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Civic engagement is not only essential for formal city planning processes, but it is at the core of digital urban transformation into smart and sustainable cities and communities. The most widely used ways of engaging citizens, town hall meetings and surveys (even with social media campaigns), leave citizen participation rates low and a majority of citizens in the dark about what is being done in their city.
Enabling citizens to provide opinions and feedback as well as to participate in decision making processes is the subject of this top list. Through new forms of urban governance and participation, cities and communities embrace the ability to collaborate with their citizens to co-create a better and smarter city for all.
Explore five leading citizen engagement solutions that aim to bridge the gap between local government, especially city planners, and citizens.
Maptionnaire is a map-based survey tool which facilitates simple and effective public participation. Smart cities like Denver, Helsinki, and Stockholm widely use it to receive residents' feedback and insights. Maptionnaire enables the collection, analysis and visualization of map-based data. The municipal government can use it for citizen co-design in city planning and urban development projects where residents' preferences and opinions are valuable to achieve better results.
Civocracy's digital participation platform gives cities the ability to connect with their citizens via various means and efficiently run citizen participation and collaborative governance projects. Direct communication of project news, surveys, the ability to discuss projects and get ideas for new projects from citizens, and participatory budgeting are just some of the features available on the platform. Civocracy also enables cities to gain insight into participation analytics in real-time. Cities like Amsterdam, Nice, Strasbourg, Potsdam, and Monheim am Rhein use the platform.
This cloud-based platform enables citizens to report more directly to the city what may be wrong in the town, such as broken street lights or road signs, etc. It also provides cities with a full citizen relationship management and process management solution to automate processes and centralize documents in a paperless way. Essentially, illico by NeoLedge is an all-in-one citizen relationship tool for city management based on streamlined digital processes. French Cities like Paris, Saint-Étienne, and Choisy-le-Roi are using this platform successfully.
To quote CitizenLab: "If citizens don't come to your town hall...we bring the town hall to your citizens." The CitizenLab citizen engagement platform helps cities efficiently reach their citizens and gain their input and needs, enabling them to manage the information and make decisions based on real-time data. Through the platform, city officials spend less time processing citizen input, giving way for faster and more efficient decision-making to create the city the residents want. CitizenLab has helped 100+ towns and local governments - e.g., the cities of Paris, Leuven, Vancouver, Brussels, or Liege - achieve their community engagement goals in a wide range of urban planning projects.
By using Civy's cloud-based citizen engagement platform, cities are able to be even more directly connected with their citizens in order to foster civic engagement. Citizens can enjoy having their voices heard under a veil of confidentiality and security for free (subscription fee for the city) and cities can get the data they need in order to make better and smarter decisions to improve their city.
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Indexed on: 28 Nov '19Published on: 27 Nov '19Published in: Biomedical Chromatography
Target biomolecule-immobilized magnetic beads (MBs) could be used as a powerful tool for screening active compounds present in natural products. Low damage rates of the target proteins, associated with the availability of diverse automated online approaches for analysis, make it a valuable tool for affinity studies. RAW264.7 cells (a kind of murine macrophage cell line) were used in this study. These cellular membranes were immobilized onto the surface of MBs and were used for screening the active compounds of Polygonatum sibiricum. Combining this technique with HPLC led to the identification of an active compound and its biological activity was confirmed. This is the first report establishing the use of RAW264.7 cellular membranes coated MBs fishing followed by HPLC analysis for screening active compounds from natural products. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


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AN OFF-DUTY police officer was left with a broken jaw when he was attacked by a gang in a bar.
Sam Lake was drinking with friends when he got into a row with another group at Bar 38 in Portsmouth’s Gunwharf Quays.
When one of the men told him to leave and threatened him Mr Lake flashed his police badge and told him he would get arrested.
It prompted a violent response from Ricky Nother and his friends who punched and kneed Mr Lake while others kept hold of him so that he could not escape.
Mr Lake was off work and had to have surgery on his broken jaw. He says he has been left nervous when dealing with violent confrontations in his work.
Nother, who was jailed for 18 months at Portsmouth Crown Court, is the only man to have been convicted for the attack.
The 21-year-old, of Cornwall Road, Fratton, Portsmouth, was found guilty of assault causing grievous bodily harm after a trial.
Nicholas Bleaney defending said Nother, who worked for a paving company, was sorry for what happened.
He said: ‘He is a hard-working young man who has got himself into a foolish incident,’ he said.
Sentencing him Recorder James Watson QC said: ‘I accept that the matter arose because of what I will describe as unwise conduct on behalf of the victim.
‘I accept that this was a matter which arose from some kind of facing up between your group and the victim.’
But he added: ‘What he did by way of provocation, whilst it was the background, does not justify what happened next.
‘He was, no doubt, the victim of the attack.
‘I have no doubt that he was held in a manner which meant that he was both defenceless and unable to recoil or in any way avoid blows which were landed on him.
‘The blows were delivered with ferocity.
‘It was sickening and it was cowardly.’
He added: ‘It was an assault which caused serious harm and an extremely unpleasant fracture to the jaw.
‘This is an offence for which only a sentence of immediate custody can be passed.’

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Fab 5 Food - Expo Wraps up Sizzling Business a Record 7,500 International Buyers Served!2015-06-27 10:00 TFPMA
Taiwan’s robust food Industry delivered a thousand & one flavors!
Fab 5 food - expo wraps up sizzling business
FOOD Taipei** FOODtech & Pharmatech** Taipei PACK **HORECA**HALAL
A record 7,500 international buyers served!
Taipei, June 27, 2015: Record size and selection underscored these fab-five expos to join upstream, downstream and menu in between. These five events hosted 1,642 exhibitors (using 3,920 booths – a 3% increase on last year). This endeavor underscored the influence of Taiwan’s food industry and its product appeal across the region..
The four day mega event that ran from June 24 to 27 attracted more than 65,000 visitors including 7,500 international buyers to scout the tech and deals in the 5-in-1 Expo comprised of Taipei International Food Show (FOOD TAIPEI), Taipei Int’l Food Processing & Pharm. Machinery Show (FOODTECH & PHARMATECH TAIPEI), Taipei International Packaging Industry Show (TAIPEI PACK), Taiwan Int’l Hotel Restaurant and Catering Show and Taiwan Int’l HALAL Expo (HALAL TAIWAN).
For many buyers the prime event was Food Sourcing in Taiwan 2015 that was arranged by the show organizer Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA). It hosted 56 buyers from 19 countries at the NANGANG Exhibition who used 739 face to face meetings with buyers.
These buyers represented 19 countries, including the USA, Brazil, Canada, the Netherlands, Japan and South Korea, The most notable buyers included Cellplus and supermarket supplier Sajo Haepyo Corp. from South Korea, the Inoue Co. from Japan, and Sindicato do Comércio Atacadista do Parana, a heavyweight from Brazil with US$5.6 billion in annual sales. More than 700 of the 739 1-on-1 talks involved wholesalers of seafood and large supermarket suppliers from Japan, who purchased local seafood, produce and dried fruit.
On June 25, during the Procurement Meetings hosted six international buyers from Romania, Hong Kong, the USA, Kuwait and China join 27 1-on-1 sessions with 27 local suppliers to successfully negotiate deals worth US$25.2 million. The two rounds of procurement negotiations resulted in business opportunities worth over US$41.47 million.
The participation of several local food giants greatly enhanced prospects. These included food giants like Want Want, Triko, HeySong and Lianhwa. Also at the show were large retailers like Uni-President, RT-Mart, Jasons Market and Pxmart. Hospitality providers in the talks included China Pacific Catering Services, K Hotel, Fullon Hotels & Resorts, The Sweet Dynasty, and Shin Yeh.
Exotic cooking demonstrations added extra spice Food Expo. They were led by mater chefs from Belgium, Peru and Spain and wowed the crowds with free sample tastings. Nearby, 20 Taiwanese and international exhibitors were using the venue to release new food products that let many discover new flavors and techniques.
Foodtech & Pharmatech Taipei and Taipei Pack,
The two shows Foodtech & Pharmatech Taipei and Taipei Pack hosted 164 vendors to use 519 booths. The 6% increase in booth count on the previous year serves to indicate that these food industries are back on the burner.
Event packed with features & innovation
TAIPEI FOOD achieve record size and scale this year by teaming up with four related food shows. With it came New Products Presentations, Packaging and Food & Pharmacy Machinery professional seminars, and Catering Competition related activities.
The diversity and excellent quality of Taiwan’s foods and its manufacturing industry annually underscores this venue of trade and business that joins the entire food chain.
Don’t miss next year’s food extravaganza when all five events return June 22 - 25, 2016 to link up the hottest foods and prospects on the market.
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Bovine Rhinitis B Virus (BRBV) is a picornavirus responsible for mild respiratory infection of cattle. It is probably the least characterized among the aphthoviruses. BRBV is the closest relative known to Foot and Mouth Disease virus (FMDV) with a ∼43% identical polyprotein sequence and as much as 67% identical sequence for the RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), which is also known as 3D polymerase (3Dpol). In the present study we carried out phylogenetic analysis, structure based sequence alignment and prediction of three-dimensional structure of BRBV 3Dpol using a combination of different computational tools. Model structures of BRBV 3Dpol were verified for their stereochemical quality and accuracy. The BRBV 3Dpol structure predicted by SWISS-MODEL exhibited highest scores in terms of stereochemical quality and accuracy, which were in the range of 2Å resolution crystal structures. The active site, nucleic acid binding site and overall structure were observed to be in agreement with the crystal structure of unliganded as well as template/primer (T/P), nucleotide tri-phosphate (NTP) and pyrophosphate (PPi) bound FMDV 3Dpol (PDB, 1U09 and 2E9Z). The closest proximity of BRBV and FMDV 3Dpol as compared to human rhinovirus type 16 (HRV-16) and rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) 3Dpols is also substantiated by phylogeny analysis and root-mean square deviation (RMSD) between C-α traces of the polymerase structures. The absence of positively charged α-helix at C terminal, significant differences in non-covalent interactions especially salt bridges and CH-pi interactions around T/P channel of BRBV 3Dpol compared to FMDV 3Dpol, indicate that despite a very high homology to FMDV 3Dpol, BRBV 3Dpol may adopt a different mechanism for handling its substrates and adapting to physiological requirements. Our findings will be valuable in the design of structure-function interventions and identification of molecular targets for drug design applicable to Aphthovirus RdRps.
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|Journal||International journal of molecular sciences|
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The impact of ecommerce fraud rises year after year. Losses from payment fraud have more than tripled in the last ten years, and it’s expected to cost companies across the globe $40.62 billion in 2027.
Why is it so prevalent? The anonymity of the web makes it easy for cybercriminals and the average consumer alike to scam money from a business. So don’t bury your head in the sand. Take action now to prevent your online store from falling victim to ecommerce fraud. Learn how ecommerce fraud works, the most common types to look out for, how to identify the signs of fraud, and how to prevent incidents going forward.
How Does Ecommerce Fraud Prevention Work?
Ecommerce fraud involves anybody misusing an ecommerce store for their financial gain. There are two main types of fraudsters.
Cybercriminals use underhanded means to steal personal data, place orders under another identity, and the like. On the other hand, consumers may also attempt to game the system by falsely claiming they haven’t received an order to get a freebie or payout.
Both instances can have a severe financial impact on your ecommerce store. Companies actually spend $3.60 for every dollar lost to fraud, given the added expenses of replacing merchandise, interest, chargeback fees, and redistribution.
And that’s not even considering the knock-on effects on your brand. Nobody wants to buy from a store they can’t trust with their personal data, making the potential financial impact even graver.
Ecommerce fraud prevention entails putting certain measures into place to prevent this from happening to you. That ranges from basic storewide policies like order limits to technological solutions like identity verification at the checkout page. Vigilance also plays its part. You must understand the types of fraud and be able to identify red flags to stop scammers in their tracks.
What Are the Most Common Types of Ecommerce Fraud?
Let’s break down the full array of ways ecommerce fraud manifests so you can better understand your web store and business’s threats and vulnerabilities.
First, there’s payment fraud, which usually dovetails with identity theft. Cybercriminals use stolen customer details, such as financial or account information, to make fraudulent purchases. Criminals use various means to access these details, such as buying them on the dark web. This is also known as clean fraud (when it entails stolen payment information) or account takeover fraud (when it involves hacked customer accounts).
A critical red flag to look out for is card testing, which is when criminals with batches of stolen payment information test for card limits and fraud protection by making several small purchases. If it works they go on to make larger fraudulent purchases.
Triangulation fraud is an advanced form where cybercriminals make a mock version of an online store, encouraging consumers to make purchases from their fake websites. The criminal makes a purchase and has the item delivered to the consumer from the real store. Yet they’re now in possession of the customer’s personal and financial details, allowing them to make further fraudulent purchases or use them for other nefarious purposes.
Refund fraud and return fraud can happen when people try to scam your refund or return policy to get an item for free or money back. One example is switch fraud, which is when a scammer keeps a functioning item and returns a different item they already had. Sometimes, this entails a hacker taking over a legitimate customer’s account and requesting a refund, with the money sent to an account of their own.
Keep an eye out for so-called friendly fraud, too. That’s when a customer pretends they didn’t make or receive a purchase, making your store responsible for paying out a refund or chargeback to the customer’s bank or payment processor, along with a fee.
If you have an affiliate program, scammers may target that avenue for fraud. The scammer will use malicious methods such as spam popups to create the illusion they’re sending traffic to your online store, fraudulently boosting their payout from your affiliate program.
How Can I Identify Ecommerce Fraud?
So, how do you spot these bad actors on your site? There are some site behaviors that can clue you into fraudsters. Keep an eye out for these, and if you spot them, be prepared to take action to stop them before they do too much damage:
- Creating an account with a spammy email address. Keep an eye out for accounts using free or lesser-known email services that are easy to create in bulk to avoid moderation or safeguards.
- Make sure you can see customer IP addresses. That way, you’ll be able to spot when an IP address is using multiple accounts, addresses, cards and payment methods, or trying to evade detection in any other way.
- Using multiple billing or shipping addresses in a short period of time is a big red flag. The former is a clear sign of fraud (few people have payment information that isn’t all tied to a single home or work address), while the latter could be a scammer if they’re not Santa Claus himself.
- Their billing and shipping addresses don’t match. While this is common during the holidays or when a shopper buys gifts, be aware of these instances, as they can indicate that somebody other than the cardholder is making the purchase. This is particularly worth looking into if the addresses are in entirely different countries from one another.
- On that note, if you have any suspicions about the validity of an order, you can check the shipping address against the location of the shopper’s IP address. While a VPN can explain this, or they’re online shopping while away from home, it can also be a signal that a fraudster has taken over the account.
- Your inventory will dictate whether bulk or spree orders are suspicious. Unless your products are commonly reordered by customers, examine instances where someone orders multiples of the same product or makes multiple orders in short succession. They may want to snag what they can before they’re found out and flagged.
- Any high-ticket item orders should always get a second glance before you fulfill them. Scammers often try to maximize their one shot to use stolen information by buying one of the higher-priced items in a store or making a large order that amounts to a lot of money.
The key with many of these signs is that one instance might not be a red flag, but it’s suspicious when combined with other signs or unusual activities.
You can set up automations in your ecommerce platform or use its security tools to automatically flag any of the suspicious activity above. Make it so flagged orders are automatically held for review and sent to the appropriate team members for analysis.
Or, you can use an IP fraud score tool. These detect IP addresses that have previously been linked to fraudulent activity and rate the risk a particular IP address poses by detecting issues. You can use the tool to then automatically block purchases from high-risk IP addresses or flag them for manual review.
How Do I Prevent Payment Fraud?
Payment fraud is the most common issue web stores will face during their existence. Fortunately, that means there are some proven means of prevention.
Verify user identities to ensure they’re not using a stolen account or card details. One way to do this is to install a two-factor authentication (2FA) app or plugin for your store. Users will need to enter a second factor, such as a security code they receive via text or email to be able to access the account. Scammers who don’t have access to the user’s device or inbox will be stopped in their tracks.
You should also add an address verification system at the checkout. This ensures the billing address matches the card being used.
Ensure, too, that your checkout form asks for a credit or debit card’s CVV number, the three digits on the back by the signature box.
These two checkout verification methods aren’t infallible, but they certainly make it more difficult for scammers to follow through with a purchase. Some scammers will just give up when they are confronted with one or both of these protection methods.
Want a greater level of security at checkout? Use the 3D Secure (3DS) protocol.
When a user enters credit or debit card details, they’re redirected to the card issuer’s website or banking app to authenticate the purchase.
They may have to log in to the app with their PIN, for instance, halting fraudsters who don’t have access to this extra information.
Using 3DS is also helpful for you because the card issuer takes liability for fraudulent chargebacks and disputes if they authenticate the payment.
However, just be aware that this extra step can also scare off customers looking for an easy checkout process. Find the right balance of protection and convenience for your customer base.
How Do I Prevent Friendly Fraud?
Friendly fraud or chargeback fraud is becoming an increasing problem. Around six in ten chargebacks will be instances of friendly fraud by 2023, and it’s currently the top fraud attack merchants today must deal with.
When a customer disputes a charge on their card, the bank or payment processor reverses the payment and charges a fee to the merchant. In cases of fraud, the merchant loses merchandise, money, or both, plus faces chargeback fees ranging from $20 to $50.
Friendly fraud is difficult to prevent. Security measures such as identity verification and flagging suspicious orders may help in the case of serial scammers. You can also use some form of delivery confirmation with shipping providers. For instance, shipping companies may take a signature or photograph as proof of delivery.
You can at least prepare for cases of chargeback fraud. Keep customer transaction and interaction records as evidence for formal disputes. You may wish to use a chargeback service that can collect and relay this evidence to banks on your behalf before the chargeback is authorized.
Many of these services help you keep chargebacks down generally, whether fraudulent or not. Sometimes disputes are accidental as the customer made a legitimate purchase but forgot or didn’t recognize the item on their card statement. This is necessary as too many chargebacks can result in payment processors labeling your store high-risk and charging higher transaction fees overall.
How Do I Make My Ecommerce Website Secure?
You must keep your servers, databases, and website secure to prevent hacks and security breaches that lead to the loss of sensitive customer information.
These things can happen. In 2013, Target suffered a data breach that affected 41 million customers’ payment information. That’s a staggering number!
Beyond installing strong security systems, scan for malware regularly. There are a number of types of malware that give hackers a backdoor to your servers and devices, allowing them to steal customer data.
Keep your online store secure with an SSL certificate. It adds HTTPS, a protocol that encrypts sensitive data such as passwords and financial information entered into your website. This means hackers can’t intercept this information.
Use your own strong passwords and authentication methods for access to software and databases that contain sensitive information. Also, limit employee access to these areas. This prevents internal threats in which people on the inside steal customer data to use or sell.
What Policies Should I Implement to Prevent Ecommerce Fraud?
Defining clear policies ensures a maintained and consistent approach to battling ecommerce fraud.
As mentioned above, scammers want to get away with as much product as possible before an account is closed down. To stop them from doing this, you may wish to decide on a sitewide order limit so you can block or manually review unusually large orders.
Adhere to Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance policies. Not only is it a legal obligation, but it’s also an easy way to make sure you’re keeping up with security measures. Under PCI compliance, you must:
- Use antivirus software on any device that stores or interacts with card/account numbers
- Encrypt card data and transmitted data
- Update software in case of security patches
- Restrict access to card/account numbers and keep access logs
- Keep documents on equipment, software, and devices that need passwords
- Use a firewall to protect against hackers
- Regularly monitor and test network security
Also, put customer policies in place for their protection. Make strong passwords a requirement for account creation, for example. The more complex the password, the harder it’ll be for malicious parties to guess.
Finally, as a rule, you must collect as little sensitive data on customers as possible. That way, if a breach happens, customers are less at risk. As an alternative to storing card numbers, use payment tokenization. This generates a unique string of numbers (a token) in real-time to replace the card number, which cannot be used again fraudulently. Apple Pay, for example, uses this method for secure payments.


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On the same day as the posting of part two of Newsarama’s interview with the Flash creative team, Comic Book Resources has posted their own conversation with the dynamic duo of Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato.
While it covers some of the same ground as the Newsarama articles, the CBR interview does delve further into a few items including the art process, something that has gathered a lot of interest amongst fans drawn to Manapul and Buccellato’s unique style. Manapul even mentions the color chart, something he first talked about in our interview with him earlier this year.
The article also includes an exclusive look at a page from Flash #3. Follow the jump for more…
The two go on to speak about what it means to them to be working on Flash, personally:
Manapul: I think I said that the past eleven years of my career has been building up to this book. It was really, really important to me. I told Brian, listen, if there’s bad reviews — I know I can’t separate myself from my work because I feel I am my work, so I said, read the reviews first and tell me what they say.
Buccelllato: I read them all and started off saying, “Read this one, read this one.” But they were all pretty much readable.
Manapul: I read them and I was struck down because it was a dream come true to know that, based on those reviews, we were going to be able to keep telling our story. I think that’s what I was most happy about, because if it was not greeted with a good response, we probably would not be able to tell the story that we want to tell. I’m really setting this up; I really want to leave my mark on the book. I want to be a part of the big Flash legacy.
Buccelllato: We want to have a run of “The Flash” that is memorable and stands the test of time.
They also touch on their favorite Flash runs:
Manapul: For me, when I came into the Flash, I came in during the Mark Waid, Mike Wieringo era. That was my favorite. It was around the time they introduced Bart Allen and there’s a lot of really exciting stuff happening. When we found out we were writing the book, I started reading all the “Showcase” stuff to get in touch with who Barry Allen was. Those books really influenced me in terms of how we’re handling the stories.
Buccelllato: I basically followed his lead. He said read this, read that, so I read this and that!
…their favorite Rogues:
Manapul: I love Captain Cold. To me, he is a real badass! And I think you’re going to see that, once we start our second arc. I also like characters like the Pied Piper, but our take on him is going to be different, he’s — well, I don’t want to reveal anything! But it’s going to be fun, because what you are going to see is, rather than a reintroduction of the Rogues, you’re going to see an evolution of them.
Buccelllato: For me, I think Captain Cold, of course, but I also love Gorilla Grodd a lot. I think it has to do with my love of “Planet Of The Apes!” [Laughs]
…and the status of one Wallace West (CBR notes that they followed up on the below with DC Comics, who said they had no plans for West at this time):
Finally, Brian, when I spoke with you at the DC Comics red carpet party, you mentioned that I should bring up Wally West. So…Wally West?
Manapul: [Laughs] The pitch is on Dan [Didio’s] desk. Let’s see if he finds it! That’s really all there is to say!
Be sure to head over to Comic Book Resources to catch the rest of the interview, and pick up Flash #2, out today!

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Medicare and Beneficiaries Could Save Billions If CMS Reduces Hospital Outpatient Department Payment Rates for Ambulatory Surgical Center-Approved Procedures to Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Rates
Shirley Loos, a senior auditor for the Office of Audit Services, is interviewed by Lynn Barker, audit manager in Indianapolis.
Medicare generally saves when outpatient surgical procedures that do not pose significant risk to patients are performed in an ambulatory surgical center (ASC) instead of an outpatient department. Medicare saved almost $7 billion during calendar years (CYs) 2007 through 2011 and could potentially save $12 billion from CYs 2012 through 2017 because ASC rates are frequently lower than outpatient department rates for surgical procedures. In addition, Medicare could generate savings of as much as $15 billion for CYs 2012 through 2017 if CMS reduces outpatient department payment rates for ASC-approved procedures to ASC payment levels for procedures performed on beneficiaries with low-risk and no-risk clinical needs.
Beneficiaries would also save through reduced cost sharing. Beneficiaries saved approximately $2 billion during CYs 2007 through 2011 and could potentially save an additional $3 billion for the next 6 years because the ASC rates are frequently lower than outpatient department rates. In addition, beneficiaries could potentially save as much as $2 billion to $4 billion more during the 6 years through CY 2017 if CMS reduces outpatient department payment rates for ASC-approved procedures to ASC payment levels.
We recognize that not all procedures can be performed in an ASC because a procedure might pose a significant safety risk to the patient. To account for this, we obtained patient-risk statistics from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The risk statistics showed that 33 percent of hospital patients 65 and older were considered to have no-risk medical profiles and an additional 35 percent were considered to be at low risk for procedures performed at an ASC. In total, 68 percent of patients had either low- or no-risk medical profiles.
We recommended that CMS (1) seek legislation that would exempt the reduced expenditures as a result of lower outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) payment rates from budget neutrality adjustments for ASC-approved procedures, (2) reduce OPPS payment rates for ASC-approved procedures on beneficiaries with no-risk or low-risk clinical needs in outpatient departments, and then (3) develop and implement a payment strategy in which outpatient departments would continue to receive the standard OPPS payment rate for ASC-approved procedures that must be provided in an outpatient department because of a beneficiary's individual clinical needs. CMS did not concur with our recommendations.
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Laura Marling — English Musician born on February 01, 1990,
Laura Beatrice Marling is an English folk singer-songwriter and musician from Eversley, Hampshire. Her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim, her second album I Speak Because I Can, and her fourth album Once I Was An Eagle were all nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2008, 2010, and 2013, respectively. She won the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2011 Brit Awards, and was nominated for the same award at the 2012 and 2014 Brit Awards... (wikipedia)
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The Town of Southern Pines agreed at its March 22 Work Session meeting to approve the four-phase planned development for Rickhouse Properties’ American Whiskey Company off U.S. Hwy 1 at 175 Yadkin Road as seen on this map.
The property is 15.4 acres, and four acres are allocated for development.
The approval allows for the 50-foot building height stipulation for the still roof column. The approval does not include parking space details which will be provided by the applicant with the preliminary development submission.
The development qualified for the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Brownfield Program due to a 1970s solvent spill. The EPA assists with funding in assessment and revitalization of the land use.
According to applicant Jessica Halling, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) hired a private engineering group, Hart & Hickman, to assess the safety, and their report will relay remediation needs.
“… already know likely outcome, at most, is a vapor barrier at Rickhouses B and C,” Halling said at the town’s last meeting. Rickhouses are storage areas for aging distilled spirits.
Halling said American Whiskey Company does not plan on offering a huge menu, but enough for people to feel safe while tasting spirits, and the company will be suitable for hosting private gatherings where people can bring their own chefs.
“Brad and I are grateful for the overwhelming support from the Town of Southern Pines and from the local community across Moore County,” Halling said in an email to Sandhills Sentinel. “Given the local coverage of some of our due diligence planning along with the community’s response, we feel the community has now joined alongside of us on this journey!
“We look forward to advancing our plan to create a cool and meaningful environment at the distillery, one that is attractive to our multi-generational local and tourist community. Importantly, we look forward to offering a delicious array of classic and on trend super-premium spirits for the community to enjoy.”
Brad Halling is a retired special forces soldier who currently trains soldiers on Fort Bragg. He is also a certified prosthetist by trade, having earned a prosthetics degree after retiring from the U.S. Army.
Jessica Halling recently retired as the staff judge advocate, or senior legal advisor, at the U.S. Army Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg. She currently practices law in Moore and Cumberland Counties.
American Whiskey Company is projected to be completed within 24 months of the issuance of building permits.
In other meeting business, the town voted to include the Village of Pinehurst in its interlocal building inspections providing service as needed.
At the April 13 meeting, the town will consider reducing the speed limit in Talamore County Club’s Highland View Drive and Talamore Drive from 35 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour. The Talamore Westmore HOA residents presented 108 signatures, which is over 75% of the residents. Speed studies by the Southern Pines Police Department had not shown a prevalence of extreme speeds except with a violation at 2 a.m.
The roads serve as access to the clubhouse, and there are a lot of individuals who cut through, and a planned increase in housing is expected to congest the area near the clubhouse.
“And at the end of that street, there’s a lot of rentals, and so people are not as cognizant of the speed limit as maybe they should be,” Mayor Carol Haney said.
Feature photo of the rendering of American Whiskey Company provided by Architect Tag Galyean.
~Written by Sandhills Sentinel Reporter Stephanie M. Sellers.

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The famed Canadian production duo joined TheUntz.com in the Electric Glen, the inaugural music and technology zone at this year's Electric Forest Festival in Rothbury, MI June 26-29.
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Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, nationally know Positive Psychologist, is the creator of The Enchanted Self,® a systematic way of helping to bring more joy, meaning, and purpose into our lives.
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This week, I highlight a group of foodies with a monthly recipe challenge. Their monthly challenge is a twist on a Donna Hay’s recipe. You can vote for the winner. The winner will select next month’s challenge recipe. I featured these two for their awesome food presentation.
+ Rebecca of So Long and Thanks for all the Food deconstructed the recipe for a picnic. Her take was that all the ingredients could become a spread to eat outside with crackers. She put the three different preparations in small bottles. Then, place the bottles in a basket with the black charcoal crackers. Superb idea!
+ Barbara of Winos and Foodies made a lovely presentation that would be great for a shower and a Sunday brunch.
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Nice food presentation for pea and mint soup in a Donna Hay’s recipe challenge featuring @winosandfoodies http://bit.ly/cendXg
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Thank you for sharing!!
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text: Known as the mother of all festivals in the Philippines, the Sinulog , celebrated subsequent to 1980 is one of the most loved festival in the country it tells a connection of the nation’s embrace of Christianity, It additionally showcases the rich and creative culture of Cebu and each Filipino as it reminds us of significant events that happened in the past and together preserving it for the coming generations. Thousands of individuals unite in the city of Cebu to watch and partake in the yearly parade commending the Filipino individuals’ pagan origin, and their acceptance to Christianity. Sinulog is not just a Cebuano celebration but every Filipino community too, infact neighboring provinces from Visayas and Mindanao join this fruitful celebration. Sinulog is that it is that one time of the year when each ethnicity and society that makes up Cebu and other neighboring provinces tell their communities legacy with different interpretations through music and dancing.Each and every contingent rose to the challenge. Festival tribes conveyed amazing and persuading presentations. Lanao Del Norte Emerged as Champion for the free-interpreations category Lanao del Norte joined the Sinulog Grand Parade since 2009 but it has yet to win in the free-interpretation category. However, this has not discomposed the group still they keep on joing every year, this year they performed their triumphant piece ‘Sagayan’, a Maranao war dance performed to avoid abhorrent spirits. A modernized form of the Darangen, a Maranao epic story, delineating two warring groups that were in the end accommodated and united by Bai-A-Labi who succeeded in bringing enduring peace. Culturang Placereno Dance Troupe of Placer, Masbate wins Sinulog based category winning their third straight grand prize Kulturang Placereno emerged for their unexpected production, the imaginativeness, innovativeness and level of execution was superb. The choreography began with an emotional approach and a theatrical feel, they performed a “peryahan” carnival theme a story of a mother losing her sight too his child and later, saw a kid, wearing red depicting the Sto. Niño, who demonstrated her where her child was and they were united together. It went all well and the utilization of twinkling LED lights was an advancement to their props this year, it were set in the right places and viably and effectivly satisfying to the eyesSinulog gives us delightful recollections it helps us to remember all the immense individuals, our religion, the triumphs, the loses and essentially our history it help us to respect the past and show us lessons as well. So celebrations are to be praised with peace, bliss and euphoria. It just demonstrates that Filipino society is still celebrated and that the Filipino individuals unite together as one country.


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Lauren Marshall, sixth former at The Purcell School and principal composer at the National Youth Orchestra (NYO), has been commissioned to write an original piece for The Morgan Stanley Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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We strongly condemn the barbaric attack that took place on the 16/12/14 in Peshawar Pakistan and the incident in Sydney Australia.
The Taliban militants and these self-styled militants do not represent secular Islam and wider Muslim community distances itself from these insane individuals.
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9-1-1 Tonight “Performance Anxiety”
The 118 race to the rescue at emergencies at a commercial bakery and a bodybuilding competition; Bobby’s annual performance reviews sends Chimney to the firefighter academy where he runs into a familiar face; Eddie’s aunt gets involved in his personal life; Maddie helps a nervous teen suffering a panic attack.
Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear reimagine the procedural drama with “9-1-1.” The series explores the high-pressure experiences of first responders — including police officers, firefighters and dispatchers — who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives. The show draws from real-life, high-pressure experiences of first responders who regularly face heart-stopping situations that are often unpredictable, intense and uplifting at the same time.
“9-1-1” Stars Angela Bassett (Athena Grant), Peter Krause (Bobby Nash), Oliver Stark (Evan “Buck” Buckley), Aisha Hinds (Hennrietta “Hen” Wilson), Kenneth Choi (Howie “Chimney” Han), Jennifer Love Hewitt (Maddie Kendall), Ryan Guzman (Eddie Diaz), Corinne Massiah (May Grant), Marcanthonee Reis (Harry Grant), Gavin McHugh (Christopher Diaz)
The series was developed by Ryan Murphy


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A book for the youth and militant activists
Youth activist, Job Amupanda, launched his book Truth is Truth at the beginning of December, at the National Arts Gallery, in Windhoek, where more than 600 people attended. The book launched is dedicated to the youth and militant activists.
Amupanda said to the Economist that the major motivation to write Truth is Truth is his quest for consciousness and revolutionary morality.
“I am captivated by a burning desire to orientate and re-orientate black people in general and the youth in general about the collective interests, knowledge of self and confidence of self,” stated Amupanda.
He continued and said that this is to be done by seriously providing information and inspiration and that is what Truth is Truth is all about. He revealed that the book is the ‘panga’, machete, spear and hammer of the youth and militant activists to fight against all forms of oppression. “It is meant for those ready to take on the system, and my biggest hope is to convert them into militant and radical activists who speak truth to power and wage new struggles towards social justice and economic freedom,” he said.
He told the Economist that the conceptual framework of the book was done in 2013 and that it took four months to write and plans on writing many more books. Up to a thousand copies have been printed and have already been sold out.


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The first observation is that I see the two devices more as one connected system than ever before. I think this has to do with the screen parity. I’ll write something on my iPhone and push it to my iPad. I might sketch something on my iPad and send it my iPhone.
My iPad and iPhone feel like more of a “pair” now, too. I realized this when about a week and a half ago I started being bugged by the fact that my iPad and iPhone’s Home screens didn’t match. For two years they’ve never matched, but until now I never noticed or cared.


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On the occasion of the 70th birthday of China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), the School of Juris Master successfully held the “International Conference on Foreign-related Legal Talent Cultivation” on May 17 and 18. Following COVID-19 protocol, the conference was held online. The conference was held in Chinese and English. The five sessions of the conference were as follows: Objectives and Functions of Foreign-related Legal Talent Cultivation, Models and Innovation of Foreign-related Legal Talent Cultivation, Comparison and Reference of Internationalizing Legal Education, Education and Cultivation of Foreign-related Lawyers, and Students Session on the Foreign-related Legal Talent Cultivation. The participants shared their views and insights on the objectives, models, and innovation of cultivating foreign-related legal talents.
Xu Shenjian, Dean of the School of Juris Master, presided over the opening ceremony. Ma Huaide, CUPL President, as well as Han, Ki Jeong, Chairman of the Association of Korea Law Universities and Dean of the School of Law of Seoul National University, delivered speeches. CUPL Vice President Chang Baoguo delivered a speech at the session for Education and Cultivation of Foreign-related Lawyers. Liang Min, Vice Dean of the School of Juris Master, presided over the closing ceremony. CUPL Vice President Shi Jianzhong made a closing speech. Xu Shenjian summarized the event. More than 100 people attended the conference online, including experts and scholars from well-known universities at home and abroad as well as representatives of industrial insiders.


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Severe mental illness in prisonersBMJ 1998; 317 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.317.7165.1025 (Published 17 October 1998) Cite this as: BMJ 1998;317:1025
A persistent problem that needs a concerted and long term response
- Tom Fryers, Professor,
- Traolach Brugha, Senior lecturer,
- Adrian Grounds, Lecturer and consultant forensic psychiatrist,
- David Melzer, Clinical senior research associate
- Section of Social and Epidemiological Psychiatry, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW
- Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 9DT
- Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge., Cambridge CB2 2SR
It will surprise few that mental health problems are common in people in prison, especially those on remand. 1 2 But in the light of the longstanding policy consensus that people with severe mental illness should be cared for in health and social services, the results of a recent national survey of mental disorders in prisons are still a shocking indication of inappropriate and inadequate psychiatric care on a huge scale.
The survey, funded by the Department of Health,3 was based on semistructured clinical interviews and is the latest in the important series of studies of psychiatric epidemiology in Great Britain carried out by the Office for National Statistics.4 Its most dramatic finding is the high rate of functional psychosis: 7% of sentenced men, 10% of men on remand, and 14% of women in both categories were assessed as having a psychotic illness within the past year. Although methodological differences render comparisons with previous studies of prisoners difficult, the key comparative figure is 0.4% for adults in the general population.4People with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance abuse pose a special problem, also a current concern in the United States. …
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Eurovision icons Jedward have replaced Daniel O'Donnell as the faces of a new major ad campaign.
Many will remember the Donegal crooner's legendary Registered Gas Installer ad, which saw the star lose the love of a superfan after he tried to fix her gas boiler.
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Now, John and Edward feature in the new ad which sees the twins fall out after one of them suggests using a 'handyman' to fix their boiler, instead of a 'registered gas installer.'
Taking to social media to tease the campaign, fans of the duo were concerned a break-up was on the horizon, as they began using the hashtag #Jexit.
Thankfully, it was all a publicity stunt, with the new campaign including comedic TV, radio, digital and social ads.
The ad sees the much-loved duo almost split up when John suggests getting a handyman to fix their broken gas boiler. However, Edward knows what they really need to get the hot water working again is a Registered Gas Installer.
Realising that maybe they are just too different after all, Edward dramatically departs their shared home, and leaves viewers wondering if this is the end of Jedward.
The national multi-media campaign launched this week and replaces the very successful one fronted by the legendary O’Donnell, which ran for seven years and significantly boosted awareness of the dangers of not using an accredited installer.
Speaking about how proud they are to follow in Daniel O’Donnell’s footsteps, Jedward said: 'We hope you enjoy the campaign guys and that it helps with safety Jeducation. Remember…please don’t risk it all … for installation, service, repair or removal of any gas or LPG appliance or pipework in your home, always use a Registered Gas Installer. And don’t worry, we’re not breaking up. #BrosForLife.'
The campaign aims to highlight the necessity of using an RGI (Register Gas Installer) for any gas works in your home. It is run by Gas Networks Ireland on behalf of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). The premise of the new campaign is simple: you should never use a handyman or anyone who isn’t an RGI to carry out any gas work, including installation, servicing, maintenance or removal of any gas or LPG appliance or pipework.
A nationwide list of Registered Gas Installers can be found at www.rgi.ie.


Six US soldiers were killed in three separate attacks in Iraq Nov. 5, bringing the number of deaths this year to 852—and making 2007 the deadliest year of the war for US troops. The news comes days after the military announced a steep drop in the rate of US deaths this year. In October, 38 US soldiers were killed in Iraq, the lowest monthly tally since March 2006. November’s total, if the current pace continues, would be higher, but still below the war’s average of 69 US military deaths per month. Despite the decline, US commanders acknowledged that 2007 would be far deadlier than the second-worst year, 2004, when 849 US soldiers died. (NYT, Nov. 7) The news also comes as Congress has yet again approved war funding—reported by the NY Times Nov. 7 under misleading headline “Military Bill Approved, but Without Iraq Increase.” The text reveals far greater wiggle room than the headline would indicate:
House and Senate negotiators approved a $459 billion military spending bill on Tuesday, but rejected a Republican bid to provide $70 billion more to continue fighting the war in Iraq without any restrictions.
Senior Democratic lawmakers said they would provide less money for the war, for a shorter time, with certain restrictions that are to be decided in the next few days.
Senator Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska, urged the House and Senate negotiators to provide the $70 billion for six months of combat in Iraq, money separate from the regular Defense Department budget.
Senator Robert C. Byrd, the West Virginia Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said: “This amendment would send to the president additional funding for his horrible, misguided war in Iraq without any Congressional direction that he change course. No strings attached. That would be a tragic mistake.”
“No more blank checks for war funding,” Mr. Byrd declared.
Oh no? Wait for the fine print…
The new Democratic leaders of Congress have repeatedly been stymied in their efforts to bring troops back from Iraq or to force a change in President Bush’s war policies. But the Democrats made clear on Tuesday that they would try again to change course by using the power of the purse — what James Madison called “the most complete and effectual weapon with which any constitution can arm the immediate representatives of the people.”
Yes, except the Democrats are completely unwilling to use it, appearances notwithstanding…
Representative John P. Murtha, Democrat of Pennsylvania and chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, said: “The public wants this war over with. Many Democrats were elected because they said this war ought to end.”
Mr. Murtha said he and Mr. Byrd would recommend “goals or timelines” for curtailing American military operations in Iraq.
Um, excuse us, but didn’t the Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007, passed in the spring, already impose “benchmarks”? Is there some subtle distinction between “goals or timelines” and “benchmarks”? And under the existing legislation, Iraq’s penalty for failing to meet “benchmarks” is not a US withdrawal—but a cut-off of reconstruction aid! Don’t you think the Times should wait to see the small print before jumping to conclusions?
“Our goal,” he said, “would be to get everybody out” by the end of next year.
“Would be”? Conditional on what? A stable client state securely in power in Baghdad? How likely is that? And meanwhile the US-funded carnage is to continue for at least another full year…
Mr. Byrd said he had drafted legislative language that would send “a clear message to the president that we must transition the mission in Iraq to encourage Iraqis to take a much greater role in securing their future.”
Right, as if Bush would like anything better than to secure a reliable client state in Iraq. As long as the argument is framed in these problematic terms, US troops will be in Iraq indefinitely…


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This is not the first time Jonas has performed on SNL. His first appearance was in 2009 with The Jonas Brothers and subsequently in 2016, performing "Close" ft. Tove Lo and "Champagne Problems." The singer has never hosted SNL before, but after this upcoming Saturday, he'll be able to say he has.
Jonas seems beyond excited for this new opportunity. As his Instagram's caption reads, it is indeed "a dream come true."
But surprises don't end here. Jonas announced last Saturday that his new song "Spaceman" is coming February 25th, precisely two days before his SNL performance and host-debut.
There's only one thing to do at this point: mark our calendars and stare at the dates February 25th and 27th. As they say, the longer the wait, the greater the pleasure.


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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Wednesday that Israel has been accepted as a full member of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The move was first announced in December.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman represented Israel at the ceremony held at the CERN Globe of Science and Innovation in Geneva, at the end of which the Israeli flag was added to the line of flags representing the member states of the organization.
Liberman said that it was a source of great pride for him to see the Israeli flag raised, symbolizing Israel's participation in the forefront of world science and progress.
He added that the admission of Israel as a full member of the organization is a recognition of the high level and quality of scientific research in Israel and its contribution to the welfare of the human race.
Liberman also noted also that Israel's admission to the research center is the culmination of years of diplomatic efforts via the Foreign Ministry. Israel is the 21st member state of CERN, the only country outside Europe to have achieved full membership, and the first new member country since 1999.
Israeli officials are optimistic about full membership in the organization, despite the European boycott of Jewish products from Judea and Samaria.
After the Knesset approved the diplomatic status of scientists working at CERN in November, Deputy Foreign Minister Ze’ev Elkin stated that Israel's membership in CERN "is further proof that Europe wants to work with us" and that "as long as there is no politicization and that cooperation between Israel and Europe will continue."
The way was paved for Israel's membership in the group when the Knesset passed a law that gives Israeli scientists working at CERN the same rights as diplomats, a status required by the CERN bylaws. CERN requires scientists to have diplomatic status, according to the organization, in order to ensure that governments do not interfere with the group's research.
The scientists also received an exemption from paying income tax. In addition, Israel pledged to pay an annual membership fee of $13 million.
CERN is the world's largest particle physics laboratory. It made headlines in 2012 when it discovered the so-called "God particle," or the Higgs boson.