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import psycopg2

from django.db.backends.base.schema import BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor
from django.db.backends.ddl_references import IndexColumns
from django.db.backends.utils import strip_quotes

class DatabaseSchemaEditor(BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor):

    sql_create_sequence = "CREATE SEQUENCE %(sequence)s"
    sql_delete_sequence = "DROP SEQUENCE IF EXISTS %(sequence)s CASCADE"
    sql_set_sequence_max = "SELECT setval('%(sequence)s', MAX(%(column)s)) FROM %(table)s"
    sql_set_sequence_owner = 'ALTER SEQUENCE %(sequence)s OWNED BY %(table)s.%(column)s'

    sql_create_index = (
        'CREATE INDEX %(name)s ON %(table)s%(using)s '
        '(%(columns)s)%(include)s%(extra)s%(condition)s'
    )
    sql_create_index_concurrently = (
        'CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY %(name)s ON %(table)s%(using)s '
        '(%(columns)s)%(include)s%(extra)s%(condition)s'
    )
    sql_delete_index = "DROP INDEX IF EXISTS %(name)s"
    sql_delete_index_concurrently = "DROP INDEX CONCURRENTLY IF EXISTS %(name)s"

    # Setting the constraint to IMMEDIATE to allow changing data in the same
    # transaction.
    sql_create_column_inline_fk = (
        'CONSTRAINT %(name)s REFERENCES %(to_table)s(%(to_column)s)%(deferrable)s'
        '; SET CONSTRAINTS %(namespace)s%(name)s IMMEDIATE'
    )
    # Setting the constraint to IMMEDIATE runs any deferred checks to allow
    # dropping it in the same transaction.
    sql_delete_fk = "SET CONSTRAINTS %(name)s IMMEDIATE; ALTER TABLE %(table)s DROP CONSTRAINT %(name)s"

    sql_delete_procedure = 'DROP FUNCTION %(procedure)s(%(param_types)s)'

    def quote_value(self, value):
        if isinstance(value, str):
            value = value.replace('%', '%%')
        adapted = psycopg2.extensions.adapt(value)
        if hasattr(adapted, 'encoding'):
            adapted.encoding = 'utf8'
        # getquoted() returns a quoted bytestring of the adapted value.
        return adapted.getquoted().decode()

    def _field_indexes_sql(self, model, field):
        output = super()._field_indexes_sql(model, field)
        like_index_statement = self._create_like_index_sql(model, field)
        if like_index_statement is not None:
            output.append(like_index_statement)
        return output

    def _field_data_type(self, field):
        if field.is_relation:
            return field.rel_db_type(self.connection)
        return self.connection.data_types.get(
            field.get_internal_type(),
            field.db_type(self.connection),
        )

    def _field_base_data_types(self, field):
        # Yield base data types for array fields.
        if field.base_field.get_internal_type() == 'ArrayField':
            yield from self._field_base_data_types(field.base_field)
        else:
            yield self._field_data_type(field.base_field)

    def _create_like_index_sql(self, model, field):
        """
        Return the statement to create an index with varchar operator pattern
        when the column type is 'varchar' or 'text', otherwise return None.
        """
        db_type = field.db_type(connection=self.connection)
        if db_type is not None and (field.db_index or field.unique):
            # Fields with database column types of `varchar` and `text` need
            # a second index that specifies their operator class, which is
            # needed when performing correct LIKE queries outside the
            # C locale. See #12234.
            #
            # The same doesn't apply to array fields such as varchar[size]
            # and text[size], so skip them.
            if '[' in db_type:
                return None
            if db_type.startswith('varchar'):
                return self._create_index_sql(
                    model,
                    fields=[field],
                    suffix='_like',
                    opclasses=['varchar_pattern_ops'],
                )
            elif db_type.startswith('text'):
                return self._create_index_sql(
                    model,
                    fields=[field],
                    suffix='_like',
                    opclasses=['text_pattern_ops'],
                )
        return None

    def _alter_column_type_sql(self, model, old_field, new_field, new_type):
        self.sql_alter_column_type = 'ALTER COLUMN %(column)s TYPE %(type)s'
        # Cast when data type changed.
        using_sql = ' USING %(column)s::%(type)s'
        new_internal_type = new_field.get_internal_type()
        old_internal_type = old_field.get_internal_type()
        if new_internal_type == 'ArrayField' and new_internal_type == old_internal_type:
            # Compare base data types for array fields.
            if list(self._field_base_data_types(old_field)) != list(self._field_base_data_types(new_field)):
                self.sql_alter_column_type += using_sql
        elif self._field_data_type(old_field) != self._field_data_type(new_field):
            self.sql_alter_column_type += using_sql
        # Make ALTER TYPE with SERIAL make sense.
        table = strip_quotes(model._meta.db_table)
        serial_fields_map = {'bigserial': 'bigint', 'serial': 'integer', 'smallserial': 'smallint'}
        if new_type.lower() in serial_fields_map:
            column = strip_quotes(new_field.column)
            sequence_name = "%s_%s_seq" % (table, column)
            return (
                (
                    self.sql_alter_column_type % {
                        "column": self.quote_name(column),
                        "type": serial_fields_map[new_type.lower()],
                    },
                    [],
                ),
                [
                    (
                        self.sql_delete_sequence % {
                            "sequence": self.quote_name(sequence_name),
                        },
                        [],
                    ),
                    (
                        self.sql_create_sequence % {
                            "sequence": self.quote_name(sequence_name),
                        },
                        [],
                    ),
                    (
                        self.sql_alter_column % {
                            "table": self.quote_name(table),
                            "changes": self.sql_alter_column_default % {
                                "column": self.quote_name(column),
                                "default": "nextval('%s')" % self.quote_name(sequence_name),
                            }
                        },
                        [],
                    ),
                    (
                        self.sql_set_sequence_max % {
                            "table": self.quote_name(table),
                            "column": self.quote_name(column),
                            "sequence": self.quote_name(sequence_name),
                        },
                        [],
                    ),
                    (
                        self.sql_set_sequence_owner % {
                            'table': self.quote_name(table),
                            'column': self.quote_name(column),
                            'sequence': self.quote_name(sequence_name),
                        },
                        [],
                    ),
                ],
            )
        elif old_field.db_parameters(connection=self.connection)['type'] in serial_fields_map:
            # Drop the sequence if migrating away from AutoField.
            column = strip_quotes(new_field.column)
            sequence_name = '%s_%s_seq' % (table, column)
            fragment, _ = super()._alter_column_type_sql(model, old_field, new_field, new_type)
            return fragment, [
                (
                    self.sql_delete_sequence % {
                        'sequence': self.quote_name(sequence_name),
                    },
                    [],
                ),
            ]
        else:
            return super()._alter_column_type_sql(model, old_field, new_field, new_type)

    def _alter_field(self, model, old_field, new_field, old_type, new_type,
                     old_db_params, new_db_params, strict=False):
        # Drop indexes on varchar/text/citext columns that are changing to a
        # different type.
        if (old_field.db_index or old_field.unique) and (
            (old_type.startswith('varchar') and not new_type.startswith('varchar')) or
            (old_type.startswith('text') and not new_type.startswith('text')) or
            (old_type.startswith('citext') and not new_type.startswith('citext'))
        ):
            index_name = self._create_index_name(model._meta.db_table, [old_field.column], suffix='_like')
            self.execute(self._delete_index_sql(model, index_name))

        super()._alter_field(
            model, old_field, new_field, old_type, new_type, old_db_params,
            new_db_params, strict,
        )
        # Added an index? Create any PostgreSQL-specific indexes.
        if ((not (old_field.db_index or old_field.unique) and new_field.db_index) or
                (not old_field.unique and new_field.unique)):
            like_index_statement = self._create_like_index_sql(model, new_field)
            if like_index_statement is not None:
                self.execute(like_index_statement)

        # Removed an index? Drop any PostgreSQL-specific indexes.
        if old_field.unique and not (new_field.db_index or new_field.unique):
            index_to_remove = self._create_index_name(model._meta.db_table, [old_field.column], suffix='_like')
            self.execute(self._delete_index_sql(model, index_to_remove))

    def _index_columns(self, table, columns, col_suffixes, opclasses):
        if opclasses:
            return IndexColumns(table, columns, self.quote_name, col_suffixes=col_suffixes, opclasses=opclasses)
        return super()._index_columns(table, columns, col_suffixes, opclasses)

    def add_index(self, model, index, concurrently=False):
        self.execute(index.create_sql(model, self, concurrently=concurrently), params=None)

    def remove_index(self, model, index, concurrently=False):
        self.execute(index.remove_sql(model, self, concurrently=concurrently))

    def _delete_index_sql(self, model, name, sql=None, concurrently=False):
        sql = self.sql_delete_index_concurrently if concurrently else self.sql_delete_index
        return super()._delete_index_sql(model, name, sql)

    def _create_index_sql(
        self, model, *, fields=None, name=None, suffix='', using='',
        db_tablespace=None, col_suffixes=(), sql=None, opclasses=(),
        condition=None, concurrently=False, include=None, expressions=None,
    ):
        sql = self.sql_create_index if not concurrently else self.sql_create_index_concurrently
        return super()._create_index_sql(
            model, fields=fields, name=name, suffix=suffix, using=using,
            db_tablespace=db_tablespace, col_suffixes=col_suffixes, sql=sql,
            opclasses=opclasses, condition=condition, include=include,
            expressions=expressions,
        )

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Synopsys (SNPS) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates
Synopsys Inc.'s SNPS fourth-quarter fiscal 2019 non-GAAP earnings of $1.15 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.77% and also the year-ago quarterly figure by 47.4%.
Further, revenues grew 7% year over year to $851.1 million and surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $846 million as well.
The company is benefiting from increasing global design activity and customer engagements. Rising impact of machine learning, AI, Automotive, 5G, IoT, Cloud and the proliferation of Smart Everything are boosting demand for its advance solutions.
However, challenging global market, geopolitical tension and unevenness in the semiconductor industry are key headwinds.
Quarter in Detail
Time-Based Products revenues (64% of the total generated) of $548.4 million were down 9.4% year over year. However, Upfront Products revenues (20%) soared 152.9% to $168.3 million. Maintenance and Service revenues (16%) too grew 9.3% to $134.4 million.
Segment wise, Semiconductor & System Design revenues (90% of total) were $765.8 million. Within the same, EDA revenues were $489.2 million and the metric from IP & Systems Integration was $275.5 million
Software Integrity revenues were 85.3 million, accounting for approximately 10% of the top line in the reported quarter.
Geographically, Synopsys' revenues in North America (53% of total) were $450 million while Revenues in Europe (11%) were $91.5 million.
Asia Pacific revenues (26%) were $240.3 million whereas revenues in Japan (8%) were $69.2 million.
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Per ASC 606, non-GAAP operating margin was 24.8%. While Semiconductor & System Design delivered an adjusted operating margin of 26.4%. Software Integrity's margin came in at 11%.
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
Synopsys exited the fiscal fourth quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $728.6 million compared with $686.8 million at the end of the previous reported quarter.
Operating cash flow for the year was $801 million.
The company completed buybacks of $329 million in the year and $1.8 billion over the past five years, returning approximately 75% of free cash flow to its investors over that period.
For first-quarter fiscal 2020, the company's revenues are expected in the $805-$835 million band. Non-GAAP expenses are anticipated within $635-$655 million. Management assumes non-GAAP earnings per share of 89-94 cents.
For the full fiscal, revenues are now projected in the range of $3.60-$3.65 billion. Non-GAAP earnings per share for the period are forecast between $5.18 and $5.25.
Double-digit growth in non-GAAP earnings is likely to be driven by a revenue rise in high-single-digits, indicating growth in mid-to-high single digits for EDA, low-double-digits' growth for IP and Software Integrity growth within the 15-20% range.
The company estimates to boost its operating margin in the high-20s by 2021 and in the long haul, within the 30% range.
Zacks Rank & Stocks to Consider
Synopsys currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). A few better-ranked stocks in the broader technology sector are Keysight Technologies Inc. KEYS, Fortinet, Inc. FTNT and CommVault Systems, Inc. CVLT, each flaunting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Long-term earnings growth rate for Keysight, Fortinet and CommVault Systems is currently estimated at 9.1%, 14% and 10%, respectively.
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Hatteras GT63 Fish Tank Tops Three-Leg Los Sueños Signature Billfish Tournament Series in Costa Rica
The well-known offshore angling team led by Chris and Laura Jessen and Capt. Ben Horning on the Hatteras GT63 Fish Tank are overall Champions of the 2019 Los Sueños Triple Crown!
The three-leg, catch-and-release billfish tournament series, held off the Los Sueños Resort & Marina in Playa Herradura, Costa Rica, wrapped up on March 30th.
Team Fish Tank won Leg 1 of the series in January and came in 2nd in Leg 2 in February. This gave them a commanding lead on points going into Leg 3. The team came in 6th in the final leg but caught-and-released enough sailfish and marlin to hold on and win the Triple Crown – beating the next highest boat by 3,500 points!
"Congratulations to Team Fish Tank for their outstanding performance throughout this highly competitive tournament series," said Hatteras President and CEO Kelly Grindle. "This makes it all the more exciting that Laura, Chris and Capt. Ben will be campaigning the new GT59 Hatterascal on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts starting in May.
"This is going to take a while to sink in but what a season we had!" Laura Jessen said.
Team Fish Tank was on fire from the very start of the 2019 winter season in Costa Rica, winning the 1st Annual Los Sueños Ladies Only Tournament on January 15th. Laura and fellow angler Michelle Keeney caught and released a marlin and eight sailfish to take home that trophy.
Then came the team's triumph in the three-leg Los Sueños Signature billfish tournament series, earning a total of 17,400 points while the next highest-scoring boats, Uno Mas and Sea Angel, earned 13,900 apiece.
"We won the Los Sueños Triple Crown! Five years ago, when we arrived here, I never thought I would utter those words," Laura said. "I can't believe how far we have come. We have fished a lot over the last few years and have had the opportunity to learn from the best. Everything just fell into place this year. It was our year. Our crew is outstanding. We couldn't ask for a better captain or mates. They work so hard day in and out. They are dedicated and driven. We are a true TEAM. I respect and adore everyone on the boat, crew and anglers. We all bring something unique to the mix. Most importantly, we support one another; we are in sync; we laugh and we manage to find a way to have fun no matter how intense it gets in the cockpit. It's been an incredible season."
Starting in May, the Jessens and Capt. Ben will be campaigning the new GT59 Hatterascal at major billfish tournaments on the Gulf and East Coasts while the new Fish Tank, the first-ever GT65 Carolina, is being built at the Hatteras factory. Tight Lines, Team Hatteras!
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Third day at the festival. Got up early and spent several hours sitting at the camp site soaking up the California rays and listening to the Bunny radio (special radio station set up for the fest.) Phish did an acoustic set at noon "Broad Daylight" and finished the weekend with a double set blowout at night wrapping up with tweezer reprise – of course. Conners and I partied it up with some camp buddies – Tim and Ryan from San Diego. Pretty amazing event, so much fun I couldn't believe it ! Do I have to go back to reality?
Phish crowd gathers for the last three sets.
Sunset in Coachella - gonna miss this view.
Phi8h final night set from way back.
Heading into the final show.
Looking back at the trippy scene with the wheel, the burble and a laser dude.
The oil rigs were blasting to the notes. So cool.
The burble in all its glory.


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        30 Days of Code Submission

        @author Charles Bailey

        Licensed under MIT License

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#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;

int main() {
    cout << "Primitive : double" << endl;
    cout << "Primitive : char" << endl;
    cout << "Primitive : boolean" << endl;
    cout << "Primitive : int" << endl;
    cout << "Referenced : String" << endl;
    cout << "Primitive : boolean" << endl;
    cout << "Primitive : double" << endl;
    cout << "Primitive : char" << endl;
    cout << "Referenced : String" << endl;
    return 0;
}


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Take your bike with you wherever you go with the Allen Sports Deluxe 2-Bike Spare Tire Mounted Rack. This rack features 12" long carry arms that can easily accommodate up to two bikes. Individual tie-downs secure and protect the bikes, while the padded lower frame keeps them away from the vehicle to prevent damage. Patented design installs in seconds on a wide range of externally mounted spare tires. Minor assembly required.
This sparetire carrier mounts spares up to 35" to your Yakima LoadWarrior or Yakima MegaWarrior and features quick release for easy installation and removal.
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Q: Where is the index.html on OSX 10.9 (Mavericks) Apache setup? I've started up Apache on my Mac and get the "It works!" message, but I have no idea where that file is.
I've checked the httpd.conf file and the location listed is:
DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
Yet, when I go to the /Library/WebServer/Documents folder, it is empty!
This one is driving me crazy, any help would be appreciated.

A: You can try the Server Application on /Applications/Server.app.
There is a Websites Service in the left pane. Click to configure on the right panel.

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Why Does My Lab Itch and Scratch? Is it Dog Allergies?
Dr. Fiona Caldwell is a veterinarian guest blogger for Pets Best Insurance, a provider of dog insurance and cat insurance.
Hi. I'm Dr. Fiona Caldwell; I'm a veterinarian at Idaho Veterinary Hospital. I'm answering some questions from Pet's Best's Facebook page today. This question comes from Rebecca, who asks: Why does my Lab always have a skin problem; itch, scratch?
This is a great question, and obviously, very, very common. There's several different reasons that can cause a pet to be itching and scratching. Probably the biggest ones to consider, external parasites are a big one; making sure your pet doesn't have fleas or mites that kind of thing. The other large thing that can cause an itchy dog are allergies. There's really 2 big components to allergies, one is your food allergies and other are environmental allergies.
Working with a veterinarian is really important because allergies are really frustrating. There isn't a magic pill; there isn't some sort of magic thing that you can do that's going to cure this. It'll probably be some combination of potentially a special diet, shampoos, and antihistamines. Any infection whether it be fungal or bacterial is going to be itchy, so curing those first is really important to managing allergies.
Hopefully working with a veterinarian, you're going to be able to fine-tune what it is that works best for your pet to keep them as comfortable as possible. If you guys have questions for me, feel free to post them in the comments or at Pets Best Insurance Facebook page.


In basically every way other than the scoreboard, this was one helluva game. Once again, for the second game in a row, the Hornets proved that they are certainly no team to overlook if they get an early deficit. And boy, did they charge back, thanks to a 10-run fifth inning featuring homers by both Bryan Gallen and Anian Nicolas-Zamora. But a few too many late runs and a couple of costly errors didn't allow Northtown to hold on after taking a brief lead in the fifth. But man, that was a fun game to watch, and could easily mark a watershed moment for the team.
Hornets gave up two runs in the first, but tied it in the bottom of the second thanks to a two-RBI single by Konnor Thompson. Thompson would go 2-3 on the day.
Starter Grant Lorenzen hit some more trouble in the third, but was able to pitch a clean fourth. His line was 6 R, 5 K's, and 2 Walks.
The Hornets sent 15 men to the plate.
Kyle Gaines and Bryan Gallen both got two hits in the same inning.
Bryan Gallen hit a no-doubter to left for his homer of the year only to be followed two batters later by Anian Nicolas-Zamora who showed tremendous power hitting it to nearly the same spot in left.
Gallen would have five RBI in that inning as he had a 2-RBI single in his next at bat.
It truly showed what the Hornets were capable of at the plate.
Kyle Gaines bounced back strongly from his 0-fer night during the home opener to go 3-5 with a double and 2 RBI. Plus he pitched a strong seventh inning allowing only two runs on two hits, two K's and a walk.
Tonight's starting pitcher for St. Pius was Jack Stoddart. He is the son of Mike McCartney, who is the PA announcer for the Kansas City Royals.
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Return of Executive Presidency
Threatens to undermine Sri Lanka's pact with minorities
The Tamil people opposed the Executive Presidency both for its centralisation of power and also for its corrupting influence on democracy.
by M A Sumanthiran , Indian Express, New Delhi, September 14, 2020 9:04:46 am
There is no doubt that the 20th Amendment to the Constitution Bill will also be subject to litigation on the issue as to whether any provision of the Bill has to be passed at a referendum. (File)The Basic Structure Doctrine as developed by the Indian Supreme Court has not found favour in Sri Lankan constitutional law. However, the Sri Lankan Constitution (2nd Republican Constitution of 1978) provides a clear procedure on how the provisions of the Constitution can be changed. The Constitution essentially recognises two categories of articles/provisions — those which can be amended by a two-thirds majority of members of Parliament and those which can only be amended if approved by the people at a referendum in addition to being approved by a two-thirds majority in Parliament. The latter are often referred to as "entrenched provisions of the Constitution."
These entrenched provisions often gain increased importance when a constitutional amendment is proposed. This is because the interpretation provided by the Supreme Court on the scope and meaning of these entrenched provisions, determines the fate of a constitutional amendment. In the 42 years the Constitution has been in operation, not a single constitutional amendment or act of Parliament, for which the Supreme Court has mandated a referendum, has been submitted to the people for approval. Instead, governments have preferred to shelve the proposed amendment or law or make changes to the draft law to bring it in compliance with the Supreme Court's determination.
The Supreme Court has also, through interpretation, given meaning and substance to these entrenched provisions. One such entrenched provision, which has likely been the subject of the most amount of litigation, is Article 3 of the Constitution which recognises that sovereignty is reposed in the people of Sri Lanka and that this inalienable sovereignty includes the powers of government, fundamental rights and the franchise.
The Court has, in fact, extended the scope of Article 3 by stating that changes made to Article 4 (which is not an entrenched provision and which enumerates as to how the sovereignty of the people will be exercised) which have an adverse impact on the sovereignty of the people, would also require to be approved by a referendum. In a recent decision, the Court held that the franchise in Article 3, also included the citizen's ability to vote at Provincial Council elections. Therefore, whilst enacting the 13th Amendment to the Constitution did not require a referendum, abolishing the said amendment or preventing elections to Provincial Councils will require a referendum as it would impact the franchise of the people.
There is no doubt that the 20th Amendment to the Constitution Bill will also be subject to litigation on the issue as to whether any provision of the Bill has to be passed at a referendum. The Bill envisages a rollback of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which was supported by more than 210 of the 225 Members of Parliament (MPs). The Twentieth Amendment Bill proposes the re-introduction of complete presidential immunity, which would prevent the Supreme Court even considering whether the President's act amounts to a violation of the Constitution. This will allow the President to do as he pleases and will make the President unanswerable to any other arm of government.
This rebalancing of the government's powers in favour of the President would no doubt impact the sovereignty of the people. Whatever that was said or not said in the government's election manifesto, these changes would have to be approved by the people at a referendum in order to gain political legitimacy and in order to comply with constitutional requirements.
But the importance of the changes proposed by the Bill go beyond that question and strikes at the heart of the evolution of Sri Lankan democracy. The changes proposed by the Twentieth Amendment, if implemented, will return the office of the President back to its original position in the 1978 Constitution.
The United National Party (UNP) government that enacted this Constitution did so with no consultation with other political parties in Parliament, especially political parties which represented minority communities. This powerful executive President, who could completely control Parliament, make appointments to Superior Courts and key positions in law enforcements with absolute impunity, was thus foisted upon the peoples of Sri Lanka.
When the Constitution was enacted in 1978, all of those in Opposition (the ideological and political predecessors of those in government today) opposed the move and criticised the Executive President for what it was, a constitutionalised dictatorship. The Opposition's predictions were repeatedly affirmed in the way the power of the Executive Presidency was used. Instead of heightened development, the country was set back several decades due to conflict, violence, abuse of power and corruption. Instead of the free and equal society envisaged in the preamble of the Constitution, we got a more divided and unequal society. These outcomes were the result of the Executive Presidency. The mandate to abolish the Executive Presidency, was born out of this historical context, so powerful was this call that every holder of that office between 1994 and 2019, won the election expressly promising to abolish the Executive Presidency.
The Tamil people opposed the Executive Presidency both for its centralisation of power and also for its corrupting influence on democracy. It has been our lived experience that when democracy is undermined, it is the minorities who are adversely impacted and victimised the first and the most. The privilege the majority community enjoys shields them from these excesses for a short while, before it is unleashed on them as well.
Thus, the Twentieth Amendment represents a clear danger to Sri Lanka's fragile constitutional democracy. It has the potential to reignite the violence of the past.
The writer is President's Counsel Member of Parliament for Jaffna and spokesman for Tamil National Alliance
A reply:
India subtracted: Colombo, the Tamils and constitutional change
Foreign Ministry Secretary Rear Admiral Jayanath Colombage
Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella
by Dayan Jayatilleke, Daily FT, Colombo, September 17, 2020
Any collective, especially a minority community, is in the most serious kind of political trouble when its smartest representatives say things that are the exact opposite of smart—and that's a polite euphemism—at exactly the wrong time.
Take MP M.A. Sumanthiran, quoted by Meera Srinivasan of The Hindu as follows:
'… "While it is true that the draft 20th Amendment seeks to enhance executive powers, just as the 18th Amendment did, we should not lose sight of the need to abolish the extremely problematic Executive Presidency system itself. The Opposition to the draft Amendment should be centred on this," Sumanthiran said, adding: "By focusing on the technicalities of the 19th Amendment, the Rajapaksas are trying to quietly erase the historic pledge from public discourse." …'
Writing in The Indian Express, Sumanthiran says: "The Tamil people opposed the Executive Presidency both for its centralisation of power and also for its corrupting influence on democracy."
(https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/sri-lankan-constitutional-law-changes-minorities-violence-6594796/)
The record shows that every single piece of discriminatory legislation, and every single discriminatory policy measure, from Sinhala Only to Standardisation, took place under the Westminster model, and none occurred under the Executive Presidency, while the 13th Amendment was passed under the Presidential system. And yet, "the Tamil people" or the TNA, or simply Sumanthiran, opposed the Executive Presidency and still do/does.
The 13th Amendment, the Indo-Lanka Accord and the very principle of provincial devolution stand in jeopardy. The electoral system will almost certainly be changed so that the system of proportional representation is replaced by a loaded dice. Any such constitutional change introduced by the regime, will win a huge majority at a referendum. The Tamils are cornered in a political dead-end.
ITAK Leader Mavai Senathirajah
The one thing that the Tamils and Muslims still have is the value of their vote at a Presidential Election. Thanks to the Sinhala attachment to a strong presidency, that will not be taken away. Tamil votes count most at a Presidential Election, not at the Parliamentary Election—especially when, not if, the electoral system changes together with the cut-off point, which, if the original 12.5% is restored, will effectively proscribe all "ethnic and religious parties" except those of the majority. The direct, island-wide Presidential Election is the only playing field that will remain level—and Sumanthiran wants the Presidential system abolished.
Authentic liberal-democratic thinker and Tamil politician, Harvard-educated Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam never campaigned for the abolition of the executive presidency. His murder and the decimation of the Tamil political elite and political intelligentsia (Rajani, Kethesh) by Prabhakaran's Tigers (often during ceasefires and negotiations) is why the Tamils are politically directionless today.
The Tamils face an existential threat of being buried by a politico-constitutional avalanche. The recent incident of the alleged interruption of cultivation in Trincomalee by a venerable member of the Eastern Heritage Task Force is instructive as is the statement by Rear-Admiral Weerasekara on the issue of the return of lands. Note his invocation of "the national economy". Hardly an area of his specialised competence, it is a porthole into the new paradigm. The Daily Mirror story said:
State Minister Rear-Admiral Sarath Weerasekara
'Military occupied lands in the north and east, which have tactical importance will not be given back to the people in view of national security as it is directly related to national economy, State Minister Sarath Weerasekara said today.
…"MP Wigneswaran said that a Buddhist monk who came from nowhere tried to prevent farmers from cultivating claiming that it was an archaeological site. Buddhist monks are not vestiges of invaders. They are part of this society and have all the right to protect our Sinhala Buddhist heritage," he said.
…These are grounds of tactical importance and specially, as long as people such as Wigneswaran who promotes separatism are there, it will never be given in view of national security as it is directly related to national economy," he said.'
(http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Military-occupied-lands-with-tactical-importance-will-never-be-given-Weerasekara /108-195637)
The crucial phrase in this discourse is "Buddhists monks are not remnants of invaders". Who are the "remnants of invaders"? Wigneswaran, the Tamil farmers, or both? "Remnants of invaders" are contrasted with those are "part of this society". Those who "are not remnants of invaders", are "part of society" and have more legitimate right than "remnants of invaders". What rights do the "remnants of invaders" have? This is the mentality of the Bosnian Serb militia's General Ratko Mladic.
LankaCNews reported State Minister Weerasekara as disclosing that an "expert panel" has recommended the replacement of the nine-province model by a three-zone (Mahavamsa) model. A graphic shows the existing Northern Province replaced by enlargement through incorporation, totally changing the demographics.
Rolling-up India's role
An authoritative insight into the President's policy on devolution came in an interview with Rear Admiral Colombage, Secretary to the Foreign Ministry, conducted by veteran foreign correspondent P.K. Balachandran. While at pains to flatteringly reassure India on the strategic and military security front, Dr. Colombage made clear by pointedly ignoring India in a reply, that the regime views the Accord as non-existent, and Delhi as having no locus standi in the matter of the 13th Amendment and devolution, though the interviewer linked his question explicitly to India's role.
"SAM: The State Minister of Provincial Councils Rear Adm. Sarath Weerasekara has said that the 13th Constitutional Amendment (which set up elected Provincial Councils following the India-Sri Lanka Accord of 1987) will be abolished. What is your take on this issue given the fact that it involves India as its progenitor?
JC: I am not qualified to talk on this issue. But I can say that there is a view that the provincial councils are a white elephant. However, the country is going to have a totally new constitution. The issue of the devolution of power or the 13th Amendment will be debated from all angles when the new constitution is drafted."
(https://newsin.asia/we-must-be-mindful-not-to-be-a-strategic-concern-to-india-says-sri-lankan-foreign-secretary-adm-prof-jayanath-colombage/)
Rear Admiral Colombage's reply reflects the regime's view that the Tamil question is a purely domestic or internal matter over which Sri Lankan sovereignty and/or Sinhala supremacism are absolute. He is oblivious to the impact on India's prestige, credibility, strategic standing and soft power, of the imminent 'disappearance' by Colombo of the bilateral Indo-Lanka Accord with devolution at its core. This is a fate that President Putin has not permitted to befall Russian-speakers in the 'near abroad', given especially the adversarial NATO expansion and perceived 'encirclement'.
Minister Keheliya Rambukwella provided yet another insight into the regime's paradigm:
"…I think there are only a few people who are talking about a political solution. The need is more for an economic solution…The 13th Amendment needs to be revisited. From 1986 we have been talking about Police powers and land powers. I feel you can put a better system in place to bring about harmony…My humble opinion is that India was also not really for this. They just wanted to get rid of an issue at that time."
(http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/Ethnic-issue-only-a-few-are-talking-about-a-political-solution-media-minister-Keheliya-Rambukwell /172-195886)
The regime's mindset is illustrated also by an article last weekend in an English-language Sunday newspaper by the Deputy Director, International Relations and Media of the Office of the President, which is an explicit critique of a piece by correspondent of The Hindu. The Presidential staffer's lengthy polemic is against "this demand for self-determination" which is a term that does not appear even once in Meera Srinivasan's Hindu piece. However, "devolution", "political autonomy" and "greater control of their lives…to be able to shape their political and economic destinies" do. Universally and legally these are calls for a measure of self-government/self-rule, not even remotely synonymous with "the demand for self-determination".
Political coma
Incredibly, Tamil leaders still say that 13A isn't enough. Here's Mavai Senathirajah: "…However, we do not see that it would be a solution to the issues that Sri Lanka is currently facing. As mentioned and agreed by both countries, we need to go beyond the Amendment and find a political solution."
(http://www.themorning.lk/debating-draft-20th-amendment/)
There is no joint statement by the parties representing the Tamil-speaking national minorities which constitute a majority in the north and east, on the 13th Amendment and the Indo-Lanka Accord. Indeed, there is no such definitive, substantive statement from the TNA, still less a joint statement of the Tamil parties. Without such a platform, how can there be the broadest North-South defence of reasonable devolution? How can opinion—and solidarity—be mobilised in India and more universally, against rollback of an existing reform?
Tamil politicians, their diaspora funders and 'global Tamil' spokespersons/activists don't understand that it is only the Accord that may approximate the status of international 'soft law'. Given Indo-US convergence in the Indo-Pacific, it is only a stand that India can legitimately and squarely get behind, that can have traction with a US administration.
The outcome of Tamil political ambivalence and absurdity will be "the areas of historical habitation of the Tamil-speaking people" (Accord 1987) becoming lands that Tamil farmers cannot cultivate anymore because they contain archaeological evidence of "our Sinhala Buddhist heritage" (Weerasekara), while other lands may be settler-colonised for a "self-sufficiency drive" by farmers (with foreign 'agrarian/irrigation specialists') from military and/or ex-military families. The Tamils should remember the Palestinian olive groves.
From Cromwellian settler-colonisation of Ireland, through constant westward expansion of the American frontier, coercive colonisation has been a standard method of relieving social pressure which would otherwise require progressive reform. In Israel, settler-colonisation created a permanent electoral support base for the rightwing Likud, and shifted the centre of gravity of politics far-rightwards, blocking the possibility of implementing the Oslo Accords.
In Sri Lanka, the impending buildup of socioeconomic discontent stemming from an obsolete macroeconomic policy (import substitution and 'self-sufficiency') will be diverted towards the minorities, and channelled away from Sinhala society in the form of a land-settlement policy.
This will also create a permanent electoral support base of military and ex-military families and the Buddhist clergy. Given military deployment already in areas of alleged archaeological importance, the model will entail Civil Defence Force mobilisation in addition to detachments of the regular military in new encampments—and Buddhist temples to serve newly-opened camps and colonies.
The regime will have a permanent reserve army of electoral support. Any competitor for governmental office, and any successor administration, will have to pander to this settler-colonial social base (as in Israel).
Regime's risk profile
Strategic political folly is not a Tamil monopoly. It is mirrored and matched by the supremacist regime.
The regime ignores as irrelevant or obsolescent the bipartisan narrative of Indian decision-makers and the policy elite on Sri Lanka's Tamil Question. Masterly Indian Ambassador/PRUN-New York, Hardeep Singh Puri (who served in Sri Lanka during the 1987 Accord), and presently a Minister in Prime Minister Modi's Cabinet, concludes his chapter on Sri Lanka in his 2016 book Perilous Interventions (described as "outstanding" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb of 'Black Swans' fame) as follows:
"…In retrospect, the mistreatment of the Tamil minority was, in the first instance, responsible for outside intervention. A problem that commenced with linguistic rights transformed into minority rights and developed into militancy, inviting intervention from across the Palk Strait."
(Chapter 7, Sri Lanka: The Resplendent Isle, Perilous Interventions, HarperCollins Publishers, 2016, p 182)
With the unprecedented weakening through political implosion of the Tamils, a strategically smart Sinhala leadership would not roll-back the 13th Amendment, but rather, turn it into a final-status agreement.
The President and the State Minister respectively have highlighted education and land as requiring reassignment to the centre from the Provincial Councils. These are highly sensitive in any ethnonational/ethno-regional context anywhere, with education especially emotive in the Tamil community.
There is also no concession, selective and specific, on issues of accountability and justice—as identified and urged by CR de Silva's LLRC and the Udalagama-Desmond de Silva Commission. Nor does the accountability/devolution swap (Geneva-2009) continue.
The resultant buildup of pressure will have neither the safety-valves of provincial-level devolution nor proportionate representation in Parliament, for release.
Any social scientist is aware that there is nothing that triggers radicalisation and unrest more than the removal of a measure of reform and resultant shrinkage of space and status that people of a country or area have got accustomed to. The consciousness of one's class or community being pushed around or marginalised, is sharpened by the sense of another, by contrast, being exalted at one's expense. This is especially so if one perceives one's collective identity as a subset of a 120 million strong cultural-linguistic community which has achieved more everywhere else in the world than here. The phenomenon is termed 'relative deprivation' and is fissile material.
The regime may not mind because any eruption will keep the military busy and the majority community, however hard-pressed economically, supportive of a dispensation that is cracking down hard on the Other.
The regime (influenced also by the 'Moragoda Doctrine' that calls for the abolition of Provincial Councils) doesn't understand that unilateral retrenchment from the Accord and the 13th Amendment could eventually trigger claims of 'Uti Possidetis' as refined and updated by Prof Stephen Ratner, International Law expert formerly of the US State Department, and member of the notorious Panel of Experts appointed by the UNSG under the chairmanship of Marzuki Darusman. Ratner was earlier a member of the IIGEP, the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons chaired by Justice Bhagwati.
Nor does the regime comprehend that every step from the shocking Presidential release of Sunil Rathnayaka to the strange case of Supreme Court lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah and the pathos-suffused one of the ailing Ramzy Razeek, only serve to reinforce the extreme recommendation of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the time, Zaid al Hussein, to all UN member-states, that 'universal jurisdiction' be activated on the grounds that the Sri Lankan system couldn't be counted on to ensure the justice, fair-play and the rule of law.
New dynamics
The delusion of Sri Lanka being/becoming another Israel, can last only as long as our neighbour remains too preoccupied and dormant to adopt a 'tous azimuths' panoptic perspective which exercises a 'Look South' policy to complement its 'Look East' policy.
Meanwhile the US media widely reported the following story:
'Two words summed up Tamani Jayasinghe's exuberance for the first Indian American and Black woman to run for vice president: "Kamala Aunty." That title of respect that goes beyond family in Asian circles immediately came to mind when Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his running mate. So the 27-year-old with Sri Lankan roots tweeted it as a wink to others who understood the significance of the term. "The fact that she is both black and brown is what makes this so exciting. The Asian American experience is one that is complicated and nuanced and robust," said Jayasinghe, who works in financial communications in New York. "I feel connected to that." …'
The Denver Post article is captioned '"One of us": South Asians celebrate Kamala Harris as VP choice'. If Biden-Harris make it, imagine the tumultuous welcome she would get on her first tour of India and the seismic soft power shift it would unleash in Asia.
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By Robert M. Sacks
Clearly we are in a moment in history that I expect we all wish we were looking back on rather than living through. The Great Depression, which our grandfathers and great-grandfathers lived through, was not an easy time for anyone. But unlike the Great Depression, today the publishing community has been hit with a triple whammy in that we were already under attack by technology demons before the economic foundation of our advertising base was pulled out from under us, and at the same time, we were placed under an ecologic microscope. Technology, economics and ecology would be hard to fight individually, but en masse it will take great stewardship to survive the treacherous terrain. What we need now are some ambitious survival plans for our future. As an industry, we eventually will survive just fine. The industry's individual components are what are in great peril. Will magazines exist in five years? Absolutely! Will they be yours? Of that, I cannot say.
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Protests at Google offices canceled after alleged threats
By Emily Tillett
August 16, 2017 / 12:26 PM / CBS News
Protests at Google offices across the country have been postponed due to what organizers claim are threats posed by unspecified "left-wing terrorists."
The rallies were announced by a conspiracy-theory promoter after a Google employee was fired for penning a highly controversial internal memo about gender differences, sparking uproar in the tech industry.
James Damore's memo, which claims biological factors contribute to gender inequality in the tech sector, sparked a quick reaction from Google after it circulated widely online.
The "Peaceful March on Google" was billed as an "event for First Amendment supporters from across the country, from all backgrounds, ethnicity and walks of life," according to a code of conduct listed on the march's blog.
Marches were planned in several cities, including Washington, D.C.; Austin, Texas; New York City; Boston and Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Organizers placed blame on the news media for causing backlash to the planned marches.
"Despite our clear and straightforward statements denouncing bigotry and hatred, CNN and other mainstream media made malicious and false statements that our peaceful march was being organized by Nazi sympathizers," read a statement on the blog.
Organizers claim that they had received a rash of credible threats from "known Alt-Left terrorist groups," including one alleged threat to use a vehicle to drive into marchers like the deadly attack on counter-protesters after Saturday's Charlottesville, Virginia, rally.
The rally organizer, Jack Posobiec, has created an active right-wing social media presence and is known for promoting conspiracy theories involving Democrats, including the Pizzagate rumor that a Washington, D.C., pizza shop was a cover for child trafficking.
Posobiec had recently regained attention after being retweeted by President Trump for calling into question the "national media outrage" over the Charlottesville clashes.
Meanwhile: 39 shootings in Chicago this weekend, 9 deaths. No national media outrage. Why is that? https://t.co/9Crutnnrp8
— Jack Posobiec  (@JackPosobiec) August 14, 2017
The postponement comes just one day after Mr. Trump continued to place blame for the violent clashes in Virginia on "both sides," inciting a slew of reactions from the political world for equating counter-protesters with white supremacists.
The group says the threats they've received have been reported to the authorities and hope to hold the march "in a few weeks' time."
First published on August 16, 2017 / 12:26 PM
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Emily Tillett is a politics reporter and video editor for CBS News Digital


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by Benjamin Faucher May 12, 2020
written by Benjamin Faucher May 12, 2020
After almost two months of lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, several countries are thinking of an exit strategy. Many scenarios are on the table. Among them, the possibility to let elderly people out has been evoked. Indeed, it seems that most of the victims who died of coronavirus are above 70. But this idea has been highly rejected, especially by those who are supposed to be protected by such a measure. Far to be paradoxical, this opposition is actually easy to understand. But to do so, one needs to give up the paternalist point of view many people in western countries have.
Since the 19th century, thanks to scientific innovation, life expectancy has soared while the infant mortality rate has drastically declined. Consequently, life and good health are now considered as top values, rather than freedom or self-ownership. Sometimes, those values are incompatible and an arbitrary choice has to be made. The point is to know who makes that choice.
Of course, protecting each individual from being harmed by others is legitimate and requires collective rules, but protecting people from themselves is not acceptable. The main reason is that those who enforce rules are not those who are subjected to it. In the case of actual pandemics, lockdown may be understandable if it's about protecting other people from the virus. But a lockdown based on the age of people does not rely on the same philosophy. Doing that, the government is deciding that elderly people should prefer life rather than liberty. This can be seen as a rational choice if you have your whole life ahead of you, but from a 80 year old point of view, it's pretty different. What would you choose between living one year with the possibility to visit your children and living two years alone?
Unfortunately, most of our societies have prefered a path that lacks collective responsibility. Since 2006, wearing seatbelts is compulsory in all vehicles throughout the EU, even though this device only protects the occupant himself, and not the others. Many countries have implemented taxes on sugary drinks or in cigarettes to fight obesity and lung cancer. If you ask why such measures are important, you often have the same arguments: it's the best way to decrease the death rate. This laconic answer is the symptom of a new political paradigm: governments are here to take care of their citizens' lives at any cost. Don't worry, the nanny-state is watching you.
The same philosophical debate is raised about the right to die. Actually, even the concept is misleading. The point is not about whether people have the right to die (SPOILER, everyone does), but rather if they can choose when and how to die. How is it possible that in our modern and almost secular world, only twelve states – including five in the USA – have legalized voluntary euthanasia? The answer is still the same: bureaucrats in ethics committees are planning other's lives. They don't have to suffer from terminal brain cancer. They don't have to live alone in a retirement home, waiting for the Reaper. They don't have to give up their dignity in a losing battle against Alzheimer's.
Covid-19 crisis is obviously a disaster, but it makes everyone face up to the harsh reality. Everyone dies and after time, the living tend to forget it – and that's a good thing. So, it's time to let people choose how they want to lead their lives, every part of their lives. And no ethics committee should poke it nose into.
In the coming months, it will be interesting for libertarians to look forward to New Zealand. Although two attempts to legalise euthanasia have failed in 1995 and in 2003, MP David Seymour (ACT, right-wing and liberal party) proposed the End of Life Choice Bill to give people with terminal illnesses the option of requesting assisted dying. The bill passed the third reading, but the nationalist and populist party, New Zealand First, threatened to vote it down if it were not subjected to a referendum. Thus, the decision to go to a referendum has been accepted by the Parliament. So, New-Zealanders in September will have to answer the question: Do you support the End of Life Choice Act 2019 coming into force?. According to recent polls, around 70 per cent are supporting the act, and the bill is likely to be adopted. Despite this being a tiny success for freedom fighters, the bill is very limited and is just about terminal illnesses. Yet, it's still a step forward for a freer future.
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Benjamin Faucher
Benjamin Faucher is Local Coordinator for SFL in France and a master student in physics and biophysics. He is particularly interested in questions about free speech, ethics and free market environmentalism.
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The Trump Administration Is Giving Cops Unprecedented Power /
The Trump Administration Is Giving Cops Unprecedented Power
The Donald Trump administration is off to a rocky start, with multiple damaging reports emerging from the White House alleging disorganization, incompetence and infighting—but that hasn't stopped the new president from making good on his pledges to the country's police officers. By branding himself the law-and-order candidate who would use his bully pulpit to take down criminals and fight crime, Trump earned himself the support of several police groups, most notably the Fraternal Order of Police, the country's largest police union, which boasts more than 330,000 members.
Trump has already met with several law enforcement groups to make it clear where his priorities lie. Recently, while speaking to the Major Cities Chiefs Police Association (and after whining about a federal judge ruling that blocked his Muslim ban), Trump launched into a speech about what he believes cops in this country care about: crime in cities populated with black people, Mexican drug cartels, undocumented immigrants, and his desire to build a wall along the Mexican border. During the speech he claimed that undocumented immigrants in gangs cause the problems in Chicago and that building a wall along our southern border would stop drugs from "pouring" into our country.
Two weeks after signing two orders on immigration, President Trump signed three orders on crime and law enforcement, including one that targeted transnational drug cartels. Although immigration and drug enforcement have their own federal agencies, many cops seemed eager to jump into the fray, setting the stage to begin rolling back modest gains made in holding police accountable.
One of President Trump's first executive orders on immigration revived a program dubbed Secure Communities and promised to defund jurisdictions known as sanctuary cities that choose not to enforce federal immigration laws. (Notably, law enforcement officials would be exempt from losing funds.) Under Secure Communities, local authorities—like jail officials—would share fingerprints of the individuals arrested in their cities and towns with the FBI, who would then send the information along to the Department of Homeland Security to check if that person is eligible for deportation using Immigration and Customs Enforcement's database. If ICE determines that the individual is eligible, the local authorities are instructed to hold that person in jail until ICE can transfer him or her to a detention center.
The federal government stated that the intent of the program was to target the most serious offenders, but the program was disbanded in 2014 after it led to widespread racial profiling of Latinos, arrests of people who committed low-level offenses, and people without criminal records. During the course of Secure Communities, multiple cities chose to opt out.
But despite widespread criticism of the program, some police officers are applauding its revival and the crackdown on sanctuary cities. The Fraternal Order of Police praised the administration's actions, including the revocation of federal funds, alleging that communities are safer when local authorities comply with federal immigration officials.
While police unions appear eager to partner up with federal immigration officials, their relationship with the federal agency that handles investigations into police departments is much rockier. Ramping up Department of Justice investigations into police departments that violate the civil rights of the citizens they have sworn to protect is perhaps Obama's greatest police reform achievement. Investigations usually end with court-ordered agreements dedicated to reform, sometimes called consent decrees. While these investigations are not a cure-all, it was a welcome change for many activists. But just days after the election, police departments started making noise about DOJ-mandated reforms.
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Q: Users under the age of 13 years Instagram, Snapchat etc. Terms of Service state that they do not allow any users under the age of 13 years, yet their platforms are flooded with young children.
My Question: In a web or mobile app for users under the age of 13 years, how can I design a verification flow that allows me to obtain "verifiable parental consent" in accordance with the US COPPA and EU GDPR laws?
I am aware that I can request the parent to provide their credit card information, which I believe will count as "verifiable parental consent". However, I am wondering if there are other options with a lower potential bounce-rate?
If this seems "too broad" a question, I am specifically looking for a verification flow that allows the parent to choose from different verification options. A flow chart would be great!

A: The short answer
there really isn't a good way to reliably verify someone's age without potentially alienating some segment of your user-base.
The long answer
Even your credit card solution doesn't really work for children between the ages of 13 and 18 years, where one wouldn't reasonably expect them to have credit cards or get their parents to verify age using theirs.
Some people would outright refrain from sharing other identifying documents like driver's licenses or passports out of concerns like identity-theft.
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On the other hand, if your concerns are more towards improving user-experience, then any combination of some of the aforementioned sources of verification - Government-issued ID, Credit Cards, Phone Number, Email ID, etc. can be used depending how inclusive or exclusive you want to make your software service. You could also look to outsource this problem by relying on external authentication source(s) like Facebook Login and use the user-data collected to verify age-range.


Health psychology is the application of psychological theory and research to health, illness, and healthcare.
Health psychology is concerned with the psychology of a range of health-related behaviors, including healthy eating, the doctor-patient relationship, a patient's understanding of health information, and beliefs about illness.
The biopsychosocial model views health and illness as the product of biological characteristics (genes), behavioral factors (lifestyle, stress, health beliefs), and social conditions (cultural influences, family relationships, social support).
Clinical health psychology (CIHP) refers to the application of scientific knowledge, derived from the field of health psychology, to clinical questions that may arise across the spectrum of healthcare.
Public health psychology (PHP) is population oriented, investigating potential causal links between psychosocial factors and health at the population level.
Community health psychology (CoHP) investigates community factors that contribute to the health and well-being of individuals in their communities.
Critical health psychology (CrHP) is concerned with the distribution of power and the impact of power differentials on health experience and behavior, healthcare systems, and health policy.
public health: The science and practice of community hygiene; includes preventive medicine, health education, sanitation and environmental safety.
health psychology: a discipline concerned with understanding how biological, psychological, environmental, and cultural factors are involved in physical health and the prevention of illness.
Health psychology, often referred to as behavioral medicine or medical psychology, is the application of psychological theory to health-related practices. The field of health psychology includes two sub-fields. Behavioral health focuses on prevention of health problems and illnesses, while behavioral medicine focuses on treatment. Health psychology is concerned with the psychology of a range of health-related behaviors, including nutrition, exercise, healthcare utilization, and medical decision-making.
"Healthy eating tips" by the U.S. National Cancer Institute: Nutrition is often researched by health psychologists.
The biopsychosocial model views health and illness behaviors as products of biological characteristics (such as genes), behavioral factors (such as lifestyle, stress, and health beliefs), and social conditions (such as cultural influences, family relationships, and social support). Health psychologists work with healthcare professionals and patients to help people deal with the psychological and emotional aspects of health and illness. This can include developing treatment protocols to increase adherence to medical treatments, weight loss programs, smoking cessation, etc. Their research often focuses on prevention and intervention programs designed to promote healthier lifestyles (e.g., exercise and nutrition programs).
finding treatments to manage pain.
Health psychology addresses individual and population-level issues across four domains: clinical, public, community, and critical (social justice).
Clinical health psychology refers to the application of scientific knowledge to clinical questions that arise across the spectrum of healthcare. Because it focuses on the prevention and treatment of health problems, clinical health psychology is a specialty practice area for clinical psychologists. Clinical practice includes education on mechanisms of behavior change and psychotherapy.
Public health psychology investigates potential causal links between psychosocial factors and health at the population level. Public health psychologists present research results on epidemiological findings related to health behaviors to educators, policy makers, and health care providers in order to promote public health initiatives for at-risk groups.
Community health psychology investigates community factors that contribute to the health and well-being. Community health psychology also develops community-level interventions that are designed to combat disease and promote physical and mental health. Examples of community health initiatives might be efforts to eliminate soft drinks from schools, diabetes awareness events, etc.
Critical health psychology is concerned with the distribution of power and the impact of power differentials on health behaviors, healthcare systems, and health policy. Critical health psychology prioritizes social justice and the universal right to good health for people of all races, genders, ages, and socioeconomic positions. A major concern is health inequality, and the critical health psychologist acts as an agent of change working to create equal access to healthcare.
The biopsychosocial model states that health and illness are determined by a dynamic interaction between biological, psychological, and social factors.
According to the biopsychosocial model, it is the deep interrelation of all three factors (biological, psychological, social) that leads to a given outcome—each component on its own is insufficient to lead definitively to health or illness.
The psychological component of the biopsychosocial model seeks to find a psychological foundation for a particular symptom or array of symptoms (e.g., impulsivity, irritability, overwhelming sadness, etc.).
Social and cultural factors are conceptualized as a particular set of stressful events (being laid off, for example) that may differently impact the mental health of people from different social environments and histories.
Despite its usefulness, there are issues with the biopsychosocial model, including the degree of influence that each factor has, the degree of interaction between factors, and variation across individuals and life spans.
biopsychosocial: Referring to the idea that the mind and the body are inseparable entities.
monozygotic: Developed from a single fertilized ovum.
Biopsychosocial model of health and illness: This diagram shows how biological, psychological, and sociological factors overlap to determine overall health.
Biological influences on health include an individual's genetic makeup and history of physical trauma or infection. Many disorders have an inherited genetic vulnerability. The greatest single risk factor for developing schizophrenia, for example is having a first-degree relative with the disease (risk is 6.5%); more than 40% of monozygotic twins of those with schizophrenia are also affected. If one parent is affected the risk is about 13%; if both are affected the risk is nearly 50%.
It is clear that genetics have an important role in the development of schizophrenia, but equally clear is that there must be other factors at play. Certain non-biological (i.e., environmental) factors influence the expression of the disorder in those with a pre-existing genetic risk.
The psychological component of the biopsychosocial model seeks to find a psychological foundation for a particular symptom or array of symptoms (e.g., impulsivity, irritability, overwhelming sadness, etc.). Individuals with a genetic vulnerability may be more likely to display negative thinking that puts them at risk for depression; alternatively, psychological factors may exacerbate a biological predisposition by putting a genetically vulnerable person at risk for other risk behaviors. For example, depression on its own may not cause liver problems, but a person with depression may be more likely to abuse alcohol, and, therefore, develop liver damage. Increased risk-taking leads to an increased likelihood of disease.
Social factors include socioeconomic status, culture, technology, and religion. For instance, losing one's job or ending a romantic relationship may place one at risk of stress and illness. Such life events may predispose an individual to developing depression, which may, in turn, contribute to physical health problems. The impact of social factors is widely recognized in mental disorders like anorexia nervosa (a disorder characterized by excessive and purposeful weight loss despite evidence of low body weight). The fashion industry and the media promote an unhealthy standard of beauty that emphasizes thinness over health. This exerts social pressure to attain this "ideal" body image despite the obvious health risks.


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Canadair CL-215, unique amphibious aircraft designed to fight forest fires with water bombing and chemical fire retardants. It can scoop up a load of over 5000 litres of water in 10 seconds while skimming over a body of water, and jettison it over a fire in less than 1 second.
Canadair CL-215, unique amphibious aircraft designed to fight forest fires with water bombing and chemical fire retardants. It can scoop up a load of over 5000 litres of water in 10 seconds while skimming over a body of water, and jettison it over a fire in less than 1 second. It first flew October 1969 and is still in use, although it went out of production in 1989.
The turbo prop Canadair 415, whose production began in 1991, was designed and built specifically for fire fighting and replaced the piston engine Canadair CL-215. The 415 is a water bomber that can scoop up to 6137 litres of water from a nearby water source, mix it with foam suppressant if desired, and drop it on a fire without having to return to base to refill its tanks. It was developed to provide the capability to deliver massive quantities of suppressant to a fire in its initial stages, preventing it from getting out of control. With crews on alert, it can take off within 5 minutes of a fire call. The number of drops that can be achieved before refueling depends on many things, such as weather and terrain, but the aircraft can typically make 6 to 10 drops per hour, dropping 36 800 to 61 400 litres. That translates to 20 to 40 drops and 121 000 to 246 000 litres over 3 to 4 hours before refueling. The 415 makes its drops from 30 to 35 m above the treetops. It can operate under adverse weather conditions, fly over rough terrain and maneuver in mountainous regions. It can scoop water from the ocean with waves up to 1.2 m high. It has been purchased by Ontario, Québec, Greece, Croatia and Italy. Canadair aircraft are produced by Bombardier Aerospace.
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Canadair Challenger
Avro Canada Jetliner