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// Copyright 2020 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

package org.chromium.chrome.browser.privacy_sandbox;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.Browser;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;

import androidx.browser.customtabs.CustomTabsIntent;
import androidx.preference.Preference;
import androidx.preference.PreferenceFragmentCompat;
import androidx.vectordrawable.graphics.drawable.VectorDrawableCompat;

import org.chromium.base.IntentUtils;
import org.chromium.base.metrics.RecordHistogram;
import org.chromium.base.metrics.RecordUserAction;
import org.chromium.chrome.browser.flags.ChromeFeatureList;
import org.chromium.chrome.browser.settings.ChromeManagedPreferenceDelegate;
import org.chromium.components.browser_ui.settings.ChromeSwitchPreference;
import org.chromium.components.browser_ui.settings.SettingsUtils;
import org.chromium.ui.text.NoUnderlineClickableSpan;
import org.chromium.ui.text.SpanApplier;
import org.chromium.ui.text.SpanApplier.SpanInfo;
import org.chromium.ui.widget.ChromeBulletSpan;

/**
 * Settings fragment for privacy sandbox settings. This class represents a View in the MVC paradigm.
 */
public class PrivacySandboxSettingsFragment
        extends PreferenceFragmentCompat implements Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener {
    public static final String PRIVACY_SANDBOX_URL = "https://www.privacysandbox.com";
    // Key for the argument with which the PrivacySandbox fragment will be launched. The value for
    // this argument should be part of the PrivacySandboxReferrer enum, which contains all points of
    // entry to the Privacy Sandbox UI.
    public static final String PRIVACY_SANDBOX_REFERRER = "privacy-sandbox-referrer";

    public static final String EXPERIMENT_DESCRIPTION_TITLE = "privacy_sandbox_title";
    public static final String EXPERIMENT_DESCRIPTION_PREFERENCE = "privacy_sandbox_description";
    public static final String TOGGLE_DESCRIPTION_PREFERENCE = "privacy_sandbox_toggle_description";
    public static final String TOGGLE_PREFERENCE = "privacy_sandbox_toggle";
    public static final String FLOC_PREFERENCE = "floc_page";

    private @PrivacySandboxReferrer int mPrivacySandboxReferrer;
    private PrivacySandboxHelpers.CustomTabIntentHelper mCustomTabHelper;

    public static CharSequence getStatusString(Context context) {
        return context.getString(PrivacySandboxBridge.isPrivacySandboxEnabled()
                        ? R.string.privacy_sandbox_status_enabled
                        : R.string.privacy_sandbox_status_disabled);
    }

    /**
     * Initializes all the objects related to the preferences page.
     */
    @Override
    public void onCreatePreferences(Bundle bundle, String s) {
        assert !ChromeFeatureList.isEnabled(ChromeFeatureList.PRIVACY_SANDBOX_SETTINGS_3);
        // Add all preferences and set the title.
        getActivity().setTitle(R.string.prefs_privacy_sandbox);
        SettingsUtils.addPreferencesFromResource(this, R.xml.privacy_sandbox_preferences);

        // Modify the Privacy Sandbox elements.
        getPreferenceScreen().removePreference(findPreference(EXPERIMENT_DESCRIPTION_TITLE));
        updateFlocPreference();

        // Format the Privacy Sandbox description, which has a link.
        findPreference(EXPERIMENT_DESCRIPTION_PREFERENCE)
                .setSummary(SpanApplier.applySpans(
                        getContext().getString(R.string.privacy_sandbox_description_two),
                        new SpanInfo("<link>", "</link>",
                                new NoUnderlineClickableSpan(getContext(),
                                        (widget) -> openUrlInCct(PRIVACY_SANDBOX_URL)))));
        // Format the toggle description, which has bullet points.
        findPreference(TOGGLE_DESCRIPTION_PREFERENCE)
                .setSummary(SpanApplier.applySpans(
                        getContext().getString(R.string.privacy_sandbox_toggle_description_two),
                        new SpanInfo("<li1>", "</li1>", new ChromeBulletSpan(getContext())),
                        new SpanInfo("<li2>", "</li2>", new ChromeBulletSpan(getContext()))));

        ChromeSwitchPreference privacySandboxToggle =
                (ChromeSwitchPreference) findPreference(TOGGLE_PREFERENCE);
        privacySandboxToggle.setOnPreferenceChangeListener(this);
        privacySandboxToggle.setManagedPreferenceDelegate(createManagedPreferenceDelegate());
        privacySandboxToggle.setChecked(PrivacySandboxBridge.isPrivacySandboxEnabled());

        parseAndRecordReferrer(bundle);

        // Enable the options menu to be able to use a custom question mark button.
        setHasOptionsMenu(true);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object newValue) {
        String key = preference.getKey();
        if (!TOGGLE_PREFERENCE.equals(key)) return true;
        boolean enabled = (boolean) newValue;
        RecordUserAction.record(enabled ? "Settings.PrivacySandbox.ApisEnabled"
                                        : "Settings.PrivacySandbox.ApisDisabled");
        PrivacySandboxBridge.setPrivacySandboxEnabled(enabled);
        updateFlocPreference();
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
        super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
        outState.putInt(PRIVACY_SANDBOX_REFERRER, mPrivacySandboxReferrer);
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
        // Add the custom question mark button.
        menu.clear();
        MenuItem help =
                menu.add(Menu.NONE, R.id.menu_id_targeted_help, Menu.NONE, R.string.menu_help);
        help.setIcon(VectorDrawableCompat.create(
                getResources(), R.drawable.ic_help_and_feedback, getActivity().getTheme()));
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        if (item.getItemId() == R.id.menu_id_targeted_help) {
            // Action for the question mark button.
            openUrlInCct(PRIVACY_SANDBOX_URL);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        updateFlocPreference();
    }

    /**
     * Set the necessary CCT helpers to be able to natively open links. This is needed because the
     * helpers are not modularized.
     */
    public void setCustomTabIntentHelper(PrivacySandboxHelpers.CustomTabIntentHelper tabHelper) {
        mCustomTabHelper = tabHelper;
    }

    private ChromeManagedPreferenceDelegate createManagedPreferenceDelegate() {
        return preference -> {
            if (!TOGGLE_PREFERENCE.equals(preference.getKey())) return false;
            return PrivacySandboxBridge.isPrivacySandboxManaged();
        };
    }

    private void openUrlInCct(String url) {
        assert (mCustomTabHelper != null)
            : "CCT helpers must be set on PrivacySandboxSettingsFragment before opening a link.";
        CustomTabsIntent customTabIntent =
                new CustomTabsIntent.Builder().setShowTitle(true).build();
        customTabIntent.intent.setData(Uri.parse(url));
        Intent intent = mCustomTabHelper.createCustomTabActivityIntent(
                getContext(), customTabIntent.intent);
        intent.setPackage(getContext().getPackageName());
        intent.putExtra(Browser.EXTRA_APPLICATION_ID, getContext().getPackageName());
        IntentUtils.addTrustedIntentExtras(intent);
        IntentUtils.safeStartActivity(getContext(), intent);
    }

    private void parseAndRecordReferrer(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        if (savedInstanceState != null
                && savedInstanceState.containsKey(PRIVACY_SANDBOX_REFERRER)) {
            mPrivacySandboxReferrer = savedInstanceState.getInt(PRIVACY_SANDBOX_REFERRER);
        } else {
            Bundle extras = getArguments();
            assert (extras != null)
                    && extras.containsKey(PRIVACY_SANDBOX_REFERRER)
                : "PrivacySandboxSettingsFragment must be launched with a privacy-sandbox-referrer "
                            + "fragment argument, but none was provided.";
            mPrivacySandboxReferrer = extras.getInt(PRIVACY_SANDBOX_REFERRER);
        }
        // Record all the referrer metrics.
        RecordHistogram.recordEnumeratedHistogram("Settings.PrivacySandbox.PrivacySandboxReferrer",
                mPrivacySandboxReferrer, PrivacySandboxReferrer.COUNT);
        if (mPrivacySandboxReferrer == PrivacySandboxReferrer.PRIVACY_SETTINGS) {
            RecordUserAction.record("Settings.PrivacySandbox.OpenedFromSettingsParent");
        } else if (mPrivacySandboxReferrer == PrivacySandboxReferrer.COOKIES_SNACKBAR) {
            RecordUserAction.record("Settings.PrivacySandbox.OpenedFromCookiesPageToast");
        }
    }

    private void updateFlocPreference() {
        // Update the Preference linking to the FLoC page if shown.
        Preference flocPreference = findPreference(FLOC_PREFERENCE);
        if (flocPreference != null) {
            flocPreference.setEnabled(PrivacySandboxBridge.isPrivacySandboxEnabled());
            flocPreference.setSummary(PrivacySandboxBridge.getFlocStatusString());
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Oil from Western Siberia is transported to Murmansk by rail and then reloaded to tankers sailing the long distance to new markets in India. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The"Surgut" is one of the supertankers loaded with crude oil from Murmansk now sailing past Europe and instead heading to India.
With European Union sanctions on Russian oil coming into force earlier this week, the huge tankers loaded at terminals in the Kola Bay are forced to find new markets.
Like the "Surgut", a Suezmax 120,000 tons Sovcomflot tanker currently sailing south along the coast of Norway.
Instead of heading to Rotterdam, the Liberian-flagged Russian-owned tanker has Mumbai, India as final destination. Sailing distance is more than 9,100 nautical miles and will take about 38 days. But first the supertanker heads to the Suez Canal.
Loaded in Murmansk, the oil tanker "Surgut" was Thursday sailing the west coast of Norway en route to the Suez Canal. Source: Barents Observer / OpenStreetMap
The "Surgut" was loaded in the ice-free port of Murmansk, but the oil had then already been on a long journey. Shore terminals in the city are supplied with oil arriving by rail from Western Siberia. In addition, ship-to-ship reloading takes place in Kola Bay from smaller tankers crossing the Barents Sea from oil fields and terminals further northeast in the Russian Arctic.
Before Moscow's military attack on Ukraine, some 1,2 million barrels of oil a day were sent to EU ports, according to Bloomberg.
India, China and Turkey are now the biggest buyers of displaced Russian crude oil.
India has since the start of the war imported oil from Russia at discounted rates. New Delhi has also declared intentions to boost bilateral trade with Russia and Rosneft's huge Arctic Vostok Oil project could see investments by India.
According to vessel tracking data monitored by Bloomberg, India has since March, April boosted its oil import from Russia up to about one million barrels a day, nearly the same amount as the EU's pre-war import.
One of the oil terminals in the Kola Bay rebuilt to facilitate export of crude. Previously, this terminal was a fuel supply point for the military Northern Fleet. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
While export of crude oil fell in early November from ports in the Black Sea and the Pacific, it rose from the port of Murmansk and stayed unchanged from the Ust-Luga terminal in the Baltic.
Over the last three weeks, almost three-quarters of the volume out of Murmansk is currently heading to Asia. The terminals in Murmansk and Kola Bay send out some 250,000 barrels per day on average.
From January to the summer, the vast majority went to ports in Europe.
Oil-tanker "Vasili Dinkov" this autumn sailed from Russia's European Arctic to China via the Northern Sea Route. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
As previously reported by the Barents Observer, the Russian ice-classed oil tanker "Vasily Dinkov" this autumn made a test voyage along the Northern Sea Route to the Chinese port of Rizhao.
With Asia as the main market, it will be interesting to see how Russia will take advantage of the short-cut Arctic route next summer instead of sailing the more than 9,000 nautical miles detour via Suez.
Industry and Energy
New super-powerful icebreaker might work exclusively for Putin's oil tycoon Igor Sechin
Isolated Russia seeks way out through Arctic waters
In the name of energy security, Europe should not support more offshore drilling in the Arctic
A Russian rig prepares for drilling in the Barents Sea

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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package ca.kanoa.batman.sql;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import org.bukkit.configuration.file.FileConfiguration;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
import ca.kanoa.batman.startup.Startup;

public class Main {

	public static boolean debug = true;

	public static Main plugin;
	public static boolean autoSave;

	private static Set<Stats> stats;
	public static ArrayList<Killstreak> killstreaks = new ArrayList<Killstreak>();

	public static FileConfiguration config;
	public static FileConfiguration killstreakConfig;

	public static boolean trackDeathByMob;
	public static boolean canTrackOtherStats;

	public static SQLHelper sqlhelp;
	public static ConfigHelper confighelp;
	private Thread autosaver;

	public void onEnable() {

		Startup.getInstance().saveDefaultConfig();
		config = Startup.getInstance().getConfig();

		confighelp = new ConfigHelper(Startup.getInstance());

		killstreakConfig = confighelp.getConfig("Killstreaks.yml");
		loadKillstreaksFromConfig();

		Main.trackDeathByMob = config.getBoolean("trackDeathByMob");
		Main.canTrackOtherStats = config.getBoolean("canTrackOtherStats");

		sqlhelp = new SQLHelper(config.getBoolean("useMySQL"), getMySQLInfo());
		Startup.getInstance().getLogger().info("Getting stats!");
		stats = sqlhelp.getStats();
		stats = stats == null ? new HashSet<Stats>() : stats;
		autoSave = true;

		CommandExecutor CE = new CommandExecutor();
		Startup.getInstance().getCommand("pvp").setExecutor(CE);
		Startup.getInstance().getCommand("pvpa").setExecutor(CE);

		autosaver = new Thread(new Saver());
		autosaver.start();

		Startup.getInstance().getLogger().info("Enabled!");

	}

	private void loadKillstreaksFromConfig() {
		List<String> list = killstreakConfig.getStringList("Killstreaks");
		final String split = ",";

		for(String s : list){
			String[] string = s.replace(", ", ",").split(split);
			try{
				killstreaks.add(new Killstreak(string[0], Integer.parseInt(string[1]), new Command(string[2])));
			} catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e){
				Startup.getInstance().getLogger().warning("Found badly formated killstreak near: '" + s + "'");
			} catch (NumberFormatException e){
				Startup.getInstance().getLogger().warning("Could not find a number in the needed kills section near: '" + s + "'");
			} catch (Exception e){
				if(debug) e.printStackTrace();
				Startup.getInstance().getLogger().warning("Unknown error (" + e.toString() + ") while parsing killstreak: '" + s + "'");
			}
		}
	}

	public void onDisable(){

		autoSave = false;

		Startup.getInstance().getLogger().info("Disabling!");
		Startup.getInstance().getLogger().info("Saving stats to file...");

		sqlhelp.sendStats(stats);
	}

	private MySQLInfo getMySQLInfo() {
		if(config.getBoolean("useMySQL"))
			return new MySQLInfo(
					config.getString("MySQL.address"),
					config.getString("MySQL.database"),
					config.getString("MySQL.username"),
					config.getString("MySQL.password"),
					config.getString("MySQL.port"));
		else return new MySQLInfo();
	}

	public synchronized static Stats getStatsForPlayer(String player){
		for(Stats s : stats)
			if(s.getPlayerName().equals(player))
				return s;
		Stats stat = new Stats(player);
		stats.add(stat);
		return stat;
	}

	public synchronized static Stats getStatsForPlayer(Player player){
		return getStatsForPlayer(player.getName());
	}

	public synchronized static Set<Stats> getStats() {
		return stats;
	}

	public synchronized static void removeStat(Stats stat) {
		stats.remove(stat);
	}

	public synchronized static void addStat(Stats stat) {
		stats.add(stat);
	}

	public String killstreakMessage() {
		return config.getString("killstreakMessage");
	}

}


Bob Knight, who has been a friend and mentor to me over the years, thinks the culture war is increasingly revealing itself as Christianity's struggle–not against modern atheism, but against old-hat paganism that just won't go away.
We know from St. Paul, in Romans Chapter 1, that we're up against those "Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen." (v. 25) Indeed, the older I get, the more and more this chapter seems to describe the totality of what we're up against.
Astrology, ouija boards, hexes, crystals–all this tired old crapola, old as the hills–is easy to laugh at. Sally Quinn, widow of Washington Post honcho Ben Bradlee, seems convinced that she has acquired the power to hex people to death, implying that it's really hard for her to resist the temptation to voodoo President Donald Trump into an early grave.
Meanwhile, assorted celebrities and their followers natter about "the universe" as some kind of deity in its own right, about god-ness residing not in any Creator but in all created things: serving the creature more than the Creator. Oh–and we're all little gods and goddesses, too. Unless were Biggits.
It's so easy to dismiss this as simple-minded twaddle; but it's twaddle that's hung on for literally thousands of years, despite huge advances in science: it seems to take science in its stride. What pagan wouldn't say, "Oh, sure, I believe in science"?
"Science," unless the word is thrown around so carelessly as to mean virtually nothing at all, cannot support the absurdities of Far Left Crazy ideology–all that "transgender" slop, to name just one. But paganism can. It always has. Whenever we need support for our most extravagant depravities, paganism is right there to provide it. Mixing it with "science" yields a particularly toxic brew.
Moses cried out, "Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me" (Exodus 32:26). And what occasion had provoked this cry? The people of Israel had lapsed back into paganism, and were worshiping the golden calf.
God already knows who's on His side–but do we know?
It's not a question for Him, but for us.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 18th, 2018 at 1:41 pm	and tagged with Exodus 32 and the golden calf, modern paganism, paganism and science, Romans Chapter 1, Sally Quinn, science and the occult, St. Paul and Moses and posted in religion.	You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
A blaring expression of paganism invading our Christian nation is tattooing. It went from Navy guys getting an anchor on their forearm to how many tattoos do you have so far?
You used to have to pay a quarter to see someone with a lot of tattoos.
America, the America of my youth, was still infused with Christian values. Nowadays, that has been abandoned by many, many people, and we've paid a huge price for this.
I too, believe with all my heart, that the issue here is one of worship, the True God, or worship of any other god. There is nothing new under the sun.


The demographics are deeper than simply all-white vs. others - it's also about ELL students, special education students, and poverty as well. I've put up a bit on the Corbett statistics here www.ourglobaleducation.com/2009/08/corbetts-charter-magic-neoliberal.html and you're more than welcome to post any of the information on your blog as well. It's pretty shocking, if you ask me.
I also received an anonymous response from a Corbett parent detailing some other issues surrounding the charter school. It's also available on www.ourglobaleducation.com.
Glad to see you back Terry. I really missed your perspective on all the important issues.
Any financial enterprise is a "means to an end" for its owners. Corbett Superintendent Dunton is simply pointing out that neighboring districts want to keep students within their boundaries captive in order to retain the financial payments that follow those students. That's the unethical part.
The Corbett charter school, on the other hand, can't capture any students. Only those who freely choose to attend bring any financial payments with them.
Haven't checked in for quite some time. Nice to see you writing again.
Hypocrisy is the art of affecting qualities for the purpose of pretending to an undeserved virtue. Because individuals and institutions and societies most often live down to the suspicions about them, hypocrisy and its accompanying equivocations underpin the conduct of life. Imagine how frightful truth unvarnished would be.
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(1) THEFT BY TAKING OR RETAINING POSSESSION OF CARD TAKEN.—A person who takes a credit card from the person, possession, custody, or control of another without the cardholder's consent or who, with knowledge that it has been so taken, receives the credit card with intent to use it, to sell it, or to transfer it to a person other than the issuer or the cardholder is guilty of credit card theft and is subject to the penalties set forth in s. 817.67(1). Taking a credit card without consent includes obtaining it by conduct defined or known as statutory larceny, common-law larceny by trespassory taking, common-law larceny by trick or embezzlement or obtaining property by false pretense, false promise or extortion.
(2) THEFT OF CREDIT CARD LOST, MISLAID, OR DELIVERED BY MISTAKE.—A person who receives a credit card that he or she knows to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity or address of the cardholder and who retains possession with intent to use it, to sell it, or to transfer it to a person other than the issuer or the cardholder is guilty of credit card theft and is subject to the penalties set forth in s. 817.67(1).
(3) PURCHASE OR SALE OF CREDIT CARD OF ANOTHER.—A person other than the issuer who sells a credit card or a person who buys a credit card from a person other than the issuer violates this subsection and is subject to the penalties set forth in s. 817.67(1).
(4) OBTAINING CONTROL OF CREDIT CARD AS SECURITY FOR DEBT.—A person who, with intent to defraud the issuer, a person or organization providing money, goods, services, or anything else of value, or any other person, obtains control over a credit card as security for a debt violates this subsection and is subject to the penalties set forth in s. 817.67(1).
(5) DEALING IN CREDIT CARDS OF ANOTHER.—A person other than the issuer who, during any 12-month period, receives two or more credit cards issued in the name or names of different cardholders, which cards he or she has reason to know were taken or retained under circumstances which constitute credit card theft or a violation of this part, violates this subsection and is subject to the penalties set forth in s. 817.67(2).
(a) A person who, with intent to defraud a purported issuer or a person or organization providing money, goods, services, or anything else of value or any other person, falsely makes, falsely embosses, or falsely alters in any manner a credit card or utters such a credit card or who, with intent to defraud, has a counterfeit credit card or any invoice, voucher, sales draft, or other representation or manifestation of a counterfeit credit card in his or her possession, custody, or control is guilty of credit card forgery and is subject to the penalties set forth in s. 817.67(2).
(7) SIGNING CREDIT CARD OF ANOTHER.—A person other than the cardholder or a person authorized by him or her who, with intent to defraud the issuer or a person or organization providing money, goods, services, or anything else of value or any other person, signs a credit card violates this subsection and is subject to the penalties set forth in s. 817.67(1).
(8) UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A STOLEN CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD.—A person who knowingly possesses, receives, or retains custody of a credit or debit card that has been taken from the possession, custody, or control of another without the cardholder's consent and with the intent to impede the recovery of the credit or debit card by the cardholder commits unlawful possession of a stolen credit or debit card and is subject to the penalties set forth in s. 817.67(2). It is not a violation of this subsection for a retailer or retail employee, in the ordinary course of business, to possess, receive, or return a credit card or debit card that the retailer or retail employee does not know was stolen or to possess, receive, or retain a credit card or debit card that the retailer or retail employee knows is stolen for the purpose of an investigation into the circumstances regarding the theft of the card or its possible unlawful use.
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Clusters of tiny, slightly fragrant flowers adorn this pretty polyantha shrub rose throughout summer, right through to early autumn. Pale pink tips and cream centres, this is one of the most reliable and free-flowering varieties available. Excellent addition to any mixed border, they do flower best in full sun.
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The following was written by Wayne P. Knapp for the Knapp family on the remembered historical data and stories around his immediate family. At the bottom of his notes are the facts that we've uncovered to substantiate his own family story.
The following historical data regarding the Knapp family is provided here by Wayne P. Knapp, and is based on what fragmented records that are available.
My grandparents on my father's side were James Knapp and Elizabeth Brau. They bore eight children as follows: James Asa (who later became my father), Henry, Theron, Florence, Edward, Edgar, and May.
While still a baby, May was accidentally killed by an Indian at Sweetwater Divide in Wyoming. Edgar died while young.
When James Knapp died, Elizabeth remarried Charles Cunningham. Of this marriage six children were born: Ollie, Nora, Edson, Eva, Walter, and Blanche. When Charles Cunningham died, Elizabeth married the brother of her first husband, James, Charles Knapp. They were past child bearing ages and bore no children from this marriage.
Grandpa Charles Knapp was the only grandfather I ever knew. He was a small man with a large handle bar mustache. He always poured his coffee in a saucer and drank it, sucking the coffee from his mustache by protruding his lower lip and inhaling.
Of interest is the fact as given me personally by my mother, Emma Primley (married to James Asa). When Elizabeth Brau was about two years old, she was in a wagon train that was attacked by Indians. Everyone in the train was killed except her. A short time following the massacre, the famed James brothers, Jesse and Frank, came upon the scene. While surveying the area, they heard a baby crying in the underbrush nearby. Her mother, in hopes that she would not be found by Indians, probably threw the baby there. This infant was my grandmother, Elizabeth Brau. The James Brothers took the child to the farm family they knew with the identification papers they had retrieved from the carnage.
My mother, Emma Beatrice Primley, was born at Morgan, Wisconsin, March 19, 1886. She was fifteen years old when she married James Asa Knapp, eighteen years her senior. Her father's name was Robert Primley. Little is known of him except that he had been a popular horse trader in his early years. He acquired a server foot ailment when my mother was a small girl and never recovered from illness as long as he lived. My mother said her father suffered unbearably before his untimely death. My mother's mother was named Kathryn, but little else is known of her except that she was a small woman, very kind and frail.
Robert and Kathryn Primely's family consisted of the following children: Emma, Schyler, Sherman, Sealy, Ella, Myrtle, Nora, and Arthur. All have now passed onto their rewards, as far as I know. Because of severe family hardships, brought on by my grandfather's illness, which incapacitated him for several years before his death, Ella was adopted out while still a tiny baby. The family hardships also contributed to my mother marrying at such a young age.
Elizabeth Brau: Of Elizabeth, we really know very little. We have some records we are still trying to verify with her being born in California or elsewhere, but little in the way of fact. All we know is that she married James Asa Knapp as Elizabeth Brantt in 1866 in Dakota Territory, South Dakota, then Charles Cunningham followed by Charles Knapp, both of those marriages happening in Wisconsin, and adding confusion between two Charles and two Knapps in marriage record research. How she went from Brandt/Brandtt to Brau we are still researching.
What we do know is about Jesse James (1847-1882). If we guess that Elizabeth was at least 15 when she married James, she would have been born in 1851, making it 1853 when she was two years old. In 1853, Jesse James would have been six years old. His brother, Frank, would have been 10. Even if we fudge with the guessing game of years, Jesse and Frank teamed up in 1864 when Jesse James was 16, two years before Elizabeth was married. During their early gang years of crime, the James brothers stayed in Missouri, eventually broadening their each to Iowa and south to Texas with no evidence that the brothers were in the Dakotas or further West during their reign. Nothing adds up on this family myth.
What might be true is that Elizabeth may have traveled with her family in a wagon train through Indian territories, and maybe they were attacked, and possibly her family killed as we have no information on her parents or further back. Sometimes there is a kernel of truth in the myth, but we're still searching.
May Knapp: We know nothing of the story of May Knapp's death "accidentally" by an Indian.
Ella Primley: We are also researching more about the Primley family line, including little Ella who was adopted out as a baby to an unknown family.
James and Emma Knapp: What we know of Emma and James Knapp is that they were a very unhappy married couple. By 1925, the two were estranged, and there is some question as to the parenthood of the youngest, Glenn Maurice, but he looks so much like the rest of the family, few doubt James was the father. Emma never remarried.
James Asa Knapp was a logger and spend the majority of his time in logging camps away from the family for great lengths of time. He did not actively participate in the raising of his younger children and few of the children saw him after they left Wisconsin for Washington State in 1930. He died in Michigan in 1950 and there is little known of the last 25 years of his life.
Emma left Taylor Rapids, Wisconsin, with her family, save the oldest, to Oregon in 1930, settling in Snohomish County, Washington. She became a nurse and worked in a hospital in Monroe after many years struggling through the Depression with her family, working any job they could find. In 1943, her son, Melvin (1906-1943) died working the railroads. She died in September 1960 in Everett, Washington.
Seneca Primley: Emma's brother, Seneca Primley was a veteran of the Spanish-American War and not mentioned in the list of children born of Robert and Kathryn Primley, causing more confusion as to their relationship, though Wayne and Robert Knapp mention their "cousin" Seneca and his wife, Mabel, as pastor of their local community church in Taylor Rapids, Wisconsin, in the 1920s, referring to him as Cousin Sink.
Wayne Knapp (1914-1999) was born in Wausaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in Taylor Rapids, Wisconsin, one of the last logging towns in northern Wisconsin. Son of James Asa Knapp and Emma Beatrice Primley, he moved with his family after the death of the logging industry to Oregon for a few years and then north to the Seattle area of Washington State. He married Leatha "Myrtle" Odell in 1936 in Monroe, Washington, and worked for many years for Boeing Security in Seattle. He wrote two books on his childhood in Taylor Rapids, and many poems and short stories. We are honored by the permission of his daughter, Sharon Lee, to republish his work on our site. Copyright Sharon Lee.
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Is this the same Knapp family that lived off the Hartford Machias Rd in Lake Stevens?
Yes it is. Are you familiar with them?
my grandmother was Eunice Knapp from Wis.im trying to find info.on the family .
Eunice (Wright) Knapp married to Sydney Knapp? If this is whom you are referring to, I have traced the Knapp side back as far as documents allow. Are you looking for information concerning the Wright side or the Knapp side?
Im looking for info.on Elihue Knapp- he married Elizabeth Struthers, any info.on Knapps would be great.
Don't recognize those names. Sorry.
i was also looking for info.on the Knapp family.
what ever happend to the knapp family in wisc.? looking for more info.on my g.g.g. grandparents.
There were many Knapps in Wisconsin. I'm descended from some of them. Some stayed and then moved on later in life. My branch and a good chunk of them traveled to Oregon then settled in Washington State to become the pioneers who helped to build some of the communities and towns there. Which ones specifically are you looking for?
Elizabeth 1823 – 1880 Manitowac Co.Wisc. have any info.on them?
Different line, distantly related. Elihue Knapp is from the same Nicholas Knapp line that has been checked and rechecked by genealogists for centuries. There is plenty of information on Nicholas Knapp on Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, and other genealogy sites, making our job easier. Elihue is from the Timothy Knapp line, son of Nicholas. My lineage is from Jonathan Knapp, Timothy's older brother, first born of Nicholas Knapp and Eleanor Disbrow.
I don't know of an Elizabeth Knapp for those years. My Elizabeth Brau/Brant/Brandt/Brandtt Knapp Cunningham Knapp (yeah, sigh) was born in 1851. So much to uncover. Thousands of people.
What happened to Elihue and Elizabeth I have no idea. There may be records online. I have no record of them visiting my family there. They actually kept diaries for bits and pieces of their time in Wisconsin before they left for the Pacific Northwest in 1930.
Now that some researchers are claiming that they have broken through the brick wall of research to uncover the family history of Nicholas Knapp, a mystery for several centuries, we can now trace our Knapp roots back to England and quite a distance, though it breaks down a few generations back. The Internet is making this so much easier with so many volunteering their information online.
Good luck with your search. It's a fun one.
I have no record of the VanCamp family. Try FamilySearch, Ancestry, or one of the many other sources. Good luck with your search.
Knapp side. I'd love to know more about the Wright family line as well. We'll talk.
Hi, I have this sign and would like to know who the "Knapp Spring" is named for. It is a small mountain spring in eastern Wyoming. The sign looks like a sign from a National Park or State Park…48″ long x 8″ wide and engraved thickly with white letters and a directional arrow. The sign was on my land here in western Washington.


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John Chilton Lambton Carter (31 January 1816 – 27 May 1872) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician.

Early life
He was born in Conwal, County Donegal, Ireland where his English father was stationed with the 44th Regiment.

Military career
He followed in his father's footsteps and became a soldier. He became an Ensign in the 44th Regiment on 28 Mar 1834. In 1836, he was accused of raping a nine-year-old girl at his barracks at Fort William. He did not deny that he had sex with the child, but said that it was consensual because she was a prostitute. The case was dismissed for lack of evidence. Later, he was in the 53rd Regiment, where he obtained the rank of Captain. He resigned and came to New Zealand, settling in the Hawke's Bay. He worked as a sheep farmer.

Political career

He was elected as the second Superintendent of Hawke's Bay Province. He served from 8 Apr 1861 to 5 Dec 1862.

Family and death

Carter was married twice.  His first marriage on 27 Aug 1844 was with Susan Frances Lillicrap in Plymouth, Devon, England; four boys and four girls. The first three children from the first marriage were all born in Firozpur, India, between 1847 and 1849. The next two were born in England, in 1850 and 1851. His remaining children were born in Napier, New Zealand. Susan Lillicrap died on 31 Dec 1862. His second marriage was with Maria Theresa McKain, on 19 Aug 1864, Napier; they had three daughters.

Carter died on 27 May 1872 in Napier.

References

1816 births
1872 deaths
19th-century Irish people
Politicians from County Donegal
Superintendents of New Zealand provincial councils
New Zealand people of Irish descent
19th-century New Zealand politicians

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The National Resident Matching Program and Common Problems to Avoid
By Louis Leichter on November 1, 2013
The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is the non-profit, non-governmental organization that facilitates the annual "match" between medical students and residency programs. Created in 1952, it was implemented to make the process more streamlined, and initially to ease the competition between programs in filling available positions. While it has changed over the years, the NRMP employs a…
Criminal Prosecution of Pain Management Physicians by State and Federal Law Enforcement is on the Rise
By Louis Leichter on December 17, 2011
Posted in Articles, General, Texas Board of Pharmacy, Texas Medical Board
There has been a recent and rapid rise in the number of physicians being prosecuted for the alleged non-therapeutic prescribing of controlled substances under both state and federal law. In the last week alone I have received numerous phone calls from a variety of medical and osteopathic doctors who had been arrested and/or indicted by the federal government or a local law enforcement branch after a joint investigation by a task force of state and federal agencies such as the Texas Medical Board (TMB), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), a local sheriff's and/or police office and the State Board of Pharmacy. These individuals are being charged by prosecuting attorneys in United States District Court (Federal Court) with crimes under the Federal Controlled Substances Act or in State Court for violations of the Health and Safety Code and the Medical Practice Act. In most cases the basic charge is the delivery of a prescription (to a patient and within the context of the physician's medical practice) for a controlled substance without a valid therapeutic purpose. Many of the physicians I spoke with questioned why and how the government can substitute its' clinical judgment for the physicians. Essentially this amounts to a physician being prosecuted and jailed for a standard of care based decision that was once a purely civil or administrative inquiry. My law practice has been handling these cases for years and over the last year the number of inquiries to our attorneys has increased tenfold suggesting the marked rise in government prosecutions is very real.
Oftentimes the Government relies on the sheer number of prescriptions written or the types / combinations of medications prescribed to make its' case. It then utilizes experts to opine that a reasonable physician would not prescribe this combination of medications to this many patients and thus the treatment of patient X was non-therapeutic. This is a questionable way to go about proving a case, but it does not stop the Government from doing its investigation, arresting the doctor, forcing the surrender of their DEA issued controlled substances registration, initiating the inevitable discipline and loss of the physician's medical license and the consequent destruction of their medical practice pending prosecution(s). While violations of the administrative rules surrounding the handling and use of prescriptive authority carry civil and administrative monetary provisions, violations of a state or federal statute mean confinement upon conviction and the inevitable loss of the physician's career in medicine. For many physicians the result has been the very conservative treatment of patients and arguably the under treatment of both acute and chronic pain. I have thankfully yet to see the government pursue a case that involved palliative care.
The Texas Medical Board's Remedial Plan -is it really a non-disciplinary order?
By Louis Leichter on November 22, 2011
Posted in F.A.Q's, General, Texas Medical Board
The Texas Medical Board has a new method of resolving outstanding investigations, courtesy of the 2011 legislative session- the Remedial Plan. If you are a physician with an investigation pending before the Medical Board, you may very well encounter the Remedial Plan. They are being offered frequently. In some cases that will be good news , but contrary to how Board staff may sell it, the Remedial Plan is not suited for everyone.
Let me give an overview of the Remedial Plan. The Board terms the Remedial Plan as a non-disciplinary order. It cannot be offered in instances where the complaint concerns a patient death, commission of a felony, or an instance where a physician becomes sexually, financially, or personally involved with a patient in an inappropriate manner. The Remedial Plan also cannot assess an administrative penalty, or revoke, suspend, limit or restrict a person's license. Typically the Remedial Plans include continuing education and/or the requirement to take the Jurisprudence Exam. They also could include non-restrictive terms like a physician chart monitor, and they virtually always carry a $500 administration fee.
Despite the limitations on when a Remedial Plan can be offered, there are still many circumstances that qualify, and this is borne out in how frequently Board disciplinary panels are offering them. They are being offered before Informal Settlement Conferences (ISC) in an attempt to forgo the need to hold a hearing. They are also being offered at ISC's in lieu of other discipline. This all sounds like good news. It is a "non-disciplinary" order after all. However, one corresponding trend that does concern me, as an attorney that is now encountering these Remedial Plans quite frequently, is that Panels are offering Remedial Plans in circumstances where they otherwise would have dismissed the case entirely. The Board Panels feel too comfortable offering the Remedial Plan because it is "non-disciplinary." It seems the Board Panel can justify offering a Remedial Plan in instances where they could not otherwise justify disciplinary action.
The Texas Medical Board: Statutory Reforms to the Disciplinary Process
By Louis Leichter on August 22, 2011
Posted in Articles, F.A.Q's, General, Texas Medical Board
The 2011 regular Legislative Session resulted in a moderate reform of the Texas Medical Board's disciplinary process. The Governor signed House Bill 680 into law on June 17, 2011. The modest reform measures that were ultimately included in HB 680 are not likely to satisfy the longtime proponents of Medical Board reform. A number of the more…
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State Licensing and Discipline for Texas Insurance Agents: A Guide to the Basics
By Louis Leichter on September 1, 2008
Every Texas insurance agent should be aware of the most common grounds for being the subject of a disciplinary investigation and action by the Texas Department of Insurance as well as the basic disciplinary procedures that are involved in this process.
Although not exhaustive, § 4005.101 of the Insurance Code sets out the most general and frequently used grounds for a disciplinary action against an agent. These include:
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Department of Public Safety Arguably Denies Due Process
Recently, I have represented a pharmacist whose reapplication for his controlled substances registration was denied by the Texas Department of Public Safety when he voluntarily acknowledged that he had previously been convicted of a felony. He was one of several defendants on trial for the same set of criminal transactions and his own share of the guilt was slight. It was essentially a case of bad judgment and naivety on the part of my client. He had entered into a business relationship with the wrong people and was now paying for their misdeeds. The Federal Drug Enforcement Agency had essentially agreed and declined to take action against his controlled substances registration. In addition the Texas Pharmacy Board has so far chosen not to seek any disciplinary sanction.
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Coker UniversityAlumnus UpdatesIn MemoriamUrania Tumboli Ferrara
Urania Tumboli Ferrara
May 23, 1933 – July 11, 2018
Urania Tumboli Ferrara, 85, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, widow of the late John England Ferrara died Wednesday, July 11, 2018. A private memorial service was held Sunday, July 15, 2018 in J. Henry Stuhr Inc., Mount Pleasant Chapel, 1494 Mathis Ferry Road.
Urania was born May 23, 1933 in Charleston, South Carolina, daughter of the late Andrew Tumboli and the late Litsa Gregorakis Tumboli, who were Greek immigrants to this country. She graduated from Ashley Hall School in 1951 and Coker University in 1955. She taught at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School and also worked at St. Francis Hospital and later at the Tennis Club in Creekside, Mount Pleasant. In the 1970s, Urania also helped lead the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society and was part of the leadership team, organizing the annual Greek Festival.
She was a devoted and loving mother, wife, and friend. She is survived by a daughter, Maria Ferrara of Mount Pleasant, SC; two sons, Joe Ferrara (Martha) of Alexandria, VA and Greg Ferrara (Laura) of Baltimore, MD; three grandchildren, Sam and Ben Ferrara of Seattle, WA, and Jake Ferrara of Alexandria, VA; and dear family friend Carla Greene of Charleston, SC. She was preceded in death by her husband John of 54 years and her brother, Stathy Tumboli. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association, P. O. Box 96011, Washington, DC, 20090. A memorial message may be sent to the family by visiting our website at www.jhenrystuhr.com Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/charleston


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In 2018 the highest paid race/ethnicity of Florida workers was Asian. These workers were paid 1.09 times more than White workers, who made the second highest salary of any race/ethnicity.
This chart shows the race- and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in Florida by number of full-time employees.
The closest comparable wage GINI for Orange County, FL is from Florida.
In 2018, the income inequality in Florida was 0.474 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.214% growth from 2017 to 2018, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even.
The 2018 the GINI for Florida was lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Florida in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Florida across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
Census Tract 160.02
In 2017, the tract with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Orange County, FL was Census Tract 160.02 with a value of $156,333, followed by Census Tract 158.01 and Census Tract 158.02, with respective values of $154,167 and $148,333.
The following map shows all of the tracts in Orange County, FL colored by their Median Household Income (Total).
16.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Orange County, FL (209k out of 1.26M people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 13.1%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Males 18 - 24.
112,905 ± 2,934
83,981 ± 2,630
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Orange County, FL is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.
From 2017 to 2018, employment in Orange County, FL grew at a rate of 2.26%, from 687k employees to 703k employees.
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Orange County, FL, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (88,413 people), Sales & Related Occupations (86,651 people), and Management Occupations (74,086 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Orange County, FL.
The most common jobs held by residents of Orange County, FL, by number of employees, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (88,413 people), Sales & Related Occupations (86,651 people), and Management Occupations (74,086 people).
Compared to other counties, Orange County, FL has an unusually high number of residents working as Fire Fighting & Prevention, & Other Protective Service Workers Including Supervisors (1.35 times higher than expected), Personal Care & Service Occupations (1.22 times), and Sales & Related Occupations (1.22 times).
The highest paid jobs held by residents of Orange County, FL, by median earnings, are Health Diagnosing & Treating Practitioners & Other Technical Occupations ($67,512), Computer & Mathematical Occupations ($66,144), and Architecture & Engineering Occupations ($64,608).
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Orange County, FL, are Health Care & Social Assistance (89,917 people), Retail Trade (81,499 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (76,385 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Orange County, FL, though some of these residents may live in Orange County, FL and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The most common industries in Orange County, FL, by number of employees, are Health Care & Social Assistance (89,917 people), Retail Trade (81,499 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (76,385 people).
Compared to other counties, Orange County, FL has an unusually high number of Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation (2.93 times higher than expected), Real Estate & Rental & Leasing (1.5 times), and Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (1.46 times) industries.
The highest paying industries in Orange County, FL, by median earnings, are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($136,435), Utilities ($64,031), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($60,117).
Domestic production and consumption consists of products and services shipped from Florida to other states, or from other states to Florida.
In 2015, the top outbound Florida product (by dollars) was Mixed freight with $63.5B, followed by Pharmaceuticals ($51.6B) and Electronics ($41.8B).
The following chart shows the share of these products in relation to all outbound Florida products.
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In 2020, total outbound Florida trade was $497B. This is expected to increase 43.6% to $714B by 2045.
The following chart shows how the domestic outbound Florida trade is projected to change in comparison to its neighboring states.
Interstate trade consists of products and services shipped from Florida to other states, or from other states to Florida.
In 2015, the top outbound Florida domestic partner for goods and services (by dollars) was Georgia with $19.5B, followed by Texas with $16.6B and California and $11.5B.
The following map shows the amount of trade that Florida shares with each state (excluding itself).
85.9% of the population of Orange County, FL has health coverage, with 46.2% on employee plans, 15.5% on Medicaid, 8.56% on Medicare, 14.2% on non-group plans, and 1.41% on military or VA plans.
Per capita personal health care spending in the county of Orange County, FL was $8,076 in 2014. This is a 5.05% increase from the previous year ($7,688).
Primary care physicians in Orange County, FL see 1207 patients per year on average, which represents a 1.07% decrease from the previous year (1220 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 2100 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 507 patients per year.
Comparing across all counties in the state, Gadsden County has the highest prevalence of diabetes (16.9%). Additionally, Liberty County has the highest prevalence of adult obesity (39.6%)
Primary care physicians in Orange County, FL see an average of 1,207 patients per year. This represents a 1.07% decrease from the previous year (1,220 patients).
The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Orange County, FL in comparison to neighboring states.
Estimated Number of Chronically Homeless IndividualsPercent of Residents with Access To Exercise OpportunitiesPrevalence of Food Insecurity
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Between 2013 and 2014, all personal health care spending per capita in Florida (including private, Medicare, and Medicaid) grew 5.05%, from $7,688 to $8,076.
Between 2016 and 2017, the percent of uninsured citizens in Orange County, FL grew by 6.29% from 13.3% to 14.1%.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Orange County, FL changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
Gadsden County has the highest prevalence of diabetes in Florida, at 16.9%.
The following map shows the prevalence of diabetes in Florida by county over multiple years.
Orange County, FL is home to a population of 1.38M people, from which 89.7% are citizens. As of 2017, 19.8% of Orange County, FL residents were born outside of the country (267k people).
The ethnic composition of the population of Orange County, FL is composed of 542k White Alone residents (39.3%), 446k Hispanic or Latino residents (32.3%), 273k Black or African American Alone residents (19.8%), 70.2k Asian Alone residents (5.09%), 32k Two or More Races residents (2.32%), 14.8k Some Other Race Alone residents (1.07%), 1.24k Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander Alone residents (0.0899%), and 760 American Indian & Alaska Native Alone residents (0.055%).
The most common foreign languages spoken in Orange County, FL are Spanish (350,326 speakers), Haitian (37,701 speakers), and Portuguese (16,871 speakers).
In 2018, the median age of all people in Orange County, FL was 35.3. Native-born citizens, with a median age of 32, were generally younger than than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of 43. But people in Orange County, FL are getting getting older. In 2017, the average age of all Orange County, FL residents was 35.
267k people
As of 2017, 19.8% of Orange County, FL residents (267k people) were born outside of the United States, which is higher than the national average of 13.7%. In 2016, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Orange County, FL was 19.3%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.
The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Orange County, FL compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
1,028,508 ± 24,290 people
339,246 ± 14,186 people
In 2018, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Florida was Cuba, the natal country of 1,028,508 Florida residents, followed by Haiti with 339,246 and Colombia with 285,400.
As of 2018, 89.7% of Orange County, FL residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2017, the percentage of US citizens in Orange County, FL was 88.9%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.
The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Orange County, FL compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
542k ± 2.92k
446k ± 15.7k
In 2018, there were 1.21 times more White Alone residents (542k people) in Orange County, FL than any other race or ethnicity. There were 446k Hispanic or Latino and 273k Black or African American Alone residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups.
The following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Orange County, FL as a share of the total population.
350,326 speakers (27%)
37,701 speakers (2.91%)
16,871 speakers (1.3%)
37.8% of Orange County, FL citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is higher than the national average of 21.9%. In 2018, the most common non-English language spoken in Orange County, FL was Spanish. 27% of the overall population of Orange County, FL are native Spanish speakers. 2.91% speak Haitian and 1.3% speak Spanish, the next two most common languages.
Orange County, FL has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.09 times greater than any other conflict.
In 2017, universities in Orange County, FL awarded 45,902 degrees. The student population of Orange County, FL is skewed towards women, with 73,849 male students and 80,052 female students.
Most students graduating from Universities in Orange County, FL are White (19,058 and 42.8%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (11,855 and 26.6%), Black or African American (7,476 and 16.8%), and Unknown (2,616 and 5.87%).
The largest universities in Orange County, FL by number of degrees awarded are University of Central Florida (16,314 and 35.5%), Valencia College (12,948 and 28.2%), and Full Sail University (6,285 and 13.7%).
The most popular majors in Orange County, FL are Liberal Arts & Sciences (7,067 and 15.4%), General Business Administration & Management (2,657 and 5.79%), and Registered Nursing (1,308 and 2.85%).
The median tuition costs in Orange County, FL are $12,648 for private four year colleges, and $3,231 and $13,872 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
< 1 Year Postsecondary Certificate1 to 2 Year Postsecondary CertificateAssociates Degree2 to 4 Year Postsecondary CertificateBachelors DegreePostbaccalaureate CertificateMasters DegreePost-Masters CertificateResearch DoctorateProfessional Doctorate
Registered Nursing
In 2015, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Orange County, FL was Registered Nursing with 889 degrees awarded.
This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Orange County, FL according to their major.
16,314 degrees awarded
In 2017, the Orange County, FL institution with the largest number of graduating students was University of Central Florida with 16,314 degrees awarded.
In 2017, 21,023 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Orange County, FL, which is 0.845 times less than the 24,879 female students who received degrees in the same year.
This chart displays the gender disparity between the top 5 institutions in Orange County, FL by degrees awarded.
In 2017 the majority of degrees awarded at institutions in Orange County, FL were to White students. These 19,058 degrees mean that there were 1.61 times more White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 11,855 degrees awarded.
The median property value in Orange County, FL was $259,000 in 2018, which is 1.13 times larger than the national average of $229,700. Between 2017 and 2018 the median property value increased from $234,400 to $259,000, a 10.5% increase. The homeownership rate in Orange County, FL is 54.7%, which is lower than the national average of 63.9%. People in Orange County, FL have an average commute time of 26.6 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Orange County, FL is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
In 2018, the median property value in Orange County, FL grew to to $259,000 from the previous year's value of $234,400.
The following charts display, first, the property values in Orange County, FL compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Orange County, FL the largest share of households have a property value in the $300k - $400k range.
In 2018, the median household income of the 458k households in Orange County, FL grew to $58,588 from the previous year's value of $54,107.
The following chart displays the households in Orange County, FL distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.
This chart shows the households in Orange County, FL distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Orange County, FL the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.
In 2018, 54.7% of the housing units in Orange County, FL were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 54.4%.
This percentage of owner-occupation is lower than the national average of 63.9%. This chart shows the ownership percentage in Orange County, FL compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
Using averages, employees in Orange County, FL have a longer commute time (26.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (25.7 minutes). Additionally, 1.83% of the workforce in Orange County, FL have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Orange County, FL compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
In 2018, the most common method of travel for workers in Orange County, FL was Drove Alone (80.8%), followed by those who Carpooled (9.91%) and those who Worked At Home (4.45%).
The following chart displays the households in Orange County, FL distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Orange County, FL have 2 cars, followed by 1 car.
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A critical review of My Story: Justice in the Wilderness
By ARIF ATAN / February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021
TOMMY Thomas' memoir My Story: Justice in the Wilderness recently hit the streets, and thanks perhaps to the public's yearning for sensational news about anything other than the coronavirus or new SOPs, has been selling like hot cakes.
But seriously, there is much to commend and, to poach a turn of phrase from Winston Churchill, never in the field of memoirs has so much been written by so many about so (little).
First, let me roll out the good vibes: Thomas' portrayal of family and the importance of bonding with loved ones and holding fast to faith reminds me of Alexis de Tocqueville's "habits of the heart", the unspoken penchant that shapes our lives, our choices and actions taken unconsciously by force of habit.
Throughout the book, Thomas stresses the centrality of constitutionalism as the mainstay of democracy, freedom and justice, and why championing reform and transparency is a virtue in itself.
I doubt any reform-minded quarter would argue with that.
Be that as it may, the importance of fighting for causes pro bono publico and to advance the interests of the underdog is woven seamlessly into the fabric of the narrative, manifesting no doubt Thomas' own predilection to work for the common good.
These are profound points of merit and the list can go on, but I believe the point is made.
In the age of digital transformation, this is a book that is certainly worth the paper it is printed on, at least for the general public and those not cut to the quick by the criticism, imputations, or worse, outright indictments.
Nonetheless, unlike the over-the-top advocates and cheerleaders, I believe there is much to criticise as well.
Indeed, in many ways, Thomas appears to shoot first and ask questions later. He takes no prisoners and, in the process, many casualties come in the line of fire. In fact, no one that matters is spared, including me, of course.
I choose to believe these aren't slurs at all but candid and frank comments made in good faith. And criticism is healthy, an essential element of any functioning democracy.
In any event, I can take a lot on the chin, let alone a couple of bum raps and innuendoes. So, what I am about to say concerning the "dark side" of Thomas' memoir is not personal. It's about some of the things said and unsaid about others that betray the flaws of a book otherwise of impeccable quality.
To my mind, some of these flaws are fatal, and while some others may be less so, they are certainly not something we can turn a blind eye to.
Perhaps a quick word to contextualise my friendship with Thomas is in order.
I have known Thomas since the 1980s. We even found ourselves on the same side during my infamous 1998 sacking and the malicious persecution that followed, which underlined our belief that Malaysia's judiciary had been compromised. Closer ties only started after my release from Sg Buloh (Prison) in 2004.
Since then and until he assumed office as the attorney-general, he had represented me pro bono in several civil cases. And, shortly after my release in 2018 and Pakatan Harapan's victory in GE14, I found myself journeying to Kota Baru in an effort to avert a potential crisis after Tun Mahathir Mohamad's appointment of him as AG of the coalition and the delay in obtaining the Agong's royal assent.
More instances of the two of us falling on the same side, in terms of our concern for the state of Malaysia's affairs, can be seen in the far more compelling analysis presented in his 2016 collection, Anything but the Law.
Perhaps his publicist demanded something more provocative in this follow up. And, without doubt, I can accept that he has succeeded on this point, but unfortunately at the expense of more evidence-based rational argument, that he has proven he is capable of putting forward.
I begin my criticism with Thomas' assertions with regard to May 13, where he alleges that "the evidence points to a coup by Tun Razak".
Most damning indeed, and with one stroke of the mighty pen, Thomas unleashes a brutal assault. The late Tun Abdul Razak, Malaysia's second prime minister, has not only been credited as the father of national development, but also as a leader who was most certainly committed and dedicated to the rakyat and the nation.
Razak, of course, was human, just like any of us, and therefore subject to manifold imperfections. And it is important for us, as a society of critical thinkers, to de-romanticise certain historical notions.
I cannot fault Thomas for attempting to remove the rose-coloured glasses of yesteryear, but it is essential that our history is contextualised and given a most robust analysis.
Thomas goes on to say that it is "difficult to believe that Tun Razak did not at least acquiesce in the face of the large gathering of youths of one race shouting and screaming abuse at the other races".
This passage attempts to give us a raw reality of what happened back in 1969. Yet instead, it takes one viewpoint and simply looks through another's eyes, retaining the same emotion and virial only in reverse. And we are left wondering what purpose this is to serve.
And, this goes especially so in these dangerous times of fake news and conspiracy theory.
Say what we will of Razak, he, along with anyone else, deserves a contextualisation for claims waged against the past; a contextualisation Thomas sees no need to provide.
For the time in which Razak found himself, we cannot deny that he led this country through the new beginnings of post-independence, after our first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, and pulled our agrarian economy away from grinding rural poverty towards greater socio-economic development.
My fear, then, is that Thomas hopes to take the lens of Razak and May 13 as he does in order to draw a conclusion, so as to examine the use of the emergency, perhaps even in more contemporary circumstances.
And, while such a study could be enlightening, it must be the case that our evidence leads us to our conclusions, and that we do not find ourselves fishing for speculation to fulfil preconceived and potentially highly problematic conclusions.
This is not how we do law, and it is my hope that our legal practitioners would oppose such methods of deliberation.
Here was a man who was such a workaholic that he died in office, unable to rest on the laurels of a life lived, perhaps never even considering it a suitable way to bookend a life.
Thomas asserts that there is evidence for his claim, but the only evidence that is adduced here is purely conjectural and such recklessness borders on conspiracy theory, a realm we must all tread lightly into in these times of fake news and hyperbolic gossip.
Defenders have also come out to say that such a claim has been extensively covered in Kua Kia Soong's 2007 book, May 13: Declassified Documents on the Malaysian Riots of 1969.
But there is nothing in the book that could be used as evidence to make such an assertion any less conjectural.
Allah reminds us in Surah Yunus: 10: "And surely conjectures can in no way replace the truth."
Hence, despite Nazi propagandist Josef Goebbels' mantra, no amount of repeating of this conjecture will transform it into the truth. Further, justifying the allegation by resorting to the cui bono principle will not stand up to scrutiny in a court of law and, more so, in the court of public opinion.
What remains is an affront to the collective consciousness of Malaysians, particularly the Malay community, that holds and cherishes his memory close to their hearts. I believe that coming from someone who has held the highest legal office of the land, it is so irresponsible that it is res ipsa loquitur, and I mean it beyond the confines of legal jargon.
Another sucker punch is delivered in Thomas' allegation that former solicitor-general III Datuk Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria is incompetent in leading and supervising the prosecution of one of the 1MDB corruption cases in 2018.
Hanafiah has lodged a police report and I shall not go into its specifics.
Suffice it to say that here again, Thomas seems to have gone off the rails and put his foot in not just his own mouth, but Hanafiah's, too, as well as possibly the entire AG's Chambers', because it would be obvious that the remarks have caused grave embarrassment to them.
Thomas' successor Tan Sri Idris Harun has made no bones about it, condemning the book as "an insult to the legal profession and has demoralised practitioners".
I shall not repeat the litany of complaints and grouses voiced by various quarters in defence of the AG's Chambers, but I will go even further.
It would appear that in casting aspersions on the AG's Chambers with such unkind remarks, Thomas also added insult to injury, intoning that "public sector lawyers had public service attitudes (and) were civil servants, earning a fixed monthly income and awaiting pension upon retirement".
In one fell swoop, Thomas not only insulted the AG's Chambers, but publicly disparaged the entire civil service of the nation. The notion that civil servants are in service just to earn fixed salaries with the only ambition to collect their pensions when they retire is the sort of resentment founded in anger and slight, not rational criticism.
Such a gross generalisation is unbecoming. Herein lies the book's Achilles' heel. And this is where a wedge is driven between Thomas' and my own experiences with this system, which we both agree is in need of drastic reform.
It betrays a deep-seated, even Freudian-like, prejudice against Malays fomented through years of racism.
I am reminded of Syed Hussein Alatas' The Myth of the Lazy Native, which so eloquently demolishes the colonial construction of Malay natives (including Filipino and Javanese) from the 16th to the 20th century.
With the encrustation of time, these myths coalesced into "a one-sided colonial view of the Asian native and his society". It is important that we avoid remarks that could be interpreted as an embodiment of that innate sense of superiority that the white men used to have over their colonial charges.
Yes, indeed, I too have had my own dark experiences with the AG's Chambers. Yet, despite the disgrace and scandal experienced, I cannot confine the lot or make a statement of generalised doubt as to their competence, capabilities and professionalism.
One bad apple does not spoil the entire barrel, and I strongly believe that we are blessed with an efficient, effective and professional organisation.
In many instances, and across the board throughout the ministries, government agencies, and various public bodies and institutions, I have worked with and encountered so many public servants who are not just competent in their respective fields, but whose motivation and drive to excel in serving the people far exceeds those even in the private sector.
We have numerous instances of public servants and senior officers in the AG's Chambers, exemplified and excelled with a professional work ethic: dedication, discipline, diligence, competence and integrity.
I am therefore utterly dumbfounded how Thomas, as a person who, by many accounts, is soft-spoken and humble, a strong proponent of rule of law, fairness and justice, could have adopted such a condescending attitude towards our civil servants and uttered such insensitive, high and mighty remarks.
I would agree that the AG's Chambers and the civil service do require a great deal of scrutiny as part of the ongoing need for an agenda of reform, but blanket generalisation and Thomas' approach of throwing the baby out with the bathwater presents a potential hinderance to progress.
Thomas' downward spiral of condemnation leads him to a confounding mess of contradictions. This dish is not only served cold, but topped with an entire chapter on the highly sensitive topic of racism.
Appropriate enough of an issue, but unfortunately, and to my great disappointment, this comes off as somewhat one-sided with the preponderance of the blame being levelled on Malay leaders, giving the impression that racism is a malady afflicting only the Malay community.
Not one word is said about the racism that is inherent among the other communities as well, and this is yet another fatal misstep. Certainly, no one should celebrate racism. On the contrary, we must clearly condemn it.
I am sure Thomas knows that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander, but failing to recognise that racism in Malaysia is a systemic cultural and political problem, which has been exacerbated by government policies, his words offer little value to the discussion we all need to be having.
We must instead take a more critical examination of this issue, putting in check our own ignorances and uncertainties, conscious and unconscious, if we ever hope to see the wounds of 1969 healed and rebuild a new, united, just Malaysia.
Regarding Thomas' remarks regarding the Samirah murder trial, which is still ongoing, I remain stumped as to why they were made in the first place.
Quite apart from the fact that the trial has no relevant bearing on the tenor or flow of the narrative in the memoirs, it is common knowledge to have known that the comments are decidedly sub judice and would prejudice the current court proceedings.
Again, why would Thomas, with his years of experience at the bench as well as expected familiarity with the law of contempt (having been AG), go on such a kamikaze frolic with nary a care that these statements would come back to haunt him?
I believe I should stop here even though, as Robert Frost would put it, I still have miles to go before I sleep. Thomas is being sued left, right, and centre with countless police reports being lodged against him at the same time.
The symphony of approval and appreciation of his memoirs is now slowly but surely being drowned by the chorus of condemnation growing louder by the day.
Nonetheless, although it is true that if one cannot stand the heat, one should not have gone into the kitchen, reports that the Home Affairs Ministry is threatening to have the book banned are indeed disturbing.
Back in 1644, John Milton published Areopagitica, making an impassioned plea against licensing and censorship to the English Parliament premised on the principle that it is the duty of every rational person to take responsibility for his beliefs and actions and build a society in which decisions are reached by open discussion.
Thus, in as much as I subscribe to the belief that I am entitled to exercise my right to criticise Thomas' book, I vehemently oppose any move to ban it.
I believe that, subject to the laws of slander, libel, and criminal defamation, Thomas should be allowed to exercise his constitutional freedom of expression in a manner that would foster the public contestation of ideas.
It is in this sense, too, that I express my disagreement with Thomas' views and remarks.
Silencing voices has never done the work of progress. And I must say, Thomas offers a rich voice that further illustrates the multicultural and diverse nature of our nation and his opinions and views are as important as anyone else's.
Unfortunately, Justice in the Wilderness in a sentence to me is a tragedy of generalisation, and this flawed angle of investigation needs to be taken with a hefty amount of scepticism to insure we do not betray our aims of being a plural community in harmony.
But, we mustn't lose sight of the fact that Justice in the Wilderness is his story, and while we may continue to bicker and quibble over the contents, ultimately, it is for him to tell it the way he wants.
Often, those who desperately seek to ban another's words only feed the public desire to hear them. To avoid such counter-intuitive results, let us have our differences settled on the battlefield of reasoned words and ink.
After all, the groundwork for several long-overdue dialogues needed in this country waits for us to critically explore.
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