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116th Congress, 2nd Session
Issue: Vol. 166, No. 4 — Daily Edition
Routine Proceedings, pages S63–S97
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3153–3169, S.J. Res. 64, and S. Res. 465.
Pages S93–94
Measures Reported:
Report to accompany S. 2302, to amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. (S. Rept. No. 116–200)
Page S93
Czech Republic and Slovak Republic: Senate agreed to S. Res. 343, congratulating the people of the Czech Republic and the people of the Slovak Republic on the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, the 26th anniversary of the formation of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, and the 101st anniversary of the declaration of independence of Czechoslovakia.
Fall of the Berlin Wall 30th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 385, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of both Germany and Europe, and the spread of democracy around the world.
2019 Bolivia Elections: Senate agreed to S. Res. 447, expressing serious concern about widespread irregularities in Bolivia's October 20, 2019, general elections and supporting the convening of new elections in Bolivia at the earliest possible date, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Detention of Senator Leila De Lima: Senate agreed to S. Res. 142, condemning the Government of the Philippines for its continued detention of Senator Leila De Lima, calling for her immediate release, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
U.S. alliance with Republic of Korea: Senate agreed to S. Res. 152, expressing the importance of the United States alliance with the Republic of Korea and the contributions of Korean Americans in the United States, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Iran Hostage Crisis 40th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 395, recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act: Senate passed S. 1228, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for enhanced penalties for pirate radio.
Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act: Senate passed S. 1611, to ensure appropriate prioritization, spectrum planning, and interagency coordination to support the Internet of Things, after agreeing to the committee amendments.
Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 583, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for enhanced penalties for pirate radio, and the bill was then passed.
Ray Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, January 9, 2020, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Paul J. Ray, of Tennessee, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.
By 89 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. EX. 6), Matthew H. Solomson, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
Pages S64–88, S97
By 88 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. EX. 3), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 7), Eleni Maria Roumel, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
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By 51 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 4), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
By 91 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. EX. 8), Michael George DeSombre, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand.
Pages S69–70, S88–89, S97
Privileges of the Floor:
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--8)
Pages S69–70, S88–89
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:26 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 9, 2020. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S97.)
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Nonpoint Source Management Program under the Clean Water Act, focusing on perspectives from states, after receiving testimony from Jennifer Zygmunt, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Cheyenne; and Ben Grumbles, Maryland Secretary of the Environment, Baltimore.
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of William Scott Hardy, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, who was introduced by Senator Toomey, John F. Heil III, to be United States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, who was introduced by Senators Inhofe and Lankford, David Cleveland Joseph, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, who was introduced by Senator Cassidy, Cory T. Wilson, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, who was introduced by Senators Wicker and Hyde-Smith, and Edward Hulvey Meyers, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 5552–5562; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 83; and H. Res. 780, were introduced.
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Pages H64–65
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 2932, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to ensure that the needs of children are considered in homeland security planning, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 116–370, Part 1); and
H. Res. 781, providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 83) directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces to engage in hostilities in or against Iran (H. Rept. 116–371).
PFAS Action Act--Rule for Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 779, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 535) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, by a yea-and-nay vote of 217 yeas to 199 nays, Roll No. 3, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 2.
Pages H23–30, H49–50
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures:
Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G Act: H.R. 3763, amended, to direct the Secretary of State to provide assistance and technical expertise to enhance the representation and leadership of the United States at international standards-setting bodies that set standards for 5th and future generations mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure;
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Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To direct the Federal Government to provide assistance and technical expertise to enhance the representation and leadership of the United States at international standards-setting bodies that set standards for equipment, systems, software, and virtually-defined networks that support 5th and future generations mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure, and for other purposes.'';
Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act: H.R. 5065, to amend the Small Business Act to provide re-entry entrepreneurship counseling and training services for formerly incarcerated individuals;
Capturing All Small Businesses Act: H.R. 5130, to amend the Small Business Act to adjust the employment size standard requirements for determining whether a manufacturing concern is a small business concern;
Unlocking Opportunities for Small Businesses Act: H.R. 5146, amended, to amend the Small Business Act to require contracting officers to take a small business concern's past performance as part of a joint venture into account when evaluating the small business concern;
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all stakeholders in the deployment of 5G communications infrastructure should carefully consider and adhere to the recommendations of ``The Prague Proposals'': H. Res. 575, amended, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all stakeholders in the deployment of 5G communications infrastructure should carefully consider and adhere to the recommendations of ``The Prague Proposals'';
Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all stakeholders in the deployment of 5G communications infrastructure should carefully consider adherence to the recommendations of `The Prague Proposals'.'';
Secure 5G and Beyond Act: H.R. 2881, amended, to require the President to develop a strategy to ensure the security of next generation mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure in the United States and to assist allies and strategic partners in maximizing the security of next generation mobile telecommunications systems, infrastructure, and software, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 413 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 4; and
Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act: H.R. 4500, amended, to direct the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information to take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States and promote United States leadership in communications standards-setting bodies.
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were postponed.
Prison to Proprietorship Act: H.R. 5078, amended, to amend the Small Business Act to provide re-entry entrepreneurship counseling and training services for incarcerated individuals.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H49–50, H50, and H51. There were no quorum calls.
LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE AMERICANS' HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AND OUTCOMES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled ``Legislation to Improve Americans' Health Care Coverage and Outcomes''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
AMERICANS AT RISK: MANIPULATION AND DECEPTION IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Consumer Protection held a hearing entitled ``Americans at Risk: Manipulation and Deception in the Digital Age''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. [Page:D22]
DIRECTING THE PRESIDENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(C) OF THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION TO TERMINATE THE USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES TO ENGAGE IN HOSTILITIES IN OR AGAINST IRAN
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H. Con. Res. 83, directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces to engage in hostilities in or against Iran. The Committee granted, by record vote of 9–4, a closed rule providing for consideration of the H. Con. Res. 83, Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces to engage in hostilities in or against Iran. The rule provides two hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution. The rule provides that the amendment to the concurrent resolution printed in the Rules Committee report shall be considered as adopted and the concurrent resolution, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the concurrent resolution, as amended. The rule provides that Section 7 of the War Powers Resolution shall not apply during the remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress to a measure respecting Iran. Testimony was heard from Chairman Engel, and Representatives McCaul and Gaetz.
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the nominations of Andrew Lynn Brasher, of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, John Charles Hinderaker, and Scott H. Rash, both to be a United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, Joshua M. Kindred, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, Matthew Thomas Schelp, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, and Stephen A. Vaden, of Tennessee, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, 10 a.m., SD–226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH–219.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy, markup on H.R. 2906, the ``Clean Commute for Kids Act of 2019''; H.R. 3361, the ``Reliable Investment in Vital Energy Reauthorization Act''; H.R. 3079, the ``Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2019''; H.R. 5518, a bill to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a Clean Cities Coalition Program, and for other purposes; H.R. 5542, a bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program for States to provide incentives to natural gas distribution systems; H.R. 5541, a bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to reauthorize programs to assist consenting Indian tribes in meeting energy education, planning, and management needs, and for other purposes; H.R. 5527, the ``21st Century Power Grid Act''; H.R. 1426, the ``Timely Review of Infrastructure Act''; and H.R. 5545, the ``NO EXHAUST Act of 2020'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, hearing entitled ``Understanding the Importance of DHS Preparedness Grants: Perspectives from the Field'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``2020 Election Security--Perspectives from Voting System Vendors and Experts'', 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Reaching Hard-to-Count Communities in the 2020 Census'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 5260, the ``Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow Act'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Innovation and Workforce Development, hearing entitled ``Farming in the 21st Century: The Impacts of Agriculture Technology in Rural America'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled ``Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2020'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Reviewing the Availability of Resources to Address Veteran Hunger'', 10 a.m., HVC–210. [Page:D23]
10 a.m., Thursday, January 9
Program for Thursday: Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Paul J. Ray, of Tennessee, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon at 11 a.m.
Program for Thursday: Complete consideration of H.R. 535--PFAS Action Act.
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Clay, Wm. Lacy, Mo., E13
Dingell, Debbie, Mich., E13, E14
Gallego, Ruben, Ariz., E14
Gianforte, Greg, Mont., E9
Gonzalez, Vicente, Tex., E11
Gottheimer, Josh, N.J., E15
Graves, Sam, Mo., E9, E10, E13, E14, E15
Hill, J. French, Ark., E10
Katko, John, N.Y., E9
King, Steve, Iowa, E14, E15
Levin, Mike, Calif., E14
Lieu, Ted, Calif., E13
Loudermilk, Barry, Ga., E9
McCarthy, Kevin, Calif., E15
McMorris Rodgers, Cathy, Wash., E11
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, E15
Omar, Ilhan, Minn., E15
Palazzo, Steven M., Miss., E15
Richmond, Cedric L., La., E14
Steube, W. Gregory, Fla., E11
Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E9
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Is Democracy Dying in the West?
These were no doubt the thoughts echoed by many on viewing the results of the House of Representatives vote on Impeachment against President Trump. Faced with repeated constitutional violations, the Republican party was largely silent. Although both bills were able to pass the House, (230 vs 197 and 229 to 198 respectively), support was distinctly split down party lines- not a single member of the Republican party voted in favour of impeachment.
The Founding Fathers designed impeachment as a process to check the power of a President who abused the public office for personal political gain, to protect the sanctity of the entire constitutional system itself. However, this system only works if Congress and particularly members of the US Senate- who decide on impeachment. approval- can be trusted to separate their own interests from those of the President.
As Alexander Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Papers when seeking ratification of the U.S. constitution: "Where else than in the Senate could have been found a tribunal sufficiently independent (to adjudicate on Presidential removal)?"
With these words, Hamilton sought a future Republic where Congress would be capable of putting country over party lines when considering matters of impeachment.
Wednesday's extremely partisan House vote, and a unanimous consensus that the Senate will vote to acquit along party lines, illustrates that in the current period of extreme polarization, impeachment power is critically undermined.
This failure puts the entire democratic system, built by the framers upon a series of self-correcting checks and balances, at risk of collapse.
The specific contribution of extreme political partisanship towards democratic failings is analysed by Harvard political scientists Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky in their 2018 book 'How Democracies Die'.
Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky- Harvard Political Science Professors and co-authors of 'How Democracies Die'
Ziblatt and Levitsky analysed the pathway to authoritarianism in countries around the world – including Erdogan's Turkey, Putin's Russia to Venezuela under Chavez.
Rather than emanating from sudden military coups, in the modern era, they observed that democracies have died largely at the hands of freely elected leaders, who over time undermine democratic institutions and guide their nations towards effective single-party regimes. Bit by bit, the authors note, the electoral playing field is 'tilted' to the advantage of the incumbent until they are firmly entrenched in power.
These ideas may seem far-fetched, especially considering the U.S. has relatively strong democratic institutions compared to the majority of countries worldwide.
Nevertheless, the authors astutely point out that the worrying patterns of polarisation and reprisal against warring parties who have both strayed far from the ideological centre, amplified by the Trump Administration, have led to democratic failures in other countries.
Ziblatt and Levitsky argue that democracies are most stable and survive longer when constitutional frameworks are reinforced by two necessary and unwritten norms: "mutual tolerance" and "institutional forbearance". The former term refers to the understanding and acknowledging one's political rivals not as existential threats to their way of life, but legitimate competitors within the democratic process. The latter term is the idea that politicians should exercise restraint in their institutional prerogatives- not trying to exploit all tools they can, technically, legally use, for partisan gain.
To substantiate their argument that these norms are slipping, Levitsky and Ziblatt analysed historic data of filibusters in the US Senate. Filibusters are an institutional tool to prevent an measure from being passed; Senate rules permit senators to speak for as long as they wish (thereby blocking a bill from ever being voted on) unless three-fifths of Senators vote on 'cloture' bringing a debate to a close.
Source: Vox/ US Senate
The number of filibusters has risen dramatically since the early 20th century- Levitsky and Ziblatt note that there were 385 Senate filibusters between 2007 and 2012 – equal to the entire number from the end of the First World War to 1990.
This period has also marked a significant rise in stonewalling of nominations made by opposing parties, court-packing of judges with ideologically extreme positions, and suppression of votes in Democrat strongholds via gerrymandering.
These trends exemplify a rise of political tribalism in recent years. With both parties assured of the mortal cost that the 'other side' could present to the nation, the democratic traditions of mutual tolerance and moderate consensus-building are beginning to fade away.
Who will survive in America?
Both parties have been affected by polarisation- but in a highly asymmetric manner. In particular, Republican conspiratorial belief in the evil of Democrat rule has escalated to a point where the party has showcased a willingness to do things that not merely undemocratic, but anti-democratic.
The urgency and deliberate nature of Mr Trump's crimes should leave both parties in the Senate with no choice but to take a stand today against presidential abuses- which could critically undermine the 2020 Presidential elections if left unchecked. Senators must look beyond narrow short-term electoral results and consider instead the long-term consequences of failing to safeguard their higher oath to the Constitution, from which all freedom emanates.
Martin Luther King Jr. , speaking following the 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycotts, said: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice". In the political realm, this trend is not absolute; in many cases, injustice has been promoted by figures of power- in areas like Slavery, the Exclusion Act against Native Americans, to the modern-day torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and hostility towards LGBT individuals.
Martin Luther King Jr. (left), 1956, Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Nevertheless, the Republican ideal has been able to endure threats of tyranny for over 200 years because of a combination of two factors: i) people willing to passionately fight for causes they believe in, and ii) a system of political institutions – the President, Congress, and Supreme Court- which have demonstrated the ability to correct each other and stamp out injustice over time.
Democracy is not yet dead in the west, but it is being challenged internally and externally by individuals seeking to subvert free and fair elections for personal political gain. The issue raised by impeachment is larger than the possible removal of a President, and instead represents a test of whether the nation has what it takes to stand up against the unprecedented assault on its most cherished ideals.
Voters, lawmakers, and leaders alike must maintain an eternal struggle against the slide towards tyranny- or a day may come when it is too late.
Sources and Wider Reading
New Republic:
https://newrepublic.com/article/145916/democracy-dies-donald-trump-contempt-for-american-political-institutions
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/2/16929764/how-democracies-die-trump-book-levitsky-ziblatt
Levitsky and Ziblatt: How Democracies Die:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Democracies-Die-History-Reveals/dp/024131798.3
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay: The Federalist Papers: https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/The+Federalist+Papers
Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/however-historic-impeachment-is-but-a-way-station-in-the-struggle-over-trumps-presidency/2019/12/18/c496a22e-21cb-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/18/trump-impeachment-why-it-matter
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2018/jan/21/this-is-how-democracies-die
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50814838
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Jon Stewart Desecrates Nativity Scene to Make a Jab at Fox News
By Josh St. Louis | April 17, 2012 4:07 PM EDT
In a snarky segment aimed at mocking Fox News for dismissing the Democratic/MSNBC "war on women" meme, Jon Stewart placed a depiction of Jesus Christ's Nativity over a women's vagina, gratuitously offending millions of Christians, not to mention non-religious folks with any shred of common decency. [Audio here. Video and image after the jump. Viewer discretion is advised]
In the April 16 Daily Show segment, Stewart proceeded to show clips of Fox News reporters talking about things like a "war on Christmas," or "War on Easter" as proof that Fox was apparently ignoring the "war on women."
During the segment, Jon Stewart took the iconic image of Christmas and placed it over a woman's vagina, saying, "What can women do to generate the same sense of outrage from Fox as the removal of decorative slightly poisonous holiday plants? Perhaps they could play into the theme? Maybe women could protect their reproductive organs from unwanted medical intrusions with vagina mangers."
Stewart aired the image again, with the Fox News logo attached to it.
Makes you wonder if Jon Stewart would make the same sort of disgusting "jokes" about Judaism or Islam?
The full transcript is below:
11:11 p.m. EDT
JON STEWART: Welcome back. Now, Hilary Rosen's comments on working mothers wasn't the only news last week regarding women in the workplace. Let's go to Wisconsin.
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ED SCHULTZ: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker quietly signed a bill last night repealing the state equal pay law. Glenn Grothman who pushed for equal pay repeal explained, "You can argue that money is more important for men. I think a guy in uh, their first job maybe because they expect to be a bread winner some day."
STEWART: Wow. Even for a bill meant to screw women, that takes balls. But it's just the latest in a series of conservative legislative efforts that seem to amount to a multi-state roll back a number of rights women have come to enjoy. I wish there was a pithier way to say that.
AL SHARPTON: The GOP war on women has exploded.
STEWART: It's catchy. War on women? There's a problem with that one.
STEVE DOOCY, Fox News: It's not a war on women.
MARK DAVIS, Dallas Morning News: The ridiculous of this war on women.
JANINE TURNER, Washington Examiner: They created this phony war on women.
DAVIS: It is only the bitterest cynicism that portrays that as a war on women.
JUAN WILLIAMS, Fox News: This is a made up phony war on women.
STEWART: Respect! I think what FOX is trying to say is that elevating this political fight to the level of "war" diminishes the seriousness with which real conflicts are engaged. War is real. War is hell. Not some casual metaphor.
ERIC BOLLING, Fox News: In case you didn't know, there's a war on Christmas in America.
STEWART: I did not know that. I did not know there was a war on Christmas because from my perspective, Christmas seems to be everywhere. (Laughter) But if Fox believes the attacks on Christmas are so serious as to warrant this label they are otherwise loath to use, I'm happy to hear the reasoning.
DOOCY: A lot of companies haven't been saying "Merry Christmas." They've been going "Happy holidays."
Fox News Reporter: Calling the state house Christmas tree a holiday tree.
Fox News Reporter: A possible tax on your tree?
MEGYN KELLY, Fox News: The Tulsa holiday parade of lights. Formally the Christmas parade of lights.
BILL HEMMER, Fox News: The homeowners association, Doylestown Station, PA, banning colored and blinking Christmas lights.
STEWART: No colored lights? This is war! When it comes to Christmas lights at Doylestown Station, it's whites only. Only this time liberals won't lift a finger. That's a pretty strong case for a war on Christmas. You do have to ask then, so what evidence is there for some kind of war on women?
ANDREA MITCHELL, MSNBC: Arizona's legislature would force women to prove to employers they are using birth control for medical reasons.
THOMAS ROBERTS, MSNBC: In Mississippi today, criminalize abortion at murder.
REPORTER: Arizona, now doctors will not face a lawsuit if they fail to tell parents about any risks the unborn child could face.
MITCHELL: Pennsylvania would require sonograms before abortions.
CHRIS HAYES, MSNBC: The transvaginal ultrasound–when seeking an abortion in Virginia.
CHRIS JANSING, MSNBC: The Violence Against Women Act. Now for the first time there's opposition to this.
LAWRENCE O'DONNELL, MSNBC: In Texas a bill that would block Planned Parenthood from receiving state planning money.
REPORTER: A bill making single parenting child abuse.
SHEPARD SMITH, Fox News: So if your one who likes to beat your wife, you should probably move to Topeka, Kansas because it's legal there.
STEWART: Of course if you want the best barbecue, Kansas City is where it's at. Eh, but for wife beating you're gonna head to Topeka. Wow! So with all those attempts to curtail women's rights in area after area, are you telling me that, that doesn't raise the level of war? That doesn't bother anyone at Fox?
GRETCHEN CARLSON: Uh. You know what? This gets me so upset. I have a feeling I might have to leave for these future discussions.
STEWART: You know what, I apologize Gretchen Carlson, exhibiting actual empathy for women–Oh, I'm sorry, she wasn't talking about women's issues. What was she talking about?
DOOCY: There apparently is an elementary school in Stockton, California. They can't have things that remind people of the Christmas season like poinsettias or Santa in their classes because it might offend people who are not Christian.
STEWART: Well, that is upsetting! (Laughter) What can women do to generate the same sense of outrage from Fox as the removal of decorative slightly poisonous holiday plants? Perhaps they could play into the theme? Maybe women could protect their reproductive organs from unwanted medical intrusions with vagina mangers. (Laughter) I–I had not seen that picture. That really could be anything. That almost looks like the crown from those imperial margarine commercials. Or perhaps instead of asking for birth control, women could get an advent calendar with pills instead of chocolate. (Laughter) Oh! The 20th, placebo day! All right. Christmas is a special case. That is an incredibly important holiday. And again, I'm sure that nothing else rises to that level of outrage.
Fox News Reporter: War on Hanukkah now too.
Fox News Reporter: This is the war on Easter.
ERIC BOLLING, Fox News: War on, wait for it. Fall holidays.
BRIAN KILMEADE: Let's talk war on Halloween.
DENEEN BORELLI: War on fossil fuels.
Fox News Reporter: The war on the constitution.
SHANNON BREAM, Fox News: The war on ladies' night.
Fox Business Reporter: The War on Fisherman!
BRIAN KILMEADE: Can you accept the war on salt?
SHEPHARD SMITH: It's the war on chocolate milk.
MEGYN KELLY: War on sugary drinks.
DOOCY: War on food.
Fox News: Is this a nanny state war on spuds?
STEWART: Oh, my God! No wonder we're having trouble in Afghanistan and Iraq. We're in like 18 wars. Oh, my God. We're Sparta. (Laughter) Seems like women are the only thing there's not currently a war on. Gotta be some way to earn America's women the coveted war label.
SEAN HANNITY: The liberal media wages a war on conservative women.
Fox News: The media is waging against conservative women.
STEWART: Oh, so for Fox if–if women upset with recent Republican legislative restrictions want to be considered victims of war, the solution is easy. Uh, vote for them. We'll be right back.
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Eugenie Bouchard dished on her relationship with University of Missouri marketing student John Goehrke, though would not reveal the detail most fans are clamoring for: Is their relationship real?
Bouchard and Goehrke conducted a filmed Q&A using the Canadian NFL Twitter account where they appeared to open up about their relationship — before leaving fans on the edge of a cliff.
The live interview conducted by fans on Twitter included questions about Bouchard's initial reaction to the moment she lost the bet at last year's Super Bowl.
The pair's chemistry in the video had many commentators certain that they are in fact dating — completing one of the great modern romance stories.
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Show Me Some ID: Tips for Trusting Identity in the Era of Cybercrime and Fraud
By Mary Butler
Meet Maria, a fictional emergency department (ED) registration clerk who's been on the job at a big city trauma center for six months. When Maria starts her shift she gets an alert that the patient photo verification system for the ED's registration software—which connects to the ED's electronic health record (EHR)—was down for the day with a patch in the works. Maria doesn't sweat it since the photo feature went live only three months ago. She knows she can register patients without it for the night.
The first patient to come in on Maria's shift is a young woman presenting with lower abdominal pain which she believes is caused by a kidney stone. The woman has an insurance card that matches the name and address she gave, but she doesn't have a photo ID. Maria prints out a wristband, asks the patient to confirm the demographic information on it, and directs her to the waiting area.
A couple hours later a retired nurse in her 50s named Stephanie Baker comes in complaining of shortness of breath with pain in her arms—and a warning she may be having early heart attack symptoms. Rushing to get Baker help, Maria in her haste doesn't realize she chose the wrong Stephanie Baker (there are three in the hospital's database). Incidentally, Baker's latex allergy and history of adverse reactions to certain painkillers are not noted in the profile Maria clicked on.
The last patient Maria checks in is an infant with panicked parents. The baby had been born in the same hospital, but the parents decided on the child's middle name a week after the delivery. Seeing several records with the child's same first and last name, Maria opts to create a new record to be safe.
Later in the week Maria's supervisor tells her that she needs to be retrained. The kidney stone patient had used a stolen insurance card, likely to acquire prescription narcotics. The hospital would not be reimbursed for that encounter since it was fraudulent. Baker, the retired nurse, helped ED staff realize she had been registered improperly when she told her nurse about a latex allergy. This kind of error is known as an "overlay." Finally, the hospital's health information management (HIM) department identified the duplicate record Maria made for the infant she checked in.
As the volume of health data continues to balloon in coming years, HIM professionals will be charged with managing greater volumes of patient records and must ensure that each patient is properly identified and matched to his or her specific health information.
Fortunately, there are tools and best practices available to help every provider type. AHIMA has been partnering with standards development organizations, including Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, to develop standardized ways of exchanging patient identification elements across organizations and health information exchanges (HIEs). AHIMA has also developed patient ID toolkits and Practice Briefs to meet the growing need for best practices.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has also acted, mandated by the 21st Century Cures Act, to help protect patient health information. Finally, biometric technologies such as palm vein scanners, photographs, and retinal scans comprise some of the high-tech identification methods that are helping reduce human error.
High Costs of Patient Matching Errors
The misidentification of patients in clinical settings has untold financial impacts for an organization in uncompensated care as well as serious patient safety consequences, such as wrong-side surgeries and even death.
A Ponemon Institute survey, the "2016 National Patient Misidentification Report," found that 86 percent of respondents say they have witnessed or know of a medical error that was the result of patient misidentification.1 Additionally, difficulty finding charts or medical records and sorting through duplicates can contribute to errors, according to the survey respondents.
"On average respondents say that 35 percent of all denied claims result directly from inaccurate patient identification or inaccurate/incomplete patient information, costing the average healthcare facility $1.2 million per year," according to the Ponemon survey, which questioned 503 nurses, physicians, and health IT practitioners in a range of facility types across the United States.
A 2008 RAND Corporation study found that missing information can lead to inefficiencies such as the cost of reordering diagnostic tests and delays and errors in treatment.2 Such inefficiencies have been estimated to cost the healthcare system $8 billion annually. Duplicate records and the problems resulting from their creation can cost healthcare organizations as much as $96 per record, according to a Healthcare Financial Management Association article.3
"Fixing overlays and duplicates continues to be challenging," says Beth Liette, MS, RHIA, senior director of HIM at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. "Fixing the cases can be pretty routine and take minutes or can take all day to sort out. The number of downstream systems that have to be touched has an impact upon the time involved. Overlays are much more time-intensive and if not caught before bills go out of the organization, they can be very challenging to correct. Once the incorrect data lands in the third party payer's database, it can take persistence to get the data corrected."
Jami Woebkenberg, RHIA, CPHI, MHIM, director of HIMS at Banner Health, says that for the most part facilities are getting better at properly identifying and matching patients thanks to new biometric identification methods and electronic master patient index software. But there is room for improvement, Woebkenberg notes, especially when identifying patients at the start of an encounter.
"For instance, my personal experience has been that when a patient has a visit at a provider's office, the patient is asked each time for his/her identification and insurance card, if applicable," Woebkenberg says. "While the name and personal information may be requested for matching in the hospital setting, a copy of the patient's identification (state-issued ID) may not be provided—it could be the patient's name and date of birth, Social Security number, or other information that could have been obtained by an individual who is not the person actually presenting for care. This can cause issues with medical identity theft, duplicate patients, overlays, all of which can also lead to patient safety and care issues."
Individuals working as registrars typically are not HIM professionals, and, according to an ONC report, the average length of employment for a registrar is four months.4 As a result, they often don't receive adequate training after their initial introduction.
Liette says any facility that's investigating duplicates and overlays should do a determination of the root causes of the error.
"Categories of root causes include, but are not limited to: human error, hardware and software design, internal forces such as vague or confusing policies/procedures, human/computer interface, and external forces such as the patient/parent or outside healthcare providers," Liette says. "Investing in training, sharing audit results with affected staff, and ensuring that policies and procedures are clearly written and understood are several best practices to explore."
Government's Role in Patient Identification
The federal government, by way of ONC, was directed by the 21st Century Cures Act to work with federal partners including the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the healthcare and health information technology (health IT) community to develop a "trusted framework" for interoperability. The Cures Act called for "a common method for authenticating trusted health information network participants; a common set of rules for trusted exchange," and additional organizational and operational policies.
The resulting document, the draft "Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA)," was released by ONC in January.6 AHIMA submitted recommendations during the comment period, a number of which touched on the matter of standardizing patient identification.7
For example, in one section of the document about standardization titled "Patient Demographic Data For Matching" there's a requirement (which AHIMA supports) to "help establish a floor in the exchange of certain data attributes and the standardizing of such data."
AHIMA noted that it's concerned "that the requirements may not be enough to accurately identify a patient and could result, particularly in the execution of a broadcast query, in multiple records being returned, thereby requiring a back-end reconciliation process. Compounding this problem is the fact that participants may have policies and procedures that vary in terms of how the data attributes are entered into the system to begin with. For example, differences may arise in data collection with respect to legal name versus nickname (i.e., Elizabeth Smith versus Betty Smith), hyphenated names or names with special characters, and/or differentiations in addresses (111 Crane Trail versus 111 Crane Trl)."
In additional comments, AHIMA directs ONC to look at recommendations set forth in "Health IT Safe Practices: Toolkit for the Safe Use of Health IT for Patient Identification," a document developed by the Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety, a multi-stakeholder group that includes AHIMA.8
AHIMA and other patient safety advocates continue to urge Congress to reconsider legislation to permit federal discussions around implementing a unique patient identifier (UPI), aka a patient safety identifier. A UPI number, ideally, would be assigned to every American and would be used to help link an individual's health information wherever they might go for care. UPIs have broad support from industry groups, HIM professionals, and health IT experts.
Legislators from both parties sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last fall urging the agency to study UPIs and other methods of increasing the accuracy of patient matching. The letter was signed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA).9
Although Congress still passed a bill in March with statutory language that prohibits the use of funds "to promulgate or adopt a final standard providing for… the assignment of a unique health identifier," it does ask the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to study the issue. The bill contains report language that calls upon CMS to issue a report no less than 12 months after the date of enactment of the bill on the impact on care improvement, reduction in costs, estimated saved lives or reduction in errors, and improvements in patient safety if hospitals were required to use a patient matching system as a requirement for participation in the Medicare program.
Patient Identification Best Practices
Some of the most effective identification practices are simple and low-tech. Many facilities have full-time staff devoted to working on sorting out mismatches, with entire teams that work on master patient index (MPI) cleanup and data integrity. Two-factor authentication is still the best practice for verifying identity (i.e., name and date of birth) but isn't always done or done right. Requiring a photo ID, such as a driver's license or state identification card, is preferred in most cases but isn't always available for populations such as children and seniors who don't drive.
According to Grant Landsbach, RHIA, CHDA, MSHA, system manager for data governance and interoperability at SCL Health in Denver, CO, registrars should ideally use three or four factors or more for proper identification. Asking the patient to verbally state their name, address, and birthdate results in fewer errors than simply having them say "yes" or "no" to registrar-posed questions. Patients tend to be distracted when they register and have a tendency to automatically say "yes" to identifying statements made by the registrar. When possible, having a patient read for themselves and confirm the accuracy of the information printed on their wristband or on the computer screen is more effective, studies have shown, according to Landsbach.
SCL Health has recently added photo identification to its EHR and registration systems—a decision that has added a greater degree of certainty to matching patients. Like many other health systems, SCL Health considered palm vein scanners, thumb prints, and retinal scanners, but the cost of implementing any one of those technologies, building a database to store a separate data stream, and getting it to interface with existing software was too daunting. Plus, the patient photo capability already existed in SCL Health's EHR and the cost of mounting webcams at registration stations was miniscule compared to retinal and palm scanners.
Having the photo of a patient attached to their medical record solves a number of problems. Doctors and nurses will notice right away if the person they're treating doesn't look like the patient they're charting on; patients can be properly matched to their photos at the point of registration; and people knowingly committing medical ID fraud don't want their picture taken.
"Just the existence of the camera helps to limit fraud. Criminals don't want their photos in a database because they think police can get it. So it's a pretty strong deterrent because they don't know how we're going to use it," Landsbach says.
Of course, SCL Health has developed policies around patient photos. For example, they aren't used in emergent or behavioral health encounters that could escalate. And, to account for physical changes, office staff try to update each patient's photo once per year.
Another patient identification standby in healthcare is comparing patient signatures on consent forms. Landsbach says this method has fallen out of favor now that his organization has transitioned to electronic signature pads. Switching to electronic signatures has also saved HIM staff valuable time and resources spent on scanning and copying consent forms, Landsbach says.
Though comparing signatures hasn't disappeared as a practice. "Comparing signatures can be used as a screening tool when there already is a suspension or concern. The process is more difficult now since many of the consent authorizations are obtained by use of signature pads. If you have signed for a purchase using a signature pad, you have seen firsthand that your signature does not match your handwritten signature and [they] are often illegible," Liette says.
SCL Health has rolled out patient registration kiosks in one facility, set up very much like airport check-in terminals. The kiosks can take a person's photo, and use the photo on a person's ID or credit card to match it with other photos in a database. The kiosk also forces patients to authenticate their own demographic data and guide them through making a co-pay.
"It's so advanced that it can print out a copy of a patient's signed consent form. And if the patient forgets to pick up the paper, the machine is automatically set to shred it in two minutes," Landsbach says.
Ensuring Secure Release of Information
Registration isn't the only place where verifying a person's identity is paramount. The use of patient portals to help patients manage their own (or another's) care will only continue to grow and become a major responsibility of HIM departments.
"Facilities need to develop guidelines around enrollment for the portal including how and who proxy access may be granted to," Woebkenberg says. "For example, requiring the patient to electronically complete and sign an authorization form to request any additional records that may be needed and not included in the portal."
Pediatric facilities also have their own unique concerns. "HIM often assists with proactive auditing to determine [if] appropriate proxy access has been given to the parents. Legal guardianship might need to be reviewed to determine if the parent has parental rights to the medical record. Foster parents are usually not given access and proxy access is often given to the parent until the patient becomes a teenager (ages 12 and above) without the child consenting to the parental access," Liette says.
AHIMA's "Patient Portal Toolkit" recommends that access to the portal be "initiated during a patient visit or hospital stay, which allows the organization to establish its authentication process (verify user identity), ensure the patient has access to the training and other materials that can accentuate the use of the portal and explain how the portal can increase the patient's involvement in their care.5
Landsbach's organization is working with its EHR vendor and a commercial credit reporting and public records database to formalize how they authenticate patient portal users once they leave the care setting and start portal access.
"When they leave the hospital they'll get a packet that has an authentication code that's only good for a week or two because of the security risk. If they wait too long they'll have to call our technical center that will ask them a lot of questions based on public information records, such as 'Have you ever driven a Suburu?' or 'Have you ever lived at this address?' If the patient answers five questions correctly, it will let them into the portal," Landsbach says.
Ponemon Institute. "2016 National Patient Misidentification Report." December 2016. https://pages.imprivata.com/rs/imprivata/images/Ponemon-Report_121416.pdf.
RAND Corporation. "Identity Crisis: An Examination of the Costs and Benefits of a Unique Patient Identifier for the U.S. Health Care System." 2008. www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG753.html.
Lusk, Katherine. "Duplicate Records Compromise EHR Investment." Healthcare Financial Management Association. August 2009. www.justassociates.com/application/files/8014/9124/7591/HFM_August_2009_Children_Dallas_cost_of_duplicates.pdf.
AHIMA Work Group. "Best Practices for Patient Matching at Patient Registration." Journal of AHIMA 87, no. 10 (October 2016): 74-81. http://bok.ahima.org/doc?oid=301906#.
AHIMA. "Patient Portal Toolkit." October 2017. http://bok.ahima.org/PdfView?oid=301419.
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. "Draft Trusted Exchange Network." January 5, 2018. www.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/draft-trusted-exchange-framework.pdf.
AHIMA. "AHIMA Comments on ONC Drafted Trusted Exchange Framework to Dr. Donald Rucker, National Coordinator, ONC." February 20, 2018. http://bok.ahima.org/PdfView?oid=302447.
Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety. "Health IT Safe Practices: Toolkit for the Safe Use of Health IT." February 2017. www.ecri.org/Resources/HIT/Patient%20ID/Patient_Identification_Toolkit_final.pdf.
United States Senate group. "Letter to Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General, US Government Accountability Office." October 3, 2017. www.warren.senate.gov/files/documents/2017_10_03_GAO_Patient_Matching_Letter.pdf.
Mary Butler (mary.butler@ahima.org) is associate editor at the Journal of AHIMA.
Butler, Mary. "Show Me Some ID: Tips for Trusting Identity in the Era of Cybercrime and Fraud." Journal of AHIMA 89, no.6 (June 2018): 24-27.
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Match 15601 Joxer the Mighty vs. Xander Harris
By patrickthekid, December 29, 2020 in CBUB Rated Matches
It was an exciting time for all in the Omniverse. Thousands of people for infinite worlds await in line for the grand reopening of Khazan, the nexus of all realities. After the planet was deemed off limits to all, it has now been reopened for the masses. Along with old allies, new applicants lined up by the thousands for the chance to experience the sights of Khazan City.
It is there where one tall, skinny man brandishing armor that just didn't fit well in all manner of ways was sitting in a... wall? The way the buildings have gotten so tall have always bothered him, even if he has been living in Khazan for years. Yet he was waiting for an old friend to come by. Rather impatiently. He was tapping his toes until finally...
A shorter man with black hair and an eyepatch over his left eye. Or what's left of it anyways.
"It's about time you showed up," the taller man spoke up, his voice teeming with imitation. "I've been waiting on this corner for hours."
"Well, what's a man to do when he gets to see his own idol Nick Fury again after so many years." A beat. "He totally missed he too by the way."
The two stared at each other tensely for a few seconds... only to break the staredown with a hug.
"Man, it's been far too long Joxer," the shorter man said.
"No need to lay it in thick Xander," Joxer replied before taking a step back. "How's Dawn?"
"You know the usual. Helping her with her energy problems. Dodging glances from angry older sister slayer. At least it's better than unsuspectingly dating demons." He chuckled nervously. "How's Meg?"
"Still the most wonderful woman in the world. Even gave me the idea to set up a Xena and Gabrielle souvenir shop in Khazan."
Joxer's eyes beamed... only to dim a bit at the situation of his life. He felt a hand on his shoulder. "Tough luck on Gabrielle. Hard to fight literal destiny. Even we struggled with that."
"Pfft. It's all in the past now," Joxer waved him off. "Besides, I still need to work on living up to their name as a grand warrior."
Xander tried his best to stifle a laugh, but Joxer heard it loud and clear. "Is something funny to you?"
Xander wiped his nose as he tried to stop smiling. "Nothing. Just that I find it hard to believe you could be a warrior. Didn't you fail to do so after 25 years of trying?"
"Oh you're one to talk. How many times did Buffy have to bail you out of your own messes?"
"Well at least I didn't die from one."
His mouth closed too late to stop the latest insult from escaping his mouth. Joxer's jaws went wide with shock only to grimace as his left hand squeezed into a fist. His right hand shoved Xander back as he stepped forward. "Oh... oh. It's on now buddy. You think I haven't noticed the scoreboard? We haven't faced each other in a match yet. Likely because you're too chicken to face me. Well, it's high time I change that. You and me. Khazan Arena. Right now."
Not wanting to look weak, Xander sidestepped and held his hands up high. "Oh it's on like Donkey Kong. You better bring a coffin, because I'm putting you in six feet under for your second time..."
It was a bright and sunny day in the Arena. Perfect weather for a fight. Unfortunately, the crowds weren't nearly as filled as per usual. It appeared that everyone knows what to expect from the two men and were not impressed. With that said, they two had enough connections to pull all the strings so that the spectacle would be commentated by the very best. And so...
"And welcome back folks to what looks to be a rather interesting grudge match her in Khazan Arena. I'm Pat Summers."
"And I'm Jay Peoples. And we have ourselves a battle of the male sidekicks. While we have had many storied matches between the Warrior Princess and the Vampire Slayer, we have yet to see their two male allies land blows."
"Part of it has to deal with the fact that the two are usually pretty chummy with each other. But this latest spite has finally brought the two to blows."
"And the audience will be the ultimate benefit of it all. We have ourselves a classic sand match filled with all sorts of destructive goodies familiar to both our fighters. Swords, arrows, guns and the like. It will be up to them to arm themselves and go for the kill."
"Which will make things all the more interesting in what sort of strategy these two... lesser than stellar combatants will bring to the table. It may not look like much on paper, but crazier things have happened in this arena..."
And indeed things were about to become weird. Two witches, each hoping that the other would win cast a spell on their patron in the hopes of bringing them to their best physical shape.
So here is the scenario: Both are unarmed and 100 feet away from each other. Weapons are scattered around the arena. But there's a twist. Joxer has been turned into his best self in 'From Him the Bell Tolls' while Xander is at his military persona from 'Halloween'
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Ah, one of CBUB's most prolific match-makers jumps back in the saddle.
Good set-up and match-up of screw-up characters, patrickthekid. I don't know much about Buffy, but you really have Joxer in character here. The way he and Xander came to blows was kind of hilarious!
As for the match, after watching a clip of Xander fight in Buffy's Halloween episode, I think Joxer wins this. Joxer seemed to take his foes down with a good deal less effort in Xena's For Him the Bell Tolls.
Nice match. I seem to remember Joxer the Mighty popping up alot in the old CBUB days, but looking at his record I may be mistaken. I'm leaning toward him here although it is in large part to my complete lack of Xander knowledge.
Interestingly enough I really liked the show Angel, but never watched a single episode of Buffy.
RATINGS SCORE: 4.00
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Joxer the Mighty: 3
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On 1/3/2021 at 2:41 AM, JohnnyChany said:
Never seen either but Buffy is on my 'to watch' list.
Thanks for the compliments. It's a match that's been on the top of my head for a while and I plan to make more in the future. I think I'll add some more Xena characters as well.
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Great match (sorry a bit late to this), definitely has made me want to revisit both shows.
Look forward to more!


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Q: Capitalize First Character of word in string I have strings like following: i have tried .title() and capitalize() but not successes.
Input
"hello world"
"1hello world"
"hello   world  lol"
"1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  9"
"1 w 2 r 3g"
"132 456 Wq  m e"
"q w e r t y u i o p a s d f g h j  k l z x c v b n m Q W E R T Y U I O P A S D F G H J  K L Z X C V B N M"

Output
"Hello World"
"1hello World"
"Hello   World  Lol"
"1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  9"
"1 W 2 R 3g"
"132 456 Wq  M E"
"Q W E R T Y U I O P A S D F G H J  K L Z X C V B N M Q W E R T Y U I O P A S D F G H J  K L Z X C V B N M"

I have try this also, but when input string with more then one space then its got error.
str = "Hello   World  Lol"
for i in range(0,len(new)):
    str += new[i][0].upper() + new[i][1:] + " "
print str

A: How have you tried .title()? str.title() should return the capitalised string but bear in mind strings are immutable so you will have to assign it to a new value.
string1 = "hello   world  lol"
string2 = string1.title()

A: In your context you can use capitalize() method.
str = "Helo  w world lol"
lista = []
for i in str.split(" "):
    lista.append(i.capitalize())
print " ".join(lista) #"Helo  W World Lol"

Using list comprehension:
print " ".join([i.capitalize() for i in str.split(" ")])

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Marc Etchebers est un pilote de rallye français natif de Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

Biographie

Il a débuté la compétition automobile en 1966, sur NSU.

Pharmacien de métier, il a accompli l'essentiel de sa carrière en Espagne, y remportant de nombreuses courses durant les années 70 et 80, sur Porsche (préparateur Bernard Vara).

Sa copilote, et épouse, était Marie-Christine Rives.

Classements au Championnat d'Espagne des rallyes
 1974: ;
 1975: Vice-champion d'Espagne des rallyes (à 16,4 points d'Antonio Zanini);
 1976: ;
 1977: ;
 1978: ;
 1979: ;
 1980: ;
 1981: ;
 1982: ;
 1983: ;

Victoires (plus de 35 en championnat, jusqu'en 1983)
 1969 : rallye Firestone ;
 1970 : rallye Vasco Navarro ;
 1972 : rallye Escuderia La Restinga, rallye Vasco Navarro, critérium Montseny-Guillerias, critérium Luis da Baviera, rallye de Orense, rallye da Catalunha ;
 1974 : rallye Costa del Sol, Rallye das Rias Bajas (Rias Baixas) ;
 1975 : rallye Vasco Navarro, rallye de Orense, rallye Ciudad de Ferrol, rallye das 2000 Virages, rallye Costa del Sol ;
 1976 : rallye Vasco Navarro, rallye Fallas, rallye Subida Urretxu, rallye 500 km Nocturnos de Alicante, rallye Ciudad de Ferrol, rallye das 2000 Virages, rallye Costa del Sol ;
 1977 : rallye Vasco Navarro, criterium de La Rioja ;
 1978 : rallye 500 km de Alicante ;
 1979 : rallye Vasco Navarro, rallye 500 km de Alicante, rallye Ciudad de Ferrol, rallye das Rias Bajas, rallye El Corte Inglês, rallye das 2000 Virages ;
 1980 : rallye Vasco Navarro, rallye Sachs, rallye das Rias Bajas, rallye Ciudad de Ferrol, rallye El Corte Inglês, rallye das 2000 Virages ;
 1982 : rallye da Sierra Morena, rallye Sachs, rallye Costa del Sol ;
 1983 : rallye Vasco Navarro ;
 1985 : rallye de Orense, Rallye Internacional Cantabria ;
 1986 : rallye de Orense ;
 1987 : rallye de Orense (5 victoires, tout comme Miguel Fuster ; le record de l'épreuve est détenu par Jesús Puras avec 7 titres), rallye Costa del Sol (5 victoires, le record de l'épreuve est détenu par Enrique Villar avec 7 titres) ;
 1988 : rallye Ciudad de Santander ;
 1988 : Rallye Internacional Cantabria.
Il a participé au rallye du Portugal en 1975 (sur BMW 2002), et en France au critérium des Cévennes en 1966 (sur NSU).

Palmarès de Marie-Christine
 Quadruple vice-championne d'Espagne des copilotes: 1975, 1976, 1977, et 1979.

Liens externes
 Détails du championnat d'Espagne des rallyes 1969, sur le site officiel de la RFEDA (et suivants annuels jusqu'à nos jours -dossiers .pdf);
 Marc Etchebers sur www.ewrc-results.com;
 Palmarès du Rallye Costa del Sol (ou Costa de Almería);
 Palmarès du Rallye de Ourense;
 Palmarès du Rallye El Corte Inglés.

Pilote de rallye français
Pilote automobile français
Date de naissance non renseignée (XXe siècle)
Naissance à Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

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Christina Acton
The 2021 Tony Awards quickly went from a celebration of Broadway returning, to a confusing mess of mixed messaging. Things were bound to be at least a little confusing this year, given that the "2021" Tony Awards ceremony would really be honouring productions from the 2019/2020 Broadway season. Instead of having the awards presentation and live performances as a part of the same ceremony on prime time TV, the actual presentation of the awards happened during a two hour ceremony on Paramount+, and then immediately afterwards, CBS broadcasted a performances only "Broadway is Back" special.
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However, the biggest issue with the Tony awards this year was their blatant lack of diversity and active discrimination. A Vulture article wrote, "in the actual handing out [of awards], the voters went for some very white, very stodgy work," which sums things up pretty well. Slave Play, a "provocative look at racism, gender, and sexuality" (Variety) had a lot of positive buzz around it, and a whopping twelve award nominations, so the fact that this play did not win a single award was not only devastating, but also incredibly tone deaf. In an awards ceremony that mentioned the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, in an act to talk about the importance of diversity and inclusion, the five award wins for another Christmas Carol stage play made those words feel more than a little hollow.
You can acknowledge an issue as much as you want, but if you are not willing to actually do anything to remedy the issue, or to do better moving forward, then your acknowledgment means absolutely nothing. Nowhere was this more blatantly on display than with the musical Jagged Little Pill's two Tony Award wins. Now, two awards may not seem like a lot, but even that was far more than the musical deserved. To sum up a very complicated situation, when Jagged Little Pill first opened off Broadway in 2018, cisgender woman Lauren Patten played non binary character Jo. This was already a bit of a yikes move. It is certainly not as bad as the musical rewriting the character of Jo to be a cisgender woman when Jagged Little Pill opened on Broadway in 2019 and pretending like Jo was never anything but a cisgender female character to begin with.
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Q: Better way to update TSQL We are in the process of some data integration and I get update scripts in the form of
UPDATE Table1 SET Table1.field1 = '12345' WHERE Table1.field2 = '345667';
UPDATE Table1 SET Table1.field1 = '12365' WHERE Table1.field2 = '567885';

Table1.field2 is not indexed.
The scripts run without problems, but it takes forever. 8000 rows affected in a bit over 7 minutes, which I feel is a bit long. (It's running on a dev server which is not the best, but a look at the server doesn't indicate that it is overly busy).
So my question is, is there a better way (i.e. faster) to run this type of update statements. (SQL 2008 R2)
Many Thanks!

A: As I see it, you can try different things (like storing all values on another table, then updating one using the other), but in the end, the engine is going to search using a single field, testing equality with a value.
That would require an index. If you can at least test in dev, maybe you can show the performance improvement to someone who can authorize the creation of the new index in the production environment.
That's my answer, I hope someone comes up with a better one!

A: You may be RBAR-ing (row-by-agonizing-row) the server with multiple UPDATE statements.  Essentially, you're having it do a table scan for each query, which is obviously non-ideal.  While an index would help the most, executing multiple single-value statements will still cost you.
SQL Server allows you to use JOINs for update statements, so you may see some improvement doing something like this:
WITH Incoming AS (SELECT field1, field2
                  FROM (VALUES('12345', '345667'),
                              ('12365', '567885')) i(field1, field2))
UPDATE Table1
SET Table1.field1 = Incoming.field1
FROM Table1
JOIN Incoming
  ON Incoming.field2 = Table1.field2;

SQL Fiddle Example
If it turns out that the number of rows in Incoming is large, you should probably realize it as an actual table that you bulk-load into first.  You should be able to put an index on the load table (refreshed after the import, to make sure statistics are correct).
But really, an index on field2 should probably be the first thing, especially if there are multiple queries that use that column.


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