Commissioners implement laws and rules put forth by state agencies and the Legislature.
Our number one priority continues to be economic development; this is critical in creating jobs for today and building our county for the future. These jobs directly translate into revenues for local businesses and government.
In 2020, Nestlé Purina PetCare announced a $550 million investment to build a new factory in Williamsburg Township to meet the increasing demand for its high-quality, nutritious pet foods. Purina plans to employ more than 300 people at its new factory location by 2024. Many of these jobs will include professional staff, production operators, technical staff and engineers.
In 2019, a $17 million distribution facility for Design Within Reach, a furniture company, will open at South Afton Industrial Park in Williamsburg Township, bringing 85 new jobs to Clermont County. It will be the first company to open operations at South Afton, a 242-acre site developed by the Clermont County CIC with the intent of bringing more jobs to the county.
In 2018, South Afton earned a SiteOhio authentication from JobsOhio, meaning it is "ready for immediate development on day one." We're proud of that designation — the first industrial park in Southwest Ohio to earn this.
We're also proud of the combined local and state efforts that have resulted in new life for the former Ford transmission plant in Batavia Township, now known as the IRG Building. Today, more than 500 people work at the IRG Building, including 400 at Huhtamaki, a global leader in consumer packaging.
Your commissioners are committed to maintaining an open and transparent government. The commissioners hold sessions at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays throughout the year — except for some holiday weeks — and on the second and fourth Mondays of the month during the first six months of the year. Sessions of the Board are held in the third-floor session room of the Clermont County Administration Building, located at 101 E. Main Street in Batavia, Ohio. Check the calendar for a schedule of upcoming meetings dates and times.
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"Anyone who is allergic to peroxide, the whitening agent, should not get this treatment."
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- American Dental Association (ADA). Glossary of Dental Clinical Terms. 2023
- American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry® (AACD). Home Page. 2023
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What the Past Thought the Future Would Be Like
Taking a stroll through old Popular Mechanics and Popular Science-type magazines is always good for a few smiles. Here are ten images worth taking a closer look at:
So whatever happened to the robots we were promised in the 50s and 60s -- you know, the ones that would be helping us around the house? Sure, we've got iRobot Roomba vacuums and Husqvarna's automower, but they don't quite measure up to the one on the cover of this mag. How long until Mitsubishi's wakamaru hits the average home?
Here's one they sort of got right! Personal watercraft (PWC) first hit the scene in the 1960s. In the "˜70s, they quickly became known colloquially as Jetskis after Kawasaki Motors Corp. U.S.A. introduced the JET SKI® watercraft. This was the first stand-up PWC. PWC now come in sit-down models that can hold up to 3 people.
Google "ski car" and you'll find a pantload of Web sites recommending the best vehicles to take on a ski weekend. The only true skiing cars were invented almost simultaneously in Russia and New Hampshire in the early 1900s. Both systems fitted track and ski units to existing cars—U.S. inventor, Virgil White, used the Ford Model T. These were forerunners to modern snowmobiles. Fun Fact: The first McDonald's drive-thru accessible by snowmobile was opened in Piteaa, Sweden in 2002.
This futuristic design never came to fruition. The clear plastic top and upholstered armchairs in a living room-like setting promised a smooth ride, however, car production ground to a halt in January 1942 because of World War II. One of the few newly designed cars of 1942 was the Buick Roadmaster convertible. Its list price was $1,700.
The first submarine for personal use was designed in the 1970s by Graham Hawkes. Most personal subs launch from the rear of yachts. Aruba offers submarine tours to tourists on personal submarines and the company, U.S. Submarines, has created the first luxury style sub. For about $30 million you can design and own a Seattle 1000 complete with 5 state rooms.
The first interactive fishing game was, er, cast by Radio Shack in 1977. Since then, the technology and realism of the games have improved. In 2007, Wii released "Hooked!" that uses a fully functional rod controller equipped with a rotating reel to simulate natural fishing.
In 1966, a Motorola engineer invented the pocket TV with a 1-1/8 inch screen. But he died before he was able to convince Motorola to mass produce the invention. D'oh! The first mass produced mini television was created by Panasonic in 1970. It weighed just under 2 pounds and had a 1.4 inch screen. Considered a futuristic flop, Panasonic waited another 10 years before marketing another mini-television.
While it didn't look anything like this cover image, the first motorcycle to break the 300 mph mark was the Yamaha Silverbird in 1975. Believe it or not, way back in 1937, the BMW streamliner motorcycle reached a then-record-breaking speed of 173 mph.
Harold Graham piloted the first untethered flight of the Bell Rocket Belt, invented by Wendall Moore, in 1961. The flying belt could only stay in flight for 20 seconds. Later on in the 60s, the Bell Company recreated the flying belt with a jet turbine that could run for 26 minutes but could barely lift off the ground. In 2008, EAA Airventures launched the Martin Jetpack. Deemed "the world's first practical jetpack," it will be available for private sale in late 2010—guess who's putting it on his Amazon wish list right now?!
The closest man has come to this fantabulous image, is the International Space Station(ISS) that was begun in 1998. The station is still under construction and won't be ready for another year, minimum. It has been continuously manned since 2000. The ISS hovers just 250 miles above Earth, hardly deep space, however it was visited by its first tourist, Dennis Tito, in April 2001.
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