Class action lawsuits against credit unions relating to overdraft and NSF fees have again ramped up. This new round of lawsuits contains slightly different twists that credit unions should be aware of.
Credit unions improperly charged multiple NSF fees on the same transactions. These transactions were generally electronic payments made by members from their credit union account that were returned unpaid due to insufficient funds triggering an NSF fee. The payees reinitiated / resubmitted the transactions which were returned again due to insufficient funds triggering another NSF fee. Plaintiff attorneys allege the member account agreement allows the credit union to charge only one NSF fee on a transaction. For example, a member authorizes a creditor to debit the member's credit union account for a loan payment. The creditor initiates an ACH debit against the account which the credit union returns unpaid due to insufficient funds and assesses an NSF fee. The creditor reinitiates / resubmits the ACH debit a few days later which the credit union again returns due to insufficient funds and charges another NSF fee. Under NACHA Rules, an Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI) can reinitiate / resubmit an ACH debit returned due to NSF or uncollected funds up to two times.
Credit unions improperly charged overdraft fees on debit card transactions. Plaintiff attorneys acknowledge the process of credit unions placing a preauthorization hold on sufficient available funds for debit card transactions which reduces the available balance. The complaints indicate the funds are "set aside" to cover these specific transactions which is reflected in the available balance. However, transactions may occur after the preauthorization hold that reduces the balance (e.g., a previously written check clears the account) before the final debit card transaction posts to the account. If the available balance is insufficient when the debit card transaction finally posts to the account, an overdraft fee is assessed which plaintiff attorneys allege is improper since the funds were previously set aside to cover the transactions.
Prior overdraft fee lawsuits alleged credit unions were improperly assessing overdraft fees and/or NSF fees based on the "available balance" in the account rather than the "actual balance" / "ledger balance" and that credit unions failed to accurately describe this in agreements – member account agreements and/or Regulation E's (Reg E) optin agreement for ATM and one-time debit card transactions.
Review your processes for handling reinitiated / resubmitted incoming electronic debits to member accounts that your credit union previously returned unpaid due to insufficient or uncollected funds resulting in an NSF fee. If your credit union charges another NSF fee for reinitiated / resubmitted items that are returned unpaid again, review your account agreement to ensure it discloses that NSF fees may be imposed on the same transaction.
If your credit union assesses overdraft fees based on available balance rather than actual balance / ledger balance, review your account agreement to ensure it contains a description of how certain transactions, such as debit card preauthorization holds and check holds, impact the available balance including examples of each. For debit card preauthorization holds, ensure the account agreement discloses how subsequent debits to the account (e.g., a check clearing the account) impact the available balance and that an overdraft fee could be assessed when the debit card transaction posts to the account taking it negative.
If a lawsuit is filed against your credit union, or you receive a demand letter threatening a lawsuit, policyholders should immediately report it to CUNA Mutual Group's Third Party Litigation team (800.637.2676, Option 2, then Option 1).
RISK Alert: Credit unions face overdraft fee lawsuits.


The last evening 20.20 was a trip Laddock, where a 16 overs, change ends every 8 overs meant we could successfully cheat the fading light. Methigion batted first and with Van Lingen (30*) opening the batting the scoring rate was brisk. I must in future remember to compare him to Gary Kirsten, worked a treat. We'll omit to mention Grippers duck before describing the in form Tileys sublime 42*, his timing as impeccable as ever. A brisk 18 from Sarath saw Methigion end there innings on 129 for 3,good enough one would have thought.
Methigion tight bowling meant Laddock were always behind the scoring rate, and ended on 103 for 7, the wickets shared around. A brief mention in dispatches for the skipper who decided to keep wicket and managed to drop a simple skyer, back to mid on I'm afraid.


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31 APAC / 2019 South East Asia Business Awards , AV Group Ltd. AV Group Ltd. Launches Singapore Based Fund AV Group Ltd. is a Cayman based asset manager with offices inNewYork, Cayman Islands, Norway and Singapore with a focus on growing Norwegian based ESG and Impact companies globally. Its latest launch showcases a growing focus on Singapore for financial companies. matches to investments in these core areas to which the Fund optimizes for each of the portfolio companies. The Official signing ceremony of Tag Sensors was attended by AVG's Singapore based managing partner, Arnie Chaudhuri, Knut Nygaard of Tag Sensors, her Excellency Anita Nergaard, and Innovation Norway's Director and Commercial Councellor Pal Kastmann. AVG has been a strategic partner to Tag Sensors since 2015 and helped their company raise the first investment capital from Platform Ventures in 2016 (US $1.25 million). This has allowed the company to obtain matched government funding from Innovation Norway, a key component to the strategic growth of the company. AVG has also launched a second Fund called the Norwegian Innovation Fund, LP, with a target capital raise of (USD $200 million). Complementing the Singapore based Fund, the Norwegian Innovation Fund, LP will expand upon ESG and Impact tech companies. The investment focus is on the strategic core areas of Norwegian growth which are clean tech, smart city/society tech, ocean space tech and the strategic core areas of Norwegian growth. The Norwegian Government provides strategic financial AVG has just launched a Singapore based Fund called the "Elite Innorvate Fund Pte Ltd." in conjunction with their strategic investment partner, Elite Partners Capital Ltd. This Fund has a particular focus on bringing Norwegian companies to SE Asia and China in order to build upon the Polar Silk Road initiatives. AVG has partnered with Elite Partners Capital Ltd. to help Norwegian companies find strategic partners throughout Asia. The target AUM for the first Fund in Singapore is US$50 million. The Fund's first investment of (US $2.2 million) is Tag Sensors from Mo I Rana Norway. Tag Sensors has developed a low-cost, printable temperature sensor that can be attached to a product or package, facilitating continuous tracking of an item's temperature from the stage production to consumption. "AVG has just launched a Singapore based Fund called the "Elite Innorvate Fund Pte Ltd."... This Fund has a particular focus on bringing Norwegian companies to SE Asia and China in order to build upon the Polar Silk Road initiatives. AVG has partnered with Elite Partners Capital Ltd. to help Norwegian companies find strategic partners throughout Asia. The target AUM for the first Fund in Singapore is US$50 million."
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Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham expecting first child
"Bachelor" stars ...
Posted: Nov 14, 2018 8:32 PM
Updated: Nov 14, 2018 8:32 PM
"Bachelor" stars Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham have a baby on the way.
The couple confirmed the news on Wednesday via Instagram.
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Luyendyk Jr. and Burnham shared a sonogram image he captioned: "Nothing compares, absolutely nothing compares to the moment you find out you're going to be a dad! We cried, we laughed and it really was such a special moment for us, we're so freakin' happy!"
The couple plan to wed in January.
Luyendyk Jr. and Burnham's road to the altar had a few speed bumps. The "Bachelor" star first picked Becca Kufrin to be his bride at the season's conclusion back in March.
But during the "After the Final Rose" episode immediately following the finale, Luyendyk Jr. revealed they had broken up and that he was dating Burnham, who was the runner-up.
Related: Arie Luyendyk Jr. shocks viewers in 'Bachelor' finale
Kufrin called the split "brutal" at the time.
Luyendyk Jr. maintained that Burnham was always "the one."
"This is my journey, and this is about finding a lasting love and that road is not always the easiest," he said to E! last spring. "It's all about the ending and finding that person for yourself and that's the important part. I'm very happy."
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Q: How to use Logistic Regression/Decision Tree with 'inflated' responses I'm struggling on how can I use logistic regression when I have a database where 99% of the responses are 0 ('NO') and 1% are 1 ('YES'). I'm afraid by using somethin like zero-inflated, since it is not counting. Any hint on where I can find a solution, or some technique to apply?
I'm not 'stuck' in this model, I`d like to compare with others, like Decision Tree. But I had this same problem using this approach.

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The emergence of business messaging to improve customer experience
By Muhammad Zulhusni | 16 August, 2022
90% of businesses recognize that messaging apps are important for success
Business messaging is becoming more widely used throughout the Asia Pacific (APAC) region
People use messaging extensively in their daily lives, which reflects the rapid change in how people communicate online and their desire to communicate with a business, in the same manner, they communicate with their friends and family.
In fact, the demand from customers for personalized experiences is at an all-time high, and businesses are communicating with customers more frequently more than ever before. For instance, a recent study from Meta and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) revealed that over 40% of respondents claimed they messaged businesses more regularly than they did before the pandemic, with one in three customers doing so at least once per week.
This demonstrates how business messaging is becoming more widely used throughout the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. It was shown that this trend was consistent across all age groups, particularly among Millennials and Gen Zs who message firms up to eight times per month.
TRAILBLAZING THE NEW NORMAL OF COMMUNICATION
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In the study "Business Messaging: The Quiet Channel Revolution Across Tech," 6,500 respondents were surveyed from Australia, Indonesia, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. It demonstrated how, as it continues to gain traction in the APAC region and is further propelled by the pandemic, business messaging has become essential to both enterprises and consumers.
The state of business messaging in APAC
According to Tarandeep Singh, Managing Director of BCG, the COVID-19 pandemic compelled nations all over the world to implement stringent social distancing regulations, impose lockdowns, and limit in-person corporate operations. More consumers went online as a result, and firms in numerous industries increased their spending and participation in online channels for customer engagement.
"Based on our research, business messaging adoption is gaining traction beyond small businesses. While smaller businesses have been using Business Messaging to digitize and scale their online presence for years, large businesses now recognize messaging as a critical component of their business model. Seven in 10 large businesses rated messaging as very or extremely important to their overall business," he added.
The study also found that:
Messaging is a crucial avenue for corporate and consumer communication with 90% of companies acknowledge the value of messaging applications for commercial success. Another 80% of customers intend to keep communicating with businesses via messaging.
Financial services are emerging as a high potential vertical for business messaging. Consumers in APAC stated that it was critical for them to message a business before registering for a financial product.
Could it make its way into the metaverse?
With the evolution of business messaging and the trend of using the metaverse as a form of communication in the future, will business messaging eventually make its way into that space? Dan Neary, VP for Meta APAC, claims that Meta believes the metaverse is essentially the next development of how people will communicate and that it is more immersive in many ways.
"The business models surrounding that will undoubtedly emerge over time. But the primary design of it revolves around human connection. Therefore, as we go closer to the metaverse, we firmly believe that communications will play a significant role. However, I think it's still evolving as we go as to how it actually shows itself, both business-wise and on the consumer side," said Neary.
He noted how the metaverse is not something that Meta is building; but the connection layer will play a significant role in what Meta is doing for the metaverse, which he has no doubt will be a collection of many different firms creating various experiences.
"We are seeing fundamental shifts in how people and businesses connect, and the last few years have accelerated these shifts. This report shows that the ability to message a business is emerging as a consumer baseline expectation. As business messaging largely takes place across social and messaging platforms, we are committed to enabling businesses of all sizes with capabilities to activate this channel for growth," he concluded.
MESSAGING PLATFORM
By Muhammad Zulhusni
Muhammad Zulhusni
As a tech journalist, Zul focuses on topics including cloud computing, cybersecurity, and disruptive technology in the enterprise industry. He has expertise in moderating webinars and presenting content on video, in addition to having a background in networking technology.


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Q: Using ggsave to output network plots using ggraph trim borders I have been using ggraph to plot networks, but I am having a problem saving to a file. When I save a plot to a file it often will cut off parts of the network.
I can work around this by increasing the width of the output plot.  But it seems to stretch the network un-necessarily.
This is the code that I use to save the plot in the picture, which trims off the edge
ggsave(here("plots", "InteractionPlot-Course1InstA.jpg"), plot = PlotC1IA, width = 10)

If I increase the width, it no longer trims the edge, but the plot is very wide.
ggsave(here("plots", "InteractionPlot-Course1InstA.jpg"), plot = PlotC1IA, width = 15)

A: I figured out that in geom_node_label you can use repel = TRUE, which is a call to ggrepel. This will prevent the labels from running over the border.  It also allows you to modify the elements in ggrepel.  I used point.padding = NA, box.padding = 0, force = 0.1 in the geom_node_label to get my plots to not overrun borders.


Schaumburg, Illinois: what comes to your mind? Why, shopping and highways, of course. Woodfield Mall! The Streets of Woodfield! IKEA! I-290 and I-90! Yes, this is a true edge city, one where almost limitless growth occurred during the second half of the twentieth century.
Yet nature is not to be denied. Coexisting within this development are 2,475 acres of open landscape, which makes up about 20% of the land cover, according to the city's Biodiversity Recovery Plan. These precious acres represent so much for so many — a place of beauty, recreation, leisure or solitude. But there's more than meets the eye, for not only is this open space vital for humans, it's essential for the planet. One critical element of this open space is wetlands. While hardly glamorous, wetlands play a crucial role in keeping our ground-and surface water cycled, clean, and stored.
They also help mitigate floods. Unlike the vast parking lots and asphalt roads that dominate Schaumburg, which can't absorb rainwater, wetlands act like a natural sponge. Water seeps into the ground, where certain nutrients filter out impurities, before the water is eventually cycled out. This symbiotic relationship is known as the hydrologic cycle, and is pictured in the diagram above.
Furthermore, wetlands are necessary in promoting plant diversity. In a 2007 article from the journal Ecological Restoration, it was reported that researchers had studied 450 plant species in varying habitats throughout northeastern Illinois. They discovered that a wide variety of plant species were contained in wetlands, most likely due to the soil composition and fluctuating moisture content. In addition to the ecological benefits, wetlands also provide a habitat for all sorts of wildlife, including nesting and migratory birds. Wetlands truly are invaluable for the flora and fauna that call Schaumburg home.
In the pre-settlement past, the Recovery Plan notes, wetlands covered more than 8 million acres of land in Illinois, yet over time, that number has dwindled by over 90 percent (as cited in Suloway & Hubbell, 1994). Today, wetlands account for only two percent of the land in Schaumburg, so it is extremely vital that this fraction of space is kept intact through conservation. Western Farm Press revealed that despite recent increasing efforts in wetland conservation, wetland loss has increased by a staggering 140% from the 1998-2004-time period to 2004-2009. One of the regions that suffered the highest losses was the Great Lakes region.
According to the aforementioned Biodiversity Recovery Plan, what does remain of Schaumburg's wetlands has been modified significantly. Surface runoff, instead of groundwater, now drives the water level, and without the control of fire, non-native species such as reed canary grass can take over. The most prevalent type of wetlands in the village are emergent (defined as permanently wet areas characterized by erect, rooted herbaceous wetland vegetation, such as cattail and bulrush); however, due to development, a vast majority of these wetlands are now just a monoculture of cattails. The report states, "Wetlands now serve as depressional storage areas and provide some water quality benefits, but have in large part lost their value as wildlife habitat" (pg. 8). In addition to the conservation needs of this area, it's necessary to encourage proper restoration of these ecosystems, so that they not only survive, but also thrive.
Despite these somewhat gloomy statistics, not all hope is lost. The first step in conservation is simply recognizing the importance of what you have before it slips away forever. Fortunately, when Schaumburg published their Recovery Plan, a framework was laid for preserving their ecological heritage. If we are serious about conservation and restoration, a few things must be kept in mind. The following guidelines are adapted from an article in Ecological Applications.
First, there must be good communication regarding wetland function between all involved with the project; few ecologists have engineering expertise, while few engineers have a strong knowledge of ecology. Only when a perfect balance is struck can all parties move forward with their plans.
It's been said that more standard parameters need to be put in place to understand wetland conservation and mitigation, which is why these common-sense actions need to be in place prior to the start of a project. Wetlands in Schaumburg are too precious to destroy; and the future simply cannot be sustainable without them.


Some folks know what a good green chile is and crave it constantly. Being from Colorado, I am one of those people. Verde is where I go when I am craving authentic New Mexican food. It's a little different because their food has a healthy twist, sophisticated touches and a sprinkle of Hawaiian flavors.
Owner and chef Joshua Stevens takes homey Mexican food up a notch by adding elegant flavors like red chile aioli, house-made guacamole – made with avocados from Kauai – and fresh made tortilla chips and salsa to his generous meals.
Hatch chiles are essential to an authentic chile sauce so Stevens has his green and red chiles shipped directly from Hatch, New Mexico. Green chiles are the younger, hotter variety that Verde uses to make their vegan and gluten-free green sauce. Chiles left on the vine to ripen become red; these milder chiles are in Verde's gluten-free red sauce.
Meat lovers will enjoy the Stuffed Sopaipilla ($9.99), loaded with tender beef short ribs, chicken or pork adovada and beans. "The menu is very healthy whether you know it or not," Stevens says.
Honoring his fathers request for vegetarian Mexican food, Stevens created the Veggie Stacked Enchilada ($12.99), a filling combination of three corn tortillas layered with green beans, spinach, broccoli, guacamole, cheese and green chile sauce.
Sous Chef Jason Sessions created the Garlic Shrimp Tacos ($11.99), when Stevens said he wanted a shrimp dish on the menu. Satisfying and delicious, two soft tacos are filled with cornmeal-crusted shrimp, Kauai greens, cabbage, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice and roasted garlic-chipotle aioli.
Verde, rated number six on Trip Advisor, doesn't get many complaints. "The only complaint that I ever get is that the portions are too big!" Sessions says.


This app contains a brief list of correspondences for the twenty-two (22) paths of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. Included in the list are the corresponding Tarot card, planet, element, or zodiac sign, Hebrew letter, and English meaning of the Hebrew letters. Very handy for reference or study. What is Kabbalah? Kabbalah is the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Torah in the Bible. It is an esoteric discipline and school of thought which was originally transmitted orally or through secret ciphers. It reached the height of its influence in the late Middle Ages, but still remains significant today in Hasidic Judaism, as well as various esoteric and occult traditions, such as ceremonial magick and Thelema. NO ads. Works offline too. Thank you very much for downloading - your purchase will help to support the development of many educational and enlightening apps for years to come. Legal Disclaimers: This app is for informational purposes only. The developer, publisher, and copyright holder are not liable for any damages or losses that may result from downloading or using this app. The views and opinions expressed within the content are those of the author and not necessarily those of the developer or publisher. App design, APK, and graphical interface are The Treasure Trove, Inc. and may not be reproduced without express written permission.


Victory for Oracle may drive software development out of U.S.
The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet's expert contributor program, which is separate from the company's news coverage.
SAN FRANCISCO (TheStreet) -- Most reporting on this week's Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL) vs. Google (Nasdaq:GOOG) trial is of the celebrity type.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison looked uncomfortable on the stand after dancing for reporters outside the courthouse. Google CEO Larry Page was evasive with Oracle's lawyers.
But these are not Kardashians. This is not a celebrity case.
The question before the court is whether Oracle can assert copyright over the Application Program Interfaces (APIs) essential to using a computer language. Can you control what someone else does with a computer language?
The question is difficult to answer because of Java's history. Originally, the language was proprietary to its creator, Sun Microsystems. During these days there were also many implementations of the language made by others, some using open source licenses, and the platform was becoming fragmented, its "write once, run anywhere" promise lost like a great Tower of Babel.
In 2006, Sun decided to make the language open source, with a version under the General Public License (GPL), in order to unify development. Google made the decision to use Java for its Android phones after Sun made Java open source and sought a license of its APIs to this effect, but nothing was ever finalized.
Then, Oracle bought Sun. Oracle saw the success of Android, saw that Sun had not sold a commercial license for Java to Google, and sued asserting its copyright. The question before the courts is whether Oracle's copyright to the APIs - and hence control of the language - is valid.
Copyright is more powerful than a patent. This article has copyright. I assert it because I wrote it, and I assign it to the publisher. This right exists for the rest of my life, and extends 70 years after my death. The terms have been repeatedly extended by Congress whenever Mickey Mouse has approached the public domain.
Patents, by contrast, are inventions that must be disclosed, and their protection is limited to about 20 years. You can also invent around patents. Copyright violations, by contrast, are pretty self-evident.
So, can you have a copyright on a computer language?
Former Sun executive Simon Phipps says no. "This flies in the face of the received wisdom of the software industry. It's so widely accepted that programming interfaces and languages are beyond the scope of copyright that very few cases have ever been brought to court. In those that have, the received wisdom has largely been upheld," he writes.
Software patent analyst Florian Mueller, who now consults for Oracle, says the trial record is clear. "Oracle's opening statement presented 10 documents indicating willful infringement, from a five-year period in the middle of which Google launched Android," he writes.
Mueller added, in an e-mail, that in his view the question of the language's copyright isn't at issue. "It's about complex APIs. The judge denied Google's summary judgment motion," based on claims that Oracle lacked a copyright to Java, "back in the summer because it's a question that really depends on the facts."
Maybe. Or maybe this is not a question of fact for a trial court but one of law for an appellate court.
I think the question of "complex APIs" is sort of a smokescreen covering this larger issue. Did Google need a license in order to use Java? If it did, then the creator of any computer language could now use APIs to assert copyright, and control over, the use of that language. A copyright to language APIs and one to the language itself is fundamentally the same thing.
The facts here may be on Oracle's side. Google did seek to license Java from Sun. But the law needs to be on Google's side. European law does not go where Oracle wants it to go, and if our law is going there, anyone interested in modern software development would be advised to move to Europe.


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Q: Detect when a user selects checkmark in v-data-table Is there an event that gets emitted when a user checks/unchecks a box in a v-data-table?  If not, is there an appropriate place I should add a @click event (perhaps in the template v-slot activator for item.data-table-select and header.data-table-select?)
<v-data-table show-select ...>

As an example in the table shown in the link below, if I clicked the checkbox on the row that says 'cupcake' the row becomes checked. I would now like to notify other components that this has happened.
https://vuetifyjs.com/en/components/data-tables#selectable-rows

A: I think you are looking for the :item-selected event.

A: In vuetify 2: the props property is no longer applicable. Therefore you have to device your own way which in my case I check whether the given item is in the array of the selected items with array.includes(myCurrentItem)
e.g.
<v-data-table
    v-model="selectedItems"
    :headers="headers"
    :items="items"
    show-select
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  <template v-slot:item.actions="{ item }">
    <v-btn :disabled="selectedItems.includes(item)"
  </template>
</v-data-table>

In vuetify 1.5: you could use: item.selected property on the item itself e.g.
<v-data-table
    v-model="selectedItems"
    :headers="headers"
    :items="items"
    select-all
    v-bind:pagination.sync="pagination"
    item-key="name"
    class="elevation-1"
  >
  <template slot="items" scope="props">

        <v-checkbox
          primary
          hide-details
          :input-value="props.selected"
        ></v-checkbox>

      {{ props.item.name }}

           <v-btn :disabled="!item.selected">button</v-btn>

      {{ props.item.fat }}

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Ali Brice's Never-Ending Pencil
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
This is something of a departure for Ali Brice, who has become known for his absurdly bonkers character work, requiring crates full of props. Sure, he starts Never-Ending Pencil as a hooded Irish monk with a shrill accent, but this is an introspective personal tale, primarily about his relationship with his parents.
Brice is someone who's always turned to them for help, and shares a couple of entertaining stories of youthful mishap. But even at 31, he seems to have an almost child-like dependency on them. When he went on a flop US tour with the Graeme Of Thrones parody show last year, it was his mum and dad he missed.
He did get some amusing anecdotes about his time on the road, disastrous as it was, not least in his character portrait of the arrogant oddball of a bus driver. Yet that tour clearly took its toll, and he speaks of having worrying thoughts almost nightly, an issue that has plagued him since childhood.
And it's here the show takes a turn to the uneasy, as he divulges his mental health issues alongside more surreal stories, creating an odd blur of fact and fiction… even if the odd stories might be true.
Lots of comics have talked about depression as a central plank of their show, usually depicting it as a beast to be tamed by its battling sufferer, and leading to some sort of closure, however partial. With Brice, it's more of a persistent sadness, and you very much feel for him, a boy-child still a little lost in the world.
He talks a lot about being on his own, for example, markedly different from being single, before recalling some of his unrequited affections. He tries to see the bright side of having fallen in love several times, even if it is to no avail, and you have to admire his despite-it-all optimism.
This is definitely 'comedy as therapy' territory, with issues that are unresolved. It's a little hard to laugh if you feel sorry for the guy on stage, your concern willing the fragile figure to be all right rather than to relax into laughter.
For him, too, he has the delicate issue of opening his heart while dealing with audience problems, such as the stream of latecomers and some smart-mouthed punters who threatened to derail the delicate story. Brice partly indulged them, cutting them possibly too much slack, but charmed them back on board.
He is a hugely empathetic comedian, and you root for him through his travails. The heartfelt payoff even brought tears to the eyes of the man in front of me. Perhaps because for this particular performance, Brice's beloved parents were in the room. They clearly make him happy, but you also hope he can find some elsewhere as well.
Review date: 18 Aug 2017
Reviewed by: Steve Bennett
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1. The layout of the whole machine adopts the ram lifting structure, the ram is used for lateral movement, and the lifting platform is used for longitudinal and lifting movement.
2. Configure the universal milling head to realize the universal machining of the vertical, horizontal and front hemispheres.
3. Double auxiliary guide columns are arranged in front of the lifting platform, and the distance between the double guide columns is large, which improves the stability of the whole machine.
4. Configure the CNC system to machine parts with complex contours and cavities.
5. The spindle is driven by servo motor, combined with high and low gear shifting, stepless speed regulation in the gear, wide constant power range, high low speed torque, good mechanical characteristics and convenient operation.
6. It can be processed by multiple processes such as milling, boring and drilling, and is widely used in various machining fields and teaching experiments.


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How To Find The Best Online Games
January 12, 2021 Posted by Avan
Online 스포츠중계 games are the type of games that are played using the Internet. In this case, the Internet is not merely considered as a platform to play the games; rather, it has become the medium, the tool and the platform through which you can play games. In other words, if you want to play online games, then the first thing that you need to do is to find an appropriate website to play them on.
If you are looking for online games that have multiplayer features, then there are a number of such websites that allow you to play with other players. A multiplayer online game is a game that is partly or fully played via the Internet or any other interactive computer network around the world. This means that there are many players all around the world who are taking part in this game. Many of these multiplayer games are first-person shooters, third-person view games, racing games and so on. While most of these multiplayer games have single player component, some of them have a cooperative component as well.
There are a lot of people who prefer playing online games via their gaming devices. For them, it is important that the device has enough memory to accommodate the graphics and audio tracks that they want to include in their gaming sessions. It is also necessary to ensure that their gaming device has good wireless connection to enable them to connect to other players. In addition to this, they also need to ensure that their gaming device has good sound quality to ensure that their gaming session is a pleasurable one.
The most popular online games that are played online are the ones that are played via the Internet. As a matter of fact, many people would say that the popularity of online gaming is directly proportional to the popularity of the internet and computers. This means that almost everyone today owns a personal computer and is using the web regularly. Hence, the next logical step for those who are interested in online gaming is to develop a game console that can be used to play online games. The development of such consoles is an offshoot of the popularity of online gaming.
The success of online games is dependent on the success of the designers and developers. A lot of time and money is poured into creating exciting and interesting virtual environments for players to interact with each other in. If these designers and developers fail to create an interactive virtual environment that players will find captivating, there will be very few people playing their favorite online games.
Due to the overwhelming popularity of massively multi-player online games, many companies now offer premium accounts that provide access to the best online games. These accounts are generally paid for on a monthly basis or even weekly basis. However, some premium membership sites offer trials that give users the opportunity to experience the benefits of having a premium account before committing to it. The trial memberships can also give users the opportunity to try the game using the free versions to determine whether they would like to commit to the service. Ultimately, the decision on which game to play will depend largely on the tastes and preferences of the individual player.
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Johor polls: MIC veep believes voter turnout will improve significantly before polls close
JOHOR BARU: Voter turnout for the Johor election could improve significantly before polling centres close at 6pm, says MIC vice president Datuk M. Asojan.
He said it was a working day for Johor and many workers, especially those in Felda settlements, would only go out to vote later in the day.
"I am sure voter turnout can reach at least 60%.
"This is significantly lower than Johor's past elections, which have always been above 70%," he said, adding that voter turnout was 87% in GE14.
He added that concerns about Covid-19 could also have contributed to the lower voter turnout.
According to the Election Commission, voter turnout is only 40% as of 2pm.
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/03/12/johor-polls-mic-veep-believes-voter-turnout-will-improve-significantly-before-polls-close
Terima Kasih Bangsa Johor
MESYUARAT BERSAMA KEPIMPINAN UTAMA BARISAN NASIONAL


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Q: Feature engineering with non-fixed length vectors? I have a bunch of data that looks like this:
[
[[3,1,4], [6,5,22], [1,-4,77]], # Observation One
[[595,4,-3], [-123,3,9], [44,41,97], [12,-44,194]], # Observation Two
[[-4,99,-22]] # Observation Three
...
]

So - in general, each observation is composed of vectors that are size 3. Each observation does not have a fixed length.
Basically, I have a bunch of observations that are not of the same length. I don't know how I would throw this at a standard machine learning classification algorithm.
I had an idea of computing the pairwise distance matrix and re-scaling that to a fixed dimension as an input feature. This idea was inspired by image classification.
Does anyone have any advice for me on how I could create a good fixed-length feature vector representation?

A: Rational kernels which are based on weighted finite-state transducers (WFST) are designed to extend the SVM approach for varied-length sequences.


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Stage Seven of the Tour of Britain will be passing through Stow on the Wold on Saturday 9th September 2017 so come and enjoy a wonderful day in the town. Scroll down for all the things taking place in the town!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS IN STOW
11.00 am* - TOUR OF BRITAIN HERITAGE BIKE RIDE
hosted by the Great British Bike Build & Tyndale Cycling Club, The Heritage Bike Ride will arrive in the square at approximately 11am. The ride will attract vintage riders from all over the country who enjoy dressing up in traditional vintage cycle apparel 'Tweed' and riding heritage bicycles. The ladies quite often wear frocks and display flowers in their baskets and men wear plus 4's and have traditional saddlebags on their bicycles. It is quite a spectacle and not to be missed.
The riders will leave at NOON* and will be joined by Cllr Ben Eddolls, Chairman of Stow Town Council, who will ride part of the route to Bourton on the Water with them.
1.30-1.45 pm* - TOUR OF BRITAIN
The Tour of Britain will arrive in Stow and will go along the A429 Fosseway towards Moreton. Be sure to be in position to see the lead cars come through who are generally about 15 minutes ahead of the cyclists and give them a wave and cheer!
EXHIBITIONS IN STOW
"WHEELS IN MOTION" Exhibition
Visit Christopher Clarke Antiques, Sheep Street who will be displaying vintage bicycles and old photographs of cyclists in the town, including the Milk Race which was in Stow in 1967 and cycling accessories. As Stow is the highest town on Stage 7 of the Tour they are going to display a large "King of the Mountains" jersey on the outside of their shop facing the Fosseway.
WINDOW DISPLAYS
Take a walk around the town and enjoy some of the wonderful window displays at lots of our wonderful businesses.
PAINTED BIKES
There are lots of green bikes appearing in the town painted in the sponsors colours.
THE TOUR OF BRITAIN, NOW AND FIFTY YEARS AGO
The Tour of Britain cycle race will pass through Stow on September 9th. Fifty years ago, in 1967, the Tour (then also known as the Milk Race) made an earlier visit. Stage two of the race, from Swindon to Malvern, passed through the town. In fact, Stow was an important point on the Tour because this stage, which took place on a very warm May 29th, was divided into two
parts, with Stow being the breakpoint. As a result, Stow hosted a finishing line and a re-start, with the action in the town all taking place over a couple of hours in the middle of the day. To add to the drama, the morning session from Swindon to Stow was a team time trial, and resulted in the exotic sight (for those days) of a winning Soviet Union team taking the honours in Stow.
The route brought the riders up Stow Hill, with the finish line somewhere near the cemetery, and the photographs shown were taken close to this point. The crowds were clearly out in force, enjoying the action as well as the sunshine, but the road remained fully open to traffic during the event. It was evidently somewhat lower key than the modern Tour.
There are other differences from today. Only one of the riders caught by camera has a cycling helmet, and that was of the leather ribbed variety which surely offered little of the protection we are used to these days. Differences in the bikes are less obvious and at first sight they appear rather similar to their modern equivalents. Improvements must have taken place largely under the skin - to the uninitiated eye at least.
Unlike today, the Tour in 1967 was a strictly amateur affair, like many of the major sporting events of the day. Even so, the field of riders contained many overseas competitors. Pleasingly, however, the overall winner in 1967 was the very British Les West. Let's hope for another home win in 2017.
PARKING IN STOW
In addition to the Long Stay car park, adjacent to Tesco and the Pay & Display car park in Maugersbury Road there will be a temporary car park on QEII playing field (& cricket ground), Lower Swell Road (GL54 1LD). This is being run by the Sam Pilcher Charitable Trust and the cost for parking all day will be £3. Look out for temporary yellow signs!


In a US$150 million deal announced at today's UN Climate Summit in New York, the Government of Norway is partnering with the Government of Liberia to halt the destruction of Liberia's rainforest.  The deal foresees an end to new logging contracts, more scope for forest-dependent communities to manage their forests, and increase protected forest areas. As Liberia contends with a horrifying Ebola outbreak, this partnership will reduce incentives for Liberia to liquidate its forests for cash, and will help put the country's shattered economy on a more sustainable path towards poverty reduction and environmental protection. The agreement is part of Norway's plan to help cut carbon emissions globally through preventing deforestation in an effort to reduce the impacts of climate change.
Place a moratorium on new logging contracts and review logging concessions that are illegal or not performing.
Increase support for communities wishing to manage their forests, including practical training and research into new sustainable forest economies.
Conserve 30 percent or more of Liberia's forests as protected areas.
Respect the rights of rural landowners, including those who own their land under customary law, and ensure that decisions are made only with their free, prior and informed consent.
Implementing these commitments will not be easy. Capacity within the Liberian Government is low and will be damaged further by the current Ebola epidemic. Logging companies still operating in the country have broken Liberian laws in the past, and continue to seek new loopholes to access Liberia's forests.  Global Witness is also concerned that the deal could open the door to new agriculture investors, like oil palm companies, some of which have a record of felling forests and grabbing community lands. The agreement requires that new investors avoid deforestation and respect land rights. But for these protections to be enforceable, Liberia will need to adopt laws that ensure these protections.
 For additional information on the illegal logging in Liberia, see Global Witness, Liberia poised to hand forests to timber pirates, 15 July 2009, available at http://www.globalwitness.org/node/3818; Global Witness, Save My Future Foundation, Sustainable Development Institute, Spoiled: Liberia's Private Use Permits, August 2012, available at http://bit.ly/1uVe7qf. In 2012 the Liberian Government began to reinstate the rule of law in the sector, cancelling some logging contracts and indicting government officials, see Global Witness, Save My Future Foundation, Sustainable Development Institute, NGOs welcome landmark indictments of Liberian government officials attached to illegal logging scandal but call for government to prosecute all officials and companies involved, 7 March 2014, available at http://bit.ly/1pbBQwr.
 World Bank, Fact Sheet: Emergency Response to the Ebola Crisis, 17 September 2014, available at http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/health/brief/world-bank-group-ebola-fact-sheet.


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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy loses bid to replace Liz Cheney as third-ranking House Republican
By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune
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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy speaks at the Young Americans for Liberty Convention in Austin.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, whose district includes San Antonio, fell short in his bid to become the third-ranking House Republican on Friday.
House Republicans voted 134-46 in a secret ballot in support of Roy's rival, U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, a New Yorker, according to multiple news reports.
The leadership race came to pass after the conference ousted U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming from that role for her criticism of President Donald Trump for repeatedly lying that the 2020 election was stolen and for inciting the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Stefanik had several days' worth of a head start on launching her leadership bid — Roy only formally announced his challenge to her Thursday, the day before the vote. Trump also released a scathing statement directed at Roy and endorsing Stefanik.
Roy's fellow member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, U.S. Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, nominated him for the position, according to reports. Another Republican from Colorado, freshman U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, seconded his nomination. Boebert is a highly controversial member of the freshman class who infuriated colleagues on Jan. 6, when she posted on social media the location of lawmakers and that U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been removed from the chamber.
The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
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Sir David Foulis (died 1642) was a Scottish baronet and politician.

Life
Foulis was the third son of James Foulis of Colinton, by Agnes Heriot of Lumphoy, and great-grandson of Sir James Foulis of Colinton (d. 1549). His brothers were James Foulis of Colinton, and George Foulis (goldsmith and Master of the Mint (1569–1633)). His sister, Margaret, married lawyer and king's advocate Thomas Hamilton in 1597. Goldsmith Thomas Foulis was his uncle.

The family lived in Old Colinton House (later called Woodhall). Agnes Heriot, his mother, died in 1593 and is buried in the floor of Colinton Parish Church. Agnes appears to have been the sister of George Heriot a notable Edinburgh merchant.

From 1594 onward, David Foulis was actively engaged in politics, and many of his letters are published and calendared in the Calendar of Scottish State Papers edited by John Duncan Mackie in 1969.

Essex and a diamond ring
Foulis was often in London and concerned with the receipt of an annuity or subsidy from Queen Elizabeth. He made friends with Anthony Bacon, a client of the Earl of Essex. In his letters, he referred to Essex as "Plato."

On 1 July 1594, he received £4,000 sterling for James VI. His uncle, the goldsmith and royal financier Thomas Foulis, made an account of the spending of this money for James VI, along with the tax money on his gold mines, money coined at the royal mint by Thomas Acheson, and £680 Scots received from the Secretary, Richard Cockburn of Clerkington in December 1594, with another £3,000 received by David Foulis at London in August 1595.

Foulis himself received £1000 (Scots) from the subsidy for the expenses of his journey to London.

Foulis wrote to Anthony Bacon about the arrival in July and August 1594 of the ambassadors for the baptism of Prince Henry. Foulis (and the English ambassador Robert Bowes) heard of discussions that Anna of Denmark's sister Augusta might marry Count Maurice.

After the baptism he went to the north of Scotland with James VI. He wrote to Essex that the king had pawned his jewels for £2,000 sterling to fund this military mission, and declared that no house where the Catholic Mass has been said would remain standing.

Foulis reported on demolition works at Huntly Castle while the Countess of Huntly looked on, and destruction at Slains, in a letter to Anthony Bacon.

On 8 July 1595, at Falkland Palace James VI gave him a diamond ring worth 200 crowns to give to someone in London, probably the Earl of Essex. His mission was to ask for money for James VI and financial assistance for his brother, Thomas Foulis. He was also to discuss the affairs of the west border and the border warden Walter Scott of Buccleuch, and congratulate the Queen on the Earl of Essex.

On his return to Scotland, on 27 September at Falkland, Foulis wrote a letter in French to the Earl of Essex, assuring him that James VI had a good opinion of Elizabeth. He had not given the earl's letter to the Chancellor, John Maitland of Thirlestane, who was ill. Foulis thought the Chancellor would recover, and form a firm alliance with the Earl of Mar and abandon the cause of William Ker of Cessford and Buccleuch, who had lost the support of Anne of Denmark. She was now in accord with her husband, who was dissatisfied with the amount of English money Foulis had received in London (only £2,000). Unfortunately for Foulis's scheme, Maitland did not recover to cement these alliances, but died at Thirlestane Castle on 3 October.

Kinmont Willie
Foulis was sent to London in March 1596 with the king's letters and news of foreign Catholics in Scotland. He was given 100 crowns and a promise of a monthly allowance of 60 crowns. James VI received an anonymous letter criticising Foulis's abilities, and suggesting William Cecil and the Earl of Essex were working together against the king's interest. This year, Elizabeth delayed giving money to Foulis for James VI because of the offence caused by Walter Scott of Buccleuch who had rescued Kinmont Willie from Carlisle Castle. On 8 July 1596 Walter Stewart of Blantyre wrote to Foulis that he should return if Elizabeth's attitude did not improve.

Foulis wrote to James VI on 20 July that his discussion were going well with the queen, and he used a figure of speech drawn from tennis, "I praise God the ball is yet aloft and I hope shalbe kept at the stotte."

James wrote to Foulis to continue asking, pointed to agreements made in 1588 and a promise made by the ambassador William Asheby. James Hudson wrote to Sir Robert Cecil about the king's letter, saying that Foulis was "perplexed with fear" about the outcome. Hudson suggested that Scotland's exchequer was now solvent, and withholding the money would only hurt the king and Thomas Foulis and Robert Jousie who administered the money. Roger Aston later noted that Thomas Foulis and Jousie had persuaded James VI not to recall Foulis before he obtain the subsidy money. David Foulis received £3,000 on 18 September. In October David Foulis was ready to leave London with seven trunks, three with goods for the Scottish royal household, and some packs and hampers of broad cloth, kerseys, and silks.

Succession tracts
The English diplomat George Nicholson reported in February 1598 that Foulis had directed the printer Robert Waldegrave to publish a Latin succession tract written by Walter Quinn, a tutor to Prince Henry and corrected by a Flemish resident in Edinburgh, Adrian Damman. Such works argued that James VI should be Elizabeth's successor. Waldegrave was reluctant to print it. No copies of this work are known to have survived. It has also been suggested that Foulis smuggled manuscripts of succession tracts by Peter Wentworth from England to be printed in Edinburgh. This work was A Pithie Exhortation to her Majesty for Establishing a Successor to the Crown, printed by Waldegrave in 1598.

Valentine Thomas and the king's honour
In 1598 Foulis was an ambassador in England discussing the Valentine Thomas affair. Thomas alleged that James VI had asked him to assassinate Elizabeth, an accusation that might prejudice his succession to the English throne. By 24 February, James VI was displeased with Foulis's efforts, for overreaching his instructions and accepting an unsatisfactory settlement, obtaining "so slight a vindication of honour in the matter of Valentine Thomas contrary to his instructions, dangerous to his succession to the Crown of England." James VI wrote to Elizabeth about potential damage to his reputation which "may in some measure be obscured by murmuring surmises flowing from this filthy spring."

The English ambassador in Scotland Robert Bowes discussed Foulis's suitability for this delicate mission with Sir Robert Ker, saying that Foulis was too ordinary a man for an extraordinary business, and some of his previous diplomatic speeches had not been praiseworthy.  Ker spoke in Foulis's favour, to soothe Bowe's "mean conceit of him."

He was instructed to intercede in a legal case for George Bruce of Carnock, whose ship had been forced to take on a group of African and Portuguese captives.

Business at court in August was interrupted by the funeral of William Cecil and later in August Elizabeth complained to him about James VI writing to the Earl of Tyrone. He was questioned about a Scottish embassy to the German states instructed to discuss the likely demise of Queen Elizabeth and their support for James VI's title to the English throne, and instructions for negotiations with Spain and the Pope which James VI claimed were forgeries made by John Ogilvy of Powrie or other "practitioners". Foulis brought back a sapphire engraved by Cornelius Dregghe with the portrait of Elizabeth for Anne of Denmark to wear, bought by Robert Jousie for £17.

Richard Douglas wrote to his uncle Archibald Douglas, who disapproved of Foulis and his employment, that Foulis was a fool and Archibald's dire enemy, and that James had begun to realise that Foulis was a "foolish person" and he would not be sent to England again.

In August 1599, James Sempill of Beltrees went to London instead, and gave £400 to the goldsmith George Heriot from the English annuity, for jewels delivered to Anna of Denmark.

In September 1599, he had dinner at Colinton castle with his brother and an English adventurer, Henry Lee. They were able to watch the king hunting from top of the tower or "house head." James VI stopped to eat and afterwards talked with Lee.

Foulis was again in London in December 1601. He wrote to the Earl of Mar about some jewels and that he was displeased by the actions of James Sempill of Beltrees.

England

King James sent Foulis to Sir Robert Cecil after he received news of the death of Queen Elizabeth]] from Sir Robert Carey. Foulis came to England with King James in 1603; was knighted 13 May of that year; was created honorary M.A. at Oxford 30 August 1605; and was naturalised by act of parliament in April 1606. He obtained with Lord Sheffield and others in 1607 a patent for making alum in Yorkshire; purchased the manors of Ingleby and Battersby from Ralph, Lord Eure, in 1609; and was made a baronet of England 6 February 1619–20. He acted as cofferer to both Prince Henry and Prince Charles.

In May 1610 Prince Henry sent him to Bath with news of the assassination of Henry IV of France for his cousin Frederick Ulrich, son of the Duke of Brunswick, who cut short his visit and returned to London. A copy of a royal household edict and roll of servant's wages that Foulis paid in 1610 for the household of Prince Charles was published in 1802 by Edmund Turnor.

Sir David, high in the favour of James I, was the recipient in 1614 of the notorious letter of advice to the king sent from Italy by Sir Robert Dudley, titular duke of Northumberland. In 1629 Foulis gave evidence respecting the document after it had been discovered in the library of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton. Dudley also sent designs for warships to Foulis in 1612 and 1614, hoping by these schemes to gain advancement by means of the royal favourite, the Earl of Somerset.

As member of the Council of the North he chafed against Thomas Wentworth's despotic exercise of the president's authority, and in July 1632 not only denied that the council existed by parliamentary authority, but charged Wentworth with malversation of the public funds. Wentworth indignantly repudiated the accusation, and Foulis appealed in vain to Charles I for protection from Wentworth's vengeance while offering to bring the gentry of Yorkshire to a better temper. He was dismissed from the council, was summoned before the Star Chamber, was ordered to pay £5,000 to the Crown and £3,000 to Wentworth, and was sent to the Fleet Prison in default (1633). There he remained till the Long parliament released him, 16 March 1641.

Foulis appeared as a witness against Strafford at the trial in 1641. He died at Ingleby in 1642.

Family
By his wife Cordelia, daughter of William Fleetwood of Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire—she died in August 1631 and was buried at Ingleby—Foulis was father of five sons and three daughters.

The eldest son and second baronet, Sir Henry, was fined £500 by the Star Chamber when his father was punished in 1633; was lieutenant-general of horse under Sir Thomas Fairfax in 1643; married Mary, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Layton, knight, of Sexhowe, and was father of Henry Foulis. A second son, Robert, was a colonel in the parliamentary army. .

A daughter, Anne Foulis, married the physician, George Purves in 1639.

The youngest daughter was Elizabeth Foulis, baptised 30 April 1622 at Ingleby Greenhow. A tradition held by one Yorkshire branch of the Foulds family in Harthill, Co. York, is that Elisabeth Foulis, at the age of 16, when a maid of honour at the French Court at Lyons, 1638–40, had a son by Louis XIII. This son or a descendant is stated to have left France and settled in England and changed his name to Folds. Elizabeth Foulis' Will was proved at York on 14 September 1696. She died a spinster and there is nothing in her Will to suggest an illegitimate son by Louis XIII.

In 1899 a petition to the Herald College for a Grant of Arms was made by an Eliza Ann Foulds, youngest daughter of Samuel Foulds (1780-1828), surgeon and apothecary of Sheffield, based on the family tradition of his descent from the illegitimate son of Elizabeth Foulis by Louis XIII. This was not proved to the satisfaction of the Herald College, however a Grant of Arms was made (71 130) and a compromise Coat of Arms was drawn up by the College, incorporating a fleur de lys, symbol of the French Court, bay leaves from the Foulis coat of arms and the White Rose of Yorkshire.

The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the eighth baronet, the Rev. Sir Henry Foulis, on 7 October 1876

Through his grandson, the third baronet Foulis is an ancestor of actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

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