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Deconstructing Doomsday
Alex Young in front of the cameras in the post-Apocalyptic setting of a Brooklyn building site.
The funny thing about being involved in a doomsday documentary is trying to find a suitable balance between entertainment and science. This is the conclusion I reached after the interview I did for KPI productions in New York for the upcoming 2012 documentary on the Discovery Channel last week (just in case you were wondering why Astroengine.com was being a little quiet these last few days).
Apparently, the Apocalypse will be very dusty.
Naturally, the production team was angling for what it might be like to be hit by a "killer" solar flare, what kinds of terror and destruction a brown dwarf could do to Earth and what would happen if our planet's magnetic poles decided to do a 180°. It's always fun to speculate after all. However, I wasn't there to promote half-baked theories of 2012 doom, I was there to bring some reality to the nonsensical doomsday claims. But with real science comes some unexpected concerns for the safety of our planet — not in 2012, but sometime in the future.
An added bonus to my NYC trip was meeting the awesome Alex Young, a solar physicist from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Alex was asked to New York for the same reasons I was, but he has a current and comprehensive understanding of solar dynamics (whereas my solar physics research is so 2006). He actually works with SOHO data, a mission I have massive respect for.
Alex Young and myself... very excited about doomsday.
My interview was carried out on Wednesday morning, and Alex's was in the afternoon. The KPI guys were great, a joy to be involved in such a professional project. The documentary producer, Jonathan, asked me the questions in a great location, a huge Brooklyn building that was undergoing renovation. Very dusty with a post-apocalyptic twist. If I was going to shoot a movie about the end of the world, this building would be it.
The KPI documentary will certainly be very different from the Penn & Teller: Bullshit! episode I was involved with, but it was just as much fun, if not more so (it was like a day-long science fest).
Of particular note was Alex's sobering words about the woeful lack of funds in solar physics (i.e. Earth-damaging solar flares and CMEs). I hope his closing statement about NOAA space weather prediction funding makes the final cut; it was nothing less than chilling.
Jon and Sarah from KPI on the set.
Although we both hammered home the point that the fabled Earth-killing solar flare wont happen in 2012 (let's face it, our Sun is still going through an epic depression, why should solar maximum be anything spectacular?), it is probably the one theory that holds the most scientific merit. In fact, as both Alex and I agreed, for a civilization that depends on sensitive technology in space and on the ground, we really need to prepare for and understand solar storms far better than we do at present.
I won't go into any more details, but the documentary will be on the Discovery Channel in November, so I'll give plenty of warning to fire up those DVRs.
Thank you Sarah, Jonathan and the rest of the crew from KPI for making the New York visit so memorable…
Author Ian O'NeillPosted on August 15, 2009 Categories 2012, Astronomy, Featured Articles, Interviews, Solar PhysicsTags 2012, 2012 Doomsday, Apocalypse, Documentary, Doomsday, KPI, No Doomsday in 20129 Comments on Deconstructing Doomsday


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WHAT IS Will
A will, also known as a Last Will and Testament, is a legally enforceable declaration of how a person wants their property and assets distributed after death. In a will, a person can also recommend a guardian for their minor children and make provisions for any surviving pets.
BREAKING DOWN Will
A will is an important component of estate planning. A will ensures that the person's wishes are carried out and can make things easier for their heirs. If an individual dies without a will, the distribution of his property is left up to the government, and may even end up becoming state property. The format of wills can vary, but most follow a fairly uniform layout.
The document usually begins with a statement that the writer is of legal age and making the will freely and without duress. It also attests to the writer's mental soundness at the time the will was made. This section establishes the writer's identity and includes an explicit statement that this final will rescinds all previous documents.
In the will the writer names an executor, who oversees the liquidation and distribution of the decedent's assets according to the terms of the will. The executor must also pay off any outstanding debts and taxes on the estate. The executor may be an attorney or financial expert, or anyone the writer of the will trusts to act responsibly. The executor may be entitled to receive a reasonable fee for services rendered. Fee guidelines may be mandated by the state.
After naming an executor and guardian for any minor children, the will should discuss insurance policies that already have a named beneficiary. Wills do not supplant agreements related to life insurance proceeds, retirement assets or transfer-on-death investment accounts. This section may also itemize joint bank accounts and property that is co-owned with other individuals.
The bequest section of the will specifies beneficiaries for all the deceased person's property or assets, except for insurance policies and joint accounts already covered in a preceding section. Clear and reasonable instructions are important for preventing possible legal challenges that could delay probate and create significant legal expenses.
A will may also include instructions about the writer's funeral and burial wishes. If the decedent has made prior arrangements for a burial plot or funeral expenses, those will usually be discussed in this section.
State Requirements for Wills
Most states require that the will be witnessed by two individuals and signed by the writer at the end of the document. After death, the will is submitted to the probate court of the county or city in which the individual resided. The probate process can be fairly quick or protracted, depending on the complexity of the estate and whether there are legal challenges to the will.
Secondary Beneficiary
A secondary beneficiary is a person or entity that inherits assets under a will, trust or insurance policy if the primary beneficiary is not available.
A last will and testament is a legal document that communicates a person's final wishes, as pertaining to possessions and dependents.
An executor is an individual appointed to administrate the estate of a deceased person. The executor's main duty is to carry out the instructions and wishes of the deceased.
Exordium Clause
An exordium clause is a section at the beginning of a will that establishes the document as a will and spells out a few basic premises of the document.
Testamentary Will
A testamentary will is a traditional will. A will is a legal document used to transfer an estate to beneficiaries after the death of the will's maker.
Gross Estate
Gross estate is the gross value of a person's estate at the time of their death before liabilities such as outstanding debt and taxes are subtracted.
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iPad Air 2 Event Live Stream Confirmed
Apple is set to host an event on October 16 where the company is expected to announce and unveil new iPads and possibly new iMacs. And while Apple hasn't always live-streamed its events in the past, it has confirmed that it will be doing so next week.
Folks who are interested in watching the live stream will simply just need to navigate to Apple's livestream webpage on October 16 at 1pm ET to watch the event live as it happens.
Apple's last event where it announced the iPhone 6 saw a bit of trouble with the live stream, with viewers complaining about lag and freeze-ups that essentially made it unwatchable.
We've heard plenty of rumors recently about the possibility of Apple launching new iPads in October, which isn't too surprising considering that the company has announced new iPads in October for the past couple of years. However, Apple might also take that time to launch OS X Yosemite to the public, as well as announce a new iMac model.
This might be the first time that new iPads will come with Apple's Touch ID fingerprint sensor, as well as a gold color option that will put the iPad's color offerings on par with the iPhone.
Not a whole lot is known about the iPad Air 2 or the iPad mini 3, but we've seen some leaked photos that suggest what we might see next week.
The iPad Air 2 isn't expected to get a huge redesign, as the iPad Air was the model to see a major refresh. Apple typically doesn't overhaul its products' designs until a couple of generations have passed, so we can expect the iPad Air 2 to keep the same overall look as the iPad Air, except for some small, but impactful changes.
However, the new model could come with a higher-resolution display, as well as a generous memory boost.
Furthemore, the new iPad could come with recessed volume and power buttons, as well as a redesigned speaker grille. The volume buttons look to keep the same design as the iPad Air, but are simply recessed slightly into the body of the tablet.
As for the speaker grille, the leaked photos that we've seen show the iPad sporting a single horizontal line of larger holes, which is a drastic difference than the smaller holes that were arranged in two rows on the iPad Air.
Furthermore, it's already been rumored a couple times this year that the iPad would get Touch ID fingerprint sensor capabilities. We even saw hints of Touch ID capabilities in the code of iOS 7.1 back in April, and a few days later we heard that one of Apple's part suppliers were cranking out Touch ID fingerprint sensors in large quantities.
Touch ID was definitely one of the features that users were looking forward to ahead of the iPad Air event back in October last year, especially after it was introduced on the new iPhone 5s just a month earlier, but Apple sadly did not deliver such a feature.
Technically, we weren't too surprised about this, as it's possible that Apple wanted the Touch ID technology to be around for a year or so and see how it did before expanding the feature to other iOS devices. However, it's still a possibility with the iPad Air 2 that we'll most likely see later this year into the fall.
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This month we round-up news of Academy U-turns, updates on testing, resources and research from the AHRC and Arts Council England, the Pupil Premium Awards, a STEAM opportunity and guidance on the sector's engagement with the EU Referendum.
As was widely reported in the press this month, the government has softened its plans for all schools to become academies. You can read the coverage from the BBC here, and from Toby Young in the Telegraph here.
This is a modified policy – only schools who are Good or Outstanding and are situated in a high-performing local authority with a 'critical mass' of schools under their management will be allowed the choice to remain maintained. Others will still be required by the DfE to convert.
This month we have seen a large number of announcementsand news stories about SATs, testing and assessment. The DfE announced that it is dropping plans for a baseline assessment of four and five year-olds because they asked multiple providers to carry out the tests and then found that they were not comparable to one another. You can read the Guardian report here.
The SATs have also been at the centre of a number of controversies, with both a Spelling test and a Maths tests leaked, and some parents choosing to boycott the SATs exams. You can read the open letter to Nicky Morgan from the 'Let our Kids be Kids' campaign here.
We want to congratulate Greenfylde C of E First School in the South West and Northern Saints Church of England Primary School, Sunderland which were amongst the winners of this year's Pupil Premium Awards.
Both schools demonstrated clearly how the arts can be used to drive up attainment and improvement. Greenfylde used the funds to ensure disadvantaged pupils have access to the broadest range of opportunities, visits and experiences, and Northern Saints formed partnerships with local museums, using heritage materials and resources to develop disadvantaged pupils' problem-solving skills on visits to the Victorian school and Edwardian bakery.
Read the government press release about the awards.
The Arts and Humanities Research Council Cultural Value report was published on 27 April. Chapter 8 was devoted to the impact of arts education and is well worth a read. Our key take-aways were around the strong evidence base for the impact of arts education on developing resilience, character, and the skills needed to improve life chances.
Bazalgette highlighted a wide range of innovative models for sustaining the arts, including libraries restricting themselves as mutual;, and ring-fencing funding from car parking for culture and commissioning. However, there is not yet any recognition from ACE of the need to directly address the loss of education funding from local authorities, and the specific impact that this has had on children and young people's provision.
The Arts Council's key message to local authorities at this briefing was 'Find a way to keep faith with arts and culture'.
The British Science Association has published research on how people identify themselves as arty, 'sciency' or sporty and held an interesting debate that the CLA joined about why this is on the 20 April. As regular readers will know, we want children to get a STEAM education that gives parity to arts and sciences and makes real world links between the subjects in the classroom. We want children to see themselves both as arty and sciency and not one or the other.
You can book tickets on their website and join the conversation, as well as offer to give a quick talk. You can also watch the streamed event live on the evening.
Have you registered to vote in the EU referendum?
The Referendum on our membership of the EU is on 23 June. The deadline to register to vote is 7 June. CLA members across the country have been talking about their role in encouraging young people and communities to vote, and some have been exploring whether the sector can proactively engage people with registering or with turning up to the polls. There are a range of ways to engage – from holding hustings events to commissioning artwork which aims to make the debate more rounded and more interesting. Bite the Ballot has some excellent resources for engaging young people with the democratic process.
Matthew Couper runs www.voteart.co.uk and has offered colleagues access to artwork to display in buildings and foyers to encourage voting. Do get in touch with him directly if you'd like to take him up on it: matthew@matthewcouper.co.uk.
Some colleagues have felt comfortable taking a direct stance on the referendum, whilst some have expressed concerns as to how the Referendum relates to the Charity Commission Guidelines. Arts Council has prepared guidance and in addition, colleagues in arts organisations can use the What Next? Guidance on Meeting Ethical and Reputation Challenges to help them talk through the implications of taking a public stance on the campaign and feel confident about their actions.
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Okay this would either have to be between my trip to Paris, or Zanzibar. Both were quite magical but if I truly had to pick one, I'll go with Paris.
The architecture is breathtaking. Even though bread and cheese are usually the main ingredients, the food is amazing. It was just perfect.
Even with the pressure to see and do everything in only a few days, we were able to soak ourselves in the energy of the city.
I can't wait to go back, rent a flat, eat, explore.
Lungile should really become a travel blogger. That's an amazing video!
Love everything about this video I so want to visit Paris!!!


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Alexia didn't like Lisa's comments about Cubans.
Hello, everyone! The weeks are going by so quickly. I'm in New York right now with Peter for Fashion Week and other events, and I'm trying to squeeze in some time to write this.
Let me start by saying that I didn't go to Lea's gala because I was very sick, and that's the truth. I think Lea believes that and knows it in her heart. The same way I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt about the comment that she supposedly said to Adriana about Peter, she needs to give me the benefit of the doubt that I didn't go because I was very sick. I don't play those games, and even though Marysol and Adriana didn't want me to go, I was standing firm and I was going. At the end of the day it wasn't about Lea getting her way and winning, it was about the kids winning.
It's so uncomfortable to be in this position. I want to be friends with both sides like I've been until now. I don't feel I have to take sides -- this is not a trial and I'm not a juror. I have nothing to do with their problems, and I'm getting tired of it. I have my own problems, which are much more important than theirs for that matter.
What I'm also very tired about is Lisa talking about the Cubans. What kind of ignorant comment is that? Miami, like many cities in the U.S., was built by hard working immigrants like my parents, who had to flee their country because of political persecution and lack of freedom. Seriously Lisa, Lea vs. the Cubans? I'm appalled and disgusted. I'm sure Lea was as shocked as me. Where is this coming from? I'm thinking it's you that has the problem with the Cubans. And Lisa calls herself the peacemaker? I CAN'T!
I was happy to see Lea doing her thing and raising the money she does for her charity. That is a cause that is very dear to my heart being a former special education teacher who taught at risk children in Dade County Public schools. Furthermore, no matter what differences I may have with Lea at this point, I commend her for all of her efforts and dedication throughout the years with her organization. She will always have my support. I know Marysol and Adriana felt bad for the hard time they gave me. They apologized later. I waited until the end of the day to tell them I was going, because I didn't want to ruin the day for them. I didn't want the day to be about Lea and her gala. I want to keep my friendships separate and not go from one group to the other talking about each other.
God knows I really tried to make it. I got home from polo exhausted, with a fever and no voice and still showered and tried to get ready. I called Lea to apologize for not being there and hoped she would understand. Charity comes from the heart every day, not just one day out of the year. I help children and human beings every day of my life, from finding people jobs to getting them an appointment to see a doctor, paying a child's tuition or a field trip, and so on. I feel good about myself, and I don't have to publicize everything I do.
Until next time my friends. Thanks for watching! I got to go!


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Is Trump a "conservative"?
Posted on January 31, 2016 by lawofmarkets
I don't vote according to labels but there is no doubt that so far as modern political labels go, conservative is the closest it gets. This is from an article on Why I Support Donald Trump and Not Ted Cruz which begins by addressing what does it mean to be a "conservative":
"Conservatism," as [Russell] Kirk explained it, encompassed an inherent distrust of liberal democracy, staunch opposition to egalitarianism, and an extreme reluctance to commit the United States to global "crusades" to impose American "values" on "unenlightened" countries around the world. Conservatives should celebrate local traditions, customs, and the inherited legacies of other peoples, and not attempt to destroy them. America, Kirk insisted, was not founded on a democratic, hegemonic ideology, but as an expression and continuation of European traditions and strong localist, familial and religious belief. Indeed, Kirk authored a profound biography of Senator Robert Taft, "Mr. Conservative," who embodied those principles.
It's a long article and well worth reading through. Here, however, is the core point on why Trump is preferred to Cruz:
What is needed in this nation now is dramatic, even radical change. What is needed is not someone who will simply raise Hell, but someone who will be more like a bull loosed in a terrified china shop. Half measures and regular politicians, "mainstream conservatives" like Ted Cruz, I don't think can pull it off. Trump, I believe, just maybe can.
"Just maybe can" is a better probability statement than is attached to any other candidate at the present time. Interestingly, and by no means a coincidence since this is a central issue in this election, Byron York has asked Trump what makes him a conservative. Here is the Q and A:
Conservatives are very worried about you. They concede that you've brought attention to issues that are important to them, like immigration or radical Islamic terrorism. But they don't believe you're one of them. Are you a conservative?
I am, and I'll tell you what will happen, I think, is they'll maybe see it more and more as time goes by.
If you think about it, if you take a look at what I've done, I've brought millions and millions of people to the Republican Party, and to the conservative party, because, as an example, the debate had 24 million people. If I wasn't in the debate, would it have had three, or four, or two, or what would it have been? And you look at the kind of numbers that they're doing on television, where every one of the stations, the networks that are covering us, and honestly in particular covering me, because I do seem to get a lot more coverage than anybody else, but their ratings are through the roof. So that focus is a very important focus because other people are allowed to take advantage of all of the eyeballs that I'm bringing to the screen.
But what makes you a conservative? What does being a conservative mean to you?
Well, I think it's just a conservative value. I'm very conservative fiscally. I mean, we owe $19 trillion, this is going to destroy our country, we're going to be destroyed by what's going on fiscally. And in terms of the economy, in terms of jobs, we're losing our jobs to everybody. You take a look at the kind of numbers that we're talking about with the closures and just pure and simple the number of jobs that have been lost, it's incredible. To places like China, Vietnam is the new hot one, they're taking our jobs. Mexico, always. They're outsmarting us at every turn, and we don't seem to be able to do it. I mean it's an incredible thing.
I will say this. In terms of conservative, I've had tremendous polling numbers with conservatives, I think to a large extent because of the border. Nobody has that issue like I have it, whether it's building the wall or closing the border and letting people in but they have to come in legally.
So why have you so many conservative leaders — the Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard, National Review, lots of them don't think you're a conservative. They would look at what you just said about trade — they would say protectionism and tariffs, that's not conservative.
No, no, not protectionism — fairness. China is making hundreds of billions of dollars a year with us. At some point, we have to say, look, you can't do that. I mean we have rebuilt China virtually. Now, I am a free trader, 100 percent. But we can't continue to lose tremendous amounts of money to these countries. We're losing with virtually everybody, everybody that we do business with. The fact is, our leaders have been outsmarted at every step of the game. And we just can't do that.
Much more again at the link. But if conservative means to preserve what is good while allowing positive change to occur, the Donald may well be the most conservative candidate in this election. It is also what I liked about Tony Abbott even though no two people may be as far apart personally from each other than he and Donald Trump.
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The original meaning of "conservative"
It may also be the best. From an article on Why I Support Donald Trump and Not Ted Cruz:
"Conservatism," as Kirk explained it, encompassed an inherent distrust of liberal democracy, staunch opposition to egalitarianism, and an extreme reluctance to commit the United States to global "crusades" to impose American "values" on "unenlightened" countries around the world. Conservatives should celebrate local traditions, customs, and the inherited legacies of other peoples, and not attempt to destroy them. America, Kirk insisted, was not founded on a democratic, hegemonic ideology, but as an expression and continuation of European traditions and strong localist, familial and religious belief. Indeed, Kirk authored a profound biography of Senator Robert Taft, "Mr. Conservative," who embodied those principles.
It's only "just maybe", but that is all we have.
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Hillary – the worst imaginable successor to Obama
That there has been more controversy around Donald Trump than around Hillary Clinton is further evidence, if more were needed, of the deeply corrupt nature of the media, and the American media in particular. Hillary should go to jail. She illegally used a personal server for her correspondence as Secretary of State because in this way nothing she wrote could be subpoenaed by the American Congress. Instead, every email she sent could be read by governments around the world. Just think of this:
The ex-CIA official said there is "zero ambiguity — none" about the impropriety of SAP-level intelligence being housed on an unsecure private email server. Faddis added that the very existence of that information on her server means that highly classified information must have been moved off of a "completely separate channel" under a process that is "specifically forbidden." If you had done this while working at the CIA, Hemmer asked, what would've happened to you? Faddis' response: "My career's over, I lose my clearance, I lose my job, and then I go to prison, probably for a very long time." Faddis explained that the "consequences are enormous" when information at this level of secrecy is made vulnerable to foreign penetration. "The reason this stuff is in this channel is because it's going to do incredible damage to US national security if it gets out in the open. That's why we protect it this way." When Hemmer inquired whether Hillary's conduct could have cost lives, Faddis didn't hesitate. "Absolutely. Without question," he asserted.
That she protected her husband from harassment charges and highly plausible accusations of rape in order to protect Bill's presidency and her own political prospects is known to everyone without it becoming the impediment to ought to be. But to go even beyond the personal disgust everyone ought to have in seeing her in public, here is a story from The Oz yesterday reprinted from The Times that ought to disqualify her if we have even an ounce of self-preservation left in our collective veins: Sex scandal dogs Hillary's 'surrogate daughter' Huma Abedin. A big Hillary problem, it seems, in the movie that is being released on Huma's marriage to former Congressman, Anthony Weiner, who became notorious for exposing himself on the internet. Weiner is a Jew, so the following ought to be more than of passing interest, which comes as a throw-away in paragraph 22:
Abedin's mother is Pakistani; her late father was Indian. She was born in Michigan but when Abedin was two her family moved to Saudi Arabia, where her father established a think tank, the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs. Some alleged the family had connections to figures inside the Muslim Brotherhood, which has fuelled conspiracy theories.
They certainly have "alleged" these connections and with good reason. Here's just one example: Huma Abedin's Muslim Brotherhood Ties which are a good deal more significant, you would think, than her marriage ties. It is the absence of controversy about her background that needs to be accounted for. From the story, which appeared in National Review:
Huma Abedin's mother, Saleha, who is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's female division (the "Muslim Sisterhood"), is a major figure in not one but two Union for Good components. The first is the International Islamic Council for Dawa and Relief (IICDR). It is banned in Israel for supporting Hamas under the auspices of the Union for Good. Then there's the International Islamic Committee for Woman and Child (IICWC) — an organization that Dr. Saleha Abedin has long headed. Dr. Abedin's IICWC describes itself as part of the IICDR. And wouldn't you know it, the IICWC charter was written by none other than . . . Sheikh Qaradawi ["the Muslim Brotherhood's chief sharia jurist"], in conjunction with several self-proclaimed members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
It's not that Abedin is a close friend and confidant, but that she is Hillary's closest political advisor that should make you think about what is going on in the US. Possibly the most interesting thing about the times in which we live is that everything is known but nothing seems to matter. The media is the fourth estate, more powerful than whatever might be classified as numbers two and three. What makes Donald Trump so important is that he is able to say things the media would murder anyone else for saying and remain viable. Anyone who thinks of Hillary as anything other than near enough the worst imaginable successor to Obama really has nothing to add to a conversation about the politics of the United States.
AND IN NEWS JUST TO HAND: Former House Oversight chairman: 'FBI director would like to indict Clinton and Abedin'.
California Congressman Darrell Issa, who previously led an investigation into Benghazi as former chairman of the House Oversight Committee, says the FBI "would like to indict both Huma [Abedin] and Hillary Clinton" for conducting sensitive government business on an unsecure, private email server.
"I think the FBI director would like to indict both Huma and Hillary as we speak," the Republican heavyweight told the Washington Examiner Thursday, during a debate watch-party at Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's New Hampshire campaign headquarters.
"I think he's in a position where he's being forced to triple-time make a case of what would otherwise be, what they call, a slam dunk," Issa said, referring to FBI Director James Comey, who previously told the Senate Judiciary Committee he would conduct a "competent," "honest" and "independent" probe into Clinton's handling of classified information during her tenure as secretary of state.
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Why isn't this the Huma Abedin scandal?
Here is the story in The Oz reprinted from The Times: Sex scandal dogs Hillary's 'surrogate daughter' Huma Abedin. A big Hillary problem, it seems, in the movie that is being released on Huma's marriage to former Congressman, Anthony Weiner, who became notorious for exposing himself on the internet. Weiner is a Jew, so the following ought to be more than of passing interest, which comes as a throw-away in paragraph 22:
They certainly have "alleged" these connections. Here's just one example: Huma Abedin's Muslim Brotherhood Ties which are a good deal more significant, you would think, than her marriage ties. It is the absence of controversy about her background that needs to be accounted for. From the story, which appeared in National Review:
What may be the most interesting thing about the times in which we live is that everything is known but nothing seems to matter.
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If Trump is the answer what is the question?
How do we get back the America we had in the 1950s?
It's the wrong answer, but that's the question.
It may still, nevertheless, be the best answer available.
He was, after all, Reverend Martin Luther King
From a great post by Steve Hayward at Powerline that focuses on the views of Martin Luther King. There we find this quote from King:
One may well ask: "How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?" The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that "an unjust law is no law at all"
Now, what is the difference between the two? How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law.
"Eternal law." "Natural law." Supplemented in the comments by this.
From Rabbi Mordechai Finley on origins of moral law:
"The being that created the universe had the power to bring into being a universe – the one we know of – with the energy and mass of 140 billion galaxies. This being created the laws of the universe that scientists and mathematicians have discovered. I am committed to believing that the God who created the laws of light, energy and matter also created a moral law, that reveals itself to those who study it, just as scientists have discovered the laws of nature. I am a moral realist – there really are better and worse answers to moral problems."
There is right and wrong. Our duty is to discover the moral law and act accordingly.
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For something to be hotter something else must be colder
From Ace of Spades, Are the Global Warmistas Simply Juicing Up the Latest Years' Temperatures With "Adjustments" While Reducing the Temperatures of Previous Years, To Always Make the Current Year "The Hottest"?
Sure seems that way — and people have noticed this tendency in their ever-changing adjustments to the temperature record.
But now they may have gone too far — in order to declare 2015 the "hottest on record," they apparently had to revise and "adjust" the previously declared all-time "hottest on record," 1997.
Because 1997 was more than three and half degrees warmer than 2015 — going by NOAA's published data.
If they've now adjusted 1997's temperature down by three and a half degrees or more — thus making the former All Time Hottest Year On Record not particularly hot — this should be the lead, no?
And this would then reveal a lot of about their practices, where the "adjustments" made to the numbers change so much depending on current political messaging needs, and where all the warming comes from the "adjustments," and not the actual temperature records themselves.
Gone too far? Not a chance. Them's that want to believe are grateful for one more lie to keep them from facing their non-preferred reality.
What makes war inevitable is the growing power of ISIS
My favourite book of all time is Herodotus's Histories. It is the first historical narrative ever written and tells the story of how our way of life was preserved in the face of a Persian invasion in the fifth century BC.
What brings this to mind is Tim Blair's discussion of our Prime Minister in a post Tim has titled, AUSTRALIA'S LEADING THUCYDIOT. I have also read Thucydides but it's not as pleasant a story since the wrong side won. Nevertheless, I had taught my children this one sentence from Thucydides almost from the time they could talk: "What made war inevitable was the growing power of Athens and the fear this caused in Sparta". From Tim we find a sequence of Malcolm quotes about (not from) Thucydides of which this was the last:
"White reminds us that Thucydides, considering the several incidents that led to the Peloponnesian War, concluded that the real reason was Sparta's growing anxiety about the rise of Athenian wealth and power."
I'm not sure what the Prime Minister wishes us to learn from these quotes, but I will tell you one I have learned from reading the book. No matter how rich and powerful a civilisation is, it can lose everything if it is not capable of defending itself and is willing to do so.
Herodotus tells an earlier story about the defence of the West. Had the Persians defeated the Greeks all those 2500 years ago our Western civilisation, with its rational, philosophical and scientific approach to the world, would have disappeared there and then.
The question that really comes to mind is whether our PM, even as he quotes Thucydides, understands what the issues are in the war in the Middle East that we are in the midst of right now. The point about reading history is to give you insights into the permanent struggles of humans to preserve their way of life in the face of dangers that inevitably confront them. Here is the Western leader who decided not to increase Australia's commitment in fighting the Islamic State even when asked to do so by the most relentlessly useless leader in American history:
"The Peloponnesian war lives on in our imagination, inspiring (and misleading) generations of statesmen and generals simply because of the quality of Thucydides' history."
The one thought that would never come to my mind from reading Thucydides is "inspiring". It might fascinate you, or educate you, or terrify you. It might get you to spend a lot more time on building national defences, and in working out who our enemies are and how to deal with them. There is nothing about how the PM goes about his business that makes me think he has the slightest idea about any of the things that the Peloponnesian war ought to teach a national leader. Meantime he should go and read Herodotus and find out what a close run thing it was the first time our civilisation was confronted with an existential enemy and what had to be done to maintain our way of life.
UPDATE: From the local paper, perhaps of enduring interest:
Scientists have found grisly evidence of a massacre in Kenya about 10,000 years ago, providing rare evidence of violence between groups in ancient hunter-gatherer societies.
Researchers said the discovery casts light on the poorly understood roots of warfare.
Evidence of violence appeared in 10 of 12 relatively complete fossil skeletons the scientists found by what used to be the edge of a lagoon. That included five or six cases of apparent arrow wounds to the head or neck, and five cases where the head was smashed with something like a club. One skull had a sharpened stone still embedded.
The researchers said the wounds would have been fatal immediately or soon thereafter.
Two skeletons didn't show evidence of violence but the position of the hands suggested they might have been tied up at the time of death. One was a woman who was pregnant or had recently given birth.
The 12 bodies were adults, and at least four were female. The site also revealed partial remains of at least 15 other people.
The 2012 discovery, made west of Lake Turkana, was reported by scientists at Cambridge University and elsewhere. Writing in a paper released Wednesday by the journal Nature, they said it's one of the clearest cases of violence between groups among prehistoric hunter-gatherers.
The reason for the violence is not clear. The victims may have been raided for resources, like territory or food stored in pots, the researchers said. Or the violence may have resulted from antagonism between two groups, they said.
I love that last para, about a massacre that occurred 10,000 years ago. I won't say that they had been attacked by ISIS, but near enough if you can see how human nature continues to play out.
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Keynesian policy in three pictures
It's my birthday, and my younger son has given me a present. You can see whose house he was brought up in. And while it may spoil the joke a bit by adding some commentary, you never know in this day and age what others will and will not see. The first picture is straightforward, however. You hear the equivalent said all the time in every economy.
The second is the subtle one. The government has chosen projects that will never repay their costs which means that the economy, so far as these expenditures go, will end up less well off at the end than it was before. Other projects, almost invariably from the private sector, will usually make up for this loss. But non-value-adding projects pull an economy backwards. If you are getting fewer units of output back compared with the number of units used up in production, living standards must contract. But as the picture shows, lots of people are employed. They are just not employed in projects that create net wealth, which includes those employed in industries supplying inputs.
Because Keynesian economics is all aggregates, the structural problems created by this expenditure is invisible both in theory and in relation to the actual circumstances of the economy. People are, to all appearances, working and producing. The problem remains that what is produced has less value than the resources used up. One day, as the debts pile up and deficits grow, the expenditure must be withdrawn with the result that the entire structure of production must then be reconfigured in a way that allows productivity to grow. That reconfiguration is infinitely more painful than things would have been had you let the economy adjust in the first place.
My son is neither an economist nor a graphic designer. The message is nevertheless sound and coherent with the presentation clarity itself.
And the world is changing. I have just been sent this from The Spectator: The one thing most people think they know about economics is wrong with the subheading, "Keynesian deficit spending makes sense – but over and over again it has not worked". My What's Wrong with Keynesian Economics? was sent off for production on Friday. Most people, especially economists, do indeed still think Keynesian theory "makes sense", they just cannot work out why it never works. If they actually understood how an economy does work, they would understand why Keynesian theory is complete nonsense.
And because the manuscript has now gone off, I am heading off and away for my version of lying by the beach. Blogging may therefore be more intermittent than usual.
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NO Keynesian stimulus has ever succeeded in bringing about a recovery
Some ideas just will not die, no matter how much damage they do. Keynesian economics is one of those. So let me say it again: NO Keynesian stimulus has ever succeeded in bringing about a recovery. Not one, not ever. Go on, you Keynesians out there. Name one, anywhere, any time. Name a single occasion when an increase in public spending brought a recession to an end and returned an economy with high unemployment to full employment. The General Theory was published in 1936. Since then, there is not a single occasion when an increase in public spending led to an economic recovery. Every pre-Keynesian economist would have understood not just this fact, but also why it was so. But such is the dead hand of received ideas, that economists continue to push for an increase in public spending to bring recessions to an end.
So here is the latest set of economic instructions, this time from Canada. The headline reads Economy needs bigger deficit spending with the sub-head, "economist tells Ottawa now is the time to spend, not worry about balanced books". And this is how it begins:
Ottawa should not be afraid to spend a lot of money it doesn't have quickly in order to give the economy a shot in the arm, an influential economist says.
That was the gist of a note Thursday from David Rosenberg, the chief economist and strategist at Toronto-based money manager Gluskin Sheff Inc.
During the recent election campaign, the Liberals ran on a pledge to run "modest" deficits in the $10-billion range for the next few years, in an attempt to stimulate the economy.
Debt-to-GDP can come down even with deficits, economists say
But Rosenberg says more drastic measures are warranted, noting that Ottawa could run deficits of up to $24 billion a year all the way until 2020 and still be below the average 70 per cent debt-to-GDP ratio among OECD nations.
Canada's debt-to-GDP ratio currently stands at 31 per cent.
"What is Ottawa waiting for?" Rosenberg wrote.
"If the government wasn't spending years strengthening our nation's balance sheet to use it as a weapon against downside economic risks as is the case today, then what was the point of it all?"
Rosenberg says it is time for the federal government to get off the sidelines and start "fighting the economic forces" instead of leaving the heavy lifting to the Bank of Canada, in the form of monetary policy.
This is identical to the advice that Ken Henry gave Kevin Rudd, with the usual disastrous results. But it's advice that has an older pedigree than that. Let me take you back to my 2009 classic, The Dangerous Return to Keynesian Economics, where you will find the identical advice offered to Japan in the 1990s.
Stanley Fischer, who in 1998 was the First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, was very clear on the need for the massive increases in spending. Addressing a symposium in Tokyo in April that year, he said:
Japan's economic performance is of course a matter of grave domestic concern. But given the prominent role of Japan in the world economy, and especially in Asia, it is also a legitimate matter for concern by Japan's neighbors and by the international community. There is little disagreement about what needs to be done. There is an immediate need for a substantial fiscal expansion …
On fiscal policy, the recent suggestion of a package of 16 trillion yen, about 3 per cent of GDP, would be a good starting point. But, unlike on previous occasions, the program that is implemented should be close to the starting point. The well-known reservations about increases in wasteful public spending are correct: that is why much of the package, at least half, should take the form of tax cuts. Anyone who doubts the effectiveness of tax measures need only consider the effectiveness of last year's tax increases in curbing demand.
The IMF is not famous for supporting fiscal expansions. And it is true that Japan faces a long-term demographic problem that has major fiscal implications. But after so many years of near-stagnation, fiscal policy must help get the economy moving again. There will be time to deal with the longer-term fiscal problem later.
Another example of the same kind of advice is found in a February 28, 1998, editorial in The Economist under the heading, "Japan's feeble economy needs a boost":
The [Japanese] government says it cannot afford a big stimulus because its finances are perilous. It is true that Japan's gross public debt has risen to 87% of GDP, but net debt amounts to only 18% of GDP, the smallest among the G7 economies. The general-government budget deficit, 2½% of GDP, is smaller than its European counterparts'. Rightly, the Japanese are worried about the future pension liabilities implied by their rapidly ageing population. But now is not the time to sort the problem out. Far better to cut the budget later, when the economy has recovered its strength.
I need hardly point out that Japan's "lost decade" has continued for more than twenty years yet in all the investigations over what had gone wrong, the increase in public spending has never even been glanced at. Modern macroeconomics is a disaster continuously in wait for its next victim. If you would like to understand why, once again I cannot suggest anything written more recently than 1936, other than, of course, this.
[My thanks to SMc for alerting me to the advice being offered to the Canadian PM, who will, no doubt, now take it.]
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Home Insights Audit & Assurance SEC SEC Proposes Some Significant Changes to Regulation S-K and Provides Guidance on Disclosure of Key P
SEC Proposes Some Significant Changes to Regulation S-K and Provides Guidance on Disclosure of Key Performance Indicators
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO REGULATION S-K
On January 30th, the SEC proposed more amendments to the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K. Like other proposed and final amendments to Regulation S-K issued over the past two years, the recent proposal intends to modernize, simplify and enhance the SEC's framework for disclosures outside the financial statements.1 The proposed amendments would:
Streamline the disclosure instructions to management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) (S-K Item 303) and clarify the overall objective of MD&A;
Eliminate the requirements to disclose selected financial data (S-K Item 301) and supplementary financial data (S-K Item 302);
Amend certain other longstanding prescriptive disclosure requirements within MD&A (e.g., disclosure of contractual obligations in a tabular format would no longer be required);
Clarify the existing guidance for the disclosure of critical accounting estimates and incorporate it into Regulation S-K;
Clarify the disclosure requirements regarding the results of operations by codifying other guidance within Regulation S-K (e.g., the discussion of the reasons underlying material changes is required); and
Promote a principles-based approach to certain disclosures within MD&A.
The proposal is subject to a 60-day public comment period after its publication in the Federal Register. Appendix A includes some of the significant proposed amendments compared to the current requirements.
INTERPRETIVE GUIDANCE ON KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND METRICS IN MD&A
The SEC also released guidance on the disclosure of key performance indicators and metrics in MD&A that is effective upon its publication in the Federal Register. The guidance provides considerations and disclosures that are expected to accompany non-financial and financial metrics2 used to describe the performance or status of the business.
Based on a registrant's facts and circumstances, the SEC expects the following disclosures to accompany disclosures of key performance indicators and metrics:
A clear definition of the metric and how it is calculated;
A statement indicating the reasons why the metric provides useful information to investors; and
A statement indicating how management uses the metric in managing or monitoring the performance of the business.
The guidance includes additional disclosure considerations for companies that change the method by which they calculate or present a metric from one period to another (e.g., differences in the metrics between periods, reasons for the changes, etc.).
Registrants should also consider:
The extent to which an existing regulatory framework applies, such as GAAP or, for non-GAAP measures, Regulation G or Item 10 of Regulation S-K;3
Whether there are estimates or assumptions underlying the metric or its calculation, and whether disclosure of such items is necessary for the metric not to be misleading; and
Additional information that may be necessary to provide adequate context for an investor to understand the metric presented.
The guidance reminds registrants of the importance to maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures when disclosing material key performance indicators or metrics that are derived from the company's own information.
Timothy Kviz
National Managing Partner – SEC Services
Apendix A
Topic Proposed Amendments Current Requirements
(Item 303(b)(2))
Discuss material changes in the results of operations for the most recently completed quarter as compared to either the corresponding quarter of the prior year or to the immediately preceding quarter. Discuss any material changes in the results of operations for the most recent fiscal year-to-date period presented in the statement of operations and corresponding year-to-date period of the preceding fiscal year. InterimPeriods (Item 303(b)(2)
Off-balance
sheet arrangements
(Item 303(a)(4))
Within the context of MD&A, discuss commitments or obligations, including contingent obligations, arising from arrangements with unconsolidated entities or persons that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a material current or future effect on such registrant's financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, cash requirements, or capital resources.
Discuss in a separately captioned section, off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have current or future effect on the registrant's financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources that is material to investors.
Contractual Obligations (Item 303(a)(5)) Eliminate the requirement to present a contractual obligations table and enhance the capital resources discussion. Disclose in a tabular format the contractual obligations as of the latest fiscal year end balance sheet. The table must disclose contractual obligations by type and payments due by prescribed periods of time.
Describe material cash requirements, including commitments for capital expenditures, as of the latest fiscal period, the anticipated source of funds needed to satisfy such cash requirements, and the general purpose of such requirements.
Material cash requirements could include items such as funds necessary to maintain current operations, complete projects underway, and achieve stated objectives or plans; or commitments for capital and other expenditures.
Describe material commitments for capital expenditures as of the end of the latest fiscal period and indicate the general purpose of such commitments and the anticipated sources of funds needed to fulfill such commitments. Any material trends in the registrant's capital resources should be described.
Accounting Estimates Codifies and clarifies guidance about the disclosure of critical accounting estimates within Regulation S-K.
Defines a critical accounting estimate as an estimate made in accordance with GAAP that involves a significant level of estimation uncertainty and has had or is reasonably likely to have a material impact on the registrant's financial condition or results of operations.
Clarifies current guidance and requires disclosure, to the extent material, of why the estimate is subject to uncertainty, how much each estimate has changed during the reporting period, the sensitivity of the reported amounts to the material methods, assumptions, and estimates underlying the estimate's calculation. Disclosure guidance regarding critical accounting estimates appears within Commission interpretive guidance on MD&A disclosure.
Disclose critical accounting estimates and assumptions when:
The nature of the estimates or assumptions is material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain matters or the susceptibility of such matters to change; and
The impact of the estimates and assumptions on financial condition or operating performance is material.
Disclose specifically why accounting estimates or assumptions bear the risk of change.
1 Further information about the SEC's ongoing Disclosure Effectiveness Initiative, of which this proposal is a part, can be found on the SEC's Spotlight on Disclosure Effectiveness webpage.
2 Examples of such metrics include same store sales, revenue per subscriber, active customers, employee turnover rates, etc.).
3 Regulation S-K Item 10(e)(4) states that non-GAAP financial measures exclude operating and other statistical measures; and ratios or statistical measures calculated using (1) financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP and/or (2) operating and other measures that are not non-GAAP measures.


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 corpo += '  <select>';
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   corpo += '  <option value="' + item.freteStatusID + '">' + item.status + '</option>';
 })
 corpo += '  </select>';
 corpo += '	'

 //adiciona esta linha na tabela
 $('#tabela').append(corpo);

 $('option[value=' + item.freteStatusID + ']').attr('selected', 'selected');
}

Quando tento usar o .attr dentro do map recebo este resultado com duas options sendo selecionadas
<select>
  <option value="5">Aceito pelo embarcador</option>
  <option value="2">Agendado</option>
  <option value="3">Declinado</option>
  <option value="1" selected="selected">Recebido</option>
  <option value="6" selected="selected">Rejeitado pelo embarcador</option>
  <option value="4">Removido</option>
</select>
<select>
  <option value="5">Aceito pelo embarcador</option>
  <option value="2">Agendado</option>
  <option value="3">Declinado</option>
  <option value="1" selected="selected">Recebido</option>
  <option value="6" selected="selected">Rejeitado pelo embarcador</option>
  <option value="4">Removido</option>
</select>

Como posso fazer com que apenas uma option por select fique com o atributo "Selected"?

A: Parece que o seu problema está no $('option[value=' + item.freteStatusID + ']')
Nessa query você está procurando por todos os elementos option com o valor item.freteStatusID na sua página, não apenas dentro do select que você acabou de criar.
Se no primeiro loop você procurar por um option com o valor 1, e no segundo com valor 6, ele irá atribuir a propriedade selected para todos os option presentes na sua página com esse valor.
Você nem precisa fazer essa query separada para adicionar a propriedade no seu elemento, você pode utilizar uma condição durante a construção do seu HTML para adicionar essa propriedade, exemplo:
json.forEach(item => {
 var itemSelecionado = item.freteStatusID;
 var corpo = '';

 corpo += '';
 corpo += '  <select>';
 arrStatus.forEach(item => {
   var selected = item.freteStatusID === itemSelecionado ? 'selected' : '';
   corpo += '  <option ' + selected + ' value="' + item.freteStatusID + '">' + item.status + '</option>';
 });
 corpo += '  </select>';
 corpo += '	';

 //adiciona esta linha na tabela
 $('#tabela').append(corpo);
}

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The one about Bernie's redistributed votes never gets old!
Thanks Pookie, take the next two days off, you have earned it.
My pleasure & thanks for the good advice, Verga!
Yaaay! We made it to Friday! Thanks for toons, Pookie, see you Monday!
You're welcome, as always & TGIF, CL!


I'm really starting to get tired of Arato's nonsense. It's hard to really care about him when he seems to have such muddy intentions. His friends are bombarding him with pretty reasonable arguments, but he refuses to even have the conversation. It's just frustrating to watch.
Instead, we get a pretty strange bit of characterization. I guess I'm supposed to conclude that Erica ascribes to some sort of philosophical materialism or something with the way she attempts to quantify affection and love. It seems a bit backwards...you'd expect the more advanced society to lean more in that direction, but Erica is a relic of the past.
Seriously, I feel like I have to conclude that Arato's only character motivation is that he will always side with the hIE. At this point, I'm pretty sure his views are just horribly inconsistent and I'm more inclined to side with Ryo. I get the sense that Arato is only the protagonist because it's a common protagonist mentality to side with the robots in shows like this.
I had a lot of trouble wrapping my head around this conversation. My eventual takeaway is that Shiori is trying to invalidate Arato's ownership of Lacia by proving that Lacia's registration number was faked. But in this conversation, she sounded like she was trying to tell Arato that the nurse hIE was the fake. It doesn't help that Arato contributes nothing to conversation by immediately changing the topic to the hIE's "feelings".


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When Bad Things Happen at Walt Disney World
Oh, the ass-hattery of people jealous that for a few days your family's at Walt Disney World and theirs isn't.
The Racism of Coronado Springs
At the newly "reimagined" Coronado Springs Resort, Disney took a a resort themed to ancient Mexican cultural motifs and implanted on top of it a giant tower themed to conquering Spain. Colonialism much?
Embracing the Other at Christmas Epcot
Should you ever find Disney World is more tolerant of others than you are, it's probably time to rethink some of the assumptions you harbor about the world, and especially about yourself.
Why Two Disneyland Vets Loved Five Days in Walt Disney World, After All
Three years ago we hated Walt Disney World. Our 2013 trip was a disaster. So when we returned last month, falling in love with the place we never saw coming.
Walt Disney World Mulligan
It almost killed us the first time. But armed with the blessing of familiarity, next week we two Disneyland vets are going to give Walt Disney World a second chance.
The My Little Pony Theory of Walt Disney World Fandom
On how my May analysis of why Ryan and I didn't like our trip to Walt Disney World suddenly became the most popular–and controversial–post in eight years of Chicago Carless.
Why Two Disneyland Vets Didn't Love Five Days in Walt Disney World
On why Ryan and I came back from five days at Walt Disney World in Florida loving California's Disneyland Resort even more than before.


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I hope you enjoy(ed) these as much as I did. Merry Christmas!


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Safety Commission orders recall on select Xbox One battery chargers
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Tuesday it has recalled Energizer Xbox One 2X Smart Chargers due to complaints that the device can overheat.
Consumers should look for item number 048-052-NA, which is printed on the bottom of the chargers. Consumers with recalled chargers are encouraged to contact Performance Designed Products at 800-263-1156 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT for a refund.
The device is used to charge two Xbox One controllers at one time.
Energizer has distributed 121,000 of the devices in the United States. According to the CPSC, Energizer has received 24 reports of the chargers overheating and deforming the charger's plastic cover, including six reports of chargers emitting a burning odor.
The battery chargers were sold at Best Buy, GameStop and Amazon for roughly $40. The product was sold from February 2016 to February 2017.


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MAY THE GREAT CAMPER OF ALL GOOD CAMPERS BE WITH US
The night after BLUE JASMINE opened in New York in July, I went to the movie theater to see the line. The next night I went to see the movie. I like to get ready—psyched we used to say—for Woody Allen's movies. They're events for me.
Among the crowd emerging from the Angelika Theater onto Mercer Street on 'line night' were two women discussing the movie. I asked them what they thought about it. They loved it, said Cate Blanchett was fabulous and Woody was in top form. I saw both for myself the following night.
As we said good-bye, my husband asked if I noticed the Tamakwa tee-shirt on one of the women. I hadn't. I checked. Yes, she was wearing one.
I went to Camp Tamakwa in Algonquin Park, Ontario, for five summers beginning at age 9. Water sports filled our days. Singing songs in the mess hall and at evening activities filled up the rest of the time. That old Tamakwa spirit filled me up just fine.
I still burst into camp songs at all hours, including those written by my counselors, cabin mates and me when I ran for Beaver Counsel. Each July now, at the end of Maine visits at my in-laws', I take my sister-in-law's hand. Together we sing "Taps" and say the Tamakwa parting benediction, "May the great camper of all good campers be with us 'til we meet again."
The woman at the movie theater in the tee-shirt said her son is a third generation camper. Her husband and his parents were Tamakwans after and before my time. We played Jewish geography, discovering people we both knew.
"Is your son a Forrester, Ranger, or Voyager," I asked.
"A Ranger. He's 11."
11. I was still okay—still myself–at 11 before being smooth, being sharp, and pairing off with someone cool became first-choice activities. Before playing jacks in the cabin during rest period was replaced by boy talk, hair-setting, conversations about who's wearing what cashmere sweater to dinner, and who's making out in the woods. Songfests and campfires became the 'Before' not the 'It.' The fast, rich, pretty girls and I had little in common and little to talk about. The slick guys, who wanted those girls, and I had less.
I told my parents to save their money. I did not want to go back. Tamakwa was a country club at which I did not belong or wish to be.
What was right and wrong about my Algonquin Park summers is right and wrong for me now. Gimme singing, swimming, and Color War chants. Gimme All Waterfront Days. What we sang in the mess hall (our rendition of "Gimme that Old Time Religion") remains with me today, "Gimme that old Tamakwa spirit, it's good enough for me."


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Fri 2 Jun 1876
THE HOSPITAL SCANDAL AT MARYBOROUGH.
The unfortunate woman ejected from the hospital was to-day charged with lunacy before the magistrates. Dr. Julian deposed that he had examined
Fri 2 Jun 1876 - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)
Page 5 - THE HOSPITAL SCANDAL AT MARYBOROUGH.
THE HOSPITAL SCANDAL AT
MARYBOROUGH.
[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
MARYBOROUGH, THURSDAY.
The unfortunate woman ejected from the
hospital was to-day charged with lunacy before
the magistrates.
Dr. Julian deposed that he had examined
the patient that morning, and found her in a
very weak state of bodily health. She was
fit for removal to Maryborough Hospital, but
no further distance. He considered the hos-
pital the fit place for this patient. He saw
her on the evening when she was turned
from the hospital. She was then cold, and
could scarcely swallow. She had improved
in the look-up a little, and would be
benefited by immediate removal to the host
pits). She required hospital attendance,
nursing, and comforts. There was no sign
of lunacy about her. She was perfectly
harmless, and a fit patient for any hos-
Mrs.' Adams, nurse, deposed that the
patient was perfectly unable to dress or un-
dress herself. She was not able even to sit
up in bed without assistance, and was in
this state from the first. Witness had no
difficulty in attending to the patient, who
was as easily managed as a child. She never
exhibited the slightest show of violence,
and indeed was quite unable to do so. The
patient was quite sensible, and understood
every word said to her.
The Bench discharged the poor creature on
the charge of lunacy. She was then lying in
a half dying state in a damp cold cell in the
lock-up. The mayor (Mr. Casey) returned
from Melbourne, at 12 noon, and was
repeatedly requested to act in this case.
He went and saw the sufferer, along with
Mr. W. Fraser, M.L.A, The mayor gave the
hospital officials 20 minutes to take the
patient back to the institution. If this was
not done in that time, he said he would call
an indignation meeting that very night. The
woman was at once admitted. The people
here are scandalised at this disgraceful
affair, which has horrified the community.
This is the fourth or fifth case of the kind.
THE HOSPITAL SCANDAL AT MARYBOROUGH. (1876, June 2). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 5. Retrieved January 18, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5890057
"THE HOSPITAL SCANDAL AT MARYBOROUGH." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 2 June 1876: 5. Web. 18 Jan 2022 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5890057>.
1876 'THE HOSPITAL SCANDAL AT MARYBOROUGH.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 2 June, p. 5. , viewed 18 Jan 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5890057
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Proposition analysis of the Nov. 7 political elections
Jeremy Foster
Anyone remotely political felt emotionally invested in the Nov. 7 elections. As the results came in through the afternoon and into the night, I found myself elated at times but disconcerted at others. On the national level, I welcomed the inroads the Democrats made in Congress (especially in the House). A single party can only juggle every branch of government before it gets cocky, does something extravagant, and loses hold of one.
I was, however, more ambivalent about the results of our state election. Of the thirteen initiatives on the ballot, some key propositions I favored failed to pass.
Proposition 87, the "energy/oil tax" initiative, was shot down by a slim majority of about 55 percent of state voters. This result made it clear that California is divided, or perhaps ambivalent, about leading America in the fight against our nation's oil dependency.
So what did this noble proposition have working against it besides the Chamber of Commerce and the oil companies? Well, for one thing, that fear-inspiring word "tax."
The opponents of this proposition just about made it their entire platform to convince Californians that the severance tax of 1.5-6 percent, which would have funded research and production for alternative energy, as well as offered incentives for consumers to purchase alternative energy vehicles, would be passed on to the gas-guzzling driver. This omen, called so because it is blatantly superstitious, ignores the proposition's inherent safeguards against such a tax transfer.
The other major, and perhaps more plausible, argument against 87 claimed the new tax would have forced California oil refineries to buy out-of-state oil untaxed by 87, which would have in turn entrenched us deeper within our dependency on Middle East oil. The problem with this argument is that not only is California already heavily dependent on Middle Eastern oil (42 percent of the oil California consumes comes from overseas and much of that, in turn, comes from Saudi Arabia and Iraq), but we can expect to remain so as long as this fear of short-term problems so pervades the political climate that it renders us impotent to do anything about it.
And then there was Proposition 89, a campaign finance reform initiative that would have created a Fair Political Practices Commission that would have taxed corporations and financial institutions for most of the $200 million annually that would have been allocated for "public funding of political campaigns for state elected officials," according to initiative statute.
Money speaks louder than the public interest. Powerful special interest groups buy our elected representatives and few of us, wherever we reside on the political spectrum, would pretend otherwise. But as with Proposition 87, opponents of 89 successfully used the scary T-word to cast an ominous shadow over the initiative, claiming Californians would be taxed hard to fund slimy campaigns and shameful political advertisements.
In the end, Proposition 89 was KO'd by voters. The opponent was formidable and better trained, so having entertained the idea that 89 could muster enough strength to be victorious made this onlooker blush.
But before I sound too bitter, I did welcome the results of two other ballot outcomes.
Proposition 83 passed with the blessing of more than 70 percent of Californian voters. The new law will stiffen penalties for violent and habitual sex offenders and child molesters, requires them to wear a GPS monitor, and bar convicted offenders from living in a 2,000-mile zone around schools and parks.
The argument against this one was worth consideration but was ultimately not convincing. Relatives or acquaintances of the child commit 80 percent of sex crimes against children, opponents said. If this is the case, residency restrictions may only, at best, offer a lukewarm improvement of child-safety laws.
But the law does more than create an invisible boundary around playgrounds and schools. It will stiffen penalties for dangerous criminals who threaten the most vulnerable members of our society and will grant law enforcement more leeway to prevent further crimes by way of the monitoring system.
Perhaps the most controversial initiative was Proposition 85, which would have restricted "unemancipated" minors from getting an abortion until 48 hours after the physician notifies the minor's parents or legal guardians. The proposition was defeated by 54 percent of state voters. I voted with the majority, though perhaps for different, and perhaps politically incorrect, reasons.
I do not believe abortion is murder (though I differ in opinion on late-term abortion), infanticide, or an irredeemable sin, as the anti-abortion groups characterize it as, so the most I can be convinced of against 85 is the question of whether parents have to right to know what their children are up to. That right to know, of course, has to be weighed against the problems that would ultimately follow if more and more children were forced to raise children they were unwilling to have and care for just so we can keep a moral standard that considers abortion murder.
Overall, the election was split down the middle, with almost half of the 13 propositions being defeated and more than half being victorious. There will be more bonds for social work and smokers no doubt can sigh a breath of relief, not to mention smoke, when they light up.
Jeremy Foster, Author
Activist Bree Newsome delivers 'awakening' speech
Delicious vegan dining is a Culver City gem
John Debney concert brings Disney magic to CSUN
Tattoo Tuesday: Only Tattoos with Meaning
Weekly Editor's Picks: farmers' market, Beach Boys tribute show, "Purple Rain" screening
Graduate art students live through their masterpieces
TRENDS Fashion Show – A Designer's Cut
Students show support for presidential candidates
Three nights only, Dreamgirls to grace the VPAC stage
Frame Perfect 2016 hosted by CSUN Anime Club brings competitive gaming to CSUN


Determines whether ODS uses traditional SAS/GRAPH option settings.
Restriction: The ODS USEGOPTS option has no effect on graphics produced as a result of any of the ODS graphics functionality or the ODS GRAPHICS statement.
specifies that ODS use traditional SAS/GRAPH option settings for non-graphical output.
specifies that ODS not use traditional SAS/GRAPH option settings for non-graphical output.
If ODS NOUSEGOPT is in effect, the settings for these graphics options will not override the value in the style definition for titles and footnotes in your ODS output.
This example creates two HTML reports, one with the GOPTIONS enabled by using the ODS USEGOPT statement, and one with GOPTIONS disabled by using the ODS NOUSEGOPT statement.


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require_relative '../_lib'

describe 'RestClient::Windows::RootCerts',
         :if => RestClient::Platform.windows? do
  let(:x509_store) { RestClient::Windows::RootCerts.instance.to_a }

  it 'should return at least one X509 certificate' do
    expect(x509_store.to_a.size).to be >= 1
  end

  it 'should return an X509 certificate with a subject' do
    x509 = x509_store.first

    expect(x509.subject.to_s).to match(/CN=.*/)
  end

  it 'should return X509 certificate objects' do
    x509_store.each do |cert|
      expect(cert).to be_a(OpenSSL::X509::Certificate)
    end
  end
end

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CSU Happenings for Aug. 28-Sept. 5
AUG. 28 - Greek Sorority to Host Step Show, Benefit
Columbus State's Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., will host a "Yard Show" — a step show and unity event for Greek organizations featuring student performances — from 7-10 p.m. Friday in the Woodruff Gym. The event is open to the public. General admission is $3, or $1 with a donated children's book to benefit Operation Big Bookbag, which provides books and school materials for underprivileged kids. For more information, call 706-568-2273.
AUG. 29 - Student Variety Show and Benefit
Columbus State students will perform in a "King of Pop Variety Show" as a tribute to Michael Jackson from 4-7 p.m. Saturday in the Davidson Student Center auditorium. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., is hosting the event, which is open to the public. Admission is $2 with a portion of proceeds going to the James B. Woods program, an initiative of the fraternity that provides gifts to local special education programs. For more information, call 706-568-2273.
AUG. 31 – Classical Guitar Performance
Columbus State University Schwob School of Music faculty guitarist Andrew Zohn will perform works of Tansman, Scarlatti, Piazollo, Barrios and others at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31 in RiverCenter's Legacy Hall. Admission is free. For more information, call 706-649-1986 or go to http://music.colstate.edu.
AUG. 31-SEPT. 1 – Blanchard Leadership Forum
Columbus State University will co-host the annual Jim Blanchard Leadership Forum, themed "Leadership in Uncertain Times," Monday and Tuesday at the Columbus Convention and Trade Center, 801 Front Ave., Columbus. Speakers will be former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Aflac President and Chief Operating Officer of Aflac U.S. Paul S. Amos II, NBC News correspondent Norah O'Donnell, best-selling author and financial columnist Richard Florida, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy, and Gen. David Petraeus, who oversees the U.S. Central Command after serving 19 months as the commanding general of the multi-national force in Iraq.
The event is organized by the Leadership Institute at Columbus State's Cunningham Center for Leadership Development as a partnership between CSU, Synovus, TSYS and Jim Blanchard, the retired CEO and chairman of Synovus. The forum costs $349 per person, or $199 ($99 as a guest of a full-registered participant) for Monday only and $249 for Tuesday only. Columbus State faculty and staff who register for the forum will be invited to a VIP reception with Powell and other special guests at 6 p.m. Monday. Online registration is open at http://www.blanchardleadershipforum.com or call 706-568-5101.
SEPT. 2 - Campus Blood Drive
Columbus State will host a Red Cross Blood Drive from 10 a.m.-4 p.m Wednesday in the Lumpkin Center. For more information or to register, go to http://www.givelife.org.
SEPT. 4 & 6 - Cougar Invitational to Open Home Soccer Season
The Columbus State women's soccer team will host Chowan University (Tenn.), the University of Tampa and Tusculum College (Tenn.) in the Cougar Invitational on Friday and Sunday, Sept. 4 and 6 at the Walden Soccer Complex.
The matches are CSU-Chowan at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Tampa-Chowan at 11 a.m. Sunday and CSU-Tusculum at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Daily admission prices are $5 for adults; $3 for students/kids (including non-CSU students); and free for ages 5 and under and CSU students, faculty and staff with ID. For more information, call 706-568-2204 or go to http://www.csucougars.com.
'CSU Studio Arts' Exhibition
Columbus State's Department of Art is featuring artwork in various media by its faculty and staff in "CSU Studio Arts," an exhibition through Saturday, Sept. 5 in the Corn Center for the Visual Arts' Illges Gallery on CSU's RiverPark campus. Artists are gallery technician Jon Lumpkin, Judy Barr Dodds (painting, drawing), Joe Sanders (printmaking), Orion Wertz (painting), Rylan Steele (photography), Hannah Israel (sculpture), Kariann Fuqua (painting, drawing), Michael McFalls (sculpture), Claudia Williams (painting), Yuichiro Komatsu (ceramics) and Elizabeth Roberts McFalls (printmaking). Gallery admission is free. Fall semester hours are noon-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday. The Corn Center is located at 6 West 10th Street, Columbus (use the Front Avenue entrance). For more information, call 706-507-8300 or visit http://art.colstate.edu.


Also far I remember, I always liked the drawing and the pleasure of crunching on a sheet a landscape, a face or others. Here are several years that I practise the watercolour and the pastel. I am autodidact and my paintings are figurative, I try to retranscribe the light and the colors of nature, with the pastel I like to paint the portraits, dead natures as well as the animals.
Good visit and thank you in advance for your remarks and encouragements.
© All of the images on this website are copyrighted original artworks by their author and are protected by international copyright law. No materials in this gallery may be reproduced, copied, downloaded, or used in any form without written permission of the contemporary artist Paty Mawet.


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