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Anticipation: 2/5 The all-female cast didn't bother me – in fact I thought it was a great idea, but everything about the first trailer put me off wanting to see the movie.
Final Verdict: 4/5 Ghostbusters (2016) is certainly not a perfect movie, but it's a sigh of relief after the constant bombardment of negative press the film had been getting. Paul Feig's reboot is great summer entertainment that will delight new and old fans alike.
The original 1984 and 1989 movies marked a generation nearly as much as the original Star Wars and Back to the Future trilogies. Original Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd had been wanting to make a third movie of the franchise since the mid-90's, going from ideas like a hellish, parallel-universe New York City with the original cast reprising their roles, to an animated version, to him mentoring a new generation of Ghostbusters. Hence, the third installment was in limbo for over two decades. In all honesty, there was no need for a third movie. Ghostbusters 2 had its moments, but it nearly wrecked the franchise with that ridiculous Statue of Liberty scene.
When Sony/Columbia finally settled on Paul Feig as the film's writer and director, my first reaction was to think: "hmm, this just might work." As a hardcore fan of the Freaks and Geeks series and movies such as Bridesmaids and Spy, I was willing to accept what vision Feig would bring to the mythology.
Then the first trailer came out…
To me, it felt like paint by numbers: the cheesy piano riff from the original Ray Parker Jr song, the horrible fonts, the lack of any spectacle… I don't want to get too much into it, but I was hugely disappointed by the preview. What made me want to see the movie anyway, as July 15th approached, was my frustration against the trolls that put down the all-female cast even before the movie had hit the screens. The movie kept getting terrible press, and Paul Feig had to constantly defend it, the same way he had to defend Freaks and Geeks. This was the selling point for me: I wanted to root for the underdog, I wanted the movie to be successful…so I went…
…and I loved it!
Make no mistake, it will never be as good as the original 1984 movie, but what Feig has achieved here is a good balance between respect for what has come before and his own vision of the Ghostbusters. The new group consists of paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig) and Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy), nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon), and subway worker Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones). The 'creation' of the team is nicely done and slowly the team bond as they investigate a series of ghost sightings invading Manhattan. Bridesmaids fans will delight in the exchanges between Wiig and McCarthy's characters, who are frenemies and co-authors of the book called 'Ghosts from our Pasts: Both Literally and Figuratively.' The movie also finds a way to make fun of the trolls dissing the cast members, which leads me to add that Leslie Jones' character is not – as many claimed – the 'token black character' in the movie. Yes, she was advertised as 'the subway girl who knows New York,' but within the team, she becomes a historian who makes links between a location's past and why ghosts seem to appear there.
The one team member I had issues with was Jillian Holtzmann. Kate McKinnon is excellent on Saturday Night Live, but her portrayal of Holtzmann is hammy and ridiculous. Her mad-scientist personality is constantly off-kilter with the other three. I also had a problem with how dumb Chris Hemsworth's Kevin character was. The first few jokes were funny, but they keep going until the end of the movie. Ok, we get it, he's a brainless stud muffin, move on…
The movie does lack what the original movie had in droves, and that's catch phrases; quotable lines. Maybe it's because they had been said before, but nothing really stood out in spite of the many comedic conversations between the four protagonists that felt more improvised than scripted. The writing is very good, but the movie's highlights are in its special effects and the many new gadgets that are developed to catch the ghosts. I also have to mention that the movie should be seen in IMAX format. The ghosts and charged particle beams in the movie's climax come straight at you and make the experience feel like a Disney ride.
I had a real blast watching Feig's Ghostbusters (2016), and it certainly doesn't deserve the bad press it's been getting. When the first trailer dropped, it was something weird and it didn't look good… But, I've had my dose of freaky ghost baby, and now I ain't afraid of no ghost… Who are you gonna call?
Ghostbusters (2016) trailer… the weird one that didn't look good…
Ghostbusters (2016) International trailer, that was much better. (No joke.)
Here's a Film Faculty article written by Jason Michael in response to The Guardian's Noah Berlatsky, who wrote 'Ghostbusters Reboot: Who You Gonna Call For Slimy Sex With a Spectre?'
Here's a fun Sydney Morning Herald article written by Karl Quinn entitled 'Ghostbusters, Reddit, Twitter and the Curious Case of the Troll Who Was Trolled' whose subject is the rather "intense" Ghostbusters 'fan' that hoped the movie would fail.
Be sure to give Jason Beaulieu a big shout out and warm welcome to film reviewing on Twitter @JayBeaulieu for his first review for Film Faculty !


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Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt
Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt
|Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt
|27 October 1544
|Term ended
|15 April 1558
|Konrad von Bibra
|Friedrich von Wirsberg
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|c. 1502
|15 April 1558(aged 55–56)
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Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt (1502–1558) was the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1544 to 1558.
Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt was born in 1502, the son of Georg Zobel and his wife Dorothea Rüdt von Callenberg.[1] As a younger son, he was groomed for a career in the church from an early age. He became a canon (Domizellar) of Würzburg Cathedral on 27 January 1521.[2] He studied at the University of Wittenberg in summer semester 1521.[2] He spent winter semester 1521 studying at the University of Leipzig.[2] He became a Domherr of Würzburg Cathedral in 1522.[2] On 4 March 1540 he was elected dean of Würzburg Cathedral and was subsequently ordained as a priest.[1] Following the death of Bishop Konrad von Thüngen, Zobel von Giebelstadt was a candidate to replace him as Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, but he lost the election, held on 1 July 1540, to Conrad von Bibra.[2]
On 19 August 1544 the cathedral chapter of Würzburg Cathedral elected him as the new Prince-Bishop of Würzburg.[1] A delegation from the cathedral chapter informed Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor of his election on 22 August 1544 and Pope Paul III confirmed his appointment on 27 October 1544.[1]
During the Schmalkaldic War of 1546-47, he allied the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg with the pro-Catholic imperial forces.[2] That war ended when the Diet of Augsburg of 1547-48 declared the Augsburg Interim.[2] Zobel von Giebelstadt's opposition to the Augsburg Interim led to him and six other prelates being personally rebuked by Charles V at an audience held on 9 April 1548.[2]
As bishop, Zobel von Giebelstadt was fiercely opposed to the efforts of Friedrich Bernbeck (1511–70), mayor of Kitzingen to introduce the Reformation in Kitzingen.[2] He attempted to found a Jesuit university in 1556, but this effort failed as the order was unable to provide a sufficient number of priests to staff the proposed university.[2]
Grumbach-Zobel Affair[edit]
Throughout his prelacy, Zobel von Giebelstadt was engaged in a feud with Wilhelm von Grumbach.[2] About 1540 Grumbach became associated with Margrave Casimir's son, the turbulent Albert Alcibiades of Bayreuth, whom he served both in peace and war. As a landholder, Grumbach was a vassal of the Würzburg Bishops and had held office at the court of Conrad von Bibra, who was elected Prince-Bishop in 1540. Just before his death in 1544, Conrad gave Grumbach 10,000 gold florins as a gift, without obtaining the consent of the cathedral chapter. When the new Prince-Bishop, Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt, asked for the money back from Grumbach, he paid, but the harmonious relationship between lord and vassal were destroyed. Unable to free himself and his associates from the suzerainty of the bishop by appealing to the imperial courts he decided to adopt more violent measures, and his friendship with Margrave Albert was very serviceable in this connection.
After the conclusion of the Peace of Passau in 1552, Grumbach assisted Albert in his career of plunder in Franconia during the Second Margrave War and was thus able to take some revenge upon his enemy, Melchior Zobel. Albert's career, however, was checked by his defeat at the Battle of Sievershausen in July 1553 and his subsequent flight to France, while the Würzburg bishop took advantage of this state of affairs to seize Grumbach's lands. The knight obtained an order of restitution from the Imperial Chamber Court (Reichskammergericht), but he was unable to carry this into effect. Grumbach's men attempted to assassinate Zobel von Giebelstadt three times. On 15 April 1558[1] Zobel (like Florian Geyer earlier) was seized and killed by Grumbach's henchman Christoph Kretzen. Grumbach declared he was innocent of this crime, but his story was not believed, and he fled to France.
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Q AWARDS WEEKLY WRAP: BRITISH BAKE OFF HITS BREAD SALES, WHO DRINKS MOST IN UK AND KFC's PINK BUNS
It can be hard to keep up to date with all the latest news and views in the world of food and drink. To help you keep on top of the stories and issues that we think really matter here is our new Q Awards weekly wrap of the week.
Great British Bake Off blamed as bread sales plummet
The enormous success of the BBC's Great British Bake Off is now having an impact on retailer's shelves as more and more consumers switch away from buying packaged bread.
Bread sales in the UK fell by 5% in 2014 and are projected to drop by a further 4% this year, according to data from Euromonitor International. It follows moves by health-conscious consumers to change their diet and switch to either home cooked break or more artisanal products.
Sales of sliced bread are down even more, 8% in the last year,its largest drop in a decade.
Retail analysts, IRI, claim Warburtons, Hovis and Kingsmill, which account for 60pc of packaged bread in the UK, lost a combined £121m in bread sales in the last year.
But the impact of the Great British Bake Off is not all bad news for retailers. Sales of baking trays at Waitrose soared by 881% in the week to 1 August, while sales of bakeware climbed 55% as the show returned to our screens this month.
Bristol and Glasgow top of UK's drinks league
The UK's biggest drinkers live in Bristol and Glasgow downing, on average, nine pints or glasses of wine, according to new figures released by The Sun.
Newcastle and Manchester are hot on their heels with locals drinking an average eight-and-a-half pints a week. Cardiff drinkers consume seven-and-a-half pints, closely followed by Birmingham and Norwich drinkers at just over seven pints.
Londoners drink the least amount with on average only six-and-a-half pints drunk a week. According to the Propel drinks industry newsletter this backs up figures from the Office of National Statistics that claims one in three people in London are teetotal.
Farmers rank up pressure to get fairer deal for their goods
The sight of farmers marching cows through British supermarkets to protest against the cost they receive for milk have made for iconic images in our national media this week.
But behind the scenes the major farming unions met this week to look at their future strategy. As a result, according to Farming Today, the presidents of the NFU, NFU Scotland, NFU Cymru and Ulster Farmers Union issued a statement calling for:
* the Government to take steps to ensure voluntary retailer codes are followed and that farmers are protected by long-term fair contracts where risks are shared with the retailer.
* labelling needs to be tightened to ensure it is clear which products are imported and which are British.
* retailers to stop "devaluing fresh British food like milk purely to get customers through the door" and to ensure all food being sold comes from a farm which has been paid a fair price.
The statement read: "The British public has said time and time again that they want British food. Unless farmers' returns are sustainable and you promote British food and label it properly the future of our supply is at risk."
It added: "It's time to Back British Farming and the farming unions are looking to Government and retailers to take action now."
The European Union is calling an emergency meeting of the Council of Agriculture Ministers for 7 September and is "calling for UK ministers to stand up for British farming at that meeting".
Better news for egg producers as sales up nearly 10%
There is better news for egg produces as egg sales are enjoying a healthy rise in sales with reports showing a near 10% increase in sales.
This is supported by figures from the British Egg Industry Council which said volume sales of eggs across retail, food service, and food manufacturing has risen by 2% in the last year, accounting for over 700,000 eggs a day.
Calls for public smoking ban to extended to beer gardens
The Royal Society of Public Health has issued a report calling for the public smoking ban to be extended to beer gardens, al fresco eating areas of restaurants, parks, and outside school gates. It believes more controls are needed to protect the public in such areas.
But pub groups and the pro-smoking campaign group Forest have warned such a move could result in more pubs and on-trade outlets closing. The RSPH said the the 2007 smoking ban inside public places had been a huge success and encouraged thousands to quit.
Shirley Cramer, the body's chief executive, said: "We believe banning smoking in these locations via an exclusion zone could further denormalise smoking."
The truth about how long your food will actually last for
Business Insider has created an interesting graphic that claims to show how long food and drink really will last for, in some cases weeks after their official "eat by" date on the packaging. It says the figures are taken from US food bodies data including the USDA, the FDA and the CDC.
For example, it claims that an open bottle of tomato ketchup can last for six months kept in a fridge, similarly eggs are still good for up to three to five weeks, a yogurt should still be good to go for up to 10 days past the sell by date, while uncooked beef, pork or lamb will be OK for three to five days, yet chicken only up to two.
KFC China offers multi-coloured buns to attract customers
Here's a strange but true story for you. In a bid to address falling sales KFC in China has followed a similar gimmick adopted by Burger King in Japan and is offering different coloured buns to its customers. The reaction, it has to be said, is mixed and has been picked up widely by the UK national media, including the Daily Mail.
The two new additions include a pink bun, billed as 'Rose Cheese Roasted Chicken Burger' and a black bun, named as the 'Black Diamond Bacon Spicy Chicken Burger'. There are no current plans to bring the innovations to KFC outlets in the UK.
Pret A Manger could open vegetarian only outlets
Vegetarians could be in for some good news if Pret A Manger goes ahead with reported plans to open vegetarian only outlets.
The news has been picked up by the press this week following a blog from the company's chief executive, Clive Schlee, in which he hinted at such a move.
He said its vegetarian SuperBowl salad had become more popular than the chicken, salmon and crayfish alternatives, something that "would have been unheard of five years ago". He added: "Sales of our vegetarian sandwiches and salads have grown 12.5 per cent in the last six months - faster than our meaty products - and falafel and halloumi is now our top selling hot wrap."
Schlee said the company was now discussing with customers the chance of opening exclusively plant-based shops. The idea, according to the Daily Telegraph, is that the new branches would "act as a beacon for more innovation at Pret for the future" and "tempt customers who are inclined to try new alternatives".
England's first crisp sandwich shop opens in Yorkshire
Mark Pearson is doing what he can to boost bread sales by launching what he claims is the England's first crisp sandwich shop.
The crown of the world's first crisp sandwich shop has already gone to Simply Crispy in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which opened last year.
Pearson's English alternative, Mr Crisp, has opened in Keighley, Yorkshire and offers 50 different varieties of crisps sold on a variety of breads.
The menu includes Monster Munch and salad cream, Hula Hoops and Galaxy chocolate spread, or a more traditional plain crisp with tomato ketchup. He told the Daily Mirror: "When I saw the one launch in Belfast, I thought the only way I can find out if a crisp sandwich shop can succeed over here is by giving it a go myself."
He added:"We live in a time where people want things quickly, especially in the business world, and a crisp sandwich certainly offers them that and a wide selection of flavours that you would struggle to find in any other sandwich."


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India-Pakistan: Trust Deficit to Faith Surplus2
October 19, 2013 by vishfulthinking
As a student of cancer biology, I know a thing or two about how a human cell can alter itself to become cancerous simply because of a few micro-environmental changes that inflame a region of the tissue. Such inflamed regions highlight the genetic fault-lines of a particularly vulnerable cell and drives it towards a cascade of unwanted mutations leading to the destruction of the tissue. Geopolitics has become my hobby for the last couple of years, and I do find a similarity between the behavior of nations and the behavior of human cells. This piece of writing is by no means a condescending view-point by an Indian about Pakistan but a largely objective, microscopic view of my next door neighbor that intrigues me as much as any interesting biological phenomenon.
Pakistan is that strange place that stands as the 6th largest nation in terms of population and yet collects less tax than Guatemala, now find Guatemala on the map, find out its population and get surprised! Pakistan is also the country that has received the most American aid in the last ten years, even greater than that of Israel. Although, the aid was given to capture and neutralize the extremist leaders of the world, the number one target was captured 700 meters away from their army's post allegedly caught totally unaware of the entire episode for many years. It occured in a city that used to be a cantonment for the East India company, named after some army general called Abbott and hence the name, Abbottabad. Pakistan is also a strange nation due to its flawed electoral system, a national government can be elected if they get a majority in just one province, the province of Pakistani Punjab. This province simply has the majority of seats! That is like winning a national election simply by winning Texas! Crazy! Pakistan is also that strange nation that has both its borders, western border with Afghanistan and a part of its eastern border with India, unrecognized by both these nations. It is a country that cannot stop itself from twisting and tweaking history in its textbooks to teach its young impressionable minds the three glorious victories it has had with India at the battle front, although it has lost each one of them. It is a country that banned the inflow of Indian Bollywood movies in the 1960s in a fit of rage and hate only to find its own indigenous movie industry spearheaded with renowned actors like Mohammad Ali, Waheed Murad and Sultan Rahi retire and bow out of their movie business, because apart from the cliched subjects of "Gundagiri" and "Gandasa culture", their storytellers had nothing new to offer to the ever-growing conservative mindset that gripped the minds of its public due to an ideological exhaustion. An exhaustion caused due to a never-ending cycle of a civilian government followed by a military-dictator rule that has affected its public discourse tremendously for the last 60 odd years.
A brief glimpse of its media discourse posted on YouTube (believe me, I have seen a lot of videos with great patience and interest) tells the extent to which the country is confused and perplexed of its own identity, of its own culture, of its own history and most importantly of its present and future. The natural reflex action to this void created by a perplexed state of mind is pure aggression, aggression that has made Pakistan the fastest nuclear proliferating country in the world. This reminds me of a joke by Louis CK, one should never buy a yacht when one has just enough money to buy a yacht. One should buy a house in New York, a car, a limousine, a Harley Davidson, and then probably a yacht. Otherwise, one will find oneself barely managing to live in a New York rented apartment trying to maintain a yacht!
As Bruce Riedel, rightly points out in his magnificent book, Avoiding Armageddon: America, India, and Pakistan to the Brink and Back, the 1999 Kargil war started off with the traditional Pakistani aggression and with the confidence of an added layer of nuclear deterrence that would stop India from responding with all its might. The strategy worked to a great extent but thanks to India's strong foreign diplomacy and of course its obvious strengths in traditional warfare, the war had no chance of a happy ending to the Pakistani side. It wasn't a happy ending to the India side as well, because no war can ever be.
The newly elected Sharif government has created history in Pakistan by being the only civilian government to succeed a previously elected civilian government (of course, you know how? They just won Punjab!). The Sharif government is not new, It was in power during the Kargil war of 1999 and was brought down by a military coup only to be taken over by a military rule (you know the regular cycle of exchange of governments). Therefore, it is obvious that this new Sharif government has learned its lesson of how to manage the power of its military, that is by not really indulging with it. The latest ceasefire violations by Pakistan on the Indian border, the most in the last decade echos the age old cry that emanates from the Pakistani public discourse, to be at war with India is its constitutional position and the safest way to be in power in the political scene of Pakistan. Strangely enough, the latest Pakistani movie, (they make about 10-20 movies in 2-3 years) its costliest till date, entitled 'Waar' is waging a full fledged battle against the Bollywood movies, 'Chennai Express' and 'Boss' which is a good sign for the presumably dead Pakistani movie industry.
So coming back, until this Sharif government is in power, India cannot expect any sort of a fruitful, peaceful, diplomatic dialogue with Pakistan, definitely not without the disturbing background noise of cross-border skirmishes.
Borrowing from the wisdom of MJ Akbar, a brilliant Indian journalist, the idea of India is stronger than an average Indian but the idea of Pakistan seems to be weaker than an average Pakistani. If this is true, the only way India and Pakistan can have a peaceful future is for India to make itself clear that, it doesn't intend to monopolize and dominate Pakistan culturally through its TV dramas and Bollywood movies, it doesn't intend to block the rivers of Indian Punjab in to Pakistan, it doesn't need any part of Pakistani land and the problem of Kashmir can be resolved by building on the mechanism suggested by Musharraf-Vajpayee think-tank, i.e. to recognize the present occupied borders politically but ease the trade and bidirectional economic and cultural transactions to such an extent that the actual borders don't matter to the people.
If the South-Asian community wants the economic prosperity of the European Union and the cultural riches of its own ancient past, then, the elimination of trust deficit between India and Pakistan is the stepping stone. To cater to the building of a stable Pakistan that isn't paranoid of its large neighbor in the form of India will be India's most significant foreign policy mission. This mission will also go a long way in cooling down the inflamed worldview of the extremists. By converting this trust deficit in to faith surplus, the public discourse in Pakistan can change for the better, it can find its soul in its high Islamic values while it befriends its eternal brother, the secular peace-loving India. This thought is not new but it is the only solution. It is not a quick fix but the only real fix. This is not a cop-out for both the raging armies but the only diplomatic end-game.
A paradigm shift in treating cancer is just sprouting in the basic research laboratories of the world. Drugs and treatments that nullify inflammation, methodologies that convert the raging tumor micro-environment to a soothing environment, that allows the cancer cells to revert back to its original state of a normal functioning cell of a healthy tissue, is not just a scientific fiction anymore. A cure may not be in sight but it is always hiding in a corner!
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Lovely article ,well written.Prabakar Modur


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How a Lack of Data Integration Can Hurt Patient Services
How a Lack of Data Integration Can Hurt Patient ServicesAnshul Agarwal, Principal, ZS
Abstract:What are the consequences of an uninformed decision? When it comes to patients and their journeys toward health, the stakes are very high. Pharmaceutical companies struggle to fully understand each patient: Patient data is limited in access, and companies must gather disparate information across multiple sources to paint a full picture of the patient journey. While many data-savvy pharmaceutical companies understand the value of new data sources, such as electronic medical records and specialty pharmacy data, those information sources don't tell the whole story. Data integration is the key—and the future—for pharmaceutical companies looking to create collaborative patient services teams that can design effective treatment plans and customized patient experiences, resulting in improved outcomes for patients. With improved insight, companies are able to start, retain and take patients through the entire journey with better success.
Keywords: Patient, Analytics, Oncology, Patient Services, Patient Journey
Recently, Bill was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and prescribed a new medication. Shortly after, the reimbursement hub team calls Bill to welcome him and delivers a complimentary supply of his prescription. The next week, Bill receives a second welcome call, but this time it's from the specialty pharmacy team saying that his prescription has been approved and will be delivered in a few days. However, Bill has now received a second complimentary prescription, and his commercial shipment is on the way.
The next day, Bill receives another phone call. This time it's from a nurse educator on the pharmaceutical company's manufacturing team, and she discusses the medication's potential side effects and how to manage them. One week later, Bill receives two more compliance calls before his next shipment of the drug. Needless to say, these redundant calls from multiple patient services groups and the abundance of medication leave Bill feeling confused about his main point of contact and unsure of his required dosage.
This is a hypothetical example, of course, and Bill is a hypothetical patient, but the experience unfortunately is a common one. Patients often are stepping into unknown territory when they start a new treatment, and their inherent uncertainty or confusion often is exacerbated—rather than alleviated—by the "helpful information" that they receive from providers, payers and pharmaceutical companies. Put simply, a lack of coordination and data integration among pharmaceutical patient services teams can result in a disjointed, negative patient experience.
From the pharmaceutical company's perspective, the situation illustrated in that hypothetical example also is riddled with problems. Without the complete view of the patient shared among patient services teams, those teams are unable to design effective services that work together to assist the patient along his entire journey—resulting in inefficiencies, wasted spending and missed opportunities.
An incomplete view of the patient journey also inhibits the ability to measure a patient services effort's success: The nurse educator, for example, thinks that her follow-up phone call lead Bill to stay on his medication for the duration of his therapy, but the specialty pharmacist, who has been making regular compliance and adherence calls, thinks that he is the reason that Bill has stayed on his medication. Moreover, this inefficiency could lead to a liability risk. Patient services teams working in isolation could miscommunicate or deliver mixed messages regarding a critical element of a patient's therapy, such as dosage adjustment.
To improve the patient experience—an imperative for all of healthcare—it's key to understand the patient journey in its entirety, from diagnosis to recovery. This holistic view helps patient services teams work together across the organization to design effective treatment plans and customized patient experiences, resulting in improved outcomes for patients.
Solving the Data ProblemMost pharmaceutical companies are struggling to use data and technology to glean the necessary insights. Access to patient data is limited, and the data that is available exists in silos, so companies must gather disparate data sets from across multiple sources. However, now that pharmaceutical companies are starting to identify patient-level data—largely thanks to the recent maturation of certain data sources, like electronic medical records, claims data and specialty pharmaceutical data—technology has improved as a result. Data providers are better enabled to share patient-level data, and an influx in data platform options now help pharmaceutical companies combine data sources and view data more securely.
Pharmaceutical companies need to go into data integration with clear business goals in mind. Companies need to assess whether they're aiming to improve patient services overall, or if there's a particular team within patient services that needs to become more successful. Once they've identified their business goals, companies can get started with their data integration strategy by addressing these six key elements:
- Master data management: Implementing an MDM system is the first step to conforming multiple sources of data at the patient level. To do this, the MDM system uses a unified patient ID—such as first name, ZIP code, etc.—that facilitates integration. During initial data processing, an MDM system also will limit the use of sensitive patient information. Clean, standardized data is a core foundation for integrated data, so this step is crucial.
- Developing a "secure enclave" for protected health information: HIPAA regulations limit access to secure data, but within a secure platform, data scientists can work to integrate and enrich patient data, and patient services teams can leverage the integrated, de-identified data to improve their programs and support services. All teams "win" within this environment, and confidential patient information still remains confidential.
- Cultivating an efficient ecosystem: Stakeholders within a pharmaceutical company must have access to an efficient ecosystem that allows them to work within clearly defined rules for leveraging data. This ecosystem allows those who are unable to view patient-identified data to continue to weigh in on strategy decisions with the patient services teams. This is an important step for those on the business side, keeping them connected and able to make changes on a future business strategy.
- Integrating non-pharmaceutical data sources: To build a more complete view of the patient, companies need to get a view of the patient beyond her disease, and third-party data sources can help. While data such as media consumption and lifestyle habits might not seem relevant for pharmaceutical companies, information like this can help patient services teams devise the best way to engage with a patient to keep her on therapy, for example. For companies that want to continue to improve their patient services offerings, this is an important step because they can begin to identify commonalities among patients on the whole versus segmenting patients based solely on observations on symptoms and diagnosis.
- Building an ability to make predictions based on small data sets: The more that data sources are integrated and filtered, the thinner the patient information becomes, so patient services teams need to feel comfortable gleaning insights from a smaller patient pool. There is no single, complete data set, so predictions become a necessity.
- Collaboration: Integration of patient data is only one piece of the puzzle. Companies need to think about how to leverage this integrated view efficiently. It's key to incorporate change management at this step, ensuring that collaboration and communication occurs, and making sure that everyone involved with the design of a patient services plan is working together.
These challenges, however, are nothing new, and companies should be prepared to handle them as they start their journey.
Getting it RightOne large biopharmaceutical company has already started expanding and improving its view of patients' journeys through data integration. The company aimed to maintain and increase market share, and with a number of competitor launches planned, the company knew that it needed to start integrating data and developing patient-focused analytics that would help uncover insights related to four key areas:
- Patient adherence and compliance, and reasons for discontinuations: Getting the data is one thing, but being able to connect it with the patient journey is another. Consider the earlier hypothetical patient, Bill: The patient services team could use historical patient data to identify characteristics that increase the likelihood of discontinuation. If Bill is deemed likely to discontinue, the team could give him a call and offer the support he needs.
- The effectiveness of patient services being offered and the impact on patient retention: If patient services aren't being offered at the right time in the patient journey, then they're useless. With visibility into all of the services that a patient is receiving and the point in time in which he is receiving them, the patient services team can also assess the relationship between these services and determine their true impact—and how they could be optimized.
- Potential new customer segmentations based on patient's groups and prior treatment preferences: At this level, companies utilize underlying patient-level data but aggregate it at the physician level: The idea is to use type of patients and treatment selection by patient type to segment the customers.
- Details of patients' journeys and the identification of risk areas: Connecting patient data sources together allows for a better understanding of your patient, which should shape your messaging and patient services offerings. A more complete view of the patient could reveal, for example, that Bill has a comorbidity, allowing the patient services team to readjust their messaging and provide more specific support.
The overall solution design was created with the help of the IT team, but a crucial component was the support and input from the business side. Compliance and legal teams were integrated into the process to identify and address patient data security concerns while still meeting business needs. The teams also were leveraged to help manage contract negotiations with different data vendors to ensure that patient-level data could be shared and connected.
Once the team designed the solution and secured the data inputs, the company embarked on developing the central component to the plan: a centralized patient de-identification and mastering solution. The team also worked to create a data warehouse capable of business intelligence, which connected patient-level data sources and housed business rules to create longitudinal patient journeys that facilitated analytics.
With integrated patient data now at their fingertips, the biopharmaceutical company was able to garner insight into patients who needed help. There was an uptake in patients with specific comorbidities, for example. The company also achieved visibility into risk areas that could be proactively managed through the right messaging, as well as the ability to design analytics-driven content for the market and for patients. Most importantly, the company was able to accomplish its goal of increasing market share in spite of growing competition, and it took a big step forward in its effort to become a patient-centric organization.
The Path AheadOnce a company has integrated and optimized its patient data, how else can it make the data work for it? Turn that data into actionable insights that drive change. Here's a four-step framework for getting started:
- Engage: Determine which patients will receive the most value out of a patient services program. Integrated data will provide greater visibility into historical patient adherence and compliance, as well as patient impact. Then, based on the collected data and patient experiences, companies begin to take that information and segment future patients based on what they've learned about past patients, and then predict patient needs based on these segments. With these predictions, a company can design a stronger patient services program for the future. For example, based on the segmented patient data, companies can design a patient services program to provide unique support to patients with comorbid diseases, or they can adjust their programs to suit the needs of patients receiving private, in-home care. It's important to keep in mind, though, that much of the data required is "softer" data, like lifestyle habits and credit card usage, which is completely different than data from the medical ecosystem, and it might be more difficult to capture and merge.
- Get: Incorporating newer data sources, such as social media or third-party data, will give a better glimpse into patient affinity and preferences. After integrating patient data, personalizing the experience for patients becomes a very real possibility, and technology plays a role. Social media, for example, can be a very effective tool for patient awareness. With the increasing number of people on social networks, the pharmaceutical industry needs to develop better social listening skills, following other industries' lead. This information will help map out the appropriate patient services—financial assistance, co-pay support, samples/free products, etc.—that best meet individual patients' needs in the early stages of the patient journey.
- Start: Providing the appropriate onboarding services—treatment and disease education, peer support, injection/medication administration training—will help set patients up for success from the start. Interactive apps are now being used to onboard patients faster: Humira offers an instant benefit verification app, and Pfizer has an app that includes information on all of its products. These apps not only offer a new way of onboarding patients faster and more easily, but also serve as data sources that can result in advanced analytics and help design a better patient experience. Companies should beware, though, of spending too much time designing these services and not enough time ensuring that patients are adopting them. Implementation support is key.
- Stay: Lastly, ensuring that patients are well-equipped for long-term success is a key component of patient services. In addition to adherence and treatment reminders, community support, and lifestyle/treatment support, the movement toward the Internet of Things—in which everyday objects send and receive data—and connected health will help take adherence programs to the next level. Sensors and wearable devices will not only ensure adherence, but also help improve outcomes by providing the ability to continuously monitor patient progress and react in real time to various events. Here are a few examples:
- Gaming and loyalty: Companies like HealthPrize and MangoHealth both have apps that leverage points and rewards to encourage adherence, much like airline miles or hotel points.
- Digital coaching: Fit4D, CareSpeak, LegacyHealth and many others use telephonic and virtual coaches to support their patients in ongoing adherence.
- Peer connections: Apps and programs are starting to create peer connections outside of the program, itself.
While these futuristic scenarios may seem far off for some companies, there are many out there that are already experimenting and seeing results. For pharmaceutical companies that embrace integrated patient data, a new world of insightful analytics opens up the possibility for improved patient services, an increase in adherence and an uptake in patient retention. Keep in mind, though, that how a company integrates data and uses it to improve its patient services function is a journey, not a flip of the switch. It isn't as easy as simply buying a technology and installing it. Therefore, it's imperative to get started now. It takes time to build up the right skills internally so that the entire organization can feel comfortable working with new and improved data sets, but the payoff is worth it: Integrated patient data is the foundation for creating stronger support for patients.
About the AuthorAnshul Agarwal is a Principal in ZS's San Francisco office. He has over 11 years of sales and marketing consulting experience in sales force design, distribution channel strategy design, patient analytics and information strategy design. He leads the global oncology and specialty therapeutics (distribution channel) strategy design and information management vertical at ZS. He's helped numerous clients design/execute a patient analytics and data management strategy.


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They still all look at me, disapproving of my plain briefs, but Miles is already in the water, so I just go forwards, leaving our clothing behind. There are no valuables with us since there is nothing to really drag around. I don't really bother much, even if it feels too cold to begin with – the water, that is. Miles already starts by floating on his back idly, lifting his head a bit to make sure that I am next to him and I just join him on his idle activity, letting my hearing go away from me as soon as my ears go underwater. It's far too calm for anyone else to disturb us, as we happened to crash a bunch of over forty year old's tanning sessions, so we had the lake all to ourselves besides the fishermen on another side of the lake.
Soon enough I got bored of just staring at the sky and decided to swim a bit ahead, leaving Miles behind, realizing that I haven't seen him in too long to splash him out of his trance. But it wasn't like my swimming wasn't leading me into a trance as well, I just swam further to observe the feral trails between the woods and the naked hills. I never understood how come people called it beautiful, it all seemed like the same fields to me, the same grass and the same nurturing green which you could see anywhere.
But I kept swimming, until I felt Miles catch up on me, smiling and wondering himself. I saw him slightly open his mouth to say something, but he decided against it. I guess we were far too old to pretend that we were bored, because we were actually bored and we seemed to be harvesting a conversation, allowing it to arise somehow without either of us even trying. I don't even know what to ask and how awkward can we even get when it comes to questions.
So I decide to dive, allowing my body to try and pretend that something idle but nicer has happened to it. It's just so boring, that the thoughts just crawl in my head, but I run out of oxygen too soon, so I decide to head back to the surface, leaving the warmth of feeling nothing and some sort of nostalgia for last summer which was just as boring as this one should be. I end up gasping a bit for air, as Miles is ahead of me, but once he hears my breathing he turns around to check on me and eases from the sudden thought that I could be in any sort of distress.
Miles after a short pause, starts swimming again, somewhat closer to the middle of the lake, making me realize how much we had swam from the shore and I wonder if we would even be able to make it to the other side. It seemed more like drowning was a stronger alternative to that.
Once I catch up to Miles, he just looks at me and I guess we both try to ruffle our minds and try to act as casual as we could. Because as children, you don't have to think much about being awkward and how it would feel in failing a conversation. So-
"So you seeing anyone, Al?" Miles asks me and I feel a blush creep up on my cheeks, because literally everyone had started shagging and I kind of felt behind, always tumbling around when it came to girls. I had girlfriends and girls I've kissed and even crept up their shirts, but I still had to go further. I knew that eventually Miles would ask that and I'd have to confess that I was stuck with that torture.
"No, not now." The last girl was just us making out during some gig and that had been it. Maybe I had taken her to a pub, but it was so short and she had left so early, that I decided that it was not even worth recalling even if I could still see her leopard print coat even if the warmer days of spring had already hit us, giving us a trembling peak of an orange summer. "You?"
"No." Miles says, but realizing that saying no always kills a conversation. And after all this was the juciest coneversation we would have and we already decided to pick out the ripest fruit. "I broke up a while back from this girl, got unlucky, I guess."
I bet he would shrug and I actually got sad that neither of us had the luck in girls, so I wondered if he had managed to shag someone. If he had better luck than I had. We both looked at each other in desperate hope, that somehow we would click or maybe I was just panicking on how awkward I was.
"What happened? You alright now?" I quickly add the second question, as if I could touch him and pat him on the back in some comfort.
"Oh, yeah, yeah. We just... I don't even know what happened. She just said she wasn't feeling it. I mean, I wasn't head over heels in love with her and well, it would be strange for it to be so after a month of dating, but she just said, that there was something off." He pauses and looks at me. "God knows why."
"That's sad and I'm sorry that it happened. Did you like her, though?" I feel like he would lie even to himself, as he looks rather distraught from the whole turn the conversation has taken, even if he was the one to tie the noose around his neck.
"M... Yeah, I guess. I did like her. But I can't really chain her to myself, can I?" He sighed and stopped for a bit, to rest, to pause everything and it was just us alone in the lake and I looked behind to see that the pensioners had long gone apparently, as we were swimming this whole time. It would have gone dark by now, if it were to go dark or if it were a different season upon us, but instead we are drenched in a milky sky and no illusion of the night which causes us to fall asleep, instead it feels like chunking down life in a way.
"Of course." I pause finally as well and we just swim close to each other. "But that's still... sad though. I'm actually sorry. I mean, sometimes it doesn't work out because it's not meant to be and sometimes the right person will be right next to the lost one, so she was just giving way."
I think for a bit.
"Maybe the other one will have bigger tits." I shrug, moving my legs a bit faster because it's starting to get a bit chilly.
"Hopefully. She was actually a bit flat." Miles remarks, himself looking back and dreading the swim back.
"I don't think I'd care too much." I think about it for a bit before saying.
"Me neither." He adds flatly and we both give small smiles.
"I just figured it would be a supportive message." I say.
"That's nice, Al. Thanks." At least there is some bond, because we've played as kids, so there is at least something to pretend about and after all, we won't see each other again unless we get dragged next summer again, but it feels like this could be the final end of childhood. After that something else awaits, which will just somehow unravel like a night's scarf will and show the stars and you'll never know how many.
"I really think we should start swimming back." Miles says and I just nod, a new question creeping onto me and I wonder if I do want to unravel more complicated questions, as everything feels like a clean but known slate. I just glance at him. "What's up, Al?"
"I guess I'm rather tired, that's all. And I started thinking. I had this girl just walk out on me, so then I started thinking if I were to be one to ask if you believe in love, is it stupid that I'm asking at such age?" I actually voice out my thoughts, which causes Miles to swim a bit slower and look at me rather confused. I would look at myself the same way, if Miles were to hold a handheld mirror right to face me, but instead if the water were calmer, I would be able to look down and see my own confused self.
I don't think so. It's alright to ask, I think." It feels like a question which I could ask to bring us closer, after all, at least I wouldn't waste time with nothing upon my hands, at least I would get a close friend. And I imagine us actually meeting back in the city, when the winter hits low with snow and we can look at each other and laugh at the red cheeks which frost gives us. "I do believe in it and I think you can find it at any age."
Maybe I give him a funny look.
"What? Aren't you supposed to be the romantic one with the Little Prince and shit?" Miles softly laughs at me. "Of course you can meet anyone at any age. Just like you can meet them when you're rather old."
I realize that I've had this conversation with girls who hadn't cared about me, but I try to tuck that away like a bad card on my hand.
"And then just die of a heart attack and not even in the arms of your beloved, because they served you coffee last night and you weren't at that stage yet. It's sad." Miles says and I wonder who of us is crazier.
"I just try... to calm myself down, that it's alright to be late or that everything will come to me later."
"Did you not fuck a girl or something?" Miles teases me. It feels too much, so I make a face and look at him, as if begging him not to go there and I'm sure the sun has decided to roast my brain, that I am already revealing all my secrets or it could be because of the cold water or because I am terribly tired of swimming. Miles look at me, feeling a bit bad. "I'm a virgin, too."
I blink, as if I had found another alien, just like me when I thought I was abandoned.
"I thought I'd shag the girl I told you about, but alas. I did like her." Miles bites his lip and looks down, still swimming faster.
"I just thought I'd shag, to be honest." I smirked, trying to lighten up the situation, but I guess that's why Miles raised the topic in the first place, because he wanted to speak of it, to let it flow away instead of letting it eat him this summer. And I try to think of something.
"You can stay with us for the night, if you want. Then we can just relax, instead of you sulking around. I mean, I don't really share my love life with my gran. If you do, that's alright, but I don't." I say. "Then we can have a sleepover and stuff. It's not like there is anything else to do anyway."
I add, as if making this sound like a terrible advertisement.
I really love this story and I'm really feeling it now since it's summer and whatnot. I really love it.
I did this in two sittings, with most just written now and I just kept binging and stopped literally because I had reached the word count, to be fairly honest. I would've even gone on to keep describing everything which is going down.
I'm having a tough time keeping them apart, because I'm not good at keeping any of my characters from fucking right away, that's why they go on such a deep conversation, but it's also something I dp rather often, because I'm always craving to know people who I know or who I'm interested in, even if Miles and Alex don't fully know it yet.
Ah, yes, no valuables, no cell phones, what an odd time that was.
I just kept binging this and binging, thinking of their conversation and that's how it really came to be. I let my imagination go wild and there's not much backstory, this story comes out of thinking of boredom and summer love, really.
I hope you really enjoyed this and I'm happy that the second chapter is out :)


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Posted December 07, 2008 by publisher in Cuban Culture
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Cuban bloggers began a workshop to exchange information despite warnings by the island's authorities not to do so, according to a press release issued Saturday in Havana.
In the communique that was also published on the Generacion Y blog by the Cuban Yoani Sanchez, the cybernauts said that "faithful to their choice of dialogue and the search for viable alternatives, they have found other ways to start their journey without having to travel physically from one place to another."
They said that exchanges have taken place on Friday and Saturday among "people who post blogs on the Internet from the island and others who are interested in visiting this medium."
The document recalled that the workshop "lost its inaugural session because agents of the Interior Ministry summoned certain participants to tell them officially that they were barred from attending the inauguration," scheduled for the city of Pinar del Rio on the western part of the island.
"We can't show documented proof of this prohibition because the agents refused to put it in writing," the workshop participants said, adding that "freedom finds ways that repression can't."
The Cuban bloggers said that the exchanges of experiences "took place in an informal atmosphere, respecting differences of opinion and with a debate of proposals." A Cuban blog contest was suggested for next year.
For her part, Sanchez said Saturday on her blog that "the shouting at police station, the constant operation against us since last Thursday and the prohibition to travel to Pinar del Rio didn't do them much good."
"We eventually found cracks between the censors' fingers that the fine sand of information and knowledge has managed to slip through," she said.
Sanchez, a graduate in Hispanic philology, was honored in April with the Ortega and Gasset Prize, but was unable to travel to Spain to receive the award because Cuban authorities would not allow her to leave the country.
She was recently honored by The Bobs 2008, awarded by German television channel Deutsche Welle, taking the prize for the best international Weblog, an award also granted her by Reporters Without Borders.
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Untruthful and viscous comments place on her blog
'gtrame' what does that mean? are you saying she is lying or people are accessing her blog?
Link to Yoani's website where she describes the police "interview" together with comments:
She seems to be very superficial in her analysis of the problems in Cuba.
FWIW, I am more than a little suspicious of Sanchez' motives. In particular, her frequent mentions (and mentions about her in mainly US media) of the "restrictions" placed on her access to the internet, or the oppression she "suffers', the "subterfuge" she must use to go online, etc.
I saw her sitting in the WiFI lobby of the Melia Cohiba hotel in September during my most recent research visit (the Cohiba was one of the few places with working internet in the weeks after the hurricane). She once wrote that she "dressed like a tourist" and "smiled at the guards" to appear as though she were a tourist. Sorry - but if *I* can spot her as a native cubana, no-one should be under any illusions that she is mistaken for a foreigner, or a non-resident Cuban.
Neither is she "restricted" in any way from connecting to the internet - indeed, to purchase the CUC$6-per-hour (sold only in CUC$12 blocks of 2-hrs), one needs to show identification. For me, my Canadian passport. For her, her Cuban credencial. So any hint that she is pulling a fast one on the authorities to secretly post her messages of "truth" to the world is beyond fallacious.
(also FYI, my research in Cuba since the early 1990s has focused on matters of computing, community, internet, capacitation and related topics. I am a fan of the excellent work Cuba has done to extend technologies to the people as fairly as possible. I also have little time for those who equate the internet with a human right, and who lambast Cuba for "restrictions" without giving equal weight to the context - the U.S. economic embargo, which results in a telecoms embargo, and the very real costs faced by a Third World country to simply connect to the internet via satellite).
At any rate - I arrived in this forum by following up a story about foreign investment in cuban tourism, and from my poking around the website tonight, I can't say I'm impressed with the tone taken by Rob. In my near-20 years of working in Cuba / dealing with Cubans at all levels (in and out of gov't), I am convinced that, despite the many problems they face, the Revolution is not the evil, dictatorial, tropical gulag that her critics like to paint. This is a country that has achieved great things in the face of incredible external attacks. Cuba deserves more respect, and a sincere effort by those who oppose the Revolution to at least try to understand motivation and context.
Boo hoo. That damned Embargo.
What does the Embargo have to do with Telecom Italia and Etecsa? There is no cell phone service in Cuba because Fidel and Raul don't want cellphones in Cuba.
Watch what Fidel and Raul do when Obama tries to lift the Embargo, they will have another Brothers to the Rescue incident or boatlift or round up more "enemies of the state" for speaking their mind making them dangerous to the Cuban government.
Right. It's all the Embargo's fault.
Marek, it appears that you have spent too much time in Cuba since you are brainwashed or flat our lying about your background.
I have very little tolerance for Cuban propaganda bullshit these days and you know what I mean.
??? No cell phone service? Cuba just reduced the rates by half on its cellular service for Cuban residents (which was introduced in April 2008) [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g8NhcKvXuI_28YwgZP-m7uY1QZQwD950JGS85]
And… wow. Rob, if you truly believe that the embargo is ineffectual, then… there really is no point to my attempting to engage you. Truly sad.
China, Venezulea, Canada, Spain? They can't give Cuba everything it needs?
So, Fidel could have done so much more if it wasn't for that darn Embargo?
Fidel would have been gone in the 1960s if we lifted the Embargo.
Rob, I have no desire to enter into an animosity-filled discussion. The facts are the facts. The embargo has been extensively studied, by people who actually do that sort of thing for a living, you know, *research*. There is no question that the embargo adds billions of dollars in additional costs to Cuba for transportation, secondary and tertiary market purchases and the like. The internet connection alone is one in which Cuba's additional costs for satellite connections via Italy incur massive costs that would otherwise not be borne, were the embargo not present, as Cuba could join the global network via its link across the Florida Strait.
That you are unwilling to accept that Cuba has significant development challenges as a direct result of the embargo points to an ideological inability to accept the facts.
Good luck with your endeavours.
"Cuba could join the global network via its link across the Florida Strait"
and then there would be tens of thousands of Yoani Sanchez type blogs.
You know that the Castros don't like freedom of communication so of course they want to complain that they don't have good internet but they don't want good internet.
Cuba's terrible economy is not the fault of the Embargo. It is Fidel Castro mandate.
So the obvious thing to do would be to give Cuba easy, cheap internet access and see what happens,But it may just give a different result, with left wing Cubans broadcasting all their "bad" ideas all over the western world don't you think?
"You know that the Castros don't like freedom of communication so of course they want to complain that they don't have good internet but they don't want good internet."
..and yet Cuba has introduced nation-wide cell service for its citizens, and recently halved the cost of that service. I find it curious that you glossed over your erroneous post above (though kudos to you for not doing the obvious thing and edit your post).
Why not table this discussion until a year from now, when the fibre-optic link via Venezuela is scheduled to come on-line, and then we'll see how the Cuban government implements policy.
I'm happy to revisit the issue.
With regards to cell phone service for citizens in Cuba? Please. Don't be ignorant.
How is it that I am demonstrating ignorance? On my September visit to the island, the widespread use of cellphones was quite obvious, and not among the tourist crowd (I'm talking residential Marianao, Centro Habana, Vedado). Due to the hurricanes I was unable to reach the rural areas, where naturally the penetration would be lower, but the fact remains: Cubans (albeit those with rich relatives in Miami or other sources of income) are making use of the cell phone network.
Hey Marek, how much is your MININT salary nowadays?
If you say you saw people using cellphones, I will believe you but you know the pricing is very restrictive and, I would assume, limited to purchase and phone plans by communists in good standing.
I would guess that maybe you saw 1 in 1000 people using a cellphone? Then I would assume that 9 of those people were tourists so 1 in 10,000 Cubans using a cellphone sounds about right.
Pretty sad remark, Paul. I present facts, and receive slander in response. If that's the best counter-argument Cuba's critics can offer, then it's no wonder the Revolution has survived this long.
For the record, I'm a Canadian (therefore *my* government doesn't forbid me from travelling to Cuba, unlike the USA). I'm an academic with a core focus on Cuba. I am on the island, for extended working visits, at least once per year since 1994. I've travelled the breadth and width of the island. I have friends from all walks of life, from fellow academics to community outreach workers to construction workers to barbers.
Are *your* first-hand, personal and professional connections to Cuba at this level? How then can you accuse me of being a tool of the government? When was the last time you sat down for frijoles negros in a small village in Villa Clara?
It is obvious to me that this is not a forum for intelligent, informed debate or discussion. What a shame.
We welcome all visitors and opinions here but we rarely get actual "facts" from anyone who is pro-Cuban. Then NEVER have anything bad to say about Cuba and when the discussion gets a little heated they always bring up the Embargo and the Cubans in Miami.
It's never Fidel's fault… ever.
So, when we see the next Varsi making a pass through here, they are pretty easy to spot.
Marek, tell me something negative about Fidel and I will give your opinions more weight.
Rob, you do yourself no favours by presenting Cubans' cell phone access as available only to "communists in good standing" when even the mainstream US media coverage of the April availability of the service made it clear that those Cubans who were purchasing the service were most likely being (a) supported by relatives off-island who want a more reliable method of communication or (b) Cubans with access to funds beyond the typical salary, either legally or illegally, via tourism or other foreign-linked venture. One person I know who has a cellphone pays for it out of the proceeds from their casa particular (tourist room rentals). I also have a number of contacts in government - members of the party - who do not have cell phone access. Indeed, those who work in government, unlike the US propaganda, are often those who are in it for the cause - for the Revolution - and are decidedly less well-off than those who work as cab drivers or waiters in the tourist sector.
So long as the community of Cuba critics continues to paint things so broadly with their brush, no real understanding of the complexity of Cuba will ever come into being. I respectfully suggest that you attempt to tone down the histrionics and engage in more informed criticisms, of which there are many to make.
This thread has gone 'waaay off-topic by now. But Rob, if you want to engage in some interesting speculation, I suggest a topic on the potential social / economic / other impacts of an explosion in US-Cuba tourism should Obama go beyond simply lifting the travel restrictions (every 3 years) on Cuban-Americans, and instead open the doors for all US citizens to see Cuba for themselves (I, for one, am very concerned, for a variety of reasons).
Heh - is that how my value is judged - by how critical I am of a nearly-90-year-old man who hasn't been seen in public in two years? Those who continue to believe that Fidel Castro still has (or ever had) the ability to instantaneously know the innermost thoughts and actions of every Cuban everywhere on the island and dispatches government thugs accordingly to beat them into submission, well, time for a road trip to Roswell for a little quality time with the silvery big-headed dudes with large eyes.
Cuba is far more than the "Castro brothers." To suggest otherwise is an insult to those Cubans who go to work every day, keeping their country growing and independent in the face of constant US pressure.
The reason so many people bring up the Embargo as a reason for Cuba's many ills is, as I have previously noted, because the Embargo is not a mythical boogeyman - it's a real, implemented collection of laws and policies that isolate Cuba economically. If Canada were subjected to the same economic policies, we would have fallen to pieces (please don't get any ideas). The continuing denial of the Embargo as a very real developmental challenge faced by Cuba points more to your inability to accept reality than to mine.
I rest my case my friend. You cannot say anything negative against Fidel because you are not allowed to post negative things about Fidel on the Internet.
Having an informed discussion with a Cuban government propagandists like you and Varsi (maybe even the same person) is meaningless. I've been through those "factual" discussions.
I know the protocol Marek:
1. Claim that you are from Canada
2. Claim that I am ignorant.
3. Never say anything bad about Fidel.
4. Blame the Embargo
5. Blame the Cuban mafia
6. Never use the same IP address or user name
7. Never admit that there are any problems in Cuba. Oops, my bad. There isn't anything wrong with Cuba.
I believe and support Yoani Sanchez and Oswaldo Paya, the two future leaders of Cuba.
Of course you will say they are tools of the CIA and Cuban mafia and that's okay. Just keep reading HavanaTimes.org and believing everything Fidel tells you.
8. Feign being upset and vow to never return.
9. Report to your superiors and have them schedule another agent for "discussion" at HavanaJournal.com.
Holy freakin' paranoid mister!
1/ Born in Nova Scotia. Not putting anything more public out there, because those who attack Cuba tend to attack (really, attack) anyone who disagrees with 'em. Those bombings in Miami a few years ago perhaps the most obvious evidence of that.
2/ "Ignorant" - I said uninformed. Or perhaps better, misinformed. Or unable to inform yourself of an alternative point of view or see the situation from more than one side.
3/ Something bad about Fidel. Well, gee. Let me see… I think he should have retired a few years earlier to the countryside, wrote his memoirs, and let the next generation prove to Cuba's critics that Cuba is not one man. I think some of the decisions he's made over the past 50 years were in error, but I'm not a judge of history. I'm sure he has character flaws, but I don't know the man personally. What would be "bad" enough in your view to give me credibility in here?
4/ The Embargo is fact. Until you can present counter-evidence that the Embargo instead brings butterflies and ice cream to all Cubans only to have it snatched away by the hands of the evil state security, I'll have to go with my own opinion.
5/ Cuban mafia: well, come on now… that should go without saying, giving the historical and contemporary actions of those elements.
6/ My IP address is dynamic, like most people on the planet who have high-speed internet at home - I don't pay for a business-level, fixed-IP. But the broad IP range is consistent with the place where I live - in Mexico, finishing my PhD. My user name is my family name. Where's the problem with that? Again I say: Paranoid!
7/ There are a gazillion problems with Cuba. But there are sufficient of you critics to cover that side of the situation - I know from personal experience that Cuba is not the tropical gulag that you are attempting to portray. But I'm willing to let Cuba fix itself, rather than have the US do it's infamous "fix" on Cuba.
8/ Upset? No - I go between being amused at the alternate reality in which some of Cuba's critics apparently live, and concern that so many people can buy into the anti-Cuba propaganda that has been flowing from Little Havana and the State Department for over half a century.
9/ The only "superior" I report to these days is the guy who is supervising my Doctoral thesis.
Rob, as you well know, I came to this forum through that article on a new tourism development between Havana and Varadero, which is of interest to my research on Cuba and foreign investment policies. Exploring the rest of the site, I found this article on Sanchez, and related my observations from her very easy internet access at the Melia Cohiba hotel in Varadero which to me was contradictory of her earlier statements describing "oppression" and needing to resort to "subterfuge" to go online. That you have decided, in the space of less than a day, to paint me as an agent of Cuban security, well… sorry to burst your bubble, pal.
Perhaps as one way to confirm my authenticity as a Canadian (unlike you Yanks who stick a Canadian flag on your luggage to keep from being kidnapped or worse while travelling internationally), let me give you a bit of local knowledge: In Halifax, Nova Scotia, the absolutely most delicious donairs are found at Bash Toulany's shop, 5553 Duffus St, in the North End. But be careful - they taste great, but can be deadly for their very sweet sauce and super-spicy meat.
Perhaps I should end with a candianism, eh?
Thanks for commenting on each of my points.
The nagging problem I have is why do you criticize Yoani Sanchez but not Fidel?
What does Yoani have to do with your thesis or interest in foreign investment?
Why do you feel so obligated to hash out this conversation and post such long replies as though you need to convince me and Havana Journal readers that we are all wrong about Cuba?
Why would a Canadian living in Mexico go through all this trouble?
These are the questions I have as to your motivation which brings me around to the only answer that you work directly or indirectly for the Cuban government and that they dictate or at least monitor your work.
Are you saying that you have no ties to the Cuban government?
I have no ties to the Cuban government. Clear enough?
I'm a Canadian. I have a long history of studying Cuba's development.
My comments regarding Sanchez simply point out the discrepancy in what she has said she needs to go through to post her material online, and what I saw with my own eyes.
The long replies are mutual - we are egging one another one, wouldn't you agree?
Why would I go to the "trouble"? Because I dislike the spreading of false information about Cuba. I think some of the comments made here have been either blatantly dishonest, or erroneous due to the authors being uninformed (and, apparently, unwilling to even consider alternate points of view).
Hah! The Cuban government "dictates" my work? God - were that so, I imagine my dissertation would have been finished long ago…
This is about as fun as banging one's head against a wall…
Okay. Let's see how things develop on the next story.
If you are a student of Cuban history you cannot ignore the fact that Fidel has the country locked down.
He knows how Batista had the country locked down and he knows how to beat Batista therefore Fidel knows what he has to do in order to prevent another Fidel from rising to the top.
If that is not in your thesis then it is not much of a thesis.
The fact that you can't find any faults with Fidel and/or communism is kinda scary but I'll give you some leeway because you are Canadian.
Why do you like in Mexico and why are you writing a thesis on Cuba if you don't mind me asking.
You don't present facts Marek, just are like the countless other fellow travelers how try to give a human face to an inhuman, communist society. Western European countries and your "country" Canada give people a variety of second generation rights, and those societies are not subjected to a police state.
We can go back and forth, but it's folks like you, who make goliath look like david. David didn't care about the "evil" embargo when it was fully subsidized by the USSR, and when it was being used by the Soviets to wage in proxy conflicts throughout the world.
This thread makes me realize that Communist countries have always won global audience by having seemingly innocent pseudo intellectuals give them a facelift.
You'll reply with a david type comment, probably call me a fascist miami cuban, and mask your appeasement of authoritarianism with fake politeness.


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Day 13 & 14 of The Ultimate Reset were GREAT & basically the SAME! I was starting to gain energy and just feel great. By far the best days YET! I did loose my appetite when dinner came around and drank a vegan chocolate Shakeology for dinner both nights. The food has of course been amazing and I pretty much ate the same thing all week. Were so busy with unpacking and getting the house unpacked that I really didn't have as much time to cook as I wanted. I do plan on going through these menu's again and using them after the reset. This is a lifestyle change that I attend to continue with. I will have my one cheat a week because I honestly am going CRAZY with out it. I think about sweets, cookies, cake, pie, all day long. I'm not normally like this either. Normally I can get my kids an ice cream or fix their food and be totally okay but i'm going crazy with the cravings. I have to fight with myself not to eat my kids nurtigrain bars at breakfast and take a bite of their waffles. Definitely need that one cheat & my daily Shakeology!!!
Lunch was my normal amazing salad with Cashews and the Creamy Garlic Homemade Salad Dressing. AMAZING!!!
After the reset I plan to keep this amazing salad in the rotation. Some mornings I'll have my Shakeology for breakfast and some days i'll have my morning fruit and have my Shakeology for lunch!! Loving the new variety that I will have and that I have found some recipes that I love and plan to keep around.
Dinner was Vegan Shakeology and I enjoyed EVERY ounce of it!!! I love my Shakeology!!
Right after my shake I watched a few of my shows, worked a bit on the computer, and was off to bed. I was excited to wake up to the last day of the DETOX!!!!!
Day 13 & the FINAL day of Week 2!!!! I have a love/hate relationship with the Reset. I have major cravings but I LOVE the challenge and I enjoy the connection in the group and the menu plan that I almost don't want it to end. However, I am looking forward to feeling like a normal person and not being a hermit in my house because I'm scared of all the temptations around. I'm telling you the Reset is easy at the beginning but as time goes on the cravings get BAD. It's key to have a good support group that you can count on and hold yourself accountable. I can help you through this if you decide to. It's been one of the best experiences and i highly suggest this program for anyone looking to drop some weight, learn to eat clean, learn to love vegetables, and expand their recipe book, or just put yourself to the challenge.
Today started out with my morning fruit & of course ... MORE UNPACKING!! I swear it's never ending. Still so much to do! Lunch was the same as the day before. A delicious microgreen salad with cashews, and the creamy garlic salad dressing. I could easily eat this everyday and i use to NOT be a salad person!!
I made dinner but was so tired I feel asleep with out even eating dinner. I think all the late nights up working and unpacking through out the day caught up to me. I took my last detox and fell asleep on the couch. My husband woke me up and I was half asleep walking to bed. It was a long week & I just need a night to catch up.
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