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Are We Better Off: The Billion-Dollar Loophole
The McCain-Feingold reform law didn't take soft money out of political campaigns; it simply redirected it to a new center of power.
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If there were a prize for the most creative attempt to evade the new campaign finance rules, it would have to go to Tom DeLay, the House Majority whip. Faced with the new rules promulgated by the 2002 McCain-Feingold finance reform law – rules which prevent office holders from collecting the unregulated five- and six-figure 'soft money' checks that so colored political campaigns in the 1990s — the Texas Republican has gone philanthropic. Late last year, DeLay fashioned a charity, Celebrations for Children, ostensibly to funnel money to other charities' youth programs. But the most ambitious, headline-grabbing step the charity will take this year – indeed, the only step it will take — has nothing to do with needy kids.
This summer, at the Republican National Convention in New York, corporations and individuals who pony up $500,000 or more in anonymous contributions to Celebrations for Children will get exclusive invites to golf games with Republican members of Congress, a "private" yacht cruise with DeLay, tickets to Broadway shows, and admission to a "late night party" that will be "the hottest ticket at the GOP convention," according to the official invitation. Last month, a DeLay spokesperson insisted that at least 75 percent of the money raised will go to help various charities which in turn help needy children. But only after DeLay skims his share to wine and dine politicians and big donors.
Celebrations for Children may be the most cynical product of Washington's end-run around McCain-Feingold, but it's hardly unique. Dozens of nonprofit corporations have sprouted up in preparation for this fall's campaign, all designed to fill the soft money void. While politicians can no longer solicit unregulated contributions from corporations, unions and individuals, soft money is already finding its way into the 2004 campaign. Even the architects of the finance reform bill admit that relatively little has changed.
"The game is the same," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said at a recent hearing. "Groups are raising huge corporate and union contributions and multi-million dollar donations from wealthy individuals."
Like other Republicans, McCain has focused most of his fire at the highly-publicized efforts of a handful of Democratic supporters and liberal interest groups that have been particularly active in finding a way around the soft money ban. So far, most of the Democratic spending has been going through explicitly political non-profits, commonly referred to as 527's after the tax code under which they are organized.
Hoping to counteract President Bush's $117 million advantage in regulated fundraising over Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic nominee, major Democratic donors, like financier George Soros, insurance magnate Peter Lewis, and Hyatt hotel heiress Linda Pritzker, have been lavishing millions on a short list of non-profit groups such as Move On, Americans Coming Together, and the Media Fund. Promising to raise more than $100 million, these liberal groups have already started spending in key swing districts, outpacing the Bush-Cheney campaign's own television buys. Founded by former Clinton advisor Harold Ickes, the Media Fund has collected $1 million from Lewis and $500,000 from Fred Eychaner, a television executive from Chicago who has long supported Democratic and gay rights causes.
So far, Republican donors and activists have largely stayed on the sidelines of the 527 game. But that's not to say that GOP funders have been idle. Scores of the most generous Republican campaign donors have signed on as fundraisers for the Bush-Cheney campaign, 'bundling' hundreds of hard-money checks from their friends and associates and hosting campaign fundraising events at their homes. And few people expect that the Republicans will stay away from the soft money maneuvering, particularly if the Republican Party fails in its campaign to convince the Federal Election Commission that the Democratic groups are flouting an never-enforced 1974 finance law – a provision long bypassed by Republicans and Democrats alike. The commission will hear arguments in the case on April 14 and 15, and is expected to rule as early as mid-May. And, while arguing vociferously against the soft money groups, Republican activists have been quietly setting up non-profit front groups of their own under other sections of the tax code requiring far less disclosure.
"You can be sure that [Republicans] will do the same thing," says Fred Wertheimer, director of the reform group Democracy 21. "And you can be sure that they will outraise the Democrats."
Democratic strategists who have studied past Republican fundraising estimate that there is at least $100 million in uncommitted soft money waiting for an opening to support the Bush reelection campaign. And even conservative stalwarts admit that the Republican soft-money spending blitz will come.
"It has to happen," says Grover Norquist, a conservative strategist with close ties to the White House. He says there are active talks right now with one donor from Pennsylvania who has promised to begin matching the spending of Soros and Lewis.
"We're scrambling," admits Dan Perrin, another conservative organizer, who also says he's heard of the Pennsylvania donor. "I can't stress enough how much in flux this all is," he adds. "It's never been like this before an election."
One thing is almost certain. When the money does show up — in the form of political attack ads, bulk mailings and phone calls — the public will likely know far less about its origins than in previous campaigns. "We've driven the money away from the candidates," said Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a Republican who opposed campaign finance reform, at a recent hearing. But rather than pushing soft money out of politics, Santorum declared, the new rules have simply driven it into the hands of "little organizations that have a post office box somewhere." "And we don't know who is giving," he added.
In fact, Santorum's assertion is only partly accurate. The big non-profit soft money groups established by Democratic supporters – MoveOn, Americans Coming Together, the Media Fund, and others – are required to disclose the identities of their donors. Most 527 groups are not required to file regular disclosure forms with the FEC, but they are required to file with the states in which they are located or the Internal Revenue Service, and they must identify their donors. That is not true for other sorts of non-profit groups, including the kind so far favored by Republicans. Those groups, referred to as 501(c)3s and 501(c)4s, face stiffer taxes than 527s but are not required to disclose their funding sources.
The groups being formed by Republicans have anodyne names like Progress for America, which was founded by Bush strategist Tony Feather, the National Committee for a Responsible Senate, founded by the law firm representing the Bush-Cheney campaign, and the American Taxpayer Alliance, which Perrin helps to run with Scott Reed, a Republican lobbyist and campaign strategist. Ed Gillespie, the head of the Republican National Committee, founded one such group, 21st Century Energy, to run advertisements supporting the President's energy policy in key Congressional districts two years ago. According to press reports, that group was funded by several of Gillespie's lobbying clients, including Daimler Chrysler and Enron.
Finally, corporations and their national trade groups are poised to push millions in soft money through the non-profit loopholes via so-called voter education campaigns. In January, Tom Donahue, the chair of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, announced his group will direct "unprecedented resources to 33 of the most competitive congressional races" in an effort to "determine whether the next Congress is pro- or anti-growth." Groups like the National Association of Manufacturers, long a source of large soft money contributions to Republican campaigns, have announced similar efforts.
The rules could change again, depending on the inclination of the FEC. But one thing is inescapably clear: Two years after lawmakers on both sides of the aisle vowed to strip soft money from the political process, unfettered giving is proceeding much as before.
"It's like energy—you can't stop it," says Craig Shirley, a Republican campaign consultant who has formed a 527 shell group called Americans For A Better Country to test the waters of the new campaign finance system. "If you push down in one place it shows up in another place."


Sunderland manager Gus Poyet describes the last four days as "remarkable" after following up a midweek draw against Manchester City, with a 2-1 victory over Chelsea.
Connor Wickham equalised after Samuel Eto'o had given Chelsea the lead. The Black Cats were then awarded a penalty when Cesar Azpilicueta fouled Jozy Altidore and Fabio Borini converted for victory.
Sunderland remain bottom of the Premier League but are now only three points from safety.


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David Georg Strube (* 29. November 1694 in Celle; † 24. Juli 1776 in Hannover) war ein deutscher Jurist und Publizist.

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Strube entstammte einer hannoverschen Beamtenfamilie und wurde von Hauslehrern erzogen. Er studierte Rechtswissenschaften an den Universitäten Halle und Leiden. In Halle wendete er sich vor allem der Lehre der frühen Aufklärer Justus Henning Böhmer, Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling und Christian Thomasius zu. Er disputierte 1718 bei Gerhard Noodt, der ebenfalls zu den frühen Aufklärern zählte, mit der Arbeit de origine nobilitatis germanicae et praecipuis quibusdam ejus juribus. Anschließend begab er sich auf die damals übliche Grand Tour, die ihn durch Westeuropa führte.

Nach Celle zurückgekehrt, wurde er zunächst Advokat am Oberappellationsgericht Celle, 1720 dann Syndikus des Hochstift Hildesheim. Hier setzte seine reiche Veröffentlichungstätigkeit ein, zunächst mit besonderem Schwerpunkt im Agrarrecht und dem dazugehörigen landwirtschaftlichen Sondererbrecht.

1740 wechselte er in den hannoverschen Staatsdienst unter dem Minister Gerlach Adolph von Münchhausen, dessen engster Vertrauter und Mitarbeiter er lebenslang blieb; als "advocatus patriae" und Geheimer Justizrat vertrat er offensiv die forensischen Interessen Kurhannovers beispielsweise gegen die Freie Reichsstadt Lübeck in der ererbten Frage der Möllner Pertinenzien. Auch am Aufbau der 1737 inaugurierten Georg-August-Universität Göttingen wirkte er intensiv mit und betreute insbesondere alle Fragen rund um deren Juristische Fakultät. 1751 wurde er zum auswärtigen Mitglied der Göttinger Akademie der Wissenschaften gewählt.

1758 stieg er zum Direktor der Justizkanzlei in Hannover auf und erhielt 1772 noch den Titel eines Vizekanzlers des Kurfürstentums.

Literatur
 Artikel Strube, David Georg. In: Joachim Rückert und Jürgen Vortmann (Hrsg.): Niedersächsische Juristen. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003, S. 52–58.

 Peter von Kobbe: Geschichte und Landesbeschreibung des Herzogtums Lauenburg. Altona 1837, S. 152–167 Der Möllner Prozess. als Digitalisat. ISBN 3-7777-0074-6.
 Emil Franz Rössler: Die Gründung der Universität Göttingen. Göttingen 1855 Digitalisat bei Google Books.

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Justia › US Law › US Case Law › US Supreme Court › Volume 345 › Levinson v. Deupree
Levinson v. Deupree, 345 U.S. 648 (1953)
Levinson v. Deupree
Argued February 5-6, 1953
Decided June 1, 1953
A New York girl was killed in a collision between two motorboats on the Ohio River in Kentucky. Respondent obtained a defective appointment as ancillary administrator of her estate and filed a timely libel in personam in a Federal District Court in Kentucky against the owners and operators of the motorboats for damages under the Kentucky wrongful death statute, which prescribed a one-year statute of limitations. Respondent later obtained an undoubtedly valid appointment and, more than a year after the death, moved to amend his libel to allege his new appointment. This was not permitted under Kentucky law, because a new suit would have been barred by the statute of limitations.
Held: the suit being in admiralty, federal practice controls. The administrator, holding an effective appointment under Kentucky law, should be permitted to amend his libel so as to allege that appointment, even though the applicable statute of limitations would bar a new suit. Pp. 345 U. S. 649-652.
199 F.2d 760, affirmed.
A Federal District Court dismissed an administrator's libel to recover for a wrongful death occurring on a navigable river. The Court of Appeals reversed. 186 F.2d 297. This Court denied certiorari. 341 U.S. 915. On remand, the District Court awarded a decree to the administrator. The Court of Appeals affirmed. 199 F.2d 760. This Court granted certiorari. 344 U.S. 903. Affirmed, p. 345 U. S. 652.
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.
Katherine Wing of New York was killed in a collision between two motorboats on the Ohio River within Campbell County, Kentucky, on June 19, 1948. On December 7, 1948, Deupree was appointed ancillary administrator of Katherine Wing's estate by the County Court of Kenton County, Kentucky, and, on the same day, he filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky a libel seeking to recover damages for her death from petitioners Levinson and Hall, the owners and operators of the boats which had collided. The libel alleged Deupree's appointment as administrator. On March 3, 1949, petitioners answered with a general denial. On July 7, 1949, petitioners having moved for an order requiring the administrator to provide security for costs, Deupree filed an "affidavit for leave to sue in forma pauperis." This affidavit stated that "decedent was possessed of no estate out of which costs or expenses herein can be paid or from which security therefor can be given." On the same day, petitioners filed a special demurrer putting in issue Deupree's capacity to sue, on the ground that the appointment of an administrator in a county where there is no estate is void. Jewel Tea Co. v. Walker's Administrator, 290 Ky. 328, 331, 161 S.W.2d 66, 68. Deupree thereupon obtained another appointment as ancillary administrator, this time from the County Court of Campbell County, where the cause of action for wrongful death, itself an estate, had its locus. On July 29, 1949, Deupree filed a motion to amend his libel by alleging this new appointment. To the amended libel, petitioners, on September 9, 1949, entered a general demurrer.
The District Court sustained both the general and special demurrers. It held that the Kenton County appointment of Deupree as administrator was void, and that
the amended libel alleging the Campbell County appointment "cannot relate back to the inception of the libel proceeding." The claim as set out in the amended libel, the court held, was therefore barred by the Kentucky one-ear statute of limitations, and the libel had to be dismissed.
The Court of Appeals agreed that, under Kentucky law, the Kenton County appointment was defective, although it held that the existence of a cause of action alone is sufficient, in Kentucky, to support the appointment of an administrator, and hence that the Campbell County appointment was valid. The court agreed also that, under the Kentucky law, the amended libel was barred. But, the Court of Appeals held, as to this matter, Kentucky law was not controlling. And it reversed and remanded for trial. 186 F.2d 297. We denied a petition for certiorari to review this judgment, 341 U.S. 915, but, after a decree had been awarded to the administrator and the Court of Appeals had affirmed, 199 F.2d 760, we granted the present petition. 344 U.S. 903. Although the issue, embedded as it is in peculiarities of Kentucky law, is now seen to be a narrow one, it appeared to us at first that there was involved a broader and more important question of the binding force of local law in federal admiralty courts administering remedies created by that law.
The maritime law does not allow recovery for wrongful death. The Harrisburg, 119 U. S. 199; Butler v. Boston & Savannah Steamship Co., 130 U. S. 527, 130 U. S. 555. In 1920, Congress adopted a Lord Campbell's Act restricted to deaths on the high seas, 41 Stat. 537 et seq., 46 U.S.C. § 761 et seq. In further alleviation of the maritime law, we have held that
"where death . . . results from a maritime tort committed on navigable waters within a state whose statutes give a right of action on account of death by wrongful act, the admiralty courts will entertain a
libel in personam for the damages sustained by those to whom such right is given."
Western Fuel Co. v. Garcia, 257 U. S. 233, 257 U. S. 242. Like the Garcia suit, the present libel was brought under a State wrongful death statute. Ky.Rev.Stat. 1946, § 411.130. As we held in Garcia, a time limitation deemed attached to the right of action created by the State is binding in the federal forum. The Harrisburg, supra, at 119 U. S. 214. Similarly, when the statute, as it does in this case, vests the right of action in "the personal representative of the decedent," it is not for the forum provided by another jurisdiction to vest the right elsewhere; such a forum must look to the local law to determine the meaning of the phrase "personal representative." But the narrow question here is whether such a forum, accepting and enforcing the limited scope given to the right by the local law which created it, must also be bound by the dubious and perhaps conflicting intimations on elegantia juris to be found in local decisions -- whether, that is, a federal court is imprisoned by procedural niceties relating to amendments of pleadings.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky heard this suit sitting in admiralty. Its jurisdiction did not derive from diversity of citizenship; indeed, there was no such diversity. Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U. S. 64, is irrelevant. The court in this case was not "in effect, only another court of the State," Guaranty Trust Co. of New York v. York, 326 U. S. 99, 326 U. S. 108. The reasons why the court heard the suit and why it deemed itself controlled by the Kentucky statute of limitations and by the Kentucky definition of "personal representative" are quite different. The District Court adopted and enforced the obligation created by the Kentucky not because it sits in Kentucky and responds to the desirability of uniformity in the administration of justice within that State. In the absence of congressional action, the court adopted
and enforced the obligation created by Kentucky as it would one originating in any foreign jurisdiction. La Bourgogne, 210 U. S. 95, 210 U. S. 138; The Hamilton, 207 U. S. 398, 207 U. S. 405. And it was bound to enforce it as it found it, but not bound, beyond that, to strive for uniformity of results in procedural niceties with the courts of the jurisdiction which originated the obligation. Even in diversity cases, when "a right is enforceable in a federal as well as in a State court," and the federal court sits as "another court of the State," we have recognized that "the forms and mode of enforcing the right may at times, naturally enough, vary because the two judicial systems are not identic." Guaranty Trust Co. of New York v. York, supra, at 326 U. S. 108. Whether, if this were a diversity case, we would consider that we are here dealing with "forms and modes" or with matters more seriously affecting the enforcement of the right, it is clear that we are not dealing with an integral part of the right created by Kentucky.
We hold that federal practice controls the question whether the administrator, holding an effective appointment under Kentucky law, should be permitted to amend his libel so as to allege that appointment at a time when the applicable statute of limitations would bar a new suit. And we hold that the administrator should be permitted to do so. Rule 23, Rules of Practice in Admiralty and Maritime Cases; cf. New York Central & H.R. R. Co. v. Kinney, 260 U. S. 340, 260 U. S. 346.

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My daughter would seriously be on Roblox or YouTube all day if I'd let her. So we came up with this list of screen time rules to combat the problem.
Here is our List – you can add to it to suit your children's needs.
What are your tips for limiting screen time during the long hot days of summer? Please leave a comment and share them!
Those are great ideas! I really like the how to lose time list LOL! Cute photo!
These are some great rule ideas. I think every family with children should implement them.


At the Friday night theater show JKT48 Team KIII 'Saka Agari' stage (22/03/2019), it was marked by the announcement of the graduation of its members. One of the JKT48 member who was in the MV of the Tsugi no Season, namely Natalia, decided to graduate from the group. Nat chose to leave for health reasons.
In her announcement at the time, Nat had considered it long time ago with family and management and had planned for the future. Before she spoke and graduate, Nat first told them about her illness.
It is known that this second generation girl of JKT48 has Sjögren's Syndrome. Immune system abnormalities that interfere with fluid-producing glands are a picture of Natalia's disease.


Three men armed with a gun robbed the 7-Eleven at 2303 Soapstone Dr. early Tuesday, Fairfax County Police said.
The suspects entered the convenience store about 2:34 a.m., displayed a gun to an employee and took cash and property, police said.
Police said the employee was not injured. The victim described the suspects as a Hispanic man, approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall, wearing a light blue jacket and dark pants; a black man, approximately 6 feet tall, wearing a gray jacket and light-colored pants; and a man of unknown race who was wearing a dark jacket, dark pants, and had his face covered.


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Then, we started to have some hefty accesses to the demo server, which also corresponded to the time we needed to have servers reflecting our clients' on-premise architectures in order to reproduce bugs. We jumped on the occasion to increase our demo capacity!
We can observe the recent performane results of the machines on this screenshot. We have a good margin of performance left, sunny all the way!
As you can see, the online demo is now running in a Kubernetes cluster, and has auto scalability enabled ! Kubernetes base itself on the notion of Pods, small Docker containers deployed in its cluster.
Regarding the CPU load the cluster is observing, our rendition pods are scaled up/down (up to a maximum, down to a minimum). As a bonus, we got a slightly better performance moving to the Cloud platform for some scenarios.
One last number: since last year's November (2016) the online demo is now receiving a consistant triple amount of traffic in April (2017)!


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Entrepreneurs and private equity firms get ready to go bargain hunting
As the shares prices of many of Australia's small and medium listed companies continue to take a battering, there are signs cashed-up entrepreneurs and private equity firms are preparing to go bargain hunting.
Melbourne-based property company Becton is one company that has received offers from as-yet unnamed companies interested in acquiring the weakened developer.
Becton's shares have slumped from around $5 in December 2007 to just 25c as a result of the credit crunch and financial crisis.
There were rumours that the company's founder and major shareholder Max Beck (who was valued at $330 million in this year's BRW Rich 200) was preparing to privatise the company, but Beck has since declared he won't be buying back his baby.
But chief executive Matthew Chun says the company is dealing with a number of local and offshore buyers who are interested in buying Becton's development and construction arm, its retirement decision and its funds management business.
Meanwhile, Sydney-based digital marketing and media group Photon is also at the centre of takeover speculation. The group, which contains almost 50 separate companies including PR agencies, marketing services businesses and web development companies, has been lashed by investors in the past 12 months as concerns about advertising spending have mounted. Photon's shares peaked at $6.73 in November 2007, but have since sunk to $1.50.
While Photon major shareholders, Reg Grundy's RG Capital and the Bailey family, have ruled out selling their holdings (which equate to around 33%) it is believed Photon is looking for a buyer for the other two thirds of the business.
The Australian has reported that several private equity firms are interested in swooping on the company.
Reports also surfaced this earlier this week that the company's chairman, media entrepreneur Tim Hughes, was considering privitising the company.
One of the last entrepreneurs to take his company private was Brett Blundy, whose fortune was valued at $316 million earlier this year. He took his retail company Brazin private in early 2007 after being disappointed at the way the company's shares were rated by the market.
Blundy's deal might provide the blueprint for a growing number of unhappy entrepreneurs in the coming months.
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Q: Local image URL syntax? I have a folder of images on my local disk. If I drag one onto the Firefox icon in my toolbar, it shows that image in browser. The URL in the address bar is:
file:///E:/%5B%20Program%20%5D/TempProject/%5B%20Win%20Project%20%5D/%5B%20Samim%20%5D/Samim_NewVersionSource/EducationalErpSolution/EducationalErp/bin/Debug/ImagesWeb/1.jpg
However, if I use that URL as the src attribute on an img element, I get a broken image.

Is there a way to get the browser to display an image coming from the local file system, and if so, what's the syntax for the URL?

A: You could base64 encode your images using one of the many free online services and include them in your html:
<img src="data:image/png;base64,[encoded data, 17288 characters]" alt="The Acme Cheese Company">

A: This works for me:

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← Traiter un client comme on aimerait être traité, et puis quoi encore?
Treat your customers as you would like to be treated? Hell no!
There is still, from my point of view, paradoxical injunctions given to people dealing with customers: they are told that we must learn to wear the customer's shoes and also to treat customers as they would like to be treated themselves. Again and according to me this can not work because it is conflicting and not sufficient.
First we have to admit that treating a client as we would like to be treated ourselves is a completely self-centered attitude. We become and remain the center of our own attention, our eyes are staring our proper needs, limited beliefs and experiences. What is expected is that each of us mirrors our own expectations.
Treat a customer as we would like to be treated is only the first but unsufficient step to get closer to the customer.The questions usually asked are :If I were in this situation myself, what would I think, what would I feel, what would I do? If this step can give you some resources and information, those are limited to your own personal experience, which may be restricted and not useful enough.
The second step is of course to exercise our ability to empathize i.e. to remain ourselves while understanding the situation of the other person. We get better at understanding a client in his context, taking a ride in his reality to better walk in his shoes. This means putting aside our own beliefs and limitations and visit the customer's experience reality.
Here the questions that may arise are the following: Depending on what I can see of his real world , what are the client's feelings, what does he think, what does he do? Although this second approach is richer and even closer to the customer than the first one, it requires not getting caught by our own reality and a robust capacity to suspend judgment . It has the advantage of allowing us to detect and begin to understand the behaviors and expectations of the clients.
To finish, here is the third step I suggest. First, abandon the exclusive use of the golden rule that is « treat the customer as you would like to be treated yourself ». I invite you instead, to apply the Platinum rule , metal often considered more valuable than gold. With this rule you are asked to treat the customer as he would like to be treated. Based on the criteria that represent a good experience for him, the questions to be asked to the customer are: what does the customer want to feel, what does he want to think, what does he wants to do.
We see here that the challenge to serve and understand the customer is primarily to take awareness of what is a factor of success according to him. Note that the success is not measured by the brand standards .To illustrate this 80% of companies think they provide a positive experience to their customers and only 8% of those same customers do agree. Mind the gap!
Capturing and respecting the voice of the customer in its essence ( feedback, expectations, desired experience) is key to reduce this gap. That depends on the ability of the staff to put the customer at the heart of their attentions, provided the company C level leaders know how to show the way.


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Authorities Shocked by Epstein's "Temple" on Creepy Pedo Island
Authorities have discovered a sort of "temple" on infamous creep Jeffrey Epstein and his private island.
According to sources at NBC, the structure known as the "temple" was constructed via submitted plans to the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Resources but it's not even remotely the same building. It's adorned with gold-painted statues and allegedly involves several conspiracy theories.
It's hard to believe this creep managed to get away with his dirty deeds for so long. Ultimately, however, I hope that he has some major dirt on the left-leaning deep state.
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At least one alleged victim, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, has claimed she was abused on the island while still a minor. In a 2015 lawsuit, she claims that she had been forced to participate in "an orgy with numerous other under-aged girls" and to have sexual relations with Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, according to the Guardian.
It is unclear whether Epstein and his guests used the "temple" as a site to abuse minors. In the plans submitted to the Department of Planning and Resources in 2010, the building was going to act as a pavilion housing a grand piano, according to NBC. Epstein has been described by friends as a talented pianist.
However, the building is located on the southwest corner of Little St. James, far from any other structures, and questions remain why Epstein would build a music room in such a remote part of the island, according to Business Insider.
"It's styled like what you might see on a castle, with what appears to be a reinforcing lock bar across the face," contractor James Booth told Business Insider. "What makes it peculiar is that if you wanted to keep people out, the bar would be placed inside the building, [but the] locking bar appears to be placed on the outside … as if it were intended to lock people in."
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Long before pet birds and parrots learn human words, they communicate to us with body language. Like vocalizations, this comes naturally to parrots. Not only do they show moods, emotions and forthcoming behavior with the way they use their bodies — especially their feathers — parrots also learn to read human intentions by observing human postures. It's not unusual for pet birds to know more about what their people say with their bodies than their people know about what the birds are saying with theirs.
Many parrots know that humans have a dominant hand — a hand we use more and are more adept with — before people notice that the bird has a dominant foot. For example, if the bird refuses to step onto a human's hand or shows insecurity in doing so, sometimes the bird is exhibiting a preference to step up only onto a dominant hand.
This may be because a pet bird that steps up only to a right hand knows that a right-handed human's left hand is less stable, and it will prefer to step up only onto a right hand because that hand doesn't wobble as the bird is lifted. Or maybe the bird knows that a right-handed human will try to pet it with the right hand, and it doesn't want to be pet.
In most of the cases I've seen in which a bird exhibits a preference for stepping up onto a particular hand, it is balking consistently at a left hand and stepping up dependably to a right hand. In more than eight out of 10 of these cases, the human reporting the bird's behavior is right-hand dominant.
Parrots show us how they are feeling and what they are going to do by using their bodies in different ways. Generally, a parrot with an upright stance and smooth feathers is wary or frightened. Loose, ruffly feathers generally indicate happiness. A bird sitting on one foot with feathers puffed out might not feel well or might just be sleeping in a cool room. A bird that has all feathers sticking as far out as possible, tail flared, with shoulders or wings held out from the body may be courting or getting ready to fight.
Most parrots give at least three clues if they intend to bite (lories are the exception here). First, the bird will look at what it is going to bite; it will open its beak; and it will either spread its legs apart for a firmer grip on the perch (in the case of a larger bird) or it will charge that which it is going to bite (in the case of a smaller bird).
It's up to the human(s) interacting with the bird to prevent the bite when these signs appear. This might involve not putting a hand or body part within range of the bird's bite, putting the bird down or making sure something else, such as a wooden toy, is between the bird's beak and what it intends to bite.
A parrot that feels good will signal its health and happiness with its body. That might mean stretching as though it were doing Tai Chi, where the bird slowly extends one wing and one leg on the same side of the body, returns it to position, and then extends the other wing and leg on the other side of the body. It might stretch its wings up or out, maybe even returning them to their place against its back in a ritualistic, dance-like motion.
The parrot behavior of rapidly wagging the tail back and forth may be a remnant of something it felt when shaking water off its tail. The bird might be using it to express the sentiment that a happy occurrence has just passed and that it's ready for another adventure.
If a bird has been meeting new people and there is concern that the people have been too forceful in their handling (this includes early Step-up training for a new or previously unhandled bird), then returning the bird to its perch and counting tail wags can give a good idea of whether or not the bird enjoyed the interactions.
If the bird wags its tail almost immediately after being put back on its perch, the new interactions were probably not too forceful. But if the bird does not wag its tail for several minutes or doesn't wag its tail at all, nor puffs out its feathers or displays any happiness behaviors after being put down, then it is telling us that it should be handled in more passive ways in the future.
Some happy birds, especially cockatoos, wiggle their tongues or move their beaks up and down when they see someone or something they like. A happy, contented cockatoo might signal a desire to be petted by fanning the facial feathers over the beak and lowering its head to request petting. A happy, healthy Amazon parrot or macaw might signal an invitation to pet by turning the head upside down, exposing the jaw.
No matter which happiness behaviors we see — solicitations to be petted, beak chattering, tongue wiggling, stretches, tail wags or puff outs — if we are generally seeing more of them every day, then we can be assured that the bird's training and adjustment are on a positive path.
Eye movement wherein the iris (colored part of the eye) grows larger and the pupil (the black center of the eye) is quickly made smaller is called "pinpointing" or "flashing." This is a sign of motivation and might be a sign of motivation to talk, to court or to bite.
Likewise, strutting around with feathers flared, combined with pinpoint, sometimes with wing flipping (quickly twitching the wing tightly against the body), solicitation (body flattened, wings slightly out, trembling, or shifting the weight from one foot to the other) are clearly signs of breeding-related stimulation. A parrot strutting around in courtship mode is more likely to be aggressive than peaceful if it encounters human hands or other intrusive body parts.
Some parrots, especially mature cockatoos, Amazon parrots and African grey parrots, might learn to amuse themselves by playing tricks on humans with their body language. Such birds might give outward signs of friendliness and solicitation, then bite when they are approached with fingers. This can be very uncomfortable to the humans who got a big welcome and then are slashed and bleeding. If a person who knows that a bird does this warns you, take their word for it — some cockatoos can lie with their body language as adeptly as a faithless lover can lie with words.
Macaws, even very friendly ones, may enjoy fake "stabbing" when they meet new people even though they have no intention to bite. They do this apparently because they like to test people and see whether they will jump away.
A bird settling in for the night or for a nap, will stand on one foot, with the other foot pulled up inside its feathers, may fluff facial feathers over the beak (if it is a cockatoo), close or slightly close the eyes and grind its beak. This is a sign of contentment and, since birds are better behaved in all areas if they have enough rest, humans are best advised to allow their birds to rest — leave a resting bird in peace.


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Board Member Publishes New Book
Adirondack Sky Center board member David Aguilar has published a new children's book entitled "Seven Wonders of the Milky Way".
David Aguilar is former Director of Science Information at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and the creator of many other books, such as Cosmic Catastrophes and Seven Wonders of the Solar System. His newest offering takes you on a unique space journey through the Milky Way.
You can find out more about David's activities and other books at his website: davidaguilar.org
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What Do Central Banks Do?
Why Interest Rates Matter to FX
Interest rates are so vital to the working of an economy that in most countries, this responsibility is given to the central bank. The central bank hopefully acts independently and without a political motive. What does it mean when the central bank sets the interest rate and how does this affect a currency?
This is how interest rates work © forexop
The goals of a central bank are: To control inflation, to keep the economy healthy and stable, and in some cases, managing the foreign exchange rate.
In most countries the official bank rate, the one that is set by the central bank, refers to what's called the overnight lending rate.
This is a target interest rate for short-term funding. In setting this rate, the central bank influences the basic cost of money in the wider economy.
This rate ripples through to everything from bonds and mortgages to credit cards.
The central bank's communication with the markets is by far the most powerful tool it has.
Keep in mind that central banks influence rates – they can't enforce them. While a central bank can set a target interest rate for their currency, market forces will decide the actual rates lenders and borrowers will use in a free and open market. The target rate and the market rate can be different, especially in the case of a distressed economy.
Although they cannot enforce an interest rate, central banks have some pretty powerful levers that they can pull:
Controlling the amount of money in circulation
Buying and selling securities in the open market to alter money supply
Adjusting the bank rate – the interest rate at which banks can borrow from the central bank.
Setting the rates on the compulsory reserves balances that banks and lending organizations have to deposit with the central bank
In the U.S. the Federal Reserve sets the rate at which banks can lend and borrow with each other against their reserve balance. This is the fed funds rate.
The above measures strongly influence the real rates at which banks can lend and borrow on a daily basis. This means an official interest rate change will cascade through the market. With the above tools at their disposal, the central banks have considerable powers. This is why for most major currencies, the policy statement itself is enough to price rates into the market before the measure even take effect. In this way, the central bank's communication with the markets is by far the most powerful tool.
When lowering interest rates is not enough, central banks may use other methods like quantitative easing.
What happens when central banks lower interest rates close to zero and it still isn't enough to speed up the economy? When lowering interest rates is not enough, central banks may use other methods like quantitative easing. Quantitative easing, or QE is simply a way that the central bank tries to lower interest rates by intervening directly in the market. This is usually done by buying government debt.
Asset purchasing programs pump money into the financial system and so make money cheaper and more plentiful. In other words, it lowers yields (the cost to borrowers) and adds liquidity (buyers) to markets and the banking system as a whole.
Just like printing money, it stimulates the economy but eventually it devalues a currency. It also devalues debt owed to foreign creditors and so can be used to reduce trade deficits and sovereign debt.
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He resumes charters on Lake Champlain in April 2019.
Many 2019 dates are already booked. Be sure to call in advance to reserve prime dates!
The salmon and lake trout bite kicks in in early April.
and troll for salmon again in late fall.
Trophy pike fishing is prime in April, early May and again in September!
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On 21 - 23 November 2013 another "Anatomical Dissection and Grafting Procedures on Human Specimens" course is again being held at the CMF INSTITUTE VIENNA.
This three-day course is designed for surgically active colleagues who want to enhance their experience in GBR and grafting/bone harvesting techniques. Comprehensive information about human cranial and oral anatomy is given in a theoretical session on the first morning.


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The Bar Association offers legal assistance to people in need of help. Our schemes reflect the strongly held view of the bar that a person's rights and access to justice should not be diminished because they have little or no money.
Legal Assistance Referral Scheme (LARS)
The Bar Association's Legal Assistance Referral Scheme (LARS) tries to match your request for legal assistance with a barrister or mediator who may be able to give advice, appear for you or settle your legal issue.
We consider your application carefully before deciding whether or not we can give you any legal assistance.
Duty Barrister Schemes
The Duty Barrister Schemes are an initiative of the New South Wales Bar Association. It was introduced to particular local courts to help people who cannot afford a lawyer, who do not qualify for legal aid and who have a matter before the court on the day. If you need legal advice and want a lawyer to argue your case in court, then a duty barrister can help you.
Law Access NSW
New South Wales has a free 'one stop shop' to legal services and assistance called LawAccess NSW. The Bar Association is one of the founding partners in the initiative, together with the NSW Attorney General's Department, the NSW Legal Aid Commission and the Law Society of NSW.
It helps customers to find the information and services that are best able to assist with legal problems and questions. LawAccess NSW is available to all NSW residents but is particularly aimed at people who have difficulty accessing traditional community and government legal services such as people in regional and isolated areas and people with disabilities.
Court pro bono schemes
A number of courts provide court-appointed legal assistance schemes, which operate on the basis that referrals are made by the court if to do so is in the interests of the administration of justice. The Bar Association is not involved in these referrals but provides to these courts a list of barristers who have offered to assist.
The Federal Court Rules set out the procedures governing court appointed referrals for legal assistance. The central aspects of the scheme are embodied in Order 80 of the Federal Court Rules.
Part 12 of the Federal Magistrates Court Rules establishes a scheme to facilitate the provision of legal assistance to parties who are otherwise unable to obtain assistance where the court determines it is in the best interests of the administration of justice to do so.
Supreme Court of NSW
The Supreme Court of New South Wales operates a scheme to facilitate the provision of legal assistance in appropriate cases where the court determines it is in the administration of justice to do so. The central aspects of the scheme are embodied in Part 7, Division 9 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005.
District Court of NSW
The District Court of New South Wales operates a scheme to facilitate the provision of legal assistance in appropriate cases where the court determines it is the administration of justice to do so. The central aspects of the scheme are embodied in Part 7, Division 9 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005.


The Parents & Kids Camp takes place twice a year, over Easter and between Christmas and New Year's. It's an opportunity for you and your kids up to the age of 12 to join our community for several days.
Through creativity, play, music, theater, beach walks and outings we'll create a space where you can enjoy spending time with your children and meet other families. For the adults we will have sharings and sessions where you will be able to support each other as parents.
The food will be a healthy vegetarian diet plus some extra goodies for the kids. We speak English at the Humaniversity, but we often have families who speak a range of other languages. The leader of the camp is Mariangela, a Humaniversity therapist who worked for many years as a teacher in Italy.


#SERVEday18 a day to show the love of Christ in a tangible way by serving our community. Individuals, Connect Groups and Ministries can serve C4's Local Partners or plan a serving opportunity on their own. Project Idea List available.
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County Issues \ 2021 \ February 26 \ Week in Review: A Digest of What Happened This Week at the Capitol
Week in Review: A Digest of What Happened This Week at the Capitol
Delays caused by the Feb. 13-17 winter storm, unofficially known as Winter Storm Uri, continue in Austin. The House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, although the Appropriations Subcommittees will meet Monday through Thursday during the first week of the month.
The Senate will return at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2. The Senate Finance Committee will also meet Monday through Thursday, March 1-4.
Senate Redistricting canceled hearings scheduled for Friday, Feb. 26 and Saturday, Feb. 27. Both meetings would have taken place at the Capitol.
Lieutenant Governor Announces his Priorities for the Session
On Feb. 23, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick revealed his top priorities for the 87th Legislature. The list included 31 bills on subjects ranging from abortion to redistricting. As expected after last week's storm, reforming the Electric Reliability Council of Texas and power grid stability appears high on the list – just after the state budget. For the full list of the priority bills, most of which have not yet been filed, see his press release.
House State Affairs and Energy Resources Joint Hearing on Power and Water Outages
The House Committees on State Affairs and Energy Resources held a joint public hearing to consider the factors that led to statewide electrical blackouts during the last week's storm; the response by industry, suppliers, and grid operators; and changes necessary to avoid future power interruptions.
Testimony from industry leaders discussed their processes for disaster preparation including winterization of facilities, communication with the public and the Legislature, and recovery. The 15-hour discussion began with the first panel of energy leaders fielding questions for four and a half hours followed with other testimony late into the evening. The consistent tone of the discussion was that there are many flaws in the system and all involved should be willing to come to the table and bring solutions. Added as an emergency item by Gov. Greg Abbott, discussions will continue throughout session.
Senate Business and Commerce Hearing on Power and Water Outages
The Senate Committee on Business & Commerce met on Thursday, Feb. 25 to hear reports from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the Public Utility Commission, and the Railroad Commission, among a total of 30 invited witnesses representing the broad group of stakeholders responsible for supplying, maintaining, distributing, and operating Texas' electric, gas, and water systems. On the heels of 4.5 million Texans losing power, interest in the committee's investigatory hearing extended beyond its membership into the ranks of the full Senate.
Chairman Kelly Hancock (R-Richardson) accommodated that broader interest by moving the hearing to the Senate chamber and allowing participation by all senators. The hearing stretched far past its scheduled 5 p.m. adjournment, until recessing in the evening to reconvene again on Friday, Feb. 26. The exchanges were spirited at times, as complex subject matter, differing opinions, conflicting testimony, and frustration at the scope of the disaster collided. With data still being collected and analyzed, policymakers will not have all the information needed for some time.
Gov. Abbott designated response to this disaster as an emergency item and has indicated he will call the legislature into special session as needed.
Disaster Relief for Counties
On Feb 26, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) added 18 more Texas counties to President Joe Biden's Major Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance. Earlier this month, Gov. Greg Abbott requested a Major Disaster Declaration for all 254 counties. FEMA initially approved 77 counties for individual assistance and granted emergency protective measures for all 254 counties. A few days later, FEMA approved individual assistance for an additional 31 counties.
Abbott has urged Texans to fill out the Individual Assistance – State of Texas Assessment Tool found on the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) website so emergency management officials can gain more understanding of the damage across the state. For residents with limited or no internet access, a call center has been launched to assist in completing the State of Texas Assessment Tool. Texans can call 844-844-3089 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. seven days a week to submit their disaster damage information.
Additionally, Gov. Abbott has waived certain regulations to enable trucks from the alcohol industry to deliver necessities to grocery stores. Also waived are certain education regulations for certain registered and qualified plumber's apprentices, as well as additional licensees to assist with repairs to water damaged pipes across the state.
Full details can be found on the Office of the Texas Governor news page.
On Feb. 11, the Texas Supreme Court issued the 35th Emergency Order Regarding The COVID-19 State of Disaster. This order renews the Texas Eviction Diversion Program which was first established through their 27th Emergency Order. The Office of Court Administration states, "The order allows an eviction proceeding to be abated by agreement for 60 days, requires courts to provide tenants with information about the program, and makes court records for participants confidential while eviction cases are delayed. The order also outlines procedure for reinstating evictions."
As of Feb. 15, the diversion program is available to all counties. In addition to renewing the previous order, the 35th Emergency Order also centralizes administration of the program in the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA).
Landlords and tenants are able to apply for help with unpaid or future rent; however, both must sign the application. To qualify for help paying rent or utilities, households must make no more than 80% of the area's median income as determined by TDHCA. Priority will be given to households if they make less than 50% of an area's median income or if at least one household member has been unemployed for 90 days or longer.
TDHCA has opened applications, and they will remain open until all available funds have been committed. More information is available here, including median income by county and household size.
Hotline for Public Water Systems
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has implemented a dedicated hotline to assist Public Water Systems (PWS) locate laboratories for bacteriological samples required to rescind their Boil Water Notices.
In the event a PWS is unable to engage their commonly used laboratory (or back-up laboratory) to run bacteriological samples, please contact TCEQ at 1-855-685-8237 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. TCEQ staff will assist PWSes in identifying and locating laboratories in their area to conduct this bacteriological sampling.
TCEQ will assist in locating a laboratory, but the PWS is responsible for all sampling and transportation costs.


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I have only limited access to our teradata server. When I try to set up the connection to make a strongly typed dataset it gives me an error when testing the connection that says I don't have select access to DBC.DBCInfo. If I use the ODBC driver instead it is able to at least set me up with a connection, but I'd like to figure out how to get the .net teradata driver to work in the designer, any ideas?
You will need SELECT privileges for DBC.DbcInfo view. Furthermore you will need SELECT privileges for Data Dictionary views like TablesX, ColumnsX.
Alternatively you can upgrade to .NET Data Provider for Teradata version 12.0. It does not depend on CLI and does not require SELECT privileges for DBC.DbcInfo. But you still need SELECT privileges for Data Dictionary views to create a typed DataSet.
it seems if I use the ODBC driver instead of the .net teradata native driver, it was allowing me to set a connection string, and input a query to build a strongly typed dataset, but the query I tried had a not like '@%' which .net did not like because it assumed the @ was for a parameter. I am not familiar with this construct so I don't know how to work around it.
is that .net teradata version you recommended the newest or a specific older version? 12.0 I believe it was.
also how can I tell if I have SELECT privileges for Data Dictionary views?
Version 12.0 is latest version; but check your Database version first. Version 12.0 connects to Teradata Database 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 12.0. It does not connect to Teradata database version 5.1 or earlier.
Server Explorer in Visual Studio 2005 displays the objects you have access; it will execute queries against Data Dictionary view. So, install the Provider and try to use Visual Studio Server Explorer.
Data Dictionary has DBC.AllRights view; I usually use this view to check my access rights.
I don't have select rights to either of those, any other way to check my version?
Do you have access to BTEQ?
Also, you can try DBC.AllRightsX. See "Data Dictionary" manual for additional information. You can download it from www.info.teradata.com.


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Q: I am unable build up a query in Solr I am trying to form a query in solr for data import but could not able to do so.
I need to form the below query:
http://salsa23q-XXX-08.XXX.XXX.com:8080/solr/#/geoloc_replica1/dataimport/?command=full-import&clean=true
The code I am trying:
public class SolrJDB
{
    public static String url = "http://salsa23q-XXX-08.XXX.XXX.com:8080/solr:8080/solr";
    public static SolrServer localserver;
    public static CloudSolrServer cloudserver;// = new CloudSolrServer("url");
    public static SolrQuery que;
    public static SolrInputDocument doc;
    public static SolrDocumentList list;
    public static QueryResponse response;

    public static String serverurl = "http://salsa23q-XXX-08.XXX.XXX.com:8080/solr";

public static void main(String[] args) throws MalformedURLException, SQLException, SolrServerException {
        try{
            System.out.println("+++++++++++++      Starting here       +++++++++++++++++++++");
            //Cloud Server
            String url = "salsa23q-XXX-08.XXX.XXX.com:8080/solr";
            cloudserver = new CloudSolrServer(url);
            SolrQuery parameters = new SolrQuery();
            parameters.set("qt","/geoloc_replica1");
            parameters.set("qt","//dataimport");
            parameters.set("command","full-import");
            System.out.println("Query to be Executed ============"+parameters.toString());
            QueryResponse response = cloudserver.query(parameters);
            SolrDocumentList list = response.getResults();
        }
        catch(SolrServerException e){
            System.out.println(e.toString());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch(Exception e){
            System.out.println(e.toString());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

I am getting following error:

    org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServerException: Error executing query
        at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.QueryRequest.process(QueryRequest.java:98)
        at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServer.query(SolrServer.java:301)
        at SolrJDB.main(SolrJDB.java:37)
    Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException
        at org.apache.solr.common.cloud.SolrZkClient.<init>(SolrZkClient.java:115)
        at org.apache.solr.common.cloud.SolrZkClient.<init>(SolrZkClient.java:83)
        at org.apache.solr.common.cloud.ZkStateReader.<init>(ZkStateReader.java:138)
        at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.CloudSolrServer.connect(CloudSolrServer.java:140)
        at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.CloudSolrServer.request(CloudSolrServer.java:165)
        at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.QueryRequest.process(QueryRequest.java:90)
        ... 2 more

A: You are mixing up things in your code. You want to perform a request to run a DataImportHandler. But you are constructing a SolrQuery. The latter represents a search request.
What you need to run a DataImportHandler via the Java API is an UpdateRequest.
public int runDataImportHandler() throws Exception {

    // fill in the parameters you want to run your import with
    ModifiableSolrParams tmpParams = new ModifiableSolrParams();
    tmpParams.set("command", "full-import");
    tmpParams.set("clean", true);
    tmpParams.set("commit", true);
    tmpParams.set("optimize", true);

    // create the update request
    UpdateRequest tmpRequest = new UpdateRequest("/dataimport");
    tmpRequest.setParams(tmpParams);

    SolrServer tmpServer = getServer();
    tmpRequest.process(tmpServer);

    ModifiableSolrParams tmpStatusParams = new ModifiableSolrParams();
    tmpStatusParams.set("command", "status");
    String tmpStatus = "busy";
    int tmpProcessed = 0;
    do {
        System.out.println("waiting for import to finish, status was " + tmpStatus);
        Thread.sleep(500);

        UpdateRequest tmpStatusRequest = new UpdateRequest("/dataimport");
        tmpStatusRequest.setParams(tmpStatusParams);
        UpdateResponse tmpStatusResponse = tmpStatusRequest.process(tmpServer);
        tmpStatus = tmpStatusResponse.getResponse().get("status").toString();

        Map tmpMessages = (Map) tmpStatusResponse.getResponse().get("statusMessages");
        System.out.println("import status is " + tmpStatus);
        if (tmpMessages.get("Total Documents Processed") != null) {
            tmpProcessed = Integer.valueOf(tmpMessages.get("Total Documents Processed").toString());
        }
    } while ("busy".equals(tmpStatus));

    System.out.println("import done");

    return tmpProcessed;
}

A: As I can see your code the exception is related to how CloudSolrServer instance is created :-
To make instance of CloudSolrServer you need to have Solr in Cloud mode and the URL used here will be zookeeper address. CloudSolrServer creates zkStateReader which gets live nodes and collection from which it query.
Following is the exact way how you would be creating the code for dataimport:-
  public static void main(String[] args) throws SolrServerException, IOException {

    ModifiableSolrParams params = new ModifiableSolrParams();
    params.set(UpdateParams.COLLECTION, "collection1");
    params.set(CommonParams.QT, "/dataimport");
    params.set("command", "full-import");
    params.set("claen", true);
    params.set(UpdateParams.COMMIT, true);
    params.set(UpdateParams.OPTIMIZE, true);
    String url = "localhost:9983"; /*Zookeeper Address*/
    CloudSolrServer cloudserver = new CloudSolrServer(url, true);
    cloudserver.setDefaultCollection("test");/*This is necessary in case if you are not specifying any collection name in dataimport*/
    cloudserver.query(params);
}


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