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Notes on Filipino architecture
IN 1911 a slim volume titled, ‘‘Studies in Philippine Architecture,’’ by Marilla Maria Norton was published. Since Manila at the time had not yet been devastated by war and consumed by greed, it was possible for the author to actually see and take notes of the built heritage that constituted the origins of the city.
Norton cites three structures at the corner of Victoria and Magallanes in Intramuros. The first was of indistinguishable architectural style; the second was what she describes as Spanish-Renaissance with wide arches; and the third designed by Otillo Arellano (Juan was in Philadelphia studying sculpture and architecture) was "in modern adapted style of Assyrian." Letran was described as "wonderful" with "bulging incipient pillars," and traces of Roman influence were evident in Calles Palacio and Muralla near the Parian Gate that housed a carriage shop and a livery stable.
The widow of one of the Tuason brothers engaged in construction was living in Intramuros in a rented house thought to have been a convent at one time and owned by a Señor Enriquez. It was built "of wood combined with stone, although its date must be some centuries back."
You ascended stairs into a caida (landing) so vast that it was used as both an entrance hall and a dining room containing "two buffets, marvels of European art, and cabinets and china closets, two tables which would seat, either one, forty people." The large space was varied by the use of a small railing at one end and Chinese screens creating three immense rooms. "On the walls, among many pictures, are the coats of arms of the Tuason and Valdes families, names built into the city by industry, brains and wealth, as well as distinction, for generations."
The caida overlooked a courtyard housing "stables, carriage house, garage with half a dozen machines, terraces, servants’ quarters, bodegas, with noble archways and latticed windows, with on one side a wall rising to some formidable height, all as generous in scale as the home of a feudal lord." Eight or nine rooms led off the caida, one of which was furnished in "pure Louis XV" with delicate gilded tapestry-upholstered chairs and bronzes.
The lady’s husband had also built a house in Nagtajan some 40 years earlier that had once served as the English Club, and was now occupied by Secretary Dean Worcester. At the time Nagtajan still formed part of the Tuason estates. (A certain Antonio Tuason in 1794 bought the property of the expelled Jesuits from the government composed of the whole of Sta. Mesa all the way to La Vista.)
On Calle San Pedro, off Plaza Quiapo, stood a row of houses that had "cache, flavor, genre and all the qualities which a lover of good building likes." Number 56 was "a thing of beauty, a little bit of Europe set down in our faraway land, with its sculptured windows and their dainty pilasters, its good iron work."
These houses faced the Arellano residence classified as "German-Renaissance, very pure and one of the handsomest homes architecturally in Manila."
The author considered the development of Calle San Sebastian as "comparatively recent." Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columns decorated stately façades. On this street were the residences of the Tuasons and the house of Señor Legarda (Commissioner Benito?) done in the "cortijo style" and built by the Tuason brothers.
This "cortijo" houses had an azotea in the center of the building filled with plants so that it formed a kind of conservatory for the caida whose rooms opened into it, providing protection from the dust and heat of the street by its greenery. Within the house, wide corridors separated salons and dining rooms. The azotea contained a stone cistern or aljibe (a pure Arabic word adapted into the language). The dining room overlooked "immense baronial courts" measuring some 100 feet by 70, paved with flagstones and arches forming the stables.
The Legarda house had "wide, generously proportioned rooms and the entrance with its sweep of court to the far solar behind and the garden on all sides all suggest space. The ceilings and walls with their rich ornamentation, the semi-oriental, semi-occidental taste displayed by the owner, who is at home in both, makes it a house full of interest as to detail and ensemble." What fascinated the author about the house was that it combined the contours of age with modern comforts "as well as china and bric-a-brac gathered from the far past." The house in her estimation stood "possibly second to none in the city." (It withstood both time and a world war, only to be sold by an in-law to the Manuel L. Quezon College whose trustees had it demolished and replaced by a squat "modern" style building that would be an eyesore anywhere.)
If you were interested in Filipino architecture in 1911, a study of the old houses in Intramuros was a start continued by a tour of San Nicolas and Binondo. There was a variety of carving and sculpture and tracing in wood "from the good taste of the old residences of Manila’s aristocracy in Intramuros, San Miguel, or Binondo, to the burlesque of some nouveau riche who flaunts his pesos even on his door posts, for alas we have that class even in this ancient burg."
by Bambi Harper (Research courtesy of Pio Andrade)


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Pannett Park in Whitby, Glen and Crescent Gardens in Filey and Falsgrave Park and Peasholm Park in Scarborough are now classed among the best in the UK – and that’s official.
The parks are among a record-breaking 1,582 parks and green spaces that will receive a much sought after Green Flag Award – the mark of a quality park or green space.
The award recognises and rewards the best parks and green spaces across the country.
A Green Flag flying overhead is a sign to the public that the space boasts the highest possible standards, is beautifully maintained and has excellent facilities.
Paul Thompson, Scarborough Borough Council operations, transport and countryside manager said: “We are absolutely delighted to receive a Green Flag Award once again for each of our borough’s four top parks.
“Parks and open spaces play a key role in the life of our local communities and these awards recognise and highlight that people in our borough are benefitting from green spaces of the very highest quality with the best possible facilities for all to enjoy.
“We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the friends’ groups and other volunteers that work hard all year round to help us make our parks the award winning places they are, we couldn’t do it without them.”
Paul Todd, Keep Britain Tidy International Green Flag Award Scheme manager said: “We are delighted to be celebrating another record-breaking year for the Green Flag Award scheme.
All the flags flying this year are a testament to the efforts of the thousands of men and women, both staff and volunteers, who work tirelessly to maintain the high standards demanded by the Green Flag Award.”
The announcement of this year’s award winners comes in the same week that thousands of people up and down the country are enjoying Love Parks Week an annual celebration of the country’s fantastic green spaces and the community groups that bring them to life.

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M. John Harrison Returns to Explore Life's Bleak Underbelly
January, oh cruel mistress! Dark, windy, rainy, skint. Angry faces everywhere you turn. In short, a horror of a month, filled with nothing but ‘New Year, New Me’ mendacity. When faced with such distress, there is little choice but to find a book and bury yourself in it.
This tumultuous January, my book of choice was a new release from M. John Harrison, an author described as a ‘cartographer of the liminal’. In his first collection in over 15 years, Harrison has provided a plenteous compendium of more than forty short stories in You Should Come With Me Know.
In this collection, Harrison blurs the boundaries between horror and science fiction, fantasy and travel writing, and sketches characters who exist within a tumultuous frontier which is at once spatial and spiritual. Described as ‘the master of the New Wave’, Harrison has produced an unsettling body of work that offers up disturbing visions of contemporary Britain and an eerie commentary on our political landscape. Described as slippery and subversive, these are weird stories for weird times delivered with acute exactness and self-restraint.
Harrison is the author of eleven novels (including In Viriconium, The Course of the Heart and Light), as well as four previous short story collections, two graphic novels, and collaborations with Jane Johnson, writing as Gabriel King. He won the Boardman Tasker Award for Climbers (1989), the James Tiptree Jr Award for Light (2002) and the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Nova Swing (2007). He reviews fiction for The Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement, and lives in Shropshire.
“It looked fibrous but not woven…you were afraid if you pulled any harder, they might rip something else out of him, something he couldn’t do without”
Harrison manages to weave impossible narratives into tales which seem plausible, even reasonable, whether that is the arrival of Volsie, a manifestation of psychic piles, a madman who appears and disappears without warning in Keep Smiling (With Great Minutes), or an alien invasion of the iGhetti in The Crisis. These stories, coupling moments of horror and terror with everyday banality, showcase the strength of Harrison’s writing and his ability to conjure tales which defy expectation, as well as encouraging the reader to question the human cost of relentless scientific endeavour and the possible consequences of toying with forces we cannot understand.
Harrison’s fiction is delectably rich and macabre and defies conventionRelationships are a common theme for Harrison, who studies the messy intricacies of daily life and the subtle cruelties we inflict on those we love with forensic precision: “I can’t stand mess, she would tell us, meaning, I can’t stand the mess you’ve made of my life.” This black tenderness is the background hum in many of the stories here, from the sting of betrayal and sexual jealousy in Dog People to the ghostly remnants of marital violence in Animals. The harm we cause and the pain we suffer as a result of our romantic entanglements are explored with a melancholic interest and Harrison paints these relationships with visceral, jagged brushstrokes.
Escape is also a recurrent subject, be that a man choosing to escape into his loft in Cicisbeo, the paranoia experienced when trying to disentangle from a former lover in Not All Men or a detective tasked with finding those who disappear in The Good Detective. The need to escape, to create anew is palpable in many of Harrison’s stories, and the notion of re-birth, of re-invention is explored with searing clarity in Harrison’s distinct style: “The challenge is in the ones who go missing in their own lives. There’s less to know about those people. They live inside us.”
Art, science, love, loathing, past, present and future all combine in Harrison’s tales of banality, suffering and transformation, creating a collection of work which is at once luminous and dark, compelling and peculiar. You Should Come With Me Now is a tantalisingly worrisome invitation to delve into the dark places we brush against, a murky reflection of the daily horrors we partake in and a chilling vision of the future.
If you like your fiction strange and unbridled, and are ready to explore the bleak underbelly of life then this is the collection for you. Harrison’s fiction is delectably rich and macabre and defies convention, perfect for those of you who like your reading dark and challenging.
This is a refreshingly weird collection of tales which defy classification. Harrison’s sparse yet vivid prose captures the imagination and draws readers into his disquieting vision of the world, prickling them and puncturing their comforting bubble of reality.
- You Should Come With Me Now, written by M. John Harrison, is published by Comma Press and is available now
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Centre of Redemption volunteers compile donation requests to send out to help support the organization, which began in December 2011.
The coast, military bases and highways and interstates across North Carolina are identified as the main factors in why the state continues to rank in the top 10 for human trafficking in the United States.
MaLisa Johnson, founder of the Centre of Redemption, did not believe human trafficking was an issue in Wilmington until she discussed the topic with her boyfriend, Stephen Umstead, who had been making financial donations to anti-trafficking organizations. He convinced her to look into the issue more.
She noticed a similar response to her own when speaking to area churches after establishing the organization in December 2011.
“I would say they probably heard about it and it’s hard to believe it’s happening in the U.S. and even harder to believe it’s happening in Wilmington,” Johnson said.
The faith-based organization has a toll-free number through A Safe Place, at 855-723-7529, that community members and victims can call, and also a safe house for U.S. citizens (domestics) under the age of 18. The group does not take in foreign (international) victims. The language used needs to change, Johnson said. Prostitute, the noun, needs to become prostituted, the verb.
Pam Strickland, director of the Farmville-based Eastern North Carolina Stop Human Trafficking Now, said people could help in small ways, like purchasing fair trade products.
“Fair trade means slave free, child-labor free,” Strickland said. “A lot of people won’t do that. Change is uncomfortable. This whole idea that slavery is happening today is uncomfortable. People don’t want to … know more about it so they don’t have to do anything about it.”
The majority of anti-trafficking volunteers are women.
“The whole problem with sex trafficking is created by demand, by men who want to pay to have sex with young girls,” Strickland said. “We would like to … have young men go in and talk to these boys about pornography and prostitution and how it’s linked to sex trafficking and respect for women.”
Johnson said she is in the process of creating training so volunteers could contact girls listed online on a regular basis who could be victims of sex trafficking.
“Within our community outreach initiative, one is reaching out to the community first, the hotels and motels and to all businesses to display the Safe Place sticker,” Johnson said. “And the second is our call center outreach, we will call the girls that are listed on Backpage.com, Cape Fear Escorts, Craigslist. So we will call the girls and see if there is anything we can do for them. … We could target Backpage.com and be busy enough ’cause what happens is you’re listed on Backpage.com, but that doesn’t mean you’re just only Backpage.com. You could go on Backpage.com and see a girl, click that link and it takes you to Cape Fear Escorts or any other agency.”
In September, Village Voice Media sold its 13 newspapers to Voice Media Group and retained ownership of Backpage, following public scrutiny.
“The same people still own it,” Strickland said. “If you were just to Google prostitution or sex trafficking cases in the U.S. and you start reading the case histories, over and over and over again those girls will say their pimp advertised them on Backpage.”
One positive aspect of the site is that law enforcement agencies use the adult services section to set up stings, she said.
“At least they know where it all is,” Strickland said. “I don’t think it’s enough of a reason to justify what Backpage is doing.”
The only full-time human trafficking law enforcement official in the state, Det. S. Guthrie of the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office, said he begins by treating all of the girls and women as victims. He then conducts interviews to determine whether they are victims, but his main job is training other officials.
Alexandrea Nicole Berte, a 20-year-old who moved to Wilmington in February, is facing two federal sex crime charges after being stopped by highway patrol: one for transporting individuals in interstate commerce for prostitution and one for inducing travel to engage in prostitution for a period from Sept. 1 to Sept. 25, in the eastern district of Tennessee. The other three females, ages 19, 27 and 29, respectively, who were in the vehicle, were released.
“I personally think there’s something very wrong with how this has been treated,” Strickland said. “Once a human trafficking, sex trafficking victim comes under the control of a pimp, one of the things that she will be required to do is recruit other girls. So it really bothers me, and again I’ve not talked to her and I don’t know the situation, but she’s been charged with being a trafficker when I would strongly suspect that actually she’s a victim that’s required to do that by the trafficker.”
Guthrie said the ages of sex trafficking victims vary.
“Look beyond the surface of what’s going on,” Guthrie said. “… There might be a reason she’s in that situation.”


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This year, the ‘Walking Out Of Darkness’ event in London on World Mental Health Day (Sunday 10 October 2021) is dedicated to ‘ALL’ Mental Health Charities across London and UK working with the NHS, local Public Health plus Community services to assist and support people with mental ill-health disabilities as well as people experiencing mental health distress.
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August 24, 2011 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - Now that Team Obama has gotten apparently what it wanted, the relatively finger-print free destruction of Muammar Gaddafi's brutal dictatorship, he will now have to deal with the consequences of a broken country with advanced weapons, ripe for plundering by Islamists dedicated to destruction of the West.
In April, during Congressional testimony, General Carter F. Ham, Commander of the U.S. Africa Command stated that Libya had as many as 20,000 shoulder fired SAMs which at the time posed a major threat to NATO war planes.
"...threats from Gadhafi's mobile surface-to-air missile systems have hampered efforts to use the AC-130 and A-10 aircraft for close air support for friendly ground forces. Ham said those conditions, which include as many as 20,000 shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, contributed to the stalemate..." [source, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press, General says US may consider sending troops into Libya as part of any international force, http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=13318869]
With the country now in complete turmoil and absent a significant U.S. ground presence, the possibility of corralling the shoulder fired missiles is impossible. In fact there is reason to suspect that the most advanced missiles are already in the hands of North African al-Qaeda operatives.
"...al-Qaeda's offshoot in North Africa has snatched surface-to-air missiles from an arsenal in Libya during the civil strife there, Chad's president said in an interview to be published March 28.
Idriss Deby Itno did not say how many were stolen, but told the African weekly Jeune Afrique that he was '100 percent sure' of his assertion.
'The Islamists of al-Qaida took advantage of the pillaging of arsenals in the rebel zone to acquire arms, including surface-to-air missiles, which were then smuggled into their sanctuaries in Tenere...'" [source, AFP, Al-Qaida Snatched Missiles in Libya: Chad President, Defense News, March, 25, 2011, http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=6060143]
If Chad's President is correct and al-Qaeda has already snatched the most lethal of Libya's weapon stockpile, then the negative repercussions accruing to Team Obama's Libyan adventure will become apparent to all in short order.
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A fighting game project featuring the various sprite comic artists on Smack Jeeves!
Coming a long way since our first attempts at the project Author Battles! Alpha will soon be released for testing.
Story: In the Mobian city North Bluerock the last few years have been full of success, and so the citizens wish to celebrate by throwing a tournament!
Many fighters are going to be present not only from around the world, but around the galaxy as well.
While it has been something the citizens of Bluerock have been planning for a long time, its seems its gonna be more amazing then they could have ever imagined!
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Poll: Obama would beat Ron Paul by just four points
If you are looking for signs of President Obama’s vulnerability, there are plenty to be found in the latest CNN poll. But one number stands out: If that hypothetical election were held tomorrow, Obama would beat Ron Paul—yeah, that Ron Paul—by just four points.
While it may be a sign that some voters are adopting an anybody-but-Obama attitude, that same poll shows Obama handily stomping candidates such as Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin.
And, truth be told, Obama still tops everyone in the GOP field with the exception of Mitt Romney, who runs even with the president. Obama would beat Rick Perry by five points, the poll said.
The CNN poll also showed that Perry’s poor debate performance Thursday has not seemed to have seriously jeopardized his status as the Republican front-runner. He holds a seven-point edge over Romney at 28%. (If Palin doesn’t run, Perry’s support jumps two more points.)
And while the survey showed Paul to be competitive with Obama in a head-to-head matchup, the libertarian-leaning Texan still didn’t crack double digits in the Republican primary. (He’s actually down six points from the last CNN poll.)
Neither could the conservative flavor of the moment, Herman Cain. The only second-tier contender who did? Newt Gingrich. Newtmentum anyone? Anyone?
More evidence, too, that Bachmann’s campaign is suffering a rapid decline, the kind that makes oxygen masks fall out of the ceiling: The Minnesota congresswoman grades out at just 4 percent, close to the margin of error, or what might be called Huntsmanville.
Yes, the former Utah governor continues to struggle in national polls. CNN has him with just 1% of the vote. One. It remains clear that while Huntsman’s candidacy remains well regarded in establishment circles, the Republican base just isn’t buying what he’s selling. His failure to launch has led to some speculation that he will fail to qualify for the GOP debate next month in Las Vegas.
As for the president, the poll has his approval rating hanging around 45%. And while CNN points out that he remains personally likable and popular, with 58% of those surveyed saying he has the “personality and leadership” qualities a president should have, that number is actually an all-time low for Obama in the CNN poll. (It was as high as 65% as recently as May 2010.)
And that mark comes despite more Americans agreeing with him on the issues than a year ago. In other words, Americans are agreeing with him more often, but liking him less. Since the poll shows that voters tend to support candidates based more on how they “feel” about them and less on whether they line up on the issues, that’s a worrisome trend for Obama.
Bachmann and Palin, by the way, do terribly in the “personality and leadership” category.
The CNN poll was conducted by ORC International from Sept. 23-25, with 1,010 adult Americans, including 447 Republicans and independents who lean toward the GOP questioned by telephone. The survey’s overall sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
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|Publication date||Apr 20, 2010|
|Filing date||Jun 14, 2005|
|Priority date||Jun 16, 2003|
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|Publication number||11152724, 152724, US 7702524 B1, US 7702524B1, US-B1-7702524, US7702524 B1, US7702524B1|
|Inventors||Vinnie Whibbs, E. Coy Irvin, Ellis W. Bullock, III|
|Original Assignee||Scheduling.Com, Inc.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (12), Non-Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (31), Classifications (12), Legal Events (6)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/478,933 filed Jun. 16, 2003, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/869,809, filed Jun. 16, 2004, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
A portion of the disclosure of this patent document, including Figures, contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.
The present invention relates to a secure, web-based, HIPAA compliant, patient file transfer system. Specifically, the invention relates to a system and method for allowing physician offices to order outpatient tests and procedures electronically and transfer patient files and insurance information to recipients (e.g., other doctors, hospitals, etc.) on the system.
One of the more significant developments in the computing industry in the last few years has been the emergence of the World Wide Web (WWW). With the Web, a computer operator, equipped with an appropriately connected computer and a software package called a browser, can explore vast amounts of information stored on computers around the world. Navigating (surfing) the Web is relatively simple, typically requiring only clicking a computer mouse to move between Web documents, even when the documents are located at separate locations.
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is a language used to provide information on the Web. HTML provides a rich lexicon and syntax for designing and creating useful hypertext and hypermedia documents. With HTML, Web designers can describe the format and content of a Web document, which may include, for example, text filed, graphics files, and multimedia files. When accessed by a client computer (i.e., the computer local to the browser), the HTML file is transmitted to the client computer over a network such as the Internet and interpreted by the browser. Other protocols and standards exist for interacting with computers on the Internet/Intranet, including .ASP for a dynamically created Web page that utilizes ActiveX scripting—usually VB Script or Jscript code. When a browser requests an ASP, the Web server generates a page with HTML code and sends it back to the browser. In addition, instead of interacting with an application or a single Web site, NET can connect the user to an array of computers and services that will exchange and combine objects and data.
Due to the new HIPAA legislation, medical practices (offices and hospitals) need a secure manner to transfer patient information to other medical facilities quickly and confidentially. Current practice is to use the telephone, fax, mail and courier. Problems associated with sending patient information to offices and medical facilities using the fax machine include the chance of sending the information to the wrong fax number, fax being illegible, not all the pages being transmitted, incomplete data, offices losing the faxes that do come through, and no “mirrored” record of delivery and receipt of the information. Problems associated with trying to schedule appointments and transferring information via the phone include no audit trail, playing phone tag and waiting on hold.
Therefore, there is a need in the art for a method by which patient files and orders can be transferred with minimized phone calls and faxes between physician offices and local hospitals, labs, and the like. There is also a need in the art for the secure transmission of patient files and orders, allowing for an audit trail that shows who, when and where opened, reviewed or acted on a file.
The present invention solves the above-stated problems in the art by providing a system and method for allowing medical offices and hospital staff to transfer patient information and files securely and confidentially within and between medical offices. By using a combination of security protocols the system converts the existing Internet into a secure information transportation medium and channel that meets HIPAA requirements for transferring patient information.
Features of the invention can be implemented in numerous ways, including as a system, a method, a computer site, or a computer readable medium. The invention preferably relies on a communications infrastructure, for example the Internet, wherein individual interaction is possible. Several embodiments of the invention are discussed below.
As a computer system, part of the invention generally includes a database and a processor unit. The processor unit operates to receive information (patient files) and to analyze the received information to generate an electronic file. The output may include print or electronic media. Part or all of the data can also be sent electronically and maintained on a web server for confidential access with typical browsers. The data may also be transmitted and viewed by other well known techniques such as email, interactive television, and the like. The computer site is preferably viewed with a client web browser as an HTML document through a web secure server communicating with an application server having a database associated therewith. The present invention is not limited to any particular platform for network (Internet, Intranet) communication and other platforms, including .ASP and .NET, etc. are contemplated herein. The system may be an Internet or other broadband computer-based networked system. The system includes an encrypted collection of electronic patient records of a plurality of persons wherein: the patient records are obtained and electronically compiled and are transmissible in whole or in part for referral purposes and for outpatient service orders. The patient records include patient demographic information, patient insurance information, patient charts, physician notes, patient test results, patient lab tests. The information for file ordering/file transfer (referrals) is transferred through a novel process for security including Start Screen, Patient Screen, Physician/Doctor Screen, and Preview/Send Screen. The patient records/file is also tagged with status information. Time stamping is provided. Summary pages are provided as a “dashboard”. Fields are defined in the system to ensure complete transmission of critical data (including but not limited to): Patient SSN, referral authorization number, specialty, patient name, patient telephone number, primary insurance, patient signature on file, insurance information reviewed, from physician, to physician, diagnosis codes.
The invention includes a network server comprising a processor and memory wherein the memory includes a plurality of patient records associated with respective patients, each record having certain specifically defined fields of information to ensure transfer of complete records during referral or lab orders.
As a method, the invention includes steps for patient referral and lab order entry. These steps utilize specific information gathering to ensure security. The method includes obtaining and compiling a patient record pertaining to a patient; electronically inputting the patient record obtained into a secure computer database containing other patient records, allowing physician access to the patient record wherein the access includes allowing the physician to make lab orders and send part of the patient information, including certain defined fields for a complete record and to send and receive referrals including certain defined fields for a complete record.
As a computer site, the invention includes windows and code devices for patient referral and lab order entry. The data entry screens are designed to be user friendly but also capture the requisite information for secure processing. Unique “dashboards” are provided for each user using the system.
As a computer readable medium containing program instructions for collecting, analyzing and generating output, an embodiment of the invention includes computer readable code devices for interacting with a user as noted above, processing that data, and generating printed or electronic media for that user.
In a specific embodiment, the invention provides a method for secure transfer of patient information from a sender to a recipient, including: (a) receiving from sender initial data regarding a patient including a predetermined set of initial data fields; (b) receiving from sender patient specific data including a predetermined set of patient specific data fields; (c) receiving from sender recipient data including a predetermined set of recipient fields; and (d) displaying said initial data, patient specific data, and recipient data for sender review; and (e) sending patient information to recipient. The predetermined set of initial data fields may include patient social security number, priority, scheduling options, referral authorization information number. The predetermined set of patient specific data fields may include last name, first name, date of birth, gender, primary insurance and phone. The predetermined set of recipient data fields may include sender, recipient, diagnosis codes, diagnosis notes. The method also includes storing patient specific data for later auto insertion by sender and by recipient. The method further includes storing of an audit trial associated with each transfer comprising date and time stamping every user access. By completing the predetermined set of data fields, a complete order or referral can be accomplished without the need for collection of further information.
A status monitor for the transfer is also automatically updated which displays current status of the transfer and authorized actions available for sender and recipient for the current status. The status monitor is displayed to both the sender and recipient. The status monitor is preferably displayed via a user interface having an interactive display program for displaying current status of the transfer and authorized actions available for sender and recipient for the current status.
The advantages of the invention are numerous. First and foremost, the invention provides for a method by which consumers can order lab tests and transfer patient files and insurance information over a secure, web-based system. A resulting advantage is the ability to convert the existing Internet infrastructure, using a combination of security protocols, into a secure medical information transportation medium and channel that meets HIPAA requirements for transferring patient information.
Other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, illustrating by way of example the principles of the invention.
All patents, patent applications, provisional applications, and publications referred to or cited herein, or from which a claim for benefit of priority has been made, are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety to the extent they are not inconsistent with the explicit teachings of this specification. The following patents are incorporated by reference: U.S. Pat. No. 6,263,330, U.S. patent application No. 2002/0016923, U.S. patent application No. 2003/0050803.
The present invention together with the above and other objects and advantages may best be understood from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention illustrated in the drawings, wherein:
It should be understood that in certain situations for reasons of computational efficiency or ease of maintenance, the ordering of the blocks of the illustrated flow charts could be rearranged or moved inside or outside of the illustrated loops by one skilled in the art. While the present invention will be described with reference to the details of the embodiments of the invention shown in the drawing, these details are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments consistent with the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numerals used throughout the drawings refer to the same or like parts.
The present invention solves the problems in the art by providing a system and method for allowing medical offices and hospital staff to transfer patient information and files securely and confidentially within and between medical offices. Preferably, the invention is operated in conjunction with an interactive web site.
The present invention generally comprises a client web interface (CWI) application for graphical user interface (GUI), maintenance (back-end) applications to support the Site, database server software and the database associated therewith, and an administrative interface, each of which will be discussed in detail below.
Memory 204 can include any type of computer memory including, without limitation, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), and storage devices that include storage media such as magnetic and/or optical disks. Memory 204 includes a computer process 210, such as web browser or web server software. A computer process includes a collection of computer instructions and data that collectively defines a task performed by the computer system 200.
Computer output devices 220 can include any type of computer output device, such as a printer 224, a cathode ray tube (CRT) 222 (alternatively called a monitor or display), a light-emitting diode (LED) display, or a liquid crystal display (LCD). CRT display 222 preferably displays the graphical and textual information of the web browser. Each of the computer output devices 220 receives from the processor 202 control signals and data and, in response to such control signals, displays the received data.
User input devices 230 can include any type of user input device such as a keyboard 232, or keypad, or a pointing device, such as an electronic mouse 234, a trackball, a lightpen, a touch-sensitive pad, a digitizing tablet, thumb wheels, or a joystick. Each of the user input devices 230 generates signals in response to physical manipulation by a user and transmits those signals through the bus 206 to the processor 202.
As previously discussed, to view a web page on client 106, the user specifies, via a URL, the location of the desired web page. The browser on client 106 then retrieves the HTML file for the specified web page, interprets the file, and displays it as a web page.
In preferred database-centric client/server architecture, the client application generally requests data and data-related services from the application server, which makes requests to the database (or the database server). The server(s) (e.g., either as part of the application server machine or a separate RDB/relational database machine) responds to the client's requests and provides access to data. Basic interaction between a client and server is known in the art. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a user at a client computer submits a request to the server for a specified action (e.g., modify preferences for custom page). The server receives the request and passes it on to a software program, preferably a CGI (Common Gateway Interface) program that resides in the server computer and processes data submitted from a client. The CGI program processes the data related to the request and dynamically generates a new HTML document and returns it to the server. The server sends the new HTML document to the client. The client then displays the HTML document for the user by using a browser program such as Netscape Navigator. Other requests may be processed or the process may terminate.
More specifically, the client components are preferably complete, stand-alone, personal computers offering a full range of power and features to run applications. The client component preferably operates under any operating system and includes communication means, input means, storage means, and display means. The user enters input commands into the computer processor through input means, which could comprise a keyboard, mouse, or both. Alternatively, the input means could comprise any device used to transfer information or commands. The display comprises a computer monitor, television, LCD, LED, or any other means to convey information to the user. In a preferred embodiment, the user interface is a graphical user interface (GUI) written for web browser applications.
The server component(s) can be a personal computer, a minicomputer, or a mainframe and offer data management (information sharing between clients), network administration, and security. The Database Server (RDBMS—Relational Database Management System) and the Application Server may be the same machine or different hosts if desired.
The present invention also envisions other computing arrangements for the client and server(s), including processing on a single machine such as a mainframe, a collection of machines, or other suitable means. The client and server machines work together to accomplish the processing of the present invention.
The database is preferably connected to the database server component and can be any device that will hold data. For example, the database can consist of any type of magnetic or optical storing device for a computer (e.g., CDROM, internal hard drive, tape drive). The database can be located remote to the server component (with access via modem or leased line) or locally to the server component.
In a preferred embodiment, the present invention operates similar to standard e-commerce sites with the exception of having the additional unique features of the invention. Preferably, the invention is operated as an interactive website with a home page and multiple sub-pages linked thereto to provide the different features of the invention. The typical operation of the website from a user's point of view will now be explained in detail with reference to the appendix, incorporated herein by reference.
An example of a preferred web-based display screen that incorporates features of the present invention is illustrated in
Initially, information is collected via a start screen, where the patient's social security number is entered for identification. Subsequent patient screen and physician screen include data such as patient demographic information, patient insurance information, patient charts, physician notes, patient test results and patient lab results.
This data is input into the system manually or directly from the screening devices. This data is analyzed in conjunction with a variety of mechanisms in order to complete a total security system. The system may utilize various algorithms, real-time learning and inference technology, profiling, pattern recognition learning algorithms, neural networks, and the like in order to meet HIPAA requirements for transferring patient information over a secure medium and channel, intended for transporting medical information.
Turning now to
In an embodiment shown in
In a preferred embodiment, the fields for step (1) include geographic market, patient social security number, priority, scheduling option, referral authorization (#, expiration date, # of visits), specialty/modality category, and pop-up questionnaire based on specialty/modality category, wherein in a preferred embodiment the following fields are required for security: patient social security number, priority, scheduling option, referral authorization #, specialty/modality category. See
In a preferred embodiment, the data fields for step (2) include last name, first name, address, day phone, evening phone, mobile phone, date of birth, gender, height, weight, primary insurance information, secondary insurance information, allergies, medications, insurance/demographics reviewed checkbox, wherein in a preferred embodiment the following fields are required for security: last name, first name, date of birth, gender, primary insurance, and one of the phone number entries. See
In a preferred embodiment, the data fields for step (3) include from doctor, to doctor/facility, diagnosis codes (ICD-9), diagnosis notes, other notes, test(s) required, physician electronic signature required check box, file upload, uploaded file description, medical necessity check, wherein in a preferred embodiment the following fields are required for security: from doctor, to doctor/facility, diagnosis codes (ICD-9), diagnosis notes. See
Finally, in a preferred embodiment, the resulting display in step (4) includes a preview of all inserted data from steps 1-3, physicians signature as well as tests requested with corresponding ICD-9 Code and the details of medical necessity if not met. See
After the software of the present invention analyzes the data, the next step in the process is to generate, preferably in real-time when available, an electronic patient file transfer system. The following information can be transferred using one example of the system: (1) Patient demographic information; (2) Patient insurance information; (3) Patient charts; (4) Physician notes; (5) Patient test results; and (6) Patient lab results.
In a preferred embodiment, the system may employ a demographic auto-load. That is, if the patient has ever been loaded into the system previously then patient demographic information can auto-fill based on, for instance, the patient's social security number. This preferred embodiment may limit use of the auto-fill feature to those users who have previously inputted information for the specific patient.
In an embodiment, the system may employ a complete security for file transfer using a variety of mechanisms, of which can include but not limited to the following: (1) System username and password for all system users; (2) Unique username and password; (3) SSL 128 bit encryption for all data transfers; (4) Unique digital certificate for each user; (5) Software firewall; (6) Hardware firewall; (7) Dedicated secure server setup; (8) For active patient file transfers—only the sender and the recipient can see the given patient file transfer specifics and associated documents; (9) For archived patient files—only the sender and the recipient can see the given patient file transfer specifics and associated documents; and (10) Electronic signature for initiating physician.
The system also includes files status as part of the referral flow as shown in
In an embodiment, Removal from the Dashboard occurs as follows: (1) Scheduled-Notified: Sender—auto-archived after 5 days, Recipient—drops from screen 1 day after making referral as “scheduled notified”; (2) Scheduled-Not Notified: Sender—manual archive, Recipient—after sender manually archives the referral; (3) Accepted: Sender—manual archive, Recipient—after sender manually archives the referral or it is auto-archived after 21 days; (4) Rejected: Sender—manual archive, Recipient—immediately after marking referral as rejected.
Additional security measures include alphanumeric password with at least 1 capital character, audit trial—detailed listing of every user who accesses the transaction, time and date stamped, auto-logout after 30 minutes of inactivity, 5 failure lockouts. Number and duration of additional security measures may be modified as appropriate and known in the art.
With respect to transactions, the transactions are unique to the specific sender and the specific recipient and can be searched as any status.
In addition, if physician approval is required by the facility, the following additional steps are included as shown in
Referring now to
The Lab Order process utilizes a novel 5 step process as shown in
In a preferred embodiment, the data fields for step (1) include patient social security number, priority, and standing order information (frequency, expiration, wherein in a preferred embodiment the following fields are required for security: patient social security number.
In a preferred embodiment, the data fields for step (2) include first name, last name, address, daytime phone, evening phone, mobile phone, date of birth, height, weight, gender, primary insurance, secondary insurance, allergies, medications, insurance reviewed checkbox, wherein in a preferred embodiment the following fields are required for security: first name, last name, date of birth, gender, primary insurance, and one of the phone numbers.
In a preferred embodiment, the data fields for step (3) include from doctor, to lab, diagnosis codes (ICD-9), search feature for ICD-9 codes, My Favorites list of ICD-9 codes, diagnosis notes, physician electronic signature required checkbox, medical necessity check, wherein in a preferred embodiment the following fields are required for security: from doctor, to lab, diagnosis codes.
In a preferred embodiment, the data for step (4) include “Favorites” test list specific to the user by CPT code, search feature for tests, favorites feature.
In a preferred embodiment, the resulting data in step (5) includes showing all inserted data steps from 1-4, physicians signature as well as tests requested with corresponding ICD-9 code and also details if medical necessity is not met.
The system also includes files status as part of the lab flow as shown in
Time stamping is also provided by the system. Time stamping (date and time) of all critical moments in the process of moving the patient file form one location to another (sent, received, accepted/rejected, most recent activity, scheduled, archived, and all correspondence between users/offices) is automatically completed in order to show an audit trail in regards to time and processing.
A Correspondence tool is also provided. The correspondence tool is a secure communication tool that allows users to post messages that only the other office can see (sender or recipient). All communication is encrypted using the security mechanisms of the system. All communication is time stamped (date and time). Appropriate party is notified via an alert on their dashboard with an “attention” icon.
The system has a number of features, including dashboard, priority, audit trial, email notification. A Dashboard is provided. The dashboard is used as the summary page in the system. The dashboard updates in real time and shows the following information: incoming patient files, outgoing patient files, patient name, patient status, from physician, to physician, date of last activity, number of correspondence messages and how many are unread, and priority of patient file transfers. The dashboard can be sorted by: patient name, patient status, from physician, to physician, or date of last activity. The system also provides a priority system. Patient file transfers can be assigned different priorities by the sender. For example, Normal and Stat. Stat is used for patient files that must be processed soon, e.g., within 72 hours. The User audit trial is provided by a system log that logs all users with a time and date stamp whenever the user accesses the file. The system also auto notifies the recipient of a patient file via email whenever a new file is sent.
In order to ensure complete transmission of critical data a pre-defined number if fields may be required to be completed in order to send patient information, for example: Patient SSN, referral authorization number, specialty, patient name, patient telephone number, primary insurance, optional patient signature on file, insurance information reviewed, from physician, to physician, diagnosis codes and notes.
Additional features or modifications to the method of the present invention are available without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, “patient signature on file” may or may not be a required field. System name and password and unique digital certificate may be optional. Terminology for statuses and fields may be modified as the need arises (e.g., changing priority Normal to priority Routine).
Referring now to
The program is preferably web based and is launched through a browser, e.g., Internet Explorer. The site address is typed and the system will prompt for a Network user name and password for security. The system's “home page” is then displayed. The Login is next (
A unique Referral Dashboard includes incoming referrals and outgoing referrals. It also includes Statuses such as SENT, RECEIVED, REJECTED, SCHEDULED (NOTIFIED), SCHEDULED (NOT NOTIFIED), ACCEPTED, ARCHIVED, and FOLLOW-UP. Other referral actions include CANCEL and CHANGE TO. After clicking the referral status link, the system takes the user to the detailed information page for that referral (
Sending a referral uses CREATE REFERRAL feature in the Main Navigation Bar. Step 1 includes inputting basic information,
The system provides a users list to search by specialty or group name. The main office administrator for the system may add, modify, and delete users. Insurance preferences may be managed with the system (
The Lab Dashboard includes the lab section of the system (
Turning now to FIGS. 3LL-3 mm, lab requests may be searched with the system by name, SSN, etc. The Lab section gives the doctor's office the ability to send lab tests(s) requests to a local lab. Usually the lab request is sent from a doctor's office to a specific lab—however sometimes the lab request is not sent to a specific lab. The doctor's office needs to have a record of the lab requests that they have sent out. After the doctor's office has received the results they can archive the lab request. The lab section solves the following problems: patients without test requisition forms showing up at the lab; calls back to the doctor's office to find out what the patient needs, receiving managing and tracking of faxed lab test requisitions from doctor's offices, continuum of care, liability issues, minimizing phone calls and faxes to lab. The lab section also provides the ability to create favorites.
A system for managing the removal of referral from the dashboard is provided. The auto-removal bases the archiving on the status with different parameters. For example, if STATUS SCHEDULED NOTIFIED then Sender—auto archive after X days (e.g., 7) and Recipient—drops from screen X days after marking referral as “Scheduled-notified”; if STATUS SCHEDULED NOT NOTIFIED then Sender—manual archive and Recipient—after sender manually archives; if STATUS ACCEPTED then Sender—manual archive and Recipient—after sender manually archives the referral or it is auto archived after X days; if REJECTED then Sender—manual archive and Recipient—immediately after marking referral as “rejected”.
The invention further includes additional features directed to geographic region/markets. While there is a national need to develop a networked system for sharing patient information, health care is often practiced on a local level. To meet these local needs, the following system describes an implementation of a local health information system as part of a national system.
On the local level, the participants in the system would most likely include: physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, labs, and patients. These participants are the same regardless of geographic location. The system of the present invention allows for all of the previously mentioned groups to share information during transfer and authentication mechanisms to limit access to appropriate parties.
All users would be tied to a geographic market. Initially, the user relationship was based upon the office that they were associated with. Associated with each office were physicians and users. For example,
Under an alternative model, a new relationship is introduced wherein all offices are tied to a geographic market as shown in
By building a system of networked geographic markets, the invention accomplishes two important tasks. First, it allows health care providers to practice medicine locally. Second, it integrates all users into a national system that allows for information sharing between providers regardless of physical location/market.
The advantages of the invention are numerous, including security, efficiency, auditability, management, and community medical network. Specifically, the invention is more secure for transferring confidential patient information than the phone/fax system since the system only allows authorized users to access the system. Furthermore, the system guides the user through the sending process and ensures that the right physician receives the patient file every time. The invention is also efficient as compared to the phone/fax method since it reduces the time users spend playing “phone tag”, waiting on hold, faxing, re-faxing documents related to transferring patient files. The invention also is better for documentation than the phone/fax method since it has automatic, mirrored audit trail system that lets both the sender and recipient know the status of the patient file at all times and documents the entire process by date and time stamping the record at each main status change and also recording and time-stamping all correspondence between offices during the process. The invention is better for managing multiple file transfers since all patient files being sent or received can be managed from a single “dashboard” that shows status on summary information on each file. Finally, the invention provides a secure community medical network for transferring files between every provider in a given market or for that matter transferring files between geographic markets.
It will be readily appreciated that the principles of the invention may apply to other computer applications, such as other mainframes, minicomputers, network servers, supercomputers, personal computers, or workstations, as well as other electronics applications. Therefore, while the discussion herein focuses on a particular application, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular hardware designs, software designs, communications protocols, performance parameters, or application-specific functions disclosed herein.
The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium is any data storage device that can store data which thereafter can be read by a computer system. Examples of computer readable medium include read-only memory, random-access memory, CD-ROMs, magnetic tape, optical data storage devices. The computer readable medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.
Based on the foregoing specification, the invention may be implemented using computer programming or engineering techniques including computer software, firmware, hardware or any combination or subset thereof. Any such resulting program, having computer-readable code means, may be embodied or provided within one or more computer-readable media, thereby making a computer program product, i.e., an article of manufacture, according to the invention. The computer readable media may be, for example, a fixed (hard) drive, diskette, optical disk, magnetic tape, semiconductor memory such as read-only memory (ROM), etc., or any transmitting/receiving medium such as the Internet or other communication network or link. The article of manufacture containing the computer code may be made and/or used by executing the code directly from one medium, by copying the code from one medium to another medium, or by transmitting the code over a network.
An apparatus for making, using or selling the invention may be one or more processing systems including, but not limited to, a central processing unit (CPU), memory, storage devices, communication links and devices, servers, I/O devices, or any sub-components of one or more processing systems, including software, firmware, hardware or any combination or subset thereof, which embody the invention as set forth in the claims.
User input may be received from the keyboard, mouse, pen, voice, touch screen, or any other means by which a human can input data to a computer, including through other programs such as application programs.
One skilled in the art of computer science will easily be able to combine the software created as described with appropriate general purpose or special purpose computer hardware to create a computer system or computer sub-system embodying the method of the invention.
It should be understood that the examples and embodiments described herein are for illustrative purposes only and that various modifications or changes in light thereof will be suggested to persons skilled in the art and are to be included within the spirit and purview of this application.
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Saturnine Games is remaking its 2011 fast-paced 2D platformer Antipole for 3DS and Wii U under the title Antipole DX.

It has completely new graphics and music, extra levels, online leaderboards, and Miiverse integration. The 3DS version will support stereoscopic 3D too.

Other than that, it'll pretty much be the same game that was released back in 2011 on DSiWare, Xbox Live Indie Games, and PC.

It has you playing as a person moving through a particularly dangerous machine facility. Luckily, they have the ability to flip gravity at the push of a button.

"Miss Shirley, ma'am, I'm NOT! And I wouldn't be if I was to marry a dozen Yankees! Tom's kind of nice. And besides, I thought I'd better not be too hard to please, for I mightn't get another chance. Tom don't drink and he don't growl because he has to work between meals, and when all's said and done I'm satisfied, Miss Shirley, ma'am."
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Hunt Royale: Epic PvP Battle Mod Hunt Royale MOD APK v1.3.6 (God mode) Features:God modeThe hunt is on! Enter the hunting grounds as one of 4 warriors and survive in combat against awesome and unique fantasy enemies!Features:- 20 characters to unlock and level up!- Unique enemies to fight- Powerful skills to use and master- Unpredictable special events- Amusing voxel-based graphicsUnlock and learn to play 20 unique characters with their own skills and abilities. Level them up as you progress, making them stronger for future matches. Try out new builds while unlocking different skills each time you play!The trick is... You not only have to survive - you have to hunt down more enemies than other players. Only with carefully considered character build and a lit of skill you will be able to achieve that.It's endless variety - endless fun! Choose between close combat, range combat, magic, brute force, good, evil and everything in between!Find your favorite character and use it in awesome combat scenarios introduced regularly in unpredictable events.

During the latest Nintendo Direct, it was announced that some classic board games including Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, and Munchkin will be getting the digital treatment on Switch. Asmodee Digital, who are responsible for absolutely loads of digital board game remakes, will be handling the ports to Switch that will also feature local multiplayer modes for each game.

The award-winning tile building game, Carcassonne, will be making its way on Switch this December along with its expansions as paid DLC. The tough co-op game, Pandemic, will be out March 2019, also getting its expansions as DLC. And the deck-builder, Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game, will available in April 2019.

The Direct also promised two other board games coming later on. Both Settlers of Catan and Munchkin will make the jump to Switch at some point in the future.

A lot of these game are already available digitally on mobile devices, but for folks that might not have a decent tablet to play them on now have the option to get them for the Switch instead - yay, more options for us!

I imagine there will be even more digital tabletop games coming to the Switch in the future, so stay tuned to Pocket Gamer for more news.

No Six Five has announced that their next game, Don Zombie, is available to pre-order now for both iOS and Android. The game is set to release on 11th March and will see players gunning down numerous zombies in some side-scrolling action.

Naturally, there's been some kind of infection that's turned most of the population into shuffling undead. There's one notable exception though, Don, a former colonel, who has made it his personal mission to kill every last zombie.

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We've been keeping an eye on Reality Clash for quite a while now, mostly out of vague curiosity over how effective an AR shooter would actually be on mobile. But we don't have to be curious much longer, as the game is finally rolling its way out across the world.

Starting in Australia, Denmark, and New Zealand, the game is now available on Android and iOS, provided you have a device which can use either ARKit on iOS or ARCore on Android. Otherwise it just straight-up wouldn't work, y'know?

Reality Clash is a bit like if Pokemon GO were about shooting people in the face - you'll need to defend real-world locations from enemies by physically looking around through your phone screen and shooting at them from afar, all while not getting shot yourself.
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The House is poised to ship to the Senate on Monday its article of impeachment charging former President Donald J. Trump with “incitement of insurrection,” formally advancing the method even because the trial itself has been delayed.
At 7 p.m., the House impeachment managers will march the cost throughout the Capitol. That is the official, if ceremonial, begin of the Senate trial course of, throughout which the managers are anticipated to make their case that Mr. Trump needs to be held accountable for his function in inciting the deadly assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6. Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland and the lead impeachment supervisor, will learn the article on the Senate ground.
Senate leaders final week struck a deal to pause the trial till the week of Feb. 8 to present the prosecution and the protection time to draft and change authorized briefs, a timetable that additionally permits President Biden time to put in members of his cupboard. Senators can be sworn in as jurors on Tuesday.
“During that period, the Senate will continue to do other business for the American people, such as cabinet nominations and the Covid relief bill, which would provide relief for millions of Americans who are suffering during this pandemic,” stated Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the bulk chief.
The looming trial has already despatched lawmakers burrowing into dueling positions, deepening the schisms in an already divided Senate. As some Republicans within the chamber, together with Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the minority chief, have grown more and more anxious that failing to distance themselves from Mr. Trump may harm the celebration for years to come back, others have made clear that they oppose even the concept of a trial and will attempt to dismiss the cost earlier than it begins.
Impeachment managers have signaled that they intend to current an easy case centered on the storming of the Capitol, which performed out in public view and left lots of the senators who will function jurors within the trial cowering for security. Representative Madeleine Dean, Democrat of Pennsylvania and one of the impeachment managers, stated on Sunday that she anticipated the trial to “go faster” than Mr. Trump’s first impeachment trial in 2020, which lasted 21 days.
“Some people would like us to turn the page: ‘Oh, let’s move on,’” Ms. Dean stated on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We must remember, I believe, that this impeachment trial, I hope conviction, ultimate disqualification, are the very first powerful steps toward unity.”
President Biden will signal an government order on Monday supposed to strengthen “Buy American” provisions that encourage the federal authorities to buy items and companies from U.S. firms, administration officers stated Sunday night.
Existing regulation already requires the federal government to contract with American firms when potential, however there are a lot of exceptions and waiver alternatives that for years have pissed off advocates for small and medium-size companies.
Previous administrations, together with that of President Donald J. Trump, have tried to clamp down on the method within the hopes of directing extra federal cash towards an American work drive that generally struggles to compete with items and companies imported from overseas.
Biden administration officers stated on Sunday that the president’s government order would go additional than earlier efforts by lowering alternatives for waivers from the Buy American necessities and by tightening requirements that might lead to fewer federal contracts being awarded to abroad firms.
But the officers acknowledged that the adjustments would take time. Mr. Biden’s government order will direct companies to re-evaluate the present Buy American procedures and will set a deadline by which they’re required to report their findings again to the White House for consideration.
An administration official who briefed reporters on Sunday night described the trouble as one geared toward bettering the financial state of affairs for Americans over the long run, after the nation emerges from the harm caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The official declined to be recognized as a result of the president had not formally introduced the coverage.
The official stated Mr. Biden’s order would create a place on the Office of Management and Budget, which is a part of the White House, to supervise the revisions to the Buy American necessities. He stated such oversight would “bring more accountability” to the method.
He stated the order would additionally require a overview of the waiver course of that grants firms exemptions from the provisions. And he stated it will study the way in which by which an organization’s “domestic content” is measured within the hopes of closing loopholes that firms use to assert that their items and companies are made in America.
With the House poised to transmit the article of impeachment to the Senate on Monday, Republicans are discovering themselves in dueling positions over the approaching trial of former President Donald J. Trump.
Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, the only Republican who voted to convict Mr. Trump in his first impeachment trial, stated on Sunday that he believed the previous president had dedicated an impeachable offense, and that the trouble to strive him even after he left workplace was constitutional.
“I believe that what is being alleged and what we saw, which is incitement to insurrection, is an impeachable offense,” Mr. Romney stated on “State of the Union” on CNN. “If not, what is?”
But whilst Mr. Romney signaled his openness to convicting Mr. Trump, different Senate Republicans made clear that they opposed even the concept of a trial and would attempt to dismiss the cost earlier than it started. Taken collectively, the feedback underscored the rift that the riot on the Capitol on Jan. 6 and the following fallout have created within the Republican convention, as senators weighed whether or not they would pay a steeper political worth for breaking with the previous president or for failing to.
Some Senate Republicans, together with Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the minority chief, have grown more and more anxious that if they don’t intervene to distance themselves from Mr. Trump, their ties to the previous president may damage the celebration’s political fortunes for years. Others, skirting the query of whether or not Mr. Trump dedicated an impeachable offense, have argued that holding a Senate trial for a president who has already left workplace can be unconstitutional, and would additional divide the nation.
Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, referred to as holding a trial “stupid” and “counterproductive,” likening it to “taking a bunch of gasoline and pouring it on top of the fire.”
“The first chance I get to vote to end this trial,” he stated, “I’ll do it because I think it’s really bad for America.”
Asked if he thought Mr. Trump had dedicated an impeachable offense, Senator Mike Rounds, Republican of South Dakota, referred to as it “a moot point” and argued that pursuing an impeachment trial towards a former president can be each unconstitutional and a waste of time.
Mr. Romney, citing each the Capitol riot and an hourlong call Mr. Trump placed to the Georgia secretary of state pressuring him to overturn the election outcomes, stated the allegations already within the article of impeachment “themselves are of a sufficient nature that the American people are outraged.”
President Biden is reversing his predecessor’s ban on transgender troops serving within the navy, an administration official stated Monday, transferring forcefully right into a social challenge that has tangled the Pentagon over the previous 5 years.
The official stated that Mr. Biden may announce the transfer as early as Monday, when he meets with Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III and General Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the White House.
The transfer was anticipated, as Mr. Biden indicated in November that he would work to revive Obama-era protections for transgender folks, which had been reversed by former President Donald J. Trump.
But the swiftness signaled a willingness by the brand new Biden administration to place its personal stamp on Defense Department social points. It follows an announcement from Mr. Austin on Saturday that he was ordering up a overview of how the Pentagon has been dealing with sexual assault points.
Mr. Biden and the Defense Department management will even must wrestle with a looking on race that’s dealing with the Pentagon, the place officers have needed to confront a stark reality: shut to at least one in 5 of the protesters who’ve been arrested for breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6 — lots of them with hyperlinks to white supremacist organizations — have ties to the American navy.
On the transgender challenge, advocacy teams which have been combating the ban because it was introduced three years in the past — in a tweet from Mr. Trump — have argued that the Pentagon doesn’t have to spend months learning how one can enable transgender folks to serve as a result of it had already achieved so. One such group, the Palm Center, stated in a coverage memo final summer time that the navy may reopen to transgender folks quickly if ordered to take action.
“A big ship can take time to turn around, so often the Pentagon needs to study policy changes and move cautiously,” Aaron Belkin, the director of the Palm Center, stated final July in an interview. “But this is the rare case where, since the military left inclusive policy for already-serving transgender personnel in place even as it implemented its ban, the switch is just waiting to be flipped.”
The Trump ban had basically ended an Obama administration initiative to permit transgender troops to serve brazenly within the navy.
In his first 48 hours in workplace, President Biden sought to venture an optimistic message about returning the nation’s many homebound college students to school rooms. “We can teach our children in safe schools,” he vowed in his inaugural deal with.
The following day, Mr. Biden signed an government order promising to throw the power of the federal authorities behind an effort to “reopen school doors as quickly as possible.”
But with about half of American college students nonetheless studying just about because the pandemic nears its first anniversary, the president’s push is way from sure to succeed. His plan is rolling out simply as local battles over reopening have, if something, grow to be extra pitched in latest weeks.
Teachers are unsure about when they are going to be vaccinated. With alarming case counts throughout the nation and new variants of the coronavirus rising, unions are combating efforts to return their members to crowded hallways.
The Chicago Teachers Union informed members to defy orders to return to the classroom on Monday and to start working remotely. The academics say the district has not achieved sufficient to maintain college students and academics secure throughout the pandemic. Students are supposed to come back again to school rooms on Feb. 1.
Given the seemingly intractable well being and labor challenges, some district officers have begun to say out loud what was beforehand unthinkable: that colleges is probably not working usually for the 2021-22 college yr. And some labor leaders are looking for to tamp down the expectations Mr. Biden’s phrases have raised.
“We don’t know whether a vaccine stops transmissibility,” stated Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, the nation’s second-largest academics union.
Some virus specialists, nonetheless, have stated there may be reason to be optimistic on this query.
Ms. Weingarten stated a key to returning academics to school rooms within the coming months can be guarantees to permit these with well being circumstances, or whose members of the family have compromised immune programs, to proceed to work remotely; the gathering of centralized knowledge on the variety of coronavirus circumstances in particular colleges; and assurances from districts that they might shut down colleges when circumstances happen.
Fights over these very calls for have slowed and sophisticated reopenings throughout the nation.
Mr. Biden’s government order directs federal companies to create nationwide college reopening pointers, to help virus contact tracing in colleges and to gather knowledge measuring the affect of the pandemic on college students. The White House can also be pushing a stimulus bundle that would offer $130 billion to varsities for prices reminiscent of virus testing, upgrading air flow programs and hiring workers members.
Research has pointed to the potential to function colleges safely earlier than academics and college students are vaccinated, so long as practices like masks sporting are adhered to, and particularly when group transmission and hospitalization charges are managed.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as a White House press secretary below former President Donald J. Trump, introduced her candidacy for governor of Arkansas on Monday, operating for a seat her father, Mike Huckabee, as soon as held.
Ms. Sanders is seen as the popular candidate of Mr. Trump for the election in 2022, and her candidacy will serve, to some extent, as a take a look at of Mr. Trump’s remaining power within the Republican Party. The celebration has discovered itself divided after the tumultuous last weeks of Mr. Trump’s presidency, his false claims of widespread voter fraud and his function in igniting a riot by his supporters on the Capitol on Jan. 6.
She introduced her run in a video posted on her web site Monday morning.


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Much of the media is taken up with how close vaccines are to bringing the Covid-19 pandemic to a close. But how about a vaccine against the blizzard of fake news and misinformation? Some social science researchers have experimented with “cognitive vaccines” but, says an article in PNAS, “researchers have found that this is not as simple as providing people with correct information and hoping it will supplant false beliefs”.
One disturbing feature of the fight against fake news which has become more evident after years of fierce debates over climate change, US election results and Covid is that a good grasp of science does not necessarily inoculate people against it.
In a recent article in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found that the mantra “trust the science” does not work. Paradoxically, they found that people who trusted science could be more vulnerable to being duped:
We identify two critical determinants of vulnerability to pseudoscience. First, participants who trust science are more likely to believe and disseminate false claims that contain scientific references than false claims that do not.
Second, reminding participants of the value of critical evaluation reduces belief in false claims, whereas reminders of the value of trusting science do not. We conclude that trust in science, although desirable in many ways, makes people vulnerable to pseudoscience.
They conclude that public officials need to urge people to be curious and critical.
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Armenians highly appreciate EU’s role in ongoing reforms – survey shows
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 1, ARMENPRESS. Citizens of Armenia highly appreciate the role of the European Union in the ongoing economic and political reforms in Armenia, according to a survey.
Stepan Grigoryan, President of the Analytical Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation presented results of a survey conducted jointly with the National Foundation of Democracy.
“Despite the fact that the Armenian velvet revolution didn’t have a geopolitical orientation, the positive mood of Armenians towards the EU is associated with the fact that during the independence years the EU has been quite active here, the EU and European countries are providing the Armenian civil society with serious assistance,” Grigoryan said.
The goal of the poll was to study the attitude of Armenian citizens towards international organizations such as the EU, the EEU, CSTO and NATO.
Comparing to surveys of previous years, Grigoryan noted that the new results show that the stance of Armenians for Russia has become more positive.
“If in 2017 only 25,67% of respondents were saying that Russia is ensuring Armenia’s security, then already in 2018 this number grew and reached 30,28%. If in 2017 only 40,11% of respondents positively assessed Russia’s role in the NK conflict settlement talks, then in 2018 this number grew more than 8%,” he said.
According to Grigoryan, confidence of Armenians for the CSTO and the EEU has grown.
The survey shows that an idea of a multi-vector foreign policy is dominating, therefore the majority of the respondents also have trust for NATO. “Just like in 2017, in 2018 the number of citizens who partly associate the peaceful settlement of the NK conflict with close cooperation with the EU and NATO is also rather high,” he said.
The survey was conducted in six Armenian cities – Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Martuni, Vayk and Yeghegnadzor.
The survey was conducted anonymously among 796 people using questionnaires during August-September 2018.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan