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Q: For loop on 2 lists and add to an object Im looping over two lists and want to add the objects to a custom object. So Im getting an Employee a list of Projects and a list of Doubles from Thymeleaf and save them to a database. I want to save them to the object EmployeeProject which takes an Employee, a Project and a double (employeeBookedMonths). My problem is I either get the multiple projects saved to the EmployeeProject but all the project months are the same (the last double value one in the list) or I save the multiple projects to the employeeProject with correct employeeBookedMonths but there is dupicates, for example if I save 3 projects with 3 employeeBookedMonths, I get 3 times each saved (so 9 saved). I've tried moving the employeeProjectService.saveEmployeeProject but can't make it work plus many other variations but I need some help.
Question: how can I loop through the 2 lists and add and them to the EmployeeProject object? Without getting multiples or only getting the last employeeBookedMonths.
Thanks in advance.
Also the System.println prints the wanted values, they just don't save.
    public String saveEmployee(@ModelAttribute("employee") Employee employee,
                               @RequestParam("projectId") List<Project> projectIds,
                               @RequestParam("employeeProjectMonths") List<Double> months) {
        List<Double> monthList = new ArrayList<>();
        for (Double month : months) {
            if (month != null) {
                monthList.add(month);
                System.out.println("Month:" + month);
            }
        }
        employeeService.saveEmployee(employee);
        if (projectIds != null) {
            EmployeeProject employeeProject = new EmployeeProject(employee);
            for (Project ids : projectIds) {
                for (Double month : monthList) {
                    employeeProject.setEmployeeBookedMonths(month);
                    System.out.println("Months: " + employeeProject.getEmployeeBookedMonths());
                    employeeProjectService.saveEmployeeProject(employee, ids, month);
                }
            }
        }
        return "redirect:/ines/employees";
    }

New Employee form
<form action="#" th:action="@{/ines/saveEmployeeMeeting}" th:object="${employee}"
            method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">

                Email:
                <input type="text" th:field="*{name}"
                       placeholder="Employee Name" class="form-control mb-4 col-4">

                    Start Time:

                        <input type="text" class="form-control datetimepicker-input"
                               th:field="*{meetingStartDateTime}" id="meetingStartDateTime"/>

                    End Time:

                        <input type="text" class="form-control datetimepicker-input" data-target="#datetimepicker1"
                               th:field="*{meetingEndDateTime}" id="meetingEndDateTime" placeholder="Date"/>

                <input type="text" th:field="*{message}"
                       placeholder="Message" class="form-control mb-4 col-4">

            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-info col-2">Save Employee/Meeting</button>
        </form>

Employee
@Entity
@Table(name = "employees")
public class Employee {

    @Id
    @Column(name = "employee_id")
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Long id;

    @Column(nullable = false)
    private String name;

    @JsonFormat(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd", shape = JsonFormat.Shape.STRING)
    @Column(name = "contracted_from")
    private String contractedFrom;

    @JsonFormat(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd", shape = JsonFormat.Shape.STRING)
    @Column(name = "contracted_to")
    private String contractedTo;

    @OneToMany(mappedBy = "employee",
            cascade = CascadeType.ALL
//          fetch=FetchType.EAGER
    )
    private Set<EmployeeProject> employeeProjects = new HashSet<>();
// constructores getters and setters

Project
@Entity
@Table(name = "projects")
public class Project implements Serializable {
    @Id
    @Column(name = "project_id")
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Long id;

    private Long projectNumber;

    @Column(nullable = false, length = 45)
    private String name;

    @JsonFormat(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd", shape = JsonFormat.Shape.STRING)
    @Column(name = "start_date", nullable = false)
    private String startDate;

    @JsonFormat(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd", shape = JsonFormat.Shape.STRING)
    @Column(name = "end_date", nullable = false)
    private String endDate;

    @Column(name = "project_length_months")
    private double projectLengthInMonths;

    @Column(name = "project_booked_months")
    private double currentBookedMonths;

    @Column(name = "remaining_booked_months")
    private double remainingBookedMonths;

    private int numberOfEmployees;

    @OneToMany(mappedBy = "project", cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
    private Set<EmployeeProject> employeeProjects = new HashSet<>();
// constructores getters and setters

EmployeeProject
@Entity
@Table(name = "employee_projects")
public class EmployeeProject implements Serializable {

    @Id
    @Column(name = "employee_project_id")
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Long id;

    @ManyToOne
    @JoinColumn(name = "employee_id")
    private Employee employee;

    @ManyToOne
    @JoinColumn(name = "project_id")
    private Project project;

    @Column(name = "employee_booked_months")
    private double employeeBookedMonths;
// constructores getters and setters

A: Its not the prettiest but it works, I feel a bit dumb after this one but if anyone has a more elegant approach I'm happy to see it.
@PostMapping("/saveEmployee")
    public String saveEmployee(@ModelAttribute("employee") Employee employee,
                               @RequestParam("projectId") List<Project> projectIds,
                               @RequestParam("employeeProjectMonths") List<Double> months) {

        List<Double> monthList = new ArrayList<>();
        for (Double month : months) {
            if (month != null) {
                monthList.add(month);
                System.out.println("Month:" + month);
            }
        }

        List<Project> projectList = new ArrayList<>();
        for (Project project : projectIds) {
            if (project != null) {
                projectList.add(project);
                System.out.println("Project:" + project);
            }
        }

        employeeService.saveEmployee(employee);
        for (int i=0; i<= monthList.size(); i++) {
            EmployeeProject employeeProject = new EmployeeProject(employee);
            employeeProject.setEmployeeBookedMonths(monthList.get(i));
            employeeProject.setProject(new Project(projectList.get(i).getId()));
            employeeProjectService.saveEmployeeProjectEmployeeOnly(employeeProject);
        }
        return "redirect:/ines/employees";
    }

The problem was I was getting the list of projectIds which also had the null values (not selected ones), so I had to create a list of the projects then use the i loop to set each Project and employeeProjectMonths.

A: In this line:
employeeProjectService.saveEmployeeProject(employee, ids, month);

it was supposed to save employee or employeeProject?
Because in the code you didn't use the variable employeeProject explicitly. Where it was supposed to be saved?

A: Did you consider that you're declaring  EmployeeProject employeeProject = new EmployeeProject(employee); inside   if (projectIds != null) { scope, so if you do println in the employeeProject, right above return "redirect:/ines/employees"; (outside the scope) you won't see it? In order to don't loose the data you need to declare employeeProject at the beginning of the method.
The follow code could correct this:
    public String saveEmployee(@ModelAttribute("employee") Employee employee,
                               @RequestParam("projectId") List<Project> projectIds,
                               @RequestParam("employeeProjectMonths") List<Double> months) {
        List<EmployeeProject> listOfEmployeeProjects = ArrayList<>();
        List<Double> monthList = new ArrayList<>();
        for (Double month : months) {
            if (month != null) {
                monthList.add(month);
                System.out.println("Month:" + month);
            }
        }
        employeeService.saveEmployee(employee);
        if (projectIds != null) {
            EmployeeProject employeeProject = new EmployeeProject(employee);
            for (Project ids : projectIds) {
                for (Double month : monthList) {
                    employeeProject.setEmployeeBookedMonths(month);
                    System.out.println("Months: " + employeeProject.getEmployeeBookedMonths());
                    employeeProjectService.saveEmployeeProject(employee, ids, month);
                }
            }
        listOfEmployeeProjects.add(employeeProject);
        }
    //Here you might see the data inside listOfEmployeeProjects, once it was declared in a outter scope
   //Maybe do a assign of your data to other field, for example:
   // mainData.setAllOfTheEmployeeProjects(listOfEmployeeProjects);
        return "redirect:/ines/employees";
    }

Did it help? If didn't please post the rest of your code.

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V. M. Stone: Fiction and Poetry
Pretending to Know What the Hell I'm Doing Since 1993
Written by vmstone25
February 14th, 1881:
I know, I know, I should not be writing in this right now, but I have a bit of time before the ceremony starts and I want to go into this with a clear head. I am terribly excited of course, but there is a little terror in that "terribly." They say it is natural, but it does not feel like it.
Oh, I am being so silly! I mean, how long have I wanted this? I have been courting Ethan nearly six months now, and have known him for years, and he is from a lovely, respectable family. Yet here I am, getting cold feet all over a stupid book!
It was probably a prank, at any rate. One of his school friends must have sent it. Or he picked it up on his grand tour for a laugh and never got around to tossing it away. I mean, it is "Justine," for God's sake. I am sure even the Marquis de Sade himself did not really enjoy that disgusting stuff. And it is not as if it was on his nightstand or right next to the Bible on the shelf or something. He left it in the bottom a trunk. I would bet he never even opened it. All is well.
It's just…oh God, Diary, you hear such dreadful stories sometimes when girls get married right out of school. Most of them are happy, of course, but every so often you hear about girls like Millicent Eastley. She was a few years ahead of me in school. Beautiful, you know, and so bright, you would have thought she would know better. She married this ship captain and…well, I never got a lot of specifics, but I know he did not treat her as a man ought to treat his wife. Especially when it came to, well, duties.
But I am being ridiculous. Everyone knew what a horrid match that was, everyone tried to warn her and she simply would not listen! Whereas Ethan has never been in any trouble and (apart from George) everyone agrees that we are a splendid pair. I am not stubborn or stupid or danger-seeking. I am not some sad little debt-ridden thing who has to take whatever comes her way. I love Ethan, and he deserves that love. I know it, my family knows it, even George knows it, no matter how little he wants to admit it. This is simply cold feet. Completely natural, like everyone says. I shall be fine.
I shall be perfectly fine.
When a girl finds herself in possession of a gentleman friend, there are two things she must eventually introduce him to: her family and her taste. These are excruciating processes even in normal circumstances. The primmest household collapses into vulgarity as soon as a stranger turns up at the table, and the finest artworks seem chipped and faded whenever we try to show them off. Pippa was aware of this, and had spent the whole week leading up to Easter holiday frantically reminding herself that Shekhar would probably get along just fine with her family, and would probably enjoy the show immensely, and she probably wouldn't have to run away and live as a shamed, spinster hermit out in the woods…probably. It took some effort, but by the time they arrived in London she had convinced herself that there were worse things in the world than being embarrassed in front of a boy. She couldn't think of any, but there had to be a few.
"Besides, Pippa," Shekar reminded her as they settled into Oliver's box at the Pirrocchi Theater, "aren't you sort of the Queen of the Obscene? I bet there's nothing left on Earth that can shock you."
At that moment, there was a blast of trumpets and the curtain rose on the first scene of The Buccaneer's Ball: Lady Theodora Folley-Cotton, 12th Duchess of Hallsbury, standing center stage in a resplendent red pirate's hat, a false beard, and a very, very short admiral's jacket over a pair of scarlet stockings. She was carrying a lovely young mermaid in her arms.
"Oh, Captain Rascalle!" the girl giggled as Folley bent to kiss her. "I just don't know about this. There's something rather fishy about you!"
"Well, tha's not fair, m'dear," Folley said in a gruff voice. "Fer I reckon I could say the same 'bout ye!"
Raising her head to the audience, she rolled her eyes and dropped the heavy brogue. "Hey, you're at the Pirrocchi," she said in her normal, faintly Northern accent, "you get the jokes you pay for."
The crowd chuckled, but the mermaid scowled.
"Well, I never!" she cried. Quick as a flash, she jumped out of Folley's arms – and straight out of her tail as well.
Shekhar's jaw went slack and the audience exploded with cheers as she strutted across the stage, clad in a tight, flesh-colored tunic. "Not so fishy now, eh?"
Folley circled her, stroking her beard in thought. Finally, she lifted the mermaid's back leg with a dubious frown. "Ya sure about tha', lassie?"
Pippa groaned and sank as low as she could in her chair. "I think I'll take that bet," she muttered.
Thankfully, the play went uphill from there, and by the end Pippa and Shekhar were leaning against each other in fits of laughter.
"So," she said, finally catching her breath, "what do you think of the famed English theater, now that you've seen it for yourself?"
He put on a critical face, though his lips quivered with the effort. "Impressive," he said with a nod. "Very layered, very moving. Touches of Milton around the edges."
Pippa smirked. "There certainly were a lot of touches around edges, weren't there?"
"Can't say I noticed," Shekhar said in a lofty voice, then grinned when Pippa smacked his shoulder with the back of her hand. "I must say, when you said wanted me to see your aunt, I wasn't expecting to see quite so much of her at once."
A pair of arms folded across the back of his chair, making him jump. "Well, I won't tell my husband if you don't," Folley purred, patting him on the head.
Shekhar's eyes widened in panic, but Pippa just shook her head. "Quit torturing the poor man," she said, giving her aunt a playful shove before getting up to embrace her. "You'll scare him off."
"I do believe that is our job," Oliver said, following his wife into the box. "Something about preserving innocence and shielding you from the wicked world or what have you. Can't ignore our responsibilities."
Pippa raised an eyebrow. "Clearly," she said. Gesturing at each of them in turn, she said, "Uncle Oliver, Aunt Folley, this is Mr. Shekhar Deshmukh. An acquaintance of mine from school."
"Charmed," Shekhar said, giving them each a deep bow before shaking hands.
Folley shot Pippa a sly look over his shoulder. "I'm sure you are."
Her niece tipped her head in warning. "You did marvelously, Folley," she said, trying to steer the subject away from her guest. "Though I do think the burning beard is a bit much, especially since the smoke kept going out on the one side."
"Good Lord, I forgot about that prop," Oliver said (though his wife, stroking her singed chin, clearly had not). "Useless thing, we meant to take it out ages ago because nobody could see the smoke in this lighting. I am rather tempted to leave it in now, just to see if you can catch it again – but I won't," he said quickly, catching sight of the look on Folley's face, "of course, of course I won't. Still," he said, turning back to Pippa with a note of pride in his voice, "good eyes as ever!"
"It is a little difficult to make out," she demurred, silently begging her guardians not to trot out her party trick in front of Shekhar. Show-off though she was, there is a time and a place for looking like a freak of nature, and this was not it. "It was just luck really, it would have been hard for anyone to catch it."
"Not for you though, is it, pet?" Folley said, poking her in the ribs. "Careful with this one, she's a sharp tack, a regular Sherlock Holmes! I should know," she added, a little haughtily, "his nephew's an old friend. Best man at our wedding, actually."
"By 'best man', she means the only one who knew how to barricade a church," Oliver said, but Folley shushed him.
"Please, I know at least four people who've done that. Anyway, Pippa, you remember Pierce, right? He always said you reminded him of his uncle, and I think it's more than a fair comparison!"
Pippa definitely remembered Pierce Darney – one didn't meet many cat-burglars in one's life – and she wasn't entirely sure he meant that as a compliment, but she decided not to press the point.
Mercifully, Folley seemed to notice the embarrassment in her niece's eyes, and pulled on Oliver's lapel. "Anyway, darling, why don't you show Mr. Deshmukh around for a bit? Introduce the rest of cast or something, there's a good test of nerves. Go on, Pippa and I haven't had a proper girl talk in ages!"
She shooed the men out of the box, then, when they were out of sight, held up a finger at Pippa. "Just a tick," she said, ducking around the corner in the opposite direction. After a moment, she returned and took Pippa breezily by the arm, leading her to the edge of the box. On the floor below, Oliver and Shekhar were talking with the mermaid (who, Pippa jealously noted, had not yet changed out of her tunic).
"So," Folley said, cocking her head at Shekhar and winking, "who's your pretty friend? You looked cozy."
Pippa willed herself not to blush. "Just a friend," she said in as dignified a voice as she could manage. "One of the Cambridge students who live nearby. I've been showing him around, that's all."
Her aunt grinned. "Showing him around where, I wonder?"
"Don't be crude."
Folley made a noise like a startled horse and mimed writing on her hand. "Dear Diary," she said in a singsong voice, "today Pippa told me, of all fucking people, to not be crude. Suspect serious head injury."
"Oh alright, alright," Pippa said, swatting her hands, "point taken."
"Well, what's he like, this man of letters?" Folley asked, leaning over the ledge and eyeing him curiously.
Pippa, meanwhile, was trying her best not to eye him, no matter how well those trousers fit. Close as she and Folley might be, there is nothing worse than a relative prying into your love life, and Folley had turned prying into an art form.
"He's a bit conceited, to be honest," she said, "and shiftless too. Vain as anything, as you can clearly see, and more condescending than he really has any right to be, you wouldn't believe the things he says sometimes -"
"Okay, you are trying far too hard," Folley laughed, still watching the young man mill about on the floor below. A squat porter squeezed through the crowd in his direction, waving a slip of paper in the air.
"It's true, though," Pippa mumbled, but her aunt dismissed her protests with a wave.
"I'm sure it is," said Folley. "But that's not what you want to say."
She spared her niece a knowing smirk before turning back to the scene below. The porter was pressing the paper into Shekhar's hands, but Shekhar was trying just as hard to avoid it. He bent low to the porter's ear for a moment, then, clapping him on the back, shoved him lightly but deliberately into the crowd. "I can tell when a girl wants to gush about a boy, so g'wan! Gush already, for Chrissake!"
Pippa was only too happy to comply, but was also too happy to notice the porter raise his fourth finger at the box. "Alright, and he's very charming and clever and sweet-tempered and -"
" And married," Folley said.
"Yes, and – wait – no – wait, he's what?" Pippa stammered, her ears finally catching up with her mouth. "Married?"
Folley shrugged apologetically. "Yeah. Happens to the best of us. Surprised you didn't catch it, actually, brains like yours."
Pippa riffled through her memory in a panic. "But his ring finger isn't discolored, from what I can remember," she said, "so he's not hiding a band or anything! No signs of recent weight gain, no stress lines from what I could see!" She scratched her head, feeling slightly dazed. "How do you figure?"
"Told the porter he had a telegram from his wife," Folley said. "He seems a nice fella, so I really hoped his answer would be 'What wife?'"
"And it wasn't?" Pippa said, crestfallen.
Her aunt gave her a horribly pitying look. "'Fraid not, pet. Still, it's not the end of the world. I 'spect it's arranged or something, so you could still give him a shot." She shrugged. "Lots of folks make it work, I guess. Just know what you're getting into."
Pippa shook her head and flopped into one of the seats in a huff. "Thanks but no thanks," she said. "There aren't many lines I haven't crossed, but I'd rather not cross that one. I just can't believe he – God, I'm so – ugh!"
She lay back, clapped her hands over her face, and screamed into her palms."Folley, why is love so hard?" she asked.
"Dearie, I was smuggled into my wedding in a casket," Folley said. "Don't ask me to make sense of this shit."
Normally Pippa would have laughed, but the mention of Folley's wedding reminded her of Farrier, of his dark voice and his darker questions. She hesitated. She loved Oliver dearly, and didn't want to get him in any trouble. Besides, it wasn't her business what he told his wife. But she loved Folley too, the woman who had practically raised her. Considering all the chaos Folley put up with during Pippa's childhood, both as her governess and guardian, the least Pippa owed her was some honesty.
Farrier's voice jabbed at her like a pebble in a shoe. Reexamine your loyalties.
"Speaking of which," she managed at last, "um, some people were, uh, asking about that. Your marriage."
Folley chuckled. "Reporters again?"
"No, erm…the police, actually."
Folley's head whipped around so fast Pippa half expected it to fly off. "What did you say?"
"I'm sure it was nothing, just the extended family taking another swipe at my inheritance. You know how much they hate the idea of Uncle signing over Merrimore to a woman," Pippa said. "Anyway, I told the detective off."
The color drained from Folley's cheeks. "You what?"
"Well, nicely, I mean. Sort of nicely, anyway. I didn't curse him blue or anything, we should be fine."
"What did he say? Why was he there? Pippa, what did you tell him?" Folley said, advancing on her with every word.
Pippa backed away, holding up her hands. "Look, it was nothing, just some nonsense about well, why you got married when you did, why Grandfather didn't disinherit Uncle for it, your past, all the same guns they've fired at us before, and…er…"
She was rambling, but to her relief, the terror faded from Folley's eyes. "Right, right," the actress said, nodding along. Her shoulders relaxed and for a moment Pippa thought she was out of the woods.
But then, of course, came the dreaded, "And what else?"
Pippa swallowed hard and pulled at her fingers as if expecting to find the right answer folded between her knucklebones. "And my parents," she mumbled. "How they died and all."
Folley blanched, and it was her turn to ramble. "Lord, how dreadful of them. Can't believe the school let them harass you like that, I'll be sure to lodge a complaint."
Suspicions curled like smoke in the corners of Pippa's mind, but she beat them down. "Folley, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have talked to him. I shouldn't have even brought it up, it got you worried for nothing," she said, hugging her around the waist.
When Folley didn't respond, she squinted up at her with a frown. "It is nothing, right?"
Her aunt had been staring off into space for the last few seconds, brow furrowed, but she dropped back to Earth as soon as Pippa spoke.
"Of course it's nothing, lovey," she said, ruffling the girl's hair. "Peelers just give me the heebie-jeebies, and I'd like 'em to stay as far away from me and mine as possible. That's all."
Pippa wasn't sure it was. A knot grew in her stomach, but she could see no safe way to get rid of it.
Thankfully the door opened and her own beautiful, two-faced, philandering outlet walked back into the room.
She bounded over and took Shekhar by the arm. "Can I talk to you for a moment?" she said, wheeling him out the door before he could respond.
"Is everything alright?" he asked, barely keeping up with her as she plowed through the halls in the direction of the front entrance. "You seem tense. Did something happen with your aunt?"
They descended the stairs into the lobby and she yanked her arm out of his so hard he flinched. "Ouch! Pippa, why on Earth did y-"
"When were you going to tell me you were married?"
He froze mid-word, and for a brief, glorious moment Pippa thought Folley had been wrong. But his shock quickly gave way to sheepishness, making her shake her head in disgust. "You are! God, I don't believe this!"
"Only technically!" he said, then backpedaled when he saw the look on her face. "I mean, yes, I am, and I should have told you about that from the start. I am sorry. Truly, I am!" he insisted as she rolled her eyes. "Please believe me, Pippa, I have never been more ashamed. I will do anything to redeem myself. Please."
There was such sincere longing in his voice, a crack in the gloss at last, and for a second she was willing to forgive him everything.
But only for a second.
"And I'm sure you'd have told me this all soon, hm?" she said, folding her arms across her chest. "You'd have unburdened your soul, just as soon as you'd unburdened your -"
"Pippa, I swear that was not my intention!" he said. "I would never stoop to such a vile trick! Believe it or not, I do care for you."
"Which I'm sure your wife would be thrilled to hear," she spat.
He pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed. "It is an arranged marriage," he said, "which, despite what your family may have convinced you, is simply a fact of life, both for your people and mine."
"Ooh, insulting my family now, are we?" she said, letting out a low whistle. "My, this pit just gets deeper and deeper!"
"I did not mean it like that! I only meant that most men can never expect to have a say in our wives. Pippa, please, wait!" he said, catching her by the hand as she turned to go. Her breath caught in her throat as he pulled her close, and she hated herself for it.
"My heart is still my own to give," he said, his thumb softly circling the back of her hand. "And if you will still have it, I'd like to give it to you."
Pippa tried to stay cold, but his eyes burned like fresh embers, and she could hear the ache in his words. His breath was warm against her cheeks. "I swear, Pippa, I swear to you, on everything that is good in this world, I will never deceive you again."
Her heart fluttered, but after a while she shook her head.
"'Again' is a hard word to put your trust in," she said with a sad smile, "and I'm sorry, but I don't think I can."
She pulled her hand out of his and started up the grand staircase. There was a long silence behind her, followed by the slow click of shoes on tile, and for a moment she assumed that was it. He would walk out the front doors and out of her life. It's for the best, she told herself as she climbed. You don't need that sort of headache. You don't need him.
But she turned around with embarrassing speed when he called her name.
Shekhar had his hat in his hands and pinched the brim anxiously as he spoke, circling it through his fingers. "I genuinely enjoy your company, you know. Even if you cannot love me, can I at least have your friendship? I will not try for more, don't worry."
Pippa scrutinized him for a moment, then nodded. "Of course. Friends. But just friends," she added, holding up a warning finger. "I will hold you to that promise, understand?"
Shekhar beamed at her in relief. "Of course," he said, bowing and putting his now slightly-crumpled hat back on his head. "Until next time then, Pippa."
He swept through the front doors and Pippa continued up the stairs and back to her family's box, her heart battered but at least a little lighter than before. Her peace was short-lived, however, for as she approached she heard her uncle's voice emanating down the hall.
" – couldn't stop it, she has the legal right to ask for an exhumation, as do the Fairboroughs."
"But why now?" Folley said. "They must have found something, somebody must have talked! They were badgering Pippa at school, for God's sake, they wouldn't be doing this kind of stuff if they weren't sure!"
"And who could've possibly talked?" Oliver countered as Pippa paused at the edge of the archway, out of sight. "Father is dead, and Pierce and Mattie are chopping through the jungle in God-knows-where. Nobody in England knows what happened. Nobody except you and me."
"Your grandmother has always suspected us, though," Folley snapped, "and she would like nothing better than to watch us hang! If you think for one second I will let her do that – if you think I'll let him take us from beyond the fucking grave – you are sadly mistaken!"
"Don't talk nonsense, Folley. They're not coming for you. I'm sure of it."
Folley gasped, and Oliver added, "I mean they're not coming for us. They have no proof, not enough for a conviction. We can ride this out, that's all I meant."
"Bullshit," Folley said. "Bullshit, that's what you meant."
There was a long pause. "If the worst should come to pass," Oliver said at last, "we must do what is best for -"
He was interrupted by the sound of breaking glass and Folley cursing. "Don't," she said. "Please, if you love me. If you love our children, don't do this. Let me."
"No," Oliver said, horrified. "No, you can't. Stop – stop, get up, I won't hear it! This will all be for nothing if you aren't safe."
"You aren't nothing!"
"I'll be fine. We had every reason to act, they are bound to take that into account."
"You think they've never hanged an honest man before?" She let out a low, cold laugh. "Please. I know how this works. You don't – no, darling, you just don't. I can figure my way out better than you can, please –"
"I watched you die, Folley!" he shouted, so loudly it made Pippa flinch. The box was silent for a moment before he spoke again. He was quiet now, tender, but more determined than Pippa had ever heard him. "I will not do it again."
Folley started to protest, but Pippa leaned on the wrong floorboard and her words were lost in a loud creak.
At once Oliver burst into the hall. "Oh, you're back!" he said. "Did your friend leave already?"
"Yeah," Pippa said, "he had to get back to his hotel. Were you yelling? I heard yelling."
"Pish, there's always yelling around here, that's half the fun!" Folley said brightly as she exited the box. She had a huge smile plastered on her face, but her eyes were still red and puffy. "And speaking of leaving, the last train'll be off pretty soon and we ought to be on it. I'd hate to stick Vaughn with our little terrors any longer than we have to."
She laughed, but exchanged a strange look with Oliver at the mention of their children.
"Quite right," he said, taking his wife by the arm and leading the way back to the lobby. "Besides, everyone is impatient to see you again, Pippa. The children do so miss you when you are away. I wouldn't be surprised if they've been lined up at the door all night. Poor Walton probably had to feed them with sticks."
"They are loyal little buggers, aren't they, pet?" Folley said, addressing Pippa but keeping her hard blue eyes fixed on her husband. "Can't imagine what it would do to them if you skipped out one year. It means a lot to them, having all their family home."
"Good thing they won't have to worry about that for a long time," Oliver said, rubbing the middle of his wife's back as they walked down into the lobby. He said it firmly and with easy cheer; no one overhearing would have called it a lie. Yet Pippa saw the way his hand lingered on Folley's left shoulder blade, the one she knew had that huge, hideous scar running up and down its length. A falling beam, Folley had always said, a memento of the fire. Until recently, Pippa saw no reason to challenge that. Now she was sure she could. She just wasn't sure she wanted to.
It was late when they arrived at Merrimore House, and the beautiful, sprawling grounds were bathed in moonlight as the car pulled up the drive. Though Folley and Oliver had refused to even admit to fighting, much less tell Pippa what the row was about, they had at least spent the half-hour's journey creatively insulting Shekhar, Ashcroft, and everyone else Pippa claimed to have wronged her, right down to the Pope (she didn't have a reason for that one, but it was great fun all the same). As such, they got out of the car in much higher spirits than they got in. Oliver even cracked a genuine smile as Merrimore's great oak doors opened and his middle children came sprinting out to greet them.
"You see?" he told Pippa as the twins, Elliot and Elizabeth, tackled their parents and her in turn. "Look how eager they are to see you!"
The towheaded four-year-olds did seem excited, but something in their little blue eyes told Pippa it wasn't just for her sake.
"Okay, what did you do?" she said, kneeling and narrowing her eyes in exaggerated suspicion. "I won't get mad. I'm just a little hurt you didn't wait to include me, that's all."
"It's not them," said another young voice as the twins giggled, and Pippa looked between their heads to see eight-year-old Kate, the oldest Cotton child, walking quickly towards them, carrying little legless Phineas on her hip and looking stricken.
Granted, this itself wouldn't have been cause for alarm. Kate had inherited her father's childhood nervousness as well as his features, so she usually looked stricken. But Walton Vaughn, the family butler, did not. He was a huge, grim-faced man in his early fifties, solid as a table and so flinty you could strike a match off him. It would be easier to rearrange the planets than to distress him, yet he was hurrying after Kate in unmistakable panic.
"What's going on?" Oliver said. "What happened?"
"Some policemen came over, Papa!" Elizabeth chirped, and her parents went pale.
"Forgive me, my lord, I could not stop them," Walton said. "It is an Inspector Farrier and two constables. They refused to state their purpose, but are still in the hall, and insist on speaking to you and Lady Hallsbury."
Kate passed the baby to her mother and huddled close to her side, biting her nails. "They won't go away," she wailed, "wouldn't even let us send a telegram! Mummy, why are they even here? What's wrong?"
Folley stroked her hair with a soothing hush, but nonetheless gave her son a long kiss on the forehead before handing him over to Walton.
"Take the children inside," she said, "use the servant's entrance. Don't let them out of the nursery. Pippa will go with you."
"I most certainly will not!" Pippa said, ignoring her aunt's warning look. "I've been badgered enough by these people, and the least they can do is tell me why." Setting her jaw, she marched up the front steps and into the house before anyone could stop her.
Farrier and one of the constables were scrutinizing the staff when she burst in. The second man, to his credit, was standing a little ways off looking embarrassed, and removed his hat as she passed. She dimly recognized him as the one who tried to comfort her at school, and decided to spare him most of the hell she was about to unload on his colleagues.
"What is the meaning of this?" she shouted, her voice echoing in the huge, airy room. "Who do you think you are, telling our people what to do?"
"Ah, Miss Cotton," Farrier said, turning around and giving her the smallest bow he possibly could. "A pleasure as always."
"Get out," she said, pointing to the door. "You have no business here."
His lip curled and he looked over her head at Folley and Oliver as they hesitantly entered the room. "I'm afraid I do."
Sidestepping Pippa, he and the constables approached her guardians, their shoes clicking on the marble floor.
"Your Grace the Lord Oliver Cotton, Duke of Hallsbury and Earl of Readham" Farrier said, holding up his badge before Oliver could speak, "you are under arrest for the murder of your brother, Ethan Cotton, and his wife, Christina Fairborough."
Outraged cries filled the room. Pippa ran to her uncle's side, and she and Folley converged on Farrier in loud protest, but Oliver soon pulled them away.
"It's alright," he said, all evidence to the contrary, "just contact the lawyers as soon as you can, we'll get this sorted."
Taking Folley's face in his shaking hands, he kissed her deeply. "I love you," he murmured when they finally parted. "And I promise I will come back to you. In the meantime, look after the children, send for Pierce and Mattie, and" – he lowered his voice – "don't do anything rash."
Turning back to Farrier, he took a deep breath and steeled himself. "Very well, if I must. Though I don't suppose we could avoid shackles?" He let out a strange, broken little laugh. "I might not have the highest concern for reputation, but I would still like to avoid being carted out of my own home in chains."
"Of course, sir," Farrier said. "There is a carriage around the side. If you don't mind following Roberts?"
He snapped his fingers and the sympathetic constable jumped to the front of the group, leading Oliver out the door. With a terrible, triumphant look, Farrier tipped his hat at the women, and he and the other officer disappeared after them, slamming the door on the way out.
Immediately Folley snatched Pippa's hand and dragged her to the other side of the room.
"Come on," she said, pushing open the door to the parlor, "you need to hear this while there's still time to tell it. God knows what the papers will have you thinking once they get ahold of this, and we let it go too long anyway."
"What are you talking about?" Pippa said as Folley flung her towards the chairs and couch arranged around the roaring fireplace. "What were they talking about? What murder? Folley, what is going on?"
Folley bolted the door shut behind them, then turned towards Pippa with a terrified expression. "I am so sorry for this," she said. "For what I have to tell you."
Pippa's blood ran cold. "It's not true, is it?" she asked, feeling faint. "Oh God, he didn't…he didn't really kill my parents, did he? He couldn't have!"
"You're right," Folley said. "He couldn't. Your mother was a good woman, he never would've harmed a hair on her head, nobody decent would have."
A dark look fell over her face, making Pippa stare at her in dread. "But your father…he couldn't kill him either. He thought we could trap him, leave him for the police to deal with, like he wouldn't have weaseled his way out and been eating from our skulls in ten minutes. No, Oliver's too good a man to fight dirty, even against him. He was too good to kill him."
She took a deep, rattling breath and raised her head to meet Pippa's gaze. "So I did."
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Equal Status (Equality Proofing) (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (Continued)
Public Holidays (Lá na Poblachta) Bill 2016: First Stage
Insurance Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Dáil Éireann Debate
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An Ceann Comhairle: Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.
Deputy David Cullinane: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the time to move this Bill today. It amends the existing legislation and aims to provide for equality-proofing of Government policy, budgets and public bodies through impact assessments. Its aim is to promote equality in the functioning of public bodies and to provide for the carrying out of equality impact assessments in respect of measures that are likely to have a significant impact or effect on equality of opportunity. The Bill will ensure both Government and public bodies exercise their functions in a way that is designed to reduce the inequalities of outcome that result from socioeconomic disadvantage. It is quite extensive. It puts a requirement on the State to carry out proper equality-proofed budgeting. We know from all the analysis from the ESRI that, budget after budget, income inequality has increased and poverty has increased. We want to get to a point where we know the impact of decisions at budget time and policies in terms of whether they will increase poverty. That is the thrust of the Bill.
Question put and agreed to.
Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move:
That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the amendment of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 and establishment of a body to be known as Bord Lá na Poblachta and for related matters.
An Ceann Comhairle: Is the Bill opposed?
Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Deputy Regina Doherty): No.
Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tairgim: "Go dtógfar an Bille in am Comhaltaí Príobháideacha."
Given the major and seemingly insatiable public interest in the various 1916 commemorations which we have seen, organised throughout the country and abroad by local and national organisations, by parties and by the Government, it would be appropriate that we would designate a day annually as "Lá na Poblachta" on 24 April to honour the ideals of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Events would be organised on that day throughout the Thirty-two Counties and it would be designated a public holiday to help facilitate public participation in those events.
The acceptance of my Bill would also encourage the study of the Proclamation and the ideals contained within it and of citizenship. It would also mean helping and encouraging the study of that period as a whole. It would be appropriate, given the year we have had, that 24 April 1916 be remembered on this day, the day the Proclamation of the Irish Republic was read at the GPO 100 years ago.
An Ceann Comhairle: The following Members have been appointed to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, to be henceforth known as the Committee on Procedure: the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy Regina Doherty; and Deputies Thomas P. Broughan, Jim Daly, Seán Haughey, Mattie McGrath, Josepha Madigan, Denise Mitchell, Kevin Boxer Moran, Michael Moynihan, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Eamon Ryan, Sean Sherlock, Brendan Smith and Bríd Smith.
The following motion was moved by Deputy Michael McGrath on Wednesday, 8 June 2015:
That Dáil Éireann:
is concerned that:
— consumers have been faced with an increase of over 60 per cent in the cost of their motor insurance since January 2014, with a 34 per cent increase in the last 12 months alone; and
— commercial users have also experienced large increases in their motor insurance premiums;
notes that:
— there is an obligation on the State to act when motor insurance premiums become unaffordable and put families and businesses under severe pressure;
— when the issue of industry profitability was previously examined by the Motor Insurance Advisory Board in the 1990s, it was found that the Irish insurance sector had profitability levels that were multiples of the United Kingdom;
— up to 80 per cent of personal injury claims lodged with the Injuries Board are not subsequently settled through them;
— greater transparency regarding the cost of settling claims or awards in personal injuries cases that do not go through the courts or the Injuries Board is needed; and
— a reduction in resources for the Garda Traffic Corps puts lives at unnecessary risk;
welcomes an emerging trend where cases of suspected insurance fraud are being successfully contested in the courts by insurers; and
calls for:
— the establishment of a task force along the lines of the successful Motor Insurance Advisory Board, which led to a considerable fall in insurance costs up to 2013:
— to tackle rising motor insurance premiums;
— review the role of the Injuries Board; and
— examine the reasons for the current turmoil in the insurance market;
— improved transparency of insurance industry profits and the establishment of a national claims register and a motor insurance database to record data across the sector;
— enhanced disclosure for consumers around policy renewal notifications including an obligation on insurers to inform customers of the change in their premium from the previous year;
— legislative reform to increase the penalties for false and exaggerated claims;
— greater clarity as to the respective roles of the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland and the Insurance Compensation Fund;
— a review of road traffic legislation to prevent the use of technicalities to avoid a conviction for motoring offences;
— improved regulatory oversight domestically and at European level, including the filling of vacancies in the Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Directorate which deals with insurance firms; and
— action to protect low-income and vulnerable customers from unfair practices by insurance firms, including a refusal to quote for older cars which have a valid National Car Test (NCT) certificate.
Debate resumed on amendment No. 1:
To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following:
- on average consumers have been faced with an increase of over 60 per cent in the cost of their motor insurance since January 2014, with a 34 per cent increase in the last 12 months alone but that in many cases consumers have received renewal quotes with prices that are multiple times their most recent premium;
- commercial users have also experienced large increases in their motor insurance premiums;
- the insurance industry investment and underwriting losses are directly leading to increased premiums for consumers;
- many young drivers and many people in rural areas reliant on private transport are effectively being forced off the road by unaffordable premiums; and
- the dramatic increase in premiums will lead to a greater number of uninsured drivers on our roads;
- motor insurance is compulsory in the State yet not provided by the State;
- there is an obligation on the State to act when motor insurance premiums become unaffordable and put families and businesses under severe pressure;
- when the issue of industry profitability was previously examined by the Motor Insurance Advisory Board in the 1990s, it was found that the Irish insurance sector had profitability levels that were multiples of the United Kingdom;
- up to 80 per cent of personal injury claims lodged with the Injuries Board are not subsequently settled through them;
- greater transparency regarding the cost of settling claims or awards in personal injuries cases that do not go through the courts or the Injuries Board is needed;
- an update of the Book of Quantum is currently being undertaken; and
- a reduction in resources for the Garda Traffic Corps puts lives at unnecessary risk;
welcomes an emerging trend where cases of suspected insurance fraud are being successfully contested in the courts by insurers;
notes that the evidence available points to the failure of the investment policies of the insurance industry as the largest single cause of the dramatic increase rather than any legal or policy decision by the State or State bodies; and
- the incoming Oireachtas Finance Committee to examine the reasons for the increase including through an examination of the business model underpinning motor insurance cover in the State;
- the immediate publication of the Department of Finance's reviews of policy in the insurance sector when it is complete, or the publication of its work on motor insurance if completed earlier;
- a proposal from the Government for legislative action, including through the strengthening of the Financial Services Ombudsman to give greater protection and clarity to consumers in the sector and specifically to prevent consumers whose circumstances have not changed from facing increases completely out of line with industry average increases from year to year without any rationale being presented to them;
- the more timely and detailed publication of data on the performance of insurance companies by the Central Bank of Ireland and an examination of the use of the Central Statistics Office, or another suitable body, to provide independent and full data on the sector;
- a review of the Central Bank of Ireland's regulation of the motor insurance sector over the past decade with a view to ascertaining if it, as regulator, has protected consumers and acted as necessary to maintain a sustainable motor insurance sector;
- the establishment of a task force along the lines of the successful Motor Insurance Advisory Board, which led to a considerable fall in insurance costs up to 2013:
- to tackle rising motor insurance premiums;
- review the role of the Injuries Board; and
- examine the reasons for the current turmoil in the insurance market;
- improved transparency of insurance industry profits and the establishment of a national claims register and a motor insurance database to record data across the sector;
- enhanced disclosure for consumers around policy renewal notifications including an obligation on insurers to inform customers of the change in their premium from the previous year;
- legislative reform to increase the penalties for false and exaggerated claims;
- greater clarity as to the respective roles of the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland and the Insurance Compensation Fund;
- a review of road traffic legislation to prevent the use of technicalities to avoid a conviction for motoring offences;
- improved regulatory oversight domestically and at European level, including the filling of vacancies in the Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Directorate which deals with insurance firms; and
- action to protect low-income and vulnerable customers from unfair practices by insurance firms, including a refusal to quote for older cars which have a valid National Car Test (NCT) certificate."
- (Deputy Pearse Doherty)
An Ceann Comhairle: I understand that Deputies Bríd Smith and Mick Barry were in possession and they have ten minutes remaining in this slot.
Deputy Bríd Smith: When I saw this I thought it was interesting that Fianna Fáil's first Private Members' motion was about the issue of motor insurance and was very much framed to present Fianna Fáil as the best friends in Ireland of the ordinary Joe and Josephine Soaps-----
Deputy Michael McGrath: Hear, hear.
Deputy Eugene Murphy: That is very true.
Deputy Bríd Smith: -----which is quite ironic given its record. The biggest cost in insurance premiums, at 60%, is the legal cost. If one looks at the role and the history of the Fianna Fáil Party in government and the previous Government of the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party, none of them touched the legal profession. None of them went after the legal profession, even in the way the troika asked them to, which was through bringing down the legal costs in the country. That is probably one of the ring-fenced areas the troika did not go after and yet the ranks of both parties, particularly Fianna Fáil, are swollen with legal eagles of all sorts. I remember this being my experience on Dublin City Council in particular. The number of barristers and solicitors in that party who were also political representatives was quite astonishing.
Deputy Michael McGrath: They were elected by the people.
Deputy Bríd Smith: We are talking today about an issue where legal costs represent 60% of the total cost of motor insurance, and despite this, the legal industry is the sector that is least touched in terms of this. Despite the portrayal by the industry of the real cause of the increase in cost being the young, fast-moving drivers who are fraudulent, who get whiplash at the drop of a hat and who are making all sorts of spurious claims, the real costs are much more hidden, in terms of both legal costs and profits.
When one looks at the profits of the big three insurance companies, it is quite interesting that they are not actually hurting all that badly. Aviva's profits were up by 38.5% in 2015. I know that includes all its profits, but nevertheless these are the profits of a company that insures everything from medical expenses to houses. It may well be hurting a wee bit on car insurance, but it is certainly making up for it elsewhere. In the same period, AXA Insurance made €76.9 million in profits and Allianz made €43.3 million. They claim their costs have increased, but their profits are certainly very healthy indeed. The Injuries Board shows a modest 8% increase in new claims in the 18 months to the middle of 2015. Some 70% of personal injury claims do not go to court, although there may be legal costs attached to them. The arguments of the industry that the claims are the problem do not really stack up and there is no real evidence to show it. The companies themselves have cited, among other reasons, a drop in investment income. In other words, they are investing money and profits in stocks and shares and the returns on these are dropping.
Advice received by the previous Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, from his own officials showed scepticism of the industry's claims about premiums rising because of compensation awards. They were very sceptical of these claims. The quote I would like to give Deputies from that advice is that from examining the evidence of awards it appears "motor insurers are now imposing higher premium rates to return themselves to profitability or to boost profitability after a number of years of insurers competing for market share, with prices driven down". The officials also stated, "[t]he question does arise for motor insurers – if motor insurance is so unprofitable why does anybody do it?" We are constantly being told that competition is a healthy thing. It is supposed to be more efficient and it is supposed to improve the industry, but here is an example of the market ruling and making an absolute bags of an issue. It is making a bags of an issue where people are fundamentally legally required to have motor insurance but still the market does them nothing but disservice.
The only way we can improve this situation for the ordinary Joe and Josephine Soaps, who are so well got to the hearts of the Fianna Fáil Party, is to have a State-run, publicly owned and controlled and publicly accountable company that will insure people who are legally obliged to have insurance. We need a company that is not subject to the diktat of the market, trying to make a quick buck by investing in stocks and shares, but rather serving the needs of the people for medical and other cover when they require insurance. There will be a cavalcade of protesters on this issue - young, old, long, tall, medium and short, the ordinary Joe and Josephine Soaps from Cavan to Kerry - descending on this city on Saturday, 2 July. It will be a well-organised cavalcade to protest against the soaring cost of insurance. I hope most Deputies who genuinely have the interest of Joe and Josephine Soap at heart will be out to support that protest.
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Barry has just over four minutes.
Deputy Mick Barry: I thank the Ceann Comhairle.
Yes, as through this world I've wandered
I've seen lots of funny men;
Some will rob you with a six-gun,
And some with a fountain pen.
Woody Guthrie might have been writing about the insurance industry in this country. Profits on car insurance were up 12% in 2014 and they were up 26.5% last year. According to Mr. Ken Thompson, the chief executive of Insurance Ireland, they will be up another 25% this year. My colleague, Deputy Smith, has quoted from the briefing document that was given by civil servants in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to the previous Minister, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, last year.
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A new stop sign at Jersey Avenue and Ninth Street in Jersey City is partly obscured by an existing bus stop sign.
(Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal)
Jersey City has installed two dozen new stop signs at intersections throughout the Downtown, but residents say some are too close together, others are partially obscured by existing signs and there was no notice given that they would suddenly appear.
Even parents picking up their children at city schools today gave the new signs a thumbs down.
"Nobody's paying attention," said Deanna Day, who was waiting for her 10-year-old grandson outside School 16, where the city has installed two new stop signs for drivers on Washington Street.
Anna Rowley, outside the school to pick up her nearly 6-year-old son, agreed.
"People fly through here," Rowley said.
The sentiment was the same in the Hamilton Park area, where six new stops signs have appeared. Andrea Gaines, of West Hamilton Place, noted that one new sign, at West Hamilton Place and Ninth Street, is less than 300 feet away from another new one, at Jersey Avenue and Ninth Street.
And that sign, like one of the new ones at Washington and Sussex streets, is obscured by a bus stop sign.
"You can't see it," said Gaines, who admitted she accidentally blew through the intersection one day before she realized it was there.
On Tuesday morning, the day after The Jersey Journal published this story on nj.com, the stop sign at Ninth and Jersey had been moved in front of the bus stop sign instead of behind it.
The new signs are part of an initiative spearheaded by Ward E City Councilman Candice Osborne, who made pedestrian and traffic safety a priority after she was elected to her first term in May.
Most of the new signs were installed near Hamilton and Jones parks, with four more in the Paulus Hook neighborhood and three near Van Vorst Park.
Osborne said all drivers will not automatically stop at a new stop sign if they're used to the area.
"As drivers, we probably get into a little bit of autopilot," she said. "And if you've never seen one there, you're definitely not looking for it."
City crews are "working" on making some of the new signs more visible, she added. And once the weather is a little bit warmer, crews will paint "stop" onto streets just in front of the intersections with new signs, she said.
"That's definitely coming," Osborne said.
There are also two new speed humps, one on Ninth Street and the other Eighth Street, though they are low enough to the ground that cars can fly over them while barely slowing down.
State laws used to forbid municipalities from installing stop signs without prior state approval, but that was changed years ago for streets that are contained in only one municipality.
The councilwoman said she pushed for as many stop signs as she could, in addition to new no-turn-on-red signs on Grand Street and longer periods for pedestrians to cross Marin Boulevard.
"We're going to take another look next year to see what's working, what's not working," she said.
For Gaines, six new stop signs just around Hamilton Park is too much.
"Definitely 'A' for effort," she said, "but it should be a little more measured."


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HomeHealthHow you can help prevent drug overdoses
How you can help prevent drug overdoses
2019-09-25 Eric Meloche Health 0
BY ERIC MELOCHE
Students take drugs. This is not new information. However, the rising risk of overdose, contaminated drugs, or other drug-related health problems is causing unnecessary deaths.
Lais Dourado, the head of the Ryerson branch of the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), said, "Safe injection practices, and Naloxone, which is a drug that can reverse an overdose are the most important for opioids. But there are other strategies as well."
By putting public health as a top priority, organizations such as the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP) are helping college and university students access much needed resources.
These resources include tools such as overdose reversal training, using a Naloxone kit, and safer drug use supplies to reduce the risk of deadly infections and diseases.
Naloxone kits on display
According to Toronto's Public Health department, the city had about 300 opioid related deaths in 2018, the vast majority non-pharmaceutical in origin.
Opiate overdose by legal status
Crack-cocaine was the most common non-opioid substance directly contributing to death, in 42% of recorded instances. Other substances contributing to death included methamphetamines in 16% of deaths, ethanol (alcohol) in 15%, and benzodiazepines in 9%.
When asked how students can be safer when using drugs, Dourado said, "They could use harm reduction tools. For instance, safe injection sites are a service where a health practitioner is going to be watching you use the drug and they can react immediately if you have any problems."
In regards to self-testing substances to ensure what they are, Dourado said, "In a context of opioids and overdose, they should do it because we don't have a safe supply. You can buy one drug and think it's one specific substance, but that sample could be contaminated with other substances."
Test Kits are one option that is readily available to Canadians to purchase. These kits allow a basic home-testing of your sample drug, giving the user some reassurance that the substance they bought is what it was claimed to be.
Example of a home-test kit.
Mapping the Mind is a yearly conference held yearly in Toronto that focuses on psychedelic science. It also focuses on harm reduction for drug users around the GTA by providing similar types of safety tools.
Rabiah Khan is a student at Ryerson, and a volunteer at the conference. She said, "These drugs aren't discussed in public, like how they're made. People are making it themselves. So, you don't know exactly which environment they're making it in, how clean it is, or how regulated it is in the first place. Most people don't even know what is in their samples," said Khan on the subject of drug testing.
Khan believes that de-stigmatizing drug use is a part of treating those who need help. She added, "As long as you gain information from training services, you become more aware."
There are also many organizations that can help those with addiction issues. You can find a list here.
Drug use has become a public health issue. People are dying from unregulated drug supplies. Students need more education about drug use in Canada.
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Southern African Development Community Insists Zimbabwe Talks On Track
Jonga Kandemiiri
A senior official of the Southern African Development Community offered reassurances this week that the regional grouping's effort to mediate a solution to the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe is still on course despite setbacks.
SADC Secretary General Tomaz Salomao told journalists Thursday in Gaborone, Botswana, where the organization is based, that the process is a "very delicate one" which should not prematurely be judged a failure.
Little information on the talks is coming from the ruling ZANU-PF party, the Movement for Democratic Change and South African President Thabo Mbeki, SADC's mediator, but sources say there are fundamental disagreements between ZANU-PF and the MDC which, with other developments have set back the attempted mediation.
Salomao also said SADC will recommend that fuel, fertilizer and other economic inputs be made available to Zimbabwe from within the 14-member regional pact.
But political analyst Hermann Hanekom told reporter Carole Gombakomba of VOA's Studio 7 for Zimbabwe that SADC is presenting an optimistic outlook on the situation when it is clear to most observers that the crisis in Zimbabwe is deepening.
SADC sources said Salomao's statements reflects the regional grouping's position ahead of its summit in Lusaka next week. Mr. Mbeki is expected to deliver a progress report on the talks to his regional peers during the summit.
Political analyst John Makumbe, a senior lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe, said it is clear that the talks are failing while economic and political conditions deteriorate.
Meanwhile, South African Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad said Thursday that the region must help Zimbabwe resolve its political and economic problems before Zimbabwean refugees overwhelm South Africa and other neighboring countries.
Addressing journalists in Pretoria, Pahad said increasing numbers of Zimbabweans were coming over the border seeking relief from the economic collapse at home.
He said the situation in Zimbabwe is serious and requires immediate action. He said it is in South Africa's interest "nationally and morally" to facilitate a dialogue in Harare.
Political analyst David Monyae of the University of the Witwatersrand told reporter Jonga Kandemiiri of VOA's Studio 7 for Zimbabwe that Pahad's statement reflects Pretoria's need to address the mounting refugee crisis without at the same time jeopardizing the crisis negotiations which Mr. Mbeki is mediating.


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package com.hazelcast.wan;

import com.hazelcast.config.WanAcknowledgeType;
import com.hazelcast.test.HazelcastParallelClassRunner;
import com.hazelcast.test.annotation.ParallelTest;
import com.hazelcast.test.annotation.QuickTest;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

import static com.hazelcast.wan.WanSyncStatus.FAILED;
import static com.hazelcast.wan.WanSyncStatus.IN_PROGRESS;
import static com.hazelcast.wan.WanSyncStatus.READY;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;

@RunWith(HazelcastParallelClassRunner.class)
@Category({QuickTest.class, ParallelTest.class})
public class WanSyncStatusTest {

    @Test
    public void test() {
        assertSame(READY, WanSyncStatus.getByStatus(READY.getStatus()));
        assertSame(IN_PROGRESS, WanSyncStatus.getByStatus(IN_PROGRESS.getStatus()));
        assertSame(FAILED, WanSyncStatus.getByStatus(FAILED.getStatus()));
        assertNull(WanAcknowledgeType.getById(-1));
    }
}

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The Story of When Sunglasses Met Fashion
Nowadays, there are countless types of sunglasses. From sunglasses with mirror glasses to clip-on sunglasses—there are not only different shades of glass but there are also different forms of sunglasses.
Some of these have been given iconic status. The classic cat-shaped sunglasses and pilot sunglasses are among the most famous styles. Just like any other type of fashion, the styles and looks of sunglasses have changed.
Sunglasses in movies have especially influenced style over the years, and often reflect the prevailing spirit of the times. We compiled an overview of different fashion icons and their influence on sunglasses.
1950s: Grace Kelly's Royal Style
In 1956, the American actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier from Monaco. Before and after her marriage, Princess Grace was often seen wearing black sunglasses. Her distinctive style of square sunglasses influenced the prevailing fashion and is still seen today as the very definition of elegant vintage sunglasses.
1960s: Breakfast at Tiffany's Sunglasses
When Audrey Hepburn put on the famous cat-shaped sunglasses for the iconic movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, she created a long-standing trend. The iconic shape is so closely linked to the actress that they are sometimes also called Audrey Hepburn sunglasses. It may have been the first time that sunglasses from movies had a big impact on fashion trends but certainly not the last. Popular sunglasses from the 60's mostly followed Hepburn's classic example.
1970s: Nothing in Between
Two iconic shapes come to mind when you think of sunglasses from the '70s. On the one hand, there were the oversized frames, but on the other hand, there were the small round sunglasses, which were often worn by John Lennon. Frames that are often called John Lennon sunglasses are mainly associated with the hippie culture of the 60s and 70s. These glasses were worn in several colors such as blue, red and pink.
1980s: Between Top Gun and Eccentric Sunglasses in the 80s
Top Gun (1986) is the movie that made pilot sunglasses for men modern. The pair worn by actor Tom Cruise were green with gold-colored bows. Despite the film's popularity, many pilot sunglasses are associated with police sunglasses.
These so-called police sunglasses were often used by Erik Estrada in his role as Officer Francis "Ponch" Poncherello in the popular TV series CHiPS. As Estrada played a cop, the connection between the iconic shape and the nickname for this type of sunglasses became even more established.
One person who will always be remembered for his eccentric choices of sunglasses is Sir Elton John. His choice may not always be suitable for everyday use. But they were among the most creative and unique sunglasses in history. Elton John was often seen wearing sunglasses in rhinestones, oversized sunglasses or other types of hip sunglasses.
1990s: Supermodel Elegance
The 1990s were undoubtedly the decade of supermodels. Popular models such as Kate Moss and Claudia Schiffer chose stylish frames and dark shades. Elegant small patterns dominated the fashion industry and grunge elegance was a bold counterpoint to the otherwise colorful and lively decade of fashion. In the late 1990s, several major films were produced that featured popular sunglasses. The most famous example is probably the sunglasses from the Matrix movies, with Keanu Reeves.
2000s: Heroic Sunglasses
At the turn of the century, Marvel turned the comic book X-Men into a series of movies. James Marsden wore red sunglasses in his role as Cyclops because his character used them to keep his power under control. The arches were quite narrow and bent around the face shape.
Another major trend in the 2000s was sunglasses without frames worn by stars such as Paris Hilton. Often worn colors include blue, red and various shades of pink. Sometimes the glasses were covered with small crystals or otherwise decorated.
2010s: The Name's Bond
Ryan Gosling sported a pair of auburn tortoise-colored pilot-style glasses while stunt driving and leisurely riding elevators in Nicolas Winding Refn's debut film, The Driver, in 2011, and they quickly became fashionable again.
In 2015 Daniel Craig made his fourth outing as James Bond, in the movie Spectre. The Tom Ford Snowden glasses he wore in the funeral scene became instant classics for their definitive formal look.
We wonder what new, and returning styles the 2020s will bring?
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Before the modern, randomized clinical trial was routine, around 1907, American psychiatrist Henry Cotton began removing decaying teeth from his patients in hopes of curing their mental disorders. Based on observations that patients with high fevers sometimes experience delusions and hallucinations, Cotton had become convinced that psychiatric illness is the result of chronic infection.
If the teeth pulling didn't work, Cotton moved on to more invasive excisions: tonsils, testicles, ovaries and, in some cases, colons. The rogue doctor's mortality rate hovered around 45 percent, and many of the ill never had their psychological symptoms alleviated. By 1933, the doctor and the belief that mental disorders were associated with infections were dead.
This belief was revived in 2014, when Turhan Canli, as associate professor of psychology and radiology at Stony Brook University, published a paper in the Biology of Mood and Anxiety Disorders journal asserting that depression and infectious disease were linked.
"The idea that depression is caused simply by changes in serotonin is not panning out. We need to think about other possible causes and treatments for psychiatric disorders," says Canli.
His assertion that depression results from infection might seem far-fetched, but there are some data to bolster his claim.
Numerous pathogens have been associated with mental illnesses in the past, including Borna disease, Epstein-Barr and certain strains of herpes, including varicella zoster, the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles.
In a study done using the medical records of over three million people, researchers found that any history of hospitalization for infection was associated with a 62 percent increased risk of later developing a mood disorder, including depression and bipolar disorder.
While more studies are needed to make a conclusive decision about precisely what infection's influence on depression is, the overwhelming amount of research has placed serious doubt in the the minds of many in the psychological community. Henry Cotton, a man who had became a pariah within his own field, might have been onto the truth.


BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts House is planning to vote on a bill aimed at eliminating a series of antiquated laws, including a ban on abortion dating back more than a century.
Democratic House Speaker Robert DeLeo said Wednesday the House will vote before the end of the session on July 31, pointing to what he called the changing dynamics on the U.S. Supreme Court.
President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the court has raised the possibility the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that created a nationwide right to abortion could be weakened or overturned.
The Massachusetts Senate in January also voted to eliminate the pre-Roe laws, including a second banning unmarried people from having access to contraception.
Republican Gov. Charlie Baker describes himself as a supporter of abortion rights.
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The IACL
More about the IACL
Organs of the IACL
Statute of the IACL
Constitutionalism in Illiberal Democracies
Constitutions in the Age of the Internet
Constitution-Making and Constitutional Change
Constitutional Responses to Terrorism
Constitutional Studies of Free Trade and Political Economy
Cross-Judicial Fertilization
Subnational Constitutions in Federal and Quasi-Federal Constitutional States
Algorithmic State, Society and Market - Constitutional Dimensions
Gender and Constitutions
Identity, Race and Ethnicity in Constitutional Law
Judicial Review and Electoral Law
Membership and Exclusion Under Constitutions
The Other Rule of Law Traditions in the World
Constitutionalism and Societal Pluralism
Human Dignity: A Global Constitutional Principle
New Frontiers of Federalism
Public Law Responses to Public Health Emergencies
Rights of Nature and Animals
Constitutional Foundations of Public Administration
Constitutional Status of Cities
Post-Soviet Eurasian Constitutionalism
Establish a new group
IACL-AIDC.ORG
The International Association of Constitutional Law || l'Association Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel
Established in Seoul in July 2018
Purpose of the group:
The objective of the research group is to connect freedom of expression and freedom of information scholars from around the world. We are interested in the theory and practice of freedom of expression, access to information, communication law, and media law.
The research group's activities:
The activities of the research group include partnerships in international projects; setting the agenda for future global and comparative research; organizing panels at the congresses and interim meetings; organizing one meeting between each two IACL congresses; publishing publications, including edited volumes and special issues of journals; contributing to the IACL blog; running a guest lecture series by group members at universities of other group members;
The Free Speech research group held its inaugural meeting titled 'Free Speech in the 21st Century' on July 3-4, 2020.
The conference was scheduled to take place in Ljubljana, and due to the Covid situation, it moved online. It featured 13 panels, 52 presenters, and 130 attendees. The event was hosted by Alma Mater Europaea. András Sajó of Central European University and Mark Tushnet of Harvard Law School gave lectures. A roundtable on free speech and social media featured Jacob Rowbottom (Oxford University), Olivier Sylvain (Fordham Law School) and Boštjan M Zupančič, the longest-serving ECHR judge. The IACL President Adrienne Stone, the Alma Mater Europaea ECM president Ludvik Toplak and the Constitutional Court of Slovenia president Rajko Knez gave welcome remarks. Jurij Toplak chaired and moderated the symposium and the roundtable. It was the first IACL 's virtual event of such size.
Other speakers included Janny Leung (University of Hong Kong), David Erdos (University of Cambridge), Mark Rush (Washington and Lee University), Itsuko Yamaguchi (University of Tokyo), Pierre de Vos, Richard Calland (both University of Cape Town), Corado Carruso, Marina Caporale (both University of Bologna), Oreste Pollicino, Elisa Bertolini (Bocconi University), Ivana Marković (University of Belgrade), Klemen Jaklič (Constitutional Court of Slovenia), Dwight Newman (University of Saskatchewan), Michael Pinto-Duschinsky (IPSA RC20), Germán Teruel (University of Murcia), Gavin Phillipson (University of Bristol), Neil Richards (Washington University at St. Louis), RonNell Andersen Jones (University of Utah), David Schultz (Hamline University and University of Minnesota), Djordje Gardasevic (University of Zagreb), Michael Riegner (Humboldt University), Orhan Emre Konuralp (Bilkent University), Daniela Messina (University of Naples »Parthenope«), Dimitris Christopoulos, Penelope Petsini (both Panteion University of Athens), Max Steuer (Comenius University Bratislava), Rawin Leelapatana (Chulalongkorn University), Marcin Górski (University of Lodz), Boldizsár Artúr Szentgáli-Tóth (Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Klemen Jaklič (Constitutional Court of Slovenia), and PhD candidates Šimon Drugda (University of Copenhagen), Alberto Nicotina (University of Antwerp), and Tamás Pongó (University of Szeged). Several speakers, and Jernej Letnar Černič (The New University), Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu (Academia Sinica) and Miha Šepec (University of Maribor) chaired the panels.
The symposium program and more information is available at the conference website: http://iaclfreespeech.almamater.eu
Jurij Toplak
University Professor at the University of Maribor, Slovenia
Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu
Associate Research Professor at Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Co-convener
Marcin Górski
University of Lodz
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"""
Documents
"""

from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import print_function
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import unicode_literals

import os
import glob
import codecs

class AbstractFile(object):
    def __init__(self, path):
        path = os.path.abspath(path)
        self.set_path(path)

    def set_path(self, path):
        self.path = path
        self.dir = os.path.dirname(self.path)
        self.name = os.path.basename(self.path)
        self.caption = self.name

    def __str__(self):
        return '%s (%s)' % (self.name, self.path)

    def get_path(self):
        return self.path

    def get_dir(self):
        return self.dir

    def get_name(self):
        return self.name

    def get_ctime(self):
        ctime = 0
        if os.path.exists(self.path):
            ctime = os.path.getctime(self.path)
        return ctime

    def get_mtime(self):
        mtime = 0
        if os.path.exists(self.path):
            mtime = os.path.getmtime(self.path)
        return mtime

    def is_file(self):
        return os.path.isfile(self.path)

    def is_dir(self):
        return os.path.isdir(self.path)

    def is_temp_file(self):
        state = False
        lower_name = self.name.lower()
        if lower_name == 'cvs':
            state = True
        elif lower_name.startswith('$') or lower_name.startswith('.'):
            state = True
        elif lower_name.endswith('.tmp') or lower_name.endswith('.bak'):
            state = True
        return state

    def change_name(self, new_name):
        os.chdir(self.dir)
        os.rename(self.name, new_name)
        new_path = os.path.join(self.dir, new_name)
        self.set_path(new_path)

class Dir(AbstractFile):
    def __init__(self, path):
        super(Dir, self).__init__(path)

    def ensure_existence(self):
        if self.is_file():
            cur_file = File(self.path)
            new_name = 'old_file_' + cur_file.name
            cur_file.change_name(new_name)
        if not self.is_dir():
            os.makedirs(self.path)

    def list_all(self, pattern='*'):
        all_files = []
        paths = glob.glob(os.path.join(self.path, pattern))
        all_files = (AbstractFile(path) for path in paths)
        all_files = [f for f in all_files if not f.is_temp_file()]
        all_files.sort(key=lambda f: f.get_name().lower())
        return all_files

    def list_dirs(self, pattern='*'):
        all_files = self.list_all(pattern)
        dirs = [Dir(f.path) for f in all_files if f.is_dir()]
        return dirs

    def list_files(self, pattern='*'):
        all_files = self.list_all(pattern)
        files = [File(f.path) for f in all_files if f.is_file()]
        return files

    def list_files_of_extension(self, ext=''):
        return self.list_files('*' + ext)

    def list_files_of_extensions(self, exts=['']):
        all_files = []
        for ext in exts:
            all_files += self.list_files_of_extension(ext)
        return all_files

    def recursive_list_files(self, exts=[''], exclude_dirs=[]):
        all_files = self.list_files_of_extensions(exts)
        dirs = self.list_dirs()
        for cur_dir in dirs:
            if cur_dir.get_name() not in exclude_dirs:
                all_files += cur_dir.recursive_list_files(exts)
        return all_files

    def has_file(self, file_name):
        file_path = os.path.join(self.path, file_name)
        return os.path.isfile(file_path)

class File(AbstractFile):
    """
    Doc of this class
    """
    def __init__(self, path, encoding='utf-8'):
        super(File, self).__init__(path)
        self.set_encoding(encoding)

    def has_ext(self, extension):
        return self.get_ext() == extension

    def get_ext(self):
        return os.path.splitext(self.name)[1]

    def get_basename(self):
        return os.path.splitext(self.name)[0]

    def get_encoding(self):
        return self.encoding

    def set_encoding(self, encoding='utf-8'):
        self.encoding = encoding

    def read(self):
        text = ''
        try:
            with codecs.open(self.path, 'r', self.encoding) as f:
                text = f.read()
        except (IOError, UnicodeError):
            pass
        return text

    def write(self, text, append=False):
        mode = 'w'
        if append:
            mode = 'a'
        try:
            with codecs.open(self.path, mode, self.encoding) as f:
                f.write(text)
        except (IOError, UnicodeError):
            pass


VtWProductions: No Excuses 4 Year Anniversary Rantathon!
No Excuses 4 Year Anniversary Rantathon!
4 years, 200 episodes. It's a bit hard to believe No Excuses has been going for so long without missing a single episode. To celebrate, we're doing something a little special for our 200th episode. We're holding a Rantathon!
At 6pm EDT on Sunday 11th of October, two hours after Show X, the No Excuses guys will take over the airwaves and podcast until we can podcast no more. No topic is safe, no game is sacred, and possibly no drink is undrunk.
Want to get involved and keep us going? You can! Send us your emails at noexcusesvtw@gmail.com, or tweet at as on @noexcusesvtw. Join us in the IRC at anytime and intereact live with the hosts, or join us in whatever game we happen to be on at the time. Stay tuned to the show for more ways to take part, we may even bring a few of you on the air with us!
Please note that there will be no show on Saturday. Rantathon may contain light harsh language, the consumption of alcoholic beverages and excessive stupidity.