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Evidence-supported standard-setting
Research opportunities for academics
The International Accounting Standards Board (Board) uses evidence to support its standard-setting decisions. Evidence-supported decision-making gives the Board confidence that it is making appropriate decisions. It also allows those affected by the decisions to see that the Board has demonstrable evidence that is consistent with, or supports, the conclusions reached by the Board, thereby enhancing the credibility of those conclusions.
The Board seeks evidence at all stages in the development of a Standard, from initiation of a project in the research programme through to post-implementation reviews of major new Standards. The IFRS Interpretations Committee (Interpretations Committee) also considers evidence of diversity in the practice to help it assess the extent, and economic significance, of the diversity.
We have a broad definition of evidence. It includes:
responses to consultative documents;
fieldwork such as assessing systems changes or the hypothetical application of a proposed new financial reporting requirement;
empirical analysis from studies of reported accounting data, share price relationships and analysts' forecasts;
the results of experimental studies;
analytical modelling; and
collecting and analysing views from surveys.
Some types of evidence arise from work initiated by the Board, for example responses to consultative documents. Other types of evidence arise from independent research, for example existing academic research. The Board also aims to encourage new research that will be useful in its standard-setting process (see the research opportunities section).
Good quality research can help the International Accounting Standards Board (Board) develop Standards for general purpose financial reporting. To help increase the pool of relevant and timely research prepared by independent researchers, such as academics, the Board has developed a number of initiatives.
IASB Research Forum
The Board holds an annual research forum in conjunction with an academic journal. The objectives are to promote high-quality research on topics of interest to the IASB and provide a forum for discussion between academic and professional accountants.
Find out about the 2019 Research Forum held in conjunction with the Journal of International Accounting Research 28–29 October 2019 in Short Hills, New Jersey, US.
Details of previous Research Forums can be found here:
2018 Research Forum, Sydney, Australia
2017 Research Forum, Brussels, Belgium
2016 Research Forum, Waterloo, Canada
2015 Research Forum, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
2014 Research Forum, Oxford, UK
Literature review for PIRs
The Board often asks academics for academic literature reviews as part of its post-implementation reviews (PIRs). Find out more about research for past PIRs and further details on current PIRs.
Research for Accounting Standards Advisory Forum (ASAF)
Members of ASAF develop papers on topics of interest for discussion at ASAF meetings.
Funding for research
The Board cannot provide funding for individual research. However, the following external sources offer funding for research relevant to the Board.
ACCA insights
ACCA runs a comprehensive programme of research, including IFRS studies, for which relevant funding is available.
View our professional insights hub at www.accaglobal.com/insights
ANC research opportunities
One of the key mission of ANC, the French Standards Setter, is to encourage proactive research in accounting. Accordingly, ANC issues calls for projects in the spring of each year on issues deemed to be important.
For further details go to www.anc.gouv.fr/cms/sites/anc/accueil/recherche/appels-a-projets.html
IAAER-KPMG research opportunities
This ongoing joint IAAER-KPMG project to encourage and fund research to inform the Board's standard setting process has, so far, funded five rounds of proposals with a sixth round currently underway. Those who receive research funding will also receive multiple rounds of feedback from an advisory committee of established researchers and from Board and staff.
For further details go to www.iaaer.org/pages/kpmg_iasb.
ICAEW research funding
Funding is available from the ICAEW's charitable trusts to support academic research of relevance to the accountancy profession and the wider business community.
For further details go to www.icaew.com/academic.
ICAS research opportunities
The ICAS Research Centre provides research funding for policy-relevant impactful research.
For further details go to www.icas.com/technical-resources/icas-launches-discussion-paper-and-call-for-research.
If your organisation provides funding for research relevant to the Board, or you have put out a call for papers on relevant research and would like it to be listed here, please contact us.
Calls for papers on relevant research
Calls for papers on research relevant to the Board can be found here.


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The Division of Immunotherapy focuses on immunotherapy for cancer, immunological diseases and viral infection. Researchers have leveraged new concepts of immunotherapy for vaccine development and treatment of sequela associated with either viral infection or clinical treatment of the infections and cancer.
Members in the Division have a long-tradition of academic excellence in pioneering concept of immune recognition and in translating them into drug development programs with potentially transformative impact for patient care.
In immunological diseases, the Division's fundamental investigations on mechanism of self-non-self discrimination and linkage between innate and adaptive immune response have led to a novel clinical stage immunotherapeutic with the potential to reduce devastating consequences of graft vs. host diseases while preserving the beneficial graft vs. leukemia effect in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
In cancer immunotherapy, the Division's investigation into mechanism of cancer therapeutic effect vs. autoimmune adverse effect leads to new generation of immunotherapeutic antibodies that preserve therapeutic effect with minimal adverse effect.
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The ruins of Carthage are scattered over quite an area, not far outside of Tunis, in fact a 10 Dinar (about $5 Cdn.)taxi ride will take you there from central Tunis. Once there, if you're energetic and like to walk you can access the sites this way, or if it's very hot weather, there are many taxi drivers in the vicinity who will gladly guide you around and wait for you as you visit the sites.
A bit about Carthage. It was founded by the Phoenicians in 814 BC. The Phoenicians were from the area of present day Lebanon and were very skilled sailors throughout the Mediterranean Sea. The history of Carthage is a complex one with many civilizations leaving their mark on this famous and ancient city. After the Phoenicians, the Romans, Vandals (a Germanic tribe), the Byzantines and Arabs all took turns dominating the area. This wasn't the end of wars and various cultures and countries dominating what became Tunisia the country, but it did gain independence form the French in 1956.
Following are photos of some of the most compelling remains of ancient Carthage.
On Byrsa Hill, visitors will find the remains of Phoenician Villas, many Roman statues, the St. Louis Cathedral and the Carthage Museum. See also a view of modern Carthage.
The Antonine Baths, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were built by the Romans (Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius) in the second century and they were once the largest in Africa. They were destroyed by the Vandals in AD 439.
Roman Amphitheatre: It was built in the mid 2nd century AD and could hold 10,000 spectators. It was one of the largest in the Roman Empire.


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Nursine Jackson MSN, RN is a Cardiovascular Clinical Specialist and adjunct faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, and she is a Legal Nurse Consultant. Ms. Jackson brings a strong foundation of nursing knowledge and experience to her legal work....MoreNursine Jackson MSN, RN is a Cardiovascular Clinical Specialist and adjunct faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, and she is a Legal Nurse Consultant. Ms. Jackson brings a strong foundation of nursing knowledge and experience to her legal work. She is a 1977 BSN and a 1983 MSN graduate of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Nursing. She has been a critical care nurse in a variety of clinical settings, and has also been a nurse educator, a researcher, a cardiac surgery nurse and a vascular surgery clinical coordinator.
Since the mid 1990's, her full-time professional focus has been on advocating for victims of medical negligence, lecturing to medical professionals on how to deliver safer patient case and supporting Plaintiffs' attorneys.
Navigating electronic records has added another dimension of challenge and intrigue to developing legal cases. In the course of her legal work in multiple states, handling hundreds of different patient's records in many different formats, Ms Jackson was forced to develop methods to obtain, then manage these records and audit trails, in order to make them accessible and useful to the legal team.
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FHWA Will Re-Test Highway Guardrail System Suspected In Deaths
Aileen Cho
Vowing that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will "leave no stone unturned in getting to the bottom of this issue," agency acting administrator Gregory Nadeau told reporters Nov. 12 that re-testing of the ET-Plus 4-in.-wide guardrail end device manufactured by Trinity Products will commence the week of Nov. 17 at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas.
The FHWA will determine by early 2015 whether the 4-in. version will "pass" or "fail." If the latter, it will no longer be eligible for federal aid reimbursement, Nadeau. However, officials would not speculate on whether the FHWA would reimburse state departments of Transportation for any removal of existing installed products. The FHWA provided a preliminary rough estimate of about 200,000 installations throughout the nation. More than half of all state DOTs have suspended use of the product.
The San Antonio testing facility did not participate in the previous testing of the product in 2005 and 2010. Technical experts at the FHWA, representatives of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and members of state DOTs are invited to attend the process. "The series of tests are meant to represent the worst practical conditions on the highway system," said Jeff Panioti, FHWA executive director.
When asked whether media would be allowed to observe, Nadeau stated that it was up to the testing facility staff. He added: " We have said to Trinity we want to be as transparent as possible, and encourage them to do the same."
FHWA's other efforts are as follows, as listed on its website:
• Analyzed 2005 crash testing results by Texas Transportation Institute;
• Examined two additional ET-Plus crash tests conducted in 2010;
• Reviewed results from a 2012 AASHTO survey – performed at the U.S. Dept. of Transportation's request – of all state DOTs about performance of w-beam end terminals (ET-Plus is included in that category). If a state DOT had concerns with any of those types of terminals they were asked to identify which terminal. The results of that survey were that no state DOT identified performance or safety issues with the ET-Plus;
• Reviewed results of a 2014 AASHTO survey on ET-Plus to members of its Subcommittee on Design (48 States, PR & DC). Of the 33 States that responded, only Missouri noted specific concerns with the ET-Plus, which was shared with FHWA in October. That material is now under review;
• Reviewing the results of an October 29, 2014, study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham on "Relative Comparison of NCHRP 350 Accepted W-Beam Guardrail End Terminals."
FHWA is also:
1. Analyzing responses to an October 2014 request to all State DOTs for all information they may have on crashes involving the ET-Plus on their roads;
2. FHWA's analysis of the National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Study data compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. From that study's database FHWA identified 14 crashes involving the ET-Plus four-inch end terminal; and the available evidence did not indicate a performance issue with the device in any of these cases;
3. Analyzing guardrail end terminal crash data provided by the Missouri Dept. of Transportation; and
4. Evaluating other data sources (Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Highway Safety Information System, and Strategic Highway Research Program Safety Database) that may provide insights on the performance of the ET-Plus in the field.
Nadeau said that while Trinity had not informed the agency of the change from 5 inches to 4 inches in the 2005 testing process, the 4-in. model had nevertheless been tested and deemed safe. In response to multiple questions about the FHWA not being aware of the design change, he added, "We are always taking a look at our internal processes."
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Ex-Ukrainian ambassador to Israel named director of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy
Gennady Nadolenko, ambassador of Ukraine to Israel of 10 years, was officially appointed to his new post on November 25 by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba.
Speaking during the introduction meeting, the Minister pointed out that the Academy remains an important part of the Foreign Ministry not only as a training ground for high-caliber diplomats, but also as an integral part of Ukraine's intellectual landscape, and a center of gravity for events and discussions.
Gennady Nadolenko assured that the Academy will continue to provide quality education for the Ukrainian diplomatic corps. According to the newly appointed director, the key development areas for the institution will include digitalization, promotion of economic and energy diplomacy, bilateral cooperation, and public diplomacy.
The team of the Israeli-Ukrainian Alliance thanks Gennady Nadolenko for the years of fruitful cooperation and congratulates on the new and important appointment.


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Saturday, 27. November 2021, 7.00 pm
Munich, Isarphilharmonie
Introduction 5.45 pm
Due to the new stricter Corona regulations in Bavaria, cultural events are only allowed to have a maximum capacity of 25 percent. The concert will therefore take place in front of a significantly reduced hall audience of 450 instead of the actually possible 1,800 people. Since the concert was almost sold out, we have decided to proceed as follows: All tickets already purchased will be cancelled and the concert went on sale again on November 24, with a 25% capacity. Due to time constraints, tickets can only be booked online.
Simon Rattle, Conductor
On 15 January 2020 the BRSO played a Mahler symphony for the last time before the onset of the pandemic: the "Resurrection" Symphony, in memory of Mariss Jansons. No one could have guessed that Mahler and Bruckner, two pillars of the repertoire, would soon vanish from concert programmes for almost two years. So it is a special sign of hope that the orchestra is finally bringing Mahler symphonies to life again. After the fourth symphony in October under the dircetion of Klaus Mäkelä, the future principal conductor Simon Rattle now conducts the ninth symphony with its nimbus between bold anticipation of modernism and late romantic swan song. For the BRSO, this is at the same time a departure into a new chapter of its Mahler performances, because with Simon Rattle, no less a fervent Mahler aficionado is at the helm of the orchestra as his predecessors Jansons, Maazel and Kubelík once were.
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Added Tags for Event Calendars: You can now select custom event fields to be displayed as tags on event calendars. Tags can be used to highlight event information so that invitees can find specific events easily.
Added No-Registration and Closed Events to the Event Calendar: You can now display these event types on your event calendars.
Made Event Calendars Global: You can now display events in languages other than the calendar language.
Added Image Slideshow on Event Calendar: You can now showcase your important events by adding an image slideshow.
Update to Duplicating Event Calendars: Duplicating a calendar now copies the last published version of the calendar website.
Added the "Registrant Extract" Report: You can now see a registrant's personal information, registration and travel details, responses to event survey questions, planner memos, internal notes, and optional items within a single CSV file.
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Updated the "Invitees & Registrants" Report: You can now identify invitees who have unsubscribed, view financial totals for both invitees and guests, and view balance due.
Copy Saved Reports into New Events: When you copy an existing event or use an event template, your saved reports will now be copied over.
Introduced the Admin Redesign: We redesigned pages and updated the site's navigation. We also added the option to set your language, locale, and time zone preferences. With localization support, you can create and manage your events in eleven different languages.
Improved the Ability to Add Media and Document files: Its new look also includes the ability to drag-and-drop uploads from your desktop or computer, upload files in bulk, and switch between a grid or list. You can also view file size, created date, created by, modified date, and modified by. This is available in your events, Contacts, and New Admin (excluding the Media Library and Document Library pages).
Added API Support for Custom Budget Item Fields: You can now include custom budget item fields in calls for updating or creating budget items.
Updated the "Answer Details" Report: You can now display one respondent per row.
Added Event and Custom Fields to Survey Reports: For known surveys integrated with events, you can now add event fields or custom event fields to your reports to filter and group data.
Added New Rating Questions and Settings: Rating questions can now be Choice - Single Answer and Matrix - Single Answer questions. You can indicate which end of the rating scales is positive to affect the Top 2 and Bottom 2 measurements. The "Answer Summary" report will show overall ratings as well Top 2 and Bottom 2 percentages.
Ability to Filter and Group Answer Summary Data Using Multi-Select Fields: You can now group and filter by multi-select questions, custom contact fields, and event fields in the "Answer Summary" and "Answer Summary with Trends" reports.
Improved Set Batch Size Limits for Inquisium Activity Tracker: To help avoid Salesforce governor limits, you can now reduce your activity tracker batch size from 30 activity records.
Improved Reprocessing Time for Failed Records: You can now reduce the retry count for each failed Inquisium activity tracker record from 5 to 2 to increase processing speed.
Treat Attendees in Sessions as Busy: You can now specify which optional and included sessions will mark attendees as busy when scheduling appointments. For example, you could treat attendees in the "Keynote" session as Busy, but attendees registered for the "Registration Open" session as Available.
Search and Sort Sessions: Within an appointment event, search for and sort sessions to easily find the ones you want to mark as Busy on attendee calendars. The list of sessions is also now paginated, making it easier to scroll through.
Enhanced Attendee Profiles and Filtering: You can now display open-ended text custom contact fields, admission items, travel questions, and session questions in attendee profiles so that attendees can use them as filters on the Directory page.
New Way to Create Appointment Events: You can now create a new appointment event by duplicating an existing one. This allows you to keep the same locations, groups, appointment types, schedule rules, email templates, and website settings.
New Views for Schedules: Break schedules down by week. Attendees and exhibitor admins can now view their schedule in a 5- or 7-day mode in addition to the existing 1- and 3-day modes.
Availability Visibility Enhancement: See who's available to meet at any given time. Attendees can now choose a potential appointment time and quickly determine who's free or busy. Once they've picked the time they want, attendees can then filter out anyone who's busy and start sending invitations.
Automatic Group Assignment: Easily and quickly add attendees to the right groups by setting up assignment rules. With these rules, an attendee's registration type, admission item, email address, title, or company (in addition to custom contact fields) can determine which group they're added to. This means even new registrants can immediately start managing their own appointments without waiting for you to add them.
Added Planner Notifications for New Submissions: If enabled, the notification will be sent whenever you receive a new submission.
Automatically Assign Reviews: Whenever a submission is received, it will automatically be assigned to the reviewers assigned associated to that submission topic. Once assigned, reviewers will also be notified via the review invitation.
Updates for Speakers and Sessions: On the Session Scheduling calendar, you can now quickly get an overview of who the speakers are for each of your sessions. To avoid scheduling conflicts, we now also prevent speakers from having overlapping sessions or being double-booked.
New "Authors & Co-Authors" Report: Return author and co-author data grouped by submission. For each submission, this report will display all authors and co-authors as well as their associated fields. As with other reports, you can modify, sort, and filter data as needed. You can also export the report in Excel, CSV, or TXT format.
Presentation Types: Want authors to present their topics in a certain format at your event? You can now set the presentation types (panel, roundtable, workshop, etc.) available for authors to choose when they make submissions, or enable reviewers to suggest presentation type for submissions as part of their reviews. This "Presentation Type" field is now included in the "Submissions" report and available as a data tag for emails.
Co-Author as a Speaker: Any co-authors associated to a submission that is being created as a session will also be pulled into that session and selected as a speaker.
Bulk Download Profile Images and Submission Files: Within a project, you can now download multiple files (either submission attachments or profile images) at the same time. Once downloaded, the files will be available within the project for seven days.
Overhauled the attendee profile page: We've redesigned the Edit Profile page so attendees can find privacy settings more easily, get a better idea of how their profile photo will look when uploading it, and link their social media accounts without scrolling so far down.
Enhanced the metric dashboard's date functionality: Your metrics dashboard now includes data from two weeks before your event, by default, and remembers the date range you chose every time you check back (as long as you use the same browser).
Added Native 12.9" iPad Pro Support: We now support the full native resolution of 12.9" iPad Pro. Previously, the app would open on this device, but at a lower resolution that looked blurry.
Updated the AttendeeHub Landing Page: When an attendee first opens the AttendeeHub app, they are greeted with a new large search box without other distractions on the page. This guides the attendee to search for their event using the name or password.
Added a profile setup wizard for attendees: To prepare attendees for networking through the app, a setup wizard walks them through filling out their profile and adding a profile picture as soon as they log in. This feature is enabled by default, but you can turn it off in Event Settings > Attendee Options. It will not work with events using company SSO login.
Extended verification code text alerts to international numbers: Attendees with international numbers can now receive their verification code via text. You must add the numbers to the Mobile Number field in the EventCenter before attendees log in, so be sure to collect the digits during registration.
Added event information to Android push notifications: On Android, push notifications now show the event icon and name. This helps attendees recognize where the push notification is coming from. They're much more likely to know what event they're at than the app the event is in.
Added ability to sort and edit push notifications: Click the arrow in the column headers to sort your push notifications by what's up next, what's going out last, or alphabetically. You can also search for keywords in the notifications. Once you've found it, you can even change the message itself or delete it as long as it's not going out within five minutes.
Extended Registration Question and Custom Fields to OSS: You can now add attendee fields and questions in OnSite Solutions. You also have the option to share them with exhibitors. Prior to this update, this functionality was only available in Event Management.
Added verification for RFID attendance: An onsite Project Coordinator can now verify when a room is empty and enter that information into attendance service to provide more accurate attendee duration data. This is only available for OnArrival 360 customers.
Added two reports to LeadCapture: The "Leads Per Exhibitor" report displays the total number of leads captured by an exhibitor during an event in a table and bar chart format. The "Leads Over Time" report displays all leads captured by an exhibitor over a specified period of time during an event in a line graph format.
Premiered OnArrival Offline Registration: You can now register attendees completely offline and then once you connect to a network, all registrant information will sync automatically.
Updated Session Access Control: Session Access Control now gives you the ability to dictate whether walk-ins for a session are allowed to register or check in onsite, as well as decide which attendees can attend sessions based on Registration Type or Ticket Type. In addition to walk-ins, Session Access Control also offers capacity checks.
Updated the OnArrival Event Overview: We have made changes to the event overview screen to improve session navigation. From the session list, you can now select an individual session by searching for a specific date or filtering by location. Once a location has been selected, you can also view all sessions that will occur at that designated location.
Introduced Business Card Scanning in LeadCapture: You can now use your device's camera to take a picture of a business card and we'll transcribe it for you. Typically, this takes around 20 minutes. You can still qualify the lead while it's being transcribed, and, once the transcription is complete, you can then edit the details.
Added a New City Filter: You can now filter search results by city to make sure the most relevant results are being returned.
Improved Search Result Accuracy: When searching specifically by country name, U.S. state, Canadian province, or the Caribbean, you will now only see results within the geographic boundary they searched.
Added "What's New" section on CSN Home Page: You can now see recent articles and sponsored content from the Cvent Blog underneath the search box on the Cvent Supplier Network (CSN) home page.
Included More Relevant Venues on CSN Home Page: Previously, the promoted venues on the new CSN search home screen were based on the region where you were located. We have made logic changes so that promoted venues will be served based on your recent search history and not just your location.
Created a CVB Territory Mapping Tool: CVBs can now define the area they represent on a map using polygons so they will be more appropriately placed into a planner's search results.
Updated the Map View: You can now see corresponding venue details displayed on the map and in the left-hand column, toggle the left-hand column to display the listings or the filters, click a pin or search result in the listings to open the venue's Quick View, and updated how the pins, icons, and venues appear when you zoom, pan, or hover over them.
Added New Passkey Venues: A "Passkey Enabled" tag has been added to search results for venues with it enabled. You can filter for Passkey venues by going to the Amenities filter and selecting Passkey Enabled under the Services section.
Updated the Venue's Contact Details: When logged in, you can now see the venue's phone number and fax number in the Contact section of the venue's profile.
Created a New Venue Dashboard: Venues can now view their request for proposals (RFPs), sleeping room data, and high-level statistics in one location. This dashboard can be found on the Overview tab.
Added New Diamond+ Tagline: Now you can enter a tagline that will be displayed when you have an active Diamond+ ad to help your ad standout among the rest.
Added New User Group Visibility Controls: Now suppliers can control the visibility of public views by user group when creating custom views.


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Q: jQuery Mobile: disable selected option in other select menus I have three select menus on my jQuery mobile page. If the user selects an option, I want this option to be disabled in the other select menus.
So far, I have managed to have the option disabled in the select element, but NOT in the options popup. The user can still select an option in the popup, but I want to prevent this.
Here comes my fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/asvyY/57/
My code:
HTML:

My page

        <form>
            <select class="filter-menu" data-native-menu="false">
               <option value="1">1</option>
               <option value="2">2</option>
               <option value="3">3</option>
               <option value="4">4</option>
               <option value="5">5</option>
            </select>

            <select class="filter-menu" data-native-menu="false">
               <option value="1">1</option>
               <option value="2">2</option>
               <option value="3">3</option>
               <option value="4">4</option>
               <option value="5">5</option>
            </select>

            <select class="filter-menu" data-native-menu="false">
               <option value="1">1</option>
               <option value="2">2</option>
               <option value="3">3</option>
               <option value="4">4</option>
               <option value="5">5</option>
            </select>
        </form>

My JS:
$('.filter-menu').on('change', function() {
  var $changedSelect = $(this);
  var selectedId = $(this).val();

  $('.filter-menu').not($changedSelect).each(function() {
      $(this).find('option[value=' + selectedId + ']').attr('disabled', 'disabled')
  });
});

A: Solution:
http://jsfiddle.net/asvyY/59/
$('.filter-menu').on('change', function () {
            $('.filter-menu').find('option').prop('disabled', false);

           $('.filter-menu').each(function () {
               $('.filter-menu').not(this).find('option[value="' + this.value + '"]').prop('disabled', true);
            });

            // rebuild select menus
            $('select').selectmenu('refresh', true);
});

Rebuilding the select menus is necessary, as it is jQuery Mobile.

A: Try this on your phone, it makes the option physically unselectable (but not visibly)
$('select.filter-menu').not($changedSelect).each(function() {
    $(this).find('option[value="' + selectedId.toString() + '"]').prop('disabled', true);
});

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Schneider Funeral Home
Send Flowers for Grace
Grace H. DeBaufre
Grace H. DeBaufre, of Hatboro, passed away on Monday, December 13, 2021. She was 76 years old. Grace was born in Wye Mills, Maryland, a daughter of the late William and Rose (née Cosden) Wolcott.
She is survived by her loving children, Eric Johnson-DeBaufre and his wife, Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre, and Nicole Cruz and her husband, Eduardo "Eddie" Cruz; grandchildren, Grace Johnson-DeBaufre, Siera, Savana, and Sawyer Cruz; and beloved partner, George Hart of North Wales, PA. In addition to her parents, Grace was predeceased by her brothers and sisters, Elizabeth "Bette" Gilbert, William Wolcott, Ann Faulkner, and David Wolcott.
Grace worked for more than 40 years in customer service at C & D Technologies and E. W. Kaufmann Company, both in eastern Pennsylvania. In her retirement, she was an elder care provider, especially for those suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia.
Grace loved spending time with her adoring children and grandchildren and taking care of others. She was an avid reader, tireless worker, lover of animals, and a generous and devoted friend to many.
Relatives and friends will be received by her family at Schneider Funeral Home in Hatboro, PA, on Friday, January 7, 2022, after 1:00 p.m., followed by her memorial service at 2:00 p.m. Her interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Grace's memory may be made to the Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Grace H. DeBaufre, please visit our floral store.
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Class for unfloat table button.
This unfloat button is used to convert a floating table into a simple writer table embedded to the text body. This unfloat operation is useful typically for documents imported from MSO file formats containing multi-page floating tables. In case of a multi-page table the text frame cuts off the table because the frame can't span across multiple pages. With unfloating we can get a multi-page table without floating properties.
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References vcl::Window::GetPosPixel(), vcl::Window::GetSizePixel(), and tools::Rectangle::IsInside().
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References SwAnchoredObject::AnchorFrame(), DEFAULT, IDocumentUndoRedo::DelAllUndoObj(), IDocumentLayoutAccess::DelLayoutFormat(), IDocumentUndoRedo::DoesUndo(), SwNode::EndOfSectionNode(), SwTextFrame::GetDoc(), SwFrameMenuButtonBase::GetEditWin(), SwFlyFrame::GetFormat(), SwFrameMenuButtonBase::GetFrame(), SwDoc::getIDocumentContentOperations(), SwDoc::getIDocumentLayoutAccess(), SwDoc::getIDocumentState(), SwDoc::GetIDocumentUndoRedo(), SwFrame::GetLower(), SwFrame::GetNext(), SwFormatPageDesc::GetPageDesc(), SwTextFrame::GetPageDescItem(), SwFrameMenuButtonBase::GetPageFrame(), SwTabFrame::GetTable(), SwTable::GetTableNode(), SwTextFrame::GetTextNodeFirst(), IDocumentContentOperations::InsertItemSet(), SwFrame::IsTabFrame(), SwFrame::IsTextFrame(), IDocumentContentOperations::MoveNodeRange(), and IDocumentState::SetModified().
Definition at line 157 of file UnfloatTableButton.cxx.
References drawinglayer::processor2d::createBaseProcessor2DFromOutputDevice(), basegfx::utils::createScaleTranslateB2DHomMatrix(), FontMetric::GetAscent(), Color::getBColor(), OutputDevice::GetFont(), drawinglayer::primitive2d::getFontAttributeFromVclFont(), OutputDevice::GetFontMetric(), SwViewOption::GetHeaderFooterMarkColor(), vcl::Window::GetSizePixel(), OutputDevice::GetTextWidth(), basegfx::B2DTuple::getX(), basegfx::B2DTuple::getY(), m_sLabel, SwFrameButtonPainter::PaintButton(), OutputDevice::PixelToLogic(), OutputDevice::SetMapMode(), and TEXT_PADDING.
Definition at line 52 of file UnfloatTableButton.cxx.
References BOX_DISTANCE, BUTTON_WIDTH, OutputDevice::GetFont(), OutputDevice::GetFontMetric(), AllSettings::GetLayoutRTL(), FontMetric::GetLineHeight(), OutputDevice::GetTextBoundRect(), tools::Rectangle::GetWidth(), OutputDevice::LogicToPixel(), m_sLabel, vcl::Window::SetPosSizePixel(), Point::setX(), TEXT_PADDING, Point::X(), and Point::Y().
Definition at line 208 of file UnfloatTableButton.cxx.
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Referenced by Paint(), and SetOffset().


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Islanders officially sign Robin Salo to two-year ELC
Robin Salo is interviewed after being selected 46th overall by the New York Islanders (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
The New York Islanders announced today that they had signed prospect Robin Salo to a two-year ELC. They also stated that they had immediately reassigned him back to Orebro of the SHL (where Salo has been since last year).
(Note: A two-year ELC is the maximum term for a player of Salo's age per the CBA Article 9.1 (b).)
Salo was the Islanders top draft pick in 2017 when they selected him in the second round with the 47th overall pick. (The Islanders traded their first-round pick that year to Vegas as part of expansion draft considerations).
Since that draft in 2017, Salo has steadily emerged as a top defenseman in the SHL. The Isles needed to have him signed by June 1 or else they would risk losing him to free agency. They didn't let that happen by locking him up to a two-year deal.
New York Islanders sign Robin Salo to two-year ELC
If this is the first time you've heard of Robin Salo, you need to know two things. He scores a bunch of points and plays a ton of minutes. Of course, there's more nuance to his game than that. He's an incredibly intelligent player who skates well, makes a great first pass out of the zone, and has excellent decision-making skills. But when you look at his stat sheet his production and time on ice stand out.
With 25 points in 39 games, Salo is the eighth highest-scoring defenseman in the SHL (arguably the third-best league in the world).
Over those 39 games, Salo is averaging 21:39 per game. That ranks him ninth in total ice-time for defensemen in the SHL.
He plays a ton of hockey for Orebro and is clearly a step above the competition in Sweden. He's ready to make the trip West to North America.
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For now, Salo will remain with Orebro. They're hoping to make a push for the playoffs and maybe even a championship, and Salo will play a big part in that.
I recently ranked Salo second in the Islanders system defensive depth chart behind Sebastion Aho.
Salo is currently on international team duty. He's representing Finland at the Beijer Hockey Games in Sweden where he's playing top-four minutes for his national side. Finland is currently 0-1-0-0 in the four-team tournament after a 3-2 opening day loss to Russia


This Caribbean-style salad of fried plantains, avocado, red beans and tomatoes is perfect for a vacation-worthy meal!
Well, I'm officially over winter and am ready for some sunshine.
Truth be told, I'm usually done with winter by the day after Christmas. I try to enjoy the stark beauty of bare trees, wet streets, and MUD EVERYWHERE but I really just can't.
I'm a summer person. I'm a Leo. I need lush green trees, beach vibes, and lots of tropical flavors in my life.
Side note: What the hell am I doing living in Portland, Oregon?
We still have several weeks (*months*) of winter ahead of us here in the Pacific Northwest, but that doesn't mean I have to keep eating stew and pasta until Memorial Day.
One of my favorite ingredients for lending a vacation-worthy vibe to a dish is plantains.
Plantains taste like a banana and a sweet potato had a baby and that baby was delicious.
They are starchier than a banana, but slightly sweeter than a sweet potato. I like to fry them in coconut oil until they get all caramelized and pretty.
If you're planning on making this Caribbean plantain and avocado salad, consider buying the plantains a few days ahead of time. Most grocery stores only carry unripe (green) plantains and those just won't do.
Unripe plantains are too firm and haven't developed enough sugar to work in this recipe.
Let your green plantains ripen in the sun (hahahahahaha) for a few days; they should at least be yellow, but they are better once they develop a bit of black on the peels.
To peel a plantain, slice off both ends and then use a sharp knife to score through the peel along each of the vertical ridges. You can then remove the peel in strips – easy peasy.
If you try to peel them like a banana you will regret your life choices.
Make sure you fry the plantains in a sturdy pan like my favorite cast iron skillet; non-stick pans make it harder to get the caramelization you're looking for.
This recipe would be a perfect side dish for the Saucy Puerto Rican Beans and Potatoes I shared earlier this week — plus, a great way to use up an extra cooked beans you have!
Set a 10-inch or larger cast iron skillet on a burner set to medium-high heat. Once the pan is hot, add the coconut oil and allow it to coat the pan. Add the diced plantains and fry, turning occasionally, until golden brown; about 5 minutes total. Set aside to cool.
Place the beans, tomato, red onion, and jalapeno in a large bowl. Whisk the dressing ingredients together in a small bowl, then add the dressing to the large bowl along with the fried plantains. Toss well to coat.
Right before serving, gently fold the avocado and cilantro into the plantain mixture. Serve at once.
If you are sensitive to spicy flavor, take care to remove all of the seeds and membranes from the jalapeno before using.
Thanks for your fun recipes. I live in Portland too. (Washington county) I mis the summer already, even though today is a beautiful sunny day in Autumn. In order to mature the plantains,from green to black, I wrapped them in newspaper and put them in a drawer in the kitchen. Same with the hard avocados. And in 2 wks, they should be ready for eating. In the summer, I put them inside the hot trunk in my car, in less than 5 days they are ready to be eaten.


America's environment has improved dramatically in the four decades since the adoption of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and other foundational environmental statutes. There could have been even greater improvement, at far less cost—both economic and social—had lawmakers foregone centralized government control in favor of the transformative powers of market incentives and private property rights.
In many respects, the need for reform of the nation's environmental laws has never been greater. The primary statutes are woefully outdated and do not reflect current conditions. The White House, Congress, and federal agencies routinely ignore regulatory costs, exaggerate benefits, and breach legislative and constitutional boundaries. They also increasingly dictate lifestyle choices instead of focusing on public health and safety.
Forty years of command-and-control regimes have led to massive, ineffective, and unaccountable bureaucracies. A major part of the problem is the centralization of regulatory power in Washington. Federal agencies set regulatory standards for a multitude of pollutants across numerous industrial sectors. But Washington bureaucrats hardly possess sufficient information and expertise to impose controls on hundreds, if not thousands, of dissimilar locations across the 50 states.
Too often, agencies fail to properly perform scientific analyses before imposing rules, and many of the analyses that are conducted are biased toward regulation. Regulators selectively pick findings from the academic literature to justify their actions and ignore evidence that contradicts their agenda. They also operate under the misguided notion that natural resources are finite and fragile, ignoring the resilience of natural resources and, even more important, the ingenuity of human resources.
A far better approach is rooted in principles and fundamentals of good governance: Market incentives are more effective than government diktats; sound science fosters sound policy; and, most important, citizens are far better stewards of the environment than the government will ever be. The Heritage Foundation has proposed the "American Conservation Ethic" as the road map to restore efficacy, accountability, and rationality to environmental stewardship. This ethic holds that if a policy is not good for people, it is not good for the environment. Further, it maintains that the best stewards of the environment are the people closest to a resource—those who stand to gain or lose the most from stewardship decisions—not distant bureaucracies.
The responsibilities and rewards of environmental stewardship belong with property owners and states, which are more knowledgeable about local conditions than federal bureaucrats can be. When environmental policy properly accounts for private property rights, economic incentives will drive stewardship.
Shift Responsibility for Environmental Regulation from the Federal Government to the States and the Private Sector. States are better equipped to customize policies for local conditions, and land owners have greater incentives than the government to protect private property. Both groups can act regionally when there are cross-border components to environmental issues. A less centralized regime would also mean more direct accountability—taxpayers would have an easier time identifying the officials responsible for environmental policies, and the people making those regulatory decisions would have to live with the consequences. Property owners would also be held accountable through common law.
Limit Congressional Delegation of Regulatory Authority. Congress routinely enacts vague environmental statutes, and leaves the regulatory details to unelected bureaucrats. This system invites political manipulation and gross inefficiency because there is little accountability for incompetence or error. Congress, not regulators, should make the laws and be accountable to the American people for the results. Therefore, no major environmental regulation should be allowed to take effect until Congress explicitly approves.
Establish a Sunset Date for Environmental Regulations. To help ensure that obsolete and ineffective rules are taken off the books, sunset dates should be set for all major environmental regulations. After this sunset date, rules should expire automatically if not explicitly reaffirmed by the relevant agency through the rulemaking process. As with any such regulatory decision, this reaffirmation would be subject to review by the courts. Such sunset clauses already exist for some new regulations. They should be the rule, not the exception.
Remedy the "Sue-and-Settle" Problem. Environmental groups routinely sue federal agencies to compel regulatory action. Agency officials are often complicit in these cases because settlements have limited the public from participating in the rulemaking process—thereby allowing the agency to regulate as it prefers. Once a lawsuit is filed, the agency and the advocacy group typically settle behind closed doors. This deceit can be eliminated by requiring agencies to submit proposed settlements to a public notice-and-comment process before any settlement has been filed with a court. Making it easier for third parties to intervene in such cases would also go a long way toward ending this abuse of the judicial system. Further, settlements should not be allowed to dictate substantive provisions of a rule.
Compensate Citizens for Regulatory "Takings." The benefits of environmental improvements are enjoyed by the public, but the regulatory costs are routinely imposed on individuals. This leaves regulatory agencies to act without any consideration of the costs of regulation. Whenever the use of private property is prohibited, property owners should be compensated for the lost value. In the event that compensatory funding is exhausted, further regulatory takings should be prohibited. This would encourage agencies to prioritize various conservation efforts.
Define the Waters Covered Under the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act prohibits the discharge of a pollutant into "navigable waters" without a federal permit. It further clarifies that "navigable waters" include "the waters of the United States, including the territorial seas." The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers continue to expand their regulatory reach by broadly defining "waters of the United States" (WOTUS). Congress, not agencies or the courts, should define what waters are covered under the Clean Water Act, recognizing the important role states play in regulating lakes, rivers, and streams. This definition should be narrow in scope and generally consistent with Justice Scalia's plurality opinion in Rapanos v. United States (2006).
Prohibit the EPA and Other Agencies from Regulating Carbon Dioxide (CO2). When the Clean Air Act was passed, Congress never intended or envisioned that CO2, an invisible and odorless gas required for life, would be covered under the law. The potential economic implications of CO2 regulation are staggering, and its effect on everyday life could be unprecedented without offering any measurable environmental benefit. For these reasons, Congress, not the EPA or any other federal agencies, should decide whether carbon dioxide should be regulated or considered in environmental permit reviews. Congress should expressly prohibit the regulation of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, deny funding of agency efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, and repeal any agency actions to date that serve either directly or indirectly to develop CO2 regulations, such as the EPA's endangerment finding.
Change the Process for Developing the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The EPA has set NAAQS for six principal pollutants referred to as criteria pollutants: (1) carbon monoxide, (2) lead, (3) nitrogen dioxide, (4) ozone, (5) particulate matter, and (6) sulfur dioxide. Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA is required to review the standards every five years and make changes, if necessary, disregarding costs in the development of the standards. New standards are becoming extremely expensive to meet, especially since existing standards are already so stringent. Congress should repeal the mandatory review process. Congress, not the EPA, should make any decision to tighten standards, given the scope of their impact and the magnitude of success that has already been achieved in air quality.
Reform the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Process. In 1969, Congress passed a procedural law that required federal agencies to assess the potential environmental impacts of their actions, including permitting decisions. The law has morphed into a barrier for economic growth by creating costly and unnecessary delays for major projects. The average NEPA process takes between three and six years, but in some cases has stretched to well over a decade, in part due to nuisance litigation. Congress should limit the time during which parties can bring lawsuits to 180 days. (Currently, parties can bring cases for up to six years.) Deadlines should exist for agency decisions at every procedural step. There should be one lead agency on projects, and the agencies involved should review issues concurrently, not sequentially. Further, only major environmental issues not already addressed by other laws should be reviewed.
Prohibit Economic Development Takings. In Kelo v. City of New London (2005), the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to private property rights. The court held that the government can seize property from one private party and transfer it to another private party for economic development reasons. If the government believes it can find a better economic use for a house, church, or other property, then it can seize that property. Congress should reject the Kelo decision through legislation prohibiting economic development takings. Congress should also ensure that end runs around such a prohibition are not allowed. For example, local governments often use blight laws that define "blight" very broadly to seize property for the purpose of promoting economic development. The federal government should not engage in economic development takings, and no federal funds should be provided to state and local governments that are engaged in such takings.
FACT: It is time for Congress to rein in the federal government's excessive environmental rulemaking at the EPA, which hurts ordinary Americans.
During the eight years of the Obama Administration, the EPA issued an astounding 3,974 regulations.
Of the 3,974 regulations from that eight-year period, 42 were "major regulations," which means they carry compliance costs that exceed $100 million annually—at the very least.
The actual burden of these regulations would exceed $ 4.2 billion annually if the agency quantified the costs of all major rules, as required by law.
This incredible cost is passed on directly to Americans in the form of higher prices for all goods and services, as well as the loss of individual liberty.
FACT: The U.S. has made dramatic improvements in air quality, but the EPA continues to use an ever-expanding authority to implement stringent regulations with increasingly high compliance costs and diminishing marginal environmental returns.
The aggregate emissions of six common pollutants decreased 69 percent from 1970 to 2014.
81 percent decrease in sulfur dioxide (SO2).
FACT: Reducing the massive federal estate through privatization and shifting ownership to states and counties will yield better economic and environmental results.
The federal government owns and controls 640 million acres of land in the United States, an area larger than California and Mexico combined.
The federal government owns approximately 81 percent of Nevada, 66 percent of Utah, 61 percent of Alaska and Idaho, and 53 percent of Oregon.
Much of this federal land could be put to more productive use, such as ranching, mining, or forestry, through private ownership that also improves the lives of ordinary Americans.
State and local governments are more responsive to the needs of their communities that are site-specific and situation-specific. States also earn more revenue per dollar spent than does the federal government on a wide range of economic activities, such as timber, grazing, minerals, and recreation.
FACT: Climate change regulations are a costly non-solution to a likely non-problem.
If every country complied with its greenhouse gas reduction targets, the averted warming would be a mere 0.2 degrees Celsius by the turn of the century.
Proposals such as the Clean Power Plan and carbon taxes are all costs and no benefits. These proposals would intentionally drive up costs throughout the economy—particularly in the energy sector, a primary driver of economic growth—all the while having no measurable impact on global temperature.
An estimated 1,600 coal-fired power plants are under construction, or planned, in 62 countries, many of which are developing countries that need a reliable electricity supply. The continued use of coal demonstrates the futility of the Paris Agreement in achieving any averted warming.
At least 18 federal agencies administer climate change activities, costing at least $77 billion between fiscal years 2008 and 2013, according to the Congressional Research Service. Most funding goes not to research but to politically favored energy technologies.
Daren Bakst, "Reining in the EPA Through the Power of the Purse," Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 4264, August 19, 2014.
Daren Bakst, "What You Need to Know About the EPA/Corps Water Rule: It's a Power Grab and an Attack on Property Rights," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 3012, April 29, 2015.
Robert Gordon and Diane Katz, eds., Environmental Policy Guide: 167 Recommendations for Environmental Policy Reform (Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 2015).
Diane Katz, "Coming Clean on Regulatory Costs and Benefits," Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 3177, March 3, 2011.
David W. Kreutzer, Nicolas D. Loris, Katie Tubb, and Kevin D. Dayaratna, "The State of Climate Science: No Justification for Extreme Policies," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 3119, April 26, 2016.
Jack Spencer, ed., Environmental Conservation: Eight Principles of the American Conservation Ethic (Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 2012).


This new edition of 9 Heads has been completely revised to bring all the fashion garments and details up-to- date. Numerous new drawings of street wear, active wear, bridal wear, swim wear and lingerie have been added. Breakdown drawings are shown for an even wider selection of garments and new croquis are included in a variety of poses reflecting contemporary attitudes and stances. New dedicated chapters cover the topics of composition - how best to group together figures when illustrating a line of garments; concept drawings - developing the skills necessary to make quick studies or to jot down ideas when creating a new clothing line and Using Photoshop - a review of how Photoshop can be used to enhance and extend the drawing techniques the book teaches.


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In a bold interpretation of the craft, master glassblowers nimbly wrap fine strands of glass around a cylindrical base to form the unique, natural silhouette of each candle holder. Whether frozen in winter, or flowing in summer – this piece was inspired by the constantly changing rivers, streams and waterways in Vermont.


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Fleets and company car drivers urged to respond to government review of company car benefit-in-kind tax
Fleets have been urged to provide evidence if employees are opting out of company cars due to the increasing benefit-in-kind tax burden.
Simultaneously, company car drivers have been called on to report details of the vehicle they are now driving if they have opted out of a company car for tax reasons.
The 'demand for evidence' comes from the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) in an industry-wide call to provide "a robust and loud response" to the government's ongoing review into the impact of the Worldwide harmonised Light vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) on company car benefit-in-kind tax and Vehicle Excise Duty.
A BVRLA spokesman said: "We need to turn up the volume because HM Treasury is not hearing from fleet managers and company car drivers."
The review document asks four questions and the government has called on the fleet industry to respond to it by Sunday, February 17, 2019.
In a bid to encourage fleet industry stakeholders, fleet decision-makers and company car drivers to respond to the government's review document, the BVRLA has launched a call to action page on its website.
This page gathers responses, including case studies, and opens social media channels before passing all information on to HM Treasury.
Visit the page and submit your response here.
Learn more about the government review and why you should respond
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond is expected to indicate the "direction of travel" on any changes to the existing company car benefit-in-kind tax and Vehicle Excise Duty regimes in the government's Spring Statement on Wednesday, March 13. That is likely to be followed by a consultation on the technical legislation when it is published in July with any changes due to be introduced on April 6, 2020.
The review document says that initial evidence provided by manufacturers suggests that more than 50% of cars will see an increase in CO2 emissions from the old New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) testing procedure to WLTP of between 10% and 20% thus resulting in an increased tax liability.
The fleet industry wants:
Company car benefit-in-kind tax and Vehicle Excise Duty "neutrality".
Clarity on future tax bands for both the current regime and the new WLTP-based system.
Consistency with other emissions-based vehicle taxes, for example capital allowances, and other taxes and charges with a link to vehicle emissions including car salary sacrifice schemes and car or cash allowance schemes (cars with CO2 emissions of 75g/km or less are exempt from Optional Remuneration Arrangements) and Clean Air Zones and the London Congestion Charge.
It is understood that initially a two-system regime will operate for both company car benefit-in-kind tax and Vehicle Excise Duty: the current system for cars first registered up to and including April 5, 2020 and the new system for cars first registered on and after April 6, 2020.
However, HM Treasury, which is leading the review, has intimated that it is "worryingly light" on responses from the fleet industry to the consultation. By contrast there has been, it is understood, a significant number of responses from the environmental lobby.
As a result there is fleet industry concern that "doing nothing" in terms of recalibrating the existing company car tax and Vehicle Excise Duty bands will not only result in benefit-in-kind tax bills rising, but drivers will move out of the traditional company car. The Office for Budget Responsibility has already factored in an additional £500 million flooding into HM Treasury coffers as a result of the impact of WLTP by 2024 if the status quo remains, which is an effective tax rise.
The 'green' lobby is understood to be calling for no change in the structure as a result of WLTP believing that company cars have been under taxed for many years.
But, with the government focused on improving air quality and reducing transport emissions, the BVRLA believes that company cars have a critical role to play in ensuring such ambitions are met and says that the "environmental argument resonates with HM Treasury".
Furthermore, ACFO, the premier organisation representing fleet managers, said in a statement: "We urge government to consider the negative impact that both the increases and uncertainty around future taxation is already having on the industry. Fleet represents a great opportunity for government to further the aims under its 'Road to Zero Strategy' but we are seeing employees 'vote with their feet' and opt out of company cars - yet, we know that when they do so, the majority choose older, higher CO2-emitting vehicles.
"We need a simple and fair system that gives drivers a degree of longevity - ideally a four-year benefit-in-kind tax table - but also some protection from the increases we have seen as part of the migration to WLTP. Drivers should be treated fairly and appropriately incentivised to take lower emission vehicles which then cycle into the used car market, supporting government initiatives to reduce harmful emissions."
ACFO also points out that despite rising levels of benefit-in-kind taxation drivers "should focus on value rather than cost" of a company car pointing out that running a similar car privately was significantly more expensive.
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Admit it. All You Really Want To Do Is Read Scalia's Dissent.
You know you want to. Where else will you find a Supreme Court decision compared to "the mystical aphorisms of a fortune cookie?" So here it is. But before we dive in, let's look at Scalia's classic dissent from Lawrence v. Texas, which struck down sodomy laws nation wide exactly twelve years ago today:
One of the most revealing statements in today's opinion is the Court's grim warning that the criminalization of homosexual conduct is "an invitation to subject homosexual persons to discrimination both in the public and in the private spheres." Ante, at 14. It is clear from this that the Court has taken sides in the culture war, departing from its role of assuring, as neutral observer, that the democratic rules of engagement are observed. Many Americans do not want persons who openly engage in homosexual conduct as partners in their business, as scoutmasters for their children, as teachers in their children's schools, or as boarders in their home. They view this as protecting themselves and their families from a lifestyle that they believe to be immoral and destructive.
Twelve years ago today, Scalia had no compunction against reveling in the blatant bigotry that propped up those laws. Twelve years later, the entire country has changed, with large majorities now supporting same-sex marriage. Scalia hasn't moved that far, but even he can now no longer write about gay people as he once did:
The substance of today's decree is not of immense personal importance to me. The law can recognize as marriage whatever sexual attachments and living arrangements it wishes, and can accord them favorable civil consequences, from tax treatment to rights of inheritance. Those civil consequences—and the public approval that conferring the name of marriage evidences—can perhaps have adverse social effects, but no more adverse than the effects of many other controversial laws. So it is not of special importance to me what the law says about marriage.
What's important to Scalia? He continues, with words that will certainly repeated in NOM's fundraising emails for weeks to come:
It is of overwhelming importance, however, who it is that rules me. Today's decree says that my Ruler, and the Ruler of 320 million Americans coast-to-coast, is a majority of the nine lawyers on the Supreme Court. The opinion in these cases is the furthest extension in fact—and the furthest extension one can even imagine—of theCourt's claimed power to create "liberties" that the Constitution and its Amendments neglect to mention. This practice of constitutional revision by an unelected committee of nine, always accompanied (as it is today) by extravagant praise of liberty, robs the People of the most important liberty they asserted in the Declaration of Independence and won in the Revolution of 1776: the freedom to govern themselves.
Scalia writes that he believes the proper way to change marriage laws was through the ballot box or the legislatures:
(p1): Until the courts put a stop to it, public debate oversame-sex marriage displayed American democracy at its best. Individuals on both sides of the issue passionately, but respectfully, attempted to persuade their fellow citizens to accept their views. Americans considered the arguments and put the question to a vote. The electorates of 11 States, either directly or through their representatives, chose to expand the traditional definition of marriage. Many more decided not to. Win or lose, advocates for both sides continued pressing their cases, secure in the knowledge that an electoral loss can be negated by a later electoral win. That is exactly how our system of government is supposed to work.
(p4, 5): But the Court ends this debate, in an opinion lackingeven a thin veneer of law. Buried beneath the mummeries and straining-to-be-memorable passages of the opinion is a candid and startling assertion: No matter what it was the People ratified, the Fourteenth Amendment protects those rights that the Judiciary, in its "reasoned judgment," thinks the Fourteenth Amendment ought to protect. …
This is a naked judicial claim to legislative—indeed, super-legislative—power; a claim fundamentally at odds with our system of government. Except as limited by a constitutional prohibition agreed to by the People, the States are free to adopt whatever laws they like, even those that offend the esteemed Justices' "reasoned judgment." A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers does not deserve to be called a democracy.
Scalia may not write with the open bigotry he employed twelve years ago, but he nevertheless hasn't lost his ability to write an entertaining blog post. Scalia describes the decision as a "judicial Putsch" and launches into the kind of mockery that he's become famous for:
(p7): They have discovered in the Fourteenth Amendment a "fundamental right" overlooked by every personalive at the time of ratification, and almost everyone elsein the time since. They see what lesser legal minds—minds like Thomas Cooley, John Marshall Harlan, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Learned Hand, Louis Brandeis, William Howard Taft, Benjamin Cardozo, Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, Robert Jackson, and Henry Friendly—could not. They are certain that the People ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to bestow on them the power toremove questions from the democratic process when that is called for by their "reasoned judgment." These Justices know that limiting marriage to one man and one woman is contrary to reason; they know that an institution as old as government itself, and accepted by every nation in history until 15 years ago,21 cannot possibly be supported by anything other than ignorance or bigotry. And they are willing to say that any citizen who does not agree with that, who adheres to what was, until 15 years ago, the unanimous judgment of all generations and all societies,stands against the Constitution.
The opinion is couched in a style that is as pretentiousas its content is egotistic. It is one thing for separate concurring or dissenting opinions to contain extravagances, even silly extravagances, of thought and expression; it is something else for the official opinion of the Court to do so.22
His sneering even extended to footnote 22:
22If, even as the price to be paid for a fifth vote, I ever joined an opinion for the Court that began: "The Constitution promises liberty to allwithin its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons, within a lawful realm, to define and express their identity," I would hide my head in a bag. The Supreme Court of theUnited States has descended from the disciplined legal reasoning ofJohn Marshall and Joseph Story to the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie.
Scalia ends:
Hubris is sometimes defined as o'erweening pride; and pride, we know, goeth before a fall. The Judiciary is the"least dangerous" of the federal branches because it has"neither Force nor Will, but merely judgment; and mustultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm" and the States, "even for the efficacy of its judgments."26 With each decision of ours that takes from the People a question properly left to them—with each decision that is unabashedly based not on law, but on the "reasoned judgment" of a bare majority of this Court—we move one step closer tobeing reminded of our impotence.
Tags: Antonin Scalia, Marriage, Obergefell v. Hodges
SharonB
Scalia. Had no problem with Bush v. Gore settling things judicially at the SCOTUS level. Also, I gather he is not a big fan of the 9th Ammendment (or the 14th). Hypocrite and Toad.
MattNYC
Raising Hand!
Yesterday and today, he left off the "respectfully" in "I respectfully dissent," breaking comity that has existed in the court for many years.
Apparently, he's given up all pretense and I bet the conferences have started to get really uncomfortable.
On Majorty Report, they believe that he is quickly morphing into Dennis Miller with obscure references and flourishes.
BTW, when do I get to vote on whether a corporation gets personhood or that money = speech. Let's have a vote on thise tomorrow, (Fat) Tony. I am game for that.
Mark F.
Justice Ginsberg has also left off "respectfully" at times, and numerous liberal dissents have been rather heated at times.
Let's cut the stupid insults, they add nothing to the debate.
Corporate "personhood" is a well established legal concept that all 9 Justices agree with to some degree. The Citizens United decision said that restricting the amount of money an organization spent on anti-Hillary Clinton ads was a de facto restriction on Free Speech prohibited by the First Amendment.
Tony is full of it.
The Judiciary is the"least dangerous" of the federal branches because it has"neither Force nor Will, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm" and the States, "even for the efficacy of its judgments." With each decision of ours that takes from the People a question properly left to them—with each decision that is unabashedly based not on law, but on the "reasoned judgment" of a bare majority of this Court—we move one step closer to being reminded of our impotence.
So, he's basically inviting the States not to enforce the Court's ruling?
@ Mark F
Corporate "personhood" is a well established legal concept that all 9 Justices agree with to some degree. The Citizens United decision said that restricting the amount of money an organization spent on anti-Hillary Clinton ads was a de facto restriction on Free Speech prohibited by the First Amendment.
Corporate personhood was created by a law clerk in the 1890s and no one corrected it. NOT all 9 justices agree. And the 5 conservatives used an obscure case to make a blanket decision (new law) that ALL money (the more the better!) was speech. The fact that Scalia helped the plaintiffs craft their arguments should have had him recused or possibly impeached.
Speaking of Citizen's United, I notice that Scalia's hand wringing over unelected judges changing laws is rather similar to John Paul Stevens' dissent in that case. I always found Stevens persuasive. I didn't realize Scalia did as well…
I almost laughed out loud when I read the title of this article. And then again when Scalia used the word "Putsch."
Putsch. Just perfect.
I do not agree with AS (or any of the dissenters) but it is possible to understand his position given the way he purports to view the role of the court: take what is found explicitly in constitutional law and see how it matches to a given situation. If there is a match or connection with little or no abstraction then the court can rule. Anything beyond that realm is for legislatures and people to decide. Of course his ability to find connections is famously pliable as are most constitutional "originalists".
There are several problems with constitutional originalism, the biggest being that unless the original document offers clear guidance on what it ought to cover and what it mustn't the role and value of the court is limited to a very narrow and increasingly irrelevant domain. The US Constitution is written in expansive, general terms, inviting expansive, general interpretation, something constitutional originalists, in theory, reject, despite this being the obvious intent.
The role of judiciaries throughout history has been and is to settle matters when two or more parties have different interpretations of the same issue. This exercise requires abstract thinking and well-considered, well, judgment. Put another way, the value of a court is to use their expertise, knowledge and dispassionate wisdom to determine the appropriate outcome based on the intent of the law, especially when the matters under consideration were not necessarily formulated with legal compliance in mind.
What Scalia, Roberts and Alito (and the bits of Thomas which are vaguely relevant) object to, I think, is having to tell a significant portion of the American population they got it wrong. That isn't a principled position. That's just cowardice.
Great insight Victor, thanks for that, it will come in handy in future arguments.
Lord_Byron
"Individuals on both sides of the issue passionately, but respectfully, attempted to persuade their fellow citizens to accept their views."
Scalia must have a different definition of respectfully than most people. Calling us akin to child molesters and dog fuckers is not respectful.


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