Get "Total sessions / Total time spent per user"
Get "Total sessions / Total time spent per user per day"
The Data Mine tool is run via Hive queries in the Query Editor. Query results are returned in the Results Panel, and data exploration is presented via the Table Explorer panel.
Schedule queries to run without requiring a user to log in. This will email a .csv file containing the results to any user on the Distribution List.
Open the query you would like to share by clicking it in the Queries explorer.
Click the Schedule button to open the Schedule Query pop-up.
Choose the frequency that your query will run. Your query can run Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
Choose the Date you would like your query to start on.
If you would like your query to run at a specific time, select the corresponding checkbox and choose the Time you would like your query to start at.
Choose the Date you would like your query to end on. You can also choose the Never option to have your query run forever.
Click the Add Co-workers link to choose which Upsight users you would like to receive the query results.
Click the Schedule button to start the query schedule.
Upon receiving the first scheduled email, users will be able to opt out of receiving further query results.
A scheduled query will have the Schedule icon next to the name to indicate that it will run periodically.
When closing your queries they will be automatically saved in the My Queries explorer. Organize your queries to easily locate them in the future.
In the Query Editor, click the button on your current tab to close and save your open query.
In the My Queries, tab click the Add New Group link to create a new group to store your queries.
Double click a group to rename it.
Click a group's button to expand the group and reveal all the queries within it.
Click a group's Button to Open, Duplicate, Share, or Delete the group.
Drag a query from the Query Editor tab or the My Queries list into a group to save the query within the group.
Share commonly used queries with Co-workers with a click of a button.
Click the button to open the Share Query pop-up.
In the Share window's text box, start typing in the Co-worker's email address. As you type, DataMine will suggest valid email addresses that you can click on.
In the Share window, click when the desired addresses are added.
The selected Co-workers will now be able to see queries that are shared with them on their Share Queries explorer whenever they login to DataMine.
To modify who can see a Query that is already being shared, click the button to open the Share Query pop-up.
To prevent a single user from accessing a shared query, click the delete button next to their name.
To completely disallow shared access to a query, click the Stop Sharing button.
The Table Explorer is located at the left side of the query editor. Message tables (MSGTs) are shown in an expandable list, grouped by their applications.
Click the triangle icon, next to each application to have a quick view of the tables it contains.
Click the triangle icon, next to each table to to have a quick view of the data samples it contains.
Click the to rename the common prefix of tables in batch mode.
Click the table name and table name to insert the table name into the query editor.
Click to generate a Select All query in the query editor.
When you have created an application in your account and begin to send data to Upsight servers, you will be able to add the application to your Data Mine environment. To do this, click on the "Tables" tab to access the Table Explorer. Under the "Application Tables" header you will see a "Map New Application" button.
Once clicked, you will see a modal pop-up that allows you to choose which application you would like to map.
If you have added an application but our servers have not received any data corresponding to that application's API key, you will not be able to map that application into Data Mine, as indicated by the list in the modal.
Once an application is mapped in Data Mine, the application will be added to the Table Explorer. While the name of the application will be automatically assigned by the system, once added you will be able to edit the application name by clicking on the pencil icon that appears alongside the Application name in the Table Explorer. You will also be able to see all of the tables that you can query by clicking the drop-down arrow next to the newly mapped application name.
You can remove a mapped application at any time by clicking on the trash can icon next to a mapped application. This will not remove any data, but queries that reference any table within that mapped application will not longer work. You can also re-map an application at any time.
Why can't I see all of the message type tables in my application?
Tables will only become available after the server has received data for a specific message type.
Can I choose the name of my application in the Table Explorer?
Application names are automatically created when the application is mapped and currently cannot be changed.
Why can't I see the "Map New Application" button?
If all of the available applications have been mapped within Data Mine, the Map New Application button will not appear. When an application is added and data has been received by our servers the button will appear.
The Query Editor allows you to input Hive queries.
Note A semicolon is not needed at the end of the query, and will be automatically trimmed if included.
Click to add a new editor.
Click to duplicate the current active editor in a new tab.
Each editor is associated with a tab with a descriptive name, and the name of the tab can be changed by being double clicked.
All open editors are automatically saved every three seconds, and will be automatically loaded at the next login.
The content of the current editor is saved in the My Queries box if the editor is closed.
If a query successfully returns results, the results will be shown in the Results Panel, and will be associated to the editor/tab within which the query was submitted.
Hit to execute one or more queries. The results section is located below the query editor.
Each query can be in four different states: Setting Up, Retrieving Results, Failed, and Finished.
Click to kill the current running query.
If the current status of your query is Failed, the query execution has failed. An error message will be presented detailing the cause of failure.
Fix the issues that are causing the error, and try to run your query again.
Click to export results to local filesystem as a .csv file. Note Exports are limited to 1 GB, any result set larger than this will be truncated.
What is Data Mine Visualization?
Data Mine Visualization allows you to chart your Data Mine query results. It also allows you to pin scheduled query result charts to Upsight Analytics Custom Dashboards. Data Mine Visualization makes your Data Mine results easier to view share in a more accessible format.
How do Data Mine Visualizations help me?
Better customization, look at the exact metrics that interest you.
Compare metrics for multiple applications on the same chart.
Allow users who are not familiar with Data Mine to also see results on the Upsight Analytics Dashboard.
View metrics for a custom cohort of users.
How do I use Data Mine Visualization?
Create a Data Mine query that returns the data you are looking to chart.
To identify a data series as your x-axis, name your first column with the appropriate Upsight Analytics Data Mine Visualization label. For reference to Upsight Analytics Data Mine labels, see the table below.
Add up to four records in your SELECT statement that you would like to display on the chart.
Click the Run Query button to run your query.
When your result set is returned, click the Chart button in the Results section.
Data Mine will chart the first five fields of the first 100 records that the query returns. The first column will be the x-axis with its format defined by the label.
ktlabel_date Creates a time series chart with FROM_UNIXTIME formatted time as the x-axis, and the columns as data series in your y-axis. FROM_UNIXTIME formatted time.
ktlabel_epoch Creates a time series chart with ktlabel_epoch as the x-axis, and the columns as data series in your y-axis.
ktlabel_number Creates XY scatterplot chart with the values of ktlabel_number as your x-axis, and the remaining values as your y-axis. The input for this must be an integer.
ktlabel_string Creates a bar chart with the values of ktlabel_string as your x-axis, and the remaining values as your y-axis.
Before you can pin your chart, you must schedule it. This is to prevent charts with outdated data from appearing on your Upsight Analytics Dashboard. For more information on scheduling Data Mine queries, please see this page.
On the top right corner of the Data Mine chart, click the Pin button to access the Pin Menu.
You will be able to Pin any Data Mine chart onto any Upsight Analytics application's Data Mine Custom Page.
There are two ways of sharing your Data Mine charts: sharing queries, or sharing custom pages. Sharing a query will allow users you share with to run the query and generate their own visualizations. Sharing a custom dashboard page will allow other users to view pinned charts without having to run the query for themselves.
In this specific example, we have unique users who have completed a specific custom event for each of the days. We can also use tags such as any of the parameters you have put in the JSON object.
Replace ##APP1_evt## with the name of the applications you are interested in reviewing, for example: demoapp_evt.
Replace ##month_in_YYYYMM_format## as the month period of interest using the format YYYYMM, for example: 201303.
Note that the alias ktlabel_date is reserved in this case. With this keyword, Data Mine will know to treat this column as the x-axis and as a date.
In this specific example, we have unique users who have completed custom event 1 for each of the days and unique users who have completed custom event 2 in a different data series. In the same chart, we can display up to 4 data series.
Replace ##APP1_evt1## with the name of the applications you are interested in reviewing, for example: demoapp_evt.
In this specific example, we have the time taken to reach the highest level for each user displayed on a scatter plot.
Replace ##timeout_in_minutes_integer## with the desired timeout, for example a value of 2 would mean that when a user is inactive for 2 minutes or more, the session would end.
For mobile applications we recommend setting the timeout to 2 minutes and for web applications we recommend using 30 minutes.
Note that the alias ktlabel_number is reserved in this case. With this keyword, Data Mine will know to treat this column as the x-axis and as a number.
ktlabel_number must be an integer.
In this specific example, we have unique users who have triggered each custom event for a specific time range.
Replace ##month_in_YYYYMM_format as the month period of interest using the format YYYYMM, for example: 201303.
Note that the alias ktlabel_string is reserved in this case. With this keyword, Data Mine will know to treat this column as the x-axis and as a string.
What are User Created Tables?
The Upsight Analytics Data Mine gives you the ability to create your own table from a query result set. This allows you to reference the results of one query in another query without nesting queries inside one another.
How are User Created Tables useful?
Table creation simplifies query writing by removing the necessity to use multiple nested queries. It also saves time whilst running multiple queries using the same calculated dataset. By running the nested query once and saving the results, you will no longer need to continuously reprocess the same nested query.
How do I create a table?
In the Query Editor, create a draft of the query that you would like to store as a table.
Run the newly created query.
Once the query successfully completes, you will see the Menu icon in the upper right of the results pane.
Click on the Menu button and choose Create table from results.
Enter a name for your table.
Note Once a table is created and named, it is not editable for the life of the table so choose carefully.
Your table is now queued for creation.
Wait a few minutes and then in the upper right hand portion of the User Created Tables box, click the refresh link. When the table has been created, you will see your table under the Table Explorer.
Note Much like a query, these requests are queued and it is often difficult to estimate the amount of time required to complete the creation of a table.
If you see your newly named table in the User Created Table, Congratulations! You are now the proud new owner of your very own user created Upsight Analytics Data Mine table.
With Data Mine, I am constantly analyzing the behavior of my whales. I define my whales as the users who have spent $5.00 in the last 30 days. To do this, I have written a query that generates all the users who fall in to my definition of a whale. The frustrating part is that I have to include this query as a subquery in any analysis I do on my whales.
With User Created Tables, I can create a table in Data Mine by leveraging my users who spent $5.00 in 30 days query and writing separate queries that build on top of that table. If I want to change my definition of a whale, I can do that in one place and have it propagate to all of my other analyses automatically.
In addition to a more modular approach to your Data Mine query writing, it also makes query writing easier and more efficient for the end BI user.
You have a limit on total number of tables and size of all tables. This limit is listed in the Table tab of the sidebar.
Once you create the table you cannot rename the table, nor can you rename the columns.
There is no way to partition User Created Tables.
The column datatype will always be strings.
What is Data Mine CSV Uploader?
Data Mine CSV Uploader is a new product that allows you to upload data tables into Upsight's Data Mine Cluster so that you can query this data within the normal Data Mine interface. This is especially useful if you have internal or third-party data that you would like to query within Data Mine.
How do I access the CSV Uploader?
For now, this product is only available to selected partners. To gain early access to this feature prior to general release, please contact your CSM.
Once you have been whitelisted, you will be able to upload CSV files into Data Mine by clicking on the Upload CSV button found on the Tables tab to the right of the Data Mine Query Editor window.
The Create Table and Upload CSV popup should appear with three sections for you to fill in.
You must name the table that you are uploading. The name you choose for this table will be the name you will use in queries that reference this table's data. It will also be saved among the other tables that you have available within your Data Mine account. As indicated in the helper text, the table name must be all lowercase letters, with no spaces or special characters. Instead of spaces, we suggest you use underscores, "_".
Each field name should correspond to the columns included in your CSV. For every column in your table, you must also include the type of the data that the column represents.
The upload format is required to be a CSV (comma separated values) filetype. Note The maximum file size is 128MB but you can upload multiple CSV files to add more data to the same table.
Is there a limit to the number of tables I'm able to create via CSV Uploader?
Yes, there is a limit of 100 user-created tables. This limit includes both CSV uploaded tables and user tables created from a query result.
How long does it normally take to upload a file? Is there a way to track upload progress?
The upload and verification time depends on the file size. It can take seconds or several minutes.
Can I upload CSV data to existing tables that were not created using CSV Uploader?
No. Data from CSV uploads can only be uploaded to tables created using CSV Uploader.
Can the data I upload into Data Mine be visualized in the dashboard?
You will be able to visualize Data Mine data in the dashboard by using the Data Mine Visualization tool. If a query is both scheduled and formatted for visualization, you will be given the option to visualize with a chart once results post. That chart can then be pinned to a custom dashboard.
Is it possible to schedule and share queries to run on tables that have been uploaded via CSV Uploader?
Yes. Tables created using the Data Mine CSV Uploader behave the same as other tables saved in Data Mine. Queries that reference these tables can be scheduled and shared with other users just as you would for any other query referencing a table in Data Mine.
What is the Data Mine Push Notifications feature?
Data Mine Push Notifications allow you to send push notifications to a very specific segment of your users. This is done by querying the users using the power of Data Mine. Once you have identified your perfect cohort, immediately send a push notification or schedule a push notification to this group.
To use Data Mine Push Notifications, you will first need to request access from your CSM. Once access has been granted, you can access Data Mine Push Notifications from the regular Data Mine page once your request has completed.
Run a Data Mine query that returns s values only.
When the query is complete and the results are displayed, click on the Menu button and select Send push notification.
From the Choose Application drop down list, select the app for these users. Note Only apps instrumented with the Upsight SDK will appear.
Click the Send Push Notifications button and the page to create your push message will open. You can return to Data Mine at any time by clicking on the link in the yellow box that says Go back to Data Mine.
The users from your Data Mine query will be added to the Audience section of the Push Dashboard.
Fill in the Message section with the message you want to send, select the option desired in the Action section, and choose when you want your Push Notification to go out in the Schedule section.
Click the Send Push Notification button to confirm sending the Push Notification. Once sent, you will have the option to return to Data Mine by clicking the Back to Data Mine button.
If the Send Push Notification button does not appear on your Data Mine options, contact your CSM to enable this feature.
Ensure that you are using the Upsight SDK in your app. This functionality will not work if you are only using the Kontagent SDK.
Ensure that your app has Push Notifications enabled within the Upsight SDK.
Ensure that all the s values are coming from the same app. Push notification delivery will fail for users that do not belong to this app.
I have the Kontagent SDK and the PlayHaven SDK. Can I still use this feature?
No. You need to have the Upsight SDK integrated to use this feature.
How long does it take for push notifications to get to the devices?
The first push notification should be sent within 20 seconds. If your Data Mine query contains a large result of s parameters it may take several minutes.
I integrated the Upsight SDK but did not enable Push. Can I still use this feature?
No. You will need to enable push notification and release a new build of your app to take advantage of this feature.
I am on my Data Mine page and I cannot see the Push Notification button, why?
Please contact your CSM so this feature can be enabled on your account.
I sent Push notifications using Data Mine Push Notifications, now what?
You can navigate to the Marketing section of the Upsight dashboard and click on the Push tab. From here, click on the app you sent a push to and you will be able to see the message you just sent, how many pushes were sent, what the current status is, and what the open rate is.
What is the Data Mine Admin Panel feature?
The Data Mine Admin Panel is a feature we've added to the Data Mine interface to enable greater control and visibility into how your organization is using Data Mine. From the Admin Panel, users with access are able to see which queries are currently running, scheduled, and have recently completed. You can also kill, schedule, or remove recurring queries directly from the Admin Panel.
How do I access Data Mine Admin Panel?
Users can be granted access to the Data Mine Admin Panel through our Role Based Access Controls (RBAC) system. When a user has access to the Admin Panel, when she logs into Data Mine, she will see the Admin Panel button, located next to Documentation and Keyboard Shortcuts.
When you click on the Admin Panel button, the panel will open in a new tab in your browser, where you can then manage and browse all your organization's queries from one place.
The Running tab will display queries within your organization that are currently running.
Submitted By: Name of the person submitting or scheduling the query. Clicking on a name to send an email directly to this user.
Query Name: Name of the query as it appears on the tab in the user's Data Mine interface. Hover over the Query Name for a quick view of the query text, or click on it to select text from the query or copy and paste it into a new Data Mine tab.
Type: Indication of how the query was submitted. Options are Dashboard, Scheduled, or API Time Elapsed: Time elapsed since the query was submitted. Updated every 5 seconds.
Progress: Visual representation of the progress bar as reported by the user's Data Mine interface. Updated every 5 seconds.
Kill Query: Gives Data Mine Admin Panel user the ability to kill the query. If a query is killed, Data Mine will indicate that the Query has failed and an email will be sent to the user indicating that an Admin Panel user has killed the query.
The Scheduled tab will display all queries within your organization that are scheduled to run at some point in the future.
Scheduled By: Name of the person scheduling the query. Clicking on a name to send an email directly to this user.
Average Run Time: Average time the query has taken to run to completion based on the last 3 months of results.
Scheduled: Indicator of when the query is scheduled to be run. Click here to see the exact days or modify the schedule.
Remove: Gives Data Mine Admin Panel user the ability to remove any future scheduled occurrences of the query. If a query is removed, it will no longer run in the future, and an email will be sent to the person who scheduled the query notifying them of the change.
The Completed tab will display all queries within your organization that have been completed with the most recent run time of each query.
Run Time: Amount of time the query took to yield a result or fail.
Status: Indication of whether the query ran to completion or failed.
Completed On: Date and time the query completed or stopped running.
What happens on the query page if an admin kills the query from the Admin Panel?
The query will not return a result, and will instead display a "query failed" message. In addition, the user who submitted the query will receive an email alerting her that the query was killed by a Data Mine Admin Panel user.
Is it possible to have multiple queries with the same name?
Yes, because queries are named with Query # in the tab by default, it is very likely that many users will have the same names of queries. To avoid this, we encourage all users to name queries with unique names that also succinctly describe the purpose of the query.
How is the "average run time" calculated on the Scheduled Query tab?
The Average Run Time is the average amount of time it has taken the query to return a result for the previous three times the query was run. It is not the overall historical average of the run time. This way, the average more accurately reflects recent trends in the queries run time and will be more sensitive to syntax changes within the query or performance upgrades within the cluster.


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21st Century Cures Act: After 10 years of broken promises, is EHR interoperability finally at hand?
Insight Article - August 29, 2019
Business Operations Technology
HIT Regulations
David N. Gans MSHA, FACMPE, SENIOR FELLOW
Marion Jenkins PhD, FHIMSS
A decade ago, most policymakers and many healthcare leaders touted passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act as the opportunity to change how health information is stored and communicated. HITECH, included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Feb. 17, 2009.
HITECH authorized financial incentives for healthcare providers to adopt "certified" EHR systems. The adoption goal was undoubtedly achieved. MGMA research documented that in 2005, only 11.5% of medical groups had adopted an EHR.1 Thirteen years later, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology reported that almost 80% of office-based physicians have adopted a certified EHR.2 In addition, 96.7% of respondents reported having an EHR at their organization in the 2018 MGMA DataDive Cost and Revenue.3
The keys to qualifying for HITECH's financial incentives were having an ONC-certified EHR and meeting a set of requirements set forth in the CMS EHR Meaningful Use (MU) Incentive Payment Program. The initial program requirements focused on exchanging information among providers and providing patient access to their medical information. Over time, standards for eligible clinicians evolved to mandate that medical practices attest to eight separate but related measures:4
Protecting electronic health information
Transmitting electronic prescriptions
Using clinical decision support tools
Using computerized physician order entry for medication, laboratory and imaging orders
Providing patients with electronic access to their health information
Directly engaging patients to coordinate their care
Providing a summary of care record when transitioning or referring a patient to another setting of care
Actively engaging with a public health agency or clinical data registry to submit electronic public health data.
Hundreds of EHR vendors have developed products for the physician market but have focused more on meeting incentive program requirements and less on improving the usability of the software or interoperability solutions. Further, despite the software using common toolsets, databases and platforms, vendors created EHR solutions that have unique features and permit substantial end-user customization. That uniqueness was a major selling point for EHR vendors.
Unfortunately, that lack of standardization also contributed to substantial frustration on the part of physician practices in their efforts to optimize workflows. Practices complain that EHRs interfere with their patient interaction, with many reporting that they must literally "turn their back" on the patient as they enter data into the system. Combined, the difficulties associated with modifying workflow, the purchase and ongoing maintenance costs, "change fatigue" associated with EHR adoption, the need for additional add-on products, integration with third-party vendors and meeting related compliance burdens are near the top of nearly every physician satisfaction survey. Lack of standardization and interoperability has also made the process of moving from EHR vendor product to another extremely challenging.
It is clear that the HITECH Act has achieved mixed results. Physicians typically are not happy with either the cost or the performance of their EHRs, administrators feel burdened with the increased overhead and system complexity, and patients complain about providers shifting eye contact to the keyboard and monitor. The lack of standardization and interoperability continues to frustrate everyone.
The Cures Act
In an effort to address the continuing challenges associated with EHRs and data interoperability, Congress passed the bipartisan 21st Century Cures Act in December 2016. The legislation sought to address many seemingly unrelated issues, including Food and Drug Administration drug approvals, the opioid epidemic and medical research, among others.5 It also contains very aggressive and laudable objectives to improve the interoperability of EHRs for providers and access to data for patients.
The Cures Act directs the Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) to operationalize many of the legislative provisions, which has spawned the publication of two proposed rules in 2019: one from CMS6 focused primarily on health plans and hospitals, and one from ONC,7 targeted at physician practices and other providers, technology developers and patients.
These proposals include:
New EHR certification requirements that would require significant upgrades to the approximately 680 2015 Edition products currently certified by ONC.8 CMS is likely to require the more robust certification level for providers seeking to participate in future iterations of its quality reporting programs.
A requirement that certified EHRs support application programming interfaces (APIs), standards to provide increased transparency and data access between/across different EHR vendors, systems and third-party applications.
A requirement for physician practices to export a medical record to a third-party app if requested by a patient.
Adoption of the United States Core Data for Interoperability standard, the minimum set of patient data elements to be shared between provider EHRs (replacing the existing Continuity of Care Document standard).
Limits on fees that can be charged by health IT developers, both for API development and ongoing API upgrades.
A requirement to export an individual patient record, in "computable" form, upon request by an individual patient, or for an entire group of patients, if a provider elects to switch IT systems — at no cost.
Identifying exceptions to the current prohibition against practices and others engaging in "information blocking" (in other words, refusing to share patient data with authorized entities). Examples of proposed exceptions include blocking data to prevent harm to a patient or another person, blocking data because it has been deemed infeasible by the provider to share, or blocking data to prevent a potential security breach.9,10
In addition, CMS is proposing additional requirements for its part of implementing the Cures Act, including:
A national provider database that includes digital contact information
A requirement for health plans to offer patients access to claims data via API technology
A requirement for states to participate in the daily exchange of data by April 1, 2022
A request for information on the issue of a national patient identifier
A request for information on the promotion of health IT systems in post-acute care providers.11
The proposed rules contain many promises for physician practices and patients, but also some significant concerns.
Promises:
Patients will have access to their medical records via apps on mobile devices.
EHR vendors will be limited in the fees they can charge practices for implementing API technology.
Providers will be able to switch IT systems and transfer all their patient data in a structured format at no cost.
Through the deployment of a new EHR reporting system, there will be increased transparency for health IT vendor usability, interoperability, costs and interface fees.
Perils:
The requirement that practices share health information with patient-directed third-party app developers (many of whom will not be a Covered Entity or Business Associate and therefore will not be required to comply with HIPAA) could lead to unauthorized disclosures and unauthorized use of patient data.
There is significant administrative burden attached to the process for a physician practice to document citing one of the seven proposed exceptions to information blocking contained in the ONC rule.
Practices will need to deploy algorithmic software or manually check information to ensure that records are matched correctly as currently no national patient ID exists.
There is a lot of "change fatigue" in practices, a result of the accelerated adoption timetable from the original flag-drop of HITECH, followed by years of changing program requirements under three stages of MU and then Promoting Interoperability.
Much of the development effort from EHR vendors will continue to focus on complying with these new rules rather than making the systems more user-friendly.
Some EHRs will lose their certifications, which will put their customers (practices) at risk of not being able to fully participate in the quality reporting programs.
Practices frequently have five to 10 add-on products such as patient portals, patient engagement, kiosk systems, etc. These add-on products and their associated interfaces will need to be assessed both for workability with new EHR version(s) and compliance with the information blocking provisions of the Cures Act.
Providers who elect not to participate in the national electronic provider database will be listed as noncompliant, which could cause potential harm to their reputation.
By aggregating more data centrally in health information exchanges, there could be an increased threat from hackers seeking access to this much more attractive target.
Industry efforts underway
Nonprofit healthcare technology industry organization Health Level Seven (HL7) was started more than 30 years ago, with the stated purpose of creating technical and data library standards that support data exchange and interoperability.12 HL7 has initiated the Da Vinci Project,13 which seeks to develop and pilot the use of standard APIs by utilizing the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards framework.14 Da Vinci has set up specific data-sharing use cases using the FHIR standard, including prior authorization support, gaps in patient care, patient cost transparency and others. Fortunately, the Cures Act requires all health IT vendors comply with FHIR (and other standards already underway in these industry workgroups) to retain their ONC certification.
On the policy front, MGMA submitted detailed comments to both the ONC and CMS proposed rules. While generally supportive of the government's efforts to promote interoperability, the Association outlined concerns regarding the potential cost and administrative burdens associated with any new mandates and raised privacy and security issues related to the required use of API standards to transmit patient information.15
The Cures Act puts an important and valuable stake in the ground to take healthcare IT to the next level of interoperability and data sharing. The resulting proposed rules from CMS and ONC are tied closely with technology frameworks that have been in the works for decades. There is growing concern that these new rules will create additional administrative burdens on physician practices for the requisite upgrades and ongoing compliance. While the Cures Act calls for improved EHR usability, significant EHR vendor resources will again be focused on interoperability and data sharing and less on improving the end-user clinician experience. MGMA will continue to monitor the development of HIT regulations impacting physician practices and provide education and resources to assist members to understand and implement any new requirements.
Perhaps this excerpt from the MGMA letter to ONC sums it up best:16
We urge ONC to avoid pushing physician practices too far, too fast. The risks of moving too quickly include additional administrative and financial burdens on practices, weaker privacy and security protections for sensitive health information, an increased level of physician burnout, and the potential of compromised patient care.
Become familiar with the Cures Act and the proposed rules from ONC and CMS.
Ask your EHR vendors what they know about/what they're doing about the Cures Act and proposed rules from ONC and CMS.
Evaluate your add-on third-party technology vendors for their compliance with HIPAA.
Continue to strengthen your practice's privacy and security policies and procedures.
Increase the quantity and quality of structured patient data in your EHR(s).
Leverage MGMA resources such as the online Member Community, face-to-face educational sessions and web-based toolkits.
1. Gans D, Kralewski J, Hammons T, Dowd B. "Medical groups' adoption of electronic health records and information systems." Health Affairs, Vol. 24, #5. Available from: bit.ly/2YZ0RaC.
2. ONC. "2018 report to Congress." December 2018. Available from: bit.ly/2KPW2Yr.
3. MGMA. 2018 MGMA DataDive Cost and Revenue.
4. "Eligible Professional Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Stage 3 Objectives and Measures." CMS, August 2017. Available from: go.cms.gov/2MdG5yg.
5. The 21st Century Cures Act. Pub. L. 114-225. Dec. 13, 2016. 42 USC 201 note. Available from: bit.ly/2KBm41b.
6. CMS. "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability and Patient Access for Medicare Advantage Organization and Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, CHIP Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans in the Federally- facilitated Exchanges and Health Care Providers." Federal Register. Vol. 84, No. 42, March 4, 2019. Available from: bit.ly/2KyplhS.
7. ONC. "21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program." Federal Register. Vol. 84, No. 42, March 4, 2019. Available from: bit.ly/2GWGGjF.
8. ONC. "Certified Health IT product list." Available from: bit.ly/2Z2FAgA.
9. CMS.
10. ONC, 2019.
11. CMS.
12. "About HL7." HL7. Accessed Aug. 9, 2019. Available from: bit.ly/2HbCZH1.
13. "Da Vinci Project." HL7. Accessed Aug. 9, 2019. Available from: bit.ly/2Z2FRjC.
14. Ibid.
15. MGMA. "RE: 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, information blocking, and the ONC Health IT certification program." May 30, 2019. Available from: mgma.com/onc-letter-may19.
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Games schedule for 2020-2021
First team, 2nd division region South Venue Opponent ZA17 OKT19:30 Tilburg Dutch Dukes ZA31 OKT20:45 Nijmegen Saints Nijmegen ZO15 NOV19:30 Eindhoven (Grote hal) Hijs Hokij Den Haag 2 ZO29 NOV19:30 Eindhoven (Grote hal) Dordrecht Lions 2 ZA12 DEC20:15 Utrecht IJCU Dolphin Utrecht ZO17 JAN19:30 Eindhoven (Grote hal) Dutch Dukes ZO24 Read more…
By Martijn van Maanen, 2 years 2 years ago
Three-peat! Student division champions 2018-2019!
Yesterday the first team of the Icehawks won against the runner-up in the student division Groningen Bulldogs, beating them 6-0. With one match to go, the Icehawks have secured their third championship in a row and fourth championship in five years. Next Friday we will play our last away game Read more…
National Student Championship 2019
This year, on the 15 and 16 June 2019, we will host the NSK 2019. All student teams can enter in this competition. We have added a new page to our webiste where all relevant info can be found.
By admin, 4 years 2 years ago
Standings after the first few games & Tournament news
First of all, the Icehawks are off to a great start: our rookie team won 10-1 against Low Tech Hockey Eindhoven and the first team won the first three games in the Student League: 17-1 and 20-0 against Enschede and 10-1 against the Saints from Nijmegen. Tournaments This year we Read more…
Another 4 points for the first team, and a friendly game from the second team!
The first team of the Icehawks stays on top with two wins. The second team played a friendly match against Joe Bar White in Eindhoven. They played really well with some rookies gaining their first match experience. Although they played well the game ended in a 0-4 loss. Utrecht Buccaneers Read more…
Season start: straight to the top!
This autumn has been a good one for sports in Eindhoven; The Kemphanen are doing great, PSV is doing great and of course the Icehawks are doing great as well!
New rookies
The Icehawks are welcoming a lot of new players this year, 17 in total. We are happy to expand our diversity in the team with some new players from Latvia, Cyprus, Canada and many other countries. This being said, the Icehawks have reached their limit for this season regarding unexperienced players, for more info check the page 'want to join?'.
First two games, first four points
The Icehawks have played their first two games of the season and have won both! this means we're the only team in the league that hasn't lost a game so far. Game reports after the Read More.
Next game is next week, also our first home game of the season against Utrecht Buccaneers. The game will be played on the outside rink and starts at 21:00, so bring your thermos!
Playing abroad
The Icehawks have been invited for an exhibition game against the University team "ICE-Emperors" from Aachen (D). They will play in an arena filled with 3000 spectators who are attending the UNI Cup tournament, an amateur hockey tournament and charity event.
Game schedule 2017-2018!
It's time for a new season! Hereby the schedule for the 2017-2018 season. 7 October 2017 (Away) Icehawks @ Radboud Saints (Nijmegen) – 20.45 5 November 2017 (Away) Icehawks @ Bulldogs (Gronings) – 20.30 12 November 2017 (Home – Outside rink) Icehawks vs Buccaneers – 21:00 https://www.facebook.com/events/124180904906277 26 November 2017 Read more…
Icehawks keep up their streak
22-01-2017, Enschede Slapping Studs @ Eindhoven Icehawks Since our game against Den Haag has been moved, the game against Enschede Slapping Studs was the first of 2017. This game was a clash between the number 1 and 2 in the competition, both very strong and packed with national and international Read more…
By Martijn van Maanen, 6 years ago
Half of the season is over: Icehawks stay strong at the top!
27th of November: Utrecht Buccaneers @ Icehawks
The Icehawks were playing well in this game, substituting the absent Victor Liang with our new Norwegian player Markus Hecl Øvili in the first line, who scored 6 goals. The game resulted in 12-0. A third shutout and fifth straight win this season.
After the game our coach Roger Provencher said the following about the game and the season so far:
"We played very well this game, but still have some points to improve on. We're on the right track [for the championship] now and I hope we can keep up this level of hockey for the remainder of the season. Thanks for everything guys!"
photo by Sebastiaan van de Water, folia.nl
2nd of December: Icehawks @ Amsterdam Thor
The Icehawks went to Amsterdam with mixed feelings, although Thor is currently in last place, they were able to win the game against Groningen. Furthermore the Icehawks had to play without some key players like Könönen, Machiels and Hecl Øvili. In the first period the Hawks had the upper hand, scoring 3-0. This changed after the first break, having trouble to pass the Finnish goalie and allowing two goals to be scored. The team managed to pull themselves together in the last period, scoring two goals early in the period and again on the empty net. Making the total score 6-3.
A reporter from folia wrote an article about the game (in dutch). The coach mentioned in the article isn't our regular coach Roger Provencher, since he was not able to join us in Amsterdam.
Our next home game will be in 2017, on the 8th of January at the IJssportcentrum Eindhoven vs. The Hague Fire Birds.
Further game stats after the read more.
Icehawks take the lead! Win against Nijmegen and Groningen
13th of November: Icehawks @ Nijmegen Saints: 0-18 The Saints are known as a team with a core of experienced players and therefore a difficult opponent. The Icehawks' fast paced offensive players were not able to score until the 7th minute of the first period, due to the good goaltending Read more…
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During my seven years as a private equity investor and now as CEO of equity-based crowdfunding site CircleUp, I have met with countless entrepreneurs looking to raise capital. As any entrepreneur knows, competition is fierce for investor dollars. Out of the 6,000 or so companies I have evaluated over the years, my previous private equity firms invested in fewer than 1%. The bar is high for entrepreneurs. So how can entrepreneurs maximize the likelihood that they will raise capital? Below are 5 rules for entrepreneurs looking to raise capital.
1) Set your valuation appropriately. Whether you are Zynga (ZNGA), Apple (AAPL) or LinkedIn (LNKD) in the public markets, or a sub $5 million food company, the quickest way to scare off investors is to set your valuation at a number that is disconnected from the results of a typical discounted cash flow analysis (DCF) or evaluation of comparable transactions would value your company. Four years ago I met with an ice cream company that was under $2 million in revenue, in an industry facing strong headwinds, and trying to raise capital at a $15 million valuation. I quickly killed the deal and the company thought I was crazy to turn down the opportunity (he wasn't shy about voicing his displeasure). Fast forward to today and the company is still under $2 million in sales and still has not raised the money they need, but is still asking the same valuation. Remember, good investors see hundreds of opportunities per year; entrepreneurs generally focus on the valuation of just one company, their own. Don't miss out on raising capital because your expectations are out of line with the market. Listen to feedback.
2) Raise the right amount of capital. I have seen many instances of a $1 million food company trying to raise $5 million for a national advertising campaign without evidence that the campaign would even generate a strong ROI at a regional or local level. On the flip side, I have seen many companies trying to raise $1 million when their cash flow projections show a $2 million cash hole over the next year. The message for companies in either situation is the same: raise the amount of capital your business needs to succeed. If you try to raise vastly more or less, this will not only hamper your likelihood of success, but investors will be skeptical about you as a manager and concerned that you don't have a great handle on what drives your business.
3) Make your projections realistic. Your new energy drink may taste great, but if you are $1 million in revenue today, don't project you will be $500 million in five years—it's not realistic and, more importantly, while investors would love to make 500x their money, 2.5x (adjusted for risk) will keep an investor in business all day long. Here's a good rule of thumb that I like to use with entrepreneurs, particularly in the case of an outright sale of a business: would you be comfortable receiving a meaningful portion of your compensation in the form of a revenue or profit based earn-out using your projections as the targets? If your reaction is no way, then why should an investor give you credit for such projections in their valuation?
4) It's okay to have competitors. Everyone does. Every time I meet with a company raising money, I will always ask them to describe their competitors. In more than one instance, entrepreneurs have said, "We have no competitors. X product is one of a kind." While many companies sell unique products, it is short-sighted for an entrepreneur to think he or she is not competing with anyone else for a share of a customer's wallet. My business, CircleUp, has hundreds of competitors including "non-usage". Every business has competitors, and telling an investor you have none is a sign you are not paying close-enough attention to your industry and the broader marketplace. As importantly, believing that you have no competitors is dangerous–whether or not you are correct–however large or small you may be.
5) Know your audience. Recently, I talked with a $4 million skincare company. They told me they had just met with a private equity firm with over $7 billion in capital under management. I knew the firm well. This private equity firm typically invests in companies that have valuations of $500 million to $2 billion—not companies with a sub $10 million valuation. While the skincare company was probably trying to use this PE firm as negotiating leverage, all it did was undermine the entrepreneur's credibility. It's good negotiating practice to show you have alternatives, but not a good habit to demonstrate you don't have a handle on what investors are likely to actually invest. All this anecdote did was demonstrate that the CEO didn't spend her time wisely.
Unless your name is Mark Zuckerberg, fundraising is hard. It is certainly a lot easier in some industries (i.e. technology) and harder in others (i.e. consumer products), but it is still hard. There are a lot more ways you can go wrong than right, and it takes practice. These are tips that I've seen work in my career, both as an investor and as an entrepreneur, but there are countless approaches to a successful fundraise. My best advice? Work hard, keep your messaging clear and be persistent.


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Q: What is the CFT dual to pure gravity on AdS$_3$? Pure $2+1$-dimensional gravity in $AdS_3$ (parametrized as $S= \int d^3 x \frac{1}{16 \pi G} \sqrt{-g} (R+\frac{2}{l^2})$) is a topological field theory closely related to Chern-Simons theory, and at least naively seems like it may be renormalizable on-shell for certain values of $l/G$. This is a theory which has been studied by many authors, but I can't seem to find a consensus as to what the CFT dual is. Here's what I've gathered from a cursory literature search:
Witten (2007) suggests that the dual is the monster theory of Frenkel, Lepowsky, and Meurman for a certain value of $l/G$; his argument applies when the central charges $c_L$ and $c_R$ are both multiplies of $24$. In his argument, he assumes holomorphic factorization of the boundary CFT, which seems to be fairly controversial. His argument does produce approximately correct entropy for BTZ black holes, but a case can be made that black hole states shouldn't exist at all if the CFT is holomorphically factorized. He also gave a PiTP talk on the subject. Witten himself is unsure if this work is correct.
In a recent 2013 paper, McGough and H. Verlinde claim that "The edge states of 2+1-D gravity are described by Liouville theory", citing 5 papers to justify this claim. All of those are before Witten's 2007 work. Witten's work does mention Liouville theory, and has some discussion, but he doesn't seem to believe that this is the correct boundary theory, and Liouville theory is at any rate not compatible with holomorphic factorization. This paper also claims that "pure quantum gravity...is unlikely to give rise to a complete theory." Similar assertions are made in a few other papers.
Another proposal was made in Castro et.al (2011), relating this to minimal models such as the Ising model. Specifically, they claim that the partition function for the Ising model is equal to that of pure gravity $l=3G$, and make certain claims about higher spin cases.
It doesn't seem to me that all of these can simultaneously be true. There could be some way to mitigate the differences between the proposals, but my scan of the literature didn't point to anything. It seems to me that no one agrees on the correct theory. I'm not even sure if these are the only proposals, but they're the ones that I'm aware of.
First, are my above statements regarding the three proposals accurate? Also, is there any consensus in the majority of the HET community as to whether pure quantum gravity theories in $AdS_3$ exist, and if so what their CFT duals are? Finally, if there is no consensus, what are the necessary conditions for each of the proposals to be correct?

A: Without reading your whole question and just answering the title:
I think that still is an (very interesting) open problem.
See e.g., Five Problems in Quantum Gravity - Andrew Strominger http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:0906.1313

On very general grounds [15], we expect that 3D AdS gravity should be dual to
  a 2D CFT with central charge c =
  3l
  .
  2G
  Solving the theory is equivalent to specifying
  this CFT. It was suggested in [23] that, rather than directly quantizing the Einstein-
  Hilbert action, this CFT might simply be deduced by various consistency requirements.
  Namely, the central charge must be c =
  3l
  2G ,
  Z must be modular invariant (since these
  are large diffeomorphisms) and its pole structure must reflect the fact that there are no
  perturbative excitations. Adding the additional assumption of holomorphic factorization
  (i.e. decoupling of the left and right movers in the CFT), it was shown [23] that Z is
  uniquely determined to be a certain modular form Zext . Unfortunately Zext does not
  agree with the Euclidean sum-over-geometries [25] which indicates that the assumption is
  not valid for pure gravity.3 Modular invariance and the restriction on the pole structure
  are still strong, if not uniquely determining, hints on the form of Z for pure gravity.
  Determining Z for pure 3D quantum Einstein gravity - if it exists - is an important open
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I've noticed that intermittently copy/paste starts failing. Anecdotally this only seems to happen when trying to paste into an electron app (slack/atom) but after that affects other applications too. Haven't found a way to reproduce it on demand though.
Not entirely a duplicate but this suggests similar behaviour Copy-Paste from Firefox 88.0.1 not working properly on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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Med alla Herrens fromma är en psalm, skriven 1814 av Johan Olof Wallin och bearbetad 1978 av Anders Frostenson. Musiken är skriven 1614 eller 1615 av Melchior Teschner.

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1819 års psalmbok som nr 488 under rubriken "Med avseende på de yttersta tingen: En trogen själs försmak av en salig evighet" (sex verser med titelraden Snart ligger bojan krossad).
1937 års psalmbok som nr 567 under rubriken "Det kristna hoppet inför döden" (sex verser med titelraden Snart ligger bojan krossad).
1986 års psalmbok som nr 616 under rubriken "Pilgrimsvandringen".
Psalmer och Sånger 1987 som nr 722 under rubriken "Framtiden och hoppet - Pilgrimsvandringen".

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ET & CBS.com's Red Carpet Emmy Show
Published 2:35 AM PDT, September 22, 2013
TV's biggest night has arrived and this year fans can get special digital wall-to-wall coverage of the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards from ET correspondents Brooke Anderson and Rocsi Diaz and the sexy star of Criminal Minds, Shemar Moore!
"ET Live on CBS.com" includes red carpet coverage streamed live by ET's Brooke and Rocsi starting at 6:30 p.m. ET. Anderson and Diaz will bring fans coverage of the Emmy red carpet arrivals, fashion and interviews with TV's hottest stars.
PICS: ET and Crystal Light's Pre-Emmys Party
In addition to "ET Live on CBS.com," fans can also follow all the action leading up to and during the live broadcast by following the network's Emmy Social Media Reporter, Criminal Minds star Shemar Moore, on CBS.com's Emmy awards page or on his Twitter feed (@shemarmoore). Moore will be sharing photos and videos as he checks out the pre-show rehearsals, chats with presenters and takes part in various Emmy night events.
The 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards will air live from the Nokia Theater L.A. Live in Los Angeles Sunday at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT on CBS.
VIDEO: Neil Patrick Harris Rolls Out Emmys Red Carpet, Previews Tributes


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Q: Phonegap Android show keyboard on input focus Javascript I have been searching for how to trigger the android keyboard via Javascript.
I have found a few answers but none of them seem to work.
One solution is here:
Showing Android's soft keyboard when a field is .focus()'d using javascript
On the example above there is a button involved which I don't have, but do I need it?
I am using 'tap' and 'swipe' events via the touch-layer.js which seems to disable click events in favour of tap. (https://github.com/cubiq/touch-layer)
Below is the code I've tried, the alert triggers and the focus happens but the keyboard doesn't show.
gt("#txtEmail").on("tap", function() {
    alert('tap');
    $(this)[0].el[0].focus();
    $("#txtEmail").trigger('click');
});

Thanks.
EDIT 1: Second attempt doesn't work even though this seems more inline with the example.
gt("#txtEmail").on("tap", function() {
    alert('trigger');
    $("#txtEmail").trigger('click');
});

$("#txtEmail").on("click", function() {
    alert('recieved');
    $(this).focus();
});

A: In addition to Jack He's suggstion, check out ionic-plugin-keyboard. This one is more actively maintained and used by many.
In my case, I just bound focus event to a handler function that manually shows the keyboard.
$(".my-input").on("focus", function(e) {
  ...
  cordova.plugins.Keyboard.show();
  ...
});

A: What you need is the SoftKeyBoard plugin. Just check the link to find what you want.


One of the great charms of Tribeca is its sense of history, and I'll run pretty much any old photo I can get my hand on. Here are posts dedicated to the Tribeca of yore (in no particular order). Someday maybe I'll gather up all the old photos that have run in Seen & Heard and In the News posts, too….
P.S. Please let me know if you have any old photos! I'm at tribecacitizen@gmail.com.
The New York City Municipal Archives has added the 1940s Department of Taxation photos to its online database.
After I posted Yvonne Babineaux's photos of Tribeca in the 1980s, I went out and took "now" shots for comparison's sake. It was quite an undertaking.
There's an addictive interactive map with photos of the city in the mid-1980s. It's a stark reminder of how many one- and two-story buildings have been torn down in subsequent decades.
Ivan Kosnyrev sifted through the New York Public Library's historical photos of the neighborhood, and then he shot the locations as they look now.
Jane Freeman took a lot of photographs of Tribeca buildings in the 1980s; TC paired them with corresponding contemporary shots.
Flaming Pablum has photos of Tribeca in the mid to late 90s, when the neighborhood was still delectably desolate.
What trickled in after the "Tribeca in the 1980s" post: El Internacional, the restaurant on W. Broadway where El Teddy's once stood; N. Moore between West and Greenwich, circa 1975; the demolition of the wonderful Marine Midland Bank building where the Smyth now stands; the far west side from a Duane rooftop in 1976; the Towers Cafeteria (where the Odeon is now); and Washington Market area in the spring and summer of 1970.
OldNYC.org is a site that makes the New York Public Library's historical photos of the city incredibly easy to browse. What a gift! I randomly chose a few to post here, but they're just the tip of the iceberg.
Jackie Sencion loaned me a poster map of lower Manhattan from 1986. I thought about trying to find a big enough scanner, but it's huge, so I ultimately (and expediently!) decided that what was most interesting wasn't the map in its entirety, but the ads.
Jean Grillo shared her wonderful wall of photos of old Tribeca. Not only did she take photos of buildings when very few other people did, she collected business cards, too.
Jane Freeman took many photos of the set constructed for It Could Happen to You, starring Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda. The set designers also built a loft building next door.
A post about all of the demolition going on inspired photographer Robert A. Ripps to see if he had a photo of the gas station that used to be at Canal and West Street. "I could only find post closure," he said. "But I did find a few oldies of the neighborhood as some buildings were being constructed, destructed, or still unbuilt." What's especially amazing is that none date from before 2002, and most are from 2006 or more recent.
Artist Jane Freeman, who has lived in Tribeca since 1976, shares some of her marvelously evocative writings about life in the neighborhood over the years. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.
The artists behind 80s restaurant El Internacional—a perfect example of New York City in its creative heyday—shared photos from their book proposal.
In 1968, Governor Nelson Rockefeller signed the Battery Park City Authority Act—the first step in a long process of building a neighborhood from the ground (or water) up. Historical photos show how it happened.
Artist Rob Mango—whose gallery on Duane Park is a Tribeca institution—wrote a book, 100 Paintings: An Artist's Life in New York City, that was not just a survey of his art but also a vivid account of the birth of Tribeca as a residential neighborhood. He agreed to let me run several excerpts.
In 1980, Ed Sijmons and LouiseLH of Amsterdam visited New York City and took hundreds of photos—including of FiDi, Chinatown, the Village, and the Lower East Side.
Another assortment of reader submissions: 163 Duane (where Bouley is now) in 1995; Duane Street in 1976 and 1988; Sixth and Walker in 1988.
Forty-five years after John Willenbecher moved into his W. Broadway loft, he wrote about what life was like around here back then—when you could assume that anyone you saw out and about on a weekend had to also be an artist.
After Hurricane Sandy struck New York City, artist John Willenbecher wrote a memoir about life during the aftermath. It's a thoroughly charming, valuable account of a week of powerlessness—with long days and even longer nights.
Gardiner Comfort, who was born in Tribeca in 1980, recalls what it was like to grow up here back then and mulls over what has been lost.
"Every kid who grew up downtown in the old days remembers riding in freight elevators," reminisces Gardiner Comfort. "All the old industrial buildings had them: hand-operated, ancient cages that left the brick shaft walls open and the distant vanishing point of the top floor visible." His essay gave me license to ask artist Grimanesa Amorós whether I could shoot the elevator at 54 N. Moore—and it turns out there are two. Part 1 and Part 2.
While walking by 28 N. Moore, writer Valeria Likhova and photographer Marisa McGrody simply asked if they could go in and take a look around. They found some wonderful relics.
Readers sent over two wonderful Tribeca artifacts (that couldn't be more different).
An entertaining book celebrated the Wetlands, a much-loved music club and activist hangout, by collecting nine years' of performance calendars and other memorabilia.
A bunch of old real-estate brochures are now available online, and many are in Tribeca. They make for a fascinating glimpse into the way things used to be.
The New York Transit Museum runs occasional tours of the decommissioned station one stop south of the Brooklyn Bridge stop. It just happens to the most beautiful station in the system.
For much of the 1980s, there was a massive Richard Serra sculpture in the Holland Tunnel off-ramp circle. And for a short time, Serra also had a sculpture in Finn Square.


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For federal tax purposes, the Internal Revenue Service has separate entity classification rules. Under the tax rules, an entity may be classified as a corporation, a partnership, a cooperative or a disregarded entity. A corporation may be taxed as either a C corporation or elect to be treated as a Subchapter S corporation. A disregarded entity has one owner (or a married couple as owner) that is not recognized for tax purposes as an entity separate from its owner. Types of disregarded entities include single-member LLCs; qualified sub-chapter S subsidiaries and qualified real estate investment trust subsidiaries. A disregarded entity's transparent tax status does not affect its status under state law. For example, for federal tax purposes, a sole-member LLC (SMLLC) is disregarded, so that all its assets and liabilities are treated as owned by its single member. But under state law, an SMLLC can contract in its own name and its owner is generally not personally liable for the debts and obligations of the entity.[61] To be recognized as a Cooperative for tax purposes Cooperatives must follow certain rules under Sub Chapter T of the Internal Revenue Code.[62]
LLP, Limited Liability Partnership: a partnership where a partner's liability for the debts of the partnership is limited except in the case of liability for acts of professional negligence or malpractice. In some states, LLPs may only be formed for purposes of practicing a licensed profession, typically attorneys, accountants and architects. This is often the only form of limited partnership allowed for law firms (as opposed to general partnerships).
Sociedad Anónima Abierta (S.A.A.): To qualify to register as an S.A.A., a company must meet one or more conditions laid down in Article 249 of Peru's General Corporation Law. Those conditions state there must be a primary public offering of shares or convertible bonds in stocks, which are held by more than 750 shareholders, more than 35% of its capital belonging to 175 shareholders, or that all shareholders entitled to vote approve the adjustment to the scheme. The S.A.A. is then audited by the Comisión Nacional Supervisora de Empresas y Valores (CONASEV).[50]
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Corp., Inc., Corporation, Incorporated: used to denote corporations (public or otherwise). These are the only terms universally accepted by all 51 corporation chartering jurisdictions in the United States. However, in some states other suffixes may be used to identify a corporation, such as Ltd., Co./Company, or the Italian term S.p.A. (in Connecticut; see under Italy). Some states that allow the use of "Company" prohibit the use of "and Company", "and Co.", "& Company" or "& Co.". In most states sole proprietorships and partnerships may register a fictitious "doing business as" name with the word "Company" in it. For a full list of allowed designations by state, see the table below.
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The Charleston Music Hall was originally named The Tower Depot, designed by Charleston architect Edward C. Jones and built between 1849 and 1850. The Gothic Revival style building originally served as the main entrance for the passenger depot of the S.C. Railroad. Sadly, the earthquake of 1886 severely damaged the building, and it was later simply used as a warehouse. In 1995, Hank Hofford and the Bennett Hofford Construction team renovated the vacant structure into its current amazing venue, the Charleston Music Hall.


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Home News Judge Refuses to Dismiss Charges in Beach Tag Office Sexual Assault Case
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Charges in Beach Tag Office Sexual Assault Case
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Charles "Chuck" Cusack served as an Ocean City police officer for 25 years and later managed beach tag operations in Ocean City.
A former Ocean City beach tag supervisor is headed to trial this fall after a judge declined to dismiss official misconduct and child endangering charges against him.
The former supervisor, 52-year-old Charles E. Cusack, is accused of having an ongoing sexual relationship with an underage female employee. He faces a mandatory minimum of five years in state prison if convicted of official misconduct.
Cusack appeared in state Superior Court in Cape May Court House on Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by his attorney, Louis M. Barbone of Atlantic City. Cusack, wearing a gray suit, did not speak during the hearing.
He was charged in August 2012 with one count of second-degree sexual assault. A retired Ocean City police officer who was later hired to run the city's beach fee operations, Cusack allegedly had an ongoing sexual relationship with a female beach-tag inspector, who was then 17. In February 2015, a Cape May County grand jury handed up a superseding indictment adding a second-degree charge of official misconduct and a second-degree count of endangering the welfare of a child against Cusack.
Barbone filed a motion arguing the official misconduct and endangering charges against Cusack should be dismissed. The superseding indictment was based upon "prosecutorial vindictiveness" because Cusack wouldn't plead guilty and instead opted to go to trial, Barbone contended.
Assistant Cape May County Prosecutor Dara Paley countered in her reply brief that she presented the additional charges against Cusack to a grand jury only after it became clear the case couldn't be resolved through a plea agreement. Cusack would not agree to plead guilty to a charge that would spare him prison time, but require him to register as a sex offender under Megan's Law, Paley said.
During Tuesday's hearing, Judge John C. Porto said prosecutors have wide discretion in bringing additional charges during the pretrial phase of a case, as long as those charges are in line with the evidence.
"To this court it appears it was prosecutorial oversight that caused the state to initially indict the defendant with only one count of sexual assault under the prior indictment," Porto said in issuing his ruling from the bench.
The presentment of additional charges against Cusack to a grand jury was justified, Porto ruled.
"The absence of all the potential charges in the initial indictment due to the prosecutor's oversight constituted an unjustifiable windfall to the defendant at the expense of the public interest, the victim's rights and the integrity of the criminal justice system. Therefore, to say the initial indictment and the state's offer were very favorable to the defendant given the absence of the official misconduct and endangering the welfare charge is an understatement," he said.
Porto set a trial date of Nov. 2. Cusack is scheduled to appear in court again on July 30 for a pretrial conference.
Cusack also faces a civil lawsuit filed in March by his alleged victim. The lawsuit alleges Cusack helped the girl land a plum summer job with the city's beach fee office, and then used his position of authority to sway her into a sexual relationship. The city of Ocean City is also named as a defendant in the civil suit.
Cusack had sex with the girl both in his city office and at his home in Egg Harbor Township on various occasions, according to the civil and criminal complaints.
In New Jersey, the age of consent is 16. But Cusack was charged under a provision in state statute that makes it illegal for a person to have sex with someone over whom he or she has supervisory authority when an alleged victim is 16 or 17 years old.
Cusack served 25 years in the Ocean City Police Department before retiring in May 2011. He has three daughters and had been separated from his wife at the time of his arrest.
Cusack was in his second season as director of the city's beach-tag program when he was arrested. He has been free since posting $150,000 bond shortly after his arrest.
He and Barbone left the courtroom without comment following Tuesday's hearing.
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After a while I noticed that business began to slow down. There just seemed to be this mysterious "something" that kept getting in the way of further business growth.
I was still getting customers, but growth seemed to have plateaued, and I couldn't figure out why. The company was paying for itself, but I was making very little money. I just knew that there had to be "something" that I was missing. Some key piece of the puzzle that I just wasn't seeing.
This missing piece had to be what was holding me back, and I was bound and determined to figure out what it was. This was my livelihood and my future that we're talking about, after all.
I began to dig for the answers. I read article after article, blog post after blog post, scouring various forums and message boards to see if I could figure out what other business owners were doing that I wasn't.
During my research I stumbled onto a post in a group run by ACRBO (Association for Computer Repair Business Owners). It was about books that every computer repair business owner should read. On that list was "The E Myth Revisited" by Michael E. Gerber, as well as three or four other books. I figured that if what I learn from these books can help me get just one new customer, they'll have more than paid for themselves.
I won't lie, "The E Myth Revisited" wasn't the first of my new books that I decided to read, in fact it sat on my desk for a month or two before I got around to even flipping through the pages, but once I started reading, I just couldn't stop. Everything resonated with me and my situation, it was almost as if the author was peaking to me directly.
Finally, the pieces all fell into place.
Looking back, one of the biggest mistakes that I made when starting my computer repair business all those years ago was not having a set of written procedures to follow.
You see, it turns out that each time I would hesitate with a client, every time I had to "figure out" a solution, even through the very act of "winging it", I was wasting time. Sure it was my time to waste, but when you go to work for yourself you have to remember that time is money, and time wasted is money lost.
In order to stop wasting so much time (and money) I needed to actually work on my business and become more organized. A good place to start would be putting some simple policies and procedures into place.
I got started by writing down everything that I did in the shop, from how I would greet my customers to how I would solve the various problems they bring in for me to fix. Every scenario that I had experienced or that I could imagine being possible was written down. Before too long I was able to organize all of it into my very own Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and fill a three-ring binder with the results.
A customer asks a difficult question? There's a policy or procedure for that. A computer comes through the door that looks like it might require a creative solution to fix properly? No worries, there's a policy or procedure for that too. Now instead of "winging it" I could just refer to my SOP. No more second-guessing myself or being uncertain whether or not I handled a situation properly. It really was like a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders.
Ever since instituting a set of policies and procedures my time has been freed up so that I can actually focus on running and growing my computer business. With that extra focus, I have grown beyond being just a "one-man-band", profits have increased, and everything is running like a well-oiled machine.
Looking back, it's painfully obvious that not having written policies and procedures was seriously holding me and my business back.
Does your business have written standard operating procedures? Let me know why or why not in the comments.
I haven't really thought to much about writing policies & procedures, the thought has crossed my mind but I guess I ignored it because I didn't know where to start in the writing process or how to go about doing it. Where to begin? What to write? etc.
I would basically just start one item at a time. What are some of the most common repairs you do? Take those and write out the steps you take to fix the issue. Each time you encounter that issue, follow the procedure you wrote down and add to it when needed. It's a little bit of work up-front, but it really improves the flow and efficiency of your day-to-day work. A bonus is eventually you'll have a manual of operations that you can use when hiring employees or if you ever need to sell the business.
I'll see if I can get Eric to write a follow-up about how to put together an operating manual for your business.
Perhaps you could start by writing out your most common procedures – Virus removal, tune up, data recovery, etc. From there go on to write out a procedure for every one of your services.
Policies & procedures sounds like something government or a large corporation requires. I don't see the benefit for a one man show. My P&P book is the experience I have gathered over the years, and the variation in situations would be a challenge to cover in a large book that I would not bother consulting once written anyhow.
I find good written procedures help keep my work consistent and efficient. Even if you just write a checklist of the steps you take on some of your more common repairs, it does help, And eventually you may want to hire help or pass the business on to someone else, at which time written policies and procedures really are a life saver.
Having written policies and procedures can help to keep you consistent in your work, your customers would definitely appreciate that.
Having written polices will also come in handy should you ever decide to expand being a one-person operation. Anyone that you bring into the fold can refer back to your policies and procedures.
You have to have some kind of form to be filled in when you take customer's computer for repair. The form should reflect model, processor, memory etc. It is a good practice to have mini contract between tech and customer. I think, in most cases, it should be enough for one man show. However, I am for proper paperwork to be developed. If you consider it carefully, you are one man show, you have policies and procedures written with your logo and letter head on it. It will boost your confidence and psychologically you will feel more sort of serous, mature, sort of not like you are alone and small but that you are a company that provides certain services to the public. You will have respect of yourself and everything what you do. You yourself will raise standards of the service you provide. Presentation changes, attitude etc. It is similar when you have ID with picture on it, polo shirt with your company's logo,techbag, especially if you use white label companies from time to time. It is a good thing for both parties to have and to feel that way. The more you respect created by you business the better service you provide. Customers feel and appreciate when you are confident. Just project yourself when you require certain service. When you see that person you speak to is confident, with good presentation skills you also feel that you can have business with him or her, and even may ready to pay a bit more for confident professional service. Psychology is a big thing.
You raise some great points.
Every computer repair business should have some sort of standardized check-in form for their clients to fill out. It's fairly simple to create your own, but if you're looking for a good template, you might want to check out the Technibble Computer Business Kit.
Presentation counts for a lot as well. That's another topic that you can create a SOP for; how you, or your employees present themselves to your clients. You could cover everything from a simple dress code to personal hygiene.


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Lidophia is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis). This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Lidophia graminis.

See also
 List of Dothideomycetes genera incertae sedis

References

External links
 Lidophia at Index Fungorum

Dothideomycetes enigmatic taxa
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State committees release proposed changes to legislative districts
This statewide map of Missouri, filed Dec. 20 as House Bill No. 2117, shows where the eight congressional districts are likely when action is taken. The bill needs the signature of the Missouri governor. Both the congressional and state legislative districts are redrawn every 10 years by a special commission.
In this proposed congressional map, Perry County is part of the 30-plus counties in southeast and western Missouri in the eighth congressional district. It was submitted jointly by the Missouri House Special Committee on Redistricting and Senate Select Committee on Redistricting.
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On Dec. 30, the respective chairs of the Missouri House Special Committee on Redistricting and Senate Select Committee on Redistricting jointly released their proposed changes to Missouri's congressional district map. The map, which is treated as a legislative bill, was filed Dec. 30 as House Bill No. 2117 by Rep. Dan Shaul (Republican-Imperial).
The proposed congressional map balances several required criteria including compliance with the Missouri and U.S. Constitutions as well as the Voting Rights Act. The map's districts are compact, contiguous, and equal in population. The districts adhere to the doctrine of "one person, one vote" and have preserved the cores of each existing congressional district to the greatest extent possible.
"This is a fair and constitutional map with common-sense boundaries that everyday Missourians can recognize," said Senator Mike Bernskoetter, (Republican-Jefferson City) chair of the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting. "This map, which must be passed by both the House and Senate, is also drawn to achieve the greatest amount of consensus possible. My House counterpart and I chose to make this joint announcement to emphasize the great care that went into drawing a map we were confident could survive legislative, judicial, and public scrutiny," Bernskoetter added.
"The task of creating this congressional district map required balancing the legislative process while maintaining compactness, contiguity, equal population, and preserving the existing districts' core identities. I look forward to working with my House and Senate colleagues to deliver HB 2117 to Governor Parson for his signature without delay," said Representative Shaul, chair of the House Special Committee on Redistricting.
Both congressional and state legislative districts are redrawn every ten years upon the completion of the census. Missouri's congressional districts are drawn by state legislators and state legislative districts are drawn by independent, bipartisan, citizen commissions. The 2021 redistricting process has been compressed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and technical delays by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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James Franklin Baskett (February 16, 1904 – July 9, 1948) was an American actor who portrayed Uncle Remus, singing the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" in the 1946 Disney feature film Song of the South.

In recognition of his portrayal of Remus, he was given an Honorary Academy Award in 1948, making him the first Black male performer to receive an Oscar.

Career

Baskett studied pharmacology as a young man but gave it up to pursue an acting career. He first moved to New York City, New York, where he joined up with Bill 'Mr. Bojangles' Robinson. Using the name Jimmie Baskette, he appeared with Louis Armstrong on Broadway in the 1929 black musical revue Hot Chocolates and in several all-black New York films, including Harlem is Heaven (1932).

He later moved to Los Angeles, California, and had a supporting role in the film Straight to Heaven (1939), starring Nina Mae McKinney. In 1941 he voiced Fats Crow in the animated Disney film Dumbo, and he also had bit parts in several B movies, including that of Lazarus in Revenge of the Zombies (1943), a porter in The Heavenly Body (1944), and native tribal leader Orbon in Jungle Queen (1945). From 1944 until 1948, he was part of the cast of the Amos 'n' Andy Show live radio program as lawyer Gabby Gibson.

In 1945, he auditioned for a bit part voicing one of the animals in the new Disney feature film Song of the South (1946), based on the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Walt Disney was impressed with Baskett's talent and hired him on the spot for the lead role of Uncle Remus. Baskett was also given the voice role of Brer Fox, one of the film's animated antagonists, and also filled in as the main animated protagonist, Brer Rabbit, in one sequence.  This was one of the first Hollywood portrayals of a black actor as a non-comic character in a leading role in a film meant for general audiences.

Baskett was prohibited from attending the film's premiere in Atlanta, Georgia, because Atlanta was racially segregated by law.

Although Baskett was occasionally criticized for accepting such a "demeaning" role (most of his acting credits were that of African-American stereotypes), his acting was almost universally praised, and columnist Hedda Hopper, along with Walt Disney, was one of the many journalists and personalities who declared that he should receive an Academy Award for his work.

Academy Honorary Award
On March 20, 1948, Baskett received an Academy Honorary Award for his performance as Uncle Remus.

He was the first African-American male actor to win an Academy Award. Additionally, Baskett was the last adult actor to receive an Honorary Oscar for a single performance.

Illness and death
Baskett had been in poor health during the filming of Song of the South due to diabetes and he suffered a heart attack in December 1946 shortly after the film's release. His health continued to decline, and he was often unable to attend the Amos 'n' Andy radio show he was on, missing almost half of the 1947–1948 season. On July 9, 1948, during the show's summer hiatus, James Baskett died at his home of heart failure resulting from diabetes at age 44. He was survived by his wife Margaret and his mother Elizabeth. He is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.

Filmography

See also
 List of African-American firsts

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1904 births
1948 deaths
Male actors from Indianapolis
Academy Honorary Award recipients
African-American male actors
American male film actors
American male radio actors
American male stage actors
American male voice actors
Burials at Crown Hill Cemetery
20th-century American male actors
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20th-century African-American people


A one-ton pickup truck lost control and veered off road hitting a tree before rolling over injuring all five of the vehicle's occupants. The single-vehicle crash happened on Highway 514 near the intersection of Red Hill Road in Caldwell County around 5 am, Tuesday morning November 4, 2018.
A Caldwell County Sheriff's deputy at the scene said that three neighboring county's responded to the call for assistance sending their EMS units to help out with the wounded. All were needed as four people were transported to local hospitals while one refused treatment.
Single car accidents can be deadly as it typically means the driver of a vehicle has lost control of the vehicle. This can be because of speed, driver fatigue, distraction or impairment. However, these are not always the sole cause of a single-car crash.
Investigators of a single-car crash will examine the scene as well as the background of the victims, especially the driver, to try and determine the cause of the accident.
What if I'm Injured in a One-Car Crash?
Many times, drivers of a single-car accident often assume it's their fault and feel that they can't make a claim for damages. However, if any of the above factors are even partially responsible, then a driver can submit a claim for damages.
If you've been injured in a single-vehicle accident, you may have a claim against someone else such as the maintenance company or even the builders of the road. Another possibility is that you might be able to recover some of damages from your own insurance company, depending on the policy. To do this, you submit a claim to your insurance company, and they will investigate to see if they will honor the claim.
If it is someone else partially to blame but you are also to blame, then you may get a percentage of the damages. Kentucky is a comparative fault state which means that the court will assign a percentage of the blame to the parties at fault, and then each party will pay that percentage of the injuries and damages.
If this happened to you, talk to an attorney who knows the law surrounding single-car crashes. He or she will be able to examine the case, maybe even perform additional investigations, and then determine if you have a claim against someone else or your own insurance company.
The attorneys at Kaufman and Stigger, PLLC, have that knowledge and a combined 100 years' experience in helping clients get the results they deserve. To discuss your case, call Kaufman & Stigger, PLLC today, at (800) 937-8443 or click here to contact them online.


By CCN.com: Russia's media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, plans to sue Facebook and Twitter for not complying with laws pertaining to the storage of Russian's citizen's data. There is speculation this could lead to Facebook and Twitter being banned in Russia. Such a ban might have a greater impact on Twitter than it would on Facebook.
According to Russian law, cloud and online service providers are required to store data from and relating to its citizens only within Russian territory.
They do not contain any specifics about the actual execution of the law at the moment, nor the timing of the execution of these rules in the future. In this regard, Roskomnadzor is starting administrative proceedings against both companies today.
Roskomnadzor had also requested that Twitter attend a meeting with regulators this month. But the reports show the company may not attend.
Slap on the Wrist or a Full-Scale Ban?
The penalty enforced for non-compliance could be as little as $75 and a further demand for compliance. A report by Vedomosti, however, suggested Roskomnadzor was considering banning the social media platforms if they do not prove compliance.
The head of the media regulator, Alexander Zharov, has said previously that Roskomnadzor would check that Facebook was in compliance and if found not to be, would raise the issue of blocking the network. Zharov also revealed that Twitter has been working on transferring data to Russia.
The possibility of a ban on either Facebook or Twitter is pure speculation — at least right now. However, Russia banned professional social media network LinkedIn in 2016 exactly because it stores Russian citizen's data outside of Russia.
Roskomnadzor implemented the ban in November 2016. Despite the ban, Crime Russia reported that 60% of Russian LinkedIn users continued to access the platform a year later. Roskomnadzor said LinkedIn hadn't attempted to resume "dialogue" or answer outstanding questions.
This is necessary step for them to legally ban Twitter and Facebook in Russia.
Homegrown chat app Telegram was also banned in Russia in April 2018, though this was for failing to provide the Federal Security Service (FSB) with access to encrypted user messages.
After speculation that Apple's iPhones could be banned in Russia if it didn't comply with local data storage laws, Apple conceded and acquired space at a Russian data center.
I wonder what economic answer Russia can make to the U.S. sanctions?
Twitter's social media market share in Russia has been increasing. In December 2018, it rose from 10% to 25%. Facebook's market share fell over the same period from 29% to 22%, according to Statcounter.
Globally, Facebook's market share has also been decreasing, with Twitter's increasing.
Facebook has been hit by data scandal after data scandal, beginning in 2017 and after accusations of Russian meddling in US elections, partly via the platform. Facebook shares fell over 25% in 2018, its first drop since being publicly listed in 2012.
Is Twitter's Share Price More Vulnerable?
Twitter's share price, after 2017 lows, has risen 42% in the last twelve months, against Facebook's comparative fall of over 19%.
There's an argument to say the recent data scandals have stripped out any uncertain Facebook shareholders. Twitter, less touched by scandal and with a gaining social media market share, might be hit more severely by a ban in Russia. The firm is expected to see revenue growth of 14% to $3.42 billion in 2019.
Both Facebook and Twitter have been affected badly by fake news, fake accounts and accusations of Russian meddling. But arguably Twitter looks in better shape as the efforts to monetise the platform are working, whilst we see fundamental concerns about Facebook's advertising model.
A ban in Russia would cut into the user base and thus revenues of both Facebook and Twitter.
Twitter may already realize this if it is already moving data storage to Russia. A ban appears as yet unlikely, even on Facebook, though is not an impossible prospect.
For Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg may already have enough on his plate after receiving a record fine from the US Federal Trade Commission last week.