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Medicare Scammers Steal $60 Billion a Year. This Man Is Hunting Them
Author: J. C. HerzJ. C. Herz
John Mininno combines analytics and gumshoe work to find potential whistle-blowers.
John Mininno slaps two pieces of paper onto an overhead projector. "Look at this," he says. "You see how one form is a photocopy of the other—with just the date changed? It's exactly the same paper!" The printouts are mere insurance forms, but Mininno is genuinely pissed off about them. "They're allowed to bill for that procedure again six months after they first provide it. That date is six months to the day!"
Not everyone can get this worked up about insurance forms. But to Mininno, these are a combination of smoking gun and a slap in the face. Together they clearly show that someone is ripping off Medicare. But perhaps what's worse is that someone is being really lazy about it.
If Willie Sutton had to choose a criminal career today, he'd be ripping off Medicare too. As the bank robber supposedly said: That's where the money is. The program spends more than $600 billion a year on health care for 54 million people, most of them seniors. It is a massive pool of underguarded funds ripe for skimming. By the government's own accounting, fraudsters scammed $60 billion from Medicare in 2014, and the losses are growing. Since 2007 more than 2,300 health care providers have been charged with fleecing Medicare, and more than 1,800 defendants have been convicted of felony offenses, ranging from claiming phantom services to performing unnecessary surgeries.
Finding a whistle-blower requires a nose for mischief, a gift for persuasion, and the technical chops to identify patterns in thickets of diagnostic codes and billing data.
Scams are run so often, by so many people, that dedicated government investigators can't keep up: In 2014 prosecutions initiated by the government led to a mere 31 settlements yielding $88 million in fines. Luckily, there is another defense against Medicare fraud: whistle-blower lawsuits. Under the federal government's false claims statute, any insider can sue a company that's providing fraudulent services, on the government's behalf. If the whistle-blower lawyers are successful, the plaintiffs collect 15 to 30 percent of the settlement as a bounty. In 2014 there were 469 of these health care fraud settlements—many involving huge pharmaceutical corporations and hospital networks—resulting in $2.2 billion in fines.
The problem is that even with this financial incentive, whistle-blowers can be skittish about coming forward and often are ill-prepared to present solid evidence. "When a whistle-blower goes to the government by himself," says Patrick Burns, an antifraud activist in Washington, DC, "the whistle-blower is disorganized. They're hot, and they don't stick to just the facts. He's pissed off because he was fired, and when angry people call you up, you just assume, 'Crazy loser, you're a nut job.'"
Professional whistle-blower lawyers are much better at arguing a convincing case. But lawyers aren't always the best investigators. Sometimes finding an insider requires a nose for mischief, a gift for persuasion, and the technical chops to identify nonobvious patterns in impenetrable thickets of diagnostic codes and billing data. Sometimes it takes a bounty hunter. Someone like John Mininno.
A broad-shouldered former college linebacker who speaks in the blue-collar brogue of central New Jersey, Mininno is an unlikely big-data entrepreneur. After working his way through law school, he spent 18 years representing victims of medical negligence. What he saw made him angry. "I had a wrongful death case, a woman who went into a nursing home for rehab on a hip fracture," he says. While under the facility's care, the woman suffered a host of injuries, from a fractured tibia and ankle to severe pressure sores. Mininno argued in court that her death was preventable, had anyone simply repositioned her from time to time. "They put her in a room, they billed her insurance, and they didn't pay attention to her. It became clear to me that these were large corporations trying to monetize people's insurance. It's disgusting."
Over the years, Mininno developed a reputation as a lawyer who knew how to find evidence of fraud in billing patterns, and in 2011 he was approached by a financier who needed help vetting some investments in health care companies. Were these companies really profitable, or were they padding their financials with fake Medicare billings? He asked Mininno to shine a light and see if any cockroaches scurried out of those company records.
Around this time, a mountain of information on health care providers was becoming publicly available. In response to a Freedom of Information Act verdict, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released data on tens of thousands of medical practices. It was a detailed catalog of all the procedures those practices provide to seniors and what they're paid to provide them. At the same time, various citizen journalists and data scientists were using Freedom of Information Act requests to get CMS data on physician referrals, which they assembled into a map of doctors who refer patients to each other—a network with 50 million connections—and the prescribing patterns of those doctors.
As a lawyer, Mininno looked at this trove and thought, "This is a massive business opportunity." Whistle-blower law firms have to advertise, because they need informants to come out of the woodwork. Then they need to qualify those sources—do they have enough evidence? Then they have to figure out whether the scale of the fraud (and thus the likely payout) justifies the work they'll have to plow into it, because they don't get paid unless they win. This is time-consuming and expensive.
From his days as a lawyer and his work looking through company medical records, Mininno knew what kind of footprints to look for in the data: what the scams are and how those scams are coded up for reimbursement. Without this knowledge, algorithms will churn up thousands of false positives. For example, you can't look at just medical practices that administer high volumes of pricey medications—there are doctors who legitimately administer extremely expensive injectable drugs, like chemotherapy, in their offices. There are clinics in areas where patients are sicker, and therefore more expensive to care for, than the general population. In other words, there are plenty of legitimate reasons for outliers to be outliers.
People skip doctor visits during heavy snowstorms, so insurance claims should drop in bad weather.
Fraudsters aren't necessarily the biggest billers—it's a bit of a myth that fraud lives at the end of a bell curve. But they do have some distinctive ways of doing business, if you know what to look for. Mininno realized he could build a business around using data to find certain patterns, identify likely informants (usually former employees), and turn them into false-claims plaintiffs. He didn't have to wait for whistle-blowers to walk through his door—or advertise like the big whistle-blower law firms. He could use analytics to troll for sketchy providers and insiders, transforming that rare, long-odds game into a quantitative, target-rich discovery process with gumshoe work on the back end. Mininno pitched the idea to his Wall Street client, who became his angel investor. The National Healthcare Analysis Group was born.
If you're hunting for a big-game trophy, the first thing you've got to do is eliminate the targets that have already been tagged—only the first plaintiff to file gets a payout. So Mininno designed a system for combing through SEC filings to eliminate health care organizations that were already being investigated.
To identify potential informants, his developers assembled a database of 70,000 health care workers and their employment histories, scraped and extracted from publicly available sources. The ideal informants are well-qualified nurses who worked for a suspicious clinic, but only for a few months, then immediately got another job. They were obviously good employees, but something they saw on the job likely made them leave. Mininno cold-calls them. "For the most part," he says, "people are open and honest and want to tell their story."
To wrangle Medicare billing data, he became the first paying customer of a Portland, Oregon, startup called Carevoyance, which had cross-linked dozens of databases to identify referral networks. If a practice has been investigated, it's worth knowing who sends them patients, or vice versa.
5 Red Flags That Signal Fraud —————————–
Medical offices and health care companies may look normal in a database, but apply a sufficient dose of statistical analysis and the fraudulent operations reveal themselves. The algorithms look for certain signals.
1. Lack of randomness
When claims are filed with metronomic precision—if every patient gets billed for a follow-up procedure on the very day that procedure becomes billable, or if there's no dip (or spike) in patient visits on snow days or holidays—that indicates a problem.
2. No patient ever gets better
When patients get released from the hospital, they might receive follow-up visits at home from nurses. Some patients should need fewer visits than others, of course, so if every case is dire and requires the maximum allowable visits, it's worth looking into.
3. Bunchy billables
The number of procedures that a patient population really needs should have a bell curve distribution. But if an analysis of the billing shows a bunchy distribution—with leaps in frequency clustered around thresholds for more payment—that suggests treatments are being given to maximize revenue.
4. Running with a bad crowd
Practices aren't necessarily guilty by association. But as in social networks, similar types tend to associate with one another. If a provider is enmeshed in business relationships with practices that have been investigated for fraud, it might not be squeaky-clean, either.
5. Self-interested referrals
Whether it's a huge pharmaceutical company like Valeant (recently investigated for using a captive pharmacy to steer prescriptions) or a physician-owned radiology lab that gets most of its referrals from its owners, conflicts of interest in health care abound. Another, related dodge: physicians who refer patients to a practice where they don't provide services but are paid as "medical directors." That runs afoul of antikickback statutes.
To catch a crook, it helps to think like a crook. And crooks cut corners. Sometimes, they're too cheap to resolve contradictions between their Medicare claims and what they tell state tax authorities. So when Mininno sees a practice where, according to Medicare records, nurses never miss a day's work, he pulls unemployment claims. Because when aides are laid off, they file for unemployment. But their bosses, who've been billing for the services of these never-absent, superproductive health workers, try to duck unemployment claims by asserting they were fired for not showing up for work. The billing data, which shows indefatigable employees, and the employers' claim that these same nurses were absent and unproductive can't both be right. Such a practice is a likely candidate for investigation. There are ways, Mininno says, to "poke holes in the perfect paperwork and the perfect data."
But data, algorithms, and geeks weren't enough. To get his venture going, Mininno needed his first insider, one willing to put their lips on the whistle and blow. Then he had a lucky break. A source from his days working for that Wall Street investor called and said: "There's a gentleman who's been sharing some stories with me. You might want to talk with him."
Mininno walked through the double glass doors of a Midwestern diner. He was meeting Alex, the nurse his source had hooked him up with. The guy was built like a refrigerator. He hadn't shaved in days, and he was hungry for pancakes.
"You must be John," he said. Mininno nodded. They followed the hostess back to a table where they sipped coffee and made small talk. As Alex demolished an extratall stack of blueberry pancakes with powdered sugar, Mininno described his company's mission: Nail the bad guys and compensate people who step forward with the evidence to make that happen.
A weight seemed to lift from the informant's mind. He'd been working at a home health clinic that sent nurses to help people after they'd been released from the hospital, and the clinic was essentially stealing money from the government, he said. He knew what he'd seen was wrong. But he hadn't known there was anything he could do to stop it. And now Mininno was offering a share of the settlement if he could help prove the company had engaged in fraud.
"I'm in," Alex said. (Some names and identifying details in this story have been changed.) Over the next three hours, he laid out the machinations of a Medicare profit mill: Nurses were instructed to skip patient assessments and provide services whether seniors needed them or not. Patients who needed more visits didn't get them, because repeat visits lowered profitability. The practice plied retirees with free trips to casinos and paid doctors kickbacks for referrals.
"Dirtbags," Mininno thought. "This is incredible. But I need the nuts and bolts." Was there anyone else with access to records that could prove this? "The IT guy," Alex replied. "He lives in Atlantic City. He runs all the computers."
A few weeks later, Mininno shuffled into a casino. He stood in the doorway as poker players stared at their cards. He had no idea which one to look for. Then, from the table closest to the door, a sharp set of eyes in a sharp-featured face looked straight at him. It was his guy, a computer programmer named Oscar. He was conspicuously alert, intelligent, the kind of guy who thinks a hundred miles a minute and doesn't need much sleep. At night, he played poker. By day, he ran the IT infrastructure for Alex's erstwhile employer, which had mushroomed into a multimillion-dollar operation.
Over steaks, Mininno gave his pitch some torque. "Listen," he said, "if I'm here talking to you about your employer—if our little company can find this—it's only a matter of time before someone goes to the authorities." There were two options: Help the investigation before the company was busted and collect a slice of the settlement, or be interrogated later as the head geek of a fraudulent organization.
"I need some time to think about this," the programmer said.
"Take all the time you need."
A month later Mininno got a data file from Oscar. The numbers showed systematic gaming of Medicare reimbursement rules. One part of the scheme allegedly worked like this: Medicare pays a provider based on the number of visits to a patient's house in a 60-day period. If the provider makes up to nine visits, it gets reimbursed $2,200. For 10 visits or more, the provider gets an additional $2,200, because the case is assumed to be more severe and complex. A chart of visits per patient in 2007 showed that five times as many patients were getting 10 visits than were getting nine visits. When Medicare changed its rules in 2008 to set payment thresholds at six, 14, and 20 visits, the frequency distribution shifted dramatically to maximize revenue at the new thresholds. Jacking up the number of visits just to get over those thresholds is fraud, because the only legal basis for Medicare reimbursement is medical necessity—not profit maximization.
Meanwhile, Mininno was using the employment database to find nurses who could confirm they'd been instructed to visit each patient once a week, regardless of whether the patient needed those visits (or required more frequent visits). Ultimately, Mininno worked with a law firm, which filed a false-claims lawsuit against the company in the spring of 2012. The Department of Justice reviews such cases and triages through them, looking for cases with merit. After two years of bureaucratic review, a Department of Justice task force pulled a warrant for a raid in 2014, and the case is now grinding through the settlement process. Since 2012, Mininno and the lawyers he works with have filed around 40 lawsuits, which means more raids, prosecutions, and settlements are likely in the coming months and years.
Back at his office in a rented Victorian in New Jersey, Mininno is talking about snow days. His practice is expanding (he's currently searching for a data scientist with a public health background), and he's looking into potential new cases. His staff also includes a part-time private investigator, and he has software developers and statisticians on contract. One of the latter, Brandon Cosley, has written a query for Medicare claims during weather emergencies.
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On snow days, people usually reschedule nonemergency appointments. They stay in bed instead of driving to the doctor. Emergency rooms will see an uptick in visits because of car accidents and cardiac events triggered by snow shoveling, while regular doctors' offices will see a drop. But providers filing for phantom services make the same number of claims in the middle of Snowpocalypse as they do the day before and the week after. They bill as if the day was totally normal, even if it was not a normal day at all. If there's a hallmark of fraud, it's a lack of variability—the missing randomness of people and their bodies and behaviors. Fraud is algorithmic and invariable because it's optimizing revenue, not meeting human needs.
This is the kind of thinking—a sense for where billing patterns don't match the practice of medicine—that can differentiate legitimate providers from billing mills that are ripping off Medicare and, by extension, taxpayers. It's a marriage of convenience between the government and the bounty hunters, explains Patrick O'Connell, who headed up the Texas Medicaid fraud division from 1999 to 2007, before becoming a whistle-blower attorney. "The government has a tendency to not like whistle-blowers who are just in it for the money. They prefer someone pure," he says. But in reality the government can't afford pure. It doesn't have enough lawyers to take on the teams of $1,000-an-hour attorneys that big health care operations tend to hire. These lawsuits, he says, are "the greatest outsourcing program in American history."
A gigantic government operation is always going to be an appetizing target for skimmers, rule benders, and straight-up crooks. Data science is part of the answer. Lawyers are still necessary. But to extract the dirt from the data, you need to understand how human beings might be tempted to manipulate the truth—and where they fail to cover their tracks. There is no app for that.
J. C. Herz (@jcherz) is the author of Learning to Breathe Fire.
This article appears in the March 2016 issue.
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Q: Package update broke video drivers I use Kubuntu 17.04 (Zesty) on my laptop. Three days ago, my package manager notified me of a system upgrade, which I accepted with no second thought. The next time I booted my machine, my GUI tty7 wasn't working anymore (weirdly, the Kubuntu logo still displayed on boot/halt). This was the update that caused the problem, recovered from /var/log/apt/history.log:
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Remove: libcuda1-375:amd64 (375.66-0ubuntu0.17.04.1),
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        bbswitch-dkms:amd64 (0.8-4ubuntu1),
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Well, of course it was a NVidia driver problem, I thought. So I looked for some advice for recovering/reinstalling the drivers and tried some myself, using my available console ttys. According to the apt history.log again, the apt commands used were as listed below, together with some dpkg-reconfigure and similar commands.
apt-get install --reinstall kubuntu-desktop plasma-desktop plasma-desktop-data sddm xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-video-intel
apt-get install nvidia-prime:amd64=0.8.4
apt-get install bbswitch-dkms:amd64=0.8-4ubuntu1
apt-get install nvidia-opencl-icd-375
apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*
apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
apt-get install nvidia-common
apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core

Now I don't even have access to console ttys anymore, only Recovery Mode. Normal boot ends in a black screen with a single underscore on top-left corner, and the system responds to no input (Esc, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+D, Ctrl+Alt+F2, nothing).
How can I fix my system? Can I recover the system to the state it was prior to the breaking upgrade to keep my system settings? (Side question, is it normal for upgrades to break things? Should I avoid upgrading driver software? Feels like a security flaw not to upgrade).

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2014.04.25 - HardRockChick - Interviews at Revolver Golden Gods (Duff, Bumblefoot)
by Blackstar Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:08 pm
Short segments with Duff and Bumblefoot among other artists.
HardRockChick: Welcome to the sixth annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards I'm Hard Rock Chick for grammy.com.
Bumblefoot: I am a Grammy member. Yes!
HRC: So this is the first year that they've given a Music Educator Award.
Bumblefoot: I know, it's wonderful. [...] I'm a music educator as well, I am an adjunct professor at SUNY Purchase College teaching music production. I started teaching when I was about 13 and worked my way up.
Duff: I grew up in the school system of Seattle that had great music programs and... in the 70s, you know. And they were funded, great teachers, and my next-oldest brother came out of that too and became a music teacher. He's a music teacher here. [...] He got a Holland's Opus Award [?] like about seven years ago. And he's... I mean, I've seen him go through school and start teaching, he's taught the same school, raised money for the music program there kind of single-handedly, it's a public school [?] But he has one of the biggest jazz middle school programs in the country... my brother Matt.
HRC: I know your daughter is in a band.
Duff: She is, yeah [looks around for her]
HRC: What is something that maybe you taught her about being a musician that has helped her along her way?
Duff: It's really not even anything about music because music comes from your heart and from other places I can teach her. But it's about sticking to it and if you're going to have a band member like have communication and practice, practice more. And if you're gonna say you're going to be someplace and do gig, be at soundcheck at 5, be there at 5.
Re: 2014.04.25 - HardRockChick - Interviews at Revolver Golden Gods (Duff, Bumblefoot)
by Soulmonster Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:53 am
Just transcribed the GN'R related parts.
» 2014.06.01 - Artisan News - Revolver Golden Gods Black Carpet Special (Duff, Richard, Bumblefoot, DJ)
» 2014.04.21 - Blabbermouth - Duff McKagan To Join Guns N' Roses On Stage At Revolver Golden Gods Awards Show
» 2014.04.23 - Revolver Golden Gods - Nicolas Cage Presents Lifetime Achievement Award (Axl)
» 2012.04.11 - Revolver Golden Gods Awards - Interview with Slash
» 2013.05.02 - Horns Up Rocks! - Interview with Bumblefoot at Golden Gods Awards
» 34. 2014: END TO THE NUGNR ERA; BUMBLEFOOT CLANDESTINELY LEAVES THE BAND

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The Lawfare Podcast: America, China and the Tragedy of Great-Power Politics
By Jen Patja Howell
Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 5:01 AM
Jack Goldsmith sat down with John Mearsheimer, the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in the Political Science department at the University of Chicago, to discuss his recent article in Foreign Affairs, called "The Inevitable Rivalry: America, China, and the Tragedy of Great-Power Politics." In that essay, Mearsheimer argues that America's engagement with China following the Cold War, and its fostering of the rise of China's economic and thus military power, was the worst strategic blunder any country has made in recent history. They discussed why he thinks this, why he believes we currently are in a cold war with China that is more dangerous than the one with the Soviet Union, and what concretely the U.S. government should do now to check China's power.
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Essential travel information about this week's strikes on Northern Rail
With RMT union members at Northern Rail walking out again for two days this week how could your journey be affected?
RMT members at Northern Rail will begin further strike action for two days on Tuesday 3rd and Thursday 5th October in a dispute with the company over what the future role of train guards will be.
The row concerns the introduction of driver-only-operated trains, which the union says will make train journeys more dangerous. Northern Rail has not confirmed its plans for the introduction of these trains, but new rolling stock will be brought onto the network from 2018 that won't need conductors to open the doors.
Northern Rail operates services across Yorkshire and Derbyshire, providing connections to the North East and North West.
Revised timetable
Northern is expecting to operate around 46% of its normal services across the two strike days and some routes will have replacement buses. This amounts to around 1,200 services operating, which will run between 7am and 7pm, but some routes will start closing down earlier.
However, these will likely be very busy and the train operator is advising passengers to plan in extra time for their journeys and to avoid peak times if possible.
It has now issued a revised timetable for the strike period, which will be the same for both days of industrial action. These are the only Northern services that will operate.
This includes the routes between:
Leeds - York and Selby
Huddersfield - Wakefield
Barnsley - Huddersfield
Leeds - Manchester Victoria (Calder Valley)
Leeds - Barnsley - Sheffield
Leeds - Bradford Forster Square
Leeds - Castleford
Leeds - Doncaster
Leeds - Harrogate - York
Leeds and Bradford Forster Square - Skipton
Manchester - Buxton
Manchester - Hadfield
Sheffield - Hull
Sheffield - Retford
Details on the full revised timetables can be found on the Northern Rail website and passengers are advised to use the Journey Check site for up to date information on the day.
You can keep up to date with any further developments on our Facebook pages.
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Борис Адольфович Минкус (15 июня 1904, Одесса — 12 февраля 2004, Одесса) — украинский советский учёный в области холодильной техники и теплофизики. Доктор технических наук (1971), профессор (1974).

Биография
Родился в 1904 году в Одессе, в семье архитектора Адольфа Борисовича Минкуса и учительницы Клары Исааковны Штифельман. Племянник архитекторов Г. И. Штифельмана и Ф. А. Троупянского. Окончил 1-ю Одесскую гимназию и в 1921 году поступил на механический факультет Одесского индустриального института. С 1928 года работал в Одесском научно-исследовательском управлении, участвовал в сооружении энергетических и транспортных установок для промышленности, руководил проектированием оборудования для металлургических заводов. Преподавал на кафедре деталей машин в Одесском политехническом институте. С 1933 года — старший научный сотрудник в Украинском научно-исследовательском институте холодильной промышленности, где заведовал отделением автоматизации холодильных установок.

В годы Великой Отечественной войны был вместе с институтом в эвакуации, занимался использованием «глубокого холода» при производстве лекарственных препаратов из эндокринного сырья. По возвращении в Одессу в 1945 году защитил диссертацию кандидата технических наук под руководством С. Д. Левенсона и в том же году начал работать доцентом в Одесском технологическом институте холодильной промышленности. Диссертацию доктора технических наук по теме «Комбинированные теплоиспользующие холодильные машины» защитил в 1971 году и с 1974 года до конца жизни был профессором на кафедре холодильных машин в Одесском институте холодильной промышленности.

Основные научные труды в области использования вторичных ресурсов для холодильных и теплонасосных установок, пионер в разработке комбинированных теплоиспользующих холодильных машин. Автор изобретений в области холодильной техники.

Семья
 Жена (с 1952 года) — художница Раиса Эммануиловна Нудельман (1914—1995), сестра конструктора ракетной техники А. Э. Нудельмана.
 Брат — архитектор Михаил Адольфович Минкус. Сестра — Рахиль (Рика) Адольфовна Минкус (1907—1986), выпускница Музыкально-драматического института имени Бетховена по классу Б. М. Рейнгбальд, музыковед, поэтесса и переводчик поэзии на русский язык; была замужем за архитектором Соломоном Давидовичем Левитаном (1906—1982).
 Двоюродные братья — архитекторы Яков Осипович Рубанчик и Борис Фёдорович Троупянский (1906—1983) .

Публикации
 Г. Б. Гальперин, Б. А. Минкус. Промерзание грунтов под холодильниками. Одесса: Украинский научно-исследовательский холодильный институт, 1938. — 56 с.
 В. С. Мартыновский, Л. З. Мельцер, Б. А. Минкус. Холодильные машины. М.: Лёгкая и пищевая промышленность, 1982. — 223 с.

Литература
Борис Адольфович Минкус: Персоналия // Холодильная техника и технология. — Вып. 62. — 1999. — С. 34—35.

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Выпускники Ришельевской гимназии
Теплофизики СССР
Физики Украины
Персоналии:Теплотехника
Инженеры Украины
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Australia begins vaccine booster rollout as more curbs ease in Sydney
On Monday, Australia began delivering booster shots of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, as millions of residents in the country's largest city, Sydney, awoke to greater freedom amid an intensifying immunization blitz.
Australia's vaccination rate has increased significantly since July, when its southeast was hit by a third wave of infections caused by the extremely infectious Delta variety, necessitating months-long lockdowns.
Sydney and Melbourne, the country's two largest cities and the hardest hit by the Delta wave, have been rushing through their immunizations before gradually loosening restrictions. On Monday, life returned to normal in New South Wales, home to Sydney, as the state neared its goal of achieving 90 percent dual-dose vaccination coverage in adults over the age of 16.
"Customers appear to be upbeat and enthusiastic. They're flooding in, and they're not scared to spend "Rodney Sen, the owner of the Barzura restaurant in Sydney's eastern suburbs, agreed.
There are now no limits on the number of fully vaccinated guests at homes, while restaurants and entertainment venues can allow more patrons. Stadiums can operate at full capacity.
After more than 18 months of some of the world's strictest containment policies, border restrictions have started to ease, setting in motion a plan to reopen the country to travelers amid a gaping hole in the market for casual workers.
Sen told Reuters on Monday that the restaurant had increased its pay rates to retain and attract staff.
"The public have actually got the money to spend, however we are struggling to find the staff to serve them. This is a very familiar story in the restaurant industry through Sydney," he said.
With about 181,600 cases and 1,827 deaths, Australia's coronavirus numbers are among the lowest in the developed world.
Most new cases are being detected in Victoria, which logged 1,126 new cases on Monday. Neighbouring New South Wales reported 187 infections. Other states and territories are COVID-free or have very few cases.
The booster doses will be given to people 18 and over who took their second shot more than six months ago.
Ukraine to receive 120-140 tanks in 'first wave' of deliveries, according to a minister


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"Obstruction of performance" under Article 86(2) of the EC Treaty and its application to the water sector
Autore: Mohamad Mova Al Afghani
Tipo: International thesis/dissertation
Università: University of Bremen
Corso: Master Program in European and International Law
Relatore: Hagen Lichtenberg
The thesis attempts to define "Obstruction of performance" under Article 86(2) of the EC Treaty and how this category can be applied to the water industry. The thesis argued that Obstruction of performance has to be narrowly interpreted and necessity/proportionality of the measure has to be taken into account in order to invoke "Services of General Economic Interest" (SGEI) justification under the EC Treaty. Comparing with electricity and gas sector, it concludes that specific situations in the water industry may justify its exclusion from general EC Competition rule. Scenarios where "obstruction" in the water industry occurs were explored.
"Obstruction of performance" under Article 86(2) and its application to water sector 1. Introduction Provision of water and sewerage services has traditionally lies upon the responsibilty of the state for ages. Internal market integration and liberalisation processes so far had always exclude water sector from its agenda. Even until today, there has been no sectoral regulation adopted by the EU concerning liberalisation of water and sewerage services. The Parliament in its Resolution makes clear of its position that it rejects water being put in a sectoral directive due to its regional characteristics, but calls for "…without going as far as liberalisation, for water supply to be 'modernised' with economic principles in accordance with quality and environment standards and the needs of efficiency". 1 However, the Comission had shown its interest in liberalising water and sewerage service. 2 The annual turnover of the water sector in EU is estimated at 80 billion Euro, more than the turnover of the gas sector. The Commission has expressed concerns that horizontal and vertical restrictions from long term supply dealings "…may be harmful and contrary to EC law even where national law allows them". 3 In its internal market strategy for 2003-2006, water is listed as one of the area where" new action may be required", by reviewing legal and administrative situation in the water and waste-water sector, which include an analysis of the competition aspects. 4 In addition to the Commission's explicit and implicit practices, the pressure for liberalisation and 1 European Parliament resolution on the Green Paper on services of general interest (COM(2003) 270 — 2003/2152(INI)) P5_TA(2004)0018 Wednesday 14 January 2004 2 DG Comp, Study Contract NO. COMP/2002/E3/SI2.334052 on the application of the competition rules to the water sector in the European Community, December 2002. http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/publications/studies/water_sector_report.pdf 3 See Alexander Gee, "Competition and the water sector", Competition Policy Newsletter, DG. Comp, European Union, Number 2, Summer 2004. In addition to what Alexander Gee said, we shall see however, that in certain cases long term supply dealings can be justified 4 Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Internal Market Strategy - Priorities 2003-2006, COM/2003/0238 final 1
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It used to be that if you have prescription glasses, your only options were to wear a sunglass attachment or wear contacts and sunglasses. Now, you have the option of getting a pair of prescription sunglasses. And just like your prescription glasses, there are some things that you would want to consider when buying prescription sunglasses.
When getting sunglasses, its UV protection should be your primary concern. Just because the lenses are dark don't mean that it blocks UV rays. Whenever you wear dark lenses your eyes' pupils widen to allow more light in. This means that if your very dark sunglasses don't have proper UV protection, it can actually damage your eyes. Read the labels and if you're not sure, your eye-care specialist can help you. A good pair of prescription sunglasses should block 100 percent of UV rays.
High-Index – These lenses are popular as they are thin and light even for high prescriptions. This can help the sunglasses look more fashionable, especially when you have a strong prescription.
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Photochromic – These types of lens are also called "Transition Lenses" after the leading manufacturer: Transition Optical. They change from clear to dark in the presence of UV rays and can be quite convenient as you don't want separate prescription glasses and sunglasses.
Prescription sunglasses can have a variety of frames. And regardless of which frame you choose, you should pay close attention to how well they fit you, not just for fashion but also for comfort and protection.
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While it doesn't protect your eyes from harmful UV rays, polarized sunglasses do help care for your eyes by reducing the glare from reflective surfaces like water, snow, and sand. You no longer have to squint, which helps lessen eye strain and fatigue. Do note that it may make looking at digital devices like cell phones a bit difficult.
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155 mm. G. P. F. Rifle Now In Battery In Front of Widener.
A large 155 mm. G. P. F. rifle that is to be used in the Gunnery and Material Courses offered by the Department of Military Science and Tactics arrived in the Yard yesterday morning. It was put into firing position by the men of the regular army detachment on duty at Harvard and now rests "in battery" in front of the Widener Library. This rifle has been on hand for some time at the Commonwealth Armory, but was only recently ordered to the University. The motive power is furnished by one of the five-ton tractors that will be used by the Department in the instruction in Motor Traction to be given during the latter half of the first year's work in Military Science 1. Other equipment to be used in the Motor Traction course includes several trucks, two motorcycles with side cars, a passenger car, a large reconnaissance body mounted on a White one-ton chassis, and a complete artillery repair outfit, mounted on a Nash chassis, equipped with a power drill, small lathe, pneumatic riveter, oxyacetylene welder and cutter, and complete sets of tools.
The big gun in front of the Library is one of a type and calibre that proved themselves very efficient in the recent war. Throwing a projectile weighing around ninety-five pounds at a maximum muzzle velocity of twenty-three hundred and eighty feet per second it attains a maximum range of about seventeen thousand yards. It was the mainstay of the American and French armies in medium field rifles, and improvements in gun and projectile were being rapidly made when the armistices was signed.
The gun which sits at the southern end of University Hall is a 75 mm. American-made British, Model 1917. It is very much like the British 18 pounder, with the exception of the bore and the sighting apparatus, and is remarkably accurate. Along with this gun are some of the fire-control instruments to be used in the courses given at the University.


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The story follows Harry Mason, who wakes up after a car accident to find that his daughter Cheryl is missing. Harry will wander the snowy streets of Silent Hill searching for answers of her disappearance, but when the world freezes over, he will need to escape the lumbering demons that haunt his steps. Harry will need to navigate both worlds to discover the truth; not just about his missing daughter, but also the type of person he actually is.
Silent Hill's debut on the Nintendo Wii makes the fear more real than ever before. Players will be drawn into the mysterious town using the Wii Remote as a flashlight and a cellphone as they search for clues. Choices they make will shape Harry Mason, as well as the people he meets and the places he visits. The enemies evolve as well, taking the form of the player's deepest fears. Silent Hill promises to be more terrifying than ever.
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World reacts to notorious Swedish spy's death
News of Stig Bergling's death made global headlines on Thursday, and by the end of the day it was Twitter's 10th most trending topic in the world.
The death of the former Swedish security service officer-turned-KGB-Cold-War-spy grabbed international attention on Thursday, including the New York Times and the US's ABC News.
His death, first reported on Thursday by Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, was confirmed by Sweden's tax authority, Skatteverket, which records deaths. He died on January 24th. No cause was given.
In recent years, Bergling was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and lived under the name Eugene Sydholt at an elderly people's home in Stockholm.
The former Swedish intelligence service and military officer's career took him in 1969 to the national security service, now Säpo, but by the 1970s he was selling thousands of classified documents to the Soviet Union during the Cold War era.
He is known to have smuggled out a description of Swedish defence fortifications at the time.
That crime in particular, according to Sven-Åke Hjalmroth, Säpo's director between 1976-1987, caused Sweden great harm.
The former Swedish security service head compared Bergling to Sweden's most notorious spy, Stig Wennerström, an air force officer who spilled secrets to the Soviets for 15 years.
In March 1979, Bergling was arrested by Israeli security police and sentenced by a Swedish court to life in prison for aggravated espionage.
The former Swedish security officer gained in notoriety after escaping prison in 1987 — a major embarrassment for Sweden's liberal prison system which prompted the resignation of the justice minister.
He spent several years in the Soviet Union, Hungary and Lebanon before returning to Sweden in 1994. He served three more years in prison until his release in July 1997.


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Jesolo offers tons of fun for all ages, including games on the beach, amusement parks, sports and shopping. Learn about all the things to do in Jesolo and its surroundings to make your beach vacation an unforgettable experience for you and your family!
With the sea before it and the beautiful Venetian lagoon behind it, Jesolo is in a very favourable geographic position, and is close to countless attractions that are all within easy reach. Enchanting Venice is obviously first on the list of excursions just around the corner from Jesolo, but the hinterland also offers unrivaled cultural and scenic treasures that can't be missed.
Whilst on your seaside holiday, why should you have to miss out on your favourite sport? In Jesolo you can take it easy on the beach and then hit the putting green for a stimulating round of golf. Guests staying at the Hotel Cavalieri Palace get great reductions at the Jesolo and Caorle golf clubs, both of which are nearby and easy to get to. For even wider choice, don't forget the Alberoni Golf Club at the Venice Lido, which is in a stunning location that can be reached by ferry. It definitely deserves a visit for that alone.


Like most countries, Canada faces rising rates of diabetes and diabetic ESRD, which adversely affect cost, morbidity/mortality and quality of life. These trends raise great challenges for financial, human resource and facility planning and place a premium on understanding tradeoffs between different intervention strategies. We describe here our hybrid simulation model built to inform such efforts.
We propose an epidemic agent-based simulation model for disease (TB) transmission dynamics study and to find out the role of various contact networks. Our model simulates the TB epidemic course across a single population and uses a hierarchical network of contacts in three levels, typical to the transmission of airborne diseases (Mossong et al. 2005). Parameters are chosen from the literature, and the model is calibrated to a setting of high TB incidence. We use our model to study the transmission dynamics at an individual level with regard to the timing and distribution of secondary infections from a single source. The average time for disease diffusion to reach 50% of infections at an individual level is estimated, and the timing patterns are compared among different networks. We perform sensitivity analysis of results with regard to multiple parameter values, and discuss the implications for TB control policy.


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Amazon Prime adds free mobile game content to its perks, starting with PUBG Mobile
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Amazon today is introducing a new perk for Prime members: free mobile game content. The company, which already offers Twitch Prime benefits through its subsidiary, will now give its Prime members various in-game items for PUBG Mobile, the popular battle royale title from Tencent.
The items launching today include an exclusive Infiltrator Mask, Infiltrator Jacket, Infiltrator Pants, and Infiltrator Shoes to complete a Prime-exclusive set, plus the brand-new Blood Oath – Karabiner 98K and Black Magma Parachute.
These exclusive game items aren't just a one-off as part of a special deal between the retailer and Tencent, however.
Amazon says it will roll out new mobile gaming content on an ongoing basis, going forward, as part of the Prime membership program.
Upcoming partners will include the likes of EA, Moonton, Netmarble, Wargaming Mobile, and others, Amazon tells us.
"Now, no matter what platform you play on—whether console, PC, or mobile—there are Prime game benefits for you," said Ethan Evans, VP, Twitch Prime, in a statement. "We're starting with exclusive content for PUBG Mobile, one of the biggest mobile games in the world, and in the coming months, we'll roll out benefits for some of the most popular mobile games across many favorite genres."
Amazon's Twitch already offers a Prime benefit called Twitch Prime which offers a range of perks, like bonuses like channel subscriptions, access to select games and in-game loot, exclusive emoticons, Prime chat badges and more. And as of yesterday, it now includes the option to share select Twitch Prime loot with other non-Prime members on Twitch. However, its focus is more on PC and console gaming, not mobile.
This isn't the first time Amazon has pitched gaming perks to its Prime members. Several years ago, it ran a program called "Underground Actually Free" which offered customers free versions of Android apps that would typically cost money. That program, however, was more about luring Prime members to Amazon's Fire tablets. It shut down in 2017.
Today's mobile gaming perks instead seem to be just a better way for Amazon to leverage the relationships Twitch already has with PC and console game makers who have cross-platform titles that extend to mobile.
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At the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre 242 West 45th Street. The play opens October 13, 2011 thru January 15, 2012.
The play was first performed in London at a 65 seat Theatre 503 and the then went to play at the West End, Trafalgar Studios. It won an Olivier Award in 2010 for best new play. This was the first time an African American playwright had received the Olivier Award in it's 34 year history.
It was written by Katori Hall, who was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She was inspired by a family story about her mother. The play is directed by Kenny Leon who was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Director for "Fences" in 2010.
Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in over 100 films and was nominated for an Academy Award for "Pulp Fiction". He was an active participant in the Civil Rights Movement. Mr Jackson was an usher at Kings' funeral in Atlanta.
Angela Bassett was nominated for an Academy Award for "What's Love Got To Do With It" and won a Golden Globe Award for that role.
The Mountaintop is about what happened the night before Dr. King was killed on April 3, 1968. He was returning to his motel room 306 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis after giving renowned "I've been on a mountaintop" speech.
"Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. (applause) and I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promise land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promise land. (applause) And so I'm happy, tonight I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord." " Wikipedia"
The curtain is a photo of the Lorraine Motel.
Dr King (Samuel L. Jackson) is returning to his motel room in the pouring rain. He tells an aid to get him a pack of Pall Malls. Pacing back forth in his room he is trying to put together a new speech he plans to give.
Calling room service for a cup of coffee he finds out there is no more room service. However a few minutes later Camae (Angela Bassett) a maid from the motel comes up with coffee compliments of the people in the restaurant.
Martin flirts with her. She shares her Pall Mall's and alcohol with him. Pouring it into his coffee.
Every time the lighting goes off Martin jumps, fearing it might me a gunshot. Camae lays her hands on his face trying to soothe him. She addresses him by the name Michael. He asks her how does she knows his birth name. Screaming has she been sent there to set him up like so many other times before.
Up to this point it's believable about what might have transpired the night before he died. But we find out that Camae is an angel coming to get Dr. King, of course he doesn't want to go. Who's to take over for him, he has so much to do. She says "Jesse" will take over. He wants to talk to God. She calls her telling the person on the phone to have her call on her cell phone. Martin gets to talk to God but she won't listen. It was funny, but does not add credibility to the story.
Dr. King asks Camae to show him what happens in the future. His visions are always cloudy. The stage pulls back and you see visions of that happens in the future. Camae speech is like speed dial it goes so rapid. She leave Dr. King as he recites about the Promise Land and now that the baton has dropped will someone out there pick it up. When he finishes his speech he say's can I get an Amen. The audience responds with an Amen. Camae come back dressed like an angel and escorts Dr. King out.
Samuel is especially good when he quotes Dr Kings speeches. When he does the speech at the end about the Promise Land he brought tears to my eyes. He was so convincing he was Dr. King. For his first time on Broadway he did a great job.
Angela is spunky as the Maid/Angel with her sassy mouth. Her moves and gesture add to the character. She awesome in the role.
The set is not fancy but it's just a motel and come across as such. The fun part is the pouring rain outside. When the door is opened you see the balcony and the pouring rain. The thunder and snow storm also add to the set. David Gallo is the Set and Projection Designer.
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Q: Bring Git branches in sync We have a Master branch and a Develop branch for our repo. We are supposed to check-in (commit, push) to our Develop branch and then merge that with our Master branch. Then a build is run for the Master branch. I pushed my changes directly to Master (then tagged it), putting Master multiple commits ahead of Develop and now want to bring Develop in sync with Master. What is the best practice to do this? I use GitExtensions and Visual Studio 2015 (am ok doing the operation in either). Do I 'push' Master into Develop or do a check out of remote branch Master and merge with my local?

A: I would find it most clear to just check out both branches locally, merge in the changes from your local master to your local develop. Then push your local develop to remote.

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Martha Lane Fox co-founded Europe's largest travel and leisure website lastminute.com with Brent Hoberman in 1998, they took it public in 2000 and sold it in 2005. Martha was appointed a crossbench peer in the House of Lords in March 2013. She is currently chair of Go On UK, a coalition of public and private sector partners that are helping millions more people and organisations online. In March 2014 she was appointed Chancellor of the Open University. Martha co- founded and chairs LuckyVoice, revolutionising the karaoke industry. She chairs MakieLab and Founders Forum for Good. She is a Non-Executive Director at Marks & Spencer and the Women's Prize for Fiction. In 2007 Martha founded her own charitable foundation Antigone.org.uk and also serves as a Patron of AbilityNet, Reprieve, Camfed and Just for Kids Law. In 2013 Martha was awarded a CBE.
1. What is the most important ethical lesson you have learned (either personally or professionally)?
I think a key lesson is that we vastly overcomplicate things. Being a good person is the same whether in business or with friends, whether in the boardroom or the dining room. It's about consistent values such as honesty and directness. It may sound simplistic, but this straightforward approach takes away a lot of complexity and targets what really matters. Making a fortune has never been an endgame for me. I love difficult, knotty problems – feeling my brain on fire. Surprising as it may sound, sometimes I feel I can get the most done in government. The important focus is on trying to change things for the better not just commercial objectives. I believe in government, especially in support and welfare networks for people in need and in trying to level the playing field. Digital is a critical tool toward this end. Government also has huge levers to shift behaviors and modify the fabric of society.
2. What is the most shocking corporate ethics matter you have seen in the news recently? Non-profit sector? Why?
I find things less shocking than I used to, but banks still seem to be behaving unethically. It isn't every single bank or every aspect of banks or of any single bank. I think it is in part due to an unpleasant phenomenon of gender imbalance and aggressive and excessive interest in wealth creation coupled with excessive risk-taking. I would have thought that the massive scale of the fallout from the financial crisis would have stomped out much of this. I would have expected more new business models in response to the crisis that don't seem to have emerged.
I am shocked about climate change. For example, many of the deniers are bright, well-respected individuals that pick away at the science rather than doing something about it. Corporate behavior such as the BP oil spill and over-fishing also reflects the short-termism. The Blue Marine Foundation that my partner Chris Gorell Barnes co-founded (and serves as a trustee) has done wonderful work to address solutions to the marine crisis through public-private partnerships. They have made a highly acclaimed film on over fishing called The End of the Line.
Politicians…in general they are ever the same. I do think the Scottish referendum is a critical ethics message. We should think long and hard about how they achieved such a voter turnout (campaigning, the subject and message, leadership…) and how to address the result.
Finally, I am somewhat shocked that some of the young technology billionaires are not more focused on social challenges. It's not enough to support other entrepreneurs through angel investing or venture capital, or to pursue the next hundred million.
3. What do you see as the opportunities for the corporate sector and non-profit sector to collaborate in raising the bar in ethical matters?
Collaboration is 100% a must. When we [Brent Hoberman and I] co-founded Lastminute.com, I thought about doing good as something on the side. I was involved with a charity called Reprieve, and we would hold board meetings at the Lastminute.com office. Now if we were to found a company, I'm sure Brent would agree that we would integrate a sense of social justice into the heart of the company from the beginning. The world has shifted. It's the noise in the ether, particularly around sustainability. There are more examples than ever before such as Unilever or Danone's work with farmers in Africa.
The technology phenomenon exerts great pressure to change in this positive direction. It forces organizations to open up and be more transparent. Social media pressure prevents hiding. Global leaders' messages trickle down. Companies must be more reactive and customer-focused because customers and the public are demanding this, again in part through social media and consumer choice. Marks and Spencer [where Baroness Lane Fox sits on the board] leads in embedding ethical behavior in the business model.
The positive consequences are tangible. Recently I read about 12 states in the US legislating a living wage, and the productivity increase was astonishing.
4. What are the most effective strategies for mitigating risk of unethical behavior in your organization?
At M&S we have something called Plan A (a combination of ethical oversight and environmental sustainability) that is very embedded. Previously it was a corporate social responsibility department, but now there is a separate Plan A department, Plan A efforts around the company, and a separate sustainability board that I serve on that reports directly to the main board. The critical feature is the reporting lines: the Plan A board reports to the main board (including the audit committee). This means that the oversight for Plan A is by the full board and by the audit committee. Sustainability and ethics is considered a risk that is closely followed just like financial and other corporate risks. Also, all of the executive team members have sustainability as a review point in their performance evaluations that links to compensation.
In the Cabinet Office, the government digital service department (Government Digital Service or GDS, established as a result of Baroness Lane Fox's report "Directgov 2010 and beyond: revolution not evolution"]) has a strong series of values around how GDS will behave. There are core principles, starting with listening to the user and improving negotiation techniques to protect citizens from waste. These principles are embedded in that department, as well as in how GDS relates to other departments. Start with the user is the starting point!
5. What are your strategies for ensuring ethical policies and standards flow down through all levels of the organizing and to all stakeholders?
There are a lot of different elements. Most importantly, it comes from the top. You have to have a sort of positive mini-dictator who establishes clear guidelines and moral leadership. At M&S, culture goes back to the early days when the company looked after staff and customers, and then moved on to the supply chain. It protects the brand and helps reach other company targets. People really care. We have measurable feedback from customers that the ethical business model matters; people want to work at M&S because of its ethical culture; and partners must sign up to stringent ethical commitments in order to become a M&S partner.
6. Are there areas you think regulation should be more extensive in regulating corporate ethics? Non-profit sector ethics?
Regulation can help with some things, especially transparency and accountability. For example, government could force companies to publish more data. I'm generally a fan of regulation without it being too cumbersome, but it's only one piece of ethical oversight. But government needs to start with itself too. The Government Digital Service I referred to earlier does a great job of that. They put everything out there – the good, the not so good, and the ugly.
7. Should culture be an important contextual element in ethics analysis? What is unique about the ethical culture and environment in your country that should be taken into consideration?
There's no way around it. There are degrees of ethical culture and leadership or a spectrum ranging from actively seeking to enforce the highest standards of ethical behavior to barely complying with law. It all comes down to leadership.
8. Do you think globally applicable ethics principles and practices are possible? Desirable?
Yes I do think globally applicable ethical standards are possible. There are nuances, but fundamentals of human rights exist. There are irrefutably right ways to behave like prohibiting child labor and addressing environmental responsibility.
9. What is the biggest mistake people make in making decisions around ethical issues?
Dodging responsibility. Not putting ethics on the table, perhaps because the immediate gain (financial or other) is not obvious. But this kind of short-termism fails. You can't escape it. I will never forget a story from when I was much younger. My father is a professor at New College, Oxford. I always admired the huge long wooden tables in a sort of dining area. I remember asking one of the porters or persons in charge of maintaining them how they looked after these beautiful tables year after year. The answer was that hundreds of years ago when the tables were first installed a forest was planted nearby the College so that there would always be enough wood to replace them. Are we doing that today – giving more than we take?
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NATO Summit revealed members' divergent attitude to Afghanistan
The NATO member states' leaders met on May 25 in Brussels to discuss the military organization's challenges, with the Afghanistan issue being one of the tops on the agenda of the meeting.
A day before the Brussels summit, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in a press conference had said that the organization's commanders serving in Afghanistan were calling for further troops to be sent to Afghanistan. However, when the summit concluded, the leaders stated that the final decision about whether to increase military personnel or keep the present number in the Afghan territories will be made next month, giving rise to the expert suggestions that not only the leaders of the oldest military alliance in the world are still far from a consensus on a military strategy in the war-torn country but also in some important cases like deployment of more troops they are hit by deep differences.
What does make NATO members divided over Afghanistan?
NATO, with its 13,000 combat personnel, ended its combat mission in Afghanistan on January 1, 2015. Since then, it has been training and advising the Afghan security forces and army as they are facing the big challenge of Taliban militant group. Among the 39 nations sending forces to the NATO mission to Afghanistan, the US, Germany, and Italy has the largest representation. The US, particularly since President Donald Trump assumed office early this year, has pressed for increase of the NATO forces in Afghanistan. But some other influential NATO members such as Germany came against Washington's calls. Berlin leaders plainly said that the military alliance does not need to expand its personnel and mission in Afghanistan.
On the other side, General John William Nicholson, who has commanded the US forces in Afghanistan and the NATO Resolute Support Mission, on February 10 told the Senate Armed Service Committee that NATO needed about 5,000 additional troops so that it could break the "stalemate" in Afghanistan.
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The world expected the NATO summit to come out with a decision for dispatching further forces to Afghanistan mission, but the secretary general had told the media a day before the summit that his organization was assessing the calls for more troops to Afghanistan and NATO will make up its mind on the issue in the coming month.
The analysts translate the delay as a sign echoing the NATO members' differences over deploying further troops into Afghanistan. This suggestion is supported by the earlier comments of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel who insisted that Berlin did not eye more personnel to NATO Afghanistan mission.
Has NATO Afghanistan mission been successful?
The NATO boasts that despite activities of over 20 terrorist factions in Afghanistan, it has prevented Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for the terrorists again. Canada Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan lauded the NATO's work in Afghanistan as "successful", insisting on continuation of what he called supporting the Afghanistan people.
Despite many NATO claims about success of their combat duty in Afghanistan, the country's dire conditions prove the case differently. At the present time, a vast part of the Afghan territories is seized by insurgent groups which have been fighting the Kabul government since its foundation in early 2000s. In practice, the Afghanistan government has a limited control on the border areas, especially on the northern areas of the country. BBC in a report cited NATO and American commanders operating in Afghanistan as saying that the central government rules only over 62 percent of Afghanistan's population and 57 percent of its territories. If this information is valid, the NATO cannot defend its record and performance in Afghanistan after nearly 16 years of war and bloodshed.
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Furthermore, the demands by some states like the US and Britain for increasing NATO forces more than any other thing signal failure of the Afghanistan mission in particular in past few years.
Since conclusion of the combat operation in January 2015, the NATO was supposed to only undertake a training and consultation mission to help the Afghan security forces stand on their foot as part of the Resolute Support Mission. However, NATO does not appear to want to only train and advise, rather, it will possibly see return to the combat operations just like the initial years of war, proving that the Western military bloc does not stick to its post-combat plans.
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FPX releases 'large-scale' PEA for Baptiste, shares up
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[Fellow]FPX releases 'large-scale' PEA for Baptiste, shares up
[ferro-alloys.com]FPX Nickel has released the results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Baptiste nickel project within the company's Decar nickel district, which, according to Martin Turenne, the company's president and CEO, "establishes Baptiste as a premier large-scale nickel project."
The study suggests a 35-year, 120,000 t/d open-pit operation with an on-site magnetic separation and flotation processing plant. The mine would churn out an average of 99 million lb. of nickel each year, in ferronickel briquettes, at all-in sustaining costs of $3.12 per lb. of nickel. The briquettes are expected to be sold directly to producers of stainless steel, at 98% of the London Metal Exchange nickel price.
Based on a pre-production capital cost estimate of $1.67 billion, and a long-term nickel price of $7.75 per lb., the after-tax net present value estimate for the development comes in at $1.72 billion, at an 8% discount rate, with an 18.3% internal rate of return and a four-year payback period.
In the press release, Turenne also highlighted the unique advantages of the Baptiste project in the nickel development space.
"With its proximity to zero-carbon hydroelectric power, the fact that its nickel product can bypass smelters for direct sale to end users, and the carbon-absorbing properties of the Baptiste host rock, the project is well positioned to address the growing market demand for environmentally sustainable nickel production."
The processing flowsheet developed for the PEA includes traditional grinding, magnetic separation and flotation to generate a nickel concentrate, grading 63% nickel. This concentrate would then be dewatered, filtered and briquetted into a saleable ferronickel product, made up of 60% to 65% nickel and 30% to 32% iron. The flotation would also generate magnetite-rich tailings, with further sale potential.
The briquettes (with an estimated output of 200 tonnes per day) would be trucked to a new, off-site rail transfer facility, nearby an existing rail line. The railcars would then transport briquettes to the Prince Rupert port terminal, for delivery to Asian ports.
Based on this latest study, FPX has identified opportunities to optimize the project economics. These include potential applications of the nickel-cobalt Baptiste flotation concentrate in the electric vehicle battery market, sale of the iron-rich by-product, additional resource growth as well as carbon sequestration options (FPX started field tests earlier this month).
Along with the economic assessment, the company has also provided an updated resource for Baptiste. Indicated resources stand at 2 billion tonnes, grading 0.122% DTR (Davis tube recoverable) nickel, for a total of 2.4 million tonnes of nickel, with a further 592.9 million inferred tonnes, at 0.114% DTR nickel, containing a further 675,895 tonnes of nickel. These resources are based on a 0.06% nickel cut-off grade.
The current resource model covers approximately 3 km of strike, is 150 metres to 1,080 metres wide and extends down to a depth of 540 metres; with an average of 12 metres of overburden. The deposit remains open for expansion.
The Decar nickel project covers approximately 245 sq. km and lies 90 km northwest of Fort St. James in central B.C. The property features nickel mineralization within awaruite, a nickel-iron alloy.
Midday Wednesday, FPX's stock was up 9% on the TSXV. The company has a C$137 million market capitalization.
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Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV) COO Guy Chiarello Sells 1,063 Shares
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV – Get Rating) COO Guy Chiarello sold 1,063 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, January 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $105.03, for a total value of $111,646.89. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 201,623 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,176,463.69. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.
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On Wednesday, January 18th, Guy Chiarello sold 2,937 shares of Fiserv stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.03, for a total value of $308,473.11.
On Tuesday, November 1st, Guy Chiarello sold 4,550 shares of Fiserv stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.30, for a total value of $470,015.00.
Fiserv Stock Down 1.7 %
Fiserv stock opened at $103.71 on Wednesday. Fiserv, Inc. has a twelve month low of $87.03 and a twelve month high of $110.94. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $101.51 and a two-hundred day moving average of $101.23. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67. The stock has a market capitalization of $65.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.51, a PEG ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 0.87.
Fiserv (NASDAQ:FISV – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 27th. The business services provider reported $1.63 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.70 by ($0.07). Fiserv had a return on equity of 12.74% and a net margin of 11.98%. The company had revenue of $4.27 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.27 billion. As a group, research analysts expect that Fiserv, Inc. will post 6.49 earnings per share for the current year.
Several equities research analysts have weighed in on FISV shares. Atlantic Securities downgraded Fiserv from an "overweight" rating to a "neutral" rating and cut their price target for the stock from $130.00 to $105.00 in a report on Wednesday, October 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on Fiserv from $123.00 to $105.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 9th. Moffett Nathanson dropped their price objective on Fiserv to $140.00 in a report on Tuesday, November 1st. William Blair reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Fiserv in a report on Thursday, October 27th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company downgraded Fiserv from an "equal weight" rating to an "underweight" rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $106.00 to $101.00 in a report on Monday, January 9th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $120.70.
Institutional Trading of Fiserv
Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Fiserv by 71.9% during the 2nd quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 306 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 128 shares in the last quarter. Legacy CG LLC purchased a new position in shares of Fiserv during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Colonial Trust Advisors purchased a new position in shares of Fiserv during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $28,000. MV Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Fiserv by 58.8% during the 3rd quarter. MV Capital Management Inc. now owns 308 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 114 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Goodman Advisory Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Fiserv during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $35,000. 88.79% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Fiserv Company Profile
Fiserv, Inc engages in the provision of financial services technology. It operates through the following segments: Merchant Acceptance, Financial Technology, and Payments and Network. The Merchant Acceptance segment provides commerce enabling solutions and serves merchants of all sizes around the world.
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The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Has $581,000 Holdings in International Game Technology PLC (NYSE:IGT)
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Sells 2,693 Shares of Sotera Health (NYSE:SHC)
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Has $570,000 Stock Position in Mplx Lp (NYSE:MPLX)
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Takes $590,000 Position in Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLRX)
Barnes Group Inc. (NYSE:B) Shares Sold by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company