That's it! I am done with Fall 2014 classes! Now I still have an online final and an in person final next Wednesday BUT I am done with the classes themselves! Woohoo!!!
Two Baking Cookies: The holidays just scream cookies to me! I love to make cookies, especially the Pillsbury sugar cookies that have the picture on them! Yesterday Matt and I baked the reindeer cokkies and here is how they turned out!
Have you used these cookies before? They were the cookie of my childhood!
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St Mary's is part of a Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) consisting of four denominations: Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Church.
As part of our Safeguarding review in 2018, the Partnership chose to follow the Safeguarding Policy, Procedures and training from the United Reformed Church as is permitted within an LEP.
The staff within the Partnership complete both the URC Safeguarding training and also their own denominational safeguarding training. For the Anglican clergy, this means they undertake training with both the South West URC and Bristol Diocese.
Our Partnership Safeguarding Coordinator is Chris Scarisbrick.
Our Policy Statement and further details can be found here.
St Mary's is part of the West Swindon and the Lydiard Tregoze Church Partnership, comprising the multi-denominational churches (Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and United Reform Church) of Toothill, Westlea, Holy Trinity Shaw and St Mary's Lydiard Tregoze.
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Endoglin is a transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) binding protein expressed on the surface of endothelial cells. Loss-of-function mutations in the human endoglin gene ENG cause hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT1), a disease characterized by vascular malformations. Here it is shown that by gestational day 11.5, mice lacking endoglin die from defective vascular development. However, in contrast to mice lacking TGF-beta, vasculogenesis was unaffected. Loss of endoglin caused poor vascular smooth muscle development and arrested endothelial remodeling. These results demonstrate that endoglin is essential for angiogenesis and suggest a pathogenic mechanism for HHT1.


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The Barkhausen–Kurz tube, also called the retarding-field tube, reflex triode, B–K oscillator, and Barkhausen oscillator   was a high frequency vacuum tube electronic oscillator invented in 1920 by German physicists Heinrich Georg Barkhausen and Karl Kurz.  It was the first oscillator that could produce radio power in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) portion of the radio spectrum, above 300 MHz.  It was also the first oscillator to exploit electron transit time effects.  It was used as a source of high frequency radio waves in research laboratories, and in a few UHF radio transmitters through World War 2.  Its output power was low which limited its applications.   However it inspired research that led to other more successful transit time tubes such as the klystron, which made the low power Barkhausen-Kurz tube obsolete.

History
The triode vacuum tube developed by Lee de Forest in 1906 was the first device that could amplify, and was used in most radio transmitters and receivers from 1920 on.  It was found that the highest frequency at which the triode could be used was limited by the spacing between internal components. Even with the smallest of spacing, the frequency limit of early triodes was in the low megahertz range. A technique called velocity modulation was theorized to overcome this limitation.

In 1920, Heinrich Barkhausen and Karl Kurz at the Technische Hochschule in Dresden, Germany used the velocity modulation theory in developing a "retarded-field" triode.  They found it could operate at frequencies into the UHF region, the first vacuum tube to do so. Although severely limited in output power, the Barkhausen–Kurz tube was quickly adopted world-wide for UHF research. This device is also called the retarded-field and positive-grid oscillator.  Versions of the Barkhausen oscillator were used in some of the first applications of microwaves, such as the first experimental microwave relay system, a 1.7 GHz link across the English Channel in 1931, and in early radar systems used in World War 2.

The success of the Barkhausen-Kurz tube in generating radio waves at microwave frequencies inspired research to develop similar tubes which did not have its power limitations, resulting in the invention of other tubes which were known as "reflex oscillators".  The best known result of this research was the klystron tube invented 1937 by Russell and Sigurd Varian, which is widely used as a high power source of microwaves to the present.  Sources like the klystron and magnetron tube replaced the B-K tube around World War 2 and it became obsolete.

How it works

The Barkhausen–Kurz tube was a triode operated with the grid (a thin mesh of wires) at a positive potential relative to both the cathode (or filament) and the anode (or plate). The negative electrons emitted from the cathode are accelerated toward the positive grid. Most pass between the grid wires and continue toward the anode plate, but the negative potential on the anode repels them and they reverse direction before they hit the surface of the anode plate and are accelerated back toward the relatively higher potential grid through which they have just passed.  Again, most pass through the grid wires, but they are then repelled by the negative potential of the cathode and reverse direction just before reaching the surface of the cathode.  The electrons continue oscillating back and forth through the grid until one by one they strike the grid wires.

The oscillating grid potential induced by the passage of the electrons through the grid excites oscillations in a tank circuit attached to the grid, usually consisting of a quarter wavelength of parallel transmission line shorted at the end, called a resonant stub.  In turn the oscillating voltage on the tank circuit varies the potential of the grid, causing the electrons to bunch into a cloud of electrons moving back and forth through the grid in phase at the resonant frequency.

The oscillatory motion of the electron cloud continues; this cloud constitutes the alternating output current. Some electrons are lost to the grid on each pass, but the electron supply is continually replenished by new electrons emitted by the cathode. Compared to a conventional triode oscillator, the number of electrons actually hitting the anode plate and grid is small, so the plate and grid alternating currents are small, and the output power of the B-K oscillator is low. Higher power devices like the klystron were later developed to overcome this limitation.

The frequency of oscillation depends on the spacing and potentials of the electrodes, and can be tuned within a limited bandwidth by altering the electrode voltages.

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Hi Jon, I thought you may be able to use this poem I made up for my partner on our anniversary.
Or so it really seems.
For being at my side.
Absolutely love this verse...it rhymes so well and says just what I needed it to say without too much waffle. Thank you for sharing and I hope you don't mind my using it for some of my cards too.


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Home Attorney Riker J. Donahue
"The people make the difference here at Wocl Leydon. … We have solid, moral, and really good people working together."
Location: Stamford, Connecticut
A Stamford native with a strong Irish Catholic upbringing, Riker Donahue has always had a desire to help those in need. Before she even graduated from Stamford Catholic High School in 1986, she started working for Michael A. Catalano Attorney at Law. This was the beginning of "her love of the law." From then on, she knew she wanted to earn a law degree so that she could use her knowledge and skills to fight for the rights of those who had been injured.
From there, she started her undergraduate career at Emerson College in Boston and began working to earn her degree in communications, politics, and law. Because Riker knew she wanted to help others who couldn't help themselves, she knew that it was a natural step to pursue a career in law. Her upbringing had instilled in her that if she worked hard, stayed focused, and stayed true to her values, she would achieve her goal. This work ethic translated into three straight years on the Dean's List and graduating cum laude in 1990.
The law called to her immediately upon graduating from college, and she began her career at Day, Berry & Howard as a litigation secretary. She worked on bankruptcy and labor law issues as well as assisted with general secretarial duties for the entire firm one night a week ─ once again, showing her hardworking spirit, the love of the law, and dedication to helping those in need.
Riker began to consider a greater commitment to a career in the law. So in 1994, she began her law school education at night at Pace University School of Law, while also continuing to work for law firms during the day, where she made close friends and valued colleagues with whom she still maintains contact today.
Recognizing her wealth of knowledge and expert research skills, Riker interned for the Stamford Superior Court for Honorable Edward R. Karazin while she was still working toward her law degree. Having taken summer course, Riker graduated ahead of her class in January 1997 ─ even though she worked, made Dean's List, and was involved in the Trial Advocacy Competition (both in 1996).
A year after graduating from Pace University School of Law, Riker found her permanent "home" at Wocl Leydon. She has worked in the personal injury and medical malpractice areas throughout her career with the firm. She has been a part of the "Wocl Leydon Family" for 20 years. "The people make the difference here at Wocl Leydon. (I will always think of it as Tooher, Wocl & Leydon.) We have solid, moral, and really good people working together," Riker said.
Like a family, Wocl Leydon has shared in many of Riker's life experiences, both joyous and sad. She believes that this unique bond is one of the things that enables the Wocl Leydon family to help their clients in a way that is compassionate, understanding, and ultimately more successful than other firms.
Having experienced a debilitating loss when her husband suffered a brain aneurysm, Riker is able to empathize with her clients and help them better understand the often-overwhelming issues they are being faced with. Her goal of helping those who have been injured and who are in need is fulfilled every day as she has the opportunity to work directly with families of those who have suffered catastrophic injuries at the hands of someone else's negligence, especially when that person is a trusted medical professional. It is her goal with each and every client to make sure that their questions are answered and that justice is done on their behalf.
"Fairness is what justice really is." This quote by Justice Potter Stewart most accurately describes the way Riker sees her role in the lives of her clients. She sets out every day seeking justice and trying to level the playing field for her clients. She knows that her clients cannot usually find that fairness on their own, so she is there to help find it for them with knowledge and compassion.
Riker is proud to be a member in good standing of the Fairfield County Bar Association. She is also a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. She regularly attends CLE classes staying abreast of the latest legal information and technology within the medical malpractice and personal injury practice areas in order that she can provide her clients with the best representation possible.
When she isn't with her Wocl Leydon family, she is the rock and sole provider for her family. She is the proud mother of a daughter, who is studying opera in college, and a son in high school. Living near a lake and enjoying the peace and quiet of the water, Riker and her family spend a great deal of time kayaking. Because she loves the "quaint town" lifestyle, being able to have a large garden, enjoying an outdoor fire pit in the summer, and knowing her children are safe out and about with their friends, Riker's commute isn't a short one. But she loves where she works and would never consider leaving her "extended family" at Wocl Leydon.
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Lisa Mangiamele
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
lmangiamele@smith.edu
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Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lisa Mangiamele is an integrative neurobiologist interested in animal communication. Her research uses behavioral, physiological, molecular and neuroanatomical techniques to investigate the mechanisms of communication behavior in frogs and fish. In particular, her lab studies how sensory systems integrate communication signals to guide adaptive behaviors, such as mating behaviors, and how those sensory processes are modified by hormones. She is also interested in comparative neurobiology and evolution of the brain.
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Mangiamele, L.A. and Fuxjager, M.F. 2018. Insight into the neuroendocrine basis of signal evolution: a case study in foot-flagging frogs. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 204:61-70 [Invited Review for Special Issue] https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-017-1218-0
Thompson, R.R. and Mangiamele, L.A. 2018. Rapid sex steroid effects on reproductive responses in male goldfish: Sensory and motor mechanisms. Hormones and Behavior 104:52-62 [Invited Review]
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.05.007
Mangiamele, L.A., Gomez, J.R., Curtis, N.J.,and Thompson, R.R. 2017. GPR30/GPER, a membrane estrogen receptor, is expressed in the brain and retina of a social fish (Carassius auratus) and co-localizes with isotocin. Journal of Comparative Neurology 525(2): 252-270 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5138143/
Mangiamele, L.A., Fuxjager, M.J., Schuppe, E.R., Taylor, R.S.*, Hodl, W., and Preininger, D. 2016. Increased androgenic sensitivity in the hind limb muscular system marks the evolution of a derived gestural display. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 11:5664-5669. [Cover article] https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1603329113
Mangiamele, L.A., Keeney, A.D., D'Agostino, E.N., and Thompson, R.R. 2013. Pheromone exposure influences preoptic arginine vasotocin gene expression and inhibits social approach behavior in response to rivals but not potential mates. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution 81:194-202.
Mangiamele, L.A. and Thompson, R.R. 2012. Testosterone rapidly increases ejaculate volume and sperm density in competitively breeding goldfish through an estrogenic membrane receptor mechanism. Hormones and Behavior 62:107-112. [Cover article]
Mangiamele, L.A. and Burmeister, S.S. 2011. Auditory selectivity for acoustic features that confer species recognition in the tungara frog. Journal of Experimental Biology 214:2911-2918. [Featured research article in Inside JEB]
Chakraborty, M., Mangiamele, L.A., and Burmeister, S.S. 2010. Neural activity patterns in response to interspecific and intraspecific variation in mating calls in the tungara frog. PLoS ONE 5(9):e12898.
Mangiamele, L.A., Thomson, C.J., Lebonville, C.L., and Burmeister, S.S. 2010. Characterization of the plasticity-related gene, Arc, in the frog brain. Developmental Neurobiology 70(12):813-825
Mangiamele, L.A. and Burmeister, S.S. 2008. Acoustically-evoked immediate-early gene expression in the pallium of the tungara frog. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution 72: 239-250.
Burmeister, S.S., Mangiamele, L.A., and Lebonville, C.L. 2008. Acoustic modulation of immediate-early gene expression in the auditory midbrain of female túngara frogs. Brain Research 1190:105-114.


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Kansas City Chiefs - Arrowhead Stadium
Address: One Arrowhead Drive
Name: Arrowhead Stadium
Home Team: Kansas City Chiefs
Playing Surface: Grass
Year Opened: 1972
Today, after over three decades of existence, Arrowhead Stadium remains one of the finest stadiums in the NFL. After spending several years playing at an aging Municipal Stadium it was time for a new stadium for both the Chiefs and the Kansas City Royals (MLB). Originally, in the mid 1960's officials planned on building a single, multipurpose stadium. However the idea was scrapped. Kansas City officials then decided to build two stadiums, one for the Royals and one for the Chiefs. This idea also called for the world's first rolling stadium roof. In 1967 voters approved a plan to build two stadiums. Construction on the stadiums began soon after. However, the rolling roof for the stadiums was scrapped because of project delays.
After more than three years of construction, the stadium was completed in time for the start of the 1972 season. The facility was named Arrowhead Stadium. The Kansas City Chiefs played their first game at Arrowhead Stadium on August 12, 1972 against the St. Louis Cardinals. When the stadium opened it was way ahead of its time.
In other cities across the country, multipurpose facilities were being constructed. Over 70,000 red and gold seats in three tiers, enclosed the entire Astroturf playing surface in 1972. Since its opening, Arrowhead Stadium has underwent numerous improvements. In 1984, officials discussed adding a dome to Arrowhead Stadium. However, the idea was scrapped because of project costs. In 1991 a JumboTron was added above the upper deck rim past the south endzone. In 1994, the Astroturf was removed and replaced with grass, giving Arrowhead Stadium its modern day look. Arrowhead Stadium has several amenities, including the Arrowhead Club, over 10,000 club seats, and 80 luxury suites. Arrowhead Stadium continues to sell out every game, and is one of the NFL's loudest stadiums. Currently, the Chiefs are trying to lobby to get funds approved for numerous upgrades at Arrowhead Stadium.
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With Jamaica getting on board earlier this month, China has signed BRI cooperation documents with 126 countries and 29 international organizations, and we still welcome more.
China's e-commerce retail over 40% of global market in 2016, doubles US.
Minimum market cap of China's top 500 enterprises grew 7 times over the past decade.
5,000 Chinese tourists visited Antarctica in 2016-2017, second after US.
7 Chinese universities ranked in top 10 in QS 2018 rankings for BRICS universities.


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Q: Web API AJAX doesn't map to DTO Model:
public class LoginToken
{
    public string Username { get; set; }

    public string Password { get; set; }
}

AJAX
$.ajax({
    contentType:"application/json",
    url: "/api/Admin/Login",
    method: "GET",
    dataType: "json",
    data:{
        "Username":"random",
        "Password":"random"
    },
    success: function (data){
       //not important
    },
    error:function(data){
        //not important
    }
})

API Controller
[HttpGet]
    public string Login(LoginToken token)
    {
        //not important
    }

I've tried using JSON.stringify, I tried encapsulating data inside javascript inside an object called token, I tried the same thing but with stringify and the data doesn't map to DTO. Essentially token is always null. When I do an API call using Postman with simple
{
  "Username":"random",
  "Password":"random"
}

it maps the data perfectly.
Edit: Also adding [FromBody] in front of the object parameter doesn't solve it. Also I noticed that if I put parameters outside of the data object like this
[HttpGet]
public string Login(string username, string password)
{
    //not important
}

It would map to the username and password.

A: you can not use GET with contentType:"application/json", so you have to fix your ajax type to post type (not method), and since you are using json, data should be stringified
 ...
 type: 'POST',
 contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
 data: JSON.stringify({
        "Username":"random",
        "Password":"random"
    }),
....

and add frombody to an action
    [HttpPost]
    public string Login([FromBody]LoginToken token)
    {
        //not important
    }

but if you still want to use Get as it is , you only need to remove   contentType:"application/json" from your ajax
$.ajax({

    url: "/api/Admin/Login",
    type: "GET",
    dataType: "json",
    data:{
        "Username":"random",
        "Password":"random"
    },
    success: function (data){
    .....

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Birthname: Michael Christopher Sheen
Birthplace: Newport, Gwent, Wales, UK
Birthday: February 5, 1969
Michael Sheen is a Welsh stage and screen actor. Sheen made his professional debut in 1991, starring opposite Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced at the Globe Theatre. Sheen has become known for a wider variety of roles. In 2009, Sheen appeared in two fantasy films, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans and The Twilight Saga: New Moon. He appeared in the science-fiction film Tron: Legacy (2010) and Woody Allen's romantic comedy Midnight in Paris (2011).
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A number of ministries, including the National Development and Reform Commission, the State Administration of Press and Publication, and the Ministry of Public Security, have responded to issues of public concern.
The central government will step up oversight over payment methods at scenic spots nationwide to punish the refusal to accept cash during transactions.
A notice jointly released on Sept 19 by three departments, including the National Development and Reform Commission, said that more efforts should be made to ensure adequate cash supply at key tourists cities and scenic spots nationwide.
Financial institutions and non-banking payment organs are banned from promoting the use of non-cash payment methods through false advertising and large subsidies.
The notice also urged more to be done to accelerate the development of currency exchange services in key scenic spots, airports, hotels, major shopping malls and key tourists routes so that currency exchange demand from overseas tourists can be better met.
The number of ATMs should also be increased, and more will be done to ensure a smooth cash supply through such machines.
The quality of services for tourists should also be improved so that the payment demands for different types of tourists can be met. Scenic spots are also required to provide more secure and diversified payments methods, according to the notice.
The Ministry of Education said on Sept 19 that it will launch a nationwide inspection targeting primary and middle schools that use textbooks from other countries or those that compile their own textbooks.
Schools that are part of the nine-year compulsory education system can use only textbooks approved by the ministry, and no adaptations or changes can be made, it said.
The ministry urged local education authorities to conduct a thorough inspection of all primary and middle schools within their jurisdictions by Oct 15.
In the meanwhile, textbook publishers are required to examine their contents based on their curriculum standards, and they must submit a report on the self-examination before Oct 10, it said.
The ministry said it will organize a panel of experts to come up with advice on revision to the textbooks, which can only be put to use after approval from the ministry.
It added that the use of textbooks containing arbitrary changes must be halted before the start of spring semester in 2019, and new textbooks should be adopted.
Authorities closed more than 4,000 websites and online accounts during a three-month campaign targeting vulgarity and obscenity in online literature works.
The campaign, jointly launched by the National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications and the State Administration of Press and Publication in May, also ordered the rectification of 230 online literature operators and removed 147,000 pieces of harmful information.
The campaign, targeting content in online novels that spread improper values, vulgarity or obscenity as well as those involving copyright infringement, included measures such as relevant website self-checks, inspections and criminal investigations.
China will promote the online settlement of disputes over damage caused in traffic accidents, according to a regulation joint released by the top court and three central government departments on Sept 20.
The regulation, jointly released by the Supreme People's Court and departments including the Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Justice, said that parties involved in a dispute can access an online dispute settlement platform for a compensation estimation service or to file for requests of mediation and litigation.
Traffic management departments can also conduct the mediation of disputes through the platform. The court will also guide parties involved to use the platform to seek settlements in disputes.
The regulation will take effect in October.


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Midway lost $100 million in 2007
Tags: #loss #losses
Companies: #midway
In a financial announcement for the fourth quarter of last year, it was revealed that Midway lost nearly $100 million total last year.
The results for the full fiscal year showed net revenues of $157.2 million, compared to $165.6 million for the year before. That left a loss of a massive $97.4 million, which translates to $1.07 per share. This is a growth on the 2006 losses of $77.8 million.
"We were delighted to bring an eager fan base the PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 within the fiscal year, and the consumer response to a number of our casual offerings such as Game Party for the Wii and Touchmaster for the DS was encouraging," commented David F. Zucker, president and CEO in a public statement.
"Now that we have overcome many of the technology hurdles that we encountered over the last year, we anticipate smoother launches as we release our strong 2008 line-up."
Let's hope so, eh?
Do you think that Midway can pull it back, or is it more likely that EA will swoop in and buy the publisher out? Let us know what you think in the forums.
Midway board sued for corporate waste
Midway's board members are now being sued by employees for corporate waste that cites disastrous financial advice as the cause.
Midway making more Mortal Kombat
Midway has, despite flagging sales and struggling finances, announced a new Mortal Kombat game.
Midway closes studio, cancels games
In a further effort to reduce losses, Midway has closed its Austin studio, cancelled some more games and culled its workforce by 25 percent.
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By Will Coggin
Humane Watch
Supreme Court to Rule on California Pork Ban
The poor are hit the hardest by Prop 12. It's effectively a regressive food tax for no real benefit.
Mitt Romney and his family about to sit down to Easter dinner, complete with ham; are only those as wealthy as Romney going to be able to enjoy the same meal?
March 31, 2022 - The Supreme Court announced Monday it would rule on the constitutionality of Proposition 12, a California ballot measure passed in 2018 that attempts to tell farmers in Iowa, North Carolina and other states how to produce pork. The law effectively bans around 96% of pork from being sold in California. It was supposed to go into effect in January–and create a massive bacon shortage–but was put on hold by a court.
What's at stake? Tens of millions of dollars in spending from animal rights groups, interstate commerce, and your right to determine what you eat. Just a few little things.
Animal liberation activists have invested millions of dollars in these kinds of ballot measures. They are smart enough to know they can't pass a law banning meat. So their strategy is instead to ban common animal husbandry techniques by making these practices look bad to voters, who know as much about farming as they do toxicology.
It's easy to mislead the average person about agricultural practices, and the result is that voters have passed laws like Prop 12 without realizing the effects on their choices at the grocery store (or farm animals).
In other words, voters were effectively tricked into passing a measure that will harm their own food choices. Only a court injunction is preventing a situation where "bacon may disappear in California."
The anti-meat activists at the Humane Society of the United States are already in full spin mode. To hear it from them, there's no looming pork shortage for Californians. The most laughable and deceptive claim we've seen is this: "Many of the largest pork producers-including Perdue, Tyson, Hormel and Clemens Food Group-have publicly stated that they are planning to comply with the law and supply the California market with pork that comes from animals given more space."
These major companies may have niche brands or subsidiaries that happen to be Prop 12 compliant. But they are unable to supply the demand in California, much less have 100% of their own supply chain compliant.
Consider Clemens Food Group's situation: "Since Clemens buys most of its supply from independent farms, only its in-house raised Farm Promise brand pork will be Proposition 12 compliant, and the brand makes up only 15 to 20 percent of its supply."
That's a far cry from what HSUS would have you believe.
Here's Perdue: "Niman Ranch and Coleman Natural Foods, smaller producers owned by poultry giant Perdue Farms, will both comply. Niman's standards have always been higher than Prop 12's, while Coleman has been working with some of its contract farmers to meet Prop 12 requirements."
This story posted first at humanewatch.org: https://humanewatch.org/supreme-court-to-rule-on-california-pork-ban/
Niman sells at places like Whole Foods. One pack of Niman bacon costs $13.99 online and frozen pork chops go for about $22 a pound. That might be something the CEO of HSUS could afford on her $400,000 salary–if she wasn't vegan, of course–but normal people would find such prices hard to stomach.
A third party analyst put it this way: "We're looking at a shortage. If implemented as set, we're not going to have enough pork to meet the needs of California. The pork that is compliant is clearly going to be priced at a premium."
Laws driving up the cost of nutritious food hits the poor the hardest
No benefit, you ask? That's right: The irony of these laws–there are similar ones on eggs–is that they don't actually improve animal welfare, according to farmers and veterinarians. (Who, unlike activists, actually know what they're talking about.)
Most pigs are kept in group housing already. Just the sows are not. That's because sows will fight for food and dominance in groups. So farmers developed individual maternity pens a few decades ago which give the sows a safe space during pregnancy where they can receive individual food, water, and care.
Prop 12 bans the sale of pork from farms that use this popular husbandry method.
It's one thing if California wants to regulate farming within California. But Prop 12 is trying to regulate out-of-state farmers by interfering in interstate commerce–preventing them from selling their product unless they meet California regulations. That's a bridge too far. And hopefully the Supreme Court agrees.
Stan Greene Doubles Down on Conspiracy Theories After Seeing the Paul Pelosi Police Body Cam Video
Reader Happy SMOBSERVED.COM Had the Courage to Report on Pelosi's "Corrupt Left Wing Regime"
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CAPAC Members Call on President-Elect Biden to Include AAPIs in New Cabinet
Nov 22, 2020 Issues: Other Issues
Washington, D.C. – Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden urging him to follow the example of previous Administrations, including both Presidents Obama and Trump, by including highly qualified Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in his Cabinet.
"As you work to assemble your administration, CAPAC urges you to appoint highly qualified Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) candidates to your Cabinet and to ensure that AAPIs account for at least seven percent of cabinet-level and other appointed personal within the federal workforce," wrote the Members. "Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are seven percent of the U.S. population and the fastest growing racial group in the nation, with other 23 million AAPIs living in the country today. AAPIs are also the fastest growing segment of the U.S. electorate and turned out in record numbers in the 2020 election….
"For over two decades, there has been at least one AAPI appointed to serve in the Cabinet of both Democratic and Republican administrations. In fact, the Obama administration included a record three AAPI Cabinet Secretaries and the Trump administration included two AAPI women in the Cabinet," the Members continued. "In order to ensure your administration is filled with appointees who truly reflect the strength and diversity of our nation, we urge you to continue this trend of appointing AAPI candidates to the Cabinet and prioritizing AAPI representation throughout your administration."
The letter was led by CAPAC Chair Rep. Judy Chu and CAPAC First Vice Chair Rep. Grace Meng, and signed by Senators Mazie Hirono and Tammy Duckworth, and Reps. Mark Takano, Ted Lieu, Doris Matsui, Ami Bera, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Pramila Jayapal, Stephanie Murphy, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Gregorio Killi Camacho Sablan, Ro Khanna, Andy Kim, TJ Cox, Michael F.Q. San Nicolas, and Members-elect Marilyn Strickland and Kaiali'i Kahele.
It is available online here and below:
Dear President-elect Biden:
On behalf of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), we commend you for pledging to make diversity a priority as you work to build a talented and inclusive administration that truly reflects our nation. This work is more imperative now than ever as our country confronts multiple crises – including the devastating health and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as centuries of systemic racism and inequality in our society – that disproportionately affect communities of color.
As you work to assemble your administration, CAPAC urges you to appoint highly qualified Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) candidates to your Cabinet and to ensure that AAPIs account for at least seven percent of cabinet-level and other appointed personnel within the federal workforce. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are seven percent of the U.S. population and the fastest growing racial group in the nation, with over 23 million AAPIs living in this country today. AAPIs are also the fastest growing segment of the U.S. electorate and turned out in record numbers in the 2020 election, with over two-thirds of the AAPI vote supporting your election.
For over two decades, there has been at least one AAPI appointed to serve in the Cabinet of both Democratic and Republican administrations. In fact, the Obama administration included a record three AAPI Cabinet Secretaries and the Trump administration included two AAPI women in the Cabinet. In order to ensure your administration is filled with appointees who truly reflect the strength and diversity of our nation, we urge you to continue this trend of appointing AAPI candidates to the Cabinet and prioritizing AAPI representation throughout your administration.
Thank you again for your commitment to appointing diverse leaders within your Cabinet who are equipped to serve all segments of our society. Prioritizing diverse voices at the highest levels of our federal government will ensure that critical issues impacting AAPIs and other traditionally underrepresented communities receive the conscientious care and attention that they deserve.
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A wargok (egyes helyeken vargok) farkasokra emlékeztető vadállatok J. R. R. Tolkien regényeiben. Nagyobb termetűek, intelligensebbek és rosszindulatúbbak a közönséges farkasoknál, valószínűleg a sötét erők (konkrétan Morgoth) tenyésztették ki őket közönséges farkasokból. Emberi nyelven nem beszélnek, viszont egymás között egy saját nyelvet használnak. A nevüket nyilván a skandináv varg [varj] szóból kölcsönözte Tolkien. A szó jelentése farkas.

A wargok gyakran megengedik, hogy az orkok használják őket hátaslovakként, s gyakran kötnek szövetséget egy-egy nagyobb eriadori település vagy vándorcsapat kifosztására (innen ered egy középföldei mondás: "ahol wargok vonyítanak, ott orkok is lapítanak").

Szerepük a könyvekben

A hobbit
Amikor Zsákos Bilbó, Gandalf és a törpök átkelnek a Ködhegységen, egy csapat warg támad rájuk. A csapat a vadállatok elől a fákra menekül, és Gandalf tüzet bűvölve próbálja elijeszteni őket. Azonban a törpöket követő orkok összetalálkoznak a menekülő farkasokkal, és a tüzet Bilbóék ellen fordítják: máglyát raknak a fák tövében. A csapatot a Ködhegységben tanyázó sasok mentik meg.
Az Öt Sereg Csatájában az egyik sereg a wargok serege: az orkokkal szövetségben a denevérekkel együtt harcolnak a törpök, az emberek és a tündék serege ellen.

A Gyűrűk Ura
Amikor a Gyűrű Szövetsége átkel a Ködhegységen, újabb farkastámadásban van részük. Bár a Szövetség többi tagja is derekasan harcol ellenük, itt is Gandalf tűzmágiája űzi el a vadállatokat.
Szarumán és Szauron orkjai közül többen lovagolnak wargok hátán.

Megjelenésük a filmekben

A Gyűrűk Ura

Peter Jackson filmjeiben a wargok, bár nevezik őket "farkas"-nak, nem igazán emlékeztetnek igazi farkasokra. Lovaknál nagyobb termetű, hiénákra emlékeztető fenevadakként jelennek meg, amelyek korántsem olyan intelligensek, mint a könyvben.

A három film közül először A két torony című részben találkozunk velük, ahol Szarumán farkaslovasai megütköznek Rohan lovasságával. Ez a csata a könyvben nem szerepel (bár a könyv említi, hogy a rohani háborúban vettek részt   farkaslovasok, de inkább portyázó-fosztogató szerepben, mint a kürtvári  és hasonló csatákban).

A király visszatér című, befejező részben a wargok megjelennek, de jóval kisebb szerephez jutnak: Gothmog, a mordori ork-kapitány lovagol warg-háton, emellett Minas Tirith ostrománál látunk egy wargot, amint egy embert marcangol szét.

A hobbit

A hobbit – Váratlan utazásban a wargok már jobban hasonlítanak a farkasokra. Hosszúkás testük van, méretük nagyobb, mint A Gyűrűk Urában. Az orkok "háziállatai", nincs meg a velük való egyenérték, illetve a nyelv, ami A hobbit könyvben előfordul. Nem tekintik őket farkasoknak. (Amikor Bilbó megkérdezi, hogy a vonyítás farkasoké-e, azt a választ kapja a törpöktől, hogy "Itt nincsenek farkasok.")

Más művekben
A Tolkien világából sokat merítő fantasy-könyvekben és játékokban az orkok gyakran lovagolnak farkasszerű fenevadak hátán. A magyar M.A.G.U.S. szerepjátékban "warg"-nak nevezik őket, a Warcraft játékokban viszont "worg"-ra változtatták a nevüket. A tűz és jég dala regénysorozatban a varg (angolul warg) olyan ember, aki képes egy rémfarkas szemével látni. A Harc Wesnothért videójátékban létezik egy "farkaslovas" nevű egység, egy varg-szerű lényen lovagló kobold.

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Fourth Annual March Against Meth Day
March 3, 2009 at 12:25 AM CST - Updated July 3 at 9:11 AM
Elgin_During the Fourth Annual March Against Meth Day in Oklahoma, communities around the state planned activities to show their support on Monday. Every year in Elgin, a march honored an officer who was killed in the line of duty in the 'War on Drugs.' The march also focuses on the dangers of meth use and its addiction. This march was a tribute in honor of Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Rocky Eales who was killed in the line of duty on September 24, 1999, while trying to serve a search warrant at a residence in rural Sequoya County.
Troopers from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) and officers from the Elgin Police Department, along with Elgin High School students participated to take a stand against the addictive drug, and almost 200 students from the school signed up for the Fourth Annual march. "I know some people who have done meth, and so it's really hard, especially, for the people who are close to them," said student Erica Cox. "I know how bad it hurts people, and that it is really hard to get off, and I would like to prevent it for future kids," said student Megan Magness.
Officers say it's especially important for teens to participate in these marches. "We hope if we catch them early they will be less likely to experiment," said Elgin Police Officer Cindi Tracy. "Meth is not a drug that you can experiment with. It has a 95% first-time user addiction rate."
Student Chad Hagerman says it's an ongoing battle. "Students are just going to have to step up in their lives throughout high school, college and later in life to spread the message that drugs need to be focused on in the state of Oklahoma," he said.
Law enforcement understands the issue more than most. They are the people who put their lives on the line battling drug abuse. "If all agencies and all law enforcement as well as the communities can get involved in it, I think we can make a dent in it like we have," said OHP Trooper Chance Slater. However, they can't do it all on their own. "The community as well as business people they need to get involved to inform us of any type of illegal activity that may take place," said Slater.
The marches held on Monday across Oklahoma are Phase II of the Crystal Darkness Campaign focusing on meth education. This is the fourth year Elgin has participated in the walk, and students say it's the biggest one yet. They say they expect it to grow even more in the future.


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Q: Select and replace a text within a span <span id="spanCompare_5_7">
<input type="radio" name="fCompare_5_7" id="fCompare0" value="0">Filter
<input type="radio" name="fCompare_5_7" id="fCompare1" value="1">Compare
</span>

How can I replace the "Compare" text with something else?
I have a few of those code blocks and i can not edit it, I just have access via jq.
The span id "spanCompare_5_7" is generic so more of them are on the site and all of them need the same change, so I cant just use this id as a static selector e.g. $("#spanCompare_5_7").
I never know which numbers are going to appear and as I said, I need the change in all of them.
Any ideas?

A: You can iterate through the childNodes of the element and reset the nodeValue of the matching textNode descendants:
$('span[id^="spanCompare"]').contents().each(function() {
   if ( this.nodeType === 3 && $.trim(this.nodeValue) === 'Compare' )
       this.nodeValue = 'whatever';
});

http://jsfiddle.net/yyrks4h3/
In case that you want to destructively (by changing attributes and visible contents) reset the innerHTML of the elements, you can use the html method:
$('span[id^="spanCompare"]').html(function(_, h) {
   return h.replace(/Compare/g, 'whatever');
});

A: maybe something like this?
var html = $('#spanCompare_5_7').html();
html = html.replace("Compare", "");
$('#spanCompare_5_7').html(html);

A: Try:
var spn = $('#spanCompare_5_7');
spn.html(spn.html().replace(/Compare\b/, 'replacement'));


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SIFI Snoopy In Constitutional Dogfight With Feds
Some civil Complaints seem destined to become "landmark" or "historic." You read through the pleading and it hits you that this dispute may change the regulatory landscape, for better or worse. In Metlife,Inc. v. Financial Stability Oversight Council (Complaint, DDC, 15-45, January 13, 2015), we are presented with one such likely candidate for posterity.
The gist of this lawsuit is that Plaintiff Metlife is challenging the decision by the Financial Stability Oversight Council's (the "FSOC's") designation of Plaintiff as a "nonbank systemically important financial institution" (a "nonbank SIFI"). Plaintiff argues that the FSOC did not act properly under the Dodd-Frank Act when it designated the firm as a nonbank SIFI and, further, the allegedly arbitrary and capricious conduct deprives Plaintiff of its Due Process rights.
In many aspects, Metlife's Complaint is reminiscent of a similar challenge of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB") and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in Free Enterprise Fund Et al. v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Et Al. In Free Enterprise Fund, the Petitioners argued that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act contravened the separation of powers by conferring executive power on PCAOB members without subjecting them to Presidential control. Moreover, the Petitioners asserted that the PCAOB's appointment violated the Constitution's Appointments Clause. In a 2010 majority opinion, the United States Supreme Court held that Petitioners were not entitled to broad injunctive relief against PCAOB's continued operations; however, the Court found that Petitioners were entitled to declaratory relief sufficient to ensure that the reporting requirements and auditing standards to which they were subject would be enforced only by a constitutional agency accountable to the Executive Branch. In a nutshell, the let the PCAOB continue to exist but subject to a material reorganization of the line of accountability. Although the issues in Metlife are markedly different than those in Enterprise Fund, there remains the similarity of a Constitutional challenge citing the conduct of the FSOC under Dodd-Frankin a fashion reminiscent of that of the PCAOB under Sarbanes-Oxley. I would argue, however, that what is at stake in Metlife is the ongoing ability to regulate the financial services industry pursuant to a regime that was largely implemented after the Great Recession. What's in the balance is either the perpetuation of Wall Street reforms (a position likely espoused by investor advocates and liberals) versus the elimination of ill-conceived and burdensome regulation (a position likely espoused by industry supporters and conservatives).
Given the importance of the matters in dispute in Metlife and my ambivalence as to some of those issues (and my bias as to others), in lieu of attempting to offer commentary on the lawsuit, I have opted to reprint in full-text the Complaint's "Introduction" section.
An interesting aside in this litigation is that the Complaint was submitted by Eugene Scalia, Esq. a partner with the prominent Washington, DC law firm of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Eugene Scalia is the son of Antonin Scalia, United States Supreme Court Justice. One wonders whether that relationship may serve as a basis for seeking the recusal of one or more sitting Justices should the case subsequently come to rest on the highest court's docket -- and to whom would one appeal if such a request for recusal is rejected?
READ the Full-Text Complaint
1. This is an action under Section 113(h) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act" or "DFA"), Pub. L. No. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376(codified at 12 U.S.C. § 5323(h)), the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), 5 U.S.C. § 500 et seq., and the U.S. Constitution, challenging a final decision by the Council to designate MetLife as a nonbank systemically important financial institution ("nonbank SIFI"). See Explanation of the Basis of the Financial Stability Oversight Council's Final Determination that Material Financial Distress at MetLife Could Pose a Threat to U.S. Financial Stability and that MetLife Should be Supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Be Subject to Prudential Standards (Dec. 18, 2014) ("Final Designation").
2. FSOC's decision to designate MetLife as a nonbank SIFI subjects the Company to enhanced supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Board"). The Council's independent member with insurance expertise-the only voting member with expertise regarding the insurance industry-dissented in writing from the designation, and the non-voting insurance commissioner representative on the Council also issued a statement opposing MetLife's designation.
3. The Council's designation of MetLife is premised on its conclusion that "MetLife's material financial distress could lead to an impairment of financial intermediation or of financial market functioning that would be sufficiently severe to inflict significant damage on the broader economy." Final Designation at 3. That conclusion was arbitrary and capricious, conflicts with the Council's statutory obligations under the Dodd-Frank Act and the rules and guidance that the Council promulgated for designating nonbank financial companies, and was reached through a procedure that denied MetLife its due process rights and violated the constitutional separation of powers.
4. FSOC made numerous critical errors that fatally undermined the reasoning in its Final Designation of MetLife. First, FSOC failed to understand, or give meaningful weight to, the comprehensive state insurance regulatory regime that supervises every aspect of MetLife's U.S. insurance business, despite statutory and regulatory requirements that direct the Council to consider existing regulatory scrutiny. Indeed, the Council's "misunderstand[ing] and mischaracteriza[tions]" of state insurance regulation were so fundamental that the non-voting insurance commissioner was struggling "to correct basic factual errors regarding the operation of the state regulatory system just days before" the Council's final vote. Final Designation at 304 (dissent of Adam Hamm). Second, FSOC fixated on MetLife's size and so-called interconnections with other financial companies-factors that, considered alone, would inevitably lead to the designation of virtually any large financial company-and ignored other statutorily mandated considerations that weighed sharply against designation. Third, FSOC consistently relied on vague standards and assertions, unsubstantiated speculation, and unreasonable assumptions that are inconsistent with historical experience (including prevailing conditions in the 2008 financial crisis), basic economic teachings, and accepted principles of risk analysis. In doing so, FSOC wholly ignored the tools used by federal regulators to assess the potential impact of severely adverse economic conditions in other contexts, including Federal Reserve Board "stress tests." Fourth, FSOC repeatedly denied MetLife access to data and materials consulted and relied on by the Council in making its designation determination, thereby depriving the Company of a meaningful opportunity to rebut FSOC's assumptions or otherwise respond to its analysis, in violation of MetLife's due process rights.
5. As a result of these pervasive errors, there are numerous grounds on which FSOC's Final Designation of MetLife must be set aside, including the following:
6. MetLife Is Not Predominantly Engaged in Financial Activities. FSOC's designation authority is limited in Section 113(a)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Act to "U.S. nonbank financial compan[ies]." MetLife is not a "U.S. nonbank financial company" eligible for designation because it derives more than 15% of its revenues from, and more than 15% of its assets are related to, insurance activities in foreign markets. Accordingly, MetLife is not "predominantly engaged in financial activities" within the meaning of Section 102(a)(6) of the Dodd-Frank Act and Section 4(k) of the Bank Holding Company Act ("BHCA"). Case 1:15-cv-00045 Document 1 Filed 01/13/15 Page 3 of 794
7. Failure to Undertake Activities-Based Review. FSOC had an obligation to consider reasonable alternatives to designating MetLife as systemically important. Those alternatives include the "activities-based approach" that FSOC is presently considering for asset managers, which would impose enhanced Board supervision on certain activities that FSOC deems to be particularly risky without designating as systemically important the entire company or companies that conduct them. Despite the repeated statements of key legislators and federal financial regulators that traditional insurance activities do not pose systemic risk to the economy, FSOC provided no reasoned explanation for failing to pursue an activities-based approach for insurance companies.
8. Failure to Assess Vulnerability. FSOC failed to conduct any threshold inquiry into MetLife's vulnerability to material financial distress, which is mandated by Section 113 of the Dodd-Frank Act and FSOC's own rules and interpretive guidance. See 77 Fed. Reg. 21,637- 39 ("Final Rule"), 21,639-47 ("Interpretive Guidance") (Apr. 11, 2012) (Appendix A to 12 C.F.R. Part 1310). Compounding that error, the Council posited impossibly vague conditions of "material financial distress" at MetLife, "overall stress in the financial services industry," and "weak[ness]" in the "macroeconomic environment," id. at 21,657, and then deployed those undefined concepts at every turn to support its conclusion that MetLife should be designated. For its part, MetLife submitted overwhelming evidence that material financial distress at the Company is extremely unlikely, and that in light of its business model and structure, together with the authority and practice of state insurance regulators to intervene when insurers experience material financial distress, there is no reasonable possibility that material financial distress at MetLife, should it occur, would pose a threat to the financial stability of the United States.
9. Arbitrary and Capricious Reliance on Unsubstantiated Speculation and Irrational Economic Behavior. Numerous other aspects of the Final Designation are likewise premised on unsupported guesswork and unreasonable conjectures, rather than record evidence. For example, MetLife submitted a study from the Oliver Wyman consulting firm demonstrating that, even under the most unrealistic and adverse assumptions of financial distress at MetLife, the Company could still liquidate its assets to cover its liabilities without posing a threat to the broader U.S. economy. In response, FSOC claimed it had conducted an analysis of its own that showed that asset sales by MetLife could disrupt the financial markets. But the Final Designation's analysis-which included calculations that were never disclosed to MetLife, and rested on the bizarre assumption that MetLife would sell off its assets in a randomized manner rather than in an orderly fashion from most liquid to least liquid-was entirely unreasonable and ahistorical. FSOC's analysis ignored steps MetLife could and would take to avoid a sudden and massive asset liquidation, including exercising contractual rights to defer policyholder payments for up to six months (rights which must be included in policies under the laws of many States). FSOC likewise assumed that any measures by state regulators would be ineffective. Indeed, it assumed that regulators' response to distress at MetLife would destabilize other insurers, but did not identify a single example of the failure of any insurer of any size that led to market-wide "contagion" in the relevant insurance market. MetLife, for its part, provided an analysis-also performed by Oliver Wyman-that examined prior failures of large life insurance companies and found no evidence of contagion. MetLife also demonstrated that its insurance and capital markets activities are not of a nature or magnitude that would expose other financial institutions or counterparties to a meaningful threat of economic harm in the event of MetLife's material financial distress. In straining to find otherwise, the Final Designation unreasonably concluded that the mere possibility of ordinary levels of economic losses would constitute economy-wide destabilizing harms.
10. Failure to Examine Consequences of its Designation Decision. The designation of MetLife will inevitably impose significant costs on the Company-and its shareholders and customers-a concern that MetLife addressed at length in its submissions to FSOC. The Council nevertheless refused to consider these consequences of designating MetLife. It did not address MetLife's evidence of substantial market and company-specific costs, and did not even opine on whether designating MetLife was, on balance, for good or for ill. In ignoring the effects of its action, the Final Designation unreasonably disregarded an important aspect of the problem that Section 113 of the Dodd-Frank Act required it to address.
11. Violation of Due Process and Separation of Powers. The FSOC designation process is opaque, sparking criticisms that recently prompted FSOC's Chairman to indicate that the process will be reviewed and reformed. That will come too late for MetLife, which repeatedly was denied access to the full record on which FSOC's action was based. Indeed, the Final Designation contains new evidence and analyses to which MetLife never had an opportunity to respond. In addition, FSOC never identified the thresholds that result in SIFI designation or the manner in which the various statutory and regulatory factors regarding designation are balanced against one another in FSOC's analysis, and, where FSOC guidance did describe thresholds, gave no weight to instances in which MetLife's metrics fell below those thresholds. These procedural shortcomings severely impaired MetLife's ability to respond to FSOC's grounds for designating the Company and denied MetLife the opportunity to modify its activities in order to avoid designation. These deficiencies were exacerbated by the extraordinary design in the Dodd-Frank Act of FSOC itself, which identifies individual companies for designation, establishes the standards that govern the designation decision, and then sits in judgment of its own recommendations, relying each step of the way on the same staff that identified the company for designation in the first place. As a result of these procedural and structural flaws, FSOC's designation of MetLife violated the Company's due process rights and the constitutional separation of powers.
12. In all of these ways and more, FSOC acted arbitrarily and capriciously, in violation of the Dodd-Frank Act, the APA, and the U.S. Constitution when it designated MetLife as a nonbank SIFI. This Court should set aside the designation and grant the other relief requested below.
As to the relief sought by Plaintiff Met Life, it is asking the court to issue and Order and Judgment:
a. Declaring that FSOC's designation of MetLife was not in accordance with the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, the constitutional separation of powers, the Dodd-Frank Act, and the APA, and that it was arbitrary and capricious within the meaning of Section 113(h) of the Dodd-Frank Act and 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A);
b. Vacating and setting aside the designation; c. Declaring that the Dodd-Frank Act's conferral of legislative, prosecutorial, and adjudicative functions on the same individuals within an agency, without any separation of functions into offices or divisions, violates the separation of powers, and thus is null and void;
d. Enjoining FSOC and its officers, employees, and agents from implementing, applying, or taking any action whatsoever to designate MetLife until the Board promulgates prudential standards for insurance companies and criteria for exempting nonbank financial companies from Board supervision, and until FSOC finalizes its designation standards;
e. Awarding Plaintiff its reasonable costs, including attorneys' fees, incurred in bringing this action; and
f. Granting such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper.


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Latvīte Medniece FOOTPRINTS IN CLAY
"Ceramics is the most attractive work in the world," says Latvīte Medniece (1924), one of the most significant and the oldest Latvian ceramists alive. She graduated from Riga Arts and Crafts Secondary School Department of Ceramics (1949) and the Art Academy of Latvia Department of Ceramics (1955). A few years spent working at Riga Porcelain Factory and then devoting herself to creative work, she was able to explore various ceramic materials and professional techniques. However her greatest interest was caught by clay which later became her main material. And since then, she almost never ever works on a lathe or creates dishes. She makes shapes – mostly from plastic clay plates. Pēteris Martinsons – the most famous colleague of L. Medniece – precisely described her as a "sculptor of ceramics", who with her "professionally elaborated works, excellent feeling of form and imagery, convincingly occupies her own place in the classical Latvian art. The works of the artist show her understanding of nature and fates of people and are based on the Latvian mythology and folklore".
Folk songs, fairy tales, and legends heard from her grandmother and mother are indelible impulses for her imagination. The surrounding environment is where several great Latvian poets and writers came from. The ever-changing wave games of the sea, fishing as the second oldest way of living, as well as harsh and strong seaside men and women became an essential part of life and creative work of L. Medniece.
Since 1955, Latvīte Medniece participates in exhibitions with her porcelain dishes decorated with overglaze technique and realistic human and animal figurines. Her simple, clear and logical building-up of all things, their mutual coherence and inclusion in the space, her respect for genuine, natural materials and her profound performance – these are now the main issues to be addressed. They bring back to the basis, to deep exploration of ethnographic and archaeological materials. She started with figurines and wheel thrown pots, however, at the beginning of the 1960's she turned to clay tile reliefs with figurative storylines.
A decisive turn is her retirement from work at school and joining the Ķīpsala ceramics workshop originated and supported by the Artists' Union of Latvia. For more than three decades she worked there shoulder-to-shoulder with P. Martinsons.
Gradually, Latvīte Medniece found her own specific stylisations suitable for ceramics and main principles of form formation, but her techniques over time and depending on the nature of the theme and image are changing and endless. Nothing seems to be exhausted to the end, there is still a continuation, something behind it and something to add. No other ceramists working with figures in Latvian art has such a depth of thought as L. Medniece.
Rūta Muižniece
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The Ferguson Moment 2014
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One Struggle KC is holding two 'Black Lives Matter' events in Kansas City this weekend
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Exerpt "We invite you to a free family event to create art as a collective, and process the pain we feel as a community due to state violence and abuse of power as seen in Ferguson, Mo and Ayotzinapa, Mexico [where 43 students disappeared in September]. There will be all kinds of art materials for your use, at no cost. Lead organizers of One Struggle KC will facilitate conversation, including 'report-backs' from individuals who have traveled to Ferguson to participate in community actions, as well as those who have been affected by events in Ayotzinapa." Read more on http://www.pitch.com/FastPitch/archives/2014/12/18/one-struggle-kc-is-holding-two-black-lives-matter-events-in-kansas-city-this-weekend
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Success in court against right-wing Internet agitators
In April 2020, filmmaker Anne Frisius accompanied a protest of residents in the camp Lindenstraße in Bremen Vegesack with her film camera. The demonstration on that day was frontlined by black women. By releasing her film online the demands of the activists were widely broadcasted.
Lindenstraße Camp (Bremen): Corona is here! (15min)
This film was stolen by the "Freunde für Deutschland" (= Friends for Germany, short: FfD), uploaded to their youtube channel and covered with racist hate comments. Obviously they couldn't stand the power of the black women. In addition, a guy called Tim Kellner, also a right-wing hater on the net, used parts of the video for his disgusting hate comments.
Since attentive people saw this and passed the information on, Anne was able to organize her resistance against the haters. We want to share what she experienced.
First Anne tried to have the videos blocked on youtube. This is from youtube`s answer: "…all further information – including your full name and e-mail address – is included in the complete deactivation request, which may be sent to the uploader." Her name would have appeared in the place of the deleted content. She did not want that.
But Anne didn't give up and finally received the advise that it is possible to give a warning to the agitators because they violated copyright (Creative Commons License). From now on the lawyers Hoffman and Elberling from Kiel represented her. Soon after the hater Tim Kellner paid the warning of 150,- € and deleted the video. The FfD did not react to the warning and legal action had to be taken against them. In order to do this Anne had to raise 650 Euros court costs in advance.
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Shortly afterwards Anne's website was hacked. That could be repaired. Once the trial took place, the FfD did not appear. The judge agreed with Anne`s side and sentenced the FfD to a 300 Euro fine. They had to pay the costs of the trial and to delete the video. The FfD have deleted their whole youtube channel and finally after some more weeks they paid the fine and the costs of the trial.
Thanks to everyone who supported Anne during this time. Solidarity wins.
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Some T's in nuclear DNA of trypanosomes and Leishmania are hydroxylated and glucosylated to yield base J (β-D-glucosyl-hydroxymethyluracil). In Leishmania about 99% of J is located in telomeric repeats. We show here that most of the remaining J is located at chromosome-internal RNA Polymerase II termination sites. Both this internal J and telomeric J can be reduced by a knockout of J-binding protein 2 (JBP2), an enzyme involved in the first step of J biosynthesis. J levels are further reduced by growing Leishmania JBP2 knockout cells in BrdU-containing medium, resulting in cell death. The loss of internal J is accompanied by massive read-through at RNA Polymerase II termination sites. The degree of read-through varies between transcription units, but may extend over 100 kb. We conclude that J is required for proper transcription termination and infer that the absence of internal J kills Leishmania by massive read-through of transcriptional stops.
We determined the exact location of base J in the genome of Leishmania by high-throughput sequencing of J containing DNA fragments. Samples were enriched for J-containing fragments by two independent methods: ChIP using an anti-J DNA antibody or by binding to a the J-binding protein JBP1. We studied the effect of loss of J on transcription using WT, JBP2 knockout (30-37% of WT level J), and JBP2 knockout cells grown in BrdU containing medium (13-16% of WT level of J). We used 6 RNA-seq libraries (three samples & two replica each) containing processed RNA products (transspliced and poly-adenylated) and 3 small RNA libraries representing the entire transcriptome.


Construction crews continue to work along Highway 78, on curbing and applying a stone base.
Crews are preparing to pave on Highway 78 on the westbound in the second half of April. Hopefully we will erect the overhead structure at 78/124 in mid to late April as well.
Construction officials are confident they will have the project completed by the end of the year – possibly November 2019.
Pedestrians and motorists should use caution while traveling or walking through the construction work zone.
Check back regularly to learn the latest information on the construction.
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City leaders are doing all they can to make this project a success for Snellville residents. For additional information and discussion you may visit the The Conversation.
In July 2017, the Georgia Department of Transportation selected a contractor for the intersection improvements at Main Street (U.S. 78) and Scenic Highway (S.R. 124). This page is where you will find the latest information regarding the construction progress. Also, on this page you will find current information about closures and specific activities for the coming weeks.
The project will be completed in two phases. The first phase is improvements to Henry Clower Boulevard at either end where Clower meets U.S. 78, and where Henry Clower Blvd. meets Scenic Highway. The second phase is all the improvements to the intersection of U.S. 78 and S.R. 124. The project is anticipated to take 18 to 24 months for completion.
Phase 1 - East end of Henry Clower Boulevard.
Phase 1 - West end of Henry Clower Boulevard.


What's your favourite part of the Halloween season? The costumes? The decorations? The candy? The roots of our modern traditions lie centuries, if not millennia, ago.
In the Celtic tradition, Halloween, known as Samhain, was the New Year, a time to celebrate a successful harvest, but also to recognize that the long winter nights were coming. In an era before mass produced sweets, the original treats would have been the apples and nuts which represented the bounty of the season.
The costumes we wear have their roots in a desire to disguise oneself from spirits which might have been abroad, as this was seen as the time when the barriers between this world and the "otherworld" were said to be at their very thinnest. Not all spirits were seen as threatening though. Families might leave food out or candles in the window as a sign of welcome to departed loved ones who would come back to visit, though this custom wasn't unique to the Celtic regions.
Have you heard the tale of the original jack o'lantern? It tells of a man named Jack who during his life had tricked the Devil, but when he died, he was turned away from the gates of Heaven. He made his way to Hell, but the Devil wouldn't take him either. Jack made his way into the dark night, but at the last moment, the Devil tossed him a hot coal to light his way. Jack placed his coal in a turnip – not a pumpkin! – and is said to still be using it to light his way as he roams. So, yes, you did read that right – the original jack o'lanterns were made from turnips, and you're also right that they are much harder to carve!
Though many North American Halloween celebrations have their roots in the Celtic tradition, it's important for us to remember that there are other customs celebrated this time of year, with one of the most colourful being the Mexican tradition of Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead. Many people are familiar with the imagery of skeletons associated with these celebrations, but it's important to know the meaning behind these images. Dressing as a skeleton means that death is nothing to fear – it is essentially a way to laugh at death.
Day of the Dead is a time to celebrate our ancestors and show them that we're doing well, hence the bright colours and exuberant decorations which are such a part of the holiday. Would you like to learn more? Don't miss out on our final Hali Halloween event for this year, happening at the Haliburton Highlands Museum on Nov. 1 at 7 p.m.
Melodie Acero will be sharing a wealth of information about this holiday, and we invite everyone attending to also bring a picture of a departed loved one, if they wish, to add to be included as part of the Dia de los Muertos altar which we'll be creating. Don't miss out on learning all about this fascinating tradition!