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Legal Ethics and the Profession
Guests Deborah L. Rhode and Scott Cummings explore legal ethics in today's world and what lawyers can do to maintain the reputation of the profession.
Deborah Rhode
Deborah L. Rhode is the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and the director of the Center on the...
Scott Cummings
Scott Cummings is the Robert Henigson Professor of Legal Ethics and Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law,...
Upon their admittance to practice, new attorneys agree to abide by their jurisdiction's ethical rules. For most states, this means upholding some version of the ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which prescribes standards of legal ethics and professional responsibility for lawyers. However, despite the existence of these rules, and all lawyers' agreement to follow them, violations of the rules are not exactly uncommon.
On today's Lawyer 2 Lawyer, host Craig Williams is joined by Deborah L. Rhode, the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and the director of the Center on the Legal Profession at Stanford Law School, and Scott Cummings, the Robert Henigson Professor of Legal Ethics and professor of law at UCLA School of Law, as they explore legal ethics in today's world, the value of adhering to the ethical rules, and what lawyers can do to maintain the reputation of the profession.
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Deborah L. Rhode: It's very difficult oftentimes to get adequate enforcement of those code provisions because in most states, the enforcement is controlled by the organized bar or agencies that are quite aligned with bar interests. So that's the central structure and the central problem with having lawyers regulating lawyers.
Scott Cummings: One of the things that the legal ethics rules attempts to do with lawyers is to make sure that lawyers are following certain minimum standards of conduct in order to protect clients' interests against lawyer overreach.
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Well legal ethics is defined as the minimum standards of appropriate conduct within the legal profession. Upon their admittance to practice, new attorneys agree to abide by their jurisdictions' ethical rules. For most states, this means upholding some version of the ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which prescribes standards of legal ethics and professional responsibilities for lawyers.
However, and despite the existence of these rules, all lawyers' agreements to follow them as well, violations of the rules are not exactly uncommon. So today on Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we will explore the legal ethics in today's world, the value of adhering to ethical rules and what lawyers can do to maintain the reputation of the profession.
To help us explore this topic we have two great guests for you today. First up, we have Deborah L. Rhode, the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and the Director of the Center on Legal Profession at Stanford Law School. She's the founding chair of the section on Leadership of the Association of American Law Schools and was the Founding President of the International Association of Legal Ethics.
Welcome to the show Deborah.
Deborah L. Rhode: Thanks for having me.
Craig Williams: And our next guest is Scott Cummings, he's the Robert Henigson Professor of Legal Ethics and Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law, where he teaches and writes about the legal profession, public interest law and social movements as well as community economic development.
Scott is also the Faculty Director of Legal Ethics in the profession known as LEAP, a program promoting research and programming on the challenges facing the contemporary legal profession. Welcome to the show Scott.
Scott Cummings: Delighted to be here.
Craig Williams: Well Deborah, let's start with you. If you could kind of just give us a maybe a little bit of a broader definition of legal ethics and legal responsibilities than I did in the intro?
Deborah L. Rhode: Well the state courts set ethical standards for lawyers practicing within their jurisdiction and they will also allow legislators to enact statutes that the courts view as consistent with their own regulations. And the central problem with that system is that it turns out to be lawyers regulating lawyers.
Most state courts defer to the organized bar, the ABA, the National Bar Association has set the standards that provide a model for various states to adopt and most states have adopted those in pretty much the form that the ABA recommended although with some modifications and in certain hot-button areas.
But really state courts are quite dependent on lawyers both because lawyers support their campaigns, they provide recommendations, endorsements and campaign donations and state court judges are members of the profession, most of their colleagues have always been lawyers, so they tend to resolve all doubts in favor of the profession.
And the problem comes in when the professions' interests aren't entirely the same as those of the public. So you have standards that are pretty much set at a very low level that is going to just prohibit the most egregious forms of misconduct.
And it's very difficult often times to get adequate enforcement of those code provisions because in most states, enforcement is controlled by the organized bar or agencies that aren't quite aligned with bar interests. So that's the central structure and the central problem with having lawyers regulating lawyers.
Craig Williams: It sounds like — Scott what's the policy behind legal ethics?
Scott Cummings: Well I think there are a couple of different policies that Deborah highlighted. One I think central rationale is to protect clients when we talk about legal representation and professional conduct. The real risk is that we have clients who have to rely on a service whose quality is really difficult for them to judge, right?
They have to go to lawyers and depend on expertise when the layperson, who is a client, doesn't have an adequate perspective or basis to really evaluate those services and their effectiveness; like when I go to the doctor, it's really hard for me to assess whether that doctor's recommendation is actually on point.
And so one of the things that the legal ethics rules attempts to do with lawyers is to make sure that the lawyers are following certain minimum standards of conduct in order to protect client's interest against lawyer overreach.
I think the other issue which you alluded to in your opening remarks is that lawyers play a really, really important role in the overall function of our democratic system. They are literally responsible for upholding the rule of law in standing for justice and so lawyers as a profession really have to be held to high ethical standards because they are so essentially important in how our government functions.
And so those ethical rules are really designed in part also to uphold and uplift the reputation of the bar in order to make sure that people understand the centrality of lawyers and protecting the rule of law.
Craig Williams: Deborah you were highlighting the issue of lawyers regulating lawyers. I mean and I know there's some civilian involvement in some states but how do you go about educating them so that they're at least able to judge whether or not a lawyer is acting competently?
Deborah L. Rhode: Yeah well you have some non-lawyers on the bar disciplinary committees, which is a good thing except that they're often picked from lists that the bar provides or approved. So you're not going to tend to get flaming consumer advocates as the lay members. And of course, they're generally a minority of those on the committees.
The actual drafting of the rules however generally doesn't have any lay representation. The Commission that drafted the model rules of conduct that most states use for their own code structures and designs didn't have any lay people. And there is an established mechanism for getting lay input into the development of bar ethical rules in most jurisdictions.
And occasionally, when the public is asked to comment on something as it recently was in California on rule reform, the public has no idea what the issues are, and no way of really knowing. And so surprise, surprise 98% of the comments that came in were from lawyers who mainly didn't like any of the sort of public orient and changes so there's some structural impediments to making the system work better.
And Scott is certainly right that it's an enormously important way of making our democratic system work because courts act as checks on governmental overreach and an independent legal profession that abides by high ethical standards is really critical to the functioning of the system.
And also lawyers set the rules to determine who can provide legal advice and assistance and oftentimes, their rules favor giving a monopoly to lawyers even in cases of routine services where the public might benefit from having a wider choice of service providers who were expert in discrete fields, but don't have to go through all the hoops that lawyers do in order to become a practitioner.
Craig Williams: Scott, what do we find are the most common ethical violations? What are the consumers complaining about?
Scott Cummings: I mean by far the most common ethical violations are in the category of lawyer neglect and financial abuse. And so neglect are things that raise sort of basic incompetence or negligence issues that lawyers miss deadlines, fail to file motions, and result in injuries to the clients.
And so if you look in California and across the country people have studied this issue find that those kinds of complaints rise to the very top of the list in terms of the ethical misconduct of lawyers.
Financial abuse is stuff like lawyers charging too much for their services, failing to return client retainers or settlement funds or otherwise misappropriating funds from their client and those unfortunately are also very high on the list in terms of ethical misconduct of lawyers.
One thing to note in terms of ethical misconduct in the types of rule violations that we often see that lawyers engage in is that it's not evenly distributed. In other words, small and solo practice lawyers are much more likely to be found guilty at ethical misconduct than their large firm counterparts and that's not just because they are routinely more guilty lawyers, it's because they often lack the infrastructure and support to really manage a loss of the law practice management that can often result in ethical violations.
So I think when we think about the prevalence of ethical misconduct and where it gets targeted, that we really need to be mindful of equity and ethical sanctions.
Craig Williams: Deborah what are the law practice management things can be put into effect that could help solo and small practitioners avoid this kind of malpractice issue?
Deborah L. Rhode: Well, for example, tickler systems that alert lawyers when deadlines are coming up, some kind of a backup system if aware gets snowed with some competing calls on his or her time at the same moment, big firms usually have ways to cover for that.
Also a large percentage of problems arise from where's substance abuse and mental health problems and we really need better ways to provide assistance for lawyers who are struggling.
Also malpractice insurance would help a lot. Some disciplinary systems don't even cover sort of routine overcharging or minor neglect complaints on the theory that clients can have a civil malpractice liability and sue for damages. But that turns out to be a pretty expensive process and they have to hire another lawyer which if they've been burned once, they don't necessarily want to do.
And unless damages are pretty clear and pretty substantial and the lawyer has malpractice insurance that will cover it, it often isn't worth it to sue the individual lawyer. Estimates vary but only about half of lawyers carry malpractice insurance and as you might imagine the ones who don't have it are the ones who need it most, who are most likely to be sued, they're the ones sort of at economically marginal levels.
So it would be better if all states required lawyers to carry malpractice insurance and set up a kind of public fund to make it reasonably cost-effective for them to do so.
When statement is done it finds that lawyers like that pretty well. So that's an obvious area where we could improve public protection and also give lawyers more incentive to avoid the minor levels of disciplinary violations or malpractice that we now see.
Craig Williams: Those are great ideas. But before we move on to our next segment, we're going to take a quick break to hear a message from our sponsor. We will be right back.
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Craig Williams: Welcome back to Lawyer 2 Lawyer. I'm Craig Williams and with us today is Deborah Rhode, she is the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and the Director of the Center on Legal Profession at Stanford Law School.
And Scott Cummings, the Robert Henigson Professor of Legal Ethics and Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law.
We have been discussing legal ethics, the ABA Rules of Professional Conduct in maintaining the reputation of the legal profession.
And Scott, right before the break Deborah was talking about insurance and it's interesting that there's not a universal requirement for carrying insurance, it's almost like the uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage we see on automobile insurance and there's also no state fund that's readily available at least here in California that I know of.
Can you talk about what state funds are might be available and what kinds of insurance issues come up for lawyers?
Scott Cummings: Well, I mean I think Deborah laid it out really nicely. I think the Bar does have access to interest on client funds that gets allocated toward supporting legal aid and other organizations that promote access to justice.
We might imagine a system in which the bar was able to collect more money through dues and other mechanisms that might be put aside as Deborah indicated in order to promote compensation for clients who have been wronged by lawyers and who don't have access to other sources of redress like hiring lawyers and pursuing malpractice claims.
And so I think putting aside money and sort of a Victim Compensation Fund in some respects might be a good idea and might be a way of kind of covering at least at the baseline level some of the more egregious harms that clients confront based on lawyer misconduct.
Craig Williams: Deborah what happens in situations where one lawyer observes another lawyer's unethical conduct? I mean there's a line between certainly litigation issues, where reporting someone to the State Bar is a little bit dicey and other issues where it seems like it's warranted, especially if a judge considers it and orders it? What circumstances surround getting reported to the State Bar by other lawyers and judges?
Deborah L. Rhode: Well, alas, a lot of lawyers are very reluctant to report misconduct that they observe for a couple of reasons. They are worried about retaliation, they're also worried that it might seem hypocritical, he who has never sinned should be the one to cast the first stones and a lot of lawyers think that there but from the grace of God, 00:16:38 so that's a deterrent and also a lot of them believe that the bar disciplinary process isn't going to be very responsive.
And that is a major reason why judges don't report conduct that they see going on in their courtroom. And alas, they are right, the disciplinary system often is slow and the sanctions are really inadequate to deter most abuse.
Less than 5% of the complaints that are brought result in any public discipline.
So it's not a great system, and we don't have a lot of reporting, and then it's true that a lot of the reports that disciplinary agencies get are either clients who are just unhappy with the result, so they blame the lawyer or it's in some instances an adversary who is unhappy with how the case is gone and wants to retaliate against the other lawyer.
So a lot of complaints do need to be weeded out, but there's some evidence then an independent oversight board that was controlled by the public not the profession would do a better job and certainly Great Britain, Australia who had those kinds of systems of co-regulation in which the bar shares authority with the public do a somewhat better job getting responsiveness to public complaints.
Scott Cummings: If I could just add to that briefly, I think one of the important reasons that we have rules that require lawyers to report another lawyers is because lawyers often have unique insights into other lawyers' ethical misconduct they work with them and the same firm for example and therefore might be able to see things that clients might not be able to detect.
I agree with Deborah wholeheartedly in terms of some of the barriers. I think some other things to think about are just the ambiguity of the ethical rules themselves. The rule that requires lawyers to report another lawyers doesn't require it in every situation but only when there is a substantial question about the other lawyer's fitness to practice and I think that ambiguity in the standard often allows lawyers to kind of waive a lot of responsibility to report.
I think another dynamic that is important to mark is just that if you are a subordinate lawyer, a junior lawyer in a law firm, and you see ethical conduct on the part of superiors, there are massive deterrents to reporting superior misconduct in ways that we really have to think about how to protect those junior lawyers, so that they can do the right thing and not feel like they are going to suffer reprisal.
Craig Williams: Is there a Whistleblower Law that applies to lawyers?
Scott Cummings: That's an interesting question, that there are Whistleblower protections but they're not evenly distributed across the bar, and so some of the cases that have looked at retaliation against lawyers for reporting misconduct of other lawyers and firms have given pretty broad and strong protections to associates who do that, who are retaliating against for reporting and fired. But they don't give the same protections to partners who report on other partners.
So I think there's some discrepancy there that still is a deterrent particularly again if you're at the top and you're looking out at other lawyers that are within your partnership, you have to be able to feel confident that by reporting their misconduct you're not going to lose your position.
Craig Williams: Deborah let's look at a couple of particular examples, what comes to mind immediately are the charges that are pending against Michael Avenatti and also the issues that have arisen from the two recent Boeing 737 airplane crashes in foreign countries where there's been an outcry by local populations because of American lawyers contacting them to get representation to sue Boeing here in the United States. You talk about those or some other ones that you're familiar with.
Deborah L. Rhode: Yeah well Michael Avenatti is kind of a poster child for what you don't want in a high-profile lawyer and his misconduct is everything from sort of not releasing client funds to public misrepresentations and fraudulent misrepresentations. So it's pretty egregious conduct that he didn't get called on until a lot of people had lost a bunch of money. And I think that speaks to the failures we noted earlier in the disciplinary and malpractice systems.
In terms of the mass solicitation of clients at disaster sites, ambulance chasing has a really bad odor both among the public and the profession. It just looks pretty terrible when people are chasing victims without any respect for sort of the time, place and manner of the solicitations. And lawyers have even gone to hospitals and gotten referrals to patients from ambulance drivers. So hence the term ambulance chasers for lawyer who engage in this solicitation and the bar has rules against it.
What drives it however are practices by insurance companies that put pressure on accident victims to sign an immediate release for oftentimes very small amounts of money. And one of the reasons for the race to get people to sign on with lawyers is to relent them from giving away their claims and lawyers for insurance company — well insurance company employees who aren't lawyers are subject to the same anti-solicitation prohibition. So if we want to get rid of the practice we should do a better job of policing insurance company solicitations in these situations.
Craig Williams: Scott we talked a lot about some horror stories and some of the bad things but what do you tell a young attorney starting out in the profession coming into it? How do you guide them through this ethical morass that we're in?
Scott Cummings: I have a few messages to my students who are about to enter the profession and one is really that ethics matters because in most places clients and other lawyers are really just not going to want to work with you if you gain a reputation as someone who's willing to cut ethical corners.
And so I want to stress to young lawyers entering the profession that lawyers do in fact gain professional capital credibility benefits over time by being the ones who stand up and do the right thing.
The other message that I often convey to my students is that good lawyers acting in the best of faith sometimes do bad things and this often happens because lawyers simply don't know what the ethical boundaries are, yes, there are some lawyers that are really bad but most who break the rules are not actually nefarious they're under pressure, they lack support or they're just not familiar enough with the rules to do the right thing.
So I think when students are contemplating entering the profession, they often think okay this stuff doesn't apply to me because I'm a good person, I'm not going to violate the rules. I think that's wrong, good people do violate the rules and you have to pay attention, you have to have an analysis and you have to be grounded in what the ethical rules are in order to make sure that you don't get caught in a bad situation.
The other thing I think I would say lastly to the folks that are just entering the profession is that we do have an amazing legal and political system but it's very fragile. And I think we've seen that tested dramatically over the past few years and it's based on respect for the rule of law and respect for each other and it depends on people respecting norms of civil discourse.
And I think all of this is imperil and so I really believe strongly that for those that are about to enter, they really need to think about what their public responsibilities are to defend and restore faith in our democratic system.
Craig Williams: Deborah, I'd throw the same question to you, what do you tell your students as they enter their profession?
Deborah L. Rhode: Well I agree with everything Scott said. I often quote a famous British commentator G. K. Chesterton who said that "The problem with a lot of legal officials is not that they're evil or even stupid, it's just they've gotten used to it". And I think a lot of the problems that we've been talking about certainly neglect or minor fee disputes or lack of access to legal services for poor people are things that a lot of lawyers come to think of is just the way the system is. And over time, they're viewed as either not a problem or not my problem.
And I think one of the messages I try to give to people entering the profession is you have enormous opportunities to do good in this profession and with those opportunities come some obligations and those include thinking about the public impact of your own professional conduct but also collectively the bar's professional conduct.
And if there are things that aren't working well in the system, yeah time is short and I understand everyone's capacities for outrage are limited but I think this is a profession where you really can feel some sense of responsibility to leave the legal landscape a little better in some way then you found it.
And I often say that students — sort of one of the things that applied ethics professors often say is if in doubt, think about the 60 minute test or the New York Times headlines test, how would this conduct look if it were publicly displayed and your mother was watching or reading about it, would you be comfortable with what you're doing or what you're not doing? And if the answer is there's a little bit of discomfort, I try to encourage and enable them to think about ways of making the situation better.
Craig Williams: Good advice. Well it looks like we have just about reached the end of our program. So we'd like to take our moment here to invite our guests to share their final thoughts as well as their contact information and Scott, we will throw it over you to finish up first.
Scott Cummings: I think the final thought that I guess I would like to leave the audience with is piggybacks quite nicely on I think where Deborah just left off which is that as we think about the future of legal ethics and lawyers' responsibilities in our current society, we have to think hard about how lawyers are going to respond to what's the central problem. I think one of the central problems facing our society which is inequality.
And we have to have lawyers be more mindful of the discrepancy between access to lawyer resources at the top and at the bottom. And I would like the listeners to think about the public responsibilities of lawyers to really ensure access to justice how we can collectively think about ensuring that low income people have greater access to resources to be able to afford lawyers, to be able to access lawyers in really critical life situations when they're facing evictions and other incredibly traumatic events in a way that brings more balance in equipoise I think to a system that has gotten thrown out of whack.
Craig Williams: Great. And how can our listeners reach out to you?
Scott Cummings: Your listeners can reach out to me via email at [email protected] and that's the best way to get me.
Craig Williams: Great. Thank you very much. And Deborah, your final thoughts and your contact information.
Deborah L. Rhode: Yeah its [email protected] and I would echo Scott's point about access to justice. In our current circumstances about four-fifths of poor people don't get legal services for oftentimes extremely critical legal needs and somewhere around a third of middle-class consumers are priced out of the system.
A couple of decades ago, President Jimmy Carter told the Los Angeles Bar Association that there was a problem in a system where 90% of lawyers were serving 10% of the public those who had deep pockets. And the situation hasn't much improved. Our funding for legal aid organizations is shamefully low and we do a much worse job than many other developed countries in equalizing access to critical assistance.
So America likes to think of itself as a world leader and the role of law, which it is, but it's really needs to do a much better job in making its legal system more accessible for those who need it most.
Craig Williams: Thank you. And thank you both for reminding us that ethics go far beyond what's written down in the ABA rules. It involves our duty to society. Great idea.
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There's So Much to Love About IRONMAN Frankfurt
By Brittany Bevis, 01/05/23, 7:15PM EST
The Mainova IRONMAN European Championship is a favorite among athletes. Read more to find out why it's so loved.
Along the banks of the majestic Frankfurt am Main river, a race steeped in over two decades of tradition will offer athletes a once-in-a-lifetime experience. At the Mainova IRONMAN European Championship Frankfurt on July 2nd 2023, the world's top male pros will race alongside age-groupers on a challenging, picturesque, course that showcases the region's quaint villages and idyllic countryside. Then, at the finish line party at the historic Römerberg, athletes will hear that iconic phrase: "You are an IRONMAN!"
IRONMAN Frankfurt is preparing for a big bash in 2023. With a warm lake swim, a rolling bike, and a flat run, IRONMAN Frankfurt is ideally positioned for athletes hoping for a PR, World Championship slot, or hoping to complete their first full-distance race.
Schwimmstrecke: The Swim
One of the largest lakes in the region, the Langener Waldsee is the site of the one-loop, 2.4- mile swim where athletes will begin their race-day journey. Surrounded by a dense forest, the lake has a Mediterranean feel with 900 meters of golden sand beaches. After a rolling start, athletes will swim out and back to the shore for an Australian exit. Once back in the water, athletes will swim in a counterclockwise triangle to the exit.
The weather in Germany is warm and mild in July, so expect air temperatures around 25 degrees C and water temperatures around 23 degrees C.
Radstrecke: The Bike
The 113-mile bike course will take athletes on a scenic tour of the villages surrounding Frankfurt over 1600 meters of elevation. As they make their way through the city center, cyclists will be treated to views of "Mainhattan" with its impressive city skyline.
On the two-lap course, athletes will pass fully stocked aid stations eight times and water stations four times. The hilly route is challenging, but closed to traffic and known for exceptional Tour-de-France style crowds. Athletes around the world can get ready for the big day by riding the bike course on IRONMAN's virtual cycling platform, FulGaz.
Laufstrecke: The Run
The run course is unique in that the compressed, four-loop format keeps athletes in the middle of all the action along the paved promenade of the Main River. Underneath the skyline of downtown Frankfurt, runners will enjoy this flat and fast course with only 100 meters of elevation. There are six aid stations on each lap, so there will be plenty of opportunities to stay hydrated in the late stages of this summer race. Finally, the finish line at the historic Römerberg is unlike anything athletes will have experienced before. Germans sure know how to party!
More than a race course
Frankfurt is a metropolitan city that somehow manages to celebrate the past while also embracing the future. It's the fifth most populous city in Germany and a global hub for commerce and transportation with the busiest airport in the country. The skyline of the business district has some of the tallest skyscrapers in Europe, which has earned it the nickname "Mainhattan."
But amidst the city center, there's also medieval, old town Frankfurt with 14-century architecture, archaeological gardens, and the historic Römerberg. Also, there are cobblestone streets, half-timber houses, and beer gardens to explore.
Once the race is complete, it's time to celebrate! The food in Frankfurt is a triathlete's dream with all sort of carb-laden goodies like apple wine, crown cake with cherries, Frankfurter sausage with potato salad, and of course, beer.
Why athletes love it
Lucas Cwikowski is from the small city of Saive in Belgium. When it came time for his first full-distance race, he chose IRONMAN Frankfurt in 2022.
IRONMAN Frankfurt can be warm in July, and for Cwikowski, the nutrition during the run proved to be his Achilles heel and he suffered a DNF. But he's already planning his revenge for 2023. "It was an incredible experience. I will take my revenge next year and be an IRONMAN on the finish line!"
For athletes coming from overseas, Cwikowski mentions there are many opportunities to preview the course prior to race day. "You can go swimming in the lake the days before, and even on race day to warm up," he says. "Biking around the city is safe, as well as riding on the course, and you can run along the river."
Age group athlete Brigitte Paulick raced IRONMAN Frankfurt in 2014 and won her age group to boot. Paulick was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany, so she says racing at IRONMAN Frankfurt was like going back home.
"The run is a four-loop course along the river in downtown Frankfurt, and there are fans everywhere," she says. "It's like one big block party. What was extra special for me, and made me dig just a little deeper, was that I got to see my friends and family so many times."
Her favorite part of the course was the bike leg, which she describes as a mostly flat and fast route that speeds through the beautiful countryside: "It was the perfect combo of some low rollers and flats," she says. "The views were stunning, and the town we rode through couldn't have been more energetic. The Germans sure know how to make 140.6 fly by!"
"The finish line in Frankfurt was hands down the most amazing to date," she adds. "Yes, even more than the famous Ali Drive. The crowds were amazing, but what really put the icing on the cake was having my parents at the finish line and my father with tears of pride in his eyes. It left me speechless and has changed me forever."
Arnd Zabka: Making it #21
And then there's Arnd Zabka, above, who has become a legend at the race: He's competed every year it's been held, and is looking forward to completing number 21 in 2023.
Before Zabka moved to Munich in 2001, he raced many middle-distance triathlons in North Rhine-Westphalia, but he always had a dream to complete a full IRONMAN. "I did all the triathlons in Holland, Belgium, and Germany that you can do up to the middle distance, and I always had the goal of doing an IRONMAN," he says. "At the time, there was only Roth in Germany and it was very far away."
In 2001, when IRONMAN Frankfurt announced their inaugural event, Zabka felt it was a sign.
"There were only 700 to 900 athletes back then, and you could still register one day before the race," he recalls. "I remember in T1 when athletes had their trekking bikes and bought themselves a wetsuit the day before. It was the charm of the past, because now when you enter IRONMAN Frankfurt you see all these professional, futuristic looking bikes."
After his first race at IRONMAN Frankfurt in 2001, Zabka decided to enter the next year, and the next, and the next…
"I kept registering every year because it was a fun and beautiful race. Over time, you build a relationship from participating at IRONMAN Frankfurt. When I drive around here, it's like going back home."
For the last few years, Zabka has raced with bib #102, which means he has the honor of racking his bike beside the pros. "It was funny because my friends realized it's actually my house number! It's a total random coincidence. If I could keep it for the next couple of years that would be very cool."
Advice from the frontlines
Whether it's your first IRONMAN or your 21st, the idea of tackling 140.6 miles can be daunting. Here are some of Zabka's favorite, tested tips:
Make it a celebration: "You've trained all year and put a lot of time and effort into this. The day finally comes, and it's not the most stressful day. It should be the most beautiful day. Enjoy it!" Zabka says.
Turn trouble around: "Even if something doesn't work out, relax," Zabka says. "That's the big difference between a full and a sprint race. If you have any technical problems, you have time to fix it."
Enjoy the finish: "Funny enough, what makes the difference at IRONMAN Frankfurt compared to all other events, is the end. When everybody celebrates and fires up the last people that arrive to the finish line, that's something special you don't have anywhere else. You need to enjoy that moment."
On mental challenges: "There is a very normal point in an IRONMAN where you get this mental pressure," Zabka says. "For me, depending on how hard I trained for the bike course, I get this around 110-130 km. What really helps me on the bike or run course is to constantly eat. Secondly, you need a little bit of 'kopfkino.' This means that I imagine some beautiful situation where I was really happy. If you feel mentally bad, then think of your happy moment, and the bad just disappears."
Hop to it: "Contrary to most athletes, about halfway through the marathon is when things start to feel a bit easier for Zabka. "When you're halfway in the run course, it becomes relatively easier," he says. "That's when I begin dreaming about my beer."
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Thoughts on Paradise Residence Volume 3
So I ended up taking a bit of a break from looking at manga for a couple of weeks, but now the MCM London Comic Con is done I'll be getting back into it. I will be looking some of the manga I picked up from there. Once I've done that, I'll return to looking at Bleach once more.
Now, however, it is the third and final volume of Kosuke Fujishima's Paradise Residence that I will be turning my attention to.
There are a total of eight 'episodes' in this volume of the manga, starting with episode 14. Paradise Residence reaches its conclusion in its twenty-first episode.
Save the dorm!
Summer comes to an end, and the residents of Kikka Academy's Dormitory One are looking forward to a new semester of fun and adventure. With the change of seasons also comes plans to renovate the dormitory, but when the school's chairwoman falls ill and is temporarily replaced, those plans and the future of Dormitory One find themselves in jeopardy. Takanashi, Misawa, and the rest of the girls are not going to take things sitting down, and they formulate a plan to rescue their beloved dorm. But can they put together the resources to pull it off, and can they outwit the conniving deputy chairperson behind it all?
That was the blurb, and with that out the way, let's take a look at the first episode of volume 3. It is episode 14: 'All Their Adventures'. Whilst Hatsune is out playing tennis, Suzuka goes out on an adventure.
Hatsune and Suzuka are reunited later on, with the latter exhausted and starving. Hatsune, Suzuka and Tachiarai take a bath together, but Suzuka ends up falling asleep during. She wakes up in her bad later on, and finds that Hatsune had prepared some onigiri for her. By the end of the episode, Suzuka has acquired a two-wheel license for up to mid-size motorcycles – and is revealed to be a license-getting maniac.
Up next is episode 15, 'Homecoming'. Suzuka ends up staying over at Hatsune's house during the Obon holiday. It's the first time Suzuka has ever met Hatsune's family, so she's a little nervous about it. It doesn't take long for Suzuka to get used to them, and by the end of the episode, it seems that all of the Takanashis want to marry Suzuka – yep, even Hatsune's mother.
Episode 16 follows that, and it is called 'Shift Change'. Suzuka is allowed to borrow a motorcycle, so both she and Hatsune go out for a ride together – it is Suzuka's first time riding on public streets. Despite making a mistake that shakes her up, Suzuka is keen to continue riding – it is an adventure, after all. One that she happy to share with Hatsune.
It's back to school for Hatsune in episode 17, 'Goddess'. Of course, she ends up running late, but she gets a little help from the board chairwoman. Though Hatsune avoids being late, she hadn't done her homework.
Ominato (AKA Minchin-sensei) discusses renovating Dormitory One with the board chairwoman. However, the chairwoman collapses.
This brings the arrival of the deputy chairwoman – the daughter of the chairwoman. She thinks Dormitory One should be rebuilt instead of just renovated and insists on tearing it down.
Whilst Hatsune is fretting over her homework with Suzuka by her side, they overhear Ominato having a conversation with one of the other girls.
Episode 18 is 'The Dorm One Breeze', in which the news about Dormitory One being torn down is told to the girls. Ominato says she can't oppose the deputy chairwoman's decision, but she encourages the girls to not acquiesce to power. After the conversation, the girls start discussing plans to save their beloved dormitory.
The deputy chairwoman is invited to take a look at Dormitory One, and is almost knocked out by 'lady-killer' Tachiarai's greeting. Despite their best efforts, they are unable to persuade the deputy chairwoman to change her mind.
In episode 19, it comes down to 'The Final Option!!'. The Dorm One girls collect signatures opposing the demolition of their dorm, whilst the deputy chairwoman reads up on the history of Kikka Academy.
The girls are able to collect 512 signatures, but when it comes to the matter of money they are beat. The girls of Dorm One discuss alternative options – ideally they'd need something financially advantageous.
The girls even go to Dormitory Two for help – even Hatsune bows her head in seeking their aid.
'Dorm Festival Eve!' is the title of episode 20. Suzuka does some research into Matsuri Itami – the deputy chairwoman – and discovers a social media account.
The girls continue to work on their plan to save Dormitory One, even asking for Ominato's help. They intend to have a dorm festival, and want everyone to get involved.
Their plans are put into motion, and the day of the dismantling arrives.
Bringing the story of Paradise Residence to a close is the 21st and final episode, 'Kikka Dormitory One'.
The deputy chairwoman arrives with a construction company ready to dismantle Dormitory One. The Dorm One girls welcome them to the Kikka Dormitory One's Dorm Festival – and this is where they find out if all their effort will pay off. If you want to know whether it did or not, then you're going to have to read the manga yourself.
Not much at the end of this volume, just the typical translation notes. That wraps up Paradise Residence, and I have to say it was a fairly enjoyable read. I doubt it will do much to convert those who don't enjoy slice-of-life comedy series, but there's plenty here for fans of that genre to like.
I also like how the third volume introduces a little drama concerning Dormitory One – most of the other stuff was typical inconsequential slice-of-life stuff. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy that kind of thing, but seeing all the girls band together and even put aside differences with rivals makes for an interesting last few chapters. This gives the characters, and story, something to focus on for its denouement.
There's also some fairly light yuri subtext present – which I guess is something of a given, considering its setting. I do like the relationship that Hatsune and Suzuka share – whether it be Suzuka missing Hatsune when she's absent, or Hatsune pretty much admitting she would marry Suzuka given the chance.
There's also Tachiarai, who is acknowledged as a 'lady-killer'. Actually, since I'm talking about other characters, I'm a little sad that British exchange student Stephanie didn't get to do too much. If anything, her role was mostly fanservice – which is a shame, because I'm a big fan of seeing British characters in anime. Being British myself, I always like seeing how that's interpreted by other cultures.
I guess the rest of the supporting cast isn't too bad, either, though some stick more firmly in the mind than others.
There's a fair amount of fanservice to be found in Paradise Residence, as well. Whilst Stephanie is probably the character who most contributes to this, we do get bath scenes featuring multiple girls, and we do have a beach 'episode' in which the bikinis come out. I've never been particularly bothered by fanservice, but if it is something that puts you off than Paradise Residence won't be for you.
Overall, Kosuke Fujishima's Paradise Residence probably won't convert those who aren't into the slice-of-life genre. However, if you like your 'cute girls doing cute things' to be a little more mature-looking than typical, this series will be right up your street. In my opinion, I reckon Paradise Residence is a pretty solid read.
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Megaworld opens 'Chinatown Museum' in Binondo
Property giant's second museum project to offer glimpse of glorious past of the 'World's Oldest Chinatown'
Township developer Megaworld is opening the country's first cultural museum dedicated to the 'World's Oldest Chinatown' inside the Lucky Chinatown Mall in Binondo, Manila.
Located at the 4th level of Lucky Chinatown's Building A, the Chinatown Museum features 18 galleries, with each focusing on various influences and historical events that have shaped the cultural, social and economic threads of Binondo – from its establishment as a settlement for Christianized Chinese to the height of downtown Escolta on its way to becoming a bustling commercial downtown of colonial Manila.
The new cultural landmark, recognized by the National Historical Commission and National Commission for the Culture and the Arts, is envisioned as a community space and heritage project that lends a visual retelling of the rich history of Binondo.
"It has always been our goal to integrate arts, culture, history and heritage in the overall character of our developments. With Lucky Chinatown being at the center of a community characterized by its rich history, we wanted to extend this passion for the arts and culture to the mall experience and eventually boost tourism in this part of Manila," says Kevin L. Tan, chief strategy officer, Megaworld.
Chinatown Museum is the second museum venture of the property giant following the opening of the Iloilo Museum for Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA), the first museum of its kind in the Visayas and Mindanao region, inside its Iloilo Business Park township in Mandurriao, Iloilo last year. Part of the company's tourism initiatives is to integrate museum projects in its township developments across the country. Currently, it is curating museums for its townships in Cebu, Pampanga and Pasig City.
"We conducted thorough research and consultations for this project, and we collaborated with members of the academe, respected historians and prominent figures in the community in order to provide an accurate and comprehensive representation of Binondo's rich history. We went beyond a historical presentation of facts and we even developed the museum's very own app to make it educational and at the same time entertaining especially to the young audience," reveals Tan.
For a more immersive and interactive experience, Megaworld is also introducing the Chinatown Museum App for museum visitors. Available for download on Google Play for Android users and on the Apple store for iOS users, the customized App aims to provide easy access to the museum's gallery information on Binondo's rich and colorful history. It utilizes bluetooth technology, and it allows smoother transition between topics and information while inside the museum.
Chinatown Museum is connected directly to the main mall of Lucky Chinatown via a bridgeway at the fourth level and the newly-opened Hotel Lucky Chinatown.
The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday, 10AM to 6PM. Admission rates for regular visitors are priced at P150, senior citizens at P120 and students at P100. Kids below four feet are free of charge.
Chinatown Museum is located along Reigna Regente St. cor. Dela Reina St., Binondo, Manila. For inquiries, please call the Lucky Chinatown Concierge at 567-8139 or visit www.chinatownmuseum.org or send an email to chinatownmuseumph@gmail.com.
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Presumption of Innocence Not Violated in Media Case, Rules ECtHR
May 26, 2014 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Employees of a Turkish TV channel broadcasting in Germany, of which Mr. Z. Karaman is a director, started two charity organizations and solicited donations on-air. In 2006 German prosecutors began an investigation for fraudulent use of said donations.
After the on-air solicitation took place, German prosecutors charged Mr. Karaman and several employees with fraud and the regional court in Frankfurt found two defendants guilty of aggravated fraud. Mr Karaman had been separated from these defendants and was not convicted in this ruling, though his name was referenced several times in the decision.
Because of this, Mr. Karaman turned to the Federal Constitutional Court, pointing to a violation of his right to the presumption of innocence. His claim was turned down. Mr. Karaman then turned to the European Court of Human Right, claiming the violation of Article 6 §2 of the Convention (presumption of innocence) for his name being published in the judgment from 2008 (claim 17103/10).
In its judgment from February 27, 2014, the Court ruled that a violation of the presumption of innocence could occur when third-person data is found in the grounds for a judgment against others. That said, the Strasbourg judges agreed with the argument from the German court, stating that in complicated proceedings against a number of people in parallel (but not being tried together), it is necessary for the judge to analyze third-party involvement to be able to correctly determine guilt. However, with regard to the facts of those people directly, the judge should point only to the facts that are strictly necessary.
The Court noted that there is a principle of presumption of innocence in German law. Following it, a court should not judge on the guilt of people who are not being tried in the case before it. The court judging this case of fraud must have made assessments on the location of people running the criminal group, pointing out that the leaders were located in Turkey. The criminal organization must have had some leadership and people coming up with ideas on how the money can be embezzled. To provide a complex analysis of the facts, the Frankfurt am Mein court could not avoid referencing Mr. Karaman, the Turkish director of the broadcasting enterprise where the fraud took place.
Judging on the language used by the German court, the ECtHR noted that Mr. Karaman was mentioned as the "accused in a separate case." The court did not make any judgment on his guilt by that reference, as the proceedings against him were still in motion. By mentioning "people acting behind the stage," the German court also did not make any judgment on Mr. Karaman's guilt. Moreover, it was mentioned by the German court in its judgment (published on the court's website), as well as by the German Constitutional Court, that seeing him as guilty would pose a violation of the basic principle of the penal code, namely the presumption of innocence. The ECtHR came to the conclusion that with such a sophisticated case, with so many people accused, the German courts took relevant care to assure the preservation of the principle of presumption of innocence. Therefore, the Frankfurt court did not violate the presumption principle, and the Convention was not breached. Two of the judges filed a dissenting opinion, claiming that placing the name of the defendant near to the description of the criminal group's leadership was an unequivocal reference to his guilt.
The case shows how difficult it can be for judges hearing multi-thread cases. On the one hand, just like the German court, they must avoid making prejudgments; on the other, they are required to reconstruct the facts as precisely as possible, to make sure that they fairly deliberate the current case while at the same time not prejudicing the judgments of other, albeit related, cases.
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In 1985 Spain became a pioneer in the application of universal jurisdiction. But in 2014 the law was changed, closing many ongoing cases and stripping many applicants of their rights.
Liberties Report: Does Germany Have a Civic Space Problem?
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Afghan IG reopens probe into huge Leatherneck command center
By J. Taylor Rushing, Stars and Stripes
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko notified Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel of the news in a Nov. 27 letter that was released by Sopko's office Thursday. In the letter, Sopko complains that he never received an answer to questions he sent in July to Hagel, U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Commander Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr., about the mammoth building, dismissed by many as a "white elephant," never to be used. [..]
Sopko specifically complains about an investigation into the building by Maj. Gen. James Richardson, deputy commander of support for U.S. Forces in Afghanistan that was finished last month. Sopko said he delayed his own investigation to wait on Richardson's report. A partial draft of the report was sent to Sopko, but he said it was sloppy, incomplete and actually suggests that taxpayer-funded construction should continue. [..]
Controversy over the building is not new – members of the Senate Armed Services Committee have been publicly critical of the construction, most recently after an initial Army investigation into the building in May determined that the building was unwanted and unnecessary, and could be converted into a gymnasium and movie theatre.
10 Democratic Committee Chairs Warn Menendez's Iran Sanction Bill Could Blow Up Negotiations
By Ryan Grim, Huffington Post
In a remarkable rebuke to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), 10 other Senate committee chairs are circulating a joint letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, urging him to reject an effort by Menendez to tighten sanctions on Iran and warning that his bill could disrupt ongoing nuclear negotiations.
The senators write in their letter that "at this time, as negotiations are ongoing, we believe that new sanctions would play into the hands of those in Iran who are most eager to see the negotiations fail."
Earlier Thursday, a senior White House official had accused Menendez of undermining the negotiations. [..]
Yet Menendez is not alone in his call for tougher sanctions. The proposed Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act, introduced in the Senate on Thursday by Menendez and Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), is co-sponsored by 12 other Democrats — including Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) — and 12 other Republicans.
Senate passes $607B Defense bill
By Jeremy Herb and Ramsey Cox, The Hill
The Senate on Thursday evening passed the $607 billion Defense authorization bill that will reform the way the military handles sexual assault cases and loosen the restriction on transferring Guantánamo Bay detainees to foreign countries.
The Senate sent the bill to the president's desk for the 52nd straight year in a 84-15 vote, after some legislative maneuvering was needed to extend the streak and quickly get a compromise bill through both chambers this month.
Nearly three-quarters of Republicans joined most Democrats in voting for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorizes $527 billion in base defense spending and $80 billion for the war in Afghanistan.[..]
The final bill included many new reforms to how the military prosecutes sexual assault and treats victims. The bill strips commanders' ability to overturn guilty verdicts, changes the military's pre-trial rules for interviewing victims, expands a special victims counsel for sexual assault survivors and makes retaliating against victims a crime.
The bill does not, however, include a controversial proposal from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) to take sexual assault cases from the chain of command. Before Thanksgiving, Republicans blocked Reid's attempt to hold votes on Gillibrand's amendment and a competing measure from Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.).
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Q: App crashes with IndexOutOfBoundException: setSpan ... ends beyond length 1 in performAccessibilityAction I get this ACRA report from an unknown source using an app I posted to Google Play:
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: setSpan (4 ... 4) ends beyond length 1
    at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.checkRange(SpannableStringBuilder.java:1090)
    at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.setSpan(SpannableStringBuilder.java:665)
    at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.setSpan(SpannableStringBuilder.java:658)
    at android.text.Selection.setSelection(Selection.java:76)
    at android.text.Selection.setSelection(Selection.java:87)
    at android.widget.EditText.setSelection(EditText.java:98)
    at android.widget.EditText.performAccessibilityActionInternal(EditText.java:138)
    at android.view.View.performAccessibilityAction(View.java:8889)
    at android.view.AccessibilityInteractionController.performAccessibilityActionUiThread(AccessibilityInteractionController.java:668)
    at android.view.AccessibilityInteractionController.-wrap6(AccessibilityInteractionController.java)
    at android.view.AccessibilityInteractionController$PrivateHandler.handleMessage(AccessibilityInteractionController.java:1194)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5421)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)

None of the stack frames indicate any of my code (it's all Android internal code) so I don't know what it could be.  It is not like my app is calling something with parameters saying to access characters 4...4 of a 1 character string.  So unfortunately answers saying that I am accessing characters beyond the end of the string (or equivalent array elements) aren't of much help.  Somehow it seems something internal to Android, without my app calling anything, is doing this.  And I don't really know what the user is doing to trigger it, possibly doing some funky string select thing in a text entry box.  Thanks for the help.
Should have said this is Android SDK 23.
Digging through that Android code, EditText.java line 138:
            case AccessibilityNodeInfo.ACTION_SET_TEXT: {
                CharSequence text = (arguments != null) ? arguments.getCharSequence(
                        AccessibilityNodeInfo.ACTION_ARGUMENT_SET_TEXT_CHARSEQUENCE) : null;
                setText(text);
                // must retrieve possibly modified text
                if (text != null && text.length() > 0) {
                    setSelection(text.length());  // 138: il puque ici
                }
                return true;
            }

So on line 138 has the bad setSelection() call using text.length() as its argument to set the cursor at the end of the text.  So how can text.length() be 4 if the length of the text is 1 you ask?  Well TextView.setText() that is called a couple lines above that modifies the text under certain circumstances (as yet unknown to me), apparently in this case shortening it from 4 characters to 1.
It turns out this is an Android bug.
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/6dde7e7
The only thing I can find that I think are text filters is setting input type to InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_DECIMAL then trying to do setText (Double.toString (Double.NaN)) but it happily displays NaN in the text box without crashing using Sdk 23 in the emulator.  I know the filter is in place because Android shows the numeric keypad for entering data into the text box.
Does anyone know how to get the filter to actually do something?

A: There's another thread here about this with some workarounds you could try
It also looks like the bug's being looked at at least on the
Issue Tracker -
that's a report from someone from early April, and in June the same reporter mentions this specific (4 ... 4) crash as well

A: if you setSelection have error,
maybe you use like this.
 editText.setSelection(editText.length());

So change to
    Editable editable = mFrontEditText.getText();
    Selection.setSelection(editable, editable.length());

like this.

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Coulter to face Connecticut election officials
Published 7:55 pm EDT, Monday, October 11, 2010
In this photo released by NBC Universal, host Jay Leno, not seen, speaks with Ann Coulter during taping of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," on Wednesday, June 14, 2006, in Burbank, Calif.
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Coulter faces charge she voted in Connecticut while living in N.Y.
HARTFORD -- The state Elections Enforcement Commission is expected to hear a complaint that conservative columnist Ann Coulter voted in Connecticut while living in New York.
The allegations were filed by Daniel Borchers, who writes a blog critical of Coulter. In his complaint, he says Coulter voted by absentee ballot using her parents' address in New Canaan in 2002 and 2004, while she lived in Manhattan.
Nancy Nicolescu, a spokeswoman for the commission, tells WVIT-TV that the complaint, which was received on Feb. 2, is expected to be on the Oct. 14 agenda.
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Warmists Get Tiny Little Sales Tax On November Ballot In Denver
The best part will be when this gets shot down, as most climate scam taxes do. But, while I want it to be shot down in order to laugh at the climate cultists, I also want to see it pass, because we all know the sales tax will start increasing and increasing
A sales tax bump to fight the climate crisis gets some space on Denver's November ballot
Denver's Election Day ballot got thicker Monday after city council referred a climate change sales tax to voters.
If voters OK the tax on November 3, residents and visitors would pay 0.25 percent more, or 2.5 cents on every $10, for most items they buy. In exchange, proponents said, Denver would get cleaner air and relief from the effects of global warming like health problems, hotter temperatures, drought and flooding.
The legislative body passed the question onto city residents by a vote of 11 to 1, with Councilman Kevin Flynn dissenting.
The Climate Action Task Force, a body appointed by Mayor Michael Hancock to map out the city's climate change response, recommended the tax to council. They think it will raise about $36 million a year, a lower sum than originally thought because of the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pack this on top of all the other taxes. Funny thing about Warmists, they don't want to pay taxes themselves. I'll give this a 40% chance of passing
Much of that money would fund infrastructure and incentives that make Denver's homes, buildings and streets more energy-efficient. For example, officials envision retrofitting buildings to emit fewer greenhouse gases while incentivizing cleaner energy sources like solar. They also see car-first roads becoming multi-modal streets that prioritize buses — from a carbon-free fleet — as well as bikes, electric bikes and electric cars.
Pollution from residential, commercial and industrial buildings is the main ingredient in a cocktail of greenhouse gases that trap the sun's radiation in the city, according to government documents. The transportation industry, including fossil-fueled cars, trucks and airplanes, is the second-largest contributor to climate-changing greenhouse gases.
Well, that's weird. Usually climate cultists blame fossil fueled vehicles 1st. Perhaps they're saying this to deflect from the reality that Denver revolves around fossil fuels? The massive airport. All the major sports teams. All the tourists.
Some say a sales tax is not the way to go because it will disproportionately burden people with less money.
A sales tax is what numbers people call "regressive" because everyone pays the same rate for the same thing, regardless of the buyer's income. So while the tax is equally applied, it is not equitably applied. While wealthy people might not notice it, those with fewer means will, said Alexis Morris, a young resident who spoke at the city council meeting Monday.
Um, it's 2.5 cents for every ten dollars. 2.5. Cents.
Denver would be "settling" for a regressive sales tax, Flynn said. He supports a separate sales tax measure to help the city's unhoused residents because people with money would be helping people without it, he said. Flynn said the climate tax measure would be "asking too much from our voters right now."
Asking for 2.5 cents on every $10 spent is asking too much? What Flynn, speaking for Warmists means is that Someone Else should pay.
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Q: ComboBox as a CellRenderer of JTable I want to draw several JTables, each of which has a ComboBox as a cell renderer. Each cell in each table represents a list of data items and I want the list to be displayed each time I click on the ComboBox arrow. My problem is that the ComboBox does not react to mouse clicks, i.e. the drop-down list does not appear.
How can I activate the drop boxes?
I added below the picture of my GUI and the code.
I am new to java.swing. Any help will be highly appreciated.

    // Some code borrowed from how to add checkbox and combobox in table cell?
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.util.EventObject;

import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
import javax.swing.event.CellEditorListener;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellEditor;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;

public class MyGUI extends JPanel {
    private int _nTables;
    private int _nRows;
    private int _nCols;
    private String[] _tableInfo;
    private String[][][][] _clusters;
    private String[][][][] _clustersIntersections;

    public MyGUI(int nTables, int nRows, int nCols, String[] tableInfo,
            String[][][][] clusters,
            String[][][][] clustersIntersections) {
        super();
        _nTables = nTables;
        _nRows = nRows;
        _nCols = nCols;
        _clusters = clusters;
        _clustersIntersections = clustersIntersections;

        GridLayout layout = new GridLayout(0, 2);
        layout.setHgap(30);
        layout.setVgap(30);
        setLayout(layout);

        for(int t=0; t<_nTables; t++){
            JPanel innerPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
            innerPanel.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.black));
            JLabel label = new JLabel(tableInfo[t]);
            label.setOpaque(true);
            label.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
            innerPanel.add(label, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);

            JTable table = new JTable(new MyModel(_nRows, _nCols,
                                              _clusters[t],
                                              _clustersIntersections[t]));
            table.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.black));
            table.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(300,80));
            table.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(300,80));
            table.setRowHeight(36);
            table.setFillsViewportHeight(true);
            table.setCellSelectionEnabled(true);

            for(int c=0; c<nCols; c++){
                table.getColumnModel().getColumn(c).setCellRenderer(new ComboBoxCellRenderer());
            }
            innerPanel.add(table, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);

            add(innerPanel);
        }
    }

    class MyModel extends AbstractTableModel{
        int _nRows;
        int _nCols;
        String[][][] _clusters;
        String[][][] _clustersIntersections;

        MyModel(int nRows, int nCols,
                String[][][] clusters,
                String[][][] clustersIntersections){
            _nRows = nRows;
            _nCols = nCols;
            _clusters = clusters;
            _clustersIntersections = clustersIntersections;
        }

        public int getColumnCount() {
            return _nCols;
        }

        public int getRowCount() {
            return _nRows;
        }

        public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) {
            return _clusters[row][col];
        }

        public Object getAdditionalInfo(int row, int col) {
            return _clustersIntersections[row][col];
        }

        public Class getColumnClass(int c) {
            return getValueAt(0, c).getClass();
        }
    }

    class ComboBoxPanel extends JPanel {
        protected JComboBox<String> comboBox;

        public ComboBoxPanel() {
            super();
            comboBox = new JComboBox<String>() {
            @Override
            public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
                Dimension d = super.getPreferredSize();
                return new Dimension(80, d.height);
            }
        };
        setOpaque(true);
        comboBox.setEnabled(true);
        comboBox.setEditable(false);
        add(comboBox);
      }
    }

    class ComboBoxCellRenderer extends ComboBoxPanel
                                                  implements TableCellRenderer {
        public ComboBoxCellRenderer() {
            super();
            setName("Table.cellRenderer");
        }

        @Override
        public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value,
                                                       boolean isSelected,
                                                       boolean hasFocus,
                                                       int row, int column) {
            setBackground(isSelected?table.getSelectionBackground()
                                                        :table.getBackground());

            if(value!=null) {
                String[] clustersList = (String[]) value;
                comboBox.removeAllItems();
                for(String cluster:clustersList){
                    comboBox.addItem(cluster);
                }
                System.out.print("Items count = "+comboBox.getItemCount());
                System.out.print("    Items: {");
                int count = comboBox.getItemCount();
                for(int i = 0; i<count; i++){
                    System.out.print(comboBox.getItemAt(i)+" ");
                }
                System.out.print("}");
                System.out.println("");
            }

            if(value!=null) {
                comboBox.setSelectedIndex(0);
            }
            return this;
        }
    }

    public void draw(){

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int nTables = 4;
        int nRows = 2;
        int nCols = 2;
        String[] tableInfo = new String[nTables];
        String[][][][] clusters = new String[nTables][nRows][nCols][];
        String[][][][] clustersIntersections = new String[nTables][nRows][nCols][];
        for(int t=0; t<nTables; t++){
            tableInfo[t] = new String("   Info");
            for(int row=0; row<nRows; row++){
                for(int col=0; col<nCols; col++){
                    clusters[t][row][col] =
                    new String[]{"   "+new Integer(t).toString(),
                                  new Integer(row).toString(),
                                  new Integer(col).toString()};

                    clustersIntersections[t][row][col] =
                            new String[]{new Integer(t).toString(),
                                          new Integer(row).toString(),
                                          new Integer(col).toString()};
                }
            }
        }
        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("MyGUI");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        //Create and set up the content pane.
        MyGUI gui = new MyGUI(nTables, nRows, nCols, tableInfo, clusters, clustersIntersections);
        gui.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque

        JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(gui);
        frame.setContentPane(scrollPane);

        //Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

A: Be default cells are not editable.
You need to override the isCellEditable(...) method of your custom model to return true to make the cell editable.


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Q: Robust entropy-like measure for analyzing uncertainity I'm looking for a measure to analysis the uncertainty observed in a set of variables (with multivariate Gaussian distribution). So, I've tried conventional Shanon entropy (differential entropy) which results into the following equation for MVG distributions:
H(s) = ln(sqrt((2πe)^k*det(cov)))
H(s) = 0.5*[k*ln(2πe)+sum(log(eigs))]
Where, Sigma(Σ) is the covariance matrix. Thus, it's just a constant term plus sum of logarithm of eigenvalues of covariance matrix. But, when I've a small eigenvalue among eigenvalues, the small value affects the whole thing dramatically. In other words, this measure is not robust to small eigenvalues. On the other hand if I use sum of eigenvalues itself (instead of logarithmic scales), I won't face this issue. I was wondering if there is any other measures of uncertainty which may result in to sum of eigs instead of sum of log(eigs)?

A:
I was wondering if there is any other measures of uncertainty
  which may result in to sum of eigs instead of sum of log(eigs)?

This is also known as the "total variance" and is the sum of the diagonals of the covariance matrix.


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Date -- 1854-1860 (Remove)
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A. H. Reeder to Franklin Crane
Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864
Andrew Reeder, former governor of Kansas Territory, wrote from Easton, Pennsylvania to Dr. Franklin Crane of Topeka. The letter discussed business interests in Kansas Territory and prospects for its admission to the union. Reeder also suggested it might be beneficial to replace place names, which had been established by the bogus legislature, that had pro-slavery connections.
Andrew Reeder, former governor of Kansas Territory, wrote from Easton, Pennsylvania, to inform Franklin Crane of the eastern response to elections in Kansas, and the prospects for the Leavenworth Constitution. Reeder also discussed the value of Topeka lots and a request to donate one lot for a church.
A. J. Beach to Samuel N. Wood
Beach, A. J.
Writing from Beach Valley (Rice County) in Kansas Territory, A. J. Beach requests Samuel Wood's legal advice with regard to Beach's options in a bridge dispute. It seemed that Beach had received a charter to build a toll bridge [over Cow Creek], and another party (William Edwards, et al) put up a "temporary" one before his was finished. They were now diverting traffic away from Beach's completed bridge. "I wish to know if anything can be done with them at law . . ."
A. Venard to Thaddeus Hyatt
Venard, A.
This letter is from A. Venard, a medical doctor from Pleasant Grove, Kansas Territory, who wrote to Thaddeus Hyatt, president of the National Kansas Committee. The letter described the sickness and disease that plagued the settlers along the Verdigris River in southeast Kansas. Dr. Venard had worked diligently to aid the settlers, even using funds from his own pocket to purchase medicine, but he requested that the committee give him 100 dollars worth of drugs. Attached to this letter is an itemized list of the drugs he wished purchased with the requested funds.
A portrait of Abraham Lincoln. In December 1859, Lincoln traveled to the Kansas Territory and spoke at Elwood, Troy, Doniphan, Atchison, and Leavenworth. His speeches covered several issues including preventing the expansion of slavery, the theory of popular sovereignty, and the evils of states seceding from the Union. In 1860, Lincoln received the Republican party's nomination for president. Although Kansans liked him the delegation from the territory did not support his nomination. He won the election, and on February 22, 1861, at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Lincoln raised the United States flag bearing a 34th star, honoring Kansas as the newest state.
Hesler, Alex, 1823-1895
This black and white photograph shows Abraham Lincoln during his campaign for the U.S. Presidency. A lawyer from Springfield, Illinois who began his political career as an Illinois state legislator and later was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He became the sixteenth President of the United States on November 6, 1860. As commander in chief he guided the country through the difficult years of the Civil War and signed into law legislation that respected and maintain human freedom for all individuals.
This sepia colored photograph shows Abraham Lincoln. A lawyer from Springfield, Illinois who began his political career as an Illinois state legislator and later was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He became the sixteenth President of the United States on November 6, 1860. As commander in chief he guided the country through the difficult years of the Civil War and signed into law legislation that respected and maintain human freedom for all individuals.
Brady, Mathew B., 1823 (ca.)-1896
This black and white negative shows Abraham Lincoln. A lawyer from Springfield, Illinois who began his political career as an Illinois state legislator and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He became the sixteenth President of the United States on November 6, 1860. As commander in chief he guided the country through the difficult years of the Civil War and signed into law legislation that respected and maintain human freedom for all individuals.
Agreement, Construction of Office Building in Leavenworth
A. H. Reeder enters into an agreement with H. M. Hook for the latter to "erect" an office building on lot #8, block #3 of Leavenworth, Kansas Territory. Hook agrees to build the structure, "16 feet by 32 feet similar to the office of M. I. Parrot" (perhaps, Marcus J. Parrott) for $400. Hook is to be paid out of the rent received on this property when finished, as well as from what rent he receives on three other properties he has leased from Reeder.
Albert C. Morton to Hiram Hill
Morton, Albert C.
Albert Morton wrote from Quindaro, Kansas Territory, to Hiram Hill in Massachusetts. Morton related that the fall emigration had begun, Quindaro was crowded, and more buildings were being constructed than ever before. Morton also had found two men interested in renting the home owned by Hill upon its completion. He suggested that it would be best to "keep things quiet" about Samuel N. Simpson, and asked, on the behalf of Guthrie, if Hill planned to travel again to Quindaro.
Date -- 1854-1860
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Objects and Artifacts
Trucking and freighting
The Kansas Journey
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Territorial Government
Communication Artifacts
Personal Artifacts
Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
Forts and military installations
Indian reservations
Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Exploration, 1541 - 1820
Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Trails, 1821 - 1880
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