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Togutil lub Tugutil, także Tobelo Dalam – społeczność etniczna zamieszkująca wyspę Halmahera, w prowincji Moluki Północne na wschodzie Indonezji. Żyją w lasach Totoduku, Tukur-Tukur, Lolobata, Kobekulo i Buli, na terenie . Dzielą się na rozproszone grupy terytorialne, składające się z 3–10 rodzin. Według publikacji Narody i rieligii mira ich łączna populacja wynosi ok. 1000 osób. Należą do ludów północnohalmaherskich (niebędących ludami austronezyjskimi). W piśmiennictwie są rozpatrywani łącznie z ludem Tobelo, z którym dzielą wspólny język.

W publikacji Ensiklopedi Suku Bangsa di Indonesia wyróżniono następujące podgrupy: Togutil Biri-biri, Togutil Lina, Toguis, Togutil Modole, Togutil Dodaga. Posługują się własnymi dialektami języka tobelo, niekiedy rozpatrywanymi jako odrębny język. Zachowują animistyczne wierzenia plemienne, choć niektórzy przyjęli chrześcijaństwo. Nazwę "Togutil" (Tugutil) uznają za obraźliwą (jedynie niektórzy ją akceptują), a sami określają się jako o fongana ma nyawa lub o hongana ma nyawa ("ludzie lasu"), w opozycji do o berera ma nyawa ("ludzie wsi"). Być może nazwa "Togutil" wywodzi się od nazwy regionu (To-gutuli), który według legendy miał być położony pomiędzy miastem Tobelo a Kao.

Prowadzą nomadyczny tryb życia. Ich głównym zajęciem jest polowanie na dużą zwierzynę (jelenie, dziki); stosują łuk i włócznię. Od lat 20. XX wieku stopniowo przenoszą się na obszary zasiedlone oraz zajmują się ręcznym rolnictwem tropikalnym i produkcją sago.

Według miejscowej legendy są to mieszkańcy wybrzeża, którzy przenieśli się do dżungli, aby uniknąć płacenia podatków. Inna wersja historii głosi, że są potomkami Portugalczyków, którzy postanowili zamieszkać w dżungli, gdy Moluki znalazły się pod kontrolą holenderską. W 1915 roku, w okresie Holenderskich Indii Wschodnich, starano się ich osiedlić we wsiach Kusuri i Tobelamo. Ponieważ jednak mieli odmówić płacenia podatków, wrócili do dżungli, a starania władz zakończyły się porażką.

Przez dłuższy czas opierali się wpływom zewnętrznym. Nie byli świadomi istnienia państwowości indonezyjskiej i tylko niektórzy mieli jakąkolwiek znajomość języka indonezyjskiego. W 1982 roku przybyli misjonarze chrześcijańscy, którzy zaczęli prowadzić działalność ewangelizacyjną. Prawie cała ówczesna ludność rzek Waisango, Lili i Afu przeszła na chrześcijaństwo, a dawne wierzenia (kulty duchów i przodków) zostały odrzucone jako powstałe wskutek działania szatana. Pomimo porzucenia rodzimych praktyk zachowują poczucie odrębności od wiejskiej ludności Tobelo (która dużo wcześniej znalazła się pod wpływem zachodnim, a także muzułmańskim, i nie była grupą nomadyczną).

C. R. Duncan (1997) oraz G. Holton i M. Klamer (2018) informują, że etnonim "Tugutil" (Togutil) odnosi się do różnych grup ludności, które nie muszą być blisko spokrewnione językowo z Tobelo (niektóre posługują się wręcz językami austronezyjskimi, takimi jak weda). Nie jest to zatem ścisła nazwa żadnej grupy etnicznej czy językowej. C. R. Duncan twierdzi, że chodzi o ogólny termin określający izolowane plemiona Halmahery (). O ile posiłkują się nim m.in. publikacje państwowe i antropologiczne, często omawiając właśnie grupy używające języka tobelo, to przez samą ludność jest odbierany bardzo negatywnie i może być niejednoznaczny. Autor artykułu jako określenie grup pokrewnych Tobelo, z braku adekwatnej terminologii, wprowadza anglojęzyczną nazwę Forest Tobelo. W języku indonezyjskim używa się też terminu Tobelo Dalam.

Odrębną etnicznie grupę tworzy np. społeczność Modole, która nie stosuje wobec siebie nazw "Tobelo" ani "Togutil" (i komunikuje się we własnym języku modole). W publikacji Ensiklopedi Suku Bangsa di Indonesia wymieniono Togutil Modole jako jedną z podgrup Togutil.

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Spelman Senior Wins $25K Grand Prize For Her Recycling System Startup
Samantha Dorisca. Dec 3, 2021.
Making her Historically Black College proud, Spelman senior Inglish Hills has won the grand prize at BearWay Capital's HBCU (Historically Black College and University) New Venture Challenge for her recycling system startup Save Cycle.
Created by five graduates from Morgan State University, the challenge launched on Aug. 1 to address the inequities in funding between HBCUs and Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs), AfroNews reports. The top 21 HBCUs around the nation were given a platform to share their business concepts covering 11 industrial sectors along with four rounds to make their case for the grand prize of $25,000.
Hills was one of three finalists competing until the announcement of the winner on Nov. 20.
Save Cycle
According to AfroNews, the inception of Hills' startup began in 2019 when her group of friends was struggling to find recycling bins to properly dispose of their waste. During their quest, Hills noticed a homeless man collecting recyclable items to obtain cash. The Spelman senior realized acquiring money by recycling items should be more accessible.
"It hit me, why aren't people recycling, and I realized as I had the recyclables in my hand and trash in the other, it's not convenient," said Hills, according to AfroNews. "It's easy for me to throw it all away in the trash can, but I can make money the same way this man is making money."
Now Inglish Hills has created a business that offers waste management at a lower price in the commercial market and businesses can have their recyclable items picked up at a lower rate. Her model also encourages businesses to utilize the Save Cycle app where they can schedule their recyclable items to be picked up or they can rent dumpsters. Users can also use the application to search for deposit boxes to scrap their recyclables. When users scan the QR code on the deposit box, they can be awarded cash instantly.
Hills Takes Home Grand Prize
It's to no surprise, Hills was a standout and took home the grand prize for her 30-minute presentation.
"This was my first time pitching ever. I've never done a pitch competition before, but this idea of Save Cycle was a very raw idea before I started," said Hills, according to AfroNews. "Three months later, to have a whole business plan and business model, it's amazing to see how the idea has just grown over this short span of time."
Imposter syndrome almost stifled her chances in the competition. However, Hills would receive backing through mentors provided by BearWay Capital and from students at Spelman College's Innovation Lab, affirming the senior belonged in the competition.
"When I graduated high school, I did not start college right away because I never thought I was smart enough to go to college," said Hills, according to AfroNews. "Now, here I am at the number one HBCU with pre-seed funding to start my business [and I'm] on my way to law school. This competition has really just solidified my collegiate journey."
Inglish Hills plans to use the $25,0000 seed funding to obtain a patent and pilot Save Cycle in Atlanta.
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A Brief History of Ireland in the Play-Offs
We face Slovakia away and if we can navigate that we will play Northern Ireland or Bosnia away. It's never easy following the Boys in Green.
We may have had ample experience in these nail-biting fixtures over the years, however, luck hasn't always necessarily been on our side. We take a look back at both the ecstasy and the agony of our play-off experiences.
World Cup 1966 vs Spain
Syria withdrew from the tournament, and as result Ireland and Spain had a play off in Paris. Jose Ufarte's scored for a 1-0 win.
Euro 1996 – vs Holland
We limped into the play offs and faced a very strong Dutch team made up of the Ajax Champions League winning team of 94. It was a one leg play off hosted in Liverpoool. It was Jack Charlton's last game and we lost 2-0 a young Patrick Kluivert with the two goals.
World Cup 1998 – vs Belgium
It was still early days for manager Mick McCarthy by the time his side took on Belgium for a place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In the first leg, we took the lead courtesy of a trademark Denis Irwin free-kick, although the defenders strike was soon cancelled out by Luc Nilis. It was one-way traffic throughout the remainder of the contest with the absence of Roy Keane hitting us hard.
At the Heysel Stadium, the small band of travelling fans were desperately hoping to see us bag an early away goal, however, that plan soon went out of the window when Luis Oliveira gave Belgium the lead after just 25 minutes. To our credit, we continued to scrap away and Ray Houghton's 58th-minute strike had the away support dreaming of a summer excursion to France. However, those fantasies slowly began to dissipate just ten minutes later when Luc Nilis popped up once again to strike a decisive blow.
Euro 2000 – vs Turkey
We drew 1-1 at home against Turkey and drew 0-0 away and went out. The Turks scored a late penalty in Dublin which was the killer blow. The away leg was notable for no one been able to watch the game as it wasn't shown on tv in Ireland.
There was a poisonous atmosphere around the game and at the final whistle it spilled over into some fisticuffs between players and officials. A bleak result.
World Cup 2002 – vs Iran
Despite accumulating an impressive total of 24 points during the group stage, we just fell short of automatic qualification once again and it would be third time lucky for Mick in the play offs for a place at the 2002 World Cup. Drawn against minnows Iran, there was a real sense of optimism around the country, and although we made life difficult for ourselves at times, we were able to take a 2-0 lead to Tehran.
Despite arriving with a seemingly comfortable advantage, we struggled to create chances in the second leg and there was a palpable sense of relief upon hearing the sound of the final whistle. Jangling nerves were becoming increasingly audible as the Yahya Golmohammadi netted in the 90th minute to help set up a grandstand finish in front of 100,000 supporters. Despite this short period of jeopardy, we'd done enough in the first leg, and a jubilant Mick McCarthy was able to begin preparations for a trip to Japan and Korea.
World Cup 2010 – vs France
Undeniably the most famous play-off fixture in our history, this controversial meeting with France is unlikely to ever be forgotten. Giovanni Trapattoni may not have been able to get his side playing an exciting brand of football, however he gave us a sense of belief and we quickly became extremely tough to beat under the Italian coach. We lost the first leg in Croke Park 1-0.
Over in Paris Robbie Keane's strike had put us firmly in the driving seat before William Gallas' controversial goal was allowed to stand by the Danish officials despite Thierry Henry blatantly handling the ball during the build-up. The referee may have been the only person in the stadium who failed to spot the Henry's indiscretion, and with almost a decade to go until the arrival of VAR, there was very little chance of persuading Martin Hansson to change his mind.
Euro 2012 vs Estonia
Everone wanted Estonia before the play offs as they were seen as the weakest link and it proved thus. Ireland ran out 4-0 winners away in Tallinn, Robbie Keane scoring twice. We could only draw 1-1 at home but who cared as we partied hard having qualified for a tournament for the frst time in 10 years.
Euro 2016 – vs Bosnia and Herzegovina
Managed by Martin O'Neill and assisted by Roy Keane, we picked up some incredibly notable results in Group D with the 1-0 success against world champions Germany at the Aviva Stadium. Despite Shane Long's heroics in Dublin, we sadly weren't able to beat Poland and just fell short at the final hurdle once again.
Drawn against Bosnia and Herzegovina, our injury-hit squad battled admirably to secure an important 1-1 draw at the Bilino Polje Stadium. It was far more straightforward in the second leg as we coasted to a 2-0 victory back on home soil. Luck was on our side on this occasion as Jonathan Walters' 24th-minute penalty looked dubious at best, and the striker added a second goal on 70 minutes to help seal our passage to Euro 2016.
2018 World Cup – vs Denmark
We have become familiar foes with Denmark over the last couple of years and we were handed yet another tough-looking draw against Age Hareide's men in late 2017. We were priced up as outsiders by the bookmakers ahead of the first leg, yet a typically stoic performance saw us leave Copenhagen with a goalless draw. This time around, it feels as though we've been underestimated once again, and as of December 9th 2019, we're priced at 23/10 by Betway to pick up an unlikely victory in Trnava. Ireland do tend to thrive when very little is expected of us and we generally prefer to play the role of underdog.
Unfortunately, the bookmakers had it spot-on ahead of the return leg with Spurs midfielder Christian Eriksen running the show in Dublin. He claimed a hat-trick as we were sadly given a footballing lesson by the rampant Danes. It was a hugely disappointing outcome and a result did nothing to ease the pressure on an increasingly under-fire Martin O'Neill, who was relieved of his duties twelve months later.
As play-off regulars, we undoubtedly know what to expect in March. It won't be easy against Slovakia, although we've become pretty accustomed to these high-stakes fixtures over the last couple of decades. Our recent history in these all-or-nothing events may just give us an edge over our opponents as Mick McCarthy's men hope to join Poland, Sweden and Spain in Group E at Euro 2020.
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Festool relocated its central hub for U.S. and Canadian operations to just outside of Indianapolis. The facility includes a production warehouse, training facility, and a repair center.
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Ten years later, due to an increased presence in the North American and the need to add manufacturing capabilities to their facility, CSO worked with Festool again on a $6.8 million project that doubled their space and provided a new 2-story office space. CSO was tasked with providing an expansion that would complement the original building and that could be completed without interrupting day to day operations.
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Q: Missing all BOOST_* macros on Debian 10 I installed libboost-all-dev (v1.67) on my fully up-to-date Debian 10 machine to work with a closed-source source-tree we licensed of a different company. It won't compile due to many boost-related issues. I was able to narrow it down to the lack of nearly all BOOST_* macros.
Then I created a minimal test
#include <boost/config.hpp>  //every boost-functionality uses this include
#ifndef BOOST_NOEXCEPT
#error MISSING BOOST_NOEXCEPT!
#endif

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    return 0;
}

When running g++ boost_test.cpp -o boost_test && ./boost_test the compilation fails with
boost_test.cpp:3:2: error: #error MISSING BOOST_NOEXCEPT!
 #error MISSING BOOST_NOEXCEPT!

This puzzles me since the doc clearly states that, no matter what, BOOST_NOEXCEPT should be defined:

If BOOST_NO_CXX11_NOEXCEPT is defined (i.e. C++03 compliant compilers) these macros are defined as:
   #define BOOST_NOEXCEPT
   #define BOOST_NOEXCEPT_OR_NOTHROW throw()
   #define BOOST_NOEXCEPT_IF(Predicate)
   #define BOOST_NOEXCEPT_EXPR(Expression) false

If BOOST_NO_CXX11_NOEXCEPT is not defined (i.e. C++11 compliant compilers) they are defined as:
   #define BOOST_NOEXCEPT noexcept
   #define BOOST_NOEXCEPT_OR_NOTHROW noexcept
   #define BOOST_NOEXCEPT_IF(Predicate) noexcept((Predicate))
   #define BOOST_NOEXCEPT_EXPR(Expression) noexcept((Expression))

However, when manually including boost/config/detail/suffix.hpp (where BOOST_NOEXCEPT gets defined) it is correctly defined. Now I don't know what's wrong because <boost/config.hpp> already does include suffix.hpp.
Is something wrong with my installation? I don't want to manually hot-fix this by including boost/config/detail/suffix.hpp in every boost-related file in the source-tree.

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Apple Stays Hands Off with Female Orgasm Simulator App
By Jeff Gamet
Jun 6th, 2016 6:17 PM EDT
It's no secret Apple takes a hands off approach when it comes to apps that run afoul of its prudish App Store guidelines. That's something the makers of La Petite Mort learned when their game was bumped from the App Store for crossing over the "excessively objectionable or crude" restriction. The rejection isn't surprising considering the sexual nature of the app, and to be fair, Apple's screeners probably don't want to rock the boat and risk being the person that let a sexual app slip through. Oh, wait. The App Store is loaded with sex-related apps.
Le Petit Mort: It's all about technique, but not on the App Store
The app, called Le Petite Mort, is a game where players move their fingers around their iPhone or iPad screen to create music. Get the finger patterns right and you're rewarded with good music, get the patterns wrong and your song doesn't turn out so well. That doesn't sound like a game that should be banned—except it's about female masturbation and stimulation.
You don't really see any female body parts in the game. Instead, the game uses colored squares that even the most hard core Minecraft players wouldn't call out as the vulva or clitoris. The colors start out cooler, and as you improve your technique they get warmer. Getting your technique down earns positive feedback called experiences (instead of achievements) in the form of musical terms such as agitato, crescendo, and andante.
Then there's the name, Le Petite Mort, which means "the little death" in French—a euphemism for orgasm.
When you put all the pieces together, the object of the game is use your fingers to stimulate a woman to orgasm. Alternately, it's about sliding your fingers around your iPhone display to trigger pleasing music. But really, it's about the sex.
With that in mind, it's easy to see why Le Petit Mort was kicked out of the App Store: it's about sex. Or maybe not, because the App Store is loaded with sex-related apps.
Unless the App Store screening process is arbitrary, we can rule out the gamification of sex because titles like Sexy Touch Game where you answer trivia questions to get women to undress are available*. It can't be because Le Petite Mort teaches female masturbation techniques since Fingering Secrets is available—and that title even includes videos showing exactly how to move your fingers.
So maybe it's about using your iPhone or iPad to represent female genitals, which is something Apple has been uptight about before. In 2014 Apple blocked HappyPlayTime from the App Store because it taught female masturbation techniques with a cartoon character that represented a vulva.
App developer Patrick Jarnfelt told the Guardian Apple's screeners were polite and understanding when they spoke with him, but the issue was out of their hands. "[Apple's screener] told me, 'Yeah, you and me are French. We understand these things,'" he said. "But they have to reach a broad market, and America, and they have to be family-friendly, so they have just not accepted anything like this. And they put their own kind of threshold on what is crude and not crude, and you cannot even discuss it."
And therein lies the rub: How do you teach techniques that are all about touch without showing where to put your fingers? From Apple's perspective, it seems the answer is you don't.
*Parents: Search the App Store for "spin the bottle" and get ready to freak out.
Jeff Gamet
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Pythagoras' theorem is both the oldest and the most important non-trivial theorem in mathematics.This is the second part of the first lecture of a short course on the History of Mathematics, by N J Wildberger at UNSW (MATH3560 and GENS2005). We will follow John Stillwell's text Mathematics and its History (Springer, 3rd ed). Generally the emphasis will be on mathematical ideas and results, but largely without proofs, with a main eye on the historical flow of ideas. A few historical tidbits will be thrown in too...In this first lecture (with two parts) we first give a very rough outline of world history from a mathematical point of view, position the work of the ancient Greeks as following from Egyptian and Babylonian influences, and introduce the most important theorem in all of mathematics: Pythagoras' theorem. Two interesting related issues are the irrationality of the 'square root of two' (the Greeks saw this as a length, but not as a number), and Pythagorean triples, which go back to the Babylonians. These are closely related to the important rational parametrization of a circle, essentially discovered by Euclid and Diophantus. The Greeks thought of mathematics differently than we do today, and all students can benefit from a closer appreciation of the difficulties which they saw, but which we today largely ignore.


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Dev Diary - Warhammer producer Matt Sansam updates us on the MMRPG's progress
Blog by Eurogamer staff Contributor
Published on 18 Jul 2002
It's just a few months since Climax and Games Workshop revealed that their adaptation of the classic Warhammer table-top system had morphed from an online strategy game to a massively multiplayer role-player. Today, in the first of a series of developer diaries, executive producer Matt Sansam fills us in on what the team has been up to...
You call that a pet?!?
Working with such an established intellectual property as Warhammer, and with a company like Games Workshop, with its huge global fan base, opens up a fantastic range of opportunities for a developer and more than a few constraints. On one hand, there is a vast range of information, images and background on the Warhammer world that has been published and compiled by GW over more than twenty years.
This means that when our artists sit down to create special creatures such as the Necrarch or Rat Ogre we are not so much inventing, as interpreting what already exists. Of course, we are aided in this task by the use of sound, movement and dynamic lighting, but essentially we are taking a small-scale metal or plastic miniature and delivering it to the player as a fully 3D rendered monster. At the same time, we feel a real responsibility to get it right in order to satisfy the expectations of the thousands of Warhammer gamers from around the world and their collective vision of how the world should look online.
In addition to the Giants, Wyverns, Rat-Ogres and Vampires, the team have also been focusing their efforts on some of the more mundane creatures that live in the world such as cats, rats and dogs! These do have an in-game function, as it is possible for each player characters to have a number of 'pet slots' into which they can place a cat, dog or more substantial beast such as a horse. As you can see from the images, these animals all have a rather unpleasant, mangy, scabby look about them, which seems to be perfectly in keeping with the tenor of the Warhammer world. [We've also released] images of a basic horse, an armoured horse and a pack-horse. As our players increase in wealth and prestige we fully expect them to spend money on improving the look and survivability of their mounts just as people in the real world like to get a bigger and better car!
The new dynamic weather system in action
Everywhere You Go
Pitching so far ahead to a game that is not due for release until 2004, we really wanted to try some things that hadn't been done before. In order to truly deliver the promise of a persistent world, we wanted more than just day/night and the occasional rainstorm! The superb graphical abilities of Nvidia's GeForce 3 and 4 cards means that we can change the reflective properties of surfaces when it rains to give the illusion of 'wetness' and actually create snow that settles on the ground and buildings.
Potentially this will allow the design team to structure the game in a way that, for example, it becomes 'winter' for one week per month (real world time) and this change in the weather alters all of the spawn and object tables for the game and so makes the game-world change its character for the players. As I've said, all this is a bit ahead of the curve at the moment, but we are feeling pretty good about both the art and technology assets we'll need to deliver this promise to our players.
Turning to the design front, the team have been finishing up the last few details of the core game structure and nailing down those last few features such as how player-run Warrior Companies actually work, which NPC's are needed to allow players to rent and occupy buildings, and the finer points of the weapon and combat systems. At the same time, the world creation team have finished up their work on the core map and have now laid out over 400 sq km of the Reikland at around 25:1 scale and in scary detail! This task has included the definition of all the major towns, farms, villages, coaching inns etc in that area, as well as the routes between them. When we begin to dig into the world in this level of detail, we realise that we are not just interpreting the Warhammer background, but we're actually creating and evolving it.
Delivering an online game is such a different kind of project to a tabletop battles game; where GW can fudge over the detail of certain places, we need to actually locate and build them into our world, and so we need to plan them out as if they were real places. As there are well over sixty of these settlements, you can imagine how long it took to get right! However, the really interesting part of all this has been the mapping out of Marienburg, one of the key towns within this part of the Empire. Watching a huge city growing street-by-street has been really exiting. We hope these cities will be one of the key features of Warhammer Online. Rather than using our towns as simple service stations as in other online games, we intend them to be urban dungeons where we expect our players to spend many hours, days and weeks exploring, fighting, trading and adventuring.
As you can see, these last three months have been a really interesting period in the development of Warhammer Online. We now think that we've got more answers than questions, which, for a producer, is not a bad place to be. With so much ground work now complete, the next phase is to really get our teeth into creating and populating the Warhammer World. Interesting times lie ahead...
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WWE News: New vignette on RAW teases Americna Wrestler Bray Wyatt's return?
There were reports of American professional wrestler Bray Wyat's coming back to WWE doing the rounds on social media, now WWE has uploaded a video on YouTube giving hints that he will make his come back soon. Looking at the video, it seems like World Wrestling Entertainment has planned some drastic character for Bray Wyatt's return.
Talking about Bray Wyatt's last match, he was featured alongside his then-partner Triple Threat Match for the Raw Tag-Team Championships against then-champions Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre and The B Team. Post-Wrestlemania 35 night, WWW posted a video featuring a box with a smoky sinister black background and weird hand puppet thing that looks live dinosaur.
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Canada's Graham DeLaet is not just a professional golfer, he is also a philanthropist who works hard to give back to the community through the Foundation he started with his wife, the Graham & Ruby DeLaet Foundation.
This Christmas Graham also decided to give back a little bit of what he gets on TOUR on a regular basis. What's that you ask? Well, you'll have to check out the video he shared on Twitter to understand.
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Smith v. Standard Ins. Co.
Full title:GREGORY SMITH, Plaintiff, v. STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.…
Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
Date published: Oct 18, 2019
Case No. CIV-15-1126-D (W.D. Okla. Oct. 18, 2019)
Case No. CIV-15-1126-D
GREGORY SMITH, Plaintiff, v. STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants.
TIMOTHY D. DeGIUSTI Chief United States District Judge
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
This matter is before the Court for disposition of Plaintiff's claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., regarding a life insurance payment allegedly due upon the death of his wife, Cheryl Smith. Defendant Standard Insurance Company ("Standard") has filed the administrative record, and the parties have completed an agreed briefing schedule to obtain a determination of Plaintiff's ERISA claims to recover a plan benefit under § 1132(a)(1)(B) and, alternatively, an equitable remedy under § 1132(a)(3). Also, the parties have filed supplemental briefs regarding issues raised by subsequent developments and requested by the Court. The Court will refer to specific filings in its discussion of the dispositive issues.
The dispute concerns an ERISA plan benefit provided by a group life insurance policy issued to Defendant Carlisle Corporation ("Carlisle"), the parent corporation of Mrs. Smith's employer. There is no question that Mrs. Smith was a plan participant covered by the insurance policy or that Plaintiff was her sole beneficiary. Plaintiff timely received payment of a basic life insurance benefit in an amount equal to two times Mrs. Smith's annual salary. Plaintiff claims entitlement in this case to an additional payment in an amount three times Mrs. Smith's annual salary. The additional payment sought by Plaintiff represents an optional coverage under the policy that Mrs. Smith had elected to receive and had paid additional premiums for, but that Standard later determined she was not entitled to because additional paperwork, known as evidence of insurability or EOI, had not been completed.
In pursuit of this payment, Plaintiff originally proposed, and the parties agreed to, a bifurcation of one issue raised by certain provisions of the insurance policy, namely, the effect of an "Incontestability Clause." Under the parties' Phase One case schedule [Doc. No. 34], the Court previously denied Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment Against Standard Insurance Company on His Second Claim for Relief [Doc. No. 37] based on this clause. The Court's ruling appears in the Order of February 2, 2018 [Doc. No. 51] (hereafter, "February 2018 Order"), and includes a statement of undisputed facts that will not be repeated here. The reader's familiarity with the February 2018 Order is assumed.
In the claim form submitted to Standard following Mrs. Smith's death, Plaintiff sought an "Additional Life" benefit of $132,000. See Admin. R. ("AR") at 464. In his pleading, Plaintiff claims the principal amount of the added insurance benefit is $138,000. See Pet. [Doc. No. 1-2], ¶ 32. In his merits brief, Plaintiff prays for a judgment in the amount of $136,940.07, without explaining a basis for this amount. See Pl.'s Mot. J. Admin. R. [Doc. No. 57] at 1, 30. In supplemental briefing directed by the Court, Plaintiff reverts to claiming that the principal amount is $138,000. See Pl.'s Suppl. Br. Pre-J. Interest [Doc. No. 86] at 8. Standard contends a benefit of three times Mrs. Smith's annual earnings, as defined by the policy, yields the principal sum of $132,000. See Standard's Suppl. Br. [Doc. No. 88] at 2-3. For reasons that will become clear, the Court begins by determining the correct amount of the additional benefit, if any, provided by the policy.
Plaintiff also prays for an award of prejudgment interest, discussed infra. See id. at 17.
In their merits briefing, the parties disagree on the proper standard of review under ERISA. Plaintiff advocates for de novo review of Standard's claim decision, for reasons different from those asserted in Phase One. See Pl.'s Mot. at 4, 6-7. Standard persuasively argues that it is entitled to deferential review of an administrator's discretionary decision. See Standard's Resp. Br. [Doc. No. 61] at 12-14. Plaintiff devotes the majority of his reply brief to this issue. See Pl.'s Reply Br. [Doc. No. 65] at 2-7. Because the same result follows under either standard, the Court finds no need to decide this issue.
In addition to the basic coverage benefit provided by her employer (of two times her "Annual Earnings"), Mrs. Smith elected additional life coverage under the ERISA plan and Standard's insurance policy of "three times [her] Annual Earnings" with the amount "rounded to the next higher multiple of $1,000." See AR 30-31, 94-95, 195, 445, 461. "Annual Earnings" was defined as an employee's "base annual rate of earnings from [the] Employer" on the last day of active work, and expressly excluded bonuses, commissions, overtime pay, awards, stock options, employer contributions to a deferred compensation or pension plan, and "[a]ny other extra compensation." AR 58-59, 122-23. Mrs. Smith died September 23, 2014, and Plaintiff submitted a claim form on October 14, 2014.
During the claim process, Standard was informed that Mrs. Smith's base annual rate of earnings was $43,935.84. AR 71-72, 78, 445. On November 12, 2014, Standard paid Plaintiff the basic life insurance benefit for Mrs. Smith's coverage in the principal amount of $88,000, which equals two times her annual earnings of $43,935.84 rounded to the next higher multiple of $1,000, as provided by the policy. AR 30, 72-73, 94, 194-95, 356-57, 443-46. Further, during the administrative appeal process, Plaintiff attested to the fact that Mrs. Smith's "annual salary was approximately $44,000." AR 190.
If Standard had determined that Mrs. Smith was also entitled to the additional life insurance coverage at issue, Plaintiff would have received a payment in the principal amount of $132,000, or three times her annual earnings of 43,935.84 rounded to the next higher multiple of $1,000. AR 194-95, 358, 445, 464. Plaintiff presents no facts or argument in his briefs that would support a different amount of additional life insurance coverage. Therefore, the Court finds that this case concerns an ERISA claim for life insurance benefits in the principal amount of $132,000.
While Plaintiff's claim was pending before the Court for a decision on the merits, Carlisle negotiated an amendment to the group life insurance policy, and Standard issued an endorsement effective June 14, 2018, that retroactively affected coverage for certain categories of employees, including Mrs. Smith. See Standard's Notice [Doc. No. 69]; see also Carlisle's Mot. Protective Order, Ex. 1, Roberson Decl. [Doc. No. 72-1]; Pl.'s Resp. Br. Defs.' Mots. Protective Order, Ex. 1 [Doc. No. 76-1]; AR 358 (Mrs. Smith was Class 4 employee). The endorsement made Plaintiff's claim for additional life insurance coverage payable, and on September 11, 2018, Standard issued an additional check to Plaintiff in the amount of $135,218.16, which represented a principal benefit payment of $132,000 plus interest in the amount of $3,218.16. See Standard's Notice; Standard's Mot. Protective Order [Doc. No. 74] at 3. Plaintiff presents evidence to show, and Standard does not dispute, that this interest payment was calculated at a rate of 10% per annum accruing from the effective date of the endorsement to the date of payment. See Dunham Decl. [Doc. No. 86-2] ¶¶ 6-7; Standard's Suppl. Br. at 3 & n.2.
Curiously, the declaration submitted by Plaintiff's counsel repeatedly uses a different spelling of his surname - in the title, throughout the body, and in the verification. See "Dunam" Decl. [Doc. No. 58-2]. However, the declarant identifies himself as Plaintiff's attorney and relates email correspondence and a telephone conversation with Standard's attorney. Thus, the Court assumes the misspelling is a clerical error, and cites the declaration using a correct spelling.
As a result of subsequent discussions with Plaintiff's counsel, Standard made another payment to Plaintiff in the amount of $6,205.50, which represented additional principal of $6,000 plus 10% interest from June 14, 2018, to the date of payment. See Dunham Decl. ¶ 8; Standard's Suppl. Br. at 3 n.2; see also Standard's Mot. Protective Order at 3 (second check was issued after "Plaintiff's counsel complained that the benefit amount was insufficient" and represented "the amount of $6,000.00 plus interest in the amount of $205.50"). Standard does not agree that Plaintiff was entitled to the second payment, but it relies on the total amount of its payments to Plaintiff ($141,423.66) to argue that his ERISA claim has been paid and is fully satisfied. See Standard's Suppl. Br. at 3-4; see also Standard's Mot. Protective Order at 3. Defendants assert that this action has become moot and the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction because there is no longer a live case or controversy. See Carlisle's Notice [Doc. No. 73]; see also Carlisle's Mot. Protective Order [Doc. No. 72] at 3-5; Standard's Mot. Protective Order at 3, 4-5.
When Defendants first raised the issue of mootness, the Court found that it lacked sufficient information to resolve the issue, questioned whether there might be an issue of ripeness that would warrant a stay of the case, and directed the parties to file supplemental briefs. See 12/28/18 Order [Doc. No. 81] (hereafter, "December 2018 Order") at 6-7. The Court noted that "[i]f Plaintiff was entitled to interest on the benefit amount under the terms of the insurance policy or plan, then his ERISA claim may not be moot." Id. at 6 n.9 (citing Templin v. Indep. Blue Cross, 487 F. App'x 6, 11 (3d Cir. 2012) ("Dismissal of the [ERISA] claims as moot without considering the plaintiffs' entitlement to interest was error.")). The information provided in the parties' briefs filed pursuant to the December 2018 Order persuaded the Court that there was no ripeness issue but there was an unresolved issue of Plaintiff's right to recover interest on the additional insurance benefit. See 2/11/19 Order [Doc. No. 85] at 2, 3-4. In view of the limited scope of the unresolved dispute, the Court directed the parties to file supplemental briefs addressing the issue of prejudgment interest allegedly due either as part of Plaintiff's claim of entitlement to a plan benefit under § 1132(a)(1)(B) or as an equitable remedy available under § 1132(a)(3).
Standard's inclusion of interest in calculating Plaintiff's benefit payment suggested that Plaintiff's right to the additional life coverage carried with it a right to accrued interest. See id. at 3, n.2. Plaintiff took the position that he was entitled to payment under the original policy with interest accruing from the date of his benefit claim, and that Standard had not satisfied this part of his claim by paying interest accruing only after the date of the amendment. See id. at 3, n.3.
Upon consideration of the parties' briefs regarding interest, the Court comes full circle to the issue of mootness, which is a jurisdictional prerequisite to a merits decision. See Dec. 2018 Order at 3 (citing Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of Reclamation, 601 F.3d 1096, 1122 (10th Cir. 2010)). "'In deciding whether a case is moot, the crucial question is whether granting a present determination of the issues offered will have some effect in the real world. When it becomes impossible for a court to grant effective relief, a live controversy ceases to exist, and the case becomes moot.'" Id. at 4 (quoting Abdulhaseeb v. Calbone, 600 F.3d 1301, 1311 (10th Cir. 2010)) (internal quotation omitted).
In this case, Plaintiff disputes Defendants' claim of mootness based on his right under ERISA to recover prejudgment interest allegedly due as a result of Standard's delay in payment of the principal amount of the additional life coverage. Plaintiff's ERISA action is based on Standard's denial of a life insurance benefit under the policy in effect when Mrs. Smith died; Standard paid Plaintiff's claim for the benefit only after the policy was amended three years later. But Plaintiff's brief regarding prejudgment interest makes unequivocally clear that he seeks an award only as a matter of equitable relief available at the Court's discretion, even though interest is presumptively available. See Pl.'s Suppl. Br. Pre-J. Interest at 5. Plaintiff expressly disavows any claim for "legal" prejudgment interest as an ERISA benefit under § 1132(a)(1)(B), that is, interest payable according to the terms of the insurance policy. See id. at 3-4. He instead "seeks prejudgment interest pursuant to the Court's inherent authority to fashion a remedy appropriate to the specific facts and circumstances of this case." Id. at 5. Plaintiff requests an award of interest accruing from the date that Standard denied the claim, February 26, 2015, until the date of payment, September 11, 2018. Id. at 7-8.
Plaintiff also previously argued that the action is not moot because he claims a right to recover attorney fees. The Court rejected this argument in the December 2018 Order. See id. at 4, n.5 (quoting Lewis v. Cont'l Bank Corp., 494 U.S. 472, 480 (1990), and Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 560 U.S. 242, 255 (2010)); see also Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney, 489 U.S. 169, 175-76 (1989) ("prejudgment interest is an element of plaintiff's complete compensation" but a request for attorney fees raises issues collateral to the main cause of action and is "wholly separate from the decision on the merits") (internal quotations omitted).
"Plaintiff neither seeks relief nor asks this Court to calculate prejudgment interest pursuant to this language," referring to the group life insurance policy's provisions regarding payment of proceeds. Id. at 5. Notably, these provisions specify the rate of interest for a payment made under the policy to be "a rate equal to the 13-week Treasury Bill (T-bill) auction rate but not to exceed 5%." Id. at 4 (citing AR 55-56). In February 2015, this rate hovered around 0.02%, which is a small fraction of the rate provided by an insurance statute, discussed infra, that Plaintiff proposes as an appropriate rate, and a 0.02% rate would yield an amount of interest that has been fully satisfied by Standard's payments to Plaintiff.
Plaintiff states the end date is September 21, 2018, "the date of Standard's second tender." Id. But the principal amount due Plaintiff was fully paid by the first check that was tendered on September 11, 2018. See Dunham Decl. ¶ 6.
Accepting Plaintiff's theory of his case, the Court finds that the fact Standard included interest in its benefit payment and the method Standard used to calculate an amount of interest are immaterial to a determination of the prejudgment interest that Plaintiff should receive in this case, except to the extent these facts may bear on the Court's determination of an equitable award. Similarly, the rate of interest prescribed by Oklahoma insurance law or used in other ERISA cases cited by Plaintiff is only persuasive to the extent these rates are consistent with the Court's determination of an equitable award under the circumstances of this case. An award of prejudgment interest is a matter solely within the Court's exercise of discretion to determine reasonable compensation of Plaintiff due to a delay in payment. See Weber v. GE Grp. Life Assur. Co., 541 F.3d 1002, 1016 (10th Cir. 2008); Allison v. Bank One-Denver, 289 F.3d 1223, 1243 (10th Cir. 2002).
The Court notes, but does not reach, Standard's argument that Plaintiff cannot disclaim the "legal" interest he would be entitled to receive as a benefit payment in order to seek a higher rate of interest under an equitable theory. See Standard's Suppl. Br. at 4. Standard relies on Varity v. Howe, 516 U.S. 489, 515 (1996), and other cases to argue that an equitable remedy is not available where ERISA provides an adequate statutory remedy. Id. at 4-5. This argument is well-founded under ERISA case law. See, e..g., Silva v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 762 F.3d 711, 728 (8th Cir. 2014) (if district court finds for plaintiff on § 1132(a)(1)(B) claim, "then the court need not reach his claim under the equitable catchall provision of § 1132(a)(3), as the former subsection has already provided [plaintiff] with 'adequate relief'").
Upon consideration of the facts and circumstances presented, the Court finds that, should Plaintiff prevail on his claim for additional life coverage under the pre-amendment policy, he should receive an award of prejudgment interest accruing from the date on which his claim for the additional life insurance benefit was denied (February 26, 2015) until the date on which the benefit was actually paid (September 11, 2018), a period of 1292 days. The Court further finds a suitable rate of interest, which represents fair compensation for Plaintiff's loss of use of the benefit amount during this time period, is two per cent (2%) per annum. Finally, the calculation should be made using only simple interest, without compounding.
Even under the statutory authority advocated by Plaintiff, a simple interest method of computation is used. See McNickle v. Bankers Life & Cas. Co., 888 F.2d 678, 682 (10th Cir. 1989) (ordering remand for calculation of § 3629(B) award as follows: "Fifteen percent simple interest per year will be assessed on the $165,000.00 judgment.").
In determining a reasonable rate of interest, the Court first rejects as unreasonably high the 15-percent statutory rate provided by Oklahoma insurance law, Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 3629(B), and advocated by Plaintiff. Under economic conditions at the relevant time, 15 percent represents an excessive rate that would overcompensate Plaintiff and yield a punitive award, contrary to ERISA's prohibition against punitive damages. See Weber, 541 F.3d at 1016; Allison, 289 F.3d at 1243; see also Caldwell v. Life Ins. Co., 287 F.3d 1276, 1287 (10th Cir. 2002) (ERISA prejudgment interest claim accrues when claimant was entitled to receive plan benefit). On the other hand, the Court also rejects the statutory rate for federal post-judgment interest and the rate provided by the group life insurance policy (see supra note 6), both of which were unreasonably low in February 2015 when interest would have begun to accrue. Instead, the Court has looked to United States Treasury securities, which represent a low-risk investment, and has considered historical rates during the period of time that Plaintiff's benefit claim went unpaid. In the Court's judgment, after considering all relevant circumstances, a 2% rate represents a reasonable middle ground between the 15% rate sought by Plaintiff and the 0.02% rate provided by the policy. See Ford v. Uniroyal Pension Plan, 154 F.3d 613, 618-19 (6th Cir. 1998) (district court acted within its discretion in rejecting state statutory rate as excessive and using flat rate generally based on average 52-week T-bill rate for relevant time period).
Applying the Court's findings concerning a reasonable method of determining prejudgment interest on Plaintiff's ERISA claim for the additional life insurance benefit, the amount of interest to be awarded if Plaintiff were to prevail on his original claim under the policy is $9,345.04. The sum Plaintiff has already been paid ($141,423.66) exceeds the principal amount he was entitled to receive ($132,000.00) by $9,423.66. Therefore, the Court finds that it has become impossible to grant Plaintiff any effective relief, that a live controversy has ceased to exist, and that this ERISA action is moot.
Simple interest at a rate of 2% per year on the principal sum of $132,000 yields interest of $2,640 per year or $7.233 per day, which multiplied by 1292 days equals $9,345.04.
For these reasons, the Court finds that it lacks constitutional authority to proceed further in this case.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that a judgment of dismissal shall be entered, dismissing this case without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction.
Because the Court lacks jurisdiction, the dismissal must be without prejudice to refiling, even if refiling would be futile. See Brereton v. Bountiful City Corp., 434 F.3d 1213, 1218 (10th Cir. 2006) ("the court, having determined that it lacks jurisdiction over the action, is incapable of reaching a disposition on the merits of the underlying claims") (emphasis in original). --------
IT IS SO ORDERED this 18th day of October, 2019.
/s/_________
TIMOTHY D. DeGIUSTI
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H-1B Visa Reform Bill Introduced in US House of Representatives
A legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives which among other things calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $130,000, making it difficult for firms to use the programme to replace American employees with foreign workers, including from India.
Press Trust Of India
Soon after the news broke, Indian tech stocks, including that of the big four — Infosys, TCS, Wipro and Tech Mahindra — tanked as much as 9% wiping out Rs 44,000 crore from the markets.
Washington: A legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives which among other things calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $130,000, making it difficult for firms to use the programme to replace American employees with foreign workers, including from India.
The High-Skilled Integrity and Fairness Act of 2017 introduced by California Congressman Zoe Lofgren prioritises market based allocation of visas to those companies willing to pay 200 per cent of a wage calculated by survey, eliminates the category of lowest pay, and raises the salary level at which H-1B dependent employer are exempt from non displacement and recruitment attestation requirements to greater than $130,000.
Soon after the news broke out, Indian tech stocks - including that of the big four, Infosys, TCS, Wipro and Tech Mahindra - tanked as much as 9% wiping out Rs 44,000 crore from the markets.
Also Read: India Highest Recipient of H-1B Visas: US Official
The new ceiling is more than double of the current H-1B minimum wage of $60,000 which was established in 1989 and since then has remained unchanged.
"My legislation refocuses the H-1B programme to its original intent to seek out and find the best and brightest from around the world, and to supplement the US workforce with talented, highly-paid, and highly-skilled workers who help create jobs here in America, not replace them," said Lofgren.
"It offers a market-based solution that gives priority to those companies willing to pay the most. This ensures American employers have access to the talent they need, while removing incentives for companies to undercut American wages and outsource jobs," he said.
Lofgren said it removes the 'per country' cap for employment based immigrant visas so that all workers are treated more fairly and to move to a system where employers hire the most skilled workers without regard to national origin.
Also Read: Of 250,000 applications for H-1B visas in US, majority are by Indian companies
It raises the salary level at which H-1B dependent employer are exempt from attestation requirements to a new required wage level of 35 percentile points above the median national annual wage for Computer and Mathematical Occupations published by the Department of Labour Occupational Employment Statistics (roughly $132,000), which would be adjusted in the future without the need for new legislation, and eliminates the Masters Degree exemption for dependent employers.
The legislation sets aside 20 per cent of the annually allocated H-1B visas for small and start-up employers (50 or fewer employers) to ensure small businesses have an opportunity to compete for high-skilled workers, while still protecting against outsourcing.
It among other things removes visa hurdles for students and other temporary visa holders by building a bridge from F-1 student status to Lawful Permanent Residence and removes paperwork burdens by streamlining H-1B filing requirements and reducing administrative costs.
Also Read: Key Things to Know About H-1B Visas
The legislation tightens employee protection by stipulating that employers may not reduce beneficiary wages, regardless of whether the deduction is in accordance with a voluntary authorisation by the employee.
It makes exceptions for taxes, garnishments, and deductions that are reasonable and customary in the occupation.
In related development, Senator Sherrod Brown has announced to introduce H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act in the Senate which he said would close loopholes in the H-1B and L-1 visa programs and provide increased protections for both American workers and visa holders.
"We need to crack down on the fraud and abuse that allows corporations to avoid paying Americans fair wages and exploit foreign workers," said Brown.
"During his campaign, President Trump promised to increase oversight of our H-1B and L-1 visa programs and reform starts with this bipartisan legislation to ensure that American businesses are giving American workers a fair shot at good-paying jobs," he said. The bill would require that employers first offer a vacant position to an equally or better qualified American worker before seeking an H-1B or L-1 visa holder.
It would also establish wage requirements for L-1 workers and improve H-1B wage requirements to encourage companies to hire qualified American workers and prevent them from using foreign workers as a source of cheap labour.
Under the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform, the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would have additional oversight authority to investigate fraud and abuse as well as to increase penalties for companies that violate the bill's requirements.
The bill also requires DOL and DHS to share information so that visa petitions are effectively scrutinised.
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Q: Select Topic Words from Clusters I am following this solution for clustering: https://towardsdatascience.com/clustering-contextual-embeddings-for-topic-model-1fb15c45b1bd
For step four "Select Topic Words from Clusters", I run the code but get error.
# k * vocab
X_per_cluster = self.vectorizer_model.transform(concatenated_documents)
# D * vocab
X_origin = self.vectorizer_model.transform(origin_documents)

if self.word_select_method == 'tfidf_idfi':
    socres = TFIDF_IDFi(X_per_cluster, X_origin, all_documents).socre()
elif self.word_select_method == 'tfidf_tfi':
    socres = TFIDF_TFi(X_per_cluster, X_origin, all_documents).socre()
elif self.word_select_method == 'tfi':
    socres = TFi(X_per_cluster).socre()
elif self.word_select_method == 'tfidfi':
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How to fix this error?


Calls for a second referendum on our membership of the European Union have intensified in recent weeks, so I think it appropriate to make clear my position on the matter.
The first thing to say is that I appreciate some people's sincere desire for there to be a second referendum in order to reverse our withdrawal from the European Union.
I do not support this objective.
Firstly, let's not forget that the House of Commons voted in 2015 (before I was an MP, of course) by an overwhelming margin – 544 to 52 – to give this decision to the people at large, and by almost as great a margin after the referendum to implement the outcome. In the middle of that, of course, the British people turned out in record numbers and voted to leave the EU. Indeed, a greater number of people voted to leave the EU than have voted for any prime minister or party in history.
I would also point out that a second referendum would be the most divisive, hate-fuelled and disillusioning process this country could inflict on itself. Millions of people would be enraged by the perception of an 'elite' trying to overturn their opinion, a political system going round in circles, and an impression that consulting them is a sham. After all, it is not democracy when the only accepted answer to EU integration is "Yes".
The levels of abuse and derision, and the loss of faith in Parliament, would be amplified well beyond anything we have seen in the modern age. The world would look on with bewilderment while one of the great homes of democracy consumed itself with anger in every direction.
In any case the polls, for what they are worth, do not show majority support for a second referendum. This is borne out in West Oxfordshire and as I go around the constituency meeting people I find no appetite for a second referendum. Most people can see that, whilst there are formidable challenges ahead, it is for us as a nation to overcome them rather than surrender and plunge the country into a new and more intense time of division.
I would also politely say to all those arguing for a 'People's Vote' to think very carefully about the practicalities of their proposal. Some leading advocates of the 'People's Vote' have misleadingly suggested that the vote could take place prior to our leaving the European Union in March 2019. This is not true.
There is no standing law in the UK to permit the holding of a referendum. Thus each referendum requires a unique Act of Parliament. Given how hotly-contested the Parliamentary debates would be, particularly over the minutiae of the rules of the vote, it would take several months (at least) for such an Act to be passed.
Then of course there would need to be a full campaign, lasting a number of months, for competing sides to debate and put their case to the electorate. Considering all these things dispassionately, the earliest you could have the 'People's Vote' is a year from now.
This then presents the small matter of needing to extend the Article 50 process, which requires the EU's permission, whilst we sort out our own affairs. Even if the EU agreed to our request (which is no guarantee, given that Guy Verhofstadt, the EU Parliament's chief Brexit representative, recently declared that "we will never accept an extension on Article 50"), just think of the immense loss of negotiating power that would be involved in begging the EU27 to extend the negotiating timeline.
This entire process would cast an almighty cloud of uncertainty over our democracy and our economy. Business, which dislikes uncertainty far more than any particular outcome, would be faced with it for a great deal longer.
I would also welcome greater clarity from 'People's Vote' campaigners as to what the question should be. Some say that it should be a 'take it or leave it' vote on the final deal, others would rather a re-run of the first referendum, and a multiple choice vote between 'Remain', 'Chequers' and 'No Deal' has also been suggested.
Given the intense argument and difficulty involved even in setting the question, I think those arguing for a 'People's Vote' need to ask themselves whether they really think it will resolve the matter.
The truth is that no-one can be confident that another vote would settle matters. In fact, we can be sure of the very opposite.
There is no evidence of a dramatic shift in public opinion since the vote two years ago. So if we once again voted to Leave then we would be in the exact same position that we are in now – only a year of great uncertainty and division down the line and in a weaker negotiating position. If the vote did indeed result in a vote to Remain, so great would be the outcry of Brexit being abandoned that the campaign for a third 'winner takes all' vote would start immediately.
A 'People's Vote' would only lead to greater uncertainty and greater division in the most bitter political campaign in memory. It would deal a perhaps fatal blow to trust in politics and our very democracy. And despite all of this damage and misery, it would not resolve matters.
My firm belief is that we now need to heal the divide - not make it deeper – and come together to make a success of our withdrawal from the European Union.


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September 13, 2019 Music | Concert Preview
Lil Keed brings new dimensions to Atlanta's syllable-blurring hip-hop
By Leor Galil @imLeor
RLil Keed with Lil Gotit, Slimelife Shawty, Paper Lovee
Fri 9/20, 6:30 PM, Avondale Music Hall, 3336 N. Milwaukee, $25-$100, all-ages
Rising rapper Lil Keed grew up along Cleveland Avenue in Atlanta's Zone 3 neighborhood, which has also been home to one of the most colorful and creative forces in the past decade of hip-hop: Young Thug. At 21, Keed is part of a youthful crop of Atlanta MCs who've studied Thug's work and learned how to wring a rainbow of emotion out of a single syllable. Keed buckled down and gave rap his full attention in 2016, and since then he's ridden that style to fame. Last year, he broke out nationally with "Nameless," where he slathers bittersweet vocals about a lustful fling atop a slow, whirring instrumental. By the end of 2018, Keed had signed to Thug's YSL Records, all but inviting listeners to hunt for similarities between the two MCs. As Keed told XXL earlier this year, he frequently gets compared to Thug: "They can't compare me to nobody else. I learned from him. I incorporated my own style but I don't sound like him. You know Thug when you hear him; I don't sound like Thug." On June's Long Live Mexico (YSL/300), though, a lengthy and sometimes laborious mixtape whose songs often blur together, Keed does sound like Thug, especially on the two tracks where Thug appears—the student seems keen on following his teacher's lead, sometimes mirroring his energy. Keed makes the case for his distinctiveness much better when he's on his own: his hiccuping "whoas" on the hook for "HBS" could've powered the entire mixtape. v
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Cybele Britannica (abreviado Cybele Brit.) es un libro ilustrado con descripciones botánicas que fue escrito por el botánico, ecólogo y evolucionista inglés Hewett Cottrell Watson. Se publicó en el año 1847.

Publicaciones
 Cybele Britannica editado en 1847
 Suplemento de Cybele Britannica fue publicado en 1860 con el nombre de Part first of a Supplement to the Cybele britannica. To be continued occasionally as a record of progressive knowledge concerning the distribution of plants in Britain

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Libros de botánica de Reino Unido del siglo XIX
Libros de 1847
Reino Unido en 1847
Ciencia de 1847


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The Oklahoma Flying Aces were a professional indoor football team based in Enid, Oklahoma, and members of the Champions Indoor Football league.  The team was founded in 2018 as an expansion franchise for the 2019 season. The team was dormant for the 2021 season, but did not return in for the 2022 season. The Flying Aces' home games were played at Stride Bank Center.

History
The franchise was announced by Champions Indoor Football (CIF) in 2018 as a 2019 expansion team and selected the name "Flying Aces" from a name-the-team contest in October 2018. They finished their inaugural season with a 2–10 record, with their only wins a forfeit over the folded Texas Revolution and a semi-professional team, the NTX Savages, that filled in for the home game originally scheduled against the Revolution. The team's second season was cancelled before it could begin due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 1, 2021, the team withdrew from the 2021 season one week before it was scheduled for its first game citing a drastically increased workers' compensation insurance from $5000 in 2019 to $150000 for 2021. The team was replaced on the CIF schedule by a re-launched Dodge City Law with law inheriting the Flying Aces' roster and staff.

The Flying Aces were not included in the 2022 schedule and appears to have suspended operations.

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External links
Oklahoma Flying Aces official website

American football teams in Oklahoma
Champions Indoor Football teams
American football teams established in 2018
2018 establishments in Oklahoma
Enid, Oklahoma


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Les Bolbomyiidae  sont une famille de diptères.

Liste des genres
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Tabanomorpha
Famille de Diptères (nom scientifique)
Famille d'arthropodes monotypique
Taxon décrit en 2001

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