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Crackdown on the C-Suite
Published on: June 1, 2010
Walter Armstrong
Pharmaceutical Executive, Pharmaceutical Executive-06-01-2010, Volume 0, Issue 0
Lewis Morris, top lawyer in HHS's office of inspector general, explains his new move to target pharma execs for serious and ongoing healthcare fraud.
Over the past decade, the drug industry has paid tens of billions of dollars to settle state and federal lawsuits involving the False Claims Act—which covers defrauding Medicare and Medicaid, promoting drugs for unapproved uses, paying kickbacks to doctors and pharmacies, and the like. Most of the top 100 pharmas have been nailed at one time or another. The Justice Department is currently investigating nearly 200 pharma fraud cases involving more than 500 drugs. In 2009 alone, 16 cases were settled, netting Uncle Sam more than $4 billion.
Yet while industry leaders like Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Lilly have paid some of the biggest settlements, they are also some of the worst recidivists—evidence that the current system is failing. Major drugmakers now set aside hundreds of millions of dollars to settle False Claims Act charges, and contrary to official statements of contrition, these reserves are viewed as merely the cost of doing business.
Still, record-breaking settlements make the news, attracting the notice of Congress and regulators. Stories about off-label promotion of drugs with serious adverse effects to children, the elderly, prisoners, and the mentally ill have sparked a demand for justice. Now the Obama administration has announced a new enforcement strategy that will take full advantage of the False Claims Act's provisions. Offending drugmakers will increasingly be forced to relinquish product exclusivity. More stunning, the executives under whose watch serious violations occur will be banned from doing business with the government—effectively booting them out of the industry.
Sound harsh? Lewis Morris, a 29-year veteran of the Office of the Inspector General at HHS—and its top lawyer—was more than happy to make the "responsible corporate official" case to Pharm Exec. —Walter Armstrong
Pharm Exec: Can you begin by explaining what you do as the counsel to the Office of the Inspector General?
Lewis Morris: Over the last decade, the Department of Justice and the Inspector General's Office have been pursuing a significant number of cases involving the pharmaceutical industry, as well as device manufacturers, hospitals, and doctors. Under the civil False Claims Act, a company can be liable for promoting the off-label use of a drug, for misrepresenting the pricing of a drug to Medicaid or Medicare, or for other fraudulent conduct. In addition, a pharmaceutical manufacturer can be liable under our criminal authority for submission of fraudulent claims, paying kickbacks to doctors, or other activities. After a case has been thoroughly investigated by our agents and partners in law enforcement, the question becomes how to structure a global settlement that puts the matter to rest in the best interests of the American people. That's where our Office of Counsel comes in.
The OIG has a unique authority to exclude from Medicare and Medicaid any individual or entity that has been convicted of healthcare fraud, abuse, or related offenses. If a company has engaged in, say, a $100 million fraud—that's a pretty modest sum these days—we have to make a decision whether or not to throw them out of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. If they've been convicted of Medicare fraud, their exclusion is mandatory. More likely than not, that would be a back-breaker for any company [because most of its profits come from sales to the federal government]. It's not going to voluntarily commit suicide by pleading to a criminal charge.
Lewis Morris, Chief Counsel, OIG, HHS
So they're likely to have brought their high-priced lawyers into the act and negotiated a settlement. What they then have to do is come to the office and convince us that it's better for the company to stay in business. We take a number of considerations into account, including whether the company is making critical or life-saving drugs, or if the company has a lot of innocent employees who knew nothing of the fraudulent conduct. Also, we consider whether or not the company has a good track record of treating the Medicare program fairly. If the answer to all those questions is yes, we'll generally negotiate a corporate integrity agreement [CIA].
Under the terms of the CIA, the company agrees to a wide range of measures including hiring a compliance officer, putting in compliance committees, and doing internal audits and training. The objective is to help the company rebuild its corporate culture. So instead of thinking it's okay to steal from Medicare, they focus on selling good products.
Major Cases on the Current Docket
When making the decision about whether to ban a company from Medicare and Medicaid, where do the interests of the patients fit in? If you exclude the company, don't you also exclude the drugs?
If the company is a maker of brand name drugs, they obviously have a stronger argument. If they're a generics manufacturer, they don't have that argument because someone else can step in tomorrow and fill that need. Interestingly, there is a more subtle response as well. We are considering a strategy that would say to a company, "All right, you have a particular life-saving drug and you're the only one that makes it. Sell it to somebody else. So you go out of business, but they'll pick up the cost and continue selling it."
What about the OIG's other options, such as relinquishing a drug's market exclusivity?
Well, if the reason a company illegally off-label-marketed its product was to gain a larger market share than appropriate prescribing would allow, they've basically cheated the marketplace. They've also put into circulation drugs not tested by the FDA. So we might say to the company, "You tried to cheat the market, so you have to agree to waive your exclusivity in return for not getting thrown out of our program."
There's also a third option. Let's say you're a big company and one of your subsidiaries is engaged in kickbacks to doctors or off-label marketing. We can tell the parent company, "You have to sell off that subsidiary, all of its trucks, loading docks, patents, microscopes, and everything else, because that part of your company was cheating our program and you don't get to continue to profit from that cheating." Those drugs that the subsidiary holds are valuable. Some other company will pick up the marketing rights. And if it takes six months to divest that subsidiary, we can give the parent company the six months. But at the end of six months, if you haven't divested, we're going to exclude.
We already do this to the large hospital chains like Tenet, which we believe has engaged in abusive behavior to patients, like invasive, medically unnecessary cardiovascular tests.
There's been talk that you're going to start going after individual executives at drug companies responsible for committing healthcare fraud. Is that true?
Yes. Part of our strategy is to say to companies, "It's not business as usual anymore." And the reason is that the first time around, we give everybody the benefit of the doubt. Everybody was entitled to make one mistake. And, particularly, in light of the importance of pharmaceuticals and the needs of our beneficiaries, that is a good policy.
However, when a company, for the second or third or fourth time, seems to have disregarded its commitment to integrity, we have to ask whether they're entitled to another bite of the apple.
We have been at this enforcement effort, this attempt to reform corporate cultures, for about a decade, and we can identify the recidivists. We've decided that we need to deal with them differently.
How do you determine that what has worked in the past is no longer working and other measures are needed?
Let me first say, emphatically, that we think that the majority of drug companies get it—they understand that the days of free dinner parties, all-expense-paid trips to play golf, and all that foolishness are over. And we applaud the drug industry for doing the right thing. But for that small group of companies—or executives—who think they know better, the measure of our success or failure is whether they show up at our door again with the same kind of problems that were before us previously.
Are the corporate integrity agreements having a beneficial effect?
I think they're having a great beneficial effect. And if you talked to any of the compliance officers at the companies that have been under CIAs, I think they would say the same thing. And if you had a side conversation with some of the sales people, I think they would tell you, "This really stinks." The good old days of being able to make your commission within two weeks at the expense of the Medicare program are largely gone.
So our strategy is working, all in all. But we have to always be asking whether we could do a better job. And when we are confronted with companies like Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Lilly, who have had previous problems and yet are back facing us again, we have to ask if we missed something.
Now, not every case where a company has come in for a second global settlement means that it has necessarily failed to embrace a better corporate culture. A lot of these problems are the result of corporate acquisitions where the parent company bought the proverbial "pig in a poke," and now they've got to pay the piper.
But there are other cases where the fraud is home grown, and where the company and its employees simply have not taken to heart the opportunity to reform their culture. So, what do we do about that group of companies? We talked about part of the remedy, which is to change the company's cost–benefit assessment. If they think there's profits to be made in off-label marketing of a drug, because they can increase their market share by 20 percent, even though the FDA told them not to—well, unless the settlement is going to cost you more than 20 percent of that product's sales, why would they stop doing it? So, to the credit of the Department of Justice, the cost of this illegal behavior is going up. Sound economic creatures—and everybody running corporate America is a sound economic creature—can do a new cost–benefit assessment and decide whether it's worth the risk.
Now what we've talked about so far is just the company's money. The other problem we have come to recognize is that as long as unscrupulous individual executives are getting their productivity bonus for getting that product over the top while the company is the one paying out the fine, the bad behavior is still being rewarded—and not a hell or a lot is going to change.
So, we've been thinking about ways to hold individuals accountable. Now, we aren't making up new law here. The concept of a corporate official being held personally responsible for the conduct of his or her company goes back to the 1940s. The Supreme Court has upheld this enforcement doctrine for the last 60 plus years. The principle is pretty commonsense. A corporation is just a piece of paper—it's people who make corporations run and who make decisions, good and bad. And we need to get individuals at the highest levels of these drug companies to understand that they are going to be held personally accountable if they were in a position to oversee conduct. If bad conduct occurred on their watch, they had the opportunity to do something about it, and they didn't.
Is the case of the three Purdue Pharma executives convicted of off-label marketing of OxyContin an example?
Yes. The three of them pled guilty to misdemeanor charges under the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act for introducing an altered substance into the market, the OxyContin. They maintained, and I believe the prosecutor agreed, that they did not personally engage in the off-label marketing. But as the chief medical officer, as the counsel, and as the COO, they had within their authority the ability to stop that misconduct and they didn't. So they pled guilty to misdemeanor charges under what would be called a "strict liability," and we subsequently excluded them from Medicare and Medicaid. So that's part of our new approach.
Does that mean these three executives are barred from working at other companies that do business with the government around Medicaid and Medicare?
The answer is a bit nuanced, but your core presumption is correct. The Medicare program will not pay for services that they deliver, provide, or otherwise cause to be delivered or provided for the period of exclusion. In the Purdue case, that was 12 years.
Pharmaceutical manufacturers are generally pretty removed from the direct provision of care, so the direct effect of an exclusion is less obvious. But the practical effect is that exclusion from our program sends a powerful message to executives that the federal government considers them untrustworthy. And what corporation would want to bring that sort of individual into a leadership position? Why would you hire a guy who's been convicted of cheating?
Now, there is a second theory. In addition to this legal theory of the "responsible corporate official," Congress has given us a specific authority to exclude someone who is an officer or a managing employee of a company that has been convicted of a healthcare-related offense. It doesn't mean that the company has to have been excluded, it just means convicted. So let's say you, as a company, enter into a misdemeanor plea for off-label marketing. We can exclude you, but we may choose to let you have a CIA instead. You've been convicted, but it's not a mandatory conviction.
I would say just about all the top 50 pharmas fall into that category.
Well, yes, they do. And this is where it's going to get interesting. Shouldn't there be a difference between a company that enters into a settlement under the civil False Claims Act and one that enters into a plea for criminal activities? Shouldn't we be treating the company that enters into a criminal plea more critically? But we now have a conundrum. This is a company that has pled guilty to criminal conduct. Yet if we exclude the company, we hurt patients, we hurt innocent employees, we limit access to life-saving drugs. So now the company is folding its arms and might smugly be thinking, "Ha, you can't get me, because I'm just too precious."
Our new response is going to say, "All right, you have pled guilty to a criminal charge. But we're no longer just going to let you write another check, and treat a criminal disposition the same as a civil resolution. The stakes have gone up. We are now going to take a look at your leadership, and ask who could have and should have stopped this criminal behavior?"
It is going to be a very fact-specific determination. We're going to do a lot of careful assessment of the merits, and apply justice. But in a case where a company has had the opportunity to do right and has taken a pass and pled guilty to a criminal charge, we're going to be asking why certain executives should be allowed to continue to run the company. And it's our expectation that other executives, both in that company and in other drug manufacturers, will say, "The cost of engaging in this criminal behavior has gone up because I could be out of a job." And that may be what changes the conversations in the corporate suites.
Do you prioritize your array of tools—selling meds, relinquishing exclusivity, holding individual executives accountable—in terms of severity. For example, if one doesn't work, then you go to the next? Or do you decide which to use based on the specific case?
We are going to look at the facts and the circumstances of a particular case, and decide which of our many tools will do the best job of protecting our beneficiaries and our program. But ultimately the Inspector General's Office is not here to mete out punishment. We are here to protect the integrity of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, to promote their efficiency and their effectiveness, and Congress has given us a mandate to remove from the program those who have abused our patients and demonstrated that they're not trustworthy.
How do you decide which cases to apply these responsible corporate official measures to? For example, what about the extensive off-label promotion of the atypical antipsychotics for the elderly in nursing homes, which may be responsible for a large number of deaths?
When we are trying to calculate an appropriate response to that sort of misconduct, one of the questions we ask is, "Did people get hurt?" In the Purdue executive case, one of the aggravating facts that we cited to justify the period of our exclusion was harm to patients. Now, I will tell you, just so the record's clear, that the Departmental Appeals Board concluded that we hadn't put forward sufficient direct evidence of patient harm—notwithstanding hundreds of newspaper articles about addiction and overdose.
These cases can present a real conundrum because physicians are free to prescribe a drug for any condition. So one of the causal connections that we have to establish is that but for the company's off-label marketing, the doctor would not have prescribed this drug. And it's often difficult to get a doctor to say, "I was duped. I just did what the drug company told me." More times than not, a doctor's going to say, "I knew exactly what I was doing. What, do you want me to get sued for malpractice? Are you nuts?"
The other causal connection we have to establish is between the bad act and the executives who are responsible, because in large corporations you've got lots of bureaucratic layers. So from a criminal standpoint, it can be extremely difficult to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that an executive broke the law unless you've got him on tape saying something. And most of them are too smart for that.
But in cases where we can show harm to a patient—such as ignoring black box warnings or marketing to a patient population that is specifically advised against—we can use the responsible corporate official statute.
How do you get information about potential cases of serious healthcare fraud, kickbacks, and the like?
Most notable is the whistleblower. The False Claims Act provides financial incentives for people to report fraud to the government. A significant part of our pharmaceutical fraud portfolio exists because people inside the company—salespeople, junior execs—have blown the whistle. The other way we build these cases is data mining. We're using highly sophisticated cutting-edge technology to identify aberrant practices and then start the process of investigating. If we see a substantial uptake in the prescription of a particular drug to a nursing home that wasn't present six weeks earlier, and we know that the drug is not approved for the main problems of the elderly, it doesn't mean it's illegal. Doctors could have decided they like it, but it might be worth dropping in on the nursing home. If the evidence shows that a salesman started coming in and handing out a brand of atypical antipsychotics like Chiclets, we might have ourselves a case.
It's been reported that the Purdue execs are appealing their exclusion. Do you think that once this new responsible corporate official initiative is set into motion, the courts will uphold the OIG judgments?
First, it's worth noting that while the Purdue executives are pursuing their appeal rights, which is absolutely appropriate, they are excluded right now.
Speaking more generally now rather than to the specifics of the Purdue case, the Supreme Court has a long history of ruling on administrative actions by federal agencies. There is very strong case law that lays out the criteria for evaluating whether an agency has acted arbitrarily and capriciously, whether it's provided adequate due process; and there is substantial deference to the agency's decision-making because the court recognizes that the agency is the expert.
The exclusion authority we've been talking about has been on the books for decades. We have a remarkably successful track record of pursuing these cases and being upheld, both at the Departmental Appeals Board and in District Court. I have a CrackerJack group of 75 lawyers who just love a challenge. So if a pharma exec wants to challenge his exclusion or in any way contest the merits of his criminal conviction, we welcome that.
Do you expect this new initiative to be at all controversial? How do you think the American people will look at top executives being given the boot because the corporations they run are engaged in fraudulent practices that harm patients?
Well, based on the reaction that we've gotten on the Hill, when people learned about the $2.3 billion Pfizer case, we weren't sent roses and congratulatory notes, we were asked, "Where were the executives?" And to take that a step further to your point about when you market a drug to a population which is highly vulnerable, and the FDA has told you not to, and it kills people, I'm guessing that the American population isn't going to have a lot of sympathy for a $500,000 exec who has now been told to get back to selling vinyl siding. That's my opinion, not necessarily the views of the Inspector General or the Department of Justice.
So the take-home message is that no one should be surprised if we begin to see executives having to take the rap. How soon? In the near future?
I would say in the middle future. And I want to stress that we're not just a bunch of cowboys here. Our job is to do justice—by assessing the facts and circumstances of each individual case. We need to be fully informed of the history of the case. A lot of the matters that come to us have been largely investigated as criminal frauds. Much of the information is grand jury testimony, and thus secret. So we start at somewhat of a disadvantage because we may not have the full story. And if we're going to do something as significant as potentially deprive an individual of his or her livelihood, we want to make sure we're doing the right thing.
So we will be approaching this with respect and caution to ensure that we do justice. But as we talked about at the beginning of this interview, we're coming to the conclusion that when a company has entered into a criminal disposition of its conduct and it's simply writing yet another check, we may not be getting the necessary message across to the company and its executives. I cannot tell you that we're going to do this in every case, because that would be foolhardy. But I hope that I have made it very clear that if what we're doing now isn't working, we're going to explore other options.
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What is Consumer Rights Law?
Consumer rights and consumer protection law provides a way for individuals to fight back against abusive business practices. These laws are designed to hold sellers of goods and services accountable when they seek to profit by taking advantage of a consumer's lack of information or bargaining power. Some conduct addressed by consumer rights laws is simply unfair, while other conduct can be described as outright fraud. Consumer rights laws exist at the federal and state level. They are enforced by government agencies, offices of attorneys general, and through individual and class action lawsuits filed by victims.
Types of Consumer Protection Cases
The most common kinds of abusive business practices occur when consumers are in particularly vulnerable circumstances. For example, when people fall behind on their bills, debt collectors are in a position to make life even more difficult by calling in the early morning or late night hours, making contact at a person's place of business, and speaking to friends and family. Consumer rights laws prohibit this sort of activity. In fact, under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), such harassment can result in a statutory damage award of $1,000 for the victim, plus the attorney fees incurred in bringing the suit.
Predatory lending also forms the basis for a large number of consumer protection lawsuits. These schemes cover a broad range of conduct, such as charging exorbitant interest rates on credit cards and other loans, hiding fees and penalties in the fine print of agreements seldom read by customers, and applying payments to low-interest portions of a loan balance first. Sadly, the foreclosure crises of 2010 exposed numerous lending scams in the real estate market. Federal legislation aimed at predatory lending includes the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and the Home Ownership and Equal Protection Act (HOEPA) of 1994.
Consumer rights laws also protect the public from false or misleading advertising. For example, automobile dealers have been known to advertise a vehicle at a reduced price in order to draw shoppers to the dealership. Once they arrive, however, that vehicle or sales price is no longer available. The dealer will then pressure shoppers into purchasing a vehicle on less favorable terms. In addition to these "bait and switch" advertising tactics, consumer rights laws address things like warranty misrepresentation, defective products, forced arbitration clauses, identity theft, and other types of harassment and fraud.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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He first had this idea after graduating from Fanshawe College. It started with a flier for his 3D CAD services and turned into an internationally acclaimed business. His companies now provide things such as 3D renderings, 3D architectural models for building projects, 3D printing & prototyping, virtual reality tours and much more. Last week we sat down for a discussion with him and asked some questions about life as a CEO. He was relaxed, down to earth, and gave some pretty interesting insights into his personal experiences. His answers below were very enlightening and will certainly inspire the new generation of entrepreneurs.
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As far a business goes, one of my greatest successes related to opening my company would have to be the team we were able to put together. In my opinion, we were able to recruit the smartest, most amazing and talented group of people in the world to work for our company because we hire globally and let our employees work remotely. They are a big reason why we are able to enjoy this much growth and success so quickly. I take pride in the fact that I've built a multi-million dollar business without ever having an office or even meeting a single client or employee (until recently). Everything is entirely remote.
It really is a team effort, and everyone that works at our company has a unique talent, something special to offer. They bring this to the table with every project we work on, and it is apparent how much they love the work that they do. I strongly believe that a big part of it is because they can work wherever and whenever they want because they are remote workers. There is no such thing as 9-5 at Render3DQuickly Inc. or J – CAD Inc. We work when we feel like it, when we feel most productive.
Here's a questions: How is it possible that everyone's job takes exactly 40 hours per week to accomplish? This is nonsense and the reason I left the 9-5. I like to work when I feel productive and relax when I don't. My workers like to do this too and for that reason we are all extremely productive.
I take great pride in the company that I have built and the team that we have working here at Render 3D Quickly. If it weren't for our amazing crew then we wouldn't be able to meet the demands of our clients, which keep growing exponentially every day. Now we have about 30 employee's here who are all extremely skilled in this field. I am ecstatic to have them on board.
Jason Vander Griendt: There are many challenges when it comes to owning your own business. At the beginning this career definitely had its ups and downs. A lot of times business will run perfectly and I feel on top of the world. The biggest challenge is learning how to be a good manager which means learning as much as you can about motivation and understanding that each person is motivated differently.
Some people are motivated by money, some are motivated by time off, and some are motivated by showing appreciation etc. It's up to a manager to know to a degree what each person's motivation is and use that to keep them happy and motivated to do their jobs. Most bosses I find shouldn't be bosses. They are just put in that position because of seniority or other reasons but have no idea how to manage people and keep them happy. Many resort to fear as a motivation, making employees work out of fear of losing their jobs for example. This is a recipe for disaster!
Happy workers are the best workers! When it doesn't feel like work then the work gets done in half the time and is better quality. I think being a remote boss really pushes me to be a good boss. I need to manage people via email only both employees and our 1,000's of customers. This takes people skills and social dynamic knowledge I wasn't born with. I've read 100's of books on the topic and have a lot of practice now on how to manage people. I'm not saying I'm perfect at it but it is a very big challenge when running a multi-million dollar online business entirely remote. Due to our focus on this, we have had a lot of success.
Jason Vander Griendt: Success is often a relative term since it depends on the perception of each person. I view success as happiness and progress with the things that bring you joy in life, so I do consider myself a success because I am happy. Nothing can take away happiness when you have it. Part of it comes from owning a successful business and working with great people.
It gives me incredible joy knowing that my hard work is not only making customers happy but more so helping people (my employees) in developing countries and their families. It's nice to know that because of me, they are living a much better life than they were only a few years ago. Some have told me that they were hungry and now they own multiple properties in only a few short years.
Since that has always been one of my goals, it feels gratifying and gives me a sense of success. I do, however, also measure success by how well my personal life is going. I can't simply focus on my business alone because then I would neglect my personal relationships. I did this for a time and found my happiness go down. I thought if I just checked out of social interaction for a bit and only focused on business my business would explode and my happiness would also explode. WRONG! I learned that this is incredibly destructive to both the business and personal life.
I needed the balance of friends and relationships because these keep you balanced and happy and like I said a happy worker is a more productive worker. I learned that I need to work hard and play hard as well and feel like I deserve it when I'm playing because I do.
People have a misconception that if they sleep less and just focus on business and cut out relationships they will be successful! Again, define success. You have tons of money but you're exhausted and no one is calling you. Not fun. Get your sleep, have fun with friends and work hard and your happiness level will be high. You will feel more successful even if you are not making the most money. More money will come quicker this way ironically as counter intuitive as it sounds.
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Among the Gothic subculture and metal music, hardly any band has made an impression and has become such an influence as LACRIMOSA frontman TILO WOLFF. I had the pleasure (and luck) of getting to interview him about Lacrimosa's newest album, TESTIMONIUM.
2016 was a cruel year, many stars left us, many which were an influence for you. How do you feel when you think about this?
Tilo Wolff: Of course I feel very sad which is the reason for this new album. Through their lives and their work they gave so much to the world and influenced our way of listening to music, of hearing, feeling and expressing ourselves. What they did, specially musicians like David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and Prince made such a difference to this world and this finally inspired me to write about my feelings after they are gone.
What make you decide to do an album in their memory?
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is there one that made the biggest impact in you as a musician? You once said that David Bowie is your hero, maybe it was him?
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How would you describe the experience of honoring those who inspired you when you were creating this album? Was there any track that proved to be the most challenging?
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What do you expect Lacrimosa's fans to feel or think about Testimonium?
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Now that the album is about to be released, what are your final thoughts about it?
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TW: Thank you for your questions and your patience and take good care!
"This sad album makes me very happy!"
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# swblocks-decisiontree

## Overview

swblocks-decisiontree library is a high performance, highly flexible service which evaluates inputs to a set of rules to identify one and only one output rule which in term results in a set of outputs. It can be used to model complex conditional processing within an application.

Example:

| Rule    | Input1: Day of week | Input2: Outstanding Work | Input3: Boss's mood | Output 1: Leave Time | Output2: After Work |
| ------- | ------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------- |
| 1       | Monday              |  *                       | *                   | 5 pm                 | Pick up children    |
| 2       | *                   | Low | * | 6:45 pm | Go to gym |
| 3       | Thursday            | * | Good | 6:30 pm | Go to pub |
| 4 | Friday | * | * | 5 pm | Party time |
| 5 | * | * | * | 7 pm | Go home |
| 6 | * | * | Angry | 10 pm | More work |

The rules are evaluated based on the precedence of matched data from left to right.  A matching value gives a 1 and a wildcard match a 0, the highest value is picked.
In this example the employees life after work on certain days takes precedence over the boss.
If the following input values are sent in:

Inputs: Day of Week: Monday, Outstanding Work: High, Boss's mood: Angry

This matches rules 1, 5 and 6. Rule 1 gives 100, Rule 5 gives 000 and Rule 6 gives 001, rule 1 is picked.

Output: Leave Time: 5pm, After Work: Pick up children

If the order of the columns are changed to make the Boss's mood higher importance, then this gives.

| Rule    | Input1: Boss's Mode | Input2: Outstanding Work | Input3: Day of week | Output 1: Leave Time | Output2: After Work |
| ------- | ------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------- |
| 1 | * | * | Monday | 5 pm | Pick up children    |
| 2 | *  | Low | * | 6:45 pm | Go to gym |
| 3 | Good | * | Thursday | 6:30 pm | Go to pub |
| 4 | * | * | Friday | 5 pm | Party time |
| 5 | * | * | * | 7 pm | Go home |
| 6 | Angry | * | * | 10 pm | More work |

If the same inputs are sent in:

Inputs: Day of Week: Monday, Outstanding Work: High, Boss's mood: Angry

This matches rules 1, 5 and 6. Rule 1 gives 001, Rule 5 gives 000 and Rule 6 gives 100, rule 6 is picked.

Output: Leave Time: 10pm, After Work: More work

### Data Types
The Decision Tree supports a number of different types of definitions of data
* Strings, the normal type inputs provide an exact match against the input.
* Regular Expressions, standard regular expressions match against the input.
* Groups, combinations of other all data types, including other groups matching any against the input.
* Integer Ranges, matches any integer input within the range, inclusive at the minimum and exclusive at the maximum.
* Date Ranges, matches any date within the range.

### Structure of code
The code is in a multi-module structure project structure.
#### Core
The Core project contains the main algorithms for the tree building and construction.
#### Change
The Change project provides an API to modify a DecisionTree in an audited and controlled manor.
#### Persistence-json-jackson
A persistence module for writing and reading using a JSON structure and the Jackson JSON code.
#### Persistence-cassandra
A persistence module for writing and reading using Cassandra as a storage.
##### Examples
A set of example code to demonstrate usage of the DecisionTree.

## License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this library except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for additional license information

## Java Build

The project is built with [Gradle](http://gradle.org/) using this [build.gradle](build.gradle) file.

You require the following to build swblocks-decisiontree:

* Latest stable [Oracle JDK 8](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/)

Default target provides a full clean, build, and install into local maven repository


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Are you getting poor water pressure or little-to-no water from your faucets? If you've already checked your electrical system and seen that the switch is on (or flipped the switch on and all is going smoothly there), the next step is to check your pressure tank. If the gauge shows low or no pressure, then it's time to give us a call. We can determine where the issue lies with your well water system and make any necessary repairs or replacements. You may have a pump or pressure tank that is too small for your home's needs, and it may have worn out from over-performing to keep up with water demand. A larger replacement pump or pressure tank can keep your water system running smoothly for longer. Another issue that we frequently see in faulty pumps is that the sediment content in your well may have acted as an abrasive and worn down the pump's bearings or other components over time.
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Rising Demand for Energy Efficient Buildings to Escalate the Market Growth
According to MarkNtel Advisors, the Global Sustainable Building Material Market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of around 11% during the forecast period, 2022-27. The factors responsible for the market growth are the initiatives taken by various regional & country-level governments to ensure a smooth way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, sustainable building materials reduce operational costs, increase durability, and reduce waste.
Furthermore, the countries such as the US, Canada, and China, among others, have introduced numerous green building criteria to provide flexibility in the construction industry for raising the number of new sustainable residential buildings. Therefore, the demand for sustainable building materials, including insulated solutions, walls, sidings, panels, floors, solar systems, etc., is expected to witness a noticeable incline during the forecast period.
Moreover, the rising demand for energy-efficient buildings & various government policies for green buildings is expected to boost the market growth in the coming years. For instance, the government of India has provided numerous initiatives such as Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) to stimulate sustainable buildings in the country. Under GRIHA, it has been compulsory for all central government & other residential buildings to acquire nearly 3-star ratings. Hence, this resulted in boosting the demand for the Sustainable Building Material market.
Solar System Accounted for a Significant Share in the Global Sustainable Building Material Market
Based on product type, the market bifurcates into Exterior, Interior, Solar System, and Others. Of them all, the Solar System segment captured a notable share in the Global Sustainable Building Material market during 2017-21. The factors responsible for the growth of the segment are rising awareness among building contractors & customers, along with more availability of solar systems globally.
Further, minimizing the overall costs of the solar system associated with power generation for the building has accelerated the demand for solar systems. Moreover, the decline in the price of solar photovoltaic cells in regions such as North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific has increased the utilization of solar systems.
North America to Witness Substantial Growth in the Years to Come
Based on geography, North America captured a notable market share during the historical period. The construction sector in the region has witnessed considerable growth due to increased demand for houses & acceleration in renovation projects. Further, owing to its proactive efforts to mitigate adverse environmental effects of the construction industry, the region has seen an increase in the demand for sustainable building materials in the historical years.
Moreover, numerous mandatory government regulations such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), and Green Building Certification, among various subsidies for green housing projects, have escalated the construction of sustainable buildings in the region. For instance, in 2020, according to the U.S. Green Building Council, nearly 1,171 projects have been licensed with LEED certification for green buildings in the United States with about 281.05 million Gross Square Feet (GSF) land.
In regard to this, the demand for sustainable building materials has been propelled in the country, revels MarkNtel Advisors in their research report, "Global Sustainable Building Material Market Analysis, 2027."
Key Market Competitors
According to MarkNtel Advisors, the leading players in the Global Sustainable Building Material Market are Kingspan Group plc, Amvic Inc., BASF SE, Alumasc Group plc, Bauder Ltd., Binderholz GmbH, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Forbo Holding Ltd, Interface Inc., Owens Corning, Sika AG, Nexii Building Solutions Inc., Saint-Gobain (CERTAINTEED), Chengdu Onekin Green Building Materials Co. Ltd, Soben International (Asia-Pacific) Ltd.
What are the current & future trends in the Global Sustainable Building Material Market?
How has the industry been evolving in terms of geography & product adoption?
How has the competition been shaping across various countries, followed by their comparative factorial indexing?
What are the key growth drivers & challenges for the Global Sustainable Building Material Market?
What are the customer orientation, purchase behavior, and expectations from product providers across various countries?
By Product Type (Exterior, Interior, Solar Systems, Others (Composites, Coatings, Others))
By End User (Residential, Non- Residential (Commercial, Institutional, Others))
By Region (North America, South America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia-Pacific)
By Competitors (Kingspan Group plc, Amvic Inc., BASF SE, Alumasc Group plc, Bauder Ltd., Binderholz GmbH, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Forbo Holding Ltd, Interface Inc., Owens Corning, Sika AG, Nexii Building Solutions Inc., Saint-Gobain (CERTAINTEED), Chengdu Onekin Green Building Materials Co. Ltd, Soben International (Asia-Pacific) Ltd.


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Q: How do I open the Account Settings for a specific Account? I know that via the Account Manager I can access to the list of the accounts on the device.
 Account[] accounts = AccountManager.get(this).getAccounts();

I know as well that using the android.settings.ACCOUNT_SYNC_SETTINGS I can open the Sync Settings for a specific account
Intent in=new Intent("android.settings.ACCOUNT_SYNC_SETTINGS");
in.putExtra("account", accounts[3]);

What I would like to do is to open the "Account Settings" for a specific account, like this:

And not like this:

A: General Approach:
The tricky part is that Android's definition of Account is pretty abstract, so depending on your use case you'll encounter accounts without these screens, or with multiple screens. These screens may not look like Preferences/Settings screens at all - they could be any Activity as defined by the Account authenticator.
Generally though, I think this is what you could do:

*

*Use the getAuthenticatorTypes() method of AccountManager. This
will give you all of the AuthenticatorDescriptions. Depending on
your use case, you can pick the AuthenticatorDescription you care
about (based on the "type" value) and just further investigate that.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/accounts/AccountManager.html#getAuthenticatorTypes()

*The AuthenticatorDescription will tell you the
accountPreferencesId that defines the "hierarchy of
PreferenceScreen to be added to the settings page for the account".
Which in turn defines a "PreferenceScreen xml hierarchy that
contains a list of PreferenceScreens that can be invoked to manage
the authenticator".
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/accounts/AuthenticatorDescription.html

*Use the accountPreferencesId and the package provided by the
AuthenticatorDescription to parse the Intents you need, allowing you
to navigate your user to them. Reference for what the XML will look
like:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/accounts/AbstractAccountAuthenticator.html
tl;dr - the code:
Here's a method that finds the Activity action/class and starts it. It doesn't account for the fact that there may be multiple Activities defined in the Preferences XML referenced above. In fact, it doesn't account for a lot of error scenarios and can surely be optimized, but should serve as a decent proof of concept and starting point:
//somewhere in your app call this
//com.android.email works to open the email preferences on my Galaxy s4
startPreferenceActivity("com.android.email");

private void startPreferenceActivity(String type) {
    AccountManager accountManager = AccountManager.get(this);
    AuthenticatorDescription[] descriptions = accountManager.getAuthenticatorTypes();
    AuthenticatorDescription neededDescription = null;
    for (AuthenticatorDescription description : descriptions) {
        if (description.type.contains(type)) {
            neededDescription = description;
            break;
        }
    }
    if (neededDescription != null) {
        String packageName = neededDescription.packageName;
        int prefsId = neededDescription.accountPreferencesId;
        try {
            Resources resources = getPackageManager().getResourcesForApplication(packageName);
            XmlResourceParser xpp = resources.getLayout(prefsId);
            xpp.next();
            String action = null;
            String targetPackage = packageName; //default to the account pref package name...?
            String targetClass = null;
            int eventType = xpp.getEventType();
            while (eventType != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
                if (eventType == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                    if (xpp.getName().equals("intent")) {
                        int count = xpp.getAttributeCount();
                        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
                            String name = xpp.getAttributeName(i);
                            if (name.equals("action")) {
                                action = xpp.getAttributeValue(i);
                            } else if (name.equals("targetPackage")) {
                                targetPackage = xpp.getAttributeValue(i);
                            } else if (name.equals("targetClass")) {
                                targetClass = xpp.getAttributeValue(i);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                eventType = xpp.next();
            }
            if (action != null) {
                startActivity(new Intent(action));
            } else if (targetClass != null) {
                startActivity(new Intent(createPackageContext(targetPackage, Context.CONTEXT_IGNORE_SECURITY), Class.forName(targetClass)));
            }
        } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {

        } catch (Exception e) {

        }

    }
}

A: You may have database of your accounts info u can open it and design a similar style form for it this can solve your problem

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Q: Correct PHP headers for downloading a stored file I have used this style of coding to place a file on my MYSQL database. I'm pretty certain it's stored correctly
if(isset($_POST['upload']) && $_FILES['userfile']['size'] > 0)
{
$fileName = $_FILES['userfile']['name'];
$tmpName  = $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'];
$fileSize = $_FILES['userfile']['size'];
$fileType = $_FILES['userfile']['type'];

$fp      = fopen($tmpName, 'r');
$content = fread($fp, filesize($tmpName));
$content = addslashes($content);
fclose($fp);

if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc())
{
    $fileName = addslashes($fileName);
}

But i'm having trouble downloading it from  the database, and my headers are wrong.
$resumename = get_the_author_meta('resumename', $current_user->ID);
$resumetype = get_the_author_meta('resumetype', $current_user->ID);
$resumesize = get_the_author_meta('resumesize', $current_user->ID);
$content = get_the_author_meta('resumecontent', $current_user->ID);

header("Content-Length: $resumesize");
header("Content-Type: $resumetype");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$resumename");

echo($content);

At the moment it returns a corrupt file, of the page (it's loading the actual page data using the headers, rather then the file data).
Anyone know the correct headers to use for this? i have tried @readfile, it's even worse. The file types will be doc, pdf, rtf mainly. Thanks for any help!

A:  header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
 header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$resumename");
 header("Content-Type: $MIME_Type"); //you can use application/pdf for PDF
 header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");


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Odor-specific deactivation defects in a drosophila odorant-binding protein mutant
Elizabeth A. Scheuermann, Dean P. Smith
Pharmacology - Smith Lab
Insect odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are a large, diverse group of low-molecular weight proteins secreted into the fluid bathing olfactory and gustatory neuron dendrites. The best-characterized OBP, LUSH (OBP76a) enhances pheromone sensitivity enabling detection of physiological levels of the male-specific pheromone, 11-cis vaccenyl acetate. The role of the other OBPs encoded in the Drosophila genome is largely unknown. Here, using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/Cas9, we generated and characterized the loss-of-function phenotype for two genes encoding homologous OBPs, OS-E (OBP83b) and OS-F (OBP83a). Instead of activation defects, these extracellular proteins are required for normal deactivation of odorant responses to a subset of odorants. Remarkably, odorants detected by the same odorant receptor are differentially affected by the loss of the OBPs, revealing an odorant-specific role in deactivation kinetics. In stark contrast to lush mutants, the OS-E/F mutants have normal activation kinetics to the affected odorants, even at low stimulus concentrations, suggesting that these OBPs are not competing for these ligands with the odorant receptors. We also show that OS-E and OS-F are functionally redundant as either is sufficient to revert the mutant phenotype in transgenic rescue experiments. These findings expand our understanding of the roles of OBPs to include the deactivation of odorant responses.
Odorant Receptors
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
odorant-binding protein
Perireceptor
Scheuermann, E. A., & Smith, D. P. (2019). Odor-specific deactivation defects in a drosophila odorant-binding protein mutant. Genetics, 213(3), 897-909. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.119.302629
Odor-specific deactivation defects in a drosophila odorant-binding protein mutant. / Scheuermann, Elizabeth A.; Smith, Dean P.
In: Genetics, Vol. 213, No. 3, 01.01.2019, p. 897-909.
Scheuermann, EA & Smith, DP 2019, 'Odor-specific deactivation defects in a drosophila odorant-binding protein mutant', Genetics, vol. 213, no. 3, pp. 897-909. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.119.302629
Scheuermann EA, Smith DP. Odor-specific deactivation defects in a drosophila odorant-binding protein mutant. Genetics. 2019 Jan 1;213(3):897-909. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.119.302629
Scheuermann, Elizabeth A. ; Smith, Dean P. / Odor-specific deactivation defects in a drosophila odorant-binding protein mutant. In: Genetics. 2019 ; Vol. 213, No. 3. pp. 897-909.
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Okay, it's not real cake.
But in the name of summer and wanting all things fruit, I feel like this cake is something worth getting excited about.
Something I haven't been excited about lately is workouts. I pinched two nerves in my neck/back a couple month ago. I actually think it was from food photography and holding the camera in awkward angles. I've been in physical therapy and think it's better, but gahhh it's annoying. After several weeks of having to take it easy, I'm ready to get back to moving my body. My plan is to do this workout plan. I'm on day 2 and heading to the garage to do it as soon as I hit publish on this post. It feels nice to have a plan. And I really want to finally be able to do a pull-up. So I'm doing this plan too.
Back to cake. Or, umm, fruit.
In addition to not having real cake, this cake also does not have real frosting.
Instead, it's yogurt with coconut flour. We're just breaking all kinds of rules today. And, ya know, different is good sometimes.
The first time I put coconut flour in greek yogurt was in this greek yogurt mousse with graham cracker crust, which I made in 2013. That was forever ago. So it was time to do something coconut floury + greek yogurty again.
side note: I think this frosting would be absolutely delish on brownies. doingIt.
If you don't want to make the whole cake, you could always just chop up some watermelon and top it with the frosting. That is fine.
I'll be back Friday with something less coconutty for you coconut haters.
In a bowl, combine coconut flavored yoghurt, greek yogurt, coconut flour and vanilla bean paste until smooth. Cover and place in the fridge until your watermelon cake is ready to frost.
Cut watermelon into round slices. Then carefully use a knife to cut off rind. Stack 4 of the watermelon slices and use a knife to cut around the outside of the watermelon slices to make them all the same size. Then frost the cake with coconut flour frosting. If desired, press coconut chips into frosting and garnish with mint leaves. Serve immediately.
This cake should be made and served right away. If you want to make ahead of serving time, I recommend prepping all ingredients...so make watermelon into cake stack and mix up frosting. Then JUST before serving frost cake.
Question. (that has nothing to do with this post but…) Where is your favorite place you've ever traveled to? I want to take an anniversary trip in December and need your travel ideas because I'm indecisive.
Aaaaagh sorry to hear about your pinched nerves! That sounds so painful – I can see why you wouldn't be hot to trot about working out. This watermelon cake is probably the COOLEST idea ever! I'm all about sweet treats that are healthy. Yogurt + coconut flour? for a frosting?! You're such a genius! I need this on allll the hot days!
It's been sooo frustrating. But hopefully I'm all healed up *fingers crossed*!!!!!
I'm so sorry about your back – hopefully you'll be back at it in no time!
And I LOVE this. I have had a watermelon cake for my birthday for the past two years, but the coconut flour + yogurt idea is brialliant.
Thanks for the well wishes! I've seen the watermelon cake idea around the blog world…it was finally time to make one! I think you were ahead of the game though if you've been making them for 2 years!
this is such a neat idea..i have never tried mixing yogurt with coconut flour…atleast not yet.
You'll have to tell me what you think! Obviously I'm a fan!
We stayed pretty close to home for our honeymoon (Cabo)…so now I'm ready for an adventure somewhere a little farther away. Greece sounds AHmazing!!! St. Lucia has been in my mind lately, but not sure about how pretty of a penny that would cost.
PUERTO RICO! Cheap, beautiful, and no passport needed!
Love having a workout plan. Also, love Noose coconut yogurt so I'm kind of obligated to make this soon then, right?!
So much love for noosa coconut<3<3<3 So good.
I love this frosting idea. Coconut flour is kind of my favorite right now!
That frosting is really interesting! I'll have to try it out!
Thanks for the links to the CrossFit workout and pull-up challenge! I'm done with Jillian Michaels' Body Revolution next week and am looking for my next "program," if you will, to start after vacation. I had no idea I would love having a dedicated plan so much.
Molokai Coconut drink. I order it on line by the case! And #2, my now favorite yoghurt ..Noosa Coconut Yoghurt! Thank you, thank you, thank you.


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The Centre for Corporate Governance at Hanken School of Economics (HCCG) is pleased to announce the 1st HCCG Conference on Corporate Governance and Corruption to be held on the 11th and 12th of June 2015 in Helsinki, Finland. Theoretical and empirical papers concerning issues relevant to either corporate governance or corruption are welcome, with papers relevant to both being of particular interest.
The keynote speakers will be Professor Joseph Fan (Chinese University, Hong Kong) and Professor Johann Graf Lambsdorff (University of Passau).
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