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Rockville, MD – Insurance Associates/MMA and the Selective Insurance Group Foundation partnered to support the efforts of Patriot Point through a $1,000 grant. Patriot Point was selected by Insurance Associates/MMA for the grant as part of the Selective ‘President’s Club Matching Gift’ initiative, which allows premier agents the opportunity to make an impact in the communities where they live and work by providing a donation with matching gift from the Foundation.
The President’s Club Matching Gift program is run by the Selective Insurance Group Foundation which is a philanthropic affiliate of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIGI). Together with President’s Club agencies, such as Insurance Associates/MMA, the Foundation has supported thousands of community-based and national nonprofits in regions across the country since the initiative began in 2002.
“The work that Patriot Point does to help our nation’s warriors so they can reconnect with their families, decompress after deployment, and take time to rejuvenate is vital to our community. Our service members face challenges abroad while working to maintain our safety and security so this is a way for us to give back to them” said Stephen A. Spencer, President, Insurance Associates/MMA.
The grant represents a $500 donation from Insurance Associates/MMA, matched by a $500 gift from The Selective Insurance Group Foundation. The grant will help Patriot Point’s efforts to provide a relaxing and safe environment for our nation’s wounded, ill, and injured service members to enjoy outdoor recreation activities with their families.
“Our network of President’s Club agents has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to supporting their local communities in ways that reach far beyond their insurance enterprises,” said Chuck Musilli, Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Distribution Strategies, Selective. “Together with Insurance Associates/MMA, we are proud to award a grant to Patriot Point to help further its mission in supporting our nation’s warriors.”
Now in its eighteenth year, the Selective President’s Club Matching Gift program has more than doubled in size and scale. It has grown from supporting organizations in 11 states in 2002 to reaching charities in 23 states and the District of Columbia in 2018. With the help of 94 of Selective’s top agencies, the program granted more than $45,000 to more than 100 charities in 2018. The initiative aims to support community-based organizations with a variety of missions such as civic organizations, conservation and environmental agencies, educational entities, food banks and shelters, hospitals and hospice centers, military support services and others.
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The Australian city of Perth will initiate a five-day lockdown after a security guard at a quarantine hotel tests positive for Covid-19, authorities said on Sunday.
About two million residents of the city will have to stay home as of Sunday night, as will those who live in the nearby Peel and South West regions.
A planned return of the schools on Monday will be delayed. Locals are only allowed to leave their homes to play sports, get medical care, do important work or buy groceries.
The new rules follow the first case of a community transmission in the state of Western Australia in 10 months.
“Our model is to deal with it very, very quickly and hard … so that we can get it under control and not have the virus spreading in the community like you have seen in other countries around the world,” Prime Minister said Mark McGowan.
Authorities believe the man contracted the virus from a returning traveler who was quarantined at a hotel in Australia’s fourth largest city.
The traveler is believed to have discovered a British variant of the virus which is believed to be more infectious than the Covid-19 strains previously detected in Australia.
Genomic tests are underway to determine the exact source of the man’s infection, and health officials said he may have visited more than a dozen locations while he was carrying the virus.
Cafes, bars and restaurants have been closed, visits to health facilities have been banned and weddings have been canceled.
“We are trying to have a (short) disturbance period rather than a long disturbance period and therefore some adverse health consequences,” said McGowan.
“We’re trying to destroy the virus as soon as possible.”
The restrictions are the toughest in Perth since the pandemic began, while masks became mandatory for the first time.
Western Australia kept its borders closed for most of 2020, cutting itself off from the rest of the nation but allowing the state to enjoy many months of relative normalcy.
The early lock comes three weeks after similar measures have been implemented in the eastern city of Brisbane, initiated by a hotel cleaner who hires the variant.
These restrictions were quickly lifted when it became clear that the virus had not caught on in the community.
Australia did relatively well during the pandemic, recording just over 28,800 Covid-19 cases and 909 virus-related deaths among a population of around 25 million people.
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Launch of Australia Awards Scholarships for Study in Australia in 2015
On 12 February, the Australian Ambassador, H.E. Ms Alison Burrows and H.E. Dr Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, formally launched the Australia Awards Scholarship round for 2015 at the Sofitel.
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The 99-year lease agreement between Las Vegas Sands and Nassau County to develop a $4 billion casino complex at the Nassau Coliseum site has been invalidated by Supreme Court Judge Sarika Kapoor. This decision comes after Las Vegas Sands had already paid Nassau County $241 million on 27 October 2023. The judge ruled that the Nassau County government’s approval of the lease agreement was invalid due to the failure of officials to meet open meetings and environmental laws requirements prior to entering the deal. This means that the lease agreement is now null and void, and the issue has been brought back to start, leaving the Nassau County planning officials the option to start new hearings with the local legislature and vote again to have the proposal approved.
The case was brought to court by Hofstra University, whose campus is located in the immediate vicinity of the Nassau Coliseum facility. The university opposed the casino proposal, and the Supreme Court ruling represents a big victory for them. Hofstra University president Susan Poser expressed her appreciation for the court’s ruling and the granting of reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection with several of the claims.
Hofstra University filed the lawsuit in April 2023, alleging the failure of Nassau county planning officials and legal representatives to provide sufficient information about public meetings and environmental reviews before the voting procedure. The court’s ruling has approved Hofstra’s allegations, with Poser emphasizing the public’s right to participate in decision-making about the current redevelopment plan for the Nassau Hub.
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I love-making things from The Pioneer Woman Cooks cookbook. They are always just so much fun to whip up. When I cook southern food it makes me want to start talkin’ with an accent and say stuff like, “Hun would ya pass me some of them biscuits?” Haha. I saw the picture for this recipe in the book and saw that it was cake and my mouth started to water. But then I looked at what the recipe has in it. PRUNES!!!!! Do you know what Prunes are? They are dehydrated plums! Now why would anyone do that to a poor poor pitiful plum? Tell me!!! I love eating plums, they are just sooooooooo good. And when you get to the pit and try to take off all of the fruit from it it starts to taste a bit sour. Its making my mouth water right now just thinking about it. Mmmmhmmm. If you haven’t eaten enough plums to know what it does to you, I advise you not to. I had to boil the prunes until they were able to be mashed, which seemed to take forever, or maybe I was just bored, who knows 😛 Once those were finished I started on the cake batter. I got to use allspice in this batter, which makes it smell like Christmas time. I love allspice, it just smells so beautiful. I put the mashed up prunes into the batter and stirred it all together and it did not look pretty let me tell ya. It was a yellowish batter that had bits of prune throughout it, BLECK! I threw that into the oven for about 45 minutes. This is the good part. The icing was to die for. It was like making carmel and it was heavenly smelling and tasting. It kept poofing up but she said to let it do that so I did. Before it got hard I poured it over the already done cake. It was glorious tasting. I wish I had licked the pot that I made it in before it got hard on me. I did lick the spoon though and that was pure bliss. I thought this cake would taste terrible, but it was actually really good. I did not like finding big pieces of prune in it though. My family seemed to really enjoy it so I think it’s a winner.
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This looks absolutely stunning! That colour!! So beautiful! I LOVE pistachios, they are one of my favorite nuts. They are so darn creamy and delicious. I think I even like them as much or more than pecans now and can eat a bag of them. I am so weary of avocado in desserts because I always have tasted them in the past but maybe this nutty concoction that I love so much would totally erase those fears!
I love the color. Great recipe Natalie! And yes, you are on quite the ice cream roll lately, I think you should rename your blog to Feasting on Ice Cream, hahaha! Ooooh you lucky ducky with a freezer full of Nadamoo! I seriously considered matcha with the avocado base, but pistachio is much more of an ice cream classic if you ask me. Plus, the fact that you used pretty green avocados as the base is so genius. First — how much maple syrup? Second I only found roasted and salted shelled pistachios — can I use?
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Hi Jennifer! And yes, roasted pistachios will be fine for taste and texture it will just make the color slightly more brown. Looking forward to trying it later. This turned out really yummy…I used a big FL avocado and followed the recipe except I added 2 bananas and doubled the almond extract. I ended up adding some dried cherries before freezing and that really gave it great texture! I am so happy to hear it was a success. Great idea, and the pistachio chunks sounds delicious too! Cashew butter or another nut butter would be the best substitute, or coconut cream would work as well.
Not sure what 1 cup of pistachios would amount to in grams..?? Would you be able to help please? But according to the back of the pistachio package, 1 cup is approximately g. And for the dates, 1 cup is approximately g. I hope that helps, and for this recipe in particular small variances will certainly not ruin it! One cup of pistachios feels like a truckload when you have to shell them though…. Whoa sounds absolutely lovely with the rose extract!
Haha it makes for a pretty yummy pudding too. And I feel you, my fingers were protesting too.
Although check the baking section sometimes you can find them there already de-shelled! It had great flavor, but was very icy. Even when it thawed a bit, it was still icy. I blended it, and it was still off. I put it in the food processor on a few pulses, but it was still off. Not sure what I did wrong, but I followed the recipe to the T. What kind of milk did you use? And what type of blender do you have?
I used vanilla almond milk. The milk should be fine, and as long as the blender is powerful enough to get rid of all the pistachio chunks then that should be fine too. Not enough avocado could defiantly cause a lack of creaminess next time. Hope that helps! Looking forward to trying this recipe! Kind of made me laugh when you talked about the color! Thank you.
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Hi Christina! Made it today as follows: used regular sweetened almond milk, cup Medjoul dates, 2 small avocados, grams shelled pistachios and teaspoon and half vanilla extract. Colour was really nice light green. Taste incredibly good! Thanks for the feedback Christina, I am so happy it turned out well!
Oooh that sounds so yummy, especially if you added chocolate too! I would recommend raw hazelnuts or any kind of nut for this. Hi, Thank u for the recipe. I made my own almond and cashew milk. As it is home based it has no thickner in it. Another i tried to make it less but it was very thick so i added more milk to get the consistency like ur video. That might have been a cause of a bit ice. I think next time it ll come better…. I am so happy you tried it!
That homemade nut milk combo sounds delicious. This was delicious! Also added a touch more almond extract but this was unbelievably good! I am so happy you liked it Stacy! Yep, adjusting the sweetness to your liking is always the way to go. Hi do you reckon this would work put in to ice lolly-pop moulds to make a creamy lolly?!


Can Newcastle cope with the draining European demands?
After the last campaign which has seen Newcastle qualify for Europa League football, Alan Pardew stated that he would be working really hard over the coming transfer months to bring in class European players for United to not only cope, but compete in Europe and in the Premier League.
But many clubs in the past, who have so wanted to grab those Europa League spots, have perhaps later regretted it. This comes after Stoke City had one of their most disappointment campaigns with head coach Tony Pulis admitting that his squad struggled to cope with the demands of playing a Thursday European game and flying home to play a weekend game in the Premier League.
This leaves a dilemma for the man in the Toon Army hot seat as the current transfer policy at United will not allow Pardew to sign any big names from other top European clubs. And with players like Peter Lovenkrands and Danny Guthrie departing, Newcastle’s squad is looking to be getting smaller than the way in which many of the fans would like to see.
Many pundits said that Newcastle may have got a little lucky with their results throughout the season and they had every right to express that, as with the only Fabrico Collocini and Mike Williamson being the first and only choice centre backs, United would have found it difficult if injuries had plagued their small squad.
The weaknesses of United’s back up players was exposed at points with James Perch having to fill in all over the pitch and Ryan Taylor – a natural right footed player – played left back for most of the season.
But Pardew and the Toon faithful remain strong willed that they can succeed at European level with many fans looking forward to travelling to watch their favourite Black and White team play.
Newcastle have begun to recruit European class players with Romain Amalfitano arriving on Tyneside and plenty of interest going in to French right back, Mathieu Debuchy, the Toon Army definitely keen on keeping the French connection going.
But the Newcastle fans and players will be wanting to compete in the Europa League and, as a result, Pardew will have to develop team management skills, to prevent the squad from burning out. But with quality on the doorstep of St James Park, Newcastle are beginning to get back to their best, looking for that much sought-after silverware.
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Preparation time: 15 min & 6 h freezing time
As promised here is another recipe for homemade popsicles. Instead of plums you can use any other kind of fruit such as banana, berries, oranges, grapefruit, peaches, aprictos, figs, etc.
- 200 g greek yoghurt
- 300 g plums
- half a handful chopped fresh mint
- half a lemon
- 1 tbsp Chia
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- Soak 1 tbsp of chia seeds in 200 gr of greek yoghurt & add some chopped fresh mint, lemon juice & a tiny bit of maple syrup.
- Cook 300 gr of plums with 2 tbsp of water & 2 tbsp of maple syrup until soft and red.
- Work plums through a food processor.
- Fill molds with both the plums and the chia & yoghurt mix.
- Freeze for 6 hours.


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The Chinese version of the French book, Pourquoi les Chinois ont-ils le temps, (Why Chinese People have Time) has been recently published by SDX Joint Publication Co. The author, Christine Cayol, who has lived in China for more than 20 years, shares her observations in her writing on Chinese wisdom towards "time."
In the western world, the concept of time is linear, measurable and rational, which seems to be the result of subdivision planning and accelerated extrusion since the Industrial Revolution. This view of time always reminds people of progress, improvement and efficiency.
Unlike the western "race mode," the Chinese view of time is more like a "flowing water mode." In Cayol's eyes, Chinese people treat time in a more perceptual way, and can become friends with time.
"For the Chinese, time is neither a flying arrow at the target nor an hourglass measuring quicksand, but running water," she said. "Water can devour us, but it carries us and holds us as well; it seems weak, but is strong actually, and nothing can stop it from flowing into the sea."
Cayol used to be uncomfortable with the way Chinese dealt with time when she first came to China: They never make appointments, always change the time for a meeting. However, as she became more familiar with Chinese culture, Chinese wisdom has been gradually imparted to her.
Life in China let Cayol experience the "vertical" view of time, which invites people to listen to their heart, to think and to love. Time in China seems to be perceptual, internal, beneficial and cherished. It is not a constraint, but life itself: It can be solid and fluid, fast and slow, hard and soft at the same time.
Now, Cayol likes spending five hours with friends to make dumplings or noodles. She believes it's a way to get along with each other, and no one will calculate the time it takes. Cayol also loves Chinese square dancing because people can dance together and everyone can participate. For her, square dancing is a special way to demonstrate the Chinese view of time: "Do not resist, dance with it."
"I'm not introducing a method; I just want to reveal a new perspective of time, which is completely different from that in the West. Adopting it will be just like using a foreign language — it gives us greater freedom in the modern world," Cayol said.
She hopes that Pourquoi les Chinois ont-ils le temps can be a cure for Westerners' worried hearts.
Pourquoi les Chinois ont-ils le temps also has been translated into Spanish and Dutch, and has attracted considerable attention from European society.
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The Illinois Public Health Institute, in partnership with the Michigan Public Health Institute, was recently selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to serve as the National Coordinating Office (NCO) for a new initiative to foster multi-sector information systems to improve community health - Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH).
Evaluation Specialist Jennifer Torres’ article “Expertise and Sliding Scales: Lactation Consultants, Doulas, and the Relational Work of Breastfeeding and Labor Support” has been published in the April 2015 issue of Gender & Society, the peer-reviewed journal of the Sociologists for Women in Society.
The Michigan Public Health Association (MPHA), in partnership with the Michigan Association for Local Public Health (MALPH), presented MPHI Chief Executive Officer Renée Branch Canady, Ph.D., with the “Jean Chabut Public Health Advocacy Award” in October 2014.
In August, the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, recognized the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI) and Michigan Health Council (MHC) as co-leads in organizing the Michigan Action Coalition. The Michigan Action Coalition is convened to advance the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, a collaboration created by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the AARP Foundation. The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action seeks to improve health and health care through nursing. The Campaign works with Action Coalitions in 50 states and the District of Columbia to implement the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing recommendations. The Campaign’s vision is to ensure that everyone in America can live a healthier life, supported by a system in which nurses are essential partners in providing care and promoting health. The Campaign is coordinated by the Center to Champion Nursing in America, an initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation, and RWJF. As leaders of the Michigan Action Coalition, MPHI and MHC will begin the process of bringing together nursing and non-nursing leaders in health systems, education, public policy, non-profits, and communities, to support the role of nursing as an essential piece of transforming health care and promoting health.
Analyzing the Long-Term Effects of Parental Incarceration
From 1989‐2004, Genesee County was home to Project SEEK, a study focused on children of incarcerated parents. MPHI and partners conducted a research study in 2014 to see Project SEEK’s influence…


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Perfidy is a book written by Ben Hecht in 1961. The book describes the events surrounding the 1954–1955 Kastner trial in Jerusalem.
The book is based on transcripts from the trial and concludes that in 1944 Rudolf Kastner deliberately withheld from the Jews in Hungary knowledge that the trains the Nazis were putting them on were taking them to death by the gas chamber, not to a fictitious resettlement city as the Nazis claimed and that Kastner then lied about it under oath. One of the supporting facts presented is that, in the Supreme Court appeal of the original verdict implicating Kastner, all five Supreme Court Judges upheld Judge Halevi's initial verdict on the "criminal and perjurious way" in which Kastner after the war had testified on behalf of Nazi war criminal Kurt Becher. Judge Silberg summed up the Supreme Court finding on this point: "[respondent Malchiel] Greenwald has proven beyond any reasonable doubt this grave charge." Most of the judgement was later overturned.
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On Feb. 5, 2021, Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart announced the expansion of the Lake County Domestic Violence Council and Sexual Assault Coordinating Council, doubling the number of meetings held each year. In addition, more resources were moved into the Domestic Violence and Sex Crimes Division of the State’s Attorney’s office, so outreach into every corner of the country could be expanded, including to meet the need identified by the council of additional educational services for victims and increased speed in communication with victims.
The Councils are comprised of experienced and passionate professionals across the community. From the State’s Attorney’s Office, Domestic Violence Division Chief Lauren Callinan has provided police chiefs across Lake County with new protocols that Rinehart said will help officials reach victims more quickly. Sandra Bankston leads the office’s effort in providing therapy for victims. Our office, and the Council members, remain dedicated to improving services for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.


The next EIROforum School on Instrumentation (ESI) will take place at ESO and EUROfusion in Garching, Germany from 13 to 17 May 2024.
The scientific programme of ESI addresses all aspects of scientific instrumentation related to the missions of the EIROforum organisations.
This free event is open to all, registration closes on 29 February.
ESI is a biennial event, jointly organised by the Instrumentation Working Group of the EIROforum organisations (EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, EUROfusion, CERN, ILL, European XFEL), which aims to teach the basic principles of instrumentation to young engineers and researchers (PhD students, postdocs).
This edition's highlights consist in a visit to the ASDEX Upgrade nuclear fusion reactor and keynote lectures on ‘Developing for the future - Benefits of science to society from creativity to innovation’.
The school consists of short lectures from top EIRO scientists covering both theory and practical examples and hands-on sessions for a variety of instrumentation-related topics:
• Detector Design (Sensor Technologies and Front-end Electronics)
• Radiation Damage
• Control, Data Acquisition, and high data volumes
• Machine Learning and Image processing
• Environmental conditions and sensors
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After decimating parts of the Caribbean, Hurricane Ida reached Louisiana on August 29th, exactly 16 years after the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. By that point, Ida had evolved into a Category 4 hurricane, so the devastation it left in its wake was immense.
After ripping through Louisiana, Ida then made its way north. As it moved, it caused other types of severe weather, including tornadoes and flash floods in places as far apart as Alabama and New York City. As of September 2nd, Ida has caused between $50-60 billion in damages and taken the lives of 66 people.
While storms like Ida and Katrina may seem like isolated events, severe hurricanes and weather patterns are quickly becoming the norm. The reason why? Climate change.
How hurricanes form
Hurricanes begin as tropical waves—low-pressure areas that travel over warm regions, like the tropics. As they travel, they begin to suck up the warm ocean air. This creates an area of low pressure under the storm, which leads to more outside air getting sucked in. This air cools and rises, leading to more thunderstorms and clouds. As that water condenses, it forms droplets, giving the storm even more power.
For a storm to be classified as a hurricane, it needs to have wind speeds of 74 mph or higher. Hurricane Ida had sustained wind speeds of 150 mph.
Adding fuel to the fire
One of the most dangerous aspects of hurricanes like Ida is how quickly they evolve from tropical depressions into deadly storms. Experts call this rapid intensification.
Ida began in the southern Caribbean as a mild, Category 1 storm. However, once it passed over Cuba, it reached an area of warm water that flows into the Gulf of Mexico. This supercharged it, and in less than 24 hours, Ida evolved into a Category 4 hurricane.
Many of the deadliest storms in the past several years have been the result of rapid intensification. This level of unpredictability is one of the reasons why storms like Ida are so menacing.
A dangerous future
In the future, climate experts don’t expect to see more hurricanes. What they do foresee is powerful and severe weather patterns becoming more common.
While cooler water temperatures helped restrain hurricanes and other storms in the past, temperatures are increasing—both at the surface and deep beneath it. Modern hurricanes now have access to more warm water than ever before, which they use as fuel.
As water temperatures continue to increase, experts expect Category 3, 4, and 5 storms (the deadliest ones) to become more frequent. They’ll also move slower, which means regions will get prolonged exposure to intense wind and rain.
Where we go from here
One of the most frustrating parts of climate change is that many of the people causing it (corporations and governments, among others) will make it through just fine. However, for people in poorer nations and those in the path of weather patterns like hurricanes, their entire lives can be put in jeopardy.
The only way to stay safe against disasters like supercharged hurricanes is through collective action. The world needs leaders that protect and listen to the people. By coming together and demanding better, we can limit the harmful effects of climate change before they get too out of hand.


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I’m slowly creaking my way into the twentieth century (never mind the twenty-first!) and have just opened up my own Twitter account.
It’s much more fun than I expected, with lots of local Cumbrian and Lakeland events, venues and people to chat to, as well as all my own interests to follow such as museums, art, architecture, history, gardens, reading (of course!), ghosts, and even the odd pot of chalk paint. And new friends made already, which is always nice.
If you’d like to track me down, I’m on as F_Glass_Author (all the better ones were taken!). I’ll usually follow legitimate fellow-tweeters (ie, no spammers or scammers) back.

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Today was an historic day for America in many ways. Whether you voted for President Obama or not, most Americans agree on one thing — our infrastructure could use a few upgrades. During his campaign, Obama expressed that one of his priorities would be to rebuild America’s aging schools, roads, and power grid. Today, in his first address as President, he restated this intention.
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Main Themes: Extraordinary political developments overnight dominated, keeping markets risk averse. Talk of impeachment of US President Trump weighed on risk appetites. US shares, bond yields and the US dollar fell. In the UK, the Supreme Court ruled that Johnson’s suspension of parliament was unlawful. The Australian dollar however, gained after Lowe’s comments last night were less dovish-than-expected.
Share Markets: US shares began the session in the black, but sentiment weakened on talk that Democrats were pushing for an inquiry to impeach US President Donald Trump. The Dow fell 0.5%, while the S&P500 dropped 0.8%.
Interest Rates: The escalation in risk aversion and weak US consumer confidence data was supportive of bonds, and saw yields fall. US 10-year yields dropped 8 basis points to 1.65%.
Foreign Exchange: The US dollar index weakened on the talk of an impeachment inquiry against President Trump and on the weak consumer confidence data. Sterling gained after the Supreme Court ruled that Boris Johnson’s call to suspend Parliament was unlawful. The Australian dollar lifted after the RBA Governor Lowe’s speech last night, suggesting markets were prepared for a more explicit signal for another reduction in the cash rate. The AUD lifted from 67.8 US cents to trade within the range of 67.9-68.1 US cents just after Lowe’s speech.
Commodities: Oil prices fell sharply, erasing most of the gain since the attack on Saudi’s oil facilities, reflecting ongoing concerns over global demand. Gold prices rose on the elevated risk aversion.
Australia: In a speech last night, RBA Governor Lowe stopped short of directly signalling that the RBA board would consider lowering interest rates at its next meeting in October, but still left the option open. “At our board meeting next week, we will again take stock of the evidence. The board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support sustainable growth in the economy, make further progress towards full employment, and achieve the inflation target over time”. The RBA remained of the view that the economy was at a “gentle turning point” and that growth will pick up. However, the language was increasingly uncertain. “The strength and durability of this pick-up remains to be seen”. Lowe also said that the RBA could not overlook the global shift towards monetary easing and that “further monetary easing may well be required”. This sense of caution suggests no reason to shift our expectation that the RBA will lower official interest rates when it meets in October.
Japan: Business confidence crept backwards in Japan, according to survey data released by Jibun Bank and IHS Markit. Flash data for September showed manufacturing confidence down 0.4 points to 48.9 and the index for service sector companies 0.5 points lower at 52.8. The latest data suggest that Japan’s manufacturing has been affected by an uncertain global outlook, fuelled by US-China trade tensions. The manufacturing index fell to its lowest in 7 months. The service sector remains a bright spot, but there are concerns that the increase of the sales tax due on October 1 will dent growth in the sector.
Separate data from the Cabinet Office showed a slight lift in the leading index to 93.7 in July.
Europe: The IFO business survey pointed to a marginal improvement in confidence. The business climate index edged up from 94.3 in August to 94.6 in July, but remains close to a seven-year low. Moreover, the expectations index weakened further, which signals that confidence about the outlook remains low, and suggests that manufacturing activity in Germany is continuing to struggle.
United Kingdom: The Supreme Court has ruled that Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks was unlawful, because it had the effect of “frustrating or preventing the ability of Parliament to carry out its constitutional functions without reasonable justification”. Parliament is due to reconvene today as a result. The ruling sparked calls from the opposition for Boris Johnson to resign. While the UK is no closer to resolving the issues surrounding Brexit, the move could be seen as lessening the chance of a hard Brexit, which Johnson refused to rule out.
United States: This morning, House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi announced that the US House of Representatives will launch a formal inquiry into whether President Trump should be impeached.
The Richmond manufacturing index slumped back to -9 in September, after temporarily spiking to 1 in October. It was the second negative reading in three months. The regional survey provides an early indication that the manufacturing sector in the US is still weak over September.
Consumer confidence fell from 134.2 in August to 125.1 in September. The index remains high by historical standards, but it was the biggest fall in nine months. So far, the consumer has weathered the uncertainty from the trade tensions to date, as the labour market has continued to show strength. The fall in confidence could suggest an increasing impact from the global uncertainty on the consumer.
Today’s key data and events:
NZ Trade Balance Aug exp –$1,400mn prev -$685mn (8:45am)
AU ABS Skilled Vacancies Aug prev 0.4% (11:00am)
NZ RBNZ OCR Decision exp 1% prev 1% (12:00pm)
US Chicago Fed President Evans Speech (10:00pm)
US New Home Sales Aug exp 3.3% prev -12.8% (12:00am)
Times are AEST. All data forecasts are m/m or q/q and seasonally adjusted unless otherwise specified. Forecasts for Australian data are our forecasts and for other countries they are consensus forecasts.
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While each of these Buddhas respond to the material and symbolic loss of the Buddhas in Bamiyan, their making reflect the micropolitics of their different locations, and embody diverse localization of copying and replication strategies that allow remarkable mediations across form, scale, and material media. The building of the Bamiyan Buddha at Wat Saket is situated within Thailand’s domestic politics, and within national and global circuits of collecting, display, gift and piety. The museum remains at the heart of the entire project.
Sraman Mukherjee (Ashoka University, India) is trained as a historian of material and visual cultures of colonial and early postcolonial South Asia. His work explores the interface between the past and the present in the constitution of the disciplinary and institutional domains of art history, archaeology, and museums; biographies of material traces (sites, objects, and monuments); and histories of the inter-Asian circulation of objects, ideas, and people. Sraman’s ongoing research explores the possibilities of translation in art history, mapping material reconstitutions of circulating Buddhist images and objects and sites across South and Southeast Asia.
Marieke Bloembergen is a senior researcher at KITLV, and professor in Heritage and Postcolonial Studies in Indonesian History at Leiden University. Her research interests concern the political dynamics of cultural knowledge production in colonial and post-colonial Indonesia, as understood in their local, inter-Asian and global dimensions, and with a focus on networks of material culture, heritage practices, religion, memory, and policing. Her present research focuses on scholarly and religious knowledge networks between Indonesia, India and the West, and the makings of moral geographies of Greater India, 1880s-1980s. In that context she also explores the relations between collecting histories of Hindu-Buddhist antiquities, and the rise of an Asian art market.
This seminar is an event on location and will be held in the conference room of KITLV (room 1.68) on Tuesday 18 July, from 15.30 – 17.00 PM (CET).
If you want to join this seminar on location, please register via: [email protected].
Bamiyan Buddha in the Bamiyanguha Museum at Wat Saket, Bangkok, 12 December 2023. Photographer: Sraman Mukherjee.


WILMINGTON, Del. (WPVI) -- Three adults and a child were displaced in a two-alarm fire that caused $85,000 in damage to their Wilmington home.
It happened around 8:00 p.m. Saturday in the 200 block of West Summit Avenue.
Crews reported heavy flames shooting from the two story home.
No injuries were reported but a family of four was displaced.
The cause of the fire was ruled accidental.
Authorities say a faulty fire place was to blame.


“If we keep looking for police officers’ support, nothing is going to get done,” Rutherford said.
The police department did not respond to a request for comment and for details on the Saturday shooting.
Meeting organizers played a video showing the street packed with cars and people Saturday and loud music blaring. They later showed an Instagram video in which gunfire is heard in the background.
There have been at least 10 shooting incidents over the past six years during the street parties, said LeJuano Varnell, executive director of the community development group Sweet Auburn Works.
Varnell suggested that local merchants meet with David Villaroel, the new commander of Zone 6, which includes the impacted stretch of Edgewood. However, police officials have told Varnell they lack the personnel to control the parties.
“They said the onus is on us,” Varnell said.
Merchants and residents agreed Monday to close the street this weekend, if police decline to help. They may hire a private security force later, depending on whether their efforts succeed.


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Dwayne, 47, shared several intimate snaps that included everything from the cake to the decorations and more.
"Our Hawaiian wedding was beautiful and I want to thank our incredible staff for their outstanding work," he captioned the snaps. "To carry out my #1 goal of complete privacy, no wedding planners or outside resources were hired."
"Everything you see was created by hand, by staff and family only," he continued. "The end results were spectacular and @laurenhashianofficial and I will forever be grateful for helping our hearts sing on this day."
The WWE superstar first shared photos from their wedding one day after it took place on Monday, August 19.
He thanked an owner of a local restaurant for keeping fans away while they enjoyed their honeymoon on Tuesday, August 27.
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MY FAVORITE FILMS OF 2019
Today is the last day of the year and what feels like a very, very long decade.
For film it has seen some interesting developments to say the least. It saw the rise of Netflix, the rebirth of cable (just rebranded into streaming services), the decline and quiet resurgence of physical media, and the return of STAR WARS. And while we didn’t end the year on the rousing finale for the Skywalker saga that I personally was hoping for, 2019 packed enough surprises and beauty in the cinema to fill a dozen best of lists.
This was the decade of the angry young man. In gaming it would be defined by the rise of Gamergate, the alt-right movement that paved the way for harassment campaigns that saw actors like Kelly Marie Tran and Daisy Ridley disconnect from social media entirely.
The decade began strong with David Fincher’s brilliant masterpiece, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, that wasn’t just an unexpected triumph, but easily a defining film of the years to come. Charting the inception and rise of Facebook, SOCIAL NETWORK is a whip sharp and skewering look at the toxic personalities that helped shape social interaction and global discourse, potentially changing how people see one another for decades to come. The incredible script by Aaron Sorkin foretold the rise of online trolling, cyberstalking, and a new kind of online gaslighting years before they were spoken of publicly.
Interestingly enough, it came down to another story of a bitter white man wanting to incite change that would close this decade. Sadly, unlike Fincher’s film, JOKER was a blunt, dour, and utterly uninterested in understanding anything it was depicting, resulting in one of the worst films of this decade. An edgelord film to the core, JOKER is mostly notable for how little it actually says in the midst of all its angsty hubris.
I saw 435 films this year, out of which around 180 were in theaters. Whittling that down to just five, ten or even twenty films is a near impossible task that would change daily. The following films therefore are not the ultimate best of the year, but simply the ones that I haven’t been able to stop thinking of ever since I saw them.
Chronicling the birth and spread of one of the most colorful and happily deranged religions in America, HAIL SATAN? is both hysterically funny and deceptively thoughtful. Cleverly built as a creation myth, Penny Lane’s documentary allows for all founding members to have their say, and lets the viewer come to their own conclusions on who to frame as both devil and deity in the drama that unfolds. Everyone paints their own personal history to suit their goals, and Lane’s camera doesn’t take sides.
At a time when organized religion operates more and more like big business, witnessing the birth of a new one feels like a privileged insight to have. The Church of Satan has been criticized by opponents as treating religion like a joke, when their operating procedures are almost carbon copies of any other organized religions.
We are at a crossroads, Lane appears to argue, where thousands of years old sacrament no longer can – or should – dictate how our society is run. If we allow it to, what’s to say that any belief system invented couldn’t reasonably take its place?
Insightful, funny, honest, and surprisingly touching, HAIL SATAN? is essential viewing for everyone.
What a decade Rian Johnson has had. After directing one of the finest sci-fi films in years (LOOPER), he was handpicked by industry legend Kathleen Kennedy to head STAR WARS into a new direction. The result of that was the best film the franchise has ever seen, destined to rise in status as the years go by. So how do you follow that?
By writing and directing one of the classiest and smartest original films of the decade that not only celebrates murder mystery tropes, but actively dissassembles them in a way that reframes an entire genre. Duh.
KNIVES OUT is a miracle of a film. It’s an original screenplay with a large cast, taking place almost exclusively in one location with no action set pieces at all. It’s talky and never ashamed for being smart, yet never condescending or smug about it. Most of all it is kind. Sure, it’s about a murder and it takes plenty of jabs at Trump-supporting bigots. But it’s still all about the importance of being good.
Not content with just a ripping yarn, Johnson uses the murdery mystery setting to dissect American nationalism, immigration, and invented tradition by crafting the family of miscreants from thinly veiled stereotypes each presenting a different facet of perceived American exceptionalism. The cast in question is fabulous. Jamie Lee Curtis is a gem as the matriarch now wielding authority after the death of her father; Michael Shannon is suitably skeezy as the rodent-like middle child; Don Johnson hams it up as a delightfully hateable Trumpette; and Toni Collette is hilarious as a New Age post-capitalist hippie hawking her unusable wares online.
KNIVES OUT was released in November and continues its wildly successful run in theaters right now.
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD
I don’t think this kind of Hollywood ever existed, and I don’t believe that Tarantino thinks that either. It’s more of a hazy memory of a dream that lives somewhere in those few minutes before you fall asleep, where reality and fiction coincide beautifully for a fleeting moment. Every day seems to linger in a warm sunset, never too hot nor cold, and the nights are just cool enough that you can hang in your pool with a drink as Los Angeles continues its endless sprawl in the background. ONCE UPON A TIME is a love letter to nostalgia and dreams in hopes that maybe their existence can make us whole once again.
In what could be considered career best performances, both Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt carry the film effortlessly as the leading men on their way out. DiCaprio is an almost-was verging on a has-been, while Pitt lurks in the background as a stunt performer nobody wants to associate with anymore. Word around town is he killed his wife, but nobody knows for sure. Whatever the reasons, neither of them are welcome to the party anymore, and it grinds them down. One way or another they’re going to get that last shot, come hell or high water. Unfortunately for them, hell is coming and in the form of none other than Charles Manson and his crew.
There’s not much plot to ONCE UPON A TIME as there is a ragged story that is held together by a hangout film, content with letting the mood wash over you in waves, allowing you to feel melancholy about something none of us ever got to experience. It’s reminiscent of Robert Altman films, where character was paramount. There’s a genuine joy in seeing these two nitwits try their hardest in the Hollywood rat race, and Tarantino has all the insider gossip to make the jabs at silver screen vanity hit their marks every time.
It might not be the most accessible Tarantino film to date, but it might be his most personal and optimistic. That’s not nothing.
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD is now on blu-ray.
The movie that snuck up on me and made me ugly cry in the cinema. Who would have guessed that a quasi-sequel to THE SHINING would not only be good, but a genuinely touching meditation on letting go of past trauma in order to live a full life. Directed with grace by Mike Flanagan, quickly rising the ranks as de facto ruler of King adaptations, DOCTOR SLEEP is a sprawling yet intimate epic that builds to one of the most satisfying conclusions in a long time.
It’s best to go in completely blind to this as every single plot twist and narrative choice is all the more pleasurable as a surprise. Suffice to say Ewan McGregor delivers a nuanced and heartbreaking performance as a grown Danny Torrance, Rebecca Ferguson is menacing and alluring at the same time, while newcomer Kyliegh Curran gives one of the best child actor performances in years.
I loved this movie to bits, and I didn’t expect to even like it. What a wonderful surprise.
DOCTOR SLEEP is now in theaters.
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
I’ve loved the music of Bruce Springsteen since I was around eight years old. His lyrics and stories have been with me through multiple highs and lows of my life. For years, I felt that expressing how much they mean to me would be impossible to say, as it would be too corny and too personal to say out loud.
Luckily, I now don’t have to. BLINDED BY THE LIGHT has done it for me. If anyone in the future asks what it feels like to be a Springsteen fan, I can just show them this. It’s a life-affirming celebration of finding yourself through the words of another during a time when it feels like everything you do is out of place.
Beautifully blending real life events of eighties UK to bright musical fantasy, Gurinder Chadha’s coming of age tale is one of the finest love letters to growing up ever made.
Listening to Springsteen isn’t going to make you as cool as he is, BLINDED BY THE LIGHT says, but it might make you a better, more complete you.
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT is in theaters now.
Honestly now, is there anything that Taika Waititi can’t do? It’s getting a bit ridiculous. After leaping into public consciousness with one of the funniest comedies of the decade (WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS), Waititi has gracefully danced between indie-darlings like HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (utterly charming) and big studio pictures for Marvel like THOR: RAGNAROK (one of the best things the studio has ever put out). But when Waititi announced that he’d take on a project about a young boy, belonging to the Hitler Youth organization, befriending a Jewish girl in hiding during the tail end of the World War, there was trepidation that he’d bitten off more than he could chew. Especially when it came out that said young boy has an imaginary friend in Adolf Hitler, played by Waititi himself.
Then the trailer came out, and it looked not just funny, but touching as well. Surely this still couldn’t work.
It could, and it did. JOJO RABBIT is nothing short of a masterpiece, and one of the most touching films about growing up ever made. It’s audacious, daring, earnest, and never glib, even when it snarks about the situation our characters find themselves in. It has the passion and zeal of Charlie Chaplin’s THE GREAT DICTATOR, and despite a lukewarm critical reception will be seen as a monumental cry for sanity and kindness at a time of polarization, when human value has become binary.
JOJO RABBIT made me cry and laugh multiple times, often at the same time. Not many films can do that. When you see something that powerful, it’s best to take note.
JOJO RABBIT has had screenings in Helsinki throughout Autumn and will be released in January 2020.
THE IRISHMAN for delivering one of the most haunting depictions of growing old. THE LIGHTHOUSE for reminding us that horror doesn’t need to be graphic to be scary. FOR SAMA for destroying me and building me back up again. AVENGERS: ENDGAME for telling a complete story and bringing it a beautiful, touching finish. THE UNPROMISED LAND for reminding me about the power of friendship.


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Six String Stories By Internet Blues Sensation Joanna Connor Coming Aug. 26
1st Release in 14 Years Northport N.Y. – M.C. Records is thrilled to welcome back The Queen of Blues/Rock guitar Joanna Connor to the label.


Janet Mock on Kanye vs. Amber Rose feud
The Twitter feud involving Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa, Amber Rose, and Kim Kardashian nearly broke the Internet this week, but what does it show us about how our culture views sex work and masculinity? So POPular! host Janet Mock gives her take.
Janet Mock on Kanye vs. Amber Rose feud04:37
The Clique discusses ‘the DuVernay test’12:25
The Clique: Do celeb endorsements matter?09:45
Danielle Brooks answers your questions04:10
Danielle Brooks on ‘The Color Purple’ musical09:08
Actress & editor Tavi Gevinson on So POPular!15:13


The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is at the forefront of the administration’s health IT efforts and is a resource to the entire health system to support the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care. ONC is organizationally located within the Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Here is what they are doing and reporting. Follow them @ONC_HealthIT. Sign up for their email updates.
Inferno Office Hours for Health IT Developers
The ONC Health IT Certification Program will host a month of Inferno office hours for health IT developers which began on March 18, 2022. The next sessions are 4/1/2022, and 4/8/2022 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET. Health IT developers implementing and certifying to the ONC Certification criterion at 170.315(g)(10) are encouraged to attend.
Register for the 2022 ONC Annual Meeting Spring Sessions!
Registration has just opened and the ONC has released the agenda for the 2022 ONC Annual Meeting events happening on April 13-14! Join them for dynamic and engaging panel sessions and exhibits about health IT and health equity, public health, patient access, and health information exchange.
Follow the event on Twitter using #ONC2022
Health IT Advisory Committee
Wednesday, 4/13/22, 9:30 am – 11:30 am ET
TEFCA: Register for RCE Stakeholder Sessions
TEFCA is here! ONC and the Sequoia Project, the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE), recently announced the publication of the Trusted Exchange Framework and the Common Agreement (TEFCA), marking the beginning of the implementation phase. The RCE and ONC are hosting public advisory forums for community and stakeholder input as TEFCA is implemented. Don’t miss these upcoming webinars!
- TEFCA RCE Monthly Informational Call
- Third Tuesday of Each Month | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
News and Announcements
New Resource: Attestations Fact Sheet
The ONC Health IT Certification Program has released a new resource to help Certified Health IT Developers understand their responsibilities under the Attestations Condition and Maintenance of Certification requirements as specified in the ONC Cures Act Final Rule.
Reminder: The first 30-day attestation window is set to open April 1, 2022. Please contact your ONC-Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) for more information. View the Fact Sheet.
HITAC Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2021
The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) has transmitted the HITAC Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2021 to the HHS Secretary and Congress. Required by the 21st Century Cures Act, this fourth edition of the HITAC annual report describes the HITAC’s progress during fiscal year 2021. The annual report also describes the health IT and health care industries’ progress in advancing the health IT infrastructure in several target areas: use of technologies that support public health, interoperability, privacy and security, and patient access to information. View the Report.
New Tool Announced – Inferno Redesigned: Easier, Faster, Extensible
ONC recently announced the update of the Inferno Framework and the (g)(10) Standardized API Test Kit, the new version of the testing method for the § 170.315(g)(10) certification criterion adopted as part of the ONC Health IT Certification Program. Visit the Health IT Buzz Blog to learn more about this new edition of Inferno. Check Out the Tool.
Deadline Extended – Request for Information (RFI)
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has extended the deadline to March 31, 2022 for a recently released RFI. Calling all social workers, religious organizations, community health centers, telehealth practitioners and peer recovery specialists: the White House OSTP seeks to develop digital health care services that emphasize equity in treatment! Visit the Federal Register to Learn More.
New USCDI v3 and Standards Bulletin Released
The latest Standards Bulletin is here and has everything you need to know about the new Draft USCDI v3, including 20 new data elements and 2 new data classes to advance health IT for improved care, reduced inequities, and stronger public health reporting. ONC is also seeking feedback on which data classes and elements should be included in the final USCDI v3 via the Draft USCDI v3 website. Public feedback accepted until April 30, 2022. ONC plans to release the final USCDI v3 this summer. Read Draft USCDI v3. Read the Standards Bulletin.
SVAP Comment Period Extended until May 2, 2022
The deadline for comments on the Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP) timeline has been extended to May 2, 2022. The current SVAP comment period was originally slated to end on September 30, 2021. This timeline will align important standards development activities with the yearly release of new United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) versions. Beginning with the current (2021) SVAP and continuing into future years, ONC will announce annual approved standards for SVAP in June to be effective in August. The June SVAP announcement and August effective date will be supported by a comment period from January to May each year. Comment today.
New Information Sharing FAQ
ONC issued a new Frequently Asked Question (FAQ): In which patient-access cases does the Preventing Harm Exception recognize “substantial harm”? (IB.FAQ42.1.2022FEB) This FAQ includes a table showing the type of harm recognized under the Preventing Harm Exception for different patient access scenarios where the risk of harm has been determined on an individual basis. ONC continues to make resources available to help stakeholders understand information sharing and promote the secure access, exchange, and use of EHI. Review the FAQ.
Cures Act EHR Reporting Program Draft Measures
In the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, Congress mandated the establishment of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Reporting Program as part of new Conditions and Maintenance of Certification requirements under the ONC Health IT Certification Program. The purpose of these developer measures is to address information gaps in the health IT marketplace and provide insights on how certified health IT is being used. For the initial set of measures, ONC is focusing on interoperability, with an emphasis on patient access, clinical and public health information exchange, and standards adoption and conformance measures. Together, these measures will provide stakeholders with a clear picture of our dynamic and evolving health information ecosystem. In December 2021, ONC’s contractors delivered a set of final draft measures for developer reporting to ONC. The measures in the report will be used to inform ONC’s future rulemaking to implement the EHR Reporting Program as a Conditions and Maintenance of Certification requirement for certified health IT products. Review the Final Report and the Draft Measure.
Standards Bulletin Provides Insights into USCDI Version 2
Check out the latest issue of ONC’s Standards Bulletin for insights into the USCDI v2. This edition should help you understand USCDI v2’s new data elements that will help advance health equity with the inclusion of sexual orientation, gender identity, and social determinants of health data elements. Additionally, it describes ONC’s vision for the future expansion of USCDI through Version 3, and how you can engage and make an impact!
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ONC Health IT Certification Program New Resource Available
The ONC Health IT Certification Program has released a new fact sheet for Real World Testing requirements of the ONC Cures Act Final Rule. The fact sheet describes Real World Testing requirements for Health IT Developers participating in the ONC Health IT Certification Program. This resource will assist the Health IT Developer community in understanding how the requirements outlined in the ONC 21st Century Cures Act Final Rule apply to them and provide a practical overview of the Real World Testing Condition and Maintenance of Certification requirements. View the Fact Sheet.
New Pediatric Resource Available
ONC recently released the Pediatric Health Information Technology: Pediatric Healthcare Provider Informational Resource (Healthcare Provider IR) to support the implementation of health IT products used by clinicians that provide healthcare for children. The Developer and Healthcare Provider IRs identify ONC’s ten recommendations for health IT for pediatric care, relevant certification criteria within the ONC Health IT Certification Program, and other information to support the implementation of health IT products to support the safe and effective healthcare of children. Learn more.
Updates to the SRA Tool
ONC, in partnership with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently released an update to the HHS Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool. This tool provides support for small- and medium-sized health care organizations in their efforts to assess security risks. This enhanced version of the SRA Tool includes a variety of new features like improved navigation throughout the assessment sections, export options for reports, and enhanced user interface scaling. Download SRA Tool.
Tools and Resources for the Health IT Community
To support HHS’s ongoing response efforts to the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), ONC is partnering with the CDC to direct the health IT community and healthcare providers to various resources for reporting and tracking of coronavirus disease or COVID-19. Visit HealthIT.gov for more.
From the Health IT Buzz Blog – Learn more about HHS’s Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). Check out the latest blog posts:
- ONC’s Health Information Technology Advisory Committee: A Year in Review and a Look Ahead
- Inferno Redesigned: Easier, Faster, Extensible
- An Upcoming Milestone in Our Interoperability Journey
- Information Blocking Claims: By the Numbers
- Changing the Face of Healthcare – “Be the Change”
- Embracing Health Equity by Design
- DYK: There’s a Conformance Review Process for Certified Health IT
- Shining a Light on FHIR Implementation: Progress Toward Publishing FHIR Endpoints
Spotlighting Interoperability Proving Ground Programs
The Interoperability Proving Ground (IPG) is an open, community platform where you can share, learn, and be inspired by interoperability projects taking place across the nation. ONC is asking those working on COVID-19 interoperability projects to share your project on the IPG and tag it with #COVID-19. We’re reviewing every entry to identify opportunities for connection and collaboration among the community on these critical efforts.
The Interoperability Proving Ground (IPG) Spotlight project of the week is: Argonaut Phase 2 Implementation & Testing – Developing a Web Based Client – This is a personal project to test the FHIR and Security standards, that are currently being tested as part of the Argonaut Phase 2 Implementation & Testing Project. The project is currently developing a web based client that connects securely (via SMART OAuth2 profiles) to various FHIR servers that are being deployed by participants of the Argonaut project. Once the Argonaut phase 2 implementation is completed, the application will be deployed on the internet.
Learn how your interoperability project can be featured as an IPG Spotlight by visiting the Interoperability Proving Ground (IPG). Once a project is submitted or updated, projects will automatically be added to the feature queue to be randomly selected as a featured project.
ONC Interoperability Pledge
Companies that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by hospitals nationwide as well as the top five largest health care systems in the country have agreed to implement three core commitments: Consumer Access, No Blocking/Ensuring Transparency, and Standards. The ONC (@ONC_HealthIT) wants vendors to sign a pledge. Is your vendor pledging? Find out who is on the list.


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A weeks-long sting operation aimed at men attempting to lure children for sex over the internet resulted in the arrest of 23 men from throughout the state, including a 54-year-old Hillsborough man.
On Tuesday, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced at the Hamilton Tech Center that Douglass Walton taken into police custody thanks to “Operation Open House,” a multi-agency operation over several weeks that targeted men who used social media to try to lure underage boys and girls for sex.
“It is a frightening reality that sexual predators are lurking on social media, ready to strike if they find a child who is vulnerable,” Grewal said. “To counter that threat, we are working collaboratively and aggressively across all levels of law enforcement to apprehend these sex offenders.”
According to police, the 14-year-old boy Walton believed he was arranging to meet for sex was a specially trained member of the New Jersey Regional Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.
Like the 23 other individuals caught in the sting, Walton with second-degree luring. In addition, he was charged with second-degree attempted sexual assault on a minor.
Second-degree charges carry a sentence of five to 10 years in state prison and a fine of up to $150,000.
Officials said the operation was led by the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, the ICAC Task Force, which is led by the New Jersey State Police, and the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.
The ICAC Task Force includes the Division of Criminal Justice, U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), all 21 County Prosecutors’ Offices, and many other state, county and local law enforcement agencies.
The arrests in Operation Open House were made over a five-day period from Sept. 5 through Sept. 9, with a majority of them taking place at an undercover four-bedroom home in Toms River. Anyone who went to the home expecting to find the “child” alone were arrested on the spot.
Other individuals were apprehended by police at other locations or were stopped in their cars en route to the supposed meetup.
Along with Walton, the 24 men arrested included Richard Conte, a 47-year-old Howell Township police sergeant who believed he was meeting a 15-year-old girl for sex and a 29-year-old registered nurse from Toms River named Christopher Vargas who believed he was meeting up with a 15-year-old boy.
One case saw Nibindranauth Nandalall, a 24-year-old man from the Bronx, arrested for attempting to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex.
In all 24 cases, state officials said the men continued to engage in sexual conversations after learning the “child’s” age and made arrangements to meet for sex. Chats were conducted over several weeks before the “meet-up week,” when the arrests were made.
Grewal said he hoped the operation would send a clear message to would-be sexual predators.
“We want child predators to know that we are on social media too – and the child they target may be the undercover officer who puts them in handcuffs,” he said.
Authorities said the ICAC Task Force set up profiles on a number of social media platforms, including Kik, Skout, Whisper and Grindr. Once a conversation started, officials the ICAC agent would identify themselves as underage children.
Other apps commonly used in similar operations include Omegle, Tinder, Chat Avenue, Chat Roulette, Wishbone, Live.ly, Musical.ly, Paltalk, Yubo, Hot or Not, Down and Tumblr. Gaming apps like Fortnite, Minecraft and Discord are also targeted.
Since the aforementioned apps are ubiquitous among young people’s devices, Grewal urged parents to familiarize themselves with them and to open up a dialogue with their children.
“Parents need to be aware of their children’s activities on the internet, and if children appear anxious or evasive when this topic is raised, it may be a red flag,” Grewal said. “It is critical that parents talk to their children about social media and chat apps to let them know that the people they encounter may not be who they initially seem to be.”


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Investor appetite for US leveraged loans has pushed average bids to a four-year high in the secondary loan trading market which is encouraging portfolio managers to consider buying stressed or distressed loans in the hunt for yield.
Buyers’ attention focussed on troubled buyouts struck at the peak of the market such as Energy Future Holding TXEFHE.UL (formerly TXU) and Harrah’s Entertainment <HAMLEO.UL last week after Clear Channel Communications’ CCENR.UL announced plans to strengthen its finances.
Clear Channel Communications outlined an amendment and extension to its leveraged loan and a high-yield bond sale to tackle looming loan maturities which pushed the price of its debt closer to face value or par in the secondary loan market.
Investors are targeting the debt of other leveraged companies which are which are expected to launch similar debt restructurings in a bid to boost returns.
Stressed loans have the potential for greater capital appreciation than stronger leveraged loans as average bids in the secondary market continue to climb closer to par or 100 percent of face value.
Bids for the 100 most widely-held loans are averaging just under 98 percent of face value, according to the LSTA/Thomson Reuters LPC Mark-to-Market data.
As the potential for price appreciation diminishes, managers and investors are looking for opportunities in riskier loans trading at deeper discounts to par….
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Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, who speaks for Labour on women's issues, described Mr Hunt's remarks as "chilling".
Jeremy Hunt's statements on abortion are deeply worrying and show the Health Secretary has given no serious consideration to women's health," she said.
Everyone has personal views but as Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt has a responsibility to lead government policy on women's health. Perhaps the most chilling part of his interview is the claim that 12 weeks is based on evidence when it undoubtedly is not.
David Cameron needs to make sure his health secretary doesn't distort medical evidence and does not impose his own view on women about their health.
More top news
Andrew Britton recalled the horror he felt as a routine virus took a nasty turn and his joy at the son he feared he would never have.
Malicious software that can be used for long-term surveillance operations has been discovered by computer security company Symantec Corp.
A soldier who lost a leg when he was trapped in an Afghanistan minefield has spoken of the controversial rescue mission.

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Application Date: Sep 13, 2018
The City is considering a rezoning application to rezone two vacant lots to create four new small lots.
- decrease the lot width from 10.0m to 9.99m for proposed lots 1, 2 and 3
- increase the site coverage maximum from 10% to 40.79% (Lot 2), and 40.4% (Lot 3)
- decrease the front yard setback from 6.0m to 2.28m (Lot 1)
- decrease the year yard setback from 6m to 1.5m (Lot 1)
- allow an accessory building to be located in the side yard (Lot 1)
- decrease the front yard setback for an accessory building from 18.0m to 3.74m (Lot 1)


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Through the closing of political borders people were stopped in their movement and makeshift settlements evolved. This scenario is a starting point for this work, which contrasted the hopelessness of the reality with a utopian architecture.
When refugee areas start to expand, a livable space occurs, the one-dimensional borderline becomes a three-dimensional space. This structure formed by existential powers follows the demarcation until it expands in height and width until it covers the old world. These maps describe a monument of a utopia which reverses the power relations.
2017, Free Project, Vienna.


Today is the 30th anniversary of the Moscone-Milk assassinations and, fueled by the upcoming release of the movie Milk, they’ve been all over the local airways.
For those not familiar with the basic story (I wasn’t before I moved to SF), City Supervisor Dan White quit his job, then asked to be reinstated. When Mayor George Moscone refused, White returned to city hall with a gun and murdered Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, who happened also be the first openly-gay elected official in the country. Another Supervisor, now-Senator Dianne Feinstein became mayor as a result of these killings.
An NPR show yesterday included a clip of Feinstein giving a dramatic press conference announcing the deaths. Much to my surprise, an original copy of that night’s newcast has found its way online.
The Feinstein press conference is at 2:10. Listen to the gasps. The 70′s production is jarring to look at now though, except for the cars, the shots of San Francisco could have been taken yesterday.
I couldn’t figure out whether this is an isolated clip or part of a larger collection. How cool would it be if all of NBC’s old newscasts were online?
Here’s a list of presidents and the changes in the S&P 500 during their term. Since I don’t know the future of the markets, I put today’s close in for our current president.
Not to suggest that presidents have any impact on the stock market…
One of the least understood features of Nate Silver’s fivethirtyeight.com was his list of “tipping point states”.
I thought that, for each simulation of the election, Nate sorted the states by margin of victory for the overall winner. Then he’d start adding up electoral votes. The state that tipped the winner over 270 would be the “tipping point state” for that simulation.
While writing this blog post, I discovered that I had completely misunderstood this list! Nate describes the actual calculation of his list in this post. It’s quite involved, but better captures the intuition of a “tipping point state”.
Just for fun, I figured out what the 2008 Election’s tipping point state was using the methodology I’d originally thought Nate did. And it was… Colorado! Obama took Colorado with 54.40% of the vote, the 23rd most lopsided total. It takes him from 262 to 271 Electoral Votes.
Full list of states, margins of victory and electoral votes below the fold.
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“I love the idea of taking two beautiful little girls and just drenching them in blood.”
A photography business specializing in horror shoots, sometimes involving children have become a buzz of controversy.
Melissa Trotter and Jason Jeffrey once focused their company, DxE Photography on lifestyle and portraits to blood, gore and intentional controversy.
Their first project was inspired by a video game and involved a 13-year-old girl, dressed as a cheerleader carrying a chainsaw, ready to kill zombies. Soon after they did a photo shoot with two girls, pig intestines and fake blood made from chocolate syrup.
They received sharp responses after they posted the photos on Facebook. One commenter wrote, "This isn't art! This is sick. And exploitation!" Another commenter asked for Human Service workers to intervene for the welfare of the children.
Kathy Telfer, spokeswoman from Alberta Human Services said the department's question is "Is the child being harmed?" Not, is this in good taste?
The mother of one of the little girls in the photographs described the photos in blood like "two kids playing with chocolate sauce."
While some people might find their photos in poor taste, I personally find them fun and interesting. If a child is willing and having fun with gore and creativity, then no one should be raising a stink.


SpaceX has had a string of bad luck with the weather lately. While they successfully conducted a Crew Dragon test that paves the way to returning people into space from American soil later this year, it was initially delayed due to poor weather conditions at the launch site. Now for the third time, SpaceX’s planned Starlink launch has also been delayed due to weather today.
SpaceX was scheduled to launch 60 of its internet-beaming satellites at 9:49am ET this morning from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. However, high winds at the launch site forced the launch company to postpone it once again to tomorrow. SpaceX will try again to launch at 9:28am ET tomorrow.
The 45th Space Wing of the U.S. Air Force has meteorologists responsible for forecasting weather at the Florida launchpads. In their latest update they said there is only a 10% chance that weather would interfere with tomorrow’s launch plans, citing cumulus clouds as a potential issue. In their latest forecast update, they said, “High pressure will slowly build behind the low on Tuesday, with drier air gradually filtering into the region. Lingering clouds behind the low will be the main concern during the launch window as winds become north-northeasterly.”
This new SpaceX launch is carrying their Starlink satellites to space. The Starlink fleet, which is expected to ultimately number in the thousands of satellites, is designed to beam broadband Internet signals to worldwide consumers. The company, founded and led by Elon Musk, plans to bring affordable high-speed internet into remote regions that currently lack reliable Internet service, plus additional customers such as airlines, ships, and government/military purposes. When fully functionable, the hope is to create an internet connection faster than the current cable internet speed without the need for wires at a fraction of the price. In previous announcements, SpaceX said it hopes to begin regional broadband service in portions of North America during the middle of the year once 12 Starlink launches have occured. They hope to bring global internet on-line after 24 launches. To date, there have been three launches: one last May, one last November, and one just weeks ago in early January. According to the SpaceX launch schedule, 20 more Starlink launches are slated for this year. Each launch brings 60 new satellites into orbit.
Bringing affordable global internet via satellites is one of many ambitious plans Musk has for Space X. Last week he said his company was committed to getting a million people to Mars by 2050 on his new Starship rocket currently under development. That rocket is due to bring commercial flights around and to the Moon in the coming years.