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Stephen K Ganske
Seguin, TX Collections Attorney with 10 years experience
(830) 379-9445	202 N. Camp St.
Collections, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
I am a graduate of Baylor University and I received my law degree from St. Mary's University. I am primarily a transactional lawyer. I am board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in the area of Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, however, my practice includes all aspects of real estate law. My practice areas include the following: corporate and business formation corporate governance corporate securities corporate finance mergers and acquisitions real...
Fort Worth, TX Collections Lawyer with 36 years experience
(817) 505-1291	1805 West Park Row Drive, Suite C
Free ConsultationCollections, Arbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy and Business
Placid Oil Company and Petro-Hunt, L.L.C.
Texas Bank
J. J. Best & Company
Mitchell Real Estate
Thompson Construction
Peyco Southwest Realty, Inc.
Phoenix Mobile Air, Inc.
Duke Energy Field Services, Inc.
City of Westminster.
ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS Volunteer election supervisor - 2004 Presidential election (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and 2006 Mid-Term elections, (Oneida Nation Reservation and Green Bay, Wisconsin).
Named as one of KTVT- 11's (Dallas CBS affiliate) Inspiring People, week of April 19, 2004 for work at local high schools, speaking at student assemblies on dangers of alcohol and drug abuse by teens. Featured in...
Houston, TX Collections Attorney with 8 years experience
Gary D. Peak
Eastland, TX Collections Lawyer with 32 years experience
(254) 629-1333	Eastland Office
Eastland, TX 76448
Collections, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Family
After practicing for over 10 years in Houston, I was blessed to be able to return home and enjoy life as a small town attorney for the last 20 plus years. It is nice to have a practice to keep you on your toes and seeing new and different things every day. My practice in Family, Criminal, Consumer Collection Defense, Contract, and Personal Injury will definitely keep me on my toes. I also act as a Mediator and believe every case can be settled if it goes through Mediation. It is a way to allow parties...
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(936) 441-8675	1915 North Frazier #104
Collections, Appeals, Criminal Defense and Family
Lifetime native of Conroe and Montgomery County, 1989 Graduate of Conroe High School
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Jamison Walters
(713) 936-9620	410 Pierce St.
Collections, Business, Estate Planning and Tax
Jamison's practice focuses on Commercial Transactions & Litigation, Tax, and Asset Protection. Jamison has handled numerous commercial contract enforcement and collections cases, resulting in dozens of successful judgments, settlements, and awards. While working with H&R Block, Jamison advised hundreds of business clients on a wide array of tax matters and has represented his own clients in IRS controversy matters such as Audits, Offshore Voluntary Disclosures (OVDP), and Offers in Compromise. His experience in Tax and IRS controversy, contract disputes, and collections provides him with the ability to advise clients on asset protection strategies, entity formation, and wills and trusts.
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Gregory B. Fell
Richardson, TX Collections Lawyer with 25 years experience
(972) 488-8177	3021 E. Renner Rd.
Free ConsultationCollections, Insurance Claims, Landlord Tenant and Personal Injury
Gregory B. Fell is the founder of The Fell Law Firm. Located in Richardson, Texas, The Fell Law Firm, is full service litigation firm in Richardson, Texas that serves clients throughout the Dallas – Fort Worth and the North Texas region. Our Dallas – Richardson – Plano lawyers handle a wide variety of legal issues, including insurance bad faith, serious personal injuries and wrongful death, homeowner's association law, landlord-tenant law, and complex business litigation. Founded in 1996, The Fell Law Firm provides individuals and businesses with legal services tailored to each client's needs. We do not believe in...
Ronald Smeberg
San Antonio, TX Collections Attorney with 16 years experience
(210) 695-6684	2010 West Kings Highway
Free ConsultationCollections, Bankruptcy, Business and Cannabis Law
Ron Smeberg has extensive experience in all aspects of complex business law. From forming, organizing, and acquiring businesses through turning around and reorganizing businesses, Ron is your attorney. When it comes to turning businesses around or chasing bad actors in bankruptcy, Muller Smeberg has the lawyers you need.
Ron Smeberg represents debtors in bankruptcy matters and has an extensive track record of resolving complex financial matters both in and out of bankruptcy. His accomplishments include reorganizing a public company in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy as well as being one of very few...
Douglas Scott Cain
Cleburne, TX Collections Lawyer with 19 years experience
(817) 645-1717	508 N. Ridgeway Dr.
Cleburne, TX 76033
Collections, Appeals, Business and Consumer
Voted Johnson County's #1 lawyer or law firm for the past 5 years, Scott is a general practice attorney with an emphasis on civil litigation, trial and appeals. He has handled many jury trials and appeals covering areas that include real estate, oil & gas and business transactions. Scott also currently serves as Mayor of Cleburne. In addition to litigation and trial, the attorneys at Cain & Associates handle transactional matters ranging from estate planning and wills to real estate transactions and corporate matters. The firm's areas of practice include real estate, probate, oil...
Edward J. Kazaleh
(713) 659-1000	The Williams Tower - Galleria
2800 Post Oak Blvd. #4100
Free ConsultationCollections, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Consumer
EDWARD J. KAZALEH is an Attorney, Mediator and Arbitrator who offers tremendous business, legal and real world expertise to his clients. KAZALEH & ASSOCIATES, LLP provides Legal Representation of BUSINESSES and INDIVIDUALS for REAL ESTATE, COMMERCIAL, PERSONAL INJURY, LITIGATION, CONSTRUCTION, OIL & GAS, PIPELINE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and certain IMMIGRATION LEGAL MATTERS. Our Clients are in the United States and International. GO TO OUR WEB SITE: www.BizLaw.Pro Our particular strengths are: CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES AND DEFECT LAW & ARBITRATION- REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY LAW - COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS LAW - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TRADEMARKS & PATENTS...
Charles Holt
Rockwall, TX Collections Attorney with 42 years experience
(972) 771-4658	500 Turtle Cove Blvd
Collections, Business, Real Estate and Stockbroker Fraud
Real Estate and Business Litigation along with Transaction Documentation are the focus of the law practice of Charles Holt. When the outcome really matters - chose experience - choose Attorney Charles Holt.
Plano, TX Collections Attorney with 33 years experience
(469) 323-8300	7800 Preston Rd, Ste 106
Collections, Business, Employment and Family
Working to provide value for my clients. My priority is to prevent legal problems through clear communication, fairness, and compliance, When prevention fails, I work to solve issues quickly and successfully.
Murray Bristol
(214) 880-9988	10440 N. Central Expy
Free ConsultationCollections, Business, DUI & DWI and Personal Injury
University of Tulsa College of Law and Southern Methodist University
Murray L. Bristol started this firm in order to provide quality representation for individuals and families for serious injuries and legal issues that they have suffered. Bristol previously prosecuted felonies as an Assistant District Attorney for the El Paso County District Attorney's office. After leaving the District Attorney's Office, Bristol worked for a prominent law firm with offices in Dallas and Tulsa. One of the former partners of this firm became Governor of Oklahoma. While an attorney for this firm, Bristol litigated all types of cases from serious injury and death cases involving multi-state liability against national corporations to car...
Angela Solice
HOUSTON, TX, TX Collections Lawyer with 5 years experience
(832) 819-0694	1225 N. Loop W.
HOUSTON, TX, TX 77008
Free ConsultationCollections, Construction, Estate Planning and Probate
T. Daniel Hollaway
(713) 942-7900	8225 Westglen Drive
Collections, Administrative, Business and Health Care
Hollaway & Gumbert
8225 Westglen Drive
www.houstonlaw.com
B.A., Cum Laude, Criminology and Corrections, Sam Houston State University – 1978
J.D., South Texas College of Law Houston, 1990
1980 – 1986, U. S. Naval Reserve
1986 – 1987, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Division of Pardons and Paroles
1988 – 1990, Attended law school and served as law clerk to Harris County District Judges Shearn Smith and Davie Wilson
1991 - 1996, Associate attorney at Sullins, Johnston, Rohrbach & Magers, P.C., Houston, Texas
1997 – Present, Attorney and Principal at Hollaway & Gumbert, P.C., Houston, Texas
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CEO of iconic American company with a product on China's tariff list not worried
Published Mon, Apr 16 2018 7:54 PM EDT Updated Tue, Apr 17 2018 10:24 AM EDT
Jeff Daniels@jeffdanielsca
Perdue Farms CEO Randy Day isn't alarmed by talk of an escalating trade war with China or the fact the company sells pork targeted in new tariffs.
Day insists more time is needed to see how the trade situation with China plays out.
He also said the bulk of the company's business is domestic, not foreign sales.
Perdue Farms CEO Randy Day isn't losing sleep over the trade spat with China, despite the fact the poultry giant also sells U.S. pork hit by new tariffs.
"We believe in free and fair trade but the reality is we don't know how this is going to turn out," Day said Monday in an exclusive interview on CNBC's Closing Bell. "We're not overly concerned yet. We need to wait and see how it plays [out]."
The Maryland-based company's pork products include the Coleman Natural and Niman Ranch brands. The Niman Ranch brand has a history of supplying products to leading restaurants, including Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Randy Day, CEO, Perdue Farms
Source: Perdue Farms
Effective April 1, China slapped a new 25 percent tariff on U.S. pork imports and more than 100 other products. But so far poultry hasn't been put on the targeted list.
"Export is important to us but it's a relatively small part of what we do," said Day. "The bulk of our business is domestic."
Perdue Farms, with annual revenue of about $6.6 billion and more than 20,000 employees, is a family-owned company.
Day was appointed CEO in March 2017 and is only the fourth CEO in the iconic company's nearly 100-year history. Previously, he was COO of the Perdue Farms.
Day described Perdue as a "small pork producer" and said the company has one operation in Iowa. "Our vision is to be the most trusted in premium proteins. So we're not a huge business, but everything we do is premium."
A Moody's Investor Service report released Monday said "smaller U.S. pork producers will bear the brunt of potential pork tariffs." However, it said the ones that will especially feel it are the "producers that lack value-added sales to offset the effects of falling pork prices."
Day said Perdue's consumers are focused on "the high-end products," adding that everything the company raises — from pork to poultry — is done with a focus of "no antibiotics-ever."
Meantime, the CEO also spoke about the company's core poultry business and challenges facing the organic side. Perdue Farms is the largest producer of organic chicken in the nation.
Last week, the company announced plans to invest $42 million to expand a cooked chicken products plant in Georgia.
"Organic food is growing in the marketplace much faster — maybe 12 times faster than conventional," said Day. "But chicken is not. The reason is because it's too expensive."
According to Day, the company is on a "journey" to make it more affordable for consumers to buy organic chicken. "Food that's good for you shouldn't be out of reach of the average person," he said.
The executive said feed is one of the big reasons for the higher price of the organic poultry products, so he said Perdue Farms is focusing on getting the cost of livestock feed down.
"It's really going to be a focus on the supply chain, taking costs out and improving the logistics," Day said.
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Top five trade myths
Fascinating article by Alan Beattie (registration required) on what he says are five common myths of world trade:
1. "Ghana is allowed to sell raw cocoa beans to the European Union, but if it exports finished chocolate it gets hit by big tariffs."
2. "Each European Union cow gets $2.40 a day in subsidies, more than what 1bn people each have to live on."
3. "The World Trade Organisation is undemocratic and secretive.
4. "No economy ever got rich without using tariffs to industrialise."
5. "Cutting rich countries' farm subsidies and tariffs will be a big boost for the world's poorest."
The truth behind the top five trade myths and why it matters
By Alan Beattie
Published: July 1 2006 03:00 | Last updated: July 1 2006 03:00
Perhaps it is the astonishing complexity of trade negotiations such as the "Doha round", the latest iteration of which will occupy several dozen trade ministers in Geneva this weekend, that makes the subject so susceptible to myth and legend. As a public service I present below, in a convenient cut-out and keep form, the current top five myths on the trade negotiations circuit:
No it does not. Chocolate from Ghana has a zero tariff into the EU. (Some sweetened cocoa powder is taxed but generally only when it contains more sugar than cocoa.) As a member of the poor "Africa-Caribbean-Pacific" grouping of countries, Ghana gets special trade access. Check for yourself at http://export-help.cec.eu.int.
The real, rather banal reason
Ghana tends only to export small amounts of high-quality premium chocolate is that it has neither the infrastructure nor the capability to scale up. It does not help that chocolate melts in the tropical heat and maintaining a temperature-controlled manufacturing, trucking and shipping chain is expensive.
Incidentally a common, equally false variant of this myth is that Uganda (or Ethiopia or Rwanda au choix) exports raw green coffee beans free, but instant or roasted and ground coffee is taxed. Again, not so.
2. "Each European Union cow gets $2.40 a day in subsidies, more than what 1bn people each have to live on." Not really. The $2.40 number comes from taking the "producer support estimate" (PSE) for the dairy industry and dividing it by the number of cows in Europe. The PSE shows how much taxpayers and consumers transfer to farmers because of subsidies or other market-fixing practices. But at present the EU delivers the vast bulk of that support to dairy farmers not by handing out cash but by maintaining artificially high milk prices, mostly by taxing cheaper foreign imports.
This distinction matters for two reasons. One, if we are going to count import tariffs as subsidies, it is only fair to say that sauce for the rich protectionist goose is sauce for the poorer protectionist gander. If Europe's cows have it easy, each Indian grain of rice must also be living the life of Riley.
Second, the myth appears cunningly designed to imply that the "subsidy" money could be better spent elsewhere, perhaps on foreign aid. But that money does not pass through the government's hands. It goes straight from consumer to farmer at the point of purchase. If governments wanted to redirect money from farming to aid they would have to come out and raise taxes or cut other spending to pay for it.
Sadly, I fear I am fighting a losing battle on this one. Misleading though it is, the $2.40 cow is too good a story to give up. Bono, for example, keeps citing it even after I have explained to him why it is wrong.
3. "The World Trade Organisation is undemocratic and secretive."
Yeah, right. The WTO is so democratic it can hardly move. It has 149 member governments, any one of which can block a deal. Imagine the British House of Commons or the Japanese Diet or the US House of Representatives if every member had a veto over every bill.
As for secrecy, the negotiating papers for this weekend's talks, with some blunt commentary from the authors who are chairing the discussions, are right here. And while you are reading this I will be sitting in a press room in Geneva knee-deep in trade ministers sounding off to the world's media. It is about as secretive as the World Cup final.
4. "No economy ever got rich without using tariffs to industrialise." This claim, generally used by developing countries to avoid cutting tariffs, has a two-word refutation: Hong Kong. Some say Hong Kong's postwar success was as a port and financial centre for China. Not true. Being the entrepot for a country under US and United Nations embargoes and ruled by an autarkic Communist was not exactly a licence to print money. Hong Kong did the same as the other Asian tigers – starting off with clothing and other labour-intensive manufacturing and moving into more sophisticated products and services later.
This is the one that we all really want to be true. Sadly, it is not. The poorest countries, with the important exception of cotton-growers such as those in west Africa, generally do not grow many crops that compete directly with exports from Japan, Europe or the US, and they themselves have pretty good access to those countries' markets through special preference programmes. They do not need new markets as much as they need something to sell and decent roads, ports and airports to help them sell it.
Buried in these myths are glints of truth. Rich countries do practise "tariff escalation" – charging higher taxes on finished goods than on raw materials – on poorer ones; subsidised EU farm produce can and does undercut some farmers in developing countries; the practice of convening select groups of ministers in trade talks does appear arbitrary and unfair. But that does not mean that every story you hear about trade is true.
The writer is the FT's world trade editor
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2006


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Phil Remington: 1921-2013
Fabricator, engineer, legend.
"All American Racers"
On February 8, 2013, at the age of 92, Phil Remington passed away after decades of dazzling the biggest names in motorsports with his workmanship and
professionalism. Even at his advanced age, he remained a daily fixture at Dan Gurney's All American Racers shop until just last year; early in his
career, he won Le Mans with Carroll Shelby and made the Cobra and Ford GT40 into proper racing cars. Through it all, he was a humble, approachable man, the
kind of guy you can't help but admire. We can't say enough about the man who said so little but did so much.
Phil Remington hated the limelight. He was an engineer's engineer, a man who did what it took to get the right results and then moved along to the
next project. He let his work speak for itself. We can't say goodbye to that kind of guy without mentioning a few of his accomplishments, but given
the man's disposition and history, we'll try to keep it short.
Phil started his motorsport life in the Southern California dry-lakes racing scene. During World War II, he served as a flight engineer on B-24
Liberators. After the war, Phil's skills and good fortune repeatedly put him in the right place at just the right time. He worked for Lance
Reventlow's Scarab operation, building American sports cars that scared the hell out of the European competition. When Scarab folded, Carroll Shelby
offered him a job .
With Shelby, Phil would have a challenge in sorting first the Cobra, and then the GT40. His solutions worked, and the cars won. Again the Americans were
beating the Europeans on a world stage, with Phil playing a major role – although one he'd never quantify. Without Phil, it's doubtful
Shelby's operation would have become the institution that it is now.
Phil's final stop was at Dan Gurney's All American Racers, a job that would last more than 40 years and see Phil creating winning cars and
working with first-rate drivers. Phil kept working at the shop until last year when his health began to decline. But his mind never took a break—the
man who helped Ford win Le Mans also had a hand fabricating some of the essential systems on the Nissan DeltaWing.
Men like Phil Remington are rare. They're special. Phil wouldn't want much of a fuss, but we can't ignore his hand in helping American
constructors build-world class cars through honest engineering and selfless dedication. And that's worth remembering.
Rest in peace, Phil.
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Scripps-Google Deal
DirecTV Adds 'The First'
FCC Extends COVID-19-Related Broadband Subsidy Waivers
By John Eggerton
Will continue to waive rules relating to documentation, enrollment
(Image credit: FCC)
With the omicron variant of COVID-19 sweeping through the country and sweeping away plans for a more rapid return to normalcy, the Federal Communications Commission is extending some pandemic-related waivers that were to have expired December 31.
The FCC had waived some of its documentation requirements for participation in the Lifeline low-income broadband subsidy program, but that was to have run out at the end of this month.
On its own motion, meaning at the bureau level without a commission vote, the Wireline Competition Bureau has extended various Lifeline related waivers to March 31, 2022, and signaled it might have to extend them again if the situation warrants, saying "a new variant of the coronavirus has emerged that has contributed to uncertainty about the ongoing pandemic."
The rules being waived apply to "governing documentation requirements for subscribers residing in rural areas on Tribal lands, reverification, recertification, general de-enrollment and income documentation."
But the bureau warned providers that aside from the waivers, they remain subject to audits and investigations to make sure they are complying with the other rules, saying it was committed to preventing waste, fraud and abuse. ■
John Eggerton
Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.


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Q: Segmentation fault while trying to make 2x2 grid #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>

void initialization(int n, int grid[n][n]){
  srand(time(0));
  for(int i = 0 ; i < n; i++){
    int no1 = 0, no0 = 0;
    for(int j = 0; j < n; j++){
      int checker = rand();
      if(no1 != n/2 && no0 != n/2){
        if(checker % 2 == 0){
          grid[i][j]=1;
          no1++;
        }
        else{
          grid[i][j]=0;
          no0++;
        }
      }
      else if(no1 != n/2 && no0 == n/2){
        grid[i][j]=1;
        no1++;
      }
      else if(no1 == n/2 && no0 != n/2){
        grid[i][j]=0;
        no0++;
      }
    }
  }
  for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
    for(int j = 0; j < n; j++){
      printf("%d", grid[i][j]);
    }
    printf("\n");
  }
}

int main() {
  int n;
  printf("Enter an even number between [2,80]: ");
  scanf("%d",n);
  if(n % 2 == 1){
    return 1;
  }

  int grid[n][n];

  initialization(n, &grid);
  return 0;
}

So this is what im trying to do: Im trying to ask the user to enter an even value and then make an nxn grid. This nxn grid is supposed to have random number of n/2 1's and 0's in each row. But for some reason every time i run this code i get a segmentation error

A: *

*scanf("%d",n); invoked undefined behavior for passing data having wrong type and using value of uninitialized variable having automatic storage duration, which is indeterminate. Add & like scanf("%d",&n); to pass a pointer to n.

*The second argument of initialization(n, &grid); have wrong type. Remove the & to pass grid, which will be converted to int(*)[2].

Your main function should be:
int main() {
  int n;
  printf("Enter an even number between [2,80]: ");
  scanf("%d",&n);
  if(n % 2 == 1){
    return 1;
  }

  int grid[n][n];

  initialization(n, grid);
  return 0;
}

Also checking the return value of scanf() to check if it is successful like this will improve your code more:
int main() {
  int n;
  printf("Enter an even number between [2,80]: ");
  if(scanf("%d",&n) != 1){
    fputs("read error\n", stderr);
    return 1;
  }
  if(n % 2 == 1){
    return 1;
  }

  int grid[n][n];

  initialization(n, grid);
  return 0;
}

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India: Opposition To NCTC Is Much Ado About Nothing – Analysis
February 26, 2012 Dr. Bibhu Prasad Routray 0 Comments
By Dr. Bibhu Prasad Routray
Certain things are doomed to fail since the time of their conception. The National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) too appears to be going in the direction of a dustbin. The current state of affairs is invariably a result of partisan politics and departmental turf war, rather than rational considerations.
Two long years after Union Home Minister P Chidambaram first spoke about the need to have an NCTC for the country, chief ministers of several states belonging to non-Congress political parties have risen to protect what they consider to be an assault on the principles of federalism. They have protested against the Centre's unilateral attempt to intrude upon their territory, since law and order is a state subject. They argue that they have not been consulted about the new organisation that is supposedly empowered to arrest, carry out searches and interrogate terror suspects without their consent.
Why Bihar Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa et al had not spoken about the 'evil designs' behind the NCTC for the last 24 months isn't clear. Why the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now crying hoarse about the 'arbitrariness' of the decision too isn't easy to understand. That these states were merely waiting for the Centre to take the first step to consult them before reacting would be a poor explanation.
It would be apparent to many that the current protests are motivated by reasons other than a deep allegiance to the principles of federalism, for the past 'arbitrary' and 'un-federal' counter-terror measures of New Delhi have not been so bitterly protested against. For example, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), set up in 2009, allegedly transgresses the authority of the states just like the NCTC. In 2011, New Delhi unilaterally brought all Hindu terror cases from several states and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and assigned the NIA with their investigation. Murmur of protests is all that we had heard from the states then.
In the current context, the MHA has reminded the states that providing security to the country has to be a shared responsibility between New Delhi and the states, although the Centre does have the power to take unilateral measures in the event of external aggression and internal disturbance. Terrorism, internal or externally promoted does fall under that category.
However, whether the NCTC in its proposed form, as a mere subsidiary of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), will be able to live upto the task of countering terror is very much in doubt. The grand disconnect between what was proposed by Chidambaram on December 23, 2009 and what has been agreed upon in 2012 paints the NCTC in a poor light. Dangers are that the NCTC will be burdened by the loopholes of the IB system and will be an unnecessary addition to a bunch of organisations which are entrusted with more or less similar work.
The fact that formation of the NCTC faced enormous opposition from the IB is clear. Just like the states, the existing agencies are deeply protective about what they consider to be their own turf and do their best to discourage any intervention, even if it means an improvement in the overall scheme of things. The IB, fearful of being sidelined to irrelevance by the power and influence of the proposed NCTC, ensured that the new outfit is an operational minnow and not one whose roles include in Chidambaram's words, "preventing a terrorist attack, containing a terrorist attack should one take place, and responding to a terrorist attack by inflicting pain upon the perpetrators". A person as influential as Chidambaram had to consent to a watered down version of his own pet project.
Given the opposition from the states, it is very much doubtful if the Centre will have the stomach to operationalise the NCTC from March 1, till the concerns of the states are taken into account. An inter-state assembly would have to be called for consultations, providing the states a formal platform to air their grievances. This would eventually mean that the mandate of the NCTC would be further diluted. And the end product would be little more than an agency that finds some New Delhi-based postings for some senior officials.
Under the circumstances and for the sheer wastage of efforts that the NCTC project has been marked by, won't it be a good idea to simply forget about it? May be one more future terror attack would wake everybody — states and agencies — up from the intentional slumber, with a bit more commitment to countering terror?
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So first off, yes, it can be difficult to think about things like comics and graphic novels and fictional superheroes and other things right now when we're smack dab in the middle of the very real U.S. elections. All my life I've heard the phrase, "This year's election is the most important one in our lifetime," and I think in this case it's actually true. So vote, stay safe and treat yourself to some comics time this week.
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"I know a lot of Sweet Tooth fans are anxious to know story details and also apprehensive because they liked how I ended the old series, and don't want me to do anything that will ruin that," Lemire wrote. "All I can say is that I had all of these exact same concerns and it wasn't until I came up with an idea that I really believed in that I considered going back to the world of Gus and the gang."
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Ologunagba, who is 32 year-old was paraded with 36 suspected criminals arrested for different criminal offences.
He was apprehended following one of the victims' complain to the police authority.
Ologunagba who was arrested in a guise of herbalist, confessed that he is not a herbalist but a professional fraudster.
He said he was arrested following a call from some people that his work has failed and needed his attention.
Ologunagba said he had worked for a woman who wanted to have good sales in her business.
He confessed that he collected four N400, 000 from the woman, saying he duped her under the guise of a herbalist.
The State Commissioner of Police said Ologunagba collected 640,000 each totaling N1,288,000 from the victims.
Eke said items recovered from the fraudster included ; the sum of Fifty five thousand naira, two clay pots, one mat, sherds of broken clay pot and 2 pieces of white clothes.
The police command also announced that they have made arrest of 25 members of different cult group between June and July.
Other suspects paraded were those of armed robbery, burglary and stealing, kidnapping and car theft.
The police commissioner however reassured all law abiding citizens of the state of their security and safety.
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Q: Array search function not working in Swift I confess feeling little stupid, but after hours of trying I have to ask:
class AGE {

     static func getAge() -> Int {

        var age: Int

        for items in dataArray {
            if items.name == "Steven" {
                age = items.age
            }

            else {
                age = 0
            }
        }

        // variable "age" used before being initialized - WHY?
        return age
    }
}

I even tried to set var age: Int = 0 at the beginning, but then the function return 0. I hope someone could forgive me this basic question at this point. Any help appreciated.
To make it more clear how dataArray looks like:
struct Person {
    let name: String
    let lastName: String
    let age: Int
}

let person1: Person  = Person(name: "Steven", lastName: "miller", age: 23)
let person2: Person = Person(name: "jana", lastName: "drexler", age: 31)
let person3: Person = Person(name: "hanna", lastName: "montana", age: 56)

var dataArray = [Person]()

dataArray.append(person1)
dataArray.append(person2)
dataArray.append(person3)

Update
Trying to assemble the essence of all answers, the solution has to look like this:
    class AGE {
    static func getAge() ->Int {

        var age: Int = 0

        for items in dataArray {
            while items.firstName == "Steven" {
                age = items.age

                return age

                break       // This break will never be executed because of return.
            }
            break           // setting the break here, the loop will break after first round
        }
        return age
    }
}

This code works, (with the second break) but only for the first loop. The question remaining is, how to set up return and break after the loop hits its target. Either return or break will prevent the other step.

A: The possible program flow paths leading to the initialization of age before its return are not exhaustive. In case dataArray is empty, the body of the for ... in loop will never be entered, and age will never initialized. The simplest approach to resolve this issue in your particular example would be simply initialize age to 0 upon it's declaration.
Regarding the "unexpected" 0 return even in case dataArray contains an element with a name property valued "Steven": for each pass in the for ... in loop that does not contain an element with a name property valued "Steven", you will reset the value of age to 0. This means that only if the "Steven" valued element is the last of the dataArray will the non-0 age value persist. I don't really see any reason to ever set age to 0 again beyond initialization, so you could resolve this by e.g. performing an early exit (break) from the for loop in case of a match. Alternatively, depending on what you want to achieve, simply return items.last_updated from the method upon first match (just note that early return statements could affect performance).

A: I'm not Swift developer but I doubt these logics are correct. Assuming you initialise age to 0 as suggested in other answers, after you find the element that matches "Steven" into the array, you should exit. Otherwise the next iteration could set age to zero again.
Remember, by default for statement iterates through all elements. If you want to iterate till a condition is met, then a while may be more suitable.
I've read a tutorial and tested this code on line using swift sand box. Sharing my code on this link.
class AGE {
    static func getAge() -> Int {
        var age = 0
        var found = false
        var current = 0
        var allElementsChecked = (dataArray.count == 0) //is false unless array is empty
        while !found && !allElementsChecked {
            found = (dataArray[current].name == "Steven")
            allElementsChecked = (current == dataArray.count-1)
            current += 1
        }
        if found
        {
            age = dataArray[current-1].age //minus 1 to undo last increment within loop
        }
        return age
    }
}

When comes out from the loop that may be because either "Steven" was found or all elements were checked and not found.

A: As mentioned in the other answers the issue is that the variable will never be set if the array is empty.
Apart from that your code is inefficient and returns only the expected result if Steven is the last item in the array. Otherwise the variable age gets overwritten with 0.
Nevertheless in Swift there are more convenient methods to filter an item in an array than a repeat loop, for example first(where:
class AGE {

     static func getAge() -> Int {
        return dataArray.first(where: { $0.name == "Steven" })?.age ?? 0
     }
}

or it might be preferable to return nil if Steven is not in the array
class AGE {

     static func getAge() -> Int? {
        return dataArray.first(where: { $0.Name == "Steven" })?.age
     }
}

PS: last_updated in your code is not related to the struct Person at all.

A: You need to initilize it in the beginning:
var age: Int = 0

If for some reason your for-loop don´t execute then you can´t set your age variable when you only have declared it as var age: Int and not initilized it.
And regarding:

I even tried to set var age: Int = 0 at the beginning, but then the
  function return 0

That means that you had intilizied your age variable to 0 and the for-loop where never executed and the return will be 0.

A: I tested Vadian's answer and it seems to be the correct one as per your requirements.
Nonetheless, here are other suggestions:
First, create another instance of your array based on your Person Struct:
var filteredPerson = [Person]()

If you want to search your dataArray for the age based on the first name:
func getAge(of name: String){
     filteredPerson = dataArray.filter { $0.name == name }
     print (filteredPerson[0].age) }

To get the age value of "Steven":
getAge(of: "Steven")

You'll get the Result: 23.
Note that you can also just get the Int value via return:
func getAge(of name: String) -> Int {
     filteredPerson = dataArray.filter { $0.name == name }
     return filteredPerson[0].age }

On the other hand, if you have lots of Persons in your list with the same name, and you want to get the age value of a specific Person, just add the lastName parameter:
func getAge(name: String, lastName: String){
     filteredPerson = dataArray.filter { $0.firstName == name && $0.lastName == lastName }
     print (filteredPerson[0].age) }

And then get the age value via calling:
getAge(name: "Steven", lastName: "Miller")

Hope this helped someone in some way :)


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Why is weather so important to Canadians? Why are we so obsessed with it? I've spent half my career trying to figure out why Canadians are so outwardly disgusted by weather, yet so secretly proud of it at the same time. I hope it is not because we are boring. I do know our weather is not boring! And Canadians love to talk about it. I will share with you my experiences – both good and bad – in talking about our love/hate relationship with the weather.
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The Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi Germany
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We all know the outcome of the "Great War": in November 1918, the Allies won and Germany lost. Yet, barely a few months earlier, the Germans still believed victory was finally within their reach. In March 1918, two days before the launch of a major offensive against the Franco-British armies, Kaiser Wilhelm II boasted that the Allies would soon come begging for peace. In three occasions, his prediction almost materialized, for, between March and July, the Germans came close to defeating their French and British foes. They ultimately failed. But why? What happened that brought German emissaries, on a grim morning of November, to travel to a muddy, desolated village in Northern France to negotiate the terms an of armistice and thus their defeat? This lecture will attempt to shed some light on the last year of the First World War and events that ended up shaping the 20th century.
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"Displace and Disperse" – Abbotsford's Solution to the Homeless Problem
If there is one thing to learn from the City of Abbotsford, it's how NOT to deal with the homeless crisis. Abbotsford's main strategy is to push homeless people from one place to another, hoping that they will leave town altogether or disappear into places where they are no longer visible.
While homelessness in Abbotsford has increased by 29% in the past three years, homeless campers have had their tents slashed, property destroyed and belongings pepper sprayed by the police to intimidate them to leave.
In June 2013 the city ordered a truck-load of chicken manure to be dumped on the site of a homeless camp after forcing its residents to leave, in an effort to keep them from returning.
In response, the Abbotsford chapter of the Drug War Survivors established a "Dignity Village" homeless camp in Jubilee Park on Oct 20, 2013. Clustered around a teepee that was set up with traditional protocols, it made the homeless crisis visible once again in the middle of the city.
The City responded by issuing an injunction against the camp just a few days before Christmas, and the homeless folks in Jubilee Park were forced out under the watchful eye of the police. A few were given housing; many simply moved to another location beside the railway tracks along Gladys Ave. The teepee was erected again, and this site became the new Dignity Village.
Meanwhile, in a vote of 4-3, Abbotsford's city council rejected a 20 unit social housing project that would have offered decent housing for some. Remarkably, a city gaining recognition for its homeless crisis and its abusive treatment of homeless people turned down a provincially funded housing project.
A number of homeless camps emerged along the street next to the train tracks, and across the street from the Salvation Army. Despite the land being unceded Indigenous territory, BC Hydro claimed ownership of it and posted "NO Trespassing" signs along with notices to vacant by July 31, 2014. When that day arrived, so did the outreach workers and volunteers to help with the removal of the homeless people and their belongings. Scattered to the winds, they moved off into the bushes or other locations where they had previously set up their tents. The group of tents surrounding the teepee, however, was not on BC Hydro's claimed land and so Abbotsford's Dignity Village remained, ten months after it was launched in Jubilee Park.
Cities want to make homeless people disappear rather than become active advocates for low-income housing. But in Abbotsford and Vancouver people are making the crisis visible and demanding real solutions. Through their struggles for justice, these homeless fighters are also improving the conditions of their lives, and building communities of resistance. As long-time Dignity Village leader Calvin said, the camp has successfully resisted and pushed back police violence and harassment of homeless people in Abbotsford, "they can't attack us anymore because we showed them." It's a strong call for justice arising from those most impacted, and it requires our ongoing solidarity and support.


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After dating for nearly three years, the Magneto of the 'X-Men' movie series and his girlfriend are reportedly living together in a new home in London.
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A source told the newspaper that the "Alien: Covenant" actor and his girlfriend, who have been private about their relationship, "have moved in together officially after she had to spend so much time in the U.K. filming the new 'Tomb Raider' movie."
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Michael previously described relationships as a "risk," likening them to doing the dangerous "leap of faith" in his movie "Assassin's Creed". When asked if he's comfortable with risk, he responded, "Of course. In ['Assassin's Creed'] there is a scene where my character takes a so-called 'leap of faith' and jumps down 38m."
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Swansea Bay City Deal 'Agreement'...and Carmarthenshire's in charge
After fifteen months of deliberation, arguments, and unknown, but no doubt astronomical legal costs, the final draft of the Joint Working Agreement for the Swansea Bay City Deal will be doing the rounds of the four participant councils over the next few weeks. If they all agree, the Joint Committee will be formally set up. The draft Agreement can be read here.
Carmarthenshire Council Executive Board will be rubber stamping the Agreement on Monday (update Monday; duly rubber stamped). It will then go to full council for the final nod of approval.
From what I can fathom out, here are a few points;
The Joint Committee will consist of the four council leaders and several co-opted representatives from the health boards and the universities. Only the four council leaders will have a vote. However, this is against a backdrop and input of the programme board, economic strategy board of business interests, finance and legal board, and other vested interests. As lip service to scrutiny, a councillor joint scrutiny board will be set up which will be run Carmarthenshire-style, ie surgically sanitised officer reports, engineered to avoid challenge and dissent.
Carmarthenshire Council will be the official 'Accountable Body', essentially then it's Mark James, aided and abetted by Linda Rees Jones and the section 151 finance officer. No, it's not April 1st. Mr James, as we know, is the lead chief executive for the whole Deal, the principal advisor to the Joint Committee, and will be known as the 'Accountable Officer'. What a joke. The other councils should be aware that the 'Accountable Officer' thinks nothing of breaching promises and was happy to renege on an undertaking to hand money over to the council, and pocketed it himself. Speaking from experience, I wouldn't believe a word he says. We wouldn't want the City Deal money ending up in the gutter would we?
I refer readers, and interested parties, to my previous post City Deal - a scandal in the making, and the wrong man for the job?
The private investment, the funding arrangements, and borrowing requirement for the four councils are still not clear but essentially, the 'Accountable Body' will be in control of the purse strings...what could possibly go wrong? A recent letter from the Welsh Minister shows that even the Welsh Government is confused as to Mr James' role in local government;
In Carmarthenshire the main project is the Wellness private-health-care hot-tub extravaganza, a Mark James vision he clearly plans to bequeath to the County when he finally moves on. If nothing else, it will be something to keep the auditors in gainful employment in years to come. The Yr Egin 'cultural hub' has already cost £16m of public money, how much of that has come from the council is not entirely clear.
The reality of the City Deal governance will be somewhat different than the tick-box legalese of the official agreement. One of the 'Principles' is for councils to be 'open and trusting in their dealings with each other'. We don't have to look very far back to see just how open and trusting Carmarthenshire was with Pembrokeshire over the speculative property grants, see 'Councils at war' leading to Pembs councillors concluding that Carmarthenshire was indeed a Sicilian cartel. These grants were administered by Carmarthenshire, like the City Deal, and the audits were shrouded in mystery, and mismanagement covered up.
The ambiguity identified by Neath Port Talbot over the past few months is still there with uncertainty around the use of capital receipts (as I read it, a council could sell any asset and use the money for a city deal project) and the divving up of funds, controlled by Carmarthenshire, is likely to set one council off against another before a once-in-a-generation brick has been laid. That's only when the government funding does start to trickle in, up until then each council, all making cuts to frontline services, will have to fund the projects themselves.
The running costs for the Deal will be met by the four councils to to the tune of £1m over five years, plus an additional 1.5% top-slice of the governments' contribution. This again will be controlled, and audited by Carmarthenshire...
As for Freedom of Information requests, once again it is County Hall in overall control, a council far more concerned with reputation than truth. My own request for an earlier draft of the JWA was flatly refused under legal privilege, which is a fine start. The Agreement mentions the requirement for a 'robust system' for declarations of conflicts of interest, yet the 'Accountable Officer' is an officer who chose not to declare his own property and business empire to his employers.
The complex governance structure for the City Deal resembles a bloated quango, filled with conflicting interests and cosy arrangements (I bet the council hospitality boxes have been busy), set up to oversee a public/private scheme likely to benefit a few short term investors, and the egos, and wallets, of council chief executives, at massive public cost.
I will be watching.
News round up - AGMs, and more
Following a very close vote at their AGM last week, the Labour group on the council elected 30 year old Cllr Rob James as their new leader, replacing Cllr Jeff Edmunds who had held the position since early 2015 after he had ousted Kevin Madge.
Early in 2015 the council was 'run' by Labour and Independents. However, former councillor Meryl Gravell (for 'Meryl' read Mark James) refused to work with Cllr Edmunds. His card was marked by Mr James when he helped spill the beans over the latter's bung to Scarlets Regional Ltd midway through 2014. This 'disloyalty', therefore, made him unacceptable as leader of the council and so 'Meryl' dumped Labour and formed a coalition with Plaid in June 2015.
Seen as the lesser of two evils, Emlyn Dole has turned out to be a remarkably loyal follower of the regime.
One of the problems faced by Labour in opposition has been an inability to challenge Plaid as many of the policies were started by Labour (and whilst Cllr Edmunds was the Executive Board Member for Resources), and merely continued by Plaid. This led to Cllr Edmunds starting every opposition statement with general agreement with whatever Plaid were doing.
As Rob James, previously a Neath councillor was only elected last May he, at least on a personal level, doesn't carry the same baggage. So, we'll see.
An interesting example of the democratic constipation arose a few weeks ago when Rob James questioned the executive decision to set up yet another arms-length company, 'wholly owned by the council'. The trend was started under Labour and, at the time, was challenged by Plaid; "The obsession of the Labour council with effectively outsourcing services and removing democratic oversight inevitably reduces the operational control the council has over our public services."
However, the tables have now turned and Cllr James' use of words such as outsourcing and privatisation were sneered at by Plaid, rubbished by the chief executive and even some of the Labour group shifted uncomfortably in their seats. Jobs and terms and conditions were all safe, they said, well, erm, for the first day of transfer anyway...oh.
Safe as houses eh? In the London Borough of Barnet, care workers were TUPE transferred to an arms-length company, 'Your Choice Barnet', 100% wholly owned by Barnet Council. Within a year, a third of the workforce had been made redundant and the care workers given a 9.5% pay cut. Hopefully this won't happen in Carmarthenshire...
Coincidentally, next Monday, the Executive Board will meet to approve the business plan for the latest arms-length company, Lleisant Delta Wellbeing Ltd...but, despite it being 'wholly owned' by the council, the decision will be held in secret, behind closed doors. How very transparent...
One advantage for Labour in electing a new leader to the hot seat was that he wasn't part of the ruling Labour/Ind group during the unlawful payments scandals, even though the collective responsibility of allowing the chief executive to get away with daylight robbery, remains. Jeff Edmunds, whilst not on the original Exec Board which bankrolled the chief executive, was elected just after, in May 2012 and was in charge of resources throughout the Wales Audit Office reports etc etc. Plaid were vocal in opposition, at the time, but that all changed in June 2015, (apart from this notable effort from Plaid backbenchers).
Labour's Kevin Madge is the final remnant of the executive board who wielded the fatal rubber stamp, and has now been nominated as vice chair of the council, and will be automatically elevated to Chair the year after. Only in Carmarthenshire eh?
As an aside, it is understood that the chief executive responded to any enquiries as to whether he was going to repay the unlawful monies by threatening councillors to keep their mouths shut or he'd make that earlier Exec Board pay it back out of their own pockets, in so many words. No wonder they all kept quiet... A pity really that they didn't stand up to him, the fact that he misled and manipulated the Exec Board into giving him a blank cheque would have given them an instant defence.
I am not aligned to any party, and will leave all the political intrigue to others, but as I see it we still have a largely benign set of councillors, fearful of the chief executive who continues to bully, threaten, flout the law and rip off the taxpayer.
The power lies with senior officers, and, as we have seen, the chief executive, aided by his cabal of disciples, holds the reins of whatever 'administration' is currently in the hot seat, so a strong opposition is essential in Carmarthenshire. With the City Deal, for example, looming on the horizon, even more decision making will be taken out of the hands of councillors. I have heard that the council have already borrowed unknown millions, and are paying interest on it, without any guarantees for the taxpayer, cross-council agreement, let alone a whisper of scrutiny.
Have all councillors taken a vow of silence over the 'Wellness Village' white elephant? Or the Swansea Bay City Deal itself? Pembrokeshire, like Neath Port Talbot, remains cautious and at a Pembs full council meeting yesterday one councillor wondered whether the 'Swansea City Bay Deal' (must be a footie fan) would bankrupt the council, the webcast starts here.
In Carmarthenshire, questioning the integrity of the chief executive's vanity projects can be problematic, you are likely to be labelled a troublemaker, an obstacle to job creation and the forthcoming abundance of shared wealth, you could even be sued. He has his own agenda, and it should be challenged...jobs and abundant wealth for who exactly?
Has anyone, apart from me, flagged up whether his own business and property investment interests may conflict with the City Deal cash bonanza? Let alone the council's interests?
As I said in my previous post, the wisdom of allowing the chief executive anywhere near a piggy bank, let alone £1.3bn must be questioned.
Scrutiny is vital and, at times, far more effective on a public platform, at full council meetings, in the glare of the webcam, than at poorly minuted unrecorded spoon-fed scrutiny meetings. The farcical reaction to the Motion to introduce Epetitions a few weeks ago was a case in point. The Plaid leader demanded that the motion be withdrawn because the the decision to introduce them had already been made...despite the fact that this was FOUR years ago. The Motion should have been welcomed by the administration as a matter of democratic principle, not treated as a source of irritation from the opposition and voted down.
Next Wednesday is the council's AGM, a largely ceremonial affair but followed, after lunch by the Leader's Annual report, offering the usual opportunity for some b******t bingo, if nothing else. Following the appointment of Committee members and Chairs - none of which seem to be contested - we come to the annual tweak of the Constitution, with a minor amendment to ensure that councillors can claim extra expenses for additional 'approved duties'.
Yet again there is something missing from the annual Constitutional amendments and it's those shocking 'suspended' libel clauses which remain the elephants in the room. Unbelievable. Maybe next year eh?
Meanwhile, whether it's Labour, Plaid or the Independents 'running' the circus, it seems that some things never change. Back in March, whilst fans were shelling out for tickets and struggling to park, three Executive Board Members, Linda Evans, Hazel Evans, (both Plaid) and Mair Stephens (Ind) enjoyed a night out at Parc Y Scarlets for the Scarlets v La Rochelle match in the council's hospitality box, with designated parking. And who was paying for it all? Us of course, including you lot queuing outside. Mind you, Exec Board Member Jane Tremlett (Ind) went one better, whilst we were all shivering in February, she wangled a couple of days in Barcelona courtesy of a private telecare company...
Of greater significance however are the gifts, hospitality and fringe benefits enjoyed by the most senior officers, but, as I have discovered, you'll have to embark on lengthy battles through the Freedom of Information Act to get to the bottom of that.
County Hall, Carmarthen.
Swansea Bay City Deal 'Agreement'...and Carmarthen...


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1-10-2007: The TV Industry News Round-Up
CBS Ties Its Future to Web Deals
(WSJ) In a glitzy presentation yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, CBS Corp. tried to send a strong message to the technology industry: We get it.
Congress Takes Up Net's Future (NYT)
Senior lawmakers, emboldened by the recent restrictions on AT&T and the change in control of Congress, have begun drafting legislation that would prevent high-speed Internet companies from charging content providers for priority access.
Brazil Court Gives YouTube the Go Ahead (NYPost)
A Brazilian court said that Internet service providers could allow Web surfers access to the popular video-sharing site YouTube, a day after they started blocking it because of a celebrity sex video.
Broadcast Board Asks for Replacement (Wash Post)
The chairman of the agency that oversees Voice of America and other government broadcasts to foreign countries said yesterday he would not seek renomination, likely ending a series of ethical controversies that have clouded his tenure.
Glenn Becks Winning Formula (Radar) At first glance, Glenn Beck looks a lot like all of the other uptight conservative firebreathers who think World War III is upon us and that you are going to Hell for one reason or other.
New Serials: Now You See Them, Now You Don't (NYT)
For the last several years, executives at other television networks have dreaded the annual debut of "24," the Fox hit that, with its continuing storyline about a secret agent saving the nation unwinding from one episode to the next, is the ultimate serial drama.
Katie Couric's 50th Birthday (NYO) Katie Couric, the anchor of the CBS Evening News, was in Georgia on Friday, Jan. 5, in a car parked outside a Nathan's hot-dog stand. It was two days before her 50th birthday, just after 1 p.m.
Scooby Doo Creator Dies (NYT)
Iwao Takamoto, the artist who created the mystery-solving Great Dane, Scooby-Doo, among many other indelible cartoon characters, died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 81.
Apple Introduces the iPhone: Is it Worth It? (WSJ)
The long-awaited announcement that Apple Inc. would offer a media-playing cellphone -- dubbed the iPhone -- sent ripples through the telecom industry and pushed Apple's stock to a high, but it also raised questions about the company's strategy to parlay its successful iPod music player as an entry in the cutthroat handset market.


Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is billing himself as the Republican presidential candidate who "killed Obamacare," according to the New York Times. The super PAC that's thrown its weight behind Rubio, Conservative Solutions PAC, released its "Some Republicans" ad Tuesday, perpetuating a few misconceptions about the candidate's congressional track among voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, where the Times says the ad is being broadcast.
"On Obamacare, some Republicans gave up," the ad says. "Some talked tough, but got nowhere. For all the Republican talk about dismantling the Affordable Care Act, one Republican presidential hopeful has actually done something: Marco Rubio. Rubio conceived and pushed a plan that will all but kill Obamacare."
Taking its lines out of their original context, the ad flashes "Killed Obamacare" across the bottom of the screen, with an authoritative voiceover: "Results."
For anyone wondering if maybe they've missed a major policy moment in the last couple of weeks, know this: Obamacare lives. Neither Rubio nor any of his conservative opponents has yet dismantled it, but not for lack of trying.
Did Rubio kill Obamacare? While Rubio claims he is the only Republican candidate to have dealt a blow to the Affordable Care Act — according to the Washington Post, by stealthily inserting a financing provision "that had undermined confidence in Obamacare" into the 2014 end-of-year budget — but as the Associated Press reported, the credit for this maneuver shouldn't actually go to him. And while Rubio has introduced legislation that would peel away some Obamacare provisions, according to the Washington Post, he has not yet killed the Affordable Care Act.
The short answer: No. Obamacare continues to provide insurance to Americans nationwide — including, according to NBC, Rubio himself. In 2015's open enrollment period (November 2014 to February 2015), some 11.7 million signed up for Marketplace plans, the Obamacare website estimates, while around 17.6 million people were covered under the ACA as of September. Open enrollment for 2016 opened on Nov. 1 and ends on Jan. 31. As of Dec. 21, upward of 9 million qualified health plans are thought to be confirmed for 2016.