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Constitutional issues: rights and judicial review
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This is the third part in our series on the (possible) constitutional arrangements for the political systems of space settlements. In this part we will discuss the topic of constitutional rights and constitutional review.
With constitutional rights we mean the rights as they are established by a national constitution. Often when people are talking about rights, they refer to what we would call moral rights, i.e. the rights people are supposed to have according to some moral theory. Only since there a zillions of different moral theories, there are also zillions of sets of moral rights. Therefore any discussion in terms of moral rights is bound to derail.
Constitutional rights are a special subset of legal rights, rights defined by law. Because these rights are part of the constitutions, they are more difficult to change than rights establish by ordinary legislation (of course this depends on how easy it is to modify the particular constitution).
Modern constitutions usually include a list of fundamental rights. Though it usually believed that a constitution should have a list of fundamental rights, this is however no automatism. The original US constitution did not have such list of enumerated rights, the famous bill of rights were incorporated into the American constitution as amendments, subsequent changes in the constitution. And the constitution of Australia is another example of modern constitution without a bill of rights.
In both cases, the American and Australian ones, there had been substantial opposition against idea of including a bill of rights in the constitution during the drafting of these documents. In the American case, the proponents of a bill of rights eventually won the battle, but the Australians have still no bill of rights.
The question is, of course, why a bill of rights in the constitution, or why not? Also in case of this issue, there's a rough distinction between republicans and democrats (likewise in the previous post in this series, these terms refer here to positions in political theory, and not to the US political parties of the same names). Republicans were generally in favour of including a bill of rights into constitutions, whilst democrats generally opposed to it. However this distinction has never been very strict.
The republican case for a bill of rights as part of the constitution is based on their concerns that power corrupts, and hence governments will be tempted to abuse their power. Constitutional rights, republicans argue, are constraints to the power of the state. Since a government is not allowed to violate the constitution from which it derives its authority, a bill of rights does protect the citizens of the state against abuse of power.
However, the opponents of including a bill of rights into a constitution can raises several objections. First, a bill of rights is only a list of rights on paper, and by itself it cannot protect the people against governmental abuse of power. Secondly, such list would be unnecessary in a properly designed constitution, which contains a good system of checks and balances. Under such a constitution the several organs of state will prevent each other from abusing power.
In the case of the Australian constitution, the writers argued that since Australia would follow the British system of common law, this would protect the traditional rights of English law. Therefore the inclusion of a bill of rights was deemed unnecessary. However, since space settlements are most likely to adopt civil law, this argument will not apply to the framers of the constitutions of space settlements.
Even if a constitution does contain a bill of rights, these rights are essentially worthless if citizens cannot enforce these against the state. Judicial or constitutional review allows a person to appeal against a law or executive orders in court, if this person believes that the law in question violates his or her rights. If the court finds that the law does indeed violates the constitution, than the law will be declared void to the extent that it conflicts the constitution.
When it comes to constitutional review, there are basically two system: review by ordinary courts or review by a special body, often called constitutional court or council. The first system originates from the USA, where the Supreme Court has claimed its authority to review laws on their constitutionality. Though constitutional review is mostly from its US application, the US constitution does not grant this power explicitly to the court system. More recent constitutions, such as the German Basic Law, explicitly grant this authority to the Federal Constitutional Court.
A special case are the Netherlands. Like in most other nations, the Dutch constitution includes a bill of rights. However, it has a clause (article 118) which explicitly prohibits courts to review laws on their constitutionality. The rationale behind this prohibition is that the Houses of Parliament, the Council of Ministers and the Council of State, will provide for enough scrutiny of bills, which would ensure that no laws are passed which violates the constitution. However, as everyone in the Netherlands knows, in reality the political composition of parliament determines whether a bill is approved or not, and not its constitutionality.
Though constitutionally enshrined rights are meaningless without the possibility of constitutional review, the reverse is not true. In federal countries power is shared by the states and the federation, and the constitution determines what powers belong to either the federation or the states. Most federal constitutions include a list of exclusive powers belonging to the federal government, and other powers belong to the states by default. A very few federations do the opposite, granting explicit powers to the states and all other powers to the federal government.
In a federal country, a government might not make laws on matters on which the other government has exclusive authority. If for example the federal government attempts to legislate on a matter, which is reserved by the constitution to the states, than the state government can ask the court to review the law. Constitutional review is essential in federal systems, since otherwise states and federal government will attempt to make laws on matters outside their authority.
Though the terms constitutional and judicial review are often used interchangeably, they are not identical. Many countries are party to human rights treaties, such as the ECHR, and since treaties usually prevail above domestic laws, citizens are able to review laws on their compatibility with such human right treaties. This especially of great importance in a country as the Netherlands, where there is no constitutional review.
Space settlements could create a similar treaty, and subsequently adopt constitutions without bill of rights. This has the advantage that treaties can usually only be amended by unanimity of the adherent parties. But on the other hand, a state might unilaterally secede from such treaty. Therefore we recommend that space settlements to include a bill of rights in their constitutions, and allow constitutional review.
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From middle latitudes in the northern hemisphere, the moon and Venus will rise about 2 hours before the sun tomorrow. You cannot miss them if you rise early.
As viewed from middle latitudes in the southern hemisphere, the moon and Venus rise well over 3 hours before sunrise. That is because the ecliptic – the pathway of the sun, moon and planets – hits the horizon at a steep angle before sunrise in the southern hemisphere, but at a narrow angle before sunrise in the northern hemisphere.
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Meanwhile, the moon's rotational axis and Venus' rotational axis – the axis these two worlds spin around – stand almost straight up and down relative to the plane of the ecliptic. That's in contrast to our Earth, whose rotational axis tilts some 23.5 degrees out of perpendicular to the ecliptic – or the plane of the Earth's orbital path around the sun.
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public class Authentication
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    public Authentication( String userName, String password )
    {
        this.username = userName;
        this.password = password;
    }

    /**
     * Username used to login to the host
     */
    private String username;

    /**
     * Password associated with the login
     */
    private String password;

    /**
     * Get the user's password which is used when connecting to the repository.
     *
     * @return password of user
     */
    public String getPassword()
    {
        return password;
    }

    /**
     * Set the user's password which is used when connecting to the repository.
     *
     * @param password password of the user
     */
    public void setPassword( String password )
    {
        this.password = password;
    }

    /**
     * Get the username used to access the repository.
     *
     * @return username at repository
     */
    public String getUsername()
    {
        return username;
    }

    /**
     * Set username used to access the repository.
     *
     * @param userName the username used to access repository
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    public void setUsername( final String userName )
    {
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Q: Convert SQL query to linq lambda Entity Framework Core I need select top 10 LINQ query with group by, sum(quantity) and where clause using Entity Framework Core.
Could somebody help me please to convert this SQL code to linq lambda?
Thank you very much.
 SELECT TOP 10
     OrderItems.ProductName,
     OrderItems.ProductId,
     SUM(OrderItems.Units) AS Quantity
 FROM
     Orders, OrderItems
 WHERE
     OrderItems.OrderId = Orders.Id
     AND Orders.OrderDate >= '2019-12-18 16:38:27'
     AND Orders.OrderDate <= '2020-12-18 16:38:27'
     AND Orders.OrderStatusId = 2
 GROUP BY
     ProductName, OrderItems.ProductId
 ORDER BY
     Quantity DESC

I tried this EF query:
var query = (from sta in _context.Set<OrderItem>().AsQueryable()
                         join rec in _context.Set<Order>().AsQueryable() on sta.OrderId equals rec.Id
                         where rec.OrderStatusId == Convert.ToInt32(orderStatusId) && rec.OrderDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(startDate) && rec.OrderDate <= Convert.ToDateTime(endDate)
                         group sta by new
                         {
                             sta.ProductName,
                             sta.ProductId
                         } into grp
                         select new OrderDto()
                         {
                             ProductName = grp.Key.ProductName,
                             ProductId = grp.Key.ProductId,
                             Quantity = grp.Max(t => t.Units),
                         }).OrderBy(x => x.Quantity).Take(Convert.ToInt32(top)).ToList();

A: I believe your statement SELECT ... FROM Orders, OrderItems... WHERE OrderItems.OrderId = Orders.Id while looking like a CROSS JOIN, ends up being optimised into an INNER JOIN.
So, assuming you've got your model set up with navigation properties you might be better off using .Include(). Apart from that I think you are pretty much there:
var query = _context.Set<OrderItem>().Include(o => o.Order)
                    .Where(rec => rec.Order.OrderStatusId == Convert.ToInt32(orderStatusId))
                    .Where(rec => rec.Order.OrderDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(startDate) && rec.Order.OrderDate <= Convert.ToDateTime(endDate))
                    .GroupBy(g => new { g.ProductName, g.ProductId })
                    .Select(grp => new OrderDto
                    {
                        ProductName = grp.Key.ProductName,
                        ProductId = grp.Key.ProductId,
                        Quantity = grp.Sum(t => t.Units)
                    })
                    .OrderBy(x => x.Quantity)
                    .Take(Convert.ToInt32(top));

This produces the following output:
SELECT TOP(@__p_3) [o].[ProductName], [o].[ProductId], SUM([o].[Units]) AS [Quantity]
FROM [OrderItems] AS [o]
INNER JOIN [Orders] AS [o0] ON [o].[OrderId] = [o0].[Id]
WHERE ([o0].[OrderStatusId] = @__ToInt32_0) AND (([o0].[OrderDate] >= @__ToDateTime_1) AND ([o0].[OrderDate] <= @__ToDateTime_2))
GROUP BY [o].[ProductName], [o].[ProductId]
ORDER BY SUM([o].[Units])

Suppose you can't add the navigation property to your OrderItem model, then your code seems pretty much there:
var query2 = (from sta in _context.Set<OrderItem>()
                from rec in _context.Set<Order>()
                where sta.OrderId == rec.Id && rec.OrderStatusId == Convert.ToInt32(orderStatusId)
                        && rec.OrderDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(startDate) && rec.OrderDate <= Convert.ToDateTime(endDate)
                group sta by new
                {
                    sta.ProductName,
                    sta.ProductId
                } into grp
                select new OrderDto()
                {
                    ProductName = grp.Key.ProductName,
                    ProductId = grp.Key.ProductId,
                    Quantity = grp.Max(t => t.Units),
                }
                )
                .OrderBy(x => x.Quantity)
                .Take(Convert.ToInt32(top));

This produces the following SQL:
SELECT TOP(@__p_3) [o].[ProductName], [o].[ProductId], MAX([o].[Units]) AS [Quantity]
FROM [OrderItems] AS [o]
CROSS JOIN [Orders] AS [o0]
WHERE ((([o].[OrderId] = [o0].[Id]) AND ([o0].[OrderStatusId] = @__ToInt32_0)) AND ([o0].[OrderDate] >= @__ToDateTime_1)) AND ([o0].[OrderDate] <= @__ToDateTime_2)
GROUP BY [o].[ProductName], [o].[ProductId]
ORDER BY MAX([o].[Units])

Here's my full test bench for reference

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.SqlExpressions
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query

#region EF Core 3.1 .ToSql() helper method courtesy of https://stackoverflow.com/a/51583047/12339804
public static class IQueryableExtensions
{
    public static string ToSql<TEntity>(this IQueryable<TEntity> query) where TEntity : class
    {
        var enumerator = query.Provider.Execute<IEnumerable<TEntity>>(query.Expression).GetEnumerator();
        var relationalCommandCache = enumerator.Private("_relationalCommandCache");
        var selectExpression = relationalCommandCache.Private<SelectExpression>("_selectExpression");
        var factory = relationalCommandCache.Private<IQuerySqlGeneratorFactory>("_querySqlGeneratorFactory");

        var sqlGenerator = factory.Create();
        var command = sqlGenerator.GetCommand(selectExpression);

        string sql = command.CommandText;
        return sql;
    }

    private static object Private(this object obj, string privateField) => obj?.GetType().GetField(privateField, BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic)?.GetValue(obj);
    private static T Private<T>(this object obj, string privateField) => (T)obj?.GetType().GetField(privateField, BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic)?.GetValue(obj);
}
#endregion

public class OrderItem
{
    public int Id {get;set;}
    public int OrderId {get;set;}
    public int ProductName {get;set;}
    public int ProductId {get;set;}
    public int Units {get;set;}

    public Order Order {get;set;} // added navigation property for .Include() to pick up on
}

public class Order {
    public int Id {get;set;}
    public int OrderStatusId {get;set;}
    public DateTime OrderDate {get;set;}
}

public class OrderDto
{
    public int ProductName { get; set; }
    public int ProductId { get; set; }
    public int Quantity { get; set; }
}

class Dbc : DbContext
{
    public DbSet<Order> Orders {get;set;}
    public DbSet<OrderItem> OrderItems {get;set;}

    protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
    {
            optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(@"Server=.\SQLEXPRESS;Database=Test;Trusted_Connection=True");
        base.OnConfiguring(optionsBuilder);
    }
}

void Main()
{
    var _context = new Dbc();
    var orderStatusId = "2";
    var top = "10";
    var startDate = DateTime.Parse("2019-12-16 16:38:27");
    var endDate = DateTime.Parse("2019-12-18 16:38:27");

var query = _context.Set<OrderItem>().Include(o => o.Order)
                    .Where(rec => rec.Order.OrderStatusId == Convert.ToInt32(orderStatusId))
                    .Where(rec => rec.Order.OrderDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(startDate) && rec.Order.OrderDate <= Convert.ToDateTime(endDate))
                    .GroupBy(g => new { g.ProductName, g.ProductId })
                    .Select(grp => new OrderDto
                    {
                        ProductName = grp.Key.ProductName,
                        ProductId = grp.Key.ProductId,
                        Quantity = grp.Sum(t => t.Units)
                    })
                    .OrderBy(x => x.Quantity)
                    .Take(Convert.ToInt32(top));
    query.ToSql().Dump();

    //alternatively, trying to force a cross join syntax with extra WHERE condition. This way you don't need `public Order Order {get;set;}` navigation property on `OrderItem`
    var query2 = (from sta in _context.Set<OrderItem>()
                from rec in _context.Set<Order>()
                where sta.OrderId == rec.Id && rec.OrderStatusId == Convert.ToInt32(orderStatusId)
                        && rec.OrderDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(startDate) && rec.OrderDate <= Convert.ToDateTime(endDate)
                group sta by new
                {
                    sta.ProductName,
                    sta.ProductId
                } into grp
                select new OrderDto()
                {
                    ProductName = grp.Key.ProductName,
                    ProductId = grp.Key.ProductId,
                    Quantity = grp.Max(t => t.Units),
                }
                )
                .OrderBy(x => x.Quantity)
                .Take(Convert.ToInt32(top));
    query2.ToSql().Dump();
}

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Fears grow for child refugees stranded on Belarus-Poland border
Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities
POLAND-When Ibrahim*, a 37-year-old Syrian, sought shelter in the woods surrounding Brest, a Belarusian town near the Polish border where he was hiding with a friend and the friend's four children, one of the boys, five-year-old Yusif, started to sob.
"I am so hungry and so cold," said the child.
Ibrahim feels desperate, watching Yusif and other children suffer hunger and hypothermia.
The group arrived at the border weeks ago, hoping to cross into Poland but, after several failed attempts, they remain stuck in Belarus.
"I see children dying in front of my eyes and I can't do anything to help them," Ibrahim told Al Jazeera in a WhatsApp voice message, while children and adults nearby could be heard crying in the background. "We are dying here."
NGO workers and activists in Poland have raised the alarm over child refugees on both sides of the border as the crisis deepens and weather conditions deteriorate.
At least one child has reportedly died.
Border Aid, a group of medical volunteers who work at the Polish border, has treated a few dozen children, some with severe conditions.
"Before we even started our operations, we heard about the death of a 16-year-old boy from Iraq who died in September," Kaja Filaczyńska, a doctor with the group, told Al Jazeera.
The boy was among the first six victims found dead in the border zone. He had been vomiting blood prior to his death, according to reports by Polish media.
To date, at least 10 people have reportedly died near the border, mostly on the Polish side.
'Suffering beyond any limits'
The months-long refugee crisis intensified this week as hundreds more people gathered near Belarus's border with Poland, aiming to enter the European Union nation.
Poland blames Belarus for using the refugees and migrants as political tools, allowing them to breach the frontier in revenge for Western sanctions on the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko. Belarus and Russia, its main ally, have criticised the EU in return.
"In my profession, I was used to a certain level of suffering, but this was beyond any limits," said Filaczyńska. "People do not suffer due to a disease, but as a result of a man-made tragedy that has exposed them to harsh conditions and negligence. The fact that healthy people suffer and die because of geopolitics is unacceptable."
The situation is dire, even for trained paramedics, Filaczyńska said.
"The first time we saw children in the woods, we were shocked. We saw a woman crouching down while breastfeeding a small baby in the middle of the night, and another three-year-old child standing next to her. We couldn't get this picture out of our minds: a lost, abandoned breastfeeding woman with two children in a cold forest in the middle of nowhere," she said.
It is not clear how many children are among the thousands of refugees stranded near the border, but Magdalena Rozwadowska, a volunteer from the Polish group Matki na Granicę (Mothers on the border), estimates that there are hundreds.
"We cannot watch this nightmare and do nothing. In the last week of October alone, volunteers at the Polish border received around 1,000 distress calls from people in the woods," she told Al Jazeera.
"We have to protect them. We have to keep them warm and safe, not in the cold, not in the woods," she said.
There may also be children stuck in the emergency zone, an area that aid groups, volunteers and journalists are unable to access. The numbers of children on the Belarusian side are also unknown.
"We once helped a group of 30 migrants, out of whom 16 were children," Filaczyńska said. "From the dark of the woods, we saw their little hands reaching for us, asking for food and water.
"The children were shouting: 'Please, water!' It was heartbreaking."
Some children were exhausted and not alert, unable to stand up.
"The group had been moving through the woods for several days, and the children were too tired to walk. They felt better after receiving food, water and warm blankets."
Cases of disabled children suffering in the forests have also been recorded.
Tadeusz Kołodziej, a lawyer from the Ocalenie Foundation, which provides support to asylum seekers at the Polish border, told Al Jazeera that a Syrian couple with two children – aged five and seven – claimed they were pushed back to the border three times by Polish border guards.
"According to the mother, the seven-year-old disabled son [diagnosed with cerebral palsy] – was unable to move on his own," Kołodziej told Al Jazeera. "His father had to carry him on his back or in his arms through the woods."
When lawyers from the Ocalenie Foundation met the family at the nearest hospital, after they managed to enter into Poland, the mother said she was worried about her children, their protection and the medical treatment of her son.
Kołodziej said the group was able to help them facilitate an interim measure based on Article 39 of the European Court for Human Rights, which allows the family to stay in Poland and seek international protection.
"It helped that these people were in the hospital while we were waiting for the court's decisions on interim measures. When we finally received a decision from the court, the border guards could not push them back," Kołodziej said.
"We know that border guards sometimes wait for the moment the [migrants] are discharged from the hospital to immediately remove them from Poland." (mr/aje)
WEB: Fears grow for child refugees stranded on Belarus-Poland border
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Abstract: The collection of vector-valued modular forms form a graded module over the graded ring of modular forms. I will explain how understanding the structure of this module allows one to show that the component functions of vector-valued modular forms satisfy an ordinary differential equation whose coefficients are modular forms. In certain cases, we can use a Hauptmodul to transform such a differential equation into a Fuchsian differential equation on the projective line minus three points. We then are able to use the Gaussian hypergeometric series to explicitly solve this differential equation.
Finally, we make use of these ideas together with some algebraic number theory to study the prime numbers that divide the denominators of the Fourier coefficients of the component functions of vector-valued modular forms.


See the following 7 shoe stocks.
To inspect the performance of the Shoe Stocks portfolio, see the chart below. Portfolio values are computed using monthly closes for stocks from Quandl.
All 7 stocks are included in the portfolio computations. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $1,428.57 was invested (total of $10,000) in each stock at its closing monthly price for the first date shown on the portfolio value chart below. All prices are adjusted for splits and dividends.
The current value of a $10,000 investment is $65,488. The percent return is 554.88%. The annualized return is 20.67%.


On Sunday we have two awesome services that you may attend.
We strongly believe in the power of prayer in unity, so feel free to join us at 9:10am and 12:00pm before each service respectively to pray for our service, our city, and our nation.
On Tuesday we have a mid-week refresher. This is a time for you to dive deeper into the bible and receive that mid-week "pick me up".
You are probably wondering what to expect at The Rock or what our culture is like. Well, here are a few things that you can expect when you come join us.
Are we perfect? Absolutely, not! But we do try to extend as much love, happiness, and compassion to one another. When you step foot on the property, we do our best to show our pearly whites and make you feel welcome. Everyone says it, but we truly mean it, "We are happy to see you". Our first time guests are VIP (very important people) and after service you can meet us in our VIP Lounge for a little greet and treat.
We proudly rock our t-shirts here! Yes, yes, you will see the occasional suit and tie, but for the most part we like to be comfortable and casual. Feel free to dress casually as we do.
You will hear a mixture of upbeat music and slower tunes during our service. We must say that we have a lot of energy! If you scan the room you will see plenty of people lifting their hands, dancing, smiling, and singing aloud. Feel free to do the same. And we understand that not everyone is the same, and that's ok. Be free to lift your heart in the way that you choose.
We can't leave out the kiddos, right? Rock Stars Children's Ministry (ages 3- 5th grade) takes place every 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month at our 12:30PM service only. Our classrooms are broken up by age groups and let us tell you; our children have a blast! They get to interact with other children, have fun, and learn about God on a level that they can understand. We have amazing volunteers that have passed background checks (aha, SAFETY FIRST!).


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Barclays bloodletting costs £1.6m
Fresh blood is on the carpet in the Barclays' boardroom. Finance director David Allvey is leaving with a £1.6m golden handshake, after little more than a year in the job, following a rift with chief executive Matt Barrett.
His replacement is John Varley, a long-serving Barclays man who married into one of the bank's founding families. Varley did not shine in his previous position as head of retail banking and was one of the rejected candidates for the job of chief executive.
This latest imbroglio follows in the wake of rows over Barrett's multi-million pound incentives and the mass closure of rural branches.
Barclays claims Allvey's departure at the end of the year is by mutual agreement, as part of a boardroom revamp, following its £5bn takeover of the Woolwich.
But City sources say there were serious fault-lines in the relationship between the patrician Allvey, formerly head of finance at Zurich Financial Services, and the brash Irish-Canadian Barrett. Critics claim Allvey did not appear to be on top of his brief and that he made enemies by inter-fering in other people's bailiwicks.
His payoff, made up of two years' salary of £475,000, bonuses of £380,000 and pension rights of £285,000, is in accordance with the terms of his two-year contract. But corporate governance lobbyist PIRC says executive kiss-offs should be restricted to a year's salary.
Banking union Unifi added: 'It is very difficult for ordinary staff and customers to stomach payments like this when they are suffering cost cuts.' Allvey was appointed by Barclays chairman Sir Peter Middleton in September 1999, before Barrett's arrival.
As part of the reshuffle, Woolwich boss John Stewart was appointed deputy chief executive and now becomes Barrett's heir apparent.


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MICAH! So cute. Art I love - as much as you can't go wrong with fancy pants classics, I love Jeremy's art. It's personal, it's sort of weird, it's exciting. I love YOUR art. It's colorful. It's fun. I think I'd rather fill my house with photos and art from friends because it reminds me of them.
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POSTED Wed, 10/21/2015 - 16:00 | POSTED BY Traci C.
Soarin Around The World
Epcot's Soarin' Set to Close in January 2016 for Refurbishment
If you're making plans to visit the Walt Disney World Resort before the end of the year you'll want to make that FastPass+ reservation for Soarin'. The popular attraction located in Epcot's The Land pavilion is scheduled to close on January 4, 2016 for a months-long refurbishment.
Refurbishment Project announced for the Magic Kingdom's Central Plaza
One of the most congested areas at the Magic Kingdom, the Central Plaza, is about to go through a major refurbishment project.
Disney recently announced that the "hub" between the end of Main Street U.S.A. and Cinderella Castle is going to be expanded with several new elements including gardens, additional pathways, restaurant seating, and a special viewing area for fireworks.
POSTED Fri, 08/09/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Guest Author
Port Orleans French Quarter
Port Orleans French Quarter Lobby Reopens after Refurbishment
Last month the lobby at Port Orleans French Quarter was reopened after a several-months long refurbishment. The official rededication of the lobby happened on July 18 and was presided over by POFQ's General Manager Val Bunting.
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California Grill Opening Later This Summer – Some Reservations Available for November
As fine dining fans eagerly wait for the date for the reopening of the California Grill at Disney's Contemporary Resort, there is some exciting news to report about reservations for later this year.
POSTED Tue, 05/14/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Guest Author
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Scat Cats Club
Port Orleans Jazz Musician Elliot Dyson Laid Off
According to an online report, popular jazz musician Elliot Dyson, who regularly performs at the Port Orleans Scat Cats Club, has been laid off by Disney.
POSTED Sat, 01/05/2013 - 07:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
Boardwalk Bakery
Boardwalk Bakery Closed For Refurbishment
A heads up to those of you whose Disney plans include Disney's BoardWalk Inn: The Boardwalk Bakery will be closed for a major refurbishment soon.
The bakery, which is set to be closed as of January 6, is undergoing a transformation that's said to include a new entrance way, a new queue and the addition of a new refillable mug station. In addition, the bakery's menu will be expanded to include more grub besides baked goods (think sandwiches, soups and salads).
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Tidbits from WDW: Attractions and Restaurants
Here are a few attraction- and food-related news tidbits from around Walt Disney World.
First off, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad has reopened after a long refurbishment with some changes. If you're heading out to take in the Magic Kingdom attraction, you'll see the Fastpass and Stand-by line entrances have been switched. The Stand-by queue area has been lengthened by quite a bit with the promise of additional props to be added to the waiting area in the weeks to come. As for the ride itself, not a whole lot appears to have changed; there are reports the coaster is smoother overall.
Test Track Closed For Refurbishment
We first brought you the news of the planned refurbishment of the GM Test Track in Epcot back in January. The Future World attraction officially closed April 16 and is anticipated to reopen this fall with a new name: Test Track Presented by Chevrolet.
"Health" Suite Plans At Contemporary Canceled
Back in April, we brought you news about new health and wellness suites at the Contemporary Resort. Now, news out of Disney has it that those plans have been scrapped.
The suites, which were orginally slated to open last month, were to feature in-room exercise equipment, massages and other "healthy" amenities. There is no official word as to why the suite plans fell through.
POSTED Sun, 09/18/2011 - 01:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
Primeval Whirl
Disney Fined $69,000 by OSHA for Safety Violations
OSHA has cited and fined Walt Disney World for safety violations following the March death of a worker on the Animal Kingdom ride Primeval Whirl.
Russell Roscoe, a maintenance employee, was killed by one of the ride's vehicles in March as he was working on the roller coaster. The Primeval Whirl, originally closed in January for refurbishment, remained closed after the accident.
Soarin Away
Animal Kingdom's Flame Tree closing for refubishment 1/5/15
Wilderness Lodge Pool Refurb
Mandy's Thanksgiving with boyfriend's parents trip report
California Grill refurb concept art
Port Orleans French Quarter Refurbed Room Pictures
Big Thunder Mountain RR Refurb - early 2012
Star Tours Back in May
POSTED Mon, 02/24/2020 - 07:01 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
Cinderella Castle To Get A Fresh New Face
Cinderella Castle is the showpiece of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. This towering structure that can be seen from all over the Park is the icon that most people think of when considering a Disney Park. With 2020 marking the 70th anniversary of Disney's original film Cinderella, and the 2021 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney World right around the corner this beloved icon is getting a make-over.
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Disney's Pop Century
Inside A Refurbished Room At Disney's Pop Century Resort
In late 2016 Disney's Pop Century Resort began to refurbish its 1990's building rooms with a brand new design. Walt Disney World For Grown-ups reader Rebekah M. recently stayed in a newly refurbished room at Disney's Pop Century Resort and shared some of her thoughts with us on the new design.
Carousel of Progress
Tomorrowland Transity Authority PeopleMover
Tomorrowland Refurbishment Brings A Bright New Color Scheme
Unlike most of the Lands in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Tomorrowland is always fighting against time to stay current and ahead of it all in this modern age. This has lead to a bit of personality disorder as the overall themeing and attractions seem to get switched up more than anyplace else. Apparently it's about that time again, and Tomorrowland is getting a facelift.
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Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room at the Magic Kingdom
The Enchanted Tiki Room is one of the signature attractions in Adventureland at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. Present since opening day in 1971, it debuted as the 'Tropical Serenade' an almost identical copy of Walt's classic Disneyland hit.
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort Spa to Reopen December 17th
After more than a year without one the Grand Floridian Resort and Spa will once again be home to an actual Spa, and this time it's Disney owned and run. Stepping out from behind the cover of a third party contractor Disney Parks and Resorts welcomes home a lush new retreat at the Grand Floridian. "Senses," the first of several new Disney Spas across property, is opening for business on December 17th, 2012.
POSTED Thu, 11/01/2012 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
The Country Bear Jamboree at the Magic Kingdom
Melinda touched on it last week and I wanted to delve a little deeper into the Country Bear Jamboree in the Magic Kingdom's Frontierland. Recently reopened after having been closed for refurbishment. Disney knows that rehabs can put fans of an attraction on edge. Though it's important to keep everything in good shape, most guests want their favorites to remain the same.
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The Original Space Mountain
This space-themed roller coaster, and fan favorite, can be found in all five of Disney's Magic Kingdom-style Parks. All five versions of the attraction have different queues and tracks, but all of them share that famous domed exterior, a space age exterior facade reaching into the sky. After seeing the popularity of the Matterhorn in Disneyland, Walt Disney was convinced that thrill rides had a place in his park and had plans drawn plans drawn up for the Space Mountain attraction.


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Viccentia (auch Vincentia) war eine antike römische Goldbortenwirkerin (aurinetrix), die im 4. Jahrhundert in Rom tätig war.

Viccentia ist nur aufgrund ihrer 14,5 × 29 cm großen Grabinschrift bekannt, die in Rom – wohl in oder bei der Calixtus-Katakombe – gefunden wurde. Laut der weitverbreiteten Lesung der Inschrift verstarb sie im Alter von neun Jahren und neun Monaten. Sie wird als lieblichste Tochter bezeichnet, was für eine liebevolle Eltern-Kind-Beziehung spricht. Dennoch wurde sie, wie es für die meisten Kinder der Zeit üblich war, zur Arbeit im elterlichen Betrieb herangezogen, sofern die Lesung der Inschrift korrekt ist. Sehr wahrscheinlich hat sie in diesem Fall eher Zuarbeiten für Schmuckornamente geleistet, wofür kleine Finger besonders geeignet waren. Viccentia ist damit eine von nur sehr wenigen Kunsthandwerkerinnen, die namentlich aus der Antike bekannt sind, vor allem dann, wenn es sich nicht um Malerinnen handelt. Auch für die Arbeit von Kindern wäre sie eines von nur einer sehr begrenzten Anzahl an namentlich bekannten Beispielen.

Die Grabinschrift wird im Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum wie folgt wiedergegeben:

Allerdings verbesserte Herman Gummerus bereits im Jahr 1914 die Lesung der Inschrift und korrigierte das Alter der Viccentia auf 19 Jahre. Ebenso bot Laura Chioffi im Jahr 2004 die Lesung Viccentia (: Vincentia), dul/cissima filia, / aurinetrix, qae (:quae) / vixit [an]n(is) XVIIII, m(ensibus) VIIII. Auch nach dieser Lesung wäre die Goldbortenwirkerin 19 Jahre alt geworden.

Literatur
 Rainer Vollkommer: Vicentia. In: Derselbe (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike. Über 3800 Künstler aus drei Jahrtausenden. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7, S. 933.
 Christian Laes: Children and their occupations in the city of Rome (300–700 CE). In:  Christian Laes, Katariina Mustakallio, Ville Vuolanto (Hrsg.): Children and Family in Late Antiquity: Life, Death and Interaction. Peeters, Leuven 2015, S. 79–110 (Digitalisat).

Weblinks
 Eintrag mit Abbildung in der Epigraphic Database Bari (EDB)

Einzelbelege

Goldschmied (Antike)
Römer
Geboren im 4. Jahrhundert
Gestorben im 4. Jahrhundert
Frau

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Q: How to get into Docker image filesystem when Container Won't run What's the best way to troubleshoot a container which won't start that fails on a filepath?  I need to peak into the image somehow and list out and see if the directories and what file structure is actually internal to the container/image after I start it but if it fails to start I'm sorta out of luck right?
▶ PORT=8080 && docker run -p 9090:${PORT} -e PORT=${PORT} gcr.io/ssss/s@sha256:5ad05d1d37baae8f548b08a41fa7c5d69465adb8acd4cc9b1703f2ed4ee361ec
Unable to find image 'gcr.io/ssss-1349/ssss@sha256:5ad05d1d37baae8f548b08a41fa7c5d69465adb8acd4cc9b1703f2ed4ee361ec' locally
sha256:5ad05d1d37baae8f548b08a41fa7c5d69465adb8acd4cc9b1703f2ed4ee361ec: Pulling from ssss-1349/ssss
cbdbe7a5bc2a: Already exists
15f7fe915f93: Already exists
3cae4fa026a7: Already exists
bfa729779926: Already exists
db6f693f3456: Pull complete
2e4c635245d4: Pull complete
6017db5d3271: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:5ad05d1d37baae8f548b08a41fa7c5d69465adb8acd4cc9b1703f2ed4ee361ec
Status: Downloaded newer image for gcr.io/ssss-1349/ssss@sha256:5ad05d1d37baae8f548b08a41fa7c5d69465adb8acd4cc9b1703f2ed4ee361ec
yarn run v1.22.4
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It's saying '/dist/server/server.js' is not there but I know it has to be, I copied it and so I need to peak inside the OS of the container and look around somehow to see what the file structure actually is to try to troubleshoot it
Dockerfile:
FROM node:14.8.0-alpine
ENV PORT 8080
WORKDIR dist
RUN yarn
COPY . ./
CMD [ "yarn", "start" ]

A: One possibility to enter a container would be "overwriting" the default command by calling a shell and invoke your desired commands it hand (as you would do in a "normal" shell). This allows you to work in your docker container like you would do in any normal Linux shell.

Have a look at the -interactive, -i option for docker run.

Example
If you want to start your container, you can run e. g. run a bash (...or sh, or whatever shell you are using):
docker run -it <img_name> <arguments> bash

You specified CMD will get overwritten.

If the user specifies arguments to docker run then they will override the default specified in CMD.
From the docs.docker.com:

This allows to work in you container without messing up you Dockerfile.

Additional Information
This also works with exec when yyour container is running.
docker exec -it <container_id> bash

Edit: Also note the following with your command: CMD [ "yarn", "start" ]

Unlike the shell form, the exec form does not invoke a command shell
From docs.docker.com)

If you want tho run the command in a shell, cosinder the following:
CMD [ "sh", "-c", "yarn", "start" ]

A: I often use this .sh file to extract the content of a Docker image. $1 is the image name. You can modify the path to the directory you want to extract to.
Image=$1
ContainID=$(docker run -d $Image)
docker cp $ContainID:./dist ./dist
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DHL Global Forwarding obtains full accreditation under the Australian Trusted Trader Program
December 20, 2017 Martin Scarpino
Melbourne, 28 September 2017: DHL Global Forwarding (Australia) Pty Limited (DHL) has been granted full accreditation by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) under the Australian Trusted Trader Program, with the signing of a formal agreement on September 5th, 2017.
DHL has been involved with the government program since the initial pilot commenced in 2015 and is the largest service provider to be granted entry into the scheme.
Australian Trusted Trader is a voluntary trade facilitation initiative. It recognizes businesses with a secure supply chain and compliant trade practices, rewarding accredited businesses with a range of trade facilitation benefits. Australian Trusted Trader further supports and facilitates the handling of clients' international supply chains by service providers.
Within Australia's Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme, Trusted Traders work to secure the international supply chain, while facilitating the movement of legitimate trade. Australia is the only AEO programme to grant accreditation to service providers as the Australian Government recognizes the important role played by these companies.
Commenting on the accreditation, Chief Superintendent Sneha Chatterjee of the Australian Border Force said: "The Australian Border Force is pleased to welcome globally recognized service providers like DHL Global Forwarding to the Australian Trusted Trader program.
"Trusted Traders receive a range of benefits, one of which is a seat at the table with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. This is a forum to discuss issues and initiatives that directly affect trade communities, and provides an opportunity to shape the future direction of policy and programmes."
Tony Boll, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding South Pacific added: "This accreditation is recognition of the commitment DHL has made to supply chain security, high compliance standards and display of best industry practices as set by the DIBP."
"Government-led programs such as this are incredibly important for our industry and we are proud to be awarded Trusted Trader status."
For more information, please visit: www.dhl.com
Media Contact: DHL Global Forwarding, Nicky Preston, Phone: 02 9317 8026 / 0404 892 733
Email: nicky.preston@dhl.com
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D's at a writer's convention this week, so I've got the place to myself. I experience an odd combination of liberation and loneliness when she's gone. I could write all night or I could veg in front of the TV and no one would know.
Of course I could do those things if she were here too. I just feel guilty about not working with her toiling away upstairs—even when she's not. I've been dealing with a sinus infection for the last two weeks which isn't helping my productivity. So I need to get down to it and start racking up the word count. Lately writing has been like running in waist-deep molasses. Yesterday I gave in to the temptation to sleep and watch movies. Zero words written.
Today will be better. My head feels almost normal. I can keep my glasses on for more than five minutes without setting off a headache. Then there's a chore or two to be done. But without her here I have to find the self-motivation to keep moving. I do miss my characters and story line. This book is on the downhill run which is the part I like best to write. I don't really have an excuse not to write today. Time for a little self-discipline.


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Former AZ millionaire gets 96 months in tax scam
Former Arizona mega-millionaire Gordon Hall starts with mansion ends with prison cell
Former AZ millionaire gets 96 months in tax scam Former Arizona mega-millionaire Gordon Hall starts with mansion ends with prison cell Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/1Nh2IrI
Robert Anglen, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 9:03 p.m. MT June 25, 2015 | Updated 2:17 p.m. MT June 26, 2015
In this 1986 file photo, former Arizona millionaire Gordon Hall sits in his office. Hall, who once boasted he would become a trillionaire in real-estate and other dealings, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison over a tax scam.(Photo: Republic file photo)
Gordon Hall, who spent the 1980s playing the part of a larger-than life Arizona millionaire, will spend the next 23 years in prison
Hall was sentenced last week for a bizarre tax scam in which he told clients he could make their debts disappear by sending bogus checks to the IRS
Hall, who once owned a 52,000-square-foot Paradise Valley mansion, has several fraud convictions
Gordon Hall spent the 1980s playing the part of a larger-than-life Arizona millionaire. The person he most regularly tried to outdo was himself.
The real-estate developer and Nautilus health-club entrepreneur lived on the edge of hyperbole, forever promising the biggest and the best.
He was going to plant a 62-story office tower on the Phoenix skyline, the biggest. He bragged about someday becoming a trillionaire, the wealthiest. He lived in a 52,000-square-foot mansion, the best.
But Hall, now 61, will likely spend most, if not all, of his golden years in substantially smaller and far less comfortable accommodations: a federal prison cell.
Hall was sentenced last week to 96 months in prison for orchestrating a $93 million tax scam with roots in the sovereign-citizen movement. That's on top of 180 months he's already serving for his involvement in a South Carolina Ponzi scheme.
MONTINI: The would-be 'god' becomes a convict
According to court records, Hall held seminars at his Mesa home promising people he could make their tax debts disappear by submitting phony money orders to the Internal Revenue Service.
"Participants in a scheme like this typically range from clueless victims who get bad advice to willing participants who could be charged criminally," said Brian Watson, spokesman for the IRS' criminal-investigation division in Phoenix.
Watson said anyone who paid Hall hoping to get out of a tax debt still owes the IRS.
"These bogus filings don't relieve someone's tax debt and the taxpayer could be penalized for sending the document to the IRS," he said.
U.S. District Court Judge Neil Wake described Hall as a financial predator during his sentencing, indicating Hall has operated on the losing end of the legal system for decades.
Hall's downfall is as spectacular as his rise, with multiple fraud convictions involving mobsters, a Wall Street scandal, a bogus gold- and bullion-investment caper and stashing money from federal investigators.
But three decades ago, Hall was a Phoenix celebrity and rode around in a stretch limousine chauffeured by a woman wearing hot pants.
Hall's hilltop Paradise Valley house was something else, indeed. Built by the heir to the Pennzoil fortune, it boasted a 150-seat theater, an ice-skating rink, swimming pool, tennis court and 14-car garage.
In 1986, People Magazine wrote that Hall's house was "dwarfed by his ambition" and noted the 44-foot-wide sign he put on the roof proclaiming it the "Gordon Hall Mansion" because he wanted people to know who was at home.
Hall has come a long way from that People Magazine interview, where he invoked God's name to explain his drive for business success: "God said multiply your talents, don't bury them under a rock or I'll take them away."
About a decade after appearing on the television show "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," Hall was in trouble.
By the mid-1990s, his real-estate empire was struggling. He lost the mansion and was staring down an indictment on fraud and racketeering charges, accused of helping organized crime families manipulate the stock market.
Rags to riches to rags
Hall, who had a penchant for quoting self-help books, eschewing vices and promoting a rigorous exercise regimen, made his first fortune in health clubs.
Born and raised in San Diego, he joined the Army after graduating from high school in 1971. After his discharge, he moved to Colorado and served three years as a mail clerk in Fort Carson before buying a small fitness center.
With no formal business experience, Hall turned his fitness-center investment into a health-club empire, launching the 24-hour Nautilus chain and making tens of millions of dollars.
People Magazine estimated Hall's net worth at $60 million before his business model of selling cheap lifetime gym memberships imploded with more members than his facilities could handle.
Hall sold the company and went from pitching health plans to real-estate portfolios. He reduced his business philosophy to sound bites: Buy it, sell it and buy it bigger. Start with houses, move up to commercial real estate. If he could do it, anybody could do it.
But he couldn't. Hall's plans were impressive: the tallest office tower in Arizona; a massive downtown Phoenix hotel; the biggest mall in the world. Enthusiasm, however, could not overcome the 1980s real-estate crash. Projects were grounded, properties sold to creditors.
Hall was nearly broke. Nearly. He moved his family to a rented house in Mesa, and in 1992 parlayed what he had left into a publicly traded used-car business called Eagle Holdings, which targeted high-risk borrowers with high-interest loans.
Hall left the company in 1994. But not before federal securities regulators said he made $2 million on a pump-and-dump stock scheme.
Fraud convictions
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil lawsuit against Hall in 1996 for securities fraud, saying he grossly inflated Eagle's value and then sold stock on the exaggerated share prices.
By that time, Hall was making a serious comeback in the health clubs as chairman and CEO of HealthTech. The publicly traded Mesa company showed signs of success with aggressive marketing statements and earnings reports hyping growth and revenue.
Federal regulators saw similarities between HealthTech and Eagle. In 1997, Hall was indicted on criminal racketeering charges. He was accused of working with the members of the Genovese and Bonanno crime families to manipulate his company's stock price.
Authorities said Hall paid off stock promoters who bribed stockbrokers to run up the value of HealthTech by promoting it to customers. The SEC suspended trading in HealthTech stock, which Nasdaq later delisted.
Hall maintained his innocence, saying he was duped by the promoters who hid their Mafia ties when they signed on as consultants.
A Manhattan jury convicted him in 1999 after four mobsters pleaded guilty in the case. It was the largest prosecution at the time to involve members of organized crime manipulating the stock market.
Hall was sentenced to 87 months in prison and three years of probation. But court records show his criminal career was just getting started.
Hall's probation in the securities case was scheduled to end in 2010. Less than two years later, authorities said he and his 22-year-old son, Benton Hall, became embroiled in a Ponzi scheme involving bogus silver investments.
Authorities said the Halls agreed to help a key figure in the South Carolina scheme hide $1.5 million from federal investigators, including the U.S. Secret Service.
According to federal prosecutors, Wallace Howell received commissions for steering two investors to Atlantic Bullion & Coin. The company purported to make money on silver trades but was a sham that paid dividends to earlier investors using the cash from new ones, prosecutors said.
When the scheme unraveled, Howell panicked and sought the Halls' help to ensure the money he stole couldn't be seized, prosecutors said.
"Howell transferred to the Halls approximately $1.5 million in property, gold and silver coins, equipment, and cash," federal authorities said in a news statement last year. "The Halls then worked to hide this money from the federal receiver and law enforcement."
Gordon Hall was convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice and wire fraud in April 2014. He was sentenced to 180 months in prison and ordered to pay $172,000 in restitution.
Benton Hall was sentenced to 24 months and was also ordered to repay $172,000.
$93 million tax scam
Conviction in the South Carolina case didn't stop federal authorities in Arizona from coming after Hall and his son for running a tax scam.
By 2013, prosecutors said Hall had become a frequent attendee at sovereign-citizen seminars.
Sovereign citizens are a loose-knit group of tax protesters who use interpretations of archaic laws, including admiralty and common law, to assert their freedom from government authority. Many like to suggest the IRS is an unlawful enterprise.
At one of these seminars, Hall partnered with Brandon Adams, 40, of New Mexico and together they devised the scheme to send fake money orders to the IRS, according to court records.
As part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors, Adams admitted that he and Hall conducted how-to seminars on using fake money orders to nullify a tax debt.
Among the debts Hall tried to erase were his own, Adams said.
"In January 2013, I created two money orders in order for Gordon Hall to pay off his United States tax liability from 1996 and 1997," Adams said in his plea agreement. "I knew that these money orders were means to defraud the IRS."
Authorities said Hall and Adams submitted 149 fictitious money orders totaling about $93 million to the IRS.
Hall and Adams sold clients on the idea that sending a money order to the Secretary of the Treasury creates an accounting entry and reduces any tax liability to zero.
In his own plea agreement, Benton Hall admitted knowing "these fictitious money orders were intended to defraud the IRS."
Adams was sentenced last week to 40 months in prison. Benton Hall was sentenced to 27 months.
Gordon Hall pleaded not guilty and went to trial. He was sentenced last week to 96 months and the judge ordered that he serve his time consecutively — or back to back — with the 180-month sentence in South Carolina.
That totals 23 years, meaning Hall will be about 84 years old when he gets out of prison.
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Scotland eyes a youthquake with online voting: here are some tips from past pilots
Posted on January 15, 2018 by morwenj
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This guest blog was written by Toby S James, Senior Lecturer in British & Comparative Politics, University of East Anglia.
One achievement for 2017, as the year came to an end, is that it has added a new word to the English language: youthquake. The idea is that previously silent and apathetic young people have awoken to exert their democratic influence on the electoral process.
Despite a 401% increase in usage of the word, a real youthquake is yet to happen. Voter turnout among 18- to 24-year-olds at the 2017 general election saw an upswing from 2015, but still only half (54%) voted. Participation in other types of elections remains much lower. Huge proportions of young people are also missing from the electoral register. There is therefore still a major gap in levels of electoral participation in Britain.
Now the Scottish government has published plans to reform how Scottish parliamentary and Scottish local elections are run, including an idea that many think will bring in younger people – internet voting.
The Scottish parliament recently gained new powers over how Scottish parliamentary elections and electoral registration are run. In its consultation document it wants to "explore and trial the potential of electronic voting solutions to" increase voter participation. The proposals for changes are impressively ambitious and more wide-ranging than those currently being considered by the UK government.
Internet voting has many supporters, who see enormous potential for improving voter participation among young people. It's a sensible line of thought. There are many reasons why people don't vote or engage with the electoral process, but a considerable amount comes down to basic convenience. We are busy. Registration and voting procedures that fit snugly with our everyday lifestyle will enable us to take part. Processes that are long-winded, archaic and bureaucratic will clink with routines, giving us just an extra reason not to vote. Young people are tech-savy and mobile phone ready. So why send them to the village hall to vote?
What we already know
The reality so far, however, is that internet voting hasn't yet proved capable of bringing about a major awakening. Those with a long memory may remember that the UK actually piloted remote internet voting in 2002, 2003 and 2007 at a local level. In some areas, citizens could cast their vote from any personal computer with an internet connection using personalised information provided on their polling card.
This was part of a broader set of pilots introduced by New Labour which also included postal voting, telephone voting, SMS voting, digital TV voting and even supermarket voting alongside good old fashioned polling stations which began in 2000.
One lesson from these pilots, drawn from my my evaluation, was that it was actually all-postal elections that could have the biggest effect on turnout. This involved sending a postal vote to citizens automatically instead of asking them to go to the polling station. In the first year of pilots (2000), all-postal voting took place in wards in seven local authorities, and turnout rose in every instance on the previous year. In Gateshead, turnout jumped up from 26.4% in 1999 to 57.3% with all postal elections.
Drawing lessons about the the effects of internet voting were difficult because it was offered to citizens in pilots alongside many other ways of voting. This was a major design flaw with the pilots that shouldn't be repeated in Scotland, if it goes ahead. Only one new voting method should be trialled in each pilot area so that we can see what effect it has.
A clear message, however, was that internet voting was much more frequently used when it was available up until the close of the poll – in many pilots it was unavailable on election day itself. This should therefore be made possible as part of any future pilot.
Subsequent international work doesn't provide much evidence that internet voting considerably boosts voter turnout either. Estonia became the first country ever to use internet voting in binding national parliamentary elections in 2007. But again, there is no evidence of a major surge in youth turnout.
Concerns about cyber-security would probably make use at a UK-wide election a non-starter. But over ten years since the first UK pilots, there is a strong case for experimenting with new pilots of internet voting at the local level, where the motivations to hack an election are much lower, and the number of non-voters is much greater. Central and local governments have a responsibility to make voting as convenient as possible – and smart phones are much more widely available today than they were in 2003.
The lessons from internet voting experiments so far suggest that there are many other reasons why people don't vote, however. These could be easily addressed with other measures, such as voter registration reform and civic education. Last year, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Democratic Participation proposed 25 measures to improve voter registration across the UK, such as the use of automatic voter registration. 2017 was also the year in which we discovered that electoral administrators had been cutting voter outreach work to engage young people due to financial austerity. There are therefore many other less headline grabbing reforms which could help to generate a youthquake.
Toby S James is Senior Lecturer in British & Comparative Politics, University of East Anglia.
This article was originally published on The Conversation website and has been republished with permission under a Creative Commons licence. Read the original article.
Toby's research has been externally funded by the British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, AHRC, ESRC, Nuffield Foundation and the McDougall Trust. He has written commissioned policy reports for national and international organisations and given invited evidence to Parliamentary committees. He is currently a Fellow to the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Democratic Participation and Advisor to the Law Commission's Review of Electoral Law. He is also on the Scientific Board for Electoral Expert Review.
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Is our electoral system going through the biggest change in a generation?
Posted on April 7, 2015 by stevenmcginty
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By Steven McGinty
The biggest change in a generation? Quite simply: yes.
Last year, we saw an unprecedented focus on the democratic process, with high profile votes such as the Scottish independence referendum, as well as revolution in the way in which citizens vote through the introduction of the Individual Electoral Registration (IER). It's likely that this degree of interest in the political system will continue as we move towards the general election in May, with a number of related topics being up for debate.
I've therefore decided to highlight some of the most notable election and referendum-related issues, as well as look at which might come up in the general election campaign.
Individual Electoral Registration
The introduction of IER in June 2014 was a major step in the delivery of digital government services. It was implemented to provide a more modern service and to help combat electoral fraud. The IER system is essentially a hub that was built by the Government Digital Service. The hub links up with the Electoral Management Software (EMS) in each local electoral area. There is no central database of voter details and the data has been received and saved locally, and is deleted from the Hub within 48 hours.
Yet although these changes have been introduced to improve the system, Dr Toby James, Senior Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics, suggests that they could have the opposite effect, and lead to reduced levels of voter registration.
The Scottish independence referendum was described by some as a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity, which would have permanently changed the political landscape of Scotland. The plebiscite saw 84.6% of the population voting, the highest turnout a nationwide election has had since the introduction of universal suffrage in 1918. The election also gave 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote, which resulted in 109,533 young people signing up before polling day.
It will be interesting to see if this high level of political engagement and the lowering of the voting age will be reflected across the UK in the future. The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has already accepted proposals by Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to lower the voting age in Holyrood elections permanently; although a House of Lords committee has raised concerns over these plans.
European referendum
The referendum on Europe could potentially be the big issue of this year's general election. The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and the Conservative Party have promised to hold a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union if in government. However, the Labour party, at the moment, are against the idea of a European referendum.
Due to the fragmented political environment, it is quite possible that there will be another coalition government. In this scenario, parties will negotiate and smaller coalition partners may change their stance. At this stage, other parities including the Liberal Democrats, the Democratic Unionist Party, the Green Party and the SNP may also have an impact.
The latest polls are too close to call: with Ipsos MORI showing the Labour Party leading the Conservative Party by 1 point and YouGov showing the Conservative Party leading the Labour Party by 2 points. If the Labour Party win, it's unlikely that there would be a referendum on Europe; however if the Conservative Party win, it's likely that there will be.
Boundary changes
Boundary changes, although not as high profile as the debate on Europe, could also figure in the next parliament. In 2013, a Conservative backed plan to reduce the number of constituencies was rejected by their coalition partners and the opposition parties. However, there are currently a number of electoral reviews being carried out by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. For example, North Dorset Council will make changes to their boundaries that will come into force at the local elections in 2015.
Greater devolution within England is also expected to be a major general election issue. Although directly elected mayors have been part of the political landscape since the early 2000's, not many cities have chosen to introduce them due to low voter turnout. However, in November 2014, the chancellor, George Osborne announced that Greater Manchester would have a directly elected Mayor, who would have a host of new powers for the region. This increase in powers, alongside a greater desire for more local decision making, may lead to a higher voter turnout than has previously been seen. It will be interesting to see if this triggers demands for mayors from other regions.
Police and Crime Commissioners
The spotlight will also be on the role of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC). Similar to the mayoral elections, turnout has been very low for PCCs elections, with the average turnout approximately 14.7%. If the Conservative Party wins the general election, it is likely that PCC elections will continue across England and Wales, despite their low turnout. Conversely, if Labour wins the election, it is likely that they will scrap PCCs, arguing that the Conservatives have wasted millions of pounds on PCC elections.
Whatever the result of the UK election, 2015 looks like being another big year for all aspects of elections management and voting.
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Portland editor wants magazine 'to move and startle and amaze'
by Amy Morris-Young
Brian Doyle on the University of Portland campus (Tim LaBarge)
A Sense of Wonder is the second anthology compiled by Portland Magazine editor Brian Doyle from contributions to that quarterly Catholic university magazine. Published 14 years after the first collection, God is Love, this book is a testament not only to the consistent quality of writing in Portland Magazine, but to the remarkable enthusiasm and passion of its editor.
Doyle, a much-published author himself, is by his own account "more absorbed than ever before" in his post as editor, which he has held at the University of Portland, Ore., for more than 20 years.
He attributes this continued zeal both to "the endless river of [University of Portland] kids ... who sizzle your heart every time you talk to them," as well as that "without fail every time I slough toward despondence a story comes and thrums on my heart until I am bruised with joy."
Reading what Doyle writes feels a lot like watching a kid going to town with finger paints, only the splashes of color on his hands, his shirt, the wall, and in his hair are composed of words. His sentences often are both thesaurus-like and zing with his sense of the sublime.
He calls "the magazine and the collection ... inky, papery prayers."
"I am very proud of the writing in our magazine. We draw and share some of the best writers in the world and that seems finally not only graceful and subtle advertising for the University of Portland ... but perhaps, I hope, a holy thing," Doyle said. "Connection is everything. To see and celebrate the shard of holiness, the shimmer of the Christos, in every living being, is the work."
A Sense of Wonder displays short pieces from 36 writers, including Doyle. Most are essays, but there is also some poetry, and a few scholarly submissions discussing historical topics such as the Holocaust, the plight of native tribes, and 9/11.
Doyle chose what went into the book himself, saying, "Committees are the death of anything lively and challenging and piercing and blunt. Committees file off personality and zest." He introduces his authors with superlatives that are surprising only until you have talked with Doyle. "The World's Best Writers" is on the book's cover, and inside, he describes writers as "America's best," "superb," "wonderful," "great," "remarkable," "finest" -- which, in Doyle's crayon box of glowing descriptors, actually shows some restraint.
Describing his urge to publish this collection, Doyle said, "We have glorious writing and I dislike the thought that pieces that fine only appear the once. They ought to keep being read."
To find contributors to Portland Magazine, Doyle explained, some "pieces just arrived from the blue," but that "far more often it's ... staying in touch with lots of writers I admire, and wheedling and pleading and groveling and excerpting and asking and begging and suggesting and hoping and nagging and niggling and listening." He said, "I have lots of conversations and good things happen from them."
As to content, Doyle went on, "We never assign anything anymore. ... Assignments mean writers trying to write someone else's idea. I'd rather they write their own idea and passion and struggle and song."
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Doyle's dad is veteran Catholic columnist Jim Doyle, who held leadership positions in the Catholic Press Association from 1958-1988. "Pop's great -- still writing at age 95 -- he finally stopped writing his column for Catholic New York a couple of years ago."
In the Oregon Public Broadcasting video, Doyle described his parents as "gifted raconteurs and storytellers. Stories were everywhere in the air. There were books all over the house, there were stories in every mouth."
Now, Doyle said, "he and my mom are frail and fragile and translucent and illuminated and just as witty and gentle and kind and attentive and wry as ever. I am the luckiest man ever for any number of reasons, and two of them are my parents."
Doyle's wife, Mary, and children -- a daughter, 24, and twin sons, 21 -- are apparently some of the other reasons. He attributes his move from Boston to Portland 25 years ago, when his wife, an Oregonian, was pregnant with their daughter, to Mary's basically tricking him into believing it was "paradise on Earth."
"When we were courting," Doyle said, she only brought him out to the Oregon coast "during August and September," the two months of the year when it doesn't rain.
Regardless of that subterfuge, Doyle has clearly found his home, and voice, in Portland. He has penned 20 books of essays, poems and fiction, among them the novels Mink River and Chicago. He is a nine-time finalist for the Oregon Book Awards, and won in 2016 for his novel Martin Marten.
About A Sense of Wonder, and Portland Magazine, Doyle effused: "The deepest reason for the anthology is the deepest reason for the magazine itself. ... I want our magazine to shoot for the moon, to move and startle and amaze and elevate and shiver its readers."
Doyle hopes to compile another anthology "probably in five years or so," and his book Eight Whopping Lies is set to be published next fall from Franciscan Media.
As for the future, Doyle said, "I was hoping for one fabulously rich child to take care of dad and buy me a small island in the Pacific. We'll see."
[Amy Morris-Young graduated from and taught writing at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.]
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