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A Native Homecare Business Booms
By LEE EGERSTROM
The growing and unmet needs for Native health and home care weren't going away. Patricia (Pat) Yager, who grew up at Bena on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation and bounced back and forth between Cass Lake-Bena and as an urban dweller in the Twin Cities, knew she needed to become an entrepreneur in order to con-tribute to making life better for elder friends and relatives.
The planning started in 2003. Two years later, Circle of Life Anishinaabe was formed as a licensed home care provider in Minnesota. Within six months it expanded from its base in Minneapolis back to Cass Lake to find and train personal care attendants (PCAs) and nurses for home care clients.
The rapid growth of Circle of Life Home Care, as her company is known away from its Ojibwe roots, is a testament to the enormous need for culturally appropriate home and health care. Circle of Life now has 1,600 employees working out of 20 offices in seven states.
"I don't know how I did it. It was a matter of just keeping on moving forward," she said during a recent interview at her national headquarters on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis' American Indian Cultural Corridor.
Both in the metro area and back home at Leech Lake, changing demographics were making home care more difficult for elders and for people with special health care needs. The cultural norm over decades and generations was for Native family members to be caregivers. That is still the case, Yager said.
But this in-family caring didn't always produce the historically sought results. Matching talents to home care isn't always easy for some families, and more and more Native families – like all other Americans – find it necessary to become two-income family households. Taking care of a grandparent or other relative with needs usually didn't produce much income or position the caregivers with employment records that could lead to securing auto loans, mortgages or even health insurance for their families.
That is especially true on reservations and in rural settings.
Starting the Circle of Life operation "had been on my mind for several years," she said. "I knew I had to help out and make a difference."
One of the beneficiaries of Circle of Life services, Margie LaMorie – a retired educator living in Minneapolis – is representative of urban experiences. Originally from the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe in Wisconsin, LaMorie suffered a stroke seven years ago after her husband died. Staying in her home required health care assistance.
Magi Spears (Red Lake), of White Bear Lake, is the licensed caregiver who stops by LaMorie's home three days a week and checks on her food and medicine supply, meal preparation, schedules and transportation needs.
But more assistance was needed initially. "Magi helped in feeding me, in making me lunch," LaMorie said. And, she found a financial worker "who helped me budgeting to get through."
LaMorie is one of three clients Spears visits and provides services for each week, she said.
While recovering from health problems now, LaMorie is typical of home and health care needs of Native people, Yager said.
While data isn't available on the needs of Native elders, she said, the Native population is seven times more likely to have serious health problems that require care. And, the Native population has a suicide rate three times the national average.
It doesn't matter if you are Ojibwe, Dakota or from any other tribal group across America. Yager said "It just isn't in our (shared) Indian culture to ask for help." This is where trained personal care attendants can become important advocates and problem solvers for people with needs.
Meeting such needs here at home in Minnesota triggered her pursuit of a Native-owned, Native-operated home care service company. By coincidence, Yager was in Gallup, N.M., within a year of expanding from Minneapolis to Cass Lake, and found the same problems to be widespread on the Navajo Reservation.
The Circle of Life group now has three operating companies overseeing 20 offices and their personal care attendants and nurses. The Soaring Eagles group in the Southwest now provides services for Navajo, Apache, Zuni and Hopi tribes from offices in Arizona and New Mexico.
A Billings, Mont., office provides talent and services primarily for people on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations. And offices at Fort Yates, N.D., and Oglala, S.D. coordinate services primarily for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in both states and for the Oglala on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Minnesota offices and operations for the Circle of Life Anishinaabe firm are at 1433 E. Franklin Ave. in Minneapolis, Moorhead, Mahnomen, Bemidji, Cass Lake, Deer River and Duluth.
The company is now expanding into a seventh state, beginning operations of Circle of Life Colorado.
The focus is on serving the Indian population in those areas, Yager said, but Circle of Life PCAs also assist non-Native people in those areas. To be culturally sensitive, however, Circle of Life does seek out Native people as employees whenever possible.
"I would say 85 percent, or more likely 90 percent, of our employees are Native people like Magi (Spears)," she said.
State and local governments have different licensing requirements for PCAs and nurses, and some of the companies' nurses are non-Natives living and serving in Indian Country, she added.
The headquarters staff reflects the commitment to matching appropriate talents with personal and cultural awareness.
Chief executive officer since January, for instance, is Himmat Singh, originally from India with international management experience with manufacturing companies, real estate and software development. He has a bachelor's degree from George Washington University and a MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Executive director is Samuel (Rocky) Papasadora (Leech Lake Ojibwe), with past experience with tribal and Minnesota law enforcement and with Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and national gaming regulatory groups.
Other corporate officials include Arizona regional manager Lorita George (Navajo), corporate PCA coordinator Daniel Long Crow (Lakota), originally from Winner, S.D.; corporate client coordinator Molly Montana (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) originally from Rapid City, S.D.; and Cindi Shubert (Leech Lake Ojibwe) is the payroll director.
More information about Circle of Life Home Care and how to seek services is available at their website: www.circleoflifehc.com.
A new video on how Pat Yager built the company is available online at https://youtu.be/TdBiwM95U-Q.
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Levine, Robert. Shock therapy for the American health care system : why comprehensive reform is needed. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, 2009.
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Yes, the time has finally come! After two long years, the current management team are preparing to graduate and move on from UWS. Which only means one thing - a new management team is about to take over! Head over to the Radio Club page to have a look at our new crew and find out what they are about. An election will be held within the UWS Radio Staff in due course to determine which roles everyone will take in the new term.
A familar voice returns to UWS Radio this October. Brian Anderson is back and will be live with The Weekender Show from 7pm on the 28th of October. We are thrilled to have both Brian and Gareth of The Sunday Rock Show back on the airwaves every Sunday night. What new things does Brian have in store? We suggest you listen in for a cracking Sunday night!
Radio Club starts this week!
We are proud to announce our new and improved Radio Club will be launching this Wednesday (19th Sept)! Anyone who is interested in joining the club is welcome to attend the first meeting down in the radio studios between 1:15pm and 3pm. It's gonna be fun!
UWS Radio @ Freshers' Fayre!
After a long and very hot summer, it is time for the new term to start at UWS and for the management team to return to the office! We have some exciting announcements to make in due course, plus we will have a brand new batch of second years producing shows for their Radio Practice module and they will be hitting the airwaves very soon! Plus a number of presenters will return from their summer break. We can't wait to get back to work and to share all our news with you! And remember, if you want to join our schedule for the new term, fill out the form on the Contact Us page and send it to us via our email! We'd love to hear from you!
A digital copy of our Studio Guide is now available for download on our About Us page! Whether you are a new presenter looking for advice on how to work our studio, a student who wants to revise for their course, or a current presenter who just wants their own copy - it is there for your enjoyment! As always, the physical copies are in the studios for reference. Feel free to take a look!
Happy New Year from UWS Radio!
It's officially 2018 and the radio station is back up and running and ready for the year ahead! We already have new requests for shows and some of our second year students have decided to continue their shows from last year. So much to get your teeth - or should that be ears? - into so don't forget to tune in!
Second Year Shows are Now Live!
As promised, the second year Broadcast Production students are starting their shows this week! Head over to the schedule page to find out who's on when. They have a great range of content, so be sure to give them a listen!
Hello there! As mentioned in the post below, Chris Houston has moved on from UWS and our student management team after gaining his Masters degree. He did an absolutely fantastic job at revamping our website and giving it the shiny new look it has now! However, now that he's gone, it's time for the website to pass into new hands - namely, mine! I'm Lauren and I'm one of the management team here at UWS Radio. Check back here for updates from me whenever something interesting is going on! Right now, the 2nd year Broadcast Production students are working on creating the shows for their Radio Practice assessment and they will be going live in the next few weeks - so look out for that! There will be a whole host of new talent hitting our airwaves, and we at the station cannot wait!
As always, thank you for your continued listernership!
During the quiet summer months the UWS Radio Student Management Team is working hard to get ready for the new academic year which starts from this September. Remember you can get involved with UWS Radio whether you are a student or member of the community.
Enjoy the rest of the summer break!
Well another two trimesters have been and gone and for many of UWS's students - it's summer time!
Everyone at UWS Radio would like to thank all our listeners for the last 6 months while the station has been going through some exciting changes.
Over the summer and into the new term, the student management team will be working hard on new developmets and projects.
For our presenters, some will be taking the summer to recharge and relax before restarting their courses in Septemer. However, for many shows these will run during the summer. Please visit our schedule page for the latest summer schedule.
From all of us here at UWS Radio we wish you an enjoyable summer - and stay tuned!


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There's no questioning Jacob deGrom put up one of the best pitching seasons in recent memory, but will it be enough to make a push for MVP on a lowly Mets squad?
Editor's note: SI is highlighting the top candidates in a crowded race for the National League MVP award. Check out our primers on Lorenzo Cain, Javy Baez, Freddie Freeman and Christian Yelich.
There is something a little dangerous in a pitcher winning an MVP award. The pitcher, if he's a starter, plays in approximately 200 of a season's 1,500 innings. Granted, for those innings, he is the most important player in the game, his impact manifesting itself on every pitch. His role, though, is unavoidably situational, optimized in a way few hitters' are.
There is something even more dangerous in a pitcher on a non-contending team winning the MVP. Value is value in baseball—the game at its most basic is the collision between run prevention and run production—but doing one's work in games with lower stakes feels like something of a cop-out, even if where the team sits in the standings isn't really up to the guy who works every fifth day.
And there is something more dangerous still in handing an MVP to a pitcher on a non-contending team, a team that posted just a 14-18 record in his starts, amounting to a winning percentage worse than its overall figure. Think of it—the team was likelier to win with its other pitchers on the hill; could he really be its most valuable player, let alone the league's? Reiterating from above: value is value. But is value value if the team is unable to make much use of it?
Award voters, a typically conservative bunch, should discard their worries, own all that danger, and hand the Mets' ace, Jacob deGrom, not just the Cy Young but the MVP. For one simple reason: Have they seen the guy pitch?
Only 16 men have thrown 200-plus-inning seasons with an ERA under 2.00 since the pitcher's mound was lowered after '68 (Greg Maddux, Roger Clemens, and Pedro Martinez all did it twice). That club now welcomes deGrom as a member. Only four pitchers in that group (again Pedro did it twice) struck out more men than deGrom's 269.
At the plate, hitters posted a .196/.244/.277 batting line against him; deGrom, a converted shortstop with an OK .186/.221/.218 career line to his name, essentially turned the average opposing hitter into a good hitting pitcher. Ozzie Albies went 3-for-18 against him; J.T. Realmuto 1-for-10; Bryce Harper 1-for-7. He did his best pitching when he or his defense had worked the Mets into some trouble. With men in scoring position, deGrom held opposing hitters to a .142/.195/.209 line.
He wasn't just brilliant but reliable too; after a May injury scare, he made 24 straight starts of six innings or more, never allowing more than three runs. As good as Max Scherzer and Aaron Nola have been, they have had off nights, but when deGrom has an off night, he's still on.
I admit to a touch of fear that sabermetric study will advance sufficiently in the next decade to yet again reengineer the way we think about achievement and in the process teach us that deGrom's heroics were less than what they seemed, that performance in games played while a team is well out of contention matters just as much as Little League statistics. Such nagging worry would push me toward a close runner-up candidate if there were one. But who would that be? Christian Yelich? Javier Baez? Max Scherzer? No other player's case is in the neighborhood of deGrom's. So go forth, voters, and live dangerously. Hand the NL MVP to the electric pitcher whose 10 wins will never tell the story of just how dominant he was.


of what Fenton really is. We worked closely with direction from the DDA marketing committee to create a bold statement for Fenton.
schools, safe neighborhoods, and a close knit community.
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Fenton is a close knit community. Everybody knows everybody. Neighbors care. It's a place that you can connect.
Fenton closeness to the lakes mirrors people's closeness to each other.
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The Fenton brand process and campaign was featured in the November 2010 Downtown Promotion Reporter.
The "Be Closer" theme is carried through their website www.fentonbecloser.com, the Fenton Focus online magazine, communications network, billboards, wayfinding system, streetlight banners, radio spots, event advertising, entertainment guide, print ads, rewards cards, hospitality program, specialty products and business recruitment brochure. The Downtown Development Authority initiatives combined with New Moon's well-rounded marketing approach and implementation continues to revitalize the district. Some of Michigan's finest restauranteurs have contacted the DDA regarding the old fire hall project, and thus the renaissance of the city unfolds.


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Q: Persistent cURL connection fails after several requests In PHP, a script is making a cURL request to a web service and then reusing the handle to perform more requests to the same web service. Sniffing the connection, I see that it works fine until like the 140th request (the number varies). Then it seems to send no data to the server and it responds with a bad request. If the script keeps trying to perform the requests, it starts to send garbage, the following requests are just strings like this one:
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which looks like just part of the data without headers (dots added by me).
I could (and I will) just reset the connection if I get a bad request response, but I would like to find out why this happens.
What could cause this? Are there limits to how many times a cURL handle can be reused, or how much data a single handle/php instance can transfer or something?
Code is like this:
$ch=curl_init();

while($running) {
    $vars=array(what i need to send);
    $url='http://something/';

    $opts=array();
    $opts[CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER]=true;
    $opts[CURLOPT_FAILONERROR]=false;

    $opts[CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE]=false;
    $opts[CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT]=false;

    $opts[CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER]=true;

    $opts[CURLOPT_ENCODING]='gzip,deflate';

    $opts[CURLOPT_TIMEOUT]=0;
    $opts[CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT]=0;

    $opts[CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER]=array(
        'Expect:',
        'Connection: Keep-Alive',
        'Keep-Alive: 3600'
    );

    $opts[CURLOPT_HEADER]=true;

    $opts[CURLOPT_POST]=true;
    $opts[CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS]=$vars;

    $opts[CURLOPT_URL]=$url;
    $opts[CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION]=true;

    curl_setopt_array($ch,$opts);

    $res=curl_exec($ch);

    ...
}

The script is being executed from CLI without execution time limit.

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Michael is an African-American in his early teens who is being raised in South-Central Los Angeles by his single mother. Michael begins to stay away from school, and soon is hanging out with the street gang called the Kingsmen, where he is known as Youngblood. Michael respects the gang's leader Rommel who is a bitter Vietnam veteran who came home to rejoin the gang, and is realizing that he is too old for the lifestyle. Soon after Michael joins, the Kingsmen escalate their activities into an all-out war with local drug dealers. What Michael and the gang do not know is that his older brother is the head of the drug cartel.
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Yousuf Zazai (born 25 December 1998) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his List A debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 August 2017. He made his Twenty20 debut for Amo Sharks in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 14 September 2017.

In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

He made his first-class debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 13 March 2018. In September 2018, he was named in Paktia's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament. In November 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.

In July 2021, Yousuf was named as one of four reserve players in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan.

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Some mutants have exceptional healing powers, while others can manipulate the weather, teleport or even change their form to appear like anyone in the world. How these powers manifest often has much to do with how the mutant thinks of them. Storm, for instance, was worshipped as a goddess in her native Africa thanks to her powers of weather control, while Rogue's ability to drain power from other people keeps her isolated and afraid of hurting others.
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Alzheimer's nasal vaccine to enter human trials for the first time, spurring renewed hope for preventing the disease
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Drug trials tried and failed for 20 years to produce treatments that would stop the progression of the disease, and several large pharmaceutical companies abandoned the mission of developing Alzheimer's treatments altogether.
So patients' only hopes of improvement were drugs that lessened Alzheimer's symptoms — such as memory loss, insomnia, and loss of language or reasoning skills — for a limited time.
Now, the field of Alzheimer's treatments may finally be opening up.
Last week, Brigham and Women's Hospital announced it would spearhead the first human trial of a nasal vaccine for Alzheimer's, designed to prevent or slow the disease's progression.
The trial is small — 16 people between ages 60 and 85 with Alzheimer's symptoms will receive two doses of the vaccine one week apart.
But it builds on decades of research suggesting that stimulating the immune system can help clear out beta-amyloid plaques in the brain.The sticky plaques are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.They form when pieces of the beta-amyloid protein accumulate between nerve cells, which could disrupt a person's ability to think or recall information.
The vaccine sprays a drug called Protollin directly into the nasal passage, with the goal of activating immune cells to remove the plaque.
The concept isn't entirely new, but it's particularly promising now that scientists better understand how to treat the disease, Jeffrey Cummings, a brain-science professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, told Insider.
"The idea of activating immune cells is becoming more and more central to the idea of treating Alzheimer's disease," Cummings said.He added that a nasal spray could be better at delivering Protollin to immune cells than an infusion or inhaler.
The trial results could tell us more about how to thwart the disease's progression, since participants must be at an early stage in their illness and otherwise in good health.Before the nasal vaccine can advance to larger trials, though, researchers must demonstrate that it's safe and determine which dose to give.
Approving new Alzheimer's drugs in the wake of controversy The Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Maryland, on October 14, 2015.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File The nasal-vaccine trial comes during a prolific year for Alzheimer's treatments.
In June, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first new Alzheimer's drug in nearly 20 years , an antibody infusion called Aduhelm.
But that approval quickly became controversial: Many scientists questioned whether the drug warranted the FDA's green light, since it didn't definitively improve memory or cognition in clinical trials.
Aduhelm was shown to lower the levels of sticky plaque on the brains of Alzheimer's patients, but an FDA advisory committee determined that there wasn't enough evidence to confirm it worked as a treatment.Part of the skepticism stemmed from the fact that the drug's maker, Biogen, discontinued late-stage clinical trials in 2019, as it assumed the drug would fail.
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"Biogen stopped the trial thinking that it was futile, then followed the patients, and it turned out not to be futile — but, of course, that created a lot of controversy in the interpretation of the data," Cummings said.
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AT&T Filed a Lawsuit Last Fall Alleging Microsoft Broke NT Deal
NEW YORK -- AT&T Corp. last fall quietly filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. charging that the software giant violated a 1991 contract by not providing the phone company with the Windows NT source code it needs to keep one of its products up to date.
Windows NT is Microsoft's operating system for corporate server computers. At issue is a tool that enables AT&T to develop programs to work with computers running either the older Unix operating system or Windows NT. The lawsuit was reported Tuesday by Smart Reseller magazine and the Star-Ledger newspaper of Newark, N.J.
A spokesman for AT&T said that the suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Camden, N.J., is expected to come to trial later this year. Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., denied AT&T's accusation. "We have fully complied with our contract and it's apparent that AT&T is trying to rewrite the contract years later," a Microsoft spokesman said. "We look forward to our case in court."
AT&T charges Microsoft with breaking the contract by refusing to share its source code for Windows NT 5.0, a forthcoming upgraded version of Windows NT. AT&T pays to license the code so it can adapt versions of NT that will work on computers using Unix. AT&T contends Microsoft wants to put more pressure on Unix users to switch to Windows NT.
Created by AT&T's Bell Labs arm in the 1960s, Unix still dominates banking, large business networks and other sectors that need to run large databases reliably over long distances. Windows NT is easier to use, but its reliability for massive operations has been questioned by experts.
Windows NT-based workstations are increasingly offering strong performance at less cost though NT isn't always able to "scale" up to handle the most important operations in a company. Still, shipments of computer workstations using Windows NT outsold those with Unix for the first time last year.
The AT&T case could come to trial at around the same time Microsoft faces a bigger courtroom challenge. The government and 20 states filed suits against Microsoft last month. Among other things, those suits want a federal court in Washington to order Microsoft to remove the desktop icon for its Internet browsing software from its Windows 98 operating system or put rival Netscape Communications Corp. 's browser on Windows 98. The federal and state suits, which are being consolidated, will head for trial in early September.
Though separate, the government and AT&T suits will likely provide more fodder for observers who think the software giant should be treated as a regulated utility. That approach would deem Microsoft's operating systems an "essential facility" because so many PC users are locked into using Windows.
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Tonal announced it raised $45 million in series C funding last week led by the growth fund of L Catterton. The round also included new investment from Evolution Media in addition to existing investors Serena Ventures and Mayfield, among others.
In an email interview, Bain suggested that startups such as Tonal and Peloton are so popular with both consumers and investors because there's an unmet need for technology that actually makes it easier for users to live happier, healthier lives.
Last week, the internet-connected fitness startup Tonal announced a $45 million series C led by the consumer venture-capital firm L Catterton, bringing its total amount raised to $90 million since 2015.
Adam Bain, Twitter's former chief operating officer, joined the Tonal board in 2017 because he believes it is a "category-defining company," he told Business Insider. Bain suggested that the boom in at-home internet-connected fitness training, such as Tonal and Peloton, is primarily driven by the consumer's need for convenience above all else.
"People value convenience and are willing to invest in their health at a level that I don't think the market realized. You will see people making large investments in product like Tonal as long as the product inspires, and motivates you to stay consistent with fitness goals," Bain said via email.
Tonal's weight-training system relies on electromagnetics to create "digital weight" that is personalized to the user's fitness ability. Combined with Tonal's on-demand video-training subscription ($49 per month), customers can essentially train with a dedicated personal trainer at home instead of virtually attending a class, as is the case with Peloton. The Tonal hardware costs about $3,000, priced above the $2,000 for the flagship Peloton bike.
On the subject of Peloton, Bain points to the popular exercise bike as proof that customers are willing to pay for a convenient fitness solution that delivers on its promise of making it easier to have a healthier lifestyle — which has made it a hit with investors, who valued Peloton at $4 billion last year. However, Bain said that Tonal is fundamentally different from Peloton because of the complexity that comes with strength training.
"At a high level, people are realizing that only doing cardio is not how you see body transformation or results. Strength training is really important, especially as you age. Strength training actually makes you better at cardio and you are seeing that there is a new cultural awareness around the importance of strength training that Tonal is positioned to own," Bain said via email.
Bain said that Tonal will continue to invest in new formats that make it easy for users to connect and train outside their homes. He said the company is also considering launching pop-ups and events to bring even more customers online and that personalization will always be key to the success of connected fitness technology.
"All the investors are incredibly excited about the technology, the ability for the product to continually improve from a software and personalization standpoint, and the ongoing cadence of content development puts Tonal on a path to becoming a true platform," Bain said via email.
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Bits | Hulu Steps Into Music With EMI and Norah Jones
Hulu Steps Into Music With EMI and Norah Jones
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Hulu, the joint online venture between NBC, Fox and ABC that mostly offers free TV shows and movies, is about to start singing a different tune: music videos.
On Wednesday the company plans to announce a somewhat limited deal with EMI, the smallest of the four major music labels, to give a "channel" on Hulu to the crooner Norah Jones. All of Ms. Jones's videos will be posted to the site, as well as footage of four concerts and several interviews. Ms. Jones has a new album, "The Fall," coming out this week. The plan is to add other EMI artists over time, as well as new Norah Jones material.
People have been wondering all year when Hulu would begin adding music videos. Its much bigger rival, YouTube, has a vast archive of music videos from all of the major labels, and is working on a music video hub, called Vevo, with Universal Music and Sony Music Entertainment. MySpace also has a large collection of videos. Hulu's deal with EMI is more limited, which is probably a sign that Hulu is declining to give the financial terms the labels are looking for.
Andy Forssell, Hulu's senior vice president for content and distribution, said that Hulu toyed with the idea of putting tens of thousands of music videos on the site. "In the end, we thought the best starting point that fit with our mission, and with what our users expect, is a good mix of content, some music videos, long-form content and interviews, everything we can get for an immersive experience around certain artists," he said.
Mr. Forssell said talks were continuing with the other labels and that "my sense is that we'll be in relationships with all of them at some point."
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Access to primary care is a challenge for many individuals with health coverage as well as the uninsured. Thirteen percent of U.S. residents (44 million) live in a county with a primary care physician shortage, defined as less than one primary care physician per 2,000 individuals. The primary care access challenge has impacts on rural, urban, and suburban communities. A report from UnitedHealthGroup discusses the role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in meeting this challenge.
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Virginia Road Station
Virginia Road Station was on the Dublin & Belfast Junction Railway's branch line from Drogheda to Navan and Oldcastle, built in 1863, which the Great Northern Railway took over in 1876. Passenger services ceased in 1958, and the section from Navan to Oldcastle closed completely in April 1963. The station building has recently been restored and is now in use by a cheese manufacturer. At the east end is the stone built road overbridge, which had steps leading down to the platform. The station was located some miles south from the actual village of Virginia, with the word 'Road' emphasising its distance.
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O Rly? O'Reilly exits direct book sales
End of an epoch, but dead trees live on
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O'Reilly Media, the preeminent publisher of tech titles for non-dummies, is exiting print distribution.
In the kind of prose you can only compose if you've been crafting business prose for decades, the company explains it's a "reinvention" needed because "we're in the midst of a fundamental shift in how people get and use their content."
Digital distribution is growing, CMO John Fomook writes, and its 2001-launched Safari platform is doing for the physical channel what Spotify is doing for music (and we don't mean "starting a long argument with Taylor Swift over low royalties").
With people paying for digital access rather than unit-by-unit physical purchases, Fomook writes, it made sense for O'Reilly to follow suit, since "the growth of membership on Safari far exceeds the individual units previously purchased on oreilly.com."
Physical books will still be available through Amazon and other retailers. This hasn't delighted all of O'Reilly's readers... ®
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And on the way out, he lived up to the letter of their agreement. This decision means that thousands of National Football League players who suffer from devastating neurocognitive injuries and those who are worried about their future will now be forced to wait many months for the immediate care and support they deserve, with more than 99 percent participation, it is clear that the community of retired players supports this agreement by an overwhelming majority. We tried to make some plans, but we could not agree. "Okay." Merriam-Webster.com thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agreement. Access 27 Nov 2020. But the confident tone provided no response to Mary`s approval. NGLISH: translation of the agreement for Spanish spokesmen "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "The results of two tests were in the correspondence" Now that there is one etcetera in an agreement, there is always an opening to quarrels. This partnership provides a level playing field for our farmers, ranchers and producers by eliminating more than 18,000 taxes that different countries impose on our products, it has the strongest labour and environmental obligations of a trade agreement in history, and these commitments are, unlike previous agreements, applicable. It promotes a free and open Internet.
It strengthens our strategic relationships with our partners and allies in a region that will be crucial for the 21st century. This is the eternal agreement, but an agreement whose terms we find difficult to accept. I do not recall anything being said about that in our agreement. The mention of Mege led them all to an agreement, because they hated him unanimously. Again, as if by mutual agreement, they looked at each other with a sense on their faces. Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article on the agreement "they had an agreement that would not disturb them in the affairs of the other"; "There was an agreement between management and workers" All these words relate to at least two parties who have a commitment or promise can only be an action. A contract is a formal agreement between two or more parties on the act or withdrawal from certain acts or acts and is generally written. Mutual promises can have the strength of a treaty.
A consideration or compensation is essential to turn an agreement into a contract. A contract can be oral or written. A federation of law is a contract written under the seal. Covenant is often in religious use, as the contract is in law and business. The Pact is essentially the same as the treaty, but applies to international agreements, treaties, etc. A good deal is a mutual agreement for an exchange of values, without the formality of a treaty. A provision is a single item in an agreement or contract. A cartel is a military agreement for the exchange of prisoners.
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COVID-19: Federal Update (3/31)
Capitol Hill Update
Despite plans to avoid Washington for the forseeable future due to the COVID-19 outbreak, lawmakers are hard at work on the next round of legislative relief efforts as existing and emerging issues linger. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated yesterday that Democrats have begun working in earnest on the next round of legislative COVID-19 relief efforts, forecasting a package that focuses on bolstering the recovery efforts. Speaker Pelosi also noted that the next round would continue to shore up health care priorities, while also tackling key policy priorities that enjoy bipartisan support. As of now, Congress is not expected back in Washington until Apr. 20 at the earliest. However, leadership could call members back at any time should votes on the next round of relief efforts get scheduled.
COVID-19: What We're Hearing
COVID-19 Phase IV. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are floating potential priorities for the next round of COVID-19 response legislation.
Speaker Pelosi has been advocating for additional health care provider funding, resources for state and local governments, and stronger workforce protections. She also suggested repealing the 2017 tax law provision that caps the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction.
House Democrats are seeking funding streams to address pressing infrastructure priorities. This includes new funding for water, school, and broadband infrastructure in addition to several existing needs.
Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) expects another push for action on surprise billing in the next round of relief. During the Phase III negotiations, Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) were actively trying to tack on their surprise billing legislation onto the package.
House Schedule. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD)issued a "Dear Colleague" letter to members today asking them to remain flexible with their schedules for the balance of the 2020 work session. This includes the possibility coming into session during previously-scheduled district work periods and convening for five-day work weeks.
COVID-19 Response Guidance. With the Phase III bill signed into law, implementation guidance for certain provisions contained in this sweeping package, as well as other relevant federal guidance pertaining to COVID-19 response efforts, is expected trickle out in the coming days and weeks.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stated that relevant documents and instructions for the small business pandemic loans will issued this week. The Secretary noted that the program will make these loans available starting this Friday.
TRP will keep clients apprised on the latest developments on the federal government's implementation of COVID-19 response legislation. As always, please feel free to follow up with the TRP team with any specific questions or feedback.
ACA. Rumors out of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) suggest that the agency is considering reopening the enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in response to the COVID-19 emergency.
Buy American EO. The Trump administration is reportedly considering a "Buy American" executive order that seeks to exercise war powers to bolster manufacturing capacity.
A timeline for when the order could be issued is fluid. Reports indicate that there has been considerable push back on the policy within the White House.
Rumors speculate that the order would: (1) limit or prohibit exports of certain pharmaceutical and medical products aimed at protecting the U.S. drug supply chain; (2) promote dramatic expansions of the US Strategic and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Stockpiles; and (3) crack down on companies from providing investigational medicines for emergency use to other countries.
COVID-19: What's Happened
Legislative Response. TRP's latest memo on the COVID-19 relief packages dives into how the pharmaceutical industry may be impacted by provisions on therapy and vaccine development, drug supply chain transparency, over-the counter drug regulation reform and more. Click here to read the memo.
President Donald Trump signed the Phase III legislation into law on last Friday. TRP's analysis of the Phase III legislation can be read here. Our memo on the bill's provisions pertaining to the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) can be read here.
The Phase II legislative response bill was signed into law on March 18, 2020. TRP's full analysis of the Phase II bill can be read here.
An $8.3 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill cleared both chambers and was signed into law on Mar. 6. TRP's analysis of the Phase I legislation can be read here.
The Treasury Department and IRS announced the implementation of certain paid sick and family leave requirements mandated by the second COVID-19 legislative response package. TRP's breakdown of the paid leave provisions can be found here.
Telehealth. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a $200 million program aimed at bolstering telehealth services for health care providers.
CMS issued telehealth guidance that expands the list of eligible services and providers as well as waives HIPAA requirements. It also clarifies that states have the authority without guidance or approval from the agency to waive policies within the Medicaid program.
TRP's full analysis of the COVID-19 telehealth policies can be read here.
CMS. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a series of regulatory changes that seek to provide flexibility and bolster the health care system to address the COVID-19 outbreak.
CMS sent a letter to hospitals on behalf of Vice President Mike Pence requesting they report data in connection with their efforts to fight the COVID-19.
CMS issued guidance over the weekend for health care providers regarding the expansion of the accelerated and advance payments program for providers and suppliers during COVID-19 emergency.
CMS approved Medicaid Section 1135 Waivers for states in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. A full list of the 1135 waiver approval letters can be accessed here.
CMS announced that it is taking steps to implement provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act that provide states with additional Medicaid funding.
CMS released a new targeted plan for health care facility inspections in light of the outbreak.
CMS announced that it is granting exemptions from reporting requirements and granting extensions for clinicians, providers, and facilities participating in Medicare quality reporting programs.
CMS released a list of frequently asked questions regarding COVID-19 actions on provider enrollment and waiving certain screening requirements.
CMS posted a recording of its Mar. 17 "All-State" call with state Medicaid and CHIP agencies. Additionally, the agency launched a new Medicaid COVID-19 resource page that will contain the latest updates and relevant information.
CMS posted Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to aid state Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) agencies in their response to the outbreak.
HHS. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an emergency use authorization declaration stating that circumstances exist to justify the authorization of emergency use of drugs and biological products during the COVID-19 outbreak.
FDA. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an update yesterday on steps the agency is taking to help mitigate supply interruptions of food and medical products.
FDA announced actions to increase U.S. supplies to support COVID-19 response efforts by providing instructions to manufacturers importing personal protective equipment (PPE) and other devices.
FDA has provided new guidance on patient access to certain Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS)-requited drugs during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
FDA issued guidance allowing manufacturers of certain non-invasive, FDA-cleared devices to expand their use so that health care providers can use them to monitor patients remotely.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is suspending routine surveillance inspections for food, drugs, medical devices and tobacco to protect its workers from COVID-19 and because of industry concerns about visitors. Inspections triggered by specific reasons, like contamination, outbreaks or other emergencies, will continue.
VA. In an internal memo, the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) is placing a pause on offering non-urgent community care referrals to veterans due to infection risks and concern over stressing the health system during the outbreak.
VA Secretary Robert Wilkie announced that the VA is preparing to deploy 3,000 doctors, nurses and other emergency personnel — along with mobile hospitals and pharmacies — to bolster COVID-19 response efforts.
Social Distancing. President Trump announced that the administration will be extending its social distancing guidelines through Apr. 30.
The guidance outlines a series of steps — including avoiding social gatherings of 10 or more people — aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidance on Mar. 16 recommending that Americans cancel or postpone gatherings of 50 more people for the next eight weeks.
EO on Medical Resources. President Trump signed an executive order that seeks to stymie hoarding of health and medical resources to respond to the spread of COVID-19.
President Trump issued an executive order on prioritizing and allocating resources to respond to the spread of COVID-19.
SEC. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended its conditional exemptions from reporting and proxy delivery requirements for public companies, funds, and investment advisers affected by the outbreak.
The Fed. On Mar. 24, The Federal Reserve will be scaling back its examination of banks to focus more intently on the potential risks that arise from the outbreak.
The Federal Reserve announced on Mar. 23 a series of emergency moves aimed at stemming the economic impact of the outbreak. These actions include three new emergency lending facilities, as well as a new program that will support lending to eligible small-and medium-sized businesses that support efforts by the Small Business Administration (SBA).
The Federal Reserve announced that it will establish a Primary Dealer Credit Facility to support dealers' market-making as the economy continues to slow due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) outlined actions aimed at providing banks additional flexibility to support households and businesses during the outbreak. Details on these steps can be read here.
The Fed slashed interest rates to a range of 0-0.25 percent, and will buy hundreds of billions of dollars in bonds in an effort to stave off economic hardships.
REAL ID. President Trump announcedthat the federal government would be extending the compliance deadline for REAL ID, responding to concern from the travel industry as well as lawmakers, who have been increasingly worried that a rush to DMVs to meet the Oct. 1 deadline could put people at risk
Tech. The White House announced the launch of a new COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium aimed at providing researchers with access to computing resources needed to bolster scientific research on the virus.
The Trump administration issued a call to action urging the tech industry to collaborate and utilize data on COVID-19 and related viruses using artificial intelligence (AI). It includes curated articles and data compiled by the Allen Institute for AI. Additional information on this database can be found here.
USTR. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) opened a comment docket for members of the public, businesses, and government agencies to submit comments if they believe further modifications to the 301 tariffs may be necessary in response to the outbreak.
NIH. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it will be shifting all non-mission-critical laboratory operations to a maintenance phase as the agency looks to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission among staff. Activities that will continue include research for participants in non-elective critical trials, COVID-19 research, and urgent public health research recommended by NIH leadership.
IRS. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stated that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will push the tax filing deadline back three months from the April 15 date in response to the pandemic.
Travel Restrictions. President Trump tweeted that the U.S. will be closing the northern border to Canada to all non-essential traffic. Trade will not be effected.
President Trump announced that he would suspend all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days in addition to existing travel restrictions from China and Iran.
National Emergency. President Trump declared a national emergency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, invoking the Stafford Act that allows the administration to provide more federal aid for states and municipalities.
This declaration would allow the states to request a 75 percent federal cost-share from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for expenses related to the outbreak, including medical tests and supplies, vaccinations, emergency workers, etc.
The national emergency declaration will also allow CMS to utilize Section 1135 waivers to provide flexibility to health care providers and state agencies during the outbreak.
Supreme Court. SCOTUS announced that it will postpone its next two weeks of oral arguments — a move that could complicate the remainder of the court's docket for this term.
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