![]() “It can be up to seven different calls until you get to the last round.”īut that last round eventually came, and Joshua could feel a lump in his throat. “It’s a long, long, long process that starts with an audition and one or two callbacks them a screen test and network test,” he explains. “I’ve definitely been around the block with Disney auditions before but this one was different,” he recalls.Īfter getting through multiple callbacks and meeting with the show’s creator, Terri Minsky (creator of “Lizzie McGuire”) he was close but so, so far. “‘Oh, it’s okay to be me!’ It validates you when you see yourself on screen.”īut the entire process, he recalls, was “completely terrifying.” Though, at the age of 16, he’s already a Hollywood veteran (he was already on hit shows like “Heroes,” “Chuck,” “Private Practice,” and acting since he was 2-years old), auditioning for Cyrus, specifically was nerve-wracking. “Everybody should have the chance to see someone on TV and be like, ‘that’s me,’” he tells Very Good Light. Inclusivity, he says, is important – especially at a political climate like in 2018 – and getting a gay role down authentically, was essential. “We spent an hour and a half just talking about him recounting his coming out,” he says. With one friend specifically, he recalls asking intimate questions about gay identity and perspective. He’d call his past friends and ask them personal questions about their coming out stories. For months before his audition, he says he consulted with many of his gay friends. The role wasn’t one that Joshua took lightly. The powerfully nuanced story arc has been nominated for various awards and eventually winning 2018’s GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids & Family Programming as well as one from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. While in the first season, he has a girlfriend, he later comes into his own and eventually comes out to the world. ![]() ![]() On “Andi Mack,” Joshua plays Cyrus Goodman, the best friend of Andi Mack, a tween who discovers her sister is actually her mother. In fact, it was the first time a young character came out on the network. Playing a gay character on the Disney Channel was historic, a role that was extremely progressive – and completely bold – for a family-centric show. It’s only when you realize that the sentences muttered are coming out from a babyfaced teen and the fact that he’s also accompanied by his father, that brings you back to how young he actually is.įor being a consumer of news, Joshua has been in it quite often in the past year. He comes off completely, well, adult-like. He talks matter-of-factly, without spikes in his intonation. ![]() For being essentially a young person himself, Joshua is more Walter Cronkite than he is a teenager. “I’ve talked about all different kinds of subjects and deliver just facts – kids are going to be able to come up with their own opinions,” he says. Indeed, when I meet the precocious young person at his favorite coffee shop hidden in Culver City, in Los Angeles, he’s sounding off on politics – his main passion – and how “kids are scared of it – it’s very alienating.” His love of the news has led to his recurring Instagram video series, “News in a Rush,” where he dissects the day’s subjects in under a minute. SEE ALSO: Jake Choi is the sexually fluid actor taking over your Wednesdays The actor and star of the Disney Channel’s “Andi Mack” (which premieres tonight for its third season), says he’s a complete news junkie, and will spend his entire day poring over every story, scanning MSNBC to Breitbart where the truth “is somewhere in the middle.” He’ll then move on to the New York Times, Washington Post, and catch up on the Economist, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal. Joshua Rush is a 50-year old trapped in a 16-year old’s body.
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![]() The exchange subsidies are projected to nearly double over the next decade due to large premium increases in the near term and general health care cost growth in later years. This category includes subsidies for insurance purchased on the exchanges ($48 billion), veterans’ health care provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs ($70 billion), and health care for active-duty military and their dependents ($49 billion). Other spending on health insurance or health care totaled $167 billion in 2017. The two programs cost $391 billion in 2017 and are projected to cost $670 billion by 2028. On average, the federal government provides about 65 percent of total funding for Medicaid and 88 percent for CHIP, though CHIP’s share will fall to 65 percent by 2021. The federal government pays for 50 to 75 percent of base Medicaid costs, depending on the state, and 90 percent of costs for the expansion population. The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a similarly structured program that covers almost 10 million children in a given year. Medicaid provides benefits for both acute and long-term care, covering nearly 100 million people over the course of a year. Medicaid is a state-run and jointly-financed health insurance program serving lower-income residents – including those making up to 138 percent of the poverty level in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. ![]() Both factors will continue to grow beyond the end of the decade. This growth is due to both the aging of the population – the number of beneficiaries will rise from 58 million to 77 million – and growth in per-capita health spending – cost per beneficiary is projected to grow from $10,200 to $16,400. In dollars, net costs are projected to more than double over the next decade to $1.3 trillion in 2028. Medicare costs are expected to rise rapidly in the coming years. Medicare beneficiaries may enroll in some or all of these parts or in private insurance known as “Medicare Advantage” while still receiving a similar federal subsidy. Part A is funded primarily by a payroll tax while Parts B and D are funded through a combination of premiums and general revenue. Medicare consists of three programs: Part A covers hospital and inpatient care, Part B covers physician and outpatient care, and Part D covers prescription drugs. Medicare is the largest federal health care program, serving 58 million elderly and disabled people at a gross cost of $702 billion in 2017 and a cost net of premiums of $591 billion. These and other programs are discussed below. Most federal health care resources go toward financing four items: Medicare, Medicaid, the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance, and the exchange subsidies established under the Affordable Care Act. Based on Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projections and our own extrapolations, major federal health spending will rise from 5.4 percent of GDP in 2017 to 6.8 percent in 2028 and 8.4 percent by 2040. This growth is due to both automatic growth in enrollees and health care costs as well as health care expansions in the form of the Medicare prescription drug program and the Affordable Care Act.Īs the population ages and per-capita health care costs rise, nearly all forecasters expect federal health care spending to continue to grow. In dollar terms, major federal health spending has grown by 230 percent since 2000, while economy-wide prices have only risen 40 percent, and the economy has only grown by 90 percent. Spending on the major federal health programs – Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the health insurance exchange subsidies created under the Affordable Care Act – has increased from 0.8 percent of the economy in 1970 to 3.1 percent by 2000 and 5.4 percent in 2017 (total federal resources dedicated to health care, which include tax benefits as well, total about 8 percent of the economy). The Rise of Federal Health Spendingįederal health spending has grown significantly over the past several decades and is projected to grow in the future. It is the first in a series called the American Health Care initiative, a joint collaboration of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the Concerned Actuaries Group. This paper will provide background on major health care programs in the federal budget. Given how central health care spending is to the federal budget, it is important to understand how that spending is distributed and how it will grow. 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GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 09: A pitch invader is taken from the field by security guards during the round five NRL match between the Gold Coast Titans and the Parramatta Eels at Cbus Super. ![]() ![]() In captivity, the sulphur-crested cockatoo is easily confused with the smaller yellow-crested cockatoo or the blue-eyed cockatoo with a differently shaped crest and a darker blue eye-ring. However, corellas are smaller, lack the prominent yellow crest and have pale bills. It is similar in appearance to the three species of corellas found in Australia. fitzroyi but is smaller and has broader feathers in the crest, and C. fitzroyi is similar to the nominate race but lacks the yellow on the ear tufts and has slightly blueish skin around the eye. The differences between the subspecies are subtle. Males typically have almost black eyes, whereas the females have a more red or brown eye, but this requires optimum viewing conditions to be seen. The bill is black, the legs are grey, and the eye-ring is whitish. The plumage is overall white, while the underwing and -tail are tinged yellow. Sulphur-crested cockatoos are 44–55 cm (17.5–21.5 in) long, with the Australian subspecies larger than subspecies from New Guinea and nearby islands. Kai Islands and Ambon), but it is unclear if it has managed to become established there. This species has also been recorded as established in Hawaii and from various islands in Wallacea (e.g. In New Zealand, the introduced populations may number less than 1000. They have also been introduced to Palau and New Zealand. Outside Australia, they have been introduced to Singapore, where their numbers have been estimated to be between 5. Within Australia, sulphur-crested cockatoos of the nominate race have also been introduced to Perth, which is far outside the natural range. Northern Australia from West Australia to the Gulf of Carpentaria Restricted to the Aru Islands in the Maluku province of eastern Indonesia Except for highland areas, they occur throughout most of New Guinea and on nearby smaller islands such as Waigeo, Misool and Aru, and various islands in the Cenderawasih Bay and Milne Bay.įound in New Guinea and the surrounding islands They are numerous in suburban habitats in cities such as Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane. In Australia, sulphur-crested cockatoos can be found widely in the north and east, ranging from the Kimberley to as far south as Tasmania, but avoiding arid inland areas with few trees. A highly intelligent bird, they are well known in aviculture, although they can be demanding pets. They can be locally very numerous, leading to them sometimes being considered pests. The sulphur-crested cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, New Guinea, and some of the islands of Indonesia. Sulphur-crested cockatoo range (in red), introduced range (in violet) ![]() Some of the tools used in standardizing the 5S procedures are: job cycle charts, visual cues (e.g., signs, placards, display scoreboards), scheduling of "five-minute" 5S periods, and check lists. The three steps in this process are assigning 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine) job responsibilities, integrating 5S duties into regular work duties, and checking on the maintenance of 5S. Standardize, the method to maintain the first three pillars, creates a consistent approach with which tasks and procedures are done. Standardize. Once the first three 5S's have been implemented, the next pillar is to standardize the best practices in the work area. Strategies for effective Set In Order include painting floors, affixing labels and placards to designate proper storage locations and methods, outlining work areas and locations, and installing modular shelving and cabinets. Set in Order can only be implemented once the first pillar, Sort, has cleared the work area of unneeded items. Set In Order. Set In Order focuses on creating efficient and effective storage methods to arrange items so that they are easy to use and to label them so that they are easy to find and put away. Organizations often establish Shine targets, assignments, methods, and tools before beginning the shine pillar. These changes, if left unattended, could lead to equipment failure and loss of production. Working in a clean environment enables workers to notice malfunctions in equipment such as leaks, vibrations, breakages, and misalignments. Daily follow-up cleaning is necessary to sustain this improvement. ![]() Once the clutter that has been clogging the work areas is eliminated and remaining items are organized, the next step is to thoroughly clean the work area. Organizations often find that sorting enables them to reclaim valuable floor space and eliminate such things as broken tools, scrap, and excess raw material. ![]() Once the red tag items are identified, these items are then moved to a central holding area for subsequent disposal, recycling, or reassignment. A red tag is placed on all items that are not important for operations or that are not in the proper location or quantity. ![]() An effective visual method to identify these unneeded items is called "red tagging", which involves evaluating the necessity of each item in a work area and dealing with it appropriately. Sort. Sort, the first S, focuses on eliminating unnecessary items from the workplace that are not needed for current production operations. Method and Implementation ApproachĥS is a cyclical methodology: sort, set in order, shine, standardize, sustain the cycle. 5S provides the foundation on which other lean methods, such as TPM, cellular manufacturing, just-in-time production, and six sigma can be introduced. It also would result in the organization of tools and materials into labeled and color coded storage locations, as well as "kits" that contain just what is needed to perform a task. This lean method encourages workers to improve their working conditions and helps them to learn to reduce waste, unplanned downtime, and in-process inventory.Ī typical 5S implementation would result in significant reductions in the square footage of space needed for existing operations. In the daily work of a company, routines that maintain organization and orderliness are essential to a smooth and efficient flow of activities. The 5S pillars, Sort ( Seiri), Set in Order ( Seiton), Shine ( Seiso), Standardize ( Seiketsu), and Sustain ( Shitsuke), provide a methodology for organizing, cleaning, developing, and sustaining a productive work environment. Implementation of this method "cleans up" and organizes the workplace basically in its existing configuration, and it is typically the first lean method which organizations implement. 5S is a system to reduce waste and optimize productivity through maintaining an orderly workplace and using visual cues to achieve more consistent operational results. ![]() ![]() I rate episodes 1-62 a 10/10 because they follow the manga very well. It is there where the true story of Kenshin is continued and completed, and not with the later episodes. That is why after episode 62, I urge you to find the manga and start reading it from Volume 18 to enjoy the amazing story of Enishi and the Revenge Arc. However, by the time the manga finished, the fillers were so terribly bad that Rurouni Kenshin had to be cancelled. So as with all animes, they stopped animating the manga and aired fillers so the manga could develop. By the time the second arc had ended, the Kyoto arc, the anime had caught up to the manga. The only reason I advise you to avoid the episodes 63-95 is that they are pointless fillers. All of Kenshin's rivals also have unique personalities and Nobuhiro Watsuki has done an excellent job with them. Though its hinted at very slightly during the first two seasons, there is not much between them. The only qualm people may have is the lack of romance between Kenshin and Kaoru. An example of this is the development of Yahiko from an innocent child to an exceptional swordsman throughout the show. The character development during the anime is portrayed very well. You will either hate the characters or love them. This is especially the case during the second season as Iwasaki unveils a multitude of amazing pieces of music that you will undoubtedly look to download. Taku Iwasaki has done a beautiful job with the soundtrack to Rurouni Kenshin as during each and every part, there is the perfect song that fits the scene. To some of the younger fans out there, the animation may seem a bit older and not as new as some of our recent anime like Death Note and Full Metal Alchemist, it still is drawn with very exceptional quality and after the first few episodes, you find that the style perfectly suits the time frame in which the story takes place. The second season is where the plot develops and we are introduced to a little bit of Kenshin's past. Without giving too much away, the first season is based on his stay with Kaoru Kamiya and how he keeps his vow of not to kill. The first two seaons depict the story of Himura Kenshin, also known as Hitokiri Battousai, and his motley bunch of friends in Sagara Sonouske, Myojin Yahiko, and Kamiya Kaoru. There are a total of 95 episodes to Rurouni Kenshin, however, only the first 62 (the first two seasons) are only worth watching because the third season is all fillers. Everything from romance, action, suspense, and even some thriller in included in Rurouni Kenshin. The story is deep, intricate, emotional, and touching. anime somehow and start watching it, you won't be disappointed if you are into samurai. If you are one of the younger anime fans out there and haven't heard too much about Rurouni Kenshin (also known as Samurai X in other countries outside of the United States), I urge to immediately to get your hands on a copy of the ![]() If you're one of the older anime fans, chances are that you probably have seen this anime already and give it the respect that it deserves. Rurouni Kenshin - an amazing anime taking place during the Japan Revolution - is an amazing story first written by Nobuhiro Watsuki in 1994 and first aired as an anime in 1996. However, as enemies from both past and present begin to emerge, will the reformed killer be able to uphold his new ideals? Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan tells the story of Kenshin as he strives to save those in need of saving. After receiving help from Kenshin, Kaoru allows him to stay at the dojo, and so the former assassin temporarily ceases his travels. One day, he stumbles across Kaoru Kamiya at her kendo dojo, which is being threatened by an impostor claiming to be Battousai. ![]() Vowing never to kill again, Kenshin dedicates himself to protecting the weak. Unbeknownst to them, Battousai has abandoned his bloodstained lifestyle in an effort to repent for his sins, now living as Kenshin Himura, a wandering swordsman with a cheerful attitude and a strong will. It has been ten peaceful years since then, but the very mention of Battousai still strikes terror into the hearts of war veterans. Feared as a merciless killer, he was unmatched throughout the country, but mysteriously disappeared at the peak of the Japanese Revolution. In the final years of the Bakumatsu era lived a legendary assassin known as Hitokiri Battousai. It can manage the details of up to 10,000 employees, has CardLink in addition to access control and transmits encrypted access record data to parent control units. The Terminal 96 60 is the fully expanded version. This can all be done without using any cables. In addition to access control, the 96 40 also has CardLink, which allows you to integrate offline door components into your online access solution. The terminal can be operated either offline or online. The 96 20 variant can manage the details of 200 people as standard. This means that you can create a 96 60 by adding options to a 96 20, for example. The 96 20, 96 40 and 96 60 variants offer greater functionality which, in contrast to the Terminal 96 10, can be expanded at any time to suit your requirements. The terminal is particularly well suited to small companies such as bakeries, joiners, butchers, restaurants and garages. It has an offline operating mode and decides independently whether access is authorised or not. The Terminal 96 10 can register the working hours of up to 50 employees. The 96 00 Series Terminal for time recording is available in four different versions.
![]() ![]() Absolutely no refunds are given on any accommodations if cancelled less than 30 days prior to arrival. If the reservation is cancelled less than 60 days prior to the guided trip date no refund will be given. Packages with third party accommodations are subject to the accommodator’s policy. If the reservation is cancelled 60 or more days to the guided trip date an administration fee of $100 (+5% GST) is charged per guide /per day to the account and the balance of the deposit is returned. If making the reservation less than 60 days to arrival date the full amount is due at the time of booking Cancellation Policy: The remainder of the balance is due 60 days prior to your trip date and will automatically be charged to the credit card on file unless otherwise instructed at the time of booking. Payments can be made with a credit card, Visa, Master Card or Amex. 50% deposit is due at the time of the booking to secure the trip date and guide. Once the reservation is made and a deposit taken, a reservation confirmation letter as well as information and details about the fly-fishing trips will be emailed to the individual on file. The dates reserved for guided fishing are non-transferable unless prior arrangements have been made and the date changes are approved by Elk River Guiding Company Ltd. Upon making the reservation the guests understand that a BC Fishing License and Classified Waters License must be purchased by all anglers in the fishing party, and is not included in the package cost Gear Rental is Available (subject to availability) Įlk River Guiding Company Reservation Policy: Booking Policy: Back Pack – when going on guided walk n wade trips!.Hat and Sunglasses (polarized if possible so you can see deeper into the water).Felt soled wading boots, the river rocks are very slippery.Hip Waders, preferably lightweight and breathable as it does get warm. ![]() What to Bring & Fishing Equipment Required: We offer a wide range of fly fishing equipment and gear from the beginner fly angler, all the way up to the most seasoned angler! If needing any gear for your guided trips, feel free to pre-purchase it online at our new online store, or upon your arrival in Fernie! Call us for more details. A fair gratuity for a guided day is 60$ per angler or $120 for two anglers (plus or minus based on the guides efforts that day).Įlk River Guiding Company is a full-service Fly Shop that is open year round.
The voucher can be used to give you approximately 30 minutes of free calling to landlines anywhere in the world. Cisco Systems is losing another executive to a competitor, with Tony Bates leaving to become CEO of video conferencing and VOIP vendor Skype. Nothing can make up for the missed experiences, but we’re going to be sending our Pay As You Go and Pre-Pay users a Skype Credit voucher via email. But, we are still doing a full analysis and we will provide an in-depth post-mortem. We now understand the cause of the problem and we believe it was not caused by a malicious attack. Chief Executive Officer/President Systems Technology, Inc., Hawthorne Sep 2011 - Jan 20186 years 5 months Los Angles California Program Manager SAIC Aug 2009 - Aug 20112 years 1 month Greater San. Now they say the cause wasn’t malicious attack, and they are going to give 30 free minutes of calls to landline phones to paying customers. Update: Below is a video message from CEO Bates to users about the outage and what Skype is doing about it: Take down the supernodes and the whole service goes with them. He is known for co-founding the invitation website Evite and serving as CEO of Skype (200810) and (200608). Whatever the ultimate cause, the incident shows up the weak spot in Skype’s network. Joshua Gordon Silverman (born 1969) 1 is an American entrepreneur and technology executive currently serving as chief executive officer of Etsy. Pulling the servers from other Skype services seems like a short-term solution until Skype can figure out something longer term. Skype had to put up new supernodes to make up for the outage, and did so by redeploying the servers normally used for group video and offline IM features. These supernodes somehow were overloaded and went down. Many Skype clients on the open Internet act as “supernodes.” These are directories which act like a big peer-to-peer telephone book helping one Skype client find another. When I asked if Skype has ruled out a malicious attack, Bates responded: “We haven’t ruled anything out.” Here is what we do know. The ultimate cause of the outage is still unclear (or at least Skype isn’t ready to talk about it yet). Although credits may only go to paying customers wh already have SkypeOut accounts. ![]() (Yes, free calls!) This is the right approach, and reminds me of what Netflix does when its streaming movie service goes down (free movies). To rectify that, he is publicly apologizing to them for the downtime and will offer users some sort of credits, with more details on that coming out later today. “We are bringing folks back on in a controlled manner,” he says.īates priority is to get the service back up and running and to make sure Skype does not lose the trust of its users. Heres what Microsoft is likely to do with Skype. We shouldnt worry about the free service going away. He estimates that between 16 million and 17 million Skype users, or about 80 percent of the people who would be on the service right now, can use it. Microsoft landed Skype in an 8.5 billion deal closing later this year. I know because I just spoke with CEO Tony Bates over Skype. Instant messages still seem to have a delay (anecdotally, I am noticing that I hear the IM ping, but then it is hit or miss whether any message comes through), but voice calls are working fine. Joshua Gordon Silverman (born 1969) is an American entrepreneur and technology executive currently serving as chief executive officer of Etsy. (NASDAQ: MSFT).Skype is still recovering from its massive outage yesterday, but it is getting back to normal. They won’t be hard to find hundreds of millions of people are already using Skype to do all sorts of things together.įounded in 2003 and headquartered in Luxembourg, Skype is a division of Microsoft Corp. Try Skype out today and start adding your friends, family and colleagues. You can pay as you go or buy a subscription, whatever works for you. If you pay a little, you can do more things, in more ways, with more people – like call phones or SMS messages. It’s free to use Skype – to send messages and have audio and video calls with groups of up to 100 people! With Skype, you can have meetings and create great things with your workgroup, share a story or celebrate a birthday with friends and family, and learn a new skill or hobby with a teacher. ![]() Skype messaging and HD voice and video calling will help you share experiences and get things done with others. It's built for both one-on-one and group conversations and works wherever you are – via mobile, PC, Xbox and Alexa. ![]() Skype is for connecting with the people that matter most in your life and work. |
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