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=Introduction= [[File:habitatZones.png|thumb|500px|Figure 1: Physical properties of rivers affecting the physical habitat conditions]] The habitat is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism. In rivers, the physical habitat is shaped by the [http://wiki.reformrivers.eu/index.php/Hydromorphology morphology] of the river, the flow and flow-related components, and physio-chemical properties of the water. Figure 1 indicates central physical factors affecting the physical habitat of fish in running waters. The understanding of processes affecting these factors is central in understanding how hydropower operations impact rivers, and also in designing efficient mitigating measures. Flow is the single-most important determinant of the physical habitat in rivers, and several of the properties are directly affected by changes in flow, such as water velocities and water level. The rate of heating, cooling and freezing of the water is dependent on the flow in the river, along with a set of other factors, and the water chemistry is to a degree determined by the volumes of water, e.g. by diluting pollutants. The flow in the river also affects the direction and rate of exchange of water between the rivers and the sub-surface, i.e. the hyporheic zone. While most of the described factors change more or less instantly as the volume of flow is changed, the composition of sediments and substrate qualities as habitat will change far slower. These factors are also determined by changes in transport of sediments from upstream areas (sediment connectivity) and the changes in habitat qualities related to substrate must be considered long-term changes due to regulation, the hydropower plant and associated infrastructure. The impacts of the regulated rivers system will vary very much across the regulated system, and the mitigating measures that must be put in place will depend on how the hydrology of the rivers stretches under consideration are affected. As such, a clear understanding of which parts of the system that get dramatically reduced flows (bypass sections), which parts that experience a change in seasonality of the flow, and which parts that possibly experience higher flows (in the case of water transfer), and variants of these, must be thoroughly assessed. Some areas downstream the outlet of a power plants might be exposed to rapid and frequent changes in flow due to hydro-peaking operations, which call for another set of mitigating measures. In a process of finding the best single or combination of measures, an understand of the changes in flow introduced by the hydropower regulation is hence prerequisite. In the following, a set of traditional, new and innovative measures to improve the habitat and flow conditions in rivers affected by hydropower regulations are described. In the last part of each section, examples of successful implementation of measures are presented. It should be underlined that habitat and flow are not independent of each other, as for instance measures aimed at improving the flow conditions also affect the habitat (e.g. water depth and velocities), and also migration and possibly [[Sediments|sediment connectivity]]. As such, one measure can directly, or indirectly, improve the status of one or more of the defined problem types. The measures in the following sub-sections are presented separately. In a real situation, a combination of measures would be most cost-efficient. Sometimes one specific measure would have only a limited effect unless another measure is put in place at the same time, i.e. a set of measures being dependent on each other. =Habitat measures= The various measures to mitigate issues concerning habitat are listed below. <gallery widths=200px heights=200px> spawning_gravel_escavator_square.png|[[Placement of spawning gravel in the river]] rocks_square.png|[[Placement of stones in the river]] deadwood_square.png|[[Placement of dead wood and debris]] Weir removal mandal square small.png|[[Removal of weirs]] ripper_square.jpg|[[Cleaning of substrate - ripping, ploughing and flushing]] off-channel_square.png|[[Construction of off-channel habitats]] erosion_square.jpg|[[Environmental design of embankments and erosion protection]] riparan_square.png|[[Restoration of the riparian zone vegetation]] Rinver_in_river_square.png|[[Construction of a 'river-in-the-river']] Fish refuge overhead cover square.png|[[Fish refuge under hydropeaking conditions]] </gallery> [[Category: Types of problems]]
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Ukraine's Largest Collector Field Installed at Mariupol Port
Submitted by Baerbel Epp on October 13, 2017
September saw the commissioning of Ukraine's largest solar thermal system. Its 252 flat plate units add up to 518 m² of gross collector area and supply heat to the showers and kitchens at Mariupol, a major trading port on the Sea of Azov, near the Black Sea. The renovation of the boiler building hasn't been completed yet, so that the solar installation will only be fully operational next year.
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All collector parts were manufactured by Ukrainian businesses and delivered under the brand name SintSolar by Sintek, based in Zaporizhzhya in southern Ukraine. "We supplied the main components and provided technical support," confirmed Alina Sych, Head of the Energy-Saving Technologies department at Sintek. Installation was done by Electromotor, another Ukrainian-based company.
The on-roof system has been designed to meet hot water demand during the summer months. "The roof is orientated away from the south at 30° to the west. Calculations had shown that for optimal installation and maximum productivity, the solar collectors needed to be installed at an angle of 35°," explained Sych.
In mid-August, it was reported on http://mrpl.city that the system had cost Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH) 5 million (USD 188,000). It is expected to save about UAH 1.2 million annually, which would put the payback period at around 4 years. The investor is the publicly owned port.
Websites of the companies mentioned in this article:
http://sintsolar.com.ua/
http://electromotor.com.ua/
large-scale solar thermal installations
Sintek
Sint Solar
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Shares of Keppel Corp look cheap at only half the price they fetched two years ago but the conglomerate is not yet a bargain play.
Singapore-based Keppel Corporation (ticker: BN4.SG ) is the world's largest builder of offshore oil rigs. At SGD5.50 a share, the stock trades at 0.9 times book value and has plummeted 50% from its August 2014 levels amid a decline in earnings as energy companies have slashed capex in response to low oil prices. Keppel has now endured five consecutive quarters of declining profits, with the June quarter recording a 48% year-on-year fall to SGD205 million. The oil and marine division torpedoed Keppel's revenues, with the unit's 54% decrease helping steer overall revenues down 37% to $938 million. While Keppel is trading around levels not seen since 2009 and a move towards businesses with more solid earnings may strengthen its longer term prospects, the stock is likely to remain captive to concerns about the durability of the rally in oil prices given the glut of supply.
Keppel has been shifting its focus towards businesses that can generate recurring income - such as real estate and asset management - as its core oil rig business braces for what CEO Loh Chin Hua predicts to be a "long" and "harsh" winter. Besides falling earnings, the oil rig business was also responsible for Keppel writing off around SGD4 billion from its order book after client Sete Brasil filed for bankruptcy. Keppel has discontinued work for Sete Brasil and has provisioned SGD230 million for losses.
There's an argument that investors may have already priced in the negatives related to the oil rig business and that could mean the stock could lift on signs of a rebound in capex by oil companies. Brent crude prices have soared 71% this year and a number of brokerages such as Barclays have raised their mid-term oil price forecasts, which may bolster confidence among oil executives. However, oil's recovery has been fragile and has been based on hopes of a rebalancing in the oversupplied oil market. News of U.S. oil inventories hitting an all-time high this month pushed Brent crude 4% lower this week, a reminder that a rebalancing of the oil market remains some time off.
Credit Suisse analyst Gerald Wong remains concerned about Keppel's order book and is doubtful that production-related contracts would be able to offset the sharp decline in rig building contracts. Wong has an underperform rating on Keppel Corp with a SGD5.00 a share target price. In the long term, the rise of renewable energy and electric vehicles looks poised to lower oil consumption and demand for oil rigs.
Keppel is betting on its real estate and asset management businesses to fortify and future-proof earnings. Its property division, Keppel Land, which now accounts for 29% of revenues, reported a 37% year-on-year increase in revenues. Besides property development, Keppel Land also operates independently-listed Keppel Reit ( K71U.SG ). The company has also created a new division, Keppel Capital, this year to house its asset management businesses, which include Keppel DC Reit ( AJBU.SG ) and Alpha Investment Partners. Morgan Stanley analyst Xin Jin Ling applauded the move, saying the consolidation of the businesses would help the company recycle capital and expand its capital base. Ling has an overweight rating on Keppel with a SGD6.80 a share target price.
Keppel Land's focus on Vietnam and Indonesia as two of its four core markets positions it to benefit from rising urbanization, but it faces pressures in Singapore's commercial and real estate markets and needs to be vigilant against the slowdown in Chinese property price growth. Keppel is also riding the growth of big data and cloud computing with Keppel DC Reit, which leases buildings housing data centers. However, investors would be better served getting the pure exposure to Keppel DC Reit, as well as Keppel Reit, as they're ring-fenced from the underperforming oil rig and infrastructure businesses.


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The Nevada Veterans Services Commission consists of nine members. Five are appointed by the Governor. Three are required to be members of nationally recognized veterans' organizations and possess an honorable discharge from some branch of the military or naval service of the United States. The two remaining members are representatives from the general public.
Along with those members appointed by the Governor, the Chairman of the Advisory Committee for a Veterans Cemetery in Northern Nevada and the Chairman of the Advisory Committee for a Veterans Cemetery in Southern Nevada each appoint one member from their respective committees. Each of these members must be a representative of a nationally recognized veterans' organization and possess an honorable discharge from some branch of the military or naval service of the United States.
The final two members of the commission are appointed as follows; The Majority Leader of the Senate shall appoint one member of the Senate to serve as a member of the Commission and the Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint one member of the Assembly to serve as a member of the Commission. The term of office of each member is 2 years and their duties are to advise the Director and Deputy Director of the Nevada Department of Veterans Services and to make recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature, the Executive Director and the Deputy Director regarding aid or benefits to veterans.


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New Managing Director for Bupa's New Zealand Health and Care Business
Global healthcare group Bupa has appointed Jan Adams to lead its New Zealand health and care business.
By NBR Contributor
This is a supplied media release.
Global healthcare group Bupa has appointed Jan Adams to lead its New Zealand health and care business. Jan has been in the role in an acting capacity since April and has been with the business since 2015 as Director of Nursing and Quality and Risk.
Prior to her time with Bupa, Jan was at the Waikato District Health Board where she had held a number of roles, including Director of Nursing and Midwifery and eight years as Chief Operating Officer.
Jan has extensive experience within both the UK and NZ health sectors and following her nursing and midwifery training, Jan worked for Bupa in Merseyside, UK. As Director of Nursing and Midwifery she has served on the Nursing Council of New Zealand has been a Ministerial appointment to a number of national steering committees and was appointed by the Director General of Health to a significant inquiry into services at National Women's Hospital.
Dean Holden, Managing Director of Bupa Australia and New Zealand, welcomed Jan's appointment.
"Jan has had a tremendously positive impact on the business since taking the role in an acting capacity earlier this year. I'm thrilled that Jan decided to stay on and I'm sure she'll continue to run this business with great vision, energy and enthusiasm." said Holden.
In New Zealand Bupa are the largest aged care provider with three major aged care businesses; care homes and hospitals; retirement villages and personal medical alarms as well as dental centres and a rehabilitation business, touching the lives of more than 14,000 New Zealanders.
As well as Managing Director, Jan will continue in her role as Bupa's Global Chief Nurse.
"I am delighted to have accepted the permanent role and to continue in my Global Chief Nurse role which is very dear to my heart. I'm looking forward to working with our residents, customers, and governments to identify opportunities to build and continue to improve access and outcomes for New Zealanders." said Adams.


The work Indigenous Community Stories : Women Artists of Patjarr/ represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
In the mid 1960's Ian Dunlop made a series of ethnographic films in the Gibson Desert featuring the few families who had remained living on their traditional lands unaffected by any contact with Europeans. Today, almost all the males in the Dunlop films have passed away, however, a few women are still alive. These women have chosen to remain on their traditional lands as widows and live with some of their family members at a tiny Aboriginal homeland called Patjarr deep within the Gibson Desert. They have become the core artists of a small but successful Indigenous arts centre, Kayili Arts. As they have got older and more frail their connectedness to the waterholes and memories of their younger lives is realised in their artwork— glorious, joyous outpourings of artistry, some individually created, others the collaborative works of true kinsfolk, women of shared life histories and deep friendships. The women wish to juxtapose themselves as they are today with the images of themselves as they were filmed in the 1960s, as young wives, mothers and children, gathering woollybutt grass seeds, digging for goannas, making damper on the hot ashes, sleeping naked next to small winter time campfires, etc.


Secret societies of Mystara, what have you heard?
I would like to compile a list of secret societies of Mystara. If you know of any mention in canon and/or fanon, please let me know.
I'm actually researching their locations and areas of interest. I'm planning on writing one of my own but I don't want to reinvent the wheel if I don't have to.
But, whose to say that it might not help someone else along the way.
Re: Secret societies of Mystara, what have you heard?
Such a list would be very useful, especially if it comes with references and page numbers to sources.
The Fan created GazF8 Landfall Gazetteer has a list of Thieves Guilds and criminal organizations from various gazetteers etc as well as new fan created ones. That might be a good place to start!
Canon includes several secret or semi-secret societies in Glantri, such as the Brotherhood of Radiance, ELF, FAIRY, Thousand Fists of the Khan, etc. The Glantri Gazetteer is quite specific on the secrecy and legality level of each society.
Also, the Orders of the Inheritors in the Savage Coast are societies the level of secrecy of which is not entirely specified. See the Savage Coast books on the Vaults of Pandius.
Most Thieves' Guilds (such as the Shadow Hand in Thyatis) are also secret to some extent. The Gazetteers of Karameikos, Glantri, Rockhome, Minrothad, Ierendi, and DotE all include Thieves' Guilds or similar groups.
The Thorns are a dwarven secret society in Rockhome. See the Gazetteer of Rockhome for details.
Almost-canon societies include those created by Bruce Heard for the Heldannic Knights and Alphatia. You'll need to scour the articles on the VoP and Bruce's site for these.
Fan created societies include many Thieves' Guild-like groups in Landfall in the F-GAZ for that region ("The Streets of Landfall").
The Bleak League is a fan-created Thieves' Guild in Hule.
I've created the Brotherhood of the Woods as a collection of individuals opposing the Black Eagle's crimes in Karameikos.
A long article on espionage groups can be found in the Tome of Mystara.
I've probably forgotten a cartload or two... just search on the Vaults of Pandius for "secret society".
The Lighthouse probably counts as a secret society in the Hollow World.
3) Elitist organisations (i.e. those about personal power for the few); e.g. the seven secret crafts of Glantri.
Some organisations will fall into multiple categories, and we may need more categories, but I think it a useful way to control your informaiton flow.
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This secret society was more like a religious cult, in that the members all acknowledged Jammadaru the Slime lord. The Cult arose in the early FWA years, and at that time it was only a society for the rich and obscure Necromancers and Lycanthropes. In those days most members were not even mages, and included fighters, thieves, and even clerics. Suffering severe losses in the 40 years war, new members were sought for in the new Great School of Magic, in the decades thereafter. Then in the year 845AC Albion McDratt became a student in the School. He was a social reject, yet still offspring of an important Princely family. Unbeknown to the parliament and the commoners, many of this family were clerics of an obscure Humanoid Immortal growing in power; Jammadaru the Slime Lord. With ingenuity he gave the McDratt family and other followers the ability to learn new spells (he also did this with humanoids in the Broken Lands but these took much more time to grow in importance and use, that even today, they aren't well recognized as being important), and become dual classed Cleric and Mage, a blasphemy in the eyes of the Glantrians, if they would know. Albion created Dragonrouge society in the same year he entered the GSM. He used knowledge of the secret chambers to be used as a base for all interested members, and created several other locations. Intrigue, political division, theft, violence, and even outright murder gave these members open places in the Glantrian Political system. Albion McDratt learned both magical and clerical magic, and became a powerful Prince and secretly the head of the Dragonrouge society; a society were only power was important. This became the way for the society to rule, and in public life, politics, and beyond, the followers used this power openly and in secret to attempt to gain what they desired. The employed weird initiation rituals were blood and violence, and most heinous of acts were allowed by the higher members. All women for example were nothing more than slaves and toys. Until that specific day in 885AC, when some viewers discovered the magic some of the more important members were not magic, but clerical instead. They reported this to the local authorities. The Princes opposing the political members of the society saw this as a great opportunity to suppress these violent powerhunger idiots (as such being recorded in files). One by one they were killed, arrested, tortured or magically drained of information of other members. In the year 895AC all powerful members and their cult one by one disappeared. All their secrets forgotten, or stolen by the Great school of Magic (like aquatic spells of the Slimelord or the (in)-famous) Volholm the wet Mage see Hydromancer spells). It is unknown if there are still some members alive, but if so, they are in utmost secrecy, low in number and without any real power, and a dreaded desire to remain hidden since there is a death sentence upon being member of this society, due being destructive to the safety, and social, and political environment of the Principalities of Glantri.
A note from the writer; this cult is mimicked on the variant cults of the Yale University (Skulls & Bones, ΔΚΕ, Scroll & Key, Wolf's Head and ΨΕ) and dangerous sects (like all Real World religions were in the beginning, but mostly the Branch Davidians, Jonestown, Scientology) where I merged these together as one. Yet the same secrecy, political intrigue and mischief are happening here like in the real world examples.
Two GSM based adventures are centered on this group in the above mentioned book on the same page.
Years ago, James Ruhland and I wrote an article about espionage organisations in Mystara (and this would encompass secret societies) for the former Tome of Mystara magazine. You can read it here.
This article is an inventory of societies; the original article where I laid out some guidelines for incorporating espionage into a campaign can be found here.


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I've never danced poallssronifey, but I danced through out college and performed a good bit during that time. I can't afford studio classes anymore not until I'm working at least! I don't foresee any performances, other than rocking the dance floor at a club (maybe) once a month, but the itch never seems to go away! I make up my own classes and follow some Finis Jhung DVD's at home these days. Earlier this year I had to deal with pilodonal disease (If you don't know what it is, you might not want to it's pretty horrid). I'm just now getting back to a normal range of motion. Of course, as a dancer, the range of motion you strive for is FAR beyond what's natural. I've definitely lost a lot of strength and flexibility, but that just encourages me to keep going (Shhh, don't tell my body it's 30, lol).This has been a pretty slow and painful process. However, I find that NOT dancing leads to even more little aches and pains. My body just craves the movement! And it keeps me in a much better place emotionally as well. What a beautiful way to work off any stress that life brings!Keep dancing regardless of what else is going on in your life!
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This membership-based organization offers a wide variety of things to do outside in 235 acres of land and 40 acres of water!
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Swimming areas include a sand beach and a deep end with a slide and dock- lifeguards are provided. Rowboats, paddle boats, canoes, and kayaks are available for rent. The playground areas are plentiful and they offer a shuffle board court, lighted basketball, sand filled volleyball courts and horseshoe pits! Winter isn't a time for the fun to stop- go ice fishing, skating, sledding or cross-country skiing!
The property hosts 5 covered shelters and 4 large pavilions and dozens of picnic tables with grills for your next outing or family gathering. They also have on property their newly remodeled Clubhouse with meeting and recreation rooms, showers, bathrooms and a refreshment stand with it's surrounding deck overlooking the pond.
Members can also enjoy the Wildlife Display. Built in 1970, this area features 14 different species of wild pheasants, some of which are on the endangered species list, numerous species of waterfowl and swans, quail, partridge, and peacocks.
Become a member today and visit Genesee County more often!


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Tanya Dobson in Nashville, TN
Scott Walker April 10, 2018
You may recall this photo that I posted in 2016…
Tanya Dobson died on March 27, 2018. She was only 47 years old.
A lot of you chipped in and helped to raise $1,000 for her and she told me how much she appreciated the donations. The money was going to be used for an apartment closer to the hospital. However, an apartment was not found and the money was utilized to pay for her motel room.
I remember one day, she was treated to a complete hair / makeover by one person who saw the post on FaceBook, which helped remind her of who she once looked like pre-cancer.
On certain days she was unable to get out of bed, due to cancer that she was slowly melting her body away, her enthusiasm to fight – all while living in a cramped motel room.
She tried so hard to reach out to lawmakers for help, but her voice was too weak to receive the services that she needed.
In her younger years, Tanya worked at the Opryland Theme Park in Nashville, TN where she performed for visitors. She told me that she loved singing and would often talk about the songs that she enjoyed the most.
The Nashville native is survived by two sons, Ricky Adkins and Kevin Dobson, Jr.; daughter, Sheree Alana Chapman; mother, Gypsy Brooks; father, Charles Teague; sisters, Degaye Clifton and Karen Hutchison; grandchildren, Ayla Rose Chapman, Dwight Adkins and Amelia Adkins. She is also survived by a host of relatives and friends.
Tanya was laid to rest on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 in the Historic Spring Hill Cemetery.
More about her life in Middle Tennessee:
As a six year old in 1977, Tanya had her first chance to perform at Opryland. She sang on the stage and that event led her to many other singing and even acting engagements throughout her life.
At 16, she was asked to be on Hee Haw. For those who are not from the South, Hee Haw was a popular TV series that first started in 1969. However, after filming an episode with her in it, the episode was cut because she was pregnant at the time. The producer told her it was a "Family" show and that a pregnant teen would not fit in. Life went on.
Tanya was been an extra in several movies, sang with Carl Tipton from Murfreesboro and even raised several children. Of course, raising her children is something that she spoke highly of during our past conversation.
Several years ago a visit to a Dickson, Tennessee medical facility led to doctors finding what appeared to be stage four breast cancer. Shortly after the discovery, a biopsy was performed during which the surgeon accidentally punctured a lung. However, that was not confirmed until about 12 hours later. Tanya told me that she told the doctor she was not feeling good prior to being discharged, but they sent her home anyway.
Soon after being rushed back to the hospital and undergoing surgery, she learned that she had lung cancer in addition to breast cancer. Fights with TNCare insurance soon followed as she sought help while battling her disease.
Tanya was a fighter, but in the end the cancer was too powerful to fight.
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Is there any way to handle Snips responses with multiple slots of the same name with the Snips component?
An example would be a command like "Turn of the light in the office and in the kitchen" which would return 1 slot of type "device" ("light") 2 slots of type "location" ("office" and "kitchen").
yes, just add training data with that build up as well and you will get multiple slots in the message.
Thanks Philipp, but my problem is on the Home Assistant side.
If I use the Snips and "Intent Script" components there then I only get one variable for each slot, and it seems that this variable always only contains the first result Snips sends.
I think I would have to write my one function to handle the MQTT response to get multiple slot entries with the same name, but maybe there is some way I didn't see yet.
Hmm, it is an odd case. Not sure what the best way to handle that would be. Can you provide me the mqtt that is generated when you have multiple slots? Can get it from the snips console.
Sorry I know it has been a long time, but finally got done with some long projects on my end so revisiting. I will poke at this more since I think it is a valuable use case. Will let you know.


I have been playing with Google's newest start up (acquisition ) Grand Central and I have to say it is very cool. Grand Central is an integrated phone ( you get a local number ), voice mail, email, and online service. You can configure a ton of features. Instead of describing them in detail I will post some screenshots.
I will post more on Grand Central when I get a change to examine it more closely. From what I have seen so far I think it might be big.


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How Billions in COVID Stimulus Funds Led Hospitals to Prioritize 'Treatments' That Killed, Rather Than Cured, Patients
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In the second half of an interview this month on Del Bigtree's "The Highwire" — "COVID-19: Following the Money" — policy analyst A.J. DePriest reported on the impact of billions in COVID stimulus funds, which, according to some doctors and lawyers, turned hospitals and medical staff into "bounty hunters," and COVID patients into "virtual prisoners."
by Children's Health Defense Team, The Defender
As reported last week by The Defender, federal monies from the 2020 and 2021 COVID stimulus bills dramatically reshaped K-12 educational priorities, turning American school officials into lackeys for federal agencies more intent on masking and vaccinating every last child than on supporting meaningful education.
So, too, with the stimulus-induced reshaping of hospital priorities.
In the second half of a January interview on Del Bigtree's "The Highwire" — "COVID-19: Following the Money" — policy analyst A.J. DePriest reported on the untoward consequences set into motion as a result of COVID funds provided to hospitals.
Managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the federal government allocated a total of $186.5 billion to the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), with two-thirds ($121.3 billion) disbursed as of January 2022.
The first tranche of $50 billion for hospitals and other Medicare providers — "for healthcare-related expenses or lost revenues … attributable to COVID-19" — began flying out the door in April 2020.
Almost immediately, alert doctors and astute journalists warned the Medicare add-on payments built into the relief package created perverse incentives unfriendly to patients' interests.
As summarized by Dr. Scott Jensen — former Minnesota state senator and current gubernatorial candidate — "anytime healthcare intersects with dollars it gets awkward."
Nearly two years down the road, the "awkwardness" is increasingly difficult to hide.
In the view of DePriest and many others, HHS's stimulus slush fund has been every bit as dangerous for hospital patients as the U.S. Department of Education's handouts have been for the nation's schoolchildren.
Making out like bandits
Dr. Elizabeth Lee Vliet and Ali Shultz, J.D., who wrote a widely distributed op-ed in late 2021 for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), summed up the disturbing situation prevailing in hospitals. The AAPS's professional calling card is its "dedication to the highest ethical standards of the Oath of Hippocrates."
Not mincing their words, the two argued that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) payment directives turned hospitals and medical staff into "bounty hunters," and COVID patients into "virtual prisoners."
Highlighting the slew of CMS add-ons and other incentives established with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act — and also the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (PPPHCEA) — they emphasized the payments hinge on hospitals' willingness to slavishly follow the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) guidelines "for all things related to COVID-19."
As itemized by Vliet and Shultz, compliant hospitals garner CMS payments for:
Each completed diagnostic test (required in the emergency room or upon admission).
Each COVID-19 diagnosis.
Each COVID admission.
Use of the intravenously administered Gilead drug remdesivir (brand name Veklury), which yields a 20% bonus payment on the entire hospital bill.
Mechanical ventilation.
COVID-19 listed as cause of death.
Citing a Becker's Hospital Review breakdown, published in April 2020, of CARES Act payments to different states, DePriest told Bigtree payments ranged from $166,000 per COVID patient in Tennessee hospitals, for example, to far higher payments in states such as North Dakota ($339,000), Nebraska ($379,000) and West Virginia ($471,000).
In addition, for hospitals ascertained to be in COVID "hotspots," HHS distributed special "high-impact" funds — $77,000 per admission initially, later downsized to $50,000 per admission.
HHS explained it used COVID admissions "as a proxy for the extent to which each facility experienced lost revenue and increased expenses associated with directly treating a substantial number of COVID-19 inpatient admission [sic].
The remdesivir ruse
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spent $79 million developing remdesivir for Gilead, which itself dished out $2.45 million during the first quarter of 2020, to lobby for the drug's use with COVID patients.
On May 1, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized remdesivir for emergency use in individuals hospitalized with severe COVID illness, and members of an NIH expert panel (many with financial ties to Gilead) added the drug to the agency's treatment guidelines.
A scant five months later, FDA granted full approval to remdesivir for hospitalized COVID patients over age 12.
The World Health Organization (WHO), in contrast, advised against remdesivir, stating the drug has "no meaningful effect on mortality or on other important outcomes for patients."
Remdesivir sailed through regulatory hoops in the U.S. despite an abysmal track record of "adverse effects serious enough to kill" any individual hapless enough to take it.
Children's Health Defense Chairman Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses remdesivir's toxicity in his best-selling book, The Real Anthony Fauci, outlining the lethal problems — multiple organ failure, acute kidney failure, septic shock, hypotension and death — experienced by participants in NIAID's clinical trial of remdesivir as an Ebola therapy.
When the trial, which compared remdesivir against three other drugs, killed more than half (54%) of the remdesivir recipients within 28 days — the highest mortality rate among the four groups — an oversight board forced the NIAID to end the prong of the study focused on remdesivir.
As if remdesivir alone weren't bad enough, Vliet and Shultz estimate mechanical ventilation kills anywhere from 45% to 85% of COVID patients. Moreover, NIH's skimpy treatment guidelines prescribe dexamethasone concurrently with ventilators.
Dexamethasone, often described as a "double-edged sword," is a highly potent corticosteroid that suppresses the innate immune system.
Like remdesivir, dexamethasone's potentially significant adverse impacts include kidney damage. Additional side effects include interference with the normal function of other organ systems such as the cardiovascular, digestive, endocrine, musculoskeletal and nervous systems.
Ironically, dexamethasone can also increase the need for mechanical ventilation as well as for blood pressure intervention.
Therapies like these are a large part of why, as Vliet and Shultz note, the U.S. COVID mortality rate is so "shockingly high" compared to the rest of the world.
Remdesivir's trail of destruction could get worse — on Jan. 21, FDA expanded use of remdesivir to "high-risk" adult and pediatric outpatients (age 12 and older) "for the treatment of mid-to-moderate COVID-19 disease," permitting administration of the intravenous drug in various outpatient facilities.
FDA's side effects warnings include possible liver injury and allergic reactions such as "changes in blood pressure and heart rate, low blood oxygen level, fever, shortness of breath, wheezing, swelling …, rash, nausea, sweating or shivering."
Getting involved and bringing transparency
Referring to the 20% add-on payment that hospitals receive for administering remdesivir to COVID patients, DePriest commented that a "bonus" is a "weird thing to call something when you're murdering people."
Journalist Jon Rappoport agreed, preferring to characterize hospitals' behavior toward COVID patients as "a federally incentivized protocol for murder" — or "cash for death."
All of the above parties concur that the best-case scenario is to treat COVID early at home and avoid hospitals — "because we know from experience what happens there."
In cases where hospitalization is unavoidable, DePriest encourages communities to get more involved:
"[W]hen you know these hospitals are doing that, the people of that community need to show up at that hospital en masse and start telling them that you, as a community, are going to be advocating for every single COVID patient that walks through those doors, and you are going to hold that hospital accountable — to their patient bill of rights, to their stated visitation policies — and if your state is not in a state of emergency anymore, there shouldn't be any reason why patients are medically kidnapped and separated from their families and isolated.
"There's absolutely no reason for it, but the communities have to get involved and they have to confront these hospitals and tell them, 'We're done, you're not killing any more of us.'"
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TORONTO , April 18, 2019 /CNW/ - BMO today announced that it has won two Celent Model Bank Awards: Payment Services Hub Implementation for BMO Payment Hub; as well as an Innovation Enablement Award for BMO InnoV8, a digital acceleration initiative.
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Home Content News Open Source Integrated Geospatial Data Platform India Observatory Launched
Open Source Integrated Geospatial Data Platform India Observatory Launched
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It will be available in local languages to ensure accessibility for everyone
The observatory has a detailed information on India's social, ecological and economic parameters
According to a report by Times of India, India's first open source integrated geospatial data platform called India Obsevatory has been launched in Hyderabad. The report said that the observatory has a detailed information on India's social, ecological and economic parameters and it has been designed to help in local level decision making by village communities, panchayats, NGOs and government officials.
Local languages and offline as well
The report also said that the India Observatory has the India Data platform as a core concept. The platform contains data on over 1,600 parameters, from village to national level in the form of maps, graphs and infographics. The platform is available for civil society organisations, students, government departments and citizens as per the report.
As per the report, the India Observatory will be able to work offline. It will be available in local languages to ensure accessibility for everyone.
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In December 2015, the company's factory was flooded in Storm Desmond which led to an outsourcing of production and time for repairs.
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Yoga Sutra Quote of the Day. Chapter 2. Verse 34.
Thulite. Stone of healthy habits.
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Ajmera Law → Student Visa → Changing Indian economic scenario & it's impact on foreign education
Changing Indian economic scenario & it's impact on foreign education
Author By Ajmera Law Group Categories Student Visa, Student Visa, Study Abroad & Planning
Indian parents wait till standard 12 or bachelor degree results to take action for a child's foreign education. It could be too late and you may be running out of options.
Pursuant to the economic liberalization in India, wealth creation has reached unprecedented heights. From the time of independence, the Indian economic era can be divided into three main periods:
The first period from 1947 to 1993 can be described as pre-liberalized – a time when pre-liberalisation of the economic policies were in place in India.
The second period from 1993 to 2007 can be regarded as the start of economic liberalization– a time when inbound investments began in earnest in India.
The third period from 2007 to present can be described as optimum economic liberalization – a time when inbound and outbound investments to and from India were allowed.
Before the 1993 pre-economic liberalisation era, most Indians aspired to just own a decent house, a vehicle (two wheelers were good enough), good education for their children in local schools and enjoying vacations within the country. However, in the post economic liberalisation era, most Indians not only want a house with four walls but yearn for a lavishly furnished, luxurious home. Owning at least two cars, a holiday home or farm house outside the city and vacationing abroad have become must-haves for well-to-do Indian families today.
The wave of economic liberalization seen the past few years has increased the number of HNIs in India and wealth generation is at its peak. Life styles, standard of living, travel, education, weddings, savings, retirement and many other important aspects of life have changed post 2007.
Have a look at the following figures:
2007 – HNIs in India 152 ,000
2015 – HNIs in India 236,000
Today, Indian HNIs own a second home outside India, their children are studying in foreign universities and they spend at least one vacation abroad per year, thanks to the booming economy and increased spending power.
According to the data received from RBI the Indian HNI remittance has increased from US$ 440 million in 2007-08 to US$ 13.5 billion in 2017-18 under the LRS. This exponential increase is due to outbound investment and remittance post 2007. Now Indian HNIs are travelling abroad more frequently, for work as well as pleasure. Destination weddings in exotic international locations and sending their children out of India for undergraduate and graduate studies is also making a sizeable contribution towards outbound investment.
According to RBI, the top spending for HNIs was on their children's education – around US$ 4 billion, followed by foreign travel and gifts to family.
As the data shows, spending for children's education abroad is on top of the list for Indian HNIs. Today not only HNIs but even middle class parents aspire to send their children abroad to study. Several surveys show that Asian parents give top priority to their children's education and are particularly keen that they study abroad. This is probably due to the fact that the approach and attitude towards education in Western countries is very different compared to that in Asian countries.
The number of Indian students studying abroad has increased many-fold in the past decade. As per UNESCO data, by August 2018, over 400,000 Indian students were studying abroad. This makes India the second largest source of international students after China.
However, the past migration history of India and the affluence of the Indian diaspora in foreign countries prompts most Indians parents to presume that if their child gets a foreign education, he/she will be able to settle in that country permanently. They equate studying abroad with settling abroad. They feel that once their child goes abroad, they will be able to make a good life for themselves and settle comfortably.
In order to secure their child's future in a foreign country, Indian parents spend obscene amounts of money or take loans that often take a lifetime to pay and somehow send their children abroad to study. Their hope is that their child will obtain residency, land up with a lucrative job and have a successful career.
We must not forget that just like India, there are many countries around the world who send their youth to study in countries such as USA, Canada, Australia, UK and New Zealand.
This has increased the number of foreign students applying for immigration in the aforementioned countries. Hence the queue and waiting period for obtaining immigration is getting longer and longer.
Let us take an example of an Indian student studying in USA. If this student started studying in the Master's program in the year 2002, he is likely to have completed it by 2004. Like most students, he would have converted his status from F1 student visa to H1B work permit visa. He would have worked for six years on this visa assuming that the company he worked for continued to hire his services. Hence until 2010 he would be working on a H1B visa.
Let us assume that this student applied for a Green Card in 2010 under one for the following categories – EB1, EB2 and EB3 and received approval for his I-140 petition. As each of the categories has a quota of 40,000 Green Cards per year, and as the number of foreign students applying for a Green Card in these categories is very high, it takes several years to receive this much coveted card.
As per USA Government official website, petitions received/ approved until January 2015 are being issued a Green Card under the EB1 category. Petitions approved/received until July 2009 are being issued a Green Card under the EB2 and EB3 categories. Hence our student has to wait for at least another 4 years for a Green Card under the EB1 category and another 10 years under the EB2 and EB3 categories, assuming that rules do not change and processing time remains more or less the same.
There are many Indian students in USA who were trying to obtain a Green Card since the last 12-15 years after completing their studies. When their wealthy Indian parents realized that their children cannot obtain residency after the study program, they tried to intervene by investing money on behalf of the children in programs such as EB-5 Investor visa of USA to secure a Green Card for their child.
Other popular destinations for study abroad are Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Thanks to thousands of student visa consultants and agents, Canada has the highest number of Indian international students. Unfortunately due to bad advice given by local agents, who are motivated by the hefty commissions they receive from foreign education institutes, a good number of students receive a shock of their life when they realize that the course they have been enrolled into is not a Master's program but a college diploma or certificate course. Also, the institution they are going to study in is not a recognized university but a community college. There are innumerable horror stories faced by parents and their children because of their desperation to go abroad.
Most Indian parents, whose children are ready to study abroad, fail to realize that circumstances that existed a few years ago to settle abroad are not applicable in 2020. Immigration laws and regulations change from time to time and from country to country. Unless parents plan early, sending their children abroad to study will only result in spending exorbitant amounts of money without any net gain, which is permanent settlement in that country.
There are also good number of Indian students who had gone abroad to study but were forced to return back to India because they could not get employment related to their education nor could obtain residency/permanent immigration of the country where they studied. This has led to frustration, disappointment and careers of many bright students being destroyed due to short-sightedness and lack of knowledge.
When our law firm is approached by such parents, we cannot find a viable solution for them in many cases as the child who has gone abroad for study is way past the legal age to be included in an immigration application with his/her parents under the investor class. Parents and children undertake thorough research and seek legal advice from an experienced immigration lawyer to explore the possibility of immigration after study before going abroad.
Though a new concept for Indian HNIs, their counterparts in other countries such as China, Taiwan and Korea have resorted to obtaining residency and citizenship by the investment of various countries round the world to secure their children's education in foreign jurisdictions, giving their children a jump start in their career when they finish their education.
The most important advantage of obtaining residency and citizenship by investment is that the investor's children can enjoy reduced tuition fees at the majority of top universities. Tuition fees for permanent residents and citizens are significantly lower, reduced by almost 60%-80%, in most foreign universities as compared to those paid by international students.
In many cases, the amount to be invested by an investor in a particular country is just a little higher than the tuition fees he/she would pay in international student fees, especially if the investor has two or more children.
Making investments in risk-free but unconventional products in many countries of the world can help wealthy Indians to secure the foreign education and career of their children. There are excellent opportunities available for investing in countries such as USA, Canada, UK, some European countries and the Caribbean islands which guarantee subsidized education for children of investors.
In keeping with the changing trends, Indian parents can invest for a second passport or residency of a foreign country to ensure theirs and their children's future before it's too late.
Countries that offer Residency and/or Citizenship by Investment:
Residency to Citizenship:
USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand
Direct Citizenship:
Caribbean Islands –> St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, Antigua & Barbuda, Grenada, Dominica
Residency: Europe
Portugal, Spain, Malta, Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Latvia, Turkey
Citizenship: Europe
Cyprus, Malta, Bulgaria, Moldova
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 КДС — Киевское дворянское собрание
 КДС — Кремлёвский дворец съездов
 КДС — командир дежурной смены (в армии)
 КДС — канальный доплеровский синтезатор (в радиосистемах)
 КДС — Коломенская духовная семинария (с 2009 по 2015 год использовалась аббревиатура КПДС)
 КДС — коклюш, дифтерия, столбняк (прививка)
 КДС — кабельные диэлектрические системы
 КДС — клапан дыхательный совмещённый
 КДС — кредитный дефолтный своп
 КДС — Калужская духовная семинария
 КДС — кодирование длин серий
 КДС — крещение Духом Святым

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Martins Beach owner Vinod Khosla sues…
Martins Beach owner Vinod Khosla sues California panels, San Mateo County
Jim Gensheimer/staff archives (2015)
A beachcomber walks at Martins Beach near Half Moon Bay. The beach's owner has filed a new lawsuit in his long-running legal feud over public access to the beach.
By Aaron Kinney |
PUBLISHED: October 16, 2016 at 6:35 p.m. | UPDATED: October 23, 2016 at 7:52 a.m.
HALF MOON BAY — Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has opened yet another front in the long-running legal war over public access to his coastal property, Martins Beach, this time accusing a pair of powerful state agencies of violating his constitutional rights.
Attorneys for the billionaire investor filed a lawsuit in federal court late last month against the California Coastal Commission, State Lands Commission and San Mateo County, accusing them of violating his right under the 14th Amendment to equal protection under the law.
The suit, filed Sept. 30, claims there is "a concerted effort by state and local officials to single out, coerce and harass one coastal property and its owner for refusing to cede its private property rights."
Khosla claims the defendants have gone after him for "purely personal and political reasons" ever since he decided, in 2010, to break with a decadeslong practice under previous owners of allowing the public to drive down to the water at Martins Beach in exchange for a parking fee.
San Mateo County and the Coastal Commission have told Khosla that locking his gate off Highway 1, because it changes the public's ability to reach the shore, constitutes development under the Coastal Act, and the businessman must seek a coastal development permit. He has yet to do so.
The lawsuit argues that no other coastal property owners, including the previous owners, the Deeney family, have been subjected to similar scrutiny. Representatives for the Coastal Commission, State Lands Commission, and San Mateo County declined to comment on the suit.
Mark Massara, an attorney for the Surfrider Foundation in one of two lawsuits seeking to restore public access to Martins Beach, a secluded cove just south of Half Moon Bay, called the suit "a laundry list of whining and complaining."
"I just don't get these guys," he said. "The amount of time and money and effort they're spending, and all they're doing is blowing smoke."
Besides arguing that Khosla's constitutional rights have been violated, the suit appears to ask the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco to strike as unconstitutional a legal statute granting the State Lands Commission, which governs California's tidal lands, the power to purchase property from private owners.
The commission, under a law authored by state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, was engaged in negotiations through this spring to buy a public right of way from Khosla. The status of those negotiations, which have not produced an agreement, was unclear Sunday.
In an email, Dori Yob, an attorney for Khosla, said the property owner had no choice but to file a federal suit to seek protection from the defendants.
"We, as a matter of principle, are opposed to state and local officials using coercion and harassment to 'take' private property rights," she said. "This is exactly what certain staff of the Coastal Commission and other state agencies have done — engaged in a campaign to extract private property rights from a property owner through extra-judicial harassing and coercive behavior."
Khosla's critics argue he still hasn't taken basic steps to resolve the conflict at the state and local levels.
"They had an opportunity to negotiate with the state in good faith," said Massara, "and they blew it off."
Martins Beach
Aaron Kinney
Aaron Kinney formerly covered San Mateo County and the Peninsula for the Bay Area News Group.