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Q: The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure when trying to refresh data set in Power BI I have connected Power BI with Postgres and published the report to Power BI App i.e. https://app.powerbi.com/ everything is working fine my report is getting generated.
But when I apply Shedule Refresh on my data set I am getting below error.
An error happened while reading data from the provider: The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure. Table: public Machine.
Can anyone please help me with this. I am new to Power BI by looking at the error it seems something with SSL Certificate but I don't have much idea about it.
My Postgres DB is on Azure.


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Hose/Conveyors Inc - A provider of hose/conveyor products and precision machined/die cut parts in the Upper Midwest.
Jorgensen Conveyors Inc - A manufacturer of conveyors, coolant filtration and material handling equipment for the metal working industries.
Metzgar Conveyors - Offers a full line of individual conveyor components and conveyor systems designed to meet individual customer requirements.


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TOPIC 1 : Can a robot pass a university entrance exam?
https://www.ted.com/talks/noriko arai can a robot pass a university entrance exam?
Q1 Do you think AI will pass the entrance examination of a top university by 2020?
Q2 Why do you think the speaker chose Tokyo University entrance examination as a benchmark of AI?
Q3 When you were a student, did you tend to just memorize the information or understand the information?
Q4 How will we coexist with AI in the future? Please share the speaker's opinion and your opinion.
TOPIC 2 : Why pay for bottled water?
Q1 Do you agree with Natalie Fee's opinion?
Q2 Do you think that bottled water tastes better than tap water?
Q3 Do you often buy bottled water? How about in foreign countries?
Q4 The consumption of mineral water continues to increase. In Japan where free water was commonplace in the past, what reasons are there for purchasing and drinking water?


All websites go through a carefully crafted process, to be certain that your website is designed, produced, and launched to the best results possible. While larger projects tend to allow for (and require) greater detail in each stage of the process, and smaller projects tend to require some steps be combined or shortened, the overall steps begin the same, and are adjusted as necessary.
These steps help build a strong foundation for the following stages. Knowing the exact project requirements through a detailed project description and discussion with the Client is a great place to start. Looking at other sites helps illuminate Client expectations and taste, while deciding what features may be useful or necessary. In a CMS such as Drupal, it is helpful to plan what type of content the site will require (e.g.- pages, forum, blog, gallery, etc.). This will help inform the production process and overall site design. A sitemap identifies the overall structure of site content and site pages, usually through a flowchart styled document. This gives the Client an idea of how much content will be required, and both parties an opportunity to study site flow, and the overall usability of the site.
Wireframes are visual representations of site pages, stripped of design and actual content. These become the template for the site during design and development stages. Wireframes are developed for each of the content types that will be used, as well as the home page of the site.
The second stage is where we begin building.
Stage 3 is bringing the new site to life. Content is ready to be input, the look of the site is established, and the requirements are well defined. Now it's time to execute.
Inputting content for a new site, particularly a larger site, can be an arduous task. It should be established early on who will be responsible for this task, and plan accordingly. Content transfer, from an existing site, can be helped along by some online tools for importing and exporting databases. But often it requires some manual data input. Theming is the process of applying the site designs to actual HTML pages. Testing is typically centered around the browsers that cover 95% or more of site visitors. The new site is made available in BETA form on a development server, where the Client can view and interact with the new site before launch.
After the beta-version of the site has been tested and worked with, now it's time to make final adjustments and prepare for launch. There probably will be opportunity for further development or additions after the Client's customers have had time to work with the new site. But we feel pretty good about what we're about to launch.
Training in using the new site and new tools is often simply accomplished by a phone conference- training one or more lead persons within the Client's organization, who can then train additional personnel as needed. Documentation can be supplied for reference in common site tasks, and to allow for more specific questions should problems arise. Clients are welcome to contact Dan Moriarty Design for future support, updates, upgrades and other maintenance-related tasks. Any software 'bugs' or issues are generally guaranteed to be fixed within 30 days of site launch at no cost.


A book coach instructs and supports aspiring authors. Unlike a book doctor (someone who fixes a problem, such as rewriting an ending that doesn't work) and unlike a book editor (someone who gives feedback on a finished manuscript, which may involve macro-level changes or line-by-line polishing), a book coach will see you through the long-range, says Jennie Nash*, who has been in the business for four years and previously worked at Random House. A book coach will help you develop your idea, provide ongoing editorial feedback on your manuscript, guide you through the nuts and bolts of queries and proposals, and connect you with agents and editors when your work is ready. Book coaches also provide a fair amount of emotional support. "A book coach will deal much more with the habits of your writing and the doubts you have about what you're doing," Nash says. "You wouldn't expect a book editor or book doctor to get on the phone and listen to you have an emotional meltdown." But Nash has done that — and then encouraged writers through their crises of faith.
A children's book writing coach since 2000, Esther Hershenhorn likes to describe herself as a compilation of people: cheerleader, fan, teacher. "I assess and evaluate a manuscript and highlight what works and what needs to work better, but then I go a step further and show you how to do it," she says. And she stresses that she's not just investing in a single manuscript; she's investing in the writer. "I care in a 1950s kind of way," explains Hershenhorn.
"Book coaches have been around for a long time, but they've reached a new level of popularity," says Brooke Warner, a former executive editor at Seal Press who now coaches writers and attributes the demand for her services to changes in the publishing industry, including the self-publishing revolution. There was a time when an author's agent and publishing house editor basically filled the role of a book coach. While that may still be true in some cases today, it can be difficult for first-time authors to even land an agent — let alone a book deal—until they already have a publish-ready manuscript.
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Index Month: June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018
The weight of an arena/category/parameter is on a 1-5 scale.
The weight indicates the importance of each arena, category, or parameter, in comparison to the others.
The score of an arena/category/parameter is on a 0-10 scale.
0 indicates developments that pose maximum strain and 10 indicates a maximally sustaining impact for a two-state outcome.
Political and Public Arena 4.00 5.12 Leadership 5.00 4.77 Israeli prime minister 5 4 How supportive is the Israeli prime minister of a two-state solution
PLO chairman 5 6 How supportive is the PLO chairman of a two-state solution
Hamas leadership 3 4 How supportive is the Hamas leadership of reconciliation that empowers the PLO chairman to negotiate a two-state solution
Body politic 1.00 2.83 Fatah-Hamas relations 4 1 How close the two main Palestinian factions are to reconciliation that will help resolve the Palestinian representation crisis
PLO cohesion 3 3 To what extent internal strife within various Palestinian factions harms Palestinian representation and the two-state cause
Israeli government 4 4 How supportive the makeup of the Israeli coalition is of a two-state solution
Israeli legislature 1 5 How supportive the makeup of the Israeli Knesset is of a two-state solution
Public 3.00 5.25 Palestinian public opinion 5 5 How supportive is the Palestinian public of a two-state solution
Israeli public opinion 5 7 How supportive is the Israeli public of a two-state solution
Interaction between Palestinian and Israeli civil societies 2 6 The level and intensity of interaction between Israeli and Palestinian civil societies
Israeli civil society 3 7 The intensity and effectiveness of pro-two-state Israeli civil society actors
Palestinian civil society 3 4 The intensity and effectiveness of pro-two-state Palestinian civil society actors
Palestinian education 3 3 To what extent the Palestinians education system promotes themes of moderation toward and reconciliation with Israel
Israeli education 3 4 To what extent the Israeli education system promotes themes of moderation toward and reconciliation with the Palestinians
International actors 5.00 5.85 United states 5 3 How supportive is the United States of a two-state solution
Arab world 3 7 How supportive is the Arab World of a two-state solution
Europe 3 8 How supportive is the European Union of a two-state solution
Other 2 8 How supportive is the rest of the international community of a two-state solution
Diplomatic and Legal Arena 1.00 4.19 Diplomacy 5.00 2.78 Israeli-Palestinian bilateral negotiations 5 1 The extent to which bilateral Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are intense, carried in good faith, and geared toward a two-state solution
Third party engagement 4 5 The extent to which third parties are willing and able to exert pressure on and offer incentives to the sides to move them toward a two-state solution
Oslo framework 2.00 3.44 PA-ruled area 2 2 The integrity of PA control over areas A and B
Paris agreement 3 5 The level of adherence to the the economic framework agreed upon in the 1994 Paris Agreement
Area C 4 3 The level of Palestinian access to (and relaxation of Israeli control over) Area C
Israeli law 2.00 4.20 Israeli law in the west bank 3 5 (REVERSED SCALE) The efforts toward annexation of the West Bank by means of major annexation bills that are advancing in the Knesset, as well as other systematic application of Israeli law over areas of Israeli settlements
Expropriation of private Palestinian lands or legalization of settlements 2 3 (REVERSED SCALE) Tracking the application of the Regulation Law, key legal opinions that seek to create alternative avenues for expropriating private lands, and how both are being effectuated on the ground
International law 4.00 6.31 International decisions/resolutions 3 7 To what extent does the collection of decisions and resolutions provide a constructive framework for a two-state solution
Lawfare: Legal institutions and proceedings 3 3 (REVERSED SCALE) The intensity of clashing in the realm of international institutions and proceedings
Recognition/memberships 2 6 To what extent the issue of recognition/memberships anchors the two-state solution in international institutions
Basic International norms 5 8 To what extent the collection of basic international norms provide a constructive framework for a two-state solution
Reality on the Ground 2.00 4.59 Settlement expansion 5.00 5.27 Population 5 4 (REVERSED SCALE) The number of settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem
Built-up areas 4 5 (REVERSED SCALE) The location of settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem
Agriculture 3 7 (REVERSED SCALE) The extent of Israeli agricultural infrastructure in the West Bank
Industry 2 6 (REVERSED SCALE) The extent of Israeli industrial infrastructure in the West Bank and East Jerusalem
Roads 1 6 (REVERSED SCALE) The extent of Israeli transportation infrastructure in the West Bank and East Jerusalem
Security 4.00 4.92 Palestinian attacks (West Bank) 5 5 (REVERSED SCALE) The number and impact of attacks on Israelis from the West Bank
IDF Military actions (West Bank) 5 3 (REVERSED SCALE) The number and impact of attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank
Security coordination 3 8 The level of security coordination between the sides
Palestinian Statebuilding 2.00 2.60 Economy 3 2 The level of economic viability of the Palestinians in the West Bank
Governance 1 4 The effectiveness of governance in the PA areas in the West Bank
Legal 1 3 The presence and effectiveness of the legal system in the PA areas
Jerusalem 5.00 5.00 Holy sites 5 6 The integrity of and access to holy sites based on the established religious Status Quo.
Settlements 4 3 (REVERSE SCALE) The expansion of Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem, in large Jewish settlement-neighborhoods and inside Palestinian residential areas
Palestinian civil life 3 6 The ability of Palestinians to develop civil and political infrastructure in East Jerusalem
Gaza 4.00 3.91 Humanitarian conditions 5 3 The humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip
Prospects for war 4 6 (REVERSE SCALE) The prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian skirmish in Gaza
Palestinian attacks (Gaza) 3 5 (REVERSED SCALE) The number and impact of attacks on Israelis from the Gaza Strip
IDF Military actions (Gaza) 3 5 (REVERSED SCALE) The number and impact of attacks on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
Governance 3 3 The effectiveness of governance in the Gaza Strip
Economy 4 2 The level of economic viability of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
Solvability of the Core Issues 5.00 6.38 Borders 5.00 6.22 Population 4 4 The willingness and ability of Israel to evacuate and absorb the settlers that would need to be evacuated in the context of a two-state solution
Land swaps 5 8 The geographic integrity of the prospective Palestinian state after realistic, equal land swaps
Security 5.00 7.50 Regional architecture 5 8 The ability of Israel, the Palestinians, and regional actors to agree on a regional security architecture that answers the security and sovereignty needs of all parties
Counterterrorism 4 8 The ability of Israel and the Palestinians to agree on counterterrorism measures that answer the security and sovereignty needs of both parties
Envelope 3 6 The ability of Israel and the Palestinians to agree on security arrangements and timelines introduced on the boundaries between Palestine and third countries
Jerusalem 4.00 5.78 Geopolitical 4 3 The ability to draw a continuous border through the city with minimal infringement on daily lives and reasonable integration of both capitals into their respective states
Holy Places/Sanctity 5 8 Guaranteeing the integrity of and access to holy sites based on the established religious Status Quo.
Refugees 2.00 4.53 Responsibility 3 4 The ability of Israel and the Palestinians to agree on language that addresses the responsibility for the creation of the refugee issue
Refugees rights 5 5 The ability of Israel and the Palestinians to agree on refugee rights and the extent to which they are addressed in the context of the agreement
Permanent place of residency 5 5 The ability of Israel and the Palestinians to agree on mechanisms that addresses the permanent residency needs of Palestinian refugees
Compensation 2 3 The ability of Israel and the Palestinians, with the assistance of the international community, to agree on compensation modalities for refugihood/suffering, for lost properties, and to host countries
Recognition / Narrative / Reconciliation 2.00 7.00 Historical narratives/mutual recognition/prisoners 5 7 The ability of Israel and the Palestinians to agree on language that recognizes both people's right to self-determination, each in its own state
Two-State Index 2018
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New Board Chair Appointed To Worksafe Victoria
The Victorian Government has appointed Mr Robert Cameron as the new Chair of WorkSafe Victoria.
Mr Cameron's significant experience in government, legislative reform, board management and stakeholder and community engagement will help strengthen the WorkSafe Board.
Mr Cameron joins WorkSafe at a critical time as it supports businesses recovering from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, manages rising mental injury claims, overhauls the management of complex claims and addresses the impacts of sexual harassment in workplaces.
Mr Cameron has served for more than a decade on a range of Victorian boards.
His positions include Chairperson of the Boards at Bendigo Health, Coliban Water, Central Victorian Skillshare and Mildura Base Hospital, and as a former member of the boards at Bendigo Emergency Housing, Bendigo Region Alcohol and Drug Service and Bendigo Law Association.
A former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Bendigo West, Mr Cameron served as a Victorian Government Minister in various portfolios from 1999 until 2010 including WorkCover, Police, Emergency Services, Corrections, Local Government and Agriculture.
Mr Cameron holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Quotes attributable to Minister for Workplace Safety Ingrid Stitt
"I would like to congratulate Mr Cameron on his appointment as Chair of WorkSafe Victoria. I look forward to working with him to keep Victorian workplaces safe and to support injured workers to recover and return to work."
"Mr Cameron brings with him a wealth of experience which will ensure that the WorkSafe Board has the right leadership and guidance in place to keep supporting Victorian workers, employers and the wider community."
"I thank Mr John Merritt for his time in the role leading WorkSafe and wish him the best for the future."
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There are several issues of spices farmer in Menoreh Hills : farmers prosperity are low due to spices price are very cheap and unfair. This things happen because of long distribution chain of spices, no appropriate technologies are applied in post harvest and chemical fertilizer usage in farming techniques.
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through our journey, we have been giving a benefit to 157 farmers in 4 different location of group of farmers and 72 ha unproductive land is use in Menoreh Hills, Yogyakarta. Several farmers has been converted back to natural farming which conventional farming has been applied before we came.
we innovate instant herbal drink made from organic ginger, tumeric and Indigenous Java tumeric through organic- sustainable farming. solar dryer house is applied in production process. this technology is useful to dry the spices which is cheap and use renewable resources ( solar ) as its energy based.


Meet Duchess: a feline as fine and classic as her name. This gentle lady appreciates the security and comfort of a good hiding nook. But will often come out for some head scratches. If she's especially eager for attention, she'll bump her head into your hand for pets. This two year old is FIV+, but that really only means she is even more lovable and will live a normal life. If you're looking for a sweet and tender addition to your home, be sure to meet Duchess!


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Outdoor recreation contributes more than $12.3B to the economy, employs more than 110,000 people and is the primary driver behind the tourism industry. Not only does Utah outdoor recreation create $737 million in state and local tax revenues, it is the reason for $3.9B in wages and salaries. Governor Herbert created Utah's Office of Outdoor Recreation January 2013 as a result of the large contribution the industry plays in Utah's economy. It is the first office of its kind in the country.
Our office aims to establish a nationwide recreation management standard, and ensure that the state's natural assets can sustain economic growth for years to come. The private sector is a key partner in Utah's success, and our state is committed to responsibly partnering with the business community.
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Utah hosts a wide array of natural assets that have attracted outdoor enthusiasts from all over the world. These assets include 34 million acres of public land, five National Parks, 44 State Parks, 15 ski resorts, thousands of miles of world class mountain bike trails and much more.
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Andrew Click Dies at Hard Summer Music Festival [Fontana, CA]
By Katheryne Castillo August 13, 2018
Dead and Multiple Others Hospitalized during Hard Summer Music Festival at Auto Club Speedway
FONTANA, CA (August 5, 2018) – The authorities confirmed that one person was killed late Sunday evening, during the Hard Summer Music Festival held at Auto Club Speedway.
According to the California Highway Patrol, Andrew Click, a concert attendee from Tracy, was taken to a local area hospital and was pronounced dead at 11:45 PM. 23 other people were hospitalized for various medical issues.
The cause of the death is unknown art this time, as autopsy results have not yet been confirmed.
Officials said that at least eleven people were already arrested primarily for drug offenses. Officials with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department are still investigating details of the events that took place at the concert. More than 80,000 people attended the event to see performers like Travis Scott, Marshmello, Diplo, and more.
No additional information has been released to the public at this time, as investigation continues.
We at Sweet Law Group send our sincere condolences to the family, loved ones, and friends of Andrew Click. Wishing them strength and support during this very devastating time. May he rest in peace.
If you have lost a loved one in a tragic accident, contact the wrongful death lawyers at Sweet Law Group. With over 40 years of experience in the legal field, we understand what you and your family are going through, and are here to help. Our experienced attorneys and professional legal team will fight, day and night, until we achieve the justice and compensation that is owed. Contact our offices today for a free, no-obligation consultation at a location near you, by calling (800) 203-3061. We are available to clients 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week by email, phone, text message, and online chat.
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Reverend Eric Swearingen Identified as Sexual Abuser by Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno
Late Visalia Priest Among Fresno Diocese's List of Documented Abusers Visalia, CA (August 12, 2021) – Last week, The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno released a "Credibly Accused List" of clergymen with vetted allegations made against them in regards to sexual misconduct with minors, including Reverend Eric Swearingen. The names on this list date back […]
Driver Injured in Semi Truck Crash on 90 Freeway [Snoqualmie Pass, WA]
Traffic Backed Up after Semi Truck Crashes near Snoqualmie Pass Summit SNOQUALMIE PASS, WA (October 26, 2018) – Friday morning, a driver was injured in a semi truck crash on 90 Freeway. After being alerted about a serious crash, state troopers and state Department of Transportation crews arrived at the eastbound lanes of […]
1 Fatally Injured in Crash on Thorndyke Avenue West [Seattle, WA]
40-Year-Old Man Pronounced Dead after Two-Vehicle Collision on 23rd Avenue West SEATTLE, WA (October 1, 2018) – A 40-year-old man was fatally injured in a crash on Thorndyke Avenue West, early Monday afternoon. The victim was not yet identified pending notification of family. According to Washington State Patrol troopers, the collision took place […]
Injuries Sustained in Multi-Car Crash on Gilman Springs Road [Moreno Valley, CA]
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SUV Overturns in Accident near Virginia Street MORENO VALLEY, CA (October 24, 2018) – Injuries were sustained in a multi-car crash on Gilman Springs Road, early Wednesday morning. According to the California Highway Patrol, the collision took place around 7:20 AM, near Virginia Street. Police officers received calls about a white SUV that had careened […]


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My guest Tom Garcia and I range over a variety of interesting topics from Aldlerian psychology to the treatment of addiction. The theme: emotional distress arises from our failures to develop fulfilling human relationships.
My guest Michael Cornwall PhD explores how to help people labeled schizophrenic with empathy and without resort to drugs. Michael has vast personal experience and profound understanding. A "must listen to" show for anyone concerned about madness, its nature, and its healing.


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Unlike Nach Baliye's electrifying appeal, Jhalak Dikhla Ja is a damp squib, writes Poonam Saxena.
Nach Baliye was the first dance contest with celebrity couples. It was novel, fun, high energy, and had some great moments. Like watching yesteryear fuzzy-haired star Sachin and his wife Supriya shake and twist to hit songs. Or watching judge Saroj Khan deliver one of her pungent pronouncements.
Buoyed by the success of the show, Star One is now doing Nach Baliye Part II. The celebrity couples in the second season are rather B-list. Not that the first one had A-list couples — I mean, who, apart from the most diehard serial-watchers would have heard of Manish and Poonam — but I am not sure if Star One can pull it off again.
Just like I am not sure if Sony can pull off Jhalak Dikhla Ja. The biggest problem with the show is that it comes after Nach Baliye. Sure, there are some differences — actually just one difference. There are no celebrity couples, instead there are celebrities from different walks of life (cricketer Ajay Jadeja, chef Sanjeev Kapoor, film director Mahesh Manjrekar etc) who are teamed with choreographers. Apart from that, everything is familiar, down to the three judges, the audience voting, the elimination of the contestants, the candid rehearsal shots and so on.
Jhalak Dikhla Ja is glitzy, glamorous and expensively mounted — but will it work? In the second episode (the 'result' episode), there was a very, very prolonged lead-up to the final announcement, when hosts Parmeet Sethi and Archana Puran Singh told us that Pooja Bedi and her choreographer had been voted out of the show. This announcement came right at the end of the episode, after a full hour of Parmeet and Archana constantly telling us, after every two minutes: "In just a few moments from now, one of the teams is going to be eliminated from the show.
There's so much tension…wonder how everyone is feeling." And then naturally asking the contestants how they were feeling. What about how we (viewers) were feeling?
Incidentally, why do all television channels ask this question to all people all the time? If someone has lost in a contest, he is asked: "So how are you feeling?" How do you think he is feeling? Delirious with joy? Or, if someone has lost his home in a flood or some other calamity, he too will be asked: "So how are you feeling?" It is almost on par with that other news channel staple: Wahan ka mahaul kaisa hai? (What is the mood in that place?)" This question is usually asked after a riot, murder, funeral, bomb blast etc. Need I say more?
Anyway, to revert to dance contests. The whole point of a dance contest is to see lots of great, high-voltage dancing. In the aforementioned second episode of Jhalak Dikhla Ja, there was precious little of that — except for Yana Gupta's two numbers. The rest of the episode was all about "We are just going to tell you who will be out of the show… the suspense is killing…" In fact, Sony's other show, Boogie Woogie, which buzzes with infectious energy, focuses only on the dancing — and the show rocks. I do wish they would avoid those children's specials though.
Zee Music has something called Eye Candy of the Month and this month's Eye Candy is Malaika Arora Khan. So what does being Eye Candy of the month mean exactly? As far as I can make out, we get to see Malaika in a series of different settings: tucking delicately into a meal at some five-star hotel and telling us what a foodie she is; or, draped fetchingly in a towel, on her way for a spa treatment. Riveting.
And finally. I am not much of a cricket person, but even I can make out that it is becoming more and more of a TV sport. The current series is being played in Kuala Lumpur, hardly a city that is cricket-mad. It is also being played in a small stadium that can barely seat a few thousand people, so there is not much of spectator action. These matches are matches meant only for television. They may as well organise cricket matches in a studio somewhere and play them on our television sets.


As we keep turning and turning in the widening gyre, there's a lot left to say about Brexit. We cover the first week's fallout, clear up some widespread misconceptions, and take a guided tour through the horror show of Britain's class system and politics. As always you can listen below, here, or on iTunes here.
As the UK shocks the world by leaving the European Union, a Brit talks to a Britta about how and why it happened and where things go from here. It's a crash course in British and EU history, an examination of Western political trends, and a case for Brexit, delivered through a curious blend of sober analysis and hot takes. As always you can listen below, here, or on iTunes here.
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Today we're back with BB14 winner and confirmed BB18 coach Ian Terry to once again take part in our two favorite summer pastimes -- low stakes gambling and treating people like objects -- as we auction off this season's cast. Find the full results here or listen to the audio version below, here, or on iTunes here.
SPOILER ALERT: The rumored returnees are discussed openly in this podcast. If you want to stay unspoiled on that, come back to this episode sometime next week, or whenever Twitter ruins the suspense for you.
With Kaoh Rong already a fond, distant, three-week-old memory, we're back today to auction off the cast of Survivor 34: Names from a Hat. Bidding in actual American dollars and cents, we dive into the hodgepodge group that will grace our screens in eight short months and offer early projections on how things might go down. The complete results can be found here and the full audio version can be found below, here, or on iTunes here.
Now that everything's been said, done, and suckled, we're back to break down Michele's win, Aubry's loss, and much more as we wrap up our coverage of Survivor 32. How will the result affect the way fans view not only the season, but also the jury system in general? Where does Michele's winning game stack up historically? How does Kaoh Rong rate in our extremely scientific season rankings? Plus, a first look at the cast of Survivor 34 when you listen on the player below, here, or on iTunes here.
SPOILER ALERT: While most of the S34 discussion begins 2h54m in, a few of the returnee names get mentioned earlier. For anyone averse to that sort of thing, tune out around the 2 hour mark, and probably stay off Twitter for the next 8 months.


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Justin Haskins: Conservatives should stand up to Facebook and other left-wing social media giants
By Justin Haskins
Conservatives and libertarians are facing a monumental, existential threat from social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. If we don't act quickly to reverse course, supporters of liberty could someday find themselves permanently silenced by these powerful organizations.
Together, social media sites like Facebook control the flow of a massive amount of information and news. Facebook is the third-most trafficked website in the world, and more than two-thirds of all U.S. adults say they get their news at least occasionally while on Facebook, according to a 2018 study by the Pew Research Center.
Despite numerous statements to the contrary, Facebook and other social media platforms have a clear bias against pro-liberty individuals, writers, media, organizations and activists. They have repeatedly been caught engaging in biased actions against conservative and libertarian users — a fact I know from first-hand experience.
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Facebook banned, without any warning, my advertising account with the site after I "boosted" a short video criticizing far-left policies. The video highlighted an anti-socialism presentation I and Donald Kendal, my colleague at The Heartland Institute, delivered at a conference held by Students for Liberty in January.
For two months, Facebook's support team refused to provide an explanation for the ban, despite more than five appeals and multiple requests for a clarification. When I finally did receive an explanation, I was told my account had been banned because my ad was "misleading," which Facebook defines as "Ads, landing pages, and business practices ... [that] contain deceptive, false, or misleading content, including deceptive claims, offers, or methods."
One example Facebook uses on its website for a "misleading" ad is "3 Shocking Tips to Lose All Your Belly Fat." I guess in the eyes of many at Facebook, telling college students the truth about socialism's violent, chaotic, destructive history is akin to peddling snake oil and fat pills.
After two months of appeals, multiple conversations with Facebook's support team, and no clear explanation of exactly what it was about the video I posted that was so "misleading," Facebook finally decided to reverse its ban — one day after Fox News published my story.
According to Facebook, the decisions to ban my account, reject several appeals across two months, and cite its "misleading" ads policy were simply "mistakes," not part of a deliberate attempt to silence conservative speech.
If you believe that, there's a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.
I'm not the first conservative to fight a social media giant and win. In 2017, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., cried foul after Twitter banned one of her campaign ads. Twitter later reversed the decision, admitting the company "made the wrong call."
In August 2018, after much backlash, Facebook restored several videos by conservative organization PraegerU, including two videos that had been labeled as containing "hate speech." Facebook apologized for the removal, saying the videos were removed "mistakenly."
Requiring Facebook, Twitter, and other companies to choose between being a truly open platform or a publisher would effectively force social media giants — no matter how far to the left their employees lean — to change their ways.
Earlier in 2019, Facebook banned users from sharing content from right-leaning website ZeroHedge, a decision it quickly reversed after prominent conservative critics, including Donald Trump Jr., led a public campaign against the social media platform. Facebook called the decision a "mistake."
Do you sense a pattern here?
Social media bias is very real, but it can only be stopped when conservatives are united and refuse to tolerate policies used to silence users based on their political views or political speech. But, as the examples above show, merely getting outraged each and every time social media platforms silence free expression won't stop these problems from occurring again in the future. We need a united, consistent, principled plan to permanently end social media bias.
Here's one potential solution: Conservatives and their elected representatives must demand social media platforms either operate as truly open platforms or else be reclassified as publishers, opening the door for platforms to be held liable for the deliberately false and defamatory statements made by their users.
As Adam Candeub and Mark Epstein noted in 2018 for City Journal, "Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act immunizes online platforms for their users' defamatory, fraudulent, or otherwise unlawful content. Congress granted this extraordinary benefit to facilitate 'forum[s] for a true diversity of political discourse.' This exemption from standard libel law is extremely valuable to the companies that enjoy its protection, such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter, but they only got it because it was assumed that they would operate as impartial, open channels of communication — not curators of acceptable opinion."
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, explained in a 2018 column, "In order to be protected by Section 230, companies like Facebook should be 'neutral public forums.' On the flip side, they should be considered to be a 'publisher or speaker' of user content if they pick and choose what gets published or spoken."
Cruz later added, "But if Facebook is busy censoring legal, protected speech for political reasons, the company should be held accountable for the posts it lets through. And it should not enjoy any special congressional immunity from liability for its actions."
This is precisely the right position for conservatives to take. If social media platforms don't want conservative views expressed on their websites because they find the material distasteful, they have a right to ban pro-liberty content. However, they should only be permitted to do as publishers, and thus be held to the same legal standards other publishers are subjected to.
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Requiring Facebook, Twitter, and other companies to choose between being a truly open platform or a publisher would effectively force social media giants — no matter how far to the left their employees lean — to change their ways. Without the protections provided by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, most social media companies wouldn't be able to survive without completely overhauling their businesses — and losing millions of users in the process. It would be much easier (and more profitable) for social media platforms to simply stop hindering political speech.
Of course, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others won't change on their own. It's up to us to push them in the right direction.
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Justin Haskins is the executive editor and a research fellow at The Heartland Institute and the editor-in-chief of StoppingSocialism.com. He's the author of "Socialism Is Evil: The Moral Case Against Marx's Radical Dream." Follow him on Twitter @JustinTHaskins.
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As we came to a decision to plant our vineyard in England we were faced with two options. We could have waited a year for all the preparations to take place to convert the 5 hectares of which had formerly been simple grazing fields into a vineyard. Or we could go ahead immediately. We chose to set things in motion straight away as we were eager to found our wine estate. We sped up all preparations, aiming to have the vines planted in the soil ready for the summer of 2015.
A new drainage system was implemented into the fields as the vines do not like standing with damp feet. Seeing as we live in a country where we experience regular rainfall we wanted to ensure that the vineyard would be able to effectively disperse of the excess water. The field was already situated on a gentle downwards slope providing natural help with water flow however we felt a drainage system would let us ensure the wellbeing of the vines for the future. After all we hope that these vines will stand strong and serve as the backbone of the vineyard for many generations to come.
In sourcing the vines, we relied on help from one of the UK's foremost viticulture consultants Stephen Skelton. It was a little late in the season to go shopping for vine plants, nonetheless Steven managed to procure plants with suitable clones and root stocks that would fit our goals perfectly. 18,000 plants arrived in May ready to find their new home here in East Sussex.
We faced a new challenge as the soil was damp due to the field being newly subsoiled and ploughed. This meant we could not use the planting machine brought over from Germany. Instead we planted all 18,000 plants by hand. It was done with the help of a skilled workforce brought in from Europe whom without their help I dare say it could not have been achieved. They were also key in helping us install the trellising on which the vines grow on. In the end we used approximately 200,000m of wiring between the posts across the vineyard.
After many hours of challenging work, we were left with the beautiful vineyard we have today. It still stands strong after facing the elements of the last couple of years which have included severe downpour and winds alike. Nonetheless the vines remain ready to yield a fantastic harvest from which we will produce our very first bottles.


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Palestine in the 1940s
A glance at what has happened over the past sixty years reveals a surprising reality, which serves as a lesson, and this reality is nothing but a great change on the scene and the shift of power from one front to the other both in Palestine and in the Middle East and the Islamic world.
As a matter of fact, Western politicians had planned and given rise to the tragedy of the usurpation of Palestine with the intention of ensuring their long-term control and domination of Palestinian territories.
Think of the Palestine of the 1940's: a land in the heart of the Arab world, a poor country with a weak government and an unaware nation and some neighbors installed by colonial powers. The wealthiest and most evil Western government with the greatest stockpile of arms and weapons, provoked by the Zionists, took it away from Muslims and entrusted it to a racist, belligerent and terrorist party which received support from all Western countries and from both of the world's two political blocs that were at odds with each other.
It also received services from the puppet regimes in the region, including the Pahlavi regime in Iran and others that had turned their backs on Islam and Arab nations. It was provided with money, weapons, science and technology from everywhere. The United States acted as its guardian, attorney and caterer, and this was the only issue on which the former Soviet Union expressed no disagreement with the United States.
The UN resolutions, even in their weak and conservative form, were utterly ignored by the forged and rogue Zionist regime. Relying on the backing and support on the part of the United States and Europe, the Zionist regime launched a military offensive on Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon and occupied some parts of their territories with the intention of annexing them.
The Zionist regime openly and audaciously made threats to assassinate, kill and plunder, and notorious terrorists took power one after another in this regime, the last of whom was the infamous butcher of 'Sabra and Shatila'. For tens of years, the usurper Zionist regime remained on the scene of Palestine with a violent, inflexible and invincible face.
On the opposite front, following initial weakness and abjection and failure of the half-done efforts of early years, various ideologies from pan-Arabism and nationalism to leftist views such as Marxism and the like were put to the test, and they all proved to be unsuccessful in practice.
However, religious faith, to which the Palestinian nation strongly adheres, gradually created some bright spots on the dark and gloomy horizon, thanks to the firm determination of patient and persevering mujahedin, and gave rise to hopes and motivation. At this time, the sun of 'Islamic Revolution' suddenly rose in the east, and the hoisted flag of this divine revolution was embellished with the words 'Allah', 'the Islamic Sharia' and 'Palestine'.
From this time on, the events began to take a different course, and the process of downfall of the usurper regime and decline in the absolute domination of the region by the United Sates, which had for many years acted as an accomplice with the usurper regime, was initiated.
The jihadi groups devoted to Islam emerged in Palestine and Lebanon and constituted a generation of dedicated and determined combatants. Jihad and martyrdom were revitalized and the genuine power, namely the power of a nation that was intent on resistance and self-sacrifice, attained its due status in the equations of Palestine and the region.
The immaculate blood of martyrdom-seeking youngsters and the presence on the scene of devoted combatants ready to make self-sacrifice refuted all the calculations of materialistic mammonists pursuing riches and pleasure and opened a new arena in which blood achieved victory over the sword.


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In order to attach signal handlers to a process with a different real or effective user ID, your process must have the PROCMGR_AID_SIGNAL ability enabled. For more information, see procmgr_ability().
SIGIO, SIGURG, and SIGWINCH — ignore the signal.
SIGCHLD — ignore the signal, but still let the process's children become zombies.
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It isn't safe to use floating-point operations in signal handlers.
SI_MESGQ — POSIX (not BlackBerry 10 OS) messages queues generated the signal.


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Developer David Jaindl withdrew an application for development of property he owns along Locust and Arrowhead Roads. He was scheduled to give a presentation to the East Allen Township Board of Supervisors on June 28, but canceled the day prior.
Jaindl made the request to rezone and develop the property, close to Airport Road, last April. However, he has yet to make a presentation to the township about his plans.
Township Manager Brent Green said Jaindl will resubmit his application at a later date.
Meanwhile, the township granted one final extension to St. Luke's for a subdivision plan and parking lot improvements on their Silver Crest Road property.
The extension has been granted until September 30, with supervisors agreeing they will not grant any more extensions following that date.
Finally, township resident Linda Edinger asked supervisors whether rapid-fire target practicing is allowed in the township. She said she can hear another property's rapid-fire shots from her home.
Supervisors explained that, under state law, firearms are allowed to be discharged on the gun owner's private property and target practicing is allowed, as long as there is a backdrop. Target practicing can even be done in a home.
At one time, the township had an ordinance that made it illegal to discharge a weapon on township property, but was sued by an individual and had to rescind that law.


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Miriam Dobson, Khrushchev's Cold Summer: Gulag Returnees, Crime, and the Fate of Reform After Stalin, Cornell University Press, 2009.
In it we don't find the heroic gulag returnee ("Khrushchev's zeks," as Stephen Cohen affectionately calls them), who was unjustly persecuted under Stalin for his political views, but more a tragic figure whose finds himself indelibly marked by his years in exile. For Soviet citizens, whether the returnee was a political or an ordinary criminal, innocent or guilty, matters little for his gulag slang, prison tattoos, and coarse and rugged appearance flies in the face of the norms of Soviet life. For Dobson, it is the effort to make sense of the gulag prisoners' return that serves as a larger metaphor for Khrushchev's Destalinization and its meaning for Soviet society at large.
The disgust many readers felt toward One Day in the Life was a metaphor of their attitudes toward gulag returnees in general. Soviet society did not welcome "Khrushchev's zeks," or the reforms that sought to rehabilitate them. Rather it was preoccupied with the rising crime and the influence of criminal culture on youth. As Dobson notes, like most "moral panics," Soviet citizens' anxiety about crime and gulag returnees did not originate from the media. Rather, "in the late 1950s," she writes, "Soviet newspapers tried to convince their readers that criminals could be saved and returnees from the Gulag were not the dangerous enemies feared." Readers, however, were not convinced, and in their letters directly noted that the problem of crime lied "with those released from the camps." They labeled criminals with terms like "bandits," "enemies," and "parasites" and disparaged what one letter writer called the "humaneness" of the new laws that stressed rehabilitation over punishment. Given this, Khrushchev's move to increase the role of the Soviet public in monitoring social norms and criminality through comrade courts, citizens' patrols (druzhiny), Komsomol raids, and the increased obsession with "deviant" behavior and youth hooliganism was more a response to pressures from below rather than a crackdown from above.
I have left that question in because I am aware how sensitive it is. There is much debate in society, and I see "an ambush" here: If I say "positive" some people will get angry, and if I say "negative" other people will be angry. But because the subject of Stalin and Stalinism is still mooted, I left that question in deliberately.
I don't think it would be right to give a blanket assessment. Obviously, between 1924 and 1953, when Stalin led the country, it changed dramatically: It turned from an agrarian country into an industrialized one. True, there were no peasants left and we all remember well the problems, especially in the final period, with agriculture, the food queues, etc. All that happened in the rural areas had no positive impact. But industrialization was accomplished.
We won the Great Patriotic War. Whoever and whatever might say, victory had been won. Even if we go back to the question of casualties, you know, nobody can today throw stones at those who organised and led us to victory because if we had lost that war, the consequences to our country would have been far more catastrophic. They are hard to imagine.
All the undeniable positive things, however, had been accomplished at an unacceptable price. Repressions did take place. It is a fact. Millions of our fellow citizens suffered from them. Such a method of running the state, of achieving results is unacceptable. It is impossible. Undoubtedly, during that period we were confronted not only with a personality cult, but with massive crimes against our own people. That is a fact too. We must not forget about it either.
Any historical event should be analysed in its entirety. That is what I would like to say.
Putin's response seems to echo Khrushchev's own thoughts of Stalin. He refuses to vilify or exalt him. Russian citizens, like in the 1950s, expect their leadership to provide them with a moral compass; a definitive binary through which to evaluate the morality of the past, and thus the present. And much like Khrushchev, Putin refused. Perhaps this constant refusal to give a binaried statement about Stalin has more meaning than some are willing to recognize: whether Stalin should be castigated or rehabilitated isn't for the government to decide. No one leader should give a definitive signal. Rather the resolution of that debate belongs to the Russian public as a whole.


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 Albánci – 1 166
 Turci – 1 254
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 Romové – 14
 Srbové – 1
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This past spring, an expedition known as Big Migrations 2, led by two Quebecois marine biologists, set out from the southern tip of Mexico, motoring by boat, to visit Clipperton. The team had the ambitious agenda of carrying out a number of scientific studies, both on land, and in the waters surrounding the island. The expedition had the primary goal of documenting the migration patterns of pelagic species in order to support the establishment of a protected marine area to protect these species from overfishing. My colleague James Stacey was lucky enough to tag along for the 16-day expedition at the invitation of Oris replica Watches Company. During their time there, they cataloged the trash on the island, removed long-line filament from the surrounding reefs, tagged sharks, and dodged aggressive moray eels. Oris was a primary sponsor of the expedition, and this week, at a 2018 preview event in Beaver Creek, Colorado, the brand introduced a limited edition watch celebrating Clipperton Island and commemorating the expedition.
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The Clipperton Limited Edition is based on the popular Aquis family of Oris dive fake watches. It has a 43.5mm stainless steel case rated to 30 bar of water pressure (roughly 300 meters) with a rotating ceramic timing ring bezel. The watch has the familiar Oris cues: prominent crown guards, bright, SuperLuminova-swathed hands and markers, and narrow lugs that take either a proprietary rubber strap or a steel bracelet with foldover pushbutton clasp. The self-winding movement inside comes courtesy of Sellita, decorated by Oris, and called the caliber 733.
Two features separate the Clipperton Limited Edition from the standard Aquis diver: the dial and the caseback. Up front, the dial has a gradient blue color treatment that catches light to emulate the waters around Clipperton, which drop off around the atoll to 60 meters just offshore. And while I've seen gradient blue dials before, this one does seem to bear the most striking resemblance to the way sunlight plays on deep water when you move the watch around. Turning the watch over reveals the engraved caseback with a likeness of Clipperton Island, the latitude/longitude coordinates, and some commemorative text.
Stainless steel back Oris fake watches.
The Oris Clipperton Limited Edition copy watches UK come packaged in a box made of 30% algae, a sustainable, natural material that has a nice oceanic tie-in with this special diver's watch. In speaking with Oris CEO Rolf Studer in Colorado, I learned that Oris is starting to look at the impact of packaging materials for its products and considering other options. This one is just the beginning.
There will be 2,000 Clipperton Limited Editions produced. The watch is priced at $2,000 fitted with the rubber strap and $2,200 on the steel bracelet. The watch will be available starting in February. As for visiting Clipperton Island, it is off-limits except by special permission from the French government, so you might have to be content with the watch.
UK Replica Watches Oris Artelier Calibre 113
In the world of horology, the term "in-house" is generally associated with high-end luxury timepieces which are often exorbitantly priced, and this makes owning one a distant dream for many watch aficionados out there. But in recent times, a few brands including replica Oris seem to have acknowledged the situation and aimed to bridge this gap by producing watches like the Oris Artelier Calibre 113 with in-house movements at relatively affordable prices.
Oris has been in the business of making timepieces since 1904, and the Oris Artelier Calibre 113 watch showcases the company's continued growth in the field of research and technical innovation. It was in 2014 that Oris released their first modern in-house movement, the Calibre 110, which we went hands-on with here, and since then, the brand has been adding more functionality to this base calibre every year leading to the creation of their newest and fourth version, the Calibre 113.
The Calibre 113 is a hand-wound movement which operates at a frequency of 3Hz, and like the three calibers before it, this one also features a small seconds at 9 o'clock along with the massive 10-day power reserve, which I feel is a remarkable feat as it uses only a single barrel to do so. Additionally, the Calibre 113 also offers a complete calendar setup including the day, date, week, and month of the year. The Calibre 113 movement on the cheap fake Oris Artelier Carlibre 113 can be admired in all its glory through the sapphire crystal exhibition case back. Although the movement is devoid of fancy decoration and has more of an industrial look, I like it for the fact that it holds true to the Oris philosophy, and that being "real watches for real people."
Just reading the number of complications the Oris Artelier Calibre 113 watch features had me thinking that this is going to be one difficult dial to read, but having a look at the release photographs, I must say that Oris have done an admirable job of keeping the dial balanced and legible. The dial on the Oris Artelier Calibre 113 is cleverly laid out and shares its general design aesthetics – such as the finely applied hour markers, applied Arabic numerals at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock, the subsidiary seconds dial at 9, and the power reserve indicator at 3 – with the previously released Oris Artelier Calibre 112 watch and the luxury copy Oris Big Crown Pro Pilot 111 watches.
But what really sets the dial of the Oris Artelier Calibre 113 apart and gives the watch a distinctive look is the way Oris have implemented the calendar complications on this timepiece. To execute the calendar complications, the folks at Oris have made good use of the real estate available on the dial by pulling the hour indices slightly inwards, eventually freeing space to display the month and week of the year in the outer periphery of the dial. And to read these details, Oris has made use of a red-tipped pointer hand which simultaneously indicates the current month and week (hence Oris using the term "business calendar") of the year. The date is shown via a neatly cut date window within the sub-seconds dial at 9 o'clock, and finally, to complete the calendar setup, the day of the week is displayed through a thoughtfully placed window just below the power reserve text. All the functions the Oris Artelier Calibre 113 offers are controlled via the single crown.
At 43mm, the Oris Artelier Calibre 113 is a somewhat large timepiece, especially for a more dress-oriented watch, but looking at the set of complications it offers, I feel it is aptly sized. The brand's materials do not mention water-resistance, but we expect it to be in line with previous similar watches, at 30m. The Oris Artelier Calibre 113 will be officially launched at Baselworld 2017, and will be available to purchase in a couple of strap and dial options. One can either opt for the anthracite dial with a dark brown Louisiana crocodile leather strap or an opaline silver dial with a gray, black, or dark brown leather strap. Both the versions will also be optionally available on a steel bracelet. The UK replica Oris Artelier Calibre 113 watch will retail at a price of CHF 5,900.


COLUMBUS — A special prosecutor has been named in the criminal investigation of two Columbus Police Department officers accused of collecting a paycheck from a hospital while they were supposed to be on duty for the police department.
RTV6 has learned Jackson County Prosecutor, Jeff Chalfant, will review the case of Ron May and Dan Meister, who worked secondary security jobs at Columbus Regional Hospital.
Special prosecutors are named when a potential conflict of interest exists for the usual prosecutor, in this case, the Bartholomew County prosecutor.
"I have not yet received the investigation from the Indiana State Police, as the investigation is ongoing at this time," Chalfant said.
Chalfant will look at whether criminal charges, such as ghost employment, would apply.
Officers Ron May and Dan Meister were dismissed from their independent contractor jobs at the hospital on November 30, one day after Columbus Police contacted Indiana State Police to investigate a criminal complaint.
Columbus Police launched an internal investigation in September after the agency received a complaint.
Following that internal investigation, officer May announced on November 29 he would retire in May, according to the police department.
Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for Columbus Police, said Meister was reassigned to non-law enforcement duties within the agency.
Harris said Meister, a 22-year veteran, was previously a lieutenant and is now working in a patrol officer position.
Harris said officer May is not working for the police department because of accumulated vacation time.
RTV6 asked the department for an interview with the accused officers, but they have not agreed to speak with RTV6.
Columbus Regional Hospital spokeswoman Kesley DeClue said they are fully cooperating with the investigation.


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IN THE MATTER OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5 AS AMENDED
IN THE MATTER OF PAUL DONALD
STATEMENT OF ALLEGATIONS OF
STAFF OF THE ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION
Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission ("Staff") allege that:
I. THE RESPONDENT
1. Paul Donald ("Donald") is a resident of Ontario and is a former Vice President of Research In Motion Limited ("RIM"). Donald was Vice President of a RIM division called CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access). In this role, Donald managed relationships in relation to the sale of Blackberry units with telecom carriers that used CDMA technology in Canada, the United States and Latin America.
II. OVERVIEW
2. On August 20, 2008, Donald attended a RIM golf and dinner function for officers of RIM. Donald sat at a table with, among others, Chris Wormald ("Wormald"), Vice President of RIM's Strategic Alliances Group. The Strategic Alliances Group was responsible for RIM's corporate development through acquisitions and licensing.
3. At the function, Donald and Wormald engaged in a conversation involving material facts relating to Certicom Corp. ("Certicom") that had not been generally disclosed, including that RIM had been in confidential discussions with Certicom relating to a potential acquisition of Certicom by RIM, that RIM had a continuing interest in an acquisition of Certicom, and that Donald understood from Wormald that Certicom's current share price was dramatically undervalued.
4. On the following day, August 21, 2008, Donald began purchasing securities of Certicom. By September 15, 2008, Donald had purchased 200,000 shares of Certicom (the "Trades"). At the time of the Trades, Donald was in a special relationship with Certicom with knowledge of material facts with respect to Certicom that had not been generally disclosed.
III. BACKGROUND TO ALLEGATIONS
(a) Certicom
5. Prior to being acquired by RIM, Certicom was a provider of cryptography required by software vendors and device manufacturers, including RIM, to embed security in their products. Certicom's technology was based on elliptical curve cryptography ("ECC"). ECC provides the most security per bit of any known public-key security technology. Devices using ECC require less storage, power, memory and bandwidth than other technologies. Consequently, ECC technology is vital in hand-held communication devices and in providing high-level security assurance.
6. At the time of the Trades, Certicom was a reporting issuer in Ontario and its common shares were listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX").
(b) RIM
7. RIM is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of wireless devices for the mobile communications market. Its head office is in Waterloo, Ontario. RIM's common shares are listed on the TSX and the NASDAQ Stock Market.
8. RIM began licensing Certicom's security technology in or about May 2000. Beginning in February 2002, RIM and Certicom signed a series of non-disclosure agreements, which culminated in the signing of a non-disclosure agreement on June 17, 2008.
9. Certicom's ECC technology and intellectual property were vitally important to RIM's core product, the Blackberry, including maintaining its high-security assurance.
(c) RIM Interest in Acquiring Certicom
10. In February 2007, members of the senior management and boards of directors of RIM and Certicom, including Jim Balsillie ("Balsillie"), RIM's Co-Chief Executive Officer, Mike Lazaridis, RIM's President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Herb Little, RIM's Director of Blackberry Security, Wormald, Ian McKinnon, Certicom's then Chief Executive Officer, and Scott Vanstone ("Vanstone"), the founder of Certicom and a member of its board of directors, met to discuss Certicom and its future prospects and the possibility of RIM acquiring Certicom. On or after that meeting, RIM had come to the conclusion that Certicom was a natural fit for RIM.
11. On July 11, 2007, RIM and Certicom entered into a non-disclosure agreement (the "2007 NDA"), which also contained a twelve-month standstill provision. The effect of the standstill provision was to prevent RIM from making an offer to Certicom shareholders without Certicom's consent.
12. Under the 2007 NDA, Certicom provided confidential information to RIM in two tranches prior to September 2008. In September of 2007, Certicom provided RIM with a large package of disclosure pursuant to the 2007 NDA. It included: Certicom's financial year 2008 strategic growth plan and business plan; a detailed list of Certicom patents pending and issued; patent licence agreements, including confidential agreements with Certicom's key customers; a breakdown of Certicom's patent licence revenue; Certicom's patent infringement information; and Certicom's litigation information. The information provided was specifically deemed Confidential Information pursuant to the 2007 NDA and was not publically available.
13. In November of 2007, Certicom's interim Chief Executive Officer put the possible acquisition "on hold" because Certicom anticipated that a permanent CEO would be named by year-end, and the matter should be left to the new CEO.
14. A new CEO of Certicom, Karna Gupta ("Gupta"), was appointed in January of 2008.
15. In February of 2008, Vanstone met with Wormald and asked why RIM appeared disinterested in acquiring Certicom. Vanstone was not aware that Certicom's interim CEO had shut down RIM's due diligence and acquisition discussions. He provided Wormald with an e-mail with a summary of certain licences, and later, a memory stick containing some, but not all, licensing agreements. RIM and Certicom agreed to treat this information as though it was provided pursuant to the 2007 NDA.
16. In March of 2008, Balsillie spoke to Gupta about the potential acquisition. Gupta advised Balsillie he was focusing on fixing the business fundamentals and would only turn his attention to the potential acquisition in a few quarters.
17. Certicom and RIM executed a second non-disclosure agreement on June 17, 2008. This agreement was signed in the ordinary course of their commercial relationship and not in contemplation of an acquisition. It did not contain a standstill provision.
18. The standstill provision of the 2007 NDA expired on July 11, 2008.
(d) Project Troy
19. RIM hired Jamie Belcher ("Belcher"), who began work on July 14, 2008 as Manager, Strategic Alliances. Belcher reported to Wormald. Belcher's role, at the time, was mainly to assist in evaluating a potential transaction with Certicom, including a hostile bid.
20. On Wormald's instructions, beginning in early August 2008, Belcher requested the assistance of RIM legal to analyze Certicom's licence agreements. Belcher also chose a code name for the Certicom transaction. The code name selected was Project Troy and was in use prior to August 20, 2008. A code name was assigned by RIM when a potential transaction reached a point of seriousness.
21. Belcher documented background information and findings of his evaluation of Certicom in a Power-Point presentation, entitled "Acquisition opportunity – Project Troy August 2008" (the "Pitch Book"). Belcher provided daily updates to Wormald as to his progress in evaluating the potential transaction with Certicom and by August 21, 2008, had prepared and circulated a draft Pitch Book, which analyzed the merits of an acquisition of Certicom. The Pitch Book included, among other things:
A number of "value propositions" where the "successful acquisition of Certicom provides RIM with numerous strategic, financial, resource, and product related benefits";
an "acquisition strategy", including both friendly and hostile bid scenarios. The friendly bid scenario was characterized as having a "high" likelihood of success. The hostile bid scenario was characterized as having a "moderate" likelihood of success; and
the following "Next Steps":
Engage investment bank and legal advice;
Begin preparation of take-over circular;
Begin approaching institutional holders re: block trade;
Complete detailed integration plan; and
Approach Certicom BOD.
(e) The Golf Tournament
22. On August 20, 2008, RIM hosted a golf tournament for its officers, including vice-presidents. Donald and Wormald attended the event, sitting at the same table during dinner. As stated above, Wormald and Donald discussed Certicom, including that
RIM had been in talks with Certicom about a potential acquisition,
Certicom was not interested in a deal at the time;
RIM was speaking to Vanstone, Certicom's founder and chair of the board of directors;
RIM had an ongoing interest in acquiring Certicom;
Donald knew Certicom's ex-CEO, Philip Deck, and could attempt to arrange for a meeting if it would assist with the talks; and
based on Certicom's licensing agreements, Certicom's share price was dramatically undervalued.
23. On the following day, August 21, 2008, Donald began purchasing securities of Certicom. Donald had never before purchased Certicom securities.
(f) RIM's Insider Trading Policy
24. RIM had an insider trading policy (the "Insider Trading Policy"), which Donald certified yearly to having read and understood and with which he agreed to comply. Among other things, the Insider Trading Policy stipulated that a RIM insider (defined as including RIM officers and employees) May not buy or sell securities of another public company while in possession of material, non-public information regarding that company, which knowledge was gained in the course of the Insider's work at, or affiliation with, RIM.
25. Schedule A to the Insider Trading Policy contained examples of material information such as "proposed acquisitions of other companies, including take-over bids or mergers". Schedule A also instructed as follows:
An Insider who has a question about materiality of information known to him or her should contact the Chief Financial Officer . . . or the Vice President, Legal. . .
(g) Friendly Discussions Resume
26. In early September 2008, Certicom approached RIM about renewing their friendly discussions, after Certicom had commenced discussions with an unidentified party. Subsequently, Certicom provided more confidential information to RIM.
(h) RIM's Hostile Take-over Offer
27. On December 10, 2008, RIM launched a hostile take-over bid for Certicom. RIM offered to pay $1.50 per common share for all of the common shares of Certicom.
28. On January 20, 2009, RIM withdrew its offer following an injunction granted to Certicom by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
29. After a competing offer from Verisign, Inc. made on January 23, 2009 for $2.10 per share, RIM and Certicom entered into an arrangement agreement on February 2, 2009, under which RIM would acquire all of Certicom's common shares at $3.00 per share.
30. On March 23, 2009, Certicom received final court approval for and completed the plan of arrangement with RIM under which RIM acquired all of Certicom's common shares at $3.00 per share. Certicom's shares were delisted from the TSX on March 25, 2009.
IV. ALLEGATIONS
(a) Donald in a Special Relationship with Certicom
31. At the time of the Trades, Donald was in a special relationship with Certicom because
he learned of material facts with respect to Certicom while he was an insider, officer and employee of RIM, when RIM was a company
proposing to make a take-over bid of Certicom;
proposing to become a party to a reorganization, amalgamation, merger or arrangement or similar business combination with Certicom; and/or
engaging in business with Certicom; and
he learned of material facts with respect to Certicom from Wormald, who was in a special relationship with Certicom in circumstances where Donald knew or ought reasonably to have known that Wormald was a person in such a relationship.
(b) Donald Purchased Securities of Certicom
32. Donald acquired 200,000 shares of Certicom during the period August 21 to September 15, 2008 for a total cost of $305,000.
33. Donald received proceeds of $600,000 on March 26, 2009 through RIM's offer to acquire all the shares of Certicom. Donald's profit on his trading in shares of Certicom was $295,000.
(c) Donald Had Knowledge of Material Facts with Respect to Certicom that Had Not Been Generally Disclosed
34. At the time of the Trades, Donald had knowledge of material facts with respect to Certicom that had not been generally disclosed. Specifically, the material facts were that RIM had been in confidential discussions with Certicom relating to a potential acquisition of Certicom by RIM, that RIM was in talks with Vanstone, and that RIM had a continuing interest in an acquisition of Certicom. In addition, Donald understood from Wormald that Certicom's current share price was dramatically undervalued based on Certicom's licensing agreements.
V. CONDUCT CONTRARY TO ONTARIO SECURITIES LAW AND CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST
35. Donald purchased securities of Certicom while in a special relationship with Certicom and with knowledge of material facts about Certicom that had not been generally disclosed, contrary to section 76(1) of the Act.
36. Further, and in any event, in purchasing securities of Certicom in the circumstances, Donald acted contrary to the public interest.
37. Staff reserve the right to make such other allegations as Staff may advise and the Commission may permit.
DATED at Toronto, Ontario, this 20th day of May 2010.
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