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- Deutsche Bank's Frankfurt, Germany, offices were searched Thursday as part of a Panama Papers-linked investigation.
- The bank is being investigated over money-laundering suspicions raised by the 2016 data leak.
- The German lender is under increasing pressure, and its shares are plunging.
Six Deutsche Bank branches were searched Thursday in a money-laundering investigation linked to the 2016 Panama Papers data leak. The company's shares dropped.
In total, 170 prosecutors, police officers, and tax inspectors took part in the raid, according to a statement from the prosecutor's office in Frankfurt, Germany. Two bank employees, ages 50 and 46, were targeted as suspects in the case, according to the statement. Deutsche Bank shares fell as much as 3% on the news and were down 2.6% as of 11:20 a.m. in Frankfurt (5:20 a.m. ET).
According to prosecutors, Deutsche Bank is suspected of aiding some 900 customers in setting up offshore companies in tax havens. Prosecutors have reportedly said roughly 311 million euros ($354 million) is believed to have been laundered, citing information from the so-called Panama Papers.
"We confirm that the police are currently conducting an investigation at a number of our offices in Germany," the bank said in a statement. "As far as we are concerned, we have already provided the authorities with all the relevant information regarding Panama Papers. Of course, we will cooperate closely with the public prosecutor's office in Frankfurt, as it is in our interest as well to clarify the facts. In recent years, we have proven that we fully cooperate with the authorities - and we will continue to do so."
It's been a tough few weeks for Deutsche after reports that its head of the Americas, Tom Patrick, would leave the bank by year-end alongside a raft of other senior management changes. The bank's stock fell last week after Citigroup's CEO, Michael Corbat, dismissed merger talk between the two lenders.
Deutsche was also embroiled in the Danske Bank scandal, adding to a growing list of concerns for the Frankfurt-based lender.


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Sensor Combinations in Heterogeneous Multi-sensor Fusion for Maritime Target Tracking
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Safe navigation for autonomous surface vehicles requires a robust and reliable tracking system that maintains and estimates position and velocity of other vessels. This paper demonstrates a measurement level sensor fusion system for tracking in a maritime environment using lidar, radar, electrooptical and infrared cameras. The backbone of the system is a multi-sensor version of the Joint Integrated Probabilistic Data Association (JIPDA) with both existence and visibility probabilities. Using reference targets equipped with GPS receivers, the performance of different sensors and sensor combinations are evaluated for autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs), Several interesting observations are made, among them that passive sensors can help resolve merged measurements issues in radar tracking, and that the choice between radar and lidar may boil down to a trade-off between fast track initiation and large numbers of false tracks.


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- A, Darkening of root;
- B, Deflection of root;
- C, Narrowing of root;
- D, Bifid root apex;
- D, Diversion of canal;
- F, Narrowing of canal;
- G, Interruption in white line of canal.
虽然在不同的报道中以及不同的统计方法得出的各种征象与神经损伤的风险大小不尽一致，但是一般来说deflection of the root, narrowing of the root, diversion of the canal, and narrowing of the canal这几种情况具有较高的损伤神经的风险。(Xu GZ, Yang C, Fan XD, Yu CQ, Cai XY, Wang Y, He D. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2013 Dec; 51(8):e215-9.)
另外有文献对牙根与神经管的相对位置与神经损伤的风险进行了分析得出如下结果，提示牙根位于神经管颊侧时损伤神经的风险似乎更高（Kim JW, Cha IH, Kim SJ, Kim MR. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2012 Nov; 70(11):2508-14.）：
Methods of treatment
Orthodontic extraction technique
具体方法如下(Pogrel, M. A., et al. (2004). “Coronectomy: a technique to protect the inferior alveolar nerve.” J Oral Maxillofac Surg 62(12): 1447-1452.)：
- Using a 701-type fissure bur, the crown of the tooth was transected at an angle of approximately 45°. The crown was totally transected so that it could be removed with tissue forceps alone and did not need to be fractured off the roots. This minimizes the possibility of mobilizing the roots. However, the lingual retractor is essential during this technique because the lingual plate of bone can be inadvertently perforated, and otherwise the lingual nerve would be at risk.
- Following removal of the crown of the tooth, the fissure bur is used to reduce the remaining root fragments so that the remaining roots are at least 3 mm below the crest of the lingual and buccal plates in all places (this involves removing the shaded portion).
- An alternative technique is to use a round bur from a superior aspect and remove the crown and superior part of the roots by drilling it away. In this case, only minimal lingual retraction may be required.
可能发生的并发症包括（Complications after coronectomy are rare but include
- Alveolar osteitis
Failed coronectomy i.e. mobilisation of the roots (9-38 per cent)
- Inferior alveolar nerve injury
- Root migration (30 per cent)
A novel surgical technique
这一方法是在第二磨牙远中制造出足够的间隙，以通过第三磨牙的萌出而使其远离神经管后，再次手术拔除牙齿。过程如下(Landi, L., et al. (2010). “A novel surgical approach to impacted mandibular third molars to reduce the risk of paresthesia: a case series.” J Oral Maxillofac Surg 68(5): 969-974.):
A periapical radiograph of the area is taken before surgery and stored for follow-up comparison. The surgery is approached as it would be for extraction of an impacted M3. Block anesthesia is administered with local infiltration of the buccal nerve. A hockey-stick incision is outlined, and a full thickness flap is raised. After ostectomy, using a carbide and diamond bur, is completed, access is gained to the impacted tooth; then, using a fissure bur, the mesial portion of the anatomic crown is sectioned and removed. Care should be taken to avoid pulp exposure at this stage (Fig 3). The distance between the distal aspect of M2 and the mesial aspect of the sectioned M3 is measured and recorded for migration evaluation. Postoperative management includes pain medications (ibuprofen 400 mg, 3 times a day) and mouth rinses with clorhexidine (0.2% twice a day for 10 days). After removal of the sutures, patients are instructed to clean the area. A monthly exam is scheduled for the first 3 months. At 3 months, a new periapical x-ray is taken to assess the degree of migration of the M3 (Fig 4). If indicated, a new panorex is also prescribed to assess the relationship between the roots and the IAN. After migration of the M3 is judged adequate for a risk-free extraction, the surgical removal of the impacted tooth may be scheduled.
- radiographic proximity of the M3 roots with the IAN confirmed on a computed tomography scan;
- horizontal or mesioinclined M3 impaction;
- contact of the M3 crown with the distal aspect of the M2;
- an established pathological process is detectable in the area of impaction (pericoronitis, caries, or deep periodontal defect), indicating the need of M3 removal;
- orthodontic-assisted extraction is judged complex to apply or is not accepted by the patient;
- preferable (but not exclusive) young patient age because higher residual eruption activity may be expected and age is considered a risk factor for M3 extraction complications.

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This study is an attempt to show that despite common perception, rural development is an interwoven concept, affected by many factors. Some of these factors such as "population" have been ignored completely or got less attention. Population had not an important role in early socioeconomic development plans of Iran and reference to rural population and its characteristics was only a lip service; such that due to the lack of an inclusive definition of the concept, there was a difference of 16000 in the number of villages in different censuses. Considering that rural development is a place-oriented program and its ultimate objective is to promote the living standards of rural population, it is inevitable to not only look at rural habitats but also consider the characteristics of rural inhabitants, their needs and requirements. In some provinces more than 80 percent of villages are densely populated which leads to not being included in development programs and consequent depopulation of rural areas and rural outmigration. This paper is attempting to show the role of demographic characteristics and necessity of serious attention to them as a key factor in rural development with a consequent change in attitudes and more efficient actions.

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The 2020 edition of the Digital Studio Awards is set to take place on April 1, 2020, the second night of CABSAT.
The awards will see companies and individuals from across the production and broadcast industry recognised for the calibre and quality of their work.
Across the region, content production is on the rise, feeding an ever more insatiable appetite for quality content on linear and on-demand platforms.
The awards, which will take place at a five-star hotel in Dubai, will be attended by the region’s leading professionals in the broadcast, TV and film production and post-production industries, as well as vendors, systems integrators, consultants and other high profile guests.
The Digital Studio Awards are a showcase of industry excellence for the TV, film and broadcast production sectors in the Middle East. The great and the good of the industry are brought together at the Digital Studio Awards, with more than 300 senior figures from the region’s studios, broadcasters, pre, production and post-production facilities gathering to witness the winners in hotly contested categories.There are 16 categories of award, covering all aspects of the industry, spanning from content production to distribution.

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Howard Jones: His Life, Career and Music
"Howard Jones had a brilliant music career and gained success all over the world. Here are fifteen questions based on his life and musical success."
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Everyone knows Howard as Howard Jones, but Howard is actually not his given birth name. What is his rather mundane birth name?
Howard Jones' peak of his career came throughout the 1980s. Besides being a singer, Howard Jones' instrumental musicianship can be predominantly summed up in which musical instrument?
Howard Jones debuted his first single in 1983 and made some significant chart positions in both the U.S. and the U.K. "I've been waiting for so long..." was the opening lyric that exposed his musicianship to the world. What was the title of this debut single?
Hunt the Self
You Jazzy Nork!
Later in 1983, WEA/Elektra released his debut album, which would span a total of four Top 40 songs in the United Kingdom, as well as achieve #1 status on the UK Albums Chart. What was the title of this debut smash album?
Body & Soul
Contrary to what you might think, the musical artist Haddaway didn't remake Howard Jones' second single; they are two completely different songs. What was the title of his second single?
Pearl in the Shell
Don't Always Look At the Rain
What Is Love?
In the summer of 1984, prior to the release of his second album, Howard Jones released a single entitled "Like to Get to Know You Well". Upon its release, he publicly stated that the song was dedicated to...what?
"The spirit of the Olympic Games."
"the US space program."
"Charles' and Diana's Royal wedding.
During the earliest years of Howard Jones' career, he included an extra component to his live show not often seen in a typical concert. What was the addition to his live performances?
A Tumbling Act
An African Dance Troupe
In March of 1985, Howard Jones released his second and most successful full scale studio album. What was the title of this album?
Dream Into Action
Rhythm of the Night
Behind the Sun
The first single from his second album would become his first Billboard Top 5 song in the United States. Asking us in the chorus, "And do you feel scared?", what was the title of this hit song?
Hunger For the Flesh
Is There a Difference?
Things Can Only Get Better
Howard Jones performed on the UK side of Live Aid in July of 1985, but he reverted back to a hit from his first album, at least a hit on that side of the pond. What was his one song he performed at the mega-event, sung in loud unison with the large British audience?
Hide and Seek
Howard Jones had a song from his second album that he remixed for an extended play album he released in 1986 called "Action Replay". This new version of the song would become his biggest hit in the United States. With a chorus that goes, "And you want her, and she wants you; we want everyone," what was the title of this hit song?
Always Asking Questions
Bounce Right Back
No One Is to Blame
A well established pop music star came in to produce and play drums for Howard Jones on his single from "Action Replay". What musician was this, who would later become an Oscar winner?
Continuing his prolific pace of releasing new music, Howard Jones released his third full scale album, "One to One", in October of 1986. Howard had one successful single in the United States from this album, a song with a video that incorporated a style similar to A-ha's ground-breaking "Take On Me" video. What was this song, his second question-titled Top 40 song?
Who Can It Be Now?
You Know I Love You...Don't You?
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?
Howard Jones' last chart success in 1989 came more on the Adult Contemporary chart. From his album "Cross That Line", what was his last successful American single?
Fresh Air Waltz
Out of Thin Air
Howard Jones adheres to a strict religious lifestyle, as demonstrated on his personal vignette on the short lived U.S. version of the music show "Hit Me Baby, One More Time". What religion does Howard Jones practice?
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When you will start playing it then you will realize that it is a copy of balloonsio. In the game-play, the balloon is simple but it has a sword in its hand and you can kill others. The user has to collect hexagons shaped things to grow himself.
How to Play Rusherio Game online and also its controls:
The controls of Rusher.io Game are similar to other multiplayer games in which we can also include viliio game. Use your mouse to move your character and left mouse for boosting.
Strategies of Rusher.io Game:
The best strategy of Rusher.io game is to be careful and active in the course of the game.


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GWEN IFILL LIFE, REMARKABLE CAREER IN JOURNALISM AND DEATH
Distinguished award-winning veteran journalist, reporter, news anchor Gwen Ifill life and her remarkable career in journalism has come to an unwanted end as she passed away on Monday, November 14, 2016 at the age of 61 after a yearlong battle with uterine cancer. This has indeed become a huge loss in the field of journalism as she was considered to be a supernova in this profession, an excellent talented professional and a mentor for all the journalist who saw her as a great source of inspiration. Gwen Ifill had been away from recent PBS’s election coverage because of the continuing health issues. She had also taken sick leave in May because of her health condition.
Born on September 29, 1955 to the former Eleanor Husband and Oliver Urcille Ifill Sr., an A.M.E. minister in Jamaica, Queens, Gwendolyn L. Ifill had a strongly religious upbringing. She happened to grow and spend her childhood in many places like Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island, Pennsylvania,, Buffalo, Massachusetts as her father was periodically reassigned in different places.
Career and Achievements
Gwen Ifill life took a step ahead when she decided to study in Simmons College in Boston with major in communications, and also worked as an intern. Ms. Ifill had said once that she had always known that she wanted to be a journalist from the age of nine. A great vision indeed! In 1977, after her graduation, Ifill started her career for the Boston Herald-American as a reporter. She said that she got her first job by exceeding expectations. Her major focus was on politics with her position at Baltimore’s Evening Sun. She also got the first opportunity in front of the cameras as the host of a news show.
Ifill however, had to deal with obstacles of being a black woman in the business of news and overcame it well too. Gwen Ifill remarkable career can be reflected in her reporting positions in prominent publications like The Washington Post, The New York Times, NBC and moderator of PBS’s ‘Washington Week in Review’ in 1999. Ifill also had joined The Times in 1991, being a correspondent of White House and also covered Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. Impressed by Gwen’s skills, PBS hired Ifill in its news program, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and Washington Week. She also worked as a senior correspondent for NewsHour, a news anchor for Lehrer, program’s moderator and managing editorfor Washington week.
Ifill became the only African-American woman moderator, moderating the 2004 vice presidential debate which took place between Dick Cheney and John Edwards, and then again the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin in 2008. Gwen Ifill also moderated a debate between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders last year. In her long journalist career, Gwen received fifteen honorary degrees and also wrote a book named The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama which was published in 2009. She also became a board member of several organizations like Harvard University’s Institute of Politics.
With large number of followers in social media and her number of articles and biography flooded in internet, one can have an idea how popular she was in hearts of millions of people who applauded and admired her for her deeds.
With the news of her demise, social media like Twitter was flooded with grief messages from all over the political and journalism spectrum. Some extracts by condolence speech of President Obama, “Michelle and I want to offer our deepest condolences to Gwen Ifill’s family and all of you, her colleagues, on her passing. Gwen was a friend of ours. She was an extraordinary journalist. I always appreciated Gwen’s reporting, even when I was at the receiving end of one of her tough and thorough interviews. Gwen did her country a great service. Michelle and I join her family and her colleagues and everybody else who loved her in remembering her fondly today.”
Gwen Ifill in a 2007 Op-Ed defending the Rutger’s University women’s basketball team “Every time a young black girl shyly approaches me for an autograph or writes or calls or stops me on the street to ask how she can become a journalist, I feel an enormous responsibility. It’s more than simply being a role model. I know I have to be a voice for them as well.” She became that voice and would always speak from heart of every determined person dreaming to make a way in journalism spectrum..

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Népszabadság reported this morning that Katrina Lantos Swett, president of the Tom Lantos Foundation and Institute for Human Rights and Justice, returned her Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit. With her gesture the number of those who expressed their disgust over the decoration of Zsolt Bayer by returning their own awards has increased to 109.
Katrina Lantos recalled that her father was the only Holocaust survivor who served in the U.S. Congress. He was a real Hungarian patriot who, despite all the tragedies he witnessed, “never lost his love for the country. For three decades he did all he could for Hungary.” She herself continued in this tradition and tried to pass the linguistic and cultural traditions of her family on to the younger generation. She was hoping to give the Knight’s Cross to her children one day and is sorry that by returning the decoration she will not have this opportunity. “The Hungarian government bestowing the Knight’s Cross to Zsolt Bayer stained this noble decoration.” She added that if her father were alive he would ask the government “to take back this unearned decoration from Bayer.” I should add that Judit Járai, the Washington correspondent for the Hungarian Telegraphic Agency (MTI), didn’t find Katrina Lantos’s announcement newsworthy.
A few words about the foundation and the institute that is being financed by the Hungarian government. Tom Lantos died suddenly in 2008, and shortly after his death it was proposed to establish a foundation and institute in his memory. But by the time the institute began to take shape there was a change of government. The new prime minister, Viktor Orbán, had had a somewhat strained relationship with Tom Lantos. The last time he asked for an interview in Washington, Lantos made him wait for three days, and at the end of the meeting there was no joint press conference. Orbán left and Lantos had a few measured words to say about their differences.
As was expected, the Tom Lantos Institute’s board was composed primarily of Fidesz faithfuls whose views were a far cry from Tom Lantos’s. For example, Maximilian Teleki of the Hungarian American Coalition based in Washington and Kinga Gál, Fidesz EP MP. The Hungarian American Coalition is a decidedly right-of-center organization that has always favored Fidesz. Just to give you an idea of their bias, here is a story in which I myself was involved. One day sometime in 2002 I read that the Coalition had paid for about 20 members of the Hungarian parliament to spend a couple of weeks in Washington to take a closer look at American democracy in action. They all turned out to be Fidesz PMs. When I asked the then president of the Coalition why they invited only Fidesz MPs, he told me that the socialists and the liberals had turned down the invitation. It was a lie, as I found out in no time from the leader of the socialist parliamentary delegation.
So, the Tom Lantos Institute has been a controversial project from the beginning, mostly because of Viktor Orbán’s insistence on making it a party foundation. After all, he must have figured, it is his government that sponsors it and therefore it is his. This is how his mind works. The fact is that the government has given a fair amount of money to the institute. The institute’s website has no detailed information about its finances. All we know is that under “Donors and partners” they list only two donors: the Hungarian Foreign Ministry and the U.S. Embassy in Budapest. We know that in 2009 the institute received 3 billion forints from the government to cover expenses for five years.
The staff consists of nine full-time associates, of whom five are researchers. The other four deal with finances, communication, and administrative duties. Otherwise, the focal points of the institute’s activities are “Jewish life and anti-Semitism,” “Roma rights and citizenship,” and “human and minority rights.” The institute’s publications are mostly texts of lectures delivered at conferences organized by the institute.
In 2011 Hillary Clinton, then secretary of state, visited Budapest specifically for the opening of the institute. At that time I received a letter from a very reliable source who called himself “Diplomat Anonymous.” He begged Clinton not to go to Budapest. I published the letter in its entirety at that time. Here’s an excerpt:
It’s especially painful to hear that you may be coming here to bless the opening of the Tom Lantos Institute (TLI). I didn’t know the late Congressman well; we only shook hands once in Washington. But I know that he fought against prejudice, he fought for human rights. Yes, to his great credit, he cared about the Hungarian ethnic minority in the neighboring countries, and the Institute may well publish books or pamphlets on that issue. But what about media freedom here? What about anti-Semitism? Will TLI address these painful issues? I predict that it will not – it cannot — because the Orbán government authored this very restrictive media law, and it doesn’t believe there’s anti-Semitism in Hungary. As for the Roma issue, which is the most agonizing social problem here, please ask an aide to check out the background of Rita Izsák, TLI’s new Director. In the Roma community, of which she’s a member, she’s known as Uncle Tom. She will respect the wishes of the government, which, after all, is TLI’s sole financial backer.
Since then Rita Izsák has left the institute. In 2013 Anna-Mária Bíró became the new director. She hails from Transylvania, where in the 1990s she was adviser to the president of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania or, as it is known in Hungarian, Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség (RMDSZ), a right-of-center party. Most of the researchers are young women. Just recently the institute hired a young Hungarian program manager for Jewish life and anti-Semitism and a publications and communications officer from New Zealand. It is hard to pass any judgment on the work the institute is doing based on the scant information that is available.
But let’s return to the president of the Hungarian American Coalition, Maximilian Teleki, who was interviewed by Népszabadság in connection with Katrina Lantos’s return of the Knight’s Cross. He expressed his astonishment at the government’s decision to give a decoration to Bayer and added that “many of us supported some if not all steps of the Fidesz government. We especially approved of their announcement of ‘zero tolerance’ against anti-Semitism. Now we ask ourselves how they are able to go against their own pledge. Two steps forward and one big one backward?” Mr. Teleki, who by the way doesn’t speak Hungarian so his knowledge of the present political situation must be limited, came to the conclusion that the political views of Jobbik and Bayer are identical. Well, just for his information, Bayer is a member of Fidesz and without the blessing of Viktor Orbán he would not be able to publish the smut he does. The members of the Hungarian American Coalition should wake up and admit to themselves that, at least since 1994, they have been supporting a party and a government which no real democrat with a modicum of conscience should. Make a clean break instead of constant excuses. It doesn’t reflect well on the Hungarian American Coalition.


Week 8, 2019
ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER “SONG OF THE WEEK” POLL ON OUR INSTAGRAM. HERE WE GO WITH THE WINNER NO.8 OF 2019.
As usual, we’re starting with an introduction of the two bands and their hits that went against each other in the latest voting. The first track was the latest single from Moldavian metal outfit Infected Rain. “Passerby” is the first taste of their upcoming album “Endorphin” and also the first song released via their new label Napalm Records. The second song came from IR’s label mates Rage Of Light. This Swiss trance/death metal trio is releasing a debut album “Imploder” in March and the first single “Fallen” was chosen as IR’s opponent for this battle. In the end, Lena and her boys scored once again in our poll and “Passerby” is now available in our special “Song Of The Week Winners” Spotify playlist.
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The Kounin Mode
Jacob Kounin is known for two studies regarding classroom management in the 1970’s. These studies emphasized how teachers could manage students, lessons and classrooms to reduce the incidence of bad behavior. Kounin identified specific teaching techniques that help, and hinder, classroom discipline. According to Kounin, the technique used, not the teacher’s personality, is the most crucial aspect in classroom management of student behavior. His book, Discipline and Group Management in Classrooms, focuses on preventive discipline. According to Kounin, good classroom management depends on effective lesson management. Jacob Kounin identified a cluster of proactive teacher behaviors that distinguished effective classroom managers from ineffective ones. Kounin’s key ideas include the ripple effect, withitness, overlapping, effective transitions, momentum, smoothness and class management.
Ripple Effect. According to Kounin, when a teacher corrects the misbehavior in one individual student, often this positively influences the behavior of other nearby students. Known as the “ripple effect,” the effect is greater when the teacher clearly names the unacceptable behavior of the student and provides the reasons why the behavior is unacceptable.
Withitness. "Withitness," a term coined by Kounin, describes the need for the teacher to be aware of what is going on in all parts of the classroom at all times. Students need to know that the teacher is aware of what is going on in the classroom. According to Kounin, when students are off-task, the teacher should send a clear message that communicates to students the awareness that they are not working and that they need to become engaged. Classroom applications of “withitness” include:
- Continually being alert to the myriad of sights and sounds in the classroom
- Arranging the classroom so that all students are always within eyesight
- Scanning the room periodically when working with individuals or small groups of students
- When helping an individual student, the teacher faces the rest of the class
- Briefly acknowledging student misbehavior at first detection to let the student and the class know that the teacher is aware, thus preventing an escalation of the misbehavior
Withitness includes the use of maintaining eye contact, asking individual and group questions, continually moving around the classroom in a random fashion and specifically moving toward impending misbehaving students, thus, redirecting students to prevent misbehavior.
Overlapping. Overlapping is the process of attending to two or more events at the same time. An example of overlapping could be when a teacher gives a student individual feedback at one station and also monitors the performance of other students in the room. Kounin suggests that overlapping is a teacher’s ability to effectively handle two or more classroom events at the same time, instead of becoming engrossed in one and letting the other be neglected. When instructing one group, a teacher should be able to acknowledge difficulties that students outside of the group may be having so that instruction may continue. This also includes distractions from outside the classroom such as notes from the office or students walking through the hallways.
Effective Transitions. Often classroom misbehavior increases when a classroom moves from one task or activity to another. Student behavior is influenced by the smoothness and effectiveness of transitions between tasks in a lesson. Effective transitions, according to Kounin, include keeping lessons moving with avoiding abrupt changes. Well-established routines, a consistent signal for gaining the class attention, clear directions, preparing students to shift their attention from one task to another, and concise explanations that highlight the main points of the task help reduce student misbehavior. Kounin emphasizes that providing smooth and effective transitions is one of the most important techniques in maintaining student involvement and class control.
Momentum. Momentum refers to the force and flow of a lesson. An effective lesson pulls the student along. Effective teachers move through the lessons at a brisk pace and appear to have very few slowdowns in the flow of activities. Maintaining such momentum and having a steady sense of movement throughout the lesson helps engage the learners in activities and helps prevent student misbehavior.
Smoothness. Smoothness is maintaining direction in the lesson and not being diverted by irrelevant incidents. This management practice refers to the teacher’s ability to manage smooth transitions between learning activities. Valuable instructional time is often wasted in the process of the teacher moving the class from one instructional activity to the next. The time spent actually instructing students is often known as “Time on Task” and can be measured. Smoothness then refers to a teacher’s ability to preserve instructional time by eliminating many of the common barriers to a smooth class transition.
Group Alerting. Group Alerting is engaging the attention of the whole class while individuals are responding. Group alerting is a technique to keep the entire class involved in the learning process so that students are, potentially, active participants at all times.

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The COVID-19 pandemic is stalling action on climate change in Africa hence worsening communities’ vulnerability to extreme weather events, a campaigner said on Thursday.
Mithika Mwenda, executive director of Nairobi-based Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) said the pandemic has affected the governments’ and development actor’s capacity to respond to climate change and commitment to global climate action.
“Not just governments, but COVID-19 is also affecting organization’s focus and activities on climate action, on the availability, allocation and delivery of climate aid and finance in their country,” Mwenda said in a statement issued in Nairobi.
He cited a survey conducted by PACJA in countries including Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa in March which revealed that challenges brought by the pandemic have slowed coordination and affected planning and implementation of activities of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
Mwenda said that COVID-19 is not only affecting NDCs, but the overall implementation of regular development plans.
“COVID-19 is also negatively affecting the climate policy process in African countries as well as on regional cooperation on climate action and NDCs development process,” Mwenda said.
He said that at the community level, the survey revealed that many communities are losing their resilience to climate impacts due to COVID-19.
“Stories of loss or reduced income from small-scale traders such as women who are vending vegetables, loss of job opportunities as well as reduced income at household levels are a common occurrence in the countries, “said Mwenda.
He said that COVID-19 control measures instituted by the governments in their bid to curb its spread continue to impact income-earning opportunities for both urban and rural poor households.
“In urban areas, reduced income-earning opportunities for casual labor and petty trade are limiting household purchasing power and driving crisis outcomes for poor households,” said Mwenda.
He urged governments to refocus on their set goals without relenting to help reduce climate change effects on communities’ livelihoods.
Mwenda called on the private sector and the civil society to make use of all available means including the information and technology advancements to keep engaging and move climate action forward. Enditem


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Coca-Cola Renews Partnership with ICC until 2031, Marks One of Largest-Ever Collaborations
Beverage giant Coca-Cola has officially announced the extension of its partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC) until 2031 across all three formats. This eight year agreement solidifies Coca-Cola’s position as a Global Partner of ICC, marking one of the most extensive collaborations by ICC with a single brand, spanning a total of 13 years from 2019 to 2031.
The official signing ceremony is set to take place at the ICC’s headquarters, formalizing the continuation of this strategic partnership. Anurag Dahiya, ICC Chief Commercial Officer, expressed excitement about the extended collaboration, stating, with the Men’s T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies and the Women’s edition in Bangladesh just around the corner, we’re poised for unprecedented global growth and engagement. This partnership not only celebrates our sport’s expansion but also promises innovative opportunities to enhance our fans’ experience worldwide. This long-term commitment between Coca-Cola and ICC underscores the brand’s dedication to supporting cricket on a global scale, promising enhanced experiences for fans and contributing to the growth and success of international cricket events.


Another e-mail fraud
There is pending legislation in the House and Senate, S89 and HR 163,to reinstate mandatory draft for boys and girls (ages18-26) starting June 15, 2005. This plan includes women in the draft, eliminates higher education as a shelter, and makes it difficult to cross into Canada.But what the e-mail does not tell you is who is sponsoring it. So let me repeat it again:
Bill Summary & Status for the 108th Congress S.89. Hollings (D-SC) sponsored it. It has no other sponsors. The Republicans have kept it bottled up in committee for nearly two years.
Bill Summary & Status for the 108th Congress H.R.163. Sponsored by Rangel (D-NY). All the co-sponsors are Democrats. Not one Republican. It's been held up since March 2003.
Michelle Malkin is on this too.
Here's a reality check from military.com. Excerpt:"A draft? It's just not going to happen," said Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., a member of the House Armed Services Committee.
Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, the senior Democrat on the Senate Armed Services personnel subcommittee, agreed: "There is very little support in Congress for reinstating the draft."
Perhaps those comments will help steady the nerves of many Americans apparently rattled by an e-mail that is circulating nationwide. It says that legislation is pending in Congress that would reinstitute the draft for the first time since 1973, starting as early as next spring. It also says that the administration is "quietly trying to get these bills passed now, while the public's attention is on the elections."
There is a kernel of truth to the allegation -- there is a bill pending that would restart the draft. But the Bush administration opposes it, as do Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and the leadership of both the Democratic and Republican parties in Congress. Everyone remotely in a position to know is quite sure that the bill is going nowhere.
"I don't know anyone in the executive branch of the government who believes that it would be appropriate or necessary to reinstitute the draft," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in April.
The bill's primary sponsor is Rep. Charles Rangel, a liberal Democrat from New York who represents Harlem. Even he admitted that his bill won't pass. He said he introduced it to get people to discuss who is doing the fighting in Iraq...
So tell the kids to wipe their noses and stop worrying about getting drafted.Not. Gonna. Happen.


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Sunday, June 26, 2016
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RENO, Nevada --
The American Indian Movement and supporters urged President Obama to grant clemency to imprisoned Leonard Peltier, during a march and rally in downtown Reno on Sunday.
Buck Sampson, Northern Paiute, said, "With our AIM flags, songs, posters and banners, we prayed and marched to the federal court house, We marched around it and then went back to where we began, and said a thank you prayer."
Sampson said there was a good turn out from the American Indian Movement from Southern California, Los Angeles, and Northern Nevada Chapters.
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The multinational credit card company Mastercard just partnered with European crypto exchange “hi” to launch customizable non-fungible token (NFT) debit cards. Now users who hold NFTs from select blue chip collections will be able to add the avatar artwork to their cards.
The NFT debit cards will be available only to Gold members of the platform. To obtain Gold membership, users must stake at least 100,000 hi dollars (HI) — the platform’s native token — worth around $4,600 at the time of writing. Gold members must also go through a verification process to prove they own the NFTs before their debit cards are customized.
Initially, only NFTs from select collections will be permitted. The collections include CryptoPunks, Goblintown, Bored Ape Yacht Club, Moonbirds, and Azuki.
Besides the artwork on the card, users can use the debit cards to make purchases in fiat, stablecoins, or crypto wherever Mastercard is accepted. There will also be perks for cardholders such as cashback incentives, hotel credits, and rebates on Spotify and Netflix subscriptions.
Christian Rau, Mastercard’s crypto and fintech enablement VP, said that consumer interest in NFTs and crypto is climbing, and the company is committed to making crypto an easy payment option for people who wish to use it. Currently, the cards are only available in the UK and 25 European Economic Area (EEA) countries.
Mastercard Continues its Web3 Push
The latest move from Mastercard should come as no surprise to people who follow NFT news. At Rarity Sniper, we’ve written several articles about the credit card company this year. Here are the top three stories about Mastercard in Web3 in 2022.
In February, Mastercard revealed that it was bolstering its Data & Services division to include cryptocurrency consulting. The new consulting team will focus on delivering quality insights to banks, merchants, and fintech companies. It also mentioned the implementation of crypto cards and loyalty programs.
In April, Mastercard sent 15 metaverse-related patent requests to the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patents were to protect the Mastercard name and logo in Web3 and showed that the company intended to integrate its payment platform with NFT markets and metaverses.
Following up on the trademarks, four months ago Mastercard announced partnerships with seven of the leading NFT and metaverse platforms, including The Sandbox, Mintable, MoonPay, Immutable X, Nifty Gateway, and more. Now customers who visit these sites can purchase NFTs or other products using their Mastercard credit or debit card.
From Mastercard’s activity this year, it’s clear the company is bullish on Web3, NFTs, and the metaverse — and its latest partnership with hi crypto exchange is more evidence of this. We’ll have to wait to see if the NFT debit cards from Mastercard are popular among hi users. If so, it seems likely Mastercard could roll out more NFT and crypto cards in the future.

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Regenerative organic agriculture pioneer Rodale Institute on Thursday released a new white paper calling for a new paradigm in taking care of our bodies and the planet: “regenerative healthcare.”
The nonprofit, which pioneers best practices at its organic farm research center sitting on 333 acres of farmland in Kutztown, Pa., created the white paper with The Plantrician Project, calling themselves “leaders in the regenerative agriculture and healthcare system transformation movements.”
The white paper lays blame on the U.S. food system for contributing to “epidemic levels” of chronic disease and lowered immune systems, and points to regenerative organic agriculture as a possible solution.
“Rather than relying on toxic chemicals to solve agricultural issues and pharmaceutical intervention to manage chronic lifestyle-related disease, regenerative healthcare aims to prevent disease and regenerate life through an organic, whole-foods, plant-forward diet that begins on farms that work in harmony with nature,” said the paper.
The paper, which makes nine recommendations for the integration of food and healthcare, said regenerative healthcare envisions farming and healthcare working together “to inform a prevention-based approach to human and environmental health.”
“While many Americans are living longer than their parents, they are not living healthier or happier lives. Lifestyle diseases like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease are on the rise as the standard American diet has come to consist of mostly processed foods that are high in sugar and fat,” said the white paper. “Despite a clear link between food and health, the healthcare system underprioritizes nutrition education for medical students and diet-based treatment plans.”

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Firespring on Tuesday announced a deal with Midstates Inc. of Aberdeen, South Dakota, to acquire Jacob North Print & Media Solutions and A to Z Printing, both located in Lincoln, effective Oct. 1.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Jay Wilkinson, Firespring founder and CEO, said the opportunity to bring the two companies into Firespring made sense. “Jacob North is a well-respected name in the printing business, especially in Nebraska,” Wilkinson said in a news release. “The additional capabilities and experience gained through this acquisition will help Firespring continue to grow.”
Jacob North has focused on commercial printing, mailing and cross-media marketing, while A to Z Printing has provided quick printing services.
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Justin Feickert, vice president of sales and marketing for Midstates, Inc. said customers of the two companies won’t notice any major changes. “Firespring is known for its excellent customer service, and we’re confident this transition will be seamless,” Feickert said in a news release. “In addition, Firespring can provide integrated creative, website and Cloud IT solutions for our existing clients.”
Jacob North was founded in 1888 and operated for more than 120 years before falling on hard times during the Great Recession. It declared bankruptcy in 2013, and Midstates bought it in a bankruptcy auction for a little more than $1.6 million. Midstates bought A to Z Printing in 2014.
Kevin Thomas, president of print for Firespring, said about 20 Jacob North and A to Z Printing employees will join Firespring, while several others will transition to positions with Midstates.
Thomas said Midstates made a strategic investment in its main operations in Aberdeen to increase capacity, which presented the opportunity to divest the Jacob North and A to Z operations.
Firespring, which started out as a digital marketing company serving mostly non-profits, has been on a buying spree in the past couple of years, with about a half dozen acquisitions since the beginning of 2014.


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Celebrated for 8 days from the 8th Waxing to Full Moon Day of Tabaung
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Sandbanks mysteriously appear prior to the festival. One sandbank is said to be for humans while the others are for spirits.
This rare celebration is loved by locals and tourists. It is celebrated every March on the bank of the Inndawgyi lake. The pagoda is accessible during the festival when sandbanks seemingly emerge just for the celebration. The sandbanks serve as a pathway for pilgrims to walk on to reach the pagoda. There is a belief that one sandbank emerged for the humans and the others are especially for the spirits. Tourists and locals would visit Inndawgyi and cross over the sandbanks to participate in the festival. Situated at the river bank, the pagoda offers a breathtaking view that attracts thousands of tourists annually.

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Yesterday between the chaos of torrential rain and shopping we managed to visit the allotment! The recent investments we had made had supplied us with a few large boxes perfect for providing a base for our new border, previously I had inherited soft fruit dug into it. Last year I took out the small bushes and weeded it, so yesterday as I lifted my weed bags from the base of it only a little couch grass required removing!
The base was then lined with the cardboard and soil applied over the top until it was level, to complete we had to collect a few more bags as seemingly my husbands memory had failed him and four bags vanished! My first investment on the plot this year it cost twenty pounds to fill, another space cleared and prepared for this year will be perfect for whatever I decide to set in it!
I had thought to move our strawberries which are next to the shed as this space is south facing and would make a great seating are for the children! This would require a few slabs which I have yet to source. So the onions which are currently setting their roots in the small greenhouse will probably be set their when they are ready.
Again our seedlings are finally establishing, my popcorn planter is showing strong shoots! The red mammoth, January king cabbages, Romanesco Cauliflowers and Broccoli are just setting and look wonderful! In a few weeks they will be established enough to plant out. The signs of spring are all around, the Ribes is in full flower, buds on the fruit tree’s and frog spawn in the pond, the garden is full of life!
Last years Kale seeds struggled but already the Scarlet and Nero are showing Promise! So today despite being tired, I am enjoying the time with our youngest. The wind blowing a storm outside, bright clear skies, white fluffy clouds and brilliant blue skies which is full of wonderful sunshine! Daffodils radiant in the evergreen borders and tulips rising up, Days like this are what makes the effort worth while!

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Half of the Bears’ defensive-line depth charts turned up on the team’s final injury report, somehow almost fitting for the kind of year this has been for the Bears.
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The Bears have gotten just 5.5 sacks from Jared Allen, the premier pass-rushing defensive end on the market last offseason.
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A $3.94-million contract has been awarded to Peter’s Bros. Construction Ltd. for a paving project on Highway 16 in Prince Rupert, announced Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone.
“I had the opportunity to visit Prince Rupert last October and announce our commitment to this project with Mayor Brain,” said Stone. “These roads serve as Prince Rupert’s main thoroughfare, so it was important for the ministry and the city to make these improvements a priority.”
The work will include paving 4.3 kilometres from the BC Ferries Terminal to McClymont Bridge, Ridley Island Road and Port Edward Arterial. The City of Prince Rupert will also be partnering with the ministry to resurface 3rd Avenue West, which is expected to cost the city approximately $500,000. Work is anticipated to get underway in April and be completed by July.
“We saw the opportunity to achieve economies of scale and save money on the much-needed repaving of 3rd Avenue by partnering with the Provincial Highway repaving contract. Bundling the two projects creates efficiencies for both the City and the Province,” said Mayor Lee Brain. “We look forward to seeing these plans come to fruition in 2017.”
This project is part of B.C. on the Move, the B.C. government’s 10-year transportation plan for the improvement of the province’s transportation network. Over the next three years, the ministry and its partners are investing over $4.6 billion in priority transportation investments as part of this plan.
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The Truth about ZPICs - Why Oversight is Needed
Date Posted: Friday,
August 25, 2017
ZPIC (Zone Program Integrity Contractors) letters' are the ultimate stop and gulp in healthcare since they are typically focused on potential fraudulent matters. They are specifically charged by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to data mine, identify, and investigate potentially fraudulent behavior. However, they are required to comply with regulations and guidelines established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) when it comes to making Additional Documentation Requests (ADRs) for pre-payment and post-payment reviews, initiation of Medicare Suspension of Payments (which can be a death knell for physician practices) and other areas for which they have authority to investigate under the direction of CMS.
With that said, they more often than not fail at their obligations to comply with guidelines set forth by the CMS. There has been so much concern over their borderline unethical behavior that the United States Senate Committee on Finance as well as the Office of Inspector General have issued scathing reports warning against what they see as destructive and harmful behavior towards physician practices.
I have spent my entire career advocating on behalf of medical providers and hospitals to ensure due process and a fair shake when dealing with government entities and their contractors. I have been criticized by members of the insurance industry and called horrible names, one even going as far as demanding my termination from DoctorsManagement! Well, I have news for you all in the insurance industry, I am not going anywhere and if anything, like the last of the Jedi my powers are only getting stronger! I am taking on the ZPICs and other contractors for CMS with a new determination to ensure they are held in check and that their at times, corrupt appearing behavior, does not go unpunished. ZPICs are multi-billion dollar powerful corporations who often times doubt the will of the people, which I am here to tell you, is a critical mistake. Sure, there is a pending class action suit (Villasenor) suit in Chicago, but to me they approached the matter totally wrong and as a result may find themselves without a judgment in their favor, however, that is something we will have to watch closely.
Let's talk about facts… In 2012 a scathing report was issued at the request of the Senate Finance Committee and included the following passage, "CMS and its contractors often cultivate an environment of mistrust and suspicion that all providers of certain services are inherently fraudulent. The sentiment is widely shared by anyone that has worked with CMS contractors in the area of program integrity and a similar environment is probable within the CMS Program Integrity Group. This type of environment leads investigators, contractors, and CMS to pursue providers in an aggressive manner, sometimes unfairly, based on little evidence or collaboration of any wrongdoing."
"It is not uncommon for a ZPIC to implement a 100% prepayment review of a provider's claims with no notification." A great example of this is the recent OIG report citing potentially fraudulent behavior by multi-specialty chiropractic clinics. This resulted in an avalanche of ADRs, prepayment reviews, and requests for corrective action plans by Strategic Health Solutions, another CMS auditor. Swift action by industry experts has caused CMS to rein in Strategic Health Solutions and cease prepayment review audits; however, it is a great example of an auditor's inherent mistrust, stereotyping, and over-zealous tactics.
According to a 2015 OIG Report to Congress... "Often the ZPIC contractors have had no experience in the areas of fraud and abuse for which they should be accountable. The result is a loss to CMS of fraud and abuse funds and providers, many of which are small - medium sized businesses, are forced to spend thousands of dollars to address unfounded audits and investigations. This was evidenced when CMS lost $80 million of the $120 million paid to contractors in 2011, due to poor data when investigating fraud and abuse." Mr. Secretary, things have not changed and to be candid have only gotten worse.
AdvanceMed is making accusations of fraud against medical providers without establishing "Good Cause" which is required for placing a practice on a Medicare Payment Suspension.
Fraud according to The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services includes:
- Knowingly submitting false statements or making misrepresentations of fact to obtain a federal health care payment for which no entitlement would otherwise exist;
- Knowingly soliciting, paying, and/or accepting remuneration to induce or reward referrals for items or services reimbursed by Federal health care programs; or
- Making prohibited referrals for certain designated health services
- Knowingly billing for services not furnished, supplies not provided, or both, including falsifying records to show delivery of such items or billing Medicare for appointments that the patient failed to keep; and
- Knowingly billing for services at a level of complexity higher than the service actually provided or documented in the file
Of the above, more often than not, the ZPICs fail to demonstrate any of the above, which is proven by the 2015 OIG report addressed above, "The significant lack of oversight of ZPIC contractors, who were awarded contracts averaging $81.9 million, is evidenced by the extreme and ill-founded actions taken by some ZPICs in unwarranted efforts to show CMS a return on investment. Contractors often employed significant, aggressive, and over-zealous audits, claims reviews and investigations against legitimate, not fraudulent, providers of healthcare services. The broad brush actions cost legitimate providers huge amounts of time, money and energy - inhibiting their ability to provide care to beneficiaries. Some are forced to leave Medicare, if not health care services all together. ZPICs are large and powerful corporations with the backing of the federal government.
They apply heavy handed processes in a punitive manner to many legitimate providers over minor document infractions. Further exacerbating the problems are the individuals employed by CMS to oversee these contractors, who are often young and inexperienced and do not have healthcare or fraud investigation experience."
The Senate Finance Committee Report by The Van Halem Group goes on to state, "There is a lack of experience and training of ZPIC staff." In one specific case a member of management at a ZPIC was questioned regarding issues surrounding numerous errors being made by staff. The ZPIC Manager said, "Not only was he aware of the errors being made but attributed them to issues related to workload, exhaustion, or lack or training." "Many ZPIC investigators lack sufficient training in coverage and reimbursement policies for the services under their review." A provider contacted their local congressman to address concerns over incorrect denials in a ZPIC audit. The Congressman's office contacted CMS Central Office and submitted 11 examples of claims denied in error. The actual written response from CMS said they agreed that 7 of the 11 claims were in fact denied erroneously. However, the letter went on to state, "That regardless, the provider's error rate remained high so they will remain under investigation" despite the fact they had just received confirmation in the very same response that the error rate calculated was incorrect because of errors made by the contractor. This not only supports a lack of training, but a lack of appropriate oversight and fairness."
AdvanceMed is often in violation of Medicare guidelines in Section 188.8.131.52... "The MACs, ZPICs and Recovery Auditors shall notify the third party and the billing provider or supplier that they have 30 calendar days to respond for a prepayment review or 45 calendar days for a postpayment review for MACs and Recovery Auditors and 30 calendar days for ZPICs. Yet, AdvanceMed is sending postpayment review letters that states, "The requested documentation, along with a copy of this letter, should be sent to the following address within 15 Calendar Days from the date of this letter."
Two additional areas practices need to challenge the ZPICs is their compliance is with subsection 4.3 - Medical Review for Program Integrity Purposes (Rev. 675, Issued: 09-0916, Effective: 12-12-16) Section D. Quality Assurance documentation to demonstrate that each aspect of this review is being performed consistently and accurately throughout the ZPIC's MR for PI program specifically item #4 The ZPIC shall have an objective process to assign staff to review projects, ensuring that the correct level of expertise is available. For example, situations dealing with therapy issues may include review by an appropriate therapist or use of a therapist as a consultant to develop internal guidelines. Situations with complicated or questionable medical issues, or where no policy exists, may require a physician consultant (medical director or outside consultant).
AdvanceMed a Medicare ZPIC is most likely in many cases failing to comply with Section 184.108.40.206 of the Medicare Integrity Manual, which requires that coverage determinations be made only by RNs, LPNs or physicians, unless the task can be delegated to another licensed health care professionals. Reviews of coding determinations, likewise, must be made by certified coders, but should also be made by those who possess the requisite skills in the specialty they are reviewing. The section of the Medicare Benefits Integrity Manual cited above goes on to state "Upon receipt of disclosure of the identity and qualifications of the auditors, a request for the disclosure of the identity and qualifications of the auditors should be made," which DoctorsManagement always does and is to no avail. Because we typically escalate cases to an Administrative Law Judge hearing at some point during the appeals process, you have the right to request formal discovery of such materials and must.
In almost every case, there are blatant procedural due process errors by the ZPIC and other Medicare contractors that are never addressed through the Medicare administrative appeals process as ALJs often opine that they lack the jurisdiction to enforce the procedural due process outlined in the regulations. At the end of the day, medical practices are afforded some substantive due process through the Medicare appeals process, but often times governmental contractors overlook that fact since they are in the business to turn profits. This results a lot of times in unethical and borderline illegal behaviors.
In addition to the complexities involved in the interpretive components of any audit, ZPICs, in particular, tend to engage in the complex area of extrapolation. In general, a ZPIC will pull a relatively small sample of claims - say 30 - and from that attempt to infer, or predict what the error rate or overbilling amounts would have been if all of the claims reported by the entity had been audited. As a statistician, I am not only NOT opposed to extrapolation, I think that it is an excellent statistical technique but if and only if the sampling portion is done properly and it is my experience that, in most cases, it is not. I have worked on hundreds of post audit extrapolation cases over the years and in my opinion, have only found a handful that I would consider to be appropriate for extrapolation. Note that in CMS Publication 100-08, Chapter 3, Section 10.1.3, we read the following:
"If a particular probability sample design is properly executed, i.e., defining the universe, the frame, the sampling units, using proper randomization, accurately measuring the variables of interest, and using the correct formulas for estimation, then assertions that the sample and its resulting estimates are "not statistically valid" cannot legitimately be made."
In essence, the government lays out six criteria for conducting an extrapolation.
It says that the following must be done correctly:
- Defining the universe,
- Defining the frame,
- Defining the sampling units,
- Using proper randomization,
- Accurately measuring the variables of interest, and
- Using the correct formulas for estimation
The reason that these criteria are so important is because an extrapolation not only expands the actual result but it also can substantially exaggerate any errors found. One major problem area that I encounter regularly is using the average (or mean) overpayment per claim as a basis for the calculation. Let's say that the auditor $80 per claim. Now, let's say that the sample was pulled from a universe of 50,000 claims. If you multiply the $80 overpayment per claim times the 50,000 claims, you get an estimated extrapolated overpayment estimate of $4 million; a lot of money by any measure. In nearly every case in which I have been an expert, the auditor should have used the median overpayment rather than the mean overpayment and the difference can be quite stark. Let's say that, in this hypothetical audit, the median is $30 less than the average. That would mean that the extrapolated result was overestimated (or exaggerated) by $2.4 million; again, a lot of money by any measure.
Part of the problem is that the guidelines are not written to the standards of statistical practice but rather to the convenience of the government auditors. I know that this sounds like a bit of a cynical generalization, but it is my experience that auditors are more interested in the size of the overpayment than they are in a fair and accurate outcome. I imagine this is because they are all financially incentivized in one way or another.
There are lots of other issues as well, such as combining codes that have drastically different coding methods into the same audit, like E&M and surgical codes. Or trying to extrapolate DME, which is statistically impossible. Or not considering the nationally established 42% error rate found in a one-level difference in E&M codes. And the list goes on. The fact it, extrapolation is a well-established and widely accepted statistical technique with the caveats mentioned above. Maybe, just maybe, because of the huge variability and uncertainty surrounding the qualitative aspect of coding and notwithstanding the large reversal rate on appeal, extrapolation is not appropriate for provider audits.
ZPICs are big business. But they have also spun off big business for the insurance industry due to the fact that providers can no longer bear the risk of billing noncompliance. As a result, providers are now looking to purchase separate billing errors and omissions policies or riders to their malpractice coverage. This is an added expense to the cost of doing business in healthcare. A ZPIC audit is often times a death knell for a small practice that does not have the training or the resources to appropriately respond to and challenge a ZPIC audit.
About the Authors:
Amanda Waesch is an attorney at BMD and operates a national healthcare practice. Ms. Waesch is licensed in both Ohio and Florida. She primarily focuses her practice on healthcare, employment law, corporate law, and healthcare litigation and advises all types of employers, in particular healthcare providers, including, hospitals and physicians, on various matters. Specifically, her work focuses on many different areas such as drafting, reviewing and litigating employment agreements; non-compete agreements and severance agreements; drafting and reviewing employer handbooks; independent contractor evaluations; management and training issues; general corporate matters; Medicare certification, state licensure, and accreditation; regulatory compliance, HIPAA privacy and security laws; fraud and abuse laws; joint venture structural analysis; compliance plans; and healthcare litigation. Ms. Waesch also chairs her firm's litigation team that is primarily responsible for handling all reimbursement audits and appeals for her firm's healthcare clients.
Frank Cohen's areas of expertise include data mining, applied statistics, and predictive analytics. In addition, he provides compliance risk analysis and meaningful assistance to healthcare organizations in the areas of process improvement, compliance, quality and profitability. Frank works with a wide range of clients including solo-physician offices to practices with over 1,000 physicians, academic medical centers, cancer clinics, legal and accounting professionals, government agencies, and national associations such as MGMA and AMA. He and his team have worked with physicians and practices in nearly 60 different specialties and within every state in the U.S.
Sean M. Weiss is a Partner/ Vice President & The Chief Compliance Officer for DoctorsManagement. Sean has dedicated his career to helping healthcare facilities reduce the risk of noncompliance and achieve measurable financial results. An accomplished compliance and management professional, Sean has extensive knowledge of the inner workings of government agencies at both the federal and state level, including the Office of Inspector General, Department of Justice and The United States Attorney's Office.
Sean has been recognized time and again by clients for successfully protecting their organization from unwarranted penalties and ensuring they receive due process. He has protected thousands of physicians, medical practice groups, and hospitals from undue penalties. In his medical audit appeal defense work Sean and his team of auditing and compliance experts have a proven record of having claims dismissed that had been brought against large and small healthcare organizations targeted by federal (Medicare), state (Medicaid), and commercial insurance payors. Medical providers and facilities regularly turn to Sean in the event they receive notice of wrongdoing. Sean also develops comprehensive, customized compliance plans, and he serves as a third-party compliance consultant to ensure that client compliance is absolute.

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The International Monetary Fund said economies will be growing.
IMF Research Director Maurice Obstfeld announced on April 18 that the global lending group was predicting that the global economy would expand by 3.5 percent in 2017 and 3.6 percent in 2018, up from 3.1 percent in 2016.
The higher forecasts were based the on manufacturing and trade gains.
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Dr. Jonas Viškelis (Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry). The field of his scientific activity encompasses complex research on the quality of plant raw materials, focusing on their applicability in R&D activities aimed at the development of innovative products intended for food, pharmaceutical and sports applications. He has co-authored a book chapter and published 54 scientific articles, 37 of which are in the periodical scientific journals published in Lithuania and abroad in the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database. He has delivered more than 80 presentations at various national and international conferences. He has carried out 30 commissioned assignments and scientific projects for the state institutions as well as national and foreign economic entities. He peer-reviews articles for foreign and Lithuanian scientific journals and is a guest editor of the special issue “Biochemical Composition of Food” of the journal “Applied Sciences”.
Dr. Monika Toleikienė (Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry) conducts research on various soil- and ecosystem-friendly agricultural practices aimed to improve the efficiency of organic farming management. In the last five years, she has published 21 scientific articles, 13 of them in the journals with an impact factor (IF) above 1.0. She is actively applying for funding for research projects. She has been involved in or is currently engaged in three national and five international projects, including Horizon 2020 programmes.

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The Bible can touch us like no other book can. And once we have been touched by God's Word, we cannot keep to ourselves how it has changed us." -from the Introduction
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Does God really speak to us? How can we hear his voice? What does the Bible have to do with us today?
The teens who wrote this book asked themselves these questions, and they testify to the impact of God's Word in all areas of their lives- relationships, temptation, prayer, forgiveness, school, life choices, and much more. Teens Share the Word leads teens into a deeper relationship with God by modeling a personal approach to Scripture, and at the same time offers them Scripturally-based guidance for issues they face every day.
Teens Share the Word is the perfect gift for teens who are looking to grow in and share their faith, whether for Confirmation, as a follow-up for teens who've had a powerful experience of God and want to continue their relationship with God, or graduation. A great tool for youth ministry, World Youth Day catechesis, and religious education.
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The color of each cassette’s plastic shell and the half-rewound spooling of the magnetic tape itself will determine the kaleidoscopic pattern cast upon the walls.
The Duck Lamp was created by Sebastian Errazuriz and is a really strange and creepy lamp. The lamp isn’t for sale, I think that this design will remain just a design because I don’t see people buying something like this. As a design is unique and interesting but this lamp only purpose is to scare off your friends and family too, but who know’s maybe there are people who like this design.
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BBC Formula 1 host Jake Humphrey to switch to BT football coverage from 2013
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Jake Humphrey will leave the BBC and quit his role as its Formula 1 anchor at the end of the year
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I’m delighted to spotlight the WW2 novel ‘Over the Hedge’ by Paulette Mahurin today.
What’s it about?
During one of the darkest times in history, at the height of the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1943, members of the Dutch resistance began a mission to rescue Jewish children from the deportation center in Amsterdam. Heading the mission were Walter Süskind, a German Jew living in the Netherlands, Henriëtte Pimentel, a Sephardic Jew, and Johan van Hulst, principal of a Christian college.
As Nazis rounded up Jewish families at gunpoint, the three discreetly moved children from the deportation center to the daycare across the street and over the backyard hedge to the college next door. From the college, the children were transported to live with Dutch families. Working against irate orders from Hitler to rid the Netherlands of all Jews and increasing Nazi hostilities on the Resistance, the trio worked tirelessly to overcome barriers. Ingenious plans were implemented to remove children’s names from the registry of captured Jews; to sneak them out of the college undetected past guards patrolling the deportation center, and to meld them in with their new families to avoid detection.
Based on actual events, Over the Hedge is the story of how against escalating Nazi brutality when millions of Jews were disposed of in camps, Walter Süskind, Henriëtte Pimentel, and Johan van Hulst worked heroically with the Dutch resistance to save Jewish children. But it is not just a story of their courageous endeavors. It is a story of the resilience of the human spirit. Of friendship and selfless love. The love that continues on in the hearts of over six hundred Dutch Jewish children.
Paulette Mahurin is an international bestselling novelist. She lives with her husband Terry and two dogs, Max and Bella, in Ventura County, California. She grew up in West Los Angeles and attended UCLA, where she received a Master’s Degree in Science.
Her first novel, The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap, made it to Amazon bestseller lists and won awards, including best historical fiction 2012 in Turning the Pages Magazine. The Seven Year Dress, made it to the bestseller lists for literary fiction and historical fiction on Amazon U.S., Amazon U.K. and Amazon Australia. Her new release, Over the Hedge, was #1 in Hot New Release Amazon U.K. it’s second day out.
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Roxane Gay becomes first Black woman to write for Marvel
LAPACAZO SANDOVAL and ART SHRIAN | 9/8/2016, midnight
Roxane Gay is the first Black woman to write for Marvel Comics and will be joining forces with Ta-Nehisi Coates and poet Yona Harvey to add her magic to the new Marvel comic series titled “Black Panther: World of Wakanda.”
It’s sad to report that in 2016 we are excited that the pairing of Gay and Harvey “will make history by becoming the first Black female writers in the Marvel comic universe,” but the truth is the truth, and because comic book series can make creators wealthy, it’s great news to share.
Creative illustrators should mark this news with a smilie icon because, as Gay stated, “Black women are also doing the cover art.”
The fantasy world is getting juicy characters with compelling story lines in the “World of Wakanda,” which will primarily focus on Ayo and Aneka, the two lovers who are former members of the Dora Milaje, the Black Panther’s female security force.
The goal of this series is to go deeper into the stories of the women of the “Black Panther” universe. Gay and Harvey were both personally sought out by Coates to bring a female perspective to these two characters, and to deeply explore the lives of Black women and queer Black women.
It media interviews, Gay has said, “I love being able to focus on women who are fierce enough to fight but still tender enough to love. … It’s the most bizarre thing I’ve ever done, and I mean that in the best possible way. The opportunity to write Black women and queer Black women into the Marvel universe, there’s no saying no to that.”
In an interview with The New York Times, Coates emphasized the importance of having diversity both on the page and on staff at Marvel. “We have to open the door,” she said. “It’s not, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if there are more women writers, more women creators in comics?’ That would be nice, but in many ways, it is kind of an imperative.”
The comic book world went “nutty,” in 2015, when the gifted Ta-Nehisi Coates was tapped to write “Black Panther.” To date, the series has released three issues and all to tremendous success. “Black Panther: World of Wakanda” is scheduled to debut in November of this year.
Gay is the author of numerous pieces of fiction and nonfiction, and is best known for her collection of essays titled, “Bad Feminist,” in which she writes about the representation of Black lives on screen and on the page. Gay’s most recent novel, “An Untamed State,” will be adapted into a feature film by Gina Prince-Bythewood and will star Gugu Mbatha-Raw.


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Basecamp Revelstoke, the newest addition to the Basecamp Resorts family, is a boutique hotel resort situated just a short walk from Downtown Revelstoke, overlooking the Colombia River and only a 15 minute shuttle ride to the world-famous Revelstoke Mountain Resort. Designed for families, avid adventure seekers and powder junkies alike, we provide epic views, modern amenities, top notch service along with all of the comforts of home and all for a reasonable price. With a bounty of natural splendors right at our doorstep we invite you to start your Revelstoke adventures here.
Our five bedroom apartment accommodates a maximum of 14 guests with one queen bed in each bedroom and a memory foam sofa bed in each living area. The apartment is 2,000 sq. ft. There are 6 bathrooms, 2 living areas, 2 dining areas, 2 washers and dryers and 2 fully equipped kitchens with high end appliances and cooking utensils. There is free wifi, cable TV and access to the shared hot tubs. Complimentary on-site parking is included.
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In 2007, Gwydion recorded their first full-length album "Ynys Mön" trough German label TROLLZORN. With Ynys Mön, Gwydion received an invitation to make an European tour in October 2008 with top bands TYR, HOLLENTHON, ALESTORM, and SVARTSOT: the RAGNAROK AASKEREIA'S TOUR.
2010 Gwydion finished the recordings and production of their second album "Horn Triskelion". "Horn Triskelion" truly represented fifteen years of accumulated experience and ideas. The readers of Portugal's biggest metal magazine LOUD magazine have chosen GWYDION to be the 2nd best band over 2010 + their album "Horn Triskelion" was considered the 3rd best album of 2010!
In 2013, Gwydion presents "VETERAN". Since the beginning of the band, they had a very influential epic component in their songs, so naturally when they created "VETERAN", they decided to have a strong mixture of heavy metal riffs and epic/folk songs. "VETERAN" is a story of a warrior since his birth through his training, conquests and defeats with relevance to the History of Portugal. VETERAN was nominated by Metal Storm website for best Folk Metal album of 2013.
Now in 2017 after a band hiatus Gwydion are back with a new formation and are eager to reconquer their place in the Epic Folk Metal world!
Gwydion are releasing a new album in 2018!!!


The Chicago Bulls lost a nail-biting game to the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night by a score of 98-95, but the final result on the scoreboard isn’t close to the leading headline as the team leaves the Rose Garden in Portland.
Star point guard Derrick Rose scored 20 points in 28 minutes, but the reason that he played only 28 minutes was due to a right knee injury that saw him hobble to the sidelines. The Bulls PR department was quick to say that Rose was unavailable for the rest of the night, but the bigger worry is for his long-term health, as he has just famously returned from a full year off as a result of a torn ACL.
On the court, Portland capitalized on Rose’s absence with an absolutely explosion in the second half, as they outscored Chicago 54-36 after the break, including a 34-12 annihilation in the 3rd quarter, to grab a victory from what looked to be a negative situation. Swingman Wesley Matthews led all scorers with 28 points (on 12 of 19 shooting) as he continued what has been a storybook beginning to the season, but it was an “all hands on deck” effort from the Blazers, who saw all 5 starters go for double-figures.
In Rose’s absence, the Bulls simply couldn’t generate offense, as the team finished with under 39% shooting for the game, including 6 for 17 from Luol Deng and 4 of 12 from reserve point guard Kirk Hinrich. Chicago kept afloat on the strength of tremendous free-throw shooting (26 of 29) and rebounding (52 to 39 margin over Portland), but in the end, the offense wasn’t enough to hold off the hard-charging Blazers.
Obviously, all eyes are on Derrick Rose’s knee (and with good reason), but the Blazers just won another game to vault to 11-2 on the season, and if they can beat a good team with their best player (LaMarcus Aldridge) shooting 4 for 20 from the field, anything is possible for Portland this season.


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Kentfield Wood and Metal Round Dining Table in Black Drift Oak and Brass
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Black and brass. This elegant modern dining room features flat and scalloped black Mahogany wood surfaces contrasted with powder coated steel in a rich brass tone. Quality velvet chair covers add a splash of brown creating rich, layered a palette that feels at home in modern, contemporary or glam dining rooms.

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Our strong will and our determination pave the way for our success. These things determine the meaning of success and failure. The seemingly impossible task also seems to be possible. This happens because we are sensitive to our goals. We are determined to do our duty that we have to reach our goal. A little fear can drive us away from our destination. Therefore, be fully devoted to whatever work we start. Do not let negative things dominate the brain. Even if there are constant failures, continue efforts. Some will learn from mistakes and some will improve. Finally there will come a time from where one can easily move towards his goal. If we are unsure of our goal, then surely there will be failure. But if we are mentally determined, then it will be late, but we will definitely get success.


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This shingle style residence is designed as a spec house in a coastal Maine subdivision. The layout is a response to site conditions, traffic patterns, privacy issues and taking advantage of natural light. The focal point of the first floor plan is an open space containing the Living, Dining and Kitchen areas. This is the nucleus of the house creating three distinct zones each with its own character. Most important was to allow the kitchen to have full visual control of both the Dining and Living areas. The orientation of these spaces maximizes views and brings in abundant East and Southern light. Additional support spaces and a first floor Master Suite allowing one floor living completes the first floor plan.
The second floor contains two generous Bed Rooms each with its own bath an office nook and future expansion over the garage. Aesthetically the exterior imagery draws from traditional New England forms including a salt box and a carriage house inspired garage. Large 2/1 double hung windows open up the main living spaces bringing in natural light while connecting to the outdoors. Smaller 4 lite awning windows are introduced strategically to provide playfulness and a bit of whimsy to the design. The exterior is sheathed in white cedar shingles with over scale trim in areas to provide scale and meet the requirements of the developments covenants.
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Fight Night Round 4 has lasted a second week as the Xbox 360's number one game.
Mixed martial arts title UFC 2009: Undisputed is its closest challenger in second, while Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen climbs one place to take third.
Activision's Prototype finds itself wedged in between two new entries in fifth, with the latest Tiger Woods game above it in fourth and Call Of Juarez below in sixth.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)
2. (3) UFC 2009: Undisputed (THQ)
3. (4) Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Activision Blizzard)
4. (-) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)
5. (2) Prototype (Activision Blizzard)
6. (-) Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)
7. (8) Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
8. (5) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
9. (10) Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)
10. (7) Overlord II (Codemasters)
Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2008 ELSPA Ltd.


Police have recovered the body of a man from the River Mersey.
At about 3.10pm yesterday, officers found the body of a man in the river near to the Waterside Hotel in Cheadle.
Tests are ongoing to establish the man’s identity, however it is believed to be Neil Marsom, who was reported missing in January 2013.
His next of kin has been informed and enquiries are ongoing.
Police say there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances and a file will be prepared for the coroner.
More top news
It is now believed that the substance was in fact a synthetic cannabinoid, like ‘Spice’, however it was sold as MDMA.
A man who mowed down and killed two young cousins in a hit-and-run on New Year's Eve has been jailed for four years.
Mobike is the world’s first smart, dock-free bikeshare platform aimed at helping people make short trips across cities.


Danny Kanell updates top 8 rankings after Week 13, includes 3 SEC teams
There was another shakeup in the College Football Playoff picture on Saturday, as No. 6 Oregon went down to Arizona State and lost to the Sun Devils.
Now, we’ll see what the Playoff committee decides to do with the top teams. Does Utah move up to No. 6? Or, does a team like Oklahoma climb back into the mix?
On Sunday morning, former Florida State QB and current analyst Danny Kanell updated his top 8 rankings, with LSU checking in at No. 3, Georgia at No. 6 and Alabama at No. 7:
Little shakeup in the #DKtop8….after week 13
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) November 24, 2019
Kanell’s rankings are unlikely to be similar to the CFP rankings on Tuesday, as Clemson almost certainly won’t jump ahead of LSU and Ohio State.
Meanwhile, it’s probably that Georgia will retain its No. 4 spot for at least another week as teams jockey for position behind the Bulldogs.


Twenty-five years ago, with South Africa still in the wretched grip of apartheid, Paul Simon brought the musicians he collaborated with on Graceland to a London stage. That Royal Albert Hall gig was beset by protest at Simon’s breaking of the South African cultural boycott.
The debate about whether his work with South Africa’s best black musicians was justified continues, as the recent documentary Under African Skies proved. But a quarter of a century’s breathing room has led everyone to agree on one thing - Graceland is a masterpiece.
Which is why the announcement that Simon was bringing many of the ensemble who created the album to Hyde Park was greeted with joy, rather than hand-wringing.
Tonight - perhaps wary of the curfew that struck Bruce Springsteen the previous night – he arrives on stage early, playing non-Graceland hits such as “Kodachrome” and “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”. His slight demeanour only gives a clue as to the ambition of the evening.
The first tell is a guest spot from Jimmy Cliff. He takes over from Simon for “The Harder They Come”, “Many Rivers to Cross” and a version of “Vietnam”, which soon merges into “Mother and Child Reunion” (which Simon recorded with Cliff’s backing band).
More hits (“Me and Julio…”, “Slip Slidin’ Away”) follow, before the Graceland reunion is set in swing by the arrival of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, whose signature co-ordinated kicks and vocal swandives punctuate their own “Nomathemba” and Graceland’s “Homeless”.
The Graceland band, featuring the glorious bass of Bakithi Kumalo and Ray Phiri’s guitar, then powered through much of the album before Hugh Masekela arrives on stage. His powerful lament, “Stimela” and “ Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)” serving as a reminder of the true context of the Graceland controversy.
After the last of these guest breaks, Simon returns for “Gumboots”, “Graceland” and the first song to really bring to crowd to life – “You Can Call Me Al”. It’s all unfathomably tight. The only criticism – and it’s a harsh one – is that Simon’s light tone just can’t compete with the other singers. It would have been nice too to have heard Graceland in order, maybe.
If Simon had been slightly upstaged by some of his guests he made up for it with a one-man encore of “The Sound of Silence” that reduced the 60,000-odd crowd to a fitting hush.
There are almost too many elements to take in to consider as a single concert – it’s more a rolling Afropop revue than a headline set, but this was fitting swansong for a great album, nevertheless.Reuse content