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The Midland Country Road Commission received $959,000 of federal stimulus money and used it to put asphalt overlay on 17 miles of Midland County primary roads. |
A Jan. 17 editorial stated stimulus road money had little effect on local employment. I disagree. When the pavers went by my farm there were a sweeper, tar truck, six asphalt trucks, two men on the paver, and two rollers from the asphalt contractor. Then a four-man Road Commission crew put gravel in the driveway to bri... |
In addition, people at the asphalt plant, gravel pit, sand pit, liquid asphalt plant in Detroit and the truck drivers that transported the material for this project had jobs. |
Since this was an overlay, these roads now have about five inches of asphalt and should last for years. The Midland County Road Commission did a good job of getting this money and spending it wisely. |
Tue., Sept. 27, 2016, 6:45 p.m. |
CHASKA, Minn. – Davis Love III said he was only trying to illustrate why his U.S. team should play with more swagger in the Ryder Cup. His comments wound up providing plenty of fodder for the Europeans, and perhaps a little extra motivation they didn’t even need. |
That’s what Love said in a radio interview last week. Rory McIlroy seized on it last weekend, joking that the Americans at least had the best Ryder Cup Task Force ever assembled. He couldn’t help but mention it again on Tuesday before the first practice session at Hazeltine. |
“Whenever we are going up against one of the greatest teams ever assembled, that’s motivation enough,” McIlroy said. |
Adding to the bulletin-board material was NBC Sports analyst Johnny Miller saying Europe had the worst team he had seen in years, particularly with six rookies. |
Europe has won eight of the last 10 times in the Ryder Cup dating to 1995, and while there are six players who have never experienced the emotions and pressure of the Ryder Cup, only four Europeans on the team know the feeling of losing. |
Love said the conversation on SiriusXM Radio last Friday was “misconstrued.” He said a Canadian caller had said the Americans needed to play with more swagger, and Love agreed with him. He said the host asked what he would tell his team. |
“And I said: ‘I would tell my team they’re the best team ever assembled. Let’s go out and show off and play and have fun,’ ” Love said. |
It didn’t quite come out that way. |
European captain Darren Clarke said he didn’t need to post anything on the walls of the team room. His players heard the comment, some of them laughed about it, none appear to have forgotten. Clarke seemed more defensive about Miller’s comments. |
Based on the how Europe practiced on Tuesday, it appears that Clarke is blending experience with rookies. He had Martin Kaymer and Lee Westwood with rookies Rafa Cabrera Bello and Willett; Stenson and Rose with rookies Matt Fitzpatrick and Thomas Pieters; and McIlroy and Garcia with rookies Chris Wood and Andy Sullivan... |
The Americans are back to their “pod” system that Paul Azinger used in a rare victory in 2008 and Love modified in 2012. Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar were in one group; Phil Mickelson, Zach Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker were in another. Both groups featured previous partnerships... |
Neither side really needs any motivation, though Spieth suggested the most powerful type. |
“We’re tired of being told we haven’t won,” he said. |
Love said he brought Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, to speak to his team on Monday night. Clarke countered with Paul O’Connell, the recently retired Irish rugby star. The message Clarke wants to deliver this week is for Europe to stand shoulder to shoulder. |
Love had the Americans on the verge of victory at Medinah, leading 10-6 going into the final session until they were overwhelmed by Europe and lost again. Only five players were on that 2012 team – Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Snedeker and Kuchar. |
Best ever assembled? He won’t know that until someone is holding the gold cup on Sunday. |
Published: Sept. 27, 2016, 6:45 p.m. |
Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray has been found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the king of pop. |
The verdict was read to the court at about 4:15 p.m. and each juror affirmed their vote. During the brief process Murray sat emotionless. |
A muffled scream could be heard in the background as the verdict was read. |
Murray went on trial on Sept. 27, in what was one of the most sensational trials since O.J. Simpson was accused of murder. |
Michael Jackson’s lifeless body lies on a hospital gurney on June 25, 2009. It was introduced at trial today by the prosecution. Warning some may find the photo disturbing. Click photo to enlarge. |
Murray now faces up to four years in prison and the likely loss of his medical license. He has the right to appeal the verdict, however. |
The prosecutor’s case was on target for most of the trial. |
Los Angeles deputy district attorney David Walgren opened his case by showing a photo of Jackson dead, lying on a hospital gurney. |
The 50-year-old singer suffered cardiac arrest from acute intoxication by the drug propofol, a powerful anesthetic rarely used outside of a hospital. |
Murray was Jackson’s supervising physician and was present when the singer died in June 2009. Murray has acknowledged administering the drug to Jackson to help him sleep. |
But the defense maintains that Jackson gave himself the fatal dose of the drug while he was out of the room. |
The King of Pop’s fans and Dr Murray’s supporters (yes, he has some) were on hand outside the courthouse in what look like a sports rally. |
They were waving placards and banners, while the Jackson family made their way into court. |
“Michael Jackson’s death was a homicide,” Walgren said in his opening statements. |
But defense attorney Ed Chernoff maintained that Jackson caused his own death. |
Chernoff outlining the defense’s strategy to create reasonable doubt in the minds of jurors, argued that evidence will show the singer swallowed eight, 2-mg pills of Lorazepam, a powerful sedative and and injected himself with propofol. |
To the contrary, “Dr Murray’s repeated incompetent and unskilled acts that led to Michael Jackson’s death on June 25 2009,” Walgren said. |
CYBER WORK: Government got busy Tuesday on cybersecurity, seeking both to deal with the cyberattacks that have already occurred — and strengthen defenses against the next one. |
— Anthem/OCR settlement: The Office for Civil Rights reached its largest-ever settlement — $16 million — with insurance giant Anthem, stemming from the cyberattack the company faced in 2015. The attack, believed to be instigated by a foreign government (possibly China), resulted in the breach of nearly 79 million patie... |
The fine is potentially a bellwether for future actions in other big hack attacks, indicated privacy lawyer Matt Fisher of Mirick O’Connell. “As with some of the other recent settlements, OCR seems to be going for a headline with an eye catching settlement figure,” he continued, noting that the fine was not particularl... |
We’ve covered the office’s pace of enforcement actions previously, and the huge fine changes the picture in some significant ways. On one hand, the office has now taken in nearly $24 million in fines for data breaches this year — roughly the same pace as the last year of the Obama administration. On the other hand, the... |
— FDA, DHS ink agreement: FDA and the Department of Homeland Security inked a memorandum of agreement to help coordinate cybersecurity defenses for medical devices. DHS’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center will be responsible for coordinating and disseminating information among FDA, medical de... |
Of course, FDA is increasingly interested in defending networked medical devices, which are potential points of entry for actors. The agency forced a recall of St. Jude’s cardiac devices last year; last week, FDA approved a software update for a set of Medtronic cardiac devices. |
WEDNESDAY: Your correspondent is back in Washington, D.C. and trying to get his bearings. Anything he missed? Drop him a line at dtahir@politico.com. Discuss matters health IT-related at @arthurallen202, @dariustahir, @ravindranize, @POLITICOPro and @Morning_eHealth. |
GONZO BUCKS FOR OBAMA ALUMS’ STARTUP: Devoted Health, a startup counting a deep bench of Obama administration and athenahealth alums, has raised $300 million and will launch Medicare Advantage plans in eight Florida counties. |
The company — led by CEO Ed Park, formerly an athenahealth executive; his brother Todd Park, formerly US Chief Technology Officer; and former White House chief data scientist DJ Patil — bills itself as a “payvidor,” a company that would blend payor and provider roles. It aims to partner with quality doctors and hospita... |
Accordingly, there’s a lot of coverage and thoughts floating about the internet. Here’s Venrock’s blog post touting the investment; here’s Devoted’s; here’s Andreessen Horowitz’. Forbes has an article. |
The concept animating Devoted has been propelling a few other startups; Cityblock Health is aiming to open “neighborhood hubs” offering services to address the social determinants of health and primary care to the “dual eligible” population covered by both Medicare and Medicaid. And Oscar Health has been expanding into... |
Your correspondent is sure each of these companies would tout a special sauce that makes them a bit better than their peers — they’re welcome to make their case in his inbox if they’d like. Clearly the startup part of the health care sector is thinking similarly: about how to blend in-person services with souped-up tec... |
BILLIONAIRES’ BIO CLUB: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Gates Foundation announced the soft launch of a new tool called IDseq — an open source, cloud-based platform that would allow scientists and health workers anywhere in the world to detect and track emerging infectious diseases before they turn into epidemic... |
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, in 2016 pledged to invest $3 billion over the next decade to fight disease, plus $600 million to establish the Biohub research center. Read a more detailed explanation about what IDseq could do here in The Atlantic. |
WHITE HOUSE TOUTS HEALTH DEREGULATIONS: A senior administration official says HHS’s efforts to reduce paperwork burdens can have big benefits for the public. In a call previewing the government’s unified agenda — a blueprint describing the government’s regulatory and deregulatory aspirations — the official said HHS’s i... |
Of course, not all of these initiatives have been popular — take, as we’ve previously covered, CMS’s proposal to reform E&M codes, which got a stormy reception from doctors’ groups concerned it would unduly cut their pay. HHS’s changes to quality measurements have been somewhat more warmly received. |
— New security risk tool: The office rolled out a new security risk assessment tool Tuesday, which you can access here. It’s built to help users assess the security picture at their organization, and the newest version offers more detailed reports. |
— Comments closing: The office’s request for information on the EHR reporting program is closing today at 5 p.m. As of this newsletter’s writing, comments were still only trickling in – around 11 on regulations.gov. We spy comments from the American Psychiatric Association (which wants less reporting, and also seamless... |
Comments from the Pew Charitable Trusts – which for whatever reason haven’t hit the government’s website as of this writing — focus on making sure the reporting program’s burdens don’t hit the end user. They also advocate for making sure that reporting programs’ basis for calculations — e.g. what percentage of patients... |
— HITAC meeting: A virtual meeting for ONC’s Health IT Advisory Committee this morning. The meeting will cover interoperability standards and the committee’s annual report, among other subjects. |
IN THE STATES: Ohio’s Democratic candidate for governor, Richard Cordray, is touting himself as tough on crime when it comes to the opioid crisis, notes Vox’s German Lopez. A law enforcement push might make use of the state’s prescription drug monitoring program; historically, according to your correspondent’s analysis... |
For example, in 2015, law enforcement queried the prescription database around 60,000 times — more than four times more neighboring Michigan that year, but substantially less than one of its other neighbors, Indiana, which received just more than 93,000 queries from law enforcement. |
OTHER CONTROVERSIES: Respected science journo Carl Zimmer explains why some of the calculations about the controversial Elizabeth Warren DNA ancestry test are using some fuzzy numbers to mislead. |
Video visits look like a bust, concludes one observer. |
A New York Times opinion piece concludes that regulating big breaches is pretty difficult. |
A Chinese hospital is using facial scans to register patients. |
The Heritage Irish Stepdancers present two family-friendly performances of “The Black Sheep” featuring Irish dance, storytelling, puppets and music. The first show begins at 3 p.m. March 15 at the Broomfield Auditorium, 3 Community Park Road in Broomfield. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door; visit brownpaperti... |
Shannon Briggs, two-time Heavyweight World Champion gets up to show off his physique during a press conference with former boxer Chris Byrd and challenger Fres Oquendo at Hard Rock Live to promote their fight on June 3. |
Fres Oquendo, three-time heavyweight title challenger, and his promoter Bobby Hitz of Hitz Boxing, attend a press conference to announce his upcoming WBA title fight against two-time Heavyweight World Champion Shannon Briggs. The fight will be held at Hard Rock Live on June 3. |
Two-time Heavyweight World Champion Shannon Briggs and three-time title challenger Fres Oquendo will battle it out for the WBA Championship at Hard Rock Live on June 3. |
Australian developer Halfbrick has received government funding for its new Sydney studio. The Fruit Ninja developer will be one of several Australian high tech companies taking advantage of the $3 million New South Wales Interactive Media Fund. |
According to a government-issued press release, Halfbrick’s Sydney studio will be working on a new iteration of the Fruit Ninja franchise. Halfbrick has recently brought Fruit Ninja to Facebook as Fruit Ninja Frenzy, released a new game called Jetpack Joyride, created a Fruit Ninja spin off to promote DreamWorks’ Puss ... |
According to our AppData traffic tracking service for social games and developers, Halfbrick’s mobile offerings outside its core Fruit Ninja franchise have been in decline. While Fruit Ninja is still the #4 paid app and the #20 top grossing app, Fruit Ninja: Puss in Boots has fallen to the #166 spot on the top grossing... |
If your rising company needs money to grow, and sufficient venture capital or private equity isn't available -- at least on terms you are willing to pay -- an initial public offering on London's international market for small-cap companies, the Alternative Investment Market, or AIM, could be the right strategic move. |
AIM provides growing companies a flourishing marketplace and access to London's deep pool of international investment capital, the largest in Europe and second only to New York. Owned and regulated by the London Stock Exchange, AIM gives companies entry to a public market at an early stage in their development with str... |
In recent years AIM has expanded rapidly. From 10 companies listed when AIM was founded in 1995, the market has grown to more than 1,200 companies listed today. In 2004, 335 new companies were listed on AIM, more than double the number in 2003. The market value of AIM companies is now more than $71 billion. And AIM has... |
AIM seeks to attract in particular companies whose businesses are intrinsically international, no matter where they may be incorporated or headquartered. This includes companies in the technology, gaming, natural resources and life sciences sectors. San Diego's pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies should take not... |
Instead, all AIM applicants must be sponsored by (and retain at all times) a nominated adviser, or "nomad," selected from a list of corporate finance and accounting firms approved by the London Stock Exchange, a list that includes many of the world's largest investment banks such as Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Citigroup ... |
Prepare an admission document containing information to enable investors to understand the company and its activities, including detailed financial information and projections. Details are also required of all directors, major shareholders and senior managers. The company's directors are responsible for ensuring that t... |
Appoint a securities firm that is a member of the London Stock Exchange as the company's stockbroker for the initial offering on AIM and subsequent trading in the after-market. The broker assesses market conditions and the level of interest in the company's shares, advises on pricing, prepares and accompanies the compa... |
At the end of June, there were 18 U.S. companies on AIM, up from eight two years ago. Spread across a range of sectors and including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, natural resources and a variety of technology and services companies, their combined market value on AIM was nearly $1.4 billion. If your company is seeking... |
Kaplan practices corporate, financial and international business law in San Diego and is counsel to Goode, Hemme, Peterson & Sayler. He formerly practiced in London. Send comments to editor@sddt.com. All comments are forwarded to the author and may be used as Letters to the Editor. |
The Go Healthy New York mobile food truck is in the Bronx today! |
From noon to 4 p.m., the truck will be at Williamsbridge Road and Silver Street. |
Grab some free apples, Cabot cheese, and Bed Bath & Beyond Buck slips! |
Samsung Electronics has published the results of a Europe-wide survey that shows companies' attitudes to the security aspects of printed output are very poor. The survey included more than 4,500 workers in both the public and private sectors and shows that more than half the companies in Europe do not have appropriate ... |
Apparently 56 per cent of those surveyed said they often saw confidential documents unattended on printer output trays and 51 per cent were not aware of any technologies in place to protect the printer network itself. |
Even personal data for European workers is at risk, with almost half (48 per cent) of survey respondents reporting seeing private documents left on the print tray. Many workers said they had learned confidential details about their colleagues from the print tray, including salary details (19 per cent), performance appr... |
Graham Long, Vice President, European Printing Operation, Samsung Electronics explained that "The results of the research show that organisations across Europe need to take more precautions to guard against security threats associated with their printing network and document output. Simple measures such as PIN code rel... |
Apart from the poor safeguards for printed documents themselves there is general ignorance about the security risks associated with printer hardware and software. Nearly 69 per cent of respondents did not realise that most work group printers buffer documents on an easily removed hard drive and 65 per cent did not know... |
Amazingly the survey found that even 50 per cent of IT staff weren't aware how easily printer hard drives, possibly containing sensitive information, could be stolen and 39 per cent did not realise networked printers could be subverted. Over half of the respondents said they were not aware of any security processes pro... |
Countries polled included France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the UK, with roughly equal numbers of respondents in each country. Samsung sell a broad range of business colour and monochrome laser printers. Their message is that printed data is just as vulnerable as lost or stolen USB sticks, hard ... |
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece has taken to Twitter, banned in China, to call for the "immediate rectification" of an account which uses the social media platform to satirize Chinese officialdom and state media. |
The Relevant Organs' account, @relevantorgans, calls itself "China's soft-power vanguard, rectifying your thought since 2010." |
But the People's Daily, a mouthpiece for the Chinese government, appeared to take offense at the satirical Twitter account's use of a link to the People's Daily website and China's national emblem. |
"We have noticed that a Twitter account has been misleading people by stealing People's Daily's web address and National emblem of China to make false impression that the account is related to China officials or People's Daily," read a statement posted on People's Daily's Twitter account, @PDChina. |
"We hereby solemnly declare that this Twitter account is not related to or does not have connection with any Chinese official bodies, including People's Daily," the statement continued. |
"People's Daily publicly condemns such theft and forgery conduct and demands the user of this account to make immediate rectification." |
Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the statement from the People's Daily account. |
People's Daily declined to provide immediate comment. |
The Relevant Organs responded with its own series of tweets, initially saying it 'hailed' People's Daily's "e-rectification campaign". |
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