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Incorporating Artificial Intelligence into Arbitration
Making Cryptocurrencies Legal in India
Tests for Differentiating Employees from Independent Workers
The importance of creation of jobs in the economy cannot be emphasized enough in today's world. Especially in India, with the ever increasing population of the country, it is important that enough jobs are created in order to ensure people can sustain themselves and their families. People can work for others in the form of an employee or be self-employed or operate as independent workers, depending upon their choice.
Employment does not only ensure monetary income, but entails with it several other benefits in different forms, House Rent Allowance, Medical Insurance, Gratuity, to name a few. A company will only provide such benefits to its employees and not to its independent workers. Due to this, disputes have arisen time and again between a party and the company regarding the status of the party.
II. Misclassification of Employees
Conventionally, an organization will consist of 2 different types of people, who are responsible to carry out the work, which are:
Full-time workers, known as the employees,
Independent contractors, vis-à-vis consultants, freelancers, etc, which are not employees per se.
The line of distinction between these workers is very thin and this often leads to misclassification of employees by the organization. As the name suggests, it refers to the practice of wrongful inclusion of employees under the second category, i.e. independent workers or contractors.
III. Tests for Classification
Before we move on to the tests for determining the status of a worker, it is important to note that at the outset, every worker is classified as an employee, unless proven otherwise, which means that the burden to prove the same is on the employer. Now let us move to the tests which have been expounded by the Supreme Court to determine the status of employment.
a. Control and Supervision Test
The first and foremost test to establish the status of employee is the control test. This test was held to be the primary test to distinguish a contract of service (employer-employee relations) from a contract for service (independent worker/contractor) in the case of Shivnandan Sharma v Punjab National Bank. It is important to note that the scope of this control and supervision is not just limited to directing the nature of work to be carried out but also the manner in which the same is being done. Due to the distinct natures of each industry, it is difficult to lay down an exhaustive definition to determine the exercise of control and thus the same depends upon the particular organization and the work it engages in.
However, the SC in General Manager, Bengal Nagpur Cotton Mills, Rajnandgaon v. Bharat Lala and Another, held that in addition to the authority of the principal employer to direct the worker regarding the work and manner of carrying it out, it is also important to determine if the contractor pays the salary, holds the right to regulate the employment or holds ultimate control over the worker, as it would mean that the worker is an independent contractor.
In International Airport Authority of India v. International Air Cargo Workers' Union, this principle was reiterated and the court held that, since the independent contractor are carrying out duties for someone else, it is inevitable that this other party will direct the worker toa small degree in performing their duties. Such control is just incidental and would not be sufficient to establish employer-employee relations.
In BHEL vs. Mahendra Prasad Jakhmola & Ors, the SC found that the salaries were being paid by the contractor and since he also had the ultimate supervision and control over the allocation of the workers, BHEL merely had secondary control in the form if directing the work to be done and the manner of doing it. Thus, the labourers cannot be said to be employees of BHEL.
b. Organization Test
Lord Denning in Bank Voor Handel v. Slatford, laid down that the abidance to the orders of the employer by the person, with respect to the essential services, provided by the organization, will show that the worker is a constituent or part of the organization and will thus establish employer-employee relations. It means that it needs to be seen whether the services being provided are important, integral and essential to the business, or supplementary and incidental to the business.
c. Integrity Test
This test examines whether the person is fully integrated and committed towards the organization of the employer or has other similar work interests in other organizations. The second thing to be looked into is if the person receives their remuneration, from the principal employer or the contractor. If the answer to both these questions is affirmative, then they will be classified as an employee.
d. Other Tests
The court laid down an important question to be considered before determining the status of a worker as an employee, if the person performing the services has taken up the job on his own volition. If the answer to this question is negative, only then they will be considered to be an employee. Further, in order to determine the status of a person as an employee, the following 3 criteria were laid down by the court in Ready Mixed Concrete Ltd. v. Minister of Pensions and National Insurance:
In consideration for wage, the servant will apply his skill to carry out some service for his employer.
The servant assents to abide by the control of the other, either expressly or impliedly, which will establish the latter's status as employer.
The terms and provisions of the contract conform to it being that of a contract of service.
In Hussainbhai, Calicut v. The Alath Factory Thenzhilali Union, Kozhikode, the court said that it would be incorrect to just see the text of the contract and not the raw social realities. It is important to lift the veil of the contract, and discover the true relations between the principal employer and the workmen. The determining factor is the economic dependence of the worker on the employer, relating to subsistence, skill and continued employment, which will make him an employee.
IV. Need for Reassessment
An increase in professionals and the number and variety of services provided by them is seen in recent times. The kind of services provided by them requires an expertise in the field. For instance, there is a limit upto which control can be exercised over a doctor, who may just be told the health problems of the patient and then he will use his diagnosis and apply his mind, which will be unique to him to treat the patient. Similarly, a teacher can merely be told the syllabus but he may impart the knowledge in his own way.
The growth of professionalism has put holes in the control and supervision test and the interpretation of 'control' as authority to direct the employees has become outdated. The earlier belief that the employer will possess the technological knowledge in the field, so as to direct the employees regarding the manner of carrying out their work was no longer holding to be true in the modern world.
We have seen a positive step towards addressing of this issue by the SC in Sushilaben Indravadan Gandhi v. The New India Assurance Company Ltd. and Ors. Here, instead of choosing one superior test, the court held that in order to arrive at the correct result, the various tests which have been developed will have to be applied simultaneously upon the facts, especially in complex situations. Thus, the duty of the Court will be to measure the factors pointing towards existence of employer-employee relations and those against it to take the correct decision. It is important to note that although test is slipping away from control and supervision, it still remains an important factor in determining employment relationship.
In this manner, the Court makes a shift from the strict control tests and rather proposes a flexible approach for determination of employment relationship, which is important in today's world.
The courts took a holistic approach of applying all of these tests together, instead of replacing the previous one with a new one. Further, the courts also showed flexibility with respect to the degree of applicability of these tests, depending upon the facts of the situation.
As much as these the path followed by the courts and the tests it developed in the journey are appreciable, it is again, time for the courts to reassess the efficiency of these tests and make some changes. This is due to the rise in the number of professionals in recent times. As we know that the work they carry out requires a degree of expertise, which not everyone possesses, it becomes difficult for big conglomerates, expanding into any and every field, hiring these professionals to provide services, to supervise the working of their employees, which necessitates the judiciary to come up with some newer tests to determine the employment status of professionals.
Name – Samkit Jain
College – National Law University, Jodhpur
Batch – 2023
Privatization of Public Sector Banks: Can Judiciary Play a Role to Protect the Interests of Employees?


The stakes are high for banks to differentiate and deliver the right customer experience, as their products are highly commoditized. Studies show that globally, more than 37% of clients switched bank providers during the past 6-12 months.
Such results are the consequence of budgets being spent on inefficient engagement strategies that are not creating a seamless, fast and uniquely great experience for all clients. Moreover, in the past 3 years, 58% of clients have done business with more than 2 banks for the same reason: no single provider could offer them a completely satisfying customer journey. So, clients kept on searching.
According to Gallup's most recent global research, only 13% of employees worldwide are engaged at work. They stand apart through the discretionary effort they consistently bring to their roles, willingly going the extra mile, working with passion, and feeling a profound connection with their organization.
Actively disengaged employees instead, are more or less damaging the company. A well-known fact by now is particularly worrisome for companies around the world: high-commitment organizations out-perform the low commitment ones. Specifically, it boils down to employees performing 20% better and being 87% less likely to leave the company.
Brick and mortar retailers are going through hard times, facing increased competition from the online channel that grows at 19% per year and wrestling with internal challenges, like the high percentage (85%) of products delisted after their first year, as they fail to reach the benchmark of a highly successful launch.
The objective of the study was to measure the impact of different communication channels on shopping behavior by analyzing customers' reactions in a virtual supermarket as they interacted with branded communication materials or scanned product shelves.
The Indian agriculture sector remains the backbone of the nation's economy, accounting for about 15 percent of the country's GDP. Nearly 60 percent of rural households rely on agriculture as their principal means of livelihood.
To support continued growth, the agrochemical industry sector is developing strategies to grow strong distribution channels which are primarily based on retailers. Margins are different, depending on the brand, and so higher margins on competitor brands, can strongly motivate retailers to actively promote a different brand.
How Can Retailers Keep Up With Customers?
Where's the Friction in Your Customer Experience?


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Personal health record, AI
May 20, 2008 (2008-05-20)
Google Health is a branch of Google started in 2006. Originally designed as an to attempt to create a repository of health records and data (personal health record services), in order to connect doctors, hospitals and pharmacies directly. The project was introduced in 2008 and discontinued in 2012.
Starting in November 2018, Dr. David Feinberg was appointed lead.[1] In 2019, it was announced they want more searchable medical records and to "improve the quality of health-focused search results across Google and YouTube".[2] Google Health also appears to focus on health-related artificial intelligence research, clinical tools, and partnerships for other healthcare tools and services.[3]
former Google Health beta logo
Google Health (2008-2012)
Google Health was the name given to a 2008-2012 version of a service allowed Google users to volunteer their health records--either manually or by logging into their accounts at partnered health services providers--into the Google Health system, thereby merging potentially separate health records into one centralized Google Health profile. Volunteered information could include "health conditions, medications, allergies, and lab results".[4] Once entered, Google Health used the information to provide the user with a merged health record, information on conditions, and possible interactions between drugs, conditions, and allergies.[5] Google Health's API was based on a subset of the Continuity of Care Record.[6]
The original Google Health was under development from mid-2006, under ex-chief health strategist Dr. Roni Zeiger.[7][8] In 2008, the service underwent a two-month pilot test with 1,600 patients of The Cleveland Clinic.[9] Starting on May 20, 2008, Google Health was released to the general public as a service in beta test stage. On September 15, 2010, Google updated Google Health with a new look and feel.[10]
On June 24, 2011, Google announced it was retiring Google Health on January 1, 2012; data was available for download through January 1, 2013.[11][12] The reason Google gave for abandoning the project was the lack of widespread adoption.[13] In 2012, Dr. Roni Zeiger left Google.[7]
Google Health (2018-current)
Google Health in 2018 was the name given to a team working within Google, rather than a service or application, following a similarly named web service in 2008-2012.
In 2018, during a process codenamed "Tuscany," teams across combined consolidated into the new Google Health group. This included artificial-intelligence research teams Google Brain and DeepMind, as well as health teams from Nest Labs, the connected-home company Google bought in 2014.[14][15]
Later in 2018, Google reorganized their healthcare efforts, and as a result DeepMind Health became part of Google Health.[16] They began a non disclosed project called Project Nightingale, a partnership with Ascension, a large Catholic health care system in the United States.[17][18] The project was headed by head Dr. David Feinberg, hired in November 2018 and his oversight includes Google Fit, health-oriented features in Google Search, G Suite for healthcare businesses, AI-based health research offerings, and Alphabet subsidiaries DeepMind Health, Verily, and Calico.[1][2] At the 2019 HLTH health care conference, Feinberg announced Google Health is working on improvements with the search functions in electronic health records (EHR) and to improve health-related search results across their platforms.[2]
In 2020, there were four areas of focus:
Consumer tools : included work on search and maps to surface authoritative information
Clinician tools : in partnerships with doctors and clinicians
Google Health reportedly struck up deals to work with large health systems such as Ascension and Stanford Medicine, but talks with other major heath companies and organizations including CVS Health and the Gates Foundation had "fallen apart along the way".[19]
FitBit Acquisition
In November 2019, Google announced plans to acquire FitBit.[20] The company also said "Fitbit health and wellness data will not be used for Google ads." The European Data Protection Board voiced privacy concerns in February 2020 about mass aggregation of data.[21] In August 2020, EU regulators announced plans for an anticompetition probe into the deal.[22]
"A quarter of Google Health's life has been spent during the coronavirus pandemic, and it's helped focus its search ambitions, partnerships with health officials, and collaboration across the company," chief health officer Dr. Karen DeSalvo said in August 2020.[23] She described YouTube, Maps, Google Assistant, and Google search wanting to guide consumers on their healthcare experience, called the "Discovery to Action Pathway". This included searching for local testing sites, looking for doctors, and setting up an appointment.[24]
In April 2020, Julie Black, Director of Product Management for Google Health, announced virtual care entries on Google Maps for medical businesses.[25][non-primary source needed] Searches for "immediate care" would also show widely-available virtual care platforms like Live Health Online, AmWell and Doctor on Demand.
In August 2020, Google announced an partnership with and investment in AmWell, a telemedicine company.[26][non-primary source needed] The two companies aim to use their technology capabilities for TeleHealthcare including artificial intelligence and collaboration tools. Google Cloud will also invest $100 million in Amwell.
YouTube chief executive officer Susan Wojcicki announced efforts to connect people to trusted information about the coronavirus pandemic. This included a COVID-19 news shelf, with videos from health authorities and news organizations. YouTube also said they were consulting on an ongoing basis with health authorities like the WHO and local organizations like the CDC, the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare, and India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, as well as expert medical and public health professionals, to design policies based on the latest science. YouTube updated its policies to prohibit content with harmful medical information, and removed over 200,000 videos for violating medical policies.[27][non-primary source needed]
At the same time, YouTube and other social media sites had been criticized by civil rights advocates and health experts. The Southern Poverty Law Center noted that hate groups and racist pundits had pushed misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic on mainstream social media platforms such as YouTube throughout the crisis, despite companies like YouTube's parent company Google pledging to fight fake news about the virus.[28] The SPLC pointed out that videos containing racist misinformation about COVID created by Jared Taylor of American Renaissance, a white supremacist organization, had been posted and disseminated on YouTube. The SPLC also noted that despite being banned from Twitter since 2018, American Renaissance's YouTube channel and its 126,000 subscribers had remained, as of April 2020.[28]
Google Health Studies App
In late 2020, Google introduced a Google Health Studies app for Android phones, appearing to rival Apple's ResearchKit and Research App.[29] The first studies on the Health Studies app focus on respiratory illness like COVID-19.[30] Google deployed federated learning in an effort to improve privacy and security in its Health Studies app.[31]
The Google Health Studies app was introduced amidst news that a competing Apple Research app had inadvertently collected more health data than requested.[32] The Apple study had unintentionally collected 30 days of additional data, which was not requested as part of the study. According to emails to study participants, extra data had reportedly been deleted and was never accessed by Apple.[33]
As of February 2020, Google Health had more than 500 employees.[34] As of 2020, Google Health's leadership team includes the following people:[35][36]
Paul Muret - vice-president, Product and Engineering,[34] previously co-founder of Urchin Software (acquired by Google)
Julie Black, director of Product Management.
Anurag Agarwal - vice-president, Engineering[37][38]
Kristen Gil, chief operating officer, vice-president of BizOps, business finance officer
Dr. Lily Peng - product manager, Research
Dr. David Feinberg, vice-president and head, previously chief executive officer of Geisinger Health[39]
Mike Pearson - chief of staff
Dr. Michael Howell, chief clinical strategist
Dr. Alvin Rajkomar - research scientist
Dr. Alan Karthikesalingam, research lead, UK
Greg Corrado, distinguished scientist
Afia Asamoah, head of Legal, previously senior product counsel at Verily Life Sciences[40]
Linda Peters - vice-president, Quality and Regulatory, previously executive vice-president and chief regulatory officer at Becton Dickinson[41]
Matt Klainer - vice-president, Business Development, previously vice-president of Google's consumer communications products group[34]
Dr. Robert Califf, advisor, Clinical Policy and Strategy, former FDA Commissioner
Dr. Karen DeSalvo, chief health officer, former United States Acting Assistant Secretary for Health and former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Jeff Dean, senior fellow, vice-president of Google artificial intelligence
Yoky Matsuoka*, home-health monitoring, former co-founder of Google X, previously Nest CTO[34]
Virginia McFerran, formerly from UnitedHealth Group and managing partner at Optum Ventures[42]
Michael MacDonnell, COO of Sensyne Health,[43] formerly director of Global Deployment at Google Health, previously Director of Strategy at NHS England
Jessica Beegle, vice-president/general manager, Healthcare, Walgreens Boots Alliance,[44][45] formerly Google Health and DeepMind Health global head of business development, previously Amazon Web Services global head of healthcare and life sciences partnerships.[46]
Dr. Dominic King - director, UK lead
Shashidar Thakur, VP Engineering[38][47][37]
The original Google Health (2008-2012), like many other Google products, was free to use for consumers. Unlike other Google services, however, Health contained no advertising.[48] Google did not reveal how it planned to make money with the service, but a Wall Street Journal article said that Google "hasn't ruled [advertising] out for the future."[49] Google filed in 2007, U.S. Patent Application #20070282632, "Method and apparatus for serving advertisements in an electronic medical record system".[50]
Google Health (from 2008 to 2012) imported medical and/or drug prescription information from the following partners: Allscripts, Anvita Health, The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, The Cleveland Clinic, CVS Caremark, Drugs.com, Healthgrades, Longs Drugs, Medco Health Solutions, Quest Diagnostics, RxAmerica, and Walgreens.[51][non-primary source needed] In January 2010, the Withings WiFi Body scale enables Google Health users to seamlessly update their weight and other data to their online profiles.[52] Users whose health records reside with other providers had to either manually enter their data or pay to have a Google Health partner perform the service. MediConnect Global was one such partner; for a fee, they would retrieve a user's medical records from around the world and add them to his or her profile.
In 2009, in response to demand for added convenience, Google Health began establishing relationships with tele-health providers that will allow their users to sync the data shared during tele-health consultations with their online health records partnerships have been formed with the following companies: MDLiveCare and Hello Health.[53][non-primary source needed]
Privacy concerns
The original Google Health was an opt-in service, meaning it could only access medical information volunteered by individuals. It did not retrieve any part of a person's medical records without his or her explicit consent and action.[4] However, it did encourage users to set up profiles for other individuals.[5] According to its Terms of Service, Google Health is not considered a "covered entity" under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; thus, HIPAA privacy laws do not apply to it.[54]
In a 2008 article covering the original Google Health's launch, the New York Times discussed privacy issues and said that "patients apparently did not shun the Google health records because of qualms that their personal health information might not be secure if held by a large technology company."[9] Others contend that Google Health may be more private than the current "paper" health record system because of reduced human interaction.[55]
DeepMind Health and NHS
In 2017, DeepMind Health (later a division of Google Health) was found to have not complied with UK data protection laws, according to the UK Information Commissioner's Office.[56] The health unit of DeepMind had been formed in early 2016. DeepMind acquired a task management app called Hark developed by Dr. Dominic King and Dr. Lord Ara Darzi at Imperial College.[57] Deepmind Health was also developing an app with the NHS Royal Free Hospital called Streams that helped monitor patients with acute kidney injury.[57] The ICO said that patients were not notified correctly about how their data was being used. The DeepMind Health team noted the appointment of Dr. David Feinberg at Google in November 2018,[58] and later officially joined Google Health in late 2019.[59]
Google Health and University of Chicago
In June 2019, University of Chicago, its medical center, and Google were sued in a potential class-action lawsuit about patient record sharing. A federal judge dismissed the patient data privacy lawsuit on September 4, 2020.[60] The class action suit had been filed by plaintiff Matt Dinerstein and represented by attorney Jay Edelson.[61][62]
The University noted that class action attorney Edelson had a potential conflict of interest, as an investor in a competing company, Quant HC. According to a legal motion filed in 2019, Edelson and his law partners allegedly "funded, organized, and served as officers and directors of" Quant HC, a company founded by Edelson's spouse, a physician at University of Chicago.[63] Quant HC, produced medical software called ECART, and received $600,000 of initial investment from Edelson and his wife from its founding in 2012.[64][65]
Google Health and Ascension Health
In 2018, Project Nightingale started the partnership with Ascension, one of the largest United States health care systems.[18] Ascension health system and Google described the partnership including infrastructure modernization, transitioning to productivity and collaboration tools, and exploring artificial intelligence / machine learning applications and tools for doctors and nurses.[66][67]
In November 2019, Google engineers were reported to have had access to medical records held by Ascension as they were building products and as a result, the US government opened up an investigation on the partnership.[68] From December 2019 to March 2020, a group of U.S. Senators asked for more information about the project, and how sensitive health information was protected.[69]
Legal observers, however, had noted that there had probably not actually been any HIPAA federal privacy law violations, citing a business associate agreement between Google and Ascension in line with what HIPAA allowed.[70][71] Other health data experts commented that companies such as IQVIA, UnitedHealth Optum Labs, and Symphony Health, IBM Watson Health (Truven Health) "reap the profits of selling the healthcare data while the people from whom it's collected have no control over how it's used. Nor do they get any compensation for it."[72] For example, IQVIA, a large pharmaceutical research and marketing conglomerate noted that they have data on over 600 million patients in their public 10-K financial filings.[73]
Other media coverage noted that while Google had done nothing illegal, questions remained on what other uses Google intended.[74] Google executive Tariq Shaukat wrote in an official statement that the data would be used in extending tools to doctors and nurses to improve care, writing: "We aim to provide tools that Ascension could use to support improvements in clinical quality and patient safety."[75] The official post was later amended to clarify that Ascension patient data would not be combined with Google consumer data, stating "In accordance with HIPAA and the BAA we sign with our customers, patient data cannot be used for any other purpose than for provisioning the tools specific to the customer."
Comparison to Facebook Hospital Data Projects
The stated commitment by Google to not combine data stood in contrast to the health records activities by Facebook.
While Google noted they would not combine health data with consumer data, Facebook had reportedly sought to combine hashed electronic health record data with consumer data. The secretive Facebook "Building 8" project, led by cardiologist Dr. Freddy Abnousi, sought to "combine what a health system knows about its patients (such as: person has heart disease, is age 50, takes 2 medications and made 3 trips to the hospital this year) with what Facebook knows (such as: user is age 50, married with 3 kids, English isn't a primary language, actively engages with the community by sending a lot of messages)."[76]
FitBit Acquisition and the European Commission
In August 2020, as Google began acquisition of FitBit, the European Commission began investigating Google's potential uses of data collected from Fitbit's health tracking hardware.[77][78] The Commission expressed concerns about competition, the effects of combining data from FitBit and Google in the digital healthcare sector, and potential effects of interoperability of rivals' wearables with Google's Android operating system for smartphones.
Competitors and related companies
Google's parent company Alphabet, Inc. has also been active in the healthcare industry with the companies Verily, Calico, and DeepMind.[79] In July 2020, sister company Verily was described as acting "largely independent of one another", while Verily chief executive officer Andrew Conrad reportedly wanted to end the "rivalry" between the two companies and collaborate more closely.[80][81]
On December 7, 2011, MediConnect Global announced a similar capability that allows displaced Google Health users to transfer their personal health records to a MyMediConnect account.[82]
Google Health was a personal health record (PHR) service with numerous competitors, including other proprietary PHR systems and open-source such as Microsoft's HealthVault, Dossia, and the open-source Indivo project.[83]
In the United States hospital market for electronic health records (EHR) in 2018, Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH, and CSPI (Evident Thrive) had the top market share at 28%, 26%, 9%, and 6%.[84] For large hospitals with over 500 beds, Epic and Cerner had over 85% market share in 2019.[85]
On July 18, 2011, Microsoft released a tool that lets Google Health customers transfer their personal health information to a web-based Microsoft HealthVault account.[86] HealthVault had partnered with American Heart Association, Johnson & Johnson, and Allscripts.[87] In November 2019, Microsoft HealthVault was shut down and it was suggested users migrate their records to Get Real Health and FollowMyHealth.[87]
Health (Apple)
In 2014, Health (Apple) a health informatics mobile application was announced. HealthKit is the accompanying developer application programming interface (API).[88]
In 2019, Dr. Roni Zeiger announced he would be joining Facebook as the Head of Health Strategy.[7] The same year in 2019, Facebook announced its project called Preventive Health, a digital tool to connect patients with healthcare providers and sends reminders for health concerns based on age and gender.[89][90]
In 2017, Facebook had been working on a "top-secret" project headed by Dr. Freddy Abnousi to take anonymous medical data and using a common computer science cryptographic technique called "hashing" in order to match individuals.[91] Alleged this information would only be used for the medical research community.[91] Additionally there had been the idea of building virtual profiles of patients that included their medical conditions, as well as their social and economic factors.[91]
Facebook Health Privacy Concerns
In 2020, privacy issues surfaced for Facebook Groups health communities. Breast cancer advocate Andrea Downing raised privacy concerns about Facebook's closed health communities. She noted that for closed groups like the BRCA Sisterhood group, members' personal information was supposed to only be visible to other members. A cybersecurity researcher found that developers, marketers and others could download the membership lists of Facebook groups for thousands of diseases and conditions, from Alcoholics Anonymous to survivors of sexual assault.[92] As a result, a complaint was filed with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming that that Facebook "deceptively solicited patients to use its 'Groups' product to share personal health information about their health issues."[93]
Since 2018, Amazon is in a joint venture, Haven, with JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway, to created a new type of health insurance.[68][94] In 2019, Amazon launched a beta program as an extension of a traditional health insurance plan called, Amazon Care, offering both virtual and in-person healthcare.[94] They have tele-medicine via an app, chat and remote video, as well as follow-up visits and prescription drug delivery via home or office.[94]
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Shnei Luchos Habris by the Shl"a Hakadosh.
The "Nachas" Edition. Amsterdam, 1698
Sold for: $40,000
Pearls of wisdom and profound lessons in kabbalah, mussar, commentary on the Torah and principles of the Oral Torah by the saintly kabbalist Harav Yeshaya Halevi Horowitz, the Shl"a Hakadosh. This second edition of Shnei Luchos Habris was printed in the Hebrew year נח"ת 1698, also the year of the birth of the Baal Shem Tov, and is thus referred to as "The Nachas Edition".
The present copy is in excellent condition and is bound in leather-encased wood with its original clasps.
The Nachas Edition of the Sefer HaShl"a was elaborately printed with large, clear letters and wide margins and boasts an illustrated copperplate title page designed by master artist and illustrator Avraham Hager, famous for his illustrated Amsterdam Haggadah. This edition is widely regarded as one of the masterpiece creations of Amsterdam Hebrew printing.
A Year of Nachas
Chassidic courts assign great significance to the Nachas Edition of the Sefer HaShl"a, and link the year it was printed—נח"ת-1698—to the birth of the Baal Shem Tov. The Rayatz zy"a inscribed in his letters:
"In the year נח"ת, it was elaborately reprinted, and it is a good sign that the revelation of this sacred work evoked great nachas ruach in the heavens, and in this year, the light of all Yisrael, our master the Baal Shem Tov was born…"
Rabbi Yeshaya Halevi Horowitz (circa 1558-1626), renowned as the Shl"a after the acronym of his magnum opus Shnei Luchos Habris, was renowned throughout the Jewish world for his piety and sanctity. The Shl"a served as Rabbi of the great Diaspora communities of Posen, Ostroh, Frankfurt and Prague, and his son Rabbi Sheftel Halevi Horowitz in his preface to the Shl"a, writes that "his disciples spread out throughout nearly the entire Diaspora."
In 1622, the Shl"a journeyed to Eretz Yisrael where he was immediately crowned Ashkenazic Rabbi of Yerushalayim and Nassi of Eretz Yisrael. There, he authored Siddur Shaar Hashamayim and Shnei Luchos Habris on the tenets of Jewish life, mussar, halachah and customs as well as kabbalistic prayers and rites.
Sefer HaShl"a was enthusiastically received by all Rabbanim and Jewish communities, including Ashkenazic and Sephardic, chassidim and kabbalists, who all viewed this sefer as fundamental to serving Hashem and improving one's character traits.
Amsterdam, 1698. Second edition. [4], 422: 44, [12] leaves. Page size: 31 cm.
Additional title page for Vavei Ha'Amudim by his son Rabbi Sheftel Halevi Horowitz, who succeeded his father as Av Beis Din of Posen. Good condition. Preserved in cloth-coated cardboard box.
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Chess Olympiad 2008 round 3 LIVE!
Welcome to the day 3 live coverage of the 2008 Dresden Chess Olympiad. Here you will find minute by minute updates on the events in Dresden, underlining important games, bringing you fresh photos from the playing hall, explaining you the new Olympiad rules, sharing interviews, news, and many more details.
A very interesting day awaits us at the 2008 Dresden Chess Olympiad. After 2 rounds of intensive matches Russia somehow does not convince they have a super team. At the same time Armenia and Azerbaidjan are cruising smoothly through the competition, while India is struggling, but yet winning. In total 20 teams have full match points in the open section, including Tajikistan, Faroe Islands, Japan, and El Salvador.
In the women section the team of Russia seems unstoppable. Even though Slovenia put up a nice fight yesterday, the Russians are very balanced and deservedly lead the competition. 14 teams have full match points, the surprises being Germany 2, Denmark, and Venezuela.
The Russian team keeps Kramnik on board 1 and substitutes Grischuk with Svidler. Morozevich is one more time a board up that the order list submitted, while the good performance of Jakovenko yesterday makes the Russian coach rely on him one more time today.
Cuban best player, Leinier Dominguez, 21st in the world ranking, and with a 2719 ELO, drew with black pieces his rival Kaido Kulaots (2,556) in a very long match that lasted 94 moves.
The same result was obtained by Cuban third player Yunieski Quesada in his match against Riho Liiva (2,460) that only lasted 7 and a half minutes.
Cuba's victory was secure with the wins of Lazaro Bruzon and Holden Hernandez, both playing with white pieces, who defeated GM Meelis Kanep and IM Olav Sepp, respectively.
Indonesia is ver proud with the performance of their chess players as well. The Jakarta Post informs, "The Indonesian women's chess team defeated Macau 4-0 in the opening round of the Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany on Thursday, but the men's team went down 2.5-1.5 to Uzbekistan.
Irene Kharisma opened Indonesia's winning streak with a victory over Nicole Rio da Silva. Evi Lindiawati added to the success by beating Enerlan Salvador, followed by Desi Rachmawati and Dewi Citra who beat Lee Wing and Mak Kit Shu respectively.
The Iranian press TV is on the opposite pole, as they report about the loss against France. "France has defeated the Iranian chess team in the men's division at the 38th Chess Olympiad currently being held in Dresden, Germany.
The four-member Iranian squad lost 3-1 to France in its second encounter on Friday evening. Iran drew 2-2 against fifth-seed Hungary in its opening match on Thursday and will now face Mexico on Saturday.
One hour is left to the start of the round. Today the rule stating that players should be seated before the start of the round will be applied for the first time. Until now no forfeits have been given for that, but it is supposed to become as strict as the mobile phone rule.
Today the long expectedappearance of two players will be a fact. The ex world champion GM Veselin Topalov will take board 1 for Bulgaria. They have a rather easy match against Nicaragua. Topalov will play against the 500 ELO lower rated IM Danilo Canda.
Bu Xingzhi will appear as well. He will be on board 2 for China in one of the most exciting matches of the day. China will meet Norway, two teams that definitely can hope for a medal at this competition.
The Armenian radio is praising both Armenia and Azerbaijan on their performance up to now in the Olympics. "After two rounds at the Olympiad in Dresden 20 teams have four points each, with Azerbaijan and Armenia leading on tiebreak points." reports the Public radio of Armenia.
Today Azerbaijan have a difficult game against the Netherlands, while Armenia meet Faroe Islands.
10 minutes to the start of the games and the playing hall is full of people as usual. WIll USA be able to recover from the difficult start? Can Russia defeat the enthusiastic Cuba? Will we see a surprise on the top boards in the women section> It starts very soon, stay tuned!
And the games have started!
The first forfeit of the day is a fact. FM	Hamperl wins against Ruzigura and Guernsey lead 1:0 against Rwanda.
Today the players seem more comfortable with the crowd and are moving faster in the opening.
Howell Shamel also opens the score of Barbados against the Seychelles. These countries do not have chances for the top places, but they can be proud they participate in such large chess events.
What happened yesterday when you lost to Germany's team B inlcuding your defeat by Arik Braun?
I just played badly, after two hours I thought we would win by 3 or even 3,5 points but eventually the games toggled.
Are you still playing the Sicilian Dragon?
Did you play it already this year, can we expect a Dragon during the olympiad?
(Smiling) Maybe, I don't know whether I played it already this year.
You played in German Bundesliga for a while.
Yes, for six years. I played for Bochum and Castrop-Rauxel from 1996 to 2002. I also play in team national championships in Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Austria and France. I am rather a team player than an individual chess player.
Do you rather like condensed national championships where you play all rounds during one week or stretched throughout the year?
I definitely prefer the condensed variation as you don't have the hazzle with travelling all the time. That's why I stopped playing in Bundesliga.
Is there a goal set by your federation? Yo probably have the strongest Bulgarian team ever headed by the world's top ranked player Veselin Topalov?
There is no goal set, no pressure. But we will earn more money if we get a good rank in the final table.
Kramnik and Dominguez Perez have blasted 10 fast moves, but the Cuban player seems surprised by the opening as he is taking more than 15 minutes on move 11.
Kramnik is playing Russian System against Dominguez's Gruenfeld defence, Bruzon – Svidler is Ruy Lopez. Morozevich is playing very popular Capablanca system against Quezada's Nimzo Indian, Hernandez and Jakovenko already exchanged Queens in the Slav opening.
India is holding stable against Russia in the women section in the opening of the games. GM Stefanova is back for Bulgaria after yesterday her country did not perform well. Panama are the first ones to score in this section, taking the lead againsAfganistan 1:0.
In one of the top games of today Van Wely and Radjabov have been constantly trying to find tactical blows. They have already blasted over 20 moves and the position is very peculiar – Van Wely has a wide open king and a bishop more for two queenside pawns of Radjabov.
Norway and China prove to be one of the most interesting matches of the day. Wang Yue – Carlsen is Capablanca variation of the Nimzo Indian, but somewhat more active for Black, compared to Morozevich game. Agdestein sits out, so K.Lie takes up on the second board. He is playing relatively harmless line against Bu's Caro-Kann. Black is already equal. Third board is Johannessen wrote a book on the Zaitsev variation of the Ruy Lopez, but he is now engaged in some sort of Anti-Marshall against Ni Hua as Black. Jon Ludvig Hammer is playing Anti-Gruenfeld against Li Chao. In the same line David Howell won quickly as Black the other day.
Van Wely and Radjabov continue theoretical discussion in an extremely sharp line of the Kings Indian defence. Radjabov sacrificed a piece for two pawns and attack – Van Wely's King is pushed back into the center of the board. Make sure to check out this game, interesting action is coming.
Kramnik seems to know what he is doing. He has more time on the clock than when he started, and Dominguez Perez is obviously surprised. He is losing time on each move and is down to 40 minutes. Could this be the first win for Russia on board 1?
IM	Ismagambetov opens the score for Kazahstan against Jordan. Guernsey and Barbados close out their games with fast victories.
Iran have an easy game against Botswana in the women section and WIM	Pourkashiyan opens the score.
Wang Yue and Carlsen are playing a balanced game. Although there is a lot more left in the position, lower boards will surely be vital for the outcome of the match.
Armenia open the score against Germany 2.This looks an easy match for the strong armenian team, after on board 1 IM Danielian Elina defeated Judith Fuchs.
FM	El Debs Felipe De Cresce scores a full point for Brazil against Mauritius.
GM Fabiano Caruana has just won a wild game against GMDe La Riva. Finally things look fine for Italy, who have been suffering a lot in the first rounds.
Cheparinov makes it count for Bulgaria on board 2. Topalov does not seem to have problems in his game and very soon Bulgaria might get their first convincing victory.
In an interesting game GM Judith Polgar draws with GM Viktor Laznicka. Surely there was more in the position, but they agreed to split the point on move 30.
GM	Akopian does well on board 1 and wins against IM	Ziska. Armenia will keep being top of the table, surely watching the performance of Russia, Azerbaijan, and the other top nations.
GM	Nisipeanu breaks the long run of draws and scores a full point against Kojima Shinya. Japan were doing great until now, but it looks Romania will walk away with an easy two match points.
GM	Movsesian brings a full point for Slovakia as well.
Imprecise play by GM Ivanhcuk gives Jobava a decisive advantage. Ivanchuk made a piece sacrifice right after the opening, however, there was no reasonable compensation. This can make the day of Ukraine difficult, as Georgia is doing fine on the other boards.
At the same time Topalov has comfortable advantage both in time and his position, while the youngsters fight between Li Chao and Jon Ludvig Hammer ends in a draw.
Germany 1 is stronger than ever.GM Baramidze opens a decisive gap with a victory over IM Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy and Germany 1 are set one more time to stay among the leaders.
GM Gashimov and GM L'Ami draw their game. The result of the match very much depends on the theoretical battle between Radjabov and Van Wely on board 1.
India wins their match with victories by GM	Geetha and GM Sandipan, and a draw by GM	Harikrishna against a 300 ELO lower rated opponent.
GM	Le Quang Liem and CM Nguyen Van Huy give the victory of Vietnam against Luxembourg.
A quick look at the women section gives us many matches that have quickly come to a decisive end.
Still no score in India – Russia though.
The PR manager of GM Topalov has just given an interview for Focus news agency. He says, "Yesterday was the deadline for the decision of the match, yet we still have no information about that. It is clear that Topalov has confirmed his participation, but has Kamsky done that? I guess we will know this later today or tomorrow. I hope FIDE understands that nothing can be expected from Ukraine".
At the same time Topalov sealed his game against Nicaragua and Bulgaria is leading 3:0.
Uganda is the first team to be disqualified at the 2008 Dresden Chess Olympiad, informs Susan Polgar. As reported earlier, the Chief Arbiter and the Organizer decided to only give warnings to players / teams which were late in the first two rounds. They clearly said that they will STRICTLY enforce this rule starting round 3 and they kept their word!
For more info check out the 14:00 CET update.
Georgia stun Ukraine! The surprise of the day!
USA take convincing victory in the women section, despite the surprising loss on the last board.
Magnus Carlsen makes the day of Norway with a very difficult draw against Wang Yue. Norway wins and shows their ambition for medal!
India! India! India! The young team of India is on the way of bringing down Russia! It all started with Tania Sachdev winning against Kosintseva and WGM	Swathi stunning IM Korbut. Now it is all up to Mohota.
The Azerbaijan – Netherlands derby finishes peacefully after fierce fighting. Van Wely brings the point to Netherlands.
Time trouble in Kosintseva – Mohota! India have a drawn match in hand and can make it count. In the men section easy victory for India over El Salvador.
Believe it or not, Monaco holds the Philippines! They surely were missingWesley So.
Fresh from Dresden. In the third round of the 2008 Dresden Chess Olympiad, the U.S. team faces South Africa. On board 3, GM Shulman has made an official complaint about a clock situation. He made a move and pressed his clock. Unfortunately, his time was still running, informs GM Polgar.
When he discovered this glitch, he reported to the arbiter and the clock was replaced. But the same problem continued. Now he is asking to be moved to a different board because he believes that the board which connects to the clock is malfunctioned.
Sweden wins against Lebanon 3:1, but Emanuel Berg has third loss in a row. Today it was against 300 ELO lower rate opponent. Sweden will probably give him a rest day tomorrow.
IM Haddouche stopped Serbia to a draw and their Olympic dream for a medal is over. They will need to do a lot better in the next rounds to enter the top places.
Another big surprise in the women section! Greece lose to Indonesia.
On the question from many readers: India – Russia in the women section was a draw after Nadezhda Kosintseva won against Nisha Mohota. Still a very good performance by India, surely the surprise of the day. Russia remain clear favorites though.
Important update. The live transmission of the official site seems to have messed up Georgia vs Ukraine (special thanks to Dambi for notifying us). Official sources from Dresden confirm that the last game Arutinian – Volokitin was won by the Ukranian and Ukraine is the winner of the match. Stay tuned for more details, we are researching the case.
This puts tomorrow on the top board Armenia vs Ukraine. Aronian is expected to be back on board 1 for a heavy match with Ivanchuk. Spain will face Germany, Russia will play with India.
Refresh the page to get the latest updates, photos, and news from Dresden.


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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody says Florida couples were taken advantage of by a company called The Surrogacy Group.
Florida couples wronged by a company that helped families hoping to have children through surrogacy will get more than $2 million.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody says the company was pocketing money meant to cover surrogates' medical costs.
A company called The Surrogacy Group offered administrative services to Florida couples hoping to have a baby through surrogacy. A Florida court found the company liable for more than $2 million in consumer restitution and more than $700,000 in civil penalties for unfair and deceptive business conduct.
Moody says the company charged large fees for services it didn't provide and misappropriated funds for the owner's personal use.
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By Minhaj Adnan| Published: 22nd August 2020 1:18 pm IST
Mumbai: Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra on Friday said she is feeling "overwhelmed" to get back to work after a five-month hiatus.
The 45-year-old actor said she is shooting for a "Ganesh Chaturthi-special" amid a "new normal" that requires everybody to take extra precautions of wearing face-masks and gloves.
"Getting back to work #NewNormal. The best way to make peace with any situation is to gradually adapt to the changes. So, after a five-month hiatus, I shot for something special, an act for Ganesh Chaturthi as a humble dedication to all our frontline warriors," Shilpa wrote on Instagram.
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The best way to make peace with any situation is to gradually adapt to the changes. So, after a 5-month hiatus, I shot for something special, an act for Ganesh Chaturthi as a humble dedication to all our frontline warriors. I wanted to do something special in my own way for the ones who have been working relentlessly to help curb the situation and restore normalcy with their best foot forward. So, all the necessary precautions were taken & all the guidelines met by the small team who made it happen. But, gotta say, I can't even begin to express how overwhelming it was to get back to it all – felt surreal. I sincerely hope & pray that our Vighnaharta, Lord Ganesh removes all the negativity, fear, and toxicity surrounding us. Take care of yourself and your loved ones. We owe it to all the brave warriors, who have put their lives on line for us. @cineyug @starplus . . . . . #NewNormal #FrontlineWarriors #special #BTS #SocialDistancing #gratitude #blessed #StarParivaarGaneshotsav
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She said the frontline workers have been working relentlessly to help curb the spread of coronavirus pandemic and she wanted to honour them with her act.
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"I wanted to do something special in my own way for the ones who have been working relentlessly to help curb the situation and restore normalcy with their best foot forward.
"So, all the necessary precautions were taken and all the guidelines met by the small team who made it happen," the actor added.
Shilpa further said it was a "surreal" experience to shoot after such a long time.
"But, gotta say, I can't even begin to express how overwhelming it was to get back to it all – felt surreal. I sincerely hope and pray that our Vighnaharta, Lord Ganesh removes all the negativity, fear, and toxicity surrounding us.
"Take care of yourself and your loved ones. We owe it to all the brave warriors, who have put their lives on line for us," she said.
On the film front, Shetty will be seen in Shabbir Khan's "Nikamma" and Priyadarshan's sequel to his 2003 hit "Hungama".
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Stella-Jones Inc. Recovers From Fire at Wood Treatment Facility
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 09 November 2009 -- (Marketwire) -- Stella-Jones Inc. (TSX:SJ) today advised that its New Westminster, British Columbia, facility was the scene of a fire on 06 November, which has resulted in a temporary shutdown of two wood treating cylinders. The plant produces utility poles, pilings, and timbers for the electrical utility and railway market sectors. There were no injuries.
The fire was contained to the rear of a process building, away from any preservatives. Initially four treating cylinders were affected, but by late Friday, power had been restored and by noon Saturday, two of the cylinders were back in operation. The facility is expected to be fully operational within 10 days. In the interim, certain orders have been shifted to the company's other regional facilities. There will be no adverse effect on deliveries to any of the company's customers.
Stella-Jones Inc. (TSX:SJ) is a leading North American producer and marketer of industrial pressure-treated wood products, specializing in the production of railway ties and timbers and wood poles supplied to electrical utilities and telecommunications companies. The company also provides treated consumer lumber products and customized services to lumber retailers and wholesalers for outdoor applications. Other products include marine and foundation pilings, construction timbers, highway guardrail posts, and treated wood for bridges. The company's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.


North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust is pleased to welcome Jeff O'Neill to the Trust Board as a non-executive director. Mr O'Neill, a chartered account, was formerly the Global director of finance of North Group, an international marine insurance group of companies based in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Mr O'Neill has been appointed following a comprehensive recruitment and selection process, approved by NHS Improvement.
Mr O'Neill has taken up the post with the Trust in November 2018 for a two year term of office.


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5 Digital Transformation Challenges Businesses Face with AP Automation and How to Overcome Them
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Digital transformation might sound like a pipe dream to some older managers. However, Fresh Desk tells us that digital transformation is a methodology of looking at traditional processes in a new frame of reference, that of technology. If we look at modern enterprise, it becomes evident that many aspects have changed to incorporate technology. Modern enterprises have realized the benefits that tech offers to their processes and have gone to great lengths to ensure that they aren't left behind.
Yet, despite this, there are a handful of things that no one mentions about digital transformation. Many digital transformation solutions require the company to take on a bit of risk. Others may result in a complete overhaul of the business's processes to make them more digitally compatible. Here, we'll examine some of the challenges that companies face when transforming their operations and coping with those issues.
1. Misunderstanding Automated Systems
When you implement an automated AP system, the challenge comes from getting staff to use the system as intended. AP automation systems have a template that they compare incoming data to. If they find that the incoming data doesn't match the template, they can't process it. In most cases, possibly nine out of ten, the system will have no issue with the input. However, one out of ten invoices may need to be entered manually.
These manual entries may seem as though the system is malfunctioning, but that's not true. The AP automation system is developed to handle a particular type of input. If there is anything different, manual overrides will need to be used. If management understands this, they won't be concerned about manual entry as part of their AP automation system.
2. Failed Implementations
AP automation doesn't work each and every time. In fact, many implementations fail because the business had no solid plan in place for how they wanted their system put together. There's no definite explanation why so many implementations fail aside from a lack of foresight.
The typical time frame for an AP automation implementation to come online is around six months. Before that time, the company should be testing use cases to ensure that it fits all the business's needs and to correct issues as they arise. Hiring a consultant to develop a plan for your AP automation rollout is an excellent idea to avoid this problem.
3. Unclear Goals
AP automation isn't just something a business starts, and it continues on its own. The company must have clearly defined controls and goals for their implementation to be a success. The question, "What would you like your system to do?" seems like a strange one, but it's one that a business needs to ask before implementation starts.
For successful adoption, management needs to understand the benefits the software provides for the company and figure out ways to sell its benefits to those using that system. Management should also consider how the new system affects the workflow and encourage the end users to jump on board with the system's adoption.
4. Inefficient Software or Settings
Occasionally, an AP automation software may flag input incorrectly. In such a case, the fix might be as simple as adjusting the parameters for the software. To avoid this happening in the first place, you may want to standardize your AP processes. Once more, planning is of the utmost importance here.
Additionally, by automating other areas that work alongside AP processing, the system can be made more efficient. However, the integration must be perfect to avoid introducing errors into the cross-linked processes. Streamlining comes with ensuring that all the inputs and outputs are done correctly. Having a consultant can help assess the problems with your AP system and introduce the relevant solutions.
5. Supplier and Vendor Challenges
Just because your system is digital doesn't mean your suppliers and vendors have the same sort of system. In some cases, your suppliers may provide incomplete or erroneous data, causing a problem within the system when they're processed. Many of these automated systems don't use line-by-line checking, and if a single entry is off, it's probably going to go unnoticed for approval. That's why manual checks and balances are necessary to ensure that the system is functioning properly. Vendors may benefit from a dedicated dashboard, allowing the company to change individual prices and settings.
A More Efficient System Overall
AP automation works to ensure that businesses can rely on the automated processing of accounts payable. Implementing these AP automation systems starts with planning how the system should work and what problems it's likely to encounter. While a company can do this on its own, it's always better to have a skilled advisor present to help. Arista is here to provide all your consultancy needs for digital transformation for your AP automation. Contact us today!
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Biografia

Nata e cresciuta a Tucson in una famiglia di origini lituane, Gabrielle Giffords si laureò alla Cornell University e successivamente lavorò come imprenditrice. Entrata in politica con il Partito Democratico, tra il 2001 e il 2005 prestò servizio all'interno della legislatura statale dell'Arizona: per i primi due anni fu membro della Camera dei rappresentanti dell'Arizona, poi per altri due fu membro del Senato di stato dell'Arizona. Nel 2006 si candidò alla Camera dei rappresentanti nazionale, per il seggio del repubblicano Jim Kolbe, che aveva manifestato la sua intenzione di non concorrere per un nuovo mandato. La Giffords ebbe quindi come rivale il repubblicano Randy Graf e lo sconfisse con ampio distacco, venendo eletta deputata.

Espresse posizioni favorevoli alla libera scelta in tema di aborto e nei confronti della ricerca sulle cellule staminali. Si schierò a favore dell'aumento del salario minimo. Strenua sostenitrice delle energie rinnovabili, votò per abrogare ogni tipo di sussidio alle grandi compagnie petrolifere. Fece parte anche della New Democrat Coalition e della Blue Dog Coalition. Nel 2005, dopo gli ingenti danni causati dall'Uragano Katrina, la Giffords si recò personalmente a Houston per offrire il proprio aiuto come volontaria, raccontando poi la sua esperienza al Tucson Citizen. Nelle elezioni di metà mandato, tenutesi a novembre 2010, la Giffords vinse di misura contro il candidato repubblicano Jesse Kelly, sostenuto dai Tea Party. Sposata con l'astronauta Mark Kelly, comandante della missione STS-134 dello Space Shuttle, il cui lancio è avvenuto il 16 maggio 2011, è stata la prima deputata ebrea eletta dall'Arizona.

Attentato dell'8 gennaio

L'8 gennaio 2011 la deputata fu gravemente ferita da un colpo di pistola esploso durante un comizio a Tucson, in Arizona. Ricoverata allo University Medical Center, le sue condizioni furono immediatamente giudicate critiche. Nella sparatoria, scatenata da Jared Loughner, un giovane di 22 anni, furono uccise sei persone - tra cui il giudice conservatore, nominato da George H. W. Bush, John Roll, che in precedenza aveva ricevuto minacce di morte - e diverse altre rimasero ferite. Il successivo 12 giugno, a distanza di cinque mesi dal tragico attentato, pubblicò sul suo profilo Facebook alcune foto che la ritraggono in buone condizioni. Il 22 gennaio 2012 annunciò con un video sul proprio canale YouTube il ritiro dalla scena politica, per dedicarsi alla riabilitazione.

Conseguenze

Dopo l'attentato, la Giffords intraprese un lungo e complesso percorso riabilitativo; i traumi cerebrali conseguenti alla sparatoria le provocarono una grave afasia e una paralisi al braccio destro e alla gamba destra, ma ciò non le impedì di tenere discorsi e apparizioni pubbliche. Undici mesi dopo la tragedia, la Giffords e suo marito Mark Kelly furono intervistati da Diane Sawyer in esclusiva per l'emittente televisiva ABC. La trasmissione fece registrare ascolti record, venendo seguita da quasi tredici milioni e mezzo di spettatori.

Nel 2012, dopo un anno dall'attentato, Gabrielle Giffords presenziò al discorso sullo stato dell'Unione, ricevendo un abbraccio dal Presidente Barack Obama ed una standing ovation da parte dei presenti. Nel 2013, a due anni di distanza dal ferimento, la Giffords si presentò a sorpresa ad un'audizione della Commissione Giustizia del Senato per leggere un breve discorso nel quale invitava gli ex colleghi ad impegnarsi per una legge a favore del controllo delle armi, a tutela dei cittadini ed in particolare dei bambini.

Sia nel 2012 sia nel 2016 prese parte pubblicamente alla convention nazionale del Partito Democratico. Nella prima occasione, salì sul palco insieme alla deputata e presidente del partito Debbie Wasserman Schultz; nel secondo caso, tenne un discorso di supporto nei confronti di Hillary Clinton, candidata alla presidenza degli Stati Uniti. Nel corso degli anni, Gabrielle Giffords si è resa portavoce e volto simbolo della battaglia a favore del controllo delle armi; in più occasioni si è spesa in discorsi pubblici nei quali chiedeva interventi netti della politica a tutela della popolazione, ad esempio all'indomani della strage di Las Vegas o del ferimento del deputato repubblicano Steve Scalise in una sparatoria in Virginia.

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House Speaker Boehner 'Will Be Missed' By The Jewish Community
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) dropped a bombshell on Friday as he announced he will be stepping down and resigning from Congress in October, ending rocky five years as head of the House of Representatives.
According to the Republican leader, the unexpected retirement of Eric Cantor as Majority Leader, after being defeated in a primary, delayed initial plans to step down last year. "It was my plan to only serve as Speaker until the end of last year, but I stayed on to provide continuity to the Republican Conference and the House," Boehner said in a statement. "It is my view, however, that prolonged leadership turmoil would do irreparable damage to the institution. To that end, I will resign the Speakership and my seat in Congress on October 30.
William Daroff, Vice President for Public Policy and Director of the Washington Office of The Jewish Federations of North America, is a personal friend of Mr. Boehner. In a conversation with Jewish Insider, Mr. Daroff said that Boehner's steadfast leadership and friendship with the Jewish community will definitely be missed. "I first met John Boehner over thirty years ago when he held his first elective office as a Township Trustee," said Mr. Daroff, an Ohio native. "A few years later, I worked for him as a Page in the Ohio House of Representatives. Speaker Boehner has always been attuned to the interests of the Jewish community – someone we could turn to when we needed assistance, whether it was assistance for social service agencies or help for the non-profit sector, and certainly to strengthen the US-Israel relationship."
Asked if the Speaker's unilateral invitation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contributed to the tumultuous end of his tenure, Mr. Daroff said Boehner's departure was likely just an attempt to try and keep a raucous House Republican caucus in shape and "balance the interest of the right-wing caucus with others in the caucus."
The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) underlined the controversial visit of Netanyahu as one of the highlights in Speaker Boehner's career. "He has been a dedicated public servant. Most importantly he has been an unwavering ally and supporter of Israel and the pro-Israel agenda," Executive Director Matt Brooks said in a statement. "This March he proved his strength of leadership by inviting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress regarding this President's misguided Iran deal and then helped lead the effort in the House this fall to oppose the President's Iran agreement."
"He will be missed by all those Americans who believe that there should be no daylight between the United States and our ally Israel," he added.
Senator Chuck Schumer, the presumptive Democratic Senate leader after Harry Reid's departure in 2016, decried the circumstances that had led to Speaker Boehner's surprise announcement. "Speaker John Boehner is a decent, principled conservative man who tried to do the right thing under almost impossible circumstances. He will be missed by Republicans and Democrats alike," said Mr. Schumer. "Let us hope the Republican majority, which Speaker Boehner played a large role in creating, learns the right lesson from his resignation: to work with Democrats in a constructive way, rather than let a handful of extreme right-wingers dictate his party's policy."
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) also had kind words for Boehner."I have always known John Boehner to be a kind and decent man. As someone who proudly wears my heart on my sleeve, it has always been clear to me that John Boehner is the same way. Despite our policy disagreements, his motivation for public service is evident in his strong commitment to the people of Ohio and this country," she said in a statement.
Mr. Boehner's most likely replacement is House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California.
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Chiranjiv Patel, is an entrepreneur who started his professional journey at an early age and is now the MD of P.C Snehal group of companies. Chiranjiv was the South Asia chair for the Entrepreneurs' Organization from 2016-2018. He bagged the "BW 40 under 40" award in 2018.
He is also a global committee member at Entrepreneurs' Organization and recently has been appointed as the chairperson for Indo Canadian Business Chamber (ICBC), Gujarat. Chiranjiv also serves on various boards and is Council Member (Gujarat) & Chairman (Membership Committee – Gujarat) – FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry).


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Teddy in the Snow— Theodore Roosevelt National Park
After getting kicked out of Yellowstone (due to the heavy snow, closed roads, and the park shutting down), we thought we would breeze over to Teddy Roosevelt and shoot there for a few days.
But after being forced to leave the park via the West Yellowstone entrance, which already adds a couple hours onto our drive, the conditions worsened. Heavy snow, slush, ice-covered roads, strong winds creating some near white-outs all made travel very slow….But it was about to get much slooowwwwerrr.
We were thrilled to make it off the side roads and on to the freeway. But Google Maps showed a "15-minute" delay red bar on the I-90 stretch just west of Livingston, Montana. Not too bad. Except that that "15-minute delay" turned into an excruciating 2 1/2 hour back up. There was a point where we did not budge for an hour! Talk about frustrating! We heard that two semis had an accident and were blocking the road, so all traffic had to detour through the side streets of Livingston. It was getting dark by the time we were allowed to exit the freeway, and we were NOT about to drive on icy roads at night. So, we got a motel in town.
Early October snow (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
We did finally make it to Teddy Roosevelt, but got the bad news that only 11 miles of the 36-mile wildlife loop was open. And no one, not the rangers nor the maintenance workers we flagged down, could tell us why. They thought it was because it had not been plowed, but there was only a couple inches on the ground. There was a landslide that blocked the last few miles, but that had been closed since summer. Frustrating.
Mule Deer young buck (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
[Canon 7D with Canon EF 400mm f5.6 L USM; 1/1000 second at f5.6; ISO 1000; hand-held]
But we did find some cooperative Muleys right near the start of the park road. Just a small buck, but he stuck around for a while.
The opposite of "hot dogs"…"chilly dogs" (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
[Canon 7D with Canon EF 400mm f5.6 L USM; 1/640 second at f5.6; ISO 100; hand-held]
Cottonwood leaves and October snow (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
Mountain Bluebirds in snowstorm (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
[Canon 7D with Canon EF 400mm f5.6 L USM; 1/1250 second at f5.6; ISO 400; hand-held]
We chanced into this large flock of 50 or so Mountain Bluebirds sheltering in some fruit bushes and feeding on the wet pavement. But they would sit on this nearby barbed wire fence. They were mostly Mountain Bluebirds with a few Eastern Bluebirds and American Robins mixed in.
In hindsight, I should have used a tripod and a smaller f-stop to expand the number of bluebirds in focus. Also, I should have slowed the shutter to 1/60 second so the snow would blur a bit.
Mountain and Eastern Bluebirds, and American Robin, in snowstorm (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
It was a conundrum on which side to shoot them from. They are most colorful from the back or side when you can see the sky blue. Shooting from the front is a better angle photographically, but there breasts are not as bright blue as their back.
Golden Eagle hunting (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
Feral Horse or "Wild" Horse (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
White-tailed Deer buck (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
While Mule Deer are the most common deer in the park, White-tailed Deer, such as this buck are occasionally seen.
Mule Deer doe (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
snowy road and yellow line (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
Mule Deer and yellow leaves in snow (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
[Canon 7D with Canon EF 70-200mm f4 L USM at 81mm; 1/400 second at f8; ISO 2000; hand-held]
Great Idea! Wildlife Petting Chart (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
Mule Deer in snow (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
Cooperative Hunting! Two Coyotes and Badger (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
After watching a single Coyote and Badger cooperatively hunting in Teddy a few years ago, I didn't think I'd ever witness that again. But, lo and behold, my "three Coyotes" turned into two Coyotes and a Badger when Ryan took a closer look. They were indeed cooperatively hunting this same Prairie Dog village. At one point the Badger took off on a dead run and investigated a hole. The Coyotes kept a keen eye on their Badger buddy.
Mule Deer buck (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
Little did we know that the next three days would top the previous two on harrowing driving. And getting stranded in Jamestown, North Dakota.
Next up….A video highlights (and lowlights) reel of this crazy photo trip.
November 11, 2019 Sparky Stensaas
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New neural circuits that regulate spatial learning and memory in the brain's hippocampal formation discovered
A research team led by University of California, Irvine has discovered new neural circuits that regulate spatial learning and memory in the brain's hippocampal formation. The team identified novel functional roles of new circuit connections between the venal CA1 region and dorsal CA3 regions of the hippocampus and demonstrated that genetic inactivation of this projection impairs object-related spatial learning and memory, but does not modulate anxiety-related behaviors.,
Schematic summary of new hippocampal circuit connections that are revealed in the new PLOS Biology study. The illustration of spatial topology of non-canonical inputs to dorsal hippocampal CA3 (top), and the diagram of differential input strengths and patterns to the dorsal CA3 subregions (bottom) are shown. Credit: UCI School of Medicine
A research team led by University of California, Irvine has discovered new neural circuits that regulate spatial learning and memory in the brain's hippocampal formation. The team identified novel functional roles of new circuit connections between the venal CA1 region and dorsal CA3 regions of the hippocampus and demonstrated that genetic inactivation of this projection impairs object-related spatial learning and memory, but does not modulate anxiety-related behaviors.
The study, titled "Non-canonical projections to the hippocampal CA3 regulate spatial learning and memory by modulating the feedforward hippocampal trisynaptic pathway," was published today in PLOS Biology.
The hippocampus is not a homogenous brain area. The septotemporal axis, along which the trisynaptic pathway is located, separates the dorsal region of the hippocampus, which is more involved in learning, memory and spatial navigation, and the ventral region, which plays a role in emotional behavior. The trisynaptic's feedforward, unidirectional circuit organization is well documented, but the connectivity across septal to temporal regions is less well described.
"Our findings extend the knowledge of hippocampal connectivity and its relation to learning and memory processes across the septotemporal axis and provide a circuit foundation to explore these novel functional roles," said Xiangmin Xu, Ph.D., Chancellor's Fellow and professor of anatomy and neurobiology, and director for the Center for Neural Circuit Mapping (CNCM) at the UCI School of Medicine. "The new hippocampal circuit mechanism is highly relevant to treating learning and memory disorders, including Alzheimer's disease."
Building on their earlier work, Xu and his team used multiple viral tracers, including monosynaptic rabies retrograde tracing and herpes (H129)-based anterograde tracing to establish new hippocampal CA1 projections to CA3. Robust mapping results showed that CA1 inputs to CA3 run opposite the trisynaptic pathway and in a temporal to septal direction. They also found that genetic inactivation of the CA1 to CA3 projection impaired object-related spatial learning and memory, but did not modulate anxiety-related behaviors.
"The emergence of viral-genetic mapping techniques enhances our ability to determine the detailed complexity of brain circuity," Xu said. "Our study was made possible by the new viral genetic tools developed by our CNCM investigators at UCI. We are developing these new viral tracers as brain mapping tools, which we plan to share through our center for use by the neuroscience community."
More information:Xiaoxiao Lin et al, Noncanonical projections to the hippocampal CA3 regulate spatial learning and memory by modulating the feedforward hippocampal trisynaptic pathway,PLOS Biology(2021).DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001127
Yanjun Sun et al, CA1-projecting subiculum neurons facilitate object-place learning, Nature Neuroscience (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-019-0496-y
Journal information: PLoS Biology , Nature Neuroscience
Provided by University of California, Irvine