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In this section, we will examine COIs arising from employment-type relationships (not only traditional employment but consulting and board service, too).
An important real-world conflict of interest experiment
In today's NY Times, Michael Greenstone, an economics professor at MIT, writes about a study on auditor COIs that he – together with Esther Duflo of M.I.T.; and Rohini Pande and Nicholas Ryan, both of Harvard – recently published. The study was conducted in Gujarat, India, where industrial plants with high pollution risks are required "to hire and pay auditors to check air and water pollution levels three times annually and then submit a yearly report to" a governmental body. In the study, for a randomly selected set of companies, but not for a control group, "auditors were paid a fixed fee from a central pool of money, a subset of the audits was chosen to have its findings re-examined, and auditors received payments for accurate reports, judged by comparisons with the re-examinations. The control group continued under the status quo system in which auditors were chosen and paid by the plants they were auditing."
The results of this real-world experiment powerfully demonstrate the impact on the ethicality of conduct that financial incentives can have – even on the judgment of individuals who, by virtue of their professional norms, are supposed to be resistant to COIs. That is: "While many of the plants violated the pollution standards, few of the auditors in the control group reported these violations. In the case of particulate matter, an especially harmful air pollutant, auditors reported that only 7 percent of industrial plants violated the pollution standard. In reality, 59 percent of plants exceeded it." However, "[t]he rules changes [in the experiment] caused the auditors to report more truthfully. In the restructured market, auditors were 80 percent less likely to falsely report a pollution reading as in compliance, and their reported pollution readings were 50 to 70 percent higher than when they were working in the status quo system. This difference was as large even when comparing reports of auditors working simultaneously under the two systems. Finally, and most important, the plants that were required to use the new auditing system significantly reduced their emissions of air and water pollution, relative to the plants operating in the status quo system. Presumably, this was because the plants' operators understood that the regulators were receiving more accurate information and would follow up on it."
Three comments on this important study.
First, while most directly relevant to auditors, these results can, I believe, be broadly applicable to COIs generally. That is, if professionals who are trained to rise above COIs fare this poorly, one can only imagine the impact of COIs on the rest of us.
Second, the more important compliance and ethics program efforts become to society, the greater the need for not just C&E auditing but other forms of checking – such as monitoring, as was discussed in a piece in Corporate Compliance Insights. But monitoring (as a general matter) is even less independent than is auditing, so this recent study underscores the considerable challenges for making forms of checking beyond auditing effective.
Third, research to determine "what works" is vitally important for the C&E field to mature and realize its full promise, and real-world studies such as this one can be particularly valuable in that regard. Interestingly, another article in today's NY Times describes how in the UK there is now an government-run effort (headed by a "Behavioral Insights Team") to use research to determine what works with respect to various public policies, including some compliance-related ones. I hope that the US and other countries will follow the UK's lead here.
Finally, here is a prior post on auditor COIs.
How not to get your next job
A prior post catalogued various COI issues arising from moving from one job to another. To this inventory should be added the recent case of David Ostermeyer (which was brought to my attention by a COI blog reader, for which I am grateful).
As described in this press release issued on October 25, 2013 by the Department of Justice, Ostermeyer had been the Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and "shortly before [he] retired from the USAID, he helped the agency draft a contract solicitation for a senior advisor – a position that Ostermeyer intended to apply for after he retired. In an effort to ensure he would be awarded the position, Ostermeyer allegedly tailored the solicitation to his specific skills and experiences."
The press release further notes: "Federal conflict of interest laws prohibit executive branch employees from participating personally and substantially in matters in which they have a financial interest. Since Ostermeyer had a financial interest in the contract solicitation, the government alleged that he could not participate in drafting it and, therefore, violated 18 U.S.C. § 208(a)," which is one of the Federal COI statutes. Ostermeyer agreed to settle (without admitting wrongdoing) and pay a penalty of $30,000.
For those interested in learning more about the federal COI law – violations of which, in some instances, can be prosecuted criminally as well as civilly – the web site of the Office of Government Ethics ("OGE") is the place to start. Of course, other governmental entities have their own COI rules – and sometimes have web sites like that of OGE. (An example that is rich in information – particularly concerning prior enforcement actions – is the web site of the NY Conflicts of Interest Board. Among other things, much of what's on this and similar web sites can be useful for drafting COI policies and designing COI training.)
Even smaller municipal governments than that of NYC often have COI issues, too. Indeed, the very size of small communities may make COIs relatively more likely to occur in their governmental bodies than in those of larger municipalities (i.e., on average, I assume there would be a higher percentage of people with multiple roles, and thus opportunities for conflicts, in the former than the latter). Also, local governmental units may well lack robust ethics-related controls that larger official entities more typically have, as noted in this prior post. On the other hand, where ethics issues involve dealing with neighbors instead of strangers, there would seem to be a greater chance of virtue prevailing (although note that I may be stretching the logic of certain behavioral ethics research a bit in saying this and indeed some findings in this area suggest an opposite impact of closeness on ethicality).
Indeed, in the very town where I live – Princeton, New Jersey – the top local news story of the past week was the mayor's decision whether to participate in negotiations with Princeton University (over the issue of voluntary payment-in-lieu-of-taxes contribution to the town) given that her husband is employed as a professor there. While "the town attorney, had given an opinion in August saying the mayor's marriage did not constitute a conflict of interest under the state local government ethics law," the mayor commendably determined that the issue had become too much of a distraction for the town government and so decided to recuse herself from taking part in the negotiations. One wishes that the former USAID official had shown the same degree of sensitivity to COIs that the mayor did, and I imagine that he now does too.
Conflicts of interest based on prior employment: law, ethics and some interesting cases
Within the world of conflicts, those arising from prior employment relationships occupy a particularly significant territory. (Indeed, one of the most notable COI cases of this – still young – year concerns the former head of a pension system helping a fund manager get business from the system.) In today's post, I briefly explore different aspects of this part of the COI map.
First, the most consequential forms of conflicts based on previous employment tend to involve public-to-private sector transitions (as in the above-mentioned pension case), and here the relevant standards are generally defined by law. At least in the U.S., the rules for such transitions can be fairly restrictive, as reflected in this 2009 memorandum from the Gibson Dunn law firm relating to employees of the federal executive branch and also in this discussion of relevant state law on the UCLA web site. Government employees and those who would hire them need to be very mindful of these rules and the latter should build into their hiring processes rigorous means for ensuring compliance.
Second, in terms of purely private sector employment transitions, restrictions of the above sort are less universal – and tend to be the domain of internal policy, rather than law. Here (on page 24) is a good example of one such approach from the Verizon Wireless code. Based on what I've seen over the years, this is an area where many companies have room to improve.
Finally, there are other less common COI-related employment transitions for which the inquiry goes beyond law or internal policy to something else – an ethical concern, with an element of public policy, perhaps. While difficult to define using current COI categories, these cases tend to be among the most interesting of the lot.
For instance, late last month, as reported in the Guardian, a report issued by the public accounts committee of the House of Commons in the UK charged that Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers "are using knowledge gained from staff seconded to the Treasury to help wealthy clients avoid paying UK taxes… [the firms provided] the government with expert accountants to draw up tax laws [but] went on to advise multinationals and individuals on how to exploit loopholes around legislation they had helped to write… Margaret Hodge, the [committee's] chair, said the actions of the accountancy firms were tantamount to a scam and represented a 'ridiculous conflict of interest' which must be stopped." Note that for various reasons (some of which are laid out in the Guardian piece) this doesn't sound like a black-and-white issue to me, but it is indeed worrisome. And given the importance – not just in the UK, but pretty much everywhere – of enhancing the fairness and efficiency of tax systems, I imagine that it is the sort of issue that we'll be hearing about more in the years ahead.
Finally, there is the story from earlier this year about Treasury Secretary Jack Lew having received a $685,000 severance payment when he left an administrative post at NYU for one at Citibank, which he subsequently left to return to government work – at which time he also got a bonus from Citibank. While the latter payment was contractually mandated, the former one was not and, as noted in this article, was "considered unusual by outside experts in benefits and raises questions about why a tax-exempt university would give a large exit bonus to an executive who was departing voluntarily."
In light of the chronology, Lew was presumably not being paid by NYU to influence his exercise of specific duties as a government employee – and so this cannot be called a COI in the traditional sense. But it is also hard to see the severance as the school simply rewarding an employee for a job well done – especially since, in addition to a large salary, he also received a loan forgiveness valued at about $440,000. Moreover, given the path of his career (most of which was spent in public service, including holding some powerful posts) it doubtless seemed likely at the time he left NYU that he would at some point return to government in a high ranking position.
So in terms of where the Lew matter fits on our "map," it may be most accurate to say that it has the spirit – if not the actual form – of a conflict of interest (although perhaps it could be called a COI "on spec"). But – along with other such cases – it may suggest a need to look at the adequacy of our current understanding of what a COI is, and consider redrawing the boundaries of what is out of bounds along the lines of common ethical sense.
Moonlighting – legal violations, ethical breaches and good compliance practices
Just in the past few months:
– A police officer was caught allegedly "moonlighting" as a pimp – and was fired.
– An IRS employee with broad supervisory authority (to decide, among other things, which taxpayers were audited) was found to have set up a private tax advisory business – and was charged with a violation of a federal conflicts of interest law.
– A business organization (which was already tainted by a high-profile COI scandal) was discovered to be allowing some of its salaried managers to "moonlight" as hourly workers for the organization – and was publicly embarrassed.
(Also worth noting – but not, in my view, as clearly wrong as the others: a judge in New Jersey is under fire for moonlighting as a stand-up comic.)
Moonlighting has been around for a long time. (For COI history-minded readers, here's an interesting example involving a 19th century Chilean general who had a second job — as an agent for an arms contractor that sold to the Chilean military.) But due to macroeconomic headwinds, relatively pervasive job insecurity and the expansion of telecommuting the practice seems likely to grow in the future (although this is only a guess).
While the cases we read about tend to involve intentional breaches or stunningly bad judgment, moonlighting viewed more generally can be beneficial, and not only for the moonlighter. Most obviously, the second employer gets the assistance of an employee that might not otherwise be available to it. Less obviously, the first employer can benefit from the employee's experience at the second job – although this wouldn't be a factor in all cases. Still, all involved need to be mindful of relevant C&E issues.
First, if you are employed by a governmental body, know the law, as some violations – such as in the IRS case – are punishable by criminal prosecution. (Here is an overview of relevant federal law and here is one regarding employment with NY City.) Similarly, if employed in the private sector, know and follow your company's moonlighting policy – which is often found in the conflict of interest section of a company code of conduct.
Second, if you are an employer, make sure you in fact have implemented a moonlighting policy – and note that the failure to have one could, in certain circumstances result in a violation of state "lawful conduct" statutes. (I don't know about laws outside the US on this issue.)
Such policies typically include conflicts-of-interest provisions – barring/restricting employment:
– with a competitor company or a firm that does (or seeks to do) business with the organization – like a supplier or customer;
– in jobs that might entail use of the organization's confidential information or commercial relationships; or
– where the work could otherwise adversely affect the organization's image or interests.
Beyond such conflicts, these policies generally provide that a second job shouldn't interfere with performance of duties required by the first – e.g., by making an employee too tired for the latter or causing her to use time that should be spent on the latter for the benefit of the former.
Third, these policies should be promoted and enforced. They should be the subject of periodic communications – and not just buried in an employment manual that no one reads. There should also be a formal process to help ensure that approvals are documented and justified and, from time to time, the company should check to make sure the policies are actually being followed.
Fourth, whether as a matter of practice or policy, the "second company" (i.e., one that is hiring the moonlighting employee), should enquire of applicants if they have received any necessary permissions from their principal employer. I.e., an ethical organization will want to make sure not only that it is free of conflicts of interest internally but that it is not causing conflicts in others.
Finally, for a post on COI issues potentially arising from service on an outside board click here.
Is it a conflict of interest for a C&E officer to receive incentive compensation?
I don't think so – at least not in most cases. But given the general importance of incentives to compliance the question is a fair one, and has been raised occasionally over the years. (The conflict, of course, would be that to the extent that a C&E officer's compensation was tied to the profitability of her company, she might be discouraged from challenging improper conduct that contributed to that profitability.) And, the issue has recently been raised again – at least indirectly – by two researchers at Stanford's Graduate School of Business.
In "Fixed or Contingent? How Should 'Governance Monitors' Be Paid?", David F. Larker and Bryan Tayan discuss compensation approaches for two types of such monitors – general counsel and internal auditors. Of course, C&E officers are no less monitors than are internal auditors (and indeed, as Joseph E. Murphy – a long time leader in the field – has pointed out, they tend to be in a more pure monitoring role than are general counsel, who typically have many duties beyond their monitoring related ones).
The authors suggest that to the extent the role of monitors is to prevent errors, "monitors should be paid on a fixed salary basis, with failure to prevent malfeasance punishable by a substantial reduction in salary or outright termination from the firm." But they also note that such an approach "might not provide sufficient incentive for vigilant monitoring." They further point out that to date there has been little research to guide firms in finding the best approach to compensating monitors (other than research regarding directors, whose monitoring related duties are very different than are those of management).
But a recent study by Larker, Chris S. Armstrong and Alan D. Jagolinzer described in the paper found "a lower frequency of adverse outcomes (class action filings, financial restatements, SEC actions, and material weaknesses) among firms that offer higher incentive payments" to their governance monitors. They conclude that such an approach either incents better monitoring efforts or helps attract a better class of monitors.
So, good news for C&E officers!
A separate question, that goes beyond what is discussed in the Larker/Tayan paper, is what should the basis an E&C officer's incentive compensation be? We will explore that in a future posting.
Beyond the revolving door: misalignment of interests in enforcement decisions
A recent study shows that – contrary to what might be called popular suspicion – lawyers with the Securities and Exchange Commission do not seem to try to curry favor by making lax enforcement decisions when dealing with law firms that might offer future employment prospects. Rather, the study found evidence to support a "human capital" hypothesis that SEC lawyers interested in future private sector employment would use such encounters to showcase their skills, and be "tough."
Perhaps because they are somewhat surprising, the study's results have not been universally accepted. The author of this piece, for instance, argues that it seeks to "measure the unmeasurable," and she points to another recent study showing that "that SEC alums may exert a much more subtle influence at their old agency when they begin to represent clients in private practice."
Having been a white collar defense lawyer in a prior life, I was not especially surprised by the results (although I also agree that some of what the study is looking at is immeasurable). If anything, what I saw of former enforcement personnel who became defense lawyers is that many of them still viewed the world through a prosecutorial lens, i.e., a reverse revolving door.
But I do believe that there two dysfunctions in the enforcement realm which, if not constituting true COIs, come from the same neck of the woods, meaning they reflect the operation of forces that lead to enforcement decisions that are not well aligned with the public's interests.
The first is that prosecutors seem too easy to accept resolutions of investigations where the company (meaning its shareholders) pay a heavy price but the guilty executives go free. As described last week in a NY Times story : "The ballooning settlements are for civil charges of fraud against the government, criminal charges often related to the same conduct and, in the case of health care companies, recovery of money for states for Medicaid fraud. But while the collections are a boon to the government and taxpayers, they are resurrecting questions about the relative lack of charges against executives at the companies that are getting the stiffest penalties." The misalignment of interests here is that while prosecutors can claim credit for record settlements in charges against companies, the outcomes do little to protect the public from future crimes, since it is executives – much more than shareholders – who are in a position to engage in or prevent wrongdoing. (Of course, to the extent that a company pays extra to allow an executive to go free, the shareholders, as well as the public, are being ill served.)
The second (and related) misalignment of interests is that prosecutors are often rewarded (in terms of enhanced future job prospects) for the large settlements that they win in cases but, to my knowledge, none has ever been recognized for the crimes that they prevented, meaning for their work in promoting compliance programs. One can readily see what would be wrong with a health care system that measures success only by the number of surgeries conducted – not the health of the patients it serves, and indeed this criticism has been directed against aspects of the current health care regime. But when it comes to embracing prevention, medicine is light years ahead of law enforcement. (For more on how the legal system does too little to promote compliance programs, see this piece.) Aligning the interests of individual prosecutors with society's interest in preventing crimes as well as punishing them is key to a more overall effective approach to promoting law abidance by businesses than we have now.
Conflicts of interest in serving on another company's board of directors
Some codes of conduct and C&E policies and certifications identify outside board service as a potential COI. What should an analysis of COIs of this sort entail? This is a topic about which relatively little has apparently been published. Below are links to some helpful resources on it combined with a few hopefully helpful thoughts of my own.
First, in this post on the Business Ethics Blog, Chris MacDonald notes that serving on a board typically involves significant compensation (and hence should be considered an interest for COI purposes); an individual's board member duties could conflict with her employee duties if the entities in question did business with each other; and given the sheer time commitment expected of board service, there could be a significant time-management conflict in situations of this sort. This is a good foundation for analyzing COIs in these types of situations, to which one might add that even where the two entities don't do business with each other a conflict could arise if they both do business with a given third party, i.e., employee of Company A joins the board of Company B, which is seeking to do business with Company C, a supplier to Company A. (This would not necessarily be a COI – but, depending on a variety of circumstances, might be one.)
Second, another valuable post on this topic comes from Meghan Daniels of SAI Global – who offers various questions companies might ask when considering whether to allow an employee to join the board of another entity based on: a) the employee's role at the company; b) the time commitment involved in the contemplated board service; c) the status of the external company; and d) the relationship between the two entities.
Third, here is a useful code provision on board service from a publicly available code of conduct:
Entergy recognizes that there may be limited cases where it is in the Company's best interest for you to hold a position on the board of directors of a for-profit entity not affiliated with Entergy. However, the position must not place you or the Company in a potential conflict of interests situation, must meet all regulatory and legal requirements, and must be appropriately disclosed to all relevant parties. There are certain laws and regulations that can impact this service and you must discuss the situation with your supervisor and receive appropriate approvals prior to taking action.
Two points about this language: a) the need to make disclosure to "all relevant parties" is important, as disclosing to the company alone might not be enough; b) the policy appropriately focuses on the company's interest in deciding the issue at hand. Note, too, that the laws and regulations referenced here may be largely specific to the industry that this company is in, and being familiar with any relevant laws applicable to one's own organization can be critically important for addressing issues of this sort.
Fourth, worth considering (although perhaps of less immediately obvious relevance to our topic) is a judicial decision in a case called Raley v. Superior Court. In Raley, the Court ordered the disqualification of a lawyer's firm from participation in a litigation against a corporation that was owned by a trust, the trustee of which was a bank on whose board the lawyer sat, based, in part, upon the fact that the lawyer's fiduciary duties to the bank and trust "require him to make every reasonable effort to maximize" the assets of the trust, which could lead to his acting contrary to the firm's client in the litigation.
As relevant to the issue addressed in this posting, this language underscores just how strong the ethical and legal duty that arises from board service is – which, in turn could support a strict approach to determining COIs when an employee of one entity seeks to serve on the board of another. The case is indeed a reminder that serving on a board is serious business, and before agreeing to such service an individual – and, if relevant, her employer – should think through all that that entails from an ethical and legal perspective.
Fifth, in some situations a company might decide to permit an employee to join another company's board subject to management of any COIs flowing therefrom. If going this route, all concerned need to consider the implicatons vis a vis the confidentiality of the latter's information.
Finally, I should stress that there are a host of possible advantages to an organization in having one of its employees serving on the board of another entity (as reflected in the language from the Entergy code). Here is a good piece identifying some of those and my post should not be read as suggesting any presumption against permitting such service – it is offered only to help identify what some of the relevant COI issues might be.


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Kick-off 2023 with the ultimate ride – The All-New CLICK125
Posted by Mellow on January 21, 2023
The New Year begins with opportunities and obstacles too. From the demands of switching modes from work to play, day to night, or fast and slow, The All-New CLICK125 is the ultimate companion for what's ahead for 2023.
Leave all those worries behind and keep your eyes on the prize. As motorists look for a fresh start with the perfect ride to meet the demands of daily life, 2023 is shaping to be the Year of the Scooter, particularly The All-New CLICK125.
Here, we break down what makes the latest iteration of the country's best-selling scooter 2023's must-have from Honda Philippines, Inc.,(HPI) the No.1 motorcycle manufacturer in the country.
The new king of value
HPI understands the importance of great value that suits the market's lifestyle. Thus, The All-New CLICK125 can be yours for a great price along with money-saving fuel efficiency.
This most-awaited scooter was unveiled with an irresistible price of P80,900. Couple this with the fact that it runs 50.3km/L based on World Motorcycle Test Cycle (WMTC) results, look forward to riding without stopping for hours and go the distance with affordability in mind.
Of course, this high level of affordability and efficiency does not mean that performance is compromised. Made accessible for everyone, the scooter is designed for big miles, powered by a 125cc Liquid-Cooled PGM-FI eSP engine technology with a maximum power of 11hp (8.2kW) at 8,500rpm and maximum torque 10.8Nm at 5,000rpm.
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A handsome choice
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Dr. Boersma considers penguins marine sentinels, sounding the alarm on environmental threats to ocean ecosystems. Her research in Argentina has shown that in the last decade, climate-induced change has forced the penguins to swim about 25 miles farther each day in search of food. Working with the Wildlife Conservation Society, she provided the data that resulted in oil tanker routes being moved farther offshore to protect the penguins from the effects of commercial petroleum dumping.
Dr. Boersma, Wadsworth Endowed Chair in Conservation Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle, began her scientific career in the Galapagos Islands, where her dissertation research demonstrated how radical changes in ocean productivity, caused by the 1972 El Nino event, dramatically shaped the breeding biology of the Galapagos penguin.
As the impact of global climate change on biodiversity continues to unfold, Dr. Boersma's research indicates that penguins are at great risk. In the Western Antarctic peninsula, the warming air temperatures, which have risen six degrees over the past 50 years, have led to more rain and less snow. This seemingly subtle change endangers the newborn and very young chicks that have not developed the insulating plumage that would normally keep them dry. From a scientific perspective, she has employed studies of seabirds to improve our understanding of climate-change impact on the environment. Moreover, she has shared her passion and understanding of penguins to attract public attention to environmental issues.


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Does this mean that Congress and the court system and every Republican nutbag who used this poor woman's final days to improve their public image will finally shut up and get back to their jobs? Doubtful. I'm sure I'm going to have to hear people say things that are in no way based on any facts whatsoever for another 3 or 4 months, just like I have been for the last several months. God bless 24 hour news, you've turned us all into blathering idiots who don't have a damn clue about what is going on, but I'll be damned if we don't run our mouths like the armchair experts that we are acting as though we know all about what has gone on because we read about what happened in a news ticker while getting our latest Jacko update. I'm not one to talk, I ramble on at length about things as though I know more than the average person, but then again I tend to read more quality news in a day than the average person absorbs in a month from watching their local news and whatever 24 hour news station is airing at Applebee's. The lesson to be learned from Terri? Don't be a diet freak. If you're going to be a diet freak, leave a living will so people will know that you don't want to be kept alive for 15 years while your parents use your comatose shell as a means to get the country's attention, politicians use you to win more votes from the religious nuts who believe sweat can give you aids, and your husband sits by trying to do what's right while dodging bullets from crazy people. In six months, who will remember her name, what ailment she suffered from, what brought on that ailment, the fact that more independent doctors weighed in for the courts that she had no chance of recovery than any inner city kids will see in their lifetime. Move on people. If you want to be sad, be sad for someone you know who is suffering. Be sad for kids who die every day because their parents can't afford health care and the government isn't doing a damn thing to help them. Be sad for people in Iraq who die due to a lack of food and water brought on by US. Quit being a spaz over a woman whose name you know only because people like Tom DeLay used her to put themselves into the spotlight.
*cough* So. How about those Royals?


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Published: October 31, 2020, 5:31 AM
Updated: October 31, 2020, 3:36 PM
Tags: John Magufuli
Tanzania's opposition seeks new election, 'endless' protests
Published: October 31, 2020, 5:31 AM Updated: October 31, 2020, 3:36 PM
Chadema Presidential Candidate Tundu Lissu casts his vote at Ntewa Primary School's polling station in Ikungi town Singida region, Tanzania, Wednesday. Oct.28, 2020. Opposition challenger Lissu has urged people to go into the streets to protest if election results are announced Thursday without being counted properly. (AP Photo) (Uncredited, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
DODOMA – Tanzania's two main opposition parties on Saturday called for a re-run of Wednesday's election after alleging widespread fraud, and they urged people into the streets for an "endless peaceful demonstration" starting on Monday. Police warned that stern measures would be taken against anyone who tries to take to the streets.
The joint statement Saturday by the CHADEMA and ACT Wazalendo parties came hours after populist President John Magufuli was declared the winner of a second five-year term. The ruling party also secured nearly every seat in parliament, giving it the power to change the country's constitution.
"What happened on Oct. 28 was not an election but a butchering of democracy," CHADEMA chair Freeman Mbowe told reporters, asserting that more than 20 people were killed during the vote. "We demand the election repeated with immediate effect and the dissolving of the national electoral commission."
He added: "We announce an endless peaceful demonstration beginning Monday until our demands are implemented."
The opposition has alleged widespread irregularities before and during the vote in the East African nation that some observers say has taken a sharp turn away from democratic ideals in the past five years. Allegations include the rejection of thousands of election observers, a massive slowdown in internet and text-messaging services and ballot box stuffing.
Magufuli was declared the winner with 12.5 million votes, or 84%, while top opposition candidate Tundu Lissu received 1.9 million, or 13%. Lissu earlier rejected the vote and called on the international community not to recognize it.
The national electoral commission in its announcement late Friday called all votes legitimate. Turnout was roughly 50%.
Police have acknowledged scores of arrests around the election but no killings.


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Now it's just a matter of taking your SRAM Red mechanical groupset and adding the components in this kit to enable smooth, electronic shifting and SRAM's renowned ergonomics.
Tested for over a year by World Tour team Ag2R-La Mondiale in the world's biggest arenas - from the Tour de France to the Classics, the Vuelta a Espanya and Giro d'Italia - SRAM eTap is a proven performer.
The combination of tried-and-true SRAM Red components with the company's latest innovations in technical development to ensure your drivetrain will never be the same... For the better!
SRAM RED eTap Shifters - featuring race-car-inspired paddle shift logic that virtually eliminates mistaking upshifts for downshifts, these shifters keep your gear changes precise, fast, and easy.
It's a logic that is simplified for speed: right lever makes it harder, left lever makes it easier, both levers to change the front ring. SRAM's revised ErgoFit controls seamlessly connect rider and machine with Reach Adjust to fit any hand. You'll shift more, with less effort and spend less time doing it.
Carbon ErgoBlade levers and large SRAM eTap paddles provide positive controls for rider input.
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Do survivors of life's greatest trials possess a secret knowledge? Is there an art to survival?a map for crossing the wilderness?or daily life? Why do some people blossom through adversity while others stop growing? Drawing on twenty years' experience in this field, using stories, parable, and scientific data, acclaimed memoirist Mark Matousek gives the first-ever comprehensive look at this mysterious phenomenon of viriditas, the power of drawing passion, beauty, and wisdom from the unlikeliest places. Matousek interviews hundreds of well-known survivors?including Joan Didion, Elie Wiesel, and Isabel Allende?and experts such as Jon Kabat-Zinn, Jonathan Kozol, and Sogyal Rimpoche. He includes extraordinary testimonials, from a Tibetan nun imprisoned by the Chinese at age eleven and the women of Calama, Chile, digging for their "disappeared," among countless others. Drawing insight and advice from these many heroic individuals, Matousek presents a chorus of wisdom for how to survive our own lives?the vicissitudes of being human?and prevail.


The following tutorial will give you an overview of modifying terrains in Sandbox. A well-modeled terrain is an important base for creating a good level.
The goal of this tutorial is to provide users an overview of the basic functions of the terrain editing tools.
Users also have the option of modifying the heightmap from within the Terrain Editor, however, for making detailed and accurate adjustments you should modify terrain from within the Perspective view.
This will display the Brush Settings dialog box.
The type of terrain modification brush used to edit your terrain can be set here. There are three types of brushes that you can use to edit terrain: Flatten, Smooth, and Rise/Lower.
Flatten will flatten the terrain to a given height and diameter, Smooth will smooth over sharp gradients, and Rise/Lower increases or decreases the terrain height.
You can also use the Pick Height tool to select a height from the world to use for the flatten brush.
The outer edge of the area of effect of your terrain modification brush.
Checking this check box will set the same outer radius across the Flatten, Smooth and Rise/Lower brushes.
The inner edge of the area of effect of your terrain modification brush.
Within this radius the effect of the brush is at its maximum, between the outer edge of the inner radius and the outer edge of the outer radius the effect decreases.
How strong the effect of the brush is, the higher the value, the stronger the effect.
The height at which your brush will modify terrain. For the Flatten brush, this is the height the terrain will be flattened to.
For the Rise/Lower brush, this is the incremental amount the terrain will be raised/lowered by with each paint action.
Enables/disables random terrain variance effect in the brush.
The strength of the noise effect, a higher scale will give more noise.
How often the noise effect is applied.
Checking this check box will re-align objects with any terrain edited, keeping it on the top.
Checking this check box will re-align vegetation with the terrain as it is edited, keeping the vegetation on top.
On the Brush Settings menu, there are several sliders that you can use to modify the brush.
The Outside Radius slider changes the size of the brush.
The Hardness slider changes the strength of the brush. A lower value will give a soft effect and a higher value will make it stronger.
The Height slider modifies the height settings of applicable brushes.
Flatten - This modifies the height to which the terrain will be flattened. Holding down Ctrl and clicking will set the height value to the height of the terrain that you clicked on.
Rise/Lower - This increases or decreases the height to which the Rise/Lower tool will apply. If you have a positive value set as the height, holding down Ctrl and clicking will lower the height of the terrain.
Click Modify again or press Esc to stop editing the terrain.
The Flatten brush will make any piece of terrain completely flat, at a predefined height.
To activate the Flatten brush, in the Brush Settings section, simply select the Flatten button.
To flatten the terrain, you need to select a height with the Height slider in the Modify Terrain panel.
Alternatively, with the Flatten Brush selected, hold the Ctrl key and click anywhere on the terrain to automatically select the height of the terrain at the specified point.
Now, click and hold down the mouse button in the Perspective viewport and move the mouse pointer around.
The terrain will be flattened to the picked height, over where the brush moves.
The Smooth brush makes a sharp terrain smoother and softer. Activate the Smooth brush by selecting the button in the Rollup Bar.
Holding down Shift whilst using the flatten brush will also switch the brush functionality to smoothing.
In the Perspective viewport, click and hold down the mouse button and move the mouse pointer around to smooth an area of terrain.
The tool will attempt to average out the height of the terrain, based on the surrounding terrain areas to provide a smoother surface.
The Rise/Lower brush will allow you to increase or reduce the height of the terrain, to make natural terrain structures, like hills and mountains.
Activate the Rise/Lower brush by selecting the Rise/Lower button in the Rollup Bar.
Click and hold down the mouse button in the Perspective viewport and move the mouse pointer around.
If you have set a positive height in the Height slider, the terrain will move up whilst a negative number set in the Height slider will move the terrain down.
You can use the difference between the inner and outer radius in the Rise/Lower tool to control the steepness of your hill/mountain.
For information on this, please see the Terrain Import and Export article.
Open the terrain resize window from the Terrain menu > Resize Terrain.
The Holes tool is used for making geometrical holes in both the physical and visual mesh of the terrain. It is useful for creating areas beneath, or inside the terrain of the level.
These holes can be "filled" again with geometry from a Digital Content Creation (DCC) Tool, such as rock brushes or vegetation objects. See the Forest sample level Cave area for an example.
The Make Hole button allows you to disable areas of geometry from the terrain. The heightmap geometry is not removed however, it is hidden and the physics are disabled for the hole section.
The Remove Hole button will restore the physics and rendering for any area of the terrain where a hole has been made.
Select the Make Hole tool and move the mouse over your terrain.
You can change the size of the hole you wish to make by adjusting the Brush Radius, left click to create a hole.
Select the Remove Hole tool and move the mouse over your terrain, click to recreate the geometry previously removed.
When removing holes, note that you're limited to one terrain unit adjacent to existing terrain.
See Move Area for more information.
As you can see in the image below, with a little practice, it is possible to create realistic and interesting terrain. Creating a nice terrain setup is a good, first step in the creation of a level. Therefore, it is well worth it to take the time and practice a little.


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London shoppers put their own credit and debit cards at risk.
February 13, 2014 | Filed under: Financial & Legal, General Business News, Retail, Tech & Telecomms	and tagged with: "Card Fraud", "Credit Cards", "Debit Cards, Coventry, Fraud, London
30% of shoppers in the capital admit to reading credit and debit card details out loud in a public place.
New research commissioned by Semafone has revealed that many Londoners are putting their own credit and debit cards at risk by reading the numbers out loud in public. Almost 30% of those surveyed revealed that they had spoken their details out loud on public transport, in an open plan office, in the street, in a restaurant or in another public place. This was higher than any of the other 11 UK regions surveyed.
20% of the respondents from London admitted to speaking details aloud in an open plan office and over 16% said that they had done so in the street. Both of these statistics were significantly higher than other regions. In the East Midlands, which emerged as most cautious area of the UK, only 8% had spoken their details out loud in an office and just 5.4% in the street.
Tim Critchley, CEO of Semafone, commented, "Paying by telephone is still extremely popular because it's quick, it's easy, and there's someone on the end of the line to provide help. In fact telephone payments account for one in eight of the UK's card transactions. It is clear from this survey, however, that many of us are not applying the same standards of security to telephone payments that we would to online transactions."
"Nobody would dream of saying their PIN number out loud in a public place, but unfortunately, once we are on the phone, we will often provide our card number, 3 digit security code and address without a second thought, blocking out everything around us and forgetting that we can be overheard. As residents of a busy city, Londoners may be particularly susceptible to this type of intense focus. "
According to research from academic institutions including Princeton University, our ability to perceive the world around us is severely limited when we are speaking on the phone. This is due to "cognitive load" – human brains are unable to maintain full awareness of their surroundings when engaged in a telephone conversation, making us less likely to notice eavesdroppers.
The risk from telephone payment fraud is twofold:
– From card details being overheard in the street
– From the call centre itself.
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Q: '$ is not defined' in code following jQuery include I'm getting the familiar '$ is not defined' error in my JavaScript for the following line in one of my javascript files...
$(document).ready(function() { … }

Normally this is because I've forgotten to include jQuery, but not this time! I have included it, and it is the first include in the page. This error happens in included JavaScript files, and also in any code within  tags, all of which come after the jQuery include. It also doesn't happen all the time, maybe half the time when I refresh the page.
I've also used jQuery quite a lot and never seen this before, so I am quite confused.
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Looking at the Net tab in Firebug, jQuery is being requested and I get a 200 response but nothing is sent back in the response body. If I open the file directly in a new tab or whatever, I get an empty document. Firefox seems to think the file is cached but the data size is 0. Cache control is 'no-cache'. Confused.
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Opened jQuery file in VisualStudio, saved jQuery file with no modifications, everything works perfectly now. Still totally confused.

A: Are you sure that jQuery is actually being loaded into the browser? It sounds like it really isn't.  You should use Firebug or Fiddler to check all the http requests to see if it is actually being downloaded.
Here's a screenshot of how you can check this using Firebug.

A: Are you using Wordpress or some sort of CMS? If so, their version of jQuery may have of code at the end which calls jQuery.noConflict(). You can read about this method here: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.noConflict/
This means that whenever you want to use the $ function, you need to use jQuery instead.
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Instead of
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You would do
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Bulnes in Asturias, Spain is a small village located in the mountains in the national park of Picos De Europa. Picos De Europa is a mountain range in the north of Spain, the origin of the name comes from them being the first sight of Europe for ships coming from the America.
Bulnes is not accessible by road. You have to take a tunnel funicular, which is like a tram going inside the mountain. During summer its popular among tourists and hikers. Bulnes only has a few cafes but the actual perks why its so attractive is the remote location, hiking trails and the peaceful ambience of the mountains.
According to Wikipedia it has a population of 34 but we went there during the winter and saw, in addition to another tourist group, one guy with two dogs, some chicken and cows. One thing i really enjoyed that you're there completely shut out of the rest of the world and surrounded by the amazing nature.
Here's a set of photos from the trip!


Brent Robison, founder of TheGive5.org, on ABC's Tulsa affiliate for "Good Day Tulsa" on Monday, July 13.
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Forest Park Country Club in Adams is seeking an active and motivated full-time Clubhouse Manager to oversee clubhouse operations including the bar, banquet room and pro-shop. Position is seasonal, April-November. Responsibilities include supervising bar staff, organizing and facilitating golf tournaments, functions and daily operation of the clubhouse. Send cover letter and resume to P.O. Box 173, Adams, MA 01220 or electronically to canes54@gmail.com.
Compensation is hourly + gratuities.
Some experience working in a customer service capacity. Ideal candidates will have experience managing personnel, working behind a bar, and handling money. Preference given to candidates with a hospitality background and familiarity with golf course operations.
Candidates will need to be TIPs Certified prior to start date.
Collecting greens fees, bar receipts, and banquet receipts.
Organizing and facilitating all local and outside tournaments, functions, and events.
Prepare register cash outs and deposits on a daily basis.
Maintaining an organized and detailed schedule of all events and tournaments.
Training and oversight of all bar employees.
Preparing and posting a schedule for all bar employees, including Manager's shifts.
Inventory and order all beer, wine, liquor, soda and other bar supplies on a weekly basis.
Maintain and manage a golf pro shop.
Cleaning, vacuuming and maintaining the bathrooms, bar area, porch and other relevant areas on a daily basis.
Maintaining rental carts including gassing, cleaning and general preparation for daily use.
Routine maintenance and oversight of the G.H.I.N handicap system.
Position is supervised by the Vice President and reports to the Board of Managers.
Well, "Old Man Winter" doesn't appear to be quite ready to go on hiatus with this latest batch of "poor man's fertilizer". The course wintered well with minimal wind/tree damage so rest assured, we'll be strolling down the fairways soon. We have a couple of scheduled events in the banquet hall in March and the club house opens shortly before the course (to insure that barstool heights and beverage cooler temperatures are accurate) so check in via social media and the web site for updates.
Speaking of our club house, remember to consider us when booking your next event. We have a beautiful banquet facility to host functions both large and small ranging from parties, showers, receptions, etc. throughout the season. We can even help with coordinating catering and entertainment options as well. Be sure to contact us early as available dates often fill quickly.
Forest Park is a great place to host a tournament. We currently have numerous charity and fundraising events returning to the course annually and are open to other weekday or weekend outings. If you're considering coordinating a tournament or outing, contact us, you'll have a great time at our course.
Well that's about all for now boys and girls. I suggest that you start putting on the living room carpet with the PGA tournament on the TV and a cold beverage on the coffee table. Once the beverage is empty, immediately replace it with a full one. At Forest Park, we put a strong emphasis on staying hydrated!
Scraping the windshield, getting gas for the snowblower, school canellations……..IT'S ALL BEHIND US!!
That's right ladies and gentlemen, it is once again time to take that fabled drive up Forest Park Avenue as today, Forest Park Country Club is open for the season! So stick that snow shovel in the corner of the garage and grab your clubs. Throw the winter boots in the basement and put on your golf shoes!
It's going to be another great year at "The finest golf course in Adams" so we hope to see you there!
The FPCC tournament schedule has been updated for the upcoming 2017 season. Make sure to pencil them into your calendar. Complete Berkshire Allied tournament schedules to come.
Our clubhouse will be open tomorrow (3/24) at 1 p.m for a "soft opening". It will be a great chance to meet our new general manager, John Bradbury while verifying that stool heights and cooler temperatures are accurate. Our hours will be Thursday-Sunday until the golf course opens 1pm-close.


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Mavs finished regular season with the most efficient offense in NBA history
Aug 15, 2020 Dwain Price
The team with the most efficient offensive season in NBA history is not the team centered around Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, or James Harden and Russell Westbrook, or Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. Or not even Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Showtime Los Angeles Lakers.
It's the team centered around Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis.
Now that the 2019-'20 regular season is officially in the books, Doncic, Porzingis and the Dallas Mavericks came out of it by completing the most efficient offensive season in the history of the NBA. The Mavs' offensive rating of 115.9 points per 100 possessions eclipsed the old record of 115 points per 100 possessions set last season by Curry, Thompson and the Golden State Warriors.
That gold standard is obviously a high-water mark the Mavs are very proud of as they make their 16th playoff appearance over a 20-year span when they open a best-of-seven series on Monday at 8 p.m. against the Los Angeles Clippers.
"It just shows you how good our team is offensively," forward Dorian Finney-Smith said. "We've got two heckuva kind of combo (players) with Luka and KP, and everybody else do what we do know.
"Tim (Hardaway Jr.) can score the ball, Seth (Curry) can score, Trey (Burke) can score, me and Maxi (Kleber) do what we do. I just think we've got a great team, and when we're moving the ball it's hard to stop us."
The Mavs have been so explosive on offense that they scored at least 45 points in one quarter a franchise-record five times this season, including three times in the first 16 games. By contrast, the old team record was two times – and the last time that occurred was during the 1994-'95 season.
Also, the Mavs tallied 40 or more points in the first quarter a franchise-record seven times this season, breaking the old record of five set way back during the 1986-'87 season. In short, the Mavs' ability to keep lighting up the scoreboard puts immense pressure on opposing defenses no matter the talent level of that defense.
"I like to score,' coach Rick Carlisle said. "What can I tell you? I like today's game, I like skill players, I like guys that'll move the ball, that can drive it and do all those kinds of things."
Starting with the multi-dimensional Doncic, the Mavs have more than their share of players who can do a number of things on the offensive end of the floor. Doncic is averaging 28.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 8.8 assists, and also led the NBA in triple-doubles this season with 17.
In addition, Doncic became the first player in NBA history to produce a 36-point, 14-rebound, career-high 19-assist stat line when he manufactured those incredible numbers against the Milwaukee Bucks on Aug. 8. He also was named on Saturday to the NBA All-Seeding Games First Team after posting three triple-doubles in seven games inside the bubble in Orlando.
Meanwhile, Porzingis entered the playoffs having scored 20 or more points in all six games that he played in the bubble, including four games where he tallied at least 30 points. The only other time in his career that Porzingis went six consecutive games scoring at least 20 points was from Nov. 3-15, 2017 when he was playing for the New York Knicks.
"It's good to be playing at a better level than I was in the beginning of the season," said Porzingis, named Saturday to the NBA All-Seeding Games Second Team. "Like I said, I just needed time. I needed time and I knew with the work that I put in I was going to go like this.
"I never really had any doubts in my mind, but now that I'm actually playing at a better level I'm still looking at the things that I can do better. I'm never satisfied. It's obviously a good feeling to be recognized, but I feel like I still have a lot more growing and a lot more to prove."
Porzingis believes with the way the Mavs can score the ball, they have a great chance to be in every game and win that game no matter who they're playing.
"We can beat anybody with our offense," said Porzingis, who averaged 30.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in the bubble. "I think the next steps for us are bringing the rest of the things up to that level.
"We're working towards that, but what we want to keep doing is keeping our offense that way and also improving that. We don't want to not be a great offensive team and do all the rest of the things right."
Adding to the Mavs' powerful offensive weaponry is guard Tim Hardaway Jr., who shot a career-high 39.8 percent from 3-point range this season while converting 203 of 510 buckets from downtown. That's the most made 3-pointers by anyone in Mavs' history other than the 257 shots from beyond the 3-point line that George McCloud converted on 678 attempts during the 1995-'96 season.
All of that offensive fireworks by the Mavs will be put to the test against a Clippers team that field two high-caliber All-Stars in Leonard and George.
"We have a very tough matchup, but this is a great opportunity for us," Carlisle said. "We know that we're playing a team on the very highest level of this league.
"It's going to be very challenging, very physical, etc. But we've had a couple of good days of prep and we've got one more tomorrow and we're looking forward to the opportunity."
The Mavs set a franchise record by scoring at least 140 points in four games this season. They also scored at least 135 points in three consecutive games for the first time in team history.
"That's one of our strengths – our offense – and that's just the way we play," Porzingis said. "We're a dangerous team on offense and on any given night we can surprise people and we can beat anybody with our offense.
"We want to be a complete team, so we want to keep it going. It doesn't mean much if you're not able to win games. So we just want to win games, and then everybody is going to be talking about us."
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Tweede Kamerverkiezingen in het kiesdistrict Haarlem (1888-1918) geeft een overzicht van verkiezingen voor de Nederlandse Tweede Kamer in het kiesdistrict Haarlem in de periode 1888-1918.

Het kiesdistrict Haarlem was al ingesteld in 1848. De indeling van het kiesdistrict werd gewijzigd na de grondwetsherziening van 1887; tevens werd het kiesdistrict toen omgezet in een enkelvoudig district. Tot het kiesdistrict behoorde vanaf dat moment uitsluitend de gemeente Haarlem.

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 cursief: in de eerste verkiezingsronde geëindigd op de eerste of tweede plaats, en geplaatst voor de tweede ronde;
 vet: gekozen als lid van de Tweede Kamer.

6 maart 1888
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na vervroegde ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

9 juni 1891
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

10 april 1894
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na vervroegde ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

16 mei 1894
Joan Röell was bij de verkiezingen van 10 april 1894 gekozen in twee kiesdistricten, Haarlem en Utrecht. Hij opteerde voor Utrecht, als gevolg waarvan in Haarlem een naverkiezing gehouden werd.

6 oktober 1896
Antonie Farncombe Sanders, gekozen bij de verkiezingen van 16 mei 1894, overleed op 7 september 1896. Om in de ontstane vacature te voorzien werd een tussentijdse verkiezing gehouden.

15 juni 1897
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

11 mei 1900
Adrien Rethaan Macaré, gekozen bij de verkiezingen van 6 maart 1888, trad op 1 april 1900 af vanwege zijn benoeming als advocaat-generaal bij de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden. Om in de ontstane vacature te voorzien werd een tussentijdse verkiezing gehouden.

14 juni 1901
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

16 juni 1905
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

11 juni 1909
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

17 juni 1913
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

15 juni 1917
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

Opheffing
De verkiezing van 1917 was de laatste verkiezing voor het kiesdistrict Haarlem. In 1918 werd voor verkiezingen voor de Tweede Kamer overgegaan op een systeem van evenredige vertegenwoordiging met kandidatenlijsten van politieke partijen.

Geschiedenis van Haarlem
Politiek in Haarlem
Haarlem 1888

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A singularly peculiar year for Statements of Ownership, 1965 saw DC running two sets of forms in many of its comics: Ones without sales figures, and then again later on with them. Whatever the reason, it brings in many new data points, giving us more than 90 titles with circulation figures for the first time.
Marvel's super-hero titles continued to grow in circulation — although only Thor's title, Journey into Mystery, cracked the top 50.
Non-super-hero publishers continued to hemhorrage readers. In five years, Uncle Scrooge had lost fully two thirds of its readership. And every single one of the bottom 13 titles on the list is from Charlton.
Also worthy of note is that this is the last full pre-TV show year for Batman. As a comparison with 1966 will show, super-heroes would only get hotter.


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How Common Are False Sex Crime Accusations?
On Behalf of The Foley Law Firm | November 17, 2014 | Sex Crimes
For a long time, the number given out for false rape accusations was just 2 percent. With just about any crime, there is going to be a bit of false reporting, and it was thought that rape and sex crimes fit right in with the standard amount -- which is also about 2 percent. However, some people are now challenging that, saying that false rape accusations may be more common than previously thought, both in Colorado and elsewhere.
One person who worked in the field for years even said that he felt rape was one of the types of crimes that was falsely reported most often. He had worked fighting for criminal charges for accused rapists, but he noticed that not all of the cases that came before him were backed up in facts.
One detective said that the typical amount of accusations that his department saw every weekend tended to hang right around four or five. However, he noted that there were "significantly less" real cases than those that first crossed his desk as reports. He counted in this number the calls coming from people who thought their drinks had been drugged. He said that it often happened just because the people making the calls did not have a full grasp on the ramifications of calling in without a real report.
This is important to remember when accusations for sex offenses are handed out. Everyone deserves to have a fair trial, and due process must be observed. This way, the court can work to make sure that convictions are only given out when they are fully justified.
Source: A Voice for Male Students, "10 Reasons False Rape Accusations are Common" Jonathan Taylor, Dec. 16, 2014


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Vračev Gaj (serbocroata cirílico: Врачев Гај) es un pueblo de Serbia perteneciente al municipio de Bela Crkva en el distrito de Banato del Sur de la provincia autónoma de Voivodina.

En 2011 tenía 1348 habitantes, casi todos étnicamente serbios.

Se conoce la existencia de la localidad desde 1660, cuando se menciona con el nombre de "Benčilovo". Desde sus orígenes fue un pueblo étnicamente serbio. Fue una localidad activa en la revolución de 1848, hasta el punto que durante la misma se quemó la iglesia del pueblo, siendo construido un nuevo templo en 1856. En 1891 se construyó aquí una estación de tren, pero fue abandonada al quedar como un pueblo fronterizo con Rumania en el tratado de Trianón.

Se ubica en la periferia suroccidental de Bela Crkva, junto a la frontera con Rumania. Al otro lado de la frontera se ubica el pueblo de Socol, marcando el límite entre ambos pueblos el río Nera.

Referencias

Localidades de Serbia
Distrito de Banato del Sur


Pirates of The Caribbean Legend of Jack Sparrow is one of the most exciting adventure based video games I have ever played and it is simply fantastic from start to finish. The games story line is not the best but the graphics and game play more than make up for this and it is highly entertaining in many ways.
We have also compiled a Review System for this, of which Legend of Jack Sparrow is Rated as Three Stars, the third highest possible score available from the Game Review Team.


Columbus Technical College announced today that it has earned the 2017-2018 Military Friendly® School designation. This is the 5th year in a row the College has been honored with this distinction. During the last fiscal year, Columbus Technical College served 911 students through VA benefits. That's about 20 percent of the entire student population.
Military Friendly® Schools is a comprehensive, powerful resource for veterans. Each year, the list of Military Friendly® Schools is provided to service members and their families, helping them select the best university,community college or technical college to receive the education and training needed to pursue a civilian career.
Final ratings were determined by combining the institution's survey scores with the assessment of the institution's ability to meet thresholds for Student Retention, Graduation, Job Placement, Loan Repayment, Persistence (Degree Advancement or Transfer) and Loan Default rates for all students and, specifically, for student veterans.
For more information about Columbus Technical College's commitment to attracting and supporting military students, visit https://www.columbustech.edu/students/veterans.cms.
Columbus Technical College will be showcased along with other 2018 Military Friendly® Schools in the annual Guide to  Military  Friendly® Schools' special education issues of  G.I. Jobs® and Military Spouse Magazine, and on the Military Friendly® website, https://militaryfriendly.com.


HAMILTON, ON (February 6, 2014) – Each year, the last day of February is reserved for International Strain Injury (RSI) Awareness Day, a day dedicated to RSI education and prevention. February 28, 2014 will mark the 15th Annual RSI Awareness Day.
Repetitive strain injuries, also known as work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), is an umbrella term to describe a family of painful disorders affecting tendons, muscles, nerves and joints in the neck, upper and lower back, chest, shoulders, arms and hands. These disorders can be caused by work activities that are frequent and repetitive, or activities with awkward postures.
WMSDs can be caused by work activities that are frequent and repetitive, or activities with awkward postures, including fixed or constrained body positions; continual repetition of movements; force concentrated on small parts of the body, such as the hand or wrist or a pace of work that does not allow enough rest between movements. Heat, cold and vibration may also contribute to the development of WMSDs. These disorders are generally caused by a combination of these factors - rather than one individual factor.
A fundamental principle of occupational health and safety is that hazards are best eliminated at the source. In the case of WMSDs, the prime source of hazard is the repetitiveness of work. Prevention must aim at eliminating the repetitiveness of the work by proper job design. Where this is not possible, preventive strategies such as good workplace layout, tool and equipment design, and proper work practices should be considered. It is important to recognize these disorders early because medical treatments become less effective the longer these injuries go on.
Preventive and control measures, in order to be truly effective, require significant involvement on the part of the workers, their representatives, and management to improve occupational health and safety.
For a number of free resources for the prevention of WMSDs, including fact sheets, podcasts, webinars and e-courses, visit the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety website.


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Q: How can I query and filter data in this case? This function was designed to create the database that is in the images.
exports.processosjudiciais = functions.https.onRequest(async (request, response): Promise<any> => {

    const jwtClient = new google.auth.JWT({
        email: serviceAccount.client_email,
        key: serviceAccount.private_key,
        scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets']
    })

    await jwtClient.authorize()

    const { data } = await sheets.spreadsheets.values.get({
        auth: jwtClient,
        spreadsheetId: 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
        range: `Processos judiciais!A11664:E11667`
    })

    const updatePromises = new Array()
    data.values?.forEach(row => {
        const [processoBE, autoresBE, documentosDosautores, arbitramentoDeHonoráriosBE, valorDaCausa] = row
        firestore.collection("Processos judiciais").doc(processoBE).set({
            processoBE, autoresBE, documentosDosautores, valorDaCausa
        })
        arbitramentoDeHonoráriosBE.split("; ").forEach((v: string) => {
            updatePromises.push(
                firestore.collection("Processos judiciais").doc(processoBE).collection('fee-arbitrations - Base de Execução').doc(v).set({
                    arbitramentoDeHonoráriosBE: v,
                    processoBE,
                })
            )
        })
    })
    return await Promise.all(updatePromises)
})

I need to compare the data that I highlighted with the arrow in red, with the values that are in the google spreadsheet (I also highlighted in red in the image). How can I make this comparison? From the code I made, if I make the comparison only with the first "where", I can extract a result. I need to do the comparison with the two "where". What am I doing wrong? Why can't I make this comparison?

import * as functions from 'firebase-functions'
import { google } from 'googleapis'
import { initializeApp } from 'firebase-admin/app'
const serviceAccount = require('../sheets_updater_service_account.json')
const sheets = google.sheets('v4')
import { getFirestore  } from "firebase-admin/firestore"
initializeApp()
const firestore = getFirestore()

module.exports.readAndUpdateAdministrativeSheet = functions.https.onRequest(async (request, response) => {

    // =========================== AUTENTICAÇÃO FIREBASE ===================================
    const jwtClient = new google.auth.JWT({
        email: serviceAccount.client_email,
        key: serviceAccount.private_key,
        scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets']
    })

    await jwtClient.authorize()

    // ================= CONEXÃO COM A PLANILHA CRIAÇÃO DE FILTROS =========================
    const { data } = await sheets.spreadsheets.values.get({
        auth: jwtClient,
        spreadsheetId: '1bGJGQInmGmI-ODHM5hSZtQdvbPFVzWT70oPD6mTxcmU',
        range: `Listagem de pagamento!A2:X6`,
    })

    // ========= CRIAÇÃO DE BANCO DE DADOS DA COLEÇÃO LISTAGEM DE PAGAMENTO ================
    const generateDuplicities = data.values!.map(async row => {
        const [idade, nome, cpf, cpf_x, numeroRequerimento, arbitramentoHonorários,
            valorArbitrado, valorDeferido, valorComplementar, status, resultado, codigoBanco,
            banco, agencia, conta, dataDoRequerimento, dataRequerimento, dataStatus,
            comarca, vara, ato, assistidos, email, telefone] = row
        firestore.collection("Listagem de pagamento").doc(numeroRequerimento).set({
            idade, nome, cpf, cpf_x, numeroRequerimento, arbitramentoHonorários,
            valorArbitrado, valorDeferido, valorComplementar, status, resultado, codigoBanco,
            banco, agencia, conta, dataDoRequerimento, dataRequerimento, dataStatus, comarca, vara, ato,
            assistidos, email, telefone
        })
const duplicitiesWithJudicialCharges = new Array()
        const resultduplicitiesWithJudicialCharges = firestore.collection("Processos judiciais") //1VgkQFGZCKvINMLtnVLIeC0tQhAjxeNk92PQN5QKLq-Q (Base de dados de execuções)
            .where("arbitramentoDeHonoráriosBE", "array-contains", arbitramentoHonorários) // Arbitramento de Honorários => Planilha Base de dados de execuções  /  Arbitramento de Honorários => Planilha de Criação de filtros
            .where("documentosDosautores", "==", cpf) // documentosDosautores => Planilha Base de dados de execuções  /  cpf => Planilha de Criação de filtros
        const resDuplicitiesWithJudicialCharges = await resultduplicitiesWithJudicialCharges.get()
        if (resDuplicitiesWithJudicialCharges.size) {
            resDuplicitiesWithJudicialCharges.forEach(doc => {
                if (resDuplicitiesWithJudicialCharges.size == 1) {
                    functions.logger.log("Foi encontrada " + `${resDuplicitiesWithJudicialCharges.size} ` + "duplicidade judicial referente a pessoa " + `${nome}.`)
                    functions.logger.log(doc.id) // NÃO MEXER
                    functions.logger.log(doc.data()) //NÃO MEXER

                    duplicitiesWithJudicialCharges.push(`${'arbitramentoHonorários'}: ${arbitramentoHonorários}`, `${'nome'}: ${nome}`, `${'processoBE'}: ${doc.data().processoBE}`)
                    functions.logger.log(duplicitiesWithJudicialCharges)//NÃO MEXER
                } else if (resDuplicitiesWithJudicialCharges.size > 1) {
                    functions.logger.log("Foram encontradas " + `${resDuplicitiesWithJudicialCharges.size} ` + "duplicidades Judicial referente a pessoa " + `${nome}.`)
                }
            })
        }
        else if (resDuplicitiesWithJudicialCharges.size <= 0){
            functions.logger.log('Não há duplicidades judicial nesta lista')
        }
 })
    await Promise.all(generateDuplicities)
})

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

A: On this line of code:
const resultduplicitiesWithJudicialCharges = firestore.collection("Processos judiciais") //1VgkQFGZCKvINMLtnVLIeC0tQhAjxeNk92PQN5QKLq-Q (Base de dados de execuções)
.where("arbitramentoDeHonoráriosBE", "array-contains", arbitramentoHonorários) // Arbitramento de Honorários => Planilha Base de dados de execuções  /  Arbitramento de Honorários => Planilha de Criação de filtros
.where("documentosDosautores", "==", cpf)

There are some issues I want to point out.

*

*Your Firestore Data Structure has a nested collection which means that you have a parent collection and a sub-collection within a document based on your given image:

*You're only querying documents inside the Processos judiciais collection so your query cannot reach documents within your sub-collection.

*array-contains can only be used in fields that are array in type which in the image shown was a string.

*If the variable arbitramentoHonorários is an array, you should use the in operator instead. If it's a string then you should use the == operator.

*The only valid query on the given code above is this one: .where("documentosDosautores", "==", cpf).

To be able to query the collection and sub-collection, you must first query the collection and loop through all the matched data and call another query to query document's subcollection and push it to the initialized array. See code below:
const resultduplicitiesWithJudicialCharges = db.collection('Processos judiciais').where('documentosDosautores', '==', cpf);
const duplicitiesWithJudicialCharges = [];

resultduplicitiesWithJudicialCharges.get().then((querySnapshot) => {
  // Loop through all the matched result from the parent collection query.
  querySnapshot.forEach((parentDoc) => {
    // Logs documents from the parent collection.
    console.log(childDoc.id, " => ", doc.data());
    // Queries the subcollection where in `parentDoc.ref` are the documents from the result of 1st query.
    parentDoc.ref.collection(<'YOUR-SUBCOLLECTION-NAME'>).where('arbitramentoDeHonoráriosBE', '==', arbitramentoHonorários).get().then((querySnapshot) => {
      // Loop through all matched result from the subcollection query for each document matched from the parent query.
      querySnapshot.forEach((childDoc) => {
          // Logs documents from the subcollection.
          console.log(childDoc.id, " => ", doc.data());
          // Push data to the initialized array. Also used the `parentDoc.data()` that we fetched on the previous query.
          duplicitiesWithJudicialCharges.push(`${'arbitramentoHonorários'}: ${arbitramentoHonorários}`, `${'nome'}: ${nome}`, `${'processoBE'}: ${parentDoc.data().processoBE}`)
      });
    });
  });
});

Added some comments on the code snippet above for a better explanation.

For more relevant information, you may check out this documentations:

*

*Get multiple documents from a collection

*Array membership

*Query operators


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Simonde de Sismondi -Overproduction
Jean Charles Leonard Simonde de Sismondi
Overproduction and Machinery
Sismondi's whole scheme of distribution is underlain by an "unorthodox" belief as to the possibility of general overproduction, which militated against the success of his work. He argues that if the annual production were in excess of the annual revenue, which seemed to him quite possible, overproduction would be the result. Capital would then suffer loss, labor would go unemployed, and thus the consumers' gains through lower prices would be but temporary.
In reality, there seem to have been two different notions of overproduction in Sismondi's mind: one concerned "use values" or total utility; the other, exchange values. It is not unlikely that he was confused in dealing with the two. His reasoning upon the former notion, which to him is the fundamental one, Sismondi appears to have based upon the need for "repose." He states that repose, or rest, is a "natural" taste of man. It is the reward of labor. Man accumulates only to consume, which implies repose. But under the dominant system, laborers must work on, making a superabundance of products, many of which are luxuries. Their efforts are thus separated from their reward.
That a line drawn between necessities and luxuries, is also an essential part of Sismondi's reasoning here, is clear; for it is only for luxuries that man's wants are unlimited, and it is in multiplying goods beyond needs that overproduction lies. In a word, if men would satisfy their needs only, including the need of repose, the unremitting labor of the day would not be required. If the truth of his semi-ethical idea of necessities and luxuries be granted, as well as the statement that laborers are overworked, there is nothing inherently fallacious in the reasoning so far.
It is on the point of overproduction of exchange values that Sismondi falls into positive error. Here his whole idea is that an increased demand must precede increased production, and his criticism of the economists has already been referred to. He fails to see that, in the long run, production and revenue are interdependent; that production is the source of revenue; that it indirectly creates and directly limits "demand." He fails to see the significance of the fact that exchange values are relative, and that as a general proposition their total amount cannot be affected by changes in the total production of all commodities. Hence, he is led to uphold the possibility of a universal glut or general overproduction. Indeed, he states that at the time he wrote such a condition prevailed and had been in existence several years.
While he calls attention to important truths, Sismondi's oversights and fallacies on this point are many. He fails to see the difference between consumption and "demand," or at least does not understand the significance of this difference; for he does not allow for the fact that consumers must produce before their wants can become "effective." He generalizes too hastily from overproduction in particular industries. He illogically breaks into the round of production and consumption, and assumes revenue and demand almost as if they were something absolute this being accentuated by his constant separation of the operations of one year from those of another, thus artificially chopping industrial life into segments. He ignores the decrease in costs which frequently attends increased production, in this assuming a loss to capital and decreased employment, whereas decreased expenses of production would permit equal net earnings and increased employment. He, in his pessimism, does not consider facts as to increased consumption or as to its greater variety. And, finally, as a criticism of the Bicardian school, his arguments are weakened by not making due allowance for their assumptions as to length of time, mobility, and economic motive.
But his truths are not to be forgotten. He justly criticized the economists for reasoning so abstractly as to overlook the delay and friction often involved in bringing supply and demand into equilibrium. To this element of friction, Sismondi constantly points. And not only is there the immediate lack of equilibrium; it is increased, and its evils are heightened, by the fact that laborers frequently must remain at work though wages are lowered and hours increased. The force of habit, and the technical difficulties of transferring fixed capital, are brought into clear relief.
Sismondi attacked the prevailing idea that machinery is an unmixed good. Here again, though he goes too far, his criticism has its value. His real point is that invention and the introduction of machinery are an unmixed benefit only when preceded by an increase in revenue and demand which would allow the employment elsewhere of the labor which is displaced; otherwise there is suffering through lower wages and unemployment. All of which, for a given time, is frequently too true. Sismondi, however, would have restricted the adoption of machinery; while the economists, when they did not treat the question in such an abstract and general manner as to sail above it, would have resorted to some system of relief pending new adjustments.


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