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Review for Gwen's Test 2
Review for Test 2
Where are the powers of Congress located in the U.S. Constitution?
Where are the powers of the President set out in the U.S. Constitution?
Article II.
Where are the powers of the Federal Judiciary set out in the U.S. Constitution?
Where in the U.S. Constitution is the Commerce Clause located?
How is free speech limited?
As to time, place and manner.
What are the five protections of the 1st Amendment?
Speech, religion, press, petition the government, assembly
What is the name of the clause in the U.S. Constitution that prohibits Congress from passing a law favoring religion?
The Establishment Clause
What is the name of the clause in the U.S. Constitution that prohibits Congress from passing a law restricting one's practice of religion?
The Free Exercise Clause
Where in the Constitution is protection against unreasonable searches and seizures?
The Fourth Amendment
What is the name of the standard the police must meet prior to arrest?
What is the name of the doctrine that applies to situations in which contraband can be seen in the open?
The Plain View Doctrine
What is the name given to contraband that is seized illegally?
The fruit of the poisonous tree
What is the name given to illegal evidence?
What is the name given to an arrest?
What do the police need before they can obtain a warrant?
What is the result of illegally seized evidence?
Inadmissible
Who issues a warrant?
A magistrate
What is the name of commerce that takes place across state lines?
What is the name of commerce that takes place within a state
Intrastate
What is the test employed by the U.S. Supreme Court in which a state statute is weighed against heath, safety and welfare?
The balancing test
What is the test employed by the U.S. Supreme Court in which local intrastate activity becomes interstate activity?
The Affectation Doctrine
What case involved stopping all bait fish at the border and inspecting for parasites?
Maine v. Taylor
What case involved stopping all trucks at the border to change mud flaps?
The Mud Flap Case
In the balancing test, what argument allows the state to continue impeding interstate commerce?
Health, safety and welfare
What is the name of the doctrine that intrastate activity becomes interstate activity?
What case involved discriminating against African Americans seeking lodging?
Heart of Atlanta Motel
What case involved discriminating against African Americans seeking service at a restaurant?
Katzenbach v. McClung
What case involved a wheat farmer?
Wickard v. Fillburn
What law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race in places of public accommodation?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
What is the name of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
The Bill of Rights
What is the name of the document issued by a court that allows a legal search and/or seizure?
A warrant
What is the burden of proof in a negligence trial?
Preponderance of the evidence
Where are the powers of the three branches of government set out?
In the U.S. Constitution
What is the type of due process found in the 14th Amendment?
What is the type of due process found in the 4th Amendment?
What is the name given to groups of people who need special consideration under the Constituion?
Protected classes
What level of scrutiny is given to fundamental rights?
What does a state have to show to the U.S. Supreme Court in order to have a racially discriminatory statute upheld?
A compelling reason
What is the level of scrutiny applied by the U.S. Supreme Court for sex (gender) ?
Middle scrutiny review
What are the right to marry; travel and procreate?
What are race, religion, national origin and color?
Protected classes.
What level of review is given by the U.S. Supreme Court to gay people?
Low scrutiny
What is the name of the tort in which the plaintiff fears bodily contact?
What is the name of the tort in which the plaintiff suffers bodily contact?
What is the name of the tort in which the plaintiff is subjected to extreme and outrageous conduct?
Intentional infliction of emotional distress
What is the name of the tort in which the plaintiff is confined to a bounded area?
False imprisonment
What is the name of the tort in which the plaintiff's personal property is damaged ?
Trespass to chattels
What is the name of the tort in which the plaintiff real property is damaged or taken?
Trespass to land
What is the name of the tort in which the plaintiff's personal property is stolen or taken and never returned?
What is the name of property that starts as personal property and then becomes real property?
A fixture
What is intent in an intentional tort?
Understanding the consequences of one's actions.
What is an act in an intentional tort?
One of conscious volition.
What is the extra element required for intentional infliction of emotional distress?
Actual Damages.
What are the elements of all intentional torts?
Act, intent and damages
What is the name of the protection given to store owners against lawsuits for detaining a shoplifter?
Shopkeeper's statute
When we state that real property is land and all things attached, what are the things attached called?
If Sally gets caught in a rain storm on Lake Cayuga and ties her boat to a stranger's dock, the stranger could sue Sally for what tort?
Trespass to land.
If Sally gets caught in a rain storm on Lake Cayuga and ties her boat to a stranger's dock, Sally could use what defense?
Private necessity.
If Sally gets caught in a rain storm on Lake Cayuga and ties her boat to a stranger's dock, what would Sally be liable for?
If Robert raised his arm to strike Thelma, and Thelma didn't see him, Robert would be liable for what tort?
Laurie is studying in the library one night and falls asleep. When she awakes she finds that all of the doors to the library are locked and she cannot leave. If she sued the college for false imprisonment, what result?
She would lose because there is no intent.
What standard is a store owner held to when he/she detains a suspected shoplifter?
Reasonable.
If Brian Daley, aged 5, pulls a chair out from under his aunt, why will his family not be found liable for the tort of assault and battery?
Children lack intent.
Bonnie took Marilyn's purse and painted it green, ruining the leather. In a lawsuit by Marilyn against Bonnie, what tort would she most likely sue for?
John ran up behind Peter and slammed him in the head. In a lawsuit by Peter against John for assault, why would Peter lose?
Assault is the fear of a battery, but since Peter did not see John, there can be no fear.
What tort is the equivalent of criminal theft?
What is the name of the standard in law to which all people are held?
Reasonable person standard.
Cynthia sees two children about to fall into a sewer pipe, but does nothing to help them and they die. In a lawsuit by the parents of the children against Cynthia, why will she win the lawsuit?
She has no duty of care.
What does the implied warranty of merchantability guarantee about a product?
That it is "fit for the ordinary purpose."
What does 'express' mean?
Oral or written.
What does 'implied' mean?
Not express; not oral or written.
What warranty resulty from a conversation seeking specific information?
Implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose.
What kind of liability pertains to the transportation of wild animals?
Absolute liability.
Alvin sees what he thinks is a rabid dog coming down the street and shoots the dog. What tort could Alvin be held liable for?
Conversion.
Alvin sees what he thinks is a rabid dog coming down the street and shoots the dog. What would be Alvin's best defense?
Public necessity.
John is found in the middle of the night, sleepwalking. Attempting to wake him up, John's wife shakes John and he punches her. In a lawsuit by the wife against her husband for assault and battery, what is his best defense?
No act of conscious volition.
Lilly, a seven year old girl, goes onto the neighbor's land and picks up their beagle (dog) by its ears. The dog suffers serious injuries. In a lawsuit by the dog owners against Lilly's family, what tort would they most likely sue for?
Trespass to chattels.
Lilly, a seven year old girl, goes onto the neighbor's land and picks up their beagle (dog) by its ears. The dog suffers serious injuries. In a lawsuit by the dog owners against Lilly's family, what would be Lilly's best defense?
No intent, since she does not understand the consequences of her actions.
Alexa plays on the rugby team. During a game, an opponent runs into her and Alexa suffers a broken leg. In a lawsuit by Alexa against the opponent for assault and battery, what defense will prevent her from winning the lawsuit?
Consent.
Dominic, a New York City bus driver, is having a bad day and refuses to let any of his riders off the bus. Instead, he keeps driving, even though they ask to get off the bus. In a lawsuit against Dominic, what tort has he committed?
False imprisonment.


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HOME -> Consumer Marketing -> Demand Gen -> Light + Fit Launches 'The Comeback' Program to Support Women Reentering the Workforce
Light + Fit Launches 'The Comeback' Program to Support Women Reentering the Workforce
Posted on April 15, 2022 by Kaylee Hultgren
Consider this sobering statistic: Nearly one million women ages 25-54 have left the workforce since February 2020, according to numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor. It's one of several reasons why our annual Market Like a Mother feature, which recognizes marketing moms excelling in the workplace and at home, felt even more vital this year.
The insight has also fueled a new initiative from Danone North America's Light + Fit yogurt brand, dubbed The Comeback, that helps a small group of women return to work through a paid summer program led by Danone brand marketing executives.
"It's designed to help reacquaint participants with the workplace, help them gain valuable experience and ramp up the next chapter of their careers after an extended break," says Surbhi Martin, VP of Marketing, Greek Yogurt & Functional Wellness. "We want to be that bridge with this 'returnship' program and close those resume gaps so that they can return to the workplace more easily." Indeed, the brand's updated mission—to support women's economic empowerment—was a perfect fit. We spoke with Martin about the initiative and the brand's mission, acquisition strategy, marketing shifts resulting from the pandemic, and more.
Chief Marketer: What inspired you to create The Comeback program?
Surbhi Martin, VP of Marketing, Greek Yogurt & Functional Wellness: Light + Fit is a trusted brand that has supported women on their health journey for more than 30 years. Our mission is to help women lighten the load when they are trying to balance their life, their work and their own wellness. We also want be a brand that supports women's economic empowerment. The insight that drove our program, The Comeback, is that since February of 2020, nearly one million women have left the workforce due to a variety of reasons, from lack of paid family leave to limited childcare resources, and as part of our mission to help support women balancing their career and their family, we want to be part of that solution.
CM: Having a mission and a brand purpose is more important than ever. Is this a new mission for the brand?
SM: Over the course of the past year or so, we've evolved our mission to be more focused on women's economic empowerment. The first example of that mission coming to life was at the end of last year when we launched the Dress for Success Greek yogurt flavor. This was a partnership between Light + Fit and Dress for Success where we launched two new flavors, lemon cream and orange cream, that support and celebrate women's economic empowerment. We also donated $100,000 to Dress for Success to support their mission and partnered with a female illustrator to design the art on the new packs. We supported it with a campaign that included shopper marketing tactics and partnering with influencers in the food space. These packs have done really well after just a few months in market; since launch, they've already exceeded our sales rate expectations by 40 percent.
Then with The Comeback, we're creating the first pilot return-to-work program on the Light + Fit brand to help be a bridge to bring women back into the workforce through a "returnship" program. They will be working with Light + Fit brand marketing executives and some cross-functional executives that are supporting and participating in the program at Danone North America. It's a six-week paid summer program designed to help reacquaint participants with the workplace, help them gain valuable experience and really ramp up the next chapter of their careers after an extended break.
It's been designed in this way is because we know that one of the challenges women face when returning to the workplace after an extended leave is a resume gap. We want to be that bridge with this returnship program and help close those resume gaps so that they can return to the workplace more easily. Our hope and our plans are that we would expand this program more broadly after the initial pilot this year.
CM: How are you getting the word out about this program? What channels and tactics are you using?
SM: We are launching with a 360-integrated marketing campaign, with social (Instagram and LinkedIn), owned content, as you've seen on The Comeback website, PR and influencers, specifically the healthy eating guru Hungry Girl, and through a strategic partnership with Women Back to Work. They are known as the returnship expert and have helped some of the largest, most recognized companies create custom return-to-work programs for female professionals. They're an important strategic partner that's helping us get the word out. We're also talking about it with some in-store retail, signage, shopper materials and through sampling kits.
CM: Speaking more broadly, how do you approach marketing Light + Fit as a brand, in relation to the others that you market? What are your challenges?
SM: We have a portfolio of Greek yogurt brands at Danone North America. We did some proprietary consumer research in 2020, both consumer qualitative and quantitative, with 6,000 consumers. That research helped us segment demand in the Greek yogurt space, and we were able to position each of the brands in our portfolio to serve distinct consumer needs. It allows us to manage our portfolio in a way that's MECE-y—Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive. That house of brands strategy is a key part of how position our brands and market them to different consumer groups.
In the case of Light + Fit, we know that we have a loyal large consumer base—often that's been with us for many years. So, our communication strategy is focused on maintaining top-of-mind awareness and driving buy rate among our core loyal users. And then in addition to that, we are looking to recruit new consumers who may not be familiar with Light + Fit or who might perceive it as a dated, old-school diet brand. We're trying to challenge that brand perception and drive consideration and ultimately trial with newer users.
The research that I mentioned has allowed us to distinguish strategic targets for Light + Fit. These are consumers who are on a weight management, health-and-wellness journey, but who are maybe not aware of the variety of flavors and delicious taste that Light + Fit can offer.
CM: The pandemic has required marketers to experiment with different channels and perhaps shift marketing spend to different areas. How has Light + Fit adjusted to the changes in consumer shopping habits?
SM: In terms of formats, during the pandemic we saw a shift from eating outside the home, such as at-work or on-the-go, to eating more at home. As a result, we put more emphasis on marketing our larger-format packs, such as our multipack, as opposed to single-serve packs that serve more of that on-the-go occasion on the way to work or as a snack on the way to run errands. Frankly, we expect some of that shift to stick. We think that consumers will continue to consume more at home for the next year or two, because some of that behavior is going to continue even as we start to reemerge in a post-pandemic world.
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Day 129: OT Fourth Kings C11-16; A Young King, Finances, & the Kings' Book of Words!
A ruthless mother rules while her daughter hides her grandson to become the king later on at the age of seven. Joiada the priest protects the young ruler and together they restore the temple in Jerusalem:
And Athalia the mother of Ochozias, seeing that her son was dead, arose, and slew all the royal seed. But Josaba the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, took Joas the son of Ochozias… and hid him from Athalia, so that he was not slain. And he (Joas) was with her six years, hid in the house of the Lord. And Athalia reigned over the land.
Joiada the priest… made him (Joas) king, and anointed him: and clapping their hands, they said, God save the king.
…and she (Athalia) saw the king standing upon a tribunal… she rent her garments, and cried: A conspiracy, a conspiracy…
Joiada commanded the centurions… Let her not be slain in the temple of the Lord. And they laid hands on her: and thrust her out by the way by which the horses go in, by the palace, and she was slain there.
Joiada restores true worship… And Joiada made a covenant between the Lord, and the king, and the people… and all the people of the land went into the temple of Baal, and broke down the altars… they slew also Mathan the priest of Baal…
Now Joas was seven years old, when he began to reign.
In the seventh year of Jehu, Joas began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem… And Joas did that which was right before the Lord all the days that Joiada the priest taught him.
Here is a first glimpse of the inside finances of the early temple in Jerusalem:
All the money of the sanctified things, which is brought into the temple of the Lord by those that pass, which is offered for the price of a soul, and which of their own accord, and of their own free heart they bring into the temple of the Lord, let the priests take it according to their order, and repair the house, wheresoever they shall see any thing that wanneth repairing.
…the priests did not make the repairs of the temple… and the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people…
And Joiada the high priest took a chest and bored a hole in the top, and set it by the altar at the right hand of them that came into the house of the Lord, and the priests that kept the doors put therein all the money that was brought to the temple of the Lord.
For it (the money collected in the chest) was given to them that did the work, that the temple of the Lord might be repaired… they bestowed it faithfully…
But the money for the trespass, and the money for sins, they brought not into the temple of the Lord, because it was for the priests.
The ongoing saga of the kings in power in Israel over Samaria, in Juda including Jerusalem, and in Syria to the north continues…
Most who reigned were evil in the eyes of the Lord:
…reigned… over Israel in Samaria. And he did that which is evil before the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam… who made Israel to sin.
More details are to be found in the book of words of the days of the kings of Israel and Juda:
And the rest of the acts of Azarias, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?
…are thy not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
What have I learned about my faith through these passages?
I am not sure but… there was a young king, there were temple finances, and the reign of kings over time were many, and there is a book of words!
Glory be to God! Al-le-lu-ia! Amen!
Day 129: Reading The Bible with a TROML Perspective; A Young King, Temple Finances, the Reign of Kings, and the Book of Words!
Read and inspired by the Old Testament, The Fourth Book of Kings Chapters 11-16
This Book continues the history of the two hostile kingdoms, Israel and Juda, up to their captivity. The Assyrians in 722 B.C. led Israel away; the Babylonians in 586 B.C. led Juda into captivity.
4 Kings Chapter 11: Athalia usurps the throne by murder; Joiada's plot; Joas is proclaimed king; Athalia is slain; Joiada restores true worship.
And Athalia the mother of Ochozias, seeing that her son was dead, arose, and slew all the royal seed. But Josaba the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochizias, took Joas the son of Ochozias… and hid him from Athalia, so that he was not slain. And he (Joas) was with her six years, hid in the house of the Lord. And Athalia reigned over the land.
4 Kings Chapter 12: Joas' good reign; Joas orders repairs to the Temple; Hazael bribed not to attack Jerusalem; Joas murdered and succeeded by Amasias.
Then Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Geth, and took it and set his face to go up to Jerusalem… Wherefore Joas king of Juda took up all the sanctified things… all the silver… and sent it to Hazael king of Syria, and he went off from Jerusalem.
And his (Joas) servants arose, and conspired among themselves, and slew Joas… and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amasias his son reigned in his stead,
4 Kings Chapter 13: Joachaz' wicked reign in Israel; Israel saved by the prayers of Joachaz; Joas succeeds Joachaz; Joas' wicked reign; Jeroboam succeeds Joas; Eliseus prophesies three victories; Death and burial of Eliseus; Hazael afflicts Israel until his death.
Israel/Samaria to the north and Juda/Jerusalem to the south (referenced map).
In the three and twentieth year of Joas son of Ochozias king of Juda, Joachaz the son of Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria, seventeen years. And he did evil before the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam… who made Israel to sin, and he departed not from them.
And the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael the king of Syria, and into the hand of Benadad the son of Hazael, all days.
Bit Joachaz besought the face of the Lord; and the Lord heard him, for he saw the distress of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them, and the Lord gave Israel a savior, and they were delivered out of the hand of the king of Syria…
And Joachaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria: and Joas his son reigned in his stead.
In the seven and thirtieth year of Joas, king of Juda, Joas the son of Joachaz reigned over Israel in Samaria sixteen years. And he did that which is evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam… who made Israel to sin, but he walked in them.
And Joas slept with his fathers: and Jeroboam sat upon the throne.
Now Eliseus was sick of the illness whereof he died: and Joas king of Israel went down to him…
Joas to Eliseus: O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the guider thereof…
Eliseus to Joas: The arrow of the Lord's deliverance, and the arrow of the deliverance from Syria: and thou shall strike the Syrians in Aphec, till thou consume them… And he struck three times and stood still. And the man of God (Eliseus) was angry with him (Joas)… If thou hadst smitten five or six or seven times, thou hadst smitten Syria even to utter destruction: but now three times shalt thou smite it.
And Elias died, and they buried him. And the rovers from Moab… were burying a man, saw the rovers, and cast the body into the sepulcher of Eliseus. And when he had touched the bones of Eliseus, the man came to life, and stood on his feet.
Now Hazael king of Syria afflicted Israel all the days of Joachaz, and the Lord had mercy on them, and returned to them because of the covenant, which he had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob…three times did Joas (king of Israel) beat him (Benadad king of Syria, son of Hazael), and restored the cities to Israel.
4 Kings Chapter 14: Amasias' good reign in Juda; Amasias defeats the Edomites; Joas defeats Amasias; Jeroboam succeeds Joas; Amasias assassinated; Azarias succeeds Amasias; Jeroboam's wicked reign; Zacharias succeeds Jeroboam.
… reigned Amasias son of Joas king of Juda… And he did that which was right before the Lord, but yet not like David his father… And when he had possession of the kingdom, he put his servants to death that had slain the king his father, but the children of the murderers he did not put to death, according to that which is written in the look of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded saying:
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: but every man shall die for his own sins.
He (Amasias) slew of Edom in the valley of the Saltpits ten thousand men, and took the rock by war, and called the name thereof Jectehel, unto this day.
Amasias (Juda/Jerusalem) sent messengers to Joas (Israel/Samaria): Come let us see one another… And Juda was put to the worst before Israel… But Joas took Amasias and him into Jerusalem: and he broke down the wall of Jerusalem… four hundred cubits… And he (Joas) took all the gold, and silver, and all the vessels, that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the king's treasures, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
And Joas slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria… and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead…
Now they made a conspiracy against him (Amasias) in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachis… and killed him there.
And all the people of Juda took Azarias, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amasias…
…reigned Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel in Samaria… And he did that which was evil before the Lord. He departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam… who made Israel to sin. He restored the borders of Israel from the entrance of Emath, unto the sea of wilderness, according to the word of the Lord the God of Israel… that there was no one to help Israel… but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam…
Kings Chapter 15: Azarias becomes leprous; Joathan succeeds Azarias; Zacharias is assassinated; Manahem slays Sellum and takes the throne; Manahem pays tribute to the Assyrians; Phaceia succeeds Manahem; Phacee slays and succeeds Phaceia; Osee slays and succeeds Phacee; Joatham's good reign in Juda; Achaz succeeds Joatham.
…reigned Azarias son of Amasias, king of Juda. He was sixteen years old when he began to reign… And the Lord struck the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwell in a free house apart: but Joatham the king's son governed the palace, and judged the people of the land… And the rest of the acts of Azarias, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda? …and Joatham his son reigned in his stead.
…reigned Zacharias son of Jeroboam over Israel in Samaria. And he did that which is evil before the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam… who made Israel to sin.
Sellum… reigned one month in Samaria. And Manahem… came into Samaria, and struck Sellum… and slew him, and reigned in his stead. And the rest of the acts of Sellum, and his conspiracy, which he made, are thy not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
And Manahem slept with his fathers; and Phaceia his son reigned in his stead.
…reigned Joatham son of Ozias king of Juda.
And Joatham slept with his fathers… and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.
4 Kings Chapter 16: Achaz' wicked reign in Juda; Achaz hires the Assyrians to help him; Achaz desecrates the Temple; Ezechias succeeds Achaz.
…reigned Achaz… But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel: moreover he consecrated also his son, making him pass through the fire according to the idols of the nations: which the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.
And Achaz slept with his fathers… and Ezechias his son reigned in his stead.


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This book highlights one hero, SrA Mark A. Forester, and also helps recognize many other men and women who volunteer to fight for our freedom.
"Absence of self is my sword" comprises the final line in "The Warrior's Creed," a 14th century poem written by an unknown Japanese Samurai, and this is the code Master Sergeant Roger Sparks embodied as a Recon Marine turned Alaskan Pararescueman. A living legend in the military, Sparks first made a name for himself within elite Marine Reconnaissance units. He went on to become an instructor where he trained future Reconnaissance Marines with unorthodox and ancient indigenous warrior techniques. A decade later, the same methods would keep him and others alive, when he hoisted into a maelstrom of violence to rescue an embattled platoon in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan.
Never Quit is the true story of how Jimmy Settle. After being shot in the head during a dangerous high mountain operation in the rugged Watapur Valley in Afghanistan, Jimmy returns to battle with his teammates for a heroic rescue, the bullet fragments stitched over and still in his skull. In a cross between a suicide rescue mission and an against-all-odds mountain battle, his team of PJs risk their lives again in an epic firefight. Jimmy will have to risk everything to get back into the battle and bring back his brothers.
This is the gripping and unforgettable true adventure of an astonishing rescue at sea — a tale of the unparalleled courage and skill of men who endured a record-breaking fifteen-hour, nonstop helicopter ride through bone-jarring turbulence to carry out a mission on the ragged edge of impossibility. It is the story of a unit of the New York Air National Guard, the 106th Rescue Wing, which includes the famed PJs, the Pararescuemen, whose training is so rigorous and standards so high that only a dedicated handful qualify to join.
That Others May Live is the thrilling story of Jack Brehm and his love affair with two things: the PJ way of life, and his wife, Peggy, the mother of his five children. That Others May Live is a vivid, compelling account of Jack's twenty years as a PJ. We see him and his fellow PJs climb mountains and battle storms to save lives, struggle with their emotions as PJ friends die, wait anxiously to hear if they are called to war in a place such as Kosovo or the Persian Gulf, and try to keep their families together despite the enormous pressure of the job.
Drawing on the gripping first-hand accounts of their battlefield experiences, Steve Call allows the TACPs to speak for themselves. He accompanies their narratives with informed analysis of the development of CAS strategy, including potentially controversial aspects of the interservice rivalries between the air force and the army which have at times complicated and even obstructed the optimal employment of TACP assets. This first-ever examination of the intense, life-and-death world of the close air support specialist will introduce readers to a crucial but little-known aspect of contemporary warfare and add a needed chapter in American military history studies.
In order to investigate the units' lifestyle, work ethic and techniques, Drury spent the 1999 climbing season with the parajumpers, or PJs, of the 210th Alaska Pararescue Squadron. Here Drury relates several of their hair-raising missions, interspersing his stories with background details about the unit's history, the PJs' rigorous training and thumbnail biographies of the individual members of the squadron
Part memoir, part military history, No Room for Error reveals how Carney, after a decade of military service, was handpicked to organize a small, under-funded, classified ad hoc unit known as Brand X, which even his boss knew very little about. With Operation Just Cause in Panama, the Special Tactical units scored a major success, as they took down the corrupt regime of General Noriega with lightning speed. Desert Storm was another triumph, with Carney's team carrying out vital search-and-rescue missions as well as helping to hunt down mobile Scud missiles deep inside Iraq.
Now with the war on terrorism in Afghanistan, special operations have come into their own, and Carney includes a chapter detailing exactly how the Air Force Special Tactics d.c. units have spearheaded the successful campaign against the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
The pararescuemen and combat control technicians are the elite forces of the United States Air Force. Their training is intense, exciting, and before this book, little known. Now for the very first time, their powerful training techniques are brought to light in this profusely illustrated and documented presentation. Includes sections on: stretching, weight training, calisthenics, running, swimming, rope climbing, entrance requirements, plus special dramatic coverage of water survival training, from both above and below the water line! Over 200 pages. Loaded with photos.
Terry Laughlin, the world's #1 authority on swimming success, has made his unique approach even easier for anyone to master. Whether you're an accomplished swimmer or have always found swimming to be a struggle, Total Immersion will show you that it's mindful fluid movement—not athletic ability—that will turn you into an efficient swimmer. This new edition of the bestselling Total Immersion features:
-A thoughtfully choreographed series of skill drills—practiced in the mindful spirit of yoga—that can help anyone swim more enjoyably
-A holistic approach to becoming one with the water and to developing a swimming style that's always comfortable
-Simple but thorough guidance on how to improve fitness and form
After examining the incredible impact of a few true warriors in battle, On Combat presents new and exciting research as to how to train the mind to become inoculated to stress, fear and even pain. A fresh and highly informative look at PTSD details how to prevent it, how to survive it should it happen, how to come out of it stronger, and how to help others who are experiencing it. On Combat looks at the critical importance of the debriefing, when warriors gather after the battle to share what happened, critique, learn from each other and, for some, begin to heal from the horror. The reader will learn a highly effective breathing technique that not only steadies the warrior s mind and body before and during the battle, but can also be used afterwards as a powerful healing device to help separate the emotion from the memory. Concluding chapters discuss the Christian/Judeo view of killing in combat and offers powerful insight that Lt. Col. Grossman has imparted over the years to help thousands of warriors understand and come to terms with their actions in battle.
(Video series) The elite Combat Rescue members of the U.S. Air Force, Pararescuemen, or PJs, have one mission: rescue American or Allied forces in extreme danger. Whether their targets are shot down or isolated behind enemy lines, surrounded, engaged, wounded, or captured by the enemy, PJs will do whatever necessary to bring those in peril home.
For the FIRST TIME EVER, camera crews embed on a deployment to Afghanistan with this elite rescue team, as they fly day and night, in any weather, to save those in danger on the battlefield.
Brothers In Berets, The Evolution of Air Force Special Tactics 1953-2003 (pdf)
While the Battlefield Airmen concept encompassed several specialties under the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and others found in conventional units, this book narrates the evolution and contributions of the former; hence, the title, Brothers in Berets: The Evolution of Air Force Special Tactics, 1953–2003, refers to the Battlefield Airmen assigned to special tactics units. The AFSOC special tactics community—a small brotherhood of highly-trained and equally-dedicated warriors, consisting of special tactics officers and combat controllers, combat rescue officers and pararescuemen, and officer and enlisted special operations weathermen—has proven itself as a force multiplier time and time again throughout its history in places like Somalia, Serbia, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
SECAF awards Air Force Cross, 10 medals to Air Commandos
By Senior Airman Ryan Conroy , 24th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs / Published October 17, 2017 HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- The team was trapped, outnumbered and...
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Dr Reggie O'Hara is an Air Force Research Lab Exercise Physiologist and endurance athlete. He has run 20 100 mile races. He discusses the...
5th ASOS hosts first TACP officer candidate course at JBLM
Courtesy: DVIDS JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- The tactical air control party (TACP) Officer Phase Two...


Greta Jančytė. Better known to fans and followers as — GJan.
This 23-year-old Lithuanian pop sensation has been eastern Europe's best-kept secret, but she's not so secret any more. GJan has already shared the stage with the likes of Imagine Dragons & Ellie Goulding, she's landed six Top 10 iTunes singles on Lithuania's pop chart, and her videos regularly reap 7-figure view counts on YouTube. With her empowering, super-catchy new single, "Confidence", GJan is primed and poised for breakout status.


Yesterday I made my roughly, biannual trek to return bottles at my local Consumer's Beverages (which unfortunately doesn't have taps and growlers). It was a pretty successful haul as I netted $16.70 in return fees, or as I call it "free beer money".
Eventually Pete's did grow and was available nationally. And it was great and wonderful stuff and I drank it often. But like most beer I moved on to other things, but eventually came back to it. But it was different now; the label had changed and it certainly didn't taste the same, i.e., it was very average. Thus I stopped buying it. I only bought it this time because it's still drinkable, but certainly not a premium beer anymore, but the price was right.
I've often wondered what happened, but had never looked into it until now. And thanks to the internets, it didn't take long to find an answer. Apparently Pete sold the business and lost all input to the company he founded. I guess that's what happens you cash out. I can't fault him for that as I'm sure he's living very comfortably and drinking lots of other good beers now.
Thus if you're looking for a drinkable, but rather ordinary beer, Pete's will do. But if you ever had the original Pete's you'll find that this "Pete's" is a far cry from the delicious brew that it was. And if you never had it? Well, you missed a good one that's likely gone forever!
P.S. A picture has been taken, but it will likely be quite sometime before I work through the backlog. Once I do that, it will also show up in my Beer collection.
Half cup of leftover Roasted Brussels Sprouts!
And yes, it was as awesomely delicious as it sounds because my wife is an awesome cook and these were fresh Brussels Sprouts from the market. You may be insanely jealous now, as well as a bit hungry too!


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Dashboards provide a unified view of selected KPIs, targets, and contests, plus real-time indicators to highlight areas of interest. Various types of tiles can be placed in a dashboard.
KPIs are metrics that sales managers can use to evaluate sales activities and results. KPIs can be displayed as individual, team, and company totals or as leaderboards.
Targets are goals you set to focus your team on key sales activities (e.g., lead creation, potential creation, etc.). Targets can be displayed as individual, team, and company scorecards or as leaderboards.
Leaderboards show the names and scores of the leading individuals or teams for specific KPI or target. To show the leaderboard, configure tile and select appropriate leaderboard in the People section.
Contests are a fun way to energize your team around selected sales activities. Contest tiles display the top three leaders and their scores.
Drag any tile on the dashboard to reorder.
Click on any tile to see more details.
Click Action Menu icon [...] in the top-right corner of any tile to show available options.
Click +KPI, +TARGET, or +CONTEST button at the top of the page.
Click Action Menu icon [...] in the top-right corner of each tile and select Change KPI/Target Filter.
Select your desired configuration options. The options shown depend on the type of tile selected.
Click Action Menu icon [...] in the top-right corner of the tile you want to hide.
Click Action Menu icon [...] in the top-right corner of the tile you want to duplicate.
Select Remove KPI/Target/Contest from this Dashboard.
In the All KPIs dashboard, you can filter using an additional option (compared results). See Filter KPIs (in the All KPIs dashboard) for detail.
Click FILTER button at the top right of the page. Once the filter is applied, the FILTER bar will appear above the tiles. To hide the FILTER bar, click x in the right.
Select filter from the available options.
People: Select whose KPIs to show - company, teams, or individuals.
Period: Select the duration of KPIs to show - daily/weekly/bi-weekly/monthly/quarterly/half yearly/yearly/custom period.
Click DASHBOARDS button in the top navigation bar and select Manage.
Enter the Dashboard Name, then click Save.
Click MORE button at the top of the dashboard which you want to duplicate.
Click Share button corresponding to the dashboard you want to share.
Company: All active Motivator users.
Team: Groups of active Motivator users (see Settings Help for more details on Team creation).
Individuals: Individual active Motivator users.
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BMW Brilliance Automotive Opens Battery Factory in Shenyang
February 20, 2018 by Roland R. Ackerman
Most of the batteries as one of the most important parts of German electric cars have so far come from Asia: according to the National Platform for Electric
Most of the batteries as one of the most important parts of German electric cars have so far come from Asia: according to the National Platform for Electric Mobility (Nationale Plattform Elektromobilität), Japanese battery cell manufacturers (market share 26 percent) were the leaders four years ago, followed by Korean (24), Chinese and American (22 percent each) producers.
Figure 1: Celebration of BMW Brilliance High Voltage Battery Center Grand Opening
This has alerted Germany's carmakers and prompted them to act: Daimler subsidiary Deutsche Accumotive intends to build complex batteries in Kamenz, Saxony, in the future, i. e. to supplement supplied rechargeable batteries with control systems, cooling and housings for the Mercedes-Benz and Smart brands. VW also has plans to build a battery factory in Germany (possibly in Salzgitter). TerraE Holding is planning to build the battery cells for 2019 with a giga-factory of lithium-ion cells with a capacity of 34 GWh by 2028, and the new company is expected to operate the factories as foundry.
BMW, on the other hand, has long since integrated its battery production into an existing vehicle plant. For two and a half years now, employees at BMW's Dingolfing site have been manufacturing storage units and electric motors for the company's electric cars and hybrid vehicles on two of its own production lines.
BMW pushes for in-house construction
The BMW Group is pushing ahead with the expansion of electromobility. Together with its partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. the BMW Group recently opened the new "High Voltage Battery Center" in Shenyang, China. The battery factory supplies the nearby plant of the BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) joint venture in Dadong. The BMW 5 Series Plug-in Hybrid will be produced there for the local market in the future.
Oliver Zipse, Member of the Board responsible for Production, comments: "The innovative High Voltage Battery Center in Shenyang represents an important step in the BMW Group's electromobility strategy. It is the first battery factory of a premium car manufacturer in China and already the third in our production network after Germany and the USA."
The BMW Group integrates its battery factories into the existing international production network. Zipse: "For 2025, we expect that the share of sales of our electrified BMW and MINI models will be between 15 and 25 percent globally. This corresponds to a volume of several hundred thousand vehicles per year. It, therefore, makes sense for us to integrate electromobility into existing production processes." The company can thus react flexibly to the demand for electrified models.
Competitive Edge Through In-House Know-How
The high-voltage accumulator is - together with the electric motor - a central component of semi- and fully electrified vehicles. In-house production gives the BMW Group a decisive competitive edge by securing know-how in new technologies, gaining important system competence and taking advantage of cost advantages. The company already produces electrified vehicles at ten locations worldwide. The high-voltage storage units required for this purpose come from the BMW Group plants in Dingolfing, Spartanburg (USA) and now also Shenyang. The Dingolfing plant plays a leading role as a competence center for electric drive systems within the network.
Figure 2: High-voltage accumulator
From the Cell to the High-Voltage Battery
The production of the high-voltage accumulators is divided into two production sections. In a highly automated process, the supplied lithium-ion cells, the size of a paperback book, are first tested and then joined together to form a larger unit, the so-called battery modules.
The battery modules are then mounted together with the connections, control units and cooling units in an aluminum housing. The size and shape of the aluminum housing and the number of battery modules used vary depending on the vehicle variant. This results in an optimally adapted "battery pack" or high-voltage storage unit.
This combination of standardised battery modules and housings flexibly adapted to the vehicle has several advantages: on the one hand, it ensures uniform characteristics and quality standards in the production of high-voltage storage units. At the same time, the modular structure of the high-voltage accumulators forms the basis for a wide variety of electric drive variants. And last but not least, this modular principle creates the prerequisite for being able to react quickly to customer demand and to take advantage of cost advantages.
BMW Group of Leading Manufacturers of Electrified Vehicles Worldwide
Since the beginning of this year until the end of September, the BMW Group has delivered a total of 68,687 BMW i, BMW iPerformance and electrified MINI vehicles to customers worldwide - an increase of 64.2%. With currently nine electrified automobiles, the BMW Group is one of the leading suppliers of electric vehicles worldwide. By the end of the year, the company plans to sell 100,000 electrified vehicles worldwide.
The production site in Shenyang
The Shenyang site with the Dadong and Tiexi automobile plants and an engine plant with a light-metal foundry play an important role in the BMW Group's global production network. It is part of the strategy of globally balanced growth with production capacities in the respective regional markets.
Figure 3: The production site in Shenyang
The BBA production site in Shenyang produces exclusively for the Chinese market. The Dadong plant in the north-east of Shenyang started production in 2003 and is currently building the BMW 5 Series Long Version. In the future, the plug-in hybrid version of the BMW 5 Series and the new BMW X3 will also be produced there. The Tiexi plant in the west of the city, in operation since 2012, produces the BMW X1 long version (including a plug-in hybrid version), the BMW 1 Series Sedan, the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer, the BMW 3 Series Long Version and the BMW 3 Series Sedan. The engine plant, which opened in 2016, produces the latest generation of BMW TwinPower Turbo 3 and 4-cylinder gasoline engines.
The BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture
The joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive was founded in 2003 and comprises the production and sales of BMW automobiles in China as well as local development tasks. The joint venture employs over 16,000 people. The BBA supplier network comprises around 350 local suppliers. In 2014, the contract between the BMW Group and Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd for their joint venture was extended prematurely - four years before the end of the current contract - thus creating the basis for a deepening of the existing successful cooperation. The contract extension is valid for ten years (from 2018 to 2028).
The BMW Group Production Network
High customer demand and the launch of new models in 2016 led to very good capacity utilisation of the BMW Group's production network. BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles produced a new record figure of 2,359,756 units. Of these, 2,002,997 were BMW, 352,580 MINI and 4,179 Rolls-Royce. The plants in Germany are responsible for around half of the volume, with more than one million vehicles produced.
With its unique flexibility, the BMW production system is the world's leading production system and is ideally positioned for the future. It is characterized in particular by high efficiency and robust processes. The BMW Group's production competence thus represents a decisive competitive advantage and contributes to the company's profitability and sustainable success.
Figure 4: Production competence
In addition to flexibility, quality and responsiveness are key factors in the BMW production system. Digitisation, standardised building blocks and an intelligent mixed construction method prove the high competence of the production network. At the same time, the production system offers the customer a very high degree of individualization and allows the modification of customer requirements up to six days before delivery.
Greater Transparency in the Decomposition of Cobalt
In addition, the BMW Group aims to further increase the transparency of its battery cell supply chain and to examine options for model projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Cobalt is considered a key component in the production of electrified vehicles and is present in large quantities in high-voltage electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Companies working with cobalt as a raw material are confronted with the challenge that violations of environmental standards and human rights cannot be completely ruled out when reducing cobalt.
From the outset - for more than one and a half years - the BMW Group has been involved in the Responsible Cobalt Initiative (RCI) - together with numerous other companies and organisations, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The aim of this initiative is to increase transparency and governance and to implement collective measures to deal with social and environmental risks in the cobalt supply chain.
Against this background, the BMW Group has decided to take further steps
On the one hand, the company will increase the transparency of its own cobalt supply chain by the end of the year. To this end, information on the raw material's melting and countries of origin is made publicly available. These melts are not direct suppliers of the BMW Group, but companies that are named by suppliers of the BMW Group as sources of supply.
In addition, the BMW Group is currently conducting a feasibility study with an independent partner to determine whether the social and ecological situation in model mines in the artisanal mining sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo can be sustainably improved. Specifically, it will be investigated whether pilot projects with the potential for future scalability can be implemented on-site.
Ursula Mathar, Head of Sustainability and Environmental Protection at the BMW Group: "The BMW Group does not obtain any cobalt itself, but only obtains this raw material for example by purchasing battery cells. However, we are aware that with the increasing demand for electric vehicles, there is also a responsibility to extract relevant raw materials such as cobalt. As a premium manufacturer, we aim to establish a transparent and sustainable supply chain that meets the highest demands, also in the interests of our customers."
The BMW Group currently assumes that the first steps towards examining a model project on-site will take place in December 2017 at the same time as the publication of melts and countries of origin. The BMW Group's activities in the field of battery cell supply chain underline the fact that it is taking a holistic approach to electromobility, taking into account all facets of the value-added chain in order to promote solutions for sustainable mobility.
Corvus Energy Opens Maritime Battery Factory in Norway
Porsche to Invest in Battery Cell Factory
SMT Opens Branch in China
Investing in U.S. Battery Production
Automotive Power Distribution Innovation Center Opened
High-Voltage
BMW to Create a Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine
iWatt Opens New Design Center in Shenzhen, China
Enova Systems Reports Year-End Results
Solicore Teams with Ineltro Austria To Distribute Flexion® Batteries In Central Europe
Pelican Power Bricks for Sony PSP Recalled


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Night Panther - Fire
"Fire" is haunted by bad memories. It's a song with a dark, dark core. Yet it's probably the most fun, most danceable song we've ever put out. That polarity was in high effect as the Night Panther came to Miner St to track, and we watched those bad memories bubble to the surface.
Late in 2012 we asked I Guess I'm Floating'sand Small Plates Records' owner Conner McGlynn for his thoughts on who would make a great candidate for an episode of Shaking Through. We loved that he suggested someone close to our home, yet new to our radar - Night Panther. "I don't remember exactly how I came across Night Panther," McGlynn told us. "But I knew instantly that they were onto something. I think when you play electro-pop music, it's often a passive pursuit, so you really need to step up the performance aspect of your music. Night Panther have really nailed that over the top performance -- it's in their live shows, their videos, and it completely saturates their music. They call it "sex pop" and it's really easy to hear why. The vocals scream velvet and black lights, the bass lines are assless leather chaps, etc. That sounds utterly ridiculous and it would be if these guys didn't have the quality and musicianship to back it up... but they have it all. That's why I'm so excited by this band."
Amazingly, "Fire" lives up to those words. It's a testament to a singer with an incredible voice, and a group of musicians with strong senses of composition, rhythm, and melody.
At the heart of Night Panther is a contrast between light and dark. Made up of Farzad Houshiarnejad, Michael Cammarata, Marissa Hope Lesnick, and Chris Radwanski the band pinpoints the fulcrum between danceable up-tempo music and dark, haunted lyrics. Farzad, Mike and Chris were former members of the trashcan smashing Bucks County PA group, Drink Up Buttercup, before the band's demise in late 2012. The band submitted a recording of "Fire" that had been released on a My Old Kentucky Blog mix tape a few weeks earlier. We liked that version, but saw a potential to push it further, to do more with it. The band was happy to oblige.
The session was intense and productive; full of great, focused vibes and augmented by dramatic lighting. Their exploration of light and dark reached it's peak with Farzad's lead vocal performance. It was mesmerizing, soaring even. It demanded our attention. It wasn't until the interview that he revealed how challenging doing it was. "I hate this song," he told us. "It's a horrible song about me. It's about me being a really shitty person, it's something I don't want to remember often." But it's that vulnerability that gives the song strength and depth, something Farzad showed in spades. As the rhythm track came together and we added synths, strings and horns, it became clear that "Fire" might be dark, but it's still a whole lot of fun.
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Two Weeks After Correcting Himself, CNBC's Harwood Lies About Rubio's Tax Plan — Again
October 29th, 2015 1:41 AM
The competition for the worst moderator moment of Wednesday night's GOP debate is fierce. John Harwood's rephrasing of an old and discredited charge that Marco Rubio's tax plan disproportionately benefits the top 1 percent has to be in the running.
That's especially true because Harwood himself had to back away from a similar contention two weeks ago, yet still brought up the same issue with a similar dishonest assumption Wednesday night. After Rubio refuted Harwood and pointed out that the CNBC hack previously had to correct himself about the substance of the Rubio-Lee plan, a finger-wagging Harwood still insisted he was correct (bolds are mine throughout this post):
JOHN HARWOOD: Senator Rubio, 30 seconds to you.
The Tax Foundation, which was alluded to earlier, scored your tax plan and concluded that you give nearly twice as much of a gain in after-tax income to the top 1 percent as to people in the middle of the income scale.
Since you're the champion of Americans living paycheck-to- paycheck, don't you have that backward?
RUBIO: No, that's -- you're wrong. In fact, the largest after- tax gains is for the people at the lower end of the tax spectrum under my plan. And there's a bunch of things my tax plan does to help them.
Number one, you have people in this country that...
HARWOOD: The Tax Foundation -- just to be clear, they said the...
RUBIO: ...you wrote a story on it, and you had to go back and correct it.
HARWOOD: No, I did not.
RUBIO: You did. No, you did.
HARWOOD: Senator, the Tax Foundation said after-tax income for the top 1 percent under your plan would go up 27.9 percent.
RUBIO: Well, you're talking about -- yeah.
HARWOOD: And people in the middle of the income spectrum, about 15 percent.
RUBIO: Yeah, but that -- because the math is, if you -- 5 percent of a million is a lot more than 5 percent of a thousand. So yeah, someone who makes more money...
HARWOOD: (inaudible)
RUBIO: ...numerically, it's gonna be higher. But the greatest gains, percentage-wise, for people, are gonna be at the lower end of our plan, and here's why: because in addition to a general personal exemption, we are increasing the per-child tax credit for working families.
We are lowering taxes on small business. You know, a lot of business activity in America is conducted like the guy that does my dry cleaning. He's an S corporation. He pays on his personal rate, and he is paying higher than the big dry-cleaning chain down the street, because he's paying at his personal rate.
RUBIO: Under my plan, no business, big or small, will pay more than 25 percent flat rate on their business income. That is a dramatic tax decrease for hard-working people who run their own businesses.
RUBIO: ...The other thing I'd like to make about our plan, one more point, it is the most pro growth tax plan that I can imagine because it doesn't tax investments at all. You know why? Because the more you tax something, the less of it you get.
I want to be in -- I want America to be the best...
PAUL: ...John...
RUBIO: ...in the world for people...
Sean Davis at the Federalist noted that Harwood's stance was so outrageous that the Tax Foundation's Scott Hodge had to tweet the record straight in almost real time:
Here is Harwood's tweeted correction from two weeks ago:
A graphic representation of the Rubio-Lee tax plan by income decile plus the top 1 percent is here.
Those who want to defend Harwood on the basis that he was asking about the "middle" of the income scale and not the entire rest of the income scale need to understand two things:
Harwood's question still has a false premise, as seen in focusing on the middle 60 percent as presented in the following table from the Tax Foundation's model:
The dynamically scored after-tax income effect for the top 1 percent of income-earners is 27.9 percent. The average of the deciles from 20 percent to 80 percent is 16.2 percent. 27.9 divided by 16.2 is 1.72. That's closer to 1-1/2 than it is to 2; there no justification for calling 1.72 a "nearly twice" impact. John Harwood doesn't get to "creatively" round up like this and get away with it — and he didn't.
Harwood was treating the upper 19 percent (between 80 percent and 99 percent) and the lower 20 percent as if they don't exist. Why? Because he didn't want to admit the large favorable impact on the bottom 20 percent — because, y'know, the Republican Party is the party of the rich which never helps the less fortunate. Rubio, to his credit, got it in there anyway.
Those who believe that the GOP should never have allowed CNBC to host one of the its presidential debates, and especially should have insisted that Harwood not be one of its moderators, should feel vindicated — but still quite frustrated — tonight.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
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Q: Custom ListView click issue on items in Android So I have a custom ListView object. The list items have two textviews stacked on top of each other, plus a horizontal progress bar that I want to remain hidden until I actually do something. To the far right is a checkbox that I only want to display when the user needs to download updates to their database(s). When I disable the checkbox by setting the visibility to Visibility.GONE, I am able to click on the list items. When the checkbox is visible, I am unable to click on anything in the list except the checkboxes. I've done some searching but haven't found anything relevant to my current situation. I found this question but I'm using an overridden ArrayAdapter since I'm using ArrayLists to contain the list of databases internally. Do I just need to get the LinearLayout view and add an onClickListener like Tom did? I'm not sure.
Here's the listview row layout XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
    android:padding="6dip">
    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="0dip"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent">
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/UpdateNameText"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="0dip"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:textSize="18sp"
            android:gravity="center_vertical"
            />
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="0dip"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:id="@+id/UpdateStatusText"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:ellipsize="marquee"
            />
        <ProgressBar android:id="@+id/UpdateProgress"
                     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                     android:indeterminateOnly="false"
                     android:progressDrawable="@android:drawable/progress_horizontal"
                     android:indeterminateDrawable="@android:drawable/progress_indeterminate_horizontal"
                     android:minHeight="10dip"
                     android:maxHeight="10dip"
                     />
    </LinearLayout>
    <CheckBox android:text=""
              android:id="@+id/UpdateCheckBox"
              android:layout_width="wrap_content"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              />
</LinearLayout>

And here's the class that extends the ListActivity. Obviously it's still in development so forgive the things that are missing or might be left laying around:
public class UpdateActivity extends ListActivity {

    AccountManager lookupDb;
    boolean allSelected;
    UpdateListAdapter list;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        lookupDb = new AccountManager(this);
        lookupDb.loadUpdates();

        setContentView(R.layout.update);
        allSelected = false;

        list = new UpdateListAdapter(this, R.layout.update_row, lookupDb.getUpdateItems());
        setListAdapter(list);

        Button btnEnterRegCode = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnUpdateRegister);
        btnEnterRegCode.setVisibility(View.GONE);

        Button btnSelectAll = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnSelectAll);
        btnSelectAll.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                allSelected = !allSelected;

                for(int i=0; i < lookupDb.getUpdateItems().size(); i++) {
                    lookupDb.getUpdateItem(i).setSelected(!lookupDb.getUpdateItem(i).isSelected());
                }

                list.notifyDataSetChanged();
                // loop through each UpdateItem and set the selected attribute to the inverse

            } // end onClick
        }); // end setOnClickListener

        Button btnUpdate = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnUpdate);
        btnUpdate.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
            } // end onClick
        }); // end setOnClickListener

        lookupDb.close();
    } // end onCreate

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();

        for (UpdateItem item : lookupDb.getUpdateItems()) {
            item.getDatabase().close();
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
        super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);

        UpdateItem item = lookupDb.getUpdateItem(position);

        if (item != null) {
            item.setSelected(!item.isSelected());
            list.notifyDataSetChanged();
        }
    }

    private class UpdateListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<UpdateItem> {
        private List<UpdateItem> items;

        public UpdateListAdapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId, List<UpdateItem> items) {
            super(context, textViewResourceId, items);
            this.items = items;
        }

        @Override
        public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
            View row = null;

            if (convertView == null) {
                LayoutInflater li = (LayoutInflater)getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
                row = li.inflate(R.layout.update_row, null);
            } else {
                row = convertView;
            }

            UpdateItem item = items.get(position);

            if (item != null) {
                TextView upper = (TextView)row.findViewById(R.id.UpdateNameText);
                TextView lower = (TextView)row.findViewById(R.id.UpdateStatusText);
                CheckBox cb = (CheckBox)row.findViewById(R.id.UpdateCheckBox);

                upper.setText(item.getName());
                lower.setText(item.getStatusText());

                if (item.getStatusCode() == UpdateItem.UP_TO_DATE) {
                    cb.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                } else {
                    cb.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                    cb.setChecked(item.isSelected());
                }

                ProgressBar pb = (ProgressBar)row.findViewById(R.id.UpdateProgress);
                pb.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }
            return row;
        }

    } // end inner class UpdateListAdapter
}

edit: I'm still having this problem. I'm cheating and adding onClick handlers to the textviews but it seems extremely stupid that my onListItemClick() function is not being called at all when I am not clicking on my checkbox.

A: use this line in the root view of the list item
android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"

A: In case you have ImageButton inside the list item you should set the descendantFocusability value to 'blocksDescendants' in the root list item element.
android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"

And the focusableInTouchMode flag to true in the ImageButton view.
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

A: The issue is that Android doesn't allow you to select list items that have elements on them that are focusable. I modified the checkbox on the list item to have an attribute like so:
android:focusable="false"

Now my list items that contain checkboxes (works for buttons too) are "selectable" in the traditional sense (they light up, you can click anywhere in the list item and the "onListItemClick" handler will fire, etc).
EDIT: As an update, a commenter mentioned "Just a note, after changing the visibility of the button I had to programmatically disable the focus again."

A: I've had a similar issue occur and found that the CheckBox is rather finicky in a ListView.  What happens is it imposes it's will on the entire ListItem, and sort of overrides the onListItemClick. You may want to implement a click handler for that, and set the text property for the CheckBox as well, instead of using the TextViews.
I'd say look into this View object as well, it may work better than the CheckBox
Checked Text View

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package orc.lib.orchard.forms;

import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileItem;
import org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileItemFactory;
import org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadException;
import org.apache.commons.fileupload.disk.DiskFileItemFactory;
import org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet.ServletFileUpload;

public class MultipartFormData implements FormData {
    private final List<FileItem> items;

    public MultipartFormData(final List<FileItem> items) {
        this.items = items;
    }

    public MultipartFormData(final HttpServletRequest request) throws FileUploadException {
        final FileItemFactory factory = new DiskFileItemFactory();
        final ServletFileUpload upload = new ServletFileUpload(factory);
        this.items = upload.parseRequest(request);
    }

    @Override
    public FileItem getItem(final String key) {
        for (final FileItem item : items) {
            if (item.getFieldName().equals(key)) {
                return item;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public FileItem[] getItems(final String key) {
        final LinkedList<FileItem> out = new LinkedList<FileItem>();
        for (final FileItem item : items) {
            if (item.getFieldName().equals(key)) {
                out.add(item);
            }
        }
        return out.toArray(new FileItem[0]);
    }

    @Override
    public List<FileItem> getItems() {
        return items;
    }

    @Override
    public String getParameter(final String key) {
        final FileItem item = getItem(key);
        if (item == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return item.getString();
    }

    @Override
    public String[] getParameterValues(final String key) {
        final FileItem[] items = getItems(key);
        final String[] out = new String[items.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < items.length; ++i) {
            out[i] = items[i].toString();
        }
        return out;
    }
}

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