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The Beebo Brinker Chronicles unfolds in an era when the cultural norm for American women was more homemaker Betty Crocker than feminist Betty Friedan. Based on a collection of lesbian pulp fiction classics by Ann Bannon, the theatrical Beebo Brinker follows the journeys of several gals and their gay pal from the early 1950s to the dawn of the '60s.
The Kate Moira Ryan-Linda S. Chapman play, an Off-Broadway success in 2007, is the second show from Fort Lauderdale's Kutumba Theatre Project, an LGBT-friendly company run by Kim Ehly. The script isn't as strong as Ehly's own Baby GirL, Kutumba's memorable debut production. Yet in new digs at the Galleria Mall's Galleria Studio Theatre (home of the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theatre), director Ehly and a strong cast mine Beebo Brinker for not only its noir-style humor but for the sobering, resonant truths about the characters' search for happiness in a judgmental world.
As Beebo begins, sorority sisters Laura (Blaze Powers) and Beth (Sandi M. Stock) have reached a fork in the relationship road. Gorgeous Laura wants to take their secret love to the next level by setting up house with Beth in Greenwich Village. But Beth lacks Laura's courage, instead opting to marry Charlie (Rayner G. Garranchan), her unsuspecting boyfriend. Major mistake.
Their divergent paths lead both women to plenty of heartache. Laura, who often prowls the village with her gay friend Jack (Matt Stabile), can't forget Beth but tries to move on. She falls for her chatty straight roommate Marcie (Christina Groom), a predictably disastrous chapter in her life, then surrenders to the tough, confident Beebo Brinker (Niki Fridh), a butch lesbian experienced in navigating the choppy waters of an alternative lifestyle.
The ever-more-miserable Beth, who lives in California with Charlie and their two young kids, escapes the daily rebuke that is her life by losing herself in Beebo Brinker-style lesbian pulp fiction. In one of the play's more clever scenes, Beth breathlessly reads an erotic passage aloud as, on the other side of the stage (and the other side of the country), Beebo and Laura take a hot tumble between the sheets.
Told in cinematically short scenes, the play powers through its weak spots thanks to Kutumba's engaging cast. Powers makes the beautiful Laura a kind of everywoman's fantasy, a dream dame who moves from loss, longing and a kind of naiveté to a sophisticated life of consensual adventure. As Beth, Stock isn't nearly as compelling, though her scenes with Garranchan as Beth's marriage implodes are effectively intense. Garranchan is playing a cliché of a man, a traditional hubby who can't fathom why his sexually disinterested wife just can't clean more and do a better job of bonding with their kids. Yet the actor finds dramatic depth in Charlie's endless frustration, enriching each of his scenes.
Fridh's Beebo is both commanding and alluring, a tough gal who is as needy and vulnerable as anyone, despite her contention that nothing in the game of love (or sex) really matters. Stabile (Fridh's real-life hubby) is charming and funny as Jack, Laura's pragmatic pal, and Groom gets to flaunt her versatility by playing roommate Marcie, slutty Lili and novelist Nina.
The show's production values are a mixed bag. Tyler K. Smith's minimalist gray set design allows for multiple playing areas but doesn't anchor the piece, and Sean Cutler's too-stark lighting doesn't always fit with the mood of a scene. Yet the costumes by Ehly and Melanie Garbo supply plenty of color and period-evocative style, and the sound design by Nicole Stodard and David Hart -- particularly the scene-bridging songs of the era --reinforces the play's themes.
The Beebo Brinker Chronicles is drawing plenty of South Florida's lesbian theatergoers, a community Ehly wants to serve with Kutumba. The play evokes a specific world quite well, but its themes -- the search for love, youthful mistakes, bruising cruelty and the possibility of reinvention -- resonate with anyone negotiating that path to maturity called life.


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No streaking allowed: Cavaliers 93 — Bucks 78
Category: Recaps
|Ersan Ilyasova, PF Shot Chart 22 MIN | 2-10 FG | 0-0 FT | 6 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 TO | 5 PTS | -10T
he box score doesn't always tell the whole story, but in Ersan's case for this game, it kind of does. As a small forward, his main objective is to space the floor and shoot, and he made 2 of 10 shots. He didn't contribute much else.
|Ekpe Udoh, PF Shot Chart 12 MIN | 1-2 FG | 0-0 FT | 1 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 0 TO | 2 PTS | -3
He left the game in the first half with a sprained left ankle and did not return.
|John Henson, C Shot Chart 25 MIN | 4-7 FG | 0-0 FT | 6 REB | 3 AST | 1 STL | 2 BLK | 4 TO | 8 PTS | -19
The four turnovers put a damper on things. His box scores always look a little better than his actual performances. The Bucks would be a better team if he found his Inner Varejao.
|Brandon Knight, PG Shot Chart 23 MIN | 4-12 FG | 0-1 FT | 0 REB | 3 AST | 1 STL | 1 BLK | 1 TO | 8 PTS | -18
In the second quarter he had two assists to John Henson that made him look very much like a point guard, and he almost had another than Henson fumbled into a turnover. But the rest of the game was forgettable or worse. The Cavs had the best two point guards in this particular game: Kyrie Irving and Jarrett Jack.
|Giannis Antetokounmpo, SG Shot Chart 26 MIN | 3-5 FG | 2-2 FT | 7 REB | 2 AST | 1 STL | 2 BLK | 3 TO | 10 PTS | -1
He was the Bucks' leading rebounder. And it's still strange to see opposing big men shy away from shooting when the Bucks' starting shooting guard is in their vicinity. But it's not hard to see why: in addition to challenging shots in the paint, he even snuffed out an Anderson Varejao jumper. In fact, the 2 blocks seems like a vast undercount. Maybe the official scorers weren't paying attention in garbage time when Carmelo crept up on 60 points.
He drives baseline a lot and looks to pass in a lot of those situations, often after jumping. For a lot of guys, it would be a risky move, but Giannis has the reach and vision to pull it off. Well, maybe he does. Certainly being a threat to score in those situations helps his case at least.
|Khris Middleton, PF Shot Chart 28 MIN | 5-7 FG | 0-1 FT | 3 REB | 0 AST | 2 STL | 0 BLK | 3 TO | 13 PTS | 0
He parlayed a strong showing against Detroit into another decent shooting night.
|Caron Butler, SF Shot Chart 17 MIN | 1-6 FG | 0-0 FT | 3 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 2 PTS | -10
Crash. Back to Earth we go. There's just so little movement in his game. Perhaps he's tired.
On offense, he doesn't move away from the ball enough. On defense, he sags in the paint like a rim protector that he isn't. The numbers on the season prove it. The only Buck with less movement is Zaza Pachulia, who obviously fulfills a much different role.
|Miroslav Raduljica, C Shot Chart 16 MIN | 1-3 FG | 2-2 FT | 1 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 4 PTS | +3
Didn't get into the game until the second half; when he did get in, he scored 4 quick points, After that outburst, though, there wasn't much to see but a few well-delivered fouls.
|Larry Sanders, C Shot Chart 21 MIN | 3-5 FG | 1-2 FT | 5 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 3 BLK | 0 TO | 7 PTS | -10
In the first half, he came off the bench springy and largely in rhythm to help the Bucks with 5 quick points and some activity in the paint, even if Tyler Zeller stonewalled one of his dunk attempts.
|Nate Wolters, PG Shot Chart 9 MIN | 2-4 FG | 2-2 FT | 1 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 TO | 6 PTS | +5
He got in for garbage time, so it's hard to draw any real conclusions. At least he got in.
|Luke Ridnour, PG Shot Chart 19 MIN | 1-7 FG | 2-2 FT | 0 REB | 2 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 TO | 4 PTS | -10
If his wife is a kind person, she'll delete this one from the DVR. He got zapped when he tried to defend Kyrie Irving. He countered on the other end … with an airball. And then, when his teammates set him up for a fast break layup, Tyler Zeller swooped in for a massive chasedown block.
|O.J. Mayo, SG Shot Chart 22 MIN | 3-6 FG | 2-2 FT | 1 REB | 6 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 1 TO | 9 PTS | -2
Why does he get unfairly lumped in with Neal and Butler? Is it the money? The 'veteran' status? I mean, he's not a busybody by any definition, but he makes solid decisions, shoots the ball well, and bumps his man around a bit on defense. 6 assists was twice as many as any other Buck.
|Larry Drew
It's hard to say supportive things here if he thinks that Ersan Ilyasova can work as a small forward.
Two Things We Saw
- With Udoh out for the second half, John Henson and Larry Sanders got a long stretch of play together. In 7:42 of time with the big men together, the Bucks were outscored 18-9.
- Anthony Bennett is terrible. I'm not one to normally subscribe to moral victories, but the Bucks get one simply for ending up with Antetokounmpo from the 2013 Draft instead of Bennett, who finished the game 0-4 FG with 3 fouls and a turnover in just over 5 minutes of garbage time.
About the Author (Author Profile)Husband. Father. Blogger. Retired mathlete. I covered Larry Sanders' "Three Thumbs Up" game as credentialed media -- and failed to see well enough to witness the thumbing as it happened. On Twitter, I'm anaheimamigos.
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I always enjoy reading the Bucksketball postgame grades but I do have one question: Why does Larry Drew always seem to get an absurdly high grade? His awful and frequent shifts in the rotation and his refusal to play his best players the most minutes costs us a ton of games; or at the very least it robs us of being competitive in most games. Just my 2 cents.
Bummer! After watching most of the first quarter live, I was looking forward to the rest on DVD — but 78 points?!? Plus, after Miroslav did so well last game, we didn't even try him on Anderson Varejao in the first half?
Then I see that Tobias went for 28 points and 20 boards — and that his 4 assists were more than any of our point guards. Plus, Kendall Marshall of the disregarded D-League had 14 assists to go along with 19 points on 5-7 from deep.
Point being: This team is such a mess that one wonders if a starting-five of top lottery picks would make a difference. I continue to be stunned at the patience being extended to our front office, and shudder at the thought of their next move (still wondering, for example, if it's true that they really wanted Josh and/or J.R. Smith).
My ideas seem about as popular as a big, black, slushy puddle at a Bradley Center pedestrian crossing; and I'm open to other ones, with the following concerns, respectfully: I don't think Nate is ready to be a major factor at point guard; I don't think John is ready to be a feature on offense. Also, although it would be nice to sprinkle in some of our veterans with our young guys, the vets mostly come across as various combinations of inconsistent/incompetent/uninspired/insipid — perhaps adding outright selfish — although I'll grant that playing for this team could be hard on anybody.
As much as I hope we get a top-three pick this June, I think waiting around for the lottery is a really lousy strategy. Look at the lottery-laden Cavs, with Kyrie Irving as a starting all-star, still scuffling post-LeBron, still shaky after all these years.
I wish the Greek Freak Alerts Twitter account still told me when Giannis was in the game. He's the only reason I'd watch (caught a few minutes tonight, but usually I just read these so I don't have to endure watching the joke that is this basketball franchise currently)
Save the B for Drew I think your grades are right on. Nice to see Mayo have a pretty good game, not sure what happened with Knight after the 1st, he was getting to the rim with ease.
Did anyone notice Paschke read the wrong promo TWICE? The graphic had a Bucks dancer and a Coors light and he read a promo for family night! Ah, that was the only thing entertaining about this game. That and Nate Wolters almost posterizing Anthony Bennett… Too bad he got fouled, that would've been his low point in his career, if his career could get any lower.
Are you saying alcohol & scantily clad women do not lead to proper family entertainment?
Two problems I have.
1. As others have mentioned, Drew getting a B seems a bit high. Now I'm not really complaining with the final result: I believe these losses can only contribute to the Bucks having a brighter future sooner. But Drew and even Van Exel last night always refer to the same thing: lack of energy. He's had half a season. If he can't get these guys to play with any sort of urgency, he needs to be fired, period.
2. As much as it pains me to say it, Udoh should not have been giving an inconclusive grade. One rebound in 12 minutes of action is unacceptable at his position. You have to be able to contribute in some way on the court, and he still has been unable to do that consistently. And he's not some major defensive stopper where he should be getting minutes over Henson or Miroslav, the former who can rebound, score and block shots, the latter probably our best overall post player.


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We're REA-DYYYYYYYYY!!!!!Posted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
But one nice thing they had in common was gaggles of young people learning to play very complicated and old instruments – at least old in design, and sometimes old in construction.
Midland-Odessa was my first stop, for the second annual Cassatt in the Basin project. For those of you who haven't read my blog in the past nine months (or have too many other more important things to keep track of to remember my digital scribbles), the Cassatt Quartet commissioned a triple quartet from me for this residency, to premiere with two local high school quartets. The kids got the music a few months ago; Cassatt arrived a week before the performance. In addition to preparing my Blossom, the quartet also sat next to the principals in the student chamber orchestra, coached chamber music groups, and generally provided musical guidance of the highest caliber.
Midland-Odessa is in the oil-rich western part of Texas, with fabulous wealth disguising serious isolation. The two cities, each with populations in the 100,000 range, struggle with some of the same problems one finds all over, most seriously teen pregnancy. Cassatt has used this residency to establish positive role models. By engaging the kids in chamber music, they are fostering teamwork and discipline, but unlike in sports, the teamwork and discipline of chamber music is in the service of beauty. For my part, it felt great to have my music serve an important social purpose – not something music has to do in order to be significant, but one of the many things it can do to great effect.
I arrived at the Midland-Odessa airport the day before the premiere. My hosts were Dr. and Dr. Topal, an opthamologist and a gynecologist in their 60s. They took nice care of me, serving wonderful vegetarian samosas and tasty Indian tea. I came to admire Kamal Topal in particular: a diminutive, energetic and chatty woman, she runs the Odessa Planned Parenthood branch, which is a bit like running a tax collection agency on Wall Street. I'd say she earned a lot of respect from me, except I don't think she needed to earn anything from me, seeing as how my house would fit pretty comfortably in her living room.
We rehearsed my triple quartet that evening, making substantial progress in an hour. Rehearsal was followed by two dinners — one Caribbean and one Japanese – these are the kinds of hosts who wouldn't settle for preparing just one dinner for their guests. The woman who made the Japanese food kept assuring me I wouldn't like it, as I feasted on sushi, miso soup and more. She should see the globe-hopping that happens every week in my kitchen.
I'm always wary of people who jump to clichéd assumptions when they are away from home, grasping at the slightest clues to support their prejudices. But I must admit, I did a double-take as I arrived at Bonham Jr. High for the performance on the following day and was greeted by a large sign saying "If You Don't Believe, You Don't Belong." It took me a moment to realize the slogan was in reference to the school football team, but it still struck me as a painfully loaded message to send to teenagers.
But I live in my world, and everyone else is welcome to live in theirs.
The music covered a lot of bases, but one piece that stuck in my head was a Beethoven string trio arranged for cello and two double basses. No disrespect to the performers, who acquitted themselves admirably, or to the double bass, which is an instrument I fell in love with early and hard, but it's easy to imagine this would be a perfect nightmare for a cellist – I'm about to go out onstage to play a Beethoven trio, but instead of violin and viola, I'm playing it with two double basses — and I forgot to put my clothes on this morning.
My piece got a big buildup. It was last on the program, and it was preceded by a speech about how exciting it is to premiere a new work, especially a work of such magnificence, etc., etc. (No, I wasn't the one doing the talking.) Then the musicians came out on stage. Applause. They take their seats, arrange their music on the stands, adjust themselves in preparation for the performance.
After about 30 seconds of this, a child's voice calls out from the back of the auditorium: "OKAYYYYYY, We're REA-DYYYYYY!"
Best intro I've ever had.


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It's a boy for Jenna Fischer
She might six-months pregnant, but Jenna Fischer is still super quick
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In a quip-filled gab session with host Jay Leno, Fischer disclosed that
she and husband, screenwriter Lee Kirk, are having a boy in September.
"Me and my husband, we're due in the fall, September," she said. "We're
in what they call the home stretch. This is the second grandchild, but
it's the first grandson…This is the exclusive, Jay!" she said.
She admitted that this, her first pregnancy, was "easy." She told Leno,
"I haven't had any morning sickness or anything like that. I've been
exercising, which I think has helped, I don't have any back pain, a lot
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PHOTO CREDIT: Mreraser, Creative Commons LicenseI hate this. I love this.
Mad props to Jonny Blaze for sending this my way!
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The Martinsville Police Department is asking for citizens' help in identifying their cats from the feral cats which have become a major issue in the city. Each year the department receives approximately 50 to 75 citizen requests asking them to trap feral cats which are on their property.
The main concern with feral cats is that they are frequent carriers of feline A.I.D.S. and feline leukemia. Because feral cats compete for food with other wild animals such as skunks and raccoons they are more susceptible to contracting rabies which can be spread to humans. Very often citizens complain that feral cats are getting into their trash, walking on their vehicles or posing a threat to the safety of their pets. Oftentimes feral cats become a nuisance to business owners when they begin staying in vacant buildings and warehouses.
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Theric's recent post led to an outpouring (120 comments and counting) of ideas and speculation on the future of AML, how to get there, and who will take it there. I noted that I would try to assemble said gush of words into something concise and actionable (as in, "ready to be acted upon," not, "grounds for a lawsuit"). The following attempts to be comprehensive, but I certainly may have missed or misunderstood certain comments. Please feel free to offer further revisions, corrections, questions, gripes, etc.
Alright, then. To business. As suggested by Wm, the following is divided into two parts, "triage" (what needs to be done now) and "ambitions" (what can be done later, once the victim is stable).
NOTE: If your name appears at the end of an item after "Volunteers" do not fret. You have not been locked in. I am just going off of what I gathered from reading the comments, trying to cast a broad net. Hopefully, individual assignments and responsibilities will be finalized in time.
Website - There seems to be a very solid consensus about this one. If we can get the website back up and running and add as much content as possible (reviews, archives, the history/narrative of AML, etc.), our visibility skyrockets, our relevancy rises, and our community grows. This also includes coordinating with Jeff Needle and Andrew Hall to better harness and expand their invaluable work. I like Tyler's idea of helping to further Andrew's efforts to curate and link to all manner of MoLit related content (the "bazaar" appeal as named by Jonathan L.). The Digital Humanities Now model (as suggested by Tyler) can (should) be adapted for AML. It needs to be a collaborative, sustainable effort. VOLUNTEERS: Elizabeth Beeton, Jonathan Langford, Dallas Robbins, Michael Ellis
Social Media - Facebook and Twitter. To drive traffic. To promote and remind and provoke and display. VOLUNTEERS: Scott Hales
Awards - As many pointed out, getting seriously organized with the awards gives AML standing as an arbiter of quality, brings together writers, readers, and publishers, and sparks thoughtful discussion (as well as controversy!). We need to come up with a transparent and systematic way of nominating and judging. VOLUNTEERS: Theric Jepson, Tyler Chadwick, Wm Morris (publicity), Joe Plicka, Margaret Young
Board/Leadership - We need a board that will meet (on the internet, of course), somewhat regularly. We need a treasurer to keep tabs on our finances. We need a secretary to maintain membership rolls. We need you. VOLUNTEERS: Scott Hales, Jonathon Penny, Joe Plicka, others I may have missed?
Recruitment - We need to court critics and writers who have drifted off, or are up and coming, or have just plain never heard of us. I know a couple people whose interests align with AML but have just assumed the organization was kind of asleep, or not interested in them (as Scott mentioned, some are unsure who AML is for). I hate how this feels like another version of "tell five friends," or "shouldn't everyone have the opportunity to hear this glad message," or, heaven forbid, "SPAM!" (as Mormons, that hits pretty close to home), but we don't have to don the uniform and grab the bullhorn. Just selectively invite the most viable candidates to participate and let the internet do the rest. Jonathan Langford offered to scour some databases for stragglers who are doing work in MoLit but haven't connected the dots to AML, and might be persuaded to share their work. Other efforts here could be fruitful.
2015 AML Conference/Seminar/Gathering - This is last under triage, because while it is something that we need to think about very soon, it's not as urgent as the above. Hawaii is not going to happen until 2016. In the meantime, we could decide to do something this coming spring (or summer, or winter). Much has been bandied about. Should it be an online conference, a small gathering in conjunction with another conference (MSH), or something along the lines of Tyler's proposed MoLit seminar (and/or creative workshop/seminar)? (In the future or even now, another discussed option was sponsoring a session at a larger conference like RMMLA, Sunstone, or maybe, someday, at MLA or AWP themselves.) If Tyler's seminar idea gets traction, I would be glad to participate. It sounds like it has the potential to deeply engage a small group of willing but distracted folks and produce something memorable and meaningful that could go right up on the AML website. VOLUNTEERS (includes those who suggested or expressed interest in any of these ideas): Scott Hales, Tyler Chadwick, Joe Plicka, Theric Jepson, Jonathon Penny, Wm Morris
AML/LDS Writers Workshop Hawaii 2016 - I'm on this. It's undoubtedly a beast to even think about. It could be incredible. Thank you for those of you who gave me feedback on your desires/abilities to attend. The big question right now is timing. February, May, or July? Then we tackle scope. And housing. VOLUNTEERS: Joe Plicka, Margaret Young, Luisa Perkins
Irreantum (or successor) - This is something I actually feel confident about offering to help with. My experiences with editing and publishing lit journals are not decades deep, but solid enough to stand on. Questions about money (printing, subscriptions) notwithstanding, there seems to be a fair amount of interest in having some sort of AML skin in the publishing game (does that expression make anyone else titter?). We can continue the discussion about format and audience on a future post. A few common themes: broader format, roving editorship and theme issues, online publication (maybe an additional print run). VOLUNTEERS: Jonathon Penny, Theric Jepson, Michael Andrew Ellis, Joe Plicka
Many more ideas were suggested that sound super dreamy and super awesome (many offered by Randy Astle). Maybe a day will come when AML has the personnel and resources to pursue things like:
MoLit online course (Tyler has led out on this so far and maybe it will become his thing apart from AML, it's not so much a pie in the sky really, maybe it could even be serialized in Irreantum), AML podcast, smaller workshops/conferences around the country, a MoLit app, a web series, an AML Press (Amazon Fulfillment style)
Okay, so what did I miss? And where do we go from here?
And PLEASE, if you would like to add your name to any of these items, PLEASE let me know. We need as much or as little as you can give.
So far it looks like a smaller group of about half a dozen folks who are ready to pitch in. (And a few who are already doing all they can.) Not sure if that will be enough to carry us, but we'll start down the road and see who else shows up. In the age of the internet, you never know who will drop by.


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Insurance: Share the risk
Published on - October 27th, 2012 (Modified on - September 7th, 2014) (by Ellen Cannon)
This is a guest post from Joanna Lahey, an associate professor of economics at the George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
Ellen's note: Joanna has written four articles about health insurance. This is the first, and every Saturday for the next month, we'll be publishing one. Given the readers' concern over the cost of health insurance as well as the ability to get insurance, we think her articles will be a great addition to GRS.
What is insurance?
We save for retirement in order to smooth our consumption over time. Money saved now when we have income allows us to eat more than cat food when we're retired and not bringing in as much.
Insurance works in much the same way, except instead of smoothing our consumption over time, we're smoothing it over conditions of the world. In the good state of the world, the one in which we haven't been hit by a bus, we spend money on insurance. In the bad state of the world, the one in which the bus hits us, the insurance company pays out money to help compensate us for our medical care.
People value this insurance because they are risk averse. For most people, losing money hurts us more than gaining the equivalent amount of money makes us happy. We're willing to pay a little extra during good times to offset the bad times.
Of course, in reality it's a little bit more complicated than that. Insurance companies have an incentive to keep you from getting into that bad state of the world, so they might pay for annual check-ups and other sorts of preventive care. Additionally, some people like the idea of using health insurance as a prepayment for expected medical expenses. However, preventive care and prepayment are not technically insurance even if they are bundled in with many policies. The point of insurance is to make the bad times less bad by paying for insurance during the good times and accepting a payout during the bad times.
In an ideal world, this insurance system would just work and the free market could handle everything. People would pay their expected cost of insurance into the insurance system and the insurance would pay out for the people who were unlucky enough to get hit by buses or have other health problems.
Unfortunately, there's a problem. People who know that they are likely to use medical care value insurance more than people who believe they will never get sick. The problem arises when people know their expected medical costs better than insurance companies do. This situation is called "asymmetric information" — one party (you) knows more than the other party (the insurance company) does.
Death spiral in the insurance market
In this world of asymmetric information, there is theoretically no way for an insurance company to make a profit, or to even exist in the private market. If the insurance company sells insurance at the average cost of medical care — what it expects to pay out on average — then people who know deep down that they're healthy are going to prefer not to buy the insurance. People who know they are likely to get sick are more than willing to pay the average cost of medical care and sign up in droves. When that happens, the average cost of medical care that the insurance company sees goes up, so they have to charge higher rates for coverage. That means that the folks who expect to have ingrown toenails but no other health problems will drop coverage while the people who expect to get diabetes will stay on. That drives up the average cost of health insurance further, which means that the next healthiest group of people will stop buying coverage and only the most expensive stay on. Eventually only the most expensive person will be willing to buy insurance (and he or she probably won't be able to afford it). The market fails, and insurance cannot be offered. The private insurance market is broken.
Asymmetric information and this "lemons problem" (the term coined in an article by George Akerlof) are why it is so very difficult to get coverage on the private market and why the coverage is so expensive. It's also why private coverage deliberately doesn't cover conditions like pregnancy if it can legally choose not to.
Side note: You may have noticed that even though the private health insurance market is broken, it still exists. That's because of that risk aversion we talked about in the previous section — most people value insurance more than its expected cost. If they value it enough, they're willing to pay more and are able to get over the death spiral. Incidentally, David Cutler, one of the main architects of the Affordable Care Act, argues that the individual mandate is not needed — we just need to get the price low enough and risk aversion will get people to buy. Jon Gruber, another of the architects, disagrees — he doesn't think it is likely that risk aversion will overcome the adverse selection problem.
Why is health insurance in the U.S. bundled with employment?
The solution to the problem? Group markets for insurance. In a group market, people are in a group for some reason that has nothing to do with health insurance. Working for the same employer functions especially well because adults who work are healthier on average than adults who don't work. Everyone in the group is charged the same amount for insurance, and the average cost is low enough that the downward death spiral doesn't occur. The bigger the group, the more risk and costs are spread out and the happier the insurance company is. Large companies get cheaper insurance rates than smaller companies because it's less likely with a large company that the boss is getting insurance because he just found out his wife has cancer (and even if he did, that cost is spread out across more workers).
Doesn't that argue that we should have just one group for everybody? Well, yes. However, for historical reasons (price controls during WWII, as several folks pointed out in the comments of this Ask the Readers post), we ended up with our groups being attached to employment. That's fine if you're employed by a large firm that offers insurance (or married to someone who is), but makes things more difficult if you're not.
Why don't we just tear the system down and start from scratch? Well, it is difficult to destroy a private industry that is around 7 percent of our economy, especially when said industry has powerful lobbyists. It may be more efficient to have government-provided health insurance, but the costs of getting to that point would be large.
Given our current political and institutional situation, we can still get to universal health care even if single-payer insurance is unlikely. In the U.S. that means something like the Affordable Care Act, with its universal mandate, subsidies, and regulations prohibiting preexisting-condition exclusions or charging prices based on anything other than age and tobacco status. I will talk more about the basics of the Affordable Care Act in a future post.
How much insurance should be provided?
In the ideal world, insurance companies would provide full insurance. They would pay 100 percent of your medical care and maybe something to compensate you for pain and suffering. You'd have to pay a larger premium to get the insurance, but it would be worth it because if you got hit by a bus you wouldn't be out of pocket for anything. Unfortunately, this is not an ideal world and people are flawed.
- If you knew you were going to get compensated, you might be less careful about looking both ways before crossing the street.
- If going to the doctor is completely free, you might go in for a sniffle right away just to be on the safe side rather than waiting a few days.
- If someone else is paying, you might move to more expensive infertility treatments faster than if you have to pay the bill yourself.
- Your doctor might decide to do extra tests that only have a small chance of finding anything, because why not?
We call these changes in behavior caused by the program availability "moral hazard." Moral hazard occurs when people do bad things they wouldn't have done if they were bearing the full cost of their actions.
Political economy side note: The trade-offs caused by moral hazard are one of the main points of disagreement between political parties. Public programs help deserving people who need help, but they can also cause people to do bad things in order to qualify for the public programs (through moral hazard). Programs that help children tend to be popular with politicians on both sides because children don't have moral hazard with respect to government programs — they're not the decision-makers.
In order to keep moral hazard down, it is optimal to provide less than full insurance. So insurance companies don't pay the full amount of every bill. That's why we have deductibles and co-payments and coinsurance.
Terms you need to know
Premium: The (usually monthly) amount that you pay to the insurance company to buy insurance. (Mine is $693/month for my dependents and me.)
Deductible: Some amount of money that you have to pay before the insurance starts paying anything. (Mine is $750.)
Co-payment: A flat dollar amount that you pay when you show up at the doctor (or the hospital) no matter how much your visit actually costs. (Mine is $35 for in-network and $45 for out-of-network.)
Coinsurance: After you reach your deductible, you may still be responsible for some of the costs. Coinsurance is a percent of the costs that you pay. (Mine is 30 Percent.)
Sometimes economists will group all three of these together: deductible, co-payment, and coinsurance under the umbrella term of "co-payment." We do this because they're all ways of cost-sharing and thus reducing moral hazard. Living in Texas, I get all three types. The bill for my daughter's birth was $750 for the deductible, $35 co-payment for the doctor, and 30 percent coinsurance of $2,345 + $191 + $218 is $826 for my share of the rest (assuming that all of the bills have finally come in). So a total bill of $1,611.
That's a lot of information about the basics of health insurance. Next time I will talk about the pros and cons of different kinds of insurance you can get in the U.S. (PPO, HMO, HDHP, ACO).
This article is about Basics, Economics, Health & Fitness, Insurance
Are you also going to discuss this: Health insurance companies know much better than the average customer how much his/her health costs are going to be. They can use that information to scare people into paying a high price for insurance (because what would happen if you did run under a bus? And don't you know how expensive having cancer is? ).
So another problem with the free market for health insurance is that the average customer has no idea what product he needs to buy. I guess free market assumes that buyers know the true value of a product…
I should note the standard disclaimer:
Views in the above article are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of either Texas A&M or the NBER.
Great article–I'm looking forward to reading more.
Just two questions and one comment:
1–Is there any chance that consumers will get real cost transparency for procedures in the future? A friend of mine discovered that she and a fellow employee–under identical health insurance plans–were billed at wildly different rates for the same procedure (a colposcopy). One, performed in a hospital associated clinic, cost three times that performed in a physician's office. My friend, who had been charged the triple rate, argued the price down–but only because she and her fellow employee had been in a position to compare notes.
2–Would it be possible to have some discussion of the way that stock market performance affects premiums? Insurance companies, after all, are really nothing but investment banks who happen to get their initial investment dollars from very specific sources. Thus insurance premiums tend to rise after a market downturn–especially if the company's money managers were taking inappropriate risks. Thus much of the talk of malpractice suits raising insurance premiums seems like nonsense to me–high-risk investment practices on the part of insurance company money managers are the much more likely culprits.
3–I'd love to see some discussion of insurance in the larger context of healthcare costs and challenges associated with even obtaining high quality healthcare. Marty Makary's book "Unaccountable" points out that some hospitals like and deliberately retain surgeons whose work results in life threatening medical complications, since the patient's extended hospitalization then brings in (much) more revenue for the hospital. Creepy, but not in the least surprising given the extent to which both industries enjoy a degree of secrecy that few others can boast.
Another quality info for everyone! not just for those wanting to be rich.
I agree this is s good basic article. The moral hazard example could be better, of course (I think it is better for P & C than health insurance). I hope the future articles address HSA/High Deductible plans. I have one and I think they are going to grow considerably in the next few years.
Good information. I worked in the insurance industry for years and always wished they'd provide info to customers that would help them understand how insurance worked and why or why not they were going to pay a claim.
Thanks for this great article. Looking forward to reading more.
Oh friends – you really must get some kind of universal coverage. I'm another Canadian weighing in, and while there is no perfect health care system out there, our single-payer system works extremely well on the whole. Moral hazard doesn't seem to be a big issue because the total cost of our health care is much less than in the US. Just think: no armies of actuaries and claims adjusters, easier billing for the doctors..how can it not be cheaper? There's a lot of scare-mongering about "rationing" but in fact it's only non-emergency care that takes a bit longer. A lot of the long wait times happen in parts of the country where few specialist physicians want to live or work. As well, some bad policy decisions were made about 15 years ago which has resulted in a physician shortage now. Nonetheless, if you have a heart attack you'll be in the ER in minutes, or if you have aggressive cancer, like my friend did, you'll be in the hospital within a couple of days.
Thanks for this great post. I'm more likely to keep coming back if there is something new to learn. I look forward to the next post on this topic.
Hi Joanna,
Here's my followup response… a bit late and not complete but it's something.
It was interesting to read about insurance from the point of view of amortizing costs. I have never thought about it that way because I tend to look at insurance as some sort protection against life's horrors. In other words, the way I think of insurance it's not to spread out the cost of things but a kind of anti-lottery ticket to protect me in case of catastrophe.
For example, I don't buy car insurance with the expectation that I'm going to wreck my car; I don't buy renters insurance with the expectation that I'm going to get robbed, I don't buy life insurance to even out the costs of having an accidental death. I get it that statistically it evens out, but my hope is that I'll never need insurance and I won't cry over the lost money.
Health insurance however IS different because due to social practice or some other reason it's expected to cover preventive maintenance and things that are not random accidents but are part of life and should be normal budgeted expenses: dental cleanings, yearly checkups, tooth extractions, pregnancies, mole removals, flu vaccines, whatever.
I don't expect GEICO to pay for my oil changes, tire replacements, coolant flushes and brake services. Yet I do expect my health insurance to take care of basic health maintenance. There is something odd about calling that "insurance".
I don't know exactly where I'm going with this buy to me a catastrophic health insurance plan is more attractive and reasonable and more deserving of being called "insurance" than what we're used to think of as health insurance.
In any case, health insurance is I think in a category of its own and in this case it does work as a way of evening out the costs; however it also has a "catastrophic" component. What we think of as health insurance is really a hybrid between a prepaid health plan and an actual insurance plan. We just call it "insurance" for convenience but it's not true insurance in the original sense.
The moral hazard part is another topic altogether, but I'd have to think about it and look at the discussion to figure out where I stand on the issue. I'll just add to say that your definition of moral hazard brought to mind Wall Street executives much more vividly than so-called "welfare queens".
I have life insurance that covers loss of limb, but I don't think I'm going to
"accidentally on purpose" lose a thumb or an eye any time soon in order to collect the money– yikes!! Perhaps there are people who do that, but…. I think the self-preservation instinct is too strong in most people.
Hi Joanna,
Here's my followup response… better late than never, yes?
It was interesting to read about insurance from the point of view of amortizing costs. I have never thought about it that way because I tend to look at insurance as some sort protection against life's horrors. In other words, the way I think of insurance it's not to spread out the cost of things but a kind of anti-lottery ticket to protect me in case of catastrophe.
For example, I don't buy car insurance with the expectation that I'm going to wreck my car; I don't buy renters insurance with the expectation that I'm going to get robbed or the house will burn down, I don't buy life insurance to even out the costs of having an accidental death. I get that statistically it evens out in the population, but my hope is that I'll never need insurance and I won't cry over the money "lost" in premiums. The way I see it, I'm paying for peace of mind and getting my money's worth every time regardless of safety or catastrophe.
Health insurance however IS different because due to social practice or some other reason it's expected to cover preventive maintenance and things that are not random accidents but are part of life and should be normally budgeted expenses: dental cleanings, yearly checkups, tooth extractions, pregnancies, mole removals, flu vaccines, whatever.
I don't expect GEICO to pay for my oil changes, tire replacements, coolant flushes and brake services. Yet I do expect my health insurance to take care of basic health maintenance. There is something odd about calling that "insurance".
I don't know exactly where I'm going with this buy to me a catastrophic health insurance plan is more attractive and reasonable and more deserving of being called "insurance" than what we're used to think of as health insurance.
In any case, health insurance is I think in a category of its own, and in this case it does work as a way of evening out the costs; however it also has a "catastrophic" component. What we think of as health insurance is really a hybrid between a prepaid health plan and an actual insurance plan. We just call it "insurance" for convenience but it's not true insurance in the original sense, is it?
The moral hazard part is another topic altogether, but I'd have to think about it and look at the discussion to figure out where I stand on the issue. I'll just add to say that your definition of moral hazard brought to mind Wall Street executives much more vividly than so-called "welfare queens".
I have life insurance that covers loss of limb, but I don't think I'm going to "accidentally on purpose" lose a thumb or an eye any time soon in order to collect the money– yikes!! Perhaps there are people who do that, but…. I think the self-preservation instinct is too strong in most sane people.
The problem with Obamacare and the individual mandate is that it makes no economic sense to me as a young / healthy person. Due to community rating, gender rating, and bloated minimum coverage requirements, I'm being forced to pay a wildly disproportionate share of the costs relative to what I use. Actuarial tables go out the window. It's like asking someone who drives a Ford Escort to pay premiums on a BMW.
The fine to opt out is so small as compared to the forced monthly premiums, it makes sense to opt out and buy insurance only when needed. I refuse to be a captive low cost cash cow for the insurance companies, paying in artificially inflated premiums well beyond my expected usage. Since pre-existing conditions have to be covered, one can buy in any time without fear of being denied.
I have rent, student loans, car payments, etc to think about. It all boils down to simple budgeting and economic descions really.
It seems to me Obamacare does not reduce costs. It just shifts them. There has to be a better way. How about programs that make us healthier as a nation. So much is preventable but with our awful diets and lack of personal responsibility when it comes to our health, it seems like this is a losing battle.
Adam, if you choose to go this route, and millions of other ostensibly healthy people do this, there will be NO COVERAGE for anyone. Any insurance is based on the vast majority of people paying and not collecting. Think of it as a poker game. How do you think your buddies would take it if you play hand after hand without anteing in, and deciding to join the game when you get that royal flush. And how well do you think it would work if you wait until your house burns down to get homeowners insurance? Or buy auto insurance the day you crash into someone's Lamborghini?
I'll also guarantee you that it will not take long at all before preexisting conditions will NOT be covered if you choose to game the system like this.
This is a part of your moral obligation to society if you wish that society to help you when your time of need comes. And if you opt to ignore that obligation, you probably won't find that society is there for you.
I know that I wouldn't be.
Millions will abuse it, and it will make us all poorer, and less people will wind up with coverage and treatment.
What people like you, SLCCOM, don't understand is that in a free-market-based system, selfish ends require selfless means.
A normal person wants health insurance in the event that he or she becomes ill. He goes out and finds someone willing to take on the risk of his future medical bills. Obviously no one is willing to do it for free. He must pay a price for this coverage. On the other side of the equation, a capitalist wants to make a profit. He'll agree to cover this person so long as he expects that he can make a profit by doing so (insurance companies obviously pool people together to actually turn a profit). The customer has many insurance companies competing for his premium payments. The capitalist has many customers competing for his coverage. Millions of exchanges and agreements will set the price for coverage. In sum, the customer selfishly wants someone else to be on the hook for unforeseen healthcare expenses, and the capitalist selfishly wants profits. Both get what they want, at a price that millions of people, under their own voluntary will, agree to, and everyone's happy.
So, in a normal free market, your selfishness is in constant competition with the selfishness of others. There is a penalty for being too selfish (not willing to pay your money for insurance, OR not willing to provide any coverage). With Obamacare, selfishness is rewarded and even subsidized.
You argue that we all have a moral obligation to go along with this. First of all, we don't. It's not my responsibility to make sure that someone else isn't dumb enough to buy a new car instead of health insurance. Secondly, many people can't afford to be "moral." If you're struggling to feed your children, and this opportunity comes up, you're going to take it. And I don't blame you. Thirdly, people are always going to act selfishly, because some need to, and because it's our nature. We evolved to be selfish. Though reciprocal altruism also evolved to be an evolutionarily advantageous trait, selfishness without punishment will always be undertaken by the masses. Obamacare is the ultimate moral hazard, and will be abused. The system will not work. Just because I'm willing to admit that people are selfish doesn't make me a bad guy. Arguing for something that is illogical, on the other hand, makes you short-sighted and ultimately wrong, even if your heart is in the right place.


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Icelandic Picnic to be restarted this July
By Jan Hrutfiord
Blaine and Point Roberts were early settlement places for the Icelandic people, who came here in the late 1800s to early 1900s.
Growing up in Blaine, you were surrounded by Icelanders. You knew who they were by their names, by their families, and you saw them at the annual Icelandic Picnic, which was first held at Lincoln Park in the early 1900s and then later held at Peace Arch Park. There were hundreds of them – your grandparents and sometimes parents spoke Icelandic and if you didn't speak it, you at least recognized the language when you heard it.
The first Icelanders came here to find a place where there was work and enough food to feed their families. There was a terrible famine in Iceland in the last part of the 1800s and many had to leave. This area was as much like home as they could find, there were farms and there was fishing, both very important lifestyles in Iceland.
Where a settlement of Icelanders began, others followed. Look at the names of your neighbors – and on the gravestones in the cemetery – you'll find Gudmundson, Johnson, Isaakson, Thorstenson – all names which started with the father's first name, and then son or daughter (dottir) added, the way the surnames in Iceland name the name of the area in Iceland where they originally came from.
Look at a map of Iceland, you will find these place names repeated in local family names – Hrutfiord, Skagafjord, Breidford, Westman.
As the years have gone on, Blaine's Icelandic community has been diluted by an influx of others of different nationalities, but they're still there: Gudjonson, Olasson, Asmundson, Palmason.
The Blaine Icelanders still remember their roots and as the Icelandic Heritage Society, have gotten together to restart the Icelandic Picnic, which will be held at Peace Arch Park, American Kitchen, on Saturday, July 30, 1 – 5 p.m.
They will be joined by the Icelandic Club of Greater Vancouver and are looking for all those of Icelandic descent or close affiliates of Icelanders, who wish to join them. It will be a family picnic, so bring your own food for your family. There will be desserts, juice and coffee provided and games for the kids from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
See if you can find family and/or friends that you haven't seen for a while: Freeman, Magnusson, Thorsteinson, Olgiersson, Soffaniasson – keep looking, we hope that they (you!) will be there. Questions? Call Jerry at 332-8519.


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General Dynamics C4 Systems recently expanded its role on the Army Future Combat Systems (FCS) with an additional $75 million worth of command and control integration work.
Boeing and Science Applications International Corp. made the award as prime contractors for FCS. The expanded scope will include delivery of what General Dynamics termed the "largest battle command software package for FCS."
Under FCS, General Dynamics is the lead integrator for the Planning and Preparation Services (PPS) program, which is currently valued at more than $156 million. The PPS supports warfighters' ability to collaborate on battle plans. General Dynamics also plays the lead integrator role on the Sensor Data Management program, worth $25 million. Under that program, General Dynamics will build a software backbone to deliver sensor data to networked FCS air and ground vehicles.
General Dynamics was selected in July 2003 to negotiate contracts to manage the PPS and Sensor Data Management programs.
Overall, FCS will consist of 18 manned and unmanned air and ground systems connected via a fast, secure communications network.
The Army announced plans in July 2004 to accelerate the maturation and delivery of selected FCS technologies, according to General Dynamics.
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ı am new in conceptart.org.I want to improve myself(sorry my bad english ) ı am customer representative in a bank.I live in Turkey/Istanbul.My hobby for this study ı'm not professional I am wonder intricacies of this business.I hope you'll like my amateur work.too
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some quick studies..
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good evenings everyoneplease crit my works...ı used reference for some works.
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Baya bir çalışma yüklemişsin.
Açık konuşucam, bence dijital ortama fazla erken girdin.
Tekrardan kağıt kaleme dönüp bol bol referanslı çizmeni tavsiye ediyorum, sonra yapabilirsen biraz geleneksel boyama yapman da iyi olabilir, en azından sulu boya veya pastel.
Bunlarda daha iyi olduktan sonra dijital boyaya dönmen iyi olabilir.
Çalışmalarının devamında başarlılar dilerim, kolay gelsin
and last part.I uploaded very much my old works.ı tried painting an eye helping tutorial from amazing talented Aurory..
Good to see that that you do studies. One thing i noticed is that in many of your portraits of the girls with half of their faces covered with hair you tend to paint the visible eye too large and misplaced. sketching a full shape of the head with all featured placed (even if only roughly) first, and then adding hair on top should help solve that.
And study more anatomy.
Oh and I just noticed, after looking again at Your images, that what makes them read .. well.. not quite right, is the bluriness. Try using hard-edged brushes.
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thanks for advice mark and gildorek.I will study anatomy sketch in this week.I think ı shoul be calm down and ı must sketch face,leg,finger,hand and blah blah
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Here here!
Nice pictures!
Keep on posting! You will se improvement.
One things i noticed directly: In a lot of pictures you tend to draw the neck (Hals) too long
Perhaps will look again in here.
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Thank you for your review and you're right.My girls are giraffetheir necks are too long ı must hard work..
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I'm not good so I'm no authority, but as a rule of thumb, don't follow deviantart tutorials. Check some good books instead, like Loomis, Bridgman, etc. Or get some conceptart.org videos
Also, try to work from reference or even better from life for now. Until you are really great at drawing, you shouldn't be relying in your imagination. So use reference, do studies, draw draw draw and post here. Draw more and paint less for now. Learn line and value first and foremost.
Take your reference and add, substract, repeat, mix with more reference, etc, to produce your own work. But dont do it out of your head or it will look worse, you'll reafirm bad habits, and hinder your learning process. But dont take that too seriously, above all you need to be having fun drawing or you wont do it.
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character design..unfinished work.I need help for her details..
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go on study
study character design..How can ı add detail which brushes can ı use?please help...
im impressed by how much your improving
really dig the posts #23 and #25
just keep study, do some life painting, study your favorite artists/old masters
also you should get your hands on some Bridgemen/loomis books you can find some free ones on the net. Just study them it will help your construction
have a good one looking forward to seeing your progress
till next time
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The DuPont Turkey Sustainable Agriculture & Food Summit will focus on food security, the role of sustainable agriculture, and innovative food and nutrition solutions. The event will also feature a special report from The Economist Intelligence Unit on its refreshed Global Food Security Index.
2014 Global Food Security Index Relaunch & DuPont Turkey Sustainable Agriculture & Food Summit
May 28, 2014
Location: The Marmara Esma Sultan
Istanbul, Turkey
Spotlight on Food Security: Fortifying Australia's Role in Asia Food Security
March 11, 2014
Location: National Press Club
Barton ACT 2600, Australia
This DuPont Australia sponsored food security forum will feature the launch of ground-breaking new research from the Economist Intelligence Unit and its Global Food Security Index. The forum will include a panel discussion featuring key figures from policy / political, agricultural, food, trade and economic sectors.
IFAMA 2014 – The Road to 2050, The Talent Factor
June 17 - 19, 2014
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
The 23rd Annual International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) World Forum and Symposium focused on how to develop and sustain talent across the diverse value chain of global food production – from smallholder farmers in emerging regions of the world to the sophisticated commercial agriculture practices in mature economies. A who's who of agriculture examined the technologies and talent development approaches that have the potential to propel Agribusiness towards the achievement of global food security. DuPont is pleased to be a sponsor of the event. To learn more about the conference visit, http://www.ifama2014.com/
IFPRI 2020 Conference – Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security
May 15 - 17, 2014
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IPFRI) 2020 Policy Consultation & Conference will bring together policymakers, practitioners, and scholars to discuss how resilience can be strengthened for food and nutrition security. The conference will:
- Articulate an intellectual framework for resilience;
- Identify key emerging shocks that pose the biggest threats to food and nutrition security, where resilience needs to be significantly strengthened;
- Assess experiences through case studies and draw out lessons from programs, policies, institutions, and investments around the world;
- Identify key approaches and tools to build resilience to shocks;
- Set priorities for action by different actors and in different regions; and
- Identify knowledge and action gaps in research, policy, and programming that need to be met or scaled up in order to successfully build resilience to food and nutrition insecurity.
To learn more about the conference visit: http://www.2020resilience.ifpri.info/.
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May 7 - 9, 2014
Location: Transcorp Hilton Abuja Hotel
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As the foremost gathering on the continent, the 24th World Economic Forum on Africa will bring together regional and global leaders to discuss innovative structural reforms and investments that can sustain the continent's growth while creating jobs and prosperity for all its citizens. DuPont is pleased to be a strategic partner for the event. To learn more visit, http://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-africa.
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Global Food Security Index 2013 Relaunch
Location: Santiago, Chile,
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Come visit DuPont at the 23rd annual International Food and Agribusiness Management Forum & Symposium (IFAMA) event in Atanta, GA.
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The Economist Intelligence Unit will conduct an interactive workshop to explore the Global Food Security Index (http://foodsecurityindex.eiu.com/), a unique tool sponsored by DuPont, that considers the underlying drivers of food security in 105 countries worldwide. Leo Abruzzese, the Economist Intelligence Unit's editorial director, will present an overview of the Global Food Security Index model and demonstrate to participants ways in which the model can be used in their own work and research. Conference registration required to attend.
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10/17/2012 - 10/19/2012
Location: Des Moines Marriott Downtown Hotel
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Partnerships & Priorities: Transforming the Global Food Security Agenda
With the pressing environmental and demographic challenges facing a hungry world, we have seen a growing push toward international collaboration between institutions, disciplines, public and private sectors and countries. The 2012 Borlaug Dialogue will highlight the role of partnerships and their importance in confronting hunger challenges by driving forward cutting edge research and application at the intersection of science, education and enterprise.
The "Partnerships and Priorities" theme will ask several critical questions:
- What are some of the lessons learned from past partnerships?
- Where do we want to be and how do we best leverage partnerships to get there?
- How is the traditional food security agenda being transformed with new models of collaboration around the world?
Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 17, this three-day dialogue will address the questions above. For the full agenda, schedule of events and a list of speakers, please click here.
Iowa Hunger Summit
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
The Iowa Hunger Summit seeks to gather leaders from across Iowa representing community organizations, business and industry, state and local government, social agencies, churches and religious communities, schools and universities, and other individuals and groups that lead or participate in projects to confront hunger.
This event is held annually and includes the official World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony as well as a Borlaug dialogue international symposium bringing increased awareness and attention to the issues of global food security, agriculture and science. Learn More.
The Global Food Security Index's Price Adjustment Factor Unveiling
Location: World Food Prize (Teleconference)
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Join DuPont, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and special guest speakers for the unveiling of a new tool to assess the impact of food price shocks at the nation level. On Wednesday, Oct. 17, an expert panel will discuss the findings of the Price Adjustment Factor, an interactive tool that presents a new level of insight into the potential impact of food price fluctuations on the ability to address food security at the local level. Commissioned by DuPont and created by the EIU, the Price Adjustment Factor of the Global Food Security Index captures the impact of changing food prices and other macroeconomic considerations over time in 105 countries, on a country by country basis.
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The largest international food additives and ingredients industry show in Asia, Food Ingredients China will have over 1,000 exhibitors from more than 20 countries. Learn More.
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EIU Global Food Security Index Spotlight on Chile
Just published yesterday, the 2013 Global Food Security Index developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and exclusively sponsored by DuPont, highlighted nutrition in its key findings: More than 3 million children under the age of 5 die from malnutrition each year. In Latin America, these issues are especially acute since only 53 percent of countries in the region have official policies regarding nutrition in place in primary schools.
"Access to safe, nutritious and affordable food is critical to health and overall development," said DuPont Pioneer President Paul E. Schickler while speaking alongside NGO and government partners at a nutrition and agriculture roundtable event in Santiago, Chile. Thanks to decades of strong economic management and political stability, Chile leads Latin America in terms of food availability and affordability and ranks second only to Argentina for its food quality and safety.
"While it's important to acknowledge progress, we need to scrutinize the findings further to identify country-specific areas of concern and collaborate with partners to implement tailored, local solutions here in Chile (where diet diversification and obesity remain issues) and hundreds of countries around the world to ensure that nutrition is addressed holistically."
Rountable participants discussed an EIU white paper written specifically for the event, Nutrition in Chile: Global Challenges, Local Solutions, which takes a closer look at the issue of obesity in Chile.
Additional EIU Key Findings from the Index
While the average 2013 Global Food Index score remained flat (53.5 percent versus 53.6 percent in 2012), some trends emerged from the year-on-year comparisons that shed light on the stagnant figure:
- Developing Nations Make Progress as Industrialized Countries Face Setbacks: Sub-Saharan African nations including Ethiopia, Senegal and Botswana made significant progress this past year, rising an average of nine places in the Index, with improvements attributed to rising incomes, greater access to farmer financing along with heightened emphasis on quality food and nutrition. The growth in developing nations contrasts a fall in developed European economies, in particular Greece, as it regressed as fallout of financial collapse and lower gross domestic product.
- Broader Food Security Metrics: Rather than measure food security in black and white terms, the 2013 Index tracks 27 diverse factors that may explicitly or implicitly affect access to safe, nutritious and affordable food. New this year, the Index points to political conflicts in Mali, Yemen and Syria as significant contributors to food insecurity in the regions. With regard to urbanization, emerging markets appear best positioned to respond to the long-term trend and implications for food security: Sierra Leone was the top-ranked country in this new indicator, primarily as a result of its strong urban farming, which has been crucial in supporting the country's nutritional needs.
To learn more about the findings visit the EIU Index website.
Global Food Security Index Adds New Quarterly Food Price Adjustment Factor
Earlier today, we announced an enhancement to the Global Food Security Index (GFSI) that captures the impact of changes in global food prices at the national level where price fluctuations are felt most directly.
Commissioned by DuPont and developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the Price Adjustment Factor captures the impact of changing food prices and income growth over time. In response to the rising cost of food, mainly in June of this year, the Index recorded a slight decline in food security globally.
Features include:
- A unique feature that captures the impact of changing food prices on each country's ability to afford food.
- Analysis of key findings.
- Definition of 25 global indicators that measure specific aspects of food affordability, accessibility, availability, nutritional value and safety.
- An interactive heat map of overall scores and detail of category results.
- Adjustable weightings to allow for scenario planning.
- The ability to compare multiple countries simultaneously and adjust rankings by indicators.
- A country details page that allows a food-security drill down into individual economies.
Visit foodsecurityindex.eiu.com for information and to interact with the Price Adjustment Factor.
What do you think the greatest opportunities and challenges to food security are? Take a look at this infographic highlighting the results of the Global Food Security Index to give you some ideas.


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