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Compass Lexecon Client Newsletter July 2016
"The thing I like most about Compass Lexecon is that it is a constant reminder, amidst all the marketing and branding focus and the staggering amount of money and time devoted to it, that unalloyed excellence still matters, and still sells. You can post my comment on your website."
The above quote graciously forwarded by one of our clients exemplifies the type of firm we aspire to be every day. We pride ourselves on the high quality of our work. We spend virtually no time or resources on marketing; we simply try to report on our previous year's experiences and successes. And the past year was no different than previous ones in terms of the magnitude and importance of the matters on which we were retained, the results our clients achieved, and the quality of the experts and staff we attracted.
We continue to be hired on the biggest, most complex cases and mergers around the globe. For example, we worked (or are working) on the most important mergers: Aetna/Humana; Sysco/US Foods; Orbitz/Expedia; Dell/EMC; AT&T/DIRECTV; Siemens/Dresser-Rand; and BT/EE. In antitrust litigation, we worked (or are working) on a wide variety of major price-fixing and class action matters, such as In re Wellbutrin XL Antitrust Litigation, the Southeastern Milk Antitrust Litigation, and we continue to be involved in LCD and CRT litigation. In addition, in early 2016, Compass Lexecon was named the Competition Economist Firm of the Year by Who's Who Legal; Compass Lexecon has won that award every year it has been presented.Who's Who Legal identified 30 Compass Lexecon experts from seven different countries in its Who's Who of Competition Economists, including naming Janusz Ordover as Competition Economist of the Year. We were excited that one of our rising stars – Neil Dryden – was named the 2016 Economist of the Year by Global Competition Review for his work on the Ball/Rexam and BT/EE mergers.
Our finance, general litigation, and regulatory practices enjoyed similar successes. To name just a few examples, we worked for Hewlett Packard in its breach of contract case against Oracle where HP prevailed and was awarded $3 billion in damages; for the United States Department of Justice in successfully responding to Hank Greenberg's $40 billion damage claim allegedly resulting from the government rescue of AIG; for iHeart and other clients in obtaining a successful outcome in an industry-wide ratemaking proceeding before the Copyright Royalty Board; for Citigroup, Bank of New York Mellon, and other bank trustees in getting multi-billion dollar RMBS settlements approved; for Best Buy and other defendants in defeating class certification; for MetLife in getting its designation as a "Systemically Important Financial Institution" removed; and for Steven Cohen in successfully resolving his Securities and Exchange Commission administrative proceeding. We also have been heavily involved in complex litigation and settlement proceedings related to claims brought against British Petroleum, General Motors, Volkswagen, and others for various alleged product defects, misrepresentations, and environmental harm claims. In addition, we've expanded our presence and involvement in intellectual property litigation and continued our dominant role as experts in the largest securities fraud, insider trading and manipulation/spoofing cases as well as in appraisal, valuation and corporate governance matters in Delaware and elsewhere.
In the international arbitration arena, our clients won significant victories in a range of cases including investments in the Buenos Aires water concession, Venezuela's expropriation of a metallurgical complex, and most significantly, in the $1.4 billion award rendered for Claimants in the expropriation of a gold mine in Venezuela. In a survey of general counsel and private practice lawyers globally, 15 experts from Compass Lexecon – from three continents – were listed among the top economic experts in the world. People on our international arbitration team were described as having "great gravitas," "one of the very best," a "big name," a "pre-eminent figure," and "hugely impressive."
We also continued to add to our roster of world-renowned experts. We added Damien Neven, a former Chief Competition Economist of the European Commission and a Professor of Economics at The Graduate Institute, Geneva; Miguel de la Mano, the former Head of Economic Analysis of Financial Markets at the European Commission; Philip Haile, the Ford Foundation Professor of Economics at Yale University and a leading industrial organization economist; Tomas Philipson, the Daniel Levin Chair of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and a world-renowned pharmaceutical and healthcare expert; Derek Ritzmann, the former Chief Economist at the Competition Commission of Hong Kong who has opened our new Hong Kong office expanding our geographical presence to the Far East; Elizabeth Wang, an expert on competition economics issues in China; Wei Jiang, the Arthur F. Burns Professor of Free and Competitive Enterprise in the Finance and Economics Division at Columbia Business School and a leading hedge fund activism and corporate governance expert; and Thomas Varner, a leading expert in intellectual property.
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Renee Mate, the affiliate manager of Rewards Affiliates gives us an exclusive interview to discuss some affiliate tips on what new affiliates need to do to reach success.
How long have you been the affiliate manager for Rewards Affiliates?
It will be 6 years in August.
From your experience how long does it take most affiliates to start earning their first commissions?
From experience those who are targeting something that isn't as saturated as the norm will start to earn their first commissions within the first 3-6 months.
On average I see new affiliates start earning their first commissions around the 8-18 months mark.
Do you have many affiliates that earn over $100,000 per month with just Rewards Affiliates alone?
They say that 5% of affiliates make 95% of the money, so if that is true then the remaining 95% would make more money if they managed their time better.
I think the main thing that lets affiliates down is their time management.
I don't think it's wise to plan out your entire day because some things will need to take priority to other things, but I think with good time management affiliates would get more important things done first and allow their method of marketing to sky rocket.
SEO - what are the trends right now?
What do people want to see on a site?
Are you doing something that no one else is doing?
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What differentiates your site from other affiliate's?
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As they say, the greatest inspiration is often born of desperation. If you really put your mind to it, you can do (and think of) anything.
For these successful affiliates you work with describe these people in general and what you think are the keys to their success.
The most successful affiliates I can think of are full time affiliates who are very focused on what they're doing.
They are always looking for new ways to get traffic and sometimes taking risks to get results and therefore learning the best ways to go about their business.
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You have won the CAP - iGB Affiliate Awards 3 times for Best Affiliate Manager, do people get jealous?
I get asked this question so often and it always surprises me.
Our industry is so close-knit and everyone is very friendly towards each other. Most people are 100% supportive.
I even had one guy this year who was in the final 10 nominees say that if he won he would give it to me because he believed I deserved it more than anyone else on the list.
It's very flattering and very encouraging that there is so much support from competitors.
I also think it's positive that other people are working harder to be better at their jobs to win.
It can only be positive for affiliates and it means that I've set the standard - that is probably my greatest accomplishment towards the industry.
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Introducing the latest game to be coming out of Salvation's Story! Noah's Elephant in the Room is Pac-Man meets Bible memory in the ark! The video above should give you a feel for the general game mechanics, so check it out! The cool stuff happens when the Bible memory aspect arrives. The players are able to 'power up' their elephant through memorizing different Bible verses. To fully upgrade the elephant, the player will have to memorize 25 Bible verses! Learning Bible verses in the game will be tons of fun, and I think kids are going to LOVE it! I'll touch more on the Bible memory mechanic in a further blog post. So stay tuned! Noah's Elephant in the Room is coming!
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Somália (footballer)
Somalia (album)
Coordinates: 10°N 49°E / 10°N 49°E / 10; 49
Somalia (/səˈmɑːliə, soʊ-, -ljə/so-MAH-lee-ə; Somali: Soomaaliya; Arabic: الصومال aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of Somalia (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Arabic: جمهورية الصومال الفدرالية Jumhūrīyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fidirālīyah), is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Kenya to the southwest. Somalia has the longest coastline on the continent's mainland, and its terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains and highlands. Climatically, hot conditions prevail year-round, with periodic monsoon winds and irregular rainfall.
Somalia has a population of around 10.8 million. Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis, who have historically inhabited the northern part of the country. Ethnic minorities are largely concentrated in the southern regions. The official languages of Somalia are Somali and Arabic, both of which belong to the Afroasiatic family. Most people in the country are Muslim, with the majority being Sunni.
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Wanderson de Paula Sabino (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvɐ̃deʁsõ dʒi ˈpawlɐ sɐˈbinu]) ([sɔˈmaʎɐ], born June 22, 1977 in Nova Venécia), nicknamed Somália, is a Brazilian striker. He currently plays for America.
On 27 April 2009, the right wingback Carlinhos and the forward terminated their contract with Náutico after their bad performances in this first part of the season.
Dutch League: 1998–99
Dutch Super Cup: 1999
Campeonato Carioca Série B: 2015
UAFA Club Cup top goalscorer (4 goals): 2003
São Paulo state league's top goalscorer: 2007
(Portuguese) CBF Profile
(English) Sambafoot Profile
(English) Guardian Stats Centre
(Portuguese) zerozero.pt
(Portuguese) globoesporte
(Dutch) Dutch career stats - Voetbal International
(Korean) Somália – K League stats at kleague.com
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Somalia is an album by saxophonist Billy Harper recorded in 1993 and released on the Evidence label.
In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "This CD contains some of Billy Harper's finest playing in years".
All compositions by Billy Harper
"Somalia" - 13:37
"Thy Will Be Done" - 21:56
"Quest" - 12:45
"Light Within" - 7:59
"Quest in 3" - 4:15
Billy Harper - tenor saxophone, cowbell, voice
Eddie Henderson - trumpet
Francesca Tanksley - piano
Louie Spears - bass
Horacee Arnold, Newman Taylor Baker - drums
Madeleine Yayodele Nelson - shekere
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia -	https://wn.com/Somalia_(album)
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Somalia urged to take firm action against hotel attack masterminds
Mareeg 16 Jul 2019
Somalia ... The Council expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to Somalia and the families who lost their loved ones in the attack ... The members of the Security Council paid tribute to all Somali and international actors working to bring peace and stability in Somalia....
UN envoy visits Kismayo after hotel attack
Somalia. Kismayo – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, James Swan visited the city of Kismayo, the interim capital of Jubaland, in the aftermath of the terrorist attack that reportedly claimed the lives of at least 26 people and injured 56 ... On behalf of the UN family in Somalia, Mr....
UN envoy says terror attacks not to derail stabilization efforts in Somalia
China.dot.org 15 Jul 2019
MOGADISHU, July 15 (Xinhua) -- A UN envoy in Somalia said on Monday terror attacks will not derail efforts to stabilize Somalia and expressed solidarity in the aftermath of a terror attack on Friday in which 26 people were killed and 56 others injured ... He expressed his condolences ......
UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack in Somalia
Xinhua 15 Jul 2019
... terrorist attack in Somalia's port city of Kismayo which killed at least 26 people and injured 56 others. "The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims, as well as to the people and Government of Somalia....
Letter: Immigrant's gratitude enlightening, refreshing
The Columbus Dispatch 15 Jul 2019
I recently had my air conditioner serviced for the summer season ... He is from Somalia and was sponsored by his sister who lives here. He expressed several times how wonderful it was to live in the United States and how grateful he was to be here.With all the talk about immigration, how great it is to see that many get [...] ... ....
Car bomb and all-night hotel siege kill 26 in Somalia's Kismayo
Indian Express 14 Jul 2019
Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab, which is trying to topple Somalia's weak, UN-backed government, immediately claimed responsibility for the attack ... Best Of Express ... The Somalia office of the U.N ... SADO Somalia, a local non-governmental organisation, said its executive director Abdullahi Isse Abdulle had died ... somalia....
Arab League, Egypt condemn deadly hotel attack in Somalia
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Somalia Hotel Terrorist Attack Kills Briton Among Death Toll
Huffington Post 13 Jul 2019
A Briton was among several foreigners killed in a terrorist attack on a hotel in Somalia, officials have said. At least 26 people including a Briton and a prominent journalist have been killed following an attack on a hotel in southern Somalia ... Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack....
UN chief condemns terrorist attack on hotel in southern Somalia
UNITED NATIONS, July 12 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns the terrorist attack on a hotel in southern Somalia, which killed at least 10 people, his spokesman said Friday....
UN chief condemns terror attack in Kismayo, Somalia
United Nations 13 Jul 2019
Peace and Security. UN Secretary-General Ant�nio Guterres has condemned the terrorist attack that took place on July 12 in southern Somalia.�. In a statement released on Friday, Mr. Guterres expressed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the attack and wished�a swift recovery to the injured ... Gunmen then stormed the building....
Security standards at Port Victoria to improve | 01 July 2019
Nation 01 Jul 2019
Ambassador Reimer highlighted Seychelles' and the United States' involvement in the Second Ministerial Conference on Maritime Security and the Contact Group on Piracy off the coast of Somalia, hosted last week in Mauritius in partnership with the Indian Ocean Commission and on the Cutlass Express as examples of joint working partnership ... ....

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Q: kendoui grid filter panel customization - css I can't understand how to fix this (strange) behaviour about kendoui gird filter:
This is my grid (where the filter panel takes all the page)
http://imgur.com/a/AgSB9
Instead in the official example il takes the right space
http://imgur.com/a/zqPhu
How you can see exploring the code, the panel dimensions have been applyed  by inline styles, probably in my code there is something that "pollute" the normal style

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*how can i investigate more?

*how can i give you more details about it?

*who and where are applied these inline styles to set the dimensions?

*is it possible to fix it overwriting in some way?

*any suggestion?

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to replicate my situation do the followng:
1) download this file here : http://www.filedropper.com/panelfilterdimensionsproblem and unzip it (i've replicated my enviroment, the layout is broken but isn't so important).
2) open index.html with Chrome and double click on the "InterCompany Attive" item.
3) click on the grid's "funnel" (the first, the upper funnel, that one that opens the filter panel).
4) how  you can see the filter panel takes the whole screen (wrong behaviour) instead of getting only needed dimensions.
5) i'm sure that my custom css (mystyle.css) have "polluted" some kendoui style (take a look at the second funnel inside the button, isn't centered. I soppose that is coused by the same css problem).
http://imgur.com/a/OOBYL

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Note: the drive thru window "this is her turf" scene was great. And admittedly, the camcorder boy was a somewhat interesting addition, although his seeing God in death or death in beauty or beauty over easy with a side of death or whatever was pretty refried (see Harold and Maude). And that guy would have stood up to his father many years ago. I know I did. And finally, I'm pissed because I wasted several hours trying to get a ziplock bag to dance around, so I could film it, and get women. But then I found out that they did it all with strings. What a rip-off!
Note: This year's award for most ludicrous line from a movie review goes to James Berardinelli: "In a year that boasts few truly memorable motion pictures, Mendes can stake a claim alongside the likes of Kubrick and Egoyan as one whose cinematic vision both challenges and entertains." A more accurate statement would, in fact, be "Mendes can stake a claim alongside a toaster as the film director standing next to a toaster." Berardinelli could also improve his statement by changing it to, "In a year that boasts few truly memorable motion pictures, one should rent more movies." Movies like The Third Man for example. You go and rent that puppy. Then come back and tell me American Beauty is better. Then get the hell off my site and never come back.


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The significance of The Oriental Translation Fund and the role of Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot
Anniversary General Meeting, Archives, Book Launches, Cataloguing, Oriental Translation Fund
This week's blog post focusses on the cataloguing of The Oriental Translation Fund papers. Very little has been published around the work of the fund which has been significant in funding published translations of specialised works of Asian manuscripts. Unlike many other funds that existed within the 1800's, the fund is still in operation today and introduces a variety of works to newer audiences. The cataloguing of these papers will also hold a special place for myself as it is the first collection that I have catalogued as archivist at the society.
Early days of the fund:
A quarter of the collection consists of committee minutes which highlight the activities of the fund in its beginnings in 1828 and the publication of the original series of translations. A notable figure from this period was the linguist and diplomat, Sir Gore Ouseley who was notable for serving as an ambassador to Persia in 1810. Sir Gore had a large interest in advancing the study of Persia and helped establish the fund under his Chairmanship. Most of the minutes within the collection have been signed off by Sir Gore.
An example of one of the committee minutes signed by Sir Gore Ouseley
In its beginnings, the fund was financed by subscriptions and the list of subscribers to the fund during this period were highly impressive. Subscribers included: Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, the Prime Minister; The Duke of Wellington, the Archbishop of Canterbury and one of the founders of the Royal Asiatic Society, Henry Colebrook.
Unfortunately, the initial enthusiasm for the fund began to decline and in 1860 operations were suspended due to a shortage of funds with the committee disposing of most of its stock. This is covered in the final minute book of the collection from 1848-1865 with stocks being sent to the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. However, a large volume of works was published during this first stage with publication lists in the collection illustrating that 71 translations were published in series one.
Resurgence of the fund and the role of Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot:
Members of the council still recognised the value and significance of the fund and there were continuous talks about reviving it in the 1880's. A pivotal figure in these talks was the British Orientalist and translator, Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot who had previously collaborated with Sir Richard Burton on the Kama Sutra. Arbuthnot's passion for translating texts and publicising them to western audiences led to him taking control of the management of the fund. In addition to this, he funded many of the publications himself which would form series two of the fund.
The collections contain a large volume of written correspondence from Arbuthnot which showcase his commitment towards making accessible valuable translations of Asian manuscripts. Arbuthnot's dedication to this work led to him donating his own private collections of manuscripts to the Asiatic society upon his death whilst also transferring the existing stock and copyright of the fund to the society. This is covered in the final written correspondence that we have from Arbuthnot in the collection.
Hand written letter by Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot donating books on the event of his death
Arbuthnot's legacy:
Significantly, the fund is still in existence today and has led to the publishing of many valued translations in recent years. Whilst various figures have been important in allowing the fund to continue through to the 21st century, Arbuthnot's legacy has been pivotal in introducing pivotal works around Asia to wider audiences.
This brings us on to the most recent translation which has been published by the help of the fund. Aap Beeti, the autobiography of Mohinder Singh Randhawa has recently been translated into English from the Punjabi by Tript Kaur. The translation was organised by Mrinalini Venkateswaran who is a fellow of the society.
If you are interested in hearing more about this work, please join us for a virtual book launch of the publication on Saturday 31st October where Tript Kaur, Norbert Peabody and Mrinalini Venkateswaran will be discussing this publication.
Book launch of Aap Beeti
Also, a downloadable version of the publication can be found on the website at: https://royalasiaticsociety.org/library-collections/aap-beeti/.
Virtual AGM:
Last night (Thursday 22nd October), we held our first ever virtual AGM for the year which was originally scheduled for May. The event went successfully and a full account of this (including photographs) will be given in next week's blog post.
Aap Beeti Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot Mrinalini Venkateswaran Norbert Peabody Sir Gore Ouseley Tript Kaur
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Digital Health Trends and Their Legal Issues
By [email protected]_84 on February 2, 2022
2 FDA
3 Privacy and Cybersecurity
4 Fraud and Abuse
5 Antitrust
6 Looking Ahead
The use of digital health to deliver healthcare has seen unprecedented growth over the past few years, with significant acceleration due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). As patients seek ways to empower themselves and take more control of their health and well-being, this demand is being met by flexible and innovative tools and technologies. The latest health technology advancements in diagnostics, treatment, and ongoing patient management have the potential to improve health and disease outcomes more than ever before. Companies in this industry have also raised a record-setting amount of capital, particularly during the PHE.
Like many other segments that go through rapid growth and innovation, the industry faces a complex and shifting set of laws and regulations. While many temporary waivers and policies during the PHE created an ecosystem allowing companies to flourish, companies in this space should begin to expect heightened scrutiny from various regulators as we turn the page to 2022.
In this article, we highlight some of the key legal considerations that the digital health industry can expect in the coming year from the perspective of: (1) telehealth related laws and regulations, (2) FDA, (3) privacy and cybersecurity, (4) fraud and abuse, and (5) antitrust issues. As companies look ahead to allocate legal and compliance resources and think about risk mitigation strategies, this article showcases those areas where we expect to see further developments or regulator attention this year.
In response to the PHE, the federal and state regulatory landscape swiftly created a makeshift of temporary waivers, executive orders and regulations, to expand access to telehealth services, but leaving providers and patients uncertain about, among other things, scope of practice issues (e.g., licensure) and reimbursement for these services. With many of these federal and state flexibilities tied to the PHE set to expire, providers offering telehealth services, regardless of the modality or specialty, will need to continue to be aware of and track the status of certain flexibilities implemented
in response to the PHE. For example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule (Final Rule), which extended or made permanent a number of PHE related changes (e.g., permanently removing geographic originating site restrictions on telehealth services used for purposes of diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of mental health disorders). Also at the federal level, there is still no guidance on whether the "dormant" Ryan Haight Act, which, absent limited exceptions, prevented the prescription of controlled substances via telehealth without first conducting an in-person examination, will be enforced following the expiration of the PHE.
Likewise, on the stateside, there have been a number of actions making permanent changes expanding access to telehealth services. This includes removing restrictions on the delivery of telehealth via certain modalities (e.g., audio-only telephone, e-mail, text message) and addressing insurance parity coverage of telehealth services. While these examples suggest a positive trend towards increased access to telehealth and making telehealth a permanent and critical part of the healthcare delivery system, other states have rolled back certain of the flexibilities implemented in response to the PHE. All of these matters will significantly impact the way providers and patients continue to utilize telehealth services, and will impact scope of practice, mode of practice and reimbursement matters going forward.
Companies developing software medical devices, whether in the wellness or in the therapeutic and diagnostic spaces, should continue to monitor FDA's developing approaches to regulating digital health. In late 2021, FDA published multiple resources for companies developing medical devices that incorporate software with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ ML) functions. These documents, including "GMLP for Medical Device Development: Guiding Principles" (27 Oct 2021), "List of AI/ML-Enabled Medical Devices," (22 Sep 2021), and FDA Guidance "Content of Premarket Submissions for Device Software Functions" (04 Nov 2021), demonstrate the Agency's efforts to be transparent with industry on its expectations as it develops a framework for reviewing and approving AI/ ML technology. The newly minted FDA Digital Health Center of Excellence promises to foster high-quality digital health and innovative regulatory approaches in 2022 (and the coming years). While the Agency is still developing these approaches, companies seeking clearance or approval of digital health devices with AI/ML should consider engaging FDA in premarket submission meetings to understand the Agency's expectations for clinical data and software performance data. We also expect the FDA to finalize its draft guidance on Clinical Decision Support (CDS) software before the close of the year. CDS software provides healthcare professionals and patients with intelligently filtered knowledge, coupled with person-specific information, to inform healthcare options. The finalized CDS guidance will provide companies developing CDS with some clarity on whether, and to what extent, their product may be regulated in 2022 and beyond. We also expect FDA to continue to partner with its international counterparts to harmonize the regulation of digital health products.
HIPAA became somewhat of a social media star during the PHE, with individuals attempting to use the law to protect more than the protected health information within its purview. HHS/OCR offered guidance to help entities share public health information, manage drive-through testing and vaccination sites, and resolve telehealth hurdles. Enforcement in 2022, however, will continue to be focused on entities taking action to prepare for and reduce ransomware and other attacks, including through the performance of risk analyses of electronic infrastructure and ensuring individuals' access to their information, including interoperability standards.
HIPAA's stardom has accelerated the appetite for the industry to offer HIPAA compliance as a "best practice," whether or not any entity falls under HIPAA's legal jurisdiction. While such practices may be admirable, entities should proceed with caution to ensure actions and representations do not overreach contractual terms or create grounds for unfair and deceptive claims under federal and state laws. HIPAA's mainstream persona has also helped push the discussion of a federal privacy law, and the states' impatience with that idea stalling.
Therefore, even where HIPAA may not apply to certain business models, the ever-growing patchwork of state and federal privacy and data security laws creates a confusing sea of requirements. Throughout 2021, the FTC continued to flex its muscles in this space sending a clear message of its intent to more closely scrutinize companies collecting health information that sit outside HHS/OCR's reach. Companies are continuing to grapple with the new and broad interpretations in the FTC's policy statement about the Health Breach Notification Rule released in the Fall of 2021. Namely, how to comply with the comments around sharing of "covered information" subject to an individual's authorization and what will be considered a "breach" under this law. This year, companies will also want to be mindful of the forthcoming "comprehensive" state privacy laws coming into effect in 2023 in Virginia and Colorado and the expansion of California's existing law. With conflicting exemptions across these state laws for entities that may be regulated by HIPAA, and newly introduced "consent" requirements for the collection of "sensitive" information, digital health companies will likely have steps in the coming months to prepare for these laws. Finally, sophisticated cyber threat actors continue to find ways to attack even the most prepared companies, particularly due to the value of healthrelated information. This reinforces the importance of having cyber insurance – though the market has become increasingly costly for these policies with more detailed diligence from carriers to obtain coverage.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of digital health tools and solutions has accelerated due to necessity and to temporary waivers and flexibilities granted by HHS in response to the PHE. Enforcement response to this uptick has been mixed. For instance, the HHS Office of Inspector General ("OIG") issued a policy statement to notify physicians and other practitioners that they will not be subject to administrative sanctions for reducing or waiving any cost sharing obligations incurred for telehealth services furnished consistent with applicable coverage and payment rules during the PHE. However, though OIG recognizes the benefits that digital health technologies have for improving care coordination and health outcomes, it has also announced "significant oversight work" assessing telehealth services during the PHE. Specifically, OIG is currently conducting eight reviews related to the use of telehealth services. Many of the OIG audits focus on compliance with Medicare and Medicaid requirements for documenting and billing home health services – in a sense, traditional billing and coding audits applied to telehealth services.
The government has also pursued fraud and kickback allegations related to telehealth. For instance, in October 2020, DOJ announced Operation Rubber Stamp, a nationwide enforcement action involving criminal charges against 345 defendants across 51 federal districts, including more than 100 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, mostly related to schemes involving telemedicine. In addition to these criminal charges, the investigation resulted in CMS' revocation of the Medicare billing privileges of more than 250 additional Medical professionals, a record-breaking number of administrative actions. Beyond audit activity related to compliance with coding and documentation rules, providers can expect the government's continued focused attention on the use of digital health technologies in ways that it believes may result in excess costs to the government and in patient harm.
Digital health companies may find themselves increasingly in the antitrust enforcement cross-hairs, as they are at the center of the two most frequently targeted industries: healthcare and technology. In recent years, the FTC has devoted more resources to investigating and challenging conduct by healthcare providers than any other industry (even tech), and the DOJ has ramped up its efforts in the sector as well. Both agencies have aggressive new leaders in place – FTC Chair Lina Khan and DOJ Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter – who are coordinating on a number of enforcement priorities and who recently characterized corporate concentration as a "crisis" for the American economy. Chief among the agencies' focus is a growing concern about whether transactions involving upstart digital health companies may be chilling competition. As digital health companies consider transactions, including joint ventures, they should carefully analyze potential antitrust issues, even if those deals do not involve direct competitors.
The digital health ecosystem being created by new entrants and healthcare industry incumbents reinventing themselves will continue to evolve from fixed solutions to a more widespread overhaul of the healthcare system. These digital tools and products changing the infrastructure supporting the delivery of healthcare will be matched by increased regulatory scrutiny, as law and policy try to keep pace with technology to ensure patient safety and treatment efficacy.
Copyright © 2022, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP.National Law Review, Volume XII, Number 32
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Taiko Voices: Four Questions with Laura Colter
03.24.2020 by Linda Lombardi //
For this week's post, we present Four Questions with Laura Colter. Some of her answers will be no surprise to fellow taiko players who've admired her sparkly shoes. Enjoy!
1. TELL US WHO YOU ARE – WHAT YOU DO OTHER THAN TAIKO, AND A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR TAIKO HISTORY.
Outside of taiko, I'm a mom, and a preschool teacher, and my side hustle is something called Color Street. Color Street is at-home nail polish, salon quality at a fraction of a cost. It's sold like Avon. A friend gave me a sample of it last winter and you know how you get the funk in the winter sometimes? Applying that hint of sparkle to the tips of my fingers just made me happy. Everything has a sparkle about it.
One of the reasons I do it is it allows me to help others. I do a lot of fundraisers through it – I just finished raising funds for a little boy who just had a heart transplant. I pick things I'd love to give to and can't because of financial reasons. Color Street lets me give back. And it's such a frivolous first world thing, but it really makes people happy, in such an affordable way.
I came to taiko because I thought it was interesting and I wanted a form of exercise. What I like about taiko is that it keeps me active but also gives back to the community. I'm not just sitting in a cycle studio. I enjoy it, and in turn it gives someone else something to enjoy. That was one of the big draws.
2. HOW HAS LIFE PREPARED YOU FOR TAIKO?
I feel like coming to taiko is out of character for me. At my first intro workshop, I sat down on those benches outside the classroom and people asked, 'so what are you doing here?' I said this is my yearly out-of-my-comfort-zone outing. I think it's important to try to stretch yourself and I don't do that as often as I should.
3. HOW HAS TAIKO PREPARED YOU FOR LIFE?
I was held back in second grade, which was not a boost to the ego. As a second grader, you think, oh I'm not good enough for anything. You carry that for quite some time, or at least I did. As a child I had unspecified learning disabilities and I was never really taught the way I could learn- hello undiagnosed ADHD. So, I didn't think I'd ever feel good enough. I think a lot of people feel that way. It's also the biggest factor in why I became a teacher. I like to find the way a child learns and then teach them.
But in this community, you're always good enough. I really appreciate Mark for his unique teaching ability – he finds the way we learn, whether we know it or not. I have no musical experience – I was in choir but I didn't read music, I just sang along with whoever I was standing next to – but he has all the confidence in the world that we're going to get it. And that has prepared me in other areas of my life to just try it, and it's ok to goof up, but as long as you show up and give it your best, it's good enough.
I value the community that I've found in taiko. It's such a welcoming and diverse community and I just really appreciate the confidence Mark has in our abilities. I think there's something special about being in that room, sharing that energy. It's like church or sanctuary on a Sunday night. The energy we get from each other is such a nice way to end your weekend and begin your week.
4. TO END ON A LIGHTER NOTE: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING TO… GIVE PEOPLE!
Glitter! A twinkle in their eye. The sparkle in their eye, whether because I made them a cupcake, or sat and listened to their concerns and showed up or donated to their cause. I just want to leave people better than when I found them.
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Teacher urges parents to ditch homeschooling timetables and lessons and make dens, play with lego and bake cakes instead
Mar 26 2020, 7:41 ET
Updated: Jan 5 2021, 7:44 ET
A TEACHER has begged parents not to homeschool their kids and encouraged them to act as their social support during the coronavirus pendemic.
Millions of parents face chaos and confusion as primary schools across the country stay shut in defiance of Government orders.
Mr Hodder who teaches at The Cathedral Catholic Primary School in Lancaster has urged parents not to homeschool their kidsCredit: Karl Russell/Facebook
Mr Hodder who teaches Year 6 at The Cathedral Catholic Primary School in Lancaster, took to Facebook to share an "important message" with parents.
Filming from his classroom in March last year, he said: "Mr Hodder here, big empty classroom. I just wanted to talk to parents. I wanted to ask you, not to school at home.
"They're going to miss that social contact, they're going to miss that interaction, that's your job now.
"I'm really concerned, as all the staff here are, for the welfare of our children, they need you. They need you to not set up a home school, not set up a classroom, not stick to a timetable.
He encouraged parents to give their kids "homework" such as baking cakes or doing a jigsaw puzzleCredit: Karl Russell/Facebook
"The children here, are playing and working together, so my homework for everyone out there at Cathedral is to bake a cake, build a lego model, set up a den in the front room, tell each other a story, do a jigsaw, play a game, make a card, paint a picture.
"Spending time being that social network, talking, listening, that's really important now."
The post was shared at the start of the pandemic, as schools shut around the country.
A large number of primary schools in the UK are currently closed in a bid to combat the latest outbreak from the new Covid strain.
Mr Hodder added: "Just be what they need. They need love, they need reassurance, we can't control the situation but we can control how we react to it."
Mr Hodder's speech in full
Mr Hodder here, big empty classroom. I just wanted to talk to parents. I wanted to ask you, not to school at home.
I know that during these uncertain times it's really difficult and we're all trying to get some kind of control.
I also know from my own son and daughter that they're really upset, it's a huge change for them.
If you think about it your child is used to coming in and seeing 30 people in their class, 200 people in our school, 30 staff, every day and they're going to miss that social contact, they're going to miss that interaction, that's your job now.
It's very tempting to want to get them to complete schoolwork, it's very tempting to print out worksheets.
Think about my kids, I've got all the books, all the plans but I'm not turning my house into a school room.
Yes they're still going some purple maths, and yes they're still doing some work from school, but it's an extra, it's a side thing.
Yes we'll update the website, yes there'll be more work coming, but it's only day three. I'm hearing parents on Facebook asking for more resources or logins for tests or Twinkle - don't do it.
Just be what they need. They need love, they need reassurance, we can't control the situation but we can control how we react to it.
So because of that year six I'm not going to read the book today, but I will tomorrow. It's a beautiful day, step outside the front porch, play in the garden if you're lucky enough to have one, open a window, breathe deeply, relax.
He broadcast the video from his empty classroomCredit: Karl Russell/Facebook
The video went viral, having been shared over 83,000 times and receiving thousands of comments from grateful parents.
One wrote: "Well said. Learning doesn't have to be structured and academic, thank you."
Another added: "What a wonderful person you are, this is a one time opportunity for a lot of parents to spend quality time with your children - I fully applaud you."
"Amazing great teacher. Have to admit made me tearful" wrote a third.
In other parenting news, this headmaster sent a brilliantly frank email to parents telling them to ignore the homeschool schedule.
And this mum created an epic obstacle course for her toddler to keep him active during the lockdown.
Five Fabulous tips for homeschooling your kids under quarantine


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Q: "The requested address is not valid in its context" when running kubeproxy usermode in Windows I'm trying to connect a Windows node to a Kubernetes cluster, but when running the kube-proxy in usermode I keep getting the error The requested address is not valid in its context. How can I fix this?

A: Answering this one myself because it was one of those little undocumeted gotchas when setting up a Windows node in a K8S cluster.
The code in netsh.go from the Kubernetes code base includes a function like this:
// GetInterfaceToAddIP returns the interface name where Service IP needs to be added
// IP Address needs to be added for netsh portproxy to redirect traffic
// Reads Environment variable INTERFACE_TO_ADD_SERVICE_IP, if it is not defined then "vEthernet (HNS Internal NIC)" is returned
func (runner *runner) GetInterfaceToAddIP() string {
    if iface := os.Getenv("INTERFACE_TO_ADD_SERVICE_IP"); len(iface) > 0 {
        return iface
    }
    return "vEthernet (HNS Internal NIC)"
}

This function says that proxied service IP addresses will be added to a NIC adapter called vEthernet (HNS Internal NIC) unless you specify the INTERFACE_TO_ADD_SERVICE_IP environment variable by calling netsh interface ipv4 add address name="vEthernet (HNS Internal NIC)" address=10.100.0.10. If vEthernet (HNS Internal NIC) doesn't exist (and it won't unless you have set it up yourself) then you get the The requested address is not valid in its context error.
Following the docs at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/kubernetes/getting-started-kubernetes-windows#preparing-a-windows-node results in a NIC called vEthernet (cbr0), which can be used in the INTERFACE_TO_ADD_SERVICE_IP environment variable.


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In 1934 the American theologian Karl Reinhold Niebuhr, began to end his sermons with a short prayer:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference
'The Serenity Prayer' was taken up in particular by Alcoholics Anonymous but as far back as the 1stc. AD, the Greek stoic, Epictitus was advocating the necessity for acceptance, for an acknowledgement that we will be far happier working with what is, than trying to bend and mould this 'what is' to what we think would be best for us. The Roman poet Horace's injunction'Carpe Diem' could be better translated as 'Pluck the Day', for it was intended to advise people to seize what the day offers, to accept and make the best of each day.
But as the Serenity Prayer makes clear, there are times when things need to change and when it requires courage to make those necessary changes. And change suggests resistance. In preparing a concert which happens to fall on the 14th of July, Bastille Day, I have been pondering the idea of Revolution. Interestingly, the word has as its root, the Latin verb, revolvere – roll again or revolve. It was first used in the 14thc to describe precisely that, the revolution of, in this case, celestial bodies. In the mid 15thc. it began to be used to mean a 'great change in affairs' and in the 17thc. to be applied to political upheavals, in particular the expulsion of the Roman Catholic James II and the coronation of the Protestant William and Mary. Since the reign of Henry the VIII more than 100 years previously, successive monarchs had been reversing and re-reversing Britain's tie to Rome; so the word used to signify upheaval and change had, quite appropriately been taken from a word that denotes a coming again. As the French would have it: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Or in the words of the poet WB Yeats:
HURRAH for revolution and more cannon-shot!
A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot.
Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again!
The beggars have changed places, but the lash goes on.
It seemed appropriate to include French music on our Bastille Day programme and Debussy's wonderful Op. 10 Quartet immediately suggested itself. Debussy, in finding his own compositional path, had focussed on the very notion of change and repetition. It was in the early 1890's having at last outgrown his student days and the expectations of his professors, that he began to embrace the new. Of course every artist must embrace the new in the sense that having nothing original to say obviates the necessity to say it. Musical structure or form had been, in the previous 300 years, based on repetition. In fact the tradition of string quartet writing which Debussy was tapping into had arisen in the later 18thc using the form of the day which, rather like a good essay, introduced its themes, developed them and then recapped them. Debussy demurred:
'Do you think that in composition the same emotion can be expressed twice? In that case, one has either not reflected, or it is simply an effect of laziness... I should like to see the creation – I, myself, shall achieve it – of a kind of music free from themes and motives, or formed on a single continuous theme, which nothing interrupts and which never returns upon itself.'
A very grand aim given that without pattern, which is a result of repetition, we can make no sense of what we hear. Debussy does in fact repeat himself, but in a less controlled and formatted way than the composers who preceded him. But had he created something entirely new?
On a more personal level, we are confronted by quandaries requiring a decision to change or to accept what is, every step of the way: a violinist friend of mine is suffering with ongoing tendinitis. Should she struggle on or find a new path? A couple I know is having trouble conceiving a baby. Should they have yet another IVF treatment or accept the situation? A colleague has been made redundant over a seemingly innocuous reply he made to his boss. Should he dispute it or leave the job and find another? Will a new job lead him into a similar dispute or will the very act of making the change help him with the personal insight that will mitigate against that? And then there are the changes we are called on to consider in the same way that we add salt and pepper to food: change adds piquancy to life. Should I get on the bus to come home from work or walk along the river even if it takes longer? Should I do some extra practising this evening or see a film? We live in a time when few of us are embraced by a structure which gives us the answer to those questions. And yet at times when that structure was provided, it became so tight and restrictive that it necessitated an overthrow, a revolution.
So who or what can I answer to in making a decision? Perhaps the answer can be found by consulting our deeper values. After all, the French national motto of Liberty, Fraternity and Equalityis a direct result of the storming of the Bastille. And Debussy came to express his belief that:
Music begins where words are powerless to express. Music is made for the inexpressible. I want music to seem to rise from the shadows and indeed sometimes to return to them.
A 1937 Christian student publication quoted Karl Reinhold Niebuhr's Serenity Prayer in the following form:
Father, give us courage to change what must be altered,
Serenity to accept what cannot be helped,
And the insight to know the one from the other.
There is a significant difference between seeking change in what I canchange as opposed to seeking change in whatmustbe altered. And the word insightis particularly helpful for while it has come to mean a penetrating into thoughts and situations, in its original meaning it indicated a looking within. To think deeply about first causes is surely the place to start in understanding acceptance and change. And that in itself might be a kind of revolution.


A fretboard is a thin piece of wood (usually in the range of 3/16″ to 5/16″ thick) that is glued to the top of a guitar neck, and which has metal frets mounted in it at predetermined spots. Fretboards both strengthen the neck, by adding an additional layer of wood, as well as making it easier for a cigar box guitar builder to "dial in" the string action height. Fretboards can be made out of pretty much any wood, though usually the harder hardwoods are preferred for durability. Rosewood and ebony are two woods traditionally preferred for fretboards in guitars, though cigar box guitar builders can and do make use of all sorts of other things. A fretboard usually is either placed right up against the nut at the top of the neck just below the headstock.
Fretboards may have additional decorative elements besides the frets, including either drawn on or inlaid fret location markers, side markers, decorative inlays and more. The most common frets to have marked on a fretboard are the third, fifth, seventh, ninth, twelfth, fifteenth, seventeenth, nineteenth, and on up in that pattern.
Sometimes on cigar box guitars, necks are fretted without having a separate fretboard glued on. Often this portion of the neck is still called the fretboard or fingerboard.
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The second annual meeting of the Etowah County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) and the Etowah County Voluntary Organization Active in Disaster (VOAD) was held on Thursday, August 3rd at 11:00 a.m. This meeting allowed members of both organizations to coordinate with vendors and other members. As part of the event, several individuals were recognized for representing a level of community service that exceeded the expectation of their peers and the public at large. The Gadsden/Etowah County EMA would like to thank Gadsden Job Corps, The Gadsden Civil Air Patrol Cadets, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, and all participating vendors for their support of the second annual exhibition. A special thanks to AllCOMM Wireless for providing the meal. To learn more about the LEPC or VOAD organizations visit gecema.com.


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This home is located at 51 Kings College Road, Markham, Ontario and is based in the district of Aileen Willowbrook in Markham. Royal Orchard, Thornhill and Bayview Glen are nearby neighborhoods. Kings College Road has 1 property presently available, while the neighbourhood of Aileen Willowbrook has 49 properties available. Of the 1,044 total properties on the market in Markham, Aileen Willowbrook makes up just 4.69%. To live in Aileen Willowbrook an estimated monthly mortgage of $3,568 is normal.* Homes go on the market for an average of $977,631. That is 9% higher than the average list price of $896,214 found across all Markham homes for sale. Apartments make up less than one quarter of active real estate postings in the area around 51 Kings College Road.


Our FAQ section has the answers to many of the common questions you may have when selecting a new hot water system.
How often should I service my hot water unit?
- Electric and gas storage - every six months, you should lift the lever on the Pressure & Temperature Relief valve for approximately 10 seconds (as per your Owners Instructions). Then a service every five years.
The temperature can be adjusted slightly on most continuous flow hot water units, but this is a job that's strictly for licensed plumbers only. Have a chat to your plumber and ask them for assistance. Any changes made to your unit will void your warranty, are potentially dangerous, and best left to the professionals.
You rely on your hot water unit every day. So you want to make sure it's operating at its best. To help prolong the life of your unit, make sure you have it serviced regularly as per your home owners manual. A number of manufacturers recommend having the unit looked at once a year by a licensed tradesperson to ensure optimum performance.
Your recommended action is to contact your landlord or real estate agent immediately for assistance. Your real estate agent may need a little more information about the specific unit you have, so see if you can find all this out when you contact them. Photos can be a very handy tool.
If it's an emergency, such as a burst tank, or leaking water, you may be able to have it taken care of as an emergency repair. Make sure you understand what you can and can't do in your state when it comes to emergency repair work, and what is classified as an emergency repair. Refer to your local Residential Tenancy Authority for more information.
Emergency call out – if you require assistance outside of normal work hours, you may be asked to pay a premium for the time of day.
Call out fee – check to see if your plumber will charge you a call out fee (regardless of whether you select them to complete the job or not). This call out fee is to cover their time to attend your home and assess the issue.
Additional tools or materials required – if you're upgrading your unit you may need additional items (such as piping or fittings). Make sure you discuss this with your plumber so there aren't too many surprises.
What are the hot water demands of your household? Do you have a large family that uses a lot of water for showers and washing? Or a smaller household that uses minimal hot water?
What is important to you? Would you like to keep your replacement costs low, or would you prefer to spend a bit more on a high efficiency unit to reduce your ongoing energy bills?
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Kieran Read of the Crusaders will join Japanese club Toyota Verblitz next season.
There was some good news for the Crusaders after a difficult 10 days when All Blacks captain Kieran Read was declared available to play in Friday's crunch Super Rugby match against the Hurricanes.
The reigning champions lost for the first time in a year when they went down 20-12 to the Waratahs on Saturday in a match where the 50 victims of the March 15 mosque shootings in their home city of Christchurch were remembered.
Backrow powerhouse Read, who missed the start of the last Super Rugby season after back surgery, has not played since the All Blacks' November tour of Europe as he rests up for a season that will climax with the World Cup defence in Japan.
"He's trained really well," assistant coach Jason Ryan told the New Zealand Herald.
"He's been unbelievable for us off the field in getting the boys ready to play each week.
"He's on his toes, he's fresh and he's looking forward to it.
"If he gets an opportunity he'll definitely be an influence for us.
"His back is feeling good and he's feeling good mentally as well which is just as important."
If he does play, the nine-times Super Rugby champions will certainly welcome Read's leadership after looking a little rudderless as they chased the game in Sydney at the weekend.
Prop Owen Franks, who had been scheduled to play his 150th Super Rugby match, was a late withdrawal because of a shoulder problem, while lock Scott Barrett and fly half Richie Mo'unga were rested under All Blacks player management protocols.
It was the second week in a row that Franks had missed out on the milestone after the March 16 South Island derby against the Highlanders was cancelled in the wake of the Christchurch shootings.
All three of the All Blacks should be available along with No 8 Read for Friday's clash in the New Zealand capital against the 2016 champion Hurricanes.


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Tony Bartolo talks to the Alabama 3 on miscarriages of justice, outlaw blues and the Great Train Robbers.
In the dark depths of the wild west – actually a dingy basement in London's Soho – I chew the fat with groovemeisters Rob Spragg (aka Larry Love) and Jonny Delafons (aka LB Dope) about their forthcoming benefit show at Shepherd's Bush Empire in aid of M.O..J.O (Miscarriage of Justice Organisation). Special guests include former Pogue Shane McGowan and punk poet John Cooper Clarke. The boys tell me that the legendary Rolf Harris may make an appearance.
So just how did this benefit show come about? "M.O.J.O. is an organisation which deals with the problems of prisoners who have been victims of the system," says Rob. "Our band name, Alabama 3, is a reference to the likes of the Birmingham Six, the Guildford Four and so on. About five years ago a mate of mine got sent down and the same week I met an interesting guy
called Paddy who happened to be Paddy Hill from the Birmingham Six. As a victim of miscarriage of justice himself he had dedicated a lot of his time to helping others who had found themselves in the same position. I began to take a lot of interest in the work he was doing helping other prisoners and we're happy to be involved with guys like that who are full of integrity. "Rob continues
: "In 20 years' time everyone will know someone, directly or indirectly, who has been in prison. Women's prisons have never been so full as they are now with all these needless draconian laws that are around." Drummer Jonny interjects: "I was reading today that this Government wants to bring in American style chain gangs in orange boiler suits, which I'm sure will be adopted by the kids as some kind of fashion statement."
What with today's rock stars championing causes from the rain forest to Red Nose Day, some cynics may feel that there's a certain amount of self-interest from those celebrities involved, who may have one eye on a knighthood further down the line.
"M.O.J.O. is something we strongly believe in," says Rob firmly, "but we don't want to hit our audiences with all this preaching like some Sting or Bono thing, we want the girls to be dancing and feeling sexy and everyone to have a good time."
I move on to the theme of current album Outlaws. "Well there is a definite outlaw theme," admits Jonny. "Former great train robber Bruce Reynolds wrote a piece for it on the album and his angle is that an outlaw doesn't have to be a criminal. It could just as well be an anti-establishment viewpoint. He sees artists and musicians as carrying the flag now more than criminals."
Rob says: "I met Bruce at Clerkenwell Literary Festival and his view was that there is no history in our culture to compare to the Americans in the tradition of Jesse James or Billy the Kid. In fact when he was on the run he would deliberately take some of the same routes the Great Train Robbers in the States did to get a feel of their history. I'm not condoning what Bruce has done and neither does he. He has just used his past and become a better and more articulate man for it."
The album Outlaws is out now.
(The gig was on May 29th at Shepherd's Bush Empire with Shane MacGowan and the Pogues. Alabama 3 were also to perform at Glastonbury on June 24th-25th.)
(From 'What's on in London' May 25th 2005)
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Praluent not worth the price, finds study
George Underwood
Sanofi and Regeneron's Praluent may still not be cost effective compared to other cholesterol-lowering drugs despite a recent price cut, a new study has claimed.
The drug's high price point has long been a sticking point for payers and in March 2018 the companies halved the price from $14,000 a year to $7,000 in the US.
But research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine concluded that, despite its effectiveness, the drug would need to be priced lower, at $874 to $2311, to be considered cost effective, depending on the regimen it is compared to.
Study author Dr Dhruv Kazi said that the availability of cheap, effective generic versions of statins and ezetimibe makes the price of Praluent (alirocumab) harder to swallow.
"Your additional drugs have to work harder to be cost-effective," he commented.
The authors' cost effectiveness analysis was based on results from the ODYSSEY OUTCOMES trial, which studied patients with a recent acute coronary syndrome and found that, compared with participants receiving statins alone, those receiving a statin plus Praluent had lower rates of a composite outcome including myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and death.
Compared with a statin alone, the addition of Praluent cost $308 000 per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained. But the addition of ezetimibe cost $81 000 per QALY compared with a statin alone. Compared with the combination of statin and ezetimibe, replacing ezetimibe with Praluent cost $997 000 per QALY.
"We do think these drugs are useful to patients," Kazi added, "and cost is a major barrier to access at this point.
"Perhaps the right thing here is to acknowledge the efforts the manufacturers have made to respond to these pricing pressures. But I don't think we're there yet."
Regeneron said that it disagreed with the cost analysis, pointing out that its own analysis found that the drug would be cost-effective at an annual price of $6319 to $9346 for patients with serious heart problems and $13 357 to $19 805 for patients whose cholesterol levels were not reduced by other treatments.
"These results are well within the current price range paid for Praluent in the US, and aligned to our March announcement to lower the Praluent US net price to between $4,500 and $8,000 to payers who would allow for more straightforward, affordable patient access," the company said in its statement.
Praluent's main rival in the PCSK9 space, Amgen's Repatha (evolocumab) also had a major price cut in October last year.
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Above the single bed in the guest-room of my Grandparents old villa in Somerset used to hang a few lines of a poem:
"If you can dream-and not make dreams your master;
If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters the same;
It would be many years later that I would learn that these lines came from the famous Rudyard Kipling Poem 'If'. A poem that would act as a beacon for Victorian British pride and stoicism. It was also a number of years after I would stay in my Grandparents guest room that I would learn that my Grandfather had been awarded a Military Cross for bravery in WWII. An act of courage that he had never spoken about and, as family, we only discovered after he had died. Since then, these lines of the famous poem have resonated strongly with me as a reminder to try and remain grounded regardless of the Triumphs or Disasters that face us.
Yet, despite our best intentions, 'the Ego' can be a difficult beast to contain. It can be easy to feel invincible or particularly clever when life is working in our favor and equally downbeat and unconfident when things haven't quite panned out as we had expected. It's for this reason that I agree with the Victorian's that sport is such a great leveler for us all. For me sport is most enjoyed when you compete with as much tenacity as you can for the win and yet accept any outcome that you receive. Lady Luck is as valid a variable as anything else in life and we should not bemoan the occasions when she does not look fondly upon us unless we are prepared to acknowledge the moments when we have been met with fortune ourselves.
With this all-in mind, we thought it would be a healthy exercise to reflect on some moments when our Egos felt great and also moments when our Ego took a dent. By reflecting on these moments of Triumph and Disaster, and realizing that they are both simply outcomes, we can then acknowledge them as but imposters that only act as a distraction. We hope that this exercise might help you to stay present and focus on the moment by minimizing the impact that the outcome has to your Ego. Or as Rudyard Kipling put it over 110 years ago.
"If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Your's is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And-which is more- you'll be a Man, my son!"
When I reflect on a moment that made my Ego feel great I think of my first match debuting for the NZ hockey team. It was obviously a thrill to achieve selection and play at the pinnacle of the sport but what made me most proud was the fact that I had a great game. It gave me great confidence to know that despite the nerves and distraction, I was able to channel this energy to produce a performance that I can look back at with pride and some astonishment at how I managed to reach this level of performance. I attained a level of Flow in a moment when I was under the most pressure. The irony that I found during my time playing at an elite level of sport was that the more experience I gained playing at this level the harder it was for me to attain a sense of flow. I thought too much, allowed insecurities and my ego to interrupt my ability to just play and react by instinct. It was during these moments when my Ego was being challenged and I would lack confidence in my ability or feel defensive about my weaknesses rather than being open to developing myself and my game. I couldn't control my Ego.
My experience in sport has provided me with great experiences, memories and friendships. It has also allowed me to better understand my Ego and recognize when I'm allowing it too much attention. Running a farm and having a young family are great for keeping you grounded and provide that much needed perspective. I have found that both my relationship with the land and my family thrives when I allow myself to be present and engaged with them, recognizing and adjusting to the small changes and needs that they require without being distracted by an Ego driven objective.
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Q: Is there a method to execute next example group in RSpec? I want to do like this.
[Code]
describe "TestA" do

  it "1" do
    puts "in A-1"
  end

  it "2" do
    next() # REMARK HERE!!
           # I want to skip this example group from here.
    puts "in A-2"
  end

end

describe "TestB" do

  it "1" do
    puts "in B-1"
  end

end

[Stdout]
$ rspec
...
  TestA
    1
in A-1
  TestB
    1
in B-1
...

The sentence 'puts "in A-2"' is skipped by next() method. This is what i want.
Is there a method to execute next example group like above next() in RSpec?

A: Rspec provides some approaches to skip tests:
Call skip method inside a block
it "2" do
  skip
  puts "in A-2"
end

Set skip option to true
it "2", skip: true do
  puts "in A-2"
end

Add prefix x to it
xit "2" do
  puts "in A-2"
end

More information in Official documentation
If you don't want to show skipped tests in an output when use skip: true and run rspec with --tag "~skip"
it "2", skip: true do
  puts "in A-2"
end

run rspec with rspec --tag "~skip"
or add --tag ~skip to .rspec file.


(Crisis Magazine) Monsignor Ronald Knox, probably the most inspired preacher and apologist of the twentieth century, wrote an essay in 1928 satirizing some skeptical Biblical literary critics, in which he used their methods to "prove" that the real author of Tennyson's In Memoriam was Queen Victoria.
Many who doubt the plausibility of the Scriptures are gullible about hoaxes. I don't just mean the rabbit with antelope horns called a jackalope. There was the Cardiff Giant of 1869 promoted by P.T. Barnum, and John Payne Collier's forgery of Shakespeare letters. Some pretended to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and far earlier was the hoax of a lady pontiff named Pope Joan. The New York Zoo hoax of 1874 convinced many that animals had escaped. Henry Ford promoted the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion." While it is not certain that Teilhard de Chardin was one of the perpetrators of the Piltdown Man ruse in 1913, Stephen Jay Gould was convinced that he was a principle player in fabricating the so-called Eoanthropus. There were aliens landing in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, and the Balloon Boy hoax in 2009. The Da Vinci Code claimed an albino monk hid corpses nearby on 34th Street. I confess that I keep a warm spot in my heart for the Loch Ness Monster, which also intrigued Pope Pius XII who discussed it with the above-mentioned Monsignor Ronald Knox. Unfortunately, Nessie's primary witness was an English vicar, and such testimony is not potent in courts of law. And let us not forget the many pious but parochial Catholics headed for the hills with packaged rations during the Y2K scare at the start of the Third Millennium.
Hoaxes gain credibility when they use respected sources. In 1938, Orson Welles' adaptation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds convinced thousands because it was broadcast on radio. Monsignor Knox did something similar on the sacrosanct BBC in 1926 with his amusing "Broadcast from the Barricades" which reported the toppling of Big Ben, by trench mortars and the torching of the lynching of a cabinet minister. That may actually have stirred up the devil in Welles. People today are inclined to believe hoaxes because they are mentioned witlessly in the mainstream media.
In 2002 The New York Times spent a lot of printer's ink on a bogus ossuary reputed to be that of a "brother" of Christ. The "Times" as well as the Washington Post featured this on their front pages, although neither journal gives such publicity to huge events such as the annual Pro-Life gathering in the nation's capital. Recently the same journal announced on its front page the discovery of a fourth century parchment translating a second century Greek text, claiming that there was a Mrs. Jesus. Shortly thereafter, the parchment was judged a forgery by Coptic experts. If a correction ever appears, it will be in fine print back in the shipping news section. Or at least on page 8 which is where, in the same week, The New York Times reluctantly reported Pope Benedict's Mass for 350,000 in Lebanon—an event that astonished nearly everyone except our mainstream media.
As The New York Times generally gives the impression that anyone who takes the Scriptures seriously is archaic and arcane, there is an inconsistency in that newspaper's affectation of interest in the Christology dormant in Abysinnian paleography. Since journalists often invoke pretentious scholarship to challenge the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin and the Tilma of Guadalupe, the question begged is, "Why do these people suddenly become so credulous about phenomena that contradict Christian inspiration?" The answer speaks for itself. The New York Times would be delighted to find that Christ did not radically contradict the norms of His age by forsaking all else and calling others to do the same as a proclamation of the Mystical Union between Christ as Bridegroom and the Church as Bride: "Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure—for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, 'Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' And he said to me, 'These are the true words of God' (Rev. 19:7-9)." But these are not the words of The New York Times whose editors do not include the Good News among "all the news that's fit to print," and whose inverted anthropology prefers to give frequent and gushing coverage in its "Styles" section to ceremonies uniting bridegrooms with bridegrooms and brides with brides.


Description:A young cool going guy babu with an attitude of being himself accidentally falls in love with Keerthi, whose father hates babu for his attitude. when finally Keerthi decides to woo babu and profess love ,there is a stunning twist in which Keerthi 's one side lover Siddharth enters who already wins heart of Keerthi's dad.Will Keerthi marry babu?Or they both gonna suffer with babu 's attitude? is the remaining story.


THANKFUL FOR: THE BEAUTY OF D(SNOW)OUGHNUTS - S.A.T.
You are probably reading the title and thanking, "what the heck?" Yeah, it's kinda weird, but it is a perfect pun for what I am thankful for today.
For those of you who know me, you know that I DO NOT get up early for very many things. One thing that I do get up for, is doughnuts. I mean who doesn't love doughnuts? I have leaned that the earlier you get up, the hotter and more fresh they are. After my adventure in Denver, I made my way to the mountains and in hopes of beating the snow storm, I was forced to wake up at 5:30 AM. I REPEAT AM.
Various people have told me about this delicious doughnut place in Denver called "Vodoo Doughnuts" and so I made a deal. If I was getting up that early, I was getting doughnuts! So at 6 something this morning my doughnut life was forever changed. OHMYGOSH the amount of doughnuts they had and the differnt flavors... It was unbelievable. You name it, they had it! My personal favorite was the "Oh Caption My Caption!" This was a Caption Crunch Doughnut. I am thankful for this sweet treat that started out my day just right. If you ever are in Denver make your way to Vodoo. You won't regret it!
My second favorite thing from today was the snow. I love snow, but being in the south I don't ever see much real snow! Therefore, I love any opportunity to play in real snow. Today, I got that opportunity again! It snowes the whole way up the mountain, which was difficult, but once we got to the destination, being snowed in become fun! I got my GoPro and took to videoing/capturing the day that was today. The snow was literally up to my knees and I loved every minute of it. The pictures below, of course, don't do the day Justice, but they will give you some idea. God is so great. He makes beautiful doughnuts and he makes beautiful places. I am extremely thankful for this opportunity and time in my life. The cold may be chilly, but my heart is sure warm! Find thanks in the everything beautiful because God made it that way for a reason. I am thankful that I regonized this just in time! You should do the same! Do you want a doughnut now?
Have fun Cade! I know your mother loves doughnuts too. Happy New Year!


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Alexander Stephens and Hudson Vaughan came to Chapel Hill's historically African-American neighborhoods to document oral histories. They found a community eager to share its story.
Under the guidance of UNC performance and cultural studies professor Della Pollock, they worked with local churches to contact families in Northside and Pine Knolls. These residents have a long history with Chapel Hill: Many built the stone walls that surround UNC; others established the Janitorial Association at the university.
As well as the people, the neighborhoods have a storied past: The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at a community center there. James Brown stayed in a black-owned hotel in the neighborhood. Teachers, cooks, housekeepers and other blue-collar workers whose sweat equity helped build the town that many romanticize once lived there.
But for years investors had been picking at the fabric of the community. Both neighborhoods are within walking distance to campus, making them prime targets. Developers keyed on families who could not afford rising tax bills and a new generation of residents who couldn't find work in town.
Family houses were being bought, added on to and rented by room to create de-facto mini-dormitories that towered over their neighbors. SUVs were parked atop front lawns, turning once serene views into what appeared to be used-car lots. Trash and noise complaints were rampant.
The oral histories that Stephens and Vaughan collected featured a familiar refrain of "that monstrosity" in reference to Greenbridge, the looming mixed-use complex nearby.
"At some point we had to say we can't just keep listening to these stories and not do something about it," Stephens says. "If we keep hearing the same story related to development from multiple people, then clearly there is something here and something that needs to be done."
With longtime neighbors, community activists and faith leaders all operating under the banner of the Sustaining OurSelves coalition, they did it.
Last week, the Chapel Hill Town Council unanimously approved the Northside and Pine Knolls Community Plan, which creates stricter parking, trash and building rules and pilot programs for home restoration and second mortgages.
"An integrated, anti-racist movement in this neighborhood had not been seen in so long, and that's why you saw such support," says Rob Stephens, a member of the coalition and the N.C. NAACP. "They couldn't afford to not support us."
Sustaining OurSelves began its work in 2009 with leaders from the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History, NAACP, EmPOWERment Inc., St. Paul A.M.E Church and St. Joseph C.M.E. Church.
Residents of 80 years and veterans of the fight for the neighborhood joined recent college graduates, who injected new energy into the movement.
SOS has no leaders, only facilitators. In large-scale community conversations in packed church pews, people started hearing themselves being heard, Pollock says.
"There was an issue of, What is sustainability? How does this community define sustainability, and how has this community not been a community of need and helplessness and defeat, but of self-sustainess?" Pollock says.
Keith Edwards, who has lived in Northside since the 1960s, thinks of SOS as like "having troops."
"Many of us who live in this community are retired. Basically, we just didn't have a lot of energy to do the things that needed to be done," she says.
"SOS did a whole lot of stuff that we couldn't do and didn't have the resources to do," Edwards says. "You get so tired of fighting sometimes. The good part was that we didn't have to do a whole lot of fighting this time. SOS took the real fight for us, and all we had to do this time was participate."
There had long been a sense that something needed to be done to curb the rapid pace of development and change in the neighborhood. In 2005 and 2006, respectively, the town established Northside and Pine Knolls as Neighborhood Conservation Districts (NCDs), but the rules proved difficult to enforce and builders found ways to meet the letter but not the spirit of the law.
"I think different this time is there's been a consistency after the moratorium, and a constant pushing at this so it doesn't get dropped."
Greenbridge and the Downtown Development Framework and Action Plan catalyzed a new discussion.
"Looking up made us look each other in the eye," says CJ Suitt, artist in residence at the Jackson Center and a co-founder of the Sacrificial Poets, which won an Indies Arts Award last year.
At each meeting, residents updated one another about which houses were being sold and flipped.
"The collective sense was it's going to be hard for us to even get our breath if this pace of development doesn't change," Vaughan says.
They decided to push for a moratorium on development that would buy enough time to collaborate with the town to develop a strategy.
To do it, they learned to undergird the residents' powerful narratives with data. SOS, with the help of the Counter-Cartographies Collective, learned new software and mapped the change in single-family owned to investor-owned properties, the number of at-risk properties, those owned by elderly families and others that were already on the market.
The data showed that among 26 building permit applications approved in the past year, an investor submitted all but one. Single-family homes were 45 percent investor owned, a three-fold increase in the last decade. Forty more were "at-risk," meaning for sale, in transition or owned by residents older than 75.
The maps showed the rapid shift residents were describing, but they also illustrated that there was still a family neighborhood left to save. The maps drew a collective gasp when they were presented at Town Hall.
"I remember the night that all of the council people voted on the moratorium, I almost cried I was so happy," says Regina Merritt, a lifelong Chapel Hillian and an SOS organizer.
"Just to know that they could see what we saw to me was a victory. Growing up in this neighborhood we know the changes that have gone on, but when they put that map up, I didn't realize how many homes had been taken. That to meit just blew my mind."
The moratorium expires at the end of this month, but most of new community plan takes effect Feb. 1. SOS will work on ways to fund it. This is just a start, they say. "If anything we see this town process just as the beginning of something that is much broader and deeper and ongoing, and I think it has to be," Vaughan says.
The plan is especially timely because a new elementary school is scheduled open in Northside in 2014. Families will be able to walk their children to class.
After the vote last week, the coalition joined hands in a circle in the Town Hall lobby. They shared a prayer and a new confidence that advocacy can lead to government action.
"I've been through a lot in my life just because of the color of my skin," says Edwards. "Sitting there, it makes you feel the fight was all worth it."