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MSCI redesignated Greece an emerging market late on Tuesday, 12 years after its promotion from the category, assigning it a tiny 0.3pc weighting - far less than it had when last in the emerging index.
Greek stocks fell sharply and the bond yield curve inverted further, meaning longer term debt returned less than shorter term, a sign of investor fear about Athens' ability to pay.
The Greek move, which means pension funds and more cautious investors will have to move out of the Athens stock index, left Greece with less weight in MSCI's emerging market index than the 0.4pc index weight assigned to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Those two are former frontier markets that MSCI will include in the emerging markets index from mid-2014.
It is also far smaller than the 5pc share Greece had held before its 2001 promotion, making it one of the smallest constituents of the emerging markets index.
MSCI, whose indices are tracked by $7 trillion worldwide and $1.3 trillion in emerging markets alone, nonetheless said less stringent entry criteria for the emerging index meant that a number of Greek companies would be eligible to join, as opposed to just two that are in the developed index.
"We would at the time of change, which would be November, apply the new threshold for inclusion.. It will become a broader, more representative index," MSCI managing director Remy Briand told reporters.
"Whether it benefits the equity market or not...it's hard to gauge whether there will be more interest," he said.
Greece at present has a tiny 0.01pc weight in the $29 trillion market cap developed index but the relatively small size assigned to it effectively dash any hopes the country would benefit from being a big fish in a small pond.
Earlier this year Russell Indexes which is tracked by $3.9 trillion, also downgraded Greece. A third major provider, FTSE, has it on review for switch to emerging markets.
"There are some pension funds whose mandates are to invest in developed markets only. They will be forced sellers. That will more than offset buyers because there is so much more money tracking the developed index," said Patrick Armstrong, a fund manager at Distinction Asset Management in London.
However, other brokers pointed out that the move could prompt inflows to the Athens bourse.
"Emerging market funds could not enter since Greece was classified as developed market, now it will be on their radar," said Theodore Krintas, head of wealth management at Attica Bank.
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Trimery Celebration Begins Ahead of Easter: Revelers Shoo Away Evil with Dance (PHOTOS)
People celebrated Trimery in the city of Strumica, Macedonia, in Southeast Europe in February end to mark the beginning of the fasting period ahead of Easter 2012.
During the traditional Trimery celebration, revelers from various performing groups participated in the holiday's dance rituals which, they believe, will chase away evil spirits.
The Easter Sunday this year will fall on April 8 when resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated.
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Women On The Move, And In Danger
HYDERABAD, India, Feb 28 (IPS) - It was 8.45 pm, and a 22-year-old woman was looking for a cab to go home after a trip to a city mall in India's Hyderabad city. A cab arrived, and the unsuspecting computer engineer got in, little knowing she was stepping into a trap.
Women join the struggle to board a bus near Hyderabad in India. Travelling by public transport presents a constant danger to women. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS.
Within minutes the driver, accompanied by another man, locked the door and sped towards a forest on the outskirts of the city. The men tied her hands and raped her for four hours. Then they dropped her at her place and left after threatening to hurt her family if she reported the crime late last year.3
Nearly 25,000 rapes took place in India in 2012, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. About half of these sexual assaults took place in buses, taxis and three-wheeler autorickshaws. A month before the engineer was raped in Hyderabad, a court had sentenced four men to death for raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi, on Dec. 16, 2012.
A judicial committee assigned to recommend ways to curb violence against women in India suggested improvements in public transport vehicles after the Delhi incident.
Thirteen months and many more rapes later, the Indian government devised a plan in January this year to implement some of those recommendations. With an initial fund of 15 million dollars, the plan includes installing GPS trackers, closed circuit TV (CCTV) cameras and emergency phone call facilities in all public transport vehicles in 32 cities that have a population of one million or more.
According to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), the government proposes to "establish a unified system at the national level and state level in 32 cities of the country with a population of one million or more, over a period of two years." The plan has been "formulated with the purpose of improving safety and protection of women from violence by using information technology."
The government move is seen by many as a constructive step.
"This could be the first step towards making roads more secure for women," Kirthi Jayakumar, a Chennai-based lawyer and founder of Red Elephant, a non-profit organisation raising awareness against gender violence tells IPS. "It will benefit women in two ways - making their spaces safer and also making more jobs available for women - as surveillance will require a workforce in its own right."
Jayakumar suggests that the government must create a strong workforce studying video feeds from these cameras.
Defunct surveillance gadgets and poor police vigilance has always been a security concern in India – one reason why some women's rights activists are sceptical about the road safety scheme.
Rapid population growth and expansion of cities pose a big obstacle to the success of any vigilance and surveillance mechanism, says A.L. Sharada, programme director at Population First, one of the main partners of the United Nations Population Fund in India. Unless the government regulates urban development, violence against women on roads is unlikely to come down, she says.
"Road safety is not about making a few vehicles smart," Sharada tells IPS. "It's about making roads safe for women to go out at any time of day or night with confidence. To do that we need better governance, better policing and also a good community-based support system for women. Without these, you can't change the scenario."
Sharada cites the example of Mumbai, that has seen a spate of sexual assaults against women on the road of late. "The government has installed CCTVs at most crossroads. But most of these cameras are either defunct or of poor quality. Also, the police patrolling is so inadequate that women are molested and attacked even in broad daylight. Where is the mechanism to ensure that the gadgets are in working condition?"
Some also point to a "gaping hole" in the road safety plan such as the exclusion of trains, used by millions of women every month. There are widespread reports of women being molested, raped and even murdered on trains.
A recent victim was a 23-year-old engineer from Machlipatnam, a city 340 km from Hyderabad. On Jan. 16 her body was found by a road outside Mumbai where she worked for a leading software firm. She had reportedly boarded a train from Hyderabad to Mumbai 12 days earlier.
"Whether in city trains or metros, there are so many instances of horrific violence against women," says Sandhya Pushppandit, a documentary filmmaker and activist at Akshara, a Mumbai-based NGO. In 2008, Akshara had co-launched India's first emergency helpline for victims of gender violence aiming to provide an ambulance within 10 minutes of a call.
"But our trains have no helplines and emergency call buttons. One can pull a chain and bring the train to a halt, but this in itself doesn't guarantee either the victim's safety or the arrest of the criminal. Besides, in a small public transport vehicle like the auto-rickshaw, the emergency call button might well be deactivated by the rapist," Pushppandit tells IPS.
One solution, says Anu Maheshwari of Young Leaders Think Tank, a New Delhi-based youth policy research group, is to address the factors that trigger fear among women on the move.
Maheshwari shares some insights from a recent survey that the think tank undertook in 18 Indian states: "From the data we collected, 90 percent of sexual assaults on public transport happen in poorly lit areas. In most cases, the driver of the public transport vehicle violates traffic rules such as jumping the signal or allowing more passengers than the law permits.
"Our study shows that women do not trust the police well enough to call for help. So improving road infrastructure, strict implementation of traffic laws, trust building and sensitisation of the police force have to be an integral part of any road safety scheme."
But, says Sharada, while laws can only lay down rules, they can't change mindsets. "To achieve the latter should be a matter of immediate concern for our thinkers."
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With just one point separating the two sides ahead of their Stamford Bridge clash, Liverpool manager Brendan Rogers said his opposite number Jose Mourinho "gave me the confidence" to run a top-flight team.
"I probably wouldn't be sat here if it wasn't for him. He played a huge part in (my development). I think first of all, the emotion when I speak here about Jose is, first and foremost, a friend," said Rodgers.
He said that despite the Liverpool squad being down to 16 players againt Chelsea "we'll go into the game and do our best."
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The global revenue cycle management market" has accounted to USD 51.6 billion in 2016, growing at a CAGR of 12.7% from 2017 to 2024, is expected to reach USD 133.6 billion by 2024
Global Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Market By Product Type (Integrated RCM, Standalone RCM), By Stage (Front Office, Mid Office, Back Office), By End User (Hospitals, General Physicians, Labs, Others), By Deployment (Web-based, On-premise, Cloud-based), By Component (Software, Services), By Geography (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa) –Industry Trends and Forecast to 2024
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Revenue cycle management (RCM) is used by healthcare providers to scale and manage the process of healthcare billing and reimbursements. This is achieved by improving the process of claims management, speeding explanation of benefits (EOB) reconciliation, improving the quality of information, streamlining denial management, and by automating processes.
The RCM solution manages the patient's bills from entering the hospital to reimbursement of claims.
Global Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Market – Major Market Drivers and Restraints:
The North American revenue cycle management market is steadily progressing owing to factors, such as decreasing reimbursement in healthcare industry, reduction of overall healthcare costs, initiatives undertaken by governments for implementing RCM solutions, and increasing expenditure by healthcare industry especially made on information technology.
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The revenue cycle management market is segmented on the basis of product type, deployment, component, stage, end-user, and geography.
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On the basis of product type RCM solutions are segmented into standalone and integrated RCM. The integrated RCM solution are generally used by larger organizations where integration with other healthcare IT products such as RIS, LIS, PACS, HER among others to form a more holistic process for billing and claim settlements.
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NASHVILLE -- Marian Gaborik's favorite movie is "Wedding Crashers."
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By Bucky Dent, The Sports Xchange
Gaborik pays immediate dividend as Blue Jackets beat Predators
NASHVILLE -- Marian Gaborik's favorite movie is "Wedding Crashers."
If his first game with Columbus is any indication, the Blue Jackets might become playoff crashers.
The three-time All-Star potted a tie-breaking goal early in the third period Thursday night as Columbus picked up a big 3-1 win over Nashville in a matchup of Western Conference postseason hopefuls.
Gaborik, who chafed at the intense coaching style of New York Rangers bench boss John Tortorella before being dealt to the Blue Jackets Wednesday, scored just nine goals in 35 matches this year for the Rangers.
But he had 41 last season, good for third in the NHL, and his ability to light the lamp should be a big boost for a Columbus club, which is trying to make the playoffs for just the second time in its 13-season existence.
"He's going to be a huge, huge part for us," Blue Jackets left wing Vinny Prospal said of Gaborik. "You just have to look at it as a fresh start and he made it look really good today."
Gaborik showed why the Blue Jackets traded three everyday players -- Derick Brassard, Derek Dorsett and John Moore -- for him at 4:16 of the third. Center Brandon Dubinsky set Gaborik up at the doorstep and he made no mistake for his 334th career goal.
"It felt good to come out and play," Gaborik said. "I'm glad that I have the first one under my belt."
"He adds a playmaking element," Columbus coach Todd Richards said of Gaborik. "I think he backed off their defensemen in the neutral zone. They play a tight gap coverage and his speed wide created space in the neutral zone."
Gaborik started the game on a line with Prospal and center Artem Anisimov, then was teamed with Dubinsky and left wing Matt Calvert.
"I didn't even notice he was out there until I saw him on a late (line) change," Calvert said. "It gets you excited because he's such a skilled hockey player. He showed what he brings to the table. He's a welcome addition."
Inspired by the new arrival, Calvert tacked on an insurance goal at 10:50, wristing a 44-footer off the stick handle of Pekka Rinne. Calvert had a goal waved off at 6:42 when replay officials in Toronto ruled he kicked the puck into the net.
Lost in Gaborik's acquisition was another big game for Blue Jackets goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky, who stopped 38 of 39 Predator shots, including seven inside the game's first three minutes.
"Bobrovsky was tremendous, making save after save," Gaborik said. "He kept us in there."
Kevin Klein's rebound goal at 12:14 of the second period, which drew Nashville (15-15-8) even, was its only tally. The Predators were playing their first game without veteran right wing Martin Erat, traded to Washington Wednesday for highly-regarded prospect Filip Forsberg.
"Everyone has to step up," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said of replacing Erat. "We're going to need some offense. We're going to have to get dirty. We need to find ways to find points. We need to play a team game and trust in each other that we can get it done."
While Columbus (16-14-7) kept pace in the wild West playoff chase, the Predators failed to gain ground and only have 10 games left -- the fewest among the Western contenders. And they face a daunting home-and-home Saturday and Sunday night against Chicago.
"There's not much margin for error left," Trotz said. "We just have to worry about the next game and put our absolute best effort in."
James Wisniewski scored the first goal for the Blue Jackets, which won in regulation for the first time at Bridgestone Arena since April 3, 2006. Their new guy was a big reason why.
"He's a world-class player," Nashville center David Legwand said of Gaborik. "He's a great skater and he creates chances out there."
Notes: Rinne leads the league in ice time, logging a whopping 1,968 minutes and 27 seconds entering Thursday night's game, which he started ... Columbus defenseman Adrian Aucoin could play the 1,100th game of his NHL career Friday evening in St. Louis ... Predators center Mike Fisher (hand) returned after missing the last three games, but left wing Gabriel Bourque (upper-body injury) missed his second straight contest ... Among the Blue Jackets' scratches were right wing Blake Comeau, who was acquired in a trade Wednesday from Calgary, and Jared Boll (lower-body injury).


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(Bloomberg) -- A few days back, David Goldhill, whose writing about health care I have long admired, wrote a column for Bloomberg View suggesting that the Obamacare health insurance exchanges would actually raise prices for insurance, as insurers converge around a single price for the reference product that sets the subsidies to be offered:
Goldhill's argument is complicated. Here's the gist: First, the subsidies are determined by the price of the second cheapest silver plan on the exchange. The system calculates what percentage of your income you're supposed to pay -- for a family of four making $32,500, that amount is 3.29 percent of income, or a little more than $1,000 a year. The system looks at the second cheapest silver plan, and subtracts the amount that you're supposed to pay. What's left is your subsidy. If you buy a cheaper "bronze" plan, you can pay little or nothing, with the subsidy covering the whole thing. If you buy a more expensive plan, you have to make up the difference.
Goldhill's contention is that insurers will basically converge around one (high) price for silver plans, which will maximize the subsidies they get. Transparency is supposed to improve markets, but Goldhill is arguing that it will actually undermine the market for insurance.
Is this possible? Well, there's one intriguing experiment that suggests it is. In "More Information, More Ripoffs: Experiments with Public and Private Information in Markets with Asymmetric Information" (Review of Industrial Organization; Vol. 36 No. 1, 2010), Bart J. Wilson and Arthur Zillante tried to replicate George A. Akerlof's famous "lemons" problem, where asymmetrical information between buyers and sellers causes sellers to pass off inferior goods, and undermines the market until only shoddy products are being offered (such as the market for used cars). They couldn't replicate it -- until they posted the prices publicly. Here's Wilson describing the experiment to me in an e-mail:
Sellers know if they are hocking regulars or supers, but the buyers won't know until they have purchased the good which one they have. Supers cost more to produce, but they also have a much higher value for the buyers than regulars. If the posted prices by all of the sellers are public so that everyone, especially the sellers, can see them, then the sellers of regulars price just below the cost of the supers and sell lemons to the buyers. But if the prices are not publicly posted but buyers can visit the sellers and comparison shop on their own, the prices separate to distinguish regulars from supers and no buyer purchases a regular thinking it is a super. The results are quite stark. This isn't an iffy finding.
This seems crazy. How could transparency undermine a market? Isn't transparency supposed to make markets better? But in the experimental market, it was the opposite: When sellers could see what the competition was doing, that increased their ability to cheat the customer.
Nor is it only in experimental markets that you see results like this. For example, witness the "AudioQuest K2 Terminated Speaker Cable -- UST 2.44 m Plugs 8' Pair" available on Amazon for $13,000. (Actual value: maybe as much as $200, according to my audiophile husband, but probably significantly less.) This sales price spawned some of the best humorous Amazon reviews ever, including this classic of the genre:
We live underground. We speak with our hands. We wear the earplugs all our lives. PLEASE! You must listen! We cannot maintain the link for long... I will type as fast as I can. DO NOT USE THE CABLES! We were fools, fools to develop such a thing! Sound was never meant to be this clear, this pure, this... accurate. For a few short days, we marveled. Then the... whispers... began. Were they Aramaic? Hyperborean? Some even more ancient tongue, first spoken by elder races under the red light of dying suns far from here? We do not know, but somehow, slowly... we began to UNDERSTAND. No, no, please! I don't want to remember! YOU WILL NOT MAKE ME REMEMBER! I saw brave men claw their own eyes out... oh, god, the screaming... the mobs of feral children feasting on corpses, the shadows MOVING, the fires burning in the air! The CHANTING! WHY CAN'T I FORGET THE WORDS??? We live underground. We speak with our hands. We wear the earplugs all our lives.
What happened? Well, many sellers in Amazon's third-party marketplace use bots that scan the other prices for the product and set theirs to just above, or just below, the very cheapest bid. It's one of the commonplaces of retail that people often like to buy the second or third cheapest product. Apparently, two cable resellers set their bots to price the cable just above the cheapest competitors. Unfortunately, there were only two sellers for this particular product. The result was a bidding war. When I first happened upon this listing, the price was somewhere in the low four digits.
(At this point, I assume that they've just left their listings up for the entertainment value.)
But does the insurance market reflect these sorts of anomalies?
Well, insurance is definitely a product where it's hard to know the quality you're getting in advance. Does it cover the providers and procedures you might want? How much will the company hassle you if you make a big claim? You can see a scenario where the market focuses buyer attention on the few pieces of information it provides -- price, deductible -- which encourages insurers offering a less valuable product to ratchet their prices upward to those of the higher-quality insurers.
Especially since both buyers and sellers only get one chance a year: Sellers have to set their price for the whole year in advance, and buyers can only change their insurance during the two-month open enrollment period. (Open enrollment lasts for six months this time, but going forward, it will be much shorter.) Since it's disastrous to set your price too low, and lose money, insurers may have an incentive to raise their prices higher than normal. And on the other side, it's hard for people to acquire information about how good an insurer is going to be, so there may be some incentive to rely on quality signals like price -- especially if you aren't paying that price.
In smaller markets, we could also see Amazon-style anomalies; research by Bloomberg Government indicates that those places with fewer sellers have higher prices.
Interestingly, most of the benefit seems to come when you have four insurers in the market; after that, the price band gets narrower, but the median price doesn't drop that much.
On the other hand, the more enrollees you have, the better you can spread your risks across a large pool -- you're less likely to find your finances torpedoed by a small number of very sick people. So insurers have incentives to attract lots of customers. (That's why they lobbied hard for the individual mandate!) That competitive pressure could be enough to keep the markets efficient.
What it really comes down to, I think, is this: What scares insurers most? If they're most afraid of having too few customers, they'll keep their pricing aggressive, and prices may stay low. If they're most afraid of underpricing their services, they'll err on the side of overcharging, and prices may converge on much higher rates for the silver plans that drive the subsidies. If that happens, the cost to the government would spiral out of control.
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American Executives and Revealing Their Flaws
In Japan, a presidential assessment is a quality assessment conducted by an outside consultant. At the conclusion of the assessment, the consultant addresses all employees and includes in his remarks some comments on the performance of the president:
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I do believe a number of top executives would do this, those most concerned about the employees and direction of the company. A flat structured organization is most likely to work under the assumption that all workers from administration to lines should have the same input, same evaluation methods. The Japanese are a people who do not work under the assumption that only one person makes decisions ...
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An opinion on American executives and whether they would be willing to call in a consultant and reveal to their staff the problems in their own jobs as well as the company.


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When I was growing up the most important truth I discovered, and the one that saved my life, was the realization, or the observation, that I was the same as every one else. It was a fleeting moment and in that moment of assurance, I couldn't believe that this was the thin bit of whatever that seperated saine from insaine; but I Knew, I Believed, I was Certain.
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Monday, January 28, 2008
Roll Tide, Roll: More Alabama Towns Want Draft Beer
On Sept. 1st restaurants and retail stores in Florence, Ala., started selling a revolutionary new product: draft beer.
It took an act of the Alabama Legislature, but Florence bars were able to install taps and start pouring drafts for thirsty customers. Outlets in Florence can also sell beer on Sundays. Now nearby towns are moving to join most of the rest of America in allowing consumers to get a crisp fresh glass of beer.
The Alabama Legislature will meet in February and consider a bill that would allow the sale of draft beer in Sheffield, Muscle Shoals and Tusucmbia. Late last year Sheffield residents voted 768-475 to allow restaurants and motels to sell alcohol on Sundays.
It is hard to imagine, but odd laws governing alcohol sales, some left over from Prohibition, still linger in many places across the U.S. They prohibit the sale of some of the world's great beers because they are over 6 percent alcohol, they don't allow for the sale of liquor by the drink or they make it impossible to enjoy something as simple as draft beer.
If you think these are things of the past that will die out soon, just remember that you actually have a group of legislators in Utah that want to outlaw cold beer and a host of states and local municipalities trying to figure out new ways to increase the price we all pay for a drink with an avalanche of new taxes.
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Subsequent to a news release by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) condemning a statement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supporting the "Meatless Monday" campaign, USDA publicly stated it does not support the extremist "Meatless Monday" campaign and stated that the statement was posted on its website without the "proper clearance." NCBA President J.D. Alexander issued the following statement regarding this most recent USDA action.
"We appreciate USDA's swift action in pulling this disparaging statement off its website. USDA publicly stated today that it does not support this campaign. We appreciate USDA making this right. The agency is important to all cattlemen and women, especially as we face unprecedented challenges, including drought and animal rights extremist groups spreading fiction to consumers who need to know the importance of beef in a healthy diet.
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The classic story that inspired the best-loved film. A magical tale of dreams coming true. Mary Poppins is definitely not your normal nanny. She arrives on a gust of the East Wind and slides up the banister of Jane and Michael's house. She has a parrot-head umbrella that talks. And she'll sweep you off on incredible adventures… Spot all your favourite bits from the film in this timeless story. One to read if you believe in magic and wish you could fly away on an umbrella!
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(Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s decision to extend health care benefits to workers' same-sex partners removes one of the biggest holdouts and adds pressure on other resistant companies to follow suit.
"You can go to your board, and all of a sudden you're not swimming against the stream as much as you were yesterday," says Wallace Hopp, associate dean of faculty and research at the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business. "You can say, 'Jeez, Wal-Mart does it.'"
Wal-Mart, the largest U.S. private employer and a frequent target of labor-rights groups, described the change Monday mainly as a path to a consistent policy as some states alter the definition of marriage. Even so, the switch after years of opposition may help tip the balance at companies such as trucker YRC Worldwide Inc., which is considering partner benefits for 2014, or Exxon Mobil Corp., one of the biggest firms left without such coverage.
"They're so big that everything they do sets an example," Hopp says of Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart. The retailer, founded by the late Sam Walton in 1962 and known for policies such as banning explicit lyrics in CDs it sells, serves about two-thirds of Americans monthly.
Overland Park, Kan.-based YRC is "always re-evaluating its benefits based on the needs and changing demographics of our employees," says Kelly Walls, its senior vice president of human resources.
The number of Fortune 500 companies offering health care benefits to same-sex partners has surged in a decade, to about 62% last year from 34% in 2002, according to the Washington-based Human Rights Campaign.
Exxon, with about 76,900 employees, received the lowest score among the 20 largest companies on the campaign's 2013 Corporate Equality Index examining policies for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers.
On its website, Exxon says it offers coverage for "legally recognized spousal relationships" in countries where it operates. In the U.S., "We follow the federal definition of spousal relationships," says Alan Jeffers, an Exxon spokesman.
Full-time workers' spouses and domestic partners will be eligible for coverage in medical, dental, vision, life, critical illness and accident plans, Wal-Mart says in a postcard provided to Bloomberg and being mailed to employees this week.
"We thought it was important to develop a single definition for all Wal-Mart associates in the U.S. to give them consistency in the various markets we operate in across the country," says Randy Hargrove, a spokesman for the retailer.
1.3 million employees
Wal-Mart may have held out for so long in part because the size of its employee base makes it costly to expand benefits, says Molly Iacovoni, a senior vice president who works on employee benefits issues at Aon Hewitt, a human resources consulting group.
The retailer has 1.3 million full- and part-time U.S. employees, Hargrove says. More than half participate in health-care plans. A total of 1.1 million employees and family members are covered by the plans.
"This may have been a cost issue for them," says Iacovoni, who is based in Lincolnshire, Ill. "It may be that they are going to see a little bit of a cost rise, especially since they're offering both same and opposite sex."
Just last week, United Parcel Service Inc. says it would drop health insurance coverage for about 15,000 working spouses of white-collar employees to curtail rising costs.
In an e-mailed statement, Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, calls Wal-Mart's decision, "a cultural signal that equality for LGBT people is the simplest of mainstream values." Griffin says he worked at Wal-Mart as a teenager and was "moved" by the decision.
Lucas Handy, 22, an openly gay former employee of a Wal-Mart in Fort Dodge, Iowa, had mixed thoughts on the change.
"It's wonderful, freaking awesome if the company keeps its promise on this issue," says Handy, a member of the union-backed OUR Walmart group that is seeking to improve working conditions. "But the truth is a lot of associates who work at Wal-Mart don't have health care because they can't afford it."
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that denied federal benefits to same-sex couples legally married in states that allowed it. The court also reinstated a federal judge's order allowing gay marriages in California. Thirteen states and the District of Columbia allow gay marriage.
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Wal-Mart's decision wasn't universally well-received. The Tupelo, Miss.-based American Family Association "is naturally disappointed," President Tom Wildmon says. "It validates a lifestyle which we think corporate America should discourage rather than promote."
While the change at Wal-Mart might cause some "ruffled feathers" among conservative shoppers, it isn't likely to cause a significant decline in traffic, says Brian Yarbrough, an analyst at Edward Jones & Co. in St. Louis.
Wal-Mart fell 0.2% to $72.73 this morning in New York. The shares rose 6.8% this year through Monday, compared with a 14% gain for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
Hopp, the University of Michigan professor, calls the decision a "reflection of how the country is changing."
"The viewpoint that tries to deny the existence of same-sex couples is becoming a minority view," Hopp says. "Who's to say what Sam Walton's views would be today? It's a different country now."
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Her heart was about to burst in her chest. She was running as fast as she could from a group of masked men in all black - when she looked over her shoulder, the fear in her eyes was shining back at her in the glass eyes of their masks. She was running through a wide green field towards a line of trees, and Marielle was up ahead of her, running too, slowing down sometimes to reach back and call out, "Faster! Faster!" She didn't understand how Marielle could run so fast. She didn't understand why Marielle never seemed to get tired, even though she was running faster and longer.
Suddenly, the earth split in front of her, dividing her and Marielle. Marielle stopped on her edge as the chasm opened up, clumps of sod and rock falling into the emptiness below. She leaned back and reached out her hand. "Jump!" Marielle screamed. "Jump! I'll catch you!"
She stopped. The men were gaining on her. Marielle stared out at her with horror and desperation in her face, reaching with red fingernails. Lila stepped back from the edge. The footsteps of the masked men thundered in her hears. "I can't," she whispered. "I can't—" She felt the hands of the men on her shoulders.
She woke up.
There was no field or forest. The hotel room - if she stretched to call it that - was sad and dingy, with the wallpaper peeling at the bottom corners. There was a permanent ring in the toilet, and the glass in the bathroom mirror had a crack in the corner. When she opened her eyes, she could feel the springs pressing up against her back through the thin mattress. More than that, she could feel the headache that signaled it was time to get up and take her medicine, if she didn't want problems to start.
Of course they were already starting. When she reached a hand to rub the sleep from her eyes, there was a tiny ivy vine trailing from her fingertips. Was there even a reprieve in sleep anymore?
It was cold in the room too, and she was only in her underwear. She sat up and wrapped her blanket tight around her shoulders, and opened the drawer in the bedside table. The orange plastic bottle rattled and rolled. When she emptied its entire contents into her palm, she counted ten of the small, square purple pills. Ten pills - that was five good days, or three bad days, or two and a half awful days. Was today going to be a 'good' day, a 'bad' day, or an 'awful' day? She popped one into her mouth and swallowed it dry.
She got up to go to the bathroom, and smoothed her black hair with her fingers. If she tried hard enough, she was able to imagine that there was some artistic merit to this - she was a model, made that much more beautiful by an uglier backdrop. The bad days hadn't ruined her yet, hadn't taken away the doe-like quality of her brown eyes, hadn't stolen the glow from her brown skin. She was still beautiful, if not exotic, in a place like New York City. She lived this gritty life to give herself more character. She washed her face, brushed her teeth, and smiled wide into the mirror. Yes, this was all part of the adventure.
The adventure broke down in the hallway, when she found that the elevator was out, and she had to walk down seven concrete flights. She could smell vomit in the stairwell. It didn't feel fun anymore as the old receptionist glared at her from behind her cherrywood slab of a desk. By the time she stepped onto the street, the dream was gone, and she was just Lila Salhab, lost girl, wanderer. She was just nobody, and she had nothing to do for the rest of the day.
She took the train down to Central Park, where there was a witches and warders group participating in a charity fundraiser for some children's cancer society. They were out there to help raise money, to perform in little shows for the kids and to reassure the adults that they meant no harm, that they were good. It was always like that, Lila thought bitterly - it was always about reassuring the unpowered that the powered were good enough, that they didn't need to be collared and caged.
She stood on the edge of the crowd, outside the rows of white plastic chairs, and watched the show on the makeshift stage. The witch was a girl barely out of her teens, with cropped blue hair, and her warder was an older man in fifties or sixties, with a salt-and-pepper beard. The girl was making light come out of her hands, and the warder was helping to bend it into many different rainbows. 'See?' the show murmured. 'Nothing to fear here!'
The girl had a headband microphone, and she explained aloud, "As you can see, I'm twice as successful with the help of my warder, Jonathan! When you work together, kids, there's so much more you can accomplish."
Lila looked around. There were a few other people standing on the outskirts of the crowd, declining to sit down. Near one oak tree, there was a pair of men in black standing with their arms crossed. They were staring at her.
Lila blinked once. Suddenly, they were wearing the same masks as in her dream. She blinked again, and the masks were gone.
She turned away from the show on the stage and walked out of the park. The hairs on the back of her neck were standing on end. Her head was hurting. She looked over her shoulder, and no one was following her, but small weeds were springing up from the cracks in the sidewalks in her trail. She crossed the street and walked until she found a coffee shop, where she ordered a mocha latte and curled up in the corner. She reached into her pocket and took out the pill bottle again. Today might be just an 'okay' day.
The time seemed to pass on fast-forward, a blur of color and sound and touch until she came to her senses at 4 a.m., in a stranger's bed in a loft apartment. When she closed her eyes, she could retrace her steps - from the coffee shop to a museum, from the museum to her hotel room for a nap, from the hotel room to a cheap diner, from the diner to a bar, from the bar to a club. It felt like her body was slipping away from her at the coffee shop, like she was driving a car and being pushed from the driver's seat. When she woke up from the nap, she was a mere passenger, watching neutrally as someone else went through the motions - as someone else did her make-up, picked out a dress, and went out into the dark. Someone else danced in her body, smiled at strangers, accepted their drinks. Someone else took another purple pill, and then an entirely different pill, a white round one stamped with a little bumblebee. Someone else went home with the girl that was sleeping beside Lila now. Someone else did all of this, and left Lila with the mess.
Had it felt good, earlier that day? Yes, it had, for a while. When she was in the passenger seat, she didn't have to worry about anything - she could just float above it all, and contemplate each experience with detachment and amusement. It felt good to be wanted, to be touched. Now, her head was throbbing, her mouth was dry, and she did not know the name of the girl who was next to her.
She heard a soft 'meow' in the dark. A black cat jumped up onto the bed, and came towards her, purring. Lila reached to stroke its head, then its back. The cat purred and purred. The girl next to her slept on.
Lila slid out of the bed, then reached to pick up the cat. Unlike some cats, who hated being held, this one was content enough to be cradled in her arms like a baby. Lila carried it out of the bedroom and into the tiny living room. She sat naked on the couch and held the cat, who purred against her chest, and cried.
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Which was the bigger shock this week, Sanjaya's departure or Simon's eye-roll controversy? We asked Kimberly Caldwell and Rosanna Tavarez, the hosts of TV Guide Channel's Idol Chat, Idol Tonight and Reality Chat, for their expert takes on these topics and more.
TVGuide.com: Do you feel a sense of relief now that Sanjaya is gone?
Kimberly Caldwell: I feel a sense of relief for him. I think that now the competition can really be taken seriously. But I think that Sanjaya is going to be greatly successful after this, no matter what.
Rosanna Tavarez: Relief?! No! I actually felt for Sanjaya when the little one got booted. He was a contestant who made the most of his experience on Idol and got a lot of attention for his idiosyncrasies (specifically the hair ones). Though I was tough on the guy (like a lot of the more critical viewers), in the end I felt the kid was just doing his best.
TVGuide.com: Reports are saying that Sanjaya could have a huge career… any tips for him on entering the biz?
Kimberly: I think that Sanjaya will be getting opportunities and gigs left and right, and now it's really up to him to dedicate himself to it if this is really what he wants to do with the rest of his life.
Rosanna: Make the most of what makes you unique! There are a lot of fresh-faced, cute young boys out there who want to sing, so come up with a sound that speaks to your personal tastes. Whatever that means for you, little Sanjaya.
TVGuide.com: Were you shocked that he left this week?
Kimberly: I had heard that it was going to be a shocker, so seeing how he hadn't even been in the bottom three lately, I was kind of expecting it.
Rosanna: I wasn't really shocked since he didn't give his best performance. It was, however, a rough week for a lot of the contestants, so judging by previous weeks, I had already resigned myself to not knowing what to expect.
TVGuide.com: Do you think that the show will do better or worse without him?
Kimberly: I think the show is definitely going to be more credible with Sanjaya no longer in the competition.
Rosanna: Great question... um... have no clue. It'll be interesting to see what happens now that we don't have an Idol media saturated with talk of pony-hawks and peach-fuzz facial hair.
TVGuide.com: What the heck happened with the bottom three? How could LaKisha and Blake have been there?
Kimberly: With Blake, I'm guessing that everybody just figured that he was safe, as always, and didn't pick up their phones to vote. And I think that LaKisha had a rough [performance] this week and was kind of out of her comfort zone so, with only a few left, somebody's got to be in the bottom three.
Rosanna: No kidding! Then again... why did Tamyra Gray get sent home earlier than she should have? And so goes the competition on Idol.
TVGuide.com: Were you concerned at all that LaKisha was the one going home?
Kimberly: I think that LaKisha hasn't been as consistent as some of the others who are left, so I thought that it could possibly be her time to go home.
Rosanna: Yes, I was — and not because she's not an amazing singer, because we all know she is. I just had a feeling that, since she didn't do incredibly [well], the public would be harder on her.... I know the logic is a bit loopy. Sanjaya was also proving to "stick" in the competition from week to week.
TVGuide.com: What was your opinion on Melinda sitting on the stage and not picking a side?
Kimberly: You go, girl! It's the same thing I would have done.
Rosanna: I knew it was coming.... I would have done the same. It's the only sane thing to do.
TVGuide.com: How do you think the contestants did with country week overall?
Kimberly: I think everybody, every year, has a hard time conforming to country week, but I think everybody pulled it off.
Rosanna: Overall they did fine, considering they're not country singers. "Yay, Phil!" by the way... the twang suits him. He should twang in every song, even if it's "Hollaback Girl." Hmmm, that would make a great country song, I think.
TVGuide.com: Did anyone really surprise you this week?
Kimberly: Personally, I thought that even though the judges bashed him, Chris Richardson did a pretty good job right up until he said that "nasally" was a form of singing.
Rosanna: Phil.
TVGuide.com: This seemed like a good week for Phil. Were you shocked that he wasn't in the bottom three? Do you think he has a chance to win?
Kimberly: I think everybody who's left has a shot at taking it home because it's a pretty equal game at this point. Who knew Phil was a rockin' country boy?
Rosanna: Do you think he has a chance to win? My last two responses answer how I feel about your last two questions. But as for [that] one, hmm....
TVGuide.com: Simon's "eye roll" caused a great big stir. Do the judges always talk like that? How come we never see it?
Kimberly: We don't see it because the music starts rolling and it's not a part of the show. It's what they're discussing among themselves afterwards.
Rosanna: That could be a whole other show, couldn't it?
TVGuide.com: Do you think it was rude of Simon to be having a conversation while a contestant was talking?
Kimberly: What isn't rude that Simon does? But I really thought his apology was very sincere and unexpected.
Rosanna: Did you just ask if it was "rude" of Simon?! That's the only way he operates in most situations.... Come on! He's Simon. So glad, however, that he cleared up the confusion with Chris and the eye-rolling. Some folks thought it was a bit excessive to go into all the detail, but I found it convincing and necessary.
TVGuide.com: Was it appropriate for Chris to mention Virginia Tech at that particular moment?
Kimberly: I think that at any moment of any show, people should be able to send their condolences and prayers out to the victims and their families of this terrible tragedy.
Rosanna: I think he was being genuine, and I'm glad there was some acknowledgement of the incident on the show.
TVGuide.com: What do you think of the way the show handled mention of the tragedy in general?
Kimberly: American Idol is a widely watched and respected show, and I think that everyone appreciated the fact that they stopped the show to send love to Virginia Tech.
TVGuide.com: Anything exciting that you know about the "Idol Gives Back" week? Any surprises?
Kimberly: I'm excited to see everybody because this is going to be a very unique show. I've heard rumors of a duet with two of music's biggest superstars and, supposedly, they've never met before. That's the rumor.
Rosanna: Gwen Stefani and Fergie are going to have a sing/rap-off. Just kidding. Don't know, and if I knew I wouldn't tell you, because then it wouldn't be a "surprise." So maybe I know and I'm not telling. Think about that for a minute.
TVGuide.com: Do you think that the final six will get lost in the shuffle of this fund-raiser?
Kimberly: Absolutely not.
Rosanna: I love the idea, so I think it should work out great.
TVGuide.com: Who are you most looking forward to seeing perform?
Kimberly: I know Pink has already pretaped her number, but I'm a huge fan and can't wait to see what she pulls out of her sleeve.
Rosanna: Gwen Stefani.
TVGuide.com: We've been hearing a bit about contestants breaking curfew. Why is there a curfew in place for the adults?
Kimberly: The curfew is there to make sure that everyone stays focused because everyone's eyes are on the contestants that are left at this point. But, I'm not saying that I didn't break curfew once or twice.
Rosanna: They need to sing a lot, so they're probably trying to take care that no one stays out too late at the saddle ranch screaming at an ear-piercing tone while riding the mechanical bull. It's most likely liability issues.
TVGuide.com: Is it surprising that people are sneaking out past curfew?
Kimberly: No, they're living in Hollywood, California!
Rosanna: You're in L.A., you're an adult, and you're from somewhere where there's one stoplight. Wouldn't you want to stay out past midnight? OK, now I'm just exaggerating.
TVGuide.com: Who do you think at this point will be in the final two?
Kimberly: I think everybody's got a shot at the title, but I think the front-runners are Jordin, Melinda and Blake.
Rosanna: La la la, tra la la. That's my way of being evasive. I'm hungry.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Human Being or Human Doing?
Derek, last week I heard a spiritual guru say: "Remember, you are a human being, not a human doing. This is the highest wisdom of the Tao."
I thought this was good advice, but I did not know it was a Tao expression. I did some research, but was unable to find any references to it in Tao literature. Can you help me get more information?
The expression itself does not come from Tao teachings or Chinese culture. The wordplay on "human being" is specific to the English language. It is one of the many lines in the repertoire of motivational speakers, similar to "Luck means Living Under Correct Knowledge" and "the best way to handle procrastination is to put it off."
The meaning of the expression, of course, is that we are often too stressed out by the many things we think we have to do. We need to take a step back from all the frantic doing and spend a moment just being. We can simply be in many different ways: meditation, prayer, or just a quiet moment alone.
The closest match to this idea in Tao teachings is wu wei, which some have translated as "non-action" but is actually closer to "minimal action" or "unattached action." The concept is not that we should not do anything at all, but that we can often achieve more by doing less when our actions are in alignment with the Tao.
Does this match with wu wei mean that the idea behind "human being, not human doing" is indeed the highest wisdom of the Tao, as the guru claims? No, not quite. It is good advice (as you have noted) that can get people to realize that they are rushing around unnecessarily. As such, it is an excellent tonic for our busy modern lives, but it is only a basic concept from the Tao perspective.
What, then, would be the highest wisdom of the Tao? In order to explore this question, we should realize that either-or choices are often illusory. That is certainly the case here, because it is much more accurate to say you are both a human being and a human doing. You embody not only the states of being but also the dynamics of action. There is no need to deny either.
Consider these two aspects as a manifestation of yin and yang within you. They are complements that support one another. The "being" part of life - relaxing, resting, recuperating - is the yin that recharges your batteries for yang, the "doing" part. Conversely, after an honest day's work, the good job you have done gives you the satisfaction and peace of mind to fully enjoy being together with friends and loved ones. The two give rise to one another and need to be kept in balance.
In this respect, the sages follow nature. They see the patterns of nature where activities such as wind and rain are invariably followed by calmness. They also see that calmness, just like activities, cannot last forever either. The two alternate back and forth. In emulation of this, the sages see both "being" and "doing" in themselves. They are capable of stillness and silence, but just as the ocean cannot always be at peace and the lake cannot always be placid, they are also capable of diligent work and meaningful actions.
Just as the sages emulate nature, we can emulate their wisdom. Next time you hear someone say "human being, not human doing," give yourself a little smile. You understand the basic level of the Tao is that one should slow down and take a pause that refreshes. At the same time, you also understand the higher level where you can embrace being and doing. When it comes to life, both are essential!
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